Breaking News Broken Logic Response to Micha'El Edwards

Hello, it's William Bell. I want to take some time in this video to revisit a presentation that was made by Michael Edwards or Mikael Edwards on breaking news, and I'm going to entitle this presentation Breaking News Broken Logic. Revisiting Michael Edwards' Preterism, which is not spelled correctly, but I'm using the title that he used, Revisited Doctrinal Heresy. So we're going to talk about some of the things there, simply because I feel like they need to be addressed, even though he said that he wasn't going to talk about them. Now, my voice is really kind of cracking up because I'm under the weather, so I apologize for that in advance, and I'll try to go easy on it. So this presentation will be a bit strained. So let's get into it. The question is, was Christ a Preterist? Our answer is yes, and he still is a Preterist. A Preterist simply means past. And because of the statement that Jesus made in Matthew 24, 35, heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall never pass away, he was expressing what we today call a Preterist view, even though at the time he spoke it, it was future. But he was talking about a time that would come to pass in 70 AD, and therefore, that would be considered a Preterist view, looking at it from today's perspective. Heaven and earth refers to the end of Torah and the temple, Matthew 24, verse 3, verse 29, and also chapter 5, verses 17 and 18. In verse 3, the question was asked, when will these things be regarding the temple? And what will be the sign of your coming, or your presence, from the word parousia in the Greek, and of the end, or the completion, or the consummation of the age? And then he said the sun and the moon would not give its light, the stars of heaven would fall, or be darkened, and the powers of the heaven would be shaken, Matthew 24, 29. And that statement is compared to Matthew 24, 35, because it's the end of heaven and earth in both texts. Now, here's what the Lord taught in Matthew 5, 17, and 18, think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets, I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill, for assuredly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in any wise pass from the law till all is fulfilled. So not one jot or tittle could pass till all were fulfilled, and till heaven and earth pass. Well, Matthew 24, verse 29, and verse 35 speaks about the passing of heaven and earth, all of which would occur within that first century generation, because he says this generation would by no means pass away till all these things take place. So when we ask the question, or answer the question, was Jesus a preterist? We want to illustrate that by the old Monopoly game, where you could pull up a card that said, do not pass, go. In like manner, do not pass this generation, because that's what the Lord taught. Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. So if you're going to study about the return of the Lord, if you're going to study about the coming of the Lord, and about the end of the world or age, et cetera, about resurrection, judgment, salvation, all of those doctrines, do not pass this generation, because that is the time in which Jesus said all things written would be fulfilled within that first century generation. Now we're going to come back to that slide later and talk a little bit more about it in terms of what we're saying about it. But when he said this generation will by no means pass, that means do not pass that first century generation. So we have to place all of the end time events as being fulfilled within the first century. Now here is a post-biblical historian, Eusebius, who wrote, or rather who lived around 263 to 339 BC. Here's a statement he wrote, which is a preterist statement from an early historian. Surely we must also agree that the King who was prophesied, the Christ of God, has come. Since the signs of his coming have been shown in each instance, I have treated to have been clearly fulfilled. And you can see the reference there. Then he says, and that the proofs that the times had come would lie in the ceasing of the mosaic worship, the desolation of Jerusalem and its temple, and the subjection of the whole Jewish race to its enemies. The holy oracles foretold that all these changes, which had not been made in the days of the prophets of old, would take place at the coming of the Christ, which I presently show to have been fulfilled as never before in accordance with the predictions. So he tells you that the end or the coming of the Lord, the demonstration of his coming has been shown, and that the proofs lie in the ceasing of mosaic worship, the desolation of Jerusalem and its temple, and the subjection of the whole Jewish race to its enemies. And ladies and gentlemen, there is plenty of historical evidence to establish that fact. And that is precisely what the Lord said in Luke 21 and verse 22, in all of Matthew 24, Mark 13, as well as Luke chapter 21. When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea, flee to the mountains. Let not those who are in the countries enter her and let those who are in the midst of her depart for these are the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Now we're not talking about opinions here. We're not talking about a private belief. The scripture says no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Second Peter, chapter one, verse 20, I believe the text is, but you can look that one up. And so we don't have a prophecy that is a personal belief. The Bible says the prophecy did not come by the will of man. No prophecy of the scripture is of private interpretation. So you don't have the right to impose your private opinion on the reveal word of God. And anyone who says that is not either aware or is just not being truthful with the teaching of the Bible. Second Timothy three and verse 16 says the following all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. And so