π‘✞⚠️ WOE: In-Depth Bible Study
π‘✞⚠️ WOE: In-Depth Bible Study π
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π⚠️ Understanding the Three Woes of Revelation: Biblical Prophecy and True Teaching ✨π―
π Meta Description
π Explore the profound insights of the Three Woes of Revelation, biblical prophecy, and the importance of sound, Scripture-based teaching for remaining faithful during challenging times. Learn how God's Word equips believers with wisdom, discernment, and hope. ✝️π₯
π Keywords: Revelation woes, biblical prophecy, false teaching, end times study
π⚠️ Understanding the Three Woes of Revelation: Biblical Prophecy and True Teaching
π Introduction to the Three Woes in Biblical Prophecy
The Book of Revelation, particularly the passages describing the Three Woes associated with the sounding of the trumpets, reveals profound prophetic truths concerning the end times. These symbolic judgments highlight God's sovereignty, warn against deception, and encourage believers to remain firmly grounded in His Word.
More than predictions of future events, these prophecies call Christians to spiritual discernment, faithful study, and unwavering trust in God's promises. ππ️
π― Primary Teachings from the Book of Revelation
πΊ The Symbolism of the Seven Trumpets
The Seven Trumpets announce a series of escalating judgments upon the earth.
The first four trumpets portray dramatic upheavals including:
π Seas turning to blood
⛰️ A burning mountain cast into the sea
π The fall of a great star
π The darkening of the sun, moon, and stars
These symbolic images represent turmoil affecting nations, economies, governments, spiritual life, and humanity itself.
π΄ The "Red Sea" of Socialism and Communism
One interpretation presented in this teaching views the phrase "a third part of the sea became blood" as symbolizing the spread of socialist and communist ideologies—often associated with the color red.
According to this interpretation:
π© Dependence upon governments replaces individual responsibility.
π️ False promises of unity conceal spiritual decline.
π Prosperity and freedom gradually deteriorate.
This is presented as a symbolic interpretation rather than the only accepted understanding among Christians.
π Spiritual and Physical Consequences
The destruction of sea creatures and ships symbolizes:
π Spiritual death
π Economic decline
π§ Loss of moral direction
⚓ Broken prosperity
False ideologies ultimately damage both societies and individual souls.
π The Fourth Trumpet: Cosmic Darkness
The darkening of the heavenly lights symbolizes increasing spiritual blindness.
It represents:
π Confusion
π΅ Deception
❌ Loss of biblical truth
π‘ Diminished spiritual understanding
When God's truth is rejected, darkness spreads throughout both individuals and nations.
⚠️ The Three Woes: Divine Judgments
π― First Woe — The Fifth Trumpet
The Fifth Trumpet introduces a period marked by intense spiritual conflict.
Key themes include:
π‘️ God's servants are spiritually sealed.
π Biblical truth protects believers from deception.
⚠️ The world experiences increasing spiritual confusion.
This period emphasizes teaching, warning, and preparation.
πΏ Second Woe — The Sixth Trumpet
The Sixth Trumpet describes intensified spiritual warfare.
According to Revelation:
π₯ Demonic forces are released.
π Satan's influence dramatically increases.
⚔️ Spiritual deception reaches unprecedented levels.
Those who reject God's truth become increasingly vulnerable.
π Third Woe — The Seventh Trumpet
The Seventh Trumpet announces:
πΊ Christ's victorious reign
⚖️ Final judgment
π The establishment of God's Kingdom
✨ Ultimate triumph over evil
This final woe concludes human history as God's eternal Kingdom is fully revealed.
π The Importance of True Biblical Teaching
⚠️ False Prophets and Their Consequences
Ezekiel 13 strongly warns against false teachers who mislead God's people.
God compares their work to building:
𧱠Walls made with untempered mortar
Such walls appear strong but collapse under judgment.
False teachers often proclaim:
π️ "Peace"
when true repentance is absent.
π« The Danger of False Doctrine
False doctrine produces:
❌ Spiritual blindness
π Spiritual death
π΅ Confusion
π Apostasy
Therefore believers are encouraged to study Scripture:
π Chapter by chapter
π Verse by verse
allowing God's Word—not human opinion—to shape doctrine.
⚠️ Woe to False Teachers
Scripture repeatedly warns that salvation comes through:
✝️ Jesus Christ alone
—not through traditions, human inventions, or deceptive religious systems.
