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Guest Host, Alex McFarland, is joined by Pastor & Author, Paul Begley, of Freedom Fellowship, in Wildwood, FL

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    Darkness is not an affirmative force. It simply reoccupies the space vacated by the light. This is the Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio. It should be uncomfortable for a believer to live as a hypocrite. Delivery people out of the bondage of mainstream media. And the philosophies of this world. God has called you and me to be his ambassador. Even in this dark moment. Let's not miss our moment. And now, the Hamilton Corner. Well, one of the unique things about the Christian faith, there are a lot of unique things. Only Christianity can say that our Savior has an empty tomb. The founder of Christianity and the Messiah, the Savior, in whom we believe rose from the dead. But one of the unique things about the Christian faith that we can authoritatively legitimately say with full assurance is that Christ will return. Will this be in our lifetimes? Well, welcome to the program, Alex McFarlane here. Very honored to be sitting in for Abe Hamilton III, attorney, pastor, journalist, cultural commentator, Abe Hamilton. I have a great honor, and I wanna say how much I appreciate that Abe would trust the microphone to me, but when he's traveling, very often I get the chance to sit in and honored to do that here on the American Family Radio Network. And we're going to talk with an author a new book, Revelation 9 1 1, Pastor Paul Begley, about Bible prophecy. And maybe you have a question later on in the show, we'll get to some calls and questions if you want to join in the conversation. The number is 859-8840, 858-989-8840. And we'll talk about prophecy. You know, before we bring our guest up, let me say thanks to a lot of you that were praying for me last week, this time a week ago, I was in Montana. For our first of seven summer youth camps, we've got seven camps this summer, 1,200 middle school and high schoolers, and we talk about biblical worldview. We talk about the gospel, we talk about how to know Jesus, and when I'm in front of hundreds of teenagers, we talk about America. And we We say the Pledge of Allegiance and we talk about not only being a citizen of heaven as a believer in Jesus, but being good citizens here in America.

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    So you know what's interesting is even young people during the Q&A and we ask, we have a lot of open mic Q&A and they want to know about history. Where is history going? Why does the world seem to be unraveling? It's almost as if even middle school and high schoolers that maybe they've never even read Daniel or Revelation, but they seem to intuitively sense that the world is not right. Things are escalating and where is it all going? Well, in Titus 2, 13, in the New Testament book of Titus, chapter 2, verse 13, it calls Christ's return the blessed hope. And I want to say to everybody listening right now, you might be stressed. Like all of us, I mean, we're concerned about this world. We're concerned about our nation. But let me say this, Christ is coming back one day. You can be prepared. You can help others get ready as well. And the book of Titus says this is our glorious hope. It's unique to the Christian faith that we know history. History is not cyclical. It's not this Eastern yin and yang, you know, good and evil forever entwined in some cosmic dance. No, history is going somewhere and time will culminate with the glorious return of King Jesus. It's coming. Are you ready? Well, an author that I want you to meet and I just recently learned of this through a mutual colleague Jackie Jones of Truth PR. might have heard of her husband Russ Jones, who's a Christian journalist and writer, but we became aware of Paul Begley, his book, Revelation 911, how the book of Revelation intersects with today's headlines. He's an author, he's a pastor, he is our guest tonight on the Hamilton Corner. Pastor Begley, thanks for making time to be with us. Thank you so much. It's an honor, Alex, to be with you.

