Friday, September 4, 2026
God said “Do not quench the Spirit” (1 Thess. 5:19). The same Spirit we’re told not to quench is the same Spirit of whom Jesus said “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me” (John 15:26). Then Jesus further declared “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come” (John 16:13). And Jesus Himself said “I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak” (John 12:49). The question you must ask of yourself is, have you prepared in the end-time testimony of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit? Time is very short.
The evangelical church by its rebellion against the truth, [and Jesus is “the truth” (John 14:6)] is unprepared for the seven-year Tribulation because it has both quenched the Spirit of God and the testimony of Jesus and has quenched the authority of God the Father by whom Christ spoke. And evangelical leadership which claims to be Spirit-led should know better, but has largely rebelled against the truths and testimony of Jesus which was confirmed by His Spirit post-Pentecost. This is true as neither Jesus nor His Spirit made the gathering of His elect multiple choice between the pre-trib, mid-trib, pre-wrath or post-trib resurrection rapture and gathering of His elect. No, Jesus and His Spirit, both speaking by the authority of God the Father spoke only one truth saying that Christ gathers “His elect” “Immediately after the tribulation” (Matt. 24:29–31). But literally tens of millions of professing believers turn away from that truth to embrace the deceivably ungodly lie of the Dispensational pre-trib rapture. Many in their stubborn unbelief and rebellion will be swept to destruction because Jesus said: “Then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another” (Matt. 24:10). Offense, betrayal and hatred are all Antichrist values.
John Nelson Darby (1800–1882) and Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (1843–1921) who plundered the church with Dispensational deception and lies together with all preachers/teachers promoting the same have participated in destroying the end-time testimony of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life” (Gal. 6:7–8). The teachings of pre-trib, mid-trib and pre-wrath resurrection raptures are all positions sown in the flesh because they suit the flesh, but disagree and rebel against the truths of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
Proponents of the Dispensational pre-trib rapture, when confronted with the truths of what Jesus and His Holy Spirit taught of the resurrection rapture, often reply with, but “God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess. 5:9). But what they don’t discern is the key word “appoint”. It’s absolutely true that God did not “appoint” believers to wrath, but as with any choice, if believers ignore the truth they will suffer wrath due wholly to their own unbelief of the truths of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit for the resurrection rapture. For example: if one has a vehicular accident due to ignoring DMV law he or she could never say that the licensing DMV “appointed” him or her to an accident. If a structural engineer fails to obey correct engineering criteria in the development of a building and there is a subsequent collapse, that engineer could never say the credentialing authority “appointed” his or her failure in that building collapse. The same principle applies to God’s wrath in the tribulation.
Let’s understand another very important truth: God’s wrath is what 1 Thess. 5:9 has in view. It’s not the same as Antichrist’s wrath. All true believers will, especially in the first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation, experience Antichrist’s wrath. Jesus made it very clear, “If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you” (John 15:20). And Jesus further explicitly taught that “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master” (Matt. 10:24). On that basis alone we must be expectant of persecution and alienation from what we categorize as normal life. But the problem is that many professing believers errantly set themselves above the possibility of persecution and wrath of Antichrist which is a deception and lie of Dispensational teachings. Such people ignore the end-time truths of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit to their own selfish demise. I’m concerned that many will not realize the fruit of their unbelief before it’s too late.
To say the evangelical church is unprepared for the seven-year Tribulation is an understatement. Even United States V.P. JD Vance says: “Not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us”. (Source) He further clarified his position saying: “I think that there are things about the world that make me feel not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us. But again, I try not to focus too much on it.” Well, I have news for JD Vance and all other professing believers. You better focus on that truth because it’s true. Antichrist is absolutely walking among us right now! Antichrist is alive and well and on the cusp of being revealed. The start of his reign will be made known by the two witnesses of Rev. 11:3: “And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” That 1,260 days will be the first half of the tribulation and those days will be dominated by the will of Antichrist.
