If All Humanity Cried Out
The Reality of the Two Seeds and God's Sovereign Plan
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter." - Matthew 7:21
"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out." - John 6:37
THE QUESTION
What if every person on Earth—all 8 billion—simultaneously cried out to God in repentance at 10 AM PST next Tuesday, confessing sin, accepting Jesus as Lord, and asking for forgiveness through His blood?
What would happen?
This question forces us to confront:
1. The nature of the two seeds (wheat vs. tares)
2. God's absolute sovereignty in salvation
3. The impossibility of human manipulation of God's plan
4. The certainty of biblical prophecy
5. Why Revelation MUST unfold exactly as written
THE IMPOSSIBILITY: TARES CANNOT BECOME WHEAT
The Fundamental Reality of the Two Seeds
Matthew 13:24-30, 37-43 "Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away... The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy who sowed them is the devil.'"
KEY TRUTH: You are either wheat or a tare. One or the other. Forever.
The seed determines the plant:
- Wheat seed - wheat plant
- Tare seed - tare plant
- A tare seed can NEVER become wheat
- A wheat seed can NEVER become a tare
The nature is fixed at sowing.
Jesus' Clear Teaching: Some CANNOT Believe
John 10:26 "But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep."
Notice the order:
- NOT: "You are not My sheep because you don't believe"
- BUT: "You don't believe BECAUSE you are not My sheep"
Being His sheep PRECEDES and CAUSES belief.
John 8:43-47 "Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies... He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."
Why can't they hear?
- NOT because they choose not to
- BUT because they CANNOT
- They are "of your father the devil"
- They are "not of God"
Their nature prevents them from hearing.
The Doctrine of Election and Reprobation
Romans 9:10-23 (The Potter and the Clay) "And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, it was said to her, 'The older will serve the younger.' Just as it is written, 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'... So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires... Does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory."
From the SAME LUMP of clay, God makes:
1. Vessels of mercy - prepared beforehand for glory
2. Vessels of wrath - prepared for destruction
This happened BEFORE Jacob and Esau did anything good or bad.
It is "God's purpose according to His choice."
The Father Gave Specific People to Jesus
John 17:6, 9, 12 "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word... I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours... While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled."
The Father gave SPECIFIC people to Jesus:
- They were the Father's
- He gave them to the Son
- NOT ONE will be lost
Jesus prays for THEM, not for the world.
What This Means for Our Scenario
IF all 8 billion people on Earth prayed the sinner's prayer simultaneously:
Only those who are God's seed (the elect) would:
- Pray with genuine repentance
- Have faith activated by the Holy Spirit
- Be truly converted
- Persevere to the end
Those who are tares (children of the devil) would:
- Say the words without heart transformation
- Have no genuine repentance
- Eventually fall away (if they even started)
- Prove they were never truly His (1 John 2:19)
You cannot force a tare to become wheat through prayer, organization, or mass events.
The seed was determined before the foundation of the world.
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THE SOVEREIGNTY: GOD ALONE OPENS HEARTS
Lydia: The Lord Opened Her Heart
Acts 16:14 "A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul."
Paul preached. But Lydia only believed because THE LORD OPENED HER HEART.
Without God opening the heart, no one can respond.
God Must Draw
John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day."
John 6:65 "And He was saying, 'For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.'"
"No one" = (oudeis) = Not a single person, absolutely no one
"Can" = (dynatai) = Has the power, has the ability
NO ONE has the power to come to Jesus unless:
1. The Father draws them
2. It has been granted from the Father
This is not human choice alone. This is divine enablement.
The Dead Cannot Make Themselves Alive
Ephesians 2:1, 4-5 "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins... But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)."
We were DEAD.
GOD made us alive.
A corpse cannot decide to come to life. Only God gives life.
Paul's Conversion: Against His Will
Acts 9:1-6 "Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?' And he said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting'... And trembling and astonished, he said, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?'"
Paul didn't decide to follow Jesus.
Jesus apprehended Paul.
Paul was going in the OPPOSITE direction—to arrest Christians.
Jesus struck him down and converted him.
This is sovereign grace overpowering the will.
