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>>YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
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ONE NIGHT ON THE EVENING NEWS
AND HAVE SOME NEWSCASTER SAY,
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'FRIENDS, WE HAVE A
NEWS FLASH. JESUS CAME.'
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YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PICK UP
YOUR PAPER OFF THE FRONT PORCH
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AND SAY, 'WHADDYA KNOW?
I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT.'
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>>TONIGHT'S SUBJECT IS ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES THAT
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PEOPLE ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE
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MOST CONFUSING ONES DEALING WITH
THE COMING OF A COSMIC KING.
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AND, OF COURSE,
YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS.
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TALKING ABOUT THE RETURN OF THE
LORD SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS
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THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS.
NOW WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?
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THIS IS REFERRED TO AS
THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS
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BECAUSE WHEN CHRIST CAME
THE FIRST TIME AS A BABY,
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THAT WAS THE FIRST COMING.
JESUS' PEOPLE - THE JEWISH
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NATION - THEY HAD SCRIPTURES.
THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF PROPHECIES
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THAT TALKED ABOUT JESUS'
COMING - AND HERE'S MY QUESTION:
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WHEN JESUS CAME THE FIRST
TIME WERE HIS PEOPLE READY? NO.
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IN SPITE OF ALL THE
PROPHECIES THEY HAD.
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YOU SEE, THERE'S SOME PROPHECIES
IN THE BIBLE THAT TALKED ABOUT
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'WHEN HE COMES THE
SECOND TIME LIKE A LION.'
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BUT HE COMES THE FIRST TIME
LIKE A LAMB - AND THEY GOT THEM
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MIXED UP. AND SO
WHEN JESUS CAME QUIETLY
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AS A BABY, THE ONLY ONES
WHO REALLY WERE READY WERE SOME
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SHEPHERDS AND SOME WISE
MEN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.
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HIS OWN PEOPLE WERE AMAZED WHEN
THE WISE MEN SAID, 'WHERE IS HE
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THAT IS BORN KING OF THE
JEWS?' THEY SAID, 'WH ARE YOU
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TALKING ABOUT?' AND
THEY HAD BEEN READING THE
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JEWISH PROPHECIES - THOSE
WISE MEN - PROBABLY READING THE
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PROPHECIES OF BALAAM THAT
YOU FIND IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS.
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SO IF GOD'S PEOPLE WERE NOT
READY WHEN HE CAME THE FIRST
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TIME, COULD
HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
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HOW DO WE KNOW
THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN?
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WELL, IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T BE READY
SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT SOMETHING
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MORE ABOUT HOW HE IS COMING.
LET'S FIRST ESTABLISH SOME
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FOUNDATIONS AND,
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR
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QUESTION/ANSWER FORMAT.
QUESTION #1: CAN WE BE POSITIVE
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THAT JESUS WILL
RETURN TO THIS EARTH AGAIN?
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WELL, HE PROMISED HE'D COME THE
FIRST TIME IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
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AND EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK
4,000 YEARS, HE DID COME.
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THEN HE SAID, 'I
WILL COME AGAIN.'
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IT'S AS CLEAR AS IT CAN BE -
YOU COULD READ IT THERE IN JOHN
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CHAPTER 14, VERSE 3, "AND IF I
GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU,
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I" - IT DOESN'T SAY, 'I MIGHT, I
COULD, I MAY' - HE SAYS, "I WILL
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COME AGAIN." NOW I, FRANKLY,
BELIEVE WHAT THE LORD SAYS.
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AGAIN, IT SAYS IN MATTHEW 26,
VERSE 64, JESUS SAID TO THE HIGH
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PRIEST WHEN HE WAS BEING TRIED,
"NEVERTHELESS I SAY TO YOU
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HEREAFTER YOU WILL SEE THE SON
OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND
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OF POWER AND COMING
ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN."
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THE LANGUAGE IN THE
BIBLE IS UNMISTAKABLE -
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IT'S EXTREMELY EXPLICIT.
HE SAID, 'I WILL COME AGAIN.'
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AND HE NOT ONLY TOLD US HE'S
COMING, HE TOLD US SOMETHING
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ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING.
