The Global Kingdom - Introduction

Today’s Topic: Satan’s Kingdom: The Global Kingdom - Introduction

Scripture: Daniel 7; Revelation Chapters 12, 13 and 17; Matthew 6:33

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now for the next few days I want to discuss and dissect this Global Kingdom because this is how Satan will make war with the saints (Daniel 7:25; Revelation 13:7). And as we have studied over the past few messages we see a direct correlation to the visions God gave Daniel and the revelation God showed Apostle John. So we will throughout the next few messages will flip between the two books and show you how even though there was about a 700-800 year gap between Daniel and John, the same God showed both of them the same vision and the interpretations were the same. Now let’s deal with these beasts and then come to The Beast – The Global Kingdom of Satan.

The Lion, Bear and Leopard (Daniel 7:4-6)

One thing we can automatically see here is these are predatory animals. In the interpretation given to Daniel in Daniel 7:17 these beasts represent four kings or kingdoms that will arise on the Earth. Now these four kingdoms will be predatory from the standpoint that they will slowly prey on the needs of people and get them to conform to their ways. They will slowly destroy and decay man and his relationship with God. Now as we know from the interpretation that these four kingdoms from where Daniel is standing have not yet risen up yet. But when we track to Revelation 13 we will see these come together. These four great kingdoms will try to circumvent the program of God by preying on mankind and getting mankind to slowly turn from God and rely on their own capabilities for getting provision and protection. This goes completely against our Lord’s words in Matthew 6:33 when He said “But seek ye first, the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all of these things shall be added unto you.” As we have discussed before, Satan has always tried to circumvent the program of God by trying to kill the bloodline leading up to Christ: Noah, Moses, Jesus (at birth) Himself. But I would like to show you another way he is circumventing the Kingdom of God and the work that God is doing in the Earth. Satan uses kingdoms as a way to circumvent God. For example the kingdoms of Egypt, Sodom and Babylon were all kingdoms that Satan tried to us to destroy the work of the Kingdom in the Earth. So this is not new to Satan! He has been doing it for over 6,000 years. But look at the result of those kingdoms after the living God passed judgment on them? I just heard the Lord say “In each of those situations those who represented Him in the Earth were all spared from the wrath that came upon those kingdoms.” This will also happen with the Global Kingdom and we will show this later. So these four beast represent four kingdoms and kings that will rise on the Earth and these will lead to what we are about to lay a foundation for is this Global Kingdom of Satan.

The Beast (Revelation 13) – The Global Kingdom

Here in Revelation 13 John sees a beast with seven heads and 10 horns and upon the 10 horns were ten crowns and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Now we concluded in various messages that this is the same beast from Daniel 7. The slight difference and really it isn’t a difference is the reference to the 7 heads. But we explained why this was the case because if you look at Revelation 13:2 we see the description of the beast and we see the three other beasts with the one beast. This shows us that there were 7 heads (1 Lion, 1 Bear, 4 Leopard and 1 Beast). Now I want us to read this and say this because this is the reality. Look at what this Global Kingdom will do in Daniel 7:23: “The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon the Earth, which shall be diverse (different) from all kingdoms, and SHALL DEVOUR THE WHOLE EARTH, AND SHALL TREAD IT DOWN, AND BREAK IT INTO PIECES. Do we see that?? This Global Kingdom will devour or rule on the entire Earth and destroy it. Now every kingdom has a king or source of power. Revelation 13:2 speaks of the dragon giving him his power, and his seat and great authority. Now here is a mystery and we will answer it fully in a subsequent message.

Who is the dragon? Well from Revelation 12:9 it is Satan. Ok, if satan is the dragon then who in Revelation 13:2 will he (Satan) give his power, seat and authority to because it does say he gave HIM?

As you can see, there will be nothing like what we will see at that time but slowly we are starting to see the beast arising from the waters. In the next message we will look at how this beast is arising out of the water already and how we are progressing to this devastating kingdom.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun

The Great War: The Revelation of the Enemy

Today’s Topic: The Great War: The Revelation of the Enemy

Scripture: Daniel 7

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now we are at this powerful point in this series so let’s get right to it.

Daniel 7:17

Now the four beasts are four kings that will come out of the Earth. Now every king has a kingdom. So we can say and I will also show you that these four beasts also represent four kingdoms of the Earth

Daniel 7:18

Here in this scripture we see that the saints of the Most High will possess the Kingdom and possess the kingdom for ever even forever and ever. Now who are these saints? Remember back in Revelation 12 where the virgin gave birth to the man child or the mature Sons of God. This is who this scripture is referring to.

Daniel 7:19-21

Now in the first message about the great plan I told you that in the description of the beasts that the fourth beast was the most intriguing and here it is. Verse 19 describes this beast again and in verse 20 we see the little horn that will come up and cause the other three to fall and the horn had eyes and a mouth that spoke things whose look was more stout than the others. Now in verse 21 this same horn that comes up on this beast WILL MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS AND PREVAIL OVER THEM. This is in your Bible. This horn, the person will make war with the saints and prevail over them. Look back at Revelation 12:17. Who made war with the saints here? Satan! Are we seeing a picture yet? But we already established that the beast is a king and a kingdom. So if satan is the head or the horn that is the king then what kingdom is he bringing? The Demonic Kingdom to Earth. Now that was a mouth full but let’s keep going.

