Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000053
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00:09 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:12 >> WHEN THE WORLD BEGAN, THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS, 00:14 THEY BOTH CLAIMED TO WORSHIP THE SAME GOD. 00:17 AND THE ONE WHO DID IT THE WRONG WAY, PERSECUTED THE ONE WHO DID 00:20 IT THE RIGHT WAY. 00:22 THAT IS GONNA BE REPEATED IN THE LAST DAYS. 00:29 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, "AMAZING FACTS" HAS BEEN 00:31 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:35 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 00:38 BROADCASTS. 00:40 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:43 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:48 >> TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:50 THE "HERE WE STAND" SERIES. 00:57 >> NOW I LIKE TO START WITH AN AMAZING FACT. 01:01 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF BARRON 01:03 FABIAN VON SCHLABRENDORFF. 01:06 THIS FELLOW HERE, YOU SEE HIS NAME ON THE SCREEN? 01:11 A VERY INTERESTING STORY. 01:12 HE BEGAN AS AN ATTORNEY BORN IN 1907 IN GERMANY. 01:16 AS THE WAR BROKE OUT, BECAUSE OF HIS INTELLIGENCE, THEY 01:19 GRABBED HIM AND ADVANCED HIM QUICKLY THROUGH THE GERMAN 01:21 RANKS. 01:22 BUT HE WAS A BRIGHT MAN, A RELIGIOUS MAN, 01:25 AND HE RECOGNIZED THAT HITLER WAS INSANE AND THAT HE WAS 01:29 DESTROYING GERMANY AND MUCH OF EUROPE. 01:32 HE BECAME PART OF THE UNDERGROUND AND THE RESISTANCE 01:35 AND EVENTUALLY THEY DISCOVERED WHERE HE STOOD. 01:38 HE WAS CAPTURED, HE WAS TORTURED, HE WOULD NOT TELL THEM 01:41 ANYTHING, THEY TOOK HIM TO A NAZI COURT AND HAD 01:45 A MOCK TRIAL. 01:46 THEY'D ACCUSED HIM OF ATTEMPTING TO ASSASSINATE HITLER, 01:49 WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN TRUE. 01:51 THEY PRONOUNCED HIM GUILTY AND AS THEY WERE MARCHING HIM 01:54 OUT TO BE EXECUTED, THERE WAS AN AIR RAID SIREN. 01:59 AND BEFORE PEOPLE COULD EVEN GO TO COVER, A BOMB MADE A DIRECT 02:03 HIT ON THE COURT HOUSE. 02:05 EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL WAS KILLED, EXCEPT 02:10 BARRON VON SCHLABRENDORFF. 02:14 HE SURVIVED, UNHURT. 02:17 AND HE MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE WAR. 02:19 BEYOND THAT, THAT DAY EVERYTHING TURNED AROUND. 02:24 HE CAME BACK AND HE SERVED AS A JUDGE IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAD 02:26 CONDEMNED HIM TO BE EXECUTED; LIVED UNTIL 1980. 02:31 TALK ABOUT A REVERSAL OF FORTUNE. 02:34 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE DESCRIBES THE DAY OF THE LORD. 02:38 I THINK YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND, 30, 35 TIMES WHERE THIS PHRASE 02:42 OR SOMETHING SIMILAR IS USED IN THE BIBLE. 02:44 AND IT'S USED TO DESCRIBE THAT LAST DAY OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY 02:48 WHEN PROBATION CLOSES FOR PLANET EARTH. 02:51 AND JESUS COMES TO RESCUE HIS PEOPLE. 02:54 HE COMES AT A MOMENT WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE 02:56 ANNIHILATED, BUT AT THE LAST MOMENT THE TABLES ARE TOTALLY 02:59 TURNED AND OUR ENEMIES ARE DESTROYED AND WE ARE VINDICATED 03:03 AND RESCUED. 03:05 QUESTION NUMBER ONE: WHAT IS THE DAY OF THE LORD? 03:08 I'VE GOT ANOTHER VERSE, ISAIAH 2:12, "FOR THE DAY OF 03:13 THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL COME UPON EVERYTHING PROUD AND LOFTY, 03:17 UPON EVERYTHING LIFTED UP, AND IT SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW." 03:21 YOU SEE, AT THE END, THERE'S GONNA BE A WAR. 03:23 THIS DAY OF THE LORD IS ALSO SYNONYMOUS WITH THE BATTLE 03:25 OF ARMAGEDDON. 03:27 AND THIS BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON IS NOT A WAR BETWEEN CHINA 03:31 AND RUSSIA AND THE U.S. 03:32 AND IRAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 03:35 FINALLY THE WHOLE WORLD IS GONNA BE POLARIZED INTO TWO GROUPS: 03:38 THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN GOD AND HIS WORD AND ARE WILLING TO 03:41 STAND ON THE ROCK OF TRUTH AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE BEAST AND 03:45 HIS IMAGE AND ARE FOLLOWING THIS MANMADE RELIGION OF TRADITIONS. 03:49 WHEN THE WORLD BEGAN, THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS, THEY BOTH CLAIMED 03:53 TO WORSHIP THE SAME GOD. 03:55 THEY DID IT DIFFERENTLY, ONE DID IT HIS WAY, HE WAS NOT ACCEPTED 03:59 BY THE LORD, ONE DID IT GOD'S WAY, HE WAS ACCEPTED. 