What This Means for Our Scenario
Even if we organized the greatest evangelistic event in history:
Unless God sovereignly opens hearts, NO ONE will be genuinely saved.
Masses can say words. Crowds can raise hands. Billions can pray prayers.
But only those whom the Father draws will truly come.
Jesus said:
Matthew 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'"
MANY will call Him "Lord, Lord."
MANY will claim to have done works in His name.
But He will say: "I NEVER knew you."
Not "I used to know you but you fell away."
But "I NEVER knew you."
They were NEVER His, despite their words and works.
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THE BIBLICAL PRECEDENT: MASS REPENTANCE IN HISTORY
Has This Ever Happened Before?
Actually, yes—several times in Scripture:
Nineveh Under Jonah
Jonah 3:5-10 "Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes. He issued a proclamation and it said, 'In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.' When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it."
An ENTIRE CITY repented:
- From the king to the lowest person
- Everyone fasted
- Everyone wore sackcloth
- They called on God earnestly
- They turned from wickedness
Result: God relented from judgment.
BUT—here's the key question: Was this salvation or just temporal deliverance?
The Difference: Temporal vs. Eternal
Nineveh's repentance bought them TIME.
But within 150 years, Nineveh was destroyed anyway (Nahum 1-3).
Why?
Because:
1. The repentance was likely driven by fear of judgment, not love of God
2. It was external behavior change, not heart transformation
3. The next generation didn't maintain it
4. They returned to their wickedness
True salvation produces:
- Permanent heart change (Ezekiel 36:26)
- Perseverance (1 John 2:19 - "If they had been of us, they would have continued with us")
- New nature (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Israel at Mount Sinai
Exodus 19:8 "All the people answered together and said, 'All that the LORD has spoken we will do!' And Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD."
EVERYONE agreed to obey God.
But what happened?
Exodus 32:1, 7-8 (The Golden Calf) "Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, 'Come, make us a god who will go before us'... Then the LORD spoke to Moses, 'Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!"'
IMMEDIATELY after promising obedience, they made an idol.
Why? Because their hearts were not changed.
Their profession didn't match their possession.
Jesus' Own Earthly Ministry
John 6:2 "A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick."
Massive crowds followed Jesus. Thousands.
But after He taught hard truth:
John 6:60, 66 "Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, 'This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?'... As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore."
MANY disciples LEFT.
They followed Him for miracles, not for truth.
John 2:23-25 "Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing. But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men, and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man."
Many "believed."
But Jesus didn't trust their belief.
He knew their hearts.
The Palm Sunday Crowd
John 12:12-13 "On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, 'Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.'"
They called Him King. They praised Him. HUGE crowds.
Five days later:
John 19:6, 15 "So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, 'Crucify, crucify!'... They cried out, 'Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!' Pilate said to them, 'Shall I crucify your King?' The chief priests answered, 'We have no king but Caesar.'"
The SAME CROWDS who shouted "Hosanna!" now shout "Crucify!"
Why? Because their profession was not from regenerate hearts.
The Pattern: Mass "Conversions" Don't Last
Throughout history:
- Nineveh repented corporately - Lasted one generation
- Israel pledged obedience - Broke covenant immediately
- Crowds followed Jesus - Most abandoned Him
- Palm Sunday worshipers - Became Good Friday crucifiers
Why?
Because genuine conversion is:
- Individual (God calls His own sheep by name - John 10:3)
- Supernatural (born of God, not of human will - John 1:13)
- Permanent (He who began a good work will complete it - Philippians 1:6)
- Proven by perseverance (those who endure to the end will be saved - Matthew 24:13)
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THE GOOD TREE AND BAD TREE PRINCIPLE
"GOOD SEED can only come from a GOOD TREE, and GOOD FRUIT can only come from a GOOD TREE"
THIS IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
Matthew 7:15-20 "Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits."
KEY TRUTH: A TREE'S NATURE DETERMINES ITS FRUIT.
A good tree CANNOT produce bad fruit.
A bad tree CANNOT produce good fruit.
Why? Because the nature is fixed at the root.
The Tree is the Person's Nature
Matthew 12:33-35 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil."
