This sermon emphasizes the importance of being prepared for the second coming of Christ, highlighting the need for repentance, righteousness, and readiness for judgment. It delves into the significance of surrendering to God, holding fast to His commandments, and living a life of holiness and obedience to avoid the eternal judgment that awaits those who reject salvation. The sermon also underscores the eternal dominion and kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, who will come with the clouds of heaven to establish His everlasting reign.

Heavenly Father, we just thank you for every chance and every opportunity we have to gather before you. And we know that even though a man is standing in here to speak to your people, yet we know it's your Spirit taking this word and making it alive and making it to work effectually in every heart. Lord, we pray once again that your great Spirit, Holy Spirit, will be mightily present in our midst as we learn together in Jesus' name. That this word will turn our lives around, will regenerate everyone, recreate everyone, transform everyone, and this word will work effectually in every heart in Jesus' name. That will shed light on your word in such a way you'll drive all doubt and all unbelief away from every heart in Jesus' name. We pray that you keep us, not only to be hearers alone, to be doers of the word in Jesus' name. And then we go from hearing and doing, and then we become teachers and leaders in the vineyard of the Lord, taking the word of God and feeding the people that are hungry in our communities in Jesus' name. We thank you because we know you have answered. In Jesus' name we pray. Thank you very much. We are back to the Bible study today, and what a wonderful day to come in the very presence of the Lord and allow the eternal word, the living word, Christ himself, to make the reaching word plain and clear to everyone. I pray that it will allow this living word to do a great work through his word in our lives in Jesus' name. When Daniel chapter seven, Daniel chapter seven, when you came at him from verse nine, I beheld that the thrones were cast down, and the ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the air of his head like the pure world. His throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A very stream issued and came forth from before him, thousands and thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousands times ten thousand stood before him, and the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then, because of the voice of the great words which the horns spake, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beast, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. I saw in the night visions, and behold one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the ancient of days, and brought him near before him, and there was given him dominion and glory, and a kingdom that all people and nations and languages should serve him, his dominion, his everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. As we look at the passage, it appears clear, and it appears very plain. At least it's clear than all the other visions of those beasts and animals that Daniel had been relating unto us. It's talking about the ancient of days sitting on the judgment throne, the ancient of days on the judgment throne. Days is a great revelation of prophetic truth. It is the supreme prophecy of God's authority as the judge, the judge of all the earth, and it's the revelation of the supreme royal position of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, our Lord, the Messiah. Daniel was God's prophet during the period of the Babylonian captivity. The Gentiles thought that they were so mighty and powerful that the 40 cronies and the emperors thought they were independent of the God of heaven. That's why the Cardinals said, see, this is a great city, Babylon, that I have built by the majesty of my power. And then the voice had to come from heaven to convince him that it wasn't by his power, but in all those emperors and kings and presidents and the captains of the people of the world, they think that their success, their accomplishment, their victory is by their own power. And it felt just like Nebuchadnezzar, just like Pharaoh, just like Herod, just like the rest of them, that they were independent of the God of heaven, the wicked nations, such that they are kings of the ultimate and the final authority. In fact, if you look at Daniel 5 verse 19, you'll see the kind of authority and the kind of power that Nebuchadnezzar wielded in his own day. Daniel 5 verse 19, and for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him, whom he wooed, he slew, whom he wooed, he kept alive, and whom he wooed, he set up, and whom he wooed, he put down. That's the kind of authority, finality, that those kings and princes and presidents that they had in those days, they thought they were the ultimate, the final authority. But then, the kings and the princes of the entire world, even though they positioned themselves as if they were unpunishable, untouchable, the prophecy here is revelation from heaven, that God who created the earth and all the inhabitants therein has not abandoned the world to its creatures. He has not abandoned the ruling, the direction, the control, the judgment of the world unto its creatures. This revelation of both the truths known to the patriarchs and the prophets from the earliest of times, that God is the judge. Far back in Genesis, open your Bible, Genesis chapter 18, you'll find Abraham saying and repeating, pronouncing that God is the judge of the whole earth. We're looking at Genesis chapter 18, and we're looking at verse 25, you have the knowledge as you ought to have the knowledge, as I ought to have the knowledge, as all of us ought to have the knowledge that God is the ruler, is the controller, is the director, and is the judge of the whole earth. Genesis 18, verse 25, that be far from me, to do after this manner to slay the righteous for the wicked, and the righteous, that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from me, listen to this now, shall not the judge of the earth do right? Abraham knew that. Far back in Genesis, that God is the judge of the whole earth. In 1 Samuel chapter 2, 1 Samuel chapter 2, we're looking at verse 10. In 1 Samuel chapter 2, verse 10, here's a revelation that Anna gave, then she fell. Sorry, 1 Samuel chapter 2, I'm looking at verse 10. In verse 10 of 1 Samuel chapter 2, 1 Samuel chapter 2, verse 10, the adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces out of heaven, shall he sunder upon them, the Lord shall judge, shall judge who? The ends of the earth, and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the hand of his anointed. Therefore we learn that this God, the God of heaven, is the judge of all the earth. Abraham knew that, and Moses knew that, Joshua knew that, all those fathers of the tribes of Israel, he knew that, Anna knew that too, and the rest of the Israelites knew that, and we better know that God has not abandoned this world into the hands of the despots, of the tyrants, of an emperor, of the king, of anyone on earth, he still holds the authority, and everybody confirms that God does judge. We're looking at Psalm 9, Psalm 9 verse 7 and verse 8. But the Lord shall endure forever, he has prepared his throne for judgment, he shall judge the world in righteousness, is the judge of the whole earth, is the judge of the ends of the earth, and is the judge of the whole world, it shall be such judgment to the people in uprightness. In verse 16 and verse 17, the Lord is known by the judgment which he executed, the wicked sneered in the work of his own hand. Verse 17, the wicked shall be turned into where? The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. We're