04:03 AND THE ONE WHO DID IT THE WRONG WAY PERSECUTED THE ONE WHO DID 04:06 IT THE RIGHT WAY. 04:07 THAT IS GONNA BE REPEATED IN THE LAST DAYS. 04:11 "DRAGON WAS ENRAGED WITH A WOMAN," REVELATION 12:17, 04:15 "AND HE WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE REST OF HER OFFSPRING WHO 04:19 KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS." 04:23 THIS IS GOD'S CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS, THERE WILL BE 04:25 AN ALL OUT WAR AGAINST THOSE WHO STAND FOR THE TRUTH. 04:29 I HOPE YOU'RE WILLING, FRIENDS, TO STAND ON THE ROCK OF GOD'S 04:31 WORD AND NOT BE AFRAID. 04:32 'CAUSE YOU WILL NOT STAND ALONE, JESUS WILL STAND WITH YOU. 04:36 REVELATION 13:7: "IT WAS GRANTED HIM TO MAKE WAR 04:39 WITH THE SAINTS." 04:41 THIS IS THE LAST BATTLE, IT'S NOT A POLITICAL WAR, 04:43 IT'S A SPIRITUAL WAR BETWEEN THOSE WHO WORSHIP GOD 04:46 AND FOLLOW HIS WORD AND THOSE WHO DON'T. 04:48 REVELATION 17:13-14: "THESE ARE OF ONE MIND AND THEY WILL GIVE 04:54 THEIR POWER AND AUTHORITY TO THE BEAST. 04:56 THESE WILL MAKE WAR WITH THE LAMB." 04:59 SO, WHENEVER ANYONE MAKES WAR WITH GOD'S CHILDREN, THEY'RE 05:03 REALLY MAKING WAR WITH WHO? 05:04 THE LAMB. 05:05 JESUS SAID, "WHOEVER TOUCHES YOU TOUCHES 05:07 THE APPLE OF MY EYE." 05:09 "THEY'LL MAKE WAR WITH THE LAMB AND THE LAMB WILL OVERCOME 05:11 THEM." 05:12 BUT IN THIS MEETING, MOST CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT JESUS 05:14 IS COMING. 05:15 MOST CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN THE SIGNS OF THE NEARNESS OF 05:18 HIS COMING. 05:19 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE WORLD OUT THERE REGARDING 05:22 HOW JESUS IS COMING. 05:25 AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IF 05:28 YOU DO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT HOW HE'S 05:31 COMING, IF CHRIST BEGAN TELLING US ABOUT HIS COMING BY SAYING, 05:34 "BEWARE OF FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS," HE'S TELLING US 05:39 THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR DECEPTION IN THE LAST DAYS THAT 05:43 WILL FOOL MOST OF THE WORLD REGARDING HIS COMING. 05:45 SATAN IS GOING TO IMPERSONATE CHRIST COMING. 05:49 SO, ONE WAY WE CAN GUARD AGAINST BEING DECEIVED IN THAT WAY IS 05:52 TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING. 05:55 HERE'S A SLIDE THAT QUICKLY ILLUSTRATES IT. 05:58 IN THE LAST DAYS JUST PRIOR TO CHRIST'S COMING THERE'LL BE 06:01 A TRIBULATION. 06:02 IT'LL BE TWO SECTIONS, IT'LL BE A SMALL TIME OF TROUBLE THEN 06:05 PROBATION CLOSES; BIG TIME OF TROUBLE, THAT'S WHEN 06:08 THE PLAGUES FALL. 06:09 THERE'LL BE A DEATH DECREE AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE, JUST LIKE 06:12 YOU HAD IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER. 06:13 BUT AT THE MOMENT WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE GOD'S PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 06:16 BE DESTROYED, THE LORD COMES TO DELIVER US IN THE DAY OF 06:19 THE LORD. 06:20 THE WICKED ARE DESTROYED BY THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING. 06:23 WE ARE CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. 06:25 THEN WE SPEND 1,000 YEARS LIVING AND REIGNING WITH CHRIST IN 06:29 THE MANSIONS HE'S PREPARED. 06:30 DOESN'T THAT MAKE SENSE? 06:31 HE SAYS, I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. 06:33 HE GOES UP, I'LL COME RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF. 06:36 WE WILL BE CAUGHT UP TO MEET HIM IN THE AIR. 06:38 WE GO AND LIVE AND REIGN WITH HIM IN ETERNITY. 06:42 AND AT THE END OF THE 1,000 YEARS, THE NEW JERUSALEM 06:45 DESCENDS BACK DOWN TO EARTH, THE MEEK INHERIT THE EARTH. 06:49 GOD PUNISHES THE WICKED IS THE FINAL JUDGMENT, HE CREATES 06:52 A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. 06:54 SO, THIS IS, I'M GIVING YOU A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THOSE 06:57 THINGS. 06:58 BUT ESPECIALLY IN RECENT YEARS, A SCENARIO THAT USED TO BE 07:03 THE EXCEPTION HAS NOW BECOME PREVALENT, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT 07:05 STUDY FOR THEMSELVES. 07:07 AND FOLKS WANNA BELIEVE WHATEVER IS SENSATIONAL AND POPULAR. 07:11 THIS WHOLE LEFT BEHIND SCENARIO THAT HAS BEEN MADE SO POPULAR BY 07:17 A SERIES OF BOOKS BY TIM LAHAYE AND JERRY JENKINS, AND MADE INTO 07:21 A VARIETY OF MOVIES HAS KINDA TAKEN THE GENERIC CHRISTIAN 07:25 CHURCH BY STORM. 