by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:00:03.77\00:00:06.47 announcer: Coming to you from New York City at the historic 00:00:06.94\00:00:10.17 Manhattan Center with your host Doug Batchelor. 00:00:10.21\00:00:13.74 Join this exciting journey of discovery as we learn the truth 00:00:13.78\00:00:17.61 about Bible prophecy. 00:00:17.65\00:00:19.38 Explore the timeless wisdom of God's Word and see how it 00:00:19.41\00:00:23.35 relates to our lives today. 00:00:23.39\00:00:25.75 Stay tuned. 00:00:25.79\00:00:27.09 Your "Amazing Facts" adventure begins now. 00:00:27.12\00:00:30.69 Doug Batchelor: Welcome back, friends. 00:00:30.83\00:00:32.16 In our last episode, we learned about the assurance, purpose, 00:00:32.19\00:00:36.36 and the many signs of Christ's soon return. 00:00:36.40\00:00:39.60 Today we'll continue our exciting study about Jesus' 00:00:39.63\00:00:43.47 Second Coming, learning how to not be deceived 00:00:43.51\00:00:46.21 by false Christs, and revealing exactly how 00:00:46.24\00:00:49.68 the Lord returns and what really happens 00:00:49.71\00:00:52.31 to our planet when He does. 00:00:52.35\00:00:54.32 Remember, if you'd like to deepen your Bible knowledge, 00:00:54.35\00:00:57.49 check out our Prophecy Odyssey Bible lessons and our 00:00:57.52\00:01:00.69 free offer. 00:01:00.72\00:01:02.06 I'll tell you more about how you can get those resources later in 00:01:02.09\00:01:04.66 the program. 00:01:04.69\00:01:06.03 Okay, it's time to get into today's presentation. 00:01:06.06\00:01:08.80 Doug: For years, I think National Geographic had a 00:01:09.46\00:01:11.70 program called Doomsday Preppers, and they always made 00:01:11.73\00:01:14.67 fun of kind of these, you know, folks out there in the country 00:01:14.70\00:01:17.31 that were walking around with their tin foil hats and their 00:01:17.34\00:01:20.21 guns and talking about the end of the world. 00:01:20.24\00:01:21.98 But it's not those people now, friends. 00:01:22.01\00:01:23.45 It's thinking people that realize that we're on the cusp 00:01:23.48\00:01:27.42 of what could be catastrophic. 00:01:27.45\00:01:29.48 And they're wondering: "How can we save ourselves?" 00:01:29.52\00:01:32.29 Well, friends, this meeting is going to tell you how you can 00:01:32.32\00:01:34.86 be saved. 00:01:34.89\00:01:36.69 And that's not going to be a Doomsday Bunker. 00:01:36.73\00:01:40.30 It is going to be a shelter, and the Lord is our shelter. 00:01:40.33\00:01:45.13 He is the way that we are going to survive. 00:01:45.17\00:01:47.14 He is a mighty rock in a weary land, amen? 00:01:47.17\00:01:50.84 "A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right 00:01:50.87\00:01:54.04 hand, but it will not come nigh unto you," that's Psalm 91, 00:01:54.08\00:01:57.38 "Because you've made the most high your habitation. 00:01:57.41\00:01:59.95 No plague will come nigh your dwelling." 00:02:00.05\00:02:01.58 God can protect you through all of this. 00:02:01.62\00:02:03.72 Now, not only are they looking for bunkers and going down in 00:02:03.75\00:02:06.19 the ground, but these billionaires are also looking at 00:02:06.22\00:02:08.66 going up in the sky. 00:02:08.69\00:02:11.86 Boeing, you know, a contractor, their space program is having 00:02:11.89\00:02:15.06 problems right now, so they're turning to private companies. 00:02:15.10\00:02:18.77 And you got people, like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard 00:02:18.80\00:02:22.17 Branson, where there's space companies, and you ask them: 00:02:22.20\00:02:26.11 "Why are you building space companies?" 00:02:26.14\00:02:29.31 If you ask Elon Musk, he says: "The future of our world's 00:02:29.34\00:02:31.51 looking pretty bleak." 00:02:31.55\00:02:32.85 He said: "My goal is to die on Mars." 00:02:32.88\00:02:34.62 And they're saying: "We're looking for colonization that is 00:02:37.82\00:02:41.92 out of this world or on a space station," because they're afraid 00:02:41.96\00:02:45.79 for what the future of the world might be. 00:02:45.83\00:02:49.23 And you got SpaceX and Blue Origin and all the 00:02:49.26\00:02:53.67 different companies. 00:02:53.70\00:02:55.04 And, frankly, I'd love to take a trip up there. 00:02:55.07\00:02:56.37 That would be rather interesting. 00:02:56.40\00:02:58.74 Here's some of the other reasons I think Jesus is coming soon 00:02:58.77\00:03:01.18 that get me so excited: "Increase in knowledge." 00:03:01.21\00:03:05.81 Do you know the Bible foretold that? 00:03:05.85\00:03:07.95 You read in Daniel chapter 12, verse 4, 00:03:07.98\00:03:10.59 the prophet there said: "But you, 00:03:10.62\00:03:12.05 o Daniel," the angel's speaking to Daniel, 00:03:12.09\00:03:14.42 "shut up the words, and seal the book 00:03:14.46\00:03:16.56 until the time of the end; 00:03:16.59\00:03:18.49 many will run to and fro, 00:03:18.53\00:03:20.76 and knowledge will increase." 00:03:20.80\00:03:22.40 You notice he didn't say, wisdom will increase, because people 00:03:22.43\00:03:24.53 aren't much wiser. 