The Approaching Wave of Persecution — Denny Kenaston

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Have thy will and way in all we say and do, God. We trust you. We thank you for hearing us all. In Jesus' name. In Jesus' holy name. Amen. You may be seated. Well, I'm very grateful to be here this morning.

Excited about the things that God is doing in our midst. I must admit, traveling is difficult when God is busy doing beautiful things at home. It's difficult to go away. Come home on Monday and the family's just chattering about the beautiful things that God did on the Lord's day.

And I missed it. But that's just part of traveling. I'm very grateful to be here today and to be singing the songs of Zion with the people of Zion. So, I greet you in Jesus' name. And I have a little bit of a different kind of a message this morning.

I appreciated Brother Jeff's opening. It's actually one of the points in my sermon, Brother Jeff, so we'll get it twice. But that's alright. It's probably one of the most important points in my sermon.

The Approaching Wave of Persecution

But I would like to speak a bit this morning on the subject of persecution. And it can be a very morbid subject, but it doesn't have to be. Warnings can be some of the most loving words that we can hear.

Warnings can be some of the most loving words that we can hear. And it may be a bit difficult to put your mind on persecution as we live here in America. I mean, everything around us says opposite of that.

Life's pretty nice. We came to church this morning in freedom. We carried Bibles with us. We sang as loud as we wanted to. Everything was beautiful today. We went freely to this place and that place through the week.

What do you mean, persecution? Well, I would like us to put our mind a bit on persecution this morning. The title of my message is, The Approaching Wave of Persecution. The Approaching Wave of Persecution.

Because I travel, I have the opportunity to take surveys wherever I go. And I appreciate taking those surveys. I get to ask questions to large groups of people and see where God's people are at by the raise of their hands.

One of the questions that I ask everywhere I go, even outside of our own circle of fellowship, is this. Is persecution coming to America soon? You know what I get when I ask that question? Most of the time I get about 75 of the people raising their hands.

Is persecution coming to America soon? And 75 of God's people in our circles and outside of our circles raise their hands and say yes. And they do it without hesitation. It's not like they stop for a moment and think about it and one puts their hand to the next one.

It's just like you give the question and the hands go up. It's like, yes, we know that. Yes, it's in our hearts. Yes, our minds bear witness to that fact. 75 of them raise their hands. It is shocking to me that all these Christians believe it is coming, but it doesn't seem to affect their lives very much.

That's shocking to me. I wonder this morning, how many of you believe that persecution is coming soon? Let me see your hands. Okay, I think probably 75%. Maybe more, since I primed your pump a little.

Maybe a little more. But the point is that we are very consciously aware that our days of peace and prosperity are numbered. Amen? We are aware of that. It's very clear to me that this is a message that the Spirit of God is speaking to the American church.

Just like it says in Revelation, If any man have ears, let him hear what the Spirit is saying unto the churches. And so even this morning we would say, and I think we would all agree, that this is a message that the Spirit of God is saying to the churches in America.

Or they wouldn't be able to quickly answer that question. God is bearing witness in the hearts of God's people in this land that persecution is coming soon. It's not happenstance that God sends witnesses from other lands.

These witnesses bear testimony of persecution. Maybe you even get some periodicals in the mail. I'm grateful for the ones that we get. And frankly, I'm grateful for the pictures that they put in there.

Because it brings a sober reality upon us that this is how other people, God's people, are living in other lands other than where we are. We get the little Voice of the Martyrs magazine in our home. And whenever it comes, we all pick it up and we go through it.

And we look at some of the articles. But if we don't read all the articles, I guarantee you we look at every picture. And they put pictures in there. And that is a witness from the Spirit of God. It is a loving warning from God sending persecuted Christians over here to tell us what it is like.

God is doing that. Do you believe that? God is not just sending them here so that we can feel compassion for them and pray for them and give to help minister to them. Although I do believe that God is sending them here so that we can do that.

And I believe it's part of our responsibility to do that. But God is also sending them here to get us awake and alert to the fact that our own days are numbered. They're numbered. Our minds are being placed continually upon persecution through those witnesses.

God is trying to prepare us, I believe. Now, in the title of my sermon, I said the approaching wave of persecution. That little phrase, the approaching wave, means it is on its way. Amen? When you look at that illustration of a wave that is approaching, that means it's on its way.

I don't know where it is. I don't know where it is. I can look out into the ocean and I say, well, I don't see it out there, but there's a wave that is approaching. And it takes a long time for those waves to make their way into the shore.