07:28 AND BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY STUDYING BIBLICAL 07:32 THEOLOGY AND CHRONOLOGY, ESCHATOLOGY IN DEPTH, THEY'RE 07:35 NOT DIGGING DEEP AND PUTTING THEIR ROOTS DOWN ON THE ROCK, 07:39 THEY'RE BEING CAUGHT UP IN THESE FANTASIES. 07:42 NOW, LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS IS SO DANGEROUS, IT GIVES PEOPLE 07:47 THE IDEA THEY CAN HAVE A SECOND CHANCE. 07:49 I'VE MET PEOPLE BEFORE WHO BELIEVE IN THE SECRET RAPTURE 07:51 THEORY. 07:54 AND A HUSBAND FOR INSTANCE WILL SAY, "WELL, DEAR, YOU KNOW, 07:57 I KNOW YOU'RE GOIN' TO CHURCH AND YOU'RE TELLIN' ME ONE OF 07:59 THESE DAYS THAT YOU'RE JUST GONNA DISAPPEAR." 08:01 HAVE YOU HEARD FOLKS SAY THIS BEFORE? 08:03 PLANES ARE GONNA CRASH, CARS ARE GONNA CRASH. 08:04 AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, IF YOU DISAPPEAR, I MIGHT HAVE TO GO 08:08 THROUGH THAT 7 YEARS OF TRIBULATION, BUT THEN AT LEAST 08:10 I'VE GOT 7 YEARS TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER." 08:13 AND I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THINK, WELL, I'M GONNA WAIT 08:15 AND SEE IF THIS RAPTURE THING REALLY HAPPENS. 08:17 AND IF IT HAPPENS, WELL, I'M NOT LOOKIN' FORWARD TO 08:20 THE TRIBULATION, BUT AT LEAST I GET ANOTHER CHANCE. 08:24 AND THE DEVIL HAS DEVELOPED THIS FALSE THEORY, BECAUSE HE LOVES 08:30 IT, IT MAKES PEOPLE THINK, OH, I CAN JUST TAKE IT EASY AND WAIT 08:32 AND SEE IF THE RAPTURE HAPPENS. 08:34 YOU DON'T FIND SPURGEON AND WESLEY AND WHITFIELD 08:37 AND THE GREAT REFORMERS BELIEVING THIS NONSENSE. 08:40 PARDON ME, FRIENDS, I DON'T WANNA BE DEROGATORY OR UNKIND, 08:42 BUT I HATE TO SEE FOLKS DECEIVED AND THE DEVIL IS SETTING 08:45 PEOPLE UP. 08:46 THE TRIBULATION HAPPENS FIRST, GOD DOES NOT SAVE HIS CHURCH 08:50 FROM TRIBULATION, HE SAVES IT THROUGH TRIBULATION. 08:54 LET ME ASK YOU, THE TEN, I'M SORRY, THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES 08:58 ARE SORT OF A PARALLEL FOR THE TEN PLAGUES THAT FELL ON 09:01 ANCIENT EGYPT, RIGHT? 09:04 WERE GOD'S PEOPLE, THE ISRAELITES, IN EGYPT 09:06 WHEN THE PLAGUES FELL? 09:08 YEAH, THEY WERE THERE WHEN THE PLAGUES FELL. 09:11 DID HE PROTECT THEM DURING THE PLAGUES? 09:13 I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE PLAGUES, NOT ONE BIT. 09:15 ONLY THING I WORRY ABOUT IS, WILL I BE FAITHFUL? 09:18 I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE PLAGUES, I KNOW THAT 09:20 IF I'M ON GOD'S SIDE HE'LL TAKE CARE OF US. 09:23 HE DIDN'T SAVE THEM FROM THE PLAGUES, HE SAVED THEM 09:25 THROUGH THE PLAGUES. 09:27 PAUL SAYS, IT IS THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION WE MUST ENTER 09:29 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 09:30 GOD DID NOT SAVE NOAH FROM THE FLOOD, HE SAVED HIM THROUGH 09:33 THE FLOOD. 09:34 HE WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 09:36 HE DIDN'T SAVE DANIEL FROM THE LION'S DEN, HE SAVED HIM 09:38 THROUGH IT. 09:39 HE SAVED SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO THROUGH THE FIERY 09:41 FURNACE. 09:42 HE SAVED JOSEPH THROUGH HIS TRIALS AND JOB THROUGH 09:44 HIS TRIALS. 09:46 THIS WHOLE IDEA THAT GOD LOVES THE CHURCH TOO MUCH TO ALLOW HER 09:51 TO ENDURE ANY HEAT, HE'S GONNA RAPTURE HER OUT BEFORE 09:54 THE TRIBULATION COMES, SOUNDS ENTERTAINING AND WE 09:59 ALL LIKE CANDY, DON'T WE? 10:02 THAT'S ALL IT IS, IT'S COTTON CANDY, IT'S NOT BIBLICAL. 10:04 AND BY THE WAY, REMEMBER WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU, WHENEVER 10:06 YOU'RE IN DOUBT ABOUT WHAT TO DO, DO WHAT'S SAFE. 10:08 MY VIEW IS SAFER, BE READY FOR THE TRIBULATION. 10:12 IF WE ALL GET RAPTURED AND WE MISS IT, I'LL APOLOGIZE. 10:15 [LAUGHING] BUT IF YOU'RE THINKIN' THAT YOU 10:18 JUST CAN RELAX AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT 10:20 AND YOU'RE NOT FORTIFYING YOUR FAITH AND YOUR MIND WITH 10:22 THE WORD OF GOD FOR THIS STORM THAT'S COMING, YOU'RE THE ONE 10:25 WHO IS GONNA GET SWEPT AWAY BECAUSE YOUR HOUSE IS NOT ROOTED 10:29 ON THE ROCK. 10:30 SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 10:33 WE WILL BE HERE, THE TRIBULATION IS COMING BEFORE JESUS COMES, 10:37 'CAUSE HE COMES TO RESCUE US. 10:38 HE SAYS, "THE MIDNIGHT OF THE WORLD, THE DARKEST HOUR." 10:41 THE CHURCH IS GONNA SHINE THE BRIGHTEST WHEN THE WORLD IS 10:44 THE DARKEST, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO GLORIOUS. 