Welcome back to the
Pillars of our Faith.
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And we've had a
great weekend, haven't we?
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Actually starting
from Wednesday night.
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And wow! You're still energetic.
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You've still got a
lot of energy left. OK!
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All right. So Wednesday
night, all day Thursday,
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all day Friday, Friday
evening, all day today Sabbath.
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And so we have two more sermons.
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And so it's been such a blessing
and we got to meet quite a few
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of you. Some of you we
haven't gotten to meet you
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or see you. Maybe
afterwards... the services
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are over we'll see you
out in the foyers or out
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by where the 3ABN booth and
all of that is after Sabbath.
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And for those of you at home
thank you for joining us again
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as you do each and every day.
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And thank you for your love and
prayers and financial support
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of 3ABN as we endeavor to
take this gospel of the kingdom
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into all the world. This hour
we'll be... you'll be hearing
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from our own
pastor John Lomacang.
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He's the pastor of this
church here: the Thompsonville
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Seventh-day Adventist church.
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Volumes could be
written about John. In fact,
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there is a book about
the story of his life.
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But John is an
incredible human being.
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He's an incredible pastor, a
wonderful brother in the Lord.
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He and his wife
Angie are such an addition
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to Three Angels Broadcasting
Network and to the local area.
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So we're so thankful that
he's going to be bringing us
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the Word of God
tonight. But before he comes
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we have some special guests.
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We have Reggie and Ladye Love
Smith and they're going to be
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doing a song from
the Pillars I, right?
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Entitled Marvel Not.
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Amen.
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I don't know if
there's any significance to it,
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but the last time I
preached last year that was
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the song sung
right before I spoke.
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To get an opportunity to speak
about the second coming of Jesus
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is a privilege.
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It is the single most
anticipated event of all time
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and I can't wait till
Jesus comes. What about you?
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Amen. Tonight I'm going to ask
you to bow your heads with me
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as I ask the Lord
to give me the ability
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and the power that is
needed to communicate a message
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for His honor and for His glory.
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Father in heaven,
this is Your time...
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I am Your servant.
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Use me, Lord, for Your glory.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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There is a very
short passage in scripture
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found in the book of Hebrews
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that really pulls
all the pieces together
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when we wonder whether or
not Jesus is going to come.
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It's found in Hebrews
chapter 10 and verse 37.
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If you don't have your Bibles
tonight, I praise the Lord
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for our 3ABN production crew.
They're going to have the slides
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on the screen for
you to follow along
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if you just did not
remember your Bible.
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It's a very short
but very potent passage
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and it reads as follows:
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It was anticipated to be
the biggest celebration ever.
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Magnificent preparations were
being laid for the ushering in
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of the 21st century.
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No expense was too
great. No expense was spared
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as January 1, 2000,
quickly became the focus.
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From Times Square to
Tokyo frenzy was building.
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I got on the Internet
and began to read the records
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of... about this magnificent
anticipation of the ushering in
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of the year 2000.
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Of particular interest was what
happened in Orlando, Florida.
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In Orlando, Florida - the
experimental prototype city
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of tomorrow, also known
as Epcot - was chosen as
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one of the venues.
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At 7:30 AM on December 31, 1999,
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Epcot began sending
busses to the Millennium Hotel
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to begin to transport all of
the elite annual pass holders
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to the countdown venue.
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Only those who were elite
holders were being transported
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to the countdown
venue there at Epcot Center.
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They said there was a
pulse. The world began to pulse
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in unison as they all began
to focus on the midnight hour.
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The record goes on to say
at the International Gateway
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entrance the park was so packed
there was an unprecedented
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long line forming there.
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It was soon announced that
the park was closed to everyone
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except the annual pass holders.
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However, shortly past
noon Epcot was also closed
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to even the annual pass holders.
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They go on to say that
every full-service restaurant
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was booked. Fast
food lines were so long,
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they say, that people
cheered when someone got served.
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Crowds were eagerly
anticipating the approach...
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the approach of
the midnight hour
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when the largest pyrotechnic
display ever done at Epcot
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would be unleashed over
the heads of adrenalin-pumping
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humanity. One report
said that people were so hyped
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as 11 PM passed that some
of the fainted from the sheer
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realization that
they made it into the park
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for the celebration.
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On the other hand, there
was pandemonium on the outside
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as traffic jams formed
and people stood on the roofs
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of their cars hoping that
their cheers would be heard
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over the explosion that
ignited the Orlando sky.
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What a night it was.
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Anticipation of
the highest order.
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On the heels of that... Y2K.
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Joy on one side...
fear and "intrepidation"
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on the other.
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People looking forward to
getting excited about something.
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But everybody in the
back of their minds thought
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that the world would
come to a screeching halt
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as time would take
us back to antiquity.
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Money would disappear.
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Bank accounts would
end up at zero balance.
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It's amazing how people
can frighten themselves.
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Months and years
before people made preparation
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stocking up food. Kind of
like what they're doing now.
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Do you know that right now
there is such fear about 2012
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that underground
apartments are being sold
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for
extraordinary amounts of money.
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I watched just the other
day on National Geographic.
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There are old bomb shelters
that are no longer being used
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by the military.
People are building apartments
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14 and 18 feet... 40
feet below the ground.
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Architects are building these
apartments below the ground
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selling for
$100,000 to $700,000.
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If you want an entire
level, that's $1.5 million.
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And they say they are stocking
food for a 4-year supply
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if the world
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would receive what those who
prognosticated said it would.
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Brethren, when Jesus
comes I'm not going down...
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I'm going up.
What do you say? Amen!
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Mark Mitten, the
president of Bilennium, said:
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What he means by
that is when midnight hits
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you're going to see things
you never thought were possible.
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I remember being in New
York City one New Years Eve.
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My wife and I put
our lives in our hands
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as we went to Times Square.
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Being native New Yorkers,
that was not a stretch of the
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imagination. But when midnight
hit, you know, everybody
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gathers together and
they hug each other and they
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greet each other. I
turned around to greet my wife
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and a Mexican man kissed her
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before I got to her.
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If it wasn't midnight, it
would have been a different set
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of circumstances.
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Bill Mitten said:
"When midnight hits
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on December 31,
1999, you're going to see
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a display of human
affection and human
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actions that are unimaginable. "
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An Asian young lady by
the name of Syndy Ng...
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she said that she wanted
to do something different:
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she was going to feed everyone.
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So she got together and appealed
to international businessmen
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and businessmen in Seattle.
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She was from the
University of Washington.
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She created
something called Mealennium
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and she said on January 1
she's going to create a miracle
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for the poor people of the
city of Seattle, Washington.
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Listen to her words. She said:
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Time Magazine as far back as
1992 talks about the millennium.
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They said:
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And time would fail me to
talk about the global sing-along
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that they plan
for January 1, 2000.
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How on earth can you sing
around the globe all together?
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I don't know... it
just never happened.
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I guess that's some indication
of the planning stages.
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Way back in 1997,
Royal Caribbean was already
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sold out as they
advertised millennial cruises
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for January, 2000.
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One man in New Jersey said
that when he contacted them
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in December, 1996, they
told him only one space was left
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that was on the
bottom deck of the ship
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and would cost him
nearly $4,000 for one night.
