(Happenings Ahead) Dangers of the Last Days — Willie Mullan

The Dangers of the Last Days for Unbelievers

We are going to have a look tonight at the dangers of the last days for unbelievers. And when we get through this study this evening, next week we'll lift off properly in the subject and we're going to look at the moment of Christ's return to the earth.

Just looking at the moment. And I want to try in the next few weeks to show you what that moment will mean for believers on this planet. What that actual literal moment will mean for believers. Then I want to talk for the moment or two somewhere in the study of what that moment will mean for believers in heaven.

Because there are quite a lot of believers in heaven. Sometimes they talk to me about the church going through the tribulation. That's impossible. Because there are three quarters of the church home. The church won't go through.

That's one thing sure. And the three quarters are already in heaven. I would like to know why the Lord would put the last battalion through the tribulation. I'd like to know if you'd come and tell me.

Well we're going to look at what that moment will mean for believers on earth. And what that moment will mean for believers in heaven. And then we're going to have a good look at what that moment will mean for unbelievers on earth.

Yes you know the Lord is coming back and he's going to take his people home. There's going to be quite a multitude left behind. We'll go into the detail. There's going to be a time of great tribulation on the face of this earth.

A time of tribulation such as was not since the beginning of time. So that moment then never shall be again. We're going into all the details of it. Yes there are great happenings ahead and next week we get lifted off the runway.

Sin, Death, and the Danger of Dying in Sin

And I felt that we had to look up the details of the last days and the denials and the demands. And I thought that I should point out the dangers of the last days for unbelievers. I just want you to notice this on the notes this evening.

That I have a heading there. The dangers of days gone by for sinners. You see from the very first moment of time when Adam fell and sin entered. You know sinners were in danger of death. You see by one man, Adam, sin entered into the world not into the garden.

Sin entered into the world. And death came because of sin. And when a baby takes its first breath it's in danger of death before it takes the second one. Sometimes babies die before they get the second one.

Babies die because death has a twin upon them. Because sin is inside every baby. It's an old nature. And by nature we are children of that. And every child and every boy and every girl and every youth and every man and every woman.

We all stand in danger of death. All the time. You can die tonight or tomorrow. In fact we've always been in danger of not only death but sudden death. You know you don't need a pain to die. Or you don't need to have something vitally wrong with you to die.

You remember the story of the rich farmer. You remember him leaning over the barnyard gate and looking round the fields and talking to himself. Mowing at a tenth of a crop. He said I have no room where to dispose my fruits.

I will pull down my barns. I will build greater. And I will say to my soul, soul. Thou hast much good laid up for many years. And then God stepped into the barnyard and said. Thou fool this night. This night.

I don't think there was anything really vitally wrong. Put the child in bed in the morning. And I don't think that they had anything to sign in those days. For the cause of death. Now they have a paper you must sign.

And the doctor must sign it cause of death. I don't know what they would have put on it. But I can tell you it was an act of God. And the pain as well. Probably put heart failure on it now. That is not always so, friend.

God can just check in. Command arrangements and engagement. And say now. Come on. And follow. And sinners have always been in danger of death. In danger of sudden death. Every sinner in this world tonight stands in danger of dying in the sin.

Remember the dreadful phrase that the Lord Jesus quoted when he said. If ye believe not that I am he that I am the Messiah the Savior. Ye shall die in your sins. And where I am. Ye cannot come. Remember friend.

If you die in your sins. You will be in your sins for all eternity. And as a defiled sinner. You can never enter into God's home. Because when the gate is shut. And sinners are in utter darkness. The word of the Lord declares.

Him that is filthy. Let him be filthy still. God can walk off and leave you in your sins. For all eternity. You see the dangers. They have been always there. Danger of death. And the danger of sudden death.

And the danger of dying in your sins. And there has always been the danger of apostasy. I think that we are not quite conversant with this doctrine. In fact you know I hear people taking this word apostasy on their lips.

And I don't think that they have the faintest foggiest idea of what you call apostasy. I am sure of that. I am going to take a moment or two to just show you plainly what apostasy is. You know I had a fellow come in to see me not so very long ago.

