Prophecy Update #699 – One Card To Rule Them All

Two-thousand plus years ago, the apostle John wrote about the future. He saw all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave… receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #699 – One Card To Rule Them All

Two-thousand plus years ago, the apostle John wrote about the future. He saw all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave…receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 8:1-11 – You Don’t Stone Me, I’m Not One Of Your Little Ploys

Jesus foils the plan of the Scribes and Pharisees to discredit Him by exploiting the woman caught in adultery. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 8:1-11 – You Don’t Stone Me, I’m Not One Of Your Little Ploys

Jesus foils the plan of the Scribes and Pharisees to discredit Him by exploiting the woman caught in adultery. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #698 – Take Your Stinking Hands Off Me, You Dumb Human!

Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, global government, the exponential growth of human knowledge, and the rebirth of national Israel are End Times phenomena the Bible predicts. All of these are increasingly trending in the news. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #698 – Take Your Stinking Hands Off Me, You Dumb Human!

Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, global government, the exponential growth of human knowledge, and the rebirth of national Israel are End Times phenomena the Bible predicts. All of these are increasingly trending in the news. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #696 – Hysteria Or Hysterical

Some believe Biblical futurists indulge in religious hysterics, but do the trends in the world today line up with what we read in the Bible? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #696 – Hysteria Or Hysterical

Some believe Biblical futurists indulge in religious hysterics, but do the trends in the world today line up with what we read in the Bible? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #695 – Crispr Critters

In the Days Of Noah, the angels mating with human females were able to affect and alter human DNA to produce this weird race called the Nephilim. It was an attempt to destroy humanity at a genetic level. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #695 – Crispr Critters

In the Days Of Noah, the angels mating with human females were able to affect and alter human DNA to produce this weird race called the Nephilim. It was an attempt to destroy humanity at a genetic level. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 25:1-18 – No One’s Ever Really Gone

Abraham and Ishmael die and are gathered to their people in the afterlife while the work of God continues in the family of faith. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Genesis 2:15-25 – This Lamb Is Your Lamb, This Lamb Is My Lamb, This Lamb Was Slain For You And Me

Adam and Eve’s sin demanded the sacrifice of lambs, the first of an uncountable number of lambs that would culminate with the final Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 2:15-25 – This Lamb Is Your Lamb, This Lamb Is My Lamb, This Lamb Was Slain For You And Me

Adam and Eve’s sin demanded the sacrifice of lambs, the first of an uncountable number of lambs that would culminate with the final Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 24:29-67 – I Just Walked 500 Miles, Now Let Me Walk 500 More

Abraham’s servant avoids distraction and delay in order to finish his quest to find a wife for Isaac. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Genesis 24:1-28 – The Runaway Bride

Abraham sends his servant to find a wife for Isaac in a faraway country, acting as a type of our service to the Lord and His providence in our lives. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #694 – The New World Oppression

The last book of the Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, very definitely predicts global government during the Great Tribulation. It is sometimes described as a One World government or the New World Order. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #694 – The New World Oppression

The last book of the Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, very definitely predicts global government during the Great Tribulation. It is sometimes described as a One World government or the New World Order. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 22:20-23:20 – Promises Made, Pilgrimage Kept

Sarah dies, but Abraham has nowhere to bury her. How would the father of faith respond in light of the many promises of God? (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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John 6:41-59 – You Are Who You Eat

The Jews are offended when Jesus insists that the one who eats His flesh and drinks His blood remains in His, and He in them. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #693 – Push Reset

The End Times we read about in the Revelation is a global, one-world, totalitarian government. The currency of its citizens will be controlled by a global economic system involving some sort of personal identifier. It sounds exactly like the world the Great Reset is openly promoting. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #693 – Push Reset

The End Times we read about in the Revelation is a global, one-world, totalitarian government. The currency of its citizens will be controlled by a global economic system involving some sort of personal identifier. It sounds exactly like the world the Great Reset is openly promoting. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 22:1-19 – Kill Your Darling

God asks Abraham to offer Isaac on Mount Moriah, a dress rehearsal for how Jesus would be offered in the same place to save us all. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #692 – We Are Lions

In His prophetic sermon we call the Olivet Discourse, Jesus said the End Times would be like it was in the Days of Noah, when fallen angels were attempting to corrupt and destroy the human race by altering our essential DNA makeup. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #692 – We Are Lions

In His prophetic sermon we call the Olivet Discourse, Jesus said the End Times would be like it was in the Days of Noah, when fallen angels were attempting to corrupt and destroy the human race by altering our essential DNA makeup. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 21:22-34 – Fair Water Friends

Abimelech notices that God is present in Abraham’s life and wants to make a covenant with him, but first they have to resolve water rights. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #691 – The Other Pandemic

