AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:00:04.93\00:00:06.90 >>ONE OF THE LOUDEST SOUNDS THE WORLD HAS EVER HEARD WAS THE 00:00:09.17\00:00:11.97 TERRIFIC VOLCANIC EXPLOSION OF KRAKATOA IN SOUTHWESTERN 00:00:12.11\00:00:15.81 INDONESIA IN 1883. THE BLAST WAS THE EQUIVALENT TO 00:00:15.94\00:00:20.58 ABOUT 100 MEGATONS OF TNT AND COULD BE HEARD OVER 3,000 MILES 00:00:20.72\00:00:25.42 AWAY ON ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 00:00:25.55\00:00:28.19 MORE THAN 36,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 165 COASTAL VILLAGES 00:00:28.22\00:00:33.33 DESTROYED, MOSTLY FROM THE 120-FOOT HIGH TSUNAMI THAT 00:00:33.36\00:00:38.00 ROLLED IN AT OVER 300 MILES AN HOUR. 00:00:38.03\00:00:41.34 THIS DEVASTATED EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH, HURLING HUGE CORAL 00:00:41.37\00:00:44.67 BLOCKS ASHORE. THE TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION ALSO 00:00:44.71\00:00:48.08 BLEW FIVE CUBIC MILES OF DEBRIS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, CREATING 00:00:48.11\00:00:52.88 A DUST CLOUD THAT BLOCKED SUNLIGHT, COOLED CLIMATES, 00:00:52.91\00:00:56.55 AND, FOR A FEW YEARS, PRODUCED BRILLIANT RED SUNSETS THAT WERE 00:00:56.58\00:01:00.69 SO INTENSE, PEOPLE OFTEN THOUGHT THERE WAS A FIRE ON THE HORIZON. 00:01:00.72\00:01:04.63 THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA WAS ONE OF THE LOUDEST AND MOST POWERFUL 00:01:04.66\00:01:08.70 VISIBLE EVENTS IN MODERN TIMES, BUT DID YOU KNOW THE BOOK OF 00:01:08.73\00:01:12.87 REVELATION PICTURES THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS AS EVEN LOUDER. 00:01:12.90\00:01:17.17 IT SAYS THERE'LL BE A TRUMPET AND A ROAR AND A SHOUT. 00:01:17.21\00:01:20.78 SO JOIN ME NOW AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE 00:01:20.81\00:01:24.25 REALLY SAYS ABOUT THE RETURN OF CHRIST. 00:01:24.28\00:01:27.45 >>SO, OUR STUDY TODAY IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE KING RETURNS AND 00:01:31.75\00:01:35.92 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SIGNS OF CHRIST COMING - 00:01:35.96\00:01:39.36 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A DATE FOR THE LORD'S RETURN, BUT 00:01:39.39\00:01:43.77 WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN THE 00:01:43.80\00:01:46.84 CHRISTIAN WORLD REGARDING HOW JESUS IS COMING BACK, BECAUSE 00:01:46.87\00:01:50.01 THAT IS GOING TO SET MANY PEOPLE UP FOR A MAJOR DECEPTION. 00:01:50.04\00:01:54.18 AND SO, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT. 00:01:54.21\00:01:55.91 FIRST QUESTION: WHAT SOLEMN WARNING DOES JESUS GIVE ABOUT 00:01:55.94\00:02:00.05 HIS SECOND COMING? "FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME, 00:02:00.08\00:02:03.52 SAYING, 'I AM THE CHRIST,' AND WILL DECEIVE MANY." 00:02:03.55\00:02:06.86 NOW, THAT VERSE CAN BE UNDERSTOOD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 00:02:06.89\00:02:08.89 WAYS AND STILL BE CORRECT. SOME ARE GOING TO COME AND 00:02:08.92\00:02:13.50 THEY'RE GOING TO CLAIM TO BE JESUS. 00:02:13.53\00:02:15.16 AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO COME AND SAY, 'HE IS CHRIST,' BUT 00:02:15.20\00:02:17.00 THEY'LL DECEIVE PEOPLE. MANY WILL COME, THEY COME IN HIS 00:02:17.03\00:02:19.90 NAME, THEY SAY HE'S CHRIST, AND THEN THEY DECEIVE. 00:02:19.93\00:02:23.81 AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT COME AND THEY SAY, 'I AM 00:02:23.84\00:02:26.61 CHRIST.' AND SATAN IS GOING TO IMPERSONATE JESUS IN THE LAST 00:02:26.64\00:02:31.15 DAYS AND YOU CAN ALSO READ ON, IT SAYS, "FOR THERE SHALL ARISE 00:02:31.18\00:02:37.02 FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS AND THEY WILL SHOW GREAT SIGNS 00:02:37.05\00:02:40.79 AND WONDERS." NOW, I'M NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT 00:02:40.82\00:02:45.26 KOOKS THAT SAY THAT THEY'RE JESUS. 00:02:45.29\00:02:49.13 THERE'S PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF THEM WALKING THE WORLD TODAY. 00:02:49.16\00:02:52.00 I SAW A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC REPORT ABOUT HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE 00:02:52.03\00:02:55.70 AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF WORSHIPERS AND 00:02:55.74\00:02:57.87 THEY CLAIM TO BE JESUS. YOU'VE GOT ONE IN SOUTH AMERICA, 00:02:57.91\00:03:01.91 YOU'VE GOT ONE IN EUROPE, AND OTHER PLACES AND THEY 00:03:01.94\00:03:05.45 HAVE THEIR FOLLOWERS. I MET SOMEBODY THAT CLAIMED TO 00:03:05.48\00:03:09.42 BE JESUS AND IT WAS A LITTLE UNNERVING BECAUSE I WAS LIVING 00:03:09.45\00:03:13.56 BY MYSELF IN THE MOUNTAINS IN A CAVE AND A GUY CAME HIKING UP 00:03:13.59\00:03:18.36 INTO MY CAVEYARD - I HAD A YARD - (LAUGHTER) AND - I MEAN, YOU 00:03:18.39\00:03:23.43 CAME OVER THE ROCKS AND YOU'RE IN MY YARD. 00:03:23.47\00:03:26.40 HE WAS ABOUT SIX FEET TALL. HE HAD SHOULDER-LENGTH BROWN 00:03:26.43\00:03:29.84 HAIR, HAZEL EYES, MUSTACHE AND A BEARD. 