10:50 1 THESSALONIANS 5:2-3, "FOR YOU YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY 10:54 THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD," REMEMBER THAT'S OUR TITLE, 10:59 "SO COMES AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. 11:01 FOR WHEN THEY SAY 'PEACE AND SAFETY!'" 11:03 THIS WHOLE SECRET RAPTURE SCENARIO IS ALL BASED ON 11:04 PEACE AND SAFETY. 11:06 "WHEN THEY SAY 'PEACE AND SAFETY' THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION 11:08 COMES UPON THEM, AS LABOR PAINS." 11:11 YOU REMEMBER? 11:11 HE'S QUOTING, NOW PAUL IS QUOTING ISAIAH, WHAT I JUST 11:13 READ TO YOU IN CHAPTER 13. 11:14 "AS LABOR PAINS UPON A PREGNANT WOMAN, THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE." 11:19 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE SIGNS THAT PERCEIVE 11:22 THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS, PEOPLE SAY, "OH, PASTOR DOUG, 11:25 THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN FAMINE, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN WAR, 11:27 THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN EARTHQUAKES, THAT'S NO BIG DEAL." 11:30 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE WHEN A WOMAN IS GONNA HAVE 11:33 A BABY, THIS IS THE SCENARIO THE BIBLE USES. 11:38 AND DURING HER PREGNANCY SHE MIGHT GET A FEW KICKS HERE 11:40 AND THERE AND A COUPLE OF ACHES AND PAINS, RIGHT? 11:45 AND BUT THEN AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE DELIVERY TIME, 11:47 PRETTY SOON YOU HAVE LABOR PAINS AND WHAT DO YOU DO? 11:50 YOU TELL THE DOCTOR, "I'M HAVIN' LABOR PAINS." 11:52 HE SAYS, "HOW FAR APART ARE THEY?" 11:53 "OH, THEY'RE 20 MINUTES APART!" 11:55 HE SAYS, "CALL ME WHEN THEY'RE 5 MINUTES APART. 11:58 I'VE GOTTA GO GOLF." 12:00 [LAUGHING] AND THE CLOSER THEY GET, 12:04 THE MORE INTENSE THEY GET, THEY COME IN QUICKER DURATION 12:09 AND MORE INTENSITY THEN YOU'VE GOT A BABY. 12:13 WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SIGNS IN THE WORLD TODAY IS THEY'RE 12:16 COMING IN MORE RAPID SUCCESSION AND WITH GREATER INTENSITY 12:19 AND GOD IS TELLING US, "WAKE UP, IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN." 12:23 IT SAYS, "HE'S COMING LIKE A THIEF." 12:27 I JUST READ THAT TO YOU IN THESSALONIANS AND HERE IT IS 12:28 AGAIN IN 2 PETER 3:10, "BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL 12:34 COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT." 12:35 STOP RIGHT THERE, PLEASE. 12:36 JUST, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PUT THAT BACK UP ON THE SCREEN, 12:38 BUT I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME. 12:39 A LOT OF PREACHERS STOP RIGHT THERE. 12:41 "JESUS IS COMIN' LIKE A THIEF, WE'RE GONNA BE CAUGHT UP TO 12:44 MEET HIM AND THOSE LEFT BEHIND." 12:46 THEY DON'T READ THE WHOLE VERSE. 12:48 LET'S FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN JESUS COMES LIKE A THIEF TO 12:51 THOSE THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND. 12:52 TALKIN' ABOUT THE DAY OF THE LORD, "THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL 12:55 COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT, IN WHICH--" IN THAT DAY, 12:58 HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS, "IN WHICH THE HEAVENS PASS AWAY 13:00 WITH A GREAT NOISE, THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH 13:03 FERVENT HEAT, BOTH THE EARTH AND THE WORKS THAT ARE IN IT 13:07 WILL BE BURNED UP." 13:08 DOES IT SOUND LIKE LIFE GOES ON FOR ANOTHER 7 YEARS AFTER 13:11 JESUS COMES LIKE A THIEF? 13:13 WHY DOES HE SAY HE'S COMING LIKE A THIEF? 13:16 I USED TO BE A THIEF AND THE WHOLE IDEA WAS, 13:20 I DIDN'T ANNOUNCE IN ADVANCE I WAS COMING. 13:23 I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO KNOW I WAS COMING. 13:26 I WAS COMING FOR WHAT WAS PRECIOUS AND IT WAS TO BE 13:27 A SURPRISE. 13:28 THEY KNEW AFTER I CAME, I CAME. 13:32 AND IT'S NOT SAYING THAT HE'S GONNA COME SECRETLY AND LEAVE 13:35 AND FOLKS ARE GONNA GO, YOU READ IN THE NEWSPAPER 13:36 THE NEXT DAY, "JESUS CAME." 13:40 REPORTS ARE CIRCULATING, RUMORS ABOUND, SOMEONE'S GONNA CALL YOU 13:44 ON THE PHONE AND SAY, "DID YOU HEAR THAT, JESUS CAME?" 13:47 THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, FRIENDS, EVERYBODY'S 13:48 GONNA KNOW. 13:49 "OUR GOD SHALL COME, AND SHALL NOT KEEP SILENT. 