THAT'S OUR NEXT QUESTION:
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IN WHAT MANNER WILL
JESUS RETURN THE SECOND TIME?
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NOW, WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE
A LOT TO THIS QUESTION TONIGHT
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BECAUSE I NOT ONLY WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT HE IS COMING BACK -
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WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE EVIDENCE
TONIGHT - WE'LL TELL YOU
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SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN - NO MAN
KNOWS THE DAY OR THE HOUR BUT
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YOU CAN KNOW WHEN IT'S NEAR.
BUT I ESPECIALLY WANT TO FOCUS
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ON HOW IS HE COMING?
BECAUSE SATAN IS GOING TO SEEK
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TO IMPERSONATE CHRIST. IT
WILL BE THE MASTERPIECE OF
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THE LAST DAYS SO WE NEED TO KNOW
SOMETHING ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING.
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IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
CHAPTER 1, IT TELLS ABOUT WHEN
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JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN AFTER
HIS FIRST COMING AND IT SAYS
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IN VERSE 9, "WHILE THEY (THE
APOSTLES) WATCHED HE WAS TAKEN
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UP AND A CLOUD
RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT.
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AND BEHOLD, TWO MEN STOOD
BY THEM IN WHITE APPAREL."
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WHO ARE THESE MEN? THOSE
ARE ANGELS, YOU'RE RIGHT.
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"AND THEY SAID, 'MEN OF GALILEE,
WHY DO YOU STAND HERE GAZING UP
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INTO THE HEAVENS? THIS
SAME JESUS THAT WAS TAKEN
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FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN WILL SO
COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YOU HAVE
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SEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN."
THEY SAID HE'S GOING TO COME THE
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SAME WAY THAT HE LEFT.
NOW, THINK ABOUT HOW JESUS LEFT.
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WHEN JESUS ASCENDED UP TO HEAVEN
THE BIBLE SAYS THE DISCIPLES
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LOOKED AT HIM, HE WAS REAL, HE
TOLD THEM, 'TOUCH ME, FEEL ME',
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HE ATE IN FRONT OF THEM ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THEY SAW HIM.
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WHEN HE COMES AGAIN HE
SAYS, 'I'LL BE THE SAME WAY.'
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THE ANGELS SAID HE'S
COMING THE SAME WAY HE LEFT.
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HE LEFT IN THE CLOUDS,
HE'S COMING IN THE CLOUDS.
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HE WAS VISIBLE WHEN HE LEFT,
HE IS VISIBLE WHEN HE COMES.
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HE WAS REAL WHEN HE LEFT -
IT WAS A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
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IT WILL BE REAL AND
PERSONAL WHEN HE COMES.
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THE REASON I SAY THAT
IS SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL,
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JESUS ALREADY CAME. IT
WAS A SUPERNATURAL PRESENCE
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AND - NOT ACCORDING TO THE
BIBLE. IF YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE
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THAT'LL BE VERY CLEAR
THAT THAT'S A MISCONCEPTION.
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WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS
BECAUSE CHRIST WARNED US VERY
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CLEARLY, WHEN HIS DISCIPLES
ASKED ABOUT HIS RETURN,
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THERE'D BE A LOT OF
CONFUSION AND DECEPTION.
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MATTHEW 24, VERSE 5 - WE READ
A LITTLE OF THIS LAST NIGHT -
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"FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY
NAME SAYING, 'I AM CHRIST'
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AND WILL DECEIVE
MANY." MANY FALSE PROPHETS.
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MANY FALSE CHRISTS.
AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID
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NEXT, "FOR THERE WILL ARISE
FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS
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AND SHOW GREAT
SIGNS AND WONDERS."
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AND, YOU KNOW, THESE FALSE
PROPHETS OFTEN MINGLE IN THE
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BIBLE WITH THEIR DECEPTION.
JESUS SAID VERY CLEARLY -
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MATTHEW 24, VERSE 26,
"WHEREFORE IF THEY SAY UNTO YOU,
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'BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE
DESERT;' GO NOT FORTH.
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'BEHOLD HE'S IN SECRET
CHAMBERS;' BELIEVE IT NOT."