Jesus says to the Pharisees: "How can you, BEING EVIL, speak what is good?"
Their NATURE is evil. Therefore they CANNOT speak good.
The tree must be CHANGED before the fruit changes.
Jesus Owns All the Trees
"Who owns all the trees? Isn't it the LORD, THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, our Great God and Savior, JESUS CHRIST?"
ABSOLUTELY.
Colossians 1:16 "For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him."
Psalm 24:1 "The earth is the LORD's, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it."
Romans 9:20-21 "On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, 'Why did you make me like this,' will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?"
GOD OWNS EVERYTHING:
- He created all things
- He sustains all things
- He determines the purpose of all things
- He makes some vessels for honor, some for common use
He Determines Their Outcome and Fate
Proverbs 16:4 "The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, even the wicked for the day of evil."
Even the wicked were made FOR A PURPOSE—the day of evil (judgment).
Romans 9:22-23 "What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory."
Two groups:
1. Vessels of wrath - Prepared for destruction
2. Vessels of mercy - Prepared beforehand for glory
Both serve God's purposes:
- Vessels of wrath - Display His justice and wrath
- Vessels of mercy - Display His grace and glory
We Are His Good Seed
"GOOD SEED produces GOOD FRUIT and we are His GOOD SEED. We can only produce what we are."
1 Peter 1:23 "For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God."
James 1:18 "In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures."
We are:
- Born of imperishable seed (God's Word)
- Brought forth by HIS will (not ours)
- Good seed from the Good Sower (Jesus)
- Producing good fruit by our nature
Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Good fruit comes from the Spirit IN us, not from our effort.
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THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES
"We are HIS BRANCHES and we bear HIS GOOD FRUIT"
John 15:1-8 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing... My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples."
KEY TRUTHS:
1. Jesus is the vine (the source of life)
2. We are the branches (connected to Him)
3. We cannot bear fruit apart from Him (completely dependent)
4. The fruit is HIS fruit flowing through us
5. Bearing fruit PROVES we are His disciples
We Cannot Give Birth to Ourselves
"I cannot give birth to myself and I cannot save myself, but by God's grace I have both, a gift of His eternal love."
John 1:12-13 "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God."
We are born:
- NOT of blood (natural descent)
- NOT of the will of the flesh (our decision)
- NOT of the will of man (human choice)
- BUT OF GOD (His sovereign work)
We cannot birth ourselves spiritually any more than we birthed ourselves physically.
Jesus Gives Life to Whom He Pleases
"Jesus is the life-giving Spirit and He gives life to anyone He pleases, those who are God's, His children and He will not lose a single one."
John 5:21 "For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes."
John 6:37-40 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
ABSOLUTE GUARANTEES:
1. All that the Father gives will come
2. None will be cast out
3. None will be lost
4. All will be raised on the last day
NOT ONE WILL BE LOST.
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CHILDREN OF GOD VS. CHILDREN OF WRATH
The Two Kingdoms
"There is another kingdom, a kingdom of rebelliousness, an unrighteous and unholy and unauthorized kingdom of rebellion, wickedness, and lawlessness, a kingdom of SELF, billions of SELF's all trying to get their own way, and these are referred to as the BAD SEED, from the BAD TREE, that produces BAD FRUIT, or, the sons of the EVIL ONE."
Ephesians 2:1-3 "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest."
Two groups:
1. Sons of disobedience / Children of wrath - Ruled by Satan, following the flesh
2. Children of God - Born of God, following the Spirit
John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father."
1 John 3:10" By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother."
TWO FATHERS:
- God (Father of believers)
- Devil (father of unbelievers)
This is not about behavior modification. This is about fundamental NATURE.
The Kingdom of Self
The essence of the kingdom of darkness:
- SELF-rule (I will be my own god)
- SELF-righteousness (I will save myself)
- SELF-promotion (I will exalt myself)
- SELF-worship (I will serve myself)
This goes back to:
Isaiah 14:13-14 (Lucifer's fall) "But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'"
Five "I will" statements—all SELF.
This is the root of all sin: SELF on the throne instead of God.