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It was sold out
by January, 1997.
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People wanted to party.
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And the most
requested and played song was
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by a man by the name of Prince:
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We're Going to
Party Like It's 1999.
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The second most requested
song was I'm Going to Wait
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Till the Midnight Hour.
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Bill Clinton, the
president at the time...
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he put together a millennial
speech that read as follows:
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He said... as he looked to
the new millennium, he said:
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I've got a different
prayer for 100 years from now,
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what about you? Amen. He said:
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That was all the
anticipation for 2000,
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but let me tell you
tonight the reality is this:
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just 11 years ago
what they thought was bad
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is a whole lot worse now.
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The 21st century
brought to the stage
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what was bad in 1999
and back is much worse now.
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2001 dawned. The 21st
century was invited and welcomed
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by the worst terrorist
attack on US soil in history.
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2002... natural disasters.
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On the property
loss alone, $70 billion.
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Just 2002 with $115
billion in economic loss.
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300,000 livestock
were killed in South Korea
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in floods and torrential rain.
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2002. Have you heard about that?
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In western China, 600,000 homes
were destroyed and swept away.
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In northern India,
100,000 homes were destroyed
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just in the year 2000. If
you count all the property loss,
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all the homes
destroyed between 2000 and now
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you have more than a
million homes destroyed.
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But even more frightening than
that, more than a million lives
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taken in natural disasters
in just the last 11 years.
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And those of us
who live in the Midwest
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killer tornadoes have
increased in number, frequency,
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and intensity
since the year 2000.
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At the hint of severe
weather in the Midwest
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where we live, men's hearts
are failing them for fear.
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My wife and I just went
out and bought a weather radio.
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You've got to get one of those
when you live where tornadoes
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like to visit.
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But I want to say
"praise the Lord. "
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Every time a tornado
stuck up its ugly head
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the Lord re-routed it
around 3ABN. Can you say Amen?
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Amen. Last year... a
couple years ago we had a
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120 mile an hour
winds go through here.
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And I want to say this: with
all of those satellite dishes
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those dishes did
not move an iota. Amen.
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"The angel of the Lord
encampeth round about those
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that fear Him
and delivers them. "
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When God is done
those dishes will come down.
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Until then, this
place is divinely protected.
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What do you say? Amen.
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Entire lifetimes were
destroyed in tornadoes in just
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the last two months.
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My friend and his
wife were visiting with us.
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My wife's cousin. They were
in their home in Huntsville, AL,
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praying. He said
for 9 hours straight
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lightning was
flashing, thunder was rolling.
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And he stood at his
window and counted every minute.
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He said in just one
minute over 20 lightning strikes
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with thunder shaking
their home. They huddled
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in the innermost
sections of their home.
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All they had to
hide in was the bathroom.
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And his neighbor said they
saw that his roof was lifting
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but praise the Lord,
when the tornadoes were done -
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128 in all within
a 10-mile radius -
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his house was unmoved.
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Did not even
overturn his flower pot. Amen.
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Praise the
Lord? Praise the Lord!
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But I want to pray for
those that did lose their homes.
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Lots of Christians
and non-Christians alike
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their homes were
destroyed. In an instant
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lifetimes were
evaporated and wiped out.
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On top of that, the earth is
shifting with an angry force.
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We always say that.
And recently in the media
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they say that Japan was the
most devastating earthquake.
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Did you forget
December 26, 2004, in Sumatra?
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A 9.1 earthquake
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and 300,000+ lives destroyed
in the ensuing tsunami.
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And then Chile...
an 8.8 earthquake.
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It seems as though the
word tsunami was re-introduced
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in the 21st century.
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When I was being raised I
never heard of the word tsunami.
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Over the last 4 or 5 years
tsunami has become a common word
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in our vocabulary.
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To add to the list, volcanic
eruptions have interrupted
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Europe's travel... interrupted
the air traffic of Europe...
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two years in a row.
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Clouds are furious
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as torrential rains have
wreaked havoc on this planet.
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Swollen rivers have
inundated entire towns.
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And by the way,
whether you know it or not,
00:19:06.50\00:19:08.07
man is at the mercy
of the forces of nature.
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But more particularly,
praise God for His mercy,
00:19:11.81\00:19:14.99
what do you say? Amen.
00:19:15.09\00:19:16.64
Paul the apostle puts
this entire scenario together
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in these words in
Romans 8 and verse 22. He said:
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Not only do we want to
be delivered but even nature
00:19:32.22\00:19:34.84
wants to be delivered.
Sin did a job on nature
00:19:35.04\00:19:37.12
and they are
praying for Jesus to come.
00:19:37.32\00:19:39.64
I think that's
why there is so much.
00:19:39.94\00:19:41.80
And there is no time that I
even have to talk about all the
00:19:42.00\00:19:45.14
fish coming up on seashores and
birds falling out of the skies.
00:19:45.24\00:19:48.96
Just recently,
just a few days ago,
00:19:49.16\00:19:50.57
they said there is an
inordinate amount of jellyfish
00:19:50.67\00:19:54.08
wrapping around the
southern coast of Florida.
00:19:54.28\00:19:57.20
Unexplainable. They still
have not found the reason why
00:19:57.50\00:20:01.06
birds have
fallen out of the skies
00:20:01.27\00:20:03.81
and fish are
coming up on the shores.
00:20:04.02\00:20:06.65
Elder Brooks told me
something today that was really
00:20:08.01\00:20:09.81
astounding. I want
to borrow it from him.
00:20:09.91\00:20:11.38
He said "do you know that
in the flood... in the flood
00:20:11.58\00:20:15.83
the animals were
wiser than humanity? "
00:20:17.58\00:20:21.55
When these floods...
when the waters receded
00:20:22.90\00:20:26.22
in Asia...
people were found dead
00:20:26.43\00:20:31.74
not animals.
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Kind of like the days
of Noah, what do you say?
00:20:33.15\00:20:36.18
Ellen White has been given
a vision about these times.
00:20:37.38\00:20:40.40
She says in the book Education
page 179 paragraph 5, she said:
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Who in their right mind
would doubt those words?
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And then there's the
issue of real estate.
00:21:34.33\00:21:36.08
It's now become unreal estate
00:21:36.28\00:21:38.53
as property
values begin to plummet.
00:21:38.83\00:21:40.71
Just earlier this week they said
00:21:40.81\00:21:42.28
property values are at
the lowest it's ever been
00:21:42.48\00:21:44.91
in US history.
00:21:45.11\00:21:46.84
The world is more financially
unstable than at any other time
00:21:47.14\00:21:50.53
in history. Somebody may say:
"What about the depression? "
00:21:50.64\00:21:52.59
That was the United States but
this time it's the entire world.
00:21:52.79\00:21:55.69
Each week another
nation makes the news
00:21:57.08\00:21:59.37
as nations are
rising against nation.
00:21:59.57\00:22:02.05
And right now, national
and international security
00:22:02.25\00:22:05.59
still lists terrorism
as its number one concern.
00:22:05.79\00:22:09.27
But I want to tell you today
it is no surprise to Jesus.
00:22:09.57\00:22:11.95
What do you say? Amen.
