Seeing Christ as Heir of All Things - Revelation — Stephen Kaung

Will you please turn to the last book in the Bible, the book of Revelation. Revelation chapter one, the first three verses. Revelation chapter one, from verse one through verse three. Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him to show to his bondman what must shortly take place.

And he signified it, sending by his angel to his bondman John, who testified the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw. Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it, for the time is near.

Chapter 19, verse 10, the last sentence. Chapter 19, verse 10, the last sentence. For the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus. The spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus. May we look to the Lord.

Heavenly Father, how we do praise and thank thee for giving us such honor and privilege, together, together, unto the name of thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. How we praise and thank thee, knowing that thou art with us, even now.

We ask that thy presence shall be so manifest that we just bow before thee and worship thee. We ask thee, Lord, that we may hear thy voice, that we may respond to thee, that we may love thee with all our hearts, with all our soul, with all our understanding, and with all our strength, in the name of our Lord Jesus.

Revelation as the Consummation of God’s Purpose

We've been going through the New Testament, book by book, and this morning we will be on the last book of the New Testament, the book of Revelation. Now, Genesis, in the Bible, is the beginning. And we know, in the beginning, we are revealed the purpose of God.

Revelation of the Bible, it is the end. In other words, it is the realization of the purpose of God. In this book of Revelation, we find that all things are summed up in Christ. Now, this book of Revelation is a book of prophecy, because we are told, at the very beginning, blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it, for the time is near.

It is a book of prophecy. But let us remember, it is a book of prophecy. It is the testimony of Jesus. In other words, in this book, you find many prophetic words on coming events. Many things will happen, and happen soon.

But these coming events are but the letter of the word. The spirit of the word is the testimony. Now, brothers and sisters, we are all naturally curious. We like to know what is coming in the future. In a sense, we feel more secure if we know what is coming.

We are curious about coming events. But this is not the purpose of this book. It is true that these books give us the coming events, things that must shortly come to pass. But the purpose is not that we may know what is coming, but we may know who is coming.

In other words, it is the testimony of Jesus that is the spirit of prophecy. If we know all the coming events, and yet we are not ready for the Lord. If we come short of prophecy, without to the spirit of the Lord, Now, if we do that, you will find that the letter kills.

It is the spirit that gives life. In other words, if we have mental understanding of the coming events, as recorded in the book of Revelation, and yet there is not a corresponding spiritual preparedness in our heart, you will find such knowledge will condemn us instead of save us.

So I think it is very important when we approach this book of prophecy, that we be very clear in our heart that it is not the events that we are interested in, but it is the one who is coming that we are waiting for.

And if we do that, then surely we are happy. Blessed are we who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things thereof. It is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his bondman what must shortly take place.

The Revelation Given to Christ’s Bondmen

John, the apostle of this book. His name is mentioned four times in this book of Revelation. When we read the Gospel according to John, we find his name is not even mentioned. When we read 1 John, his name is not mentioned.

But here in the book of Revelation, you will find his name is mentioned four times. In chapter 1, verse 1, verse 4, verse 9, and chapter 22, verse 6. You find that his name is mentioned four times. But he is not the author of this book.

He is just a scribe. He is just taking down what is shown to him. The author of this book is none other but God himself. Why? Because at the very beginning we are told the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him.

In other words, it is the revealing, the unveiling of Jesus Christ. This unveiling of Jesus Christ is given by God. God unveils Jesus Christ. To whom? To Jesus Christ. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him.

God unveils his Beloved Son. What's going to happen to his Beloved Son? To his own Beloved Son. To none other but Jesus Christ himself. And then our Lord Jesus showed this to his bondmen, to all those who are his servants, his bond slaves, of the things that are coming.

So let us remember that this book of Revelation actually is God the Father revealing the Son to his own Son. And then in turn his Son shows all the things that are coming to pass to his bondmen. This immediate receiver of this book, the seven churches in Asia.

Let us remember that it is not just the seven churches in Asia who receive this book. Because this is written or this is shown to the bondmen of... Now who are the bondmen of Jesus Christ? The bond slaves of Jesus Christ.

We remember how Paul, in calling himself the bondmen of Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters, we who are purchased by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus, we are his bond slaves. Every one of us who are purchased by the precious blood of the Lamb is a bondman, is a bond slave of Jesus Christ.

