Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 1/20/2008

Question
How are you sir? i have a question or questions about the book of revelations and the united states government...i have studied and found shocking and disturbing things about this government... well lets see, i had a dream that god was talking to me and he told me soon something will happen and i will turn from my sinful ways and start spreading the word on horse back, i know it sounds weird huh, but anyway when i woke up i was wanting to read the book of revelations, why i do not know for i haven't read the bible for about 2 months, but i read it and the verse 13:5 stuck out to me, about a week later i flip through the channels on television and i see on the NBC news that a man in Ohio received a identity chip and everyone was talking about how good it was and how useful, well i started to think about the verse (revelations 13:5) and it shocked me!

i start looking stuff up on this and the bible and the government and all the secrets it holds from U.S. citizens and i came across an article saying that there is 600 concentration camps across the U.S. now this shocked me as well! it says in the revelations that there will be a holocaust far greater than any before!

I am just wondering is the revelations upon us?

Is this the last days?

Could that have really been god talking to me?

Could i really travel around and spread his word around?

If so would that bring me great rewards in the after life, i mean will that help me make it to heaven?

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP

Answer
Hi Craig,

Thanks for these questions.  I will try to answer all of them briefly.  If you need further clarification, please send a follow up.

I am just wondering is the revelations upon us?

Not Revelation 13, that takes place during Daniel's 70th week, a seven year period between the rapture and Christ's kingdom.  This time starts with a signed covenant between Israel and Arab nations.  We are close, but it has not yet been signed.

Daniel 9:27
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.    

The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

Is this the last days?

Biblically speaking, the entire church age is considered to be the last days... but we are not yet in the 7 years of tribulation.

Hebrews 1:2
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

Could that have really been god talking to me?

Not like in a revelation.... there are no more personal revelations like that.

1 Corinthians 13:8-10
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.  9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.  
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

Revelation 22:18-19
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.  

The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

Could i really travel around and spread his word around?

Sure,... If you are a believer, you are commanded to do that.... we all are, but it does not have to be on a horse.

Mark 16:15
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

If so would that bring me great rewards in the after life, i mean will that help me make it to heaven?

Works will not get you to heaven, only faith in Jesus alone.
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

I hope that this helps you.

In Christ
Pastor Don