00:03:29.87\00:03:34.48 AND I'M FRIENDLY, I SAT DOWN, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT. 00:03:34.51\00:03:37.85 IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERSATION HE ASKED ME IF I WAS A BELIEVER. 00:03:37.88\00:03:40.45 I SAID, 'WELL, YEAH, I JUST READ THE BIBLE. 00:03:40.48\00:03:42.12 I JUST ACCEPTED JESUS.' AND HE SAID, 'I AM JESUS.' (LAUGHTER) 00:03:42.15\00:03:48.16 AND I WASN'T SURE I HEARD HIM RIGHT AND HE SAYS, 'I AM JESUS.' 00:03:48.19\00:03:54.10 AND THEN I THOUGHT, 'WELL I'VE GOT SOME SPANISH FRIENDS NAMED 00:03:54.10\00:03:57.43 JESUS. I SAID, 'YOU MEAN YOUR NAME IS JESUS? (LAUGHTER) 00:03:57.47\00:04:00.60 HE SAID, 'NO, I AM JESUS.' AND THAT WAS A LITTLE TROUBLING 00:04:00.64\00:04:06.71 BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'THIS GUY'S CRAZY AND I'M UP HERE IN 00:04:06.74\00:04:10.35 THE MOUNTAINS BY MYSELF.' AND THEN I THOUGHT, 'WELL, I DON'T 00:04:10.38\00:04:12.81 WANT TO CALL HIM CRAZY BECAUSE WHAT IF HE IS JESUS? 00:04:12.85\00:04:14.48 I'D LIKE TO KNOW. I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.' 00:04:14.52\00:04:17.52 AND SO, I STARTED SAYING, 'WELL, NOW, DOESN'T IT SAY IN THE BIBLE 00:04:17.55\00:04:22.32 WHEN YOU COME, LIKE EVERY EYE'S GOING TO SEE YOU 00:04:22.36\00:04:24.29 COMING IN THE CLOUDS?' (LAUGHTER) HE SAID, 'THAT'S HOW 00:04:24.33\00:04:27.23 I'M COMING FOR THE WORLD AT LARGE, BUT I'M COMING FOR 00:04:27.30\00:04:29.16 CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FIRST.' AND HE HAD AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. 00:04:29.20\00:04:33.50 HE WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT ME AS A DISCIPLE. 00:04:33.54\00:04:35.37 (LAUGHTER) AND SO, I HUMORED HIM FOR A FEW DAYS - YOU KNOW, NICE 00:04:35.40\00:04:41.64 AND, YOU KNOW, HE STAYED WITH ME. 00:04:41.68\00:04:43.65 HE ATE ALL MY FOOD. HE WAS A SLOB. 00:04:43.68\00:04:46.01 HE DIDN'T CLEAN ANYTHING UP. AND, FINALLY, I HAD TO 00:04:46.05\00:04:48.42 EVICT JESUS FROM MY CAVE. (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) A FEW DAYS 00:04:48.45\00:04:54.62 LATER I SAW HIM IN TOWN AND HE HAD FOUND AN APOSTLE. 00:04:54.66\00:04:57.29 HE WAS WALKING AROUND - AND I FELT MUCH BETTER BECAUSE ABOUT 00:04:57.33\00:05:01.03 TWO WEEKS LATER, I SAW HIM AGAIN. 00:05:01.06\00:05:02.70 HE HAD GOTTEN IN A FIGHT WITH SOMEBODY AND THEY KNOCKED OUT 00:05:02.73\00:05:04.83 HIS FRONT TOOTH AND WE ALL KNOW JESUS HAS ALL HIS TEETH, SO THAT 00:05:04.87\00:05:08.84 SETTLED IT FOR ME. (LAUGHTER) I FELT MUCH BETTER AT THAT POINT. 00:05:08.87\00:05:14.74 SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THOSE KOOKY PEOPLE, BUT WHEN SATAN 00:05:14.78\00:05:19.08 IMPERSONATES CHRIST, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COMPELLING AND 00:05:19.11\00:05:24.02 THERE'LL BE AN EMOTIONAL POWER AND THERE'LL BE SIGNS AND 00:05:24.05\00:05:26.45 WONDERS AND HE'LL QUOTE THE BIBLE. 00:05:26.49\00:05:32.26 WHAT'LL PREVENT THE RIGHTEOUS FROM BEING DECEIVED? 00:05:32.29\00:05:35.00 YOU READ IN ISAIAH 8, VERSE 20 - IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BIBLE - 00:05:35.03\00:05:39.17 ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY, IF THEY SPEAK 00:05:39.20\00:05:42.40 NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, THERE'S NO LIGHT IN THEM. 00:05:42.44\00:05:46.17 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUDGE EVERYTHING BY THE WORD OF GOD. 00:05:46.21\00:05:49.31 THAT'S WHY I'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE NEED TO REALLY KNOW OUR BIBLES 00:05:49.34\00:05:52.91 BECAUSE JESUS TELLS US THAT THE DECEPTION IS GOING TO BE SO 00:05:52.95\00:05:55.85 COMPELLING THAT, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, EVEN THE VERY ELECT 00:05:55.88\00:05:58.95 WOULD BE DECEIVED. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE 00:05:58.99\00:06:01.66 CAREFULLY ROOTED IN WHAT WE BELIEVE. WELL, IF YOU HEARD THAT 00:06:01.69\00:06:06.29 THERE WAS SOMEBODY OUT THERE AND THEY'RE CLAIMING TO BE JESUS, 00:06:06.33\00:06:08.50 WOULD IT BE SAFE TO GO AND SEE THEM? 00:06:08.53\00:06:10.10 >>NO. >>WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY? 00:06:10.13\00:06:12.77 HE SAYS IN MATTHEW 24, VERSES 26, "WHEREFORE, IF THEY SAY UNTO 00:06:12.80\00:06:16.77 YOU, 'BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE DESERT.' GO NOT FORTH." 00:06:16.81\00:06:20.41 DON'T EVEN LOOK. 'HEY, TURN ON CHANNEL 13 - JESUS 00:06:20.44\00:06:23.95 HAS JUST APPEARED IN JERUSALEM.' I WOULDN'T EVEN TURN IT ON 00:06:23.98\00:06:28.72 BECAUSE THE DEVIL CAN HYPNOTIZE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HYPNOTIZE 00:06:28.75\00:06:31.79 A PERSON WITH THEIR AUDIO AND THEIR VISUAL NERVES. 