We are his love slaves and we do not want to go free. Because we love him, we want to serve him. We are his bond slaves. Now if you turn to Revelation chapter 22, you find the same thing is being mentioned there.

And he said to me, These words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to show to his bondmen the things which must soon come to pass. Actually, we are his bondmen.

Not only that. But again you find in Revelation chapter 22, verse 16. I, Jesus, have sent mine angels to testify these things to you in the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, the bright and morning star.

And the Spirit and the bride said, Come. In other words, you find that these things are shown to the churches, to the church of God. The church of God is shown all these things. The Spirit and the bride said.

You find that this letter, this book actually is written to the bride of one. Bondmen of Jesus Christ. Purchased by his blood. We are the church of Jesus Christ. And we are his bride. And we are the people who receive this book.

Many people when they read this book, or they don't read this book because they think it is a horror story. Let us remember this is a love letter. Horror story. To terrify people. No, to us. Who are the church of God.

Who are the bondmen of Jesus Christ. Who is the bride of Jesus Christ. This is a love letter. In other words, this is the last love letter our bridegroom writes to us before the marriage. Now if you see this in that way, how precious is this book of Revelation.

Now this is the last love letter we receive. And then the next thing will be, he is here. And there will be the marriage. This is the book of Revelation. The Apostle John received this Revelation on the island of Papua New Guinea.

Now some people think that it was during the time of Nero, but this is not true. Why? Because during the time of Nero, we find not only the persecution have not extended to Asia. It is centered in Rome.

But also you find that the way of punishment actually is throwing to the lions or to be lighted in the garden as light. It is the method used by the Emperor Domitian. So it was during the time of Emperor Domitian that we find John was exiled to the island of Papua.

It was a barren rocky island off the coast of Asia Minor in the Aegean Sea. And there the Apostle John received this book of Revelation. We mentioned that being the last book in the Bible, it is the consummation of God's Revelation.

Christ as Heir of All Things

What is the eternal purpose? The purpose of God is centered upon His Beloved Son. It is the will of God that His Beloved Son should be the heir of all. We find that in Hebrews chapter 1 verse 2. God has established His Son to be the heir.

In other words, all things shall be brought into subjection. To bring everything into subjection to Christ Jesus. The central, most important thing to be brought into subjection to Christ is man. Because man is center of all things.

Christ is to inherit all things. So first of all He has to inherit us. He has inherited us, man. Then through man He is to inherit all things. So here you find man plays a very important role in the economy of God.

You know Psalm number 8. It's a beautiful Psalm. And in that Psalm you find the Psalmist said, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast established praise, because of thine adversaries to steal the enemy and the avenger.

Now so far as man is concerned, man is like babe. In comparison with other creatures. Why? Because you find man was created last. On the sixth day. Then God said, let us make man according to our image and our likeness.

And He made man in His own image. So, so far as the time of creation is concerned, if you compare mankind with the earth planet, if you compare mankind with the universe, then we are the late comers. We are like babes and sucklings.

But out of the babes and sucklings, God said He will establish praise. God will be praised through the mouth of babes and sucklings. Why? Because of thine adversaries. God has an adversary. Satan, the adversary.

But God will use one who is made lower than the angels, man. The adversaries and the enemies. In other words, God is going to use man as His vessel and instrument and bring all things into subjection to Him.

And God is going to use man to defeat the mouth of the enemy. To bring in the purpose of God that Christ may inherit all things. So no wonder the psalmist said, what is man? Mindful of Him. Dear brothers and sisters, it really humbles us to think that we who are nothing of the universe, we are just babes and sucklings, and yet God should be mindful of us.

That He should come to us, inherit us, and then through us to inherit all things. That He should use us as His vessel and instrument to defeat His adversary. And to bring in His eternal purpose. Now it does humble us very deeply.

And causes us to worship Him. So in this book of Revelation you find that He deals with man. The final revelation of Jesus Christ in relation to mankind. How He will bring mankind and all things. 1 Corinthians 10, verse 32.

You find that mankind is divided into three groups. The Jews, the Greeks, and the Church of God. Or to put it in another way, the Church, the Jews, and the nations. How mankind is classified. So in this book of Revelation, we will try to approach it from these three different areas.

