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Aren't you glad to have this guy back? We even let him put his message title on the COVID of our magazine this month.
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Wow.
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Anyway, this is my friend Gary Stearman. We've been together now for nine years at Prophecy Watchers, 30 years in ministry together. We've become close friends, followed Gary's ministry long before I came to work with him. And all I can say is he's one in a million. You've got the microphone now.
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Thank you very much. Thank you. Bob and I are beyond good friends, let's put it that way. Today I'm going to be talking about and I'm going to try to make it as quick as possible because we're a bit short on time. I'm going to be talking about the rainbow and the biblical rainbow. This, the thought behind this presentation came to me a few months ago. I began to think about what the Bible says about the rainbow. And it looked to me like there was a prophetic message there and that the rainbow is more than it seems to be. In fact, when you look at a rainbow, what do you see? Well, you see something that turns your head, it grabs your attention. It is, if you will, an ultimate emblem. And we're going to review what the Bible says about rainbows. The biblical rainbow marks an earth, earth changing event that we've all read about. And of course, virtually everybody knows that it's the symbol of God's covenant with Noah. And if God says something, you should listen. And he says, I'm putting the bow in the cloud as a token of what I have done for humanity. And everybody, whenever they see a rainbow, should think about this and think about the covenant. And by the way, do you do that when you see a rainbow out there somewhere? Do you say that's God's covenant? Actually, in our age, we're so inured to science that we think of the rainbow more as an artwork. I think of it still in that covenantal way. God's covenant with Noah, his promise extends from the end of the Great Flood to the present day, by the way. And it is the symbol of God's power. And in a few minutes we'll see another exhibit of that fact. Now, after the Great Flood, God spoke to Noah and he said, this is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you for perpetual generations. The covenantal rainbow. I do set my bow in the cloud and it shall be for a token of the covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud. The bow is dramatically beautiful, but it also sends a very strong message. And the. There's something about a rainbow. And in a minute we'll kind of think about those things. Genesis 9:15 says, I'll remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature. And all flesh. The waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud. And I will look upon it that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every. Every living creature. Every living creature. Think about that a minute. God is putting kind of an emphasis to Noah, but also to us of all flesh. The water shall no more become a flood and destroy all flesh. And a bow shall be in a cloud. And I will look upon it that I may remember the everlasting covenant. And. And I want you to just think about the last time you saw a rainbow. Maybe it's while you were driving. Maybe it appeared to come down to Earth at both ends and there's always the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. You know, I wonder why that. That myth developed about the pot of gold. Actually, it's more than a pot of gold. It's a covenant with God and God, it's a promise of. Of God's grace. And it's fascinating to me that he used that symbol. Maybe you saw a double rainbow sometime, or maybe a circular rainbow. I know when I used to fly, circular rainbows are common. You. You look down at the clouds and there will be a huge circular rainbow. And you look at that and it's just so beautiful. You kind of forget you're flying for a while and then you have to level up. But it's. You think about God and the covenant. I do. When I see that rainbow. Think about the last time. Oops. Here we go. There you go. This apparatus has been changed slightly over the one that I ordinarily use. And so you'll have to excuse me. That double or circular rainbow is. Has a message, and I am. Is this thing moving? Okay. Anyway, no matter what kind of a rainbow you saw, it carried an emotional impact. And that. This is what I'm getting at. I've begun to think about the rainbow in a way that I never have before. And that's what I'm going to deliver to you here in just a few moments. You are amazed. Something emotional is touched in you when you see that rainbow. It projects power. In fact, it's just A cloud, little minuscule droplets reflecting and refracting the sunlight. And you think, well, it's just a naturally occurring event. Of course it is. But God attached something to it. And all that being said, let's look at another rainbow. There is another rainbow that we haven't mentioned yet. This one in the book of Revelation, after John's prophecy of the seven churches in Revelation. And you've all read this, I know, a dozen times he hears a trumpet. After this I looked, behold, the door was open in heaven. The