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    indeed indeed i want to hear about your book of the premise of the book but before we go to foreign our conversation uh... do you have a website where can people find you online pastor paul so the uh... i was publicly prophecy dot com and uh... or you can find you to uh... i've been on their office fifteen years and so we have pretty significant channel or you can see me on uh... and some that uh... some networks across america on television and the show's called the coming apocalypse coming up so we've got a television show across america amen and where is your church ball uh... in the villages in florida uh... called freedom fellowship uh... we're all about uh... faith family and freedom and uh... pretty neat uh... got great church down here and uh... the way a great time And I would imagine you as a pastor in your pulpit, I've pastored myself, you preach on Bible prophecy and the eschatological passages, don't you? Absolutely, I mean, yeah, absolutely. Look, I look at this way, Jesus has already been here, born in Bethlehem just like he was prophesied, preached his own gospel, gave his life on the cross, raised from the dead, ascended to heaven, sent the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, gave us the complete outline of what to do and the only thing really for the Lord to do is return. Okay? Yes. So, I mean, it would make sense to preach about prophecy, to tell people where we're at it and how close we have to be to the Lord's return and get people saved. It's the greatest evangelistic message is the soon coming of Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. I would agree, and let me encourage all of my pastor friends out there, and I'm sure Paul you would concur.

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    Preach the prophetic passages that speak about Christ's return, getting your house in order, being ready. And I know, and you feel free to agree or disagree with my analysis, Pastor, but no man knows the day or the hour. However, I do think we can discern the times. I think we are very likely near the end of history. Nearly a hundred years ago, the writer H.G. Wells said that he felt like history was, quote, near the end of its tether. And that was a century ago. And what do you think some of the great leaders of times passed, some of the reformers, I know the Wesley's talked about. This is just amazing. Just before the return of Christ, the Westlies felt like there would be a rise of Muhammadism. That's Islam. And certainly we've seen that. But I, and only the Lord knows. But I think all around us we could discern that history is reaching its climactic moment, Pastor Paul. Would you agree? I would agree. I've got a book at home, it's only six years old. And it's the complete history of the church, from the early church till today, and all the different denominations, and reformation, splits, and doctrines. But one of the things, and it ended, this book ended in 1873, I believe it is. And up until five years before that, the church, the early church, or the church age, preached this second. preach to be about the return of Israel as a nation before the second coming of Christ. This was a doctrine that was preached religiously until about 1868. And they begin to say, you know, maybe that's really not what this prophecy means.

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    Maybe this isn't really what we've been thinking. If they've just hung on another 75 years, they would have known what happened in 1848. So yeah, look, we're in 76 years now into the rebirth of Israel's a nation. The Bible says you'll see Jerusalem passed about with armies. You'll know the desolation thereof is not, and these are the words of Jesus Christ, Luke 21. I mean, we're talking about Ezekiel 38. The very nation that the Bible says would be surrounding Israel or be attacking Israel are the exact nations that are. You've got a couple more just sitting on the edge. We could go on and on and on with the things that are happening now that relate to eschatology of the coming of the Lord. You don't know the day or the hour. Nobody does. Even Jesus said he didn't know that. It was the Father's decision. You definitely know you're in the team picture. That's what I like to say. You learn the team picture. Yeah, exactly. I've got quite a number of questions, and folks, maybe you do as well. If you've got a prophecy question, the word is eschatology. And the word eschatos means last things or in time things. And if you have a question for Pastor Paul or myself, or maybe you disagree, maybe you're saying, And hey, you don't know whether or not Christ is coming back. We open the phone to respectful disagreement. We'll do our best to give you what the Bible says. But the number we'll get to the calls eventually, it's a triple eight, five, eight, nine, eighty eight, forty. Pastor, the book, Revelation 9 1 1. I know you quote chapter 9 verse 11, but what is the basic premise of your book? You know, it's amazing because I actually had an open vision and I've only been in minister been preaching 40 years.