when you read that text in second Peter, chapter one, and the verse is 20, knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. So we're talking about the words of the Holy Spirit, ladies and gentlemen. Now, all the prophets spoke of the end times or the last days. When you read Acts chapter three, verses 19 through 26, the Bible says, repent therefore, and be converted. Why? That your sins may be blotted out so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and that he may send Jesus Christ who was preached to you before whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the age began. The correct word there is age. That's exactly what second Peter one and verse 20 says. Then he starts with Moses. He says, for Moses truly said to the fathers, the Lord, your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren. Him shall you hear in all things, whatever he says to you. And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. Yes. And all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow after as many as have spoken have also foretold. Now notice what he says of these days. He didn't say of the days of 2016 and beyond. He said of these days, which meant that they were in the last days at the time those statements were written. Yes. And Samuel, yes. All the prophets from Samuel and those who follow after as many as have spoken have also foretold of these days. Notice how he keeps saying that all the prophets have spoken of these days. Now you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant, which God made with our fathers. Peter is addressing an audience that was present in his day saying to Abraham and in your seed, all the families of the earth should be blessed to you. First, that is to Peter's audience. First, God, having raised up his servant, Jesus sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from your iniquities and note, ladies and gentlemen, by the way, that the promise God made to Abraham that all families of the earth would be blessed was a promise wherein Christ would bless them in turning away everyone from his iniquities. This is not about receiving land over in Palestine. The prophet spoke of the suffering of Christ and the glory to follow. Some people only want to stay focused on the suffering of Christ and talk about the sacrifice that was shed with his blood. But the prophet spoke of the suffering and the glory that was to follow. Now notice the statement receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls, of this salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched carefully what faith, the end of your faith, the telos of your faith. It means a goal that had to be reached, not the beginning of your faith. The Bible talks about the beginning of our confidence, but we were to hold that steadfast to the end. Hebrews chapter three, verse six. So he says, receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls, of this salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched carefully who prophesied of the grace that would come to you searching what or what manner of time. Well, the prophets wanted to know the time, the spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating. It says the spirit was indicating the time when he testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow to them. It was revealed. This is regarding the time that not to themselves. In other words, it was not going to be fulfilled in the time of the prophets, but to us, that's Peter and his audience. They were ministering the things, which now that's taken from the first century point of view, not a 2016 point of view, which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy spirit sent from heaven, things which angels desire to look into. Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Now what, wait a minute earlier in the verse, he said, receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Now he says, it's the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters and friends, you cannot separate salvation from eschatology in the Bible. The Bible doesn't do it. And therefore you cannot do it and be in accordance to scripture and to, and be rightly dividing the truth. Rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you. When at the revelation of Jesus Christ as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the form of lust as in your ignorance, but as he was called you as holy, you also be holy in all your conduct because it is written, be holy for I am holy. The glory was about to be revealed. When Peter wrote about it, he said in first Peter chapter five in verse one, the elders who are among you, I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ. Now notice he was a witness of the sufferings of Christ and also a partaker of the glory that will be. But the word there is melusus, which is from the Greek word mellow, which means about to be something that is on the verge of happening. So he's saying a partaker of the glory that is about to be revealed. And verse four says, and when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that fades not away. See, they were expecting not just to see the suffering, but also to receive the crown of glory that was about to be revealed. Now let's ask ourselves, what is the glory in the kingdom? Remember the mother of Zebedee when she came to Jesus and she said to him, grant that these two sons of mine may sit one on your right hand and the other on the left in your kingdom, Matthew 20 verse 21. But when you read the account in Mark 10 in verse 37, it reads a little bit differently. They said to him, grant us that we may sit one on your right hand and the other on your left in your glory. Ladies and gentlemen, did you notice that the glory of God, the glory of Christ is the kingdom of Christ. They wanted to sit on the right or the left in the kingdom, but he said that was also sitting on the right and the left in the glory. So when you read about Christ coming in glory, you're