The future seven-year Great Tribulation is described in detail in chapters six through eighteen in the Revelation. One of its key features is the global authoritarian government of the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #691 – The Other Pandemic

The future seven-year Great Tribulation is described in detail in chapters six through eighteen in the Revelation. One of its key features is the global authoritarian government of the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 5:30-47 – Searchin’ Searchin’, We Gotta Keep Jesus Searchin’

The Jewish religious authorities diligently searched the Scriptures but they were not looking for Jesus. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 5:30-47 – Searchin’ Searchin’, We Gotta Keep Jesus Searchin’

The Jewish religious authorities diligently searched the Scriptures but they were not looking for Jesus. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #689 – Panopticon

It is disturbing to think that governments are creating huge databases about each of us from a multitude of sources in order to better surveil us. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #689 – Panopticon

It is disturbing to think that governments are creating huge databases about each of us from a multitude of sources in order to better surveil us. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 20:1-18 – Tell Me Your Wife Story

Abraham relapses into an old lie, telling Abimelech that Sarah is his sister, causing terrible problems for both Abraham’s family and the Philistine nation. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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John 5:15-29 – Sabbath Day’s Alright For Working

Jesus stuns the Jewish religious authorities when He says that He and His Father have been working together on the Sabbath. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 5:15-29 – Sabbath Day’s Alright For Working

Jesus stuns the Jewish religious authorities when He says that He and His Father have been working together on the Sabbath. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 5:1-16 – 38 Special

Out of multitudes of sick people at the Pool of Bethesda seeking healing, Jesus singles out one man who has been infirm for 38 years. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 5:1-16 – 38 Special

Out of multitudes of sick people at the Pool of Bethesda seeking healing, Jesus singles out one man who has been infirm for 38 years. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #688 – Cashin’ Out

The prophecies we most discuss are those that predict a cashless, global economy, that is accessed by a personal identifier. During the future 7-year Great Tribulation, the world leader we call the antichrist will control commerce and travel, indeed every aspect of the lives of his citizens. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #688 – Cashin’ Out

The prophecies we most discuss are those that predict a cashless, global economy, that is accessed by a personal identifier. During the future 7-year Great Tribulation, the world leader we call the antichrist will control commerce and travel, indeed every aspect of the lives of his citizens. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #687 – Enhanced Meta Transhumans

Satan’s Nephilim were the first attempt at what today is called Transhumanism. It is “the improvement of human capacities through advanced technology.” Examples are cryogenics, virtual reality, gene therapy/RNA interference, space colonization, cybernetics, autonomous self-replicating robots, molecular manufacturing, mind uploading, and artificial intelligence. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #686 – Sophia’s Choice

We’re not saying the image of the Beast will involve AI. We’re saying that developments like AI are what you’d expect from reading your Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #686 – Sophia’s Choice

We’re not saying the image of the Beast will involve AI. We’re saying that developments like AI are what you’d expect from reading your Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 17:1-27 – The Futures Contract

God appears to Abraham and reveals more about His promises and a new responsibility Abraham and his sons will have. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #685 – Totally

The believers in the current Church Age will be resurrected and raptured. A strong world leader will rise to power sometime afterward and exercise totalitarian control of his citizens. He will require they swear allegiance to him. Anyone who refuses will be executed. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #685 – Totally

The believers in the current Church Age will be resurrected and raptured. A strong world leader will rise to power sometime afterward and exercise totalitarian control of his citizens. He will require they swear allegiance to him. Anyone who refuses will be executed. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 16:1-16 – The Sequel Was Terrible!

Abraham and Sarah try a disastrous plan to get themselves a baby, leading to strife, disappointment and scandal. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 20 – Hell? Yes.

In this chapter, the Holy Spirit goes to great lengths to let us know that there will be a real kingdom of Heaven on the earth, and that it will last one thousand years. It isn’t a metaphor for eternity; or for a long time. It’s real; it’s literal. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Isaiah 14:12-17 – iBad 6.66

In our last study, in Ezekiel twenty-eight, we saw that Satan was a cherub – maybe the chief among the cherubim. This is further confirmed by the other Old Testament passage evangelicals cite as describing him. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Ezekiel 28 – Encyclopedia Satanica, Volume 1

Satan has an origin, and we want to take a brief look at it. After all, no series on spiritual warfare could be considered complete without it. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Daniel 10 – The Prince Who’s Not Our Pal

As a Christian, I find there are principals who are not so palsy-walsy. They are the “principalities and powers” mentioned by the apostle Paul in a list of demonic forces that aid the devil in his assault on believers. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Ephesians 4:29 – Beach Bum

True, we have our flesh, and we will until we go to be with Jesus. But the Holy Spirit coming to dwell within us is a whole lot different than a demon coming to dwell with Him. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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2 Corinthians 12:7-10 – Hindered Fellas