Daniel 7:22

Now it is not until the Ancient of Days come and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the Kingdom. Now this is not contradictory to verse 18 this is still referring to the Mature Sons of God.

Daniel 7:23-28

Now this fourth beast is revealed. First it is a kingdom upon the Earth which is different from all the kingdoms of the Earth. Now that is powerful. Out of every kingdom that has ever been on earth this one will be different. This kingdom will devour the entire Earth. In other words, it will rule and control the entire Earth. Next the 10 horns are revealed to be 10 kings and when the one king that rises up he will subdue three of the kings. This new king will speak great words against the Most High and shall WEAR OUT THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH and think to change times and laws: And they (the saints) shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time (3 and ½ years). Now the revelation! What God is showing Daniel is that the fourth beast a kingdom on Earth, but it is not just any kingdom but a Global Kingdom and it will be ruled by a global leader.

This Global Kingdom is the Kingdom of Satan and will be administered by Satan with the Antichrist and the False Prophet

Now the good news after all of that, in verse 26 the judgment against satan and the beast shall stand and their power will be taken away and will be cast into the lake of fire. This is how Satan will wage war against the saints. It will be through his Global Kingdom with the Antichrist as His spokesperson. Now there are already signs of this global kingdom forming but we will deal with this in a subsequent message.

Daniel then ends this stating that it bothered him so much that he kept it in his heart. Listen, God had to show Daniel this in a dream. In Babylon, these people did not even know really about a globe or let alone the rest of the world. So how could you explain to Daniel a Global Kingdom when the concept and the mindset of the people were limited to that area of the Middle East? Times are changing please continue to study and read with us.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Two Witnesses of Revelation 11

Today’s Topic: The Great War: The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11

Scripture: Revelation 11:1-12; Zechariah 4:11-14

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now there have been some myths about these two witnesses that are talked about here in Revelation 11. Now after the demonic have hit the Earth and are tormenting the people we have here in Revelation 11 the mention of two witnesses. Now, I have been lead to believe that the two witnesses were Moses and Elijah. And of course I was wrong. Now these two witnesses seem to be a mystery but God wants to give us some insight to these two witnesses.

The key to understanding this is knowing who is where. Where are the saints when the demonic come to the Earth? They are on the Earth. Now what happens when the demonic come to the Earth? The saints receive the full power of the Kingdom (Revelation 12:10,11) Now there is a correlation to Revelation 11:3 and Revelation 12:10,11. Here in Revelation 11: 3 we have a description of the people of God. In Revelation 11:3 we see the Lord giving power unto his two witnesses, and they shall prophesy 1,260 days clothed in sackcloth. The two witnesses are also found in the book of Zechariah 4:11-14 and they are called “The Two Anointed Ones”. This set of scriptures coincides perfectly with Revelation 11:4 which reads: “These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the Earth. Now back then there were two people who represented the Lord on the Earth. One was Joshua or Jesus who was the high priest and Zerubbabel who was a prince. Now remember we still need to know whether we are talking figuratively or actually and in this case and it is figuratively. So what are the two witnesses or the two anointings that the sons of God get? Simple, they receive the anointing of Royalty and the anointing of the Priesthood. Sounds familiar doesn’t it. Of course, it is the Royal Priesthood. Now the royal priesthood is both of them in one person. So if we looked at it carnally then who should receive the crown? Carnally it would be Zerubbabel because he was the prince but spiritually it would be Joshua or Jesus because the twin anointing would make one person both a king and a priest. We talked extensively in our series of Sonship of who on Earth represented the Royal Priesthood. Of course it was after the order of Melchisedek where he was the King of Righteousness and Princes of Peace (Hebrews 7:1-3). So the two witnesses are the twin anointing of kings and priests.

Now in the scriptures that we have talked about and concluded that the saints will be overcome by the beast. Now we confirmed this in Daniel 7 and Revelation 12 and 13 so a third time should be a charm. Revelation 11:7:

“And when they (Mature Sons of God) shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war with THEM, AND SHALL OVERCOME THEM AND KILL THEM!

Need we say it anymore! Now we have 3 scriptural references to the same situations. But look what happens to those who died. Their bodies lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt for 3 and ½ days (Revelation 11:8-9) and those that dwelt on the earth celebrated the death of these two prophets that tormented them on the Earth (Go back and read Revelation 11:5,6) and after 3and ½ days the Spirit of Life from God entered into them and they stood up and were ascended up to Heaven.