00:22:12.06\00:22:13.25
Matthew 21 and verse 7 Jesus
predicted this would happen
00:22:13.45\00:22:16.42
just before He came. He said:
00:22:16.62\00:22:18.83
2004 I believe it was
00:22:31.49\00:22:33.33
or maybe about 3 or 4 years
ago my wife and I woke up to a
00:22:33.53\00:22:36.52
4.4 earthquake in Thompsonville.
00:22:36.72\00:22:39.34
I lived in California
18 years... never felt one.
00:22:40.62\00:22:43.23
But historically the
worst earthquake ever recorded
00:22:47.40\00:22:50.54
was in the
Midwest... the New Madrid fault.
00:22:50.74\00:22:53.85
They said if one
hits the Midwest right now
00:22:54.15\00:22:56.33
it will extend from southern
Tennessee all the way up
00:22:56.44\00:22:59.13
to Chicago. Because unlike
the west coast where mountains
00:22:59.33\00:23:01.87
pad the ripple, there's
nothing to stop it from rippling
00:23:02.07\00:23:05.01
here in the Midwest.
00:23:05.21\00:23:06.18
Are we ready?
00:23:06.47\00:23:08.44
Only by the grace of God.
00:23:08.74\00:23:10.84
More important than the
State of the Union address is
00:23:11.14\00:23:14.37
the State of the
Union address by God
00:23:14.57\00:23:15.71
or the State of the
World address by God.
00:23:15.81\00:23:17.41
We listen to our
president, but let's take time
00:23:17.54\00:23:20.43
tonight to listen to
what God says is the reason
00:23:20.63\00:23:23.35
for the condition of the
world the way it is today.
00:23:23.55\00:23:25.88
Isaiah the
prophet faithfully writes:
00:23:26.18\00:23:28.57
Somebody may have
forgotten... For every action
00:23:51.48\00:23:53.89
there is an equal
and opposite reaction.
00:23:54.09\00:23:56.44
And then there's this thing
about traditional family values.
00:23:57.83\00:24:01.01
I came up with the idea
this week: it's not about
00:24:02.37\00:24:04.69
traditional family values...
it's about Biblical values.
00:24:04.79\00:24:09.01
Because tradition
changes with the time.
00:24:09.58\00:24:12.84
We're not fighting to sustain
traditional family values.
00:24:13.14\00:24:17.06
We're fighting to
sustain Biblical family values,
00:24:17.16\00:24:20.66
what do you say? Amen.
00:24:20.86\00:24:22.24
But they're being redefined
00:24:22.73\00:24:23.99
on the altar of
political correctness.
00:24:24.29\00:24:27.77
I was raised in New
York City where they had
00:24:27.87\00:24:29.71
alternate side of
the street parking.
00:24:29.91\00:24:31.65
On one day you
parked on this side...
00:24:31.85\00:24:33.83
on the other day
you parked on that side.
00:24:34.03\00:24:35.82
Then I found out another
alternate... an alternate route.
00:24:36.12\00:24:38.60
So when I'm in a traffic
jam I hit my GPS and it gives me
00:24:38.74\00:24:42.22
an alternate route.
00:24:42.32\00:24:43.61
They make movies now
with alternate endings.
00:24:43.81\00:24:46.38
If you don't like one
ending, play it again...
00:24:46.58\00:24:48.00
there's another ending.
00:24:48.10\00:24:49.67
And with all of that
00:24:50.68\00:24:51.87
the devil threw one in
there... alternate lifestyles.
00:24:52.07\00:24:55.06
He makes a... he wants us to
accept alternative lifestyles
00:24:55.26\00:24:59.32
like we accept alternate routes.
00:24:59.52\00:25:01.45
And brethren, let
me tell you something:
00:25:01.65\00:25:02.66
as long as I can preach against
anything that defies God's
00:25:02.86\00:25:05.91
truth, I'm going to preach
against it. What do you say?
00:25:06.11\00:25:08.70
Amen. I'm not
preaching against people...
00:25:09.00\00:25:10.73
I'm preaching against sin.
00:25:10.83\00:25:12.90
Jesus said just
before His return
00:25:13.85\00:25:16.10
people will be
preoccupied with self-interest.
00:25:16.30\00:25:19.73
People love themselves nowadays.
00:25:20.03\00:25:21.69
Dr. Luke has given us a
prognosis of the condition
00:25:22.10\00:25:26.03
of the world. He says in
Luke 17 beginning with verse 26:
00:25:26.23\00:25:29.36
Ellen White says in Great
Controversy 1888. She says:
00:25:50.52\00:25:53.39
We've got to be ready for
Jesus IS going to come back.
00:26:29.11\00:26:32.38
Amen.
00:26:32.68\00:26:33.76
Another sign of the
nearness of the coming of Jesus
00:26:34.06\00:26:36.38
is that the world is applauding
everything that is rebellious,
00:26:36.58\00:26:39.89
disgusting, filthy,
vile, and anti-Christian.
00:26:40.09\00:26:44.47
And they're challenging
Christians to stand up
00:26:45.40\00:26:47.52
and speak against it.
00:26:47.62\00:26:48.66
You watch the talk show
hosts. When somebody stands up
00:26:48.86\00:26:51.13
to trumpet moral
values they get booed.
00:26:51.24\00:26:53.76
But that's all right. If
you're unpopular to the world
00:26:54.06\00:26:56.88
you're popular to
God. What do you say?
00:26:57.01\00:26:58.68
Dr. Luke once again
tells us why it is so. He says:
00:26:59.91\00:27:03.60
People no longer
care what God thinks.
00:27:10.92\00:27:14.20
Listen to the analogy of
apathy as Timothy tells us
00:27:14.51\00:27:18.97
about the condition.
When I read this text
00:27:19.17\00:27:21.12
it sounds like Timothy
was living in our time.
00:27:21.32\00:27:24.66
It sounds like God gave
Timothy a glimpse of 2011
00:27:25.79\00:27:29.48
and said: "write this
down long before it occurs. "
00:27:29.68\00:27:32.21
Listen to have amazingly
accurate his description is
00:27:32.41\00:27:35.77
about our present day.
He says in II Timothy 3:1:
00:27:35.97\00:27:41.11
I got brave and
went on the Internet.
00:28:41.58\00:28:43.69
You've got to be brave to
go on the Internet nowadays
00:28:43.99\00:28:46.93
'cause stuff pops up
that you don't want to pop up.
00:28:47.23\00:28:50.24
I'm so glad that 3ABN
has a wonderful filter. Amen.
00:28:51.29\00:28:54.74
Helps the workers get their work
done. That's the real reason.
00:28:55.80\00:28:58.83
Spending time on FaceBook
00:29:01.15\00:29:02.97
forgetting that one day we're
going to have to face the book.
00:29:03.27\00:29:05.91
But you know...
00:29:07.42\00:29:10.79
We often just go right over
this passage that's in verse 6
00:29:13.01\00:29:17.86
but I want to just
spend a minute there.
00:29:17.99\00:29:19.43
And ladies, understand me that
I'm not speaking against women
00:29:19.63\00:29:22.58
at all. I have a lovely
wife and I respect women.
00:29:22.68\00:29:25.10
But that phrase "silly women"
really has taken center stage
00:29:25.50\00:29:29.41
nowadays. You
look at the television.