looking at Psalm 110, Psalm 110 verses 5 and 6. The Lord at the right hands shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath, he shall judge among the heathen. You know there are people that say well I'm not a Christian, I don't think God is watching anything I'm doing, God is not taking notes of anything I do because I don't go to church, I don't read the Bible, I don't believe any of those things, I'm just a pagan, I'm just a heathen, but the word of God says the Lord shall judge among the heathen. I think Pharaoh thought that since he wasn't an Israelite, and I think Nebuchadnezzar thought since he wasn't a Jew, I think Herod thought since I'm not an Israelite, God's time is too short, cannot trick me where I am, but the word of God says he shall judge among the heathen. We're looking at Isaiah chapter 2 and verse 4, Isaiah chapter 2, reading there in verse 4, and he shall judge among the nations, not just one nation, not just Israel, not just the Jews, not just the Hebrews, he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people, and he shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooves. Nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they land war anymore. In Joel chapter 3, Joel chapter 3, coming near to the end of the Old Testament, this was still the confirmation of those prophets of old, telling us and reminding us that God is judge, and he judges the heathens, he judges the pagans, he judges the nations, he judges the whole earth, he judges the whole world. In Joel chapter 3, verse 12, let the heathen be wicked, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there will I siege to judge all the heathen roundabouts, all the heathen, that means the judgments of the whole world, Gentiles and Jews, the righteous and the righteous, the sinner and the sage, the unbeliever and the believer, the one that says there is God, the one that says there is no God, the judgment of everyone, is in the hand of the almighty God. You say those are Old Testament passages, you are right. Now the New Testament, Hebrews chapter 9, I'm reading from verse 27, Hebrews chapter 9, we're looking at verse 27, reminding us that God is judge. Hebrews chapter 9, verse 27, and as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. The New Testament confirms what we've been reading from Genesis all through to the edge of the Old Testament, that God is the judge of the whole earth, as it is appointed unto men once to die, after this the judgment. Acts of the Apostles chapter 17, in Acts of the Apostles chapter 17, verses 17 and 31, Acts chapter 17, verses 17 and 31, there it tells us, and at times of this ignorance, God will judge, but now commandeth how many men? Tell me out loud. God wants all men to repent. And if somebody is not repenting, that's a sin by itself because you are disobeying the express commandment of the Lord. He has commanded all men to repent. The moment you hear the word of God, you drop the evil things and the sinful things in your hand. You say, Lord I've heard, I've heard your commandment to repent, I'm repenting. If you don't, you're contradicting Him, you're resisting Him, and that's a sin by itself. He has now commanded all men to repent and to resist because in verse chapter 1, He has appointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He has ordained, whereof He has given assurance unto all men in that He has raised Him from the dead. You are looking at Romans chapter 1. Romans chapter 1, I'm reading from verse 17. In Romans chapter 1, verse 17, the word of God makes it very clear what kind of judgment will come and who will have the judgment, whether it's only the people that do the evil or those who encourage them, those who support them, those who assist them, or those who instigate them. The word of God makes us to understand the sinners will be judged, not only that, the people that teach and train and encourage the sinners and drive the sinners to sin, it sure will be judged. I'm reading from Romans chapter 1, I'm reading from verse 17. Romans chapter 1, verse 17. It says, for therein is righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written, the just shall live by faith. That means if you want to escape the judgment of God and have life eternal, you turn away from sin, you abandon your evil, you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you express that faith and trust and confidence of the Lord, he died for me, he took away my sin, he's my substitute, he's my savior. By the blood of Jesus Christ he cleanses us from all condemnation and guilt and then you come to life eternal and then you continue to live now in the righteousness of God judged by faith. But now if you don't do that, the sinners will remain in sin. Verse 18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold truth in unrighteousness. They purge the truth, they hold that truth in unrighteousness. They have learned the truth, they have studied the truth, the truth of repentance, of righteousness, of reconciliation with God, of regeneration, of how we can return from the way of sin and come to the Lord and they hold that truth in unrighteousness and the word of God says the judgment will come upon such people. In fact, it says that those people that hold that truth in unrighteousness, there's something peculiar about them. They do not like to retain the knowledge of God in them. When the true knowledge of God comes that will convict them of sin and that will make them to turn away from sin, they hate that, they reject that and that's why the word of God says in verse 28, I'm going to Romans chapter 1 verse 28, even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness. And here is the reason why God is going to judge them now. Here is what they are holding on to, they are not repenting from. Here is what they so love and embrace that they don't want to obey the commandments of God. Here is what they love so much and they hate the word and the will of God. It says in verse 29, being filled with all unrighteousness. Then it begins to name them fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debauch, deceit, malignity, whisperers, abiters and haters of God, despiteful and proud and boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. What's the result? What's the end of that? In verse 22, knowing the judgment of God. The Old Testament says God is judge. The New Testament says God is judge. And as everybody else should know, that God will judge all the deeds of man at the end of his life. And then will determine his eternal destiny. And it says that these people that hold the truth and righteousness, it is not that they are ignorant of the judgment of God. They just deliberately close their minds and their hearts and their will to the truth. That's why it says, who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of them, not only do the same, but do what? Tell me out loud. Tell me once again. There are pleasure in them that do them. That means then it's not only the people that just seen by themselves, but those who have pleasure in the sinners. Those who have some kind of gain, some kind of profit, some kind of glee, joy, happiness in the people that are committing sin and encourage them and influence them and instigate them and push them on it. They say, that's right. Do it. The people that have pleasure in them that do evil, they are also judged. God is still the final authority in heaven and on the earth at the present time, as well as in time in eternal future. Individual sinners and sinful nations will not go unpunished. The mightiest of men and the greatest of nations will not escape God's judgment. Even those who tolerate and encourage and delight in evil doers will not escape the judgment of God. I pray we'll escape in Jesus name. Amen. We're