Sat down in the chair and he said. What are we going to do with these apostate Baptist churches? I had a good look at him. Knew I could manage them quite easily. I said what apostate Baptist churches are you talking about?

I said there is a whole lot of them about. I said come out of your corner a wee bit now. He has got the names of them. He is not prepared to walk on us you know and make an accusation. He just wants to talk.

I said tell me this before we go any further. Do you know what apostasy means? You know what it means. Didn't you rattle this round your tongue too? Are you sure you know what it means? Let me say this to everybody here.

With all the feeling I can muster. There is not one apostate Baptist church in Ireland. Not one. Let me tell you that now. In case you didn't know that. Not one. I know that all of them. I think one included.

Could deal with power and unction and blessing. Every one of them. Now you would be very foolish not to confess that. But apostasy is another thing altogether. Then when I tell you what it is you will know not to say it again.

Apostasy and the Warning of Hebrews 6

Now let me teach you what apostasy is. If you go to the letter to the Hebrews. I believe this great letter to the Hebrews was written by Paul. I think that I could take time this evening and prove beyond the shadow of a doubt.

That this letter was written by the great apostle Paul. And of course as you can see quite clearly that it was written to Hebrews. That is believers from among the Jews. Jewish believers. And of course Paul himself was a Hebrew of the Hebrews.

He was a Hebrew scholar. Now this letter wants watching as I said last week. Because sometimes he puts himself in among all saved Hebrews as a Hebrew. Because this is how he acted in life. For the Jews he became of the Jews.

And sometimes when he puts himself into that crowd. He makes statements like this. How shall we Hebrews escape. If we Hebrews neglect the so great salvation. That was first proclaimed by the Lord. And you have to watch Paul when he does that.

Because you might think that he was talking of the Christians. And he is actually putting himself among the Hebrews of the Hebrews. Then you will find many passages where he puts himself among the Hebrew Christians.

And he talks as a believer. Have a look at Hebrews chapter 6 now. And you will get this quite clearly. Writing to them he said in verse 1. Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ. Let us go on unto perfection.

Of course he couldn't say let us Hebrew sinners go on unto perfection. He is putting himself among the Hebrew believers now. And he is saying let us Hebrew believers go on unto perfection. Of course it is applicable to us when you say let us believers go on unto perfection.

We don't claim to be perfect. But we are going on. There is another word in Hebrew that he says following after holiness. Well we are following after. Haven't caught up on holy perfection yet. Now we are going on to perfection.

We are following on after holiness. But we haven't caught up on holy perfection. Not just yet. And he says here let us go on unto perfection. And then following this up in verse 3 he says and this will we do.

If God permits. This will we do. I want you to notice how he is beginning this chapter. Let us. Pity us now. Let us go on unto perfection. And this will we. Will we do. And then in verse 4 he says. For it is impossible.

For us. Ah not on your life he didn't. He says it is impossible for those. Now why did he come so quickly from the us to the those. Because this is a different crowd he is talking to now. You can see the believers in let us go on to perfection.

You can see the believers this will we do. Now this is quite a different thing now. He says for it is impossible for those. Now this is a different crowd. I want you to watch this crowd. Because he gets off a good picture often.

He says for it is impossible for those who were once enlightened. You know standing around among these Hebrew Christians. Where other Hebrews. Who had been enlightened after Christ. You know the old gospel had been preached to them.

And they could see that Christ was the antitype of all the types. Yes they had been enlightened after Christ. They somehow knew now that he was the end of the law. For righteousness. Now this crowd that he is talking about were once enlightened.

And have tasted of the heavenly gifts. You almost think looking at it that they had been saved. But remember you can taste the thing and not take it in at all. You know when the Lord was on the cross they handed down the upper cup of vinegar.

And he tasted it itself but would not drink thereof. Didn't make it drink at all. Just the moment that his lips touched it. He refused it. He never made it his. And these Hebrews who had been enlightened had tasted.

Ah but they had never made the heavenly gifts theirs. They had tasted. Now I want you to get this then. Unwell made partakers of the Holy Ghost. When you come to the subject of the Holy Ghost in this book.