Blowing-up bridges is a timeless military strategy to hinder the progress of your enemy. It’s so effective, it is even used by supernatural forces, against believers who are pressing forward, gaining ground, with the Gospel. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 12:26-29 & Luke 10:18-20 – The Commission Is Our Mission

Is the best offense a good defense? Or is the best defense a good offense? So far we’ve talked about our part in spiritual warfare as mostly mounting a good defense. Taking a stand, resisting, things like that. Truth is, we are always to be on the offensive – but maybe not the way you think. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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James 4:7 & 1 Peter 5:8-9 – Keep Calm And Resist The Devil

We have an enemy who we are told – not once, but twice – to resist and defeat. James and Peter say we ought to resist in two very different contexts. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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2 Corinthians 10:3-5 – Pulling Down Strongholds

Sometimes we can go off half-cocked, thinking we are proficient with our weapons. Spiritual warfare can be like that. We can go off half-cocked if we don’t understand the weapons of our warfare. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Ephesians 6:10-17 – Your Crash Course In Spiritual Warfare

The moment you become a Christian, you are thrust into a war zone. You most definitely need a crash course on spiritual warfare. Any crash course in spiritual warfare would begin with the classic New Testament passage, Ephesians 6:10-17. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Ephesians 2:1-3 – The Saint And Spiritual Warfare

We live in this present evil age, ruled by the devil, looking forward to the age to come, and to eternity beyond that. It’s a war zone. We are soldiers in a spiritual war. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 15:1-21 – A Star On God’s Walk Of Faith

Abraham’s conversation with God about the course of his life leads to one of the great covenants of the Bible. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #684 – Long COVID

After the church has been resurrected and raptured, a strong world leader will gain totalitarian control of his citizens. He will require they swear allegiance to him. Anyone who refuses will be executed. The pandemic COVID19 is not an End Times plague. It has accelerated an acceptance of totalitarian control by governments around the globe. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #684 – Long COVID

After the church has been resurrected and raptured, a strong world leader will gain totalitarian control of his citizens. He will require they swear allegiance to him. Anyone who refuses will be executed. The pandemic COVID19 is not an End Times plague. It has accelerated an acceptance of totalitarian control by governments around the globe. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 14:17-24 – The Mysterious Melchizedek Society

Abraham returns from his rescue of Lot and encounters two kings: Bera of Sodom and Melchizedek of Salem, to whom Abraham gives a tithe of all. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #683 – Face The Nation

Could the Mark of the Beast be some manner of biometric technology? Biometrics are unique individual traits, such as fingerprints, that can be used to verify identity and to transact commerce. It ‘fits’ the Bible’s prediction. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #683 – Face The Nation

Could the Mark of the Beast be some manner of biometric technology? Biometrics are unique individual traits, such as fingerprints, that can be used to verify identity and to transact commerce. It ‘fits’ the Bible’s prediction. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 14:1-16 – Brothers In Arms

Lot is swept away in Chedorlaomer’s military campaign so Abraham, along with three Amorite brothers, go on a rescue mission. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #682 – Rise Of The Mandates

The Bible predicts a global totalitarianism and I think we are seeing how fast something like that can occur, with the blessing of most of the world’s population. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #682 – Rise Of The Mandates

The Bible predicts a global totalitarianism and I think we are seeing how fast something like that can occur, with the blessing of most of the world’s population. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 13:1-18 – Home Is Where The Lord Is

Abraham and Lot have to decide what’s next in life and where they will live. Each has a different mindset, leading to very different outcomes. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Psalm 100 – Thank You At Your Service

In Psalm 100 we’re given an invitation and a recipe for how the church can offer a proper, thankful, thanksgiving banquet of praise to God. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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John 2:12-25 – Take A Whip Down Merchandise Lane

Jesus made a whip and drove out those who were making His Father’s house “a house of merchandise.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 2:12-25 – Take A Whip Down Merchandise Lane

Jesus made a whip and drove out those who were making His Father’s house “a house of merchandise.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #681 – Where Have All The Freedoms Gone?

Control over buying and selling involves control over pretty much everything. If the government wants to restrict your movements, they will. If they want to track you, they will. You get the idea. We are experiencing on a small scale what this kind of control will be full scale in the future. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #681 – Where Have All The Freedoms Gone?