looking at Daniel chapter 7 and we're studying this under three subtitles. Number one, the description and the power of the eternal king. The description and the power of the eternal king. Number two, the damnation of the prince of earthly kingdoms. The prince of earthly kingdoms, the damnation that shall come, the peril that shall come, the perdition that shall come, the eternal suffering that shall come upon that prince of the earthly kingdoms. Number three, the dominion and the permanence of the everlasting king. The dominion and the permanence of the everlasting king. Number one, the description and the power of the eternal king. We're coming back to Daniel chapter 7 verse 9. The thrones were cast down. The thrones were cast down. What does that mean? Those kings of the earth, the emperors of the world, of those great world empires, when they ruled and reigned, they had their thrones. The Babylonian Empire, the Medo-Persian Empire, the Grecian Empire, the Roman Empire, all that Daniel had seen in the vision, they had their thrones. And those thrones were eventually cast down, thrown away, and destroyed. And now it says, and the ancients of days did see it. That's the almighty God. The ancients of days, he did see it. His garment was white as snow, and the air of his head like the pure wool. And then it says, his throne, you see that his throne, the ancients of days, yes, his own throne, pure, white, great, high, majestic, and fearful and fierce. He had his throne. And then it says that he sat on his throne. His throne was like a fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire, and a fierce stream, it says, issued and came from before him, thousands, thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand and ten thousand stood before him, and the judgment was set, and the books were opened. That's talking about the Lord. And you'll see that in this passage of Daniel chapter 7, in verse 13, we'll meet the ancients of days again. And then in verse 22, we'll meet the ancients of days again. Look at verse 13. In verse 13, it tells us about the ancients of days once again. I saw in the night visions, and behold one like the Son of Man. Who is that? I said, who is that? Like the Son of Man, as Jesus says, came from the clouds of heaven, and came to the ancients of days. That is, he came to God the Father. He came to God the judge of the whole earth. And then it says, and he brought him, that him is referring to the Son of God, the Son of Man, that is Jesus Christ our Lord, our Savior, our Redeemer. The one that has saved us and washed us, and then he has redeemed us, taken us away from the eternal judgment that will come. Because of that, he now came before him, that is, he came before the ancients of days. Look at verse 22. Until the ancients of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most high. That ancient of days, the eternal God, the everlasting King, he is called there the most high. And the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. I pray you'll be among the saints that have possessed the kingdom in Jesus' name. The time of sudden judgment had come. Thrones, the thrones of the beastly kings had been overthrown and destroyed. Now God's throne of glory and splendor, and God's throne of justice and judgment, and God's throne of irresistible power and overpowering authority was searched. God, the ancient of days, the great judge, had come forth in his majesty, glory and dazzling purity to judge and to bring the power and the pride of beastly kingdoms and brutal kings and bestial men to an end. Three times in this chapter, that is, in chapter 7 of Daniel, I've read that already, in verse 9, verse 13 and verse 22, the God of heaven is referred to as the ancient of days. He is the eternal uncreated self-existent one without beginning of days nor end of life. This God, the eternal, is from everlasting to everlasting and his years have no end. Let's look at Psalm 90, verse 2. Describing for us the eternal God, the everlasting king, the God of heaven and earth, the judge of the whole earth, the ancient of days. In Psalm 90, verse 2, before the mountains were brought forth, or ever, thou hast formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. That's why he's referred to as the ancient of days, as being God from all eternity until all eternity. In Psalm 102, Psalm 102, verse 24, I said, oh my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, thy years are throughout all generations. That's why it's referred to as the ancient of days, the years referring to the almighty God, the years are throughout all generations of old as thou laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall all perish, they'll come to their end, but thou shalt endure ye. All of them shall wax old like a gamete, as a vesture shall thou change them and they shall be changed. How about God? Verse 27, but thou art the same and the years shall have no end. It remains ever the same from everlasting to everlasting. We're looking at Psalm 104, verses 1 and 2. Psalm 104, verses 1 and 2, praise the Lord, oh my soul. Oh Lord, my God, thou art very great, thou art close with honor and majesty, who covers thyself with light as with a gamete, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain. It's referring to what Daniel has just told us about the gamete of this ancient of days, this almighty God. Come back to that and refresh and remind yourself of what Daniel had said about the ancient of days, about the everlasting God. In Daniel chapter 7, Daniel chapter 7, I'm reading verse 9 again. I beheld the thrones were cast down, and the ancient of days did sit whose gamete was white as snow. Whose gamete was white as snow, reminding us of this almighty God that is the ancient of days, and he is from everlasting, and his gamete is so pure, and that shows his purity, that shows his majesty. And then he goes on to say, and the air of his head was like pure wood, very white. That's talking about his eternal age. It's the very fact that he has perfection of wisdom, and the purity of his declaration, because it says his throne is also like very flame. His judgment was strike. The strongest of tyrants were fear and trembling as he will discover what he has never considered that our God is a consuming fire. I pray that as the people of the world will discover it when it is too late, when you cannot repent, you will not discover it too late, you'll know it now, you'll walk on it and stand on it and pray about it, and then you'll make reconciliation with God even at this time in Jesus' name. So talking about the majesty and the glory and the dominion of the almighty God, the ancient of days, we're looking at 1 Timothy chapter 6, verses 15 and 16, which in his time he shall show who is the blessed and only potentate, the king of kings and the lord of lords, who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto. Dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto. And then he goes on to say, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and power everlasting and everybody's search. Amen. That's talking about the almighty God. Let's turn to Psalm 50, verses 3 and 4. Psalm 50, verses 3 and 4. We're looking at the majesty of our God, the glory of our God, and the greatness of our God and the fierce judgment of this almighty God in Psalm 50, verses 3 and 4, our God shall come and shall not keep silence. A fire shall devour before him and it shall be tempestuous round about him. Verse 4, he shall call to the heavens from above and to the earth that he may judge his people, the old judge's people. And then Psalm 97, Psalm 97, verses 2 and 3. Psalm 97, verse 2, clouds and darkness around about him, righteousness and judgment at the arbitration of his throne. A fire goes before him and burneth up his enemies round