AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>> CONTRARY TO THE POPULAR
BELIEF THAT LIGHTNING NEVER
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STRIKES THE SAME SPOT TWICE,
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN KNOWN TO
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STRIKE OBJECTS, EVEN PEOPLE,
MULTIPLE TIMES DURING INTENSE
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ELECTRICAL STORMS.
DURING ONE STORM, FOR INSTANCE,
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THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
IN NEW YORK WAS STRUCK 15
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TIMES WITHIN 15 MINUTES.
SOMETIMES A SINGLE BOLT OF
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LIGHTNING WILL REALLY CONSIST
OF AS MANY AS 42 DISCHARGES
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STRIKING THE SAME SPOT IN SUCH
QUICK SUCCESSION THAT IT APPEARS
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LIKE A SINGLE FLASH, BUT
IT ALL HAPPENS IN LESS THAN
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ONE-QUARTER OF A SECOND.
LIGHTNING, FROM ONE CLOUD TO
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ANOTHER, IS ALSO VERY COMMON AND
IT'S BEEN RECORDED TO JUMP AS
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FAR AS 20 MILES BETWEEN CLOUDS.
BUT WHETHER LIGHTNING IS MOVING
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FROM CLOUD TO CLOUD OR CLOUD TO
GROUND OR GROUND TO CLOUD, IT'S
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HARD TO MISS THE
BRILLIANT BLINDING FLASH THAT
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ILLUMINATES THE SKY. IN
MATTHEW 24 JESUS SAID, "FOR
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AS LIGHTNING COMES FROM THE EAST
AND FLASHES TO THE WEST, SO ALSO
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WILL THE COMING OF
THE SON OF MAN BE."
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IN SPITE OF HIS WORDS, SOME
STILL BELIEVE THAT HIS RETURN IS
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GOING TO BE A SECRET.
WELL, WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
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JOIN ME NOW, FRIENDS, AS WE TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE
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REALLY SAYS ABOUT
THE RETURN OF CHRIST.
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>> PEOPLE KNOW THAT
SOMETHING UNUSUAL IS HAPPENING.
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IN 2010 THE PEW RESEARCH GROUP
DID A SURVEY AND IN THAT SURVEY
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THEY EXPLAINED THAT BY THE YEAR
2050 - 50 ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF
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THE PEOPLE BELIEVED
THAT JESUS WOULD COME.
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I THINK 40 OF THOSE 60
PERCENT WERE ABSOLUTELY SURE.
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20 PERCENT SAID 'PROBABLY'
AND THAT'S IN NORTH AMERICA, OF
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COURSE. AND
THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO
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BE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT
THE PINNACLE OF PROPHECY AND
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SIGNS OF JESUS' COMING. YOU
KNOW, IT'S VERY INTERESTING,
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WE'RE GOING TO BE FINDING
THAT THE BOOK OF DANIEL IS A
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PARTNER BOOK FOR
REVELATION. SO WE'LL BE GOING
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BACK AND FORTH.
REVELATION DOES A LOT OF
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REFERRING TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL.
YOU LOOK IN DANIEL CHAPTER 12
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AND HE SAYS, IN VERSE 4, "BUT
YOU DANIEL SHUT UP THE WORDS AND
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SEAL THE BOOK UNTIL
THE TIME OF THE END."
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SO NO QUESTION ABOUT
WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
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AND HE GOES ON TO SAY,
"MANY WILL RUN TO AND FRO."
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FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO RUN TO AND FRO THROUGH
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THE WORD OF GOD
AND DISCOVER TRUTH.
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BUT YOU CAN'T MISS THE POINT
THAT PEOPLE ARE RUNNING TO AND
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FRO FASTER - DO YOU REALIZE, FOR
ABOUT SIX THOUSAND YEARS, PEOPLE
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- THE FASTEST
THING YOU GOT IS A HORSE?
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JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
THE CHANGE THAT'S BEEN SEEN.
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, BACK
IN 2006 - I KNOW IT'S AN OLD
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ARTICLE BUT IT
STILL BEARS THE POINT.
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THAT'S THE MAGAZINE COVER,
IF YOU WANT TO REFERENCE IT.
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THERE'S A QUOTE IN THERE.
PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING FAR FROM
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HOME MORE THAN EVER
BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY AND
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KNOWLEDGE WILL INCREASE.
THIS IS A PICTURE HERE ON THE
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SCREEN OF THE
GREAT HADRON ACCELERATOR.
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IT IS - IT'S THE
LARGEST EXPERIMENT IN THE WORLD.
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IT'S THE BIGGEST
MACHINE IN THE WORLD.
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IT'S UNDER THE GROUND ABOUT
500 FEET - A 17-MILE TUNNEL IN
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GENEVA UNDERNEATH THE GROUND
WHERE THE - ALL THESE EUROPEAN
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GOVERNMENTS GOT TOGETHER
AND THEY POURED LIKE 13 BILLION
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DOLLARS INTO BUILDING THIS
TESTING EQUIPMENT TO UNDERSTAND
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PHYSICS. AND AS
THEY HYPER ACCELERATE
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THESE PARTICLES THEY SMASH THEM
AN THEN MEASURE WHAT THEY FIND
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TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS THE BASE CORE OF
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WHAT LIFE IS MADE OF?
WHAT IS THE STUFF OF LIFE?
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NOW ACTUALLY THE NICKNAME IS
THE MACHINE HAS BEEN BUILT TO
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DISCOVER - THEY
CALL IT THE GOD PARTICLE.
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HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE?
THEY SAID IT'S GOING TO TRY
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- 'WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE
ANSWERS OF WHERE EVERYTHING CAME
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FROM.' - THAT'S A BIG INVESTMENT
OF TECHNOLOGY, NOT ONLY FROM
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UNDER THE GROUND THERE IN GENEVA
BUT UP IN THE SKY WITH THE
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION - KNOWLEDGE IS INCREASED
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JUST IN IN ONE LIFETIME. I
SHOULD ACTUALLY SAY IN ABOUT A
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CENTURY - YOU LOOK AT JUST
SOME OF THE CHANGES - INCREDIBLE
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INVENTIONS - AUTOMOBILES,
AIRPLANES, RADIO, TELEVISION,
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SMARTPHONE, COMPUTERS. A
LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY,
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THEY CAN'T IMAGINE A
WORLD WITHOUT A SMARTPHONE.
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AND YOU KNOW IT'S - I GET -
KAREN AND I GOT A RENTAL CAR AND
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IT WAS A FAIRLY NEW ONE - WE GOT
LUCKY - GOT A LOW MILEAGE RENTAL
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CAR AND I'VE NEARLY WRECKED IT
THREE TIMES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
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HOW TO RUN THE THING.
