WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.820 Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:05.820 --> 00:00:12.440 truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. America is on the decline because 3 00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:17.600 the Bible makes it very clear that in the last days Israel will stand alone and 4 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:24.400 during that time there will be no America for Israel to lean upon. America must 5 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:30.360 decline. But for you and I to understand that God personally, listen for you, for 6 00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:33.840 your husband, for your wife, for your friends, for your family, for your 7 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:39.560 household. Listen, your salvation is not tied up in George Washington, it's not 8 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:44.400 tied up in the beautiful Constitution, it's not tied up in the government. Your 9 00:00:44.400 --> 00:00:49.320 salvation is tied up in Jesus Christ and in Him alone. 10 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:56.720 You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. 11 00:00:56.720 --> 00:01:02.120 Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled 12 00:01:02.120 --> 00:01:06.960 life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, 13 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:12.120 that's like saying amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to 14 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:17.640 listen. Now, open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack 15 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:24.640 Hibbs. You know, one of the words of Jesus Christ before he went back to heaven was 16 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:30.720 this, I have told you these things in advance that when they come to pass, you 17 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:35.840 will know that I am he. And that's a tremendous statement. Not only is it a 18 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:41.400 tremendous statement, but the way he ends that statement is unlike any other 19 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:46.640 declaration, it is the most bold declaration that the world could ever read. You 20 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:52.280 say, Jack, you're exaggerating. Hear me out. Jesus said that I've told you these 21 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:58.680 things in advance that when they come to pass, you will a go a me. That's Greek 22 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:06.480 for you will know that I am. That is the name of God. It's the Greek statement for 23 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:13.960 the Hebrew Declaration of Moses encountering God at the burning bush in Mount Sinai. 24 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:19.000 When Moses encountered God there and God said, Moses, go down and tell my people Israel 25 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:23.720 that this is the commandments that are to lead them. And I will guide them in this great 26 00:02:23.720 --> 00:02:32.480 Exodus. Moses asked God the justifiable question, who do I tell them? Said me. And God 27 00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:43.040 said, you tell them, I am that I am sent you. The self contained eternal existing one. 28 00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:50.160 It's also translated as the one who is your becoming one. I love that. Meaning that 29 00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:57.080 the God of the Bible, the God of heaven can become for you all that is needed for you 30 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:04.680 to experience redemption, salvation and eternity. Isn't that the gospel? I love the fact. 31 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:09.320 In fact, as we look at the Scriptures, it's so important for us today to remember that 32 00:03:09.320 --> 00:03:13.680 for many of us who are viewing right now, we're residing in the United States and we've 33 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:21.280 got this identity crisis of America. For many people, we think that America, it was here 34 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:26.040 before I got here and it's going to be here after I leave. And for a handful of people, 35 00:03:26.040 --> 00:03:31.520 that has been true. But that's not what the Bible says. There will be a generation that 36 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:38.520 will actually see the rapid decline of the United States, which must happen for Bible 37 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:43.840 prophecy to be fulfilled. We know this via many Scriptures. But there are a few things 38 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:48.120 I want to point out to you right now that might kind of get you in the understanding. 39 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:53.120 And you're probably reaching now over to grab your remote and turn this off. Please 40 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:59.720 don't do that. I'm not giving you bad news. I'm giving you reality that leads to very, 41 00:03:59.720 --> 00:04:05.520 very good news. But the fact that we look at Bible Scripture, we see that in the last 42 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:11.720 days, the Scriptures announced to us that Israel must stand alone. Now that's an amazing 43 00:04:11.720 --> 00:04:19.120 truth from Scripture because for 2,000 years there was no Israel. There was no Jew in 44 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:27.120 his promised land. But since May 14, 1948, Israel has become a state again, the nation, 45 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:33.320 and Jews have come back into the land exactly as Bible prophecy foretold. But now that 46 00:04:33.320 --> 00:04:38.440 the Jews are in their land and they've been there for some 70 years now, what are we 47 00:04:38.440 --> 00:04:45.600 watching? We're seeing the decline of the West. And we're seeing the flagship of Western 48 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:52.480 civilization decline more rapid than any other. And of course, I'm talking about the United 49 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:57.360 States. In fact, if we think about it in a sense, the world, as I'm speaking to you right 50 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:04.400 now, the news that's out and about in the world is really this. All eyes off America. All 51 00:05:04.400 --> 00:05:13.960 eyes off America and on the UN. All eyes off America and on the European Union instead. 