In other words, we will see how Christ is to inherit the Church, as His bride. How Christ is to inherit the Jews, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David. And how Christ inherits the nations, as the King of Kings and the Lord.

Christ’s Inheritance of the Church

First of all, the Church. In the eternal purpose of God concerning His Beloved Son, there is the Church. The Church is a mystery, hidden in God, through the ages and the generations. In the fullness of time, God reveals, opens up this ministry, by the Holy Spirit, through the apostles and the prophets, that today we may know what the Church is.

The Church was an unknown in the past. It was hidden in God. Why? Because it could not be known. It had to be hidden until, first of all, Christ came into this world. Because without the coming of Christ into this world, there can be no Church.

It is through His coming, Incarnation, through His life on this earth, through His death, through His resurrection, that the Church came into being. We find that our Lord Jesus, as He was crucified on the cross, as He died, as the soldier thrust a spear into His side, that out of His side came out blood, is built with that which comes.

Through the death of our Lord Jesus, came out, through the remission of our sins, through the death of our Lord Jesus, His life, like water, that we may receive, by this blood and water, that came out of His side, the Church is born.

On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came, and you find 120 individual believers, they were baptized into one body. Now the history of the Church, of the early Church, is given to us in the book of Acts.

Roughly, we will say, our Lord Jesus lived on earth for 33 years, and again you find the book of Acts, actually roughly is 33 years. From the day of Pentecost to the time we find Paul in a hired house, apartment in Rome, teaching the Kingdom of God, teaching the Lord Jesus, that was approximately AD 62 to 63.

So you find that the history of the early Church, that is covered by the book of Acts, is roughly 33 years, up to 62 or 63 AD. And now you find the book of Revelation, pick that up, and continues with the history of the Church.

So you find that in the first three chapters of the book of Revelation, the seven churches. And the seven churches actually, reveals to us the Church towards the end of the first century. Because we know by this time, all the twelve apostles have passed away except John.

John is the one who lived the longest, and it was during his later years that he received this revelation. So, there you find, Revelation chapters 1 to 3 actually, or 2 to 3, actually continues, continues with the book of Acts.

It gives us the history of the Church at the end of the first century. Now, what is the Church? Here you find in the book of Revelation, the seven churches are represented by seven golden landstands. Landstand is a means to an end.

Landstand is to, in other words, the Church is not an end in itself. The Church is a means to an end. And the end is to uplift the testimony of Jesus. That's the light. Testimony of Jesus. Then the Church has failed in its mission.

The Church is not to draw people to itself, appoint people to Christ. So, you find, in the seven churches of Asia, they are represented by seven golden landstands. You know, this is a book of prophecy.

So, when you look at the seven churches in Asia, even though at the end of the first century, there were actually these seven churches in Asia Minor, or in the Roman province of Asia, not Asia as a continent.

They were these seven churches in Asia. And as a matter of fact, Apostle Paul, in his later years, he labored in these seven churches. Then he was taken away from them as an exile. So, no wonder he was thinking of them on the Lord's Day.

And that's how he received the revelation. So, actually, there were these seven churches in Asia towards the end of the first century. And these were their conditions, their spiritual conditions, before God.

That's true. That's historical. But, this book being a book of prophecy. So, we believe that the seven churches of Asia were so picked, selected, because actually there were more than seven churches in Asia at that time.

For instance, Colossae, Periopolis. You'll find churches there too. But, the Holy Spirit picked these seven churches. Why? Because these seven churches prophetically speak of the whole history until the coming.

So, the first church, the church in Ephesus, represents the church towards the end of the first century. Or even go a little bit into the early part of the second century. That word Eph means desire. Or, loosening.

Find this church in Ephesus. In the beginning, they do have a desire for the Lord. You remember Psalm 73, verse 25, it says, Whom do I have in heaven, but Thee? Whom do I desire on earth, but Thee? Now, this should be the attitude of the church.

The desire of the church is the Lord. Love the Lord with all her heart. That is the desire of the church. And, if you read the book of, say, the book of Acts, and you read the history of the early church, you'll find there was such a desire towards the Lord.