00:03:24.57\00:03:26.90 Knowledge, like technology, "knowledge has increased." 00:03:26.94\00:03:30.74 If I took my smartphone and I showed it to the Apostle Peter. 00:03:30.77\00:03:36.91 I said: "Peter, come here, I want to show you something. 00:03:36.95\00:03:39.95 I know you're in Israel. 00:03:39.98\00:03:41.32 Paul's in Rome right now. 00:03:41.35\00:03:42.65 Would you like to talk to him?" 00:03:42.68\00:03:44.99 That would have blown him away, just the telephone. 00:03:45.02\00:03:46.86 Say: "You want to look at him while you talk to him? 00:03:46.89\00:03:50.06 Do you want to upload a recipe to him? 00:03:50.09\00:03:54.76 Maybe you'd like to do a Zoom call with the whole church. 00:03:54.83\00:03:58.93 Would you like to look at Google Maps and see how to get there 00:03:58.97\00:04:01.10 the quickest?" 00:04:01.14\00:04:03.54 They would think you're a witch, right? 00:04:03.57\00:04:07.74 You know, my grandfather was born in New York City. 00:04:07.78\00:04:10.35 Matter of fact, he was born in Harlem. 00:04:10.38\00:04:12.08 It was a lot of Jewish people on my mother's side, all Jewish, 00:04:12.11\00:04:16.05 and he was born by candlelight, my grandfather. 00:04:16.08\00:04:18.99 They were riding horses--I guess, you still have some 00:04:19.02\00:04:20.86 horses left, right? 00:04:20.89\00:04:22.46 But they were riding horses around New York City. 00:04:22.49\00:04:25.26 Look at how the world has changed in one lifetime. 00:04:25.29\00:04:29.93 He said: "Many will run to and fro and knowledge 00:04:29.96\00:04:31.93 will increase." 00:04:31.97\00:04:33.27 People are running to and fro now more than they ever had. 00:04:33.30\00:04:36.24 You just consider the increase in knowledge. 00:04:36.27\00:04:38.71 I mean, just look at what's happened in the past century 00:04:38.74\00:04:41.14 with everything from the automobile, 00:04:41.18\00:04:43.11 the airplane, the radio, 00:04:43.14\00:04:44.45 penicillin, a moon landing, 00:04:44.48\00:04:46.35 space stations. 00:04:46.38\00:04:48.45 Technology is exploding exponentially now. 00:04:48.48\00:04:51.35 They say that all of the knowledge of man we've learned 00:04:51.39\00:04:55.19 more in the last ten years then all of the knowledge--all of the 00:04:55.22\00:04:57.43 history of man combined. 00:04:57.46\00:04:58.99 And now with AI, and it's a double-edged sword like the 00:04:59.96\00:05:03.87 internet, and like all communications, it can be used 00:05:03.90\00:05:06.53 for good or evil, but it's pretty scary what it'll do: 00:05:06.57\00:05:13.64 "Global evangelization," 00:05:13.68\00:05:15.24 now this gets me really excited. 00:05:15.28\00:05:17.21 Jesus said: "One of the signs before 00:05:17.25\00:05:18.58 he comes back," Matthew 24, verse 14: 00:05:18.61\00:05:21.38 "And this gospel of the kingdom will be PREACHED 00:05:21.42\00:05:24.89 in all the world for a witness unto all nations, 00:05:24.92\00:05:28.52 and then, the end will come." 00:05:28.56\00:05:31.96 Just think about what's happening right here in New 00:05:31.99\00:05:33.63 York City. 00:05:33.66\00:05:34.96 And, you know, we've got a modest crowd compared with 00:05:35.00\00:05:36.97 what's happening around the world. 00:05:37.00\00:05:38.50 There are tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of 00:05:38.53\00:05:41.10 people that are participating right now, or they will tomorrow 00:05:41.14\00:05:45.47 because of the time change, and wherever we go in the world 00:05:45.51\00:05:50.18 now--it's amazing. 00:05:50.21\00:05:51.51 I go to the Middle East and people live in a tent, and 00:05:51.55\00:05:55.58 there's a satellite dish coming up out of the tent. 00:05:55.62\00:05:58.75 And goats are going in and out of the front door, but they got 00:05:58.79\00:06:01.86 a satellite TV. 00:06:01.89\00:06:04.33 It's the truth. 00:06:04.36\00:06:06.46 Karen and I were in New Guinea, and we're out 00:06:06.49\00:06:09.16 in the jungle of New Guinea. 00:06:09.20\00:06:10.87 We took our film crew. 00:06:10.90\00:06:12.23 We said: "We want to get," like, you know, we get way out 00:06:12.27\00:06:13.97 in the hills and get in the typical, you know, beautiful 00:06:14.00\00:06:16.34 native hut with a garden. 00:06:16.37\00:06:18.07 And we finally found this person. 00:06:18.11\00:06:19.74 And through a translator, we said: "Will they mind if we come 00:06:19.77\00:06:21.34 and do a little video tape?" 00:06:21.38\00:06:23.35 And they talked to him in Pidgin English, and they said: "No, 00:06:23.38\00:06:25.78 they're happy to have you come out." 00:06:25.81\00:06:27.12 And so Karen and I and our crew, we got out of the car, walked 00:06:27.15\00:06:29.22 over, and the lady of the house, she looked at me and her 00:06:29.25\00:06:32.69 mouth fell. 00:06:32.72\00:06:34.06 She looked like she saw a ghost. 00:06:34.09\00:06:35.52 She began to jabber really quick in Pidgin, and she 00:06:35.56\00:06:39.86 looked terrified. 