Judgment on Worshippers of the Beast

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Judgment on Worshippers of the Beast

January 23, 2023 • Revelation 16

The seven bowl judgments decreed by God are reserved for a world that is beyond redemption.

While we believe that a remnant will survive into the period of the Lord’s wrath, it will not be a good time to be alive for anyone. This week, we look at the first three bowl judgments: Ugly and painful sores on everyone who takes the mark of the Beast and worships his image and the transformation of the waters of the world into blood.

Beyond echoing plagues that struck Egypt during the Exodus, Sharon observes that pouring out the judgments from bowls is a reversal of the ancient pagan ritual called kispum, a necromancy ceremony in which spirits of the dead (actually demons) were summoned to a meal at which a drink offering was poured out.

We also note that there is an angel in charge of the waters, just as there is an angel in charge of the fire on the altar of God (Rev. 14:18) and four angels who hold back the four winds (Rev. 7:1).

Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19–30, 2023, visit www.gilberthouse.org/travel.

New dates for our tour of Türkiye: We’ll visit the churches of Revelation, Abraham’s home city Harran, Göbekli Tepe, and more in October of 2023. Find out more at www.gilberthouse.org/travel.

Gog, Magog, and Armageddon

September 16, 2024 • Revelation 19:11–16, Ezekiel 38, Ezekiel 39

THE END of the war of Gog and Magog is the battle of Armageddon. This week, we discuss the parallels between Ezekiel 38–39 and Revelation 19. Jews believe that the Gog-Magog war is the conflict that brings the Messiah to Earth. They’re right, but Satan and his minions may use the current Arab-Israeli conflict, or a future war like it, to deceive religious Jews into welcoming a false Messiah.

Prophecies Fulfilled by Modern Israel

September 9, 2024 • Carl Gallups

GOD REVEALED to the Hebrew prophets that Israel would be scattered to the nations and then regathered. The second half of those prophecies was fulfilled in 1948. Pastor Carl Gallups, author of Eyes to See and Gods of Ground Zero, discusses the prophecies fulfilled by the return of Israel to the land, especially Isaiah 49, in which the prophet foresaw a day when the Jews would say, “The place is too narrow for me; make room for me to dwell in” (Isa. 49:20)—which has been fulfilled by Israel’s refusal to return to the pre-1967 border with Jordan, which squeezed Israel to just nine miles wide at its narrowest point. We also discuss the violent opposition to Israel’s very existence, which seems unlikely if the state of Israel was, as some contend, a Luciferian state under the control of Satan.

The Most Prophetic Time Since the 1st Century

September 2, 2024 • Carl Gallups

WE LIVE in prophetically significant times—the most prophetic era since the first coming of Jesus. Pastor Carl Gallups, author of Eyes to See, joins us to explain why the Bible is unlike any other religious text, why Revelation 3’s “synagogue of Satan” does not refer to modern Israel, and how Israel’s return to the land in 1948 fulfills prophecy—in some cases, precisely.