There are so many things that apply to the believer. You know we are engrossed by the Spirit of God. Yes we are sealed by the Spirit of God. We are anointed by the Spirit of God. We are filled by the Spirit of God.

There are so many things that apply to the believer. But you know a man can be a partaker of the Holy Spirit without accepting the heavenly gifts and being born again of the Spirit. You know remember when Lot was being brought out of Sodom.

We will be looking at that tonight. You know the angel took Lot by the hand. And the other angel took Lot's wife by the hand. I have often wondered what it would be like to have your hand in the hand of an angel.

Come and see me. I have seen him coming up the aisle here you know and he holds her hand. And he thinks she is an angel. Well he woke up long ago. Nevertheless you know the angel gripped her hand. And she was moved by the power from another hand.

The angel was gripping her just like the Holy Ghost grips men and women. The Holy Ghost can grip you you know and move you. Bring you to tears and then you can die in your sins after that. And you were a partaker of the Holy Ghost in that sense.

Yes this child that he has spoken about had been enlightened. And had actually tasted. And had been made partakers. And have tasted the good word of God. Because the Spirit works through the words. And if the Spirit laid hold upon them at all it was through the words.

Young fellows you learn this. But the Spirit will always use his own words. And you keep as close to the book as you can. James McKendrick who helped me tremendously when I was a young fellow. He said to me one day look.

When you are preaching let your preaching be like a picture. You see the inside of the picture. Well that should be the word of God. See the flame around it. That should be your remarks. And he said Willie the thinner you can put on the flame the better.

I hear them preaching sometimes and it's all flame and no picture. You keep to the book. And the Holy Ghost will take it up and apply it a thousand ways you never dreamed of. And this child that Paul is painting the picture of now.

Why they had been enlightened. They had tasted. The Holy Ghost had gripped them. They had even tasted the good word of God. And the powers of the world to come. You know these were Hebrews. And God had really dealt with them.

I want you to get this phrase. It says if they shall fall away. You know some people try to read that this is being lost again into this. When you are the biggest fool I ever listened to. Some of you are Methodists you know this is a pet phrase of theirs.

You know you can fall away. Well I'll read it over to you. Are you listening for two years. It says it is impossible they shall fall away to renew them. That's what it says. So that if you say they can be lost again they can never come back again.

It is impossible. Would you stop reading shit like that into it. You have given them a free ticket for hell with no restoration. That's what you're doing. You're mighty clever aren't you. I'm telling you the word is impossible.

It is impossible to renew them again. That's what it says. But it's not talking about believers at all in the beginning. Because you saw that he departed from that crowd. And it's talking about another crowd.

It's not talking about believers. He was talking about believers when he said let us go on. He was talking about believers when he said this will be do. But he's talking about another crowd when he says it is impossible for those.

You see when these Hebrews had had this enlightenment. Then the Holy Ghost had come upon them. You know they could see clearly that Christ was all they needed. But they were deliberately turning their backs on Christ.

If they shall turn their backs, you can read it. They're falling away from all the revelation they've got. If they shall turn their backs on Christ. And they're making a definite decision now. They're making Judaism.

And the offering. And the sacrifices of the old economy. The beatings of the salvation. If you get a revelation of Christ. And turn away. And say no I'll stick to this. You become an apostate. It's only any Baptist church in the country has turned away from Christ.

Could you? Unless it's only one. Because I would tell you. Don't you put that word on your lips unless you know what you're talking about. I hear them talking about apostates. The nominations. I even hear them talking about apostates.

Men. You need to be pretty careful. You'll need to know that they have turned their backs on Christ in heaven. You'll need to be able to prove it. Well I'm sure there are apostates in the lot mind you.

I would say that Weatherhead. Who was once the president of the Methodist church in England. I would say that when he came to the place in life. And I read this. It's all in my things. You can find it any day.

He said that Zacharias. Zacharias was the father of John the Baptist. He was one of the Levitical priests in the temple before Christ was born. And this book says of Zacharias. That he kept the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

That's what the book says. He kept them blameless. That's a tremendous testimony. But Weatherhead doesn't pay any attention to that. He says that Zacharias took the Virgin Mary. As he shut her up in the temple.