But, they're coming. I thought about the tsunami and the people that were on the shorelines of Indonesia on the day that that wave came. That was an approaching wave. I don't remember how long it took from the moment of that severing of the earth underneath the ocean until that 100 foot wave hit the shores of Indonesia.

But it was a space of time. And it didn't matter whether that thing was out there and it was approaching the shoreline of Indonesia. The people on the shoreline, they didn't know. They looked out into the ocean.

It just looked like a normal day. The blue sky was there. The sun was shining. They were playing out on the beach. The people were sitting out on their verandas in the beautiful resort hotels around that area.

And all of a sudden, 100 foot wave hits the shore there in Indonesia. Just another peaceful day. And then all of a sudden, destruction came. That's a picture of what we're talking about. And my desire here this morning is to not make everyone afraid.

You know? We don't want to live in fear. But rather my burden is that we would be awake, that we would be alert and that we would prepare. I mean, if you know there's a wave coming, you're gonna prepare.

Right? I mean, if you believe that a wave is coming, you're gonna prepare. But we're not like those people on the shorefront in Indonesia. We know it is going to come. We know that. But somehow, God needs to help us to be alert enough that we begin acting on the basis of what we believe.

Habakkuk's Warning About the Approaching Judgment

Reading in Habakkuk chapter 2, I found these words in Habakkuk chapter 2 verse 1 through 3 and then also verse 4. I found them very much fitting the burden of this message. The context here in Habakkuk chapter 2 is the approaching armies of Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem.

The approaching armies of Babylon and the destruction that they will bring to Jerusalem. That is the context of these verses. Habakkuk says,. And the Lord answered me and said, Habakkuk,. Now, again, look at the context here.

The context is the approaching armies of Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem. And at this point, they haven't left Babylon yet. But God says the armies are approaching. God, who sees all things, the beginning and the end, all at the same time, He can look at it all and say, The vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie.

Though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry. But, in the meantime, behold, His soul which is lifted up is not upright in Him, but the just shall live by His faith. Interesting that that verse is in there in the flow of that context, isn't it?

But the just shall live by His faith. God, through the prophet Habakkuk, is pleading with His people. Pleading with them to prepare. But they would not. Pleading with them to believe that, in fact, the words of the prophet are going to come to pass.

But they wouldn't believe. And because they didn't believe, they didn't act. And because they didn't act, the day came when the armies of Babylon were surrounding the city of Jerusalem, and they were all stuck, and they couldn't get away.

God is calling us to unstop our ears and hear what the Spirit of God is saying to the churches. And sometimes it's difficult for us to hear. Isn't it? Because if you go by what you see, and what you sense in the natural, Oh, everything seems very nice.

I mean, it's peaceful, it's peace and safety, and life is just moving right along. And, you know, if you go by what you see, you wouldn't be alerted at all. But God is calling us to unstop our ears and hear.

Recently, I've been strongly challenged on this subject. What am I doing to warn Christians of the inevitable purge that is coming upon American Christianity? And I've answered them back. I do warn. I do say that.

I constantly put a little spot in here and there when I'm preaching about the subject of persecution. I do warn. It is coming. But it seems to me that people are waiting for more facts. See, we in the natural, we need to see it.

You know, we need to see the submarines out there, you know, just out there in the ocean, you know, parked on American waters. We need to see the submarines out there with the missiles pointing out. Then, oh, oh, oh, okay, yeah, that's right, wake up, let's go.

That's just kind of how we are in the natural. But God is calling us to be spiritual and to be awake and to be alert to what is going to happen in this land where we live. We want to wait until we see the tsunami wave way out there in the ocean, way bigger than the rest.

Then, oh, then, yes, then we'll move. But God wants us to wake up before that. Consider these verses this morning over in the book of Daniel, if you'll just turn there. Daniel chapter 7. Now, we're not going to get into a detailed discussion of prophecy here this morning.

But I want to read these verses and I want us just to draw from the general revelation of what they give to us. Without getting into all the details of horns and weeks and all of those things, I want us just to draw from the spirit of this general revelation of these verses.

In Daniel chapter 7 and verse 21, Daniel says, I beheld, and the same horn or power made war with the saints, made war with the saints and prevailed against them, until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given, and the judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

Now, that's a beautiful little portion of Scripture. But I want us to notice that there's a war coming before that. And He prevailed against the saints. Let me ask you this morning, is that talking about the saints in China and the saints in Vietnam, but not the saints in America?

How many of you think it's just over there in China? Not one taker. He will make war with the saints and prevail. Those are sobering words. Reading further, Thus He said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, or all the kingdoms before, and shall devour the whole earth.

There is a fourth kingdom which will devour the whole earth. In those days, it will not be a problem dividing between the kingdom of this world and the kingdom of God. This fourth kingdom will devour the whole earth.

