Signs of the Second Coming Mega Trends

Extracted Verses and Quotes from the Sermon

Biblical Verses

Daniel 12:1-2

It leads to the time of trouble of Daniel 12:1 and 2 such as never has been since nations came into existence.

Revelation 13:5

The eschatological minority at the end of time will be hated by all men but they will be loved by God and they’ll be persecuted by the majority group.

Acts of the Apostles

Zeal for God and His cause moved the disciples to bear witness to the gospel with mighty power.

Zechariah (or Zephaniah)

Now talks about being prisoners of hope.

Memorable Quotes

“The freedoms we have today are not going to last for much longer.”

“When Jesus comes again this church will burn to the ground as will Portland as will every city in the United States and around the world and the only thing that will remain is the body of Christ and those who are saved.”

“The great reset is to move us from shareholder capitalism to stakeholder capitalism.”

“In stakeholder capitalism you have to consider every possible person or the environment that is impacted by the operations of your corporation.”

“Corporations act as agents of the state and this is a classic definition of World War II fascism.”

“CBDCs will centralize economic power in a way never seen before in human history.”

“With Central Bank Digital Currencies the most powerful person in the world will be the chair of the US Federal Reserve because at the touch of a button they will be able to switch you off or cut you out of the global economic system.”

“CBDCs will enable global censorship, deplatforming of alternate voices, socioeconomic exclusion of those who don’t fall in line with the dominant narrative.”

“The social credit system in China is designed to apply soft pressure in almost every aspect of your life so that you become a model citizen.”

“Income inequality is becoming so difficult in society that it leads to a Civil War.”

“America is now ideologically polarized and that polarization is affecting the Adventist Church in North America, our institutions, colleges, universities, hospital systems, unions and local congregations.”

“Critical theory is designed to destroy the Judeo-Christian foundations of the West and replace it with a secular and atheist Marxist state.”

“Critical theory says that all meaningful boundaries are to be blurred and the practical consequence is nobody knows what a woman is anymore.”

“Language must be deconstructed so that all words lose intrinsic meaning and thus communication becomes impossible.”

“Some groups are celebrated as victims, other groups are demonized as oppressors.”

“There will be a majority and a minority group at the end of time: the majority will receive the mark of the beast and the minority will have the seal of God on their foreheads.”

“The papacy claims the ultimate right to reorder society for what it determines to be the common good.”

“Sunday sacredness is an intrinsic part of the common good for all humanity according to the Catholic Church.”

“We need to prepare for underground house churches because there will come a day when it is no longer legally possible to meet openly.”

“Start to learn to love and trust those on the pews next to you because when push comes to shove that will be the only manifestation of the body of Christ you can rely on.”

“Choose hope and faith every morning because our redemption is drawing nigh.”

Other Quotations

Ellen G. White, Manuscript 114 (1899)

“There is great income inequality in the United States and the poor do not have access to food because the rich and powerful restrict the access of food and artificially raise the price.”

Pope Pius XI (1931, Encyclical)

“We lay down the principles long ago clearly established by Leo the 13th that it is our right that is the papacy’s right and our duty that is the papacy’s duty to deal authoritatively with social and economic problems.”

Vatican II (1965)

“It is the right of public authority to prevent anyone from misusing his private property to the detriment of the common good.”

Pope Paul VI (Popularum Progressio, 1967)

“All rights whatsoever including those of property and of free commerce are subordinated to this principle that is the common good.”

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 2188

“In respecting religious liberties, the common good of all Christians should seek recognition of Sundays and the church’s holy days as legal holidays.”

Pope Francis, Laudato Si (2015), Paragraph 237

“Sunday, like the Jewish Sabbath, is meant to be a day which heals our relationship with God, with others, with ourselves and with the world. Sunday is the day of the Resurrection, the first day of the new creation, whose first fruits are the Lord’s risen humanity.”

Pope Francis, Follow-up to Laudato Si (2023)

“Our world has become so multipolar and complex that a different framework for effective cooperation is required… to provide a response to new problems and to react to global mechanisms… establishing global and effective rules to provide for this global safeguarding.”