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".