(LAUGHTER) I SAT IN THE CAR WHEN
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WE GOT THERE AND I SAT THERE AND
SAID, 'OH, THIS IS GREAT, LOW
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MILEAGE', YOU KNOW, AND I
FIGURED OUT, FINALLY, YOU DON'T
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HAVE TO USE A KEY, YOU
JUST PRESS THE BUTTON BECAUSE IT
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KNOWS THE KEY'S IN MY POCKET
- I KEEP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
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WHERE DO I PUT THE KEY?
I'M ONE OF THESE OLD PEOPLE,
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I WANT TO PUT
THE KEY IN SOMEWHERE.
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AND I KEEP TAKING THE KEY OUT
WHEN I WALK UP TO THE CAR, BUT
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IT DOESN'T NEED THE KEY, IT JUST
OPENS BY ITSELF AND I SAID, 'OH,
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WHAT A WASTE OF
ENERGY.' I HAD TO FIND IT.
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AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO SHIFT THE THING.
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I'M LOOKING AT ALL THIS AND
FINALLY KAREN REACHES OVER - SHE
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TURNS A KNOB. IS
THAT LIKE A VOLUME - YOU
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SHIFT GEARS
WITH A VOLUME BUTTON.
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I'M A MAN, I WANT TO GRAB
SOMETHING AND HEAR IT CLUNK, YOU
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KNOW? WHEN - IT JUST -
YOU TURN A LITTLE KNOB.
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SO IT BOTHERS ME.
JUST THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO
EXPLAIN A SMARTPHONE TO THE
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APOSTLE PAUL?
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) HE WOULD
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THINK YOU'RE DEMON POSSESSED.
(LAUGHTER) PAUL WOULD SAY,
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'LOOK, LET ME FIND THAT IN
MY SCROLLS.' SAY, 'NO PROBLEM,
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PAUL, I'LL GOOGLE IT.'
'WHAT?' CAN'T YOU JUST SEE IT?
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THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AND
ANOTHER ONE FOR ME THAT I
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THINK IS A TREMENDOUS EVIDENCE
OF THE NEARNESS OF CHRIST COMING
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IS GLOBAL EVANGELIZATION.
MATTHEW 24, VERSE 14 - THIS, TO
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ME, I THINK, IS ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL PROPHECIES THAT REALLY
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MAKES ME BELIEVE WE ARE
LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS.
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JESUS SAID, EXTREMELY CLEARLY,
"THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WILL
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BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD
FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS."
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AND THEN HE SAID,
"THEN THE END WILL COME."
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HE DIDN'T SAY IT MIGHT COME,
OR IT COULD COME OR IT MAY COME.
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HE SAID, VERY
EMPHATICALLY, THE END WILL COME.
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HE DID NOT SAY THE GOSPEL'LL BE
PREACHED THERE WILL BE A GREAT
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GLOBAL REVIVAL AND EVERYBODY
WILL BELIEVE; HE SAID 'FOR A
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WITNESS.' GIVE
THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.
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AND THEN WHAT THEY DO WITH
THAT OPPORTUNITY IS UP TO THEM.
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BUT THE END WILL
COME. WELL IS THE GOSPEL
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GOING IN ALL THE WORLD?
JUST THIS LAST TWO DAYS WE'VE
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HAD AN INVITATION
TO RETURN TO CHINA.
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AMAZING FACTS WAS VERY BLESSED.
WE WERE ONE OF - IF NOT THE
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FIRST - CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION
IN OVER 50 YEARS INVITED TO
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PREACH PUBLICLY A WHOLE SERIES
OF MEETINGS THAT WAS BROADCAST
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ON TELEVISION IN CHINA.
(CLAPPING) AND THAT WAS SUCH A
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THRILL AND THEN THE NEAT THING
IS THEY MADE COPIES OF THAT AND
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THEY CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY
THAT. I JUST GOT A CALL FROM OUR
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HEADQUARTERS THERE AND
THEY SAID, 'CAN YOU COME BACK?
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AND SO, THE GOSPEL - AND
IT'S - IT'S NOW ON SATELLITE.
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KAREN AND I ARE GOING NEXT MONTH
TO NEW GUINEA AND THEY TELL US
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THERE'LL BE - ABOUT 100,000
PEOPLE AT THIS ONE MEETING THAT
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WE'RE GOING TO IN NEW GUINEA.
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN AUSTRALIA.
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AND I'M JUST ONE OF THOUSANDS OF
MISSIONARIES THAT ARE OUT THERE
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DOING IT. IT'S NOT
LIKE WE'RE DOING IT -
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JESUS SAID THE GOSPEL
WOULD GO TO THE WORLD - IT'S
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GOING THE MIDDLE EAST.
AMAZING FACTS GETS E-MAIL FROM
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ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE
EAST THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE.
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AND SO, PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING
AND THE GOSPEL IS GOING AND
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MISSIONARIES ARE GOING.
AND JESUS SAID, 'THEN THE END
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WILL COME.' AND SO WE'RE
SEEING, I THINK, THE FULFILLMENT
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OF THAT IN THIS GENERATION.
NOW I NEED TO PAUSE AT THIS
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POINT AND DELVE INTO A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR STUDY.
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I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
SIGNS OF CHRIST'S COMING.
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NOW I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING.
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ABOUT WHAT? >>HOW.
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>>HOW HE'S COMING - BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT
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HOW. NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A
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LOT OF PEOPLE IN HEAVEN THAT
MISUNDERSTOOD HOW HE'S COMING.
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DID THE APOSTLES MISUNDERSTAND
HOW THE MESSIAH WAS COMING THE
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FIRST TIME?
THEY'LL BE IN HEAVEN.
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BUT THEY HAD THE
SCRIPTURES WRONG.
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THEY THOUGHT WHEN THE MESSIAH
CAME HE WAS GOING TO COME ON A
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WHITE HORSE LIKE KING DAVID HE
WAS GOING TO DESTROY ALL OF THE
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ROMANS LIKE SAMSON OR SOMETHING.
AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE A
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WORLD EMPIRE LIKE SOLOMON - AND
THEY JUST HAD ALL THESE GREAT,
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GLORIOUS IDEAS ABOUT WHEN
THE MESSIAH COMES AND JESUS SAID
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'NO, NO, NO.' THAT'S WHEN I COME
THE SECOND TIME - FIRST TIME I'M
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COMING LIKE A LAMB,
SECOND TIME I COME LIKE A LION.'