Both teachers and followers are urged to repent and return to God's truth.
π The Role of Biblical Prophecy
Biblical prophecy serves as God's roadmap.
Prophetic themes connect throughout Scripture:
π Revelation
π Ezekiel
π Matthew 24
π Mark 13
These passages reinforce one another, encouraging believers to remain watchful and spiritually prepared.
Revelation 12 also describes Satan being cast to earth, symbolizing intensified opposition before Christ's return.
π Practical Lessons for Believers
π Stay Grounded in God's Word
Believers should:
✅ Study Scripture faithfully
✅ Compare teachings with the Bible
✅ Reject sensational claims lacking biblical support
✅ Remain loyal to Jesus Christ
God's Word remains the ultimate authority.
π Recognize the Spirit of the Times
Modern society experiences:
π Political instability
⚔️ Conflict
π Moral decline
π Religious deception
Christians are called to remain spiritually alert while placing their confidence in God rather than fear.
π Prophetic Symbolism in Modern Context
Some teachers interpret symbols such as:
π΄ The Red Sea
π Darkened heavenly bodies
⚖️ National upheavals
as representing spiritual conditions visible throughout history and in contemporary events. These interpretations are debated among Christians and should be evaluated alongside the broader witness of Scripture.
π‘️ God's Protection and Final Victory
✨ Assurance for the Faithful
Those who remain faithful receive:
π‘️ God's protection
π His guidance
π His promises
π Eternal life through Christ
The sealing described in Revelation symbolizes God's ownership and spiritual preservation of His people.
π Hope in Troubling Times
Although darkness increases, God's victory is certain.
Believers can rejoice knowing:
✨ Evil is temporary.
π God's Kingdom is eternal.
✝️ Christ has already secured the ultimate victory.
Hope triumphs over fear.
π Additional Biblical Insights
πΎ The Mark of the Beast
Some interpreters understand the Mark of the Beast primarily as representing spiritual allegiance rather than a physical mark. Other Christians interpret these passages differently. Whatever one's view, Revelation emphasizes remaining faithful to Christ and resisting deception.
Knowledge of God's Word protects believers from spiritual deception.
π©π« Women in Ministry
Scripture records God using both men and women in His service.
Examples include:
✨ Joel 2
π₯ Acts 2
God empowers those He calls according to His purpose.
⚖️ Capital Punishment in Scripture
Passages such as:
π Deuteronomy 19
π Numbers 35
discuss capital punishment within the legal framework given to ancient Israel. Understanding these texts benefits from considering their historical, covenantal, and literary context.
π Satan's Temptation of Jesus
In Matthew 4:
π Satan twisted Scripture.
✝️ Jesus responded with God's Word.
This serves as a model for believers confronting deception today.
π Conclusion: Walk in the Light of God's Word
Understanding the Three Woes of Revelation encourages believers to remain spiritually vigilant, rooted in Scripture, and confident in God's promises.
While prophetic passages contain solemn warnings, they also proclaim tremendous hope.
π Stay grounded in God's Word.
π‘️ Exercise discernment.
π Trust Jesus Christ.
π Look forward to God's eternal Kingdom.
The message of Revelation is ultimately one of victory—for God, for His truth, and for all who faithfully follow Him.
π References for Further Study
π Revelation Chapters 8–13
π Ezekiel Chapter 13
π Matthew Chapter 24
π Mark Chapter 13
π Revelation Chapter 12
π Deuteronomy Chapter 19
π Numbers Chapter 35
π Acts Chapter 2
π Joel Chapter 2
π Final Encouragement
π Continue studying God's Word with humility, prayer, and careful discernment. Comparing Scripture with Scripture helps believers grow in wisdom, remain steadfast in faith, and keep their hope fixed on Jesus Christ, regardless of the challenges of the times.
**π‘✞⚠️ WOE:**
Three woe trumps, and if, if what you believe is true, there should be a second to it always, and um, that's what we're going to do today. We're going to find out. And you want to remember also, always, what goes around comes around. One of the first lectures God ever gave you in Ecclesiastes chapter 1, which tells you how to behave happy in these bodies, what goes around is going to happen again. That's the way God teaches. So if you would, we're going to open our Bibles to Revelation chapter 8, and we're going to get right into it there. What I want you to be in mind of is many things have types, but then don't forget about them. Once you see one type come along, it's going to happen again.
