Here’s an outtake from the first night of the Bible conference that took its theme from Ephesians 5:16: "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil."
“It’s the not
the case that the end of the dispensation of grace is revival and the church
takes hold of the levers of power. It just doesn’t happen that way. What
happens is degradation,” says Columbus, OH preacher David Reid (who is a lawyer by trade).
“The days are
evil because we’re living on a 'present evil world.' In fact, the condition of
the world is just as bad today spiritually as it was in Acts 8 when the next items
on the prophetic calendar were going to be the 70th Week, the mark
of the beast and the worship of the beast and all those things.
“We should discern
our circumstances for what they are, not what we wish them to be. You should
accept reality for what it is.
“I’ll say
this, the earth is nuts and you have surely seen this, right? And it gets crazier
and wackier and dumber every day.
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“What you see
through time is Satan has victories with Israel where he’s able to lead them
into disobedience.
“Let me make
this observation: Israel goes into Egypt. They’re in Egypt for a period of
time. They come out and send scouts into the land and what do they find? Giants.
“They find the
Canaanites and all these people put into the land. Why are those folks in the
land? While Israel is in Egypt, Satan is well aware God has purposes He’s going
to accomplish.
“Satan knows
that God wants to give that land to Israel, but Satan says, “I’ve got time. I’m
going to put my people there.” In fact, the scriptural phrase is “fortified
cities.”
“Satan’s
people are entrenched with fortified cities and what do they also have? Giants.
Where did giants come from? Fallen angels produced them.
“By the way,
how many times do you see giants preaching the Word of God? You don’t see it
because their paternal influence is not a good one. Right? Their paternal
influence is a devil. When you see giants in the Scripture they’re doing devilish
things.
“What you see
is Satan will have these victories where he puts his people in the land and
Solomon’s problem is he had many “strange wives.” Satan has these constant
temptations tor bring Israel into idolatry.
“Revelation 12
calls Satan “the accuser of the brethren.” He does two things: He tempts and
tempts and tempts Israel, and he has his people there and they exist there to
lead Israel into disobedience because Satan believes Leviticus 26.
“He
understands, “If I can just get Israel to violate Leviticus 26 then God, due to
His faithfulness, honesty and justice, must impose these punishments.
“Satan gets
Israel into disobedience and says, ‘Aha!’ In other words, he’s like that guy in
school who tempts people to do things they shouldn’t and says, ‘Hey, did you
see that?!’ That’s exactly what he does.
“Satan will
have those temporary victories, but in the end he will be destroyed.
“Fast forward
to Acts 2:5: 5] And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven.
“What does
the phrase “out of every nation under heaven” tell you? Israel, at that point
obviously, had reached a sufficient level of disobedience that under the Level
5 judgment, they were kicked out of their own land and where did they end up?
“Everywhere
on the earth because they were scattered as a result of their disobedience. So,
the folks in Acts 2 that come back for Pentecost, good for them, they’re
responding in faith, but where is Israel as a whole?
“Scattered
all around the earth because of their disobedience. Acts 2: [16] But
this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
[17] And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,I will pour
out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream
dreams:
[18] And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
[19] And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth
beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
[20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
“He’s talking
about all these things that are going to be fulfilled from Joel, including the
sun turned into darkness and the moon into blood.
Revelation 6:
[12] And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was
a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon
became as blood;
[13] And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
[14] And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and
every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
[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 bondman, and every free
man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
[16] And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from
the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
[17] For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to
stand?
“That’s
exactly Acts 2:20 and that’s Joel 2:30-31: [30] And I will shew wonders
in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
[31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
“Let me ask
you this question. As of early Acts, what is the spiritual condition of the
earth? Well, how long have Gentiles been in apostasy? Since at least Genesis 11
at the Tower of Babel.
“Gentiles are
doing so great—how’s Israel doing in early Acts? They’ve gone through all five
levels of judgment. They’ve been kicked out of the land, they’re scattered
among the nations of the earth and, in fact, they’re at the point where what is
about to happen to them, according to Peter?
“They’re
going to have the time of Jacob’s trouble. They’re going to go through the
Great Tribulation. In other words, in the early Acts what is the spiritual
condition of humanity? It’s so bad that they’ve reached that level of judgment where
the world needs to be cast into Jacob’s trouble.
“Revelation
13: [3] And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
[4] And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and
they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to
make war with him?
“The spiritual
condition of man in early Acts is such that what were they ready to do? They’re
ready to worship the beast.”
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