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WELL, THE DEVIL'S DOING THE
SAME THING TO THE CHURCH TODAY.
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LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED
ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING SO THEY
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WON'T BE
PREPARED TO RECEIVE HIM.
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A LOT OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE - THE
JEWS - DID NOT RECEIVE HIM WHEN
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HE CAME THE FIRST TIME
BECAUSE THEY SAID, 'NAZARETH?
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WHO? THERE'S NO
PROPHET IN NAZARETH.
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AND A POOR CARPENTER.
HOW CAN THIS - CAN'T BE HIM.'
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THEY MISUNDERSTOOD THAT HE
WAS COMING FIRST AS A SACRIFICE.
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WELL NOW THERE'S A
LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
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THERE ARE
PRINCIPALLY THREE VIEWS.
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WHEN YOU READ REVELATION THERE'S
ONE GROUP THAT'S - THEY'RE
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CALLED PRETERISTS AND
JUST THINK OF THE WORD PRE.
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THEY BELIEVE THAT ALL OF
REVELATION WAS PRETTY MUCH
00:09:09.48\00:09:12.11
FULFILLED BY 100 A.D.. THEY
THINK NERO IS THE ANTICHRIST AND
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THAT IT'S ALL
BEHIND US - GOOD PEOPLE.
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I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE.
THEN YOU HAVE FUTURISTS.
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FUTURISTS ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE
POPULARIZED THE VERSION - THE
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LEFT BEHIND SCENARIO WHERE MOST
OF REVELATION CHAPTER 4 - WHEN
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JOHN SAYS 'I HEARD A VOICE AND
A TRUMPET' - THAT'S ALL FUTURE.
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THEN YOU HAVE, WHERE I FALL
IN, WHAT THEY CALL HISTORISTS.
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AND I AM IN THE COMPANY - THIS
IS - USED TO BE THE OLD VIEW.
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IT'S NOT AS POPULAR AS IT
USED TO BE BUT IT'S WHAT THE
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PROTESTANT REFORMERS BELIEVE IT
MEANS REVELATION IS COVERING A
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PANORAMA OF HISTORY, FROM
THE FIRST COMING TO THE SECOND
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COMING, AND YOU CAN KIND OF
TRACK THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
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AND GOD'S PEOPLE
ACROSS THAT HORIZON.
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AND SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU RIGHT
NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THE TWO MAIN
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VIEWS ARE THE FUTURIST VIEW -
THERE'S NOT AS MANY PRETERISTS -
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AND THE HISTORIC
VIEW. THE FUTURIST VIEW IS
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A FAIRLY NEW VIEW. IT
WAS REALLY POPULARIZED BY HAL
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LINDSEY'S BOOK - I DON'T KNOW
IF ANY OF YOU REMEMBER A BOOK
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CALLED THE LATE
GREAT PLANET EARTH.
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AND IN THAT BOOK HE PREDICTED
THAT, BECAUSE ISRAEL WAS
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ESTABLISHED AS A NATION IN 1948,
IN 1981 THE SECRET RAPTURE WILL
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TAKE PLACE; IN 1988 SEVEN
YEARS LATER AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF
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TRIBULATION JESUS WILL
COME. AND NONE OF IT HAPPENED.
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AND HE'S STILL SELLING BOOKS.
BUT IT BECAME VERY POPULAR THEN.
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I AM WITH THE GROUP THAT
BELIEVES THAT THE TRIBULATION
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COMES BEFORE JESUS COMES.
THE OTHER GROUP BELIEVES THAT
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WE ARE CAUGHT UP
BEFORE THE TRIBULATION.
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I'D LOVE TO BELIEVE THAT BUT
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE
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BIBLE TEACHES. AND WE
WANT TO KNOW - AND I'M
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GOING TO GIVE YOU
BIBLICAL SCRIPTURE HERE.
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IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME THEN WE
CAN STILL LOVE AND RESPECT EACH
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OTHER, BUT YOU OWE IT TO
YOURSELF TO AT LEAST UNDERSTAND
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YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT
MAY BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY, AMEN?
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WE CAN DISAGREE AND
STILL BE AGREEABLE, RIGHT?
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WILL JESUS COME
QUIETLY? LET'S LOOK AT WHAT
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THE BIBLE SAYS. 1
THESSALONIANS 4:16, "FOR THE
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LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM
HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT WITH THE
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VOICE OF THE
ARCHANGEL AND THE TRUMP OF GOD.
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AND THEN" - IT TELLS US -
"THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE."
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A TRUMP. YOU READ
IN JEREMIAH 25:30 - IT
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TELLS US, "THE LORD
WILL ROAR FROM ON HIGH.
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HE WILL UTTER HIS VOICE
FROM HIS HOLY HABITATION.
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HE WILL MIGHTILY
ROAR UPON HIS HABITATION.
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HE WILL GIVE A
SHOUT." JESUS' COMING IS
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A VERY LOUD EVENT. YOU
READ IN PSALM 50 - IF THIS
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WAS THE ONLY ONE IT WOULD
BE PRETTY CONVINCING - IT SAYS
00:11:43.26\00:11:45.93
THERE, "OUR GOD SHALL COME AND
HE WILL NOT KEEP SILENT AND IT
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WILL BE VERY TEMPESTUOUS"
- STORMY - "ROUND ABOUT HIM."
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IT'S A GREAT CLIMATIC EVENT.
AND SOMEONE MIGHT BE THINKING,
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'WELL, PASTOR DOUG, THE BIBLE
SAYS HE'S COMING LIKE A THIEF.
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DOESN'T THAT MEAN
HE'S COMING QUIETLY?'
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I DON'T THINK SO. YOU
CAN READ IN THE BIBLE WHERE
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IT SAYS IN 2 PETER CHAPTER 3 IT
SAYS, "THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL
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COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
IN WHICH THE HEAVENS WILL PASS
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AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE" -
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DAY THAT
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HE COMES LIKE A THIEF?
NOTICE, "HEAVENS PASS AWAY WITH
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GREAT NOISE" - THERE'S A
NOISE AGAIN - "AND THE ELEMENTS
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WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT.
AND THE EARTH AND THE WORKS THAT
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ARE IN IT WILL BE BURNED UP."
SO, WHEN JESUS COMES S A THIEF,
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DOES IT SOUND TO YOU LIKE
LIFE GOES ON HERE ON EARTH?
00:12:29.98\00:12:34.75
HE'S COMING LIKE A THIEF.
THAT JUST MEANS IT'S A SURPRISE.