Control over buying and selling involves control over pretty much everything. If the government wants to restrict your movements, they will. If they want to track you, they will. You get the idea. We are experiencing on a small scale what this kind of control will be full scale in the future. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 12:10-20 – Movin’ On Down

Abraham moves down to Egypt in an attempt to escape a famine but ends up causing much more trouble for himself and his family. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #680 – Somebody’s Watchin’ You

The future is an intrusive surveillance state. Facial recognition, retinal scans, palm scans, and implanted chips are the tip of the technology iceberg that exist and are currently in use. Any of them could be used by government to restrict buying and selling, restrict travel, or pretty much anything else. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #680 – Somebody’s Watchin’ You

The future is an intrusive surveillance state. Facial recognition, retinal scans, palm scans, and implanted chips are the tip of the technology iceberg that exist and are currently in use. Any of them could be used by government to restrict buying and selling, restrict travel, or pretty much anything else. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 11:27-12:9 – Father Abraham Hadn’t Any Sons

We begin the story of Abraham, the friend of God, the father of the faith, who had a bit of a rough start in his walk with the Lord. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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John 1:35-51 – Recruits & Ladders

Jesus recruits several disciples promising they will see angels ascending and descending upon Him as depicted in the vision of Jacob’s ladder. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 1:35-51 – Recruits & Ladders

Jesus recruits several disciples promising they will see angels ascending and descending upon Him as depicted in the vision of Jacob’s ladder. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #679 – Behind The Surveil

John saw a future in which the buying and selling of goods and services would require participation in a global system. The government will be able to control a person’s life to be sure they comply with its mandated behaviors. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #679 – Behind The Surveil

John saw a future in which the buying and selling of goods and services would require participation in a global system. The government will be able to control a person’s life to be sure they comply with its mandated behaviors. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 11:1-26 – The Awful Tower

The people of Babylon join in unified rebellion against God to build a city in an effort to make an immortal name for themselves. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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John 1:29-34 – This Lamb Is Your Lamb, This Lamb Is My Lamb, This Lamb Was Sent For You And Me

John the Baptist formally introduces Jesus as the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John 1:29-34 – This Lamb Is Your Lamb, This Lamb Is My Lamb, This Lamb Was Sent For You And Me

John the Baptist formally introduces Jesus as the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #678 – Shoot, Fido, Shoot

The rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disturbing trend. The military is charging forward with AI combat applications. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #678 – Shoot, Fido, Shoot

The rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disturbing trend. The military is charging forward with AI combat applications. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #677 – The FBAI

The rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence is a disturbing trend. AI is the ability of machines to mimic the human mind. The ultimate goal of AI is to create an object that can think like a human. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #677 – The FBAI

The rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence is a disturbing trend. AI is the ability of machines to mimic the human mind. The ultimate goal of AI is to create an object that can think like a human. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 10:1-32 – 70 Kids And Counting

In the Table of Nations we learn about the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth and how they spread out to fill the earth. Along the way, we meet a shady character named Nimrod. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #676 – Our House Is A Very False House

We read about a Last Days global religious movement in the seventeenth chapter of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. It is referred to as “Babylon” because it is the final form of the religious rebellion at the Tower of Babel. We therefore expect movement towards a global religion, or at least an “ecumenical” movement, meaning all-inclusive, all-embracing, and universal. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #676 – Our House Is A Very False House

We read about a Last Days global religious movement in the seventeenth chapter of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. It is referred to as “Babylon” because it is the final form of the religious rebellion at the Tower of Babel. We therefore expect movement towards a global religion, or at least an “ecumenical” movement, meaning all-inclusive, all-embracing, and universal. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 9:18-29 – It Was The Worst Of Vines

Noah plants a vineyard and becomes drunk, being seen by his son, Ham and leading to a great rift in their family and a long-lasting prophecy. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #675 – Robo-666

There is an intriguing passage in the Revelation about an image, the person we call the false prophet, and the Beast – another name of the antichrist. An image of the Beast is going to come to life. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #675 – Robo-666

There is an intriguing passage in the Revelation about an image, the person we call the false prophet, and the Beast – another name of the antichrist. An image of the Beast is going to come to life. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 9:1-17 – Rainbow: Cursed Blood

The flood survivors leave the ark and God explains to them the features and responsibilities that await them in their new world, including the eating of meat and their obligation to enforce capital punishment. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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John 1:1-5 – God’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Jesus

“The Word” Who was there “in the beginning” came to Earth to show us what God is like. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #674 – The Punishers

The Book of the Revelation describes the antichrist having authoritarian control over his citizens. In the future Great Tribulation technology will access the global grid and determine a person’s level of participation in society. It will be possible to restrict purchases and participation. The technology is ready for this digital dictatorship. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #674 – The Punishers

The Book of the Revelation describes the antichrist having authoritarian control over his citizens. In the future Great Tribulation technology will access the global grid and determine a person’s level of participation in society. It will be possible to restrict purchases and participation. The technology is ready for this digital dictatorship. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 22:6-21 – Famous Lasting Words