So with that being said, let's go to chapter eight and pick it up with about verse eight. We've got the trumps coming loose here, and the second angel sounded, as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea, and a third part of the sea became blood. Now that really sounds—you know, we know that happened in Egypt once—but there's other ways than things being turned to red. So if you were to turn to uh Revelation 17:1, 15—we're not going there—but it would tell you that the waters are the peoples, the multitudes, and the tongues. They're turned red. Therefore, look around you. A third turned to red—that's socialism, that's communism, that's the little old mapo, the red flags, and we're all one, and everything's happy. So they turn to red. They love it to go. Government's going to feed them, the government's going to take care of them, and we're just all one. There's just one problem: that doesn't work. It never has worked. But you see what I mean? You want to really keep your eyes open. There are things happening right now that if you're not careful, you'll overlook them because that prophecy has come to pass. If, if, um, if you're not aware of it, then you're asleep, definitely, because people love to take advantage of other people as long as they can blame it on the government. It's free, everything is free. Okay, so there we go.
And verse nine: and a third part of the creatures which were in the sea and had life died, and a third part of the ships were destroyed. In other words, prosperity goes down the drain. Uh, trade, business, uh, capitalism—it suffers. And the people that had life—that means a soul—uh, a third of them, they sink because why? Uh, many of you didn't live back at the time when uh Russia first came out was trying to destroy the name of God, and it was beginning to be removed from our vocabulary, from our schools in many places, and they're still trying. But thank God we can find out that in Syria there's a group of Christians that it was either be beheaded or change religion. I mean, most of them said, "Well, I can't tell you what they said," but they kept their Christianity. Now that is the way you can tell the difference in between a true Christian and one that would like to be.
In the prior verse you noticed it said a mountain would be cast into the sea. Do you know what a mountain is, spiritually speaking, symbolically? It's a nation. So there's one nation going to be cast into the sea out of this deal, and you may have begun to see the beginning of it even now. When they cry "Peace, peace," I guarantee you there will be no peace.
Verse 10: and the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers—that's the waters, the people—and upon the fountains of waters. Well, what was that now? Satan isn't cast out until the sixth trump. This is the fourth. So what does it mean? Christ would tell you, "I beheld Satan fall from heaven as a star," but you see, he's here spiritually, and that's what this has reference to. Probably 9/11 gives you a good example of when the demons were turned loose and things unheard of begin to happen: innocent people, their lives being taken, and certain countries being proud of it, thinking they're serving God to destroy babies, thinking they're serving God to destroy innocent people. You serve a different God than I do if that's what you think, because God is a protector of his people, and that's what this writing is about—protecting us from ignorance, whereby we know and understand what tomorrow brings, and whether what you believe is correct or false—that's what you need to know. We're going to find a second witness to those things today.
Verse 11: and the name of the star is called Wormwood, and a third part of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the waters. This is a spiritual death, okay, because they were made bitter. And boy, are they bitter. You know, um, it is almost a shame. I've always been so proud of this nation and serving it, and still am, but when I see people on the street where that if you were to walk up to one and have them explain their beliefs and faith, they don't—they're lost. They have no idea of our history, the fantastic, wonderful history of this nation chosen by God—"In God we trust"—that they don't know the history anymore. Few of them don't even know who Abraham Lincoln was, much less George Washington. And, you know, uh, everybody should know those—they should know a little history. That's where pride comes from in a nation—is the history of it and the will of the people. And when they take God and history both away from you, you got like loose guns on the deck all over the place—not literally guns—but I mean people that have no idea, no conception of what they stand for or what our nation stands for.
Verse 12: and the fourth angel sounded, and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. And it is true that many people live in darkness even today—darkness under that shadow of that cloud, that mapole, that color red, as it takes over nation after nation, country after country when it has the opportunity, and it does it under many names. And so it is.
And verse 13: and I beheld and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe." Now this is why we came here. There are three woe trumps. We need documentation to what they stand for. We need to know if what we believe concerning the conclusion of this particular dispensation of time is correct. "Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth" by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels which are yet to sound—that's the fifth, sixth, and the seventh.