reading about him coming in the kingdom. And whenever you read about the coming of the kingdom, you're reading about the coming of Christ in glory. Now let's look at a scripture where both of them are put together. In Matthew chapter 16 verses 27 through 28, he tells you that the Christ would come in the glory before the first century disciples who were standing in his presence died. The text says for the son of man will come and the word mellow is used there again. The son of man is about to come in the glory of his father with his angels. They weren't looking for something that was 2016 years and almost 2000 years beyond the time that they were living. They were looking for something that was about to come in their day, in their generation, in their lifetime. For the son of man is about to come in the glory of his father with his angels, and then he will reward each according to his works. Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom. Now notice in the verse 27, it says for the son of man is about to come in his glory. In verse 28, it says they would see the son of man coming in his kingdom. The coming in the kingdom and the coming in the glory are one and the same. When was it going to occur? There are some standing here. They were standing in the very presence of Jesus, living with him on earth at the time he said they would not die until they had seen him coming in his kingdom or coming in his glory. Let's take a look at the statement that was made with reference to this. Mr. Edwards said, anything that is a doctrinal belief of yours or a personal belief of yours that is not written within the pages of the Bible, I will never argue with you about it. I will never do that. Well, we're not talking about something that is a personal belief. We've read to you from the scriptures, knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but the holy prophets of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Now let's go back to this slide. The and then he will reward each according to his works. Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom. That's not a personal opinion, ladies and gentlemen, open your Bible to Matthew 16, 27 and 28, and you will be able to read it with your own eyes. Furthermore, the scripture also tells us that we need to be ready to give an answer. The scripture says, but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and always be ready to give a defense. That's from the Greek word apologia, which is a logical reason defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you. Now, remember, we talked about that being the hope because Peter told them in first Peter one and verse 13 to gird up the lawns of your mind and hope to the end for the grace that was to be brought to them at the revelation of Jesus Christ. And we pointed out that that was the end of their faith, which was the salvation of your soul. So yes, we should be getting some answers. We should be getting some Bible answers to these Bible questions, but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you. And you should only have the hope that is in the Bible because there is but one hope. And therefore you should have the hope of the scriptures with meekness and fear, having a good conscience that when they defame you as evil doers, those who revile your good Now let's notice anything that is a doctrinal belief of yours or a personal belief of yours that is not written within the pages of the Bible. I will never argue with you about it. I will never do that. That's a quote from Mr. Edwards. Then notice the subtitle of his video Preterism reloaded and revisited and he calls it not a personal opinion. He calls it doctrinal heresy. Well, there seems to be a bit of confusion there and a contradiction. Also note the Bible says I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ who will and we have the word Melanthus a form of the word mellow who is about to judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom preach the word be ready in season and out of season convince rebuke exhort with all long suffering and teaching and you can read the rest of the verse for the rest of that information. So we have to question just what he really means when he calls it a personal belief and then turns around and calls it doctrinal heresy within the very same video. Something's not adding up now. We want you to take a closer look. He says being that I'm telling you that Preterism is not in the Bible at all. Well, ladies and gentlemen, let's look a little bit closer at something that we see right on. Mr. Edwards is logo Preterism is on his logo right there in Matthew chapter 13 and verse 30. Now ladies and gentlemen, if you are familiar with the parable of the tears, this is what he has referenced on his own logo and that is Preterism ladies and gentlemen, and I'm going to demonstrate that it is Preterism. So we have, you know, some real problems with this particular concept and or rather with this particular statement. Notice what the scripture says. This is in the parable of the tears. Let them both grow together. That's the wheat and the tears until the Harvest and at the time of the Harvest. I will say to the Reapers first gather together the tears and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. So why is it consistent to tell someone Preterism is not in the Bible at all? And that you ought not be talking about the return of Christ. And then on your logo, you have Matthew 1330, which is the Harvest. Now, when does the Harvest occur? And by the way, note something else on the logo. When you look at the very bottom of it, he's got wheat on there. Ladies and gentlemen, that's the parable of the wheat and the tears in Matthew the 13th chapter. His logo is a Preterist logo and we're going to prove that to you in Matthew the 13th chapter and verse 30. Notice what the text says and I've read it to you before, but I'm going to read it again. Let both grow together until the Harvest and at