00:12:34.78\00:12:38.29
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
TO TELL YOU, BUT I'VE NOT ALWAYS
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BEEN A CHRISTIAN.
I USED TO BE A THIEF.
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I WOULD BREAK INTO HOUSES AND
STEAL - RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA,
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ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I USED
TO LIVE IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
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NOT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO
I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING.
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(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) BUT I NEVER
SENT OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND
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SAID 'I'LL BE COMING
JUST ONE TO LET YOU KNOW.'
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IT WAS A SURPRISE. SO
THAT'S WHAT JESUS IS SAYING
00:12:56.20\00:12:58.77
IT'S GOING TO SURPRISE
PEOPLE - BUT WHEN HE COMES.
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THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW.
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>> DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS.
00:13:05.38\00:13:06.61
IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO
RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
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HAVE YOU EVER WISHED THAT
YOU COULD BE IN A WORLD WHERE
00:13:10.32\00:13:12.32
THERE'S NO MORE PAIN OR SORROW;
TO BE DELIVERED FROM THIS WORLD
00:13:12.35\00:13:15.32
OF SUFFERING,
HEARTACHE, AND GRIEF?
00:13:15.36\00:13:17.73
WELL, IT'S TRUE,
JESUS IS COMING AGAIN,
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AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL
BEAUTIFULLY-ILLUSTRATED
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RESOURCE WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU.
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IT'S CALLED "THE
ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE."
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THIS RESOURCE,
FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE,
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TELLS US ABOUT THE SIGNS THAT
PRECEDE THE SECOND COMING OF
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JESUS, HOW TO AVOID BEING
DECEIVED BY FALSE CHRISTS,
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AND HOW YOU CAN BE
READY FOR THE LORD'S RETURN.
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TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE
PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND
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ASK FOR OFFER #105,
OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS.
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AND AFTER YOU READ
THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE,
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MAKE SURE AND
SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND.
00:13:46.96\00:13:49.02
LET'S GET BACK NOW TO TODAY'S
PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE
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AMAZING FACTS
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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>> NOW WHO IS GOING TO SEE
CHRIST WHEN HE RETURNS? IS IT
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ONLY A SELECT GROUP THAT
DISAPPEARS AND - LISTEN TO WHAT
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IT SAYS. I CAN GIVE YOU SEVERAL
VERSES HERE - MATTHEW 24:30,
00:14:04.11\00:14:07.68
"AND THEN SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN
OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN AND
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THEN SHALL ALL THE TRIBES OF THE
EARTH MOURN AND THEY SHALL SEE
00:14:11.61\00:14:15.85
THE SON OF MAN COMING IN THE IN
THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER
00:14:15.88\00:14:19.25
AND GREAT GLORY" - THEY'RE GOING
TO SEE HIM COMING - GREAT POWER
00:14:19.29\00:14:21.86
- GREAT GLORY -
MEANS BRILLIANT SPLENDOR.
00:14:21.89\00:14:24.76
AND AGAIN, REVELATION 1:7.
BEHOLD, HE COMES WITH THE CLOUDS
00:14:24.79\00:14:28.86
AND EVERY EYE WILL
SEE HIM. WHO WILL BE WITH
00:14:28.90\00:14:32.13
JESUS WHEN HE COMES?
HE'S NOT COMING ALONE.
00:14:32.17\00:14:36.77
THE BIBLE SAYS THE SON OF MAN
WILL COME IN HIS GLORY - THAT'S
00:14:36.81\00:14:40.18
THAT SPLENDOR -
AND HOW MANY? >> ALL
00:14:40.21\00:14:43.24
>> ALL THE HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM.
00:14:43.28\00:14:46.15
WELL HOW MANY ANGELS ARE THERE?
00:14:46.41\00:14:49.25
LET'S THINK ABOUT
THAT FOR A MINUTE.
00:14:49.28\00:14:52.75
MOST OF US HAVE
A GUARDIAN ANGEL.
00:14:52.79\00:14:54.76
BIBLE SAYS JESUS SAID, SPEAKING
OF CHILDREN, THEIR ANGELS DO
00:14:54.79\00:14:58.66
BEHOLD THE FACE OF MY FATHER'
- IMPLYING THAT THEY'VE GOT AN
00:14:58.69\00:15:01.06
ANGEL WATCHING THEM.
SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE IN THE
00:15:01.10\00:15:05.23
WORLD - GOD'S ANGELS
NOT ONLY WATCH OVER PEOPLE,
00:15:05.27\00:15:08.40
THEY'RE DOING HIS WORK.
THEY'RE THE MINISTERING SPIRITS.
00:15:08.44\00:15:10.67
THEY'RE THE ARMY OF GOD -
THEY'RE CALLED THE HEAVENLY HOST
00:15:10.71\00:15:13.24
- VERY REAL CREATURES
WITH INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY -
00:15:13.27\00:15:16.71
BILLIONS OF THEM. NOW
ONE ANGEL CAME DOWN FROM
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GOD, YOU READ IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, IN THE DAYS OF KING
00:15:21.32\00:15:23.59
HEZEKIAH - THE ANGEL OF THE
LORD WENT THROUGH THE ARMY OF
00:15:23.62\00:15:26.25
SYRIA - ONE ANGEL KILLED 185,000
ENEMY SOLDIERS IN ONE DAY.
00:15:26.29\00:15:32.33
THE ANGELS THAT WERE GUARDING
THE TOMB OF JESUS - I'M SORRY -
00:15:32.36\00:15:35.46
WHEN THE ANGELS CAME TO THE TOMB
OF JESUS AT THE RESURRECTION,
00:15:35.50\00:15:39.70
THE ROMAN SOLDIERS THAT
WERE GUARDING THE TOMB WERE SO
00:15:39.73\00:15:41.90
FRIGHTENED BY THE GLORY OF THAT
ANGEL THAT CAME DOWN AND ROLLED
00:15:41.94\00:15:44.44
AWAY THE STONE, THEY FELL
OVER AS THOUGH THEY WERE DEAD.
00:15:44.47\00:15:47.24
ONE ANGEL. CAN YOU
IMAGINE THE HEAVEN BEING
00:15:47.28\00:15:50.25
FILLED WITH THE BRILLIANCE
OF BILLIONS OF ANGELS?
00:15:50.28\00:15:55.72
HE DIDN'T SAY WE'RE
LEAVING ANY OF 'EM BEHIND.
00:15:55.75\00:15:57.25
HE SAID ALL THE ANGELS.
