Posted on 05/25/2023 1:12:45 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Rev. Franklin Graham gave a chilling warning during the keynote Monday night at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Orlando, Florida. He warned church members of “the coming storm” headed for churches and ministries.
There’s a storm coming, and we’ve all got to be prepared.”
Franklin Graham serves as president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and head of Samaritan’s Purse.
Rev. Graham also said that “every demon from hell” has been “turned loose” in our culture today.
“The world has deteriorated so quickly. We cannot be deceived, and we can’t be fooled. We need to get ready and be prepared.”
The Cancel Culture Graham said believers in the United States are “living in a cancel culture that wants to destroy Christian organizations,” adding that “we cannot back up, we can’t retreat, don’t apologize for the Gospel — just declare it, just preach it.”
“They want us to shut our mouths; they don’t want to hear from us. If you’re not going to preach the Gospel, you don’t have anything to worry about,” he said.
“We’re living in a cancel culture, and [big corporations] want to destroy Christian organizations,” he continued.
Graham urged Christian organizations to prepare to defend themselves against the growing cancel culture in business, insurance, banking, and technology and challenged them to continue sharing the hope of Jesus Christ in the face of increasingly difficult circumstances.
“If you’re going to try to proclaim the gospel, they’re going to try to shut you up.”
Noting that if one “doesn’t talk about sin” or “preach the gospel,” then that person doesn’t have anything to worry about in society, he added, “But if you’re going to try to proclaim the gospel, they’re going to try to shut you up.”
Confusion and Lies from Hell The Rev. Franklin Graham has told Liberty University graduates that the nation is being dominated by a “culture of confusion and lies,” which come “from Hell.”
During his remarks, he told graduates that he prayed that “this class will stand for truth,” noting that “our world is changing.”
“It has changed so much, just in the time since you set foot on this campus a few years ago,” said Graham. “Think how much it has changed. The increase in violence, the moral decline.”
“I can’t help but think that the heart of God is grieved as He looks at our world today. Our country. Oh, I love our country, but it’s in a downward spiral morally, spiritually, economically, politically.”
Graham went on to say that he believed the nation was “in a freefall” because the country had “turned our back on God and His truth,” urging the graduates to be a “beacon of light,” “standing on the Word of God” while living in “a culture of confusion and lies.”
Rev. Graham declared that “the Bible doesn’t contain truth, it is the truth,” adding that “every Word of God is true” and that “truth is not what you say it is, truth is what God says it is.”
Graham quoted John 14:6, “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me,’” explaining to those gathered that “Jesus is not a way to God, He is the way to God.”
The Culture Lies from Hell “Many churches today have compromised on the authority and truth of God’s holy word. Many of our politicians and leaders have bought into the lies of culture and the woke ideology,” Graham warned.
“The world wants you to believe that we are more than just male and female, that we can be transgender, whatever we choose to identify as. That’s a lie. It’s just a lie from Hell.”
“The world wants you to believe that abortion is OK; that it’s a woman’s choice. It’s a lie…It’s a choice, but it’s murder. It’s a sin.”
“Where does all this come from? It comes from Hell. It comes from Satan. He’s the author, and he’s the father of lies. You see, the world wants you to sit down and shut up. No, don’t you do that? I want you to stand up, to shout out, to lift up your voice, to lift up the truth.
Pastor Grant talks about communism, the ideology from the pits of Hell:
VIDEO AT LINK.........
I wondered when/if there would be a thread on this. I saw it a few days ago. Can’t help but agree with him.
“Abortion must be banned entirely, none zero..”
Banning it won’t work. The only thing that would work is having people’s hearts changed. They have to recognize and admit that abortion is murder. Then they have to actually CARE about murder — which people don’t much any more.
And hearts won’t change since the First Anemdment is being abolished where Christians are completely free to worship. And it won’t happen as long as Satan has power and influence over people.
Every country, state, county, and town can ban abortion; abortions will continue. Evil will continue.
Sorry, I’m from Missouri; Show me
So, let me get this straight…
The 70 weeks of Daniel 9 is 490 prophetic YEARS (biblically correct). (Of course you guys chop of the last week and transport it by magic carpet 2500 years into the future, or thereabouts?)
Then, that 490 YEARS is the first part of the 2300 day (evenings and mornings) prophecy, which is prophetic YEARS (biblically correct).
Now you are telling us that the 42 months, 1260 days, and 3 ½ times are LITERAL DAYS?
Not a chance.
https://www.biblelightinfo.com/times.htm
https://www.biblelightinfo.com/dan927.htm
Well bless your heart! Just don’t take the mark of the Beast or worship his image.
You can’t explain clear biblical concepts, such as prophetic vs literal timeframes, or the MOTB as laid out in Revelation. Therefore, you don’t have a clue as to what you are talking about.
As I said, Bless your heart!
If I were you, I’d be more concerned about leading people away from salvation, and the consequences it has. Just something to think about.
Sauron releasing his Orcs is a spot-on metaphor.
How does pointing out that there are actual signs in the heavens, which Genesis says in one of the reasons for the sun, moon and stars, can possibly lead people away from salvation? On the other hand, pointing out that taking the mark of the beast or worshiping his image will take away your salvation because your name will be stricken from the Lamb’s Book of Life is a helpful thing.
My comment in post 64 was about 42 months, and had nothing to do about signs in the sun, moon, and stars. Everyone that believes the 42 months are LITERAL months, are futurists. Yes, they believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture. They also deny the existence of the true antichrist power and his STATED mark of authority, Sunday worship.
The MOTB is about worship, commandment keeping, and specifically, the 4th commandment 7th-day-Sabbath. Revelation 14 makes that very clear.
“Sunday is our mark of authority… The church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” Catholic Record, Sept 1, 1923.
So, SubMareener, do you see how simply repeating the PTR mantra could easily decide someone’s salvation?
There is no PTR. And, everyone that’s alive at the end of this world will have to make the MOTB decision. Most will “choose poorly”.
Rev 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.I think the second prophecy begins at Revelation 11:19. Unlike the Bethlehem star which cold be seen at night, the sign of Revelation 12:1-2 could not be seen. You cannot see the moon when it is next to the sun. You could not see the war in heaven either (vs 7).
Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:Will there be seven years of plenty before this famine? Is that where we are now where everyone can look at the Bible on their phone at any time? Not many people knew about the seven years of plenty. God did not tell Jacob.
This is one of the problems with applying the Greek interpretation method to Revelation. It is not a single chronology. It is a series of visions. Things are in sequence only in a single vision. The visions overlap, so Chapter 12 covers everything from September 23-24, 2017 up until “17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” That is after Satan is thrown out of Heaven with his angels. Pretty sure, bad as it is, this hasn’t gotten that bad. This must be during the reign of the Beast, so there are still Christians around to persecute during that period. Now we can pray to be kept from that time, but we must be prepared to see it through to the end.
Brenda Weltner lays this all out better than anyone I have seen on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@brendaweltner9629
Is there a particular video you recommend out of 717 videos. It seems that at least some of Revelation 12 happens before Revelation 11. The correct chronology of Revelation is a perfect fit to the rest of scripture. It is still a puzzle to me.
By the way, I think that the eclipse is next year.
You are right! I don’t know why I changed it to 2027. 2024 seems like an appropriate year to “X”-out the USA.
https://eclipse2024.org/overlap.html
However, there is an interesting eclipse on August 2, 2027 Major cities under the path will include Luxor in central Egypt, Jeddah and Mecca in southern Saudi Arabia, and Sana’a in southern Yemen. Those seem to be a good place for the sun to go dark ten years after the August 21, 2017 eclipse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_2,_2027
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