52 00:05:13.960 --> 00:05:21.280 All eyes off America and on Russia or China. America is sinking, my friends. And I'm born 53 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:27.000 and raised in a military family, born here in Southern California, San Diego. I take 54 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:32.920 no pleasure in saying this, but I do know this. If God's Word wasn't true and if God's 55 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:39.480 Word didn't tell me this in advance, then I would lose hope. But I don't have to. So 56 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:46.200 I want you to be thinking about this so you can have hope also. America no longer, if 57 00:05:46.200 --> 00:05:51.800 you admit this with me, knows God. It seems like every American household has got a Bible, 58 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:58.400 but who's reading it? I think very few. In fact, there's a church seemingly on every corner, 59 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:02.720 but what's being taught in those churches? See, America doesn't know it's God anymore 60 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:09.320 because America doesn't receive Bible teaching from the pulpits that once made America great. 61 00:06:09.320 --> 00:06:17.120 If you know anything about American history, you know that back from as early as 1605, 62 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:25.920 Reverend Hunt came and pitched a tent, really it was a sail from an old ship. And in 1605, 63 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:32.960 he began to preach the gospel on the East Coast of what we call now, America, way before 64 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:39.440 the pilgrims came. But thank God the pilgrims did come. And the pilgrims preached the gospel. 65 00:06:39.440 --> 00:06:44.400 They authored for us. They may flower compact, didn't they? Take the time to read it. And they 66 00:06:44.400 --> 00:06:50.400 dedicated the founding of this nation to the going forth of the gospel. And that's why when you 67 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:59.600 go to Washington DC, you see all of these biblical passages enshrined and granite carved there for 68 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:07.760 time and memorial, references to the Bible, quoting scripture, events of the Bible to encourage us 69 00:07:07.760 --> 00:07:16.080 as a nation. But we see that being talked down and even removed. We see statues and things of 70 00:07:16.080 --> 00:07:23.840 biblical leaders being removed here in California. We watched Father Sarah, the Catholic missionary, 71 00:07:23.840 --> 00:07:30.240 be removed from our state capital. Why? Because America has forgotten God. We have told God to get 72 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:35.760 out of our courts. We've told God to get out of our schools. We've told God to get out of our homes. 73 00:07:36.320 --> 00:07:43.920 And I fear that God has in fact left. If God has left America, does it mean that he cannot come back? 74 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:48.960 Oh no, no, he can come back. But we need to invite him back, church friends. We need to invite him 75 00:07:49.760 --> 00:07:55.040 back. But America seemingly knows nothing about the God of the Bible. And that's a very dangerous 76 00:07:55.040 --> 00:08:01.040 thing. But it plays into Bible prophecy. But that issue doesn't have to be true about your life. 77 00:08:01.760 --> 00:08:09.040 The Bible says in Psalm chapter 2, verse 4, in 5, he who sits in the heaven shall laugh. The Bible says 78 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:15.680 regarding God, the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then he shall speak to them in his wrath 79 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:25.200 and distress them in his deep displeasure. Again, it brings me no comfort to say to you or to ask you. 80 00:08:25.200 --> 00:08:29.600 When was the last time in your memory that the United States displayed the pleasure of God? 81 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:35.120 Or somehow did that which honored God? You think about that for a moment. 82 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:40.720 Will America see revival? That's a question people are asking. In fact, in our day and age, 83 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:45.600 it seems like every book he opened up, people will make mention about revival. But the only 84 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:52.240 way that America can be saved for a period of time as a nation is not in the state house. The 85 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:58.640 answer is not there. The answer is not in the White House. It's not there. It's not via a political 86 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:03.920 election, although we need to vote biblical worldview values and vote for those who hold them. 87 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:09.760 Revival means that something once lived and needs to live again. 88 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:16.880 The word revival is specifically reserved for God's people. Is there hope for America? 89 00:09:16.880 --> 00:09:23.840 Well, let me ask you this question. Is there hope for you? The answer is yes if you and I will turn 90 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:30.720 back to God and repent of our sins, we can now begin to intercede for our nation. The revival 91 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:36.880 must first take place among the believers so that the revived believer begins to affect the 92 00:09:36.880 --> 00:09:43.840 culture that is around us. America is hemorrhaging from its immorality. America's hemorrhaging from 93 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:50.960 its mismanagement of its precious treasures that God has given us. What's the answer? The answer is 94 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:57.520 godly leadership. Where do those come from? Where can we find such people? According to the scriptures, 95 00:09:57.520 --> 00:10:03.600 the believer is to be the one that finds those leaders and puts those leaders into place. 