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0:00Jesus already described the people who
0:02will say no to the beast. In Matthew 24,
0:06Jesus described a specific group of
0:08people who would face the ultimate test
0:11of human history. And here's what should
0:14stop you cold. He described them in
0:17detail 2,000 years ago. You will be
0:21shocked when you discover the seven
0:23characteristics Jesus gave us about
0:26those who will say no to the beast.
0:30Discovery one. They hear what others
0:33ignore.
0:36Matthew 24:15-16
0:39contains a detail most people skip right
0:41over. When ye therefore shall see the
0:44abomination of desolation, spoken of by
0:46Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy
0:48place. Who so readeth, let him
0:51understand. Then let them which be in
0:54Judea flee into the mountains.
0:57Did you catch that parenthetical
0:59statement? Who so readeth, let him
1:02understand.
1:03Jesus is saying that not everyone who
1:06reads this will understand it. Not
1:09everyone who sees the signs will
1:11recognize them. There's a difference
1:13between having information and having
1:16understanding.
1:17The people who refuse the mark won't be
1:20the ones with the most knowledge.
1:22They'll be the ones who hear what others
1:25explain away.
1:26When the abomination happens, most will
1:29rationalize it. It's just politics.
1:34It's for the greater good. It's
1:36temporary emergency measures.
1:39But the remnant will hear the spiritual
1:42alarm that others silence.
1:45Think about what's happening right now.
1:47Digital currencies are being tested
1:49globally. Biometric scanning is becoming
1:52normal. Social credit scores determine
1:55who can travel, work, or buy. And what's
1:59the response?
2:01It's just technology.
2:03It's for convenience.
2:06It's for our safety. But some people
2:09hear something different. They hear the
2:11machinery of control clicking into
2:13place. They recognize the infrastructure
2:16of the beast system being built not
2:19because they're smarter, but because
2:21they're listening with spiritual ears.
2:24Here's the disturbing part. Jesus said,
2:27"This ability to understand," isn't
2:29automatic for believers. The phrase,
2:32"Let him understand," is an imperative,
2:36a command. It requires intentional
2:39effort. You have to choose to see what's
2:42comfortable to ignore.
2:44But hearing is just the first step. You
2:48must do something that goes against
2:50every human instinct.
2:53Discovery two, they run when others
2:57rationalize.
3:00Look at Christ's next words in verses 17
3:03to 18. Let him which is on the housetop
3:07not come down to take anything out of
3:09his house. Neither let him which is in
3:12the field return back to take his
3:14clothes.
3:16This is absolute immediate no hesitation
3:20flight. Don't pack. Don't prepare. Don't
3:24even grab a coat. When the moment comes,
3:28you run. Period. But here's what human
3:32nature does. We rationalize delay. Let
3:36me just grab my important documents. I
3:39need my medication. What about my family
3:42photos? My children need their toys.
3:46Every second of delay is a second closer
3:48to capture. Jesus is describing people
3:52who've already decided that nothing they
3:54own is worth their soul. They've
3:56predecided to run. The decision isn't
4:00made in the moment of crisis. It's made
4:02right now. reading these words. Remember
4:07Lot's wife? Genesis 19:26.
4:11But his wife looked back from behind him
4:13and she became a pillar of salt. One
4:16look back. One moment of longing for
4:19what was left behind. That's all it
4:22took. The people who refuse the mark
4:25won't look back because they've already
4:27counted everything as loss. I need you
4:30to understand something. This isn't
4:32about being prepared with bugout bags
4:35and survival supplies.
4:37That's the opposite of what Jesus is
4:39saying. He's describing people who are
4:42prepared to lose everything instantly.
4:45No preparation, no provision, just
4:48obedience. The modern church preaches
4:51preparation.
4:53Stock food, buy gold, build bunkers. But
4:57Jesus says, "Run with nothing." Why?