13:54 IT SHALL BE VERY TEMPESTUOUS ROUND ABOUT HIM." 13:58 AGAIN, 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16, "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL 14:01 DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH A VOICE OF 14:04 THE ARCHANGEL, WITH A TRUMPET OF GOD," IT'S A TRUMPET, 14:07 HE'S GONNA SHOUT, IT'S THE LOUDEST THING IN HISTORY. 14:10 JEREMIAH 25:30, "THE LORD SHALL ROAR FROM ON HIGH." 14:14 AND THIS IS IN THE CONTEXT OF HIS COMING, "HE WILL UTTER HIS 14:17 VOICE FROM HIS HOLY HABITATION, HE SHALL MIGHTILY ROAR 14:20 UPON HIS HABITATION, HE WILL GIVE A SHOUT." 14:24 ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE, IT'S THE NOISIEST EVENT IN THE BIBLE, 14:26 IS THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 14:27 SECRET? 14:30 NUMBER THREE, WILL THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST BE VISIBLE TO 14:33 ALL MEN? 14:35 REVELATION 1:7 SAYS, "BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS," 14:39 AND HOW MANY? 14:40 "EVERY EYE IS GOING TO SEE HIM." 14:42 AND I GET PEOPLE ASKIN' ME, PASTOR DOUG, HOW ARE PEOPLE ON 14:44 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET GONNA SEE HIM AT THE SAME TIME? 14:47 IT DOESN'T SAY SIMULTANEOUSLY, IT MEANS EVERYBODY ALIVE IN THE 14:50 WORLD, AS HE SWEEPS AROUND THE CIRCUIT OF THE EARTH AND SORT 14:52 OF VACUUMS UP HIS SAINTS, THEY'RE ALL GONNA SEE HIM. 14:55 WHOLE WORLD'S GONNA KNOW WHEN HE COMES, THERE'LL BE LIGHTENING 14:58 GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD. 15:00 NUMBER 4, WHO WILL COME WITH JESUS AT THE SECOND COMING 15:03 AND WHY? 15:05 MATTHEW 25:31, "WHEN THE SON OF MAN SHALL COME IN HIS GLORY WITH 15:10 ALL THE HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM." 15:11 HOW MANY? 15:12 "ALL THE HOLY ANGELS." 15:14 2 THESSALONIANS 1:7, "WHEN THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE 15:17 REVEALED FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS MIGHTY ANGELS." 15:22 HE WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE CLOUDS OF ANGELS. 15:24 RECEIVED HIM HE'S COMING IN CLOUDS OF ANGELS. 15:27 "IN FLAMING FIRE TAKING VENGEANCE ON THEM THAT KNOW 15:29 NOT GOD." 15:31 NUMBER FIVE, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS 15:35 AND THE DAY OF THE LORD? 15:38 JOHN 14:3, HE SAID, "AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, 15:43 I WILL COME AGAIN TO RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE 15:49 I AM YOU MIGHT BE ALSO." 15:51 HE WANTS US TO BE WITH HIM, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 15:54 HE LOVES US, HE'S COMING TO RESCUE US. 15:56 REVELATION 22:12, "AND BEHOLD, I COME AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME." 16:01 HE'S COMING TO GIVE REWARDS. 16:04 ACCORDING TO EVERY MAN AS HIS WORK SHALL BE. 16:08 NUMBER SIX, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WHEN JESUS 16:11 COMES THE SECOND TIME? 16:13 ANSWER, 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS VERSE, 16:16 "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH 16:19 A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF ARCHANGEL AND THE TRUMP OF GOD 16:22 AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST." 16:27 THEY'RE CAUGHT UP TO MEET HIM IN THE CLOUDS AS HE COMES. 16:30 "THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN WILL BE CAUGHT UP 16:33 TOGETHER WITH HIM IN THE CLOUDS." 16:35 THIS IS WHAT YOU MIGHT REFER TO AS THE RAPTURE, BUT IT IS NOT 16:38 A SECRET RAPTURE, YOU GOT THAT? 16:39 TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR AND THEY GET GLORIFIED BODIES, 16:44 YOU READ ABOUT THAT IN 1 CORINTHIANS 15:52, "THE DEAD 16:47 SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED FOR 16:51 THIS CORRUPTIBLE WILL PUT ON INCORRUPTION--" BODIES THAT 16:54 GROW OLD AND DECOMPOSE, "AND THIS MORTAL WILL 16:57 PUT ON IMMORTALITY." 16:59 WELL, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING, FRIENDS, THAT DAY WHEN JESUS 17:02 COMES AND ALL OUR LOVED ONES ARE BROUGHT OUT OF THEIR GRAVES. 17:06 NUMBER 7, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WICKED PEOPLE WHEN JESUS 17:09 COMES AGAIN? 