00:06:39.89\00:06:41.50 And the translator came over and said: "She watches your programs 00:06:41.53\00:06:45.23 every week. 00:06:45.27\00:06:47.47 She never dreamed you'd be in her country. 00:06:47.50\00:06:49.80 She never dreamed you'd be in her front yard." 00:06:49.84\00:06:52.94 And we gave her a big hug. 00:06:52.97\00:06:54.28 It was such a neat experience. 00:06:54.31\00:06:56.31 But it's, like, the Gospel's going all over the world in 00:06:56.34\00:06:59.35 Amazing Facts, you know, we're one ministry. 00:06:59.38\00:07:02.38 There's other Christians doing it. 00:07:02.42\00:07:04.29 Jesus said: "The gospel will go, and then, the end will come." 00:07:04.32\00:07:08.86 He didn't say, it might come. 00:07:08.89\00:07:10.83 He didn't say, everyone would believe. 00:07:10.86\00:07:12.96 He said: "It will go as a witness so they have 00:07:12.99\00:07:14.46 an opportunity." 00:07:14.50\00:07:16.33 All the stuff that's happening in New York City tonight, you 00:07:16.36\00:07:19.47 folks decided to come and to hear what really matters in 00:07:19.50\00:07:23.47 life, how to live forever, and what is the purpose of life. 00:07:23.51\00:07:26.61 Thank you for coming. 00:07:26.64\00:07:29.11 This Gospel we preach in all the world, it's happening now. 00:07:29.14\00:07:33.31 "Today, almost with instant global internet, satellite 00:07:33.35\00:07:36.45 communication, smartphones, rapid international travel, the 00:07:36.48\00:07:39.75 fulfillment of this prophecy is within reach in this 00:07:39.79\00:07:42.92 generation," friends. 00:07:42.96\00:07:44.66 Number four, "What solemn warning does Jesus give about 00:07:44.69\00:07:47.66 His Second Coming?" 00:07:47.66\00:07:49.36 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am Christ,' and 00:07:49.40\00:07:52.70 will," what? 00:07:52.73\00:07:54.14 "DECEIVE." 00:07:54.17\00:07:55.70 We want to avoid being deceived. 00:07:55.74\00:07:59.57 He said--Jesus says Matthew 24:24: "False Christs and false 00:07:59.61\00:08:04.78 PROPHETS will rise and show great signs and wonders to 00:08:04.81\00:08:08.72 deceive, if possible, even the very elect," very convincing 00:08:08.75\00:08:11.55 signs and wonders. 00:08:11.59\00:08:13.09 He said: "I'm telling you in advance," Jesus said: 00:08:13.12\00:08:14.92 "'I'm prophesying. 00:08:14.96\00:08:16.26 I'm telling you.' 00:08:16.29\00:08:17.63 Therefore if they say, 'Look, He's in the desert!'" 00:08:17.66\00:08:19.29 that might be the Middle East, "'do not go out;' 00:08:19.33\00:08:22.03 'Look, He's in inner rooms. 00:08:22.06\00:08:23.63 Do NOT BELIEVE it." 00:08:23.67\00:08:24.97 Cause when Christ comes, it says it's like lightning. 00:08:25.00\00:08:27.67 Everyone's going to know, right? 00:08:27.70\00:08:29.84 I don't know if you've ever met a false Christ. 00:08:29.87\00:08:31.54 Probably if you live in the city, you've met several. 00:08:31.57\00:08:35.94 When I was living in the mountains up in a cave, I was 00:08:35.98\00:08:39.95 living like a hermit for about a year and a half. 00:08:39.98\00:08:42.88 And one day into my cave yard, this hiker came. 00:08:42.92\00:08:46.72 And the guy was about 6 feet tall, handsome man, 00:08:46.76\00:08:52.06 shoulder-length auburn hair, beard, hazel eyes. 00:08:52.09\00:08:57.70 There's no one up there, but me. 00:08:57.73\00:08:59.07 He sat and he talked to me for a minute or two, and then he said: 00:08:59.10\00:09:01.94 "I'm Jesus." 00:09:01.97\00:09:04.34 Well, at first I thought: "I've got some Spanish friends 00:09:04.37\00:09:07.51 named Jesus. 00:09:07.54\00:09:09.14 Maybe he meant to say, 'I'm Jesus.'" 00:09:09.18\00:09:12.51 And so I inquired a little more, and he said: "No, I am Jesus. 00:09:12.55\00:09:18.25 And that kind of rattled me a little bit because I just 00:09:18.29\00:09:20.69 started reading the Bible. 00:09:20.72\00:09:22.06 And then I thought: "Oh, I'm up here in the mountains with 00:09:22.09\00:09:25.49 either Jesus or someone crazy." 00:09:25.53\00:09:28.40 And I thought: "What do I do? 00:09:28.43\00:09:30.37 So if it is Jesus, I don't want to hurt his feelings." 00:09:30.40\00:09:33.34 So I was a little bit cautious in my answer. 00:09:33.37\00:09:35.67 I said: "Now, if you're Jesus, didn't you say that when you 00:09:35.70\00:09:41.31 come, it's in the clouds, and everyone's going to see?" 00:09:41.34\00:09:44.45 He said: "Well, yes, that's for most people, but I'm coming 00:09:44.48\00:09:46.88 specially to prepare some other people." 00:09:46.92\00:09:48.68 He knew his Bible. 00:09:48.72\00:09:50.02 He had an answer for everything. 00:09:50.05\00:09:52.55 And--but I knew something wasn't right, especially after he 00:09:52.59\00:09:56.39 stayed with me for three days and ate all my food and didn't 00:09:56.42\00:09:58.49 do any work. 00:09:58.53\00:10:01.23 I knew Jesus wouldn't do that. 00:10:01.26\00:10:04.23 And then I kicked him out. 00:10:04.27\00:10:05.57 I had to evict Jesus. 