first voice which I heard was a trumpet talking with me which said, come up hither. Which is the Jacobean way of saying, come on up. And I expect to hear those words very soon. And I will show thee things which must be hereafter. And then John is up in heaven, he goes up there and what does he see? He sees a rainbow. He says immediately, I was in the spirit. And behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a Jasper and a sardine stone. In other words, God looks like precious jewels. And there was a rainbow cloud round the throne in sight like unto an emerald. I've never seen an emerald rainbow. One of these days I will. And I will think immediately about how God associates himself with the image of the rainbow. There must be something special about that image. And round about the throne were four and 20 seats. And upon the seats I saw four and 20 elders sitting clothed in white raiment, and they had on their heads crowns of gold. What a scene. Think about that. Every time you think about the catching away of the church where we're going, it's phenomenal. And after this John sees a scroll I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book, a scroll written within and on the backside with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof. And no man in heaven or in earth either, under the earth was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. This seven sealed scroll that's in the Bible and you've all read about it, seems to be sort of a sealed indictment. It's got a list of charges on it against humanity, against the inhumanity of history. It's opened progressively, inflicting a great and long promised punishment upon the guilty humanity. Now when you see the Lamb beginning to open the scroll, he progressively opens the seven seals. Scroll and seal number one sends forth a conqueror, the antichrist. And I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it was the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, come and see. And I saw and behold a white horse. And he that sat on him had a bow and a crown was given to him. And he went forth conquering and to conquer. And we've all read this. I've read it for years and years, but lately something brought me back to the word bow there. I think you probably know what I'm getting at, since we've been talking about rainbows. But this bow is a symbol. It's a power symbol. The Antichrist is satanically gifted, but how will he secure his power? Is it going to be by means of a political coup or through military action? How will the world be persuaded to accept him? Now, remember, the Antichrist precedes. He comes before the red horse of war. He comes before the black horse of famine. He comes before the pale green horse of death. And he carries a bow. Is he a warrior? And I bet I'm just like you. All my life in church, I've heard people ask pastors, pastor, why doesn't the Antichrist have any arrows to go with his bow? And the pastor scratches his head and says, well, he probably has some arrows, but, you know, that might just be an assumption. And, well, that's not important right now because he's not used his arrows just yet. And that got me thinking, yeah, he's got a bow. What kind of a bow is it? In the New Testament? Greek, his bow is called toxan. That's the Greek name for a bow. In Revelation 6:2, you see there in red, the Greek word toxon, which is bow. He has a bow. He's sitting on a white horse, he's got a bow. And it is the common Greek term for something that has the shape of a bow. In other words, it means more a bow shape than it does anything else. But wait, there's more. In the Greek translation of the Old Testament, which is called the Septuagint, the same word, the same Greek word toxon, is used to describe God's rainbow, the one that he put up in the sky and told Noah, now look at this bow. This is a token of the covenant that I made between myself and humanity. And it just has begun in the last few months to haunt my thinking a bit. That toxan that occurs back in the days of Noah and the other toxon that's being sported by the Antichrist, it's a signature of God's covenant. Most interestingly, God's covenantal bow then, and Antichrist's bow are both called by the same name, Toxan. And so let's consider that the Antichrist bow. The purpose of that bow is to steal God's credibility and authority, to steal the symbology that God put up in the sky for Noah to look at and fall for all the rest of us to look at. Its image will be, will broadcast a more than mere earthly power. In fact, it might be called the Antichrist symbol of godlike authenticity. Look at the bow. It sends a rallying cry to the world. Now, dictators of the past have. Have all sought to project symbolic power. It's common. It's done. You got to have the right PR if you're a dictator. Joseph Stalin had his hammer and sickle. The hammer and sickle is universally the Marxist mark of power. It projects power into the minds of the viewer. Adolf Hitler stole an occult symbol from the religions of the east, and he adopted the swastika as his power symbol. And it was everywhere. And it was what he held up to say, follow me, follow the power of the swastika. Nikita Khrushchev. The hammer and sickle. Matitung. He had the dragon, but he also has the. The hammer and sickle. And