Now the fifth trumpet, and it sounded—it's a time for teaching. That's what the fifth trump is all about. You know, Revelation chapter 7 will document that: stop the end until the seal of God is placed in the minds of my children, the people. And so naturally, that's why the fifth is that time of teaching, and the end is not going to come until those seals are established. We're getting pretty close, and how it is that we're blessed to be a part of that—to be a part of our Father's family, that He loves us, that He takes care of us, He looks out for us—is far better than the government looking out for you. God is forever; government's faith—unfortunately, they truly do.
Now, what we want to do there: the fifth is teaching, the sixth is the appearance of the evil one—which we saw in the fourth, even He appears in the sixth—and woe to those that do not recognize Him. And naturally, in the seventh, then after the fact, naturally many will be so disheartened because do you know what Christ is going to say to them? I mean, this is people that think they have served God: "Depart from Me, I know you not." He will say it.
So let's go into the word then and find us a second witness that what we believe is true, accurate, and correct by the three woes. Now, you're going to have in the word of God many times "Woe is me." That's not what we're talking about. We're talking about woes that become final—woes that send you to hell. And at the same time, I want you to always remember in your mind that these negative things of the woes, they don't apply to you. Why? Because you're serving God. You're not being misled, led astray, or whatever it takes in fulfilling those woes.
Open your Bibles, if you would, to Ezekiel chapter 13. Ezekiel chapter 13 gives us two woes in one chapter, and those woes are the fifth and the sixth—I'm sorry, they are—yes, that's correct. So let's start with it.
Ezekiel 13:1: "And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying." Now that's what makes it important: is it man's word or is it the Lord's word? That's why you always want to teach chapter by chapter and verse by verse, because that's what the Lord says—you're not going to go too far wrong that way. But when you get some person trying to make a name for themselves and claiming this and claiming big things there and never documents—can bring it, document it from God's word—you got a fake. And it doesn't take a very—you know, you don't have to be the brightest bulb in the socket to know that if a man's truth, uh, it should come from God's word, or you really don't want to listen to it.
Okay, verse 2: "Son of man, prophesy against"—I emphasize "against"—"the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, 'Hear ye the word of the Lord.'" In other words, you better listen. I don't care what kind of preacher you are.
Verse 3: "Thus saith the Lord God, 'Woe'"—now here's your fifth; it has to do with teaching and teachers—"unto the foolish prophets that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing." And unfortunately, it always ends up as nothing. And how many hearts can be broken by false teaching rather than staying in the true word of God? It's so easy, so simple to stay chapter by chapter and verse by verse, knowing it is your Heavenly Father directing you, and He's the judge. Now the final judge is who you want to obey, and the final judge is our Head, Heavenly Father. In His loving hand you can commit your soul and never worry about it—He'll take good care of it. But this goes for people that teach and do not double-check their word, that teach falsely when it's so simple to dig to the truth.
Verse 4: "O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the desert." This is a play from the Song of Solomon—the greatest love story ever told—where the little kenites bump the young grape vines when they're just in flower and knock the little flowers off, where you got no grapes. It always bombs because it doesn't produce fruit, and neither does anything they touch usually, unless they so desire.
Verse 5: "Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge of the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord." The day of the Lord, of course, is the Millennium, but the seventh trump is coming that begins the day of the Lord, and many they're not going to make it, and He's going to say to them, "Depart from Me, I never knew you." That word "never" is a long time. Well, you might say, "Well, they claimed He did." Yeah, that's all it was—was a claim. If you're teaching falsely, and this has to do with teachers—you know, it's an awesome responsibility to begin to teach God's word if you truly know what a false teacher can derive from it. I mean, if you want to make God angry, then just try that shoe on for a while. It would not be comfortable.
Verse 6: "They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, 'The Lord saith,' and the Lord hath not sent them, and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word." What word? The word of God. That's why as long as you stick with the true word of God, chapter by chapter and verse by verse, then certainly that particular woe you're immune from it—or to it. It can't bother you. Why? Because you love the Lord, you love His word, and you care what God says rather than man—any man, this man or any other man. You got to check them out in the word of God.
Um, verse 7: "Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, 'The Lord said it,' albeit I have not spoken?" I didn't say it. Now that put you in a bad spot.
Verse 8: "Therefore thus saith the Lord God: 'Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you,' saith the Lord God." That is a very strong statement. If you've got God against you, you're almost in a hopeless case unless there's a great repentance, a revival in your little heart—or maybe you got a big one, I don't know—but it's going to take a lot of repenting there if God is against you, to get back into the word and find out what does saith the Lord. Well, this is what He's saying: be careful what you hear. You can always document it in God's word. Okay, it's there for you.