As he kept her there until he had made her president. He says that's where Christ came from. He says he Zacharias made her president. That makes Zacharias a wicked old man. That makes the Virgin Mary a bad woman.

That makes this book that I'm reading out of a liar. Because it tells me a different story about the child all together. That makes our Lord Jesus. The sinful son of a sinful woman by a sinful man. If he was able.

You can go home and tear the book up and we'll all go to hell. A man that writes that sort of stuff. He is swung round for something. I don't exactly know what he is swung round for. But he is swung round for something.

And if he is not an apostate he is desperately near the end one. And if he is an apostate. He will go to hell. For all eternity. And every man. Sinner on the face of God's earth. Is in danger of becoming an apostate.

Noah, Lot, and the Moral Dangers of the Last Days

But these are dangers of days gone by. You know the dangers of the last days are quite different. And I want to make a distinction between the dangers of the last days. And the dangers of days gone by.

You think there is a danger in the last days. Of this Noahite nightmare I call it. Let's have a look at Hebrews. At Luke's gospel. Chapter 17. Luke's gospel chapter 17. Verse 26. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the preacher.

Luke chapter 17. Verse 26. Jesus speaking said and as it was in the days of Noah. So shall it be also in the days of the son of man. And in one of the other gospels it says. As it was in the days of Noah.

So shall it be in the coming of the son of man. Now I want to get this a little bit tidied up. Sometimes we talk about the Lord's coming. Sometimes we talk about the son of man coming. Of course you know the Lord and the son of man are the same person.

You know that is all right. But you know when we talk about the Lord. We are talking about his heavenly character. And his connection with the heavens. Remember really he is the Lord from heaven. And you know one of these nights or days.

He is going to rise from yon throne where he sits in the land that is fairer than day. And he is going to step into the heavens. And all the believers on earth will rise to meet him. For a moment that will be and we will look at the moment next week.

And he will take his believing people away. And we will look at where they go to. They will go to the judgment seat of Christ. And what an examination will be there. And there will be a crowd left behind on earth.

The Lord should come now. I wonder how many will be left in this meeting. You those, hear about it. Belong to the Lord. Baptist tag wouldn't save you you know. You belong to the Lord. But then we talk about the coming of the son of man.

You see this is the title that connects him with earth. He is the son of man. When he was here in the days of his flesh. He was called the son of man. The son of man has come to teach him to save that which was lost.

You know after he takes his people to the judgment seat. You know he will come again to the earth. And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives. And he will come as the son of man to teach the throne of his father David.

Because as the son of man he is of the house and lineage of David. Now when he is going to come to the earth. Which I believe and I hope I shall be able to prove. It will be seven years after he comes to the earth.

You know there is going to be things on the earth in those days among sinners. Thankfully like things that were in the days of Noah. As it was in the days of Noah. But let's try to get a few things out of the days of Noah just to see.

Let's go back to Genesis. And we are at Genesis chapter 6. Genesis 6. I can see that we are going to have quite a session tonight. We are only started and mind you I have no notion of stopping for a minute.

And I see one gentleman has come he has his coat off. And if there is any more of you who would like to take the coat off that's alright. I always think the ladies are far wiser in their dress than men.

They are sitting so comfortably the most of them. And some of you fellows are those big sweaters on and coats. You are going to be here for a minute or two I assure you. Now we are at Genesis chapter 6.

Verse 1. Came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth. And daughters were born unto them. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they would fear. And they took them wives of all which they choose.

Now there have been great arguments down through the years about this phrase. The sons of God. And this phrase the daughters of men. And I tell you the schools of thought that are abroad just now. You see if you go back to Eden's garden and come into chapter 4 of Genesis.

You remember Cain and Abel begin there. And you remember how Cain flew Abel. And then Cain had to run out from the presence of the Lord. And you know you can find all his descendants in the next chapters.

The Cainites. And if you look at what they are doing you will find that they are carnal Cainites. In fact I have reached the message here on the carnality of the Cainites. Now Adam had another son called Seth.

Cain, Abel, Seth. And Seth was a godly character, a saintly character. And you can see his descendants. You can see that they are saintly people. Now what some of the scholars say that these sons of God are the sons of Seth.