5:01Because the people who refuse the mark
5:03trust God's provision more than their
5:05own preparation. Think about the
5:08psychology here. The more you have, the
5:11harder it is to leave. The family with 6
5:14months of food stored will hesitate. The
5:17person with gold buried in the backyard
5:20will delay. The couple who spent years
5:23building their dream home will
5:25rationalize staying.
5:28But the remnant, they're already
5:30practicing every day. They hold things
5:34loosely. They view possessions as
5:37temporary tools, not permanent
5:39treasures. They're training themselves
5:42to run by living ready to leave. Here's
5:45what's terrifying. The infrastructure
5:47for instant [music] tracking already
5:49exists. Your phone, your car, your smart
5:53TV, everything reports your location.
5:57When the beast system activates, you
6:00won't have hours to decide. You might
6:02have minutes. Those who hesitate will be
6:05located, surrounded, and presented with
6:08the choice. Mark or death. The people
6:12who say no to the beast have already
6:14said yes to losing everything. They run
6:18not because they're cowards, but because
6:21they're obedient. and obedience in that
6:24moment will require something most
6:26humans find impossible. Discovery three,
6:31they endure when others surrender.
6:34Matthew 24:13
6:37makes a promise with a condition, but he
6:40that shall endure unto the end, the same
6:43shall be saved.
6:45Endure. In Greek, it's hoopo, literally
6:50meaning to remain under. Picture someone
6:53holding a massive weight above their
6:54head. Their muscles scream. Their body
6:57shakes. Every instinct says, "Drop it."
7:01But they remain under the weight. They
7:04don't shift it. Don't transfer it. Don't
7:07drop it. They remain. Jesus is
7:11describing people who can take
7:12supernatural amounts of pressure without
7:14breaking. Not just surviving, but
7:17maintaining faith while everything
7:19crushes down on you. watching others
7:22take the mark and seem fine. They post
7:25videos on social media which you can see
7:28on salvaged devices showing their
7:30prosperity.
7:32I took the mark and God still loves me.
7:36I'm still saved. These extremists are
7:38deceived.
7:40The theological questions torment you.
7:44If God is sovereign, why is evil
7:47winning? If we're his children, why are
7:50we suffering while the marked prosper?
7:53If his word is true, why does the false
7:56prophet's miracles seem more powerful
7:58than our prayers?
8:01Here's what Jesus understood when he
8:03said, "Endure unto the end." It's not
8:07one breaking point. It's thousands.
8:10Every day presents multiple
8:12opportunities to quit. The endurance
8:15secret. But here's what Jesus revealed.
8:19Endurance isn't about strength. It's
8:22about focus. Look at Hebrews 12:1-2.
8:26Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed
8:28about with so great a cloud of
8:31witnesses, let us lay aside every
8:33weight, and the sin which doth so easily
8:36beset us, and let us run with [music]
8:38patience the race that is set before us,
8:42looking unto Jesus, the author and
8:44finisher of our faith, who for the joy
8:47that was set before him, endured the
8:49cross, despising the shame, and is sat
8:53down at the right hand of the throne own
8:56of God. The remnant endures by looking
8:59through the temporary to the eternal.
9:02They focus not on the pressure but on
9:05the promise, not on the wait but on the
9:08reward. They develop what I call
9:11prophetic perspective. The ability to
9:14see current suffering through eternal
9:16eyes. Yes, they're losing everything
9:19temporal, but they're gaining everything
9:22eternal. Here's what should concern you.
9:26Endurance can't be developed instantly.
9:29It's built through progressive pressure.
9:32And right now, you're either building
9:34endurance or destroying it. Every time
9:38you fast, you build endurance. Every
9:41time you skip a meal for convenience,
9:43you weaken it. Every time you pray
9:46through difficulty, you build endurance.
9:49Every time you quit when prayer gets
9:51hard, you weaken it. Every time you
9:54stand for truth despite cost, you build
9:57endurance.
9:59Every time you compromise to avoid
10:01conflict, you weaken it.