Before I close I want to explain the great city spiritually called Sodom and Egypt. Now there is no city called Sodom and Egypt. Sodom was in Northern Israel and Egypt was South of Israel in Africa. So what could this mean? Sodom represented the sexual immorality. Egypt represented slavery and oppression. When the Demonic Kingdom comes to the Earth the Antichrist will be in the city of Jerusalem and those of the city of Jerusalem will allow the spiritual wickedness to abide there. The great city is Jerusalem but spiritually it will be like Sodom and Egypt.

Now I want to say this. I know there are people and preachers stating that the church will be “raptured” before all of this and let me without a doubt based on the scriptures say, we will be here when this happens! Might as well know the truth! If the church would not be here when the demonic hit the Earth why are they waging war with the saints? Are not the saints also the church? Now whether we are here when this happens or our sons and daughters or grandchildren see this, we better start preparing by getting knowledgeable about the Word of God because it says they overcame the beast by the blood of the Lamb. We as a global church need to really get on the ball and learn the truth and not go about saying what we hear all the time because it could be wrong. But as you have read for yourselves the saints, the church will still be here when the demonic come on the Earth.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Great War: The Plan of the Enemy Part 2

Today’s Topic: The Great War: The Plan of the Enemy Part 2 – The Power of Understanding

Scripture: Daniel 7; Revelation 13:1,2

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

We are continuing to examine how the enemy will overcome the saints and what is his plan. God has shown us in scripture but we need to take the time and allow Him to shed some light (knowledge) on what is coming in the time to come. Now we left off with discussing the vision that Daniel saw in His dream.

Daniel 7:15

Now after seeing all of this Daniel was grieved in his spirit because of the visions he saw. Now let’s put ourselves in Daniel’s place for this message. Here we see 4 unique looking beasts in this order and the order is important.

1. A Lion

2. A Bear

3. A Leopard

4. A Beast with 10 horns

Now if we had seen this what would be the very first thing that you would say after seeing this? What is the meaning of all of this? See we have visions all the time, but how many of them do we ask God to show us the meaning. The meaning is vital because it allows you to apply what you see. But when you do not ask for interpretation, none comes. But I said the order of this is important and let me show you because there is a sharp correlation to Revelation in this book of prophecy. Now I we will see a slight glimpse into the plan of the enemy here. Revelation 13:1-2: Here the Apostle John writes what he sees and a sees a great beast rising up out of the sea, familiar? The beast had seven heads and 10 horns and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Now the beast which John saw was LIKE UNTO A LEOPARD AND HIS FEET WERE LIKE A BEAR AND THE MOUTH OF A LION. Are these the same creatures that Daniel saw almost 500 years ago from that point? Absolutely, let’s see how because I can see where we might get confused. Once again it is about understanding. When Daniel was shown the vision he was looking FORWARD in time so the order we saw was this:

Lion, Bear, Leopard w/4 heads, Beast with 1o horns. Now when John saw this in Revelation he was looking BACKWARDS so hence you see the Beast, the Leopard, the Bear and the Lion. But what should capture you is that the beast is a combination of the four separate beasts of Daniel. Let’s check: 10 horns, 7 heads (1 Lion, 1 Bear, 4 Leopard, 1 Beast). So what should this tell us automatically about what Daniel is seeing? These four separate beasts will eventually be one great terrifying beast because remember in Daniel 7:12 it states that the rest of the beasts (Lion, Bear and Leopard) had their dominion taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. This lets me know that the lives of these beasts are temporary. The spirit of Understanding shows us the unique correlation and consistency between what God showed Daniel and what God revealed to John. But let’s get back to Daniel because I want to walk to the answer to this vision and the plan of the enemy.

Daniel 7:16

Obviously after a dream like that Daniel wanted to know the meaning. But first it is clear that the vision or prophecy God was showing Daniel was symbolic because it is requiring interpretation. Think about this! God knows where Daniel is physically and mentally. God puts the vision in such a way that Daniel will at least have a picture or a foundation of what God is trying to show him. When we do not get understanding, wisdom and knowledge are almost useless because we do not know how to apply the truth and what to do with it. God knew after seeing that dream that Daniel will ask for understanding and did he? Yes he did because the scripture says this: “I came near to one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all of this. So he told me and made me know the interpretation of these things. Now the person who told him this and I have a hunch here it was an angel and the reason I said this is because later on, Daniel will pray to God and an angel will respond to give him skill and understanding (Daniel 9:21,22) on the issue troubling him.

