“PRÉCIS ON GOD’S FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ENDTIMES REMNANT: SIX LAST CHALLENGES BEFORE OUR ‘TRANSFORMATION’” (WITH VIDEO)

1. THEOLOGY

SCRIPTURE. “UNTIL I COME, devote yourself to public reading [of Scripture], to preaching and to teaching [the SOUND DOCTRINE of God’s word]. Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, [that special endowment] which was intentionally bestowed on you [by the Holy Spirit] through prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands on you [at your ordination].

Practice and work hard on these things; BE ABSORBED in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will be evident to all. Pay close attention to yourself [concentrate on your personal development] and to your teaching; PERSEVERE in these things [hold to them], for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.” – 1 TIMOTHY 4:13-16, AMP

KEY TERMS:

• “SOUND DOCTRINE.” ‘Didaskalia’ [διδασκαλίᾳ]: “From a root word meaning, ‘Master, Doctor, or Teacher [one who instructs in Christian doctrine with great authority].’” NOTE: ‘Strong’s 1319 encompasses God-given instruction that forms belief, nurtures holiness, and preserves the Church from Deception.’ Wherever Scripture is read, taught, and OBEYED, διδασκαλία fulfills its ordained role of exalting Christ and equipping His people for every good work.”

• “BE ABSORBED.” ‘Isthi’ [ ἴσθι]: “To be in complete agreement with; i.e., to ‘be’ or have one’s total being committed toward something or someone.” NOTE: “ἴσθι is the singular present imperative of the Greek verb of ‘Existence.’ As an imperative it issues a direct command for a person to “be” something. Rather than calling for an external action, it summons an inward posture or settled state …. σθι resonates through Scripture as God’s Authoritative Call for His people to embody the Character, Courage, and Holiness that He Himself supplies.’”

• “PERSEVERE!” ‘Epimenó’ [ἐπίμενε]: “To remain, persist, stay, continue, tarry; to pursue steadily any design or course commenced; not to give over or abandon what is undertaken; applied alike to good and evil.” NOTE: “Strong’s Greek 1961 conveys an emphatic form of ‘Remaining.’ By adding the preposition ἐπί to μένω, the writers highlight ‘purposeful, deliberate Persistence.’ The term serves both literal scenes of lodging and travel as well as exhortations to ‘Moral or Doctrinal Perseverance.’ In every setting it underscores a conscious decision to STAY rather than move on.”

QUOTATION. “‘I think this is irresponsible preaching and very dangerous,’ and especially when it is slanted toward children, I think it’s totally irresponsible, because ‘I see nothing Biblical that points up to our being in the Last Days,’ and I just think it’s an outrageous thing to do, and a lot of people are making a living—they’ve been making a living for 2,000 years—preaching that we’re in the Last Days.” ― CHARLES M. SCHULZ, Conversations, 2000; edited

Author Note. I selected this quotation for a couple of reasons. One, everyone on the entire planet loves Mr. Schulz’s Peanuts iconic cartoon series. Second, as I reviewed a large number of quotations on the Goodreads platform: ‘His attack on the End Times Doctrine was overwhelmingly the Consensus.’

You see what we are up against, beloved? Selah.

COMMENTARY.  “‘False Teachers were and still are a threat to the Church.’ Jesus and the Apostles repeatedly warned against them (see, for example, Mark 13:21-23; Acts 20:28-31; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; 2 Peter 3:3-7). A Teacher, Speaker, or Writer may appear to be knowledgeable, disciplined, and moral, and may claim to be speaking for God. But if that person’s words contradict the Bible, their teaching proves false.

‘Like Timothy, they must guard against any teaching that causes believers to dilute or reject any aspect of their Faith.’ Such False Teaching can be very direct or extremely subtle. Believers ought to respond quickly when they sense False Teaching being promoted. The Truth does not mind honest questions. Sometimes a person teaching something that is false may prove to be ignorant of their error and appreciate the correction. A Firm Warning may at least keep them from promoting the deceptive beliefs that Paul describes (see Colossians 2:3-4).

‘These days, many people, even professed Christians, reject the Truth of the Bible.’ Because they don’t agree with the Bible’s Teaching on certain hot-button social issues, for example, they may carefully create a viewpoint that contradicts God’s Word. If that sounds like you, pray and submit yourself to the Authority of our Holy God- even if you don’t understand why He would do and say what He does. You are not God. If you follow someone who might be a False Teacher, ASK GOD for discernment to know whether the person is teaching according to God’s Word or according to his or her own ideas and authority.” – RONALD A. BEERS, General Editor, Life Application Study Bible, 2022, p. 2768; edited

II. TEACHING

THE CHRISTIAN RADICAL. Beloved, I have made this point before in somewhat oblique ways, but today with time slipping away from us daily, almost hourly, we go straight to the point here.