10:04How much suffering can you endure before
10:07you question God's goodness? These
10:09aren't hypothetical questions. They're
10:12preparation questions. But Jesus didn't
10:14just command endurance. He promised
10:17salvation to those who achieve it. He
10:20that shall endure unto the end, the same
10:22shall be saved. Not might be saved,
10:26shall be saved. It's guaranteed, sealed,
10:31certain.
10:33Every moment you don't quit is a
10:35testimony to his sustaining grace. But
10:38there's something else. Revelation 126
10:42and 12:14
10:44both mention the woman representing the
10:46faithful being nourished in the
10:48wilderness for 1,260
10:52days.
10:53Supernatural provision for supernatural
10:56endurance.
10:58God doesn't call you to endure without
11:01equipping you to endure. Mana might fall
11:04again. Water might flow from rocks.
11:08Ravens might bring bread. or new
11:10miracles might emerge, but provision
11:13will come. Not comfort, provision, not
11:17excess, sufficiency,
11:20not ease, endurance. The endurance
11:24question. So here's the question that
11:27determines everything. Are you building
11:30endurance now or are you building
11:32dependence?
11:34Every convenience weakens endurance.
11:37Every comfort reduces resilience. Every
11:40compromise decreases resistance.
11:43We're being systematically prepared to
11:45surrender by our addiction to ease. They
11:48remember Paul and Silas in prison. They
11:52recall the Hebrew children in the
11:53furnace. They recognize their part of an
11:56ancient pattern of pressure producing
11:58praise. Because endurance isn't just
12:02about making it to the end. It's about
12:04who you become through the pressure.
12:07It's about what gets revealed when
12:09everything else is stripped away. It's
12:12about why you refuse to quit when
12:15quitting seems like wisdom. The people
12:18who endure unto the end aren't the
12:21strongest. They're the most surrendered.
12:24Not to the beast, but to the lamb. Not
12:28to the pressure, but to the promise.
12:31Discovery four. They see through what
12:34others believe. Matthew 24 contains one
12:38of the most terrifying warnings in
12:40scripture. For there shall arise false
12:43Christs and false prophets and shall
12:46show great signs and wonders in so much
12:49that if it were possible, they shall
12:52deceive the very elect.
12:55Stop and realize what Jesus just said.
12:58The deception coming won't be obvious.
13:01It won't be clearly evil. It will come
13:04with supernatural validation that would
13:06fool God's chosen people if God himself
13:09didn't prevent it. This isn't about
13:12being smart enough to spot lies. This is
13:15about deception so perfect that only
13:18divine intervention keeps the remnant
13:20from falling for it. Signs and wonders,
13:25miracles,
13:26supernatural proof. The deception won't
13:30come with obvious lies, but with
13:32apparent divine confirmation.
13:35The false prophets won't just speak
13:37lies. They'll perform miracles that seem
13:40to validate their message. And here's
13:43what should terrify you. These miracles
13:46will be real, not tricks, not illusions,
13:52actual supernatural events. Let me paint
13:55you the scene that's coming. Because
13:57once you understand how this deception
14:00works, you'll understand why most
14:02Christians will fall for it. Imagine
14:05watching someone call fire from heaven
14:07on live television. Not CGI,
14:11not special effects. Actual fire falling
14:15from the sky, consuming whatever the
14:17false prophet targets. Cameras from
14:20every angle confirm it. Scientists
14:23analyze it and can't explain it. It's
14:26undeniably supernatural.
14:29How do you convince someone that
14:31supernatural miracles are satanic?
14:34How do you stand against signs and
14:37wonders that surpass anything seen in
14:39modern churches? The biblical precedent
14:43most people ignore. The remnant sees
14:46through it because they know something
14:48others have forgotten. Satan can perform
14:52miracles, too.
14:54Exodus 7:10-12 proves it. And Moses and
14:58Aaron went in unto Pharaoh. And they did
15:01so as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron
15:04cast down his rod before Pharaoh and
15:07before his servants, and it became a
15:10serpent. Then Pharaoh also called the
15:13wise men and the sorcerers.
