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The Armies

Pastor Joe · May 17, 2026

Now, how about we need to get started? We need to get started. What is this? Pes? Okay. Not the prayer if you don't mind. Dear Lord and Heavenly Father, we ask for a wisdom in your word. Give me a little bit of a Sandy, so I realize what I'm doing here. I get a little confused sometimes. As Lord and Your Word come through, loud and clear, we understand it, be able to teach…

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Now, how about we need to get started? We need to get started. What is this? Pes? Okay. Not the prayer if you don't mind. Dear Lord and Heavenly Father, we ask for a wisdom in your word. Give me a little bit of a Sandy, so I realize what I'm doing here. I get a little confused sometimes. As Lord and Your Word come through, loud and clear, we understand it, be able to teach it to someone else. Just get a grip on it and we just ask Lord for blessings in your word and we'll thank for it in Christ's name, amen. Now then, if you present any error you'd like to study, concerning these questions, I'm pretty sure that every one of you have the answers for all the questions, what did we do last week? Anybody remember? I have no idea. Do you remember? Well, we talked about the judgment of the nation, but yeah, we didn't get on our questions here. We did some, gone through three. 14 verse four. Stand on the Mount of Bollocks. And I think we touched on the fact that That's what the apostles were looking for in Acts chapter 2 and Acts chapter 1 and that's why they were so confused and that's why they didn't stay in Jerusalem like he told them to. They walked out of Jerusalem, went to Mount Olivet because they were looking for his immediate return. And the reason is they understood the Old Testament, the events, but when Christ comes back, the very first event is the Battle of Armageddon, free from heaven, throw it at the Battle of Armageddon. You can remember we said that the flesh will burn out of some people at one time and then at another time, he ended up just after the Battle of Armageddon, that's a judgment of the nations, people destroy the people with fire in Sackarach after 14, and then immediately following the Battle of Armageddon will come to the judgment of the nations, that's the next event. And then following that will be judged at this time, he's going to be the king, and then you will have all Israel will be resurrected. You have to remember that the church is resurrected a thr rupture, but not Israel. The Old Testament saints, not all of them were resurrected at the resurrection of Christ. Many of them are in paradise today, but they haven't got their resurrected bodies. For the nations are judged, Israel will be resurrected, and they will be gathered together. That's the very next event at the end of the tribulation. That will be their resurrection. What most people consider the third part of the first resurrection. There are three parts of the first resurrection. The first part was when Christ rose, and many of the saints rose with him, okay? First part. Second part is the rapture. That's the second part of the first resurrection is when, at the end of the seven-year tribulation, when the saints who died during the tribulation and the nation of Israel, I think they'll check in 37, if you will. Some of you are, and I don't have any idea if you are about the chapter 37, this rule is going to be saved at the end of the seven-year tribulation. only one tenth, that's what the Old Testament says. A remnant, one tenth. That's not very many. For last week, how many people are gonna die during the seven-year tribulation in Revelation chapter six, a fourth part of the earth, in another part of the Revelation, a third part of them gonna be a lot of people dead during the seven-year tribulation. But anyway, a lot of Jews are gonna be lost and they're gonna die and they're gonna go to hell. Okay, that's quite it. Let me point something out so you might as well get this. You guys are going to be ordained when that takes place. One of the questions I'm going to ask, cribe the new birds talk about that right now because there's a lot of things you need to know about the new birds. Or there's a lot of things that I want you to know. You get your ordinate, I don't care what you do. Let me go through the Old Testament more. We talk about Types of Command, the Promised Land and the Type of, et cetera, et cetera. Well, the New Testament, a Type of the Old Testament doctrine of the Resurrection of the Nation of Israel. If you will, and verse one, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and cured me out into the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley, which was full of bones, and caused me to pass by them around about and behold, there were very many in the open valley. In the midst of the man, can these bones live? And I answer, oh Lord God, I don't know it, you know the word, I don't know. And again, he said, I'm going to be prophesied upon these bones, and say unto them, oh you We draw bones here, the Word of the Lord. He's talking to Israel. This is a mention in the Old Testament. So he must be talking to Israel. Thus, say, the Lord God, unto these bones, behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. And it is upon you, and we'll bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am the Lord. Does that happen today? And what we're looking at here in verses a type of the rapture, by the way, but the rapture was a mystery. In a new