But I want to stress is because this seems to be so outside of our carnal mindset you need God to show you the meaning of such things. Daniel asking for understanding and in the next message we will see the interpretation and the revelation. Please continue to read and study with us as we look at the End of the Age and the Return of the Lord.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Great War: The Enemy's Great Weapon Part 1

Today’s Topic: The Great War: The Enemy’s Great Weapon Part 1

Scripture: Daniel 7; Revelation 9:4,5; Revelation 20:12,13;

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

God leaves no stone unturned and He wants you to know the plot of the enemy. See we have talked about so much and in the last message and we ended with a powerful revelation of how the saints would be defeated at that time. Now the question that should burn in our minds is how will this be achieved? We talked about the demonic coming out of the Abyss and tormenting those who do not have the seal of God in the foreheads (Revelation 9:4,5) and then at another point in time they will make war with the saints once the mature sons of God are born there will be this battle on the Earth. Now we asked the question how will this happen? I believe this will have to be a multiple message answer so please take the time and really read the scripture daily. Now is it not amazing how God will show someone something over 2500 years ago and even today you can see the very revelation or coming together of a prophecy in these times. Let us look at Daniel 7:

Daniel 7:1-3

In these first 3 scriptures we see an introduction to this powerful dream that Daniel has and he wrote the dream and now the rest of what is said is what is in the dream. Now remember we did a message on prophecy back when we discussed the Seven Spirits of God and the spirit of Understanding. And we also discussed how God will show us dreams and these dreams can either be symbolic, requiring interpretation or actual meaning what you see is exactly what will happen. So let us look at this dream and see what God was trying to show Daniel. Right off the bat in verse 3 Daniel sees four great beasts coming from the sea and each of them was different from the other. Now we are ok so far.

Daniel 7:4-6

Now Daniel starts describing these beasts. First there was a lion with eagle wings. And this lion stood up like a man and a man’s heart was given to it. Second, there was bear that had 3 ribs in its mouth and it was commanded to devour much flesh. Third, there was a leopard which had 4 wings and four heads and dominion was given to it. Ok, I know these are some weird creatures but this is what Daniel saw.

Daniel 7:7-8

Now Daniel sees this fourth beast and said it was dreadful, terrible and strong. It had iron teeth and devoured things and broke in pieces the things it stepped on with its feet. Now Daniel makes the point to point out that this beast was so different from the others before it because it had 10 horns. Daniel continues describing this terrifying beast, Daniel sees a little horn comes up amongst the ten horns and three of the ten horns were uprooted and plucked up by this one. Now this horn had eyes of a man and speaking great things. What a beast but as you can see of all the beast that Daniel saw, he was really intrigued by this fourth beast.

Daniel 7:9-14

Now this is so powerful that I have to get through this before I end this message. Now Daniel sees the Ancient of Days sitting on the throne. He describes Him as having a garment as white as snow, hair like pure wool, throne like a fiery flame with wheels of burning fire. Now this is awesome. Now a fiery stream came from before Him and thousands ministered, or served Him. The judgment seat was set and the books were opened. Now we discussed this in a past message on the Books of Heaven (Revelation 20:12,13). Now because of the words the horn was speaking from the fourth beast, the beast was slain and the body destroyed and given to the burning flame. Now I could tell you what this means but I want the scriptures to tell you and at this time Daniel still did not understand what he was seeing. So let’s stay with him for now. Now the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away and their lives were prolonged but for a season and time. Now Daniel sees one like the Son of Man (Jesus) coming with the clouds of heaven (Angels), and came to the Ancient of Days (God the Father) and they (Angels) brought Him (Jesus) near before Him (God the Father). And there was given Him (Jesus) dominion, and glory, and a Kingdom, that all the people, nations, and languages, should serve Him (Jesus). His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away and His Kingdom, that, which shall not be destroyed.

Now this is a powerful vision of the end of the age. But we have to at least get the foundation out there because in the next couple of messages we will see the meaning of all of this. You definitely do not want to miss this because we are discussing the great plan of the enemy.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Great War: The Foundation

Today’s Topic: The Great War: The Demonic vs. The Saints: The Foundation

Scripture: Genesis 6; Exodus 1 and 2; Matthew 2; Revelation 12 and 13

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now for the next few messages I want to show you this because it is easy to get caught up in the doctrine of rapture and all of these other teachings and never really hear the truth about an issue. From the very beginning of time and the age of man when Satan was cast out of the Highest Heaven to the second heaven (demonic), Satan has tried to destroy the program of God. He knew if he could cut off the bloodline that Christ would come through then that would ultimately result in the end of the covenant of God with Himself to have sons. Why does God want us to know this? We need to be prepared but if we do not know this then why is this even the case? Now how has Satan attempted to do this? Let me show you three examples.

Noah – Genesis 6

The program of God came from within one family of being over. Remember evil was continuously in the heart of mankind and God was grieved in his heart (Genesis 6:5,6) that he had made man. But grace was found in one man on the Earth and it was through that man that God would start the human race over through Noah and His family. If Satan or the demonic had got to Noah and contaminated his family with evil and sin then the program of God would have been over.

Moses – Exodus 1 and 2

Remember in the story of Moses when he was a newborn. A decree from Pharaoh went out into Egypt to kill the first born sons because the Israelites had grew in vast number and Pharaoh feared that they would rise up and take over the kingdom of Egypt so he made the decree in Exodus 1:22 to kill the firstborn sons and every daughter born can live. Remember Pharaoh was a type and shadow of the god of this world and who is that? Satan. Now if Moses’ mother would not have sent him up the river and Moses would have been killed then the program of God would have been over.