That's what He says. And shall tread it down and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise, and another shall arise after them, and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints. Circle that. He shall wear out the saints. That's us, brothers and sisters. The saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws, and they shall be given into His hand until the time and times and the dividing of time.

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away His dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him.

Far enough to read there in that portion of Scripture. Now we see there some very sobering words, but there's also some pretty encouraging words in there. I mean, yeah, there's a battle coming, and it's going to be a raging battle, and it's not going to be an easy battle, but bless God, when it's all done, we're going to be on the winning side if we're faithful.

And that's nice to know, isn't it? I mean, it's pretty easy to go into battle when you know you're on the winning side. Chapter 8, verse 23 -27. And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, sound like now, when the transgressors are come to the full, in the midst of all that wickedness, which is rampant throughout the whole earth, a king of fierce countenance and understanding, dark sentences shall stand up, and his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

There again, looks like loss, not victory. But remember how Christians win. Looks like loss, but it's victory. He shall destroy the mighty and the holy people, and through his policy also, he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand.

There will be prosperity. And he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many. He shall destroy many by peace. Interesting way to destroy, by peace. He shall also stand up against the prince of princes, but he shall be broken without hand.

And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true. Wherefore, shut thou up the vision, for it shall be for many days. And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick certain days. Afterward, I rose up and did the king's business, and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

Revelation's Warning of War Against the Saints

Revelation also. Again, let's just pick up the spirit of this general revelation. Revelation chapter 12 and verse 17. Basically, the same word that we read in Daniel. Verse 17. And the dragon was wroth, angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Here now, in Daniel, we saw a king. Here we are seeing the king who is in charge of the other king. Here we pull back the veil and see the spiritual side of all this and recognize that it's not just men in high places.

It's not just this king and that king. It's not just this king and his armies and his missiles. But you pull back the veil, you see another king in charge of all those kings, and here he is called the dragon.

And he made war with the remnant of her seed. Chapter 13 and verse 7 -9. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints. It was allowed that he could make war with the saints. Question. Who allows him to make war with the saints?

Hmm? God does! God! All-wise, all-loving, all-powerful God allows him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations. That's a worldwide influence.

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity.

He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. Be a lamb and allow yourself to be destroyed. This is the patience of the saints. As we draw from the general sense of these words, it is sobering to us.

And without us going into all the details of it, we need not go into the details to be able to look at it and recognize that's speaking about the time of the end. And that's not speaking about persecution in China.

That's speaking about persecution in the whole world. And whether you realize it, brothers and sisters, we are a very big part of that whole world. And the most influential part of that whole world. Financially and in many other ways.

What an utter foolish thing for us to think that the persecution is breaking out over there, but it's not going to come and break out here. What a foolish thing to think. When I was young, a young Christian, I used to say when I read verses like these, these verses are not for me.

I believed, I was taught in my Baptist setting that the rapture will come and snatch us out of here before all these things come to pass. I don't believe that anymore. But in those days, that's what I thought when I read those verses.

I thought, no problem. The rapture will take care of that. I've even heard ministers say at times of difficulty, when there was unrest in the congregation, I've heard ministers say, don't worry about a thing.

The rapture will come before life gets hard. I don't believe that, brothers and sisters. The rapture is not going to come before life gets hard. Christians in other lands have drawn strength and stability and courage by reading these verses that we've read.

And realized, hey, this is supposed to be happening. This is part. It must be near the end. Maybe Jesus will come soon. That's how they've drawn strength and comfort from them. Oh, but they say, and oh, many say, multitudes say today, relax!

Don't worry about a thing. The rapture will be our escape. I don't believe that, brothers and sisters. The rapture will not be our escape. Yes, it may be our final escape, but it will not be our escape from this war that we're talking about here, that we read about.

It will not be our escape. In fact, it's allowed by God to be a proving ground to see who loves Him. I mean, why would God let us escape the war, since we're soldiers? Oh, relax. Don't worry. The rapture will be our escape.

Yeah. Tell that to the Russian Christians, and the Christians in Uganda, and the Christians in Rwanda, and the Christians that are in China. Tell that to the Christians who live in Muslim lands today.

Don't worry about a thing. The rapture is going to come and snatch us all out of here. Oh, brothers and sisters, we need to recognize that that is not the truth. Trouble is coming. I remember the sad story that was given to me.

I read it somewhere in a book of the fruit, the results of wrong teaching, that the missionaries gave to the Chinese Christians. This kind of teaching that I just talked to you about. And the Chinese Christians, they thought, hey, before things get tough, the rapture will come.