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THERE ARE SOME VERY SHREWD
SILVER-TONGUED DEVILS OUT THERE
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THAT CLAIM TO COME IN THE NAME
OF THE LORD AND DECEIVE PEOPLE
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AND EXPLOIT PEOPLE AND
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM, BUT I'M
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ESPECIALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHEN
THE DEVIL HIMSELF PUTS ON HIS
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ULTIMATE MASQUERADE.
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NOW, ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN KNOW
HOW TO DISCERN BETWEEN THE REAL
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JESUS WHEN HE COMES AND THE
COUNTERFEIT IS HOW HE COMES.
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IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH THERE
ARE TWO PRINCIPAL CONFLICTING
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VIEWS REGARDING HOW JESUS
IS GOING TO COME AND I WANT TO
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GO ON RECORD RIGHT NOW AND SAY
I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE
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HERE FROM ALL
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
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INDEED, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME
WHO ARE AGNOSTIC OR EVEN ATHEIST
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HERE AND YOU'RE JUST
COMING BECAUSE YOU'RE CURIOUS
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AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE
HERE. I USED TO BE THAT WAY.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR
DENOMINATION OR RELIGION IS,
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I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE
HERE. AND I SHOULD HASTEN TO ADD
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I THINK THAT GOD HAS HIS PEOPLE
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IN MANY DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN
PERSUASIONS. DID YOU HEAR ME?
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I'M NOT OF THE BELIEF THAT ONLY
PEOPLE THAT HAPPEN TO BE OF MY
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PARTICULAR CHURCH ARE GOING
TO HEAVEN. DO YOU HEAR THAT?
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WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECOND
COMING THE TWO PRINCIPAL VIEWS
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ARE THIS: ALL CHRISTIANS - OR
VIRTUALLY ALL CHRISTIANS AGREE
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THAT JUST BEFORE THE END THERE
IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING CALLED
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'THE TRIBULATION' - A
GREAT TIME OF TROUBLE.
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AND SOME PEOPLE ARE WONDERING
ARE WE ON THE VERGE OF THAT NOW
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BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
HARBINGERS THAT SEEM TO INDICATE
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THERE'S GOING TO BE A MELTDOWN
OF SOME SORT BEFORE TOO LONG.
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WHERE THE CHURCHES DISAGREE IS
WILL CHRIST COME AND RAPTURE THE
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SAINTS UP BEFORE THE TRIBULATION
OR AFTER THE TIME OF TROUBLE?
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AND THERE'S GOOD
CHRISTIANS IN BOTH GROUPS.
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DO YOU ALL HEAR ME? I WANT YOU
TO GO BY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
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DOES THAT SOUND FAIR?
FIRST OF ALL, HOW MANY OF YOU
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HAVE HEARD OF THE
SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION?
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OKAY, NAME ONE SCRIPTURE
THAT TALKS ABOUT THE SEVEN YEARS
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OF TRIBULATION. I'M
GOING OUT ON A LIMB HERE.
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WE'VE GOT CAMERAS ROLLING AND
THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE
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HERE AND I'M SAYING 'NAME A
SCRIPTURE.' THE REASON YOU'RE
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HESITATING IS BECAUSE THERE
ISN'T ANY. WHERE DOES THIS IDEA
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COME FROM OF THE
SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION?
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WELL, SOME PEOPLE DRAW
IT OUT OF DANIEL CHAPTER 9.
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THEY TAKE THE LAST WEEK OFF THE
490-YEAR PROPHECY AND THEY STICK
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IT DOWN AT THE END OF TIME
AND THEY SAY, 'MAYBE THAT'S IT'.
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OR THEY TAKE THE SEVEN DAYS THAT
NOAH WAS IN THE ARK BEFORE THE
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FLOOD CAME AND THEY SAY, 'WELL
LET'S MAKE THOSE DAYS A YEAR AND
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MAYBE THAT'S IT.' BUT
THERE'S REALLY - THE PHRASE
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'SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION'
IS NOT IN THE BIBLE.
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AND THE IDEA OF THE SECRET
RAPTURE BASICALLY SAYS PEOPLE
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GET A SECOND CHANCE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL
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WANTS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE.
'IF YOU'RE NOT READY WHEN THE
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CHURCH IS RAPTURED, DON'T WORRY,
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
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TIME OF TROUBLE BUT
YOU GET ANOTHER CHANCE.'