They are the saintly people on the earth. And that these daughters of men are the daughters of Cain. And this is what is called unequal youth. That the saintly crowd are mingling now with the carnal crowd and they are marrying.

I may as well tell you I don't accept this. Quite bluntly. I'll tell you for why I do. An idea like that is so dark to me because I'll tell you what. It makes it that all the males in the saintly line went wrong.

And all the females in the Cainite crowd went wrong. I can't accept that all the males in one camp and all the females in another camp. I don't accept that. That was announced to the fox. And they say that the sons of God, this term could be the angels of God.

And I know from the Hebrew that that can be so. I know that when the story of Job begins it begins by the angels standing before God and sitting among them. But it doesn't say that they are the angels of God.

It says they came a day when the sons of God presented themselves before God. And it's actually talking about the angels of God. And I know that this phrase can be termed the angels of God. And of course you know that when Satan fell, well some of the angels fell with him.

We do talk about the angels that fell, the fallen angels. Some of them, of course, I have chapters tonight reserved unto judges. But there are some at large who are standing in with Satan at this moment.

They are actually demons now. And what some of the scholars say that these demons came down and that they married women. I can't accept that. I don't think that is possible at all. This book that I read out of says that the angels neither married nor were given a marriage and I accept that.

That's the Lord's word. But I think that the folks who talk about these being demons are on the right track. I think in those days, you see, as men and women got married, demons took a lot to do with the sex life.

I want you to watch it through very carefully. Watch what it says. It says, the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and they took them wives of all which they choose. Leave out verse 3 for the moment.

There were giants in the earth in those days. I don't think for a moment it means that they were physical giants. I think that the children born because of this demon activity were giants in thing. I shall prove that.

Watch. There were giants in the earth in those days. And also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, they bared children unto them. This came became mighty men which were of old.

Men of renown. Ah, but wait a minute. Renown for what? Renown! Watch it. And God saw. God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth. I want you to watch every word. Where? And every, hit the word every, imagination of the thoughts of his heart.

With only, only, every thought. Only evil continues. You can't imagine. You can't imagine a world like that. You know all of us have had evil thoughts. Let's be honest now with one another. There's a person in this crowd tonight, pictured and quoted, who hasn't had evil thoughts.

Yes, I've had evil thoughts. But I'll tell you this, if I've had evil thoughts, I've had good ones. My thoughts are not only evil continually. No. Ah, but this was this world. Their thoughts, only, only, did you get the word only?

Only evil, did you get it? Only evil continually, did you get it? No wonder God destroys it. In fact, our holy God could do nothing else. You couldn't tell me God would be holy and let that go on. There was some sort of demoniac interference here, in the sexual.

You know, we're coming to a tremendous spot in scientific activity in the world just now. There's a thing going on among scientists which is called genetic surgery. Ah yes, they're beginning to even work upon the seed for man and the seed of woman.

And they can so magnify this, that they can bring surgery to work upon it now. And they openly say, in some of the medical magazines, that they could produce whatever kind of man they like. They openly say that.

If they wanted to put a multitude of warriors on a battlefield, they can rear them, they say they can rear them. If they want to make a man with only brains and very little body, they can give them all brains.

In fact, they say this and they have done this. They can take the seeds and they can so work upon it. They can put it into a packet like a packet of seeds. And they can put the colour of the hair, the colour of the eyes, the size the man will be when he's fully grown.

And they can tell the mother beforehand all about it. And she can go and buy it and get it inserted by a doctor and have that kind of child. Now they've gone a step further. Our great Labour government has gone in for abortion.

Who said? Oh yes, we're standing up now, wanting votes of course. To get all the harlot's votes. There, they're going to have abortion. They're going to put it on the house now. You're going to pay for it.

God said to Jeremiah, before I form thee anew. And God put a man or woman that touches the thing that God formed. Yes, I want you to get the hell out of there. They're now doing abortions wholesale, back street ones and front street ones now.

And they're taking the fetus, which is the little embryonic thing, not even yet formed, the child. In the embryonic stage. And they're following them. And those boys, clever fellows they are. They can put them in a glass room.

