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>> BY THE WAY, AND DON'T EVER
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ARE A MAJORITY. IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
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THE ENEMY HAS. AND
WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED,
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REMEMBER, YOU AND
JESUS ARE A MAJORITY.
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TODAY'S
PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM
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"THE MOST AMAZING
PROPHECIES" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN
ALEXANDER THE GREAT WAS GOING
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FORWARD WITH HIS CONQUEST AND
HE WAS MARCHING HIS ARMIES THE
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THOUSANDS OF MILES THAT HE DID
GOING THROUGH THE KHYBER PASS.
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HE HAD REACHED A POINT
IN HIS CONQUEST WHERE HE WAS
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ESSENTIALLY
MARCHING OFF THE MAP.
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BECAUSE UP TO THAT TIME,
THEY HAD NO CHARTS OR MAPS THAT
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SHOWED THE LANDS
THAT HE WAS ENTERING.
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS,
WHEN HE WENT SAILING OUT INTO
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THE ATLANTIC, WHEN IT GOT
TO A CERTAIN POINT, IT WAS JUST
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BLANK AND THEY HAD SEA MONSTERS
THERE SAILING OFF THE MAP.
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN HISTORY NOW, THIS
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GENERATION HAS ENTERED AN
ERA WITH WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING
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IN THE DIFFERENT
FIELDS OF TECHNOLOGY AND WAR.
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WE HAVE MARCHED OFF THE MAP.
AND PEOPLE ARE WONDERING DOES
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THIS MEAN THAT
ARMAGEDDON IS AT OUR DOORS?
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ACTUALLY, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S A QUOTE FROM
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GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR.
HE SAID, "IF WE DON'T FIND
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SOME BETTER WAY TO RESOLVE
OUR DISPUTES, ARMAGEDDON WILL BE
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AT OUR DOORS." AND
MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASSUMED
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THAT MEANS ARMAGEDDON
IS SOME TITANIC BATTLE.
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NOW I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU,
IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES, GO TO
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YOUR BIBLES AND WE'RE GONNA
BE READING FROM REVELATION 16.
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"AND I SAW THREE UNCLEAN
SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COMING OUT
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OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON,
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST,
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AND OUT OF THE MOUTH
OF THE FALSE PROPHET.
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FOR THEY ARE THE SPIRITS OF
DEMONS, PERFORMING MIRACLES,
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WHICH GO OUT TO THE KINGS OF
THE EARTH AND THE WHOLE WORLD,
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TO GATHER THEM TO THE BATTLE OF
THE GREAT DAY OF GOD ALMIGHTY."
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NOW NOTICE HERE THE
MENTION OF THE BATTLE.
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IT PAUSES AFTER IT
SAYS THAT AND SAYS,
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"BEHOLD, I'M COMING AS A
THIEF. NOW WAIT A SECOND HERE.
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I WANT YOU TO THINK. I'M
GONNA READ ON IN A SECOND,
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BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO
THINK. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT
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THE PLAGUES HAPPEN AFTER THE
RAPTURE. THEY BELIEVE THE BATTLE
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OF ARMAGEDDON IS ONLY FOR
THOSE WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND.
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BUT HERE IT'S TELLING US THAT
THE BATTLE HASN'T HAPPENED YET
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AND JESUS HASN'T COME YET AND
THIS IS AFTER THE SIXTH PLAGUE.
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THAT OUGHT TO MAKE
YOU SIT UP AND THINK.
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WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING A
LITTLE ABOUT THE SEQUENCE OF THE
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BATTLE AND THE SECOND
COMING IN OUR STUDY TONIGHT.
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"BEHOLD, I COME AS A THIEF.
BLESSED IS HE WHO WATCHES,
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AND KEEPS HIS
GARMENTS, LEST HE WALK NAKED
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AND THEY SEE HIS
SHAME." THEN IT RESUMES.
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VERSE 16, "AND THEY GATHERED
THEM TOGETHER TO A PLACE CALLED
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IN THE HEBREW, ARMAGEDDON."
NOW THAT WORD IS AN ENIGMA
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FOR MANY BIBLE SCHOLARS.
AND THERE'S ALMOST NO LIMIT
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TO THE NUMBER OF INTERPRETATIONS
OF WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN.
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AND I'M GONNA THROW MY
HAT IN THE RING TONIGHT.
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FIRST I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT WE DO KNOW.
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THE WORD "HAR," OR AR,
MEANS HILL OR MOUNTAIN OF.
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AND I BELIEVE THE WORD,
"MEGIDDON," THERE COMES FROM
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MEGIDDO OR VALLEY OF MEGIDDO.
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SO WHAT IS THE
BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON?
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WELL, YOU KNOW OF COURSE
THEY'VE PUT A MOVIE OUT CALLED,
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"ARMAGEDDON" AND THEY SAY IT'S
A METEOR OR AN ASTEROID OR SOME
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COMET THAT'S
GONNA STRIKE THE EARTH.
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THEN OTHERS ARE SAYING
ARMAGEDDON IS SOME PLAGUE
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THAT'S GONNA
SWEEP. IT'S THE AVIAN FLU.
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THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT
IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THE BATTLE
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OF ARMAGEDDON IS. IS
IT GONNA BE AN ASTEROID
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HITTING THE WATER
CAUSING A TIDAL WAVE?
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IS IT GONNA BE FROM
STARVATION? WHAT IS ARMAGEDDON?
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PEOPLE USE IT TO DESCRIBE
SOMETHING THAT IS OMINOUS,
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DESTRUCTIVE,
APOCALYPTIC IN NATURE.