And all of a sudden, the Boxer Rebellion broke out. And after the Boxer Rebellion, more trouble. And after that trouble, more trouble. And finally, the Cultural Revolution. And literally thousands and ten thousands of Christians have been martyred in China.

And many of the Christians who believed that this is just going to all be swept away for us through the rapture, many of them gave up the faith. Because they were disillusioned. All of a sudden, trouble was everywhere and they thought, we're going to be snatched out of the way.

As I see it, at the time of the end, God's people will be persecuted in all parts of the world. That's what I see in the Scriptures. And I don't think you have to be a great student in order to see that and discern it.

God's people will be persecuted in all the world. Our day is coming. This wave of persecution is coming. And we need to be awake. And we need to be alert to the fact that it's going to come. Some have said to me, Brother Denny, there is a conspiracy here in the United States to bring the people of America into bondage.

Maybe you've heard those things too. There's a conspiracy going on. There are men working behind the scenes and their whole goal is to bring all of America into bondage. What are we going to do about it?

Conspiracy, Prophecy, and Preparing for the End

What is a conspiracy? A conspiracy, here's the definition out of the dictionary, is people working together secretly to do something that is wrong. That's what a conspiracy is. They say that the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds and many other of the world's wealthy elite are the ones that are behind this conspiracy and they're working in a certain direction to bring about a one world government that they will rule with a one world monetary system which they'll be in charge of.

And it's a conspiracy and we need to stop it. You know, when I start thinking that through a little bit, I think, now wait a minute. What do you want to stop? Do you want to stop the very thing that God is going to bring at the time of the end, which will bring the final battle and bring the Lord Jesus Christ back to this earth and all of those things?

Do you want to stop that? I don't want to stop that. I don't know about Rockefeller and Rothschild and all of those wealthy elite, but this I do know. Let's just look one step further behind the scenes.

Satan and all of his demons are in a conspiracy to do just these things that we see here in the Scriptures. And they're working behind the scenes. Remember, these things are determined. They are determined just like the crucifixion of Christ was determined.

Every step that the devils take closer to their goal, every step that the wealthy elite take closer to their goal is just like the crucifixion. It will actually be their final doom. Do we want to stop all of that?

Do we want to get on some political bandwagon and try to stop all these things? Well, it just depends on which kingdom you're in. You know, which kingdom are you in? But do we want to stop all those things?

In my own heart I think, no, I don't want to stop them. I want to get ready for them. Because they are coming. Yeah, there are men working behind the scenes. But remember, there's a devil behind those men.

And the devil's working behind the scenes to bring about all the things which will be the final end. And the devil usually uses men to get his work done. So it doesn't matter to me if it's Rockefeller or Rothschild or some other men.

You know, it really doesn't matter. Let's pull back far enough that we can see this thing from God's perspective. The devil is conspiring for a one world order, for a one world religion, for a one world monetary system and for a one world rumor.

And it's going to happen. Amen? He can't stop it. It's going to happen. God's letting it happen. God wants it to happen. The wave is coming, brothers and sisters. This is not for us to worry about. It is for us to prepare.

Look up. Your redemption is drawing nigh. But, there's going to be a war before that redemption. We need to get ready for the war. Because it's coming here. And it's coming sooner than you think. We have read in the Bible.

We know that trouble is coming. We also know who will win. Hallelujah! And we also know how to win. We win by dying. We win by dying. My plea is that we will believe it. That the wave is coming. That we will believe it and prepare.

And I don't know when the wave is coming. Maybe it's four years away. My personal opinion, I don't think it's twenty years away. I think we're going to be shocked. Most of God's people are going to be shocked.

All of a sudden, everything is going to change in this land. And we're going to be shocked. But God wants us to be prepared. And that's the burden of the message this morning. Maybe it's only four years away.

Preparing by Learning and Memorizing Scripture

Let's just for the sake of illustration, let's just put it in that slot. Four years and the wave is going to hit this side of the United States. Let's just say it's four years away. How should that affect my life?

Number one. How can I prepare? I need to learn my Bible. I need to learn my Bible. They're going to take my Bible away from me. Is that right? They're going to take it away from me. But they cannot take it away from me if it is in my heart.

Amen? We need to learn our Bible. History is clear. One of the first things that they will take away is our Bible. Oh Lord, wake us up. They're going to take our Bibles away. The evil authorities know that if they cut off the source of our strength, the Bible, then they can pretty well keep us in the place that they want us to be in.

But oh brothers and sisters, let us get ready now. Let us learn our Bibles. Let us read it. Let us study it. Let us memorize it. Let us treasure it. The day will come. The day will come when a Bible like this will be more valuable than pure solid gold.

