Thank you for joining us.
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We've been having
church, haven't we, folks? Amen!
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And never know
what's going to happen here,
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but we always pray that it's
anointing of the Holy Spirit.
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We can have a little fun in
the Lord and have a good time
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and praise His name.
When I look at that little
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intro - you just saw it -
it kind of gives us a foretaste
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of what it's really going
to be like before too long
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when those eastern clouds
begin to come, begin to break
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and all of a sudden
we see Jesus coming back
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in the clouds of glory.
Anybody looking forward to that?
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Amen! I know you
are... that's why you're here
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at 3ABN's special
Spring Camp Meeting.
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Nineteen sermons or
more... nineteen at least...
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on the second coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I think we need
to be encouraged.
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If there's ever a time
that we need to be focusing on
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Jesus coming back it's right
now. Can you say amen to that?
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Amen! All right.
Well our special speaker
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in just a few moments
is Pastor Carlton Byrd.
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He's the senior pastor of
Oakwood University Church.
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He's the Speaker/Director
of Breath of Life
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television
broadcast. Now listen to this:
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he's a graduate of
Oakwood University.
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He has a Bachelor of
Arts degree in theology,
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a Bachelor of Science
degree in business management.
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He's a graduate of
Tennessee State University.
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He has a Masters of
Business Administration degree.
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He's a graduate
of Andrews University
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a Masters of Divinity and
a Doctor of Ministry degree.
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Now I look at him...
he looks like a young man
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so I say he must have been
going to school all of his life.
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But all of that aside, we don't
hold any of that against him
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'cause he's a great man
of God and a great speaker
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and a great preacher,
right? Amen! All right.
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No, we love him. Absolutely
been blessed by his ministry.
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He and his family. We're so
glad that he's here tonight.
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But before he comes it's
my privilege to introduce
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Sr. Yvonne Lewis.
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Yvonne, for many of those...
You know, one of my favorite
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singers in the world.
She's spent many many years
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in the world, and she
sang with the Whitney Houstons
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and Luther Vandross
and all of those things.
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But she says: "My
greatest appointment
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God has ever given me is
when I came back to Jesus
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and now I'm working
with Dare to Dream. "
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So she's 3ABN's
Dare to Dream Manager.
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Sr. Yvonne, what are you
going to sing for us tonight?
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That Name. That Name. All
right... thank you so much.
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There is a name
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that is so precious...
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a name so wonderful to me.
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A name that's worthy
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of our praises;
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because of Him
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I am made free.
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And that name is Jesus...
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oh how I love Him!
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The One who gave
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His life for me.
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Because of love
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so unconditional
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I will have life
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eternally.
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His name speaks peace
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to all my storm clouds.
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His name speaks calm
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to all my fears.
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And when I think
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that no one loves me
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His loving presence
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is so near.
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And that name is Jesus...
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oh how I love Him!
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The One who gave
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His life for me.
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Because of love
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so unconditional
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I will have life
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eternally.
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Oh praise
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that name...
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praise that holy name.
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Praise
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that name.
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Praise
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that name!
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Someday we'll leave
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this earthly dwelling.
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Through time and space
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we all will soar
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and finally see
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the face of Jesus
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and sing that name
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forever more!
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That name is Jesus...
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oh how I love Him!
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The One who gave
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His life for me.
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Because of love
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so unconditional
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I will have life
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eternally.
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Oh matchless
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is that name Jesus!
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All glorious
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is that name Jesus.
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How wonderful
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is that name Jesus.
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Oh
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praise
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that name!
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Amen!
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Come on. Give Sr.
Lewis another hearty amen!
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Amen! It's good to be here
tonight, good to be here this
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evening at 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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This is God's country, and
I'm just grateful to the Lord
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that myself, my wife,
and our three daughters
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could be here.
Last time we were here
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we had two
daughters. We have three now
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so God is blessing as we
are multiplying and building
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His kingdom. Come
on... say amen. Amen!
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But we are grateful to be here.
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We want to thank
Bro. Danny Shelton,
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Pastor Jim Gilley,
and the entire 3ABN family
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for the privilege that is ours
to be able to come and worship
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with you and praise the
name of Jesus with you tonight.
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I look out and I see
some of my church members
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from the Oakwood University
church in Huntsville, Alabama.
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I want to think that
they followed me here. Amen!
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But I'm grateful to see them
here and I know they are praying
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and I know that God is
going to use them as well as you
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and your prayers as I seek
to speak a word for Him tonight.
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Our theme this week has been on
the second coming and so tonight
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I have been charged with
the responsibility of sharing
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the manner of His coming.
Everybody say: the manner -
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the manner. Say the
manner - the manner - of
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His coming - of
His coming. Amen!
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And so we're going to
get now into the Word of God
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this evening. And so I would
invite you at this time to bow
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your heads with me as
before we talk with you
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we talk with God.
Our Father in heaven,
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this evening we are so grateful
for the privilege of life,
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of health, of strength.
We are encouraged to know
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tonight that truly Your name
is a precious most awesome name.
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And so God, as tonight we again
focus on Your second coming
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we pray that, Lord, Your
Holy Spirit would now come
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into this place. But not just in
this place. Also the airwaves.
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Those that are
watching that You are anointing.
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May be seen, it may be
felt, and it may be heard.
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God, hide me behind Your cross.
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And when all is said and
done we give You the praise,
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the honor, and every
single bit of the glory.
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It's in the name of
Jesus we pray. Let everyone say
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amen - amen - and amen.
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The manner of His coming.
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And so with that charge tonight
I want to charge you with
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the subject:
Here Comes Superman.
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Here Comes Superman.
Growing up as a little boy
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in a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian home -
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in a PK or
preacher's kids home -
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in the church there were
very few television programs
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that we could watch. My
parents were very guarded
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about what myself, my brother,
my sister... what we could watch
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on television because they
were concerned about the secular
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influences that could
potentially penetrate our
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thoughts, our
actions, or our behaviors.
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Over 40 years ago,
however, let me remind you
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that there was no 3ABN.
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There was no 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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There was no 3ABN Today.
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There was no Anchors of Truth,
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Tiny Tots or Kids' Time,
and good Christian programming
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like we have today. So
I must say this right now
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Praise God for 3ABN. Do I
have a witness in this place?
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Amen! But because our
friends and others would tell us
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about other shows, we would
plead. We would appeal to our
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parents and we said:
"Please mom, please dad:
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Can we watch this?
Can we watch that? "
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And with a resounding
voice they would say: "No! "
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And we would say: "Well why? "
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And they would say:
"Because we said so. "
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We would say "No, no"
and we would get upset.
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But then they would remind
us that as long as we lived
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in their house, as long
as they paid all the bills,
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as long as they cooked the food,
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and as long as they
were mommy and daddy
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we would only watch what they
told us we were going to watch.
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I'm looking at you all.
Some of you are saying amen
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because you say the
same thing to your children.
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I also laugh now and reminisce
about that because ironically
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the same thing
that my parents told me
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is the same thing that my
wife and I tell our daughters
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giving credence to
the Biblical admonition
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that there's
nothing new under the sun.
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When we got a little older,
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however, they began
easing up just a little bit
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and they began to let
us watch every now and then
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superhero shows.
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Batman and Robin.
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Spiderman.
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Wonder Woman.
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Captain America.
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They would all
come on television.
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But my number one -
number one, numero uno -
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all-time favorite superhero
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was Superman.
Superman was in my mind
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he was and
represented the best attributes
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of humanity and the
ultimate force for good.
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When someone was in trouble,
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when someone was in distress,
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when someone was facing death,
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there would be certain
theme music that would come on.