about. It talks about the judgment that shall come upon the unbeliever, upon the sinner, upon the one who refuses to repent, who delights in sin, rejoices and delights in evil. In Isaiah chapter 66, Isaiah 66, verse 15, for behold, the Lord shall come with fire and with his chariots like a whirlwind to render his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire. Can you see how many scriptures are telling us of the judgment and the very indignation and the wrath and the suffering that shall come upon your repentant sinners, your saved people, the people that live in sin and abide in evil and the people that reject the opportunity to repent and the people that reject the salvation that Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior has bought and purchased for us. The people that refuse the free grace of God, the judgment and the wrath, the perdition, the peril, the damnation, the doom that shall come upon them, tells us in that verse 15, look at it again, for behold, the Lord will come with fire and with his chariots like a whirlwind to render his anger, his wrath, his indignation with fury and his rebuke of flames of fire, but by fire and by sword will the Lord plead with all flesh and the slain of the Lord shall be many. I will not be among those people. I said I will not be among those people. If you repent and you give your life to the Lord, that's how you escape the judgment of God. And you say, no, I don't want to be there. And the Lord will protect us from that eternal everlasting judgment in Jesus name. We're looking at Hebrews chapter 12, Hebrews chapter 12, we're looking at verse, we're looking at verse 29, Hebrews chapter 12, verse 29, Hebrews 12, verse 29, for our God is, tell me out loud, a consuming fire. You know, there are people that really talk about the love of God, about the grace of God, about the goodness of God, about the compassion of God. That's one side of the story. Yes, there's mercy for those who repent. Yes, there's love for those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, the people that run away from their sin and embrace the righteousness of Christ as purchased for us this mercy and love, compassion and goodness. But there is wrath, judgment, indignation, fury against the people that abide and remain in sin. For God is a consuming fire. Revelation chapter 6, Revelation chapter 6, I'm reading from verse 15, Revelation chapter 6, we're looking at verse 15, Revelation chapter 6, verse 15, and the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every born man and every free man hid themselves in the dales and the rocks of the mountains and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, fall on us and hide us from the face of him that's seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great day of what? Of his love? Tell me out loud. Of his wrath, judgment, indignation, fury for the great day of his wrath has come and who shall be able to abide? Let's come back to Daniel chapter 7, something very important here. We mustn't pass by and overlook in Daniel chapter 7, we're looking at verse 10, Daniel chapter 7, looking at verse 10. The first tree issued and came forth from before him, thousands and thousands ministered unto him and 10,000 and 10,000 stood before him and the judgment was such, read the last part of that sentence. Again, can you read that confidently? And the books were opened. You better understand that everything we do here on earth is recorded down, is a book of records. God will not just judge arbitrarily when we get over there. The sinners, the unbelievers, the unrighteous and the people, the evildoers, everything that is done by every individual, everything is recorded down, the small and the great, the men and the women, the boys and the girls, the youths and the adults, everything is recorded down by the almighty God. And that's why it says, and the books were opened. The books are going to be opened in the day of judgment. Let's come to Revelation chapter 20, Revelation chapter 20, I'm reading from verse 12, Revelation chapter 20, verse 12, and I saw the dead small and great. I saw the dead small and great. You know, there are some people that feel, that say, I'm still young, I'm still a youth, I'm still a teenager, I'm still a little boy, a little girl. Understand? If my parents are living righteous, that's what I understand. But about me, I'm still going to do all the things I want to do. When I get older, when I become an adult, then I will do right. Do you understand that even though you are young, all those evil things you do and the sinful things you practice, they are written down. And it's said to come to the Lord Jesus Christ and your trust in the blood, the atoning blood of Christ to wash everything away, to wipe everything away, the record will remain there. That's why it says in Revelation chapter 20, verse 12, it says, and I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened. They are small, they are great, they are young, they are old, they are youths, they are teenagers, they are adults, and the records of their lives are kept. And it says the books were opened and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged out of those things which are written in the books according to their works. We cannot hide from God. Everything that is done in the secret, in the public, everything is known by God and recorded down except to allow the blood of Jesus to cleanse them and wash everything away. Hebrews chapter 4, verse 13, Hebrews chapter 4, I'm looking at verse 13, neither is there any creature that is not manifest in sight, neither is there any creature, young and old, youths and adults, boys and girls, men and women, singles and married, neither is there any creature that is not manifest in sight, but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Kings normally keep books of records, and the king of heaven, the God of heaven also keeps the books of records. Esther chapter 6, in Esther chapter 6 we're looking at an example of keeping a book of records. Those kings did it, and they followed after the example of the almighty God himself, he has a book of records. Esther chapter 6, verses 1 and 2, on that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring, what? The book of records, he commanded them to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king, and it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigdana and Teresh, who two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hands on the king, it says the records were kept, and of the kings of the earth, if they kept such records, do you know that the almighty God too keeps his own records, and on the final day of judgment, when the ancient of days, when the almighty God, when the most high, when the God of the judge of all the earth, when he'll bring everyone, young and old, he'll bring them one by one before him, and judge them on that day, he will open the books of records, and men and women will be judged out of those six that were rich in the area, after we are born again, we become children of God, and now we begin to live lives of righteousness, of holiness, and lives of purity, and lives of usefulness in the kingdom of God, every good thing that we do, every good thing is also written down, the good deeds that we do, the good words that we speak, the evangelism that we do, the souls, the kingdom, the faithfulness, the sacrifice, the consecration, every good thing that you do is also kept in record, and it's written in the book of remembrance as well, Malachi now, Malachi chapter three, I'm reading from verse sixteen, Malachi chapter three, and we're reading from verse sixteen, then they that feared the Lord speak upon one to another, and the Lord hearken and urge each, and a book of watch, a book of remembrance, a book of