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WELL, VERY QUICKLY I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT I BELIEVE IT IS, AND
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THEN I'M GONNA
SHOW YOU FROM THE BIBLE.
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ARMAGEDDON IS THE LAST BATTLE.
NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
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WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT
ARMAGEDDON, IT'S THE END OF
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THE SIXTH PLAGUE. THE
SEVENTH PLAGUE IS JESUS' COMING.
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ARMAGEDDON IS HAPPENING IN THE
MIDST OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES.
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IT'S THE FINAL BATTLE WHERE
THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE BEAST
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AND HIS IMAGE TRY TO EXTERMINATE
THOSE WHO WORSHIP GOD.
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THAT'S THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
LET'S LOOK AT SOME VERSES.
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REVELATION 12:17, "THE DRAGON
WAS ENRAGED WITH THE WOMAN,
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AND HE WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE
REST OF HER OFFSPRING, WHO KEEP
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THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND
HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS."
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THE DRAGON MAKES WAR WITH
GOD'S PEOPLE THAT OBEY HIM.
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GO TO REVELATION 13:7.
THIS IS THE CHAPTER THAT'S GOT
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THE MARK OF THE BEAST IN
IT. AND IT SAYS, "IT WAS GRANTED
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UNTO HIM TO MAKE
WAR WITH THE SAINTS."
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THERE AGAIN, THE DEVIL
MAKING WAR WITH THE SAINTS.
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REVELATION 17:13-14, "THESE ARE
OF ONE MIND, AND THEY WILL GIVE
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THEIR POWER AND
AUTHORITY TO THE BEAST.
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AND THESE WILL
MAKE WAR WITH THE LAMB."
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SO WHO IS THE
DRAGON MAKING WAR WITH?
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THOSE WHO-THE SAINTS AND WITH
THE LAMB. CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE.
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ISN'T THAT CLEAR?
WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
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REVELATION 19:19, "AND I
SAW THE BEAST, THE KINGS OF THE
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EARTH, AND THEIR ARMIES,
GATHERED TOGETHER TO MAKE WAR
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AGAINST HIM WHO SAT ON THE
HORSE AND AGAINST HIS ARMY."
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SO DO WE NEED TO GUESS WHAT
THIS BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON IS?
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IS IT NOT A POLITICAL BATTLE.
JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 24,
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"THERE'S GONNA BE
WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS."
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HE SAID, "THAT'S NOT IT."
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THERE HAVE BEEN
WARS EVER SINCE THE TIME.
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I READ SOMEWHERE THAT
FROM 3,600 B.C. TO THE PRESENT,
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THERE HAVE BEEN 214 YEARS
OF PEACE AND EVERY OTHER YEAR
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HAS BEEN A YEAR OF WAR.
THAT 4 BILLION, 500 MILLION
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PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THESE
WARS. I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN WARS
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ALL ALONG. THE FINAL WAR IS
NOT GONNA BE MAN AGAINST MAN.
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IT'S NOT GONNA BE NATION
AGAINST NATION OR KINGDOM
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AGAINST KINGDOM. IT'S
THE KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL
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AGAINST THE KINGDOM OF
CHRIST. IT'S THOSE WHO WORSHIP
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THE BEAST AGAINST
THOSE WHO WORSHIP GOD.
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IT'S TELLING US GOD WILL FIGHT
FOR HIS PEOPLE WHEN IT LOOKS
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HOPELESS. BY THE
WAY, AND DON'T EVER
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FORGET THIS, YOU AND
THE LORD ARE A MAJORITY.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT THE ENEMY HAS.
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AND WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED
REMEMBER, YOU AND JESUS ARE
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A MAJORITY. WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE PROPHETIC
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SIGNS JESUS GAVE COUNTING DOWN
TO THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON?
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I THINK THE BEST RESOURCE TO
GO TO TO FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE
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SIGNS OF THIS FINAL BATTLE
AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
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IS IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY THAT
THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON IS THE
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FINAL BATTLE WHERE JESUS
RIDES WITH HIS HORSE AND HE
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ULTIMATELY COMES.
HE'S PICTURED, OF COURSE,
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RIDING THE HORSE. I
DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S
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GALLOPING ON A
CLYDESDALE WHEN HE COMES.
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IT'S JUST ONE OF THE VISUAL
IMAGES WE SEE IN REVELATION.
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HE'S ALSO GOT A SWORD
COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH IN THESE
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PICTURES SO YOU
REALIZE THEY'RE SYMBOLIC.
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THAT MEANS THE WORD
COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
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"BEWARE OF FALSE
CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS."
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YOU KNOW, ONE
REASON THAT'S SO IMPORTANT?
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WHEN JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME,
WERE HIS PEOPLE, THE JEWISH
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PEOPLE, DID THEY HAVE BIBLES?
DID THEY HAVE THE SCRIPTURES
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BACK THEN? DID THEY HAVE
SCRIPTURES THAT HAD PROPHECIES
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ABOUT HIS COMING? WERE
THEY READY FOR HIM WHEN HE CAME?
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DID THEY HAVE A LOT OF
MISINTERPRETATIONS AND A LOT OF
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TRADITIONS THEY WERE FOLLOWING
THAT JUST WERE NOT RIGHT?
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EVEN THE DISCIPLES WHO WERE
SPIRIT-FILLED WERE CONFUSED.
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THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
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THEY KEPT THINKING THE MESSIAH
WAS GONNA COME AND HE WAS GONNA
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JUST SIT ON THE THRONE OF
DAVID AND OVERTHROW THE ROMANS.