testament, this would be a type of hit more like the stages of Israel's birth. And I will, as soon as I go in new and will bring flesh, I will bring up flesh upon you and cover you with skin and put breath in you and you shall live and you shall know that I am the Lord. The side is I was commanded and as I promised and the bones came together, bone to its bone. The sin is and the flesh came up upon them and the skin covered them but there was no breath in them. and their un during the seven-year tribulation most of them will not believe in Christ only one tenth will. 144,000 and the two witnesses and everyone they lead to Christ only one tenth of Israel, a lot of the rest of the world will be saved also, so we meet a lot of people saved but only one tenth of Israel. There's no breath in them, that's their unbelief. Beyond to me, prophesying to the wind, prophesying some of men in safe to the wind from the four ones old breath and breathe upon these slain that they may live. If he commanded me and breath came into them and they lived and stood up upon their feet and exceedingly great army. Now this would make a very nice movie, wouldn't it? One of our movie producers got to hold this. He could make a real screaming movie about this and there are people flying around through the air and you see skeletons come alive and all this. Lord is giving us an analogy but an analogy of what? What's going to happen but how do we know what? Well, the answer is very simple. The Lord always answers himself. There's nothing in the Bible that's hard to understand. They're difficult. The Lord always tells us what he's talking about, and one way or another. Who are these people? What are they? What is he talking about? Very simple, verse 11. Thones are the whole house of Israel, the way they feel today. In a turmoil, America, there wouldn't be any Israel. The rest of the world hates them, amongst them, wiped out and annihilated. And so that's who they are. There is real. The whole house. Does that mean by way, let me explain something here. Does that mean the whole nation of Israel be saved, directed and go into the kingdom? One tenths. Talk about Israel, but under them, thus say, the Lord God, behold, hold my people in your graves. Sounds like the rapture, doesn't it? You have to come up out of your graves and bring you in to the land of Israel. What he's talking about does the kingdom in his real yet on a B 30 bucks hill I'll get there And you bring him into the Land of Israel what in the kingdom? That little things that the Armageddon is going to take place first which is not really going to be a battle I know you guys are going to be there. I'm going to be there if you're saved you're going to be there And but there's not really going to be a battle so don't get all elated Think you're going to go with a sword and kill a bunch of people or something I'd like to murder myself out, but the Lord will just speak His Word and that will be the end of it. That's what it means. Open your graves, hold my people and brought you up out of your graves and shall put my spirit in you and you shall live and shall then shall you know that I, the Lord has spoken it and performed it, say it the Lord. So we know what it's talking about, when it's going to take place, but we don't know a thing I'd like to understand, the house of Israel, but we not be dead anymore. And the house of Israel, those who are still alive somewhere there in Peridot, go into the Kings and Testament doctrine of being born again. Now, well, let's prove it. Let's go to John chapter 3. So what do you say that? Because you have to remember the church is not mentioned in the gospel, and we know as the church that we are born again by the Holy Spirit, right? But if that doctrine was not yet revealed, then what is he talking about? Okay. on chapter 3 of the Pharisees named Nicodemus a ruler of the Jews. The poet of him that this may have been planned, or I can't do it, doing this. Okay, anyhow, nothing of that. Now Pharisee named Nicodemus a ruler of the Jews, so he was a learned Jew, a Pharisee, sort of like Paul the Apostle. He knew the Old Testament, he knew all the Old doctrines and all these things, but like most religious people, came to Jesus by night and said unto him, Rabbi, by the way, how did he come to him at night, afraid of being an author side by the Jews. So he thought, well maybe this is the Christ, this might be our King, but I'm not going to go tell him in a day like because somebody might see me. So he went to him with my come from God. If you read through the Bible, by the way, you'll realize what Nicodemus did. He made a big transition. First of all, I believe you're a prophet. And then the next time Nicodemus talked to him, he said, I believe you're God. He made a transition. So if you read through the look up the word name Nicodemus in your strong concordance and do a study on your own, do these miracles that thou doest accept God be with them. Well, Nicodemus God is not only with him, he is God. And answered, said unto him, very, very, very, asking him to be except a man be born again. He cannot see the kingdom of God. How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered, very, very, asking him to be except a man be born of water and the spirit. he cannot enter the kingdom of God. So what was the mechanism of looking for? The kingdom. Every apostle is looking for the kingdom. Max chapter 1 verse 4, our pal that this time going to restore the kingdom. The God knows that. Never forget telling the people that over the