ALL THE ANGELS HAVE BEEN
00:15:57.29\00:16:00.39
INVOLVED IN OUR SALVATION.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE VERY
00:16:00.42\00:16:02.82
INTERESTED IN US BEING REDEEMED
AND YOU'LL SEE, THEY PLAY A PART
00:16:02.86\00:16:06.49
IN OUR BEING
COLLECTED, SO TO SPEAK.
00:16:06.53\00:16:10.17
WHAT WILL THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE
GLORY OF LORD'S COMING AND ALL
00:16:10.20\00:16:13.90
THESE ANGELS DO TO
THOSE WHO ARE NOT READY?
00:16:13.94\00:16:17.04
"WHEN JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED
FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS MIGHTY
00:16:17.07\00:16:20.71
ANGELS IN FLAMING FIRE TAKING
VENGEANCE ON THEM THAT KNOW NOT
00:16:20.74\00:16:26.58
GOD." AND, AGAIN, THAT WAS 2
00:16:26.61\00:16:28.62
THESSALONIANS,
CHAPTER 1, VERSES 7 AND 8.
00:16:28.65\00:16:31.79
YOU CAN READ IN 2 THESSALONIANS
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 8, "AND THEN
00:16:31.82\00:16:35.42
SHALL THAT WICKED ONE BE
REVEALED WHOM THE LORD WILL
00:16:35.46\00:16:38.93
CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF
HIS MOUTH AND DESTROY WITH THE
00:16:38.96\00:16:42.80
BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING."
THE WICKED ONE'S DESTROYED BY
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THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WHEN YOU'RE
00:16:46.27\00:16:49.77
OUT THE FIELD ON A NICE SUNNY
DAY AND YOU JUST CURIOUS, YOU
00:16:49.80\00:16:51.97
PICK UP A STONE, YOU TURN AND
YOU SEE ALL THESE CRAWLY THINGS
00:16:52.01\00:16:54.41
START RUNNING FOR THE
DARK. AND AT NIGHT YOU CAN LIGHT
00:16:54.44\00:16:59.78
SOMETHING OUT THE WOODS AND ALL
OF THE MOTHS COME TO THE LIGHT.
00:16:59.81\00:17:03.55
YOU'VE GOT TWO
KINDS OF BUGS OUT THERE.
00:17:03.59\00:17:05.99
YOU'VE GOT BUGS LIKE COCKROACHES
THAT RUN FROM THE LIGHT, AND
00:17:06.02\00:17:08.99
YOU'VE GOT MOTHS AND
BUTTERFLIES THAT LOVE THE LIGHT.
00:17:09.02\00:17:12.26
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF
PEOPLE YOU GOT WHEN JESUS COMES.
00:17:12.29\00:17:14.83
YOU'VE GOT YOUR COCKROACHES
AND YOUR BUTTERFLIES.
00:17:14.86\00:17:17.03
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) SO THOSE THAT
ARE - IT'S REALLY - IF YOU DON'T
00:17:17.07\00:17:21.30
HAVE THE LORD IN YOUR LIFE, YOU
ARE GOING TO BE TERRIFIED BY HIS
00:17:21.34\00:17:25.24
COMING. BUT IF
YOU LOVE THE LORD, THE
00:17:25.27\00:17:26.88
BIBLE CALLS HIS
COMING THE BLESSED HOPE.
00:17:26.91\00:17:29.38
>>AMEN. >>BUT
HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING A
00:17:29.41\00:17:30.78
LIFE OF SELFISHNESS AND
SIN, IT'S GOING TO FRIGHTEN
00:17:30.81\00:17:33.28
YOU AND IT SHOULD. GOD
WANTS YOU TO HAVE PEACE,
00:17:33.31\00:17:36.08
BUT HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO
HAVE PEACE IF YOU'RE ON YOUR
00:17:36.12\00:17:38.39
WAY TO DESTRUCTION. HE
WANTS YOU TO BE TROUBLED
00:17:38.42\00:17:40.92
UNTIL YOU
REPENT AND COME TO HIM.
00:17:40.96\00:17:43.39
THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS
COMING WILL DESTROY THEM.
00:17:43.43\00:17:45.89
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RIGHTEOUS
WHO ARE DEAD AT JESUS' COMING?
00:17:45.93\00:17:50.73
FIRST WE'LL START WITH
THE RIGHTEOUS WHO ARE DEAD.
00:17:50.77\00:17:52.60
YOU READ THERE THE DEAD
IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST.
00:17:52.63\00:17:55.74
THAT'S WHERE WE READ IN 1
THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 4 "THE
00:17:55.77\00:17:58.34
LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND
FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT;" - THE
00:17:58.37\00:18:00.98
VOICE OF THE
ARCHANGEL, THE TRUMPET OF GOD.
00:18:01.01\00:18:03.51
SOMEONE ONCE SAID THAT IS THE
LOUDEST VERSE IN THE BIBLE AND
00:18:03.55\00:18:07.55
THE DEAD IN CHRIST RISE
FIRST. SO DOES THAT SOUND LIKE
00:18:07.58\00:18:10.89
A SECRET STILL? AT
THIS POINT, WHAT HAPPENS TO
00:18:10.92\00:18:14.79
THE LIVING WHO ARE
- WHEN THE LORD COMES?
00:18:14.82\00:18:17.33
THE LIVING AND THE RESURRECTED
SAINTS, I SHOULD SAY.
00:18:17.93\00:18:20.96
SO YOU GET THE DEAD
IN CHRIST THEY RISE.
00:18:20.96\00:18:22.83
SOME OF US WE HOPE TO BE ALIVE
WHEN JESUS COMES - I'D LIKE TO
00:18:22.86\00:18:25.40
IF I CAN, AVOID DEATH.
WOODY ALLEN SAID ONE TIME,
00:18:25.43\00:18:29.97
'I'M NOT AFRAID OF DEATH.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE THERE
00:18:30.01\00:18:31.77
WHEN IT HAPPENS.' (LAUGHTER) SO
MOST OF US ARE PREWIRED BY GOD
00:18:31.81\00:18:37.55
THAT WE'D LIKE
TO STAY ALIVE RIGHT?
00:18:37.58\00:18:39.81
SO WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ARE ALIVE?
00:18:39.85\00:18:41.62
IT SAYS THE DEAD IN CHRIST ARE
RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE AND THOSE
00:18:41.65\00:18:44.79
OF US WHO ARE ALIVE
WILL BE CHANGED IN A MOMENT.