00:06:31.82\00:06:36.16 THE OPTIC AND THE AUDITORY NERVES AND TELEVISION KIND OF 00:06:36.19\00:06:40.70 REACHES BOTH. AND NOW THEY'VE GOT TV 00:06:40.73\00:06:44.23 IT'S LIKE HIGH RESOLUTION. THEY'RE GETTING 3D - I MEAN, 00:06:44.27\00:06:47.37 IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POWERFUL. DON'T DO IT. 00:06:47.40\00:06:50.64 WHAT CAN WE KNOW ABOUT THE TIME OF JESUS' RETURN? 00:06:50.67\00:06:54.98 NOW, I'M GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS QUESTION SO JUST 00:06:55.01\00:06:56.78 GET COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE A FEW THINGS CLEAR: 00:06:56.81\00:07:00.12 FIRST OF ALL, REGARDING A SPECIFIC TIME OF HIS COMING, 00:07:00.15\00:07:03.59 JESUS COULD NOT BE MISUNDERSTOOD: "BUT OF THAT DAY 00:07:03.62\00:07:06.99 AND THAT HOUR KNOWETH NO MAN." THAT SHOULD SETTLE 00:07:07.02\00:07:10.59 IT FOR EVERYBODY. SO, IF SOMEONE COMES TO YOU AND 00:07:10.63\00:07:13.06 THEY SAY, 'WELL, I KNOW MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT NEAR THE 00:07:13.09\00:07:15.10 END WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT. 00:07:15.13\00:07:16.73 AND I'VE DONE SOME CALCULATING AND I DON'T KNOW THE DAY AND THE 00:07:16.77\00:07:19.23 HOUR, BUT I KNOW THE MONTH.' AND I'VE HEARD ALL KINDS OF STRANGE 00:07:19.27\00:07:23.34 THINGS. WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO PICK THE DAY? 00:07:23.37\00:07:28.01 WOULD YOU WAIT 'TIL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET READY? 00:07:28.04\00:07:30.41 HE SAID HE'S COMING BACK. HE COULD COME FOR YOU TOMORROW. 00:07:30.45\00:07:33.92 BECAUSE IF YOU DIE, YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE 00:07:33.95\00:07:37.42 RESURRECTION AND SO WE NEED TO BE READY HOW OFTEN? 00:07:37.45\00:07:39.75 >>ALWAYS. >>JESUS SAID, 'BE READY ALWAYS 00:07:39.79\00:07:42.79 LEST THAT DAY OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF.' 00:07:42.82\00:07:45.63 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OVERTAKEN AS A THIEF ALREADY. 00:07:45.66\00:07:49.50 AND SO, WE NEED TO BE READY. 00:07:49.53\00:07:51.20 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER HAROLD CAMPING - FAMILY RADIO - I 00:07:51.23\00:07:56.17 TALKED TO HIM ONCE OR TWICE ON THE RADIO. 00:07:56.20\00:07:58.67 MATTER OF FACT, AMAZING FACTS INTERVIEWED HIM NOT TOO LONG 00:07:58.71\00:08:01.08 BEFORE HE DIED, BECAUSE HE WAS SETTING A DATE. 00:08:01.11\00:08:03.95 AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE WAS SINCERE, BUT HE WAS WRONG. 00:08:03.98\00:08:07.92 A LOT OF PEOPLE GAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD - THEY INVESTED IN HIS 00:08:07.95\00:08:10.22 MINISTRY TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT JESUS WAS COMING. 00:08:10.25\00:08:12.72 WHAT WAS IT, MAY 21, 2011? AND, OF COURSE, 00:08:12.75\00:08:16.83 IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THAT WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD 00:08:16.86\00:08:18.59 TIME HE HAD PREDICTED THE DAY AND THE HOUR OF 00:08:18.63\00:08:20.70 THE LORD'S COMING. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:08:20.73\00:08:22.66 I'VE GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU. EVERY PASTOR AND EVANGELIST THAT 00:08:22.70\00:08:26.70 HAS PICKED THE DATE FOR THE LORD'S COMING HAS 00:08:26.74\00:08:28.97 BEEN WRONG SO FAR. (LAUGHTER) YOU REALIZE THAT? 00:08:29.00\00:08:32.14 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DATES THAT HAVE PASSED. 00:08:32.17\00:08:34.34 AND SO, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD. 00:08:34.38\00:08:37.25 BUT WHILE WE DON'T KNOW THE DAY AND THE HOUR, CAN WE KNOW WHEN 00:08:37.28\00:08:40.32 IT'S NEAR? >>AMEN. 00:08:40.35\00:08:41.98 >>YES. >>JESUS IS PRETTY CLEAR. 00:08:42.02\00:08:43.62 MATTHEW 24, VERSE 33, "WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE THINGS, KNOW THAT 00:08:43.65\00:08:49.39 IT IS NEAR, EVEN AT THE DOORS." THERE ARE GOING TO BE SIGNS 00:08:49.42\00:08:52.53 WHERE WE CAN KNOW THAT IT IS NEAR. 00:08:52.56\00:08:54.56 AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE SIGNS? 00:08:54.56\00:08:57.07 WELL, THERE'S QUITE A FEW. FIRST OF ALL, JESUS SAYS, IN 00:08:57.10\00:08:58.73 MATTHEW 24, THERE'LL BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. 00:08:58.77\00:09:05.01 WELL, WE'VE HAD WARS ALL THROUGH HISTORY AND CERTAINLY, NOW, 00:09:05.04\00:09:09.31 WE'VE GOT RUMORS OF WAR. DO YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE 00:09:09.34\00:09:12.78 AMAZING FACT FOR YOU, THAT THE WORLD SPENDS OVER 100 MILLION 00:09:12.81\00:09:18.85 DOLLARS AN HOUR ON SOLDIERS, AMMUNITION, AND WAR MACHINES? 