00:10:05.60\00:10:08.00 And then a few days later, I saw him down in Palm Springs, and he 00:10:08.04\00:10:11.37 had found an apostle. 00:10:11.41\00:10:12.74 This tall hippie was following around going: "This is Jesus." 00:10:12.77\00:10:16.28 A few days later, I saw him again in town, and he was 00:10:16.31\00:10:18.98 missing his front tooth. 00:10:19.01\00:10:21.65 And I felt so, you know, I felt bad for him, but I felt good for 00:10:21.68\00:10:24.12 me 'cause I thought I know Jesus has all his teeth. 00:10:24.15\00:10:25.85 I was sure then it wasn't Jesus at that point. 00:10:25.89\00:10:29.89 But the false Christ in the last days are going to be 00:10:29.92\00:10:32.23 very convincing. 00:10:32.26\00:10:33.60 They're not going to be just deranged people. 00:10:33.63\00:10:35.96 Number five: "What will prevent the righteous from 00:10:36.00\00:10:39.03 being deceived?" 00:10:39.07\00:10:41.34 What is the answer, friends? 00:10:41.37\00:10:43.27 The Word of God: "To the law and the testimony!" 00:10:43.30\00:10:45.94 That means the law and the prophets, the Word of God, the 00:10:45.97\00:10:48.41 New and the Old Testament: "To the law and the testimony! 00:10:48.44\00:10:51.68 If they do not speak according to THIS WORD, it is because 00:10:51.71\00:10:54.48 there is no light in them." 00:10:54.52\00:10:55.92 We're going to be showing you from the Word of God how you can 00:10:55.95\00:10:58.72 separate the wheat from the tares, the true from the 00:10:58.75\00:11:01.02 false, amen? 00:11:01.06\00:11:02.46 "Thy Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." 00:11:02.49\00:11:06.03 So we're talking now, not just about Jesus coming soon, now 00:11:06.06\00:11:09.13 we're talking about how He's coming. 00:11:09.16\00:11:11.67 Let me tell you why that's important. 00:11:11.70\00:11:14.00 When Jesus came the first time as a baby, were His people, the 00:11:14.04\00:11:19.77 nation of Israel, were they all ready and waiting with banners 00:11:19.81\00:11:22.41 saying: "He's here." 00:11:22.44\00:11:24.38 Did they have the Bible? 00:11:24.41\00:11:26.25 They had their prophecies. 00:11:26.28\00:11:28.45 Did they misunderstand the prophecies? 00:11:28.48\00:11:31.32 And they were not ready for His first coming. 00:11:31.35\00:11:33.52 Has the devil changed or is it possible he's going to do 00:11:33.56\00:11:37.09 that again? 00:11:37.13\00:11:38.66 And a lot of the church now is expecting Jesus to come in a way 00:11:38.69\00:11:41.83 He didn't say He's coming, so they're not going to be ready. 00:11:41.86\00:11:44.87 The devil's trying to deceive a whole generation of Bible-toting 00:11:44.90\00:11:48.77 people just like he did before, so they're not ready for the 00:11:48.80\00:11:51.61 Second Coming. 00:11:51.64\00:11:52.94 So we need to know something about how He's coming. 00:11:52.97\00:11:55.88 The Bible says: "The Lord Himself will descend," this is 00:11:55.91\00:11:58.38 1 Thessalonians 4:16, "He'll descend from heaven with 00:11:58.41\00:12:01.62 a," what? 00:12:01.65\00:12:03.12 "A SHOUT, with the voice of the archangel, and the TRUMPET 00:12:03.15\00:12:07.42 of God." 00:12:07.46\00:12:08.76 Now there are, let me just make a little disclaimer, there are 00:12:08.79\00:12:12.66 good, spirit-filled, heaven-bound Christians in many 00:12:12.69\00:12:15.30 different churches, y'all hearing me? 00:12:15.33\00:12:18.17 I've had the privilege of preaching in Methodist churches, 00:12:18.20\00:12:21.07 Nazarene churches, Pentecostal churches, Baptist churches, Four 00:12:21.10\00:12:23.91 Square churches, and I've met lovely people in many different 00:12:23.94\00:12:27.28 denominations, and I'm not wanting to say anything to 00:12:27.31\00:12:30.95 offend anybody. 00:12:30.98\00:12:32.28 Clearly, they disagree on different points. 00:12:32.31\00:12:34.28 We all know that. 00:12:34.32\00:12:35.75 I think we can love each other and disagree on some 00:12:35.78\00:12:38.59 points, amen? 00:12:38.62\00:12:39.92 But I'm going to tell you what I believe the Bible teaches. 00:12:39.95\00:12:42.92 The idea that the rapture, I believe the rapture that we're 00:12:42.96\00:12:45.66 going to be caught up, but I don't believe it's a secret. 00:12:45.69\00:12:49.13 The idea of the secret rapture is a relatively new teaching. 00:12:49.16\00:12:53.50 For 1900 years, the church believed in a glorious, visible, 00:12:53.54\00:12:56.64 loud, obvious coming of the Lord. 00:12:56.67\00:12:59.94 And you might be thinking: "Well, doesn't the Bible say 00:13:00.04\00:13:02.14 He's coming quietly like a thief?" 00:13:02.18\00:13:04.18 It does, 2 Peter chapter 3, verse 10, let me quote it to 00:13:04.21\00:13:08.78 you: "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." 00:13:08.82\00:13:13.05 Some people stop right there. 00:13:13.09\00:13:16.32 They say: "Yeah, He's going to come. 00:13:16.36\00:13:18.19 The saints are raptured before the Tribulation. 