Sermon Notes
Series: What in the World is Going On?
Title: "The Crude Awakening"
Text: Luke 12:54-56
Theme: Prophesy
Teacher: Dr. Barry D. Lovett
Time: Aug 14&15, 2010
File Under: Doctrine
The international thirst for petroleum that changed the world.
- In 2006, mankind's thirst for oil reached ______barrels per day, which translates into a staggering ______barrels per second.
- A __ percent shortfall in production can easily mean a ___ percent increase in price.
When we talk about oil, we are talking about the new _________________ in our world economy. It is necessary to help us understand our times. Luke 12:54-56
Who Controls the World's Oil Supply
Rank Country Billions of barrels
1 Saudi Arabia 264.3
2 Canada 178.8
3 Iran 132.5
4 Iraq 115.0
The United States is number ___ with ______billion barrels!
Who Consumes the World's Oil Supply
- _______ 5,578,000 barrels per day.
- _______, 6,391,000 barrels per day.
- ____________________14,590,000 barrels per day.
- _________________ 21 million barrels per day, #11 in oil reserves and #1 in oil consumption.
Conflicts Over the World's Oil Supply
Yom Kippur War - In 1973, when a group of Arab nations attacked Israel, their bid for power was now related to their control of the world’s greatest oil reserves.
The Gulf War - the first war in history almost entirely___________.
Iraq –The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan today are not just about_______________. They are also about _____________
Is There Any Oil in Israel?
"Moses dragged us for forty years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there was no oil." - Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel
One of Ezekiel's prophecies speaks of a time in the future when Israel would be ________________ than in her beginning: In his book, The Coming Peace in the Middle East, Dr. Tim LaHaye suggests that Israel discovering __________ may be one way that this wealth could be explained.
How Does the Oil Situation Affect Our Future
- It is driving the Emergence of _____________Alliances. Ezekiel 38:5 Russia and Iran, an alliance that was prophesied 2,500 years ago and just in the last seven years has become a reality.
2. The Emergence of _____________ Alliances
How Shall We Then Live? So What, Now What?
1. Keep On _________ Matthew 24:32-34
2. Keep On ___________ Matthew 24:46
3. Keep On ____________ Luke 21:28
"We are not just looking for something to happen; we are looking for Someone to come! And when these things begin to come to pass, we are not to drop our heads in discouragement or shake our heads in despair, but we are to lift our heads in delight." Vance Havner