the time of the Harvest, I will say to the Reapers first gather the tears and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. This is a Kingdom parable, ladies and gentlemen. Understand that we're talking about the coming of the Kingdom. Now, I showed you earlier where the Kingdom would occur before some who were standing in the presence of Jesus died. That makes it Preterist, ladies and gentlemen. There is no way that you can get people who were living in the first century with Christ standing in his presence and have them living today in 2016 and still waiting on the coming of the Lord. It's just not possible. That means the Kingdom had to come before they died. That's a Preterist position because that's in the past. The time of the Harvest is the arrival of the Kingdom. Let me show you another Kingdom parable that is parallel to the parable of the tears. It's just a very abbreviated one, but let's notice what happens in connection with it and then I'll come back to this particular one. In Mark chapter 4, beginning at verse 26, the Bible says, and he said, the Kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. Now, this is a parable of the Kingdom, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow. He himself does not know how, for the earth yields crops by itself, first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle because the Harvest has come. So, ladies and gentlemen, when you talk about the Harvest, you're talking about the coming of the Kingdom. But we've shown you that the coming of the Kingdom, the coming of the Lord in glory, would arrive before some stood in his presence, died, and that's not our opinion. That's written in Matthew chapter 16, verses 27 and 28. But let's go back to Matthew chapter 13. The time of the Harvest, the Bible says, is the end of the age. Let's look at verses 39 and 40 when he begins to explain the meaning of the parable. When they go into him, and the Bible says in verse 36, then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house and his disciples came to him saying, explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. So he answered and said to them, he who sows the good seed is the son of man. The field is the world. The good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The Harvest is the end of the age. Now, in what age were they living, ladies and gentlemen? In what age were those people standing in the presence of Christ? It was in the Jewish age, which ended in 70 AD when that temple was destroyed. It was in the Jewish age. So he says the Harvest is the end of the age. Mr. Edwards acknowledged that a lot of the things in the Bible occurred in 70 AD. A lot of the prophecies were fulfilled in 70 AD. Not a lot, ladies and gentlemen. All of the prophecies that were yet unfulfilled were fulfilled in 70 AD because that's what the Lord said. In Luke 21 verses 20 through 23, 22, which we've quoted, these are the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled. And then he says in verse 32, assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. And guess what he said right before that verse. So likewise you, when you see all these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God has drawn near. So in every one of them, he's telling you the kingdom of God arrived in that generation. That makes it preterist. But the coming of the kingdom, the consummation of it, the full growth of the kingdom was the time of the Harvest. Now the time of the Harvest is the coming of the Lord. Look at verse 40 of Matthew 13. He says the enemy who sold them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. Therefore, as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. Now let's go back and look at verse 30 that Mr. Edwards has on his logo. First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the into my barn. You see the gathering that he has on his very logo says that these things would occur at the end of the Jewish age. They were to both grow together until the time of the Harvest, and the Harvest is the end of the age. That's the Jewish age. The time of the Harvest, ladies and gentlemen, is also the eschatological feast of tabernacles. Christ equals the first fruits, and the first fruits, the first of the first fruits was the barley harvest according to Leviticus 23. That's what's indicated in 1 Corinthians 15 23 when he says Christ the first fruits after with those who are Christ that is coming. So the first of the first fruits was Christ himself Leviticus 23 verses 9 through 14. Then we have Exodus 23 19 again that talks about the first of the first fruits, and if you look in the King James Version you will also see it mentioned in Exodus or rather in Ezekiel chapter 44 and verse 30. Now the saints at Pentecost which followed the death burial and resurrection of Christ are also called first fruits. That marked the time of the wheat harvest. So that was the beginning of the wheat harvest. These are the So when the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 15 23 you should read it as Christ. Place a comma there. I know the translators didn't get it right. And then the first fruits that would be those on Pentecost because James 1 18 says they were a kind of first fruits of his creatures or creation. That marked out the wheat harvest and then afterward those who are Christ at his coming. Well that's the end of the harvest after the grain harvest at the time of the fruit the harvest of the trees and the vine etc. That was tabernacles those who are Christ at his coming the end of the season or the end of the age harvest Leviticus 23 33 through 36. That's what is on Mr. Edwards's logo. So the harvest equals the end of the age. Matthew 13 30 24 3 and also verse 34. Now we've covered that and so I'm not going to read it again but the scriptures are right there in front of you. The coming of the Lord in his kingdom occurred in the first century generation Matthew 16 27 and 28 and also Matthew 24 verses 30 