In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 24:15-28 and the cosmic
battle theory, explaining that humanity was created as image-bearing
covenant partners placed in the midst of an ongoing war against Satan,
where acts of faithfulness constitute spiritual warfare. Jesus provides a
key end-time sign, the abomination of desolation, which is a defiling act
leading to unparalleled great distress, and warns believers not to be
deceived by false messiahs because His eventual return will be universally
visible, flashing "as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far
as the west".