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    Only five times I've ever had an open vision where I actually seen while awake, but in the spirit, seen an event for some type of symbolism. And in July of 21, I had a vision and I've seen a bright letter like a sign hanging and suspended in the air, Revelation 911. And I said, Lord, what is this? And of course there was no answer, but in my spirit I heard him say, it's a bond mankind. It's about to happen. And so I came out of that spiritual encounter and I grabbed my Bible and I went right to right to Revelation to chapter 9 verse 11, just to read that verse. I had forgotten what that verse was. And it's about this apaleon, this destroyer, comes out of the bottom of spit with a band of demons and smoke and locusts. And he immediately releases four more fallen angels, I believe, some type of fallen angels that were under the river Euphrates. He releases them and they begin to wreck havoc on the earth, basically manipulating the minds of the leaders to create what's called the Six Trumpet War. It's in the same chapter, Revelation 9. In other words, it creates World War 3. So when I read this verse and read the 9th chapter, Revelation, Alex, I begin to think, okay Lord, what do you want me to do? You say it's upon mankind. I felt seriously impressed to not just only preach this message but to write it down and research it and and then I went on a two-year journey of doing just that and it's not just about this character but it's it's about all the culture the geopolitical arena we're in. You know the breakdown of the family the cancel culture the woke agenda the worshiping of the mother earth instead of father god and the dream religion I just begin to yeah you know the great reset and I just will economic forum all these guys secret societies I just begin to research it all and put it into a book along with my co author Troy Anderson who is a Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist so he's an excellent writer and the two of us together for two years and the thing is when we wrote this book we did not know Russia was going to invade really invade Ukraine and we did not know that Tobrucep is gonna happen that Hamas is gonna attack Israel so we talk about in book that these things were coming and we might as well throw in China and Taiwan.

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    So yeah, there's some things we wrote in the book that had happened since the book, you know, since the book actually came to print. So there's a lot of prophecy here. Well, yeah, and I want you to speak if you would about the significance of the rebirth of the nation of Israel because I do think, you know, in May 14, 1948, Israel was reborn as a nation. And frankly, I think that put the vehicle of Bible prophecy in high gear. I mean, really. And as you said, that was 76 years ago. A lot of questions. Maybe you've got a question on Bible prophecy the End Times, folks, the number 888-588-98840, our guest, co-author of the book, Revelation 911, Pastor Paul Begley. Hey, got a brief break here, Pastor Paul, your website again if you would quickly. Yes, really easy. Paul BegleyProffices.com. Paul BegleyProffices.com. B-E-G-L-E-Y, Paul BegleyProffices.com. Alex McFarland here. This is the American Family Radio Network. We're so honored you're listening. Folks, Jesus is coming. Are you ready? Are you helping others find salvation as well? Stay tuned. We're back after this brief break with more. This June marks two years since the overturn of Roe versus Wade, but did you know that the number of abortions actually increased the following year? In 2023, the amount of abortions reached its highest level since 2012. Preborn continues to stand strong for women in crisis. Preborn is a ministry of compassion that showers women and babies with God's love, providing free ultrasound to mothers to introduce them to the precious life growing inside them. When a mother meets her baby on ultrasound and hears their heartbeat, she is twice as likely to choose life. $28 sponsors one ultrasound and $140 helps rescue five babies. Your generous tax deductible donation will also help to provide women who choose life with assistance for up to two years.

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    So please give your best gift to donate dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby that's pound 250 baby or visit preborn.com slash aFR that's preborn.com slash aFR. lightning to the darkness. This is the Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio. Hey, welcome back to the program. Alex McFarland, we're talking about Bible prophecy with Pastor Paul Begley. On the Facebook stream, we've got Clayton Jackson. Clayton Jackson says that Alex is as shallow and fake as they come, that I'm probably in line with the Freemasons. Well, Clayton, you ought to call in. I'm for real brother. I believe in Jesus. I believe in the Word of God. And Clayton Jackson on Facebook. I've been as vocal a critic and a visceral deconstruction and critic of masonry as anybody you'll ever hear out there. So get to know me Clayton. I think you'll find out that I'm for real and I'm a soldier of the cross. I give God the glory but let me say this, The number is triple eight five eight nine eighty eight forty pastor Paul of Revelation 911 before the break we were talking about Israel and You know the like the French atheist vault here 200 years ago love to kind of be dismissive of the book of Revelation because there was no Israel and you know like you and I were saying if some of these people had only lived to May of 1948 and the rebirth of the nation of Israel was a miracle story in itself but a continue if you would before the break I ask you what what might be the prophetic and end-time significance of the rebirth of the nation of Israel what would you say about the significance of that well yeah I would say it's just a ball oh my goodness Wow yeah yeah I was I went to Israel. My first time to Israel was 1996. It was his 50th time to go. He took a tour of 500 people. He announced it was going to be his lab. He died six weeks later.