‘Last Days Christians must become completely “ABSORBED,” soaked in and virtually obsessed with Christ and His Commission if they are to be of honorable service to their respective communities. Period.’

Following a fruitless and aggressive search of the Internet for definitive and theologically sound essays on this crucial matter, I defaulted again to an AI Overview (ret. July 6, 2026; edited). Fairly or unfairly, I had this thought as I concluded my search:

‘Lord, it is as if I could find no solid statements on Radical Christianity since the overwhelming majority of The American Church is Lukewarm’

One important way of getting at the nexus of what it is to be and live as a Radical Christian is via the common phrase, “SOLD OUT FOR CHRIST.” My search for some answers to this idea quickly became a bit more fruitful as I considered this important saying.

FULLY “IN CHRIST.” Being ‘Completely Given to Christ’ means a believer has given up total ownership of their life to follow Jesus. It is an idiom indicating total surrender: your time, money, relationships, and choices are fully dedicated to His teachings and purpose, leaving no part of your life reserved for selfish desires.

“For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.” – COLOSSIANS 3:3-4, AMP

• TOTAL SURRENDER. Instead of being “for sale” to the highest temporary bidder (wealth, status, or comfort), being ‘Sold Out’ means you recognize Jesus bought you with His life. Everything you have is viewed as belonging to God, meaning you act as a manager (steward) of your resources rather than the ultimate owner.

• DENIAL OF SELF. It ties directly to the Biblical Principle of “taking up your cross.” This means putting personal ambition aside when it conflicts with God’s will. It involves a shift in perspective where a person strives to live by the principle found in Galatians 2:20: ‘It is no longer the old self that lives, but Christ who lives through the believer.’

• NO PLAN B. ‘Being “Sold Out” means there is no turning back or half-hearted compromise.’ It is the opposite of living a “double life”—where one acts like a Christian on Sunday but lives entirely by worldly, self-serving standards the rest of the week.

• COST & REWARD. While it requires actively ‘Putting God First’ above comfort, career, and even personal reputation, it is often described in Christian teachings ‘as the only path to experiencing true peace, joy, and a purposeful life.’

DK NOTE. What we are talking about today is what I often cast in terms of a virtual Death to Playtime Christianity, so prevalent in America’s approach to serving Christ. Indeed, I have seen us move from a Doctrine of becoming a ‘Slave to Christ’[‘Doulos’ (δοῦλος) – ‘completely submitted to being owned by another’] to the blasphemous opposite of, ‘Christ Slave to Us!’

To take us home in this vital conversation, here is what the TRUE CHRISTIAN will likely face in the America of 2027-2030 that True Followers of Christ much expose and resist as a key part of their credible witness of our Lord in The Last Days.

III. THE ROAD

“If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.” ― CORMAC MCCARTHY, The Road, 2006

SIX THINGS TO COME. To economize on the time and space here I will once more simply review THE SIX SEAL JUDGMENTS that we shall all face in the months and years just ahead. I expect these to be rolled out roughly by the end of the decade.

Give or take.

All references and citations shall be based on our Biblical Text in REVELATION 6:1-17 and rendered in the New King James Version. I shall also borrow from my books detailed review (The Sixth Seal II, “Postlude,” 2024, pp. 135-190; edited).