"And mine hand"—verse 9—"shall be upon the prophets that see vanities, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God." That's pretty tough. I mean, again, that's why it is a very serious matter to teach God's people—you better be teaching God's word when you do, because that's pretty final. You want to know a woe that is a woe? But who does it apply to? False teachers. Woe to them if they participate in this sort of doing. And let me add: those that are taken in by it, even though it may be by ignorance, they're in bad shape. They've listened to lies. They're not serving God, and He's not pleased.
Verse 10: "Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, 'Peace,' and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar." That means they build up in your mind a wall of protection, though the wall may not even exist—it's in your mind that that wall is there and they're going to take care of me. Well, I would hate to put my hope in man rather than God. Uh, you would be pretty easily had if that were the case. You put your hope in Almighty God, His word. You know, He wrote this whole letter to you, instructing you, guiding you where you could not go wrong. And you know, this is so simple a child can understand it. You don't listen to false teachers; you listen to the word of God, and you listen chapter by chapter and verse by verse.
Verse 11: "Say unto them which daub with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it." He's promising you He's going to take that wall that lies down—untempered mortar, whitewash. What happens when you whitewash a wall outside and a heavy rain comes? You got a lot of runoff. All right, you know where did it go? Well, it didn't amount to anything; it's gone. Well, that's what false teaching will do for you as well. It's untempered. To temper teaching, it must be tempered with the word of God and nothing else. The word of God will always give you a second witness. This woe is a very severe woe to those that teach falsely. There is not all that much hope for them. Uh, the Millennium knows, and God is Judge—I'm not, and you're not—but you read it yourself there. That's pretty severe. They are not going to be written in the book. That's pretty final.
Verse 12: "Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, 'Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?'" Where is this security you promised me? They're not going to answer; why, they'll be running faster than you are.
Verse 13: "Therefore thus saith the Lord God: 'I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.'" That's pretty final one, it really is. So stick to His word. How do I do that? Read it, study it. If somebody comes, "I want to tell you a new thing I've discovered." Well, what is it, and where did you get it from? "God's word." "Well, I didn't get it from God's word." Then, well, I may listen to you as a friend to advise you that you're asking for trouble, because the penalty—this woe is an awesome, severe woe to those that would call themselves preacher and not preach the word of God. They are in—if you wanted to pray for somebody that probably needed help, that'd be a good place to start.
Verse 14: "So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof." Now see how final that is? "Consumed." Um, "in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I am the Lord." I've got the final say; I'm the judge. So that's why you want to always listen to Him. Again, teaching is an awesome responsibility, but it's so pleasing and so wonderful to teach the word of God chapter by chapter and line by line. What saith the Lord? You can't go wrong with that. Uh, let people say what they might; stick with the Father. He's the judge.
And there's a lot of people that—you know, this should remind you in Revelation chapter 9, where it stipulates many pray for the mountains to fall on them when Christ returns. They're ashamed. They were Christians supposedly, like the ten virgins—they're the five that didn't make it. Uh, they claim to be Christians, but they listen to men. "It was so exciting, he was so—I mean, he could really get to you, he could touch you." With what did he teach you? "I don't know, it just felt good." Oh, that doesn't cut it. Okay, you want to stay in the word of God. You know, many I've had pastors—that you would know if I dropped their name that are famous throughout the country—that have said, "You cannot teach scripture chapter by chapter, verse by verse; too boring to people." It's only boring if the preacher thereof makes it boring. God's word is young, it is vivacious, it is continuing, it is our life.
Verse 15: "Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, 'The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it.'" Again, that's pretty severe. That is almost final, but then I'm not judging; the Millennium changes a lot of things.
Verse 16: "To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God." This is something you want to watch very closely today, and so you've got a lot going on in that area, and um, it's surrounded, as Luke 21 said it would be. So be alert. Now that's that particular woe—it's the false teaching, because the fifth trump is about teaching, but teaching God's word.
Verse 17: "Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them." That like to have their own church, okay? "Well, it's my name now." Why? How about put in Christ's name? The Shepherd of all Shepherds. You know, you don't mean man's name.