00:09:18.89\00:09:26.93 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT? 00:09:26.96\00:09:29.90 100 MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR ON INTERNATIONAL MILITARY 00:09:29.93\00:09:35.84 EXPENDITURES. THE BIBLE SAYS THERE'LL BE 00:09:35.87\00:09:38.91 POLITICAL INSTABILITY - PEOPLE'S HEARTS WILL BE FAILING FOR FEAR 00:09:38.94\00:09:43.24 - THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING. AND WE SEE THAT NOW. 00:09:43.28\00:09:46.35 THERE'S JUST SO MUCH VOLATILITY AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND 00:09:46.38\00:09:50.52 PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THERE HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS. 00:09:50.55\00:09:56.19 JESUS SAID THERE'LL BE PESTILENCE - THAT'S PLAGUES - 00:09:56.22\00:09:59.73 AND VARIOUS KINDS OF DISEASE. AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE EBOLA 00:09:59.76\00:10:03.40 CRISIS THAT THEY HAD A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 00:10:03.43\00:10:05.87 BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, REALLY, WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO BE 00:10:05.90\00:10:09.94 CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO A PLAGUE IS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE 00:10:09.97\00:10:14.18 AS A FLU. DO YOU KNOW THAT DURING WORLD 00:10:14.21\00:10:17.28 WAR I, WHAT KILLED THE MOST PEOPLE WAS NOT THE BATTLES - AND 00:10:17.31\00:10:23.99 THEY WERE BRUTAL - OF WORLD WAR 1, IT WAS THE 1918 FLU EPIDEMIC 00:10:24.02\00:10:28.52 THAT KILLED 40 MILLION PEOPLE THAT YEAR. 00:10:28.56\00:10:33.36 AND, RIGHT NOW, THEY SAY THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER 00:10:33.40\00:10:35.96 STRAIN OF THAT THAT IS RESISTANT TO [TREATMENT] AND THE ABILITY 00:10:36.00\00:10:40.27 FOR US TO SPREAD THAT WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL - YOU GET 00:10:40.30\00:10:43.47 ON AN AIRPLANE IN A TIN CAN WITH ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE AND IT'S 00:10:43.51\00:10:47.14 HARD NOT TO PICK SOMETHING UP AND TO TRANSMIT IT EVERYWHERE. 00:10:47.18\00:10:52.65 I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS, I'M JUST SAYING THESE 00:10:52.68\00:10:54.38 ARE SOME OF THE SIGNS. HE SAID THERE'LL BE PLAGUES, 00:10:54.42\00:10:57.12 THERE'LL BE NATURAL DISASTERS. BETWEEN 2004 AND 2014 18 - AND 00:10:57.15\00:11:04.79 THIS IS FROM THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - 18 00:11:04.83\00:11:07.60 EARTHQUAKES WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OR MORE RATTLED SUBDUCTION 00:11:07.66\00:11:12.90 ZONES AROUND THE GLOBE. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 265 PERCENT OVER 00:11:12.93\00:11:18.54 THE AVERAGE RATE OF THE PREVIOUS CENTURY." AND SO, THEY'RE SEEING 00:11:18.57\00:11:23.01 AN ACCELERATION OF THE PROBLEMS. NOW, BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER, 00:11:23.04\00:11:25.51 LET ME TELL WHY THESE SIGNS MATTER. 00:11:25.55\00:11:29.62 WE'VE ALWAYS HAD WARS. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN PLAGUES - 00:11:29.65\00:11:32.12 YOU HAD THE BLACK DEATH - YOU'VE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. 00:11:32.15\00:11:35.86 THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS WITH EARTHQUAKES AND NATURAL 00:11:35.89\00:11:38.69 DISASTERS, BUT THE LORD SAID IT'LL BE LABOR PAINS. 00:11:38.73\00:11:44.27 PAUL REFERS TO IT AS THE WHOLE CREATION GROANS AND TRAVAILS - 00:11:44.30\00:11:48.37 IT COMPARES IT TO A BIRTH. NOW, WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN - 00:11:48.40\00:11:54.34 SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN - I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS. 00:11:54.38\00:11:58.31 WIFE SAYS, 'I'M FEELING SOME PAIN.' YOU RUSH HER OFF TO THE 00:11:58.35\00:12:03.45 HOSPITAL AND HE LISTENS AND SAYS, 'HOW FAR APART ARE THEY?' 00:12:03.49\00:12:06.65 'ABOUT A DAY OR TWO.' HE SAYS, 'OH, GO BACK HOME. 00:12:06.69\00:12:09.46 THOSE ARE BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTIONS. 00:12:09.49\00:12:12.06 THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. YOUR BODY'S JUST GETTING WARMED 00:12:12.09\00:12:14.13 UP.' BUT, EVENTUALLY, THOSE PAINS WILL START COMING AND 00:12:14.20\00:12:19.90 HE'LL SAY, 'HOW FAR APART ARE THEY? HOW SEVERE ARE THEY? AS 00:12:19.93\00:12:23.51 THEY INCREASE IN FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY, YOU KNOW THERE'S 00:12:23.54\00:12:27.74 GOING TO BE A BIRTH EVENTUALLY. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE 00:12:27.78\00:12:31.45 WORLD CANNOT BE DENIED THAT WITH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS THERE IS 00:12:31.48\00:12:34.82 AN INCREASE IN FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY THAT TELLS US THAT THE 00:12:34.85\00:12:39.72 COMING OF THE LORD IS GOING TO BE SOON. 00:12:39.75\00:12:42.26 >>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS. 00:12:43.76\00:12:44.99 IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 00:12:45.03\00:12:48.76 HAVE YOU EVER WISHED THAT YOU COULD BE IN A WORLD WHERE 00:12:48.80\00:12:51.00 THERE'S NO MORE PAIN OR SORROW? 