15:16Now the magicians of Egypt, they also
15:19did in like manner with their
15:21enchantments.
15:22For they cast down every man his rod,
15:25and they became serpents. But Aaron's
15:28rod swallowed up their rods. The
15:32magicians of Egypt replicated Moses's
15:34miracle, not through tricks, through
15:37actual supernatural power. Their rods
15:40became real serpents. Yes, Aaron's
15:44serpent swallowed theirs, showing God's
15:46superiority.
15:48But the point remains, Satan's servants
15:51performed genuine miracles. They also
15:54turned water to blood. Exodus 7:22. And
15:58brought forth frogs. Exodus 8:7. Only
16:02when Moses brought gnats from dust did
16:05they fail, admitting, "This is the
16:08finger of God." Exodus 8:19.
16:11But notice they successfully replicated
16:14the first three miracles.
16:17Job 1:16 shows Satan calling fire from
16:20heaven. The fire of God is fallen from
16:24heaven and hath burned up the sheep and
16:27the servants and consumed them.
16:30Satan with God's permission brought fire
16:33from heaven that everyone thought was
16:36from God.
16:382 Thessalonians 2:9 confirms this
16:40endtime reality.
16:43Even him whose coming is after the
16:45working of Satan with all power and
16:48signs and lying wonders.
16:51All power, all signs, lying wonders, not
16:55fake wonders, lying wonders, real
16:58miracles that tell lies, genuine
17:01supernatural events that deceive. Actual
17:04power used for false purposes. The
17:06application appears logical. Only those
17:09with deep biblical knowledge would catch
17:11the deception.
17:13The remnant sees through it all because
17:16they judge by one standard. Does it
17:19align with the written word of God? Not
17:22does it work? Does it align? Not is it
17:25supernatural. Does it align? Not does it
17:29help people. Does it align? Not does it
17:33include Jesus's name. Does it align?
17:36Revelation 13:16-17
17:39is clear. And he causes all, both small
17:43and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
17:46to receive a mark in their right hand or
17:48in their foreheads. And that no man
17:51might buy or sell, save he that had the
17:54mark or the name of the beast or the
17:57number of his name. No miracle changes
18:00this. No wonder overrides it. No sign
18:04contradicts it. The word says the mark
18:07is from the beast. Period. Any miracle
18:11supporting the mark, no matter how
18:13genuine, is deception. They'd rather
18:16miss a genuine miracle than accept a
18:19lying wonder. This is why biblical
18:22illiteracy guarantees deception. If you
18:25don't know the word, you'll fall for the
18:27wonders. If you can't quote scripture,
18:30you'll be quoted twisted scripture. If
18:33you haven't hidden God's word in your
18:35heart, lying wonders will find room
18:38there instead. Right now, the church is
18:42being prepared for this deception. We're
18:44taught to chase miracles instead of
18:47truth, to value experience over
18:49scripture, to trust feelings above
18:52facts, to follow signs instead of the
18:55word. Every time a church chases
18:58miracles without checking scripture,
19:01they're preparing to be deceived.
19:03Every time believers value supernatural
19:06experience over biblical truth, they're
19:08conditioning themselves to [music] take
19:10the mark. The remnant is doing the
19:13opposite. They're memorizing scripture,
19:17studying context, learning original
19:20languages,
19:21understanding symbolic interpretation,
19:24building biblical discernment.
19:27They're choosing the word over wonders,
19:30truth over experiences,
19:32scripture over miracles.
19:35They know that when the false prophet
19:37calls fire from heaven, Elijah did it
19:40first. First Kings 18. They know that
19:43when he heals diseases, Jesus did it
19:46better. Matthew 4:23.
19:50They know that when he raises the dead,
19:52God did it repeatedly.
19:552 Kings 4:35.