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And all of a sudden we
would hear the infamous words:
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"Faster than a speeding bullet,
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more powerful than a locomotive,
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able to leap tall
buildings in a single bound:
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look up in the sky
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it's a bird, it's a plane...
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no, it's Superman! "
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And as a child, these
words were etched in my mind.
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Every time I would eagerly
sit up and watch the adventures
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of Superman, eyes
glued to the television.
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I would watch how Superman
would fight crooked businessmen,
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fight
politicians, fight villains.
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I'd watch how Superman
would take on injustices
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and inequalities by fighting
and standing for social justice.
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I watched how Superman
would have x-ray vision
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and he would be able to
see through walls and buildings
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and doors and
cement block buildings.
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And it was always that
just in the nick of time
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Superman would always come
to the aid and to the rescue
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of men, women, boys, and girls
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who were being
tattered, torn, and troubled.
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Superman was my hero.
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Superman was
stronger than anybody.
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Superman was
smarter than anybody.
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Superman was
faster than anybody.
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Superman could do anything;
Superman could do no wrong
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because Superman was the man!
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But I learned
Superman was fictional.
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Superman was fake.
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Superman was good...
but Superman wasn't real.
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Superman was TV.
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Oh, but my Jesus...
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somebody knows
something about Jesus.
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Jesus - the REAL
Superman - was real!
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You see, as a little boy I also
learned that the real Superman,
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Jesus... He didn't
have to just be shown on TV
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because He was
everywhere. He knew everybody
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and He could do everything.
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I learned as a boy that
Jesus - the REAL Superman -
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was a member of the triune,
all-powerful, all-knowing,
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all-places God.
Genesis 1:1 says:
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"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
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And the earth was without
form and void and darkness
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was upon the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of God
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moved upon the face of
the waters. " And God said
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in verse number 3 of Genesis 1
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"Let there be
light... and there was light. "
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I discovered that God -
of which Jesus was a part
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of the triune God -
created light on day one.
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Vegetation on day two.
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He created firmament on day 2.
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Vegetation on day 3.
Sun, moon, and stars on day 4.
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Fish and fowl on day 5.
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And on day 6 He
created mammal and man.
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In fact, the Bible
says in Genesis 1:26
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"And God said:
'Let US make man. ' "
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Notice the text does not say:
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"And God said:
'Let Me make man' "
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pointing to the fact
that God is three in one.
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God said: "Let us
make man in our own image
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after our likeness. "
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We find that Jesus was
a part of the triune God.
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But not just in the Old
Testament but also in the
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New Testament. It was
John chapter 1 verse number 1
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where the Word of God
says "In the beginning
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was the Word. And
the Word was with God
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and the Word was God.
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The same was in
the beginning with God.
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All things were made by Him
and without Him was not anything
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made that was made. " But then
it goes on in verse 14 and says
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that the Word became flesh.
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Which means then: the
Word, Jesus, the real Superman,
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existed from the beginning.
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"In the beginning was the Word.
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The Word was with
God. The Word was God.
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The Word became flesh. "
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Jesus - Superman - is the
beginner then of the beginning.
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He is the beginner in
whom the beginning began.
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He is the beginning
before the beginning was begun.
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He is the beginning
who did not begin to be!
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He is not stopped
because He has no boundary line.
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He did not start because
He had nowhere to come from.
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He is older than time
yet He's younger than future
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because He is what He
was, He was what He is,
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and what He was and is
He will always be. Amen!
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Jesus was always
here, always has been here,
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always will be here,
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always was, always is.
For even before Abraham was
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He said: "I AM. " Amen!
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What do we have here tonight?
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Jesus - who was born
2,000 years after Abraham -
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then He says He
was before Abraham.
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Jesus - who was David's son -
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was also David's Lord.
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Jesus - who was Abraham's seed
- was also Abraham's Savior.
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Jesus - who created flesh -
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became flesh when God
reversed the beginning
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and He took a motherless woman
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from the body of a man in
creation but then turned around
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and took a fatherless
Man from the body of a woman
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in redemption.
Jesus... the God-Man.
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Two natures in one personality.
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He protected the interests
of heaven with His divinity
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but looked out for the interests
of earth with His humanity.
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In His divinity,
He is God's way to man
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but in His humanity He's
man's way back on up to God.
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He's the real Superman.
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I learned as a boy
that man - God's creation -
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had sinned. I learned
that man was in distress.
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That man was
tattered; man was torn.
00:20:09.22\00:20:12.87
man was troubled. Man had
sinned, so God had a dilemma.
00:20:13.27\00:20:19.14
Either God said
"I'm going to excuse sin
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or destroy and start all over. "
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But God's solution was: "Let
me send the real Superman. "
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Send Jesus, because He's
faster than a speeding bullet.
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More powerful than a locomotive.
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He's able to leap tall
buildings in a single bound.
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But more than that...
He saved my soul. Amen!
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John 3:16 says "For
God so loved the world
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that He gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever believeth
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in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life. "
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Romans 6:23... "For the
wages of sin is death. "
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Which means then
we deserve death.
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That's what we deserve;
that's what we should get.
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"But the gift of
God is eternal life
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through Jesus Christ our Lord. "
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Jesus then - the real Superman
- came to our rescue. Amen!
00:21:10.07\00:21:16.16
"He was wounded
for our transgressions.
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Bruised for our iniquities.
The chastisement of our peace
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was upon Him, but by His
stripes... " praise God...
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"we are healed" today.
We understand that back in
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Old Testament times in order
for one to receive forgiveness
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from sin they had to
bring a sacrificial offering
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there to the earthly sanctuary.
They had to bring a lamb.
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They had to bring a goat.
They had to bring an offering
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that was without blemish,
that was without any impurity.
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And they would bring that
sin offering, and the sin bearer
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would symbolically place
his hand upon the head of the
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sin offering. The throat of
the sin offering would be slit.
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Blood would come streaming down
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because there cannot
be any forgiveness of sin
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without the shedding of blood.
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Jesus... "Behold the Lamb of God
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which takes away
the sins of the world. "
00:22:08.01\00:22:10.65
Jesus - the real Superman -
had to come at His first coming
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to save His people.
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Matthew 1:21... And she
shall bring forth a son.
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Thou shalt call His name Jesus
00:22:21.77\00:22:23.64
for He shall save His
people from their sins. "
00:22:23.85\00:22:29.41
Jesus came to seek and
to save that which was lost.
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That's why He
came the first time.
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But my Bible
tells me that my Jesus -
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the real Superman -
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is going to have to
come back a second time
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because His people are tattered,
00:22:45.89\00:22:49.60
torn, and troubled again.
00:22:49.90\00:22:53.16
But the second time
it's a little different.
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This time He's not
coming to save His people
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but this time He's
coming to get His people. Amen!
00:23:00.91\00:23:06.00
This time He's
coming to rescue His people.
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This time He's
coming to redeem His people.
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Last night we were reminded
of the promise of His coming.
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"Let not your
hearts be troubled.
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Ye believe in
God... believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many mansions.
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If it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go and prepare a place
for you, and if I go and prepare
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a place for you I will
come again and receive you unto
00:23:28.68\00:23:30.79
Myself, that where I am... " He
said... "there ye may be also. "
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The first time He
came to save His people.
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The second time He's
coming to get His people.
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The first time He came in
humiliation as a self-effacing
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servant but the second
time He's coming as a glorious
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conquering King. The
first time He came as a babe
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wrapped in swaddling
clothes lying in a manger
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but the second time
He's coming as King of kings,
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Lord of lords, accompanied
by a legion of angels.
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The first time He came in the
silent undertones of the night.
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The second time He's
coming to the majestic sound
00:24:06.52\00:24:11.17
of heavenly trumpets.
The first time He came to
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the audience of His parents,
some oxen, and some wise men.