The Tribe of Judah

The reason I say the tribe of Judah is because when the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin were in Babylon and if the kingdom of Babylon would have destroyed the Tribe of Judah then that would have ended the program of God from the standpoint that it was prophesied that the Messiah would come through the Tribe of Judah and if the Tribe of Judah would have been destroyed then the Messiah could not come. This was just another way how Satan tried to destroy the program of God.

Jesus – Matthew 2

Do we remember when Jesus was born how Herod tried to trick the wise men into giving the location of where Jesus was born and when Herod realized he had been mocked by the wise men and told his armies to go kill all of the children that were in Bethlehem and in the coasts thereof from 2 years of age and under according to the time which Herod had inquired from the wise men. Now who was influencing Herod? Satan! Why? He was trying to kill Jesus and if he had succeeded then salvation for mankind would not have been achieved. But even as I am typing this I hear the Lord say all of the prophecies that were spoken from the Holy Spirit through the Prophets and the Law had to come true because it was God’s Word and His Word never fails. So we have a guarantee that if God has spoken these things to happen then you can rest assure that they will happen.

End of the Age – Revelation 12 and 13

Even at the end of the age Satan will try one last time to destroy the sons of God and end the program once and for all but he will be extremely angry because he has now only a short time (Revelation 12:12). Before this happens, this is foretold in the stars of our Heaven. Now when he is here he will wage war with the sons of God on Earth (Revelation 13:6,7).

Now as I close this out, I will make this statement because we talk about victory all the time but there is a time when the saints will lose. Yes, we will lose.

1. Daniel 7:25: “And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall WEAR OUT THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH…”

2. Revelation 13:6,7: “And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven and it was given unto him to make war with the saints, AND TO OVERCOME THEM:…”

Now we have 2 scriptures, one the vision God shows the prophet Daniel and the exact same vision given to the Apostle John in Revelation. So I know we will ultimately have victory in the very end but there is a time coming that the saints will lose and the scriptures have foretold these things almost 2000 to 2500 years ago.

In the next message we will look at how satan plans to wage war against the saints. I love God for this because it is only a mystery when you do not want to know but when God gives revelation then you have peace and are able to see things the way God sees them.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Fallen Angels: The Abyss

Today’s Topic: The Fallen Angels: The Abyss (The Bottomless Pit)

Scripture: Revelation 9:1-11

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now in the past message we stopped at Revelation 9:2. Today we are going to look at the Abyss and what it is, who is there and how will this pit impact the Earth. Now I want to go back to verse 1 and look at this angel because this angel has a name and it is mentioned in this very chapter. This angel is the ruler over the bottomless pit. His name is Abadon, in Hebrew and Apollyon, in Greek translated as The Destroyer. Now let’s start at Revelation 9:3 to continue at this powerful and revealing set of scriptures. Now we already know that the pit is now open and pillars of smoke are coming out of this pit and the smoke darkens the sun. But what is in the pit and what is going to come out of it?

Revelation 9:3-6

In this scripture it states that locusts came upon the Earth and power was given to them like scorpions. Now it is easy to see and be mislead if you stop here about these “locusts” because we would think these are insects but let’s see who God says they are. In verse 4 and 5 we see what these “locusts” are coming to do. They are called to torment all of the men of the Earth who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads. These “locusts” are not commanded to kill these people but torment them for five months. The torment will be so bad that in verse 6 it states that men will seek death. What a thought! We are afraid of death but the torment will be so bad that men will seek, actively for death but the scripture goes on to say that they shall not find death. Do you realize that God is in control of Death, the spirit! He is still under our Lord’s command. Is there no wonder why these people who choose not to follow Lord Jesus, the Christ are feeling the wrath of disobedience and rebellion? Now in these 4 verses we see these “locusts” on the Earth and their mission and assignment is also given. Now the revelation!

Revelation 9:7-10

Now John describes these locusts in detail and you tell me are these really locusts:

1. Shaped like horses prepared for battle (pretty large locust?)

2. Wearing crowns like gold

3. Faces of Men, Hair Like Women and Teeth Like Lions

4. Breastplates of Iron

5. Wings

6. Tails like Scorpions

Now it is obvious from this description that these are not locusts. These are the fallen spirits of the demonic. The crowns they wore as if they were gold tells me of their fallen state because true gold does not tarnish. They had faces of men, hair like women and teeth like lions. Obviously it is not an insect. They had wings. Now we have already concluded that these are the fallen angels of the demonic and their assignment is also given.

Revelation 9:11

These fallen angels had a king over them and his name was Apollyon (Greek) or Abadon (Hebrew). His name is translated as The Destroyer. So we have these forces of darkness and they have a king over them. Does not this describe a kingdom?