years in our studies and I said the Peter made a mistake. So pretty self-righteous, you know. How do you when you get religious you got to point again and he came on to see the kingdom of God. Hold your place there. Go back to Ezekiel if you will and see if this fits it from 13. Then he said unto me, son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. The old they say, our bones are dried and our hope is lost. We are cut off and of them does say, oh Lord God, behold, O my people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up. I will open your graves and bring you into the land of Israel and you shall know, open your graves and O my people will brought you up out of the graves in you. And then there are other places you can go to, Joel and so forth and put off. Put the whole thing together, we're talking about the rebirth of Israel before they go into the kingdom. So, Urucho, and he understood that before he knew that if you manage it, the time you get through with the gospel of the town, if you're not saved, you probably never was perplexed to censor enter the kingdom of God. Now, I told him two things here, said you cannot see the kingdom of God enter the kingdom of God unless you're born again. They are two different things, or be old or be aware of the kingdom of God, but it exists right now today in this world, and if you're not born again, you'll never see it. You won't be aware of it. You'll be like Senator Ted Kennedy, you'll try to create your own kingdom and it doesn't work. As far as you cannot enter into, that delivery means to come into. As a Christian today, you and I can literally come into the Kingdom of God, literally, to the Kingdom of God. People say, how do you explain that? Do you ever have your prayers answered? What do you think they come from? the Kingdom of God. You ever did a good job? Yes, you did. The Kingdom of God. And they're a good thing, the Kingdom of God. If you have good health, if you have protection, if you sleep at night, if you have a roof over your head that doesn't make, whatever you have comes from the Kingdom of where you got. You need to be aware of and see the Kingdom of God. It's everywhere. You cannot see it or enter into it unless you're born again. If you're born again. But if you read through the Old Testament, if you read through Psalms and Proverbs, David said, over and over again, well they just seem to, those who put their faith in trust in God are those sons, haven't called me up last night, and he's got trouble. I think he creates his trouble and trouble, but through these things I'm not entered the kingdom of God, and they try to use those verses talking about saved and lost. He's under listed. I'm not going to give it to you. If you're going to rot in the speakable right, you have no right to the kingdom of God, so you're not going to get it. It's that simple, isn't it? You'll see that verse six and The Zechal 37, I will lay sinners upon you. We'll bring up flesh upon you. You shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord. Look in verse 14 again. For it end you, and you shall live. Back to John, if you will. You should know this. Let's go on down here. I'm Nicodemus answered and said unto him, how can these things be? Wait, no, I guess if I didn't understand the Bible, I have that question, wouldn't you? How in the world can that be? And if I was Nicodemus, but I didn't know what was going on, I'd say, how can these things be? But if you go back and read the Old Testament and understand it, it's easy to see how these things can be. But Nicodemus, like most religious people, was ignorant concern of how can these things be? Jesus answered to say unto him, Art thou a teacher? Art thou a teacher? The word master means teacher? Of Israel and Noah's not these things. So yeah, saying to thee, we speak that which we do know and testify to that which we have seen, and ye receive not who is he mean by an hour either. Of course, there are many witnesses to Christ, John the Baptist was a witness, the Holy Spirit was a witness to Christ, the Bible is a witness to Christ, God the Father is a witness to Christ, but I believe you're talking about the Old Testament from the earthly things and you believe not. I'll show you believe if I tell you heavenly things, It's not too heaven, but he that came down from heaven, so forth and so forth. And then he goes on to tell him about his death in Scotland, love the world, and then he mentions the cross in verse 14, and who's wherever believe in the nation, not perish, but have ever eternal life, verse 15, for God's own love, the world that he gives only in God and Son, and who's where believe in the nation, not perish, so forth, so forth. So he goes on to give him the gospel, and it took a little time, 10th of Israel will be saved out of the tribulation, 44,000 will be saved, yes. Life and I find in the garden, you ought to see it. In fact, they're so big, they're like this windblown over the other day. I have to put them all back up again. They're not receiving the blessings of God. So Israel went through the same thing, not because of Israel, because of the church. See, he told Israel, he told Israel, and do the wrong. I mean, chapter 28 and 29 through hard. You would be more or less said to be like walking on nails. Israel is, that's what Israel is today, how receiving a lot of bloodation is of the Jews. Protecting is Jews to a certain degree. But it's not because of the Jews, it's because of the Church. That's my opinion. That's strictly my opinion. I can't prove that