00:13:18.23\00:13:20.73 Then there's seven years of Tribulation, and the church 00:13:20.76\00:13:22.56 doesn't have to worry at all about the plagues or the 00:13:22.60\00:13:24.30 Tribulation because we've been caught up because He came like 00:13:24.33\00:13:27.04 a thief." 00:13:27.07\00:13:28.64 They don't keep reading the verse: "The day of the Lord will 00:13:28.67\00:13:32.04 come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away 00:13:32.07\00:13:35.08 with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent 00:13:35.11\00:13:39.68 heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be 00:13:39.71\00:13:42.75 burned up. 00:13:42.78\00:13:44.79 Seeing then that all these things will be dissolved, how 00:13:44.82\00:13:48.96 should we live in all holy conversation and godliness, 00:13:48.99\00:13:52.29 Looking forward to the coming of the day of God, in which the 00:13:52.33\00:13:55.13 heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will 00:13:55.16\00:13:57.83 melt with fervent heat?" 00:13:57.87\00:13:59.40 Yeah, He's coming as a thief, but when He comes as a thief, 00:13:59.43\00:14:01.90 it's not going to be good down here. 00:14:01.94\00:14:04.41 It says: "He'll come with a shout, with a trumpet." 00:14:04.44\00:14:08.58 All Christians believe in the Tribulation, and all people 00:14:08.61\00:14:12.15 believe we're going to be caught up, but the big disagreement is 00:14:12.18\00:14:15.25 on when. 00:14:15.28\00:14:17.12 So let me address that quickly. 00:14:17.15\00:14:20.29 Does Jesus say: "He that endures to the end will be saved?" 00:14:20.32\00:14:24.43 If the church is all caught up before the Tribulation, why do 00:14:24.46\00:14:26.90 we need to endure? 00:14:26.93\00:14:29.60 "We're the children of Israel." 00:14:29.63\00:14:31.43 By the way, the Great Tribulation is also the same as 00:14:31.47\00:14:34.00 the Seven Last Plagues in Revelation 15 and 16. 00:14:34.04\00:14:37.07 That's the Great Tribulation. 00:14:37.11\00:14:39.11 It says so in the Bible. 00:14:39.14\00:14:41.44 The children of Israel, were they in Egypt when the ten 00:14:41.48\00:14:44.45 plagues fell on Egypt? 00:14:44.48\00:14:46.65 God protected them through the last seven plagues. 00:14:46.68\00:14:51.35 First three plagues, they went through with the Egyptians. 00:14:51.39\00:14:52.85 The last seven, they were protected. 00:14:52.89\00:14:56.02 Will He protect us through the seven last plagues 00:14:56.06\00:14:58.03 in Revelation? 00:14:58.06\00:14:59.36 He will, but they were in Egypt, and He protected them. 00:14:59.39\00:15:03.26 Now that's why He said: "No plague will come nigh 00:15:03.30\00:15:05.27 your dwelling. 00:15:05.30\00:15:06.53 Only with your eyes will you see to your right and your left the 00:15:06.57\00:15:09.10 punishment of the wicked." 00:15:09.14\00:15:10.71 Did God save Noah from the flood or through the flood? 00:15:10.74\00:15:14.18 Through the flood. 00:15:14.21\00:15:15.58 Did God save Job from his trials or through his trials? 00:15:15.61\00:15:20.28 Did God save Joseph from his troubles or did He save him 00:15:20.32\00:15:23.42 through his troubles? 00:15:23.45\00:15:25.29 Doesn't the Bible say: "Paul," Acts chapter 14: "It is through 00:15:25.32\00:15:30.09 Tribulation we enter the kingdom of God." 00:15:30.13\00:15:33.16 I'd love to believe we're all going get raptured out before 00:15:33.19\00:15:35.30 the Tribulation, friends. 00:15:35.33\00:15:36.63 That'd be much easier. 00:15:36.67\00:15:38.00 If we get to heaven and I'm wrong, I'll apologize, but I 00:15:38.03\00:15:40.84 don't find it in the Bible. 00:15:40.87\00:15:42.60 I think God tells us: "Now we need to fortify our faith so 00:15:42.64\00:15:46.44 that we can stand." 00:15:46.47\00:15:47.81 Jesus says: "Pray that you be found worthy to escape all these 00:15:47.84\00:15:51.51 things and stand before the Son of Man when he comes." 00:15:51.55\00:15:54.28 Now, let's find out what the Bible says, fair enough? 00:15:54.32\00:15:57.05 All right, keep going. 00:15:57.09\00:15:59.35 Jeremiah 25: "The Lord will roar from on high, and utter His 00:15:59.39\00:16:03.22 voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against 00:16:03.26\00:16:06.83 His fold. 00:16:06.86\00:16:08.06 He will give a shout, as those that tread the grapes, against 00:16:08.10\00:16:10.83 all the inhabitants of the earth. 00:16:10.87\00:16:13.47 Our God shall come, and shall," what's it say? 00:16:13.50\00:16:16.77 "Shall NOT keep SILENT; a fire shall devour before Him, and it 00:16:16.81\00:16:21.98 will be very tempestuous all round about Him." 00:16:22.01\00:16:25.65 And I know that there's a lot of dear people that have been 00:16:25.68\00:16:28.12 taught through Tim LaHaye, good man, wrote that "Left Behind" 00:16:28.15\00:16:31.55 series, colorful. 00:16:31.59\00:16:33.05 Very first thing he says is: "This is a novel." 00:16:33.09\00:16:35.76 He doesn't say: "It's scriptural." 00:16:35.79\00:16:37.26 He said: "It's a novel." 00:16:37.29\00:16:39.19 And pilots are flying along, and all of a sudden, 00:16:39.23\00:16:41.33 co-pilot disappears. 