And say, "Thus saith the Lord God, 'Woe'"—here's your next woe, documenting it right before your very eyes—"to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?'" That's a woe trump—false teaching, flyaway doctrine. Do you know the proper translation for "sew pillows to all armholes"? It's to sew coverings over my outreach, saving arms—every knuckle, every joint of my outreached arm, you cover over to the people. Okay, false teaching. But here you see what they're teaching, and that is not all that difficult to understand. And do you know that the new Bible translations are trying to change this? Well, they have. Okay, the NIV read this same verse; you won't find anything there—you'll talk about birds twittering, you know, and that's a big help, isn't it? He'll twitter their bird. All right, you can rest assured.
Okay, "Would ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?" They can't save anything. There's only one Savior. There's only one door, and the sheep know that door. Go through it. Don't try to make any shortcuts. Walk under that shepherd's rod as He counts the keeper of that door.
Verse 19: "And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?" You know, when you hear in a group, they do it for handfuls of barley. Half of the time is spent raising money. And I can tell you, if you teach God's word—if you teach it chapter by chapter, verse by verse, and teach what God says—you won't have to beg for money. People are drawn to the truth; they seek it out. They're starving, literally starving for truth out there. And where does it come from? Not from begging.
Okay, do you not—uh, I don't know if I want to go here or not. I guess I will. Um, my better judgment is saying "woah," but I guess I'll give you an example, and I get in trouble for doing this, you understand, so pray for me. And the board may be very unhappy, but do you know how much it cost us to do one hour of television live? Over $100,000. Okay, because we have such a huge network all around the world basically. And do you know something? You'll never hear us beg. You'll never hear us put on a ton. And you might say, "Well, why?" Well, we don't need to, and neither do they if they will teach God's word rather than trying to make a handful of barley. And one of the first orders that Jesus Christ gave those that would go out and teach: don't take a begging bag with you. He is very much against it. "What will I do then?" Well, are you a Christian? "Well, yes." Do you believe in God? "Oh yes, yes, yes." Do you believe He'll take care of you? "Uh, well, well..." You don't believe that. Okay, you have to know He's going to work it out as long as you're doing His bidding. God will work it out. You know, so, little people—the reason I shared that with you and let took advantage of my better judgment—is that little people can make a big difference, and you do okay. God bless you.
Verse 20: "Wherefore thus saith the Lord God: 'Behold, I am against your pillows.'" If God is against something, you do not want to go there. "With which ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly." There's your second woe and a witness to it. You want to be careful of anyone that teaches that—that's with the second woe. That's severe.
Verse 21: "Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord." That's a very warming thing. He said, "I'm going to take care of my people that stick with me." And as long as you stick with Him in studying chapter by chapter and verse by verse—I'm repeating that, but it's God's word that so surpasses man's word—you want to listen to your Father, for He's your judge, and He's letting you know how He feels about some things, and He's not kidding around. He means business.
Verse 22: "Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad," and it does make you sad when you see our people lied to, the way they are misled—excuse me—"whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life." By promising salvation when you're not saved yourself—why? Because you're not teaching God's word. God is the only Savior through the Son. There is no other.
Verse 23: "Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord." I'm going to have to get my glasses changed; these somebody's trying to change these words right in front of my eyes. I jest, they're not. But um, it is past time that I had it done anyway. Right, Martha? Yeah.
Okay, that's two woes in one chapter. Now we have two chapters with the same woe. The seventh? Guess what it is? And this is not—like I said, I don't want you to run away with this; this is not "woe is me." This is God saying "woe" to those that do this thing, and that means He's had it with it. But the two chapters you find it in is Matthew 24 and Mark 13. When you find that seventh woe, now listen to me: what did the disciples say to Jesus when they left Jerusalem in Matthew 24? "Tell us what will be the end and what will be happening at that time, so that we can know and understand the consummation of the end of this age"—my paraphrasing. And He told them seven things, which are the seven trumps. And one of those seven that He explained in both of those places—and we're going to go to, let's go to Mark 13. Mark 13 is the shortest one of the shortest gospels; it'll be easier for you to find—no, no, I'm being—never mind. Okay, I'm picking at you a little bit, see if you're awake.
All right, the last woe. These are the things that would happen that consummate the end of this age. Mark 13, let's pick it up with verse 16: "And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up"—in other words, you're not going to have time.