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AND THEY'D BE A WORLD
EMPIRE. THEY HAD ALL THESE VERY
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APPEALING IDEAS,
BUT THEY WERE NOT TRUE.
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COULD THAT HAPPEN
AGAIN AT THE SECOND COMING?
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ARE THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
THINK THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA GET
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ZAPPED AWAY AND NOT HAVE
ANY TROUBLE WHEN JESUS COMES?
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AND WHEN YOU SAY FALSE CHRISTS
AND FALSE PROPHETS, THERE MAY
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BE SOME LOVELY PEOPLE OUT
THERE, BUT THEY'RE GIVING FALSE
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PROPHECIES. THEIR
TEACHING IS WRONG.
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MANY OF THE SCHOLARS SAY
THESE POPULAR NOTIONS ABOUT LEFT
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BEHIND ARE REALLY FANTASY.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE BIBLE.
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SO WE'VE GOTTA BE
CAREFUL TO FIND OUT WHAT DOES
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THE BIBLE REALLY SAY.
AND, OF COURSE, THERE ARE ALSO
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THEN THE DERANGED FALSE
PROPHETS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
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THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF
KOOKS OUT THERE THAT SAY THAT,
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"I AM JESUS." BUT,
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SO MUCH
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WORRIED AND THE JIM JONES AND
THE DAVID KORESH AND THE MOONS.
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I'LL TELL YOU WHO I'M WORRIED
ABOUT IS WHEN SATAN SEEKS
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TO IMPERSONATE CHRIST.
THE MASTERPIECE OF DECEPTION
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BEFORE JESUS COMES BACK IS
WHERE SATAN IS GONNA SAY, "I'M
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GONNA REALLY DO A FIRST-CLASS
JOB AND DO SIGNS AND WONDERS."
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DIDN'T WE READ THERE IN
REVELATION 16, "THESE UNCLEAN
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SPIRITS THAT COME OUT OF THE
MOUTH OF THE BEAST, THE DRAGON,
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THE FALSE PROPHET, THEY GO
FORTH TO THE KINGS OF THE EARTH
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AND PERFORM SIGNS AND MIRACLES
TO DECEIVE THEM." THERE'S GONNA
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BE A LOT OF MIRACLES, BUT
THEY'RE DIABOLICAL MIRACLES.
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SO YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL TO BASE
YOUR CONCLUSIONS ON WHAT THE
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BIBLE SAYS 'CAUSE IF YOU'RE
BASING IT ON SIGNS AND WONDERS,
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THE DEVIL CAN
COUNTERFEIT THOSE, CAN'T HE?
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SECONDLY CHRIST GOES ON
IN HIS ANSWER AND HE SAID,
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"THERE WILL BE WARS
AND RUMORS OF WARS."
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ARE THERE STILL
RUMORS OF WARS TODAY?
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NOT ONLY ARE WE ALL TIED UP
IN IRAQ, AND THAT WAS VERY CLOSE
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TO MY HEART BECAUSE WE HAVE A
DAUGHTER THAT WAS IN THE ARMY,
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A SON THAT JUST
GOT OUT OF THE MARINES.
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HE WAS IN IRAQ AND VERY
PROUD OF OUR SOLDIERS THAT ARE
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SERVING IN THOSE CONTESTS,
BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
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IF SOMETHING ELSE COULD
EVOLVE IN IRAN. WHAT'S NEXT?
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FOR A WHILE THERE NORTH KOREA
WAS TESTING MISSILES AND WE
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THOUGHT, "OOPS, IS THAT
WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT?"
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RUMORS OF WARS, NOT JUST WARS.
THEN POLLUTION IS ANOTHER SIGN
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THAT WE'RE GETTING
CLOSER TO ARMAGEDDON.
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THAT'S A SIGN THAT I THINK
IS VERY CURRENT FOR US TODAY.
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BECAUSE WE'RE NOW LIVING IN AN
AGE WHERE MAN HAS THE CAPACITY
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TO DESTROY THE EARTH. DO
YOU KNOW THAT'S IN REVELATION?
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REVELATION 11:18,
LISTEN TO THIS. IT SAYS,
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"THAT YOU SHOULD DESTROY
THOSE WHO DESTROY THE EARTH."
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NOW, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST
6,000 YEARS OF MAN'S HISTORY,
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THE MOST DEVASTATING THING THAT
MAN COULD DO TO THE PLANET IS
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THEY COULD SHOOT BOWS AND
ARROWS AND THROW SPEARS AND LOB
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CANNON BALLS WHEN THEY
BECAME MORE SOPHISTICATED.
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OUR POLLUTION WAS BANANA
PEELS AND COCONUT SHELLS.
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I MEAN WE JUST REALLY COULDN'T
DESTROY THE EARTH BACK THEN.
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BUT WE ARE NOW IN A GENERATION
THAT WITH OUR WEAPONS AND
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WITH OUR CHEMICALS AND OUR
POLLUTANTS, DO WE NOW HAVE THE
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CAPACITY TO DESTROY THE
EARTH? THAT IS ONE SIGN.
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PEOPLE SAY, "OH, PASTOR
DOUG, PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
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SIGNS OF CHRIST'S
COMING FOR 2,000 YEARS NOW.
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WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW?"
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THEY ARE DIFFERENT NOW.
THIS GENERATION IS A DIFFERENT
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GENERATION THAT WE'RE
LIVING IN. I THINK WE'RE LIVING
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IN THE LAST GENERATION.
MATTER OF FACT JESUS SAID,
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MATTHEW 24:22-"UNLESS
THOSE DAYS WERE SHORTENED,
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NO FLESH WOULD BE
SAVED." THAT WORD, "FLESH" THERE
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DOESN'T JUST MEAN PEOPLE.