biblically. I probably could if I really probably twist and script your a little bit to do it. Something like that. Chapter 23, in 24, verse 1, he said, and he departed from the temple, he departed from Israel said, okay, that's it. I'm putting you aside now. Yeah, Israel, a lot of Israel is blessed, but I don't think it's because of Israel. Yeah, Israel is safe. That makes that you part of the church. The Old Testament too. Yeah, the answer is in Romans chapter 11. Turn it over there, I think we got enough time to go there. Concern in Israel, between your Bible or not, but if you remember, Romans chapter 9 is written concerning Israel's past. First one, Brother, my harsh desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. Well, God wanted them to save too. Christ wanted them to save you, died on the cross for me, tried to convince Nicodemus that he was there to save him for a better than record that they have a zeal for God and judges if you were number again. Israel would say, Lord, help us and somebody help them out, a prophet. It's if they listen to the prophet, oh, a couple of weeks later, you know, they start serving other gods. They forget all about God. Go do this to fit again and God will come down to him again or hang them out of the pit the same way, they don't need God, everything I don't need God. Some of these my only day off, some things get hectic and things get rotten. You don't have any time to yourself, you're taking time to yourself. God, the church, God gives me more time for other things. He really does. I can give you an example, for example, personally, how God took my time, what I gave my time to him, and gave me time to do things that I don't know where the time came from. simple but most Christians are and is real in the same way. They've been there keen excited and acknowledged the fact that he was God. They would not acknowledge it. He was a man, they've one of the man to rule over. They accepted Christ as a man but not God. And fighting with love instead of hate. He didn't say that. Time restored. Everyone wanted to be their king but they didn't want to die. For one thing if he died on a cross they didn't believe in the resurrection. They didn't think what happened. Every time they tried to heal Every time he tried to tell him, but in like most religious people, they rejected the truth. They have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge. For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, going back to establish their own righteousness, religion, and set it himself into the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believe it. Then he goes on to say in verse 5 and so forth, that Moses told you about all of it, they rejected in the 25th. You learn that you should be ignorant of this mystery, unless you should be wise in your own conceits that blindness and carcule under the fullness of the Gentiles have become in. That's the reason. It's only part of the reason that the fullness of the Gentiles have become in. Well, because God's already ordained it. As you come in, Israel's set aside that Gentiles are going to rule from the time of Babylon until the end of the Antichrist rule of the end of the seven years, then he is going to set up to keep them one more time. People say that the fullness of the Gentiles is the rapture, the truth of the Gentiles, is when this kingdom at the end of the Seventh-Year Tribulation. I personally believe the fullness of the Gentiles and the times of the Gentiles, or the truth of the Gentiles is simply, while the Gentiles rule this earth to Babylon, that was the end of God's domain over Israel as their sovereign. Well, many people believe that the fullness of the Gentiles is the rapture. Why do they believe that? The fullness of what it means. The Gentiles began with Babylon, and when the Gentiles did not rule anymore. They were taken captive until then, but they failed, and they failed, and they failed, and they go so it's over. And then he came down one last time, and thus the Messiah, the new king, became first. He became our Savior first. He would have had to become Israel Savior before he became their king. They wouldn't accept that. Samuel chapter 8 and God told him in first Samuel chapter 8 you're going to get it King you know they wanted a king then they wanted a king they wanted a man to rule over that and then go read first Samuel chapter 8 God said okay I'm going to give it to you and then when he happens he's going to be the king that God said you chose this or so it's got to happen started right then in there there would have been no church a testament wasn't written them was written in the Old Testament in the New Mexico God would have judged yeah that was prophesied he It's called that day. You have to take place. It's all prophesied. Daniel chapter 9, 24 to 27, Joel chapter 2, chapter 3, verses 1 and 2, over and over and over again. One from time eternity. He has men and always will be. All the anointed one in the Old Testament and the baptism. And make him the anointed one. She was just anointing him because that was her way of honors at the end of the seven-year tribulation. So all his real shall be saved when does that take place at the end of the seven-year tribulation So either Verse 25 is the end of the tribulation or there's a seven-year period between verse 25 and 26 On the pinion you guys can do anything you want to with that Before we close just sure my grandmother rose got it. Yeah, they're doing good right
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