Now I want to point to this very urgent point. Now we know that in our stars in our heavens, a third of them will be flung to the Earth and this is symbolic or the demonic coming into the Earth. So how do they get into our dimension from the dimension of the eternal? Well if you read Revelation 9:3 you will see they come from the Abyss. So we now can conclude that the Abyss, or bottomless pit is the connection between our world of time and space and the demonic in the eternal. Now this Abyss is not a good place for these fallen angels and I want to show you. Remember back in Mark 5:1-19 where Jesus came in contact with the man possessed with the many devils in the tombs of the Gaderenes? Now when Jesus approached the man in verse 7 we see the spirits talking through the man to Jesus and said these words in Mark 5:7: “…What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.” Now is Jesus going to torment them per say? No! But he had the authority to cast them into the Abyss where they would be tormented. This is why the spirits made the request in verse 12 to go into the swine because they did not want to go into the Abyss. Now if the demons are scared of the Abyss, how terrifying could this Abyss really be? But I really want to conclude that this Abyss is the connection between our world and the demonic. Now when this Abyss is opened, the demonic will freely come into our world and into time and look like they were described as Revelation 9:7-10.

This is not some sci-fi picture nor is it some movie. These are not aliens and all of these mythical things we can think of. These are the words of our Lord and God through the angels and through the Apostle John. This is very simple and as you can see it is in your Bible in black and white and in some translations, in red also. We either will believe and have peace or not believe and live in terror. Currently at this time when we hear about devastating earthquakes and tsunamis and our hearts just nearly faint at the sight of these things. If you are not prepared, how do you think mankind react to the fallen spirits of the Abyss on Earth, face-to-face?

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Fallen Angels: From Eternity to Time

Today’s Topic: The Fallen Angels: From Eternity to Time

Scripture: Revelation 9:1-11; Joel 2:30,31; Matthew 24:29; Acts 2:17-19

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

I know we have discussed some out-of-this world information in the past few messages and we have because it is J. Now for many people this is either incomprehensible or to a Kingdom Citizen who is spiritually discerned it is revelation and food for the soul. What is sad is for many believers the Bible is a mythological book instead of a Book of Truth inspired by God for His children. You will either believe that what will be will be and when the demonic hit the Earth you will live in terror or you will hear from God, believe Him and have knowledge of what is coming. Now we have laid a large foundation on the demonic but after reading all of that someone who is hungry for the word will ask one question: “How will these fallen spirits come into our world”? Now what we will discuss if you are not spiritually minded will disturb your soul. Let’s look at Revelation 9:1

Revelation 9:1,2

Now here we have the fifth angel sounding the fifth of the seven horns and it says in scripture that a star fell from heaven unto the Earth. Now before we go any further in this message I stated before that depending on the context of the word star it can also mean angel. Now if there was a star falling to the Earth it could be called an Asteroid and this is where we get the word in Greek, Asterios. But this word also means angel. Now if we continue to read this verse alone then we will see that this is no mere star. The verse continues: “and to him…”. Now there is no doubt that we are talking about a being and not a falling star. He keeps confirming even further in the verse: “And to him was given the key to the bottomless pit” Now another name for the bottomless pit is Abyss and we will refer to it as such throughout the messages. Now this angel opens this pit and smoke comes out of the pit and the sun is darkened. Now the question should be to us? Where is this bottomless pit? For the answer, go back to the earlier portion on verse 1. The angel fell from where to where? He fell from heaven to earth. So if he fell from heaven to earth then the bottomless pit is located in the earth in our realm. It is not complicated to understand but if you allow your beliefs to creep in, you will be deceived. Now this angel opens the Abyss and smoke comes out, so much that it darkens the sun. Can we really fathom that? Now many preachers will try to say that this is from nuclear explosions or exchange and it has thrown debris into the sky and it has darkened the sun. Now for the sake of time I am going to show you this and then we will continue this in the next message because it is so much information. How is it not nuclear explosion? One thing I have learned is God confirms and destroys these myths in His Word. Let’s go to Matthew 24:29. Jesus tells us after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens be shaken. This is consistent with Revelation 9:1-11. Now let’s take a step further back to the Old Testament, Joel 2:30-31:

“And I (Jesus) will show wonders in the Heavens and in the Earth, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND PILLARS OF SMOKE. THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD COME.”

Now if God is prophesying this through Joel then you can rest assured that it will happen. Even after the resurrection of Jesus, the disciple Peter preached in Jerusalem in Acts 2:19-20 the prophecy of Joel to the people in Jerusalem. Why would God consistently say the same thing multiple times through different people? He is trying to warn us and prepare us so that we are aware of the things to come. Now in Revelation 9:1 John is privileged to see how the sun will be darkened. Clearly in the scripture it will be darkened by the pillars of smoke coming from the bottomless pit (Revelation 9:2). No nuclear explosion or massive volcano eruption but an angel who unlocks the bottomless pit.

In the next message we are going to look at the bottomless pit, what is in there and what does it mean for the Earth.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Signs in the Sun, Moon and Stars: The Demonic Kingdom Part 2

Today’s Topic: Signs in the Sun Moon and Stars: Demonic Kingdom Part 2

Scripture: Revelation 12:1-12

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now in the last message we look at the stars and what message they will entail for not only the Demonic Kingdom but also for the Sons of God. We are going to pick up where we left off in the last message in Revelation 12:5 and start with Revelation 12:7 and show you now the actual thing that is going to happen in the Earth as a result of what was shown in the stars.