IT MEANS NOTHING WOULD SURVIVE.
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YOU DON'T NEED
TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
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YOU'RE SAYING, "PASTOR
DOUG, WAIT A SECOND HERE,
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YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.
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I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED-"
AND WHEN I FIRST BECAME
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A CHRISTIAN, I WORSHIPED
WITH A FELLOWSHIP THAT BELIEVED
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IN WHAT WE CALL
THE SECRET RAPTURE.
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I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
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BUT I WORSHIPED WITH A
GROUP THAT BELIEVED THAT THE
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TRIBULATION HAPPENED
AFTER THE CHURCH WAS TAKEN AWAY
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AND SO THEY FELT
GREAT COMFORT IN THAT.
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"YOU'RE MAKING US NERVOUS,
PASTOR DOUG, SAYING THAT WE'RE
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GONNA BE HERE WHEN THE
SEVEN LAST PLAGUES FALL."
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WELL, I WANT TO GO BY
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, FRIENDS.
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AS APPEALING AS IT MIGHT BE TO
THINK THAT JESUS IS GONNA COME
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AND WHISK US AWAY AND
THEN THINGS GET UGLY DOWN HERE,
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BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT IT 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT HERE.
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THAT'S NOT WHAT
THE BIBLE TEACHES.
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THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES THAT
YOU FIND IN REVELATION 15-16 ARE
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PARALLELS OF THE TEN PLAGUES
THAT FELL ON ANCIENT EGYPT.
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HERE'S MY QUESTION FOR
YOU. HERE'S THE MILLION DOLLAR
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QUESTION, WHEN THE PLAGUES
FELL ON ANCIENT EGYPT, WERE
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THE ISRAELITES IN
EGYPT? WERE GOD'S PEOPLE THERE?
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DID GOD PRESERVE
THEM THROUGH THE PLAGUES?
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DO WE NEED TO FEAR THE PLAGUES?
A THOUSAND MAY FALL AT YOUR
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SIDE, 10,000 AT YOUR RIGHT HAND.
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IT WILL NOT COME NIGH AND
TO ONLY WITH YOUR EYES WILL YOU
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SEE AND BEHOLD THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE WICKED.
00:12:57.31\00:12:59.57
NO PLAGUE WILL
COME NEAR YOUR DWELLING.
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I'M PARAPHRASING PSALM 91. WHY?
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BECAUSE WE TRUST IN THE LORD.
HE'LL TAKE CARE OF HIS PEOPLE.
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THERE'S NATURAL DISASTERS.
JESUS TALKED ABOUT EARTHQUAKES
00:13:07.02\00:13:11.35
WHICH IS A NATURAL DISASTER.
WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST
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A MINUTE, BUT THAT
WOULD INCLUDE STORMS.
00:13:13.25\00:13:16.86
HAVE WE SEEN THAT ON AN
UNPRECEDENTED SCALE COUPLE
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OF YEARS AGO? WAS
IT 2004 DECEMBER 26TH,
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NOT EVEN 2 YEARS AGO YET,
WE HAD THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE
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IN RECORDED HISTORY,
250,000 LIVES WERE SNUFFED OUT.
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SOMEONE WONDERED IS THAT
IN THE BIBLE? WELL, SOME HAVE
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WONDERED IF JESUS WAS REFERRING
TO THAT WHEN YOU GO TO LUKE 21
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PARALLEL PASSAGE
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THAT.
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HE SAID, "THERE'LL BE SIGNS
IN THE SUN, AND IN THE MOON, AND
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IN THE STARS; AND ON THE
EARTH DISTRESS OF NATIONS WITH
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PERPLEXITY," NOTICE THIS,
"THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING;
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AND MEN'S HEARTS
FAILING THEM FOR FEAR."
00:13:59.73\00:14:03.10
WE TALKED IN THAT PREVIOUS
VERSE IN LUKE 21, MEN'S HEARTS
00:14:03.14\00:14:07.54
FAILING THEM FOR
FEAR. WHAT IS TERRORISM?
00:14:07.58\00:14:11.31
WHAT IS THE WEAPON OF TERRORISM?
00:14:11.35\00:14:14.85
IS IT PLASTIC
EXPLOSIVES OR IS IT FEAR?
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AND ALL THESE CHANGES THAT
WE'VE HAD AND THESE FREEDOMS
00:14:18.12\00:14:20.72
THAT WE'VE LOST.
WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID.
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FAMINE, JESUS SAID
IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
00:14:24.99\00:14:28.53
DO WE STILL HAVE
FAMINE IN THE WORLD?
00:14:28.56\00:14:30.57
THEY HAD AN EARTHQUAKE IN
PAKISTAN, 73,000 PEOPLE DIED
00:14:30.60\00:14:34.77
IN THE EARTHQUAKE BUT THE
AFTERMATH WAS ALMOST AS BAD
00:14:34.80\00:14:37.87
BECAUSE THE
ROADS IN WERE CLOSED.
00:14:37.91\00:14:39.87
WINTER SET IN AND
THE PEOPLE WERE STARVING.
00:14:39.91\00:14:43.41
FAMINE ISN'T JUST BECAUSE
OF CROPS, IT'S OFTEN BECAUSE
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OF WAR, CATASTROPHES. TEN
THOUSAND PEOPLE PER DAY ARE
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DYING FROM EITHER MALNUTRITION
OR STARVATION. VIOLENCE.
00:14:51.29\00:14:57.69
JESUS SAID, AS IT WAS IN
THE DAYS OF NOAH, SO SHALL IT BE
00:14:57.73\00:15:00.50
IN THE DAYS THAT PROCEED
THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.
