CrossWalk - Cross Culture Church RDU

Jesus doesn’t have anything good to say about false religions, yet the world likes to think there are many paths to God.  God makes it clear that His Son is the only way to a relationship with Him and today in The Revelation Series, Pastor Clay teaches us today the spirit of Babylon is alive and well leading millions of people down a false path. People who follow other religions are committing spiritual adultery against the one true Creator God and God's judgment will be harsh on false religion.

Armageddon, it’s a name that most of us have heard, but know little about. Actually the word Armageddon only appears one time in the Bible, but its importance in regards to the end times and God’s plan make it a most important subject. The age of man comes to a end and the world system that wanted to have nothing to do with God comes crashing down under the weight of His righteous judgment. Today, Pastor Clay is going to take us through the final two bowl judgments. One opens the door for the final battle on the earth. The other closes the door on the age of man.

For the people who have rejected God’s warnings and embraced the antichrist and his political and religious system the time of judgment has come and the wrath of God is poured out. God is perfectly justified in what He does and today, Pastor Clay is going to ask the question, "Why does God want us to know about these judgments?" The answer may surprise you and hopefully will be help to all of us in our CrossWalk.

We’ve been studying over the last several months the growing intensity of God’s judgment on the world during what is known as the Tribulation Period.  But there’s a day coming when God’s mercy will come to an end and that should be more than enough motivation for each of us to share the love of God with those around us while still in this age of grace. In Revelation chapter 15, we're brought to the eve of the final judgments on the world, the bowl judgments; of greater intensity than anything we've seen before them and today Pastor Clay is going to show us from Revelation chapter 15 what we can learn about our worship and our God.

If you’ve been with us in this year-long study you may remember that chapter 14 of the book of Revelation is a fast-forward look at how the Lord is going to bring the age of man to an end. Six angels appear in the Revelation chapter 14 and all six of them are connected in some way to God's judgement. Verses 14 - 20 introduce us to the last three angels and the awesome description of God's final judgement on the world. We're glad you've joined us today for this important study.

This week, Pastor Clay takes us to one of the hardest passages of scripture in all the Bible. Revelation chapter 14 verses 9 through 13 aren’t considered hard because the interpretation is difficult. What makes this passage so hard is its content. No where in scripture is the reality of Hell any clearer that in Revelation 14: 9-13 and no where are the consequences of living life without God more sobering. The reality of Hell is not an easy subject to discuss, but as we'll hear today, the cost of not speaking up is eternal.

Today in Revelation chapter 14 verses 6 through 8, we’ll again see just how far God’s grace is extended. His willingness to send an angel with a final opportunity for people of the earth to follow Him shows just how much God loves us. A second angel’s message, just as importantly, reminds us that Satan and his antichrist's world system will fall when the judgement of God comes. How good it is to know that we who know Christ as our Savior are safe in His grace.

The last two weeks we’ve been in Revelation chapter 13 which gives us the account of the rise of the antichrist and his false prophet, the setting of his image, and the mark of the Beast. It’s a dark time in the history of the world and as chapter 13 closes it looks as if Satan is in control. But as chapter 14 opens we find a very different picture as God gives us a glimpse of the end and His final victory.

Last week we were introduced to the first beast, better known to us as the antichrist, who will set up a political empire to rule the world. Today we’re introduced to the second beast of Revelation chapter 13, the false prophet. As Pastor Clay explains, the false prophet will deceive the whole world into worshiping an image of the antichrist and taking his mark. It's going to be a time like no other in the history of the world.

In our year-long series entitled The Revelation, we come today to chapter 13 and the rise of the antichrist. Jesus, in the Olivette Discourse found in Matthew 24, warned His disciples of the coming of many false prophets and antichrists. The Apostle John warned the church in first John that the "spirit of antichrist" was already working in the world, but both Jesus and John, as well as other passeges in the Bible tell us that there is one coming some day who will be the true antichrist.