remembrance, God remembers every good deed that you do, every good word that you speak, every good sacrifice that you make, every commendable consecration that you make, and every work of evangelism that you do, and every deed of bringing a soul into the kingdom, God remembers everything, and writes a book of remembrance, and it says a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared the Lord, and that sought upon his name, and they shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son that serveth him, and they then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not. I pray you'll be among those who are serving the Lord faithfully, and the book of remembrance will be written concerning you in Jesus' name. I need a good amen there. But looking at now point number 2, point number 2, Daniel chapter 7 verses 11 and 12. Daniel chapter 7 verses 11 and 12. I beheld them, because of the voice of the great words which the horns speak. I beheld even shall the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. I want you to remember I was talking about those beasts. The beasts represented the kings of the Gentile kingdoms. The first one, the Babylonian emperor represented by the beast, the lion. And then the second one, the Medo-Persian emperor, that is represented by the bear of the leopard, and then the bear, and then the next one, the Grecian emperor, Alexander the Great, represented by the leopard. And the last one, the one that was divers from all the others, and his look was terrific and terrifying, representing the Roman emperor. And it says now the final one, the one that has the little horn, the one speaking blasphemy against the almighty God, which is actually standing for the Antichrist. I told you there are 3 A's. Number 1 is Alexander the Great. Number 2 is the Antiochus, the Greek, that is Antiochus Epiphanes. And then number 3, the Antichrist, the one that will come in the revived Roman empire, that will come on the final day when the church had been raptured away, and then during that time of the great tribulation, that Antichrist will come up, and then he will speak blasphemous things against the Lord Almighty. And now it says judgment will come. And the judgment is not only on the small, and the great, and the kings, and the princes, and the councilors, and the captains, and the people of the world. It's also upon this one, represented by the horn, representing the Antichrist. The judgment will also come. Let me just remind you about this Antichrist, and about his characteristic, and about the blasphemy, about the things that he will say against the Almighty God, and the judgment that will come upon him. I'm looking at that same chapter 7, verse 25. Chapter 7, verse 25. And he shall speak great words against the most high, and shall wear out the saints of the most high, and think to change times and laws. And they shall be given unto his hand, until the time, and times, and the dividing of time. If you look at the last part of that verse, time, that's one year, times, two years, that's one year, plus two years, that's three, and the dividing of time, that's half a year, three and a half years. The time of the great tribulation, or the three and a half years, and this king, or prince, or fierce countenance, he'll say and speak blasphemous words against the Lord Almighty. His judgment will come at last. Look at verse 26, and the judgment shall cease, and they shall take away his dominion, and consume, and consume, and destroy unto the end. That's the Antichrist, eventually he's going to be destroyed and taken away from the seat of his blasphemous throne. We're looking at chapter 8 verse 25, chapter 8 verse 25 talking about this beast, that the Almighty will come and destroy by the mighty powerful judgment against the Antichrist in the last days. Daniel chapter 8 verse 25 it says, and through his policy, the policy of that Antichrist, at the time of the great tribulation, through his policy, also shall he cause corruption, besiege, also to prosper in his hand, and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall he destroy many. He shall also stand up against the prince of princes. He will stand up against Christ. That's why it's the Antichrist. He stands in opposition against Christ. He will stand against the prince of princes, but he shall be what? Broken without hands, he'll be destroyed. The mighty power of God will destroy him. Daniel chapter 11 verse 45 the Antichrist, the judgment that will come upon him, a destruction, devastation that will come upon that Antichrist. Daniel chapter 11 verse 45, and he shall plunge the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious mountain, yet he shall come to his edge. The Antichrist will come to his edge. That beast will come to his edge. That blasphemous prince of the revived Roman Empire in the last days will come to his edge and none shall help him. And we're looking at Revelation chapter 19 verse 20, Revelation chapter 19 verse 20, referring to the judgment that will come upon the Antichrist, upon the beast, upon the one that has the horn. Horn represents his strength, his power, that he feels so great, so courageous and so bold that he blasphemes the Lord God almighty. Revelation chapter 19 verse 20, and the beast was taken and was him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worship the image. These were both cast alive into what? Into a lake of fire burning with brimstone and when they get into that lake of fire, will they ever come out? Will they die there? Will they be burnt up there? They'll be there forever and ever. Look at that in Revelation chapter 14, Revelation chapter 14 verse 10, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation. That's a cup of judgment and a cup of his wrath, the judgment of God, the very indignation of God poured out into this indignation, cup of indignation, and it shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up. How long? Forever and ever. I will not be there. I said I will not be there. You know, if you repent and turn to the Lord, if you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you take him as your personal Savior, you accept the blood, the atoning blood that he shed for you on the cross of Calvary and then you are cleansed, you are purged, you are made righteous, and then you transform your sins to Christ and he transfers all his righteousness unto you. And then you live in that righteousness in the sight of the Lord day and night, helped by the grace of God. That's how you escape the judgment of God. And that's how you will not be there with them in Jesus name. It says, and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever. And they have no rest day nor night to worship the beast and his image whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. And it's not just the Antichrist alone. It's not just the beast alone. All those who follow the Antichrist, all those who are opposed to the will of God, the word of God, the commandments of the Lord, all those who rebel against the watch of the Lord, be true. There will be parts of the people that are going to be judged and they will be thrown into that same lake of fire. What a terrible thing will happen to those people. Then they will regret and say, had I known I would have repented and called upon the Lord when the chance was there for me. Revelation chapter 20 I'm reading from verse 11. Revelation chapter 20 verse 11. It says, and I saw a great white throne and him that sat on each from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were open and another book was open, which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were reaching and the dead were judged out of those things which were reaching the dead of all generations from the creation from the time of the creation of Adam onto the very