96 00:10:04.160 --> 00:10:10.000 But the fact of the matter is my friend, America, according to Bible prophecy, must be removed from 97 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:16.960 the world scene. In the last days, the Bible speaks about a world union of ten nations, 98 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:22.640 ten leaders that will arise. And there's no America mentioned in that scenario. 99 00:10:23.760 --> 00:10:27.600 These leaders will rise and they'll take the place of the ultimate government. 100 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:35.840 There is no America in that factor. Or if America exists at that time, it will simply be a player 101 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:43.280 in the things that are being dictated by a group of people. We're living in amazing times. The US 102 00:10:43.280 --> 00:10:53.360 dollar, our wealth, our safety, friends listen. The truth of the matter is the United States does have 103 00:10:53.360 --> 00:11:01.600 massive and awesome military power. But it's a perceived power when you don't have the will to use it. 104 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:09.680 Americans have incredible luxury, but we don't own anything. We make payments on everything. It's 105 00:11:09.680 --> 00:11:16.160 owned by the bank or by somebody else. America's got so many freedoms. It's the land of the brave, 106 00:11:16.160 --> 00:11:25.600 the home of the free. But are we free? Are we brave? Or are liberties a perception? 107 00:11:27.040 --> 00:11:33.040 America is on the decline because the Bible makes it very clear that in the last days, 108 00:11:33.040 --> 00:11:39.520 Israel will stand alone. And during that time, there will be no America for Israel to lean upon. 109 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:47.440 America must decline. But for you and I to understand that God personally, listen for you, 110 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:52.800 for your husband, for your wife, for your friends, for your family, for your household. Listen, 111 00:11:52.800 --> 00:11:58.080 your salvation is not tied up in George Washington. It's not tied up in the beautiful 112 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:04.480 Constitution. It's not tied up in the government. Your salvation is tied up in Jesus Christ and in 113 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:09.680 Him alone. And I want you to remember that. So when we look at the world scene and all that's 114 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:18.320 taking place, God is setting up His end time game. But like no other time before human history, 115 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:27.520 we see right now a world, listen now, a world that is leaderless. There doesn't seem to be any 116 00:12:27.520 --> 00:12:35.600 profound leader on the world stage. And so because that's true, there is a great void. And that 117 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:43.200 void is being filled with radical representations. Most greatest example and point recently 118 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:50.560 is the antics of Vladimir Putin. But he's not alone. There's the Ayatollas of Iran. And there's the 119 00:12:50.640 --> 00:12:58.240 basically now the new king of China, Xi Jinping. There's these despots and rulers fill in the void 120 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:05.440 because there is no longer any Ronald Reagan or Winston Churchill, for example, to take the lead 121 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:15.680 for the West. But don't panic. These things must come to pass. America will decline. It has to happen. 122 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:23.520 But your faith doesn't have to decline. Your faith should be growing. Your relationship to God 123 00:13:23.520 --> 00:13:30.080 who wrote these things then advantage should be strengthened. What we need to do more than ever before 124 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:38.800 hear me out is to not only read the Bible. That's where you start. Read the Bible, but once you read 125 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:46.400 it, we need to do it. Yes, it's true. You're saved by faith in Christ alone. What Jesus did in the 126 00:13:46.400 --> 00:13:52.320 cross? He did for you and I. He rose again from the dead for you and I. The Bible says in fact 127 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:57.840 that by the doing of the law shall no flesh be justified in the sight of God. Why? Because Christ 128 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:04.800 died for us. Nobody can live good enough. Nobody can keep the law in good heaven on the law. By the 129 00:14:04.800 --> 00:14:11.120 way, the law never promised you heaven. The law never promised you salvation. The promise comes 130 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:16.080 through your faith in Christ alone, but what happens after you become a believer? A true follower 131 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:24.800 of Christ. What happens with that? I'll tell you. We become doers of the word. That's what America, 132 00:14:24.800 --> 00:14:30.880 that's what Mexico, that's what Canada, that's what England. Listen, that's what Saudi Arabia, 133 00:14:30.880 --> 00:14:37.360 yes, Saudi Arabia, that's what Turkey, Israel, that's what the nations need, where believers look 134 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:44.720 to the Bible and begin to do what the Bible says no matter what country you're in. Obey God's word, 135 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:52.560 that's doing the word. What you don't want to do is be very Bible smart, but you don't do it. 136 00:14:52.640 --> 00:15:00.880 That would be a very dangerous thing. So how do we do that? We pray. We get in small groups. Maybe 137 00:15:00.880 --> 00:15:06.000 some of you are viewing this in your countries where Christianity is illegal. What do you do? 138 00:15:06.640 --> 00:15:12.800 Maybe meet in a small group quietly. Maybe that's not the case. Gather