There was that first love towards the Lord. And even in the church in Ephesus, you'll find, if you read the Letter to the Ephesians, you'll find that the reason why they received such revelation is because they loved the Lord.

They loved the Lord. But this desire gradually loosened up. You'll find that towards the end of the first century, so far as the church is concerned, they have left their first love. There is nothing that the Lord is looking for more than love.

Church at that time, they have labors. They have works. They have knowledge. They have understanding. They have not deviated from the teaching of the Lord Jesus. And yet, they have lost their first love.

And the Lord said, I'm against you. I'm against you. Repent. So here you'll find, towards the end of the first century, the church began to lose her love towards the Lord, her desire for the Lord. And the second church, the church of Smyrna.

Smyrna came from the root of myrrh. And myrrh means bitterness. In other words, you'll find when the church began to lose its first love towards the Lord, then the Lord reacted. He reacted by sending persecutions to the church.

Persecution is not all bad. You'll find that God used persecution to awaken the church out of her loss of first love. So in the second and the third century, you'll find that the church was persecuted.

Completely persecuted. But out of these persecutions, there was a reviving towards the Lord, a desiring for the Lord, a love. But then you'll find the third church, the third church in Pergamos. Pergamos means high tower.

Beginning of the fourth century, 303 A .D., you'll find Constantine the Great. He became the Roman emperor. And you know the story. Whether it was true or whether, I don't know. But the story was told that he was one of the generals.

And when the Caesar died, when the emperor died, then these generals, they all tried to be the next emperor. And they fought with each other. And Constantine, he was a general in the land of Gaul, which is French today.

And many of his soldiers were Christians. So the story was told that one night he dreamed a dream. And he saw a banner with a cross there. And in this sign, conquer. So he used that as his banner. And he marched to Rome and he got the empire.

And after he got the empire, he tried to patronize Christianity. Christianity was no longer persecuted. Christianity was patronized by the emperor. And immediately you find from being persecuted, it became the most popular religion in the world.

So many people flocked into the church. The emperor said, now if any of my soldiers will be baptized, he will be rewarded with certain amount of silver and two suits of clothing. So lots of his soldiers got baptized.

Not only for material purpose, but for the favor of the emperor. So immediately you find the church became a high tower. The church had fallen into the world. There was a mixture of the church and the world.

Teaching other doctrine, other than of the Bible, began to be accepted. I cannot go into detail. I'll keep you until I don't know when. But anyway, you find that from the 4th century to the end of the 6th century, that is represented by Pergamos.

And after that you have Taikira. Taikira means sacrificing untiringly. It represents the Roman system starting from the end of the 6th century up to the time of Reformation. In other words, if you want to be more exact, it began actually with a pontific of Gregory I in AD 590.

And then you find the Roman system is firmly with that. Of course, you have the special priesthood and you have the idol worship. So all these things began to come into the church. Then after that there is Sardis.

Sardis means revival or restoration. So in the 16th century, you'll find God raised up these reformers, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and all these people, you know. And there is a reviving. There is a restoring.

But unfortunately, you'll find nothing is perfect. And it becomes a matter of names instead of reality. It gradually dies out. There is a name, but there is no life inside. And that is what Protestant churches are today.

Even today. You'll find that there is a name there, but where is the reality? Where is the life? But thank God, you'll find God again reacts. And that was Philadelphia. Now Philadelphia means brotherly love.

Approximately 150 years ago, in the beginning of the 19th century, you'll find that God began to raise up what we today call brotherly movement. You'll find that there were brothers all over the world.

Began to come out of all sects, and they just called themselves brothers. And they loved one another. And they keep the Word of God. Then lots of truth that had been buried for centuries were recovered by these dear brothers.

A tremendous movement in Christianity. But unfortunately you'll find gradually it became Laodicea. And Laodicea means people's opinion. Very democratic, instead of theocratic. And then you'll find when these things happen, there is such lethargy.

There is such a thing they have everything, and yet they are naked, wretched, poor. And the Lord calls them to repent. Otherwise the Lord will spew them out. And that represents the church in our days.

We are living in the Laodicean. Brothers and sisters, as you go through the history of the church, what conclusion do you come to? You come to two conclusions. Number one, whenever God entrusts the testimony of His beloved Son into the hands of man, very soon you'll find man fail.