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    He laid hands on me. He called three people out of the crowd one night. I have three people. God has told me three people lay hands on us for impartation in the city of Jerusalem. I was one of the three. He called it. He laid hands prophesied. Anyway, I was ordained by him and then he died two weeks later. One thing he always said was, if you want to know where you are in Bible prophecy, keep your eye on God's prophetic timepiece where it is the city of Jerusalem and the nation of Israel. But let me bring some up, Alex, in Acts chapter 1, Jesus is trying his best to tell his disciples, You guys need to stay here In Jerusalem and wait till you're in dude with power from on high I'm going to baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire. He has promised he was gonna have to send the Holy Ghost And this was and he told him be ready. Okay. Be ready and their question to him was When are you going to restore? The nation of Israel the kingdom of Israel that was their first their question And he said, look, it's not for you to know the time of the season, but that's in my father's hand. But it's for you to become witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, even to the other most part of the earth. So the first question by the apostles, just before the departure of Jesus Christ to go to heaven is when are you going to restore Israel? So it took 1948 years, but it took place. And so it's so significant. And now if you look at today, you know, Alex, in the Bible, it tells us in Psalms 83 that there would be this Confederacy. A group of nations would begin to form a Confederacy against Israel and they would start to how white Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth, never to be remembered again, which are the exact words of radical Islam, especially the exact words spoken a lot by imams or the Ayatollah al-Aqlmani in Iran.

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    So it's one prophecy right there. And when this was written in Psalm, Israel is still, you know, Israel is still 3000 years away. I mean, Ezekiel 38 is will be in attack. 3000 years before it happens, the valley of dry bones, Ezekiel 37, 3000 years before Israel it's reversed. So yeah Israel plays a massive major role and I'll just throw this in when I say Jesus died in Israel. He died in Jerusalem. He rose from the grave. He ascended to heaven. He was standing on the Mount of Olives and as he left the angels, I mean the two-minute wide apparel, they said look wife's dangie here, gay men into the heavens. Same Jesus, you see go away, he's coming back again in like manner and Zachariah chapter 14 says he does return and he stands on the Mount of Olives. So yeah, it's pretty important and this is why the whole world you see the reaction of the college kids and around America around the world. This is all the kingdom of Israel and the return of Jesus Christ. It's a spiritual conflict that we see taking place. indeed indeed we're going to go to our first caller and uh... by the way as we bring up tj from texas uh... pastor bagley where can people find your book but everywhere i mean you go to amazon dot com and find it really easy uh... we appreciate it you can you go to berns and noble you go to books a million target wal-mart all kinds of but it's everywhere or even come to my website if you want to get there but either way please get a copy of it it's a read you can't lay down you will not you start you will finish it you will write you will read is a take you about eight hours and you won't stop that's what everyone told published by simon and shuster very impressive uh... tj in texas welcome to the american family radio network hey guys thanks for having me uh... tj black on the worship leader and artist out of temple texas and uh... you guys are talking about some great stuff and i really appreciate it. My comment is that, you know, if you get on the social medias and things like that, you guys see a lot of stuff about people predicting the end times people even putting dates on it. And you guys are not doing that, certainly. But just to kind of put it out there, I think it's very important to talk about the end times. I think it's very important to preach about it. I think it's very a great evangelistic tool for sure. But I just Just want to make sure that we iterate, that it's far more important that we live according to the Bible, we follow the Bible, we live out God's purpose in our life, and most importantly that we win as many souls as possible.