17:11 WE DON'T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT THE BIBLE DOES 17:13 TELL US. 17:14 "AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED, WHOM THE LORD WILL 17:18 CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS MOUTH AND SHALL DESTROY WITH 17:22 THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING." 17:24 THESE WERE SOME OF THOSE SOMBER VERSES THAT WE READ TALKING 17:26 ABOUT THE DAY OF THE LORD. 17:28 AND AGAIN REVELATION 6:15-17, "AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH AND 17:33 THE GREAT MEN AND THE RICH MEN AND THE CHIEF CAPTAINS AND THE 17:36 MIGHTY MEN AND EVERY BONDMAN AND EVERY FREE MAN, THEY SAID TO 17:40 THE ROCKS IN THE MOUNTAINS, 'FALL ON US AND HIDE US FROM 17:44 THE FACE OF HIM THAT SITS UPON THE THRONE, FOR THE GREAT DAY OF 17:48 HIS WRATH IS COME AND WHO WILL BE ABLE TO STAND?'" 17:52 NOW, THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE WHEN JESUS COMES, HIS 17:55 BRIDE, THE ONES WHO ARE READY. 17:57 THEY WILL SAY, "LO, THIS IS OUR GOD WE'VE WAITED FOR HIM." 18:00 BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH WHO HAVE REJECTED 18:03 JESUS WILL MOURN AND IT WILL BE A TERRIBLE AND TERRIFYING DAY 18:09 FOR THEM. 18:10 NUMBER 8, HOW WILL CHRIST'S SECOND COMING AFFECT THE EARTH? 18:14 NOW, STAY WITH ME, THERE'S A POINT IN ALL OF THESE PUZZLE 18:17 PIECES I'M GIVING YOU. 18:18 I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE CLEAR SCENARIO. 18:20 IF YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THESE POINTS, YOU'LL NOT BE CONFUSED 18:23 BY THE FALSE LEFT BEHIND SCENARIOS OF THE SECOND COMING. 18:28 REVELATION 16:18, "AND THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE, SUCH AS WAS 18:33 NOT SINCE MEN WERE UPON THE EARTH, SO MIGHTY AN 18:35 EARTHQUAKE AND SO GREAT." 18:37 EVERY ISLAND AND MOUNTAIN IS MOVED OUT OF ITS PLACE BY 18:39 THIS EARTHQUAKE. 18:41 TALK ABOUT 8.4 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. 18:44 THEY SAY THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE THERE THAT HIT THE FIRST TIME 18:48 WAS 9 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. 18:51 PICTURE, IF YOU WILL, A 20 ON THE RICHTER SCALE, EARTHQUAKE. 18:55 I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE WHEN JESUS COMES. 18:57 FURTHERMORE IT SAYS IN REVELATION 16:21, "A GREAT HAIL 19:01 FROM HEAVEN FELL UPON MEN, EVERY HAILSTONE ABOUT THE WEIGHT 19:05 OF A TALENT." 19:07 NOW, SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER ALL THE TIME. 19:10 WE TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER WHEN THERE ISN'T ANY WEATHER, RIGHT? 19:16 CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEONE ELBOWING YOU AND SAY, "DID YOU SEE 19:18 THE HAIL YESTERDAY?" 19:20 "YEP, HAILED, 100-POUND BLOCKS. 19:22 DID YOU CATCH THAT ON THE NEWS?" 19:24 IS THE WORLD--IS THAT A SECRET WHEN THAT HAPPENS? 19:27 OR IS EVERYBODY GONNA KNOW WHEN YOU HAD HAILSTONES LIKE THAT? 19:29 HOW MAY WE KNOW WHEN WE ARE IN THE LAST GENERATION? 19:35 2 PETER 3:3-4, "THERE SHALL COME IN THE LAST DAYS SCOFFERS 19:40 WALKING AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS, SAYING WHERE IS THE PROMISE 19:43 OF HIS COMING? 19:45 FOR SINCE THE FATHERS FELL ASLEEP ALL THINGS CONTINUE 19:47 AS THEY WERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AGE." 19:51 1 TIMOTHY 4:1, "IN THE LATTER TIMES SOME SHALL DEPART 19:55 FROM THE FAITH, GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS, 19:58 AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS." 20:00 AND OUR PEOPLE ARE SO PREOCCUPIED NOW THAT EVEN 20:03 CHRISTIANS, SPIRITUALISM IS PERMEATED THE CHURCH. 20:08 HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND TO THE NEARNESS OF THE DAY OF THE LORD 20:11 IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON? 20:13 HOW DO WE GET READY FOR THIS? 20:15 ANSWER, LUKE 21:28, "NOW WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN, 20:21 LOOK UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION IS 20:25 DRAWING NEAR." 20:27 THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WALK AROUND LIKE THIS UNTIL YOU 20:29 GET A CRICK IN YOUR NECK. 20:31 IT MEANS YOU LIVE IN AN ATTITUDE OF EXPECTANCY OF THE IMMINENT 20:36 ADVENT. 20:38 SO, WE NEED TO WAKE UP TO THE TRUTH THAT WE ARE RIGHT 20:41 THERE ON THE BORDERS OF ETERNITY RIGHT NOW. 20:44 I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE GENERATION, I REALLY DO. 20:48 HOW CAN I BE CERTAIN I WILL NOT BE DECEIVED BY SATAN REGARDING 20:52 THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST? 20:54 MATTHEW 24:26, JESUS SAID, "WHEREFORE IF THEY SAY UNTO YOU, 20:58 BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE DESERT, GO NOT FORTH." 