00:29:29.51\00:29:33.07
I went to the
Internet just this afternoon.
00:29:33.37\00:29:35.34
I just typed
that phrase in there
00:29:35.54\00:29:37.03
and this is what I came up with.
00:29:37.23\00:29:38.99
Silly women:
Desperate Housewives.
00:29:39.19\00:29:42.07
Silly women.
00:29:42.27\00:29:45.43
Who on earth cares
what Paris Hilton does next?
00:29:45.73\00:29:48.88
The Kardashians...
famous for nothing.
00:29:49.18\00:29:51.99
The Bad Girls Club.
00:29:52.49\00:29:55.30
There's another series
about teenage girls called
00:29:55.60\00:29:59.22
Pretty Little Liars.
00:29:59.43\00:30:01.39
And then there's
this overwhelming one:
00:30:01.69\00:30:03.60
The Real Housewives of
Atlanta, of Miami, of New York,
00:30:03.80\00:30:06.82
of New Jersey. It's like we
care about what all the real
00:30:07.02\00:30:08.96
housewives are doing.
You'd better take care of
00:30:09.06\00:30:10.96
your own wife,
what do you say? Amen.
00:30:11.16\00:30:12.94
It seems like there is this
overwhelming fascination about
00:30:13.24\00:30:15.86
women on television.
And you know I had to stop
00:30:16.06\00:30:18.02
because it started taking me to
areas that I was uncomfortable.
00:30:18.22\00:30:21.04
Silly women are being led
down laden with diverse lusts.
00:30:22.94\00:30:26.70
And people are being fascinated.
00:30:26.90\00:30:28.29
It's like we have new
Elizabeth Taylors nowadays.
00:30:29.29\00:30:32.90
They say also that
marriage has decreased 30%.
00:30:33.90\00:30:39.60
People are not getting married.
00:30:39.70\00:30:40.76
They want to do like the
movie stars and live together.
00:30:40.96\00:30:42.97
Try each other out and if
it doesn't work they move on
00:30:43.17\00:30:45.29
to the next person.
00:30:45.32\00:30:46.64
Brethren, I thank God that there
are still people today that
00:30:46.84\00:30:49.36
believe that God's way is
the best way. Can you say Amen?
00:30:49.56\00:30:52.67
Amen. He set it up
in the very beginning.
00:30:52.77\00:30:54.39
And they also say by
the way... this is added,
00:30:54.60\00:30:56.63
not in the sermon but
this is extra credit...
00:30:56.83\00:30:58.51
they say that when people live
together it's highly unlikely
00:30:58.71\00:31:02.11
that they'll ever get married.
00:31:02.31\00:31:03.92
No commitment. They
could get up on any morning and
00:31:05.83\00:31:08.03
hit the road!
00:31:08.23\00:31:10.45
But movie stars and shows
are saying to our young people
00:31:10.76\00:31:14.55
"Don't get
married... just live together.
00:31:14.65\00:31:16.27
If you don't like
it, if it doesn't work,
00:31:16.47\00:31:17.53
just hit the road. "
00:31:17.64\00:31:18.98
We're trading people in
like used cars nowadays.
00:31:19.18\00:31:22.03
"Ever learning and never able
00:31:23.05\00:31:24.90
to come to the
knowledge of the truth. "
00:31:25.00\00:31:26.47
Which brings me
to the next phrase
00:31:26.78\00:31:28.18
which brings us
to the Word of God
00:31:28.38\00:31:29.93
where the truth about the method
of the second coming of Jesus
00:31:30.13\00:31:34.19
is not being told.
00:31:34.39\00:31:35.66
Jesus said in Matthew 23:3-4...
00:31:35.96\00:31:38.25
The disciples
came to Him and said:
00:31:38.45\00:31:39.90
I've got to ask the
question... If you're watching,
00:31:46.95\00:31:48.46
just consider the
question very quickly.
00:31:48.66\00:31:50.77
How long do you have to study
the Bible before you accept
00:31:50.97\00:31:54.98
the fact that "no one
knows the day nor the hour
00:31:55.18\00:31:58.47
not even the angels of
heaven but My Father only. "
00:31:58.68\00:32:02.02
Amen. How long do you
have to read the Bible?
00:32:02.32\00:32:04.56
How old do you have to get?
00:32:04.76\00:32:06.91
And if you follow me carefully,
how old do you have to get
00:32:07.12\00:32:10.48
is in particular
reference to Harold Camping.
00:32:10.68\00:32:13.07
We've been beating that man up
but he's one in a group of many.
00:32:14.28\00:32:17.66
I told you my wife
and I went out there.
00:32:19.11\00:32:21.08
Now consider this: even if
Harold Camping was an angel
00:32:21.38\00:32:26.18
he wouldn't know.
00:32:26.48\00:32:28.22
I don't know if any
man on earth is an angel.
00:32:32.40\00:32:34.34
Ladies: don't
say "Amen" to that.
00:32:34.64\00:32:36.79
The problem with all these
predictions is when they don't
00:32:41.53\00:32:44.84
come to pass that is
the material by which
00:32:44.94\00:32:47.64
scoffers are being created.
00:32:47.85\00:32:49.87
And when the prevailing opinion
is that Jesus is not returning
00:32:50.27\00:32:53.44
THEN He's going to come.
00:32:53.64\00:32:55.04
Listen to the apostle
Peter and what he said.
00:32:55.24\00:32:57.20
He says in II Peter 3 beginning
with verse 3... he says:
00:32:57.40\00:32:59.51
Paul chimes in
in II Thessalonians
00:33:18.10\00:33:21.38
chapter 2. He says:
00:33:21.58\00:33:22.62
If you've been
putting your ear to the door
00:33:33.90\00:33:35.59
or the stethoscope to
the heart of humanity,
00:33:35.79\00:33:38.12
you know that the
falling away has started.
00:33:38.32\00:33:40.58
And I hate to say it...
even in some our churches.
00:33:41.54\00:33:43.86
I have not yet gotten to
the place where I can preach
00:33:47.29\00:33:50.18
without the Bible
00:33:50.28\00:33:51.76
because I believe that
human philosophy is of no value
00:33:52.06\00:33:54.86
when it comes to
communicating what God has said.
00:33:54.96\00:33:57.31
Amen.
00:33:57.61\00:33:58.70
When we favor
intellect over God's Word
00:34:01.36\00:34:04.48
we begin to meet
Satan as he met Eve
00:34:04.68\00:34:07.26
at the Tree of Knowledge.
00:34:07.46\00:34:08.66
We can't even
worship or admire intellect
00:34:08.76\00:34:11.37
because there's nobody outside
of God that's more intellectual
00:34:11.57\00:34:14.00
than Satan himself.
00:34:14.20\00:34:15.32
So people nowadays want to
question what God has said.
00:34:16.50\00:34:18.95
A lot of people say: "Ellen
White just had a 3rd grade
00:34:19.15\00:34:20.99
education. " That's all
right... but God didn't.
00:34:21.09\00:34:22.70
God has all the
knowledge He needs. Amen!
00:34:22.80\00:34:25.47
Amen somebody. Amen.
00:34:25.70\00:34:27.66
They said: "She
didn't know very much. "
00:34:27.97\00:34:29.16
But God knew everything.
