Aug 23, 2026 | www.GospelofJesusChrist.blog | River Wilde
(The views expressed in this article are my personal interpretations of the Bible, particularly concerning biblical prophecy and the end times. They have come to me through endless study of the scriptures, as well as frequent prayerful searching for TRUTH. They are offered for discussion, study, and personal reflection. I do not claim special revelation, nor do I speak on behalf of any church, denomination, religious organization, or its leaders. Readers are encouraged to study the Scriptures for themselves, seek God’s guidance through prayer, and draw their own conclusions.)
For just one moment, I would like to present a very “common sense” question for your consideration.
In scripture, we have been taught:
AMOS 3:7 (KJV)
“Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
This verse teaches an important biblical pattern: before God carries out major acts of judgment, He will first reveal His plans through His prophets, giving people warning and an opportunity to respond. He makes His counsel known through those He appoints to speak His Word.
God has done exactly as He has promised, revealing His plans for the end-times to His prophets. ALL of these 39 different prophecy events are recorded in the Bible, for all of humanity to read, learn and know.
So, here’s the question:
If God thinks that this information is important for those who are living on the earth, wouldn’t it make sense that a “prophet” of God would be teaching his members of the church all of these things that He has already revealed to His prophets, thousands of years ago, relating to OUR day… the End-Times?
I respectfully ask that you find one “logical” reason why he would NOT do this.
Let me begin addressing some of the “reasons” that I have actually heard “members” say:
Maybe he is protecting us from being afraid???
Do you know that there is one prophecy that actually ends with these words; “Wherefore comfort one another with these words?” It is the scripture used to teach us about God’s rescue plan, known as the Rapture:
1 Thessalonians 4:16–18 (KJV)
16 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
Where is the frightening teaching in this? God is telling us His rescue plan!!!!!!!
God will be soon be judging the earth to punish and defeat evil. This 7-year period of time is called the Tribulation Period. God intents on “pouring out His wrath” upon the earth, HOWEVER, like the scriptures state, this WRATH is not intended for those who are “in Christ.” They will be rescued from the earth BEFORE this Tribulation period even begins. Do you know about this rescue? Do you know what is required to ensure that you will be included? No? WHY NOT??????? It’s in the prophecies that God revealed to His prophets.
Why would a church leader NOT teach you about this rescue plan? Noah taught his people about the ARK, and how it would save them from the coming JUDGMENT of God through a flood of the earth. Can’t you see the deception that is going on here?
Well, maybe these prophecies are not true???
You can doubt me all day long, but why would you doubt GOD? These are not my teachings; they are Gods recorded plan of what He intends to do. Given to us by TRUE Prophets, and recorded in the bible.
Our “prophet” will tell us what we need to do. He has never deceived us; He will guide us???
Let me share a scripture warning that you prayerfully need to consider.
Matthew 24:24 (KJV):
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
Who is God warning in this scripture? Everyone, but certainly those who think that they are the VERY ELECT. The warning is for even the “Best of the Best.” They are the ones here who need a heads-up, because a false prophet shall deceive even those people.
What other religion has a “prophet” at the helm, and the members consider themselves the very elect? There are only two on the earth at this time, that I can find.
I must again respectfully inform you that, in my opinion, this “prophet” is actively deceiving its members by NOT teaching anything about God’s prophecies regarding the end times.
Let me show you a very clear example of how this deception, of not sharing the warnings that God has given to His prophets, places you at substantial spiritual risk.
At the beginning of the 7-year period, (The final 7 years on earth), a new world leader will immerge who is taught in scripture as the antichrist. He will come in peace, and all will adore this new leader. He is skilled and a master of deception. He will initially bring a peace into the world that has never been seen at this level before. People will think that an awesome leader has finally come to the world to save our nation as well as the entire world. (Are you seeing the trap begin to be set up? This coming leader will attract a great deal of people, but he will not be who he says he is.)
Halfway into the Tribulation period, the antichrist will actually state that he is not just a great leader, but he will declare that he is god. And, more frightening, will DEMAND WORSHIP from all mankind living on the earth.
But, how will he be able to force people to worship him? If you studied the prophecies that God has revealed, and SHOULD BE TAUGHT by your current leader, you would know.