00:12:51.03\00:12:53.00 TO BE DELIVERED FROM THIS WORLD OF SUFFERING, 00:12:53.03\00:12:54.84 HEARTACHE, AND GRIEF? 00:12:54.87\00:12:56.24 WELL, IT'S TRUE, JESUS IS COMING AGAIN; 00:12:56.27\00:12:58.41 AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED 00:12:58.44\00:13:00.61 RESOURCE WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU. 00:13:00.64\00:13:02.38 IT'S CALLED "THE ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE." 00:13:02.41\00:13:04.55 THIS RESOURCE, FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE, 00:13:04.58\00:13:06.65 TELLS US ABOUT THE SIGNS THAT PRECEDE THE SECOND COMING OF 00:13:06.68\00:13:09.68 JESUS, HOW TO AVOID BEING DECEIVED BY FALSE CHRISTS, 00:13:09.72\00:13:13.19 AND HOW YOU CAN BE READY FOR THE LORD'S RETURN. 00:13:13.22\00:13:16.22 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND 00:13:16.26\00:13:19.43 ASK FOR OFFER NUMBER 105, OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. 00:13:19.46\00:13:23.50 AND AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, 00:13:23.53\00:13:25.47 MAKE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 00:13:25.50\00:13:27.10 LET'S GET BACK NOW TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 00:13:27.70\00:13:30.61 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 00:13:30.64\00:13:32.64 >>ANOTHER PROBLEM IS JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 00:13:34.41\00:13:37.28 HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILDLIFE SPECIES, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 00:13:37.31\00:13:40.45 SAYS, HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE PAST 40 YEARS. 00:13:40.48\00:13:42.62 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? 00:13:42.65\00:13:43.95 HALF OF THE WILDLIFE SPECIES HAVE BEEN LOST IN 40 YEARS. 00:13:43.99\00:13:48.69 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE'LL BE VIOLENCE IN THE LAST DAYS. 00:13:48.72\00:13:52.56 HE SAID, 'AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, WHERE PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS 00:13:52.59\00:13:56.53 AND THEIR HEARTS WERE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY AND VIOLENCE FILLED 00:13:56.56\00:13:59.80 THE LAND.' EVERY DAY, MORE AMERICAN YOUTH DIE IN GANG 00:13:59.83\00:14:03.34 VIOLENCE THAN FIGHTING IN FOREIGN WARS. 00:14:03.37\00:14:06.64 THAT STATISTIC HAS BEEN TRUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 00:14:06.68\00:14:09.11 JESUS SAID, 'AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF LOT, SO WILL IT BE IN 00:14:09.14\00:14:12.25 THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN SHALL RETURN.' - MEANING 00:14:12.28\00:14:15.18 THERE'LL BE TREMENDOUS IMMORALITY. 00:14:15.22\00:14:17.95 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOME OF YOU THAT HEARD THERE'S A WEBSITE 00:14:17.99\00:14:20.89 THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO HAVE AN AFFAIR. 00:14:20.92\00:14:23.86 THEY SAY, 'LIFE IS SHORT. HAVE AN AFFAIR.' YOU NOTICE THE 00:14:23.89\00:14:26.43 GIRL HAS GOT A WEDDING RING ON? AND SOMEONE BREACHED THEIR 00:14:26.46\00:14:29.73 DATABASE - THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE 56 MILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY 00:14:29.76\00:14:34.67 - THAT'S PRETTY SAD. AND THEY WERE GOING TO RELEASE 00:14:34.70\00:14:38.21 IT ALL IF THEY DIDN'T BRING DOWN THEIR SITE. THEY DIDN'T BRING 00:14:38.24\00:14:41.71 DOWN THEIR SITE AND A LOT OF THESE VERY PERSONAL DETAILS OF 00:14:41.74\00:14:45.81 PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN EITHER HAVING AFFAIRS OR CONTEMPLATING 00:14:45.85\00:14:49.02 AFFAIRS. LIKEWISE, AS IT WAS, JESUS SAID, 00:14:49.05\00:14:53.52 'IN THE DAYS OF LOT, SO SHALL IT BE IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF 00:14:53.56\00:14:56.16 MAN IS REVEALED.' AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT ONE OF THE SIGNS 00:14:56.19\00:14:59.33 IN LOT IS THEY HAD TROUBLE KNOWING THAT GOD MADE 00:14:59.36\00:15:05.73 MALE AND FEMALE DIFFERENT. IS IT JUST ME OR DO WE HAVE A 00:15:05.77\00:15:11.27 PROBLEM WITH THAT IN THE WORLD TODAY? 00:15:11.31\00:15:13.88 YOU NOTICE I'M HAVING TO BE CAREFUL HOW I SAY IT? 00:15:13.91\00:15:16.75 BUT THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR - AND NOW IT'S NOT JUST - 00:15:16.78\00:15:20.22 YOU CAN IDENTIFY AS WHATEVER YOU WANT. 00:15:20.25\00:15:22.85 IT'S NOT JUST YOU SAY, 'WELL, I'M GOING TO IDENTIFY AS A MAN' 00:15:22.88\00:15:25.92 OR 'I'M GOING TO IDENTIFY' - 'I'M GOING TO IDENTIFY AS 00:15:25.95\00:15:27.72 SOMETHING ELSE IN BETWEEN.' AND THEY'RE GETTING DRIVERS LICENSES 00:15:27.76\00:15:32.76 WHERE YOU CAN HAVE,YOU KNOW, 50 DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR WHAT YOUR 00:15:32.79\00:15:34.76 SEXUAL IDENTITY IS. I'M SORRY, GOD MADE TWO. 00:15:34.83\00:15:37.87 >>AMEN. >>AND THAT'S IT. 00:15:37.90\00:15:40.37 OVER POPULATION - IT TOOK ABOUT 5,000 YEARS TO GET THE FIRST 00:15:40.40\00:15:45.14 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, THEN IT ONLY TOOK 130 YEARS TO 00:15:45.17\00:15:48.28 GET THE SECOND BILLION. THEN IT TOOK 30 YEARS TO GET THE 00:15:48.31\00:15:51.08 THIRD BILLION, 15 YEARS TO GET THE FOURTH BILLION. 