Bears, Blood Moons & the Abyss
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In “Bears, Blood Moons & the Abyss,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Bible prophecy, faith, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from Hebrews 1, Amos 3, Daniel 7, Revelation 13, the teaching emphasizes that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.
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Odle focuses on holiness while working through Hebrews 1. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Amos 3. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Daniel 7. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that Revelation’s beast imagery is connected with coercion, worship, and end-time deception. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on the beast system while working through Daniel 7, Revelation 13. The message argues that Revelation’s beast imagery is connected with coercion, worship, and end-time deception. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on Israel in prophecy while working through Luke 21, Revelation 20. The message argues that the sermon relates Israel’s place in Scripture to the unfolding prophetic picture. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Revelation 9. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that the sermon relates Israel’s place in Scripture to the unfolding prophetic picture. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on stewardship and giving. The message argues that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on angelic messengers. The message argues that angelic activity is examined within the biblical passage and its prophetic sequence. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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Hallelujah We Praise You Lord we glorify your names thank you Jesus Hallelujah Lord Your Kingdom Come Holy Spirit you are welcome here Holy Spirit we ask you to speak to us Lord we ask you to move in our lives we ask you to give us ears to hear your voice Hallelujah we invite you here Lord God we want you to do new things in our lives new things Praise You Jesus you know this hasn't happened to me in a long time but as we were worshiping there I think the lord gave me three three words of knowledge this morning and he didn't tell me who they were for he just said to give them number one was that there's somebody or somebody in here and you've said I want the presence of God in my life I want the glory of God in my life I pray I do this I do that but I don't ever feel his presence I don't ever really feel the glory that I hear other people talking about and I don't really feel like I have that intimacy with the Lord and what the Lord wanted me to tell you is this the reason for that is the Bible says that he gives the Holy Spirit to those who obey him and he said many people don't ever find his presence and intimacy with him because they're holding on to something they're holding on to a sin an idol an offense an issue of unforgiveness or something they're holding on to a lust a secret sin and the Lord says until this is to somebody in here this morning until you give up everything and go after him with all your heart you won't find his presence you won't find his peace you won't find the reality that many Christians know of intimacy with Jesus and the Holy Spirit it's very important and and and the Lord added this too from Hebrews 1 until you hate sin and love righteousness you'll never have the anointing or presence of the Holy Spirit there's too many people say they love God but they still love their sin they still love the world that's what's blocking you okay number two as the Lord I Saw the word suicide [Music] and that someone is being bombarded with thoughts not that you really want to commit suicide but you've been bombarded by these thoughts and it's almost continuously the Lord just wanted me to remind you that is a demon spirit
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bind that spirit and rebuke it and command it to go from you in the name of Jesus because if you entertain that thought too long it will eventually take root in your life you hear me and now I'm trying to remember what the third one was [Music] there was another one ah I can't remember now oh holy spirit you'll bring back to my remembrance everything you said thank you Jesus Oh yes [Music] the Lord wanted me to say this and this is for somebody in here but the Lord wants you to know that soon death will strike near you [Music] it will strike very near you but the Lord wants you to be reminded That Jesus Lives in You and he is the resurrection and the life and pray in that situation and believe for a miracle and you will know it when it happens so don't be afraid and I almost saw it as if it was someone near somebody and it was like a lightning bolt and death struck very near someone that someone near someone the Lord didn't tell me who but to not be afraid in that moment Jesus is the resurrection of the life and he said these signs would follow them that believe he said the works I do ye shall do also and God told me in 2014 there were going to be people start raising the Dead because that's a miracle that Jesus did and he wants his people to do so received that amen our Lord thy God I am the god that you seek I am the most powerful I am the Creator I give the power through the Holy Spirit to do the things that I will on this Earth you seek me you doubt it yourself you give up all your selfish lusts everything seek me for what I want for your life not for what you want and you will find it and you will do miracles and my son's name amen yes back to him that was just kind of confirmation to something God was saying during that last song speak up loud that was confirmation that's something that God was speaking to me during that last song
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[Music] I've died to yourself and in that song we were all singing and once again I think a lot of times we just sing um things that we don't really mean in our hearts but the part where it says your glory god is what our hearts long for to be overcome by your presence Lord and the thing that just struck me is that's really not what most of us are longing for sincerely deep down in our hearts and that God is a consuming fire Hebrews talks about him being a consuming fire so if you're longing for him be ready to be consumed and for everything else to to be given up your desires it says delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart well if your heart is longing for the Lord then that's your desire all right so you're supposed to be pursuing after him and giving up everything else and be ready for him to consume everything and and this should be our hearts cry you know we've got your glory god is what our hearts long for but I think we're not there yet I think we're consumed with um you know everything else and it said let us become more aware of your presence well the thing that he spoke to me is in order to become more aware of God's presence we've got to become less aware of Our Own man amen John the Baptist he must increase I must decrease amen y'all may be seated this morning thank you Jesus thank you Lord well I'm looking for where I laid my Bible down now all right Hallelujah let's see oh well all right well this morning I do have a little bit to share with you I felt like the Lord laid on my heart this morning and just almost really kind of an update of things but there's some interesting things going on here so I don't know what's going on over here foreign there we go so we're going to talk about this morning this message is called Bears blood moons and the abyss that's kind of crazy but that's the way we roll around here amen the Lord is speaking and he's been speaking prophetically just as he did this morning through words of knowledge words of wisdom a gift of Prophecy God is speaking to his people and I want everybody to look first at Amos Book of Amos uh chapter 3
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y'all there yet aimless three and we're going down a couple more verses than that if I can ever get there myself Amos 3 verse 7. it says this surely the Lord God will do nothing but he revealeth his Secrets unto his servants the prophets the lion hath roared who will not fear the Lord has spoken who can but prophesy we all know too I want you to turn with me from there I want you to turn to the Book of Joel foreign just backwards go back a book go to Joel chapter two this is concerning the last days we're going to read at verse 1. in Joel chapter 2 verse 1 this is what the Lord said concerning the last days and this is particularly about that he said blow blow ye the trumpet in Zion and sound an alarm in my Holy Mountain let all the inhabitants of the land tremble for the day of the Lord cometh for it is nigh at hand now this term the day of the lord always is a reference to the last days to the last seven year period called the the tribulation or some call it the 70th week of Daniel I believe the last three and a half are the Great Tribulation but some people call the whole thing the the tribulation period but bottom line it's the time of great trouble it's the time of Jacob's trouble the Bible calls it but this day of the Lord speaks of that day when God's judgment comes the end time prophecies are all fulfilled it is the culmination of all things that the prophet spoke and so he said blow you the trumpet and Zion sound and alarm in my Holy Mountain let all the inhabitants of the land tremble for the day of the Lord cometh for it is not at hand a day of darkness and of gloominess a day of clouds and thick Darkness as the mornings spread upon the mountains a great people strong there have not been ever the like neither shall there be any more after it even to the years of many generations I fired devours before them and behind them a flame burneth the land is as the Garden of Eden before them and behind them a desolate Wilderness yea and nothing shall Escape them and I believe this is the end time armies that God will release across the Earth to bring great destruction World War III and those things that are coming and then he says this he says like the noise or verse 4 we we don't want to skip that he says the appearance of them is as the appearance of horses and his Horseman's
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