Moriel Ministries

In this extensive prophetic teaching, Jacob Prasch traces the biblical and historical progression of Babylon as a spiritual system, beginning with the Tower of Babel and moving through Pergamum, Rome, and ultimately toward Jerusalem, arguing that Satan’s strategy has always been to counterfeit God’s kingdom through false religion, political power, and human self-deification. Drawing from Genesis, Daniel, Revelation, the Gospels, and church history, he explains how pagan religion, philosophy, science, psychology, and political authority became intertwined—particularly at Pergamum, which Jesus identified as the place “where Satan’s throne is.” Prasch connects these patterns to modern developments such as ecumenism, psychological manipulation, false peace efforts in the Middle East, and preparations surrounding the Third Temple, warning that many well-intentioned political and religious movements are unknowingly setting the stage for the Antichrist. The teaching concludes with the assertion that while Satan operates from many centers of influence, his ultimate goal is Jerusalem, where he will seek to usurp worship—until Christ returns to establish His rightful reign as King.

Jacob Prasch continues his exposition of Jeremiah 19 into the opening of Jeremiah 20, emphasizing that God’s announced judgment on Jerusalem was not something the Lord “wanted” but something forced by persistent refusal to repent, as the people made God’s house “alien” through idolatry, immorality, and the shedding of innocent blood—paralleling this with modern church apostasies (interfaith worship, homosexuality, and abortion). He develops the Gehenna/Valley of Hinnom background (Molech, Topheth, “field of blood”), treats the horrific cannibalism foretold in siege conditions as both historical reality and divine retribution for child sacrifice, and contrasts the “hosts of heaven” with “the Lord of Hosts” to argue against angel-veneration and “angelic revelation” religions (citing Colossians 2 and Hebrews 1). The passage then shifts to persecution: the priest Pashhur publicly beats and humiliates Jeremiah, prompting Jeremiah to pronounce a name-change oracle (“terror on every side”) and to predict Babylonian exile and death for Pashhur and his circle—using this as a template for how false prophets tell people what they want to hear, persecute true warning voices, and yet inevitably reap the same outcome when judgment arrives.
Peter 5:13 and Revelation 17–18 as the interpretive lens—before previewing continuation into Jeremiah 22.

Pastor Marco frames Acts 1 as the necessary “what’s next” after the resurrection: Jesus ascends, but His mission continues through a new body on earth—the church—by the power of the Holy Spirit. He emphasizes that Luke–Acts is one continuous account designed to connect later believers to the first generation, and he traces the Holy Spirit’s role from Jesus’ conception, baptism, temptation, ministry, death, and resurrection, to the church’s commissioning. The core thrust is that Acts is not merely history; it is an invitation into an ongoing, dynamic relationship where resurrection power is experienced in holiness, boldness, gospel proclamation, and love for the lost—God’s power working through human obedience.
He then presses application: the Spirit is not only “in” believers but also comes “upon” them—an ongoing, renewing empowerment rather than a one-time event or a rigid “second blessing.” He links the timing of Pentecost to God’s appointed feasts, portraying it as the moment the Word and Spirit converge for the church’s witness, and stresses that believers are to wait, pray, fellowship, and move together in unity. The goal is not speculation about times and seasons but faithful action: to be Christ’s witnesses outward from “Jerusalem” to the ends of the earth, resisting sin and division, and seeking fresh filling—“wind and fire,” boldness and holiness—so the church can carry the Great Commission in step with the Spirit and anchored in the Word.

Sandy stresses the urgency of forgiveness because time is short and Christ’s return is imminent. Unforgiveness is described as a lifestyle sin that can block spiritual growth, rob believers of God’s blessings, and even leave sin unresolved before death or Christ’s return. The speaker challenges the common excuse of “working on forgiveness,” arguing that forgiveness is a decisive act of obedience empowered by God, not something to be indefinitely postponed.

Amos concludes with a final, weighty question: will the story end in judgment, or will it end in restoration? Pastor Marco traces the unavoidable justice of God against persistent sin, while also highlighting God’s mercy and covenant faithfulness that promises renewal beyond ruin. Amos does not minimize judgment—but it also refuses to leave God’s people without hope. The closing vision points forward to God’s rebuilding work, the restoration of what was broken, and the wideness of God’s redemptive plan. This final teaching brings the series to its doctrinal and pastoral endpoint: God is holy, judgment is real, and restoration is possible only by God’s grace.