first there are other dictators. They all have symbols of power. Antichrist comes with the image of the bow. But how does this secure his power? I have a suggestion. Likely God's promise in the rainbow has been stolen. It's been stolen. And that's what I'm going to get to right now. This has been haunting me lately. The wreck. The. The rainbow is a globally recognized rallying symbol today, and it is universally being called the bow of pride. Have you read about that? Have you seen the papers, books and television? It's the bow of pride now. And the bow of pride is being used to rally support and to rally obedience, if you will. This bow of pride is now even being seen in what are called pride marches. And I'm sure you've seen a few of those pride marches on television and other places. I found a few examples. Now here is an example of the. The bow of pride. And I don't know what you think of when you see this example, but I think of that beautiful bow and God's covenant. And now it's been brought down to street level. Are you following what I'm thinking? It's a stolen symbol and it really bothers me. You know, I'm always bothered when something is stolen. And this one really is a big one, as Far as I'm concerned, the Bow of Pride has already been adopted by leftists, by gender benders, socialist revolutionaries as we speak today. First John 2. 18 little children. It's the last time. And as you've heard, the Antichrist shall come. Even now there are many Antichrists whereby we know it's the last time. And yes, we do. The Bow of pride. How's the Antichrist going to gather his flock to say, look at what I have. Follow me. How is he going to do that? I think of, and I look at the, at the what, what the rainbow has become, and I think maybe you might agree with me that it's, it's been trashed. And by the way, the rainbow has lately been projected on the British Parliament building and a lot of other important buildings, buildings around the world. And, and it's. I've heard it referred to as the bow of Pride in a lot of different places, a lot of different publications. Well, as my daddy would have said, it ain't no bow of pride. By the way, it was. You may remember that the Bow of Pride was projected on the White House. How does that, what does that do to you? To see this, it might open your eyes just a little bit. Global forces have been shifting along lines that will enable the Antichrist rise to power. He's out there. International wealth, military power are rising in a way that foresees a global dictatorship. That is to be his destiny. And he's got his flock out there. And I want to suggest that even today the bow, the rainbow has been established as the bow of pride. Want you to remember those words, so the next time you hear it used, you'll think, wait a minute. The bow, which was the bow of God's covenant and the New Testament, there's the bow held up by the man on the white horse. And I just want to suggest, without being dogmatic, that the bow held up by the man on the white horse might just be a bow of pride and it might just be stolen from God to be used as a rallying emblem to call people together. In fact, it's already being used that way at street level right now. And I think you're probably aware of that. Just a little something to think about. Now. Here's God's covenant, double rainbow. And the next time you see that bow, just look up and thank God. Lord, I God, I thank you for what you have done and what you have given humanity. Even though this is a sinful planet and we have grievously sinned, we've found reconciliation through you. And I thank you for the emblem that you have put in the sky. You know, you're driving down the road and you see this incredible rainbow and you almost run off the road sometimes. It's just amazing. And then you go home and say to everybody, I saw the most amazing rainbow. Were you looking out the back window? No. Well, you should have been, because there was a rainbow out there and boy, that was beautiful. And that's what God wants us to remember. And that's what I would like us to remember. Little children, it's the last time and as you have heard, that Antichrist shall come. Even now there are many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time. Who's a liar but he that denieth, that Jesus is the Christ, he's the Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son. I want to apologize for the graphics here. I had to use a slightly different graphic interpreter here and it may have been a little herky jerky, but I hope you got my message and that you'll be thinking you'll the next time you see the bow of pride than you miss you very much. May the Lord bless you all. I thank you all for coming here. I hope you'll share with your friends and your neighbors what you heard here and put them on the alert because frankly, we may not have that much time I it I I the feeling. And by the way, we don't go by feeling, do we? We go by fact and faith now we go by feeling. And I have a feeling that things are happening very, very fast now and you may not have very much time to get out there and evangelize. So I hope that you're encouraged to do so. May God bless you all. And may all God travel with you as you return to your homes. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Thank you.