00:34:29.26\00:34:30.34
If I don't know anything
and God knows everything,
00:34:30.54\00:34:32.33
how much can I know if
God wants to talk to me?
00:34:32.53\00:34:35.41
Anything He wants me to know.
00:34:35.61\00:34:36.90
And the Bible says: "Surely
the Lord God will do nothing
00:34:37.10\00:34:39.10
except He reveals His secrets
to His servants the prophets. "
00:34:39.31\00:34:43.23
Last I checked, if
you're a servant of God
00:34:43.37\00:34:45.02
God's got some
secrets to reveal to you
00:34:45.22\00:34:47.07
before the media even finds out.
00:34:47.27\00:34:49.46
Another reason why I knew the
Lord wasn't coming on May 21st,
00:34:54.03\00:34:57.44
my wife had a beautiful
weekend planned for us.
00:35:02.19\00:35:04.86
I know she's in here somewhere.
00:35:05.16\00:35:06.70
My sweetheart.
Twenty-eight years of marriage.
00:35:06.91\00:35:08.50
Can you give me a
hearty "Amen" to that?
00:35:08.70\00:35:10.03
Amen.
00:35:10.06\00:35:11.08
I even succeeded in
getting my wife to say
00:35:11.28\00:35:13.83
"I do" a second time
00:35:14.03\00:35:15.79
three years ago when we
celebrated our 25th anniversary.
00:35:15.99\00:35:19.11
But we... we had a
wonderful weekend to celebrate.
00:35:19.41\00:35:23.46
And if Harold
Camping had called me
00:35:23.66\00:35:25.86
I would have told him that
our anniversary was the 22nd
00:35:26.07\00:35:29.69
so Jesus was not
going to come on the 21st.
00:35:30.69\00:35:33.73
Have people ignored
the mark of the beast?
00:35:44.35\00:35:47.07
Have people ignored
the appearing of Satan?
00:35:47.17\00:35:50.49
Church and state
coalescing together.
00:35:53.05\00:35:55.95
There's so much to happen,
but let me tell you something:
00:35:57.70\00:36:00.06
don't concentrate on
the so much to happen
00:36:00.26\00:36:02.75
because the final
movements will be rapid ones.
00:36:02.95\00:36:06.02
Don't say "there's so much
to happen before Jesus comes. "
00:36:06.22\00:36:08.55
He can sew this thing up
in a month if He wanted to.
00:36:08.75\00:36:11.09
But He didn't pick May 21st.
00:36:12.59\00:36:14.57
Any time you pick a date
it's not going to happen.
00:36:14.97\00:36:19.80
Amen.
00:36:20.10\00:36:21.59
Let no one
deceive you by any means.
00:36:23.97\00:36:27.90
Going back to
the story of Epcot...
00:36:28.10\00:36:31.17
They say that the
final week of December, 1999,
00:36:31.47\00:36:33.88
in New York air traffic
poured into New York City like
00:36:34.19\00:36:37.06
the thundering
waters of the Niagara Falls.
00:36:37.16\00:36:39.18
People wanted to be
there in Times Square.
00:36:39.48\00:36:41.21
Every nation, kindred, tongue,
and people were represented
00:36:41.51\00:36:44.19
in that immense
crowd. When Auld Lang Syne
00:36:44.39\00:36:47.12
reverberated off of the
buildings in Times Square
00:36:47.33\00:36:50.06
everybody wanted to be there.
00:36:50.26\00:36:51.98
Every nation, every kindred,
every tongue, every people.
00:36:52.48\00:36:56.22
That's why we are committed
to getting people ready:
00:36:56.46\00:36:58.78
every nation, every kindred,
every tongue, and every people.
00:36:58.98\00:37:02.20
I don't want to be in Times
Square, I want to be in heaven.
00:37:02.40\00:37:04.39
What do you say? Amen!
00:37:04.59\00:37:06.01
And by the way,
heaven is also square.
00:37:06.51\00:37:10.43
Which by the way, if somebody
ever calls you square say:
00:37:13.40\00:37:16.32
"That's all right. I'm planning
on fitting into heaven. " Amen.
00:37:16.45\00:37:18.46
I read the record.
They said at midnight
00:37:22.15\00:37:23.81
in Times Square there
was laughter, shouting,
00:37:24.01\00:37:26.52
and tears of joy as
the vociferous celebration
00:37:26.72\00:37:29.53
all of the people got together.
00:37:29.73\00:37:31.66
There were also tears of
sadness as some help up pictures
00:37:31.86\00:37:34.35
of those who had
been laid to rest
00:37:34.45\00:37:36.80
just days and months
prior to the new century.
00:37:37.00\00:37:40.30
In New York City just
500 days before December 31
00:37:41.00\00:37:44.32
a New Millennium
Committee was formed
00:37:44.52\00:37:47.07
to plan the celebration.
00:37:47.28\00:37:48.36
But tonight let me just tell you
00:37:48.39\00:37:50.07
2,000 years ago Jesus
established a New Millennium
00:37:50.27\00:37:52.70
Committee. Amen. You
didn't get that, did you?
00:37:52.90\00:37:55.46
Two thousand years ago
Jesus put a committee together
00:37:55.76\00:37:58.85
to plan the New
Millennium Celebration.
00:37:59.05\00:38:01.54
And He began that celebration
by giving us a message
00:38:01.74\00:38:04.92
saying to us: "Let not
your hearts be troubled.
00:38:05.13\00:38:07.98
You believe in God?
Believe also in Me. "
00:38:08.28\00:38:10.52
For decades people have
waited for Dick Clark to welcome
00:38:27.89\00:38:30.45
the New Year's Eve celebration.
00:38:30.55\00:38:32.30
But brethren, this time
everybody's waiting for Jesus.
00:38:32.40\00:38:34.52
Can you say "Amen? " Amen.
00:38:34.72\00:38:35.99
This time when it
happens the Bible says:
00:38:36.09\00:38:39.26
I'm not waiting for Dick Clark,
I'm looking forward to Jesus.
00:38:43.79\00:38:46.44
Can you say "Amen? " Amen.
00:38:46.64\00:38:47.74
Those that were
crippled in wheelchairs
00:39:02.02\00:39:04.60
could not get to the
gates of Disney fast enough
00:39:04.80\00:39:07.37
to enjoy the celebration.
00:39:07.47\00:39:08.57
But this time I've got
new for those who are amputees
00:39:08.77\00:39:11.82
bound by wheelchairs...
you can hardly move:
00:39:12.02\00:39:14.79
the Bible says when
Jesus comes this time...
00:39:15.09\00:39:17.28
When the 21st century
dawned on January 1, 2000,
00:39:30.39\00:39:33.66
a pyrotechnic display
of historical proportions
00:39:33.86\00:39:37.93
circled this planet.
But not everyone saw it.
00:39:38.13\00:39:40.83
When the bands
reached the fever pitch
00:39:42.21\00:39:43.85
with the celebration,
not everyone heard it.
00:39:44.05\00:39:46.13
But this time...
I said this time...
00:39:46.43\00:39:48.31
Can you say "Amen? " Amen.