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NO, JESUS SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO BE
READY NOW, 'FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR
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AS YOU THINK NOT,
THE SON OF MAN COMES.
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THE REFORMERS TAUGHT THAT
THE TRIBULATION - OR THE RAPTURE
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TAKES PLACE AFTER THE
TRIBULATION AND THAT IT IS
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NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE
BOOKS OF THE REVELATION BECAUSE
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THEY'RE TELLING WHAT'S GOING
ON RIGHT UP TO THE END OF TIME.
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YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID, 'WELL,
JESUS IS COMING AS A THIEF.'
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HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE? AND
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SECRET.
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THE CHURCH IS JUST
GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
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LET'S READ THAT WHOLE VERSE.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE READ PART OF A
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VERSE AND THEY DON'T READ ON.
AS WE READ THIS VERSE WHERE IT
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SAYS JESUS COMES AS A THIEF, YOU
TELL ME IF YOU THINK LIFE GOES
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ON, ON EARTH, FOR SEVEN
MORE YEARS AFTER THE RAPTURE.
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HERE IT IS, 2 PETER, CHAPTER
3, VERSE 10, "BUT THE DAY OF THE
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LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE
NIGHT, IN WHICH THE AVENS WILL
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PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT
NOISE," - SOUND SECRET? -
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"THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH
FERVENT HEAT; BOTH THE EARTH AND
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THE WORKS THAT ARE IN
IT WILL BE BURNED UP."
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NOW, DOES THAT SOUND LIKE
ANYONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAP
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YOU ON THE SHOULDER AND
SAY, 'DID YOU CATCH THAT?
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JESUS CAME YESTERDAY.' THE
WHOLE ELEMENTS ARE MELTING -
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GREAT NOISE -
NOTHING SECRET ABOUT IT.
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AGAIN, MATTHEW 24, VERSE 43,
"KNOW THIS, THAT IF THE GOOD MAN
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OF THE HOUSE HAD KNOWN IN
WHAT WATCH THE THIEF WOULD COME,
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HE WOULD HAVE WATCHED AND NOT
HAVE SUFFERED HIS HOUSE TO BE
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BROKEN INTO." WHEN
A THIEF COMES DOES HE
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USUALLY SEND AN ADVANCE NOTICE?
I HESITATE TELLING PEOPLE THIS
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BUT I USED TO BE A
THIEF. I WAS. I MEAN,
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I BROKE INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES
AT NIGHT AND STOLE THINGS.
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I STOLE CARS, I
STOLE TVS - I WAS A THIEF.
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I'M EMBARRASSED
TO ADMIT THAT TO YOU.
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PRAISE THE LORD - THAT WAS
A DIFFERENT PERSON BACK THEN.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, I NEV SENT AN
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SAID, 'BY THE
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WAY, I'M COMING TO RANSACK YOUR
HOUSE ON SUCH AND SUCH A DATE.'
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SO WHEN IT SAYS A THIEF CAME, IT
SIMPLY MEANS IT WAS A SURPRISE -
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BUT AFTER I CAME THEY
KNEW. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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LET'S GO ON HERE. IT
SAYS, "HE WOULD HAVE WATCHED
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AND NOT ALLOWED HIS
HOUSE TO BE BROKEN INTO."
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AGAIN, PSALM 50, VERSE 3, "OUR
GOD SHALL COME, AND SHALL NOT
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KEEP SILENCE...IT SHALL BE VERY
TEMPESTUOUS ALL AROUND HIM."
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DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A SECRET?
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ONE MORE - 1 THESSALONIANS
4:16, "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL
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DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A
SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF AN
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ARCHANGEL, AND WITH
THE TRUMPET OF GOD."
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE
VOICE OF A TRUMPET - SHOUT.
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AGAIN, 'THE LORD
WILL ROAR FROM ON HIGH.
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HE WILL UTTER HIS VOICE
FROM HIS HOLY HABITATION.
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HE'LL MIGHTILY ROAR
UPON HIS HABITATION.
00:12:50.83\00:12:53.34
HE'LL GIVE A SHOUT.' ALL
THESE SCRIPTURES ARE DEALING
00:12:53.37\00:12:56.07
WITH THE SECOND
COMING OF THE LORD.