21:01 HE'S IN SECRET CHAMBERS, IF JESUS SAID IT'S A SECRET, 21:04 SUDDENLY SOMEONE SAYS, "TURN ON THE TV, JESUS 21:07 JUST APPEARED IN JERUSALEM." 21:10 I WOULDN'T EVEN TURN IT ON, FRIENDS, YOU'D BE HYPNOTIZED. 21:13 GO NOT FORTH, JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 24:27, "FOR AS 21:18 LIGHTENING COMES OUT OF THE EAST AND FLASHES TO THE WEST, 21:20 EVEN SO SHALL THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE." 21:24 HOW DO WE AVOID BEING DECEIVED? 21:26 ISAIAH 8:20, "ACCORDING TO THE LAW IN THE TESTIMONY. 21:31 IF THEY SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS 21:34 NO LIGHT IN HIM." 21:35 FRIENDS, WE GOTTA SAY, "THIS IS WHERE WE STAND." 21:37 AMEN. 21:38 IT'S GONNA GO BY THE WORD OF GOD. 21:40 IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW POPULAR OR UNPOPULAR IT IS. 21:42 HEAVEN AND EARTH MAY PASS AWAY, HIS WORD DOES NOT PASS AWAY, IT 21:46 IS THE ROCK THAT WE ARE TO TRUST AND BUILD ON. 21:48 NOW, NOTICE WHAT WE'VE JUST CONSIDERED ABOUT THE SECOND 21:51 COMING. 21:52 IT'S NOT A SECRET, HIS COMING IS LITERAL, IT'S PERSONAL, 21:57 IT'S VISIBLE, IT'S AUDIBLE, IT'S PHYSICAL, IT'S VITALIZING, 22:02 IT'S GLORIOUS, IT'S CLIMATIC. 22:04 WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY THAT SHOULD PREPARE FOR 22:08 THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD. 22:10 WHAT IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE JUST BEFORE JESUS COMES? 22:13 IT'S GONNA LOOK A LOT LIKE TODAY. 22:15 "OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, SOME THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN FIRST." 22:17 YOU'RE RIGHT, AND THE FINAL EVENTS ARE GONNA BE SO RAPID 22:19 IT'LL MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN. 22:21 FRIENDS, THE BEST TIME TO GET READY FOR A TEST IS NOT THE DAY 22:24 OF THE TEST, IT'S BEFORE, RIGHT? 22:27 IF YOU WANNA GET READY FOR A STORM, YOU CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 22:29 THE LIGHTENING STARTS TO CRACK. 22:30 YOU'VE GOTTA BE READY NOW. 22:34 HOW CAN I BE CERTAIN TO BE READY WHEN JESUS COMES? 22:38 JESUS SAYS IN JOHN 6:37, "HE THAT COMES TO ME I WILL IN 22:43 NO WISE CAST OUT." 22:46 THAT'S MY APPEAL TO YOU, FRIENDS, THAT YOU'LL COME TO HIM 22:49 JUST LIKE YOU ARE. 22:51 JOHN 1:12, "AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE POWER TO 22:57 BECOME THE SONS OF GOD." 22:59 GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU THAT POWER THAT YOU CAN BE A NEW 23:03 CREATURE, THAT YOU CAN BE READY FOR HIS COMING. 23:08 YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SORT OF A SEDUCTIVE, HYPNOTIC, PARALYZING 23:15 INFLUENCE, THIS DANGEROUS IDEA THAT WE CAN STILL LOVE THE WORLD 23:20 AND BE SAVED IN OUR SINS. 23:23 YOU CAN COME TO JESUS WITH YOUR SINS JUST LIKE YOU ARE, DON'T 23:25 EVER DOUBT THAT. 23:26 WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHEREVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOUR EXPERIENCES, 23:29 IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SPEAKING TO YOU, YOU CAN COME TO JESUS 23:31 RIGHT NOW AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, HE WILL THEN GIVE YOU POWER 23:37 TO BE SONS OF GOD. 23:39 CHRISTIANITY IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE JUSTIFICATION WE RECEIVE 23:41 WHEN WE COME TO CHRIST, IT'S ABOUT THEN A SANCTIFYING POWER 23:45 THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOU, GIVE YOU A NEW MIND, YOU BECOME 23:48 A NEW CREATURE. 23:50 HE WANTS TO FILL YOU WITH THAT POWER, WHERE YOU WALK WITH THE 23:52 LORD DAY BY DAY AND YOU LIVE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN. 23:56 IF YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW, IF YOU THOUGHT 24:04 THAT YOU MIGHT DIE IN A WEEK, HOW SERIOUS WOULD YOU BE ABOUT 24:08 YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS TODAY? 24:11 HOW SERIOUS WOULD YOU BE ABOUT SPIRITUAL PRIORITIES? 24:15 AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T WANNA MAKE ANYONE NERVOUS, BUT THERE 24:17 IS NOBODY HERE THAT KNOWS WHICH DAY IS YOUR LAST DAY UNLESS 24:21 YOU'RE PLANNING SUICIDE. 24:26 SO, WHEN'S THE BEST TIME TO GET READY? 24:28 RIGHT NOW. 24:30 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 24:31 WHEN YOU DO, YOU CAN LIVE MOMENT BY MOMENT IN THE POWER OF 24:33 THE LORD WITH THAT PEACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE. 24:36 MATTHEW 24:44, "THEREFORE BE YE READY," LIVE IN A CONSTANT 24:42 ATTITUDE OF PREPARATION. 