00:39:52.57\00:39:53.89
And I said to you last night but
I'm going to repeat this again
00:39:54.20\00:39:56.16
the band is going to be so big
00:39:56.36\00:39:58.71
that there is not a
stage on this planet big enough
00:39:59.01\00:40:03.94
for the band that's practicing
for the second coming of Jesus.
00:40:04.14\00:40:08.09
Amen. When they take those
trumpets out of that sheath
00:40:08.39\00:40:12.21
and approach this planet
00:40:12.61\00:40:16.15
at divinely-anointed light speed
00:40:16.45\00:40:20.35
and circle this globe
and blow those trumpets
00:40:20.66\00:40:24.80
everybody is going to
hear Jesus coming. Amen.
00:40:25.00\00:40:28.30
So God has made a contract.
00:40:28.53\00:40:30.54
He's not building a
stage for the band down here.
00:40:30.84\00:40:33.28
He's going to let the band just
hover over the entire planet
00:40:33.48\00:40:36.51
and play the song: "Lift Up The
Trumpet and Loud Let It Ring:
00:40:36.71\00:40:39.77
Jesus Is Coming Again. "
00:40:40.07\00:40:41.78
Jesus ain't sneakin' back,
00:40:42.97\00:40:45.22
tiptoeing back,
00:40:45.42\00:40:46.64
or coming back as
a babe in a manger.
00:40:46.67\00:40:48.81
This time He said:
00:40:49.01\00:40:50.74
Peter says:
00:41:00.39\00:41:01.43
Anything but secret.
00:41:10.61\00:41:12.73
You could put it in a book...
it doesn't change God's plan.
00:41:13.23\00:41:16.81
Now why would God want to
come back secretly anyway?
00:41:17.11\00:41:20.29
Who's He sneaking
up on... the devil?
00:41:22.62\00:41:25.38
I mean, why would God
want to come back secretly?
00:41:29.86\00:41:32.53
Let me tell you something.
00:41:32.93\00:41:34.62
I've never been to
a quiet celebration.
00:41:36.90\00:41:40.39
I have never
been to a quiet party.
00:41:43.68\00:41:46.66
I have never been to
a quiet World Series.
00:41:48.02\00:41:50.99
I have never been to a quiet
basketball finals championship.
00:41:51.29\00:41:55.86
I have never been
to a quiet parade.
00:41:56.16\00:41:58.87
And I want to say this:
Jesus can make more noise
00:41:59.07\00:42:02.41
than all of those combined
together. What do you say? Amen.
00:42:02.61\00:42:05.38
He wants everybody that
has been looking forward
00:42:05.51\00:42:08.70
to the coming of our Lord.
You know, He is coming back.
00:42:08.90\00:42:10.67
Brethren, I'm looking
forward to Jesus coming back.
00:42:10.97\00:42:12.30
What about you? Amen.
00:42:12.50\00:42:13.77
Coming back to
eradicate sin and suffering.
00:42:14.07\00:42:16.54
I told you about
that. I've got two mothers.
00:42:18.69\00:42:20.05
I'm looking forward
to Jesus coming back.
00:42:20.25\00:42:21.70
And the reason why He's
going to blow the trumpet
00:42:21.90\00:42:23.37
is because he's
going to get others ready.
00:42:23.57\00:42:25.19
The Bible says in Matthew:
00:42:25.39\00:42:26.82
This time none of the
saints are going to be excluded
00:42:34.77\00:42:37.63
from the celebration.
00:42:37.83\00:42:39.01
You see, until the
resurrection takes place
00:42:39.21\00:42:41.31
the celebration is not complete.
00:42:41.51\00:42:43.36
From Cain... from Abel all the
way up to the time that Jesus
00:42:47.27\00:42:51.35
comes, all the
saints that have ever died
00:42:51.45\00:42:53.40
are going to be
waiting for Jesus to come back.
00:42:53.60\00:42:55.67
He is not going to celebrate
without the resurrection.
00:42:55.97\00:42:58.53
What do you say? Amen.
00:42:58.73\00:43:00.05
You think about somebody
that you've loved and lost.
00:43:00.35\00:43:02.38
Somebody that's
been laid to rest.
00:43:03.67\00:43:05.16
Kind of like the 2000
celebration, there were people
00:43:05.46\00:43:08.04
that were laid to rest.
But the Lord's servant said
00:43:08.15\00:43:10.49
that there are those that
have died under the proclamation
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.42
of the third angel's message.
00:43:13.62\00:43:15.53
They're going to come forth
to see this message triumph.
00:43:15.84\00:43:18.63
What do you say? Amen.
00:43:18.83\00:43:20.12
This three angels' message...
this unpopular message...
00:43:21.27\00:43:27.06
This message is circling the
globe as we sit here tonight.
00:43:27.27\00:43:30.78
Amen.
00:43:31.08\00:43:32.37
There are people that
are getting ready for the
00:43:32.57\00:43:33.76
coming of our Lord. There
are people that are saying
00:43:33.86\00:43:35.62
"I didn't understand the
truth but I understand it now. "
00:43:35.82\00:43:38.04
Praise God. What do you say?
00:43:38.24\00:43:39.69
Amen. People are getting ready.
00:43:39.89\00:43:41.63
People of every
race, every class,
00:43:41.93\00:43:43.78
every standing in life...
people are getting ready.
00:43:44.08\00:43:47.19
By the way, my wife and I have
traveled to about 46 countries
00:43:47.49\00:43:50.22
so far. You know what?
I haven't seen any place
00:43:50.42\00:43:52.38
on this planet that I
would give away for heaven.
00:43:52.58\00:43:54.34
I've seen some nice places.
00:43:57.73\00:43:59.55
But as nice as the
Virgin Islands are and
00:43:59.95\00:44:02.72
I praise the Lord
for the Virgin Islands,
00:44:02.92\00:44:04.44
I'm not trading them for heaven.
00:44:04.47\00:44:06.25
There's some clear
water in the Virgin Islands
00:44:06.66\00:44:09.86
but in heaven
there's a sea of glass.
00:44:10.06\00:44:11.87
Amen.
00:44:12.17\00:44:13.49
When you go to the West
Indies you get some mangoes,
00:44:14.63\00:44:16.47
but I think they're going
to be some big mangoes around
00:44:16.67\00:44:18.58
the Tree of Life.
00:44:18.79\00:44:20.32
Amen. Amen.
00:44:20.62\00:44:22.64
I've been in some beautiful
hotels, but you tell me about
00:44:22.94\00:44:25.39
any hotel that
could top a golden city.
00:44:25.59\00:44:29.13
Walls so pure and clear
they're like transparent glass.
00:44:29.53\00:44:33.78
And they don't have
tile. They have foundations of
00:44:34.08\00:44:36.26
twelve precious stones. Amen.
00:44:36.46\00:44:38.05
And when you open the
gate, the doormen are angels.
00:44:38.25\00:44:41.96
Ellen White says that
when you get to the gate of the
00:44:42.96\00:44:44.82
New Jerusalem... she
talks about this in the book
00:44:44.92\00:44:46.68
Great Controversy... she
says there's a golden card
00:44:46.78\00:44:49.94
that when you get to
the gate you have to present
00:44:50.24\00:44:52.59
the golden card or the
angels won't let you in.