00:16:41.36\00:16:42.66 They're both pilots, and the plane goes down because they 00:16:42.70\00:16:45.23 were raptured, and no one else was. 00:16:45.27\00:16:48.00 A man goes to talk to his wife, and she's not there, just her 00:16:48.04\00:16:51.11 clothes are there in the bed and her curlers because she's been 00:16:51.14\00:16:54.41 raptured, and he was left behind. 00:16:54.44\00:16:56.58 But he gets a second chance. 00:16:56.61\00:16:59.65 See, the devil is telling people: "You'll get a 00:16:59.68\00:17:01.72 second chance." 00:17:01.75\00:17:03.69 No friends, you got to get ready now for when Jesus comes. 00:17:03.72\00:17:07.66 Number seven: "Who will see Jesus when He returns?" 00:17:07.69\00:17:11.79 What does the Bible say: "Then the sign of the Son of Man will 00:17:11.83\00:17:15.66 appear in a heaven, and ALL the TRIBES of the earth will mourn, 00:17:15.70\00:17:20.44 and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven 00:17:20.47\00:17:24.41 with power and great glory." 00:17:24.44\00:17:26.01 Revelation 1:7: "Behold, He's coming in the clouds, and," how 00:17:26.04\00:17:29.94 many eyes? 00:17:29.98\00:17:31.35 "EVERY EYE will see Him." 00:17:31.38\00:17:32.91 People always say: "How can--Pastor Doug, how can every 00:17:32.95\00:17:36.92 eye see Him on a round world?" 00:17:36.95\00:17:39.89 Doesn't say the same moment. 00:17:39.92\00:17:41.22 It means that day that He comes, He'll sweep around the earth. 00:17:41.26\00:17:44.13 Everybody will see Him that day. 00:17:44.16\00:17:47.30 Number eight: "Who will be with Jesus when He comes?" 00:17:47.30\00:17:50.97 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the HOLY 00:17:51.00\00:17:56.24 ANGELS with Him." 00:17:56.27\00:17:59.07 Now, what was the glory of one angel like? 00:17:59.11\00:18:03.01 You know, the Bible says: "It's like lightning shining from the 00:18:03.04\00:18:05.55 east to the west," Matthew 24:27. 00:18:05.58\00:18:08.75 When Jesus came, one or two angels rolled away the stone, 00:18:08.78\00:18:12.32 I think one angel rolled away the stone, but the ladies looked 00:18:12.35\00:18:14.86 inside, they saw two angels, and "the glory of that one angel the 00:18:14.89\00:18:18.19 Roman guard fell down as though they were dead." 00:18:18.23\00:18:21.70 The Bible says in 1 Kings that "an angel of the Lord struck 00:18:21.73\00:18:27.27 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night," one angel. 00:18:27.30\00:18:33.58 "Angel of the Lord went through Egypt, destroyed the first 00:18:33.61\00:18:36.68 born," one angel. 00:18:36.71\00:18:38.95 When the Lord comes with all the angels, are you going to have to 00:18:38.98\00:18:42.15 call your friend in the morning and say: "Did you catch 00:18:42.18\00:18:43.69 that yesterday?" 00:18:43.72\00:18:45.52 "Yeah, all those angels, every angel in heaven." 00:18:45.55\00:18:49.66 "What will happen to the righteous at Jesus' coming?" 00:18:49.69\00:18:53.33 "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a 00:18:53.36\00:18:55.40 shout, the voice of the archangel." 00:18:55.43\00:18:56.97 We read this, but notice the second part: "And the dead in 00:18:57.00\00:19:00.24 Christ will," there's a resurrection. 00:19:00.27\00:19:03.44 The dead in Christ are rising when Christ comes. 00:19:03.47\00:19:05.74 And if you read in 1 Corinthians 15, He's talking about, when 00:19:05.77\00:19:08.48 does that happen: "At the coming of Christ at the last trump, for 00:19:08.51\00:19:12.58 the trumpet will sound," and we will come forth: "In a moment, 00:19:12.61\00:19:16.05 in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. 00:19:16.08\00:19:18.89 For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised 00:19:18.92\00:19:21.22 incorruptible," we have glorified bodies, "and we will 00:19:21.26\00:19:24.56 be CHANGED." 00:19:24.59\00:19:26.66 1 Thessalonians 4:17: "We are caught UP." 00:19:26.70\00:19:30.13 The Bible says, what direction do we go when He comes? 00:19:30.17\00:19:33.17 "We go up." 00:19:33.20\00:19:34.50 That's the rapture. 00:19:34.54\00:19:35.87 The rapture means to be caught up, means to be carried away 00:19:35.90\00:19:38.14 with power. 00:19:38.17\00:19:39.74 Number ten: "What other physical evidence will accompany 00:19:39.77\00:19:43.55 Jesus' return?" 00:19:43.58\00:19:45.31 You can see here: "And there were noises and thunderings and 00:19:45.35\00:19:50.12 lightnings; and there was a great," what? 00:19:50.15\00:19:53.86 "EARTHQUAKE, such as a mighty and a great earthquake has not 00:19:53.89\00:19:56.96 occurred," this is going to be 55 on the Richter scale. 00:19:56.99\00:20:00.93 Says every island disappears. 00:20:00.96\00:20:03.33 The mountains are not found. 00:20:03.37\00:20:05.50 Everybody's going to know about this. 00:20:05.53\00:20:08.27 Number 11: "What will the brightness of Jesus coming do to 00:20:08.30\00:20:12.17 the living who are wicked?" 