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But the second time He's
coming and the Bible says
00:24:20.08\00:24:24.18
every living eye
is going to see Him.
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Biblical prophecy provides some
of the greatest encouragement
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and hope available to us all.
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Just as the Old Testament is
saturated with the prophecies
00:24:33.06\00:24:35.86
concerning Jesus' first coming
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so both the Old
and the New Testaments
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are filled with references
to Jesus' second coming.
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It has been estimated that
there are some 1,845 references
00:24:46.36\00:24:51.79
to Jesus' second coming
in the Old Testament alone
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and 17 Old Testament
books give it prominence.
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But then in the
260 total chapters
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of the
twenty-seven New Testament books
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there are 318 references
to the second coming of Jesus:
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an amazing 1 reference to
Jesus out of every 30 verses.
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Of the 27 New Testament books
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23 refer to this great event.
In fact, for every prophecy
00:25:19.95\00:25:25.00
in the Bible
concerning Jesus' first coming
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there are 8 which look
forward to His second coming.
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So then this is what the
Christian life is all about:
00:25:32.78\00:25:37.72
looking forward to
Jesus' second coming.
00:25:38.22\00:25:43.16
The second coming of Jesus
should be the most talked about,
00:25:43.66\00:25:48.52
the most expected,
anticipated, projected event
00:25:48.92\00:25:53.92
in our lives. In fact,
it's even implied in our name
00:25:54.12\00:25:58.13
as Seventh-day Adventists.
00:25:58.33\00:25:59.75
We observe God's
seventh-day Sabbath
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and we are looking
forward to Jesus' second advent.
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Advent means coming...
00:26:07.80\00:26:10.46
which then means as
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
00:26:10.76\00:26:13.27
we observe God's seventh-day
Sabbath and worship on that day
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and we are looking
forward to Jesus' second coming.
00:26:17.03\00:26:19.94
So we know about His
coming. We know He's coming,
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but how will He come?
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What will be the
manner of His coming?
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Well the Bibles gives
us insight on the matter.
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Let's take our
Bibles if you have them.
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Go with me to the book of Acts.
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What book did I
say everybody? Acts.
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Let's go to the book of
Acts so let's go to chapter 1
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and we're going to
go to verse number 9.
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We know He's coming;
we're assured of that.
00:26:42.99\00:26:45.39
But let's go to Acts 1
and let's now talk about
00:26:45.79\00:26:48.67
the manner of His coming.
00:26:48.87\00:26:50.55
Acts chapter 1 verse number
9 the Word of God speaks to us.
00:26:50.65\00:26:54.15
It says... If you have
it, let me hear you say amen.
00:26:54.35\00:26:56.34
Amen. The Word of God says
in Acts chapter 1 verse number 9
00:26:56.54\00:26:59.52
"And when He had
spoken these things
00:26:59.72\00:27:02.06
while they beheld He
was taken up and a cloud
00:27:02.26\00:27:06.12
received Him out of
their... " What everybody?
00:27:06.32\00:27:09.38
Come on, out of their
what everybody? Sight.
00:27:09.68\00:27:11.73
"And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
00:27:11.86\00:27:14.43
as He went up... " How many men?
00:27:14.63\00:27:16.84
"two men stood by
them in white apparel
00:27:17.04\00:27:19.81
which also said
'Ye men of Galilee,
00:27:20.01\00:27:24.00
why stand ye
gazing up into heaven?
00:27:24.30\00:27:27.47
This same Jesus... ' "
Now I'm supposed to preach
00:27:27.77\00:27:31.60
on the manner of His coming but
I could preach a whole sermon
00:27:31.70\00:27:33.42
on this same Jesus. This same
Jesus who locked the lion's jaw.
00:27:33.52\00:27:37.36
This same Jesus who
provided air conditioning
00:27:37.66\00:27:39.68
in a fiery furnace.
00:27:39.78\00:27:41.33
This same Jesus who healed the
woman with the issue of blood.
00:27:41.53\00:27:45.04
This same Jesus who
raised Jairus' daughter.
00:27:45.34\00:27:49.15
This same Jesus who
woke you up this morning.
00:27:49.35\00:27:52.13
But I don't have time to
preach that. Let me preach
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the manner of His coming.
00:27:53.78\00:27:54.85
"This same Jesus which is
taken up from you into heaven
00:27:55.05\00:27:58.29
shall so come in like manner
00:27:58.49\00:27:59.85
as you have seen
Him go into heaven. "
00:28:00.05\00:28:02.79
Which then means - point #1
on the manner of His coming -
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when Jesus Christ
comes back the second time
00:28:06.46\00:28:09.06
His feet will
not touch this earth.
00:28:09.26\00:28:11.49
Which means then because His
feet will not touch this earth
00:28:11.79\00:28:15.22
because of sin this
earth must be cleansed.
00:28:15.43\00:28:17.84
It must be purified
before Jesus touches this earth.
00:28:18.04\00:28:21.20
And there's only two
ways you can clean something.
00:28:21.40\00:28:23.44
Either you wash
it or you burn it,
00:28:23.64\00:28:25.28
The earth was
washed at the flood.
00:28:25.58\00:28:27.30
It will be burned at
Jesus' coming at the end...
00:28:27.51\00:28:30.08
end of the millennium.
00:28:30.28\00:28:31.31
We recognize that Jesus'
feet will not touch this earth.
00:28:31.71\00:28:35.35
So if someone were to tell
you the manner of Jesus' coming
00:28:35.65\00:28:38.79
would be that Jesus is going
to walk up and down this earth
00:28:38.99\00:28:42.13
you know that's a lie
from the pits of hell. Amen.
00:28:42.33\00:28:44.83
Because the Bible says
that He's going to come back
00:28:45.33\00:28:48.63
the same way He left.
00:28:48.83\00:28:50.58
He left in the clouds;
00:28:50.98\00:28:53.54
that means He's coming
back in the what everybody?
00:28:53.74\00:28:56.25
He's coming back in the clouds.
00:28:56.35\00:28:57.61
But not only that, the Bible
also lets us know that when He
00:28:57.81\00:29:01.28
returns the heavenly
angels will be coming with Him.
00:29:01.38\00:29:06.33
Go to Matthew. What book
did I say everybody? Matthew.
00:29:07.40\00:29:09.81
Matthew chapter 16.
00:29:09.95\00:29:11.77
And we're going to Matthew
16 and we're going to verse #27.
00:29:12.07\00:29:14.95
Again, point number 2 in
the manner of His coming.
00:29:15.15\00:29:18.23
He will come, and His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:29:18.53\00:29:21.41
But not only when Jesus comes
the Bible says that the heavenly
00:29:21.61\00:29:25.24
angels will be coming with Him.
00:29:25.34\00:29:26.99
Matthew chapter 16 and
we're going to verse #27.
00:29:27.29\00:29:30.82
The Word of God
says to us tonight:
00:29:31.22\00:29:33.04
"For the Son of Man shall
come in the glory of His Father,
00:29:33.24\00:29:37.71
with His angels,
and then He shall reward
00:29:37.91\00:29:42.41
every man
according to his works. "
00:29:42.61\00:29:46.23
When Jesus comes
back the second time
00:29:47.13\00:29:49.37
He's going to come. His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:29:49.57\00:29:52.90
But not only that, we
understand from the Word of God
00:29:53.20\00:29:56.52
that when He comes the
entire heavenly angelic host
00:29:56.62\00:30:00.07
is going to come with
Him. But let's get some more.
00:30:00.27\00:30:02.86
When He comes back, what will
be the manner of His coming?
00:30:03.07\00:30:05.90
Here comes
Superman... how will He come?