Revelation 12:7,8

Here we have the final climatic battle between Michael and his angels and Satan and His angels and the outcome of this battle is given and told in verse 8. Satan and his angels lost the battle and were kicked out of the second heaven.

Revelation 12:9

Now in this verse we see confirmation that these fallen spirits were kicked out of the second heaven into the Earth because this verse tells us so. But I want to show you the correlation to another verse in the same chapter. In verse 4 we see the tail, or the influence of the dragon slinging one-third of the stars of heaven to the Earth. Now this might look like a meteor shower, I do not know but there will be falling stars in our Heavens signifying the demonic being cast to the Earth. Now I am going to tell you this ahead of time and will revisit it in another message. In the book of Revelation there are many cases where stars are also referred to angels. The term stars in the Greek is Asterios which means stars but it also means angels. But we need to understand the context the word is being used in. Now we have a clear correlation between what is shown in the constellations and stars to what is happening between the eternal and time.

Revelation 12:10,11

Now in this powerful scripture we see the salvation and strength and the Kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ (Anointed). Now I am tying verse 10 and 11 to show you the picture. Right here we have the full power of the Kingdom of God will be given to the saints on Earth. Now how do I know? Verse 11 says “They” overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb. The word they refer to the saints. In other words we will have fully mature saints or even better, the mature sons of God. Where have we seen this? Verses 2 and 5 show that the woman was pregnant and when she delivered and gave birth, she brought forth a man child who was to rule the nations with a rod of iron. Let us look at this term man child because I earlier stated that this child that was born was the mature Sons of God but here the child is referred to as a man child. This term man child is two-fold understood in the sense that it is a child because of its new birth and it is a man because it is mature. The term in Greek is Huios tou Theou or the Mature Sons of God. So verse 10 and 11 are referring to the child that this virgin is giving birth to from verse 2 and 5. Now I want to make this clear, if you read all of verse 11 there is a clear indication that these mature sons of God will die because it states that they loved not their lives unto death. Ok, for many of us we fear death because even though God has assured us there is life after death we live in fear of the unknown even though it is known because God has told us. It comes down to faith. But these individuals will be like Jesus and not fear death because they will understand why they are here and what their destiny is and do the will of God unto death.

Revelation 12:12

Now here we have two situations going on as a result of one action. The one action is Satan and the demonic being cast out of the heavens and there not being a place for them anymore there. So we see that the heavens rejoice over this triumph and removal of evil. But now we have a “woe” to the inhabiters of the Earth because the devil is come down unto you having great wrath because he knoweth that he hath a short time. Now I have said before this is one or maybe the only place in scripture where we see the devil being associated with time. Now why would he be mad about this? Because he is now subject to the realm of time and time ends at some point. Now throughout Satan’s existence is primary goal is to destroy the sons of God and destroy the program of God. He came within one family (Noah) of achieving this in the Old Testament for example. Now since he is now on Earth, he only has a limited amount of time to figure a plan of how to achieve this because before his exile out of heaven, he had eternity. So he is very angry and he has a plan because in Revelation 12:17 it states that he will make war with the remnant of her seed (The Mature Sons of God). Now how he will do this is another subject which we will look at later in this series.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Stars and the Demonic Kingdom

Today’s Topic: Signs in the Sun, Moon and Stars: The Demonic Kingdom

Scripture: Revelation 12:1-12

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now in a previous message we discussed that when Jesus shakes the Heavens, the demonic kingdom will be thrown out of the second heaven into the Earth. Now what we discussed is what is eternal being moved into the realm of time. Now if this happened without any warning, how do you think we as humans would react? Think about it for a second, the demonic fallen angels in person on Earth with wrath, fury and power. God says it best in Revelation 12:12 when he says “Woe to the inhabiters of the Earth.” So there has to be a warning because God knows our hearts will faint if we did not receive a warning. So where will our warning come from that we can see? Well if you read the last message then we know the answer will be in the stars. Now let’s look at this powerful set of scriptures to prove this and we will walk slowly.

Verses 1,2

Now this great wonder in Heaven of a woman with the sun and the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars is referring to the constellation Virgo. Now we know of the earthly virgin Mary giving birth to the Son of God and we will return to this. But this virgin has a crown of 12 stars. Now let me explain because it is all about the stars! There is a constellation called Virgo and now this constellation also has 12 stars that serve as a crown. The 12 crowns refer to a galaxy of stars called the Sombrero Galaxy. Now this galaxy has 8 stars currently but when the appointed time has come it will have 12 stars. So even here God is drawing a picture for us in the stars to show us what will happen on Earth. Now this virgin is with child and is crying out in birth pains until the child is delivered. Now this is not referring to Mary and Jesus. The child that will be born is the mature (perfected) sons of God and we will see this later in the scripture.