00:12:56.10\00:12:57.91
WILL THE SECOND COMING OF
CHRIST BE VISIBLE TO ALL MEN?
00:12:57.94\00:13:01.51
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
00:13:01.54\00:13:02.78
REVELATION 1, VERSE 7, "BEHOLD,
HE IS COMING WITH CLOUDS, AND" -
00:13:02.81\00:13:07.08
HOW MANY? -
"EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM."
00:13:07.12\00:13:10.95
SOMEONE SAID, 'WHAT ABOUT
THOSE THAT ARE IN THEIR GRAVES?
00:13:10.99\00:13:12.92
WELL, IT'S UNDERSTOOD,
EVERY EYE OF EVERYBODY ALIVE.
00:13:12.95\00:13:15.49
SOMEONE ELSE SAID, 'WELL, PASTOR
DOUG, IF THE WORLD'S ROUND HOW
00:13:15.52\00:13:19.13
DOES EVERY EYE SEE HIM?
00:13:19.16\00:13:20.20
IT DOESN'T SAY EVERY
EYE SEES HIM SIMULTANEOUSLY.
00:13:20.23\00:13:22.93
AS HE COMES AND HE GOES AROUND
THE CIRCLE OF THE EARTH, PEOPLE
00:13:22.96\00:13:26.07
ARE CAUGHT UP TO
MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.
00:13:26.10\00:13:28.27
WHO WILL COME WITH JESUS
AT THE SECOND COMING AND WHY?
00:13:28.30\00:13:32.57
YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS IN
MATTHEW 25:31, "WHEN THE SON OF
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MAN COMES IN HIS GLORY, AND ALL
THE HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM, THEN
00:13:36.38\00:13:41.58
HE WILL SIT ON THE
THRONE OF HIS GLORY."
00:13:41.62\00:13:43.59
AND AGAIN IT TELLS US IN MATTHEW
24, VERSE 31, 'HIS ANGELS WILL
00:13:43.62\00:13:46.82
GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM
THE FOUR WINDS OF...HEAVEN."
00:13:46.86\00:13:50.13
SO WHEN HE COMES HE'S COMING
WITH ALL THE ANGELS - THAT'S THE
00:13:50.16\00:13:53.70
CLOUDS, HE'S COMING IN CLOUDS
OF ANGELS - AND THEY'RE GOING TO
00:13:53.73\00:13:56.43
GATHER TOGETHER THOSE
THAT ARE READY FOR HIS RETURN.
00:13:56.46\00:13:59.40
'FROM ALL FOUR CORNERS OF
THE HEAVEN' MEANS NORTH, SOUTH,
00:13:59.43\00:14:02.30
EAST, WEST - IT MEANS
IT'S A UNIVERSAL GATHERING.
00:14:02.34\00:14:05.47
AND AGAIN, 2 THESSALONIANS 1:7,
"WHEN THE LORD JESUS IS REVEALED
00:14:05.51\00:14:09.04
FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS MIGHTY
ANGELS, IN FLAMING FIRE TAKING
00:14:09.08\00:14:14.45
VENGEANCE ON THOSE
WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD."
00:14:14.48\00:14:17.22
SO AT THE SAME TIME THE REDEEMED
- THOSE WHO ARE PREPARED - ARE
00:14:17.25\00:14:21.22
CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE LORD
IN GLORY, THOSE SAME ANGELS ARE
00:14:21.26\00:14:24.43
GOING TO BE ANGELS OF JUDGMENT
TAKING VENGEANCE ON THOSE WHO
00:14:24.46\00:14:27.10
HAVE REJECTED GOD AND
LIVED SELFISH, SINFUL LIVES.
00:14:27.13\00:14:30.80
THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES,
FRIENDS, AND I AM RESPONSIBLE TO
00:14:30.83\00:14:33.10
TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I
WANT YOU TO BE MY FRIEND, BUT
00:14:33.13\00:14:36.37
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT MY FRIEND
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
00:14:36.40\00:14:40.44
WHEN CHRIST'S RESURRECTION TOOK
PLACE IT SAYS ONE ANGEL ROLLED
00:14:40.48\00:14:44.41
AWAY THE STONE. THE
GLORY OF THAT ONE ANGEL WAS
00:14:44.45\00:14:48.02
SO AWESOME THAT THE ROMAN
SOLDIERS WERE TERRIFIED AND THEY
00:14:48.05\00:14:52.15
FELL DOWN AS THOUGH THEY
WERE DEAD AND THEN CRAWLED AWAY
00:14:52.19\00:14:54.16
IN TERROR. HOW
MANY ANGELS ARE THERE?