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    And you guys kind of just alluded to that a little bit. But I think some people just get caught up on it too much if that makes sense. And you guys certainly are not, but I think it's important to put that out there and help people realize, hey, it's great to study it. don't get caught up into it too much because if we're living by god's word for living according to a god wants to live all that stuff can work itself out god is going to take care of us and then uh... good good point what do you say past paul uh... how do you find that balance of preaching about it teaching on it but not like obsessing too much about it yeah after he's right i mean he's exactly right Look, you have to know what's going on around you. The world is going to ask you, what's this about? Is this in the Bible? What's going on? Something my grandmother said that if this ever happens, you better realize, Lord, this is the era we're in. We're in that era. But he's right. You can't just spend all your time of testing and trying to calculate and try to figure out what's going to take place and when. Our number one goal is to win people to Christ. It's been mine for 40 years. It's revival after revival. Ultra call after ultra call. Like every day on my YouTube channel, every video I do, I ask you, are you saved? Have you given your life to Christ? And when I do live broadcast, I give all the call. And 15 or 20 people, you know, right on the end, you do it too. And they get saved. So he's right. We gotta make sure it's, I don't know if you've ever heard a man by call, Will. but I have a lunch with me. Okay, Dr. Happy Caldwell owns three television stations called Victory Television Network out of Arkansas. So he owns the three main television stations in the state of Arkansas. I'm having a lot of them on his channel. And I'm having lunch with me one day and he says, I said, you've been in this ministry 60 years.

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    Can you tell me what is it I need to know the most? He said, the main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing. Oh, that's good. another word okay in other words no matter what goes on no matter what you're doing she's a christian him crucified and and risen from the dead and his soon return leading people to crisis and anything so the show you know uh... you can drop text is dead on we gotta have a we gotta have a very healthy balance uh... in our walk amen debbie from arkansas debbie thanks for holding you're on the hamilton corner with myself and pastor paul begley welcome Debbie. Thank you, Alex. It's just a joy to get to talk to you. Well, ditto, ditto. How are things in Arkansas? Things are great in Arkansas, actually. I'm in very southeast corner of Arkansas, very rural, but my husband and I are involved in the the Calvary Church and it is the fastest growing church. Just, it's wonderful and my question is, do you think we're in the time of the great falling away of the church? Mm, great, great question. You know, let me give a verse or two and then Pastor Paul, you can chime in on this. But in 2 Thessalonians two, verse three, it says, do not let anyone deceive you in any way for that day, meaning the return of Christ will not come until first there is a rebellion and the man of lawlessness will be revealed, the man doomed to destruction. Now the rebellion or the following away sometimes it's translated the word apostasy, which interestingly is a Greek word that means like riot or free for all. And Debbie, I would say this having really been around the blocks, booking in a lot of churches, a lot of conferences, 200 universities, Christian alleged universities.

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    I do believe we are in a theological riot because I talk, and Pastor Paul, you can comment on this if you want to, but I mean, I dialogue with denominational leaders, theologians, pastors that claim to be born again, claim to believe the Bible, but then they're for gay marriage. They are for transgender rights. They do not stand with Israel. They sympathize with Hamas terrorists. They believe in transgenderism and I'm thinking, and then, then, you know, shortly after 9-11, I was just castigated by pastors that would say, I saw you on Fox News, Alex McFarland, You said Muslims don't worship the God of the Bible. I said, yeah, that's because Muslims don't worship the God of the Bible. And I had pastors. I was on a Fox News debate with a pastor out of Tennessee who coined the term, Christelom, Christianity and Islam need to mesh. And I said, no. John 824, the Lord Jesus said of his Messiahship, If you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins. Pastor Paul, what do you say? Are we living in a time of falling away from amongst the ranks of church members? Absolutely. That's the law in the end of chapter 2. You were quoting there. Obviously, that's telling you that before the anti-Christ, before the Lord come back, before the Lord returns, you got to first have this great fallen away from the faith, some of the rudiments of the gospel from the foundation of truth and The man of sin the wicked one the son of perdition With you know which means the son of hell there's only been two people in the Bible and referred to as the son of hell And that's Judas is scary it and the at that right here in second that's why it's too So we're certainly in this fall-in-the-way period no doubt about it. I hate it There's a lot of great churches and great preachers and great ministries.