1. ANTICHRIST. “Now I saw when the Lamb opened ONE OF THE SEALS; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, ‘Come and see.’ And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer” (VV. 1-2). DK: I book-summarized his SEVEN CHARACTERISTICS: Lawless; Destroyer; Anti-God; Deceiver; Arrogant; Heretic; Politician (pp. 142-145). On two reviews, DONALD TRUMP checks all 45 theological markers, so I conclude the highest possible likelihood that He is the Man of Sin.
2. WAR. “When He opened the SECOND SEAL, I heard the second living creature saying, ‘Come and see,’ Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword” (VV. 3-4). DK: I proposed in the book yet unfulfilled, FIVE WARS: Civil War; Psalm 83 War; Isaiah 17 War; Ezekiel 38-39 War; Armageddon (pp. 148-157). I judge the United States of America in the first stages of a comparatively ‘Soft’ Civil War, with the Psalm 83 and Isaiah 17 Wars occurring sometime before the Great Tribulation since they are not ‘Supernatural,’ as with the last two conflicts, the Ezekiel War and Armageddon. 
3. SCARCITY. “When He opened the THIRD SEAL, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, ‘A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine’” (VV. 5-6). DK: This Judgment deals overwhelmingly with the single worldwide ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. Several contributing factors will aid and abet this massive Destabilization of the International Financial System: Antichrist’s Deceptions; Proliferation of Wars; Restrictions of Goods and Services; Grid Failure; Climatological Changes; Anarchism (pp. 158-167). This will lead to Worldwide Famine and desperation to increased Violence.
4. PLAGUE. “When He opened the FOURTH SEAL, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. Andpower was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth” (VV. 7-8). DK: Already at work among us are several factors contributing to worldwide CHAOS: Covid-19 Variants; Anti-Vax Movement; Lost Theology; Mass Die-Offs; Animal Kingdom Aggressiveness; Slaughter (pp. 168-173). Populations become increasingly desperate and violent as they watch the accelerating collapse of all that was once normal, where Primitive Survival rules what is left of the Social Order.
5. MARTYDOM. “When He opened the FIFTH SEAL, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?’ Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed” (VV. 9-11). DK: The issues covered in this Last Seal before the Wrath of God explodes upon the earth is the nearly rabid need to find a ‘Scapegoat’ for all Earth’s horrors. Thus, PERSECUTION:  Ancient Times; Latter Times; Non-Repentance; Donald Trump; Ten Traits of the Man of Sin; Personal Illustration; First Canary in the Coal Mine; A FOURTH REICH (pp. 174-184). At this catastrophic Point, the Earth and its Unsaved masses have suffered incredibly, but have still not cried to God for forgives. Thus, after arguably 6,000 Years of warning and waiting: GOD’S WRATH!
6. COSMIC SHIFT. “I looked when He opened the SIXTH SEAL, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 

And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of HIS WRATH has come, and who is able to stand?’” (VV. 12-17). DK: After nearly four decades of study of these Six Seals, I came to the conviction that: All true believers in Christ must endure the First Five Seal Judgments.They do not constitute the usurpation of the physical Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God, which serve as the very Core of the expression of God’s Anger, as you can clearly see. But vastly more importantly, theologically is THE PROMISE: “For God has NOT destined us to [incur HIS] WRATH [that is, He did not select us to condemn us], but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9, Amplified).

IN SUM. This is precisely why I have exchanged the standard Westernized preaching of “Pre-Tribulation” in strong and carefully exegeted the “Pre-Wrath” position. The former view dangerously presupposes that Christians don’t experience anything of the Last Days. My view does, but that does not include the Wrath of God.

IV. LAST THOUGHTS

All of this, beloved friends, all of this is to encourage you to PREPARE for the things that are right in front of us. In contrast to the World’s ignoring it altogether.

“And God said to Noah, ‘The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make yourself AN ARK of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch …

[But] As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and DESTROYED THEN ALL. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.” – GENESIS 6:13-14; LUKE 17:26-30, NKJV

SUMMARY. As I close, a somewhat unusual thought keeps coming back to me in response to several of you who have inquired, “How long, Dr. K, before these things begin?”

While you can rest assured that I will never set a “day or the hour” when such things shall become evident to all, I do have AN IMPRESSION that will not go away. Surprisingly, during my review of the book chapters cited above, I came across this – the exact thought I have had recurring in just the last few days.

“Whatever your politics, the science supports these biblically predicted conditions increasing in the coming decade, BY 2030” (Kelly, 2024, p. 165; edited).

And if that were not enough, during the draft of the First Edition of The Sixth Seal, I wrote in my section subtitled, “THREE BASIC STRATEGIES” to prepare for the coming storms: Spiritual; Financial; and Physical Preparation.

“I propose that I believe the Lord instructed me to follow as a THIRTY-DAY PLAN … to prepare for a time when we may be required to live off the grid for about a month or so” (Kelly, 2024, pp. 129-130).

I had not looked further into that statement until just last year, 2025, when I came across a prediction by DAVID WILKERSON shared in his Newsletter on March 7, 2009: “First, I give you a practical word I received for my own direction. If possible lay in store a THIRTY-DAY SUPPLY of non-perishable food, toiletries and other essentials. In major cities, grocery stores are emptied in an hour at the sign of an impending disaster.”

CODA. “A prudent and far-sighted person sees the evil [of sin] and hides himself [from it], But the naïve CONTINUE ON and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin]” (Proverbs 22:3, Amplified).

So there you have it, beloved. We are clearly instructed to MAKE READY not only for the rough seas ahead of us, but just the other side of them, our own stunning, indescribable Translation from Mortal to Immortal! When we shall become like the One who was Raised, and now is about to Raise Us so high, as one somewhat overenthusiastic theologian observed, “that we would very nearly ‘Breach the Godhead!’”

Remember what JESUS COMMANDED: “Now when these things begin to happen, LOOK UP and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near” (Luke 21:28, NKJV).

Selah.

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