00:30:06.20\00:30:08.30
Go with me to the
book of Revelation,
00:30:08.60\00:30:09.87
and we're going to
Revelation chapter 1
00:30:10.27\00:30:12.35
and we're going
to verse number 7.
00:30:12.65\00:30:14.58
Revelation chapter 1 and
we're going to verse number 7.
00:30:14.88\00:30:19.14
When Jesus comes back
the Bible is clear that every
00:30:19.54\00:30:23.84
living eye is going to see Him.
00:30:23.95\00:30:26.12
Revelation chapter 1
verse number 7... I'm reading.
00:30:26.42\00:30:29.65
If you have it, let
me hear you say amen.
00:30:29.86\00:30:31.47
Amen. "Behold He cometh...
" With what, everybody?
00:30:31.67\00:30:34.48
"clouds, and every... " What?
00:30:34.78\00:30:36.88
Come on, every
what? "eye shall see Him
00:30:37.08\00:30:39.52
and they also which pierced Him.
00:30:39.62\00:30:41.16
And all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of Him.
00:30:41.36\00:30:44.59
Even so... amen. "
00:30:44.79\00:30:47.37
We discover... The
manner of His coming number 3
00:30:47.67\00:30:50.73
every living eye
is going to see Him.
00:30:50.93\00:30:53.39
Number one: when He comes His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:30:53.69\00:30:57.11
Number two: when He comes,
all the angelic host is coming
00:30:57.41\00:31:00.20
is coming with Him.
Number three: when He comes
00:31:00.30\00:31:03.36
every living eye will see Him...
00:31:03.56\00:31:06.16
which means His coming
will be visible to everyone.
00:31:06.66\00:31:09.86
His coming will not
be a secret rapture.
00:31:10.61\00:31:13.76
But His coming... every
living eye is going to see Him.
00:31:14.26\00:31:19.50
And not only are
we going to see Him
00:31:20.00\00:31:21.96
but we are going to all
see Him at the same time.
00:31:22.37\00:31:25.01
Which means those in Huntsville,
Alabama - where I live -
00:31:25.41\00:31:29.23
are going to see Him. Those
right here in Thompsonville, IL,
00:31:29.43\00:31:33.54
are going to see Him. Those
in Africa are going to see Him.
00:31:33.74\00:31:37.60
Those in Asia
are going to see Him.
00:31:37.90\00:31:40.57
Those in South
America are going to see Him.
00:31:40.87\00:31:43.70
Those in Australia
are going to see Him.
00:31:44.00\00:31:46.07
And we all will see Him
and see Him at the same time.
00:31:46.27\00:31:49.87
Amen somebody. Amen.
00:31:50.07\00:31:52.18
When He comes back, His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:31:52.48\00:31:55.54
The angelic host
will accompany Him.
00:31:55.84\00:31:58.18
Every living eye
is going to see Him,
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and we all are going to
see Him at the same time.
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But not only that, number four:
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go to I Thessalonians chapter 4
00:32:05.60\00:32:08.37
and we're going
to verse number 16.
00:32:08.67\00:32:11.61
I Thessalonians chapter 4 and
we're going to verse number 16.
00:32:12.11\00:32:18.07
I Thessalonians chapter 4 and
we're going to verse number 16.
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The Word of God says:
00:32:24.32\00:32:26.20
"For the Lord Himself shall
descend from heaven with a... "
00:32:26.40\00:32:30.64
What everybody?
Shout. "with a shout,
00:32:30.74\00:32:33.19
with the voice of the archangel
and with the trump of... "
00:32:33.49\00:32:36.55
Whom everybody? "God. "
Now I like this text because
00:32:36.75\00:32:39.39
it lets me know in terms
of the manner of His coming
00:32:39.49\00:32:41.75
His coming won't be silent.
00:32:41.95\00:32:43.47
Not only will everybody see Him
but everybody's going to hear
00:32:43.77\00:32:46.43
Him. Are you
hearing what I'm saying?
00:32:46.53\00:32:47.94
Everyone is going to hear Him
when Jesus - the real Superman -
00:32:48.34\00:32:52.73
comes back. It won't be
a silent coming but He will
00:32:52.94\00:32:56.30
descend from heaven with
a shout, the voice of the
00:32:56.40\00:32:59.81
archangel, and the trumpet
of God. Hallelujah somebody.
00:32:59.91\00:33:03.98
Well number one: His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:33:04.48\00:33:08.29
Number two: all of the
angelic host will accompany Him.
00:33:08.79\00:33:12.98
Number three: every
living eye is going to see Him.
00:33:13.48\00:33:17.39
Number four: the manner of
His coming says that it won't be
00:33:17.79\00:33:20.58
a silent coming but
everybody will hear Him.
00:33:20.68\00:33:23.97
But then number
five: when Jesus returns
00:33:24.37\00:33:28.05
there will be four
primary groups of people.
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It says there in your Bible
in I Thessalonians chapter 4
00:33:31.75\00:33:34.25
verse number 16 there will be
four primary groups of people.
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The Bible says:
"For the Lord Himself
00:33:38.92\00:33:41.08
shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:33:41.28\00:33:43.15
with the voice of the archangel
and the trump of God... "
00:33:43.35\00:33:46.03
and then the Bible says
that "the dead in Christ
00:33:46.23\00:33:48.44
shall rise... " what everybody?
00:33:48.64\00:33:50.30
Come on... the dead in
Christ shall rise what?
00:33:50.50\00:33:51.96
"first. " Which then
says to me group number one...
00:33:52.16\00:33:54.72
At Jesus' second coming
primary group number one
00:33:54.82\00:33:57.33
will be the dead in
Christ or the righteous dead
00:33:57.53\00:33:59.93
and the Bible says they
will rise what everybody? First.
00:34:00.13\00:34:03.24
They're gonna rise first.
Now look at verse number 17.
00:34:03.37\00:34:05.45
It says: "Then we
which are alive and remain
00:34:05.65\00:34:09.56
shall be caught up together
with them in the... " What?
00:34:09.86\00:34:12.75
"clouds to meet the
Lord... " In the what? "air. "
00:34:12.96\00:34:15.64
"So shall we ever be...
" With the what everybody?
00:34:15.84\00:34:17.92
"Lord. " All right, stop
there. Group number 2 then.
00:34:18.12\00:34:20.26
At Jesus' second coming
primary group number two
00:34:20.56\00:34:23.29
will be the righteous living.
00:34:23.32\00:34:24.51
The Bible says at Jesus'
second coming... when the real
00:34:24.81\00:34:27.74
Superman comes back...
at the manner of His coming
00:34:27.94\00:34:30.61
the Bible says group number
two, the righteous living,
00:34:30.81\00:34:33.30
will be caught up to
meet the Lord in the air.
00:34:33.50\00:34:36.09
So group number one - the
righteous dead - rise what?
00:34:36.59\00:34:39.21
First. Group number two
- the righteous living -
00:34:39.41\00:34:41.21
are caught up to
meet the Lord in the air.
00:34:41.31\00:34:43.66
Group number three...
Go to II Thessalonians
00:34:43.86\00:34:46.46
chapter 2 and we're
going to verse number 8.
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II Thessalonians chapter 2 and
we're going to verse number 8.
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The Word of God says to
us in II Thessalonians 2:8...
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The Word says: "And then
shall that wicked be revealed
00:35:02.18\00:35:05.20
whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of His mouth
00:35:05.40\00:35:10.02
and shall destroy with
the... " What everybody?
00:35:10.22\00:35:12.62
Come on, with
the what everybody?