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    I like to cowboy churches. I got a lot of followers online from the Cowboys movement. Wonderful people. And, you know, they want people to hold fast of the faith. All said, be unmovable, you know, be rooted and grounded and unmovable, always about it. But we are in this period now where there are watered down gospel. Our sin is rapidly, as you just said, and I'm so glad you stood up for the truth. I'm Fox News there when you were in that debate with the other past, but yes, we are in the fall and the white period and it's going to wax worse and worse. It won't get better. It's going to get worse, but the redeemed will remain and hold on and we will be strong. The remnant, we're going to be fine. And so let's just keep doing that because Jesus is coming back after those that are ready And we want to be ready. And Debbie, I'll give you one more verse. And by the way, we'll go back to the phones. If you have a prophecy question in time, Bible prophecy, our guest, Paul Begley, author of Revelation 9-1-1, great book. But the number is 8-8-8-5-8-9-8-40. 1 Timothy 4-1 says the Spirit says expressly that in the last days or the latter times, some will abandon the faith and followed deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons. Literally, things taught by demons. And listen, you want to find out what are some of the things taught by demons just read the morning newspaper, but Pastor Paul, you know, it says it in the last days. Some profess Christians are going to abandon the faith. I was on a website about a year ago of ex-vangelicals. I mean, what a what a tragic term X professors of Jesus Christ Yeah, you're right again that scripture so powerful and it is a seducing spirit Paul refers to it at that giving he did these doctrines of devils speak of high and their hypocrites about it and They they preach it to a whole different doctrine and the total gospel even and And if they're being seduced to do this, they're being drawn away by the love of the planet and the sin of the world.

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    It's really sad. Yeah, hey, we got to pull away. It's a brief break. Alex McFarlane here sitting in for Abraham Alton, our pastor, our guest, Pastor Paul Begley of Revelation 9-1-1. Prophecy matters, folks, and as Titus says, Christ's return is that promise, that assured, blessed hope that Jesus will come back. Are you ready? Are you hoping others get ready? That's our role as Christians. Stay tuned, we've got a break, we're back after this. The Hamilton Quarter Podcast and One-Bitted Common Terrence are available at eFR.net. Back to the Hamilton Quarter on American Family Radio. Welcome back to the program. We alluded to this verse in that previous segment, Acts 111, that this same Jesus will return in like manner as you've seen him go into heaven. Alex McFarland here. Hey, by the way, briefly, let me say my website is just my name, AlexMcFarland.com. And my speaking schedule is on there. We've got coming up in just a little while. The second of seven summer biblical worldview apologetics camps for youth. Last week we were in Montana. The next one we're going to be in Georgia. We've got seven camps this summer. Also, June 23rd, I'll be basically the Myrtle Beach area, Saka-stibaptist church. And you can find that online. I'd love to meet you when I'm there. This Sunday, Father's Day, I'll be in the Greensboro, North Carolina area at Mount Pleasant Church. But let me say I love to speak, love to preach, whether it's a Biblical World View weekend, apologetics, or if you want me to go to the local university and debate the atheists, I'd be happy to do that too. I love to debate atheists in love, but go to my website and there's an inquiry form if you'd like to talk with us about scheduling and an event to evangelize the lost and equip the saved at my website, AlexMcFarlane.com.