Revelation 13:16–18 (KJV)
16 “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
The passage describes a system under the beast in which participation in ordinary commerce—buying and selling—is restricted to those ONLY who possess the mark, the beast’s name, or the number associated with his name. Revelation also portrays receiving the mark as far more than merely using an economic technology: it is connected with allegiance and worship of the beast (Revelation 14:9–11).
Taking the mark of the beast is far more than being able to function in society. A person is making a FOREVER pledge to follow this “false god” rather than our Father in Heaven! The mark of the beast is a very contract for your soul. Don’t you think that this might be another good heads up to receive from a church leader?
“There is a false god coming who will skillfully try to deceive all mankind into worshiping him for all of eternity, and will demand that you take his mark as proof. Oh, and by the way, if you take this mark, you will be cast into the lake of fire, and live with this false god forever.”
Not Important? Not true? Doesn’t apply to my church? Or…Simply being deceived? The LESS you know, the EASIER you will be to be deceived!
The church essentially teaches that the Second Coming of the savior is near. They say nothing about the FINAL SEVEN years on earth.
Do you know everything else that they are NOT teaching about this time period? It is not that simple. Jesus does not simply just come back, and then it’s all over. Let me briefly show you what your “prophet” is NOT teaching you:
1. The Rapture of the Church
- Scriptures: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; John 14:2-3; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
2. Wedding Feast of Christ
- Scriptures: Matthew 22:1-14; Revelation 19:7-9
3. Judgment Seat of Christ for Believers
- Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 14:10-12
4. 7-Year Peace Agreement Signed
- Scriptures: Daniel 9:27; Revelation 6:1-2 (context of covenant and peace)
5. 7-Year Tribulation Period
- Scriptures: Daniel 9:27
6. 7 Seals Opened
- Scriptures: Revelation 6:1-17; Revelation 8:1
7. The Temple Built in Israel – Likely upon the Temple Mount
- Scriptures: Ezekiel 40-48 (detailed temple prophecy); Daniel 9:27 (abomination set up in temple)
8. 144,000 Missionaries
- Scriptures: Revelation 7:1-8; Revelation 14:1-5
9. Two Prophets in Israel – Likely Elijah and Moses
- Scriptures: Revelation 11:3-12; Malachi 4:5-6 (Elijah)
10. The Antichrist and False Prophet
- Scriptures: 1 John 2:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4; Revelation 13:1-18
11. Deception
- Scriptures: Matthew 24:4-5, 24; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12; Revelation 12:9
12. One World Religion & World Order
- Scriptures: Revelation 13:7-8; Daniel 7:23-24; Revelation 17:12-13
13. The Desolation of Abomination – Antichrist declares he is god
- Scriptures: Daniel 9:27; Daniel 11:31; Matthew 24:15
14. The Mark of the Beast
- Scriptures: Revelation 13:16-18; Revelation 14:9-11
15. 7 Trumpet Judgments
- Scriptures: Revelation 8:6-13; Revelation 9:1-21; Revelation 11:15
16. 7 Bowls of God’s Wrath
- Scriptures: Revelation 16:1-21
17. Return of Jesus Christ
- Scriptures: Revelation 19:11-16; Acts 1:11; Zechariah 14:4
18. Battle of Armageddon
- Scriptures: Revelation 16:16; Revelation 19:19-21; Zechariah 14:2
19. 1,000 Year Millennial Reign
- Scriptures: Revelation 20:1-6; Isaiah 11:6-9; Micah 4:1-4
20. The Great White Throne Judgment for non-believers
- Scriptures: Revelation 20:11-15
21. The Lake of Fire
- Scriptures: Revelation 20:14-15; Revelation 21:8
Still trusting your silent “prophet” because you have been promised that he will never lead you astray? Have you researched where that promise came from? Was it God? It was by another “false prophet?” Who made this promise?
It was Wilford Woodruff, the fourth President of the LDS Church, who made the statement in 1890, in connection with the Manifesto ending the Church’s official practice of plural marriage.
He said:
“The Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as President of this Church to lead you astray.”
You will not find that promise from GOD that He will never allow a prophet to lead you astray in ANY scripture. You won’t even find this promise in Mormon scripture…
Just one leader of the same organization promising you that the church ‘prophet’ will never lead you astray. God never made that promise regarding ANY of HIS Prophets. Who is your final authority? God, or man?