19:58Satan can only counterfeit what God
20:00created. Every false miracle is an
20:03inferior copy of God's genuine power.
20:06The remnant recognizes counterfeit
20:09because they know the authentic. The
20:12ultimate test. Here's the test. The
20:15remnant applies to every miracle.
20:18Does it lead to worshiping the beast or
20:21worshiping Christ?
20:23Revelation 13-14
20:28reveals the purpose.
20:30And he doeth great wonders, so that he
20:33maketh fire come down from heaven on the
20:35earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth
20:39them that dwell on the earth by the
20:41means of those miracles which he had
20:43power to do in the sight of the beast,
20:47saying to them that dwell on the earth,
20:50that they should make an image to the
20:52beast. The miracles lead to worship, not
20:55worship of God, worship of the beast.
20:59Every false miracle, no matter how it's
21:01packaged, ultimately points to the
21:04Antichrist.
21:05The healing comes through his system.
21:08The provision flows through his mark.
21:11The protection operates through his
21:13government. The remnant asks, "Who gets
21:17the glory? Where does this lead? What's
21:20the fruit?" And when the answer is
21:23anything other than Jesus Christ alone,
21:26they reject it. no matter how
21:28miraculous, no matter how beneficial, no
21:32matter how validated, because they'd
21:34rather starve trusting truth than feast
21:37following lies, they'd rather suffer
21:40holding scripture than prosper
21:42abandoning it. The ability to see
21:45through what others believe isn't
21:47intelligence. It's allegiance.
21:50allegiance to the word above all else,
21:53even above miracles, even above
21:56provision, even above life itself.
22:00And that allegiance is being determined
22:02right now, today, in how you respond to
22:05the conflict between word and wonder.
22:08Discovery five, they value what others
22:12trade.
22:14Matthew 10:28 reveals the remnant's core
22:17value system. And fear not them which
22:20kill the body, but are not able to kill
22:22the soul, but rather fear him which is
22:25able to destroy both soul and body in
22:28hell. These words weren't spoken in a
22:31seminary classroom. They weren't
22:33delivered to mature believers after
22:35years of disciplehip.
22:37Jesus spoke these words while sending
22:39out the twel apostles, warning them
22:42about the persecution they'd face. But
22:45hidden in this warning is the key
22:47characteristic of everyone who will
22:49refuse the mark. They've completely
22:52reorganized their value system. They
22:55fear God more than death. They value
22:59eternity more than time. They choose
23:02soul over body every single time. But
23:06here's what that actually looks like in
23:08practice. It's not a heroic moment of
23:11defiance. It's not a brave speech before
23:14martyrdom. It's the worst kind of
23:17suffering imaginable and choosing it
23:20anyway. But let's understand what can't
23:23buy or sell really means in practical
23:26terms. It's not just inconvenience. It's
23:30complete economic exile. Can't buy means
23:35no food from any store, market, or
23:38vendor. No water from any utility or
23:41service. No fuel for heat, cooking, or
23:45transportation.
23:47No clothing when yours wears out. No
23:50shelter you must pay for. No medicine
23:53for any condition. No tools to make or
23:56repair things.
23:58No seeds to grow food. No ammunition for
24:02hunting. Nothing ever from anywhere.
24:08Can't sell means. Can't work for any
24:11employer.
24:13Can't sell anything you make or grow.
24:16Can't provide any service for payment.
24:18Can't trade anything of value. Can't
24:21participate in any economic exchange.
24:25Complete inability to provide for
24:27yourself or others through any normal
24:29means. This isn't poverty. The poor can
24:33still participate in the economy at some
24:35level. This is complete economic
24:38non-existence.
24:40You become economically invisible,
24:43unable to interface with human society
24:46in any transactional way. But the
24:49remnant values what others trade.
24:52They've already decided that their soul
24:54is worth more than economic
24:56participation.
24:57The economic pressure is just the
25:00beginning. The social pressure makes it
25:02unbearable.