And if we get a hold of one again, we'll hold it in our hands and we'll weep tears of gratitude that we have one. That day is coming. And we have them all over our house. And we read the Lancaster Farming.

You know, and we get on the internet and we Zoom here and get this information and that information. And the devil's just laughing while we're wasting hours that we could be putting in this book. Hiding it in our heart.

They're going to take our Bible away. Agreed? Huh? They'll take it away. They're going to take it away. Can't take it out of here. Hallelujah. They can't take it out of here. No way. In fact, testimonies would read that if it's in here and they take this one away from you, it just starts bubbling out.

He, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, shall bring to you, bring to remembrance all the things you need to know. How? Through His Word, which we've hidden in our hearts. The early Anabaptists spent much time in the Bible and hiding the Word in their hearts.

It's very evident when you read the Martyr's Mirror, they knew their Bibles inside and out. And remember, that was back when you didn't have Bibles like this that you could carry around. They had to go out of their way to learn the Bible.

But they learned the Bible. When they were at work, they had portions of the Scripture up there. While they were doing whatever their work was, working with their hands, they kept their minds free so that they could learn the Bible.

And it became their strength and their shield when the heat was on. Brothers and sisters, there are a lot of things in this land that we live in that are a waste of time. No, they're not wicked, but they're just a waste of time.

Studying Persecution and Identifying With Suffering Christians

Number two, in preparation, let us study persecution. Let us become students of persecution. Now, you may think this is a very morbid point. But stay with me. Let's go deeper. Let's look beyond the natural response and see the spiritual realities of what takes place if we become a student of persecution.

This will cause you to meditate upon persecution. And God wants us to meditate upon persecution. The purpose of meditation is mental practice. The purpose of meditation is preparation for reality. That's one of the purposes of meditation.

Let's read this verse in Hebrews. Can we turn over there? Very interesting verse. A command, by the way, that God gives to us people of God. Hebrews 13 and verse 3 says these words. Hebrews 13 and verse 3 Remember them that are in bonds, those that are persecuted and thrown in prison, in chains and all other things.

Remember them that are in bonds as bound with them. And them which suffer adversity as being yourself also in the body. Now, God is asking us to put our mind upon those who are suffering persecution. So again, when witnesses come from other lands and share with us and people give us periodicals and we read about it, it gives us the opportunity to put ourselves in their shoes.

That's what this verse is saying. Put yourself in the shoes of those that are suffering because you are also in the same body. Because the body of Christ is one. And remember those that are in bonds as if you are also bound with them.

In other words, God is saying, I want you to get very close in your identification with those who suffer. Put yourself there in jail next to them. That'll do a lot of things. You'll pray for them more if you do that.

Number two, it'll begin to prepare your own heart. My day is also coming. You see, God needs to get us over the hump. Right now we go, Oh, my day is coming. Oh, am I going to be able to handle it? Oh, Lord.

God needs to get us over that hump to where we say, Yes, my day is also coming. Bring it on, Lord. Bring it on. God needs to get us over that hump. See, we're talking about a war. Amen? No soldiers go out to war going, Oh, I hope I can make it.

No! That's not how a soldier is. Remember them that are in bonds as if you were bound with them. And those that suffer as if you're also in their body. Because you are. And what does this do? It causes us to think upon them.

It causes us to put ourselves in their place. And it begins to prepare our own hearts. And I believe we need to do that. He wants us to become students. This can be difficult in a prosperous land. We are so easily lulled to sleep.

Remember? The Anabaptists, they have their martyr's mirror. And there's one in almost every house. I'm not sure how many of them are reading it these days, but it's on the shelf there. Maybe you have one on your shelf.

My personal opinion is, it doesn't hurt to let your children read the martyr's mirror. And it's good for us to read it also. Or Fox's Book of Martyrs. These are good. Number three. Live for the Lord now.

Living Faithfully Before Persecution Comes

Learn to walk in the fear of God and the comfort of the Holy Ghost now. Nothing will prepare us more than that. Some are fearful. How will I ever make it? Live for the Lord now, brothers and sisters. Do it with all your heart.

Some have said, How can I know that I will endure when those difficult days come? I want to tell you how. God's grace is manifold, manifolded. If we walk in His grace today, God will give us the grace to suffer persecution tomorrow.

It works that way. God will give us what we need. Think about it. There is dying grace. You don't need dying grace until you're laying on your deathbed. But how many of God's people, God's faithful people, lay on their deathbed and say, Oh, the grace that God has given to me while I'm dying.