through 34. So this should be chapter 24 verses 30 through 34 also in Luke 21 20 through 22 31 through 32. Those are scriptures ladies and gentlemen they are not our personal opinions as he said so likewise you when you see all these things know that the kingdom of God has drawn near assuredly I say to you this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place heaven and earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away so you compare Matthew 24 30 through 34 the coming in glory which equals the coming in the kingdom of God all within that generation so the saints had come to the feast of tabernacles Jesus said to them my food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work do you not say there are still four months and then comes the harvest now they were thinking on the natural plane at that point but notice what the Lord said behold I say to you lift up your eyes and look at the fields for they are already white for harvest so he couldn't have been talking about the four months later he says these are already white for harvest what was he talking about he was talking about the harvest of souls the harvest of the wheat as opposed to the tares in that parable they're already white for harvest that meant in that generation this was about to take place and he who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life that sounds like salvation to me ladies and gentlemen that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together john 4 34 through 36 then in hebrews chapter 12 verse 23 he says but you have come to mount zion and to the city of the living god to an innumerable company of angels to the general assembly the word general assembly is translated from pentaguri which means a festal gathering he's saying that they had already come to mount zion to the city of the living god which was the heavenly jerusalem and to the festal gathering well ladies and gentlemen that is the feast of tabernacles he says and the church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven to god the judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect to jesus the mediator of the new covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of abel so in this connection they had come to mount zion and they had come to the festal gathering that is the feast of harvest that tells you that the kingdom of god was very near when hebrews was written about ad64 just six years before 70 a.d notice how he contrasts that he says whose voice then shook the earth but now he is promised saying yet once more i shake not only the earth but also heaven now this yet once more indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken the heaven and earth was already being shaken in the first century notice that phrase being shaken it was already ladies and gentlemen being shaken as of things that are made that the things which cannot be shaken may remain so we can't miss that these were the things that were being shaken in the first century that's the heaven and earth that was already being shaken when paul wrote the statement as of things which are made so that things which cannot be shaken may remain now what is it that could not be shaken therefore since we are receiving a kingdom people say the kingdom hadn't arrived why were they already receiving it in the first century therefore since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken let us have grace by which we may serve god acceptably with reverence and godly fear for our god is a consuming fire so the harvest is the end of the age according to the coming of the kingdom equals the harvest the harvest is the end of the jewish age which is called this age in the bible but the harvest is also the feast of tabernacles the feast of tabernacles ladies and gentlemen equals the resurrection and the resurrection is the coming of christ therefore the coming of christ in his kingdom the harvest at the end of the jewish age is the resurrection that's the feast of tabernacles that's matthew chapter 13 and verse 30 which is on the logo now let's notice and i can't remember oh yes he talked about the prophecies and i didn't even put a title on this slide so let's just name it prophecies or prophetic validation so we're creating it as we go valid validation all right prophetic validation he said and truly the prophecies are not what you want to look at to validate what you are and who you are and where you are but the prophecies only validate a reality i'm not sure exactly what that means and i'm not sure you know maybe you got it i didn't it sounds rather confusing to me and i have no ill will toward this brother i think he's a great brother but there's something wrong with this logic and with this teaching is that a bible doctrine or is that his personal belief and truly the prophecies are not what you want to look at to validate what you are and who you are and where you are but the prophecies only validate a reality well ladies and gentlemen let's examine that statement by the scriptures number one scripture and prophecies do not think that i came to destroy the law or the prophets i did not come to destroy but to fulfill for verily i say to you till heaven and earth pass doing a lot of editing in the video till heaven and earth pass one jot or one tittle will in no wise pass from the law till all is fulfilled that's matthew 5 17 and 18 for moses truly said to the fathers the lord your god will raise up a prophet like unto me from your brethren him shall you hear in all things whatever he says to you and it shall be now watch this that every soul who will not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people yes and all the prophets from samuel and those who follow after as many as have spoken have also foretold of these days now god said he was going to raise up for them a prophet and the hearing of that prophet was going to determine who was cut off excommunicated from israel and who was going to be accepted as israel but here's