00:14:54.19\00:14:58.73
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
HEARD ABOUT GUARDIAN ANGELS?
00:14:58.76\00:15:02.03
YOU KNOW THE BIBLE
ACTUALLY TEACHES THAT.
00:15:02.06\00:15:03.60
JESUS IMPLIES THAT THERE ARE
ANGELS THAT WATCH OVER PEOPLE
00:15:03.63\00:15:06.50
AND PROTECT THEM. HOW
MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD?
00:15:06.53\00:15:09.34
I TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT.
00:15:09.37\00:15:10.91
JUST ABOUT 7 BILLION NOW - 6.9
BILLION - AND MAYBE THERE'S EVEN
00:15:10.94\00:15:15.88
ONE RECORDING ANGEL - SO ONE'S
WATCHING AND PROTECTING AND
00:15:15.91\00:15:18.55
ONE'S DOING VIDEO TO SEE WHAT
YOU'RE UP TO BECAUSE EVERYTHING
00:15:18.58\00:15:21.65
YOU DO - JESUS SAID, 'EVERY IDLE
WORD YOU SPEAK YOU'LL GIVE AN
00:15:21.68\00:15:23.99
ACCOUNT THEREOF.'
THOSE THINGS DONE IN SECRET -
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IF YOUR SINS ARE NOT UNDER THE
BLOOD OF THE LAMB THEY'RE ALL
00:15:26.72\00:15:29.66
GOING TO BE IN THE
JUDGMENT. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
00:15:29.69\00:15:32.03
OF JESUS COMING?
WHY IS HE COMING?
00:15:32.06\00:15:35.00
WE TOLD YOU IN JOHN 14 IT SAYS,
'IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR
00:15:35.03\00:15:38.83
YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND
RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF THAT
00:15:38.87\00:15:43.54
WHERE I AM YOU MIGHT BE
ALSO.' HE WANTS YOU WITH HIM.
00:15:43.57\00:15:47.64
THAT'S WHY HE BROUGHT YOU
TO THESE MEETINGS, FRIENDS,
00:15:47.68\00:15:49.78
BECAUSE HE WANTS YOU
THERE IN THE KINGDOM.
00:15:49.81\00:15:51.61
HE'S PAID WITH HIS LIFE TO
PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
00:15:51.65\00:15:55.42
TO LIVE FOREVER BECAUSE HE LOVES
YOU - HE WANTS YOU TO BE THERE -
00:15:55.45\00:15:58.42
BUT HE WON'T FORCE YOU. WE'VE
GOT TWO OPTIONS. WE'RE FREE.
00:15:58.45\00:16:01.82
IF YOU CHOOSE TO REJECT GOD AND
SAY, 'I DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF
00:16:01.86\00:16:04.36
CHRIST'S KINGDOM. I
DON'T WANT HIM IN MY LIFE.'
00:16:04.39\00:16:06.66
HE GIVES YOU THAT FREEDOM.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE LIVING
00:16:06.70\00:16:10.00
FOREVER IN HIS KINGDOM
THEN WE NEED TO ACCEPT HIM NOW.
00:16:10.03\00:16:14.07
AGAIN, REVELATION 22 - LAST
CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE - 'BEHOLD
00:16:14.10\00:16:17.81
I COME QUICKLY AND MY REWARD
IS WITH ME TO GIVE TO EVERYONE
00:16:17.84\00:16:21.71
ACCORDING TO HIS
WORKS.' SO HE'S COMING
00:16:21.74\00:16:24.11
TO DISTRIBUTE REWARDS.