00:15:51.11\00:15:54.15 I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE 3 BILLION. 00:15:54.18\00:15:55.62 NOW THEY'RE PUSHING TOWARDS 8 BILLION PEOPLE. 00:15:55.65\00:15:59.65 YOU KNOW, FOR ME ALSO, ONE OF THE AMAZING SIGNS THAT JESUS IS 00:15:59.69\00:16:02.99 COMING SOON IS FOUND IN DANIEL CHAPTER 12. 00:16:03.02\00:16:06.83 IT SAYS, 'BUT YOU, DANIEL, SHUT UP THE WORDS, AND SEAL THE BOOK 00:16:06.86\00:16:09.40 UNTIL THE TIME OF THE END; MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO," - AND 00:16:09.43\00:16:14.47 PEOPLE ARE RUNNING TO AND FRO: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 00:16:14.50\00:16:17.47 SAID, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING FAR FROM 00:16:17.51\00:16:21.81 HOME MORE THAN EVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY." 00:16:21.84\00:16:25.35 AND THEY'RE JUST - THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL - AS MUCH 00:16:25.38\00:16:29.15 AS WE COMPLAIN, IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. 00:16:29.18\00:16:31.05 ALL THE PLANES ARE FULL THAT I'M ON. AND HE SAID, GOING BACK TO 00:16:31.09\00:16:35.26 DANIEL, "KNOWLEDGE WILL INCREASE." 00:16:35.29\00:16:37.86 LOOK AT THE EXPLOSION OF KNOWLEDGE. NOW, YOU CAN HAVE A 00:16:37.89\00:16:40.10 LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND NO WISDOM. WISDOM IS KNOWING WHAT 00:16:40.13\00:16:43.57 TO DO WITH KNOWLEDGE. YOU CAN HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND MAKE 00:16:43.60\00:16:45.43 AN ATOMIC BOMB AND NOT HAVE THE WISDOM TO NOT USE IT. 00:16:45.47\00:16:49.04 SO, MAN HAS CERTAINLY GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE. 00:16:49.07\00:16:52.41 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE HADRON ACCELERATOR - I 00:16:52.44\00:16:55.74 THINK THAT WAS ON THE SCREEN JUST A MOMENT AGO. 00:16:55.78\00:16:57.81 IT'S THE LARGEST SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT IN THE WORLD. 00:16:57.85\00:17:01.62 17-MILE TUNNEL UNDERNEATH FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND - 500-FEET BELOW 00:17:01.65\00:17:08.89 GROUND - 10,000 SCIENTISTS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ISOLATE AND 00:17:08.92\00:17:13.90 DISCOVER WHAT THEY CALL 'THE HIGGS BOSON' - THE GOD 00:17:13.93\00:17:17.30 PARTICLE. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 00:17:17.33\00:17:19.90 THE UNIVERSE WAS DEVELOPED AND THEY SPENT ALL THIS MONEY TO TRY 00:17:19.93\00:17:24.17 AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES EVERYTHING COME FROM? 00:17:24.21\00:17:28.71 AND, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE AMAZING 00:17:28.74\00:17:31.01 INVENTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST CENTURY. 00:17:31.05\00:17:33.98 SOME OF YOU HERE, YOU GREW UP WITH KEROSENE LIGHTS. 00:17:34.02\00:17:38.29 AND THERE'S STILL PEOPLE HERE WHO REMEMBER WHEN YOU RODE A 00:17:38.32\00:17:40.62 HORSE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. LOOK AT HOW THE WORLD 00:17:40.66\00:17:43.69 HAS CHANGED IN ONE GENERATION. BUT, FOR ME, THE MOST AMAZING 00:17:43.73\00:17:47.73 SIGN IS IN MATTHEW 24, VERSE 14. >>AMEN. 00:17:47.76\00:17:51.50 >>JESUS SAID, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED 00:17:51.53\00:17:54.97 IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO THE NATIONS AND THEN THE 00:17:55.00\00:17:59.81 END WILL COME." THE END MIGHT COME? 00:17:59.84\00:18:02.74 >>WILL. >>HE SAID THE END SHALL COME - 00:18:02.78\00:18:05.05 IT WILL COME. IS THE GOSPEL BEING PREACHED 00:18:05.08\00:18:07.72 IN ALL THE WORLD? >>YES. 00:18:07.75\00:18:09.08 >>NEVER BEFORE - I MEAN, EVEN AS I SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THIS IS GOING 00:18:09.12\00:18:12.25 UP BY SATELLITE, IT'S ON AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT SATELLITE 00:18:12.29\00:18:15.96 NETWORKS, IT'S GOING THROUGH THE INTERNET. 00:18:15.99\00:18:17.89 THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING IN NEW GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA AND 00:18:17.93\00:18:20.70 NORWAY AND JUST ALL OVER THE PLANET. 00:18:20.73\00:18:24.40 IN CHINA AMAZING FACTS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE FIRST 00:18:24.43\00:18:30.24 CHRISTIAN MINISTRY OF ANY DENOMINATION TO DO A PUBLIC 00:18:30.27\00:18:34.41 EVANGELISTIC MEETING IN CHINA - >>AMEN! 00:18:34.44\00:18:37.58 >>SINCE - IN THE LAST 59 YEARS - AND WE VIDEOTAPED IT AND HOPE 00:18:37.61\00:18:42.58 CHINA DID IT AND IT'S BEING BROADCAST AROUND CHINA - IT WAS 00:18:42.62\00:18:45.15 TRANSLATED. SO THE GOSPEL IS GOING AROUND THE WORLD. 