00:44:52.80\00:44:55.22
That's Jesus' credit
card. Can you say "Amen? "
00:44:56.85\00:44:59.23
Amen. And when you walk...
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.46
Have you ever seen a gate so
big that it's made of one pearl?
00:45:01.56\00:45:04.55
Like Pastor Doug Batchelor said:
00:45:04.85\00:45:06.52
"I wonder what
oyster that came from? "
00:45:06.62\00:45:09.03
I tell you, this time
the Lord is going to...
00:45:10.21\00:45:11.86
He's not coming back quietly.
00:45:12.06\00:45:13.86
The Bible says
"the Lord Himself... "
00:45:14.06\00:45:15.78
"The Lord Himself... "
00:45:16.08\00:45:17.47
He's not sending anybody
back, He's coming back for us.
00:45:17.67\00:45:20.56
Finally immortality
will be swallowed up...
00:45:46.70\00:45:49.49
Finally death will be
swallowed up with immortality
00:45:49.69\00:45:53.05
and finally we'll all
be looking like Jesus.
00:45:53.08\00:45:55.94
And then the
celebration's going to begin.
00:45:56.14\00:45:58.51
You know they said they
call it Rocking New Year's Eve.
00:45:58.71\00:46:00.54
I wonder what they're
going to call it when Jesus
00:46:00.75\00:46:02.27
steps out on the
cloud to call His children.
00:46:02.47\00:46:04.36
This time the Bible says:
00:46:04.56\00:46:06.06
John in Revelation
faithfully pens these words:
00:46:10.57\00:46:12.97
Can you imagine seeing that?
00:46:18.58\00:46:20.00
Can you imagine seeing
the sky just break and unfurl?
00:46:20.30\00:46:24.67
I went back to the
account of what happened there
00:46:29.38\00:46:31.14
at Epcot Center. They
said that the International
00:46:31.24\00:46:33.54
Gateway entrance to
Disney World was closed
00:46:33.74\00:46:36.25
on New Year's Eve
because there was only room for
00:46:36.45\00:46:39.27
the elite crowd. Not this time.
00:46:39.47\00:46:41.71
Isaiah says this time there's
going to be a proclamation
00:46:41.91\00:46:46.05
from Jesus Himself as follows:
00:46:46.08\00:46:48.37
Can you say "Amen? " Amen.
Everyone who has made a covenant
00:46:53.16\00:46:56.48
with God is going
to be in that crowd.
00:46:56.68\00:46:58.60
I plan on being
there. What about you?
00:46:58.90\00:47:00.19
There's going to be a
millennium force that's going to
00:47:09.80\00:47:11.57
embrace this universe this time.
00:47:11.67\00:47:13.26
This entire universe
is going to be embraced
00:47:13.46\00:47:16.12
with a millennial force.
00:47:16.43\00:47:17.76
And you know
what? I wasn't there
00:47:18.06\00:47:21.62
when Jesus laid the
foundations of the world.
00:47:21.92\00:47:25.43
You weren't there either.
00:47:25.73\00:47:27.43
I wasn't there when Jesus
bowed His head on the cross
00:47:28.74\00:47:31.43
and said: "It is finished. "
00:47:31.63\00:47:32.91
But let me make an
agreement with you -
00:47:33.11\00:47:35.66
don't worry...
the baby's rejoicing -
00:47:36.87\00:47:38.76
It just sounds different.
00:47:42.35\00:47:43.80
One of the reasons I'm looking
forward to the coming of Jesus
00:47:52.04\00:47:54.49
I've been
praying for a long time
00:47:56.09\00:47:58.19
for my family
members to be there.
00:47:58.49\00:48:01.17
I've been praying for my sister.
00:48:03.61\00:48:05.63
I hope you're watching.
00:48:05.93\00:48:07.31
For my brother down
in the Virgin Islands.
00:48:07.71\00:48:10.47
For my aunts and uncles
who don't know this truth yet.
00:48:10.77\00:48:15.81
I've been pleading
with the Lord every day:
00:48:16.11\00:48:18.30
"Lord, do whatever you
need to do to save my family. "
00:48:18.40\00:48:20.18
I believe that God is
faithful. What do you say? Amen!
00:48:20.38\00:48:23.76
He says: "I am not willing
that any should perish. "
00:48:23.90\00:48:25.94
He's made a greater commitment
than the devil has made.
00:48:26.24\00:48:28.80
The devil wants to destroy
everybody but the Lord says
00:48:29.00\00:48:31.56
"Ah, ah, ah, ah. I'm not
willing that any should perish
00:48:31.66\00:48:33.84
but that all
should come to repentance
00:48:34.04\00:48:36.05
and the knowledge of
the truth. " I'm praying
00:48:36.35\00:48:38.02
that those who are
watching that have loved ones
00:48:38.22\00:48:40.41
who have not yet
embraced this message
00:48:40.61\00:48:42.45
or that don't know
Jesus as their Savior...
00:48:42.66\00:48:44.61
Keep on praying
because I tell you what:
00:48:44.81\00:48:46.16
there's something else that's
true about the second coming.
00:48:46.26\00:48:48.54
It's going to be filled
with miracles that will dazzle
00:48:48.75\00:48:50.95
even your mind.
00:48:51.15\00:48:52.58
They're going to be folk
in heaven that will shock you
00:48:52.79\00:48:54.76
that they got there. And
there'll be people in heaven
00:48:54.96\00:48:58.22
that are shocked
that you got there.
00:48:58.32\00:48:59.56
Oh, yeah. I've decided not to
worry about who's getting there.
00:49:05.93\00:49:09.43
I'm going to make up my
mind that I'm going to be there.
00:49:09.63\00:49:11.56
What about you? Amen.
00:49:11.59\00:49:13.07
If we never meet
again this side of heaven,
00:49:13.37\00:49:15.08
the songwriter says,
let's make up our minds
00:49:15.28\00:49:16.68
that when sin is
forever erased...
00:49:16.88\00:49:19.26
And I'm going to say
something about this whole idea.
00:49:19.46\00:49:21.30
There was this
idea floating around.
00:49:21.60\00:49:23.10
I don't know if you heard
it before but I don't think
00:49:23.30\00:49:24.73
you have. If you haven't,
don't even worry about it.
00:49:24.83\00:49:26.75
But the idea that sin
would ever rise up a second time
00:49:26.95\00:49:30.03
in heaven is a farce. It
will never rise up again.
00:49:30.23\00:49:33.33
You know why? Because the
sacrifice and the pardoning
00:49:33.43\00:49:36.72
grace and the power of
the blood of Jesus is GREATER
00:49:36.83\00:49:40.56
than the ability of sin
to rise up the second time.
00:49:41.98\00:49:45.06
How is sin going to rise up
again if there's going to be
00:49:45.36\00:49:48.70
no devil? Amen.
00:49:48.81\00:49:50.55
No more devil.
00:49:53.18\00:49:55.00
No more sinners.
00:49:57.86\00:49:59.57
No more drug
dealers. Good! Amen.
00:50:00.94\00:50:04.88
No more pornography and murder
00:50:05.18\00:50:08.21
and liars and bank
robbers and terrorists.
00:50:08.52\00:50:11.43
It's going to be a
pleasure to go to bed at night
00:50:13.06\00:50:15.73
and not have to
lock your doors. Amen.