It’s the same logic of trusting two car salesmen who work for the same company, that neither one of them will ever be dishonest in their sales presentation. That is the weight leverage that such a promise contains. It means NOTHING!
I want to get to something very important for you to consider. This is my own conclusion, and opinion. I am not making any “Statements of Fact” here, just my own thoughts.
To me, there is a STRONG piece of evidence that can not be ignored. Let me walk you through the process of explaining it thoroughly.
The church has recently stockpiled somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 Billion Dollars in its “Stock Portfolio.” This is the scarlet letter for me in identifying something very telling about the church, and their upcoming plans.
We are, I believe, weeks away from the rapture happening. People “in Christ” will be rescued as the scripture teaches.
I believe that there are some church leaders who are behind the stockpiling of this money that clearly KNOW that they will not be included in this rescue.
The logic is simple. “Why would a church gather this large amount of money, knowing that they will not be here to use it?” But let’s play this all the way through…
When they miss the rapture, it should demonstrate to you, or whoever is left on earth, that these people are not on “Team Jesus Christ.” If they were, again, they would have been rescued in the Rapture.
Even if you think that they are good holy men, they are not going to be rescued if they are not “in Christ”
And, if you are left behind as well, the first thing you ought to be asking is why am I still here on earth, for I thought that I was “in Christ?”
If a church member has not been Born Again, as taught by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, they will be left behind. And if left behind, the first thing that they are going to do is run to their church leader, the “false prophet” and ask what happened and seek their guidance.
I believe, this is where the trump card will be played by the church. It ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. Because of this person’s dedication to this prophet, they will do anything that the ‘prophet” says… which includes taking the mark of the beast.
Again, let’s follow the money into the tribulation period. No church, nor individual will have assess to their money UNLESS they take the mark of the beast.
The church cannot get to its $300 Billion dollars unless they take the mark. Perhaps you think that there is NO WAY that your church would ever do such a thing. Well, in this case, if they DON’T take the mark, all of that $300 billion dollars will go directly to the Beast… the antichrist. Does that sound like a good religious strategy, to raise all of this money for team satan?
To me. there isn’t any other scenario that fits with this money. They can’t give it out to the members prior to the antichrist enforcing the mark. A person can not use even cash to buy or sell unless they have the mark as well.
Now let’s continue with the “dark” scenario.
If you are left behind and so is your “prophet” and the mark of the beast is rolled out, and made mandatory to accept… If you trust your “prophet,” and he is explaining that the mark is really no big deal… It’s just to give us access to our ability to care for our families, would you take it, even if you knew that you were pledging allegiance to a false god? Can you see how this ‘factor’ now places additional pressure into making such a bad decision?
As warned through the prophets:
Matthew 24:24 (KJV):
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
But this time, the deception will cost you your very soul!
There is only one thing that matters right now, and has NOTHING to do with a church. You MUST be BORN Again as taught by Jesus Christ, and recorded in the New Testament. Being Born Again is NOT what your church has taught you. It is NOT Baptism and conformation. If you are counting on Baptism as the requirement, YOU HAVE BEEN DECEIVED.
Let me boldly declare that, if you are caught in the nets of deception from your church right now, it is going to be INCREADIBLY difficult for you when the antichrist shows up, and your “false prophet” is leading you through the final seven years on earth.
This time the stakes are much higher. Satan wants your soul, and has created the perfect deception in getting to the “Very Elect.” He has implemented a plan that God was trying to warn you about.
Who would have thought that a persons very own religion would be the cause of them losing their very soul?
If your current religious strategy is to follow a man with a special title, you might want to adjust who your final authority really is:
Proverbs 3:5–6 (KJV)
5 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
Psalm 118:8–9 (KJV)
8 “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.”
Jeremiah 17:5, 7 (KJV)
5 “Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.”
The door to the “ark” is about to be sealed. God can tell you how to get inside if you will only ask Him and study HIS WORDS. Go to the New Testament, for that is where the Gospel of Jesus Christ is taught.
For those of you who ignore what I am sharing today, just KNOW that when you miss the rapture, the stakes are very high. Do not trust any man at this time, only God…for your very soul is at stake.
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