00:18:45.19\00:18:49.89 WE GET INTERNET - WE GET E-MAIL FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY'RE 00:18:49.92\00:18:52.59 WATCHING OUR PROGRAM IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES - THEY SAY, 'I 00:18:52.63\00:18:55.03 CAN'T TELL YOU MY NAME BECAUSE IF THIS GOT OUT MY LIFE COULD BE 00:18:55.06\00:18:58.53 IN DANGER.' BUT THEY'RE WATCHING. THE GOSPEL IS GOING IN 00:18:58.57\00:19:01.80 ALL THE WORLD. >>AMEN. 00:19:01.84\00:19:03.47 >>AND SO, THAT'S WHY I THINK JESUS IS COMING. 00:19:03.51\00:19:05.67 HE DIDN'T SAY EVERYBODY WOULD BELIEVE, HE SAID, 'AS A WITNESS 00:19:05.71\00:19:08.34 TO ALL NATIONS, THEN THE END WILL COME.' SO ARE WE GETTING 00:19:08.38\00:19:14.05 READY FOR JESUS' COMING? >>AMEN. 00:19:14.08\00:19:16.15 >>WHAT WILL THE ANGELS DO AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS? 00:19:16.18\00:19:21.09 THE BIBLE SAYS HE WILL SEND HIS ANGELS AND THEY WILL GATHER 00:19:21.12\00:19:24.26 TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN - THAT MEANS 00:19:24.29\00:19:27.46 NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST - AND THEY'LL BRING THEM TO THE LORD - 00:19:27.50\00:19:32.60 THEY'RE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THE LORD. 00:19:32.63\00:19:34.70 NOW, SINCE WE'RE LIVING JUST BEFORE THE SECOND COMING, HOW 00:19:34.74\00:19:38.94 SHOULD WE RELATE TO THIS SOLEMN AND GLORIOUS EVENT? 00:19:38.97\00:19:42.88 HE SAYS, 'THEREFORE BE READY, FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR YOU THINK 00:19:42.91\00:19:47.48 NOT, THE SON OF MAN IS COMING.' I DID A PROGRAM LIKE THIS BACK 00:19:47.52\00:19:52.29 IN 1999 AND THERE WAS MILLENNIAL FEVER AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT THE 00:19:52.32\00:19:57.06 WORLD WAS GOING TO END WITH Y2K. ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? 00:19:57.09\00:20:00.46 >>YES. >>THAT WAS THE MOTHER 00:20:00.50\00:20:01.76 OF ALL FALSE ALARMS. AND I KNEW PEOPLE SOLD 00:20:01.80\00:20:05.67 EVERYTHING AND MOVED UP INTO MONTANA AND, YOU KNOW, LIVED ON 00:20:05.70\00:20:08.67 GARBANZO BEANS OR WHATEVER AND THEY JUST CUT UP THEIR CREDIT 00:20:08.70\00:20:11.71 CARDS AND SAID, 'WE'VE GOT TO GET OFF THE GRID. 00:20:11.74\00:20:13.31 THE WORLD IS GOING TO END WITH Y2K. 00:20:13.34\00:20:16.21 EVERYONE THOUGHT, '2000, SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.' 00:20:16.24\00:20:20.08 YOU CAN LISTEN TO MY OLD TAPE, I SAID, 'I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING 00:20:20.12\00:20:22.18 TO HAPPEN NOW.' 'WHY?' 'BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR 00:20:22.22\00:20:23.62 IT NOW.' (LAUGHTER) JESUS SAID, 'AS SUCH AN HOUR AS YOU THINK 00:20:23.65\00:20:27.16 NOT.' AND WHO'S HE TALKING TO? THE CHURCH. 00:20:27.19\00:20:31.03 YOU NOTICE THAT WHEN JESUS TELLS PARABLES ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING 00:20:31.06\00:20:34.93 HE SAID, 'BEFORE IT HAPPENS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING.' 00:20:34.96\00:20:40.00 THERE WERE TEN VIRGINS - FIVE WISE, FIVE FOOLISH - 00:20:40.04\00:20:44.57 ALL ASLEEP, RIGHT? >>RIGHT. 00:20:44.61\00:20:47.88 >>AND THEN THE BRIDEGROOM SHOUTED THAT HE'S COMING - 00:20:47.91\00:20:50.08 THEY HAD TO WAKE UP. JESUS SAID, 'IF THAT EVIL 00:20:50.11\00:20:52.81 SERVANT SAYS IN HIS HEART, 'MY LORD DELAYS HIS COMING.'' - 00:20:52.85\00:20:56.18 EVEN IF HE SAYS IT IN HIS HEART - AND WE'RE ASLEEP AT THAT 00:20:56.22\00:21:01.09 CRITICAL MOMENT. WHAT WERE THE DISCIPLES 00:21:01.12\00:21:02.49 DOING JUST BEFORE THE CROSS? >>SLEEPING. 00:21:02.52\00:21:04.53 >>HE SAID, 'PRAY WITH ME.' THEY WENT TO SLEEP. 00:21:04.56\00:21:07.00 ON THE MOUNTAIN WHEN MOSES AND ELIJAH APPEAR AND GOD SPEAKS, 00:21:07.03\00:21:09.66 THE DISCIPLES FELL ASLEEP. SO JESUS SAID, MARK 00:21:09.70\00:21:15.04 CHAPTER 13, "WATCH. WATCH. WATCH." HOW DO YOU WATCH? 00:21:15.07\00:21:19.67 YOU HAVE TO BE SOBER. YOU HAVE TO BE VIGILANT. 00:21:19.71\00:21:21.88 YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING YOURSELF TO 00:21:21.91\00:21:26.15 DOZE OFF. DO YOU HAVE A 00:21:26.18\00:21:27.75 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS? ARE YOU SPENDING 00:21:27.78\00:21:30.12 REGULAR TIME WITH HIM? DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO. 00:21:30.15\00:21:32.92 MAKE A NOTE, SET IT ON YOUR COMPUTER, HAVE AN ALARM GO OFF. 00:21:32.95\00:21:35.99 BUT IF YOU TAKE TIME TO PRAY, IF YOU TAKE TIME TO READ HIS WORD, 00:21:36.02\00:21:40.40 IF YOU TAKE TIME - SHARE YOUR FAITH. 00:21:40.43\00:21:42.96 AND YOU NEED TO BE STUDYING. KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 00:21:43.00\00:21:47.40 BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO ANYONE WHO ASKS YOU 00:21:47.44\00:21:50.41 THE REASON FOR THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU WITH MEEKNESS AND FEAR. 00:21:50.44\00:21:53.17 SO HOW WILL PEOPLE BE REWARDED AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS? 00:21:53.21\00:21:57.51 THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO GROUPS. 