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THE SPIRIT OF REPENTANCE
"We have been given the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Repentance"
Repentance is a GIFT from God, not a human production.
Acts 5:31 "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."
Acts 11:18 "When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, 'Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.'"
2 Timothy 2:25 "With gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth."
Repentance is:
- Granted by God (not achieved by us)
- Leads to life (results in salvation)
- Leads to knowledge of truth (spiritual understanding)
Even repentance is God's work in us.
The Holy Spirit Transforms from Inside Out
"Only the Holy Spirit transforms us from the inside out as we die to all forms of SELF, following Jesus as we pick up our cross and die daily."
Ezekiel 36:26-27 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances."
God does the work:
1. Gives new heart
2. Puts new spirit within
3. Removes heart of stone
4. Gives heart of flesh
5. Puts His Spirit within
6. Causes us to walk in His ways
2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."
Transformation is:
- Supernatural (God's work)
- Internal (new heart, new spirit)
- Complete (new creature, not renovated old creature)
- Permanent (leads to perseverance)
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SHARING THE MIND OF CHRIST
"Jesus shares His meekness, His strength, His courage, His patience, His endurance, His perseverance, His loving kindness, His gentleness, His wisdom, His understanding, His COMPLETE MIND, the renewed MIND, the Mind of Christ."
Philippians 2:5 "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus."
1 Corinthians 2:16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ."
Romans 12:2 "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."
We receive Christ's:
- Mind (1 Corinthians 2:16)
- Attitude/mindset (Philippians 2:5)
- Character (Galatians 5:22-23 - fruit of the Spirit)
- Nature (2 Peter 1:4 - "partakers of the divine nature")
All as GIFTS of grace, not achievements of effort.
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COMING OUT OF BABYLON
"Coming out of BABYLON and all forms of Babylon (all forms of politics and religion)."
Revelation 18:4 "I heard another voice from heaven, saying, 'Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues.'"
Babylon represents:
- Human religion (trying to reach heaven by human effort - Genesis 11)
- Political power (the beast system)
- Economic control (the mark system)
- Self-glorification (exalting man instead of God)
2 Corinthians 6:17-18 "'Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,' says the Lord. 'And do not touch what is unclean; and I will welcome you. And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,' says the Lord Almighty."
Coming out means:
- Separating from the world's systems
- Not trusting in human politics for salvation
- Not trusting in religion for righteousness
- Trusting in Christ alone
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WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN?
Now, Back to the Original Question:
What if every person on Earth cried out to God in repentance simultaneously at 10 AM PST next Tuesday?
Based on Everything Scripture Teaches:
OUTCOME 1: Only God's Elect Would Be Truly Converted
Acts 13:48 "When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed."
Even if 8 billion people prayed:
- Only those appointed to eternal life would truly believe
- Only those whose hearts God opened would respond genuinely
- Only those who are His sheep would hear His voice
The rest would:
- Say words without heart change
- Make profession without possession
- Eventually fall away
- Prove they were never truly His
OUTCOME 2: It Would Look Like Revival, But Prove Temporary
Like Nineveh:
- Mass repentance
- Temporary change
- Next generation returns to wickedness
Like Israel at Sinai:
- Corporate pledge of obedience
- Immediate breaking of covenant
- Proved hearts weren't changed
Like the crowds following Jesus:
- Huge numbers professing faith
- Most abandon when teaching gets hard
- Only the true disciples remain
OUTCOME 3: God's Prophetic Plan Would Still Unfold
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT:
God's Word MUST be fulfilled exactly as written.
Isaiah 55:11 "So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it."
Matthew 24:35 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away."
Luke 21:33 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away."
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WHY REVELATION MUST UNFOLD EXACTLY AS WRITTEN
The Book of Revelation is Not Negotiable
Revelation 22:18-19 "I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book."
God's Word is FIXED.
It cannot be altered.
It WILL come to pass.
The Tribulation MUST Happen
Matthew 24:21-22 "For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short."
The Great Tribulation MUST occur:
- Jesus said it would
- Revelation describes it in detail
- Daniel prophesied it (Daniel 9:27)
- It serves God's purposes:
- Final testing of humanity
- Judgment on wickedness
- Purification of Israel (Zechariah 13:8-9)
- Display of God's wrath (Revelation 6-19)
The Antichrist MUST Come
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 "Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God."