another statement in acts 13 that relates to the prophets he says beware therefore lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you now let's go back and look at that statement again prophetic validation and truly the prophecies are not what you want to look at to validate what you are and who you are and where you are but the prophecies only validate a reality now let's go back and read this statement again from acts 13 40 and 41 beware therefore lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you well now if you have a belief that these things are not yet fulfilled don't you think you should be looking at what's spoken in the prophets so that you can beware that it does not come upon you that sounds like you need to be very concerned about what's written in the prophets but it's also important even if it's fulfilled becomes even more important behold you despisers marvel and perish for i work a work in your days a work which you by no means will believe though one were to declare it unto you now ladies and gentlemen he says he's going to work a work in the days and he's talking about those jews in antioch of pasidia who rejected the word of god and therefore he told him you need to beware what has been spoken in the prophets will come upon you so you can't say that nobody should be concerned about the prophets and especially so if you believe that they're not all fulfilled number two blessed is he who reads this is from revelation now watch what it says about prophecy blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it for the time is at hand the time had drawn near revelation 1 3 and in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel when he is about to sound the mystery of god would be finished as he declared to his servants the prophets well what would happen when the mystery of god would be finished the hope would be realized all the blessings would be received the bible says hope deferred makes the heart sick but when the desire comes it is a tree of life that's what happened when fulfillment comes it gives you access to the tree of life and i fell at his feet to worship him but he said to me this is the angel uh john's uh in reference to the angel he fell at the feet of the angel to worship him but he said to me see that you do not do that i am your fellow servant and of your brethren who have the testimony of jesus worship god now watch this ladies and gentlemen for the testimony of jesus is the spirit of prophecy so ladies and gentlemen if you claim that prophecy has no efficacy then you're saying that the testimony of jesus is invalid the scripture says for the testimony of jesus is the spirit of prophecy and he said to me do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book why for the time is at hand for i testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book if anyone adds to these things god will add to him the plagues that are written in this book and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy god shall take away his part from the book of life from the holy city and from the things which are written in this book and that simply is an elliptic phrase that means the book of this prophecy so ladies and gentlemen you can't go and take revelation and misconstrue it and make it mean anything that you want to make it you can't call it a personal opinion the bible says if you add to it or take away god takes away your part in the book of life from the holy city and from the things which are written in the book so yes prophecy is important it's not something that's just a personal opinion and it's not something that you should not be concerned about now does joel's prophecy have a time stamp he made a comment about joel's prophecy he says your sons and your daughters shall prophesy is there a time stamp on that did he say when that was going to happen no well that's his statement but now let's look at what joel actually said but this is that which was spoken by the prophet joel and it shall come to pass in the last days now peter is quoting from joel in acts chapter 2 verses 16 through 20 he says but this is what was spoken by the prophet joel and it shall come to pass in the last day says god that i will pour out of my spirit on all flesh your sons and your daughters shall prophesy your young men shall see visions your old men shall dream dreams the sun should be turned in the darkness and the moon in the blood before the coming of the great and terrible day of the lord come of the day of the lord and it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the lord shall be saved now joel in the original text if you read on through chapter joel says for behold in those days and at that time when i bring back the captives of judah and jerusalem i will also gather all nations and bring them down to the valley of jahashaphat and i will enter into judgment with them there ladies and gentlemen that was the time of the outpouring of the spirit in the first century and of course according to micah 7 15 it was to be done for 40 years that would take you from 30 to 70 ad i won't spend any more time on that just wanted to point it out that yes there was a time for that prophecy peter said this is that which was spoken by the prophet joel and he applies it to his day and time did christ know the time is there a time stamp on joel 28 or joel 2 28 through 32 did he say when was that going to occur so that's the question he asked he told them the generation in which it would occur that is the first century generation ladies and gentlemen that's what the lord told them he told them the generation he knew it would not extend beyond that generation at that time while he was on earth he did not know the day and the hour the day and the hour is a more specific time but the generation is a general time and thus all the things would happen in that generation but at the time that christ made the statement he said i do not know the day or the hour that's why we said