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    Well, we're gonna continue doing our best to get the calls in. Wow, plenty of calls. Larry in Arkansas, Larry, thanks for holding. Welcome to our conversation, our author. Well, I'm enjoying your conversation very much. And I am going from North Arkansas, near Carter, Arkansas, beautiful White River. And it's a cool 98, five or 98 degrees here. So I do thank you and Pastor Paul and Bart, I listen to you all the time. So here's my question. I think it's important. We all know prophecy. I think it's all very important. And we see the major things happen like the apostasy of the church we see in several denominations and others. But here's my question. If we look back in history and we learn from the Old Testament, God's ways and his personality, we see as he's talking to Abraham about destroying Sodom and Gomorrah. Of course, he wants to save life from that. So he starts out like, if I find 50 righteous men, will you not do that? and it gets down to five and God says yes, yes. You know, and finally he couldn't find five and God acts. Now, my question about that, how does that, you figure that out? From what I see, there's many, many lovely Christians, many, many authentic Christians. I see a lot of youth movement. I see a lot of good, a lot of things going on that to me, and that's what we're supposed to be doing, how then, you know, and I know God is coming back. Jesus is coming back as he said he was, but God is patient. And so in my mind, I don't see that happening anytime soon. So, Sodom and Gomorrah, are you asking maybe, Are we, is the current culture like Sodom of old?

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    Is that kind of what you asked God? I'm at God, this is that factor. And we know God is patient. God wants everyone to be saved. He wants everyone to be with him. So, and I know I see it all the time. Many, many people love the Lord. They're faithful, they're authentic. they're not a part of the moral degradation we see or the apostasy of the church. How do we factor that behavior, that known behavior of God and his patients into this equation? I read you now. Well the mercy of God, God's mercy and God's patience is great. But Pastor Paul, I would say that it's not forever. I mean, Genesis 6, 3, says my spirit will not strive with man forever. What do you say about the day God's patience runs out? Yeah, that's a great point. Certain parts of the world, especially certain parts of America in the Bible Belt, for sure. You can find communities that are pretty wholesome. the public schools and those smaller communities are actually pretty decent. You know, you got the teachers or actually members of the churches and stuff. And it's kind of difficult to wonder how well can the world be, have so much work in this in it, but it does. If you look at it as a whole, now to his point though, the Bible does say it's not God's will that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance, because God is long suffering to us, not willing to any should perish. So there is no question, a extended mercy and grace that God is extending upon humanity. But I think he has been extending that for a long time. If you take the humanity as a whole and you take the culture, the wickedness that goes on as a cubitist, then that scripture, Genesis 6 comes into play.

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    can't go not always strive for man as it was in the days of Noah so will be in the coming of the Son of Man or in law. Well we do see a lot of the exact same immorality going on globally hatred the wars of rumors of ors and all of the witness that goes on and the blasphemy that takes place but there is there is some good things and he's right like some of our colleges you know we sing a very and we didn't see all these baptisms going on in the southern universities spring we had the writing and the death and the hating of Israel going on up in our Ivy League schools the same exact time we're having a thousand people being baptized at Auburn universe so yeah it's a complex question but God will run out of patience eventually and there's a lot going on that it's showing me that we're probably closer to the end than the begin and say that and he won't always try. Yeah God's grace is very great but we can't presume on it Austin in Texas. There's a city down there named for you Austin. Welcome to the program. Thanks for holding. Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me. Yeah, a little up north of Dallas is where I come from. So my question was pig back and off of the question earlier about the following away the apostasy. So I've heard a lot of people say and mention the we are in the apostasy or our times are in the apostasy because there's a following away. We see poor theology, poor doctrine in our local churches in here in the States in America. But I've heard tons of reports of believers in Asia, in Africa, that there's revivals going on, there's growing. So whenever I feel people are saying we're in the following the way period now, it seems like they're taking what they see in America and applying that to the whole world.