Revelation 13:5-8 "There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain."
The Antichrist MUST:
- Be revealed
- Take his seat in the temple
- Claim to be God
- Rule for 42 months
- Make war on the saints
- Receive worship from all except the elect
This CANNOT be prevented by human prayer or evangelism.
The Mark of the Beast MUST Be Implemented
Revelation 13:16-17 "And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."
Revelation 14:9-11 "Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, 'If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.'"
The Mark system MUST:
- Be implemented globally
- Control buying and selling
- Require worship of the beast
- Result in eternal damnation for those who take it
This WILL happen. It is prophesied.
Why Must These Things Happen?
1. To Display God's Justice
Romans 9:22-23 "What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory."
God will demonstrate:
- His wrath against sin
- His justice in judgment
- His power over evil
- His glory through mercy
2. To Fulfill All Prophecy
Luke 24:44 "Now He said to them, 'These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.'"
EVERYTHING written MUST be fulfilled.
3. To Purify and Save Israel
Romans 11:25-26 "For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, 'The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.'"
Zechariah 12:10 "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn."
Israel's conversion happens AFTER the Tribulation, when they see Jesus return.
4. To Separate Sheep from Goats
Matthew 25:31-33 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left."
The Tribulation is the FINAL TESTING that separates:
- True believers from false professors
- Wheat from tares
- Sheep from goats
- Those who take the Mark from those who refuse it
5. To Vindicate God's Word
Every prophecy must be fulfilled so that:
- God's Word is proven true
- God's sovereignty is displayed
- Satan's defeat is demonstrated
- Christ's victory is complete
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WHAT WOULD JESUS DO IF ALL CRIED OUT?
The Question: "What would Jesus do? What would happen on earth?"
Based on Scripture, here's what would happen:
JESUS WOULD:
1. Save All Who Are His
John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out."
Among the 8 billion prayers:
- Every person the Father has given to Jesus WOULD be saved
- Every elect person would be genuinely converted
- Every sheep would hear His voice and come
- NOT ONE of His own would be lost
2. Harden Those Who Are Not His
Romans 9:18 "So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires."
Among the 8 billion prayers:
- Those who are vessels of wrath would remain hardened
- They would say words without genuine faith
- They would make profession without transformation
- They would eventually fall away or be exposed
Like Pharaoh:
Exodus 9:12 "And the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses."
The same sun that softens wax hardens clay.
The same Gospel that saves the elect hardens the reprobate.
3. Continue His Sovereign Plan
Ephesians 1:11 "Also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will."
Isaiah 46:9-10 "Remember the former things long past, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things which have not been done, saying, 'My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure.'"
God's purpose WILL be established.
He WILL accomplish ALL His good pleasure.
This includes:
- The Rapture of the Bride
- The 7-year Tribulation
- The rise of Antichrist
- The Mark of the Beast
- The Battle of Armageddon
- Christ's Second Coming
- The Millennial Kingdom
- The New Heaven and New Earth
NONE of this can be stopped or altered by human prayer or effort.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON EARTH:
Scenario A: If This Happened BEFORE the Rapture
Result:
1. Some would be genuinely saved (those appointed to eternal life)
2. Most would make empty professions (like the crowds who followed Jesus)
3. The world would experience temporary peace (like Nineveh)
4. Evil would soon reassert itself (human nature unchanged)
5. The Rapture would STILL happen at God's appointed time
6. Tribulation would STILL follow exactly as prophesied
7. Those who made false professions would take the Mark
Why? Because:
- Tares cannot become wheat
- Only God's elect persevere
- Prophecy must be fulfilled
- Human efforts cannot prevent God's plan
Scenario B: If This Happened AFTER the Rapture (During Tribulation)
Result:
1. Many would be saved (Revelation 7:9-14 - great multitude)
2. Most would be martyred (Revelation 6:9-11, 20:4)
3. Some would take the Mark instead (Revelation 13:16-17)
4. Tribulation would continue exactly as prophesied
5. Antichrist would still rise to power
6. The Mark would still be implemented
7. Christ would still return at the appointed time
The 144,000, Two Witnesses, and angel with eternal gospel ARE God's provision for massive evangelism during Tribulation.