00:35:12.82\00:35:14.15
"brightness of His coming,
00:35:14.35\00:35:16.05
even him whose coming is
after the working of Satan
00:35:16.36\00:35:19.18
with all power and
signs and lying wonders
00:35:19.38\00:35:21.81
and with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness
00:35:22.01\00:35:23.96
in them that perish because
they receive not the love of
00:35:24.16\00:35:26.38
the truth that they might
be saved. And for this cause
00:35:26.48\00:35:29.25
God shall send them
strong delusion that they should
00:35:29.45\00:35:31.87
believe a lie that they all
might be damned who believe not
00:35:31.97\00:35:36.06
the truth but have
pleasure in unrighteousness. "
00:35:36.16\00:35:38.74
The Word of God is clear.
00:35:39.04\00:35:40.56
Group number three: the
unrighteous or the wicked living
00:35:40.76\00:35:44.72
will die at the
brightness of His coming.
00:35:44.92\00:35:47.35
So then group number 1, the
righteous dead, will rise first.
00:35:47.65\00:35:50.74
Group number 2: they will
be caught up to meet the Lord
00:35:51.04\00:35:53.20
in the what? Air.
00:35:53.30\00:35:54.45
Group number 3, the
wicked living, will die at the
00:35:54.65\00:35:57.64
brightness of His what? Coming.
00:35:57.74\00:35:59.33
That's why when I'm
under these television lights
00:35:59.53\00:36:01.47
I take time to
look at the lights.
00:36:01.67\00:36:03.71
Because if I can't keep my
eye on the light it must mean
00:36:04.11\00:36:06.84
I'm in trouble, because
I don't want to be a part
00:36:06.94\00:36:08.95
of the unrighteous or wicked
living who die at the brightness
00:36:09.05\00:36:11.60
of His coming... so I
practice looking at lights.
00:36:11.70\00:36:14.97
Group number 1: the righteous
dead. They rise what? First.
00:36:17.43\00:36:21.50
Group number 2- the righteous
living - are caught up to meet
00:36:21.70\00:36:23.74
the Lord in the air. Group
number 3- the wicked living -
00:36:23.84\00:36:27.35
die at the brightness of His
what? Coming. Group number 4...
00:36:27.55\00:36:30.96
go to Revelation 20
00:36:31.27\00:36:33.84
and let's go to verse number 5.
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Let's get some
Word in us tonight.
00:36:37.02\00:36:38.95
"Thy Word have I hid in
my heart that I might not sin
00:36:39.82\00:36:42.15
against Thee. " I
tell people all the time
00:36:42.25\00:36:43.97
"Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
00:36:44.17\00:36:45.92
and know where it's found. "
00:36:46.02\00:36:47.58
Revelation
chapter 20 verse number 5.
00:36:47.89\00:36:50.71
Group number 4...
The Word of God says:
00:36:50.91\00:36:53.59
"But the rest of
the... " What? "dead
00:36:53.79\00:36:56.63
lived not again until the
thousand years were... " What?
00:36:56.83\00:36:58.98
"finished. " Now stop
there. That means, then,
00:36:59.29\00:37:01.33
at Jesus' second coming
the wicked dead remain what?
00:37:01.53\00:37:06.26
Dead. "The rest of the
dead lived not again until the
00:37:06.46\00:37:09.98
thousand years
were... " What? "finished. "
00:37:10.08\00:37:11.51
Which means at Jesus'
second coming the wicked dead
00:37:11.71\00:37:13.61
remain dead. So then,
the manner of His coming:
00:37:13.71\00:37:16.74
His feet will
not touch the earth.
00:37:17.04\00:37:19.38
The angelic host
will accompany Him.
00:37:19.78\00:37:22.49
Every living eye
is going to see Him.
00:37:22.89\00:37:25.66
Everybody is going to hear
Him; His coming won't be silent.
00:37:26.06\00:37:29.47
And then the dead in
Christ are going to rise.
00:37:29.77\00:37:32.30
The righteous living are going
to be caught up to meet the Lord
00:37:32.60\00:37:34.79
in the air. The wicked
living are going to die
00:37:34.89\00:37:37.47
at the brightness of His coming.
00:37:37.57\00:37:38.82
The wicked dead
the Bible also says
00:37:39.12\00:37:41.31
will remain what? Dead.
00:37:41.51\00:37:43.50
I don't know about you
but out of those four groups
00:37:43.80\00:37:46.41
I've gotta be a part of
group 1 or 2. Come on say amen!
00:37:46.61\00:37:50.19
Amen. Let me tell you
something: when I see Jesus
00:37:50.29\00:37:53.20
I'm going to be so excited
I'm not going to look around
00:37:53.31\00:37:55.26
and say: "Who rose
and who didn't rise? "
00:37:55.36\00:37:57.40
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:37:57.60\00:37:58.71
I'm just going to be happy
I'm caught up to meet the Lord
00:37:58.91\00:38:00.91
in the air! Come
on say amen. Amen!
00:38:01.01\00:38:02.40
In fact, there are going
to be three groups of people
00:38:02.60\00:38:04.55
when you get to heaven.
00:38:04.65\00:38:05.68
Those you thought would
be there won't be there.
00:38:05.78\00:38:08.11
Those you thought
wouldn't be there will be there.
00:38:08.61\00:38:12.64
And if you're like me
you're just thanking the Lord
00:38:13.05\00:38:15.32
that you're there.
Come on say amen. Amen!
00:38:15.53\00:38:17.74
The Bible is very clear.
The apostle Paul says to us
00:38:17.94\00:38:20.40
in I Corinthians...
I Corinthians 15:51.
00:38:20.51\00:38:24.67
The Word of God says in
I Corinthians 15 verse 51
00:38:24.87\00:38:28.18
"Behold I show you a mystery
that we shall not all sleep
00:38:28.28\00:38:31.59
but we shall all be changed
00:38:31.70\00:38:33.53
in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye. "
00:38:33.73\00:38:35.92
How fast is that? I don't know!
00:38:36.02\00:38:37.48
I know I wink at my wife
and I wink at her real quick.
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.82
That's quick.
Come on... say amen.
00:38:40.02\00:38:41.32
"In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye at the last trump.
00:38:41.52\00:38:43.94
The trumpet shall
sound, the dead shall be raised
00:38:44.14\00:38:45.82
incorruptible.
We shall be changed.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.28
But this corruptible
must put on incorruption
00:38:47.58\00:38:49.66
and this mortal
must put on immortality.
00:38:49.86\00:38:51.92
So when this corruptible
shall have put on incorruption
00:38:52.12\00:38:54.33
and this mortal shall
have put on immortality
00:38:54.54\00:38:56.47
it shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written
00:38:56.67\00:38:59.08
'Death... ' Hallelujah! 'is
swallowed up in victory. ' "
00:38:59.28\00:39:04.23
The sting of death is sin.
00:39:04.53\00:39:06.83
The strength of sin is the law.
00:39:07.23\00:39:10.19
But thanks be
to God! Hallelujah!
00:39:10.49\00:39:14.28
Thanks be to God who giveth
us the victory in our Lord
00:39:14.58\00:39:18.95
and Savior Jesus
Christ be ye steadfast,
00:39:19.05\00:39:22.25
unmovable, always abounding
in the work of the Lord.
00:39:22.55\00:39:27.93
for as much as you know that
your labors are not in vain.
00:39:28.13\00:39:32.82
Amen! Let me tell you
something: when He comes back
00:39:33.12\00:39:36.26
you'd better be a
part of group 1 or group 2:
00:39:36.46\00:39:39.04
the righteous
dead that arise first;
00:39:39.34\00:39:42.03
the righteous living that
are caught up to meet the Lord
00:39:42.23\00:39:44.25
in the what? Air.
00:39:44.36\00:39:45.43
The wicked living who die
at the brightness of His coming
00:39:45.63\00:39:47.75
you don't want to be
a part of that group.