Verses 3,4

Now here it leads off there being a great wonder in the heaven and there is a great red dragon with 7 heads and 10 horns and seven crowns upon his heads. Now this is a creepy creature but who could this represent? It represented Satan, the great dragon. Now it says this dragon has 7 heads and 10 horns so what is that? This is describing the Demonic Global Kingdom that will come to the Earth when satan and his angels are cast out of Heaven. Now the 4^th verse goes on to say his tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the Earth. His tail represented, Satan’s influence. Remember when Satan (Lucifer at that time) was in the Highest Heavens, he was an angel of light and set the atmosphere of worship in Heaven. Because of sin, he realized that he could influence the heavenly beings (angels) and himself and one-third of heavens angels were cast from the 3^rd Heaven to the 2^nd Heaven where they, the demonic, reside currently for now. But it was his influence that got them cast out of heaven and now it is his influence that gets them cast to the earth. Please stick with me it will make sense soon. Now the dragon, Satan and his kingdom will try to devour the child that the woman was giving birth to. So we have a virgin giving birth to the mature sons of God and the dragon, satan and his kingdom, are set or poised to try to devour the sons of God.

So up to this point we have the constellations Virgo, Coma and Draco all in the same vicinity. Is this true now? Yes! Do your research! Now, this Virgin will give birth to the mature sons of God and the dragon and his kingdom will try to devour the mature sons of God.

For the sake of retaining and keeping everyone on board we will continue looking at the correlation in the stars to the actual events happening on Earth.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Coming of Jesus

Today’s Topic: Signs in the Heavens: The Coming of Jesus

Scripture: Genesis 1:14,15; Matthew 24:17,30; Haggai 2:6; Numbers 24:17; Matthew 2:1,2

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

In the last message we discussed that in Numbers 24:17 that there will be a Star that will come out of Jacob and we know that this was referring to the coming of the Messiah, Jesus. Now, this is where it gets good. In Matthew 2:2, the wise men stated that they saw “His star”. So out of the thousands of stars and planets and constellations how did the wise men know “His star?” Well remember we talked about the ancient Arabs studied the stars and named many of them along with the Romans and the Greeks. Now I am not giving man all the credit because God ultimately named these stars and their names had a meaning and purpose and we will soon see this. A great example is in the Book of Job 38:31,32 where God says “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades (Constellation of 7 stars) or loose the bands of Orion (constellation)? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth (constellations or 12 signs in the Heavens) in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus (Brightest star in the Constellation Bootes) with his sons? So here we have clear evidence of God having knowledge of the names of the stars before the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Now we want to lock in on what the wise men called “his star” or the star of Jesus. The name of the star in Hebrew is called Comah translated to “The Desired One” What a name! Later on that same star would be named by the ancient Egyptians and they called it Shes-nu which means “The Desired Son”. Now to prove that Jesus corresponded to the star called Comah or the Desired One let’s look at Haggai 2:6. In Haggai 2:6 it speaks of the coming of Jesus but it does not say Jesus it says that “the desire of all nations shall come”. So now we have a correlation of Jesus also being called the “Desire of all Nations”. Now the question to most astronomers is then where is this star located.

There is a constellation once called Comah and the name was changed to Coma Berenices and when Jesus was born, another star appeared in the constellation and was very bright. Now the constellation itself is brighter than our own sun, but it is also 27 light years away so this is why it is not brighter than the sun we see because our sun is obviously closer. But on this night the wise men saw a new star show in the constellation Coma Berenices and this let them know that the Desired Son was on Earth. Ok, does that mean we need to know some of these stars? Of course we do because God put them there to be a sign to let us know the eternal is impacting the earth.

The appearing of this star was not a coincidence and was not just a Christmas story. God is telling us something and he is using pictures in the sky to tell us. Now if we look at Matthew 24:30, Jesus Himself tells us that there shall appear a sign (singular) of the Son of Man in the Heaven. Now here Jesus is talking about His return. So what do you think that this sign could possibly be? How about the same sign that the wise men saw over 2,000 years ago in the East. The star that will shine in the constellation Coma Berenices to let us know that the Desired of all Nations, The Lord Jesus, the Christ has returned. God is not trying to fool us or hide anything. However, He will only show you what you want to know. How could the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes, chief priests and the elders miss it? It was in the same scriptures that the wise men had but when you are greedy for power and religion has taken a hold over your life then you will miss it. Is it no wonder that the chief priest, Pharisees and Sadducees had such a problem with Jesus making the claim that He is the Son of God?

So in the first coming and in His return there will be a sign in the Heavens to let us know that the Lord has returned. We are going to continue to look at the sings we will see in the stars to let us know of the events that will bring about the Return of the Lord. Because before this star appears, there are other events that God will warn us through the stars of the eternal impacting the earth. In the next message we will look at this, how will we know when the Demonic Kingdom is coming and on earth? Obvious answer, it is in the stars and we will look in depth at this next message.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.