24:45 IT'S NOT THIS IDEA OF LIKE FILING YOUR TAX THE DAY BEFORE 24:48 IT'S DUE. 24:49 YOU CAN'T PREPARE FOR JESUS LIKE THAT, AND WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO 24:52 GIVE HIM THE LEFTOVERS OF YOUR LIFE? 24:54 COME TO HIM NOW, GIVE HIM YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR HEARTS. 24:57 BE READY NOW. 25:00 >> STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S 25:03 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 25:06 >> SOMETIMES YOU CAN GO TO CHURCH FOR YEARS AND NOT BE BORN 25:09 AGAIN. 25:14 >> YOU MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN THE CHURCH, YOU MAY HAVE POSITION IN 25:16 THE CHURCH, YOU MAY HAVE EVIDENCE OF PROSPERITY AND GOD'S 25:19 BLESSINGS, YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THAT. 25:20 BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A NEW HEART, YOU CAN'T BE SAVED. 25:25 >> THAT'S WHAT CHRIST WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEW BIRTH 25:27 IS A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT. 25:29 THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN GET A NEW HEART IS AS A CREATIVE 25:34 ACT OF GOD. 25:37 >> WORLD EVENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE UNSTABLE THAN TODAY, 25:40 TERRORISM, DISASTERS, BIZARRE WEATHER. 25:43 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REVEAL ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS? 25:45 LEARN THE AMAZING ANSWER IN THIS STUNNING DOCUMENTARY ENTITLED, 25:49 "THE FINAL EVENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY." 25:51 DURING THIS SPECIAL BROADCAST, YOU CAN GET YOUR VERY OWN COPY 25:54 OF THIS GRIPPING DVD. 25:56 YOU PAY ONLY $15.99 FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING. 25:59 GO TO THE PHONE AND CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN. 26:01 DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS SPECIAL OFFER. 26:07 >> IF YOU'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY TODAY'S MESSAGE AND WOULD LIKE 26:10 TO KNOW MORE OF WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS TO YOU TODAY, AMAZING FACTS 26:13 INVITES YOU TO VISIT OUR EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE AT 26:16 WWW.BIBLEUNIVERSE.COM. 26:20 AT BIBLE UNIVERSE, YOU'LL DISCOVER EXCITING TRUTHS THAT 26:23 WILL FILL YOU WITH PEACE AND PURPOSE. 26:26 THE MYSTERIES OF THE BIBLE WILL UNFOLD FOR YOU AT YOUR OWN PACE. 26:29 VISIT WWW.BIBLEUNIVERSE.COM TODAY. 26:34 EXPAND YOUR UNIVERSE. 26:37 [MUSIC] 26:41 >> FRIENDS, THE OLD TESTAMENT FORETOLD THAT GOD WOULD SEND HIS 26:45 SON TO COME THE FIRST TIME AS THE WORLD'S SACRIFICE 26:48 AND SAVIOR. 26:50 WELL, HE CAME, RIGHT ON TIME. 26:52 THEN JESUS PROMISED BEFORE THE WORLD'S DESTRUCTION HE WOULD 26:55 COME AGAIN, GLORIOUSLY AS KING OF KINGS TO RESCUE HIS 26:59 CHILDREN. 27:00 THIS WILL BE THE CLIMAX OF EARTH'S HISTORY. 27:02 AND GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO BE LEFT BEHIND. 27:05 YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IN 27:08 THE FREE STUDY GUIDE WE PREPARED FOR YOU ENTITLED, 27:11 "ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE." 27:13 YOU WON'T WANNA MISS OUT ON WHAT THIS STUDY GUIDE REVEALS 27:15 WILL HAPPEN WHEN JESUS RETURNS. 27:18 PLEASE CALL THE TOLL FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK 27:21 FOR OFFER NUMBER 105. 27:24 OR IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN SIMPLY WRITE US AT... 27:34 >> WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE TODAY FOR THIS EDITION OF 27:36 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 27:38 UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, REMEMBER THE ENCOURAGING PROMISE OF 27:41 JESUS, "IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD THEN YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES 27:45 INDEED AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL 27:47 SET YOU FREE." 27:50 >> THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S 27:52 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 27:54 THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION. 27:56 JUST CALL THE TOLL FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO 27:59 NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST. |
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