When God reacts, when He gives revelation, there will be a revival. There will be a restoring. And in the first generation it seems living. And you'll find it began to be organized. Preserve it. So in the second generation you'll find the organization becomes strong.

In the third generation all you'll find is the organization without the life. It seems to be repeated and repeated and repeated in church history. Whenever God entrusts His revelation to man, man loses it as quickly.

That's the one conclusion you'll learn from history. But thank God there's another conclusion. And the other conclusion is God never gives up. No matter how man fail, no matter how many times man fail, and repeatedly fail and always fail, but God never fails.

He never gives up. You'll find that He's always stepping in and trying to recover. Whatever can be recovered. And He did recover. And that's the reason why. You'll find that in the book of Revelation in chapter 2 and 3, you'll find at the end of every letter to every church, there is the call.

Yes, it is true. Trusted my testimony into your hand, but you have failed. In spite of your failure, I'm calling overcomers in your midst. Now, who are the overcomers of the church? They are not some people outside of the church.

They are in the church, but they are the normal Christians. Not super. Everybody is, but God is calling for normal Christians. Those who will respond to His grace. Those who will be faithful to His test.

And you'll find that at the end of the first century, in the seven churches, invariably, you'll find God calls for overcomers. And God got His overcomers. And it is by these overcomers that the testimony of Jesus was maintained at the end of the first century.

And they did it for the whole church. In chapters 2 and 3, you'll find the overcomers of the church at the end of the first century maintain the testimony of Jesus in the world. Then when you turn to chapter 7, you'll find in chapter 7, in the second part of chapter 7, you'll find countless people standing before the throne of God.

They have in their hands palm wrenches. They were clothed with white robes. And they cried with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb. Now, who are they? We know that the overcomers are rewarded with white robes.

The righteousness. And we know palm in the Scripture, palm trees, palm leaves, palm branches in the Scripture always represent, signifies victory. So, in other words, what you see here is a vision of the overcomers of the church from the end of the first century to the last.

In other words, look back. We find from the end of the first century up to the last days, God has His overcomers, the centuries, through the generations. We may see failure, failure, failure everywhere.

Thank God He had His overcomers, overcomers, overcomers. They may be hidden from the eyes of man, but they are known to God. And it is by these overcomers that the testimony of Jesus had been preserved through the centuries.

Thank God for these overcomers. Come to chapter 12. In chapter 12 you find another vision, the vision of the woman bearing child. Now, what does that represent? You find it is going to happen in the last days.

Now, brothers and sisters, just let me say this, we are living in the last days. What will happen to the church in the last days? The vision represents the church in the last days. Such glory ought to be a glorious church, but was even neglected by the dragon.

Now, think of that. This woman who was clothed with such glory and the dragon just neglected her. In other words, the dragon knows that she was of no use, no effect in the spiritual realm. This is what the church is.

You know the church is a glorious church. Think of the church. It ought to be a glorious church, gloriously saved, gloriously endowed, and yet you find in spiritual reality Satan represented by the red dragon.

He knew very well there is no power. The church will not affect his kingdom. Leave that woman alone. He pays attention to, he is the man-child within that woman. That woman is in labor, a male child.

Now, who is this male child? And the dragon is waiting there to devour the male child because he knows that male child is powerful. The male child will mean his downfall. So he wants to swallow him as soon as he comes forth.

But when he comes forth, he is raptured to the throne. This man-child is a collective term because as you read on, you'll find the bravery. They overcome the enemy that kills them by the blood of the land, by the word of their testimony, and they love not their life even unto death.

In other words, the man-child represents the overcomers in the last days. In the last days, God will still have his overcomers. And these overcomers will be raptured alive to the throne. Brothers and sisters, we are not waiting for death.

We are waiting to be raptured. We are living in the end times. We have the opportunity. We have the privilege. In the coming days, we are looking forward for that overcomers to be burned. And as soon as it is completed, it will be taken, the overcomers, by the blood of the land.

Not because they are perfect. They are just as weak as anybody else. But they have confessed their sin. They trust in the blood of Jesus. They are being washed continuously. So their robe is kept by the word of their testimony.