00:39:47.85\00:39:49.06
The wicked dead that remain
dead... you don't want to be
00:39:49.26\00:39:51.32
a part of that
group. It's interesting...
00:39:51.42\00:39:54.30
I have a lot of conversations
with people about the Bible.
00:39:55.20\00:39:57.69
And a lot of times people feel,
people say, you've heard them
00:39:58.90\00:40:01.57
say it... some of
you may have said it.
00:40:01.67\00:40:03.56
People always say: "Well,
when my daddy, when my mama...
00:40:04.06\00:40:08.55
when they died they
went straight to heaven.
00:40:08.65\00:40:11.59
They're looking down on me. "
00:40:12.99\00:40:16.98
Well if we just studied
and read from the Word of God
00:40:18.40\00:40:21.22
relative to the
manner of His coming
00:40:21.42\00:40:23.39
that the dead in
Christ rise first
00:40:23.79\00:40:27.01
and the righteous living
are caught up to meet the Lord
00:40:27.42\00:40:30.34
in the air,
00:40:30.44\00:40:32.45
if everyone went to
heaven at their earthly death,
00:40:32.65\00:40:38.45
who would Jesus be
coming back to get?
00:40:38.95\00:40:42.87
If mama, who died in the
Lord, was already in heaven
00:40:47.13\00:40:49.95
if daddy who died in the
Lord was already in heaven,
00:40:51.14\00:40:53.31
if grandmamma, granddaddy
were in the heaven already
00:40:53.41\00:40:55.87
at their death, who would
Jesus be coming back to get?
00:40:55.97\00:40:59.54
There would be nobody for
Jesus to come back and get
00:40:59.84\00:41:02.62
because they would
already be in heaven.
00:41:02.82\00:41:04.53
But then that would make
the Bible out to be a lie.
00:41:04.73\00:41:07.54
And God is a God that
He should not lie. Amen!
00:41:07.94\00:41:12.10
The devil, however, is a liar.
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:41:12.23\00:41:15.25
Sadly, though, when
Jesus comes the second time
00:41:15.45\00:41:18.66
despite the warnings
that have been given,
00:41:18.96\00:41:22.10
despite the signs
that have been foretold,
00:41:22.50\00:41:27.20
when Jesus comes, just
like the folk weren't prepared
00:41:27.60\00:41:32.12
for the first coming many
people are not going to be
00:41:32.22\00:41:35.49
prepared for the second coming.
00:41:35.52\00:41:37.66
But sadly, even if
they are not prepared
00:41:37.86\00:41:40.11
everyone's going to
receive their just reward.
00:41:40.31\00:41:42.49
Revelation 22:12 is
very clear and Jesus said
00:41:42.89\00:41:45.32
"Behold, I come quickly
and My reward is with Me
00:41:45.53\00:41:48.59
to give every man,
woman according as his work
00:41:48.69\00:41:51.19
shall be. " So you
know, I live in Alabama
00:41:51.29\00:41:53.82
and we are deeply rooted
in the Civil Rights Movement
00:41:54.15\00:41:57.95
and we sing a lot of Negro
spirituals down at Oakwood.
00:41:58.09\00:42:01.90
And I am reminded of a
Negro spiritual when I read this
00:42:02.20\00:42:04.97
verse, Revelation 22:12
00:42:05.17\00:42:06.99
and I say "You'd better mind.
00:42:07.19\00:42:09.93
You'd better mind...
Judgment Day is coming. "
00:42:10.14\00:42:12.78
You'd better mind. You'd better
mind who you're talking to
00:42:14.08\00:42:16.22
and you'd better mind
who you're talking about.
00:42:16.52\00:42:18.94
Judgment Day is coming.
00:42:19.14\00:42:21.40
You'd better mind.
00:42:21.80\00:42:25.11
But because I love Jesus,
00:42:25.61\00:42:27.68
because Jesus loves me,
00:42:27.88\00:42:30.34
my Superman is
coming back to get me. Amen.
00:42:31.46\00:42:36.34
Jesus is coming back for me.
00:42:36.75\00:42:41.00
Jesus died for me
00:42:41.50\00:42:44.76
and all He asks is
that I live for Him.
00:42:45.26\00:42:47.97
He's done too much for
me for me to miss out on
00:42:48.07\00:42:51.36
God's great heaven.
00:42:51.46\00:42:53.05
I've got a mansion
prepared just for me
00:42:53.55\00:42:56.65
with my name
written all over it.
00:42:56.85\00:43:00.46
Understand, I refuse
to live in an earthly hell
00:43:00.77\00:43:04.15
and then
eventually after 1,000 years
00:43:04.56\00:43:07.36
die and go to hell.
That's too much hell.
00:43:07.56\00:43:09.52
Come on say amen. Amen!
00:43:09.72\00:43:11.38
But I've got to see my Jesus.
00:43:12.92\00:43:15.02
My Bible tells me
there'll be no crying there.
00:43:15.52\00:43:19.30
There'll be no dying there.
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.52
There'll be no high
blood pressure there.
00:43:23.02\00:43:26.15
There'll be no walking
canes or wheelchairs there.
00:43:26.65\00:43:30.38
There'll be no cancer there.
00:43:30.58\00:43:32.81
There'll be no
heart disease there.
00:43:33.11\00:43:35.07
There'll be no arthritis there.
00:43:35.27\00:43:36.80
There will be no house
note there because my mansion's
00:43:37.01\00:43:39.20
gonna be paid for.
00:43:39.30\00:43:40.50
There'll be no car note there
and I won't even have to pay gas
00:43:40.80\00:43:43.56
'cause I'm going to take up
wings and fly from my mansion
00:43:43.77\00:43:46.21
to your mansion. No
bills there; no night there.
00:43:46.31\00:43:49.03
The former things are
going to be passed away. Amen!
00:43:49.23\00:43:52.22
And all things are
going to become new.
00:43:52.26\00:43:54.39
Can I tell you about heaven?
00:43:54.49\00:43:56.28
Before I take my seat can
I just tell you about heaven
00:43:56.48\00:43:58.11
the fact that the lion is
going to play with the lamb.
00:43:58.21\00:44:01.14
I grew up singing a little
song that one day I am going to
00:44:01.44\00:44:04.40
sit at the welcome table.
00:44:04.50\00:44:06.53
That I'm going to
feast on milk and honey.
00:44:06.83\00:44:09.67
That I'm going to
sing and never get tired.
00:44:09.97\00:44:13.45
That I'm going to
walk and talk with Jesus
00:44:13.75\00:44:16.77
and I'm even going
to eat grits with Jesus!
00:44:16.97\00:44:19.73
Then I'm going to
put on my long white robe
00:44:20.03\00:44:23.32
then I'm going
to shout hallelujah.
00:44:23.62\00:44:26.24
In fact, when we get to heaven
00:44:26.34\00:44:28.40
understand that when we get
into the very presence of God
00:44:28.61\00:44:32.03
we're going to sing
and we're going to shout
00:44:32.23\00:44:33.96
"Holy, holy, holy. " We
won't rest day nor night
00:44:34.06\00:44:37.51
because we'll continually
say "Holy, holy, holy,
00:44:37.71\00:44:40.41
Lord God Almighty
which was and is to come. "
00:44:40.61\00:44:44.27
'Cause when we all get to heaven
00:44:44.77\00:44:46.97
what a day of
rejoicing that's going to be.
00:44:47.27\00:44:51.16
When we all see Jesus
00:44:51.66\00:44:54.69
we're going to sing
and shout the victory!
00:44:54.99\00:44:59.35
So that's why on earth it's a
preparation place for paradise.
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I shout every now and then
'cause I don't wait till the
00:45:02.50\00:45:04.75
battle's over. I shout now
recognizing what God has done,
00:45:04.85\00:45:08.25
is doing, and will do for me.