The last words of the Revelation are appropriately an invitation for “whoever” to “come” and be saved. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 22:6-21 – Famous Lasting Words

The last words of the Revelation are appropriately an invitation for “whoever” to “come” and be saved. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #673 – Image Conscious

In Revelation 13, humans “make” a sentient “image to the beast” that will have power over life and death. It will order and execute the deaths of people who refuse to worship the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #673 – Image Conscious

In Revelation 13, humans “make” a sentient “image to the beast” that will have power over life and death. It will order and execute the deaths of people who refuse to worship the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 8:1-22 – Wait Till Your Father Gets You Home

The flood is over, but Noah spends week after week waiting for the Lord to speak and tell him to leave the ark. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #672 – No Parent People

In His prophetic sermon we call the Olivet Discourse, Jesus said the End Times would be like the days of Noah. Jesus specifically referenced the strange marriages in the days of Noah. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #672 – No Parent People

In His prophetic sermon we call the Olivet Discourse, Jesus said the End Times would be like the days of Noah. Jesus specifically referenced the strange marriages in the days of Noah. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 7:1-24 – Working For The Week’s End

The flood finally comes after one last week of warning. Along the way, Noah works urgently and continually to obey the Lord and save lives. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 21:9-23 – Goin’ Up To The City In The Sky

John watches New Jerusalem descend from Heaven to its place over the new Earth in the renewed heavens. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 21:9-23 – Goin’ Up To The City In The Sky

John watches New Jerusalem descend from Heaven to its place over the new Earth in the renewed heavens. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #671 – You Had A Friend In Me

A story that didn’t receive much attention may be the most important thing that happened this week, at least from the perspective of Bible prophecy – America’s unfriending of the nation of Israel. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #671 – You Had A Friend In Me

A story that didn’t receive much attention may be the most important thing that happened this week, at least from the perspective of Bible prophecy – America’s unfriending of the nation of Israel. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 6:13-22 – Very Important Persons

God gives Noah a very important job – making an ark that will keep him and his family safe, along with all kinds of animals during the flood. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #670 – The Shots Felt Around The World

COVID19 is not prophetic. However, the methods and mandates that are being utilized globally to combat it are predictive of the type of the socio-economic system that will play a significant role in the future government of the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 21:1-8 – Surfless City Here We Come

We look forward excitedly to the new heavens, the new city, and a new Earth with no more sea. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #670 – The Shots Felt Around The World

COVID19 is not prophetic. However, the methods and mandates that are being utilized globally to combat it are predictive of the type of the socio-economic system that will play a significant role in the future government of the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 6:1-12 – The Big Unfriendly Giants

In the days of Noah, the sons of God and the daughters of men produce the Nephilim, an evil race of demigod-like creatures, in an effort to stop the promises of God from being fulfilled. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 20:1-15 – Dungeons And Dragon

The Dragon is imprisoned in the Abyss for a thousand years then confined to the Lake of Fire for eternity. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #669 – More Than Life

Now that we are into the pandemic’s second year, we are starting to get data on the unforeseen consequences of the methods and mandates governments are using. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #669 – More Than Life

Now that we are into the pandemic’s second year, we are starting to get data on the unforeseen consequences of the methods and mandates governments are using. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #668 – Mandate Or Manslaughter

Citizens in the future Great Tribulation will be mandated to participate in a system by which they must produce proof of compliance in order to be allowed to work or shop or dine or attend entertainment. Without proof, their livelihood and lifestyles will be restricted. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #668 – Mandate Or Manslaughter

Citizens in the future Great Tribulation will be mandated to participate in a system by which they must produce proof of compliance in order to be allowed to work or shop or dine or attend entertainment. Without proof, their livelihood and lifestyles will be restricted. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 19:1-10 – The Four Hallelujahs Of The Apocalypse

Four hallelujahs are sung in Heaven on the verge of Jesus’ return to Earth (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #667 – Prove It

A universal vaccine passport is not the Mark of the Beast. However, the way the leaders of the world are talking, they will establish a system like what the Revelation predicts will be in place in the Great Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #667 – Prove It

A universal vaccine passport is not the Mark of the Beast. However, the way the leaders of the world are talking, they will establish a system like what the Revelation predicts will be in place in the Great Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 4:17-25 – The Not-So-Great Society

The societies that come from the line of Cain are contrasted with the one that comes from the line of Seth. The difference is that one is full of believers, the other is not. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 18:1-24 – Come Out, Come Out, In Babylon You Are

God calls to saints in Tribulation Babylon, “Come out of her, My people.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #666 – No App, No Access

Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, global government, the exponential growth of human knowledge, and the rebirth of Israel as a nation are all areas we see corroborating the End Times prophecies of the Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #666 – No App, No Access

Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, global government, the exponential growth of human knowledge, and the rebirth of Israel as a nation are all areas we see corroborating the End Times prophecies of the Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 4:1-16 – How To Get Away From Murder

Cain and Abel bring an offering to the Lord, showing the condition of their hearts, and Cain decides to murder his brother. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Prophecy Update #665 – Arrogate, Mandate, Intimidate

The trend this week has been mandating COVID19 vaccination and the requirement to show proof in order to function in society. Is this paving the way for the type of system the Antichrist will use in the Great Tribulation? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #665 – Arrogate, Mandate, Intimidate

The trend this week has been mandating COVID19 vaccination and the requirement to show proof in order to function in society. Is this paving the way for the type of system the Antichrist will use in the Great Tribulation? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 17:1-18 – Ride, Harlot, Ride Upon Your Mystery Beast

The mystery global religious system of the Great Tribulation is compared to a harlot riding upon a scarlet beast. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 17:1-18 – Ride, Harlot, Ride Upon Your Mystery Beast

The mystery global religious system of the Great Tribulation is compared to a harlot riding upon a scarlet beast. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #664 – Passport Surrender

There is a lot of talk about vaccine passports. How does this line up with what we expect in light of Bible prophecy? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 3:1-24 – It’s Only Natural

Adam and Eve give in to temptation and sin by eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Along the way, we learn some things about human nature, the Devil’s nature, and God’s nature. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 16:1-21 – Blah, Blah, Blasphemer, Have You Any Shame?

Despite God’s severe measures to bring them to repentance, those who inhabit Earth blaspheme Him. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 16:1-21 – Blah, Blah, Blasphemer, Have You Any Shame?

Despite God’s severe measures to bring them to repentance, those who inhabit Earth blaspheme Him. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #663 – Vac La France!

Mandatory vaccination that requires proof for a person to travel, for employment, dining, entertainment, and anything else that a government deems necessary, sounds too much like the Last Days prediction that at some point everyone on Earth will be subjected to a contactless, cashless system of commerce involving a mark on your hand or forehead. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #663 – Vac La France!

Mandatory vaccination that requires proof for a person to travel, for employment, dining, entertainment, and anything else that a government deems necessary, sounds too much like the Last Days prediction that at some point everyone on Earth will be subjected to a contactless, cashless system of commerce involving a mark on your hand or forehead. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 2:4-25 – The Garden State

God brings man and woman together in the Garden of Eden and along the way shows how lavish and generous He is in His many gifts toward humanity. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 15:1-8 – Singin’ Of Your Reign, What A Glorious Savior, You’re Coming Again

The Tribulation martyrs sing the Song of the Lamb in anticipation of the Lord coming to reign over all the nations. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 15:1-8 – Singin’ Of Your Reign, What A Glorious Savior, You’re Coming Again

The Tribulation martyrs sing the Song of the Lamb in anticipation of the Lord coming to reign over all the nations. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #662 – Knock, Knock, It’s The President

We have for many decades understood from Bible prophecy that the End Times would feature a cashless, contactless global system of economics. Something in or on a person’s hand or forehead will allow them to conduct all necessary business and commerce. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #662 – Knock, Knock, It’s The President

We have for many decades understood from Bible prophecy that the End Times would feature a cashless, contactless global system of economics. Something in or on a person’s hand or forehead will allow them to conduct all necessary business and commerce. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 1:26-2:4 – Special Agents In Charge

In His final act of creation during the first week, God makes something special – human beings – who would administrate the world as His representatives. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 14:1-20 – Angels In The Atmos-field

Three angels in the Earth’s atmosphere preach the Gospel and warn men not to take the Mark of the Beast. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #661 – Skullduggery

In Genesis 6, fallen angels married and mated with human women. Their offspring were giants called in the Bible Nephilim. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 13:1-18 – 666 Is The Manliest Number That You’ll Ever Do

The Revelation introduces the two men associated with the notorious number 666. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 13:1-18 – 666 Is The Manliest Number That You’ll Ever Do

The Revelation introduces the two men associated with the notorious number 666. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #660 – Passport, Please?

Countries across the globe have begun announcing vaccine passports, allowing their citizens to use proof of vaccination from COVID19 to travel once again. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #660 – Passport, Please?

Countries across the globe have begun announcing vaccine passports, allowing their citizens to use proof of vaccination from COVID19 to travel once again. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Genesis 1:1-2 – This Would Be The Start Of Something Big

God begins His special revelation by showing us where everything in our universe came from and how He feels about it. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 12:6-17 – Where Eagles Dare To Fled

With the great dragon in murderous pursuit, God gives Jews “two wings of a great eagle that they might fly into the wilderness to safety.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 12:6-17 – Where Eagles Dare To Fled

With the great dragon in murderous pursuit, God gives Jews “two wings of a great eagle that they might fly into the wilderness to safety.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #659 – Slaughterbots

Facial recognition has become more popular and more accurate. It is one of the biometric technologies that could be utilized to take control over a society in the way described in the Revelation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #659 – Slaughterbots

Facial recognition has become more popular and more accurate. It is one of the biometric technologies that could be utilized to take control over a society in the way described in the Revelation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #658 – Think You’re Going Somewhere?

Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, increased surveillance, global government, and the exponential growth of human knowledge are all areas we see corroborating the prophecies of the Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #658 – Think You’re Going Somewhere?

Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, increased surveillance, global government, and the exponential growth of human knowledge are all areas we see corroborating the prophecies of the Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 11:15-19 – One King To Rule Them All, One King To Bind Them, One King To Bring Them All And In His Likeness Find Them

At the sound of the Last Trumpet the world’s Kingdom has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will rule forever and ever. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 11:15-19 – One King To Rule Them All, One King To Bind Them, One King To Bring Them All And In His Likeness Find Them

At the sound of the Last Trumpet the world’s Kingdom has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will rule forever and ever. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #657 – Big Trouble In Civilian China

The Mark of the Beast is presented in the Revelation as a means by which the governments of the future will control every aspect of a person’s life. With this “mark” you will be able to participate in society. Without it you will be severely restricted or cut off entirely. Communist China is showing us what this looks like. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #657 – Big Trouble In Civilian China

The Mark of the Beast is presented in the Revelation as a means by which the governments of the future will control every aspect of a person’s life. With this “mark” you will be able to participate in society. Without it you will be severely restricted or cut off entirely. Communist China is showing us what this looks like. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 11:1-14 – We Are Two Reviled And Deadly Guys

The inhabitants of Earth hate and want to kill God’s Two Witnesses but are themselves killed if they try. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 11:1-14 – We Are Two Reviled And Deadly Guys

The inhabitants of Earth hate and want to kill God’s Two Witnesses but are themselves killed if they try. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 10:1-11 – Start Your Bellyachin’

Before he continues to receive the Revelation John eats a little scroll that is bitter in his stomach. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #656 – COVID-19 Accelerant

Does COVID-19 have anything to do with Bible prophecy? Not directly. Indirectly it has rapidly accelerated expected prophetic trends. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Acts 28:17-31 – These Are The Days

In the final scene of Acts, Paul teaches a sermon to a group of assembled Jews about salvation, the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of His Kingdom. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 9:1-21 – That’ll Be The Day You Can’t Die

The trumpet judgments are so horrific that men will desire to die but death will flee from them. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #655 – Where Have All The Dollars Gone?

All indicators in the Book of the Revelation suggest there will be a global, cashless economy leading up to and during the seven-year Great Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #655 – Where Have All The Dollars Gone?

All indicators in the Book of the Revelation suggest there will be a global, cashless economy leading up to and during the seven-year Great Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #654 – Feeling Chipper

We have long pointed to implanted microchips as consistent with the prediction that in the Great Tribulation a “mark” on the hand will be necessary. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #654 – Feeling Chipper

We have long pointed to implanted microchips as consistent with the prediction that in the Great Tribulation a “mark” on the hand will be necessary. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Acts 28:11-16 – A Life In Our Days

Luke ends the incredible saga of Acts with some very routine, regular accounts of Paul’s time in Rome. How does that encourage those of us who are continuing the story of God’s work through His church? (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 7:1-17 – I Seal Good…You Knew That I Would

God seals 144,000 Jews from the twelve tribes of Israel to preach the Gospel in the Great Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #653 – Hey, Hey, We Are Monkeys!

In the days of Noah, human DNA was being manipulated by the Nephilim. Today, man is tampering with DNA in startling ways, including the creation of human-monkey chimeras. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #653 – Hey, Hey, We Are Monkeys!

In the days of Noah, human DNA was being manipulated by the Nephilim. Today, man is tampering with DNA in startling ways, including the creation of human-monkey chimeras. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Acts 28:1-10 – Snake In The Rain

God sends Paul and his friends to Malta, where Paul is bit by a snake. Should we become snake handlers? How do we live as servants in the will of God? (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 6:1-17 – On With The Scroll, This Is It

Jesus sets in motion the future Great Tribulation by opening the first six seals of the scroll. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 5:1-14 – I Pray The Lord His Scroll To Take

The Lamb of God takes the seven-sealed scroll from the right hand of God the Father. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #652 – The Face That Launched A Thousand Apps

John predicted the mark of the beast over 2000 years ago at a time when soldiers were getting paid with salt. He saw technology we take for granted. Here are a few of the biometric advances that could easily fit John’s vision of the future. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #652 – The Face That Launched A Thousand Apps

John predicted the mark of the beast over 2000 years ago at a time when soldiers were getting paid with salt. He saw technology we take for granted. Here are a few of the biometric advances that could easily fit John’s vision of the future. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Acts 27:13-44 – By The Time I Get To Phoenix I’ll Be Shipwrecked

Brought along on a doomed crossing, Paul and his friends prove to be the most useful passengers on the ship. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 – Wanna See Something REALLY Spiritual?