At the middle of the 7-year tribulation Antichrist breaks his Dan. 9:27 “covenant with many” to establish himself as God according to 2 Thess. 2:3–4. At that point the unbelieving Jews of Israel will realize they’ve been deceived by Antichrist whom they hailed as messiah at the beginning of his 7-year Dan. 9:27 covenant. At that time millions of unbelieving Jews of Israel will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, Messiah who came 2,000 years ago and suffered Calvary for whoever will believe. It will then become hell on earth as Christ said “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake [note that the elect are still on earth] those days will be shortened” (Matt. 24:21–22). Believers are the elect! If you’re a believer, then you’re the elect and you will be right here on earth during Antichrist’s 7-year tribulation. The decision and choice to believe is entirely yours. You say you love Jesus?
Jerusalem, Israel is the epicenter of the reign of Antichrist who authorizes unbelieving Jews to restart offering animal sacrifices for sins. Of course, animal sacrifices for sin is an abomination to the Lord Jesus Christ who suffered Calvary. “For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God” (Rom. 6:10). But Antichrist allows Israel the animal sacrifices until the mid-point of the seven years. And when he breaks his own covenant, Jesus says to believers “when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes” (Matt. 24:15–18). It’s important to study this passage along with Jesus’ similar teachings at Luke 17:31–37). The time will be dire and very urgent as Antichrist then mandates his “mark of the beast” (Rev. 13:16–17).
At the middle of Antichrist’s 7-year tribulation God has a place of safety and provision for His true watchful believers, see Rev. 12:6 and Rev. 12:14. But accessing that provision is reserved only for those watchful believers, for “the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers” (1 Peter 4:7). Jesus Himself said “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man” (Luke 21:36). That “escape” is not the rapture, but is one’s flight under one’s own strength; it’s Strong’s #G1628 meaning “to seek safety in flight” similar to Acts 16:27 and Acts 19:16. It means “to escape” similar to 1 Thess. 5:3, Heb. 2:3, Rom. 2:3, Heb. 12:25 and 1 Cor. 11:33 where Paul “was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and he escaped from his [Aretas the king’s] hands”. (Source) Indeed, that “escape” to God’s safety and provision is reserved for those who are “counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass” at the time and onset of the “great tribulation” (Matt. 24:21) as Jesus warned us believers about.
Time is dangerously passing away and given the seemingly innumerable distractions of wars, violence, legal turmoil, cultural mandates, fake science, technologies, AI, robotics, data centers, biometric and RFID implant chips, misinformation, disinformation, secular media and religious propaganda, lies, doubt, rebellion, children rising up against parents and much more, very few have the time or desire to discern the signs of the end-times. And all of that strategy is Satan’s doing. And most in mainstream Christian church leadership positions are seemingly spiritually blind as bats, non-discerning that this world is on a collision course of destruction and is being overtaken by a select wicked few who are working tirelessly to bring world nations and peoples under their control and to bring Antichrist onto the world stage for so-called remediation of all the world’s woes. We won’t have to wait too much longer before “the man of sin … the son of perdition” (2 Thess. 2:3) is revealed. Now is the time to prepare yourself and your loved ones.
I repeat: The evangelical church by its rebellion against the truth, [and Jesus is “the truth” (John 14:6)] is unprepared for the 7-year Tribulation because it has quenched the Spirit of God and the testimony of Jesus, and quenched the authority of God the Father by whom Christ spoke. That’s near what Jesus said of the Laodicean church: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see” (Rev. 3:15–18). Yes, the church has grown rich, lacking little to nothing as regards the commercial Hollywood wares the world has to offer.
If you’re born again by His Spirit then you’ll love and believe Jesus. Let Him be your Guide in life and these end-times. Make Him your First love. Proclaim His testimony. Defend His truths. Trust Him instead of pastors and teachers deceived by Dispensationalism. Free yourself! Listen.
My second book “ON EAGLES’ WINGS” explains in detail how to know Christ and find God’s Bozrah sheepfold of safety and place of provision for the last 1,260 days of the great tribulation.
Marlin J. Yoder