00:18:44.82\00:18:48.66
IT TELLS US THIS CORRUPTIBLE
WILL PUT ON INCORRUPTION -
00:18:48.69\00:18:51.73
CORRUPTIBLE MEANS OUR BODIES
- WE, YOU KNOW, GET OLD, THEY
00:18:51.76\00:18:53.93
DECAY, THEY DIE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE
00:18:53.96\00:18:56.23
GLORIFIED BODIES - LIKE THE
KIND ADAM AND EVE HAD BEFORE SIN
00:18:56.26\00:19:00.64
- BEFORE THE LIGHT WENT OUT.
'THIS CORRUPTIBLE WILL PUT ON
00:19:00.67\00:19:04.14
INCORRUPTION AND THIS
MORTAL WILL PUT ON IMMORTALITY.
00:19:04.17\00:19:06.98
THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE
AND REMAIN WILL BE CAUGHT UP
00:19:07.41\00:19:10.51
TOGETHER.' WHAT
DIRECTION DO WE GO?
00:19:10.55\00:19:12.01
>>UP. >>THAT'S WHEN IT'S
00:19:12.05\00:19:13.35
TALKING ABOUT THE RAPTURE.
WE WILL BE CAUGHT UP, OR
00:19:13.38\00:19:15.85
RAPTURED UP TOGETHER
WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS.
00:19:15.88\00:19:19.92
WE MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.
SO JESUS' FEET DON'T TOUCH THE
00:19:19.95\00:19:22.19
GROUND WHEN HE COMES
NEXT TIME, WE MEET HIM.
00:19:22.22\00:19:25.56
AND CHRIST SAID THIS
IS HOW IT WOULD HAPPEN.
00:19:25.59\00:19:27.03
HE SAID, 'I GO TO PREPARE A
PLACE FOR YOU AND IF I GO AND
00:19:27.03\00:19:29.80
PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL
COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO
00:19:29.83\00:19:33.67
MYSELF - THAT'S WHEN WE'RE
CAUGHT UP - 'THAT WHERE I AM' -
00:19:33.70\00:19:35.94
HE TAKES US WHERE?
BACK TO HEAVEN - 'YOU
00:19:35.97\00:19:37.41
MAY BE ALSO' - RIGHT?
WE'VE READ WHERE IT SAYS THE
00:19:37.44\00:19:40.74
LORD'S COMING IS LITERAL,
PERSONAL, VISIBLE, AUDIBLE,
00:19:40.78\00:19:45.01
PHYSICAL, VITALITY -
VITALIZING, GLORIOUS, CLIMATIC -
00:19:45.05\00:19:49.48
THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE.
EVERY SENSE IN YOUR BEING
00:19:49.52\00:19:52.29
WILL KNOW WHEN JESUS COMES.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TEXT SOMEONE
00:19:52.32\00:19:54.96
AND SAY, 'DID YOU
CATCH IT?' 'CATCH WHAT?'
00:19:54.99\00:19:56.52
'JESUS CAME WITH ALL THE
ANGELS YESTERDAY DID YOU?'
00:19:56.56\00:19:58.93
- 'I MISSED IT. I DID
NOTICE SOME PLANES GOING
00:19:58.96\00:20:01.70
DOWN AND CARS CAREENING OFF THE
ROAD, BUT - THERE WAS A CLUMP OF
00:20:01.73\00:20:05.10
CLOTHES IN THE BED
NEXT TO ME WHEN I WOKE UP.
00:20:05.13\00:20:07.80
I THINK IT WAS MY SPOUSE BUT
THEY'RE GONE NOW.' YEAH, I KNOW
00:20:07.84\00:20:11.31
I'M TEASING MAYBE. I
DON'T MEAN TO BE UNKIND BUT,
00:20:11.34\00:20:13.24
TO ME, I ACTUALLY KNOW PEOPLE
WHO THINK 'WELL, IF I'M NOT
00:20:13.27\00:20:17.85
READY WHEN JESUS
COMES, NO BIG DEAL.
00:20:17.88\00:20:20.92
IF MY SPOUSE - THEY'RE
CHRISTIAN, THEY BELIEVE, IF THEY
00:20:20.95\00:20:23.95
DISAPPEAR THEN I'LL GET SERIOUS.
I MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
00:20:23.99\00:20:26.25
TRIBULATION BUT
THEN I'LL KNOW IT'S TRUE.
00:20:26.29\00:20:29.09
AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY
PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE THINKING
00:20:29.12\00:20:31.29
THEY'RE GOING TO
GET A SECOND CHANCE.
00:20:31.33\00:20:33.86
THAT'S WHY IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS
THING TO NOT UNDERSTAND THE HOW
00:20:33.90\00:20:38.73
OF HIS COMING.
ANOTHER REASON WAS BECAUSE
00:20:38.77\00:20:41.24
THE DEVILS GOT A LOT OF
IMPERSONATORS OUT THERE.
00:20:41.27\00:20:45.31
WHAT SOLEMN WARNING DOES JESUS
GIVE ABOUT THE SECOND COMING?
00:20:45.67\00:20:48.81
AS YOU START READING MATTHEW
11 - FIRST THING HE TOLD - I'M
00:20:48.84\00:20:52.08
SORRY - MATTHEW CHAPTER 24.
FIRST THING HE SAYS IS BE AWARE
00:20:52.11\00:20:56.05
THAT NO ONE DECEIVES YOU.
HE REPEATS IT OVER AND OVER.
00:20:56.08\00:20:59.32
'MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME
SAYING I AM CHRIST AND DECEIVE
00:20:59.35\00:21:03.59
MANY.' AND I REMEMBER BAPTIZING
A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS IN
00:21:03.63\00:21:07.73
JONESTOWN WITH JIM JONES.
SHE ESCAPED JUST BEFORE THINGS
00:21:07.76\00:21:11.60
ALL WENT SIDEWAYS THERE
AND TOLD HORRIBLE STORIES.
00:21:11.63\00:21:15.87
HE STARTED OUT METHODIST
PREACHER - GOOD CHURCH -
00:21:15.90\00:21:18.34
PREACHING FROM THE BIBLE
AND JUST - BUT HE WAS A FALSE
00:21:18.37\00:21:21.68
PROPHET. SEE, HE SAID,
ULTIMATELY, HE WAS CHRIST.
00:21:21.71\00:21:26.35
JESUS SAID THERE
WILL ARISE FALSE CHRISTS.
00:21:26.38\00:21:29.42
THEY WILL SHOW
SIGNS AND WONDERS.