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WHAT WAS IT LIKE
BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH?
00:15:03.70\00:15:06.27
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
THE THOUGHTS OF MEN'S HEARTS
00:15:06.30\00:15:09.37
WERE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY,
VIOLENCE FILLED THE LAND.
00:15:09.40\00:15:14.78
JESUS SAID, MATTHEW 24:14, "AND
THE GOSPEL OF THIS KINGDOM WILL
00:15:14.81\00:15:20.18
BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD
FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS,
00:15:20.22\00:15:23.62
THEN THE END WILL COME."
AND HE DIDN'T SAY THE GOSPEL
00:15:23.65\00:15:26.55
WILL BE BELIEVED BY EVERYBODY.
HE SAID, "THE GOSPEL IS GONNA
00:15:26.59\00:15:29.49
BE PROCLAIMED EVERYWHERE
THEN THE END WILL COME."
00:15:29.52\00:15:32.36
AND NOW THROUGH SATELLITE
TELEVISION, THROUGH THE PRINTED
00:15:32.39\00:15:36.56
PAGE, THROUGH THE COMPUTER,
THROUGH TAPES, MISSIONARIES.
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THE GOSPEL IS
GOING INTO ALL THE WORLD.
00:15:42.17\00:15:43.67
THROUGH RADIO. NOW
BASED ON THE SIGNS,
00:15:43.71\00:15:48.21
HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE
JESUS IS COMING SOON? AMEN.
00:15:48.24\00:15:53.05
NOW I THINK WE NEED TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KNOWING
00:15:53.08\00:15:56.05
SOMETHING ABOUT
HOW HE IS COMING.
00:15:56.08\00:15:58.95
THERE ARE A LOT
OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
00:15:58.99\00:16:00.52
THERE WERE MISUNDERSTANDINGS
WHEN HE CAME THE FIRST TIME.
00:16:00.56\00:16:02.79
THERE ARE GONNA BE
MISUNDERSTANDINGS AGAIN.
00:16:02.82\00:16:04.66
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A SECRET.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT PEOPLE
00:16:04.69\00:16:09.73
ARE GONNA KNOW. NOW OF
COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF
00:16:09.76\00:16:11.73
DEAR PEOPLE THAT
BELIEVE IN THE SECRET RAPTURE.
00:16:11.77\00:16:14.07
THERE ARE TWO PROMINENT
VIEWS AMONG CHRISTIANS.
00:16:14.10\00:16:16.87
ONE IS OF COURSE THE
SECRET RAPTURE THAT HAS BEEN
00:16:16.91\00:16:19.37
CHAMPIONED BY TIM LAHAYE
AND HAL LINDSEY AND OTHERS.
00:16:19.41\00:16:23.41
BUT EVEN TIM
LAHAYE ADMITS IN HIS BOOK,
00:16:23.45\00:16:26.51
"NO FEAR OF THE STORM" THERE'S
NO SINGLE VERSE SPECIFICALLY
00:16:26.55\00:16:29.15
THAT STATES CHRIST WILL
COME BEFORE THE TRIBULATION.
00:16:29.18\00:16:31.79
IT'S BECOME A VERY POPULAR
TEACHING THAT'S APPEALING,
00:16:31.82\00:16:34.72
THAT IS FANCIFUL AND
COLORFUL, BUT IT'S NOT BIBLICAL.
00:16:34.76\00:16:38.09
THEY SAY, "OH, BUT THE
BIBLE SAYS JESUS IS COMING AS
00:16:38.13\00:16:39.86
A THIEF." YEAH,
LET'S READ THE WHOLE THING.
00:16:39.89\00:16:44.00
WHEN IT SAYS JESUS IS COMING
AS A THIEF, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:16:44.03\00:16:46.94
LISTEN TO THIS, 2 PETER 3:10,
"THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME
00:16:46.97\00:16:50.97
AS A THIEF IN THE
NIGHT." AND A LOT OF PEOPLE STOP
00:16:51.01\00:16:53.34
RIGHT THERE. IT
DOESN'T STOP THERE, NOTICE.
00:16:53.38\00:16:56.28
IN WHICH, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
DAY WHEN HE COMES AS A THIEF?
00:16:56.31\00:16:59.05
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT
DAY WHEN HE COMES LIKE A THIEF?
00:16:59.08\00:17:01.22
"IN WHICH THE HEAVENS PASS
AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE, AND
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THE ELEMENTS MELT WITH
FERVENT HEAT, THE EARTH ALSO
00:17:04.99\00:17:08.22
AND THE WORKS THAT
ARE IN IT ARE BURNED UP."
00:17:08.26\00:17:10.29
DOES IT SOUND TO YOU LIKE
LIFE GOES ON FOR ANOTHER 7 YEARS
00:17:10.33\00:17:13.53
AFTER JESUS COMES AS
A THIEF? NO. THAT'S IT.
00:17:13.56\00:17:17.97
WHEN IT SAYS HE'S COMING
AS A THIEF, IT MEANS IT'S
00:17:18.00\00:17:19.43
A SURPRISE. THAT'S
WHY JESUS SAID, "IN SUCH
00:17:19.47\00:17:22.14
AN HOUR AS YOU THINK
NOT, THE SON OF MAN COMES."
00:17:22.17\00:17:24.54
A THIEF DOES NOT
SEND OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
00:17:24.57\00:17:26.71
"I'LL BE COMING. I
HOPE THAT YOU WON'T BE HOME.
00:17:26.74\00:17:30.11
LEAVE THE ALARM
OFF." NO, IT'S A SURPRISE.