The apostle Paul didn’t have the technology we have, but he was nevertheless able, with 100% accuracy, to project what you would ‘look’ like at the coming of Jesus Christ. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 – Community

You are not called to start or settle in a commune, but you are to have a strong sense of community. Christians are connected with one another and are expected to experience those connections in community with other Christians in a local church. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 – Christians Are Light-Waits

I don’t know if the apostle Paul was a morning person or not… But in our text he argued that all Christians are morning people with regards to Bible prophecy. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 – You Can Sleep When You’re Dead

The saints in Thessalonica lived in the daily anticipation of the rapture. They believed it was imminent – and by “imminent” I mean that it could happen at any moment.Then something happened they had not considered. A fellow believer died. Then another. Then some others. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 – Deadbeat Disciples

Paul had taught the church in Thessalonica about the imminent coming of Jesus to rapture the church from earth to Heaven. By “imminent” we mean any-moment. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 – The Immoral Majority

I think it is fundamental that we decide once-and-for-all that the Christian life is a higher, better, life. We too often long for the lower-living we did in the world or that the world offers. God has something better for you. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 – We Are Family

In our text, in First Thessalonians, the apostle Paul was anxiously awaiting a report from Timothy regarding the spiritual state of the church there Thessalonica. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 – High Anxiety

The apostle Paul, who tells us to be anxious for nothing, had a moment of high anxiety over the situation in Thessalonica. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 – Your Next Stop: The Tribulation Zone

Our text would be a great monologue to describe the Tribulation Zone. Paul used several words to describe what you can expect as a Christian in this world. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 – Hello Mother, Hello Father

When Paul uses the illustration of the parent – whether the mother or the father – it is not to command authority over them or demand respect from them. It is the qualities of being a mother or a father that he applies to his ministry among believers. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 – Searchin’, Searchin’

In our text, in verse four, Paul describes the Gospel as something that had been “entrusted” to he and his companions. From the particular word he chose, his readers would have understood that he was comparing himself to a steward – the chief servant in a great household. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 – Our Church Is A Very, Very, Very Fine Church

The apostle Paul described the church of the Thessalonians in the last portion of chapter one. He said they were an “example” to other churches. This is how we should want to be described. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 1:4 – Election Daze

If you are saved, it’s because you were chosen by God before the foundations of the earth. The sovereign God of creation foreknew you and He predestined you.All Christians believe what I just said. You have to believe it because it is what the Bible unequivocally teaches.Having said that, it must be admitted that there is wide disagreement on exactly how you were chosen and what God foreknew and when you were predestined. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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1 Thessalonians 1:1-3 – Making Sense Of Sight

Every chapter in Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians ends with a reminder that the Lord is coming. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #651 – Please Won’t You Betray Your Neighbor

The apostle John received the Revelation of Jesus Christ exiled on the Island of Patmos over 2000 years ago. He saw a future in which those in power would control every aspect of its citizens’ lives. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #651 – Please Won’t You Betray Your Neighbor

The apostle John received the Revelation of Jesus Christ exiled on the Island of Patmos over 2000 years ago. He saw a future in which those in power would control every aspect of its citizens’ lives. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Acts 27:1-12 – Time’s A-Wastin’

From the human perspective, Paul’s sea voyage to Rome seems like a huge waste of time. In reality, it is full of great spiritual benefit and opportunity. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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Revelation 3:14-22 – The Hurl Of Great Price

Jesus tells the church of the Laodiceans that He will vomit them out of His mouth unless they acquire from Him certain priceless spiritual resources. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Revelation 3:14-22 – The Hurl Of Great Price

Jesus tells the church of the Laodiceans that He will vomit them out of His mouth unless they acquire from Him certain priceless spiritual resources. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #650 – Passport Please

Today, the dreaded mark of the Beast sounds like things we read about every day. We are definitely trending towards secure biometrics. Palm vein scans, retinal scans, implanted chips, could qualify as hand & forehead marks. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Prophecy Update #650 – Passport Please

Today, the dreaded mark of the Beast sounds like things we read about every day. We are definitely trending towards secure biometrics. Palm vein scans, retinal scans, implanted chips, could qualify as hand & forehead marks. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Acts 26:1-32 – That’s Crazy Talk

Paul shares his testimony, the Gospel of grace and the resurrection, prompting Festus to accuse him of being crazy. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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