last man from the beginning of the world from generation to generation until the end of the world in all nations and tongues and languages among all people the dead were judged out of those things which were reaching and then it says out of the books according to their words and then in verse 13 and the seed gave up the dead which were in each and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged how many people every man every man every man according to their words and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire this is the second day and whosoever whosoever was not found reaching in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire that's why Jesus says rejoice because your names are reaching in heaven it's only those who have their names in the book of life by repentance and faith in Christ by righteousness and holiness before the Lord by grace and godliness only those who have their names in the book of life and the names are kept there they don't backslide they don't turn away from the Lord those are the people that will escape the lake of fire the torment of hell forever and ever and I pray that you will escape in Jesus name and let's come back to this Daniel again Daniel chapter 7 I need to show you something there Daniel chapter 7 and let us see the what you must not overlook the word is because because very important word anything God does he has a purpose he has to receive he did this because and we need to follow through on that look at look at Daniel chapter 7 in Daniel chapter 7 Daniel chapter 7 we are looking at this verse 11 Daniel chapter 7 verse 11 and it says I beheld them what's the next word tell me out loud because of the voice of the great words which the horns speak that's why the judgment came because of those words which the horns speak I beheld shall the beast was slain and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame because because because you see when we speak words against the almighty God great swelling words of vanity those words bring judgment look at Daniel chapter 11 verse 36 Daniel 11 verse 36 remember that because because of those words that was spoken that's why the judgment came in chapter 11 verse 36 and the king shall do according to his will and he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every God and shall speak marvelous things against the God of Gods and shall prosper till the indignation shall be accomplished indignation shall come wrath shall come petition judgment shall come the wrath of God shall come because of those words for that that is determined shall be done Revelation chapter 13 I'm reading verses 5 and 6 Revelation 13 verses 5 and 6 remember that because because because of those words that was spoken that's why the judgment shall come Revelation 13 verse 5 and there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months yes right there and he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and then that dwell in heaven and it's for that reason because of that that's why the judgment will come you learn a lesson from that that if you choose speak words of vanity words of blasphemy words that are destructive against God against Christ against the servants of the Lord against the saints of God against the believers against the church of the living God because of those words that are spoken in secret to the public the wrath of God and the judgment of God will come in 2 Peter chapter 2 I'm reading from verse 12 2 Peter chapter 2 verse 12 but these as natural brute beasts made to be taken and destroyed speak evil of the things that they understand not and shall utterly perish in their own corruption is talking about human beings now the people that act like the Antichrist and they have the mouths of the Antichrist because they have the spirit of the Antichrist there is a spirit of the Antichrist and it is that spirit of the Antichrist that most people to act and to live and to speak and to sing and to behave like the Antichrist and if you have the spirit of the Antichrist and the mouths of the Antichrist it says such an individual will be judged I'm reading Jude verse 8 Jude verse 8 likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh despise dominion and speak evil of dignities these are human beings now but these are the people that have the spirit of the Antichrist and the mouths of the Antichrist and they speak great swelling words abusive words insulting words derogatory words belittling words blasphemous words against Christ and the servants of Christ and the saints in Christ look at verse 10 but these speak evil of those things which they know not but they that what they know naturally has brought these in those things they corrupt themselves jump down to verse 14 you know also the servant from Adam prophesied of these saying the coach they look comment with 10,000 of his saints to execute judgment upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all the ungodly deeds which ungodly men have committed and of all their speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken which ungodly sinners the people that have the mouths of the Antichrist and the spirit of the Antichrist and you can tell when somebody is talking when he's speaking against God against Christ against his dominion against his kingdom or against the servants of God or against the children of God and you know that that's the mouth of an Antichrist and it says judgment will come in verse 16 these are murmurers complainers walking after their own loss their mouth speaketh great swirling words have immense presence in admiration because of advantage I pray God will transform our hearts and God will change our language so that all those corrupt wars defiling wars destructive wars wars and all those wars of blasphemy all those wars of righteousness will be cleansed away from our mouths in Jesus name and then we'll be able to escape the judgment that comes upon the people that use the mouth of the Antichrist and motivated and engineered by the spirit of the Antichrist will come to point number three now the dominion on the permanence of everlasting kingdom and the permanence of the everlasting kingdom we're coming back to Daniel chapter 7 Daniel chapter 7 I'm reading from verse 13 I saw in the night visions and behold one like the son of man he came with the clouds of heaven and came to the ancient of days and brought him near before him here is a son of man this is the Lord Jesus Christ he came to the ancient of days he came to God the Father and God the Father is to give him now the kingdom the dominion and we're told in verse 14 and there was given him dominion and glory and a kingdom that all people nations and languages shall serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away and his kingdom that we shall not be destroyed now you see here mentions the son of man let me remind you of that in verse 14 I saw in the night visions and behold one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven what's this referring to this is referring to the second coming of Christ when Christ came the first time he didn't come with the clouds of heaven he was born in a manger but he's coming again and when he comes again they'll be coming with the clouds of heaven and you know that every time the Lord Jesus referred to himself as the son of man most of the times he connected that with he is coming again let me show you Matthew Mark Luke and John let's look at Matthew in Matthew chapter 13 you see the connection between the son of man and the second coming of Christ Christ is that son of man and he talks about his coming again and he gives himself the title of the son of man according to what we read already in Daniel chapter 7 verse 13 look at this now in Matthew chapter 13 verses 14 and 41 the son of man shall send forth his angels