00:17:30.15\00:17:34.12
AGAIN, IS THE
COMING OF THE LORD QUIET?
00:17:34.15\00:17:36.18
PSALMS 50:3, OUR GOD SHALL COME
AND SHALL, WHAT DOES IT SAY?
00:17:36.22\00:17:40.76
"SHALL NOT KEEP
SILENT." IT'S NOT A SECRET.
00:17:40.79\00:17:43.06
"IT SHALL BE VERY
TEMPESTUOUS ABOUT HIM."
00:17:43.09\00:17:45.76
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PEOPLE
WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND
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GOING POOF, DISAPPEARING.
00:17:47.40\00:17:49.30
AGAIN, 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16,
"THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND
00:17:49.33\00:17:54.10
FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT,
WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL,
00:17:54.14\00:17:58.41
AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE
00:17:58.44\00:18:01.58
FIRST." THIS IS ONE OF THE
NOISIEST CHAPTERS IN THE BIBLE,
00:18:01.61\00:18:04.25
NOISIEST
PASSAGES. IT'S NOT A SECRET.
00:18:04.28\00:18:08.18
VOICE OF AN
ANGEL. TRUMPET OF GOD.
00:18:08.22\00:18:10.72
JEREMIAH 25:30 SAYS THAT THE
LORD IS GONNA COME AND HE'LL BE
00:18:10.75\00:18:14.42
ROARING LIKE A LION.
HE'S GOING TO ROAR FROM HIS
00:18:14.46\00:18:18.23
HOLY HABITATION.
THERE ARE TWO COMINGS OF
00:18:18.26\00:18:20.56
CHRIST, PRINCIPLE COMINGS
TO OUR WORLD BEFORE SIN IS
00:18:20.60\00:18:23.60
DEALT WITH. ONE
HE COMES LIKE A LION,
00:18:23.63\00:18:26.47
ONE HE COMES LIKE A
LAMB. THE DEVIL SWAPPED THEM.
00:18:26.50\00:18:30.04
THE DEVIL TOLD THE JEWISH
NATION, "YEAH, HE'S COMING LIKE
00:18:30.07\00:18:32.07
A LION THE FIRST TIME
TO CONQUER THE ROMANS."
00:18:32.11\00:18:34.64
AND THAT'S WHAT
THEY WANTED TO BELIEVE.
00:18:34.68\00:18:36.54
NOW HE'S TELLING THE CHURCH,
"YEAH, HE'S COMING LIKE A LAMB
00:18:36.58\00:18:38.28
THE SECOND TIME TO SECRETLY
RAPTURE AWAY THE CHURCH."
00:18:38.31\00:18:40.82
HE SWAPPED THEM. AND
THE CHURCH, GOD'S PEOPLE,
00:18:40.85\00:18:43.45
ARE NOT PREPARED
FOR THE REAL EVENT.
00:18:43.49\00:18:46.29
AND THERE ARE DEAR,
THEY'RE SPIRIT-FILLED PEOPLE.
00:18:46.32\00:18:48.49
I THINK THE LORD'S GONNA SAVE
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:18:48.52\00:18:50.03
CONFUSED, BUT
THEY'RE BEING MISTAUGHT.
00:18:50.06\00:18:52.63
AND I TELL YOU WHAT,
MY BELIEF IS SAFER ANYWAY,
00:18:52.66\00:18:55.13
NOT ONLY 'CAUSE IT'S BIBLICAL.
I'D RATHER BE READY AND IF I
00:18:55.16\00:18:58.57
GET RAPTURED UP AND I MEET
YOU THERE, I'LL SAY, "WELL,
00:18:58.60\00:19:00.30
I GUESS I WAS WRONG,
BUT PRAISE THE LORD."
00:19:00.34\00:19:02.74
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT READY AND
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PLAGUES
00:19:02.77\00:19:06.01
YOU GO, "HOW COME WE
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS?"
00:19:06.04\00:19:07.68
I'LL SAY, "WELL,
I TOLD YOU." RIGHT?
00:19:07.71\00:19:11.41
THIS IS THE SAFER BELIEF.
PUT YOUR BELT ON. DON'T SAY,
00:19:11.45\00:19:14.12
"WE'RE ONLY GOING 5 MILES
AN HOUR." PUT IT ON ANYWAY.
00:19:14.15\00:19:16.65
SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT BE
GOING 50 AND HIT YOU, RIGHT?
00:19:16.69\00:19:20.46
WILL THE SECOND COMING OF
CHRIST BE VISIBLE TO ALL MEN?
00:19:20.49\00:19:24.73
REVELATION 1:7, "BEHOLD,
HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS,"
00:19:24.76\00:19:29.16
AND HOW MANY EYES?
"EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM."
00:19:29.20\00:19:32.50
THAT MEANS EVERY EYE OF
EVERYBODY ALIVE IN THE WORLD.
00:19:32.53\00:19:35.07
MATTHEW 24:30, "AND THEN SHALL
APPEAR THE SIGN OF THE SON OF
00:19:35.10\00:19:38.84
AND THEN SHALL ALL
THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH
00:19:38.87\00:19:42.34
MOURN, AND THEY SHALL SEE THE
SON OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS
00:19:42.38\00:19:47.55
OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND
GREAT GLORY." IS IT A SECRET?
00:19:47.58\00:19:52.09
DO PEOPLE JUST DISAPPEAR?
IS THIS WHAT JESUS SAID?
00:19:52.12\00:19:54.99
WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF JESUS' COMING?
00:19:55.02\00:19:57.69
ANSWER, REVELATION 22:12.