Verse 17: "But woe"—here it is—"to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!" This is not talking about a physical child in a womb—that's a blessing, that's a precious thing, that's a gift from God. He's talking about spiritually those that become impregnated in their mind with lies and divination, false teachings. Now there is a tense in this, and this is in the past tense. It's already happened: she's pregnant. And not only is she pregnant, she's nursing along. What does it mean? It means she's been deceived by Satan when he's cast out, as Revelation 9:1 declares, and has wed him, thinking she was wedding the true Christ. And she is spiritually, and spiritually only, with a child. She nurses Satan's—she's not only converted to Satan's church, she's assisting it, nursing it, making it stronger, taking a big part in Satan's flyaway. You talk about a woe—that's the woe. And it is after the fact, like I said, it would happen in the sixth trump, but now the woe she's got to answer for in the seventh when Christ returns. There she thought she was doing so well, and He's going to have to say, "Depart from me, I know you not." She could have read the scripture; she could have known the false Christ comes first. A child can count between six and seven—it's that simple.
So we've covered the three woe trumps and what kind of teaching will put you in trouble and what kind of teaching will pull you out of it—a second witness to the Book of Revelation. And do you know something? When I think about it, that's what we teach. Okay? That's what we believe. So we've got nothing to worry about. Though many may make light of what we teach, God doesn't. I'd rather be pleasing to God and be blessed—because we are indeed blessed, beloved, so blessed—than to have the way of man.
Okay, I suppose I want to conclude in Revelation 12:12. That kind of consummates this—there is always a second witness in God's word, even to the woe trumps. And um, there you have it. Okay, now you're all familiar with this, excuse me, this 12th chapter—it has to do with Satan being cast from heaven; Michael and his angels do it in verse 6 and 7. We're going to go to 12. I want to say it because it's easy to remember: 12:12. Okay, and 12:12 reads: "Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them"—that is to say, why should heaven begin to rejoice all of a sudden?—"Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea!" That's the people, for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. And he went after the woman, which is Mother Israel—it's you. He's going to do it; he's going to try you. He does every day. Well, you might say, "Well, why does he try us so much?" Because he's got the rest of them; he wants you. So he's going to make things a little tough for you, but you sold your soul—you get tough. I mean, you get right down junkyard-dog tough when it comes to Satan, but gentle and loving when it comes to God's children. Okay?
And there you have it: witness to the three woes—that what we taught, have taught from the beginning by staying with the word of God—you see, that's what separated. There's no big mystery, because God made the promise to anybody that'll take the word and teach it as it is, He's going to bless you. You can count on it if you're honest and not being deceitful, but really want to help people. If you pray for something, if it comes to helping the people, God's going to hear that because He loves people that help people. Always remember that—you'll get your prayers answered right real quick. And um, if it has to do with you helping people—so God's word is so complete, it's so wonderful that um, we don't have to worry about the woes. We're immune to that. We've been inoculated with truth, and that truth is settled right in. We would not take anything for it, because it's our key to entering those gates, to our Father's love, that understanding, that eternity. And do you understand you're going to have to put up with each other forever? Well, maybe it won't be so bad if you're all a bunch of angels. All right, but then they say even angels can be up in the air harping about something. So just stick with His word and you'll do fine.
We're in troubling times, and people are going to try to shake you up, and you're not going to let it happen. You're going to stand. You're going to sold your soul on—and you're going to stand firm. Why? Because you're a child of the Living God, and you know what? He loves you. God bless you. Have a good day.
Dr. Pastor Arnold B. Murray
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Rebecca from North Carolina: "As Deborah is raised up in the Bible and God is appointing her to lead the Israelite army instead of a man, is there any documentation as to how and when you know that God is uplifting you and has given you an appointment, and at what point would you know that it is not a male appointment but a female appointment?" Well, Rebecca, you're a female; if He gives it to you, it's a female appointment. Okay, you got to make a note of Acts chapter 2 and cover it real well, and you'll see that when Peter said, "This is that which Joel spoke of"—Joel the Prophet—that both my sons and my daughters shall prophesy—and lean, and then go to Joel chapter 2 and find out what they really said, and it wasn't unknown. And certainly God does use both male and female; always He has. And I know that a lot of men will try to put women down; be that as it may, you'll never hear me do that, because God is not a—He's not a respecter of persons in that sense. If He's going to use somebody, He's going to use them. So what about Nathan and his four virgin daughters that were prophetesses? And do you know what—what about—go back to the question just prior to yours, where it was 1 Corinthians chapter 11: what does it say there? That this woman before she prophesies, she should cover her head. What is "prophesy" mean? To teach. Before she teaches, have Christ over her head.
