This sermon presents a prophetic vision from Daniel 7, centering on the eternal reign of Christ as the Son of Man, who is exalted to heavenly dominion after His ascension and enthroned at the right hand of God. The passage contrasts Christ's everlasting, unshakable kingdom with the rise of a blasphemous 'little horn'—identified as the papacy—emerging from the disintegration of the Roman Empire, which seeks to oppose God, alter divine ordinances, and persecute the saints. The sermon emphasizes that Christ's reign, established through His atoning death and resurrection, is both present and victorious, evidenced by Pentecost, the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit, and the Reformation as a divine restoration of biblical truth. It calls believers to stand firm in the Word, recognizing that the true power to overcome spiritual darkness lies not in human might but in the proclamation of Scripture, which remains the living, sharp, and consuming instrument of God's judgment against all opposition. Ultimately, the vision is not one of despair but of hope: Christ is reigning, His enemies will be destroyed, and every soul is invited to submit to His eternal kingship through repentance and faith.

Thank you for the response that we have received to this message. The purpose of this message was to help our church family with the change in our circumstances over the last three years in particular. Between the distance of half our church family and work schedules, our MW service has been almost non-existent at times for months. For our church to have a Sunday night service would mean that half of our church would either spend four hours driving each Lord's day or spend all day at the church house. As a pastor who has always believed in the traditional service times, I have been forced to relook at this matter biblically. Our people listen on SA when they aren't able to make the drive to church, so it isn't that they are avoiding the preaching of God's Word. My reason for mentioning the history about this matter is to show that recent tradition has been the basis more than scripture in making decisions about the church schedule. My purpose for this message was not to discredit churches that are able to continue meeting three times each week.

The sermon centers on the urgent need for believers to remain spiritually vigilant in light of Christ's imminent return, emphasizing that His coming will be preceded by a widespread apostasy and the rise of the Antichrist, who will exalt himself in God's temple, claiming divine authority. Drawing from 2 Thessalonians 2, the preacher argues that the visible church is currently experiencing a profound departure from the gospel of grace, marked by works-based salvation and moral compromise, and warns that this apostasy will be global and total. While affirming the reality of a pre-tribulation rapture, the speaker rejects the idea that apostasy means a literal removal of believers, instead insisting it refers to a mass abandonment of true faith, and identifies the current papacy as a prophetic fulfillment of the Antichrist's role. The tone is both urgent and pastoral, calling Christians to live in constant readiness—expecting Christ's return at any moment while faithfully fulfilling their earthly duties, without succumbing to fear or false prophecy, and urging a return to biblical truth amid the world's moral and spiritual decay.

True Church Government and the Ministry - This is that discipline in whose execution the blood of an innumerable company of holy martyrs hath been shed,—that wherein all the vital spirits of the Papacy do act themselves, and whereby it doth subsist; and although it be the image of jealousy, or the image of the first beast, set up by the dragon, yet it cannot be denied, but that it is very wisely accommodated unto the present state of the generality of them that are called Christians amongst them. For being both blind and carnal, and having thereby lost all sense and experience of the spiritual power of the rule of Christ in their consciences, they are become a herd not fit to be governed or ruled any other way.

In this message we take a look at Leo the Great, orthodox Christology, and the movement toward papal authority being assumed by the Roman church.

The passage reveals a profound contrast between the true kingship of Christ, symbolized by a mighty angel roaring like a lion and holding an open book representing the accessible gospel, and the counterfeit authority of the papacy, personified by seven thunders whose voices, though claiming heavenly origin, are forbidden from being recorded. These thunders, interpreted as the pronouncements of papal bulls, are shown to be false declarations that usurp Christ's prophetic, priestly, and royal offices, yet are ultimately rejected by divine command as unfaithful and unworthy of being written down. The imagery underscores the Reformation's central conviction: the Bible, once closed and corrupted, has been restored as an open, accessible, and authoritative revelation of Christ, to be received not through ecclesiastical decree but through the Spirit's illumination. The call is to humility, love, and faithful feeding on Scripture, rejecting all human claims to infallible authority in favor of Christ alone as the final and true revealer of divine truth.