HE'S COMING TO GIVE REWARDS.
00:19:57.73\00:20:03.43
"AND BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY;
AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME,
00:20:03.47\00:20:06.27
TO GIVE TO EVERY MAN
ACCORDING AS HIS WORK SHALL BE."
00:20:06.30\00:20:09.17
WHEN HE COMES,
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER 7 YEARS
00:20:09.20\00:20:11.74
FOR THE TRIBULATION.
REWARDS ARE DISPENSED
00:20:11.77\00:20:14.11
WHEN HE COMES.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE
00:20:14.14\00:20:17.11
RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WHEN
JESUS COMES THE SECOND TIME?
00:20:17.15\00:20:20.22
ANSWER, 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16,
WE TOUCHED ON THIS ALREADY.
00:20:20.25\00:20:24.89
"FOR THE LORD HIMSELF
WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH
00:20:24.92\00:20:27.22
A SHOUT, AND THE DEAD
IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST."
00:20:27.26\00:20:31.99
WHEN HE COMES, THERE'S A
RESURRECTION. IS THAT A SECRET?
00:20:32.03\00:20:36.16
AGAIN, 1 CORINTHIANS 15:52-53,
"THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED
00:20:36.20\00:20:41.00
INCORRUPTIBLE, AND
WE WILL BE CHANGED.
00:20:41.04\00:20:43.87
FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE
MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION,
00:20:43.91\00:20:46.27
AND THIS MORTAL SHALL
BE PUT ON IMMORTALITY."
00:20:46.31\00:20:49.84
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE.
00:20:49.88\00:20:52.38
DOESN'T MEAN THAT
YOU'RE GONNA TWINKLE YOUR EYE
00:20:52.41\00:20:54.02
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
PEOPLE ARE GONNA DISAPPEAR.
00:20:54.05\00:20:55.62
THE CHANGE THAT THE
SAVED RECEIVE IS A TWINKLING
00:20:55.65\00:21:00.22
OF AN EYE. THEY
GO FROM MORTAL TO
00:21:00.26\00:21:01.79
IMMORTAL BODIES.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS INSTANTLY.
00:21:01.82\00:21:05.66
THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND
REMAIN, THE RIGHTEOUS WHO ARE
00:21:05.69\00:21:09.26
LIVING, THEY'RE CAUGHT UP
TO MEET THEM IN THE CLOUDS.
00:21:09.30\00:21:12.20
THEY MEET THE LORD IN
THE AIR. THAT'S THE RAPTURE.
00:21:12.23\00:21:15.50
WHEN WE ARE CAUGHT UP.
THE WORD "RAPTURE" MEANS WE
00:21:15.54\00:21:17.44
ARE CAUGHT UP.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT WORD
00:21:17.47\00:21:19.11
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN
THE BIBLE AS YOU FIND IT HERE.
00:21:19.14\00:21:22.28
IT MEANS TO BE
CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE LORD.
00:21:22.31\00:21:25.48
AND THAT'S WHEN IT'S GONNA
HAPPEN. BUT IS IT A SECRET?
00:21:25.51\00:21:28.55
TRUMPET, RESURRECTION,
EARTHQUAKE, ALL THESE THINGS
00:21:28.58\00:21:32.05
HAPPENING AT THE SAME
TIME. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
00:21:32.09\00:21:34.79
THE WICKED WHEN JESUS COMES?
THEY'RE BEING TOLD THEY GOT
00:21:34.82\00:21:38.23
7 MORE YEARS TO WORK IT
OUT. THEY GET A SECOND CHANCE.
00:21:38.26\00:21:41.76
2 THESSALONIANS 2:8, WHAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN TO THE WICKED?
00:21:41.80\00:21:45.37
IT TELLS US, "AND THEN SHALL
THAT WICKED ONE BE REVEALED,
00:21:45.40\00:21:48.80
WHOM THE LORD SHALL CONSUME
WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS MOUTH,
00:21:48.84\00:21:52.27
AND SHALL DESTROY WITH
THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING."
00:21:52.31\00:21:56.01
THE BRIGHTNESS, THE GLORY
OF CHRIST'S SECOND COMING,
00:21:56.04\00:21:58.75
IT'S GONNA BE GOOD NEWS
FOR THE SAVED AND BAD NEWS
00:21:58.78\00:22:00.82
FOR THE LOST. AND THEN
AGAIN, REVELATION 6:15.
00:22:00.85\00:22:05.79
THIS IS A TROUBLING VERSE,
BUT YOU WANT THE PROPHECIES,
00:22:05.82\00:22:07.39
DON'T YOU? "AND
THE KINGS OF THE EARTH,
00:22:07.42\00:22:10.09
AND THE GREAT MEN, AND THE RICH
MEN, AND THE CHIEF CAPTAINS,
00:22:10.13\00:22:13.06
AND THE MIGHTY MEN, AND EVERY
BONDMAN, AND EVERY FREE MAN,
00:22:13.09\00:22:17.07
THEY SAID TO THE MOUNTAINS AND
THE ROCKS, FALL ON US AND HIDE
00:22:17.10\00:22:20.90
US FROM THE FACE OF HIM THAT
SITS ON THE THRONE, AND FROM
00:22:20.94\00:22:23.61
FOR THE GREAT
DAY OF HIS WRATH IS
00:22:23.64\00:22:27.18
COME; AND WHO SHALL BE ABLE
TO STAND?" THIS IS THE BATTLE OF
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ARMAGEDDON, WHEN
JESUS COMES TO RESCUE.
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THERE'S ONLY TWO SIDES.