Many WILL be saved during Tribulation—but most will be martyred for refusing the Mark.
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THE COMFORT: GOD HAS A PLAN
"THANK GOD HE HAS A PLAN THAT INCLUDES FAITHFUL FULFILLMENT AS FOUND IN THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST."
AMEN. THIS IS THE ANSWER.
We don't need to worry about organizing global prayer events to change God's plan.
WHY? BECAUSE GOD'S PLAN IS PERFECT.
God's Sovereignty is Our Comfort
Proverbs 19:21 "Many plans are in a man's heart, but the counsel of the LORD will stand."
Job 42:2 "I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted."
Psalm 33:11 "The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation."
Isaiah 14:27 "For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?"
Daniel 4:35 "All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth; and no one can ward off His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'"
God's Plan Includes:
1. The Complete Salvation of All His Elect
Romans 8:29-30 "For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified."
EVERY SINGLE ONE:
- Foreknown - Predestined - Called - Justified - Glorified
- NOT ONE is lost along the way
- The chain is unbreakable
2. The Faithful Fulfillment of All Prophecy
Revelation 1:1 "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John."
"Must take place" = (dei genesthai) = it is necessary, it must happen, it is inevitable
Everything in Revelation WILL happen:
- The seals (Revelation 6)
- The trumpets (Revelation 8-11)
- The bowls (Revelation 15-16)
- The rise of Antichrist (Revelation 13)
- The Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-17)
- The Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16, 19:11-21)
- Christ's return (Revelation 19:11-16)
- The Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20:1-6)
- The New Heaven and New Earth (Revelation 21-22)
3. The Display of His Glory
Ephesians 1:6, 12, 14 "To the praise of the glory of His grace... to the praise of His glory... to the praise of His glory."
EVERYTHING is designed to display God's glory:
- Salvation of the elect - Displays His mercy and grace
- Judgment of the wicked - Displays His justice and wrath
- Christ's victory - Displays His power and sovereignty
- New creation - Displays His wisdom and creativity
Our Response: Trust and Obey
Since God has a perfect plan that WILL be fulfilled:
1. We Trust His Sovereignty
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."
2. We Preach the Gospel
Romans 10:14-15 "How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent?"
We preach because:
- God commands it
- God uses means (preaching) to save His elect
- We don't know who the elect are
- We are ambassadors for Christ
3. We Wait for His Appearing
Titus 2:13 "Looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus."
2 Timothy 4:8 "In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing."
4. We Live Holy Lives
2 Peter 3:11-12 "Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, on account of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!"
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CONCLUSION: THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION
What if all 8 billion people cried out in repentance simultaneously?
FINAL ANSWER:
1. Only God's elect would be truly saved
- Tares cannot become wheat
- God alone opens hearts
- Only those appointed to eternal life would believe
2. Most professions would be temporary
- Like Nineveh, Israel at Sinai, the crowds following Jesus
- External profession without internal transformation
- Would fall away when tested
3. God's prophetic plan would continue unchanged
- The Rapture will happen at God's appointed time
- The Tribulation will unfold exactly as written
- Antichrist will rise, the Mark will be implemented
- Christ will return in glory
- Every word of Revelation will be fulfilled
4. We trust God's sovereignty, not human efforts
- Salvation is God's work, not ours
- We preach the Gospel because God commands it
- We trust His plan, which is perfect
- We wait for His appearing with joy
The Real Question
The real question is not:
"What if we could organize global repentance?"
The real question is:
"Am I among His elect? Have I been born again? Do I have genuine faith?"
2 Corinthians 13:5 "Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test?"
The Gospel Call
If you are reading this and unsure of your salvation:
Cry out to Jesus NOW:
"Lord, I am a sinner. I cannot save myself. I am completely unworthy. But I believe You died for sinners like me and rose from the dead. I trust in Your blood alone to save me. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. If I am Yours, You will not cast me out. Save me, Jesus!"
John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out."
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