00:45:08.35\00:45:09.82
And I'm so glad tonight
that troubles don't last always.
00:45:09.92\00:45:13.92
I'm so glad tonight
that behind every dark cloud
00:45:14.42\00:45:17.38
there's a silver lining.
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.69
I'm so glad tonight that
weeping may endure for a night
00:45:20.09\00:45:23.63
but joy comes in
the morning time.
00:45:23.83\00:45:27.35
The grass
withers, the flower fades,
00:45:27.75\00:45:31.50
but the word of our God
is going to stand forever.
00:45:31.90\00:45:37.14
"For the Lord Himself
00:45:38.00\00:45:41.36
shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:45:41.56\00:45:45.42
with the voice of the
archangel and the trump of God,
00:45:45.72\00:45:48.52
are going to rise first.
00:45:48.72\00:45:51.73
Then we which are alive and
remain are going to be caught up
00:45:52.23\00:45:54.12
together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:45:54.23\00:45:56.09
And so shall we
ever be with the Lord. "
00:45:56.29\00:45:58.90
Jesus is coming back.
00:45:59.40\00:46:03.78
I said Jesus is coming back.
00:46:04.96\00:46:09.25
Superman is coming back...
00:46:09.45\00:46:13.21
here comes Superman.
00:46:13.31\00:46:16.39
One day we're going to hear
some loud sounds coming out of
00:46:17.47\00:46:21.89
the Orion constellation.
00:46:21.99\00:46:24.24
Look up in the sky...
00:46:25.30\00:46:29.23
it's a bird... it's a plane...
00:46:30.38\00:46:34.50
no, it's Jesus - Amen! -
00:46:35.79\00:46:40.61
the real Superman. Amen!
00:46:41.01\00:46:45.75
Christ returning.
00:46:46.05\00:46:48.86
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
00:46:50.28\00:46:54.85
Amen.
00:46:55.15\00:46:57.23
When I talk about
Jesus' coming I get excited.
00:46:58.51\00:47:02.12
Because my motivation in
getting to God's great heaven,
00:47:04.03\00:47:06.37
my motivation in seeing Jesus,
00:47:06.47\00:47:08.15
if I could just have time
to tell you how strong it is.
00:47:08.35\00:47:11.90
You see, 15 years
ago my life was changed
00:47:13.37\00:47:17.63
and I would never be the
same again. Yes, I grew up a PK.
00:47:17.83\00:47:20.91
Yes, I grew up in a
Seventh-day Adventist home.
00:47:21.01\00:47:23.14
Yes, I grew up in the
church. One would dare to say
00:47:23.44\00:47:25.87
I was even born in the church.
00:47:26.07\00:47:28.20
Fifteen years ago my wife and I
00:47:31.89\00:47:36.96
and our first-born
daughter, 4-1/2 months old,
00:47:37.16\00:47:39.24
set out from Nashville,
TN, to go to Tuscaloosa, AL,
00:47:39.64\00:47:42.96
to preach for a church
we had formerly pastored.
00:47:43.56\00:47:45.82
Their anniversary.
00:47:46.02\00:47:47.23
Fifteen years ago, 20
miles from our destination,
00:47:49.08\00:47:53.26
we got into a
terrible car accident.
00:47:53.66\00:47:56.43
I never will forget that day:
00:47:59.54\00:48:01.09
September 25, 1999.
00:48:01.59\00:48:04.62
We were in a SUV, and
that SUV began to flip
00:48:07.09\00:48:09.33
and it began to
flip and flip and flip.
00:48:09.53\00:48:11.16
We were in a
horrific car accident.
00:48:11.56\00:48:13.44
Woke up only to see my wife
unconscious in the median of the
00:48:13.85\00:48:16.93
interstate, our 4-1/2
month old baby girl motionless
00:48:17.03\00:48:21.40
in the median of the interstate.
00:48:21.61\00:48:23.40
Paramedics from Birmingham,
AL, came to get my wife
00:48:26.13\00:48:28.91
and I. They came
to get our daughter.
00:48:29.01\00:48:30.77
Took us to hospitals. My
wife, after she regained her
00:48:30.97\00:48:34.09
consciousness, she said: "Honey,
go to the other hospital -
00:48:34.19\00:48:36.30
the children's
hospital where our daughter is.
00:48:36.40\00:48:38.55
Be with her. I'll
be OK right here. "
00:48:38.65\00:48:40.34
I went over there September
the 25th. It was a Sabbath.
00:48:40.54\00:48:43.26
And there I
looked at my little girl,
00:48:45.51\00:48:47.51
4-1/2 months old,
hooked up to life support.
00:48:47.91\00:48:52.37
My parents came.
00:48:53.87\00:48:55.92
My wife's parents came.
00:48:56.42\00:48:58.21
They were both pastors.
00:48:58.51\00:49:00.31
My conference president came,
pastors came, everyone came.
00:49:00.71\00:49:03.33
Began to pray
for the power of God.
00:49:03.53\00:49:06.13
Friends, I prayed like
I've never prayed before.
00:49:07.07\00:49:09.15
Said: "Lord,
spare our baby girl. "
00:49:10.43\00:49:15.24
"God, raise her up. "
00:49:16.49\00:49:20.96
Next day, the 26th, my
wife left the other hospital and
00:49:21.26\00:49:23.82
came over to where we
were, and we were all together.
00:49:24.02\00:49:25.84
We called for the pastors
and we said: "Please anoint
00:49:26.14\00:49:28.39
our daughter. " And
we had to tell people...
00:49:28.50\00:49:31.07
Some people were coming
to visit and some people were
00:49:31.27\00:49:32.56
looking, they were nosy, trying
to figure what's going on.
00:49:32.60\00:49:34.47
I had to tell them: "Look, if
you don't believe in the power
00:49:34.67\00:49:36.31
of God, that we serve a
God that can raise her up,
00:49:36.41\00:49:38.26
I don't need you coming in
this room because we don't need
00:49:38.36\00:49:40.12
conflicting spirits
in this room. " Amen!
00:49:40.22\00:49:43.12
We anointed my
daughter. No change.
00:49:46.52\00:49:48.45
The 27th came.
00:49:49.77\00:49:51.79
Doctors came and they said:
"Listen, if there's no change
00:49:53.18\00:49:56.37
in your daughter's condition
00:49:56.48\00:49:58.10
on the 28th at noon we're going
to take her off life support. "
00:49:58.40\00:50:03.30
What could I say? I
told them: "OK, no problem. "
00:50:05.57\00:50:10.88
Because I had faith to believe
that God on the 28th at 12 noon
00:50:11.42\00:50:15.42
He was going to show up
and He was going to show out.
00:50:16.68\00:50:20.93
I believed that if God
could raise Jairus' daughter
00:50:21.33\00:50:24.66
surely God could
raise our daughter.
00:50:25.82\00:50:28.48
The 28th came. 11:55 AM
the doctors came to get us.
00:50:29.86\00:50:35.20
My wife and I went into
the Intensive Care Unit.
00:50:37.19\00:50:42.82
I asked the doctors, I
said: "Can I please hold
00:50:44.24\00:50:47.24
my little girl? "
00:50:47.54\00:50:49.57
The doctor said: "Sure, sir. "
00:50:50.85\00:50:52.26
There we were in
the Intensive Care Unit.
00:50:52.76\00:50:55.10
My wife and I... our
siblings, our parents.
00:50:55.50\00:50:58.62
Conference president
still there, other pastors...
00:50:59.13\00:51:01.71
all of us praying
for the move of God.
00:51:02.11\00:51:04.79
11:59 AM came.
00:51:06.10\00:51:08.42
I held my little girl.