00:20:12.21\00:20:13.98 Now you've got the dead in Christ and the living in Christ 00:20:14.01\00:20:16.24 are caught up. 00:20:16.28\00:20:17.75 What about the wicked? 00:20:17.78\00:20:19.11 What happens to them? 00:20:19.15\00:20:20.45 By the way, nobody here needs to be in this category. 00:20:20.48\00:20:23.55 You're here tonight because the Lord wants you to be in the 00:20:23.59\00:20:25.35 first group. 00:20:25.39\00:20:28.29 It says: "And to give you who are troubled rest with us when 00:20:28.32\00:20:32.56 the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 00:20:32.59\00:20:36.77 in FLAMING FIRE taking vengeance on those who do not know God." 00:20:36.80\00:20:43.20 The Bible says: "It's going to be like Lot. 00:20:43.24\00:20:45.87 They fled from the city and fire rained down from heaven." 00:20:45.91\00:20:48.88 I just read that to you from 2 Peter, chapter 3. 00:20:48.91\00:20:51.95 Again, read what it says in 2 Thessalonians 2:8: 00:20:51.98\00:20:55.38 "Then that lawless one," 00:20:55.42\00:20:57.19 the Antichrist power, "whom the Lord will consume with the 00:20:57.22\00:21:01.12 breath of his mouth and," do what? 00:21:01.16\00:21:03.56 "DESTROY with," what? 00:21:03.59\00:21:05.36 "The brightness of His coming," destroys the wicked. 00:21:05.39\00:21:11.03 But God's people, they're going to look for it with joy. 00:21:11.07\00:21:16.67 Number 12: "What will the angels do at Jesus' Second Coming?" 00:21:16.71\00:21:21.21 Christ has promised: "He will send His angels with the sound 00:21:21.24\00:21:24.35 of a trumpet," that same trumpet, "and they GATHERED 00:21:24.38\00:21:27.95 TOGETHER His elect from the four corners of heaven." 00:21:27.98\00:21:32.25 That means north, south, east, west. 00:21:32.29\00:21:34.29 He sends His angels to gather them together. 00:21:34.32\00:21:38.13 That's how every eye is going to see Him. 00:21:38.16\00:21:40.53 And with the dead in Christ, we will be together. 00:21:40.56\00:21:42.90 That will be the greatest reunion in history when the 00:21:42.93\00:21:46.00 Lord comes. 00:21:46.03\00:21:48.10 "Since we're living just before Jesus' Second Coming, how should 00:21:48.14\00:21:52.84 we relate to this solemn event?" 00:21:52.87\00:21:55.68 What should be our attitude, friends? 00:21:55.71\00:21:58.55 "Therefore also BE READY." 00:21:58.58\00:22:02.55 Did he say, get ready? 00:22:02.58\00:22:05.65 How many of you know you're going to be alive tomorrow? 00:22:05.69\00:22:07.62 I'm not trying to frighten you, but, you know, not everybody 00:22:07.66\00:22:11.13 gets a note from the doctor. 00:22:11.16\00:22:14.30 And sometimes we're surprised. 00:22:14.30\00:22:17.77 And someone asked the Jewish Rabbi: "What's the best time 00:22:17.80\00:22:21.94 to repent?" 00:22:21.97\00:22:23.61 And he said: "The last day of your life." 00:22:23.64\00:22:26.81 And the man said: "Well, what if you don't know what the last 00:22:26.84\00:22:28.74 day is?" 00:22:28.78\00:22:30.08 The Rabbi said: "Exactly." 00:22:30.11\00:22:34.28 Today Jesus said: "If you hear His voice, do not harden 00:22:34.32\00:22:36.85 your heart. 00:22:36.89\00:22:38.19 Be ready. 00:22:38.22\00:22:39.55 Live in an attitude of I'm walking with the Lord now." 00:22:39.59\00:22:41.99 And you can have that experience tonight, friends. 00:22:42.02\00:22:44.63 You just come as you are to Jesus. 00:22:44.66\00:22:47.23 "How will people be rewarded at Jesus' Second Coming?" 00:22:47.23\00:22:50.67 There's only two groups, friends. 00:22:50.70\00:22:52.37 Life and death, good and bad, saved and lost. 00:22:52.40\00:22:57.34 God wants you to have life. 00:22:57.37\00:22:59.77 One group, Revelation 22:12: "Behold, I'm coming quickly, and 00:22:59.81\00:23:04.18 My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to 00:23:04.21\00:23:08.22 his WORK." 00:23:08.25\00:23:09.58 Now, wait a second, Pastor Doug, I thought we're saved by grace, 00:23:09.62\00:23:11.79 you are. 00:23:11.82\00:23:13.15 And when you come to Jesus, just like you are, 00:23:13.19\00:23:15.26 He forgives you all of your sins. 00:23:15.29\00:23:16.96 You can pray tonight and say, Lord, forgive me, 00:23:16.99\00:23:18.66 I want to come to you. 00:23:18.69\00:23:20.00 I don't know how I'm going to live tomorrow, 00:23:20.03\00:23:21.80 but I'm coming to you now. 00:23:21.83\00:23:23.13 He'll accept you. 00:23:23.16\00:23:24.50 He'll forgive you. 00:23:24.53\00:23:25.83 And then He'll help you live a different life. 00:23:25.87\00:23:27.24 And your works change when your heart changes. 00:23:27.27\00:23:31.14 So the works indicate the life has changed. 00:23:31.17\00:23:36.34 You're not saved by works. 00:23:36.38\00:23:37.68 You're saved by grace. 00:23:37.71\00:23:39.01 But that solid saving grace will change your actions. 00:23:39.05\00:23:42.88 Number 15: "What will the wicked say when Jesus comes?" 