00:21:29.45\00:21:31.29
ARE MIRACLE, SIGNS, AND WONDERS
THE EVIDENCE OF WHO IS REAL AND
00:21:31.32\00:21:33.92
WHO'S NOT? CAN
THE DEVIL DO MIRACLES?
00:21:33.96\00:21:35.96
>>YES. >>HE CAN.
00:21:35.99\00:21:37.43
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND THEY'LL DO THIS TO DECEIVE,
00:21:37.46\00:21:40.33
IF IT WERE
POSSIBLE, THE VERY ELECT.
00:21:40.36\00:21:41.80
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS BECAUSE THE
00:21:41.83\00:21:44.10
DEVIL'S GOING TO HAVE POWERFUL
DECEPTIONS IN THE LAST DAYS.
00:21:44.13\00:21:47.14
SOME OF US REMEMBER
THE HEAVEN'S GATE GROUP.
00:21:47.17\00:21:49.80
MARSHALL APPLEWHITE - 39 PEOPLE
BELIEVED THIS POOR DERANGED MAN
00:21:49.84\00:21:54.78
WHO SAID THAT HE WAS A
REINCARNATION OF CHRIST AND THEY
00:21:54.81\00:21:58.21
NEEDED TO COMMIT SUICIDE SO THEY
COULD GET ON A SPACESHIP THAT
00:21:58.25\00:22:01.72
WAS BEHIND THE HALE-BOTT COMET -
HALE-BOTT COMET - AND THEY TOOK
00:22:01.75\00:22:07.06
THIS DEADLY COCKTAIL. 39
PEOPLE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
00:22:07.09\00:22:11.69
AND HE SAID GOD WAS SENDING
MESSAGES THROUGH STAR TREK.
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THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A GOD
SENDING MESSAGES, BUT IT WASN'T
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JESUS. WHAT'S
GOING TO PREVENT THE
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RIGHTEOUS FROM BEING
DECEIVED IN THE LAST DAYS?
00:22:20.24\00:22:22.57
ISAIAH 8:20 - THAT'S WHY
WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR BIBLES.
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I HOPE YOU CHECK ON
EVERYTHING I'M SAYING.
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YOU CAN TAKE NOTES.
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'TO THE
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LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY.
THAT'S HOW THE BIBLE REFERS TO
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THE BIBLE - THE LAW AND THE
PROPHETS - 'IF THEY SPEAK NOT
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ACCORDING TO THIS WORD
IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIGHT IN
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THEM.' YOU MEASURE EVERYTHING BY
THE SCRIPTURES YOU NEED TO KNOW.
00:22:38.25\00:22:42.19
JESUS SAID, 'SEEK
AND YOU'LL FIND.' AMEN?
00:22:42.22\00:22:45.23
WHAT WILL THE WICKED
SAY WHEN JESUS RETURNS?
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'AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH AND
THE GREAT MEN AND THE RICH MEN
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IN THE CHIEF CAPTAINS AND THE
MIGHTY MEN AND EVERY BONDMAN AND
00:22:52.33\00:22:55.94
EVERY FREE MAN' - SPEAKING
OF THE LOST - 'THEY SAID TO THE
00:22:55.97\00:22:58.97
MOUNTAINS AND TO THE ROCKS,
'FALL ON US AND HIDE US FROM THE
00:22:59.01\00:23:02.58
FACE OF HIM THAT
SITS ON THE THRONE.
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FOR THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH
IS COME AND WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO
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STAND?'' I TOLD
YOU, ONCE AGAIN, TWO
00:23:08.85\00:23:10.32
KINDS OF PEOPLE - YOU'VE
GOT THE ONES WHO KNOW CHRIST
00:23:10.35\00:23:13.02
AND HE'S IN THEIR HEART.
YOU HAVE THOSE WHO HAVE RESISTED
00:23:13.05\00:23:15.39
HIM AND THEY BECOME HIS ENEMIES.
YOU'VE EITHER GOT THE LOVE OF
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GOD OR THE WRATH OF THE
LAMB. I WANT HIM TO COME AS MY
00:23:19.19\00:23:21.86
LORD AND MY SAVIOR
NOT AS MY ADVERSARY. AMEN?
00:23:21.90\00:23:26.20
WHAT IS THE PRIME REASON
FOR JESUS' SECOND COMING?
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IS HE COMING TO
GET EVEN WITH THE LOST?
00:23:30.14\00:23:32.67
NO, HE'S COMING
TO REDEEM HIS OWN.
00:23:32.71\00:23:35.21
JOHN 14:3, "I WILL COME AGAIN
AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF THAT
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WHERE I AM YOU MIGHT BE"
- WHERE I AM YOU MIGHT BE.
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REVELATION SAYS GOD,
HIMSELF, WILL BE WITH US.
00:23:43.45\00:23:46.25
WE WILL SEE HIS
FACE. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
00:23:46.29\00:23:50.79
"NOW WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS
DARKLY BUT THEN FACE TO FACE."
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1 CORINTHIANS 13.
WHAT A PRIVILEGE THAT WE
00:23:53.96\00:23:56.93
CAN SEE GOD FACE TO FACE.
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, GOD IS GIVING
00:23:56.97\00:24:01.17
US THE SIGNS ALONG THE WAY AND I
JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE
00:24:01.20\00:24:06.94
ARE SOME DIFFICULT DAYS
AHEAD. I BELIEVE THERE'S GOING
00:24:06.98\00:24:10.35
TO BE A
TRIBULATION. SEE, I BELIEVE THE
00:24:10.38\00:24:12.48
LORD IS COMING. I
BELIEVE WE'LL BE CAUGHT UP,
00:24:12.51\00:24:14.65
BUT I BELIEVE THE TRIBULATION
COMES BEFORE THE RAPTURE.
00:24:14.68\00:24:17.72
>>THAT'S RIGHT.
>>DOES GOD SAVE HIS PEOPLE
00:24:17.75\00:24:19.55
FROM TROUBLE OR
THROUGH IT? >>THROUGH IT.
00:24:19.59\00:24:22.62
DID GOD SAVE NOAH FROM THE
FLOOD OR DID HE SAVE HIM THROUGH
00:24:22.66\00:24:25.23
THE STORM? >THROUGH THE STORM.
00:24:25.26\00:24:27.13
>>DID GOD SAVE JOSEPH FROM
HIS TRIALS OR THROUGH THEM?
00:24:27.13\00:24:30.83
HOW ABOUT JOB? WAS HE
SAVED FROM TRIBULATION
00:24:30.87\00:24:33.47
OR THROUGH TRIBULATION?
DOESN'T PAUL SAY 'IT IS THROUGH
00:24:33.50\00:24:36.81
MUCH TRIBULATION WE WILL
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD'?