and shall gather out of his kingdom all things that are vain and them that do iniquity and shall cast them into a furnace of fire and there shall the wailing and gnashing of teeth that's about the second coming of Christ and he refers to himself as the son of man Matthew chapter 16 verse 27 Matthew 16 verse 27 for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels and then shall he reward every man according to his works you see that the son of man coming the second time and then in chapter 24 verse 27 Matthew chapter 24 verse 27 was the lightning comet out of the east and shineth even to the west so shall also the coming of the son of man be talking about his coming second coming and he refers to himself as the son of man chapter 26 Matthew 26 verse 64 Jesus says unto him that was such nevertheless I sent you hereafter shall you see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven that tells you that's what Daniel was referring to is coming again and when he comes again it will be coming with the clouds of heaven in Matthew chapter 25 verse 31 verse 32 Matthew chapter 25 verse 31 when the son of man shall come in his glory second coming of Christ the son of man shall come with the clouds of heaven Daniel saw that ahead of time have you seen the length of time the visions of Daniel covers from the time of Babylon to that of Middle Persia to that of Greece and to that of Rome and into the time of the Antichrist and into the time of the second coming of Christ and into the time of the establishment of the millennial reign the visions of Daniel cover a lot of time is a wide span of time when the son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels within then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divided the sheep from the goats we're looking at Mark chapter 13 Mark chapter 13 I'm reading verse 26 Mark 13 verse 26 and then shall they see the son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory and Matthew and Mark they're writing about what Daniel had said he saw in the vision the son of man coming with the clouds of heaven and coming to the ancient of days Luke chapter 12 in Luke chapter 12 I'm reading from verse 40 Luke chapter 12 verse 40 be therefore ready also for the son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not chapter 21 of Luke Luke chapter 21 reading from verse 36 what she therefore and pray always that she may be accounted worthy to escape all this thing that shall come to pass and to stand before the son of man you see how accurate the prophecy of Daniel was that he wrote about the son of man coming to the ancient of days at the time of the second coming of Christ and now Matthew has confirmed that and Mark has confirmed that and Luke has confirmed that and now John chapter 5 verse 27 John chapter 5 verse 27 and has given him authority to execute judgment also because he is a son of man and so you'll find as those words son of man of course in Daniel is referring to Jesus Christ who is the son of man and then he's coming is coming again and when he comes he comes to reign and it will reign over the whole world the whole universe Christ the Messiah Christ our Lord Christ our Savior Christ the son of God the son of man the son of baby the son of Abraham is Christ was a sacrifice his life so that we can be saved is going to be Lord and king and then the word of God affirms that he came to the ancient of days and when he came you know God he received the kingdom and is going to have a universal perpetual kingdom we're coming back to Daniel now Daniel chapter 7 we're going to look at the lens of his kingdom the authority of this king the power of this king Daniel chapter 7 verse 14 and there was given unto him giving unto Christ giving unto the Messiah giving unto our Lord Jesus Christ the son of man and there was given unto him dominion and glory and a kingdom that all people nations and languages should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion praise the Lord which shall not pass away and his kingdom that we shall not be destroyed Christ is coming and when he comes this kingdom the kingdom that you will have will be an everlasting kingdom let's look at Isaiah chapter 9 Isaiah chapter 9 we're reading verses 6 and 7 Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6 unto us a child is born unto us a son is given and the kingdom and the government shall be upon his shoulder that means that Jesus Christ will come he will reign he will reign forever and ever because his dominion his kingdom will be from generation to generation and his kingdom will be forever his name shall be called wonderful councilor the mighty God the everlasting father the prince of peace can I explain something to you here it says the everlasting father you know what that means the father of eternity that doesn't mean it's God the father no it's God the son the almighty God the most highly ancient of beings is God the father and we cannot call Jesus the father but he is the everlasting father in the sense that he is the father of eternity he is the father of time and eternity so don't say Jesus is father Jesus is son Jesus is the holy ghost no the Lord almighty the ancient of days he is the father and Jesus Christ he is the son and he is the prince of peace in verse 7 and of the increase of his kingdom and the peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this it will be done in Jesus name some true let's hear the father now the almighty God himself talking concerning the son and concerning the kingdom that you will have which will be forever his dominion his kingdom forever and ever some true I'm reading from verse 6 yet have I searched my king upon my holy hill of Zion I will declare the decree the Lord has said unto me that my son that is the son of God thou art my son it says this day have I begotten thee ask of me and I shall give thee the given and for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession and then it says in verse 9 thou shalt break them with a rod of iron and thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel talking about how God our Christ will reign forever and ever and we're looking at Philippians chapter 2 Philippians chapter 2 reading from verse 9 Philippians chapter 2 verse 9 Philippians chapter 2 verse 9 where for God has also highly exalted him and given him a name that's above every name the name of Jesus is above every other name above Nebuchadnezzar above Herod above Belshazzar above Cyrus above Darius above everyone his king of kings and his lord of lords where for God also has highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father Jesus Christ of the Lord it will reign forever and ever and it's coming again I pray that when he comes he'll find you in his kingdom in Jesus name you know Jesus is coming again Revelation chapter 1 Revelation chapter 1 I'm looking at verse 7 Revelation chapter 1 verse 7 behold he cometh with the clouds isn't that what Daniel prophesied many many years before John the Beloved behold he comes he cometh with the clouds and every eye shall see him and he also which peers to him and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him even so amen the Lord is coming I pray you'll be ready will you be ready how will you be ready Revelation chapter 2 Revelation chapter 2 verse 25 and that which he hath already hold fast shall I come that's not to be ready Christ is coming and as Christ is coming he says that which you have the salvation you have hold it fast the sound doctrine which you have hold it fast the privilege and the opportunity of calling God your Father and Jesus your Savior and the Holy Ghost your comforter hold that fast the confidence you have in the Lord the faith you have in the Lord hold that fast until I come the privilege you have to belong to a church like this teaching