25:04Everyone you know has taken the mark.
25:07Your parents, your siblings, your
25:09children, your best friends, your church
25:12family, everyone. They're not obviously
25:16evil. They still talk about Jesus, still
25:19pray, still seem normal, but they all
25:23have the mark. They don't understand
25:25your resistance. The choice, though
25:28agonizing, is clear. They're not
25:31choosing suffering. They're choosing the
25:33least suffering possible. Temporary pain
25:36to avoid eternal agony. Brief separation
25:40to ensure eternal reunion. Momentary
25:43loss to gain everlasting life. The value
25:46that can't be taken. Here's what the
25:49beast system never understands. You can
25:52take everything from the remnant except
25:55their values. You can steal their
25:58possessions, but not their priorities.
26:01You can kill their bodies, but not their
26:03convictions. You can destroy their
26:06lives, but not their life. Paul
26:09understood this in 2 Corinthians
26:114:16-18. [music]
26:13For which cause we faint not. But though
26:16our outward man perish, yet the inward
26:19man is renewed day by day. For our light
26:23affliction, which is but for a moment,
26:26workketh for us a far more exceeding and
26:29eternal weight of glory. While we look
26:32not at the things which are seen, but at
26:34the things which are not seen, for the
26:37things which are seen are temporal, but
26:40the things which are not seen are
26:42eternal. The remnant calls starvation
26:46light affliction. They consider
26:48persecution but for a moment. They see
26:51death as working for us. Why? Because
26:55they're looking at things unseen,
26:58valuing things eternal, trading temporal
27:01for timeless, the question of current
27:04values.
27:06So here's the question that determines
27:08your future. What are you valuing right
27:11now? When you skip prayer for
27:14entertainment, you're valuing temporal
27:17over eternal. When you compromise truth
27:20for acceptance, you're trading integrity
27:23for approval. When you choose comfort
27:26over obedience, you're establishing
27:29dangerous precedent. When you fear man
27:32more than God, you're inverting eternal
27:35values. The remnant doesn't suddenly
27:38develop proper values during
27:40persecution. They've been cultivating
27:43them for years. Every small decision
27:46that values eternal over temporal builds
27:49resistance to the mark. Every compromise
27:52weakens it. You're either becoming
27:54someone who values what others trade or
27:57you're becoming someone who trades what
27:59others value. There's no neutral ground.
28:03Every choice moves you toward remnant or
28:06mark. The people who refuse the mark
28:09have already been refusing smaller marks
28:11for years. refusing to compromise,
28:15refusing to conform,
28:17refusing to trade eternal for temporal
28:20in daily decisions. They value what
28:23others trade because they've been
28:25practicing. And when the ultimate trade
28:28is offered, mark for life, comfort for
28:31compromise, temporal for eternal, their
28:34values are so established that the
28:37choice, though painful, is clear. The
28:40mark of the beast doesn't damn people
28:42who were holy. It reveals people who
28:45were already choosing temporal over
28:47eternal, already trading soul for body,
28:51already valuing comfort over Christ. The
28:54remnant simply continues valuing what
28:57they've always valued, even unto death,
29:00especially unto death. Because death to
29:03those who value properly is simply the
29:06doorway to everything they've been
29:08valuing all along. Your values are being
29:11established right now in your next
29:14decision, your next compromise, your
29:17next choice between comfort and
29:19conviction. The question isn't whether
29:22you could refuse the mark if it appeared
29:25tomorrow. The question is, are you
29:28valuing eternal over temporal today?
29:32Your answer is being written in your
29:34choices and those choices are cementing
29:37values that will determine your decision
29:40when the mark becomes mandatory.
29:42The remnant is being formed in the
29:44furnace of daily faithfulness.
29:47Small, unseen,
29:50unimpressive,
29:52but establishing values that will
29:54withstand the ultimate pressure. What
29:57are you valuing? What are you trading?
30:01Your eternal destiny depends on your
30:04answer.