Jim Bakker Show - Apocalyptic Evangelism | Joel Richardson
Aired: 2023-10-02
Duration: 03:08


=== End Time Prophecies (02:59) ===

[00:00:00]  It is vital.
[00:00:01]  It is vital that we know Jesus.
[00:00:02]  And Joel, I know that after everything we talk about, the first and foremost important message is Jesus at the end of the day.
[00:00:10]  And I thank you for being bold.
[00:00:11]  In a culture that would want to cancel your voice, you are still going out there and you're saying Jesus is the king and he is returning soon.
[00:00:18]  Amen.
[00:00:20]  Thank you.
[00:00:21]  For next few minutes, let's talk about the end time prophecies of Islam that are leading many Islams to fulfill the biblical prophecies.
[00:00:34]  So in the same way that we as Christians gather together and talk about, well, what events in the world are fulfilling biblical prophecy, Muslims have their own beliefs, their own prophecies.
[00:00:46]  And when you really get to know Muslims and even watch Islam YouTube these days, it's flooded with Muslim prophecies.
[00:00:57]  And they point to different events in the world.
[00:00:59]  They say, see, Muhammad's prophecies are being fulfilled really in a similar way that we do.
[00:01:05]  And interestingly, that is actually leading to a bit of a revival in the Islamic world where people are becoming Muslims because of the, I'll say, the evangelistic power of their prophecies.
[00:01:19]  And so it's a really fascinating thing.
[00:01:23]  ISIS, I use that as an example.
[00:01:24]  That's almost 10 years old now, eight years old.
[00:01:30]  They recruited 30,000.
[00:01:32]  Like, think about it.
[00:01:32]  As believers, we're praying for our children, our grandchildren.
[00:01:35]  They recruited 30,000 kids from all over the world, burn their passports, leave their families, leave their nations, sneak through Turkey to get to Syria.
[00:01:45]  That's a big risk because they believe that ISIS was the fulfillment of Islamic prophecy.
[00:01:51]  That's the power of prophecy.
[00:01:54]  But here's the thing.
[00:01:56]  That's a counterfeit.
[00:01:59]  That's right.
[00:01:59]  That's right.
[00:02:00]  It's not the real thing.
[00:02:01]  And if the counterfeit is that effective, I believe that we as believers, we need to learn how to handle biblical prophecy rightly for the purpose of what I'll call apocalyptic evangelism.
[00:02:13]  We need to be able to communicate to the younger generation, this is what the Word of God predicted.
[00:02:18]  This is what's happening in the earth.
[00:02:20]  The Word of God is true.
[00:02:22]  But so many Christians are afraid of prophecy.
[00:02:24]  They think it's weird.
[00:02:25]  They think it's fringe.
[00:02:26]  It's goofy.
[00:02:27]  And so they just put it on the shelf.
[00:02:28]  But the reality is this is exactly what Jesus and the apostles did.
[00:02:33]  They said, as it is written, they pointed to the words of the prophets to validate their message.
[00:02:39]  And I think as the church, we need to learn how to reclaim that weapon, that tool, if you will, because it's powerful.

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