00:50:15.83\00:50:18.58
This time when Jesus comes
00:50:21.05\00:50:24.51
there's going to
be a great big dinner.
00:50:24.71\00:50:28.62
Now those of you who like
to eat, you're looking forward
00:50:28.92\00:50:31.23
to the coming of Jesus
for a different reason.
00:50:31.34\00:50:33.08
Ellen White says the table
is going to be so long that...
00:50:34.40\00:50:37.44
but our eyes are going
to be able to stretch over
00:50:37.58\00:50:40.43
the entire
expanse of that table.
00:50:40.63\00:50:42.98
And she says no
matter where we sit
00:50:44.19\00:50:46.72
we're going to feel like we're
sitting right next to Jesus.
00:50:47.13\00:50:49.97
Is that all right?
00:50:50.17\00:50:51.72
Oh my brother, my sister...
sometimes you've got to imagine
00:50:52.02\00:50:54.65
when things get rough and
life becomes hard to carry on
00:50:54.85\00:50:58.58
you've got to sit down
and think about heaven.
00:50:58.78\00:51:00.52
I was so enraptured...
You know, I was so enraptured
00:51:00.83\00:51:03.69
earlier this week.
I told you about that.
00:51:03.89\00:51:05.35
I was walking
through the kitchen
00:51:05.55\00:51:06.96
and my wife was sitting there.
And I had to take deep breaths.
00:51:07.16\00:51:09.52
I was heaving over the
reality of what God had been
00:51:09.72\00:51:12.25
giving me about the
second coming of Jesus.
00:51:12.45\00:51:13.97
See this sermon has
already blessed me two days ago.
00:51:14.17\00:51:16.47
Three days ago.
00:51:16.57\00:51:18.32
But I tell you what: more
than just receiving a blessing
00:51:19.58\00:51:22.57
from this message about
the second coming of Jesus
00:51:22.77\00:51:25.49
is this idea that when Jesus
comes I plan on being there.
00:51:25.69\00:51:28.69
Anybody else? Amen.
00:51:28.89\00:51:30.41
Would you do something?
I'm going to do something
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quite differently now. I
haven't done this before.
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I've never done this before.
I'm just going to a cappella
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sing a song and I
want you to join me.
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Is that all
right? Can I do that?
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You know When We
All Get To Heaven.
00:51:40.08\00:51:42.13
Have we got a
pianist anywhere nearby?
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I just wish we
could just sing that song.
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Maybe just do it like
when we get to heaven.
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Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
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sing His mercy and
His grace. Think about it!
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In the mansions
bright and blessed
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He'll prepare for us a place.
00:52:09.15\00:52:14.27
When we all get to heaven,
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what a day of
rejoicing that will be!
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When we all see Jesus
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we'll sing and
shout the victory!
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Onward to the prize before us,
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soon His beauty we'll
behold. Sing about it!
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I want to pray right now.
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Amen. I want to pray right
now because I want this to be
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more than a
sermon. Praise the Lord!
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3ABN Camp Meeting is not a
time to get together and eat
00:54:51.01\00:54:54.01
good food,
listen to good sermons.
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It's a time to get
ready for Jesus' coming.
00:54:57.95\00:55:00.10
Amen. We labor every
day. We produce programs
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on television and
radio. We produce materials
00:55:03.79\00:55:05.92
and magazines. It's
not just to use our skills
00:55:06.12\00:55:08.61
but to get ready
for the coming of Jesus.
00:55:08.81\00:55:11.85
We pray and we worship together.
00:55:12.15\00:55:13.98
We have our disagreements
but God has kept us together.
00:55:14.18\00:55:16.89
Can you say "Amen? " Amen.
00:55:17.09\00:55:18.38
One day even everybody at
3ABN is going to be completely
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harmonized and unified.
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But we're working together
because we have a common goal:
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that's to get
ready for Jesus to come.
00:55:26.53\00:55:28.58
Brothers and sisters, don't save
up your money waiting for some
00:55:29.60\00:55:32.48
rainy day. Use it for
the coming of our Lord.
00:55:32.58\00:55:35.08
Amen. Don't let your
bank account be racked up
00:55:35.38\00:55:39.72
as a witness against you.
Use it to get people ready
00:55:39.82\00:55:43.38
for the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:55:43.58\00:55:45.06
Every month we get
together and pray: "Lord,
00:55:45.36\00:55:47.78
will you provide? " And God
has been faithful for 26 years
00:55:47.88\00:55:50.57
because we're getting
ready for the coming of Jesus.
00:55:50.87\00:55:53.53
And so today you may be
thinking well family members.
00:55:53.83\00:55:56.20
Somebody that you know, somebody
that may have walked away
00:55:56.40\00:55:58.82
from God. If their name
comes to your mind right now,
00:55:58.92\00:56:03.49
I want to pray for
them. Just raise your hand
00:56:03.69\00:56:05.08
if there's
somebody that you know
00:56:05.28\00:56:06.68
that you want to pray for that
will be ready when Jesus comes.
00:56:06.88\00:56:09.66
Is somebody here
praying for their children?
00:56:09.96\00:56:12.24
They can't fathom heaven being
without their son or daughter.
00:56:12.64\00:56:17.49
That person that you
raised and you prayed for
00:56:18.46\00:56:20.80
and you labored
for in the kingdom
00:56:20.90\00:56:22.92
and for some reason the
devil has pulled them away.
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But let me tell you something:
God says "I will contend with
00:56:24.91\00:56:26.90
those who contend with Me and
I will save their children. "
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This time there's going to
be somebody's son and daughter
00:56:29.20\00:56:32.89
in that multitude when
we ascend to meet the Lord
00:56:33.09\00:56:36.09
in the air. He's going
to call them from the crowd
00:56:36.19\00:56:39.66
and they're going to
say: "Mama, I'm here. "
00:56:39.86\00:56:41.88
"Papa, I'm here. " "I made it...
I held... I made it in the last
00:56:42.08\00:56:45.88
moment but I'm on the inside. "
00:56:45.98\00:56:47.82
Don't let your heart fail
because you think they won't
00:56:48.22\00:56:50.85
make it. Leave it to Jesus.
00:56:51.05\00:56:52.18
Keep them before Him in prayer.
00:56:52.28\00:56:53.46
Right now our heads are
bowed, our eyes are closed.
00:56:53.76\00:56:55.64
Gracious Father in heaven,
00:56:55.84\00:56:57.62
You paid the price for
us to enter into the gates
00:56:58.02\00:57:01.64
into that glorious city
called the New Jerusalem.
00:57:01.84\00:57:05.10
Our eyes have not
seen, oh, but Father,
00:57:05.30\00:57:08.26
there are moments when
we get a glimpse of glory.
00:57:08.47\00:57:11.40
Tonight Your
people are standing.
00:57:11.70\00:57:13.92
We wish You'd
come this week, Jesus.
00:57:14.13\00:57:16.93
Amen. There's so many
more souls to be saved,
00:57:17.13\00:57:19.82
and we recommit ourselves
00:57:19.92\00:57:21.47
to the power and the
working of Your Holy Spirit.
00:57:21.67\00:57:24.46
Get us ready.
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