00:24:36.84\00:24:40.84
GOD IS COMING FOR A CHURCH
WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANY
00:24:40.88\00:24:44.05
SUCH THINGS. YOU GET
OUT THE SPOTS AND THE
00:24:44.08\00:24:46.21
WRINKLE WITH A HOT
IRON AND HOT WATER.
00:24:46.25\00:24:48.55
SO THE IDEA THAT THE CHURCH IS
NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ANY KIND
00:24:48.58\00:24:51.49
OF PURGING OR PURIFICATION
BEFORE THAT - WHEN DOES A CHURCH
00:24:51.52\00:24:54.82
SHINE THE BRIGHTEST, IN
THE LIGHT OR IN THE DARKNESS?
00:24:54.86\00:24:59.06
THERE IS GOING TO BE A
TIME OF GREAT DARKNESS.
00:24:59.09\00:25:01.10
JESUS SAID IT WAS AT
MIDNIGHT THE CRY WAS GIVEN.
00:25:01.13\00:25:03.80
BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM
COMES. AND SO THERE ARE SOME
00:25:03.83\00:25:06.63
DIFFICULT DAYS AHEAD.
I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
00:25:06.67\00:25:09.60
YOU KNOW WHY? GOD
SAID IF YOU MAKE THE MOST
00:25:09.64\00:25:13.61
HIGH YOUR HABITATION
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID.
00:25:13.64\00:25:16.41
>>AMEN. >>HE HAS GIVEN US SIGNS.
00:25:16.44\00:25:19.25
AND SOME OF CHRISTIANS ARE
LOSING HOPE, RIGHT HERE ON THE
00:25:19.28\00:25:22.02
BORDERS OF THE
GREATEST EVENT IN HISTORY.
00:25:22.05\00:25:25.42
YOU KNOW, I LOVE HISTORY.
I REMEMBER READING ABOUT
00:25:25.45\00:25:27.86
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WHEN HE WAS
CROSSING THE OCEAN, YOU KNOW,
00:25:27.89\00:25:30.89
AND HE JUST WENT LAUNCHING OUT
AND HE SAID, 'WE'RE GOING TO GO
00:25:30.93\00:25:33.80
DISCOVER A NEW PASSAGE.' NONE OF
THE EXPLORERS FROM PORTUGAL OR
00:25:33.83\00:25:37.93
SPAIN WENT VERY FAR INTO
THE ATLANTIC AS THEY HAD RUMORS
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.57
YOU WERE GOING TO SAIL OFF THE
EARTH, THERE WERE DRAGONS OUT
00:25:40.60\00:25:42.60
THERE, AND ALL
THESE SCARY STORIES.
00:25:42.64\00:25:45.47
AND HE SAID 'WE'RE JUST GOING
TO SAIL WEST UNTIL WE FIND OUR
00:25:45.51\00:25:49.48
OBJECTIVE.' AND, YOU KNOW,
AFTER TWO MONTHS IN AUGUST AND
00:25:49.51\00:25:53.18
SEPTEMBER, THOSE
SAILORS WERE READY TO MUTINY.
00:25:53.21\00:25:55.88
AND COLUMBUS -
YOU - READ HIS DIARY.
00:25:55.92\00:25:58.25
HE PRAYED A LOT.
HE BELIEVED HE WAS
00:25:58.29\00:26:00.76
ON A DIVINE QUEST. HE
FINALLY TOLD HIS SAILORS,
00:26:00.79\00:26:03.63
GIVE ME THREE MORE DAYS. IF
WE DON'T SEE LAND WE'LL TURN
00:26:03.66\00:26:05.79
AROUND.' CAN YOU
IMAGINE WHAT WAS AT STAKE?
00:26:05.83\00:26:08.70
BUT AS THOSE DAYS PASSED THEY
BEGAN TO SEE SIGNS - OVERTURNED
00:26:08.73\00:26:13.37
CANOE WENT BY AND THEY SAW
COCONUTS FLOAT BY - SOME TUFTS
00:26:13.40\00:26:17.11
OF VEGETATION. WATER
BEGAN TO CHANGE COLOR AND
00:26:17.14\00:26:19.91
SALTINESS CHANGED IN THE WATER.
THEY NOTICED WHEN THEY WERE
00:26:19.94\00:26:22.78
SOUNDING THAT IT
WAS GETTING SHALLOWER.
00:26:22.81\00:26:25.68
THEY - SONGBIRDS CAME BY - THEY
COULDN'T SEE LAND BUT THEY SAW
00:26:25.71\00:26:29.48
THE SIGNS THAT
THEY WERE NEARING SHORE.
00:26:29.52\00:26:32.29
AND THEY WERE ALL ENCOURAGED
BY THE SIGNS TO PRESS ON.
00:26:32.32\00:26:34.92
FINALLY, AT THE END OF THE THIRD
DAY, AT NIGHT, THEY SAW A FIRE
00:26:34.96\00:26:39.06
IN THE DISTANCE.
NEXT MORNING THEY SPOTTED
00:26:39.09\00:26:41.66
LAND - SAN SALVADOR.
WELL, FRIENDS, WE SEE THE SIGNS.
00:26:41.70\00:26:45.80
JESUS IS ABOUT TO
COME. I WANT TO BE READY.
00:26:45.83\00:26:48.30
HOW ABOUT YOU?
00:26:48.34\00:26:49.97
Doug: Terror
attacks, natural disasters,
00:26:52.97\00:26:55.81
political instability,
and global, economic meltdown.
00:26:55.84\00:27:00.15
These are the images
people generally associate
00:27:00.18\00:27:02.72
with the Tribulation
and the Day of the Lord.
00:27:02.75\00:27:05.82
But did you know the
Bible speaks about another
00:27:05.85\00:27:08.26
Day of the Lord just
before the great Judgement Day?
00:27:08.29\00:27:11.76
Amazingly, imprinted on the
very fabric of time itself is
00:27:11.79\00:27:16.10
a 24-hour period called
the Sabbath that was meant to
00:27:16.13\00:27:19.27
forever be a time of restoration
for every human being,
00:27:19.30\00:27:23.47
a day the entire
world has largely forgotten.
00:27:23.51\00:27:26.91
You'll be surprised to learn
how this special Day of the Lord
00:27:26.94\00:27:30.41
factors into last-day prophecies
such as the mark of the beast,
00:27:30.45\00:27:34.08
the seal of God, and the
great, final tribulation.
00:27:34.12\00:27:37.39
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OF GOD TO EXPLORE
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