00:23:42.92\00:23:47.69 Answer: "[The wicked]," 00:23:47.72\00:23:49.72 Revelation 6: 16, they say: 00:23:49.76\00:23:52.53 "to the mountains and the rocks, 00:23:52.56\00:23:54.00 'Fall on us and hide us from the face 00:23:54.00\00:23:56.87 of Him who sits on the throne 00:23:56.90\00:23:58.60 and from the wrath of the Lamb!'" 00:23:58.63\00:24:01.00 You usually don't think about Jesus, the Lamb of God, 00:24:01.04\00:24:03.41 and wrath. 00:24:03.44\00:24:04.91 Some people say: "I like the God in the New Testament more than 00:24:04.94\00:24:08.08 the God in the Old Testament." 00:24:08.11\00:24:09.44 Friends, it's the same God. 00:24:09.48\00:24:11.85 You got grace in the Old Testament. 00:24:11.88\00:24:13.38 You got wrath in the New Testament. 00:24:13.42\00:24:15.52 You got plagues in the Old Testament. 00:24:15.55\00:24:16.99 You got plagues in the New Testament. 00:24:17.02\00:24:19.19 You got salvation in the Old Testament. 00:24:19.22\00:24:21.22 You got salvation in the New Testament. 00:24:21.26\00:24:22.72 It's all the same God. 00:24:22.76\00:24:24.96 And He wants you to be saved. 00:24:24.99\00:24:26.90 He is desperate for you to be saved. 00:24:26.93\00:24:30.17 They're going to say: "Who is able to stand?" 00:24:30.20\00:24:34.24 Jesus said: "Pray always you're able to escape all these things 00:24:34.27\00:24:37.64 and stand before the Son of Man." 00:24:37.67\00:24:40.21 Number 16: "What will the righteous say when 00:24:40.24\00:24:43.04 Jesus appears?" 00:24:43.08\00:24:45.25 Then, they'll say: "in that day: 'Behold, this is our God; 00:24:45.28\00:24:48.85 we have waited for Him, and HE will SAVE us. 00:24:48.88\00:24:53.92 This is the Lord; we've waited for Him; and we'll be glad 00:24:53.96\00:24:56.79 and rejoice." 00:24:56.83\00:24:58.13 Paul refers to the Second Coming as "the blessed hope." 00:24:58.16\00:25:02.56 You should long for it. 00:25:02.60\00:25:03.90 Now, I know we've got mixed feelings. 00:25:03.93\00:25:05.27 You got friends maybe that aren't saved and loved ones, you 00:25:05.30\00:25:07.10 think, I don't want them to come now because they would be lost, 00:25:07.14\00:25:09.20 and I want them to be saved. 00:25:09.24\00:25:11.71 But, friends, we ought to look forward to that. 00:25:11.74\00:25:13.98 I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of being sick 00:25:14.01\00:25:15.84 and tired. 00:25:15.88\00:25:17.25 I'm looking forward to a world where there's no more pain 00:25:17.28\00:25:19.68 or sorrow. 00:25:19.71\00:25:21.02 There's two groups when Jesus comes. 00:25:21.05\00:25:22.75 You know, there's one group, if you go out on a dark night in 00:25:22.78\00:25:26.99 the woods, and you get a flashlight, and you turn over a 00:25:27.02\00:25:31.66 log or a rock and you shine the light, you can see all these 00:25:31.69\00:25:36.77 bugs crawl away from the light. 00:25:36.80\00:25:39.07 You don't have to go to the woods. 00:25:39.10\00:25:40.44 Just, if you have any cockroaches, try it. 00:25:40.47\00:25:41.80 They run from the light. 00:25:45.04\00:25:47.34 But if you're out in the woods and you turn on a light, the 00:25:47.38\00:25:50.11 moths come to the light. 00:25:50.15\00:25:52.25 There's two kinds of people when Jesus comes, 00:25:52.28\00:25:54.88 cockroaches and moths. 00:25:54.92\00:25:56.22 What do you want to be? 00:25:56.25\00:25:57.59 Doug: Friends, I hope you've been blessed by today's message. 00:25:58.22\00:26:00.32 But really the reason we do this is so that people might 00:26:00.36\00:26:03.12 know Christ. 00:26:03.16\00:26:04.46 You know, information is not going to save us. 00:26:04.49\00:26:06.56 It's a relationship with Jesus, the one who died on the cross 00:26:06.59\00:26:09.56 for your sins. 00:26:09.60\00:26:10.93 You must personally accept Him. 00:26:10.97\00:26:12.70 And that's the most important thing and why we do 00:26:12.73\00:26:14.87 these programs. 00:26:14.90\00:26:16.24 If you've not asked Him into your heart before, then I'd 00:26:16.27\00:26:18.71 encourage you to do it right now. 00:26:18.74\00:26:20.41 His arms are open wide. 00:26:20.44\00:26:22.21 Just come to Him as you are and ask Him. 00:26:22.24\00:26:24.95 Doug: Hi, friends. 00:26:24.98\00:26:26.31 I trust you're being blessed by what you're watching. 00:26:26.35\00:26:28.05 If you want to be doubly blessed, then you're going to 00:26:28.08\00:26:30.29 want to get the Prophecy Odyssey Study Guides that go along with 00:26:30.32\00:26:33.76 these presentations. 00:26:33.79\00:26:35.09 There's 15 study guides, they're beautifully illustrated, and 00:26:35.12\00:26:38.59 they will greatly enhance your Bible comprehension. 00:26:38.63\00:26:41.56 So if you'd like to get them, simply follow the instructions 00:26:41.60\00:26:44.17 that you see on the screen, and you will be glad you did. 00:26:44.20\00:26:46.77 Doug: Hi, friends. 00:26:55.08\00:26:56.41 If you'd like to learn more about the signs of the end 00:26:56.44\00:26:58.58 times, then you're going to want to get "The Day of the Lord," 00:26:58.61\00:27:01.88 Amazing Facts 52-page, full-color 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