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    Or at least that's kind of how it seems like. So I'd like your thoughts on that if when Scripture says there will be a fall in the way. Do we take that as in that should be the whole world correct? Or what is your thoughts on that? Great question before I jump in pastor Paul. What do you say about the following way? Is it localized or from? The remnants of the church is it global? Probably global Because you can find factions of strong Christianity and pockets of places around the world But you can also find total nation who have completely blasphemed God and then selected officials who put people in power that blasphemed God. I can just say that I've been to India and held true states. I had a gun to my head once. Look, radical Hinduism is a real problem in India. Yet there's a great revival spirit moving in India, China. of the strongest Christians in the world are in China, yet that is a brutal dictatorship, communist regime that rules those people to rob the buyer. 52 nations in the world, you can't have a Bible, period. You'll go to prison. 52 nations. So God looks at things in a big picture, in a macro way, and he sees the remnant pockets of great moves of God and great churches and great, and America certainly has some of the greatest movements about it. Any nation in the world, that's why we're the leader of the world. But yet even in this nation, we have some serious, serious, blasphemous and rebellion and perverting of the gospel. So, you know, again, that's why he's God and we're not. Okay? He's God or not. Our job is to continue to preach the Word and get as many to Christ as we can. And his timing, his prophecies are being fulfilled. I mean, I study on the lot like the Red Hepherds, the Third Temple. These are major keys to you knowing how close, you know, the Abraham Accord. These things do show you how close you really are to the Lord's return.

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    Well, and let me say this too, Austin, that I just yesterday, and I'm down here in the Bible Belt. I'm in North Carolina. I drove past a Baptist church, a Baptist church, and had a big rainbow flag flying in the front yard. And the fly, I mean, it was a big, and it said, pride month, exclamation point. And it said, remember, you are enough. And I said to my wife, I said, what in the world could that mean? You are enough. The Bible says in John 15, five apart from Christ, we can do nothing. Jeremiah 17 says, the heart is deceitful and wicked, who can know it. The Bible says that without Jesus we're naked in destitute. So we drop as a Baptist. Now what flavor of Baptist? I do not know, but pride month. So when you talk about the apostasy or the falling away inside of the institutional church, you know, it kind of, It reminds me of the Matthew 2411, Jesus said, many will fall away and betray one another, and false prophets will arise and lead many astray. So at the very least, the falling away in the apostasy includes the rejection of biblical truths about lots of things, not the least of which is Jesus, his deity, salvation and morality. john in montana john uh... thanks for holding well or sure listen i wonder if you might have heard anybody mention the uh... last message god in the bible revelation fourteen verse six through twelve if you can learn with that or have you ever studied it uh... yes you know i was thinking you might say in revelation twenty two that last altar call and who's whoever will let him take the water of life freely, but you know, I've always pre I love to preach on Revelation 14 where it talks about in verse 6 the everlasting gospel, but What what is your point there? Well, what I'm saying is that that's the last message, but nobody talks about nobody. No churches Preach that or anything, you know, no churches. What's lower than that this church or anyone?

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    The only church that I know it preaches that well, they don't even do that anymore. But it was a seven to Adventist church They want fear God, give glory to Him. Glory to Him. Yeah, for the hour of His judgment is come. Worship Him made heaven and earth to see in the bounds of water. And then the last, well, is here are the patience of the saints here, are they to keep the commandments of God in the face of Jesus? Well, and you know, first John 3, forgive me John, time for its way, first John 3 says, And this is his commandment that you believe, 1 John 3, 23, believe on Jesus Christ, his son, whom he has sent. Pastor Paul, the Bible, till that very last verse, it's the message, isn't it really, though, Pastor Paul? Okay. Pastor, I've got to ask you this, and this is not fair as time fleets away. Yes or no, do you believe the Antichrist is alive on planet Earth at this point? I think so. I wrote it and I think I had the vision of both the bookies. I call him the immortal, immortal dictator, but he's also immortal. So yes, I think he's alive. I think he's in grooming. Right. Okay. Let me ask you this. Forgive me. Do you think the arc of the Covenant still exists? Yes, I do. And I've been to Israel. I've talked to the leading rabbis.

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    They know where it is. And they're going to bring it out when they build the third temple. Yes, I do. How close the way to the building of that third temple? We're a couple of things away. We're out of time. I'm sorry. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family Association or American Family Radio.

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