00:21:57.55\00:21:59.31 THE LORD SAYS, 'BEHOLD, I COME AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME TO GIVE 00:21:59.35\00:22:02.98 TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORKS SHALL BE." 00:22:03.02\00:22:07.12 WHAT WILL THE RIGHTEOUS SAY WHEN JESUS COMES? 00:22:07.16\00:22:11.06 "LO, THIS IS OUR GOD. WE HAVE WAITED FOR HIM 00:22:11.09\00:22:14.30 AND HE WILL SAVE US." DO YOU LIVE FOR THE LORD? 00:22:14.30\00:22:17.30 ARE YOU WAITING FOR HIM? >>YES. 00:22:17.33\00:22:19.33 >>YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, A CAPTAIN, SCOTT O'GRADY, WAS 00:22:19.37\00:22:25.07 FLYING OVER BOSNIA DURING THE WAR THERE, AND HIS JET WAS SHOT 00:22:25.11\00:22:30.38 DOWN. AND HE PARACHUTED OFF 00:22:30.41\00:22:34.15 INTO ENEMY TERRITORY. AND HE KNEW THAT IF HE WAS 00:22:34.18\00:22:38.39 CAPTURED THAT - THEY HAD BEEN DOING BOMB RUNS AND THAT HE 00:22:38.42\00:22:42.39 WOULD BE EITHER KILLED OR TORTURED OR BOTH. 00:22:42.42\00:22:45.19 AND SO HE HAD TO HIDE. CUT LOOSE HIS PARACHUTE, WENT 00:22:45.23\00:22:51.17 UNDER SOME BUSHES - HE KNEW WHEN HE WAS SHOT DOWN THAT OTHERS SAW 00:22:51.20\00:22:53.84 HIS PARACHUTE COME DOWN AND HE WAS HIDING UNDER BUSHES. 00:22:53.87\00:22:57.77 HE PUT HIS CAMOUFLAGE GLOVES OVER HIS FACE. 00:22:57.81\00:23:00.34 HE SAW PEOPLE WALKING RIGHT BY THE BUSHES. 00:23:00.38\00:23:03.81 HE HEARD THE SOLDIERS WITH GUNS TALKING AND WALKING AROUND HIM 00:23:03.85\00:23:07.52 AND HE HAD TO STAY PERFECTLY STILL. FOR SIX DAYS HE HID, 00:23:07.55\00:23:12.49 TERRIFIED - HE'D TRY TO SLEEP AND STAY STILL DURING THE DAY. 00:23:12.52\00:23:17.83 ABOUT MIDNIGHT - HE'D GET UP DURING THE NIGHT AND HE'D RUN - 00:23:17.86\00:23:22.46 TRY AND GET FURTHER AND FURTHER AND TRY AND GET OUT IN 00:23:22.50\00:23:24.53 THE WILDERNESS - DIDN'T EVEN RADIO FOR A FEW DAYS BECAUSE HE 00:23:24.57\00:23:27.44 KNEW THEY'D BE LISTENING FOR HIS RADIO FREQUENCY. 00:23:27.47\00:23:30.67 AND HE CAUGHT RAINWATER IN A SPONGE AND ATE BUGS AND PUT ALL 00:23:30.71\00:23:36.28 OF HIS TRAINING INTO PRACTICE. 00:23:36.31\00:23:38.68 YOU CAN READ, WHERE HE SAID IN THIS TIME MAGAZINE A PILOT'S 00:23:38.71\00:23:41.75 STORY , "I PRAYED TO GOD AND ASKED HIM FOR A LOT OF THINGS 00:23:41.78\00:23:46.52 AND HE DELIVERED ME THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME." 00:23:46.55\00:23:49.29 O'GRADY TOLD TIME IN AN INTERVIEW. 00:23:49.32\00:23:50.86 "WHEN I PRAYED FOR RAIN HE GAVE ME RAIN. 00:23:50.89\00:23:53.19 ONE TIME I PRAYED, 'LORD, LET ME HAVE AT LEAST SOMEONE KNOW I'M 00:23:53.23\00:23:56.43 ALIVE AND MAYBE COME RESCUE ME.' AND GUESS WHAT? THAT NIGHT 00:23:56.46\00:24:00.50 T.O." - THAT'S A FELLOW F-16 PILOT, THOMAS O. HANFORD - "CAME 00:24:00.54\00:24:04.74 UP ON THE RADIO." AT THAT MOMENT O'GRADY KNEW HIS ORDEAL WAS 00:24:04.77\00:24:07.94 COMING TO AN END. >>AMEN. 00:24:07.98\00:24:09.78 >>WHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT THEY HAD A FIX ON HIM. 00:24:09.81\00:24:15.65 THEY KNEW HE WAS SHOT DOWN AND THEY MOBILIZED THE ENTIRE U.S. 00:24:15.68\00:24:21.22 AIR FORCE, MARINES - NATO WAS ALL PREOCCUPIED WITH RESCUING 00:24:21.26\00:24:27.50 ONE SOLDIER. THAT'S HOW MUCH ONE SOLDIER MEANS. 00:24:27.56\00:24:31.63 AND WHEN THEY FINALLY CAME AND HE HAD TO RUN UP ON THIS HILL - 00:24:31.67\00:24:35.14 HE KNEW THEY HAD JUST A VERY SHORT TIME - THE MARINES CAME IN 00:24:35.17\00:24:37.74 WITH THE HELICOPTERS - THEY SAW HIS SMOKE - THEY LANDED AND THEY 00:24:37.77\00:24:41.51 PICKED HIM UP AND HE WAS SO THANKFUL TO BE CAUGHT UP AND 00:24:41.54\00:24:47.08 SAVED FROM ENEMY TERRITORY. WELL, WE'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR 00:24:47.12\00:24:50.72 6,000 YEARS, HAS JESUS FORGOTTEN ABOUT US? 00:24:50.75\00:24:54.42 >>NO. >>WE'RE IN ENEMY TERRITORY. 00:24:54.46\00:24:57.76 IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE A CITIZEN OF ANOTHER KINGDOM, 00:24:57.79\00:25:00.26 AMEN? >>AMEN. 00:25:00.30\00:25:01.56 >>AND HE IS NOT GOING TO NEGLECT HIS PROMISE. 00:25:01.60\00:25:05.07 CHRIST HAS TOLD US VERY PLAINLY, 'IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY 00:25:05.10\00:25:08.77 MANSIONS. IF IT WAS NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. 00:25:08.80\00:25:11.94 I WILL COME AGAIN.' >>AMEN. 00:25:11.97\00:25:15.38 >>HE CAME THE FIRST TIME JUST LIKE HE PROMISED. 00:25:15.41\00:25:17.51 HE'S GOING TO COME THE SECOND TIME. 00:25:17.55\00:25:19.61 DO YOU BELIEVE IT, FRIENDS? >>YES. 00:25:19.65\00:25:20.95 >>AMEN. >>AND HE WANTS TO TAKE US BACK 00:25:20.98\00:25:22.52 TO A WORLD WHERE THERE IS NO MORE PAIN OR SORROW 00:25:22.55\00:25:25.25 OR SUFFERING. 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