Their testimony is Jesus is Lord. Jesus is Lord of their life at the back of what they say. And they love not their life even unto death. They are willing to lay down their life, their soul life. Brothers and sisters, these are overcomers.

These are the people who have maintained the testimony of Jesus in the last days. Oh, that we may be raptured by the grace of God. And then in chapter 14 of the book of Revelation, you find in the beginning 144 ,000.

They were standing among Zion with the Lamb. And they were singing that new song that nobody could sing. Now who are they? No doubt, they are the overcomers. Overcomers towards the end of the Great Tribulation.

Because you find as you read on, there is the harvest. The harvest is the end of the Great Tribulation. So these represent the overcomers of the Great Tribulation. Then you read on through chapter 19.

And then you find a man rode on a white horse. None other but the Lord Himself, the Word of God. And he has an army following him. And this army represents the overcomers at the coming, second coming of Christ.

And they will be the... Then in chapter 21, 22, you find the consummation. In other words, the whole church will be in that new city, the new Jerusalem. Because the foundation is the Twelve. The Lord will inherit His church.

The church will be His eternal bride. So, brothers and sisters, this is Revelation. Revelation tells us that in spite of man's failure, God will have the bride for His Son. And His Son will eventually have a glorious church without spot or wrinkle or any of such thought.

Holy and without blamish. And there will be that eternal union. Thank God. Now, that's the church. All right, let's see the Jews. You know, the Jews is another mystery. God chose the Jews. In Romans chapter 9, you find that the Apostle Paul tells us, he said, Whose is the adoption and the glory and the covenants and the law-giving and the service and the promises?

Whose are the fathers and of whom according to flesh is the Christ, who is over all. God bless it forever. Amen. In other words, you find the Jews are the privileged people. Because of their father Abraham, they were being chosen as a chosen race.

Adoption, sonship, glory, covenant, law-giving, service, promises, their fathers, and even our Lord Jesus came from them. What a privileged people they were. But, because of their blindness, when the Messiah came, they rejected.

And because of their blindness, they have been temporarily Now, we must remember this. Doesn't mean that all Jews are being set aside. The nation was set, not permanently. But you find through the centuries, there were many Jews that were saved.

As a matter of fact, in the first century, in the beginning, all the believers are Jews. They were Jews, believed in the Lord. And Paul said, I myself, being a Jew, was of the Lord. So, through the centuries, you find Jews and individuals have been added to the church.

Because the church is made up of Jews and Gentiles. Neither Jews nor Gentiles. As a nation. Because of their blindness, they have been set. All the fullness of the nations become. Then, Romans chapter 8, verse 25 and verse 26.

So, brothers and sisters, you find so far as the Jews are concerned, Jews, because of their blindness, they were scattered all over the world. Our Lord Jesus, while He was on earth, He only cursed one thing, a victory.

Because that victory had leaves, but no fruit. Thick is a symbol of the Jewish nation. God had been good to them, Christ had come to them and worked on them for three years, but they bore no fruit. They only had leaves, good appearance, the form of godliness, without the power.

So, the Lord was withered for centuries. The Jewish people were scattered all over. Without, they had never been assimilated. Not only they had not been assimilated, but, in many ways, they controlled the world.

They were persecuted without cause. Until the Lord said, when the fig began to be tender, and began to sprout, to bud, then you know the summer is near. Then you know, I'm at the door. To the surprise of the politicians, politicians, statement of the world, out of nowhere, in 1948, the Nation of Israel, well, remember, this was a political recovery.

It is not yet a religious restoration. Even though you find the Nation of Israel was established, but they were surrounded by enemies. They never felt secure. Security was the biggest problem to the Israeli nation.

How could they find security? There was none. Peace hadn't come yet. They had no peace. And because of that, their greatest desire is for security. And brothers and sisters, according to Daniel chapter 7, towards the end, one day, there will be someone who said he could secure, he could guarantee their security.

One day, the Antichrist will make a peace pact with the Nation of Israel, promise to guarantee peace, security for the nation for seven years. And because of that, they fell into that trap. Because that was their great concern, greatest concern.

How could they get peace? But in the middle of that seven years, the Antichrist will show his real color. He will break the covenant. And then, the Jewish nation will enter into what Jeremiah chapter 30, verse 7 said, Jacob's trap.