00:51:09.67\00:51:11.22
I knew, friends, that
she was going to cough,
00:51:11.72\00:51:15.26
that she was going to
coo, that she was going to cry.
00:51:15.67\00:51:19.30
At 12 noon God was
going to wake her up.
00:51:19.50\00:51:21.68
Twelve o'clock came.
00:51:25.26\00:51:27.83
Too bad I have
no miraculous story.
00:51:29.23\00:51:32.31
Our first-born daughter...
00:51:34.60\00:51:37.60
she died in my arms.
00:51:40.12\00:51:42.31
I was mad at God.
00:51:44.04\00:51:46.93
"God, how could You
allow this to happen to me? "
00:51:49.08\00:51:50.69
"God, I've done
everything you told me to do.
00:51:51.09\00:51:52.62
I've gone to church school;
00:51:52.72\00:51:54.21
I've never drunk in my life;
I've never smoked in my life.
00:51:55.01\00:51:57.88
I eat more
Grillers than anybody.
00:51:57.98\00:51:59.89
God, how could You allow this? "
00:51:59.99\00:52:01.95
"God, I got married
then had children. "
00:52:06.63\00:52:11.40
I was mad.
00:52:13.15\00:52:14.64
Talk about being a
real... I was mad with the Lord.
00:52:16.21\00:52:19.02
People would come up to
me and say all kind of stuff.
00:52:22.90\00:52:25.14
"Oh, you're young. You
and your wife will have
00:52:26.32\00:52:29.73
children again. " I was
not interested in hearing that.
00:52:29.83\00:52:31.98
I didn't want another
child... I wanted THAT child.
00:52:32.38\00:52:35.39
Drove home from
Birmingham to Nashville.
00:52:39.05\00:52:41.70
The next week, two weeks,
three weeks I couldn't preach.
00:52:42.85\00:52:45.47
I didn't want to have anything
to do with God... the church.
00:52:48.05\00:52:51.87
One day I was
sitting in my home...
00:52:55.80\00:52:57.68
I was sitting in my
office in my study in my home
00:53:00.28\00:53:02.50
and I just happened
that day to pick up my Bible.
00:53:02.80\00:53:05.71
And I picked it up and
I just opened my Bible.
00:53:07.78\00:53:11.08
Have you ever been in a place
in your life where you just
00:53:11.28\00:53:13.55
open up your Bible and you
open it up to the very text
00:53:13.65\00:53:16.53
that you need? That God
will give you just what you need
00:53:16.73\00:53:19.84
just when you need it.
Anybody ever been like that?
00:53:20.04\00:53:22.09
I opened it up, and it went
straight to I Corinthians 10:13.
00:53:25.29\00:53:29.03
"There hath no temptation taken
you but such is common to man.
00:53:30.88\00:53:34.07
But God is faithful
00:53:34.47\00:53:37.02
who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able
00:53:37.32\00:53:39.80
but will with the
temptation make a way of escape
00:53:40.00\00:53:42.23
that ye may be
able to bear it. "
00:53:42.43\00:53:44.12
God let me know "I
spared your life. "
00:53:45.44\00:53:47.86
Either one...
'cause I wasn't ready to go
00:53:49.53\00:53:52.37
or two... He still yet
had a work for me to do
00:53:52.77\00:53:55.55
or three... all of the above.
00:53:56.05\00:53:59.77
I surmise that it
was all of the above.
00:54:00.18\00:54:03.75
Fifteen years later God
has blessed me, God has blessed
00:54:06.45\00:54:10.74
my wife, God has
blessed our family,
00:54:10.84\00:54:12.39
God has blessed our ministry.
00:54:12.49\00:54:14.42
I give Him all the
glory, I give Him all the honor,
00:54:15.02\00:54:17.10
I give Him all the praise.
00:54:17.20\00:54:18.40
He has blessed us with
three additional children.
00:54:18.70\00:54:20.44
Not that they take the
place of the one we lost
00:54:20.64\00:54:22.36
but I'm encouraged when I
go to Selected Messages book 2
00:54:22.46\00:54:25.44
and Ellen White says that just
before the coming of the Lord
00:54:25.64\00:54:29.66
that God's going to have
to lay little ones to rest.
00:54:31.12\00:54:33.44
But at the second coming,
the little ones He had to lay
00:54:35.25\00:54:39.56
to rest when the
dead in Christ rise
00:54:39.66\00:54:43.60
the angel Gabriel will take
those little ones and place them
00:54:44.83\00:54:47.50
in the arms of their mothers.
00:54:47.60\00:54:51.55
And so you have to understand
00:54:53.03\00:54:54.25
I get excited
about the second coming
00:54:54.35\00:54:56.66
because there will be a
reunion with my little girl.
00:54:57.95\00:55:01.59
For somebody here tonight
there's going to be a reunion
00:55:02.76\00:55:04.69
with your husband, a
reunion with your wife,
00:55:04.89\00:55:06.45
a reunion with your
mother, your father, your son,
00:55:06.65\00:55:08.10
your daughter.
There's going to be a reunion.
00:55:08.20\00:55:10.12
There will be a great Camp
Meeting in the Promised Land!
00:55:10.32\00:55:13.53
Amen!
00:55:13.63\00:55:14.73
But more than that
there will be a union
00:55:15.97\00:55:20.83
with Jesus Christ...
00:55:21.23\00:55:23.36
the real Superman...
00:55:25.79\00:55:27.97
who makes it all very possible.
00:55:28.97\00:55:32.49
Tonight I don't know what your
story is, because the reality is
00:55:34.07\00:55:36.79
everyone in here has a story.
00:55:37.09\00:55:39.62
But He's coming back.
00:55:42.50\00:55:44.27
His feet will
not touch the ground.
00:55:46.27\00:55:48.43
The angels will accompany Him.
00:55:49.93\00:55:51.77
Every eye will see Him;
every ear will hear Him.
00:55:53.10\00:55:56.27
The dead in Christ
are going to rise first.
00:55:57.44\00:55:59.11
We which are alive and remain
will be caught up to meet Him
00:55:59.32\00:56:01.18
and so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
00:56:03.25\00:56:09.24
Amen!
00:56:09.44\00:56:10.52
God, tonight we
surrender our all.
00:56:10.82\00:56:16.77
We surrender our
all to You tonight
00:56:17.27\00:56:19.74
because, Lord, we are looking
forward to Your second coming.
00:56:19.94\00:56:23.62
We are looking forward to the
real Superman -Jesus Christ -
00:56:24.82\00:56:27.99
coming back to get His
redeemed from this earth.
00:56:28.29\00:56:31.02
So Lord, You told us
in Your Word to occupy
00:56:32.86\00:56:34.88
till You come, so we've
got to pray a little more,
00:56:34.98\00:56:39.28
read a little more,
study a little more,
00:56:39.88\00:56:41.60
worship a little more.
00:56:41.80\00:56:43.47
But soon and very soon
we're going to see the King.
00:56:44.67\00:56:49.52
So I pray, God, that
everyone that's here tonight
00:56:50.02\00:56:52.84
at 3ABN Camp Meeting,
that everyone that is watching
00:56:52.94\00:56:55.20
tonight, that we be a
part of either group 1 or 2
00:56:55.40\00:56:58.83
where we rise first or
we're caught up to meet You
00:56:58.93\00:57:02.80
in the air. And so
shall we ever be with You.
00:57:03.00\00:57:07.94
In the name of the Father,
00:57:09.07\00:57:11.02
the name of the Son,
00:57:11.43\00:57:12.98
and the name of the Holy Spirit,
00:57:13.48\00:57:15.40
Amen.
00:57:17.16\00:57:18.66
Get ready... here
comes Superman. Amen!
00:57:19.16\00:57:25.13