And they can bring them into trials. They can make a trial. They'll be making some children before long. We're only at the beginning of this. But by the time the Lord comes and takes the things home. And by the time he comes back.

When the gospel has left this world and there's no thought in the earth. I would, wouldn't want to be here. They'll be making the kind of children they want to make. And there'll be mothers buying them.

And inserting them into their womb. And I'll be faithful for a minute or two. We're living in that kind of world. The sort of world we're living in. I'll tell you this. And every unsaved person in this world tonight.

You're in danger of that nightmare. No age, nightmare. What a horrible thing for some unsaved young woman to grow up into. Why it's a danger. It's the danger of the last days. When we were reading Luke's gospel, have another look at it.

Sexual Sin and the Example of Sodom

That old clock's annoying me tonight. It's a horrible thing. Someday I'll shift that clock as sure as you're there. We're at Luke's gospel 17. And here's verse 28. And likewise the Lord Jesus is talking.

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot. They did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built it. But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven.

And it undestroyed them all. You can see them eating and drinking, can't you? You could call it the club if you like. Wining and dining. You see they bought, they sold. It's the market, isn't it? They planted, they built it.

Planted and plumbed. It may well be the home. But there was something that entered into the club and something that entered into the market and something that entered into the home. That you'll only find over in Genesis.

It was socks. Let's have a look at it. Let's go back to Genesis 19. Genesis 19 is the story of Lot. And what's this, eh? Verse 1. And they came through angels to Sodom at evening. That is they were so ashamed of this horrible place that they couldn't come and play like.

Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot seeing them rose up to meet them and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. And he said, Behold my Lord's turning, I pray thee. Enter your servant's house and tarry all night and wash your feet.

And you shall rise up early and go on your way. And they said, Nay. We will abide in the street all night. Somehow they didn't want to enter into his house. But he pressed upon them gratefully. And I think you'll see in a moment why he did so.

And they turned in unto him and entered into his house. And he made them a feast of bacon, lamb and bread and made them eat. Verse 4. But before they lay down, the men of the city. Why did you get the phrase?

The men of the city. The Holy Ghost is very particular here. Even the men of Sodom. And it is not woman that's named at all. It is men. Compass the house round. And watch how careful the Spirit of God is.

Both old and young. All the people, all the men. From every quarter. From the pub, from the market, from the home. All the men. Were all there. Old and young. All the old fellows. All the young fellows.

All there. And they called unto Lot and said unto him. Where are the men which she meant to leave this night? They thought these two angels were men. They were probably in this militude of men. Bring them out unto us that we may know them.

And the word knows in a very special sense. They didn't want to know their names or anything. They wanted to know them sexually. You say you're sure of that. I would need to be sure before I talk to a friend like this.

I'll prove I'm sure. You know these were two fresh men. I almost hate to say it. There were two fresh men into the city. And the whole city. These are all the men. Old and young. Bring them out so that we may know them.

Now watch. Lot went out at the door unto them and shut the door up to him. And said I pray thee brethren. Do not go wickedly. Is that opening your eyes now? Oh I think you can see it all right. Yes he knew what they were going to do.

He's begging them. I'll tell you what he did. He says behold now I have two daughters which have not known man. Let me I pray thee bring them out unto you and do ye to them as is good in your eyes. Only unto these men do nothing.

You know these girls had never known man in a place like Sodden. And they never went after a woman in Sodden. They went after men. It's what Sodden is. Do you know what Sodden is? Women were all right.

Two big girls had grown up. They never knew men. Ah but the men were after men. So I need to do one. That's it. Let me say this slowly. As it was in the days of Lot. So shall it be. See our great wonderful British Parliament.

Man we should nearly hunt a thousand of them. That ghost for Lutheran conservative election. They shot up there. Yes. And some of the so called ladies. Lady Poe and so they called them. In the house of Lord she stuck.

And she gets up. I read Hansard you know. I've got to get news from everywhere. She gets up and says. That she wanted men to have a license. That they could send factory with men. She's an old lady. I gave you wood for her.

That would be. You shouldn't have asked. Well I should say it you know. I should really say it. Yes this is the land we live in. This is our wonderful land. This is our famous British Parliament. They're looking for votes.