JESUS SAID, "THERE'S A WAR.
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YOU'RE EITHER WITH
ME OR YOU'RE AGAINST ME.
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YOU'RE EITHER WITH ME
OR YOU'RE WITH THE ENEMY."
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HE'S EITHER GONNA BE
THE ONE WE LOOK FOR AND SAY,
00:22:42.82\00:22:45.36
"THIS IS OUR GOD.
WE'VE WAITED FOR HIM
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AND HE WILL SAVE
US." OR WE'RE GONNA RUN
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FROM THE WRATH OF THE
LAMB. THERE'S NO MIDDLE GROUND.
00:22:48.33\00:22:51.83
NOW LOOK AT WHAT
WE'VE DISCOVERED.
00:22:51.87\00:22:54.00
THE COMING OF JESUS
IS NOT GONNA BE SECRET.
00:22:54.04\00:22:55.94
IT'S TELLING US THAT IT'S GONNA
BE LITERAL, PERSONAL, VISIBLE,
00:22:55.97\00:22:59.61
AUDIBLE, PHYSICAL, VITALIZING,
A RESURRECTION TAKES PLACE,
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GLORIOUS, CLIMATIC.
NOBODY'S GONNA READ ABOUT IT
00:23:03.98\00:23:07.02
IN THE PAPERS THE NEXT DAY
AND SAY, "YOU KNOW, THE RAPTURE
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TOOK PLACE, AND
WE WERE LEFT BEHIND."
00:23:08.98\00:23:12.09
THAT'S NOT WHAT
THE BIBLE TEACHES.
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WE'RE LIVING IN THE
LAST GENERATION, FRIENDS.
00:23:16.19\00:23:18.39
WE'RE LIVING IN A GENERATION
WHERE MAN CAN DESTROY THE
00:23:18.43\00:23:20.90
EARTH, WHERE THE GOSPEL
CAN GO INTO ALL THE WORLD.
00:23:20.93\00:23:23.47
WHEN KNOWLEDGE IS INCREASED
AND YET MAN HAS NOT BENT HIS
00:23:23.50\00:23:26.10
KNOWLEDGE TO LOVE HIS FELLOW
MAN BUT WE BEND IT TO DESTROY
00:23:26.13\00:23:28.50
EACH OTHER. HOW CAN
I BE CERTAIN THAT I'LL
00:23:28.54\00:23:32.71
BE READY WHEN JESUS COMES
BACK? THAT'S WHY WE DO THESE
00:23:32.74\00:23:34.58
SEMINARS. DO YOU
KNOW THAT BY NOW?
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WE WANT YOU TO BE READY.
JESUS PROMISES IN JOHN 6:37,
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"HIM THAT COMES TO ME I
WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT."
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COME TO JESUS. JUST COME TO HIM.
YOU CAN COME TO HIM TONIGHT.
00:23:47.66\00:23:51.23
AGAIN, JOHN 1:12, "AS MANY
AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE
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POWER TO BECOME
THE SONS OF GOD."
00:23:56.33\00:23:58.97
HE'LL GIVE YOU
POWER TO LIVE A NEW LIFE.
00:23:59.00\00:24:01.50
YOU'LL BE A NEW
CREATURE WITH A NEW HEART.
00:24:01.54\00:24:03.87
COME TO JESUS,
HE'LL RECREATE YOU.
00:24:03.91\00:24:06.01
WHAT DANGERS DOES THE LORD WARN
AGAINST, SOLEMNLY WARN AGAINST
00:24:06.04\00:24:10.18
IN CONNECTION THE SECOND COMING?
00:24:10.21\00:24:11.88
MATTHEW 24:44, "THEREFORE
BE FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS
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YOU THINK NOT THE
SON OF MAN COMES."
00:24:17.02\00:24:19.92
JESUS SAID, "AS IT WAS IN
THE DAYS OF NOAH AND LOT."
00:24:19.95\00:24:22.12
LIFE WAS GOING ON. THEY
WERE BUILDING AND EATING
00:24:22.16\00:24:25.06
AND DRINKING AND THEN THE FLOOD
CAME AND THEN THE FIRE CAME.
00:24:25.09\00:24:30.03
SO DON'T BE THINKING THAT
IT'S GONNA BE IN THE HEADLINES,
00:24:30.07\00:24:32.47
"JESUS COMES TOMORROW" AND
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TIME LIKE
00:24:32.50\00:24:34.67
PREPARING FOR YOUR
TAXES. BE READY. AMEN?
00:24:34.70\00:24:38.61
FURTHERMORE, REVELATION
22:12 HE SAYS, "BEHOLD, I COME
00:24:38.64\00:24:41.74
QUICKLY; AND MY REWARD IS
WITH ME, TO GIVE TO EVERY MAN."
00:24:41.78\00:24:45.78
FRIENDS, WE'VE SEEN THAT
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00:24:45.81\00:24:49.55
THERE ARE RELIGIOUS SIGNS.
THERE ARE SCIENTIFIC SIGNS,
00:24:49.58\00:24:54.82
SPIRITUAL SIGNS,
POLITICAL SIGNS, MORAL SIGNS,
00:24:54.86\00:24:57.43
SOCIAL SIGNS. WHAT
DO WE DO WHEN WE SEE
00:24:57.46\00:24:59.73
ALL THESE SIGNS ARE NEAR?
IT SAYS, "LIFT UP YOUR HEAD
00:24:59.76\00:25:03.40
FOR YOUR REDEMPTION IS
NEAR. IT'S AT THE DOORS."
00:25:03.43\00:25:07.30
I BELIEVE THE COMING OF
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00:25:07.34\00:25:09.50
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