earlier do not pass go do not pass this generation you can know the generation in which something was going to occur without knowing the day or the hour and by the way ladies and gentlemen that was a jewish idiom when you look at the feast days all the major feast days of leviticus 23 began within the month and on a specific day you had the passover unleavened bread the first fruits and pentecost they knew what day of the month those were going to occur they knew when they were going to occur so they never had a problem observing them but when you look at the fall festivals the feast of trumpets was on the first day of the seventh month and the only way they could know that day was if they were able to verify it and corroborate it to validate it with eyewitnesses who witnessed the first sign of the new moon once that information was relayed back to the priest then the priest would sound the shofar or the trumpet and then after that the day of atonement on the 10th day of the seventh month and then tabernacles the feast of harvest would follow on the 15th day of the seventh month so when you talk about the feast of trumpets that's matthew 24 and verse 31 because the lord said he would gather his elect together from the four winds with the sound of the trumpet well that's the trumpet of resurrection that's the trumpet of harvest but israel never knew the day and the hour of the day of trumpets until they had that confirmation of the first sign of the new moon then they could blow the trumpet that's all jesus is referring to in that context they always had to have two witnesses to confirm the beginning of the new moon before they could sound the shofar but they always knew that the feast of trumpets would come every year they had no question about that that's like saying jesus knew the generation he just didn't know the day and the hour the priest knew it was going to come in the seventh month they just didn't know the day and the hour until they received confirmation and jesus was using the same jewish information for the eschatological day of trumpets the end time or the seventh trumpet for the time of resurrection and all the priests knew that so in verse 31 of matthew 24 he made the same statement but notice he says all of that would occur within that generation now that means that the book was speaking about atonement resurrection redemption salvation and grace we discussed resurrection salvation and grace redemption comes in 70 a.d luke 21 28 through 32 because he says when you see these things begin to come to pass look up lift up your heads for your redemption draws near and thus when they taught repentance he said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand matthew chapter 3 verses 1 through 2 why were they told to repent because the kingdom of heaven was at hand you cannot and the kingdom we showed you ladies and gentlemen is an eschatological doctrine of prophecy it's an eschatological kingdom the kingdom belongs to the end time what did he say do repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand he didn't just say repent and not worry about it he says repent for to giving you the reason well the kingdom of heaven is at hand if that kingdom is here ladies and gentlemen don't you think people ought to be repenting so they can get into the kingdom which is now here jesus taught the same thing that john did in my matthew 4 16 and in mark 1 14 and 15 he said the time is fulfilled the kingdom of heaven is at hand has drawn near repent and believe the gospel that's why repentance should take place it's because of the kingdom repentance was required because of the kingdom so salvation and eschatology are inseparably connected he says receiving the end of your faith the salvation of your souls of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully who prophesied of the grace that would come to you searching what or what manner of time the spirit of christ who was in them was indicating when he testified beforehand the sufferings of christ and the glories that would follow to them it was revealed that not to themselves not to the prophets but to us those living in the first century they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the holy spirit sent from heaven and there was a time things which angels desire to look into therefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of jesus christ christ's return was for salvation ladies and gentlemen so christ was once offered to bear the sins of many to those who eagerly wait for him he will appear as second time apart from sin for salvation the greek word here for four is ace it means in order to repent or rather wait for him who will appear a second time apart from sin for salvation now how soon would he appear the scripture says for yet a little while taken from the greek word mikros hosann hosann which literally means in a very very little while why because it was going to happen in their generation it was going to happen before some of them died well they were about 40 years out from the time jesus made that statement almost 40 years out it was getting close they had to fulfill it otherwise they all would be dead for yet a little while a very very little while and he who is coming will come and will not delay so that's our presentation in response to the video made by mr michael edwards or mikhail mikhail edwards i believe that he made some very um state some statements that could not be proven by scripture that he made some errors in what he said and maybe would want to reconsider some of those things but because um you know he's saying that these things are not in the scriptures we wanted to respond to that video and so now you have it i would hope that this information is helpful to you if you find anything wherein we need to make corrections uh feel free to put them in the comments and we will address them thanks very much i'm william bell with all things fulfilled and you have a very pleasant and blessed thanks