together in prayer meetings 139 00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:18.080 and cry out to God wherever you might be. But we need to turn our hearts toward God no matter what. 140 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:25.520 Always turning our hearts toward God is the answer and that is the key to do what the Bible says. 141 00:15:25.520 --> 00:15:29.920 And here's what's fun about this and please don't take this the wrong way. Yes, it's true. I'm a 142 00:15:29.920 --> 00:15:35.920 pastor of a church. I'm not beating up the church and I'm not beating up the pulpit and I am not 143 00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:43.440 throwing my fellow pastors under the bus. But I will say this to all of us. If we do sermons and 144 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:49.040 preach them and people listen to them, it is incumbent upon us to go out and exercise and put 145 00:15:49.040 --> 00:15:54.400 those things into practice. That's what we're all about. It's not so much the building but the 146 00:15:54.400 --> 00:16:01.680 steeple out front. It's not the fact that you're a church. Do you believe enough the gospel of the 147 00:16:01.680 --> 00:16:08.880 Lord Jesus Christ to have it transform your life that you actually go do it? So for some of you, 148 00:16:08.880 --> 00:16:13.840 it might be for running for office. Maybe God is speaking to you and you're a believer and you're 149 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:19.360 saying that's it. I'm going to run for governor. I'm going to run for president. I'm going to run 150 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:24.640 for mayor. What about your business? Have you dedicated your business to God? You say Jack, 151 00:16:24.640 --> 00:16:28.720 but aren't you talking about the end of the world? Listen, the end of the world is not going to come 152 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:34.800 for a long time. Jesus will put an end to the world. What we're talking about is the last days 153 00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:41.040 are upon us and the last days upon us mean that we are to occupy till he comes, which means we're 154 00:16:41.040 --> 00:16:47.120 to be living our lives to his glory and that you and I are to be telling everybody we can the gospel 155 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:53.200 by whatever mode is available to us. Imagine this. This is kind of cool, right? Think about this. 156 00:16:54.000 --> 00:17:00.320 You can pull out your phone today, your device and you have contacts there, right? Have you ever 157 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:08.000 thought about doing this? Sending a message to all of your contacts like, I don't know, John chapter 158 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:15.840 three, maybe John chapter three, verse 16. Can you imagine a few texts or emailed all of your 159 00:17:15.840 --> 00:17:23.760 contacts today? John three, 16. For God's soul of the world that he gave his only begotten son 160 00:17:23.840 --> 00:17:31.520 that whosoever would believe in him would not perish but have everlasting life. Do you realize that 161 00:17:31.520 --> 00:17:38.560 right now you and I hold the power in our hand to send that data all around the world that there's 162 00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:45.360 hope? That's an indicator of the last days. You see our hope is not in our U.S. passports. It's 163 00:17:45.360 --> 00:17:53.040 certainly not in our U.S. dollar. Our hope is not in our citizenship. Our hope is not in any place 164 00:17:53.040 --> 00:17:59.680 that you and I reside in this world. Our hope alone is in what Jesus Christ has done for us. So 165 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:06.080 it's time. I would submit to you, pastor, it's time for you to preach the gospel of truth like never 166 00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:14.480 before, fearlessly. Why? Time's almost up. The countdown is counting down. Notice it's not counting 167 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:21.680 up and we're running out of time. You can sense urgency in these last days. And so if, listen, 168 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:26.480 if you preach the gospel truth, encourage your people now, you know, before they leave church, 169 00:18:27.040 --> 00:18:32.720 go in out there and do it. Go live it. And report back to here midweek service or next Sunday, 170 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:39.360 but let's go do it. That we preach and tell and be followers of Christ as it were on fire. 171 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:47.200 On fire. Listen, the Puritans would preach throughout England and throughout colonial America. 172 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:52.240 And there's an event where the Puritans are preaching. I believe it was George Whitfield. 173 00:18:52.240 --> 00:19:00.640 And he's preaching in 10, 20, 30, 40,000 people are coming to hear him preach. And the great 174 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:08.560 humanist, David Hume, was seen approaching the crowds. And somebody recognized the famous 175 00:19:08.560 --> 00:19:14.800 philosopher and humanist, Mr. Hume, they asked him, what are you doing here? Have you come to hear 176 00:19:14.800 --> 00:19:20.720 George Whitfield preach? You don't believe in what he preaches. And Hume said, I don't believe in 177 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:26.960 what he preaches. But I've come to hear him preach because he believes in what he preaches. 178 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:35.360 What a story for us today. Christians, we have the truth. We can tell the world like never before. 179 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:43.200 Yes, these are the last days. Yes, there's a countdown happening. Yes, all eyes off America. 180 00:19:43.280 --> 00:19:49.200 Listen, maybe that's a good thing, right? Maybe all eyes off our dependence upon the dollar 181 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:57.600 and America and all that we've become accustomed to because all eyes must be upon God. 182 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:07.120 This Jack Hibbs podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are listening 183 00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:08.320 very.