"Um, where in the Bible does it say Abraham had two wives?" In Genesis chapter 25, verse 1, Sarah had passed away, and so he took a second wife; her name was Keturah. Okay, and you can read that in Genesis 25:1. Keturah was the mother of Midian, whereby Moses married into a family of Midianites, which means offspring of Abraham that lived in the land of the Kenites. They were not Kenites; they simply were called that by geographical location—such as you live in California and you're a Californian, not by birth or anything, but by location. And so it was with them. That's how you trigger and find who it was really that Moses married. It certainly was not a Kenaite; it was a family of Midianites, which lived—he one Jethro was a priest, so he had to be pure blood to be a priest, the son of Abraham.
Georgia from California: "When Jesus went out into the desert, is that if that was really Satan talking to him, or was it His spirit?" God bless you and thank you for being on television; I'm learning a lot. Well, good, we enjoy being here. Uh, he was in person, de facto. It was a one and all-time teaching for us that Satan used what to try to persuade Christ. This is important scripture: Satan quotes scripture—I mean, right and left—there's just one problem, and most Christians are not even equipped enough to know he twists them. He'll quote that scripture, but he'll twist it right at the end about 90 degrees where it becomes a lie. And this is why the lesson is so important in Matthew, where he was tested in the wilderness for 40 days, to note what scripture he used—Satan, he's a scripture lawyer. And you want to be prepared for that. Christ put him down on each of them. But he was there in person, just like he will be here in person when he comes as the false Messiah.
Carla from California: "I want to know where in the Bible can I find 'honor thy mother, respect thy mother, listen to mother'? I have two sons who are not accepting this." Well, you need to tell them to read Exodus chapter 20—that's the Ten Commandments—and the first commandment that guarantees long life is to honor your mother and father. You receive a long life for that. And so, be that as it may, I hope that helps you.
Maria from Arizona: "Could you explain why Jesus cursed the fig tree, seeing that it is not yet the season for figs? May the good Lord continue to bless you and the staff." Well, He sure does. Well, because there's good figs and bad figs, as when you're learning the parable of the fig tree, and you go to the great book of Jeremiah, you find there are some figs that are so good and there's others that are just not fit to eat. That's why Christ cursed them. He knew it was not time, but He did it to document that the fig tree generation is whereby it would be the final generation, and all prophecies—and I'm quoting from Mark 13—all prophecies would come to pass in that particular time. That is to say, the generation of the fig tree. And so it is that generation started in the year of our Lord 1948.
Keith's from the USA: "What does 'amen' mean?" "Amen" means "that's that." That's why when you finish delivering a message and you say "Amen," you say "that's that." In other words, you don't argue with God's word; you accept it, period, end of story. That's what it means. And not in a derogatory sense, but as a fact—that's the way it is, not going to be any different.
Jen from Tennessee: "Where in the Bible is it where if you do premeditated murder, it says they are to be killed and sent to the Father?" Uh, there's more than one place. Deuteronomy chapter 19 basically is a good starting place, but first you have to be very careful when you're dealing with God's law. You have to understand the difference between a crime of passion—which is a form of insanity; jealousy, rage can cause one to actually be in a sense insane for a moment—that's a crime of passion. That's not to lie and wait just because you hate someone and kill them. That's what we're talking about here: someone that just destroys a life for the sake of destroying it. Then God says when you've got two witnesses identifying that's them, then you don't give them a trial on earth; you execute them. As a matter of fact, let's say like if it was a twelve-year-old girl and some guy molested and murdered her, the father gets to cast the first stone—the father of the daughter. But He said, "I don't want you to feel bad about any of this, because it isn't you that do it, but I have ordered it; it is I that do it." And the reason being: others will see this is to be done publicly; others will see, and these things will cease happening among you. So God does teach capital punishment. Another place for a double witness is Numbers chapter 35 will give you the same message: if they premeditate, send them to me; I'll do the judging. And ultimately, He shall anyway. That's the way it shall be.
Dan from Iowa: "I did not understand where you said that the tribulation would last five months. Please explain. I'm used to the tribulation being three and a half or seven years before the Rapture takes place—is where the Lord comes back and takes His children out." Well, He doesn't do that until the seventh trump, and you still got the sixth trump to make it through, but you'll find it in Revelation.
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