you sound doctrine hold that fast till he comes and when he comes you'll not be found wanting in Jesus name Revelation chapter 22 Revelation chapter 22 I'm reading from verse 12 behold I come quickly and my reward is with me to give to every man according as his work shall be verse 14 blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city verse 20 he witnessed and by this saying said surely I come quickly amen even so come Lord Jesus the Lord is coming I pray you'll be ready let's rise up and talk to the Lord in prayer that as the Lord is coming coming for his soul that shall be ready that shall not be lost for the people that shall be lost the Lord is calling upon you if you have not repented call upon the Lord judgment is coming judgment will come and where will you be on that day when that judgment comes are you born again are you a child of God is your name written in the book of life have you received grace and godliness living righteous and pure and holy because without holiness no man shall see the Lord why don't you call upon the Lord on this day of opportunity don't waste your opportunity and don't waste your chance salvation is available righteousness available you can turn away from sin and turn to the Savior already the Lord has shown us there the ancient of days God the Father the judge of the whole earth the judge of the heathen the judge of all people the judge of the whole world and the books will be opened the book of records so that all the evil things men have done all the evil things young people have done all the evil things boys and girls have done all the evil things youths and adults have done and they have not repented it will be read out to the hearing of everyone on the final day but you can repent today you can call upon the Lord today you can have your sins forgiven your sins washed away your sins cleansed away your sins forgiven and forgotten today and you can say Lord I come to you I'm so sorry for the sins I've committed blot out the underwriting of ordinances that is against me blot out the remembrance of my sin blot out all my evil blot them out wash them away I don't want to wait too long until the day of judgment the mercy of God is available today those who reject the mercy of God will be waiting for the wrath of God the love of God is available today those who reject the love of God will be waiting for the wrath the indignation the judgment the very indignation and judgment of the almighty God grace is available today love available today mercy available today compassion available today salvation available today those who reject the salvation they are getting ready for the suffering eternal suffering in the lake of fire forever and ever but today you can call upon the Lord today you can ask for the mercy of the Lord today you can ask for the salvation of the Lord and it will wash your sins away it will take your sins away and the spirit of God will bear witness with your heart that your sins are forgiven new life has come unto you you become a new creature in Christ and the spirit of God will do a regenerating work a re-creating work a renewal in your life you'll never be the same again and then you'll have the grace to live a newness of life righteousness will come holiness will come goodness will come you will hate evil things you've done in the past then you will love obedience to the word of God when that new life comes into you it comes as we talk to the Lord as we pray to the Lord as we ask him Lord I want your grace I want your strength I want your ability the divine ability and strength and health to live in newness of life salvation from sin righteousness following after the footsteps of Christ grace, godliness, holiness without which no man shall see the Lord then you will delight in righteousness you reject, you abandon, you forsake, you throw away the act of the Antichrist you reject the spirit of the Antichrist you reject the mouth and the language of the Antichrist because of the mouth of the Antichrist because of the utterance of the Antichrist because of the utterance, pronouncements, blasphemies of the Antichrist that's why the wrath and the indignation and the fury and the judgment and the fire will come upon him and those who have the spirit of the Antichrist they will experience the eternal everlasting judgment of the Antichrist as well those who have the language, the speech, the mouth of the Antichrist they will also have the same judgment, the same suffering of the Antichrist those who speak against God against Christ, against the silence of Christ against the saints of Christ and they speak blasphemous words and they say it in the pulpit or they say it in the public or they say it in the private those who have the mouth of the Antichrist will have the judgment and the wrath of God and the indignation that will come upon the Antichrist Satan and his angels and his demons will be cast into the lake of fire and all the people that forsake God, all nations that forsake God all the people that have the mouth and the spirit and the life and the acts and the behavior of the Antichrist will experience for eternity the judgment coming upon the Antichrist the Lord is coming and he wants you to be ready and we get ready by getting saved sinners are not ready, repent and be ready backsliders are not ready, repent and be restored and be ready those who are saying no to the commandment of God, they are not ready say yes to the almighty God and be ready those who are resisting the voice of the Holy Ghost those who are resisting the voice and the pleading of the Lamb of God, they are not ready submit yourself to Christ as Lord and King and be ready be also ready for at an hour you think not the Son of Man cometh Christ is coming only those who have repented are ready, only those who are righteous are ready only those who are washed in the blood of the Lamb are ready, only those who commit themselves to the Lord in righteousness and holiness, only those people are ready only those who are walking prayerfully and carefully according to the word of the Lord, only those are ready only those who yield themselves are reserved unto the Lord, only those are ready and I saw as the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven and He came to the ancient of days and He was brought before Him and dominion and power majesty and glory was given unto the Son of Man so that His dominion, His kingdom will be forever and ever Christ shall reign behold I come, I come quickly my reward is with me, to give unto those who are following the Lord according to their deeds, according to their words come to the Lord, reconcile with the Lord bind your consecration upon the altar and say Lord I come to you I give myself, I surrender myself completely unto you and Lord I will never go back again, nothing will separate me from the love of Christ who died for me make your covenant with the Lord remain abide in the Lord and let His word abide in you and have the grace to continue to serve the Lord in righteousness and holiness, holding on to the truth holding fast to worship God until He comes until He comes, until He comes again, those are the people that will take home when He comes those who abide, those who remain, those who dwell in Him they resist temptation at the time of persecution they keep on standing standing firm in the Lord standing firm in the grace of the Lord they remain steadfast, immovable always abiding in the will of God, in the work of God always abiding in the life of righteousness and holiness so that when He comes, He will find you ready and you will be among the saints that will go with the Lord make faithful to the edge in the Lord God help you, and keep you as a commit shall lie completely unto Him His coming, I pray you will be among the saints that will go with Him