SOME WILL BE CAUGHT UP WITH
00:16:24.15\00:16:26.08
GLORIFIED BODIES AND OTHERS WILL
BE JUDGED AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
00:16:26.11\00:16:30.19
THAT MORE ANOTHER
TIME. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE
00:16:30.22\00:16:32.82
RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WHEN
JESUS COMES THE SECOND TIME?
00:16:32.85\00:16:35.82
IT SAYS, "THE LORD HIMSELF"
- 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16 -
00:16:35.86\00:16:39.49
"WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN
WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF
00:16:39.53\00:16:42.16
AN ARCHANGEL, AND
WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD."
00:16:42.20\00:16:44.73
AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, "THE
DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST."
00:16:44.77\00:16:48.87
SO THOSE WHO ARE ALIVE ARE
CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE LORD AND
00:16:48.90\00:16:52.34
THEY'RE GIVEN
GLORIFIED NEW BODIES.
00:16:52.37\00:16:54.71
THOSE THAT ARE IN THE GRAVE
THAT HAVE DIED IN FAITH OF GOD,
00:16:54.74\00:16:57.85
THE SAVED, THEY'RE RESURRECTED.
00:16:57.88\00:17:00.42
AND SO, WHEN THE LORD COMES,
THE WHE EARTH IS CONVULSING.
00:17:00.45\00:17:03.89
THERE'S GREAT NOISE.
THERE'S A RESURRECTION.
00:17:03.92\00:17:05.49
AGAIN, IT DOESN'T
SOUND LIKE A SECRET.
00:17:05.52\00:17:08.16
IT SAYS, 'THE DEAD WILL BE
RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE AND WE WILL
00:17:08.19\00:17:11.26
BE CHANGED.' THOSE WHO ARE
ALIVE ARE CHANGED AT THAT TIME.
00:17:11.29\00:17:15.26
'FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT
ON INCORRUPTION' - THAT MEANS
00:17:15.30\00:17:17.97
THESE BODIES
THAT GET OLD AND DIE -
00:17:18.00\00:17:20.10
'AND THIS MORTAL
WILL PUT ON IMMORTALITY.
00:17:20.14\00:17:22.40
THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN
WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH
00:17:22.44\00:17:26.27
THE RESURRECTED IN THE CLOUDS
TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.'
00:17:26.31\00:17:29.48
THAT'S WHAT'S OFTEN CALLED
'THE RAPTURE' - IT MEANS TO BE
00:17:29.51\00:17:31.71
CAUGHT UP - AND SO I DO
BELIEVE WE WILL BE CAUGHT UP,
00:17:31.75\00:17:35.98
BUT IT'S NOT A SECRET.
DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
00:17:36.02\00:17:38.65
AND WE DON'T HANG AROUND -
THERE'S NOT LIFE GOING ON FOR
00:17:38.69\00:17:41.76
SEVEN MORE YEARS HERE ON
EARTH AFTER WE ARE CAUGHT UP.
00:17:41.79\00:17:46.33
THERE'S DESTRUCTION AND
DEVASTATION ON THE PLANET
00:17:46.36\00:17:48.80
AFTER THE LORD COMES.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WICKED
00:17:48.83\00:17:51.53
PEOPLE WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN?
I KNOW THIS ISN'T PLEASANT BUT
00:17:51.57\00:17:54.84
THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.
IT SAYS THERE IN 2 THESSALONIANS
00:17:54.87\00:17:59.14
2, VERSE 8 - PAUL SAID,
"THEN THE LAWLESS ONE WILL BE
00:17:59.17\00:18:03.31
REVEALED, WHOM THE LORD WILL
CONSUME WITH THE BREATH OF HIS
00:18:03.35\00:18:06.58
MOUTH AND DESTROY WITH
THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING."
00:18:06.61\00:18:10.99
AND SO THE WICKED ARE DESTROYED
BY THE BRILLIANCE OF HIS COMING.
00:18:11.02\00:18:14.06
YOU KNOW, YOU GET A
LIGHT AND MOTHS ARE ATTRACTED
00:18:14.09\00:18:17.43
TO THE LIGHT. YOU
WALK INTO A ROOM WHERE
00:18:17.46\00:18:19.16
THERE'S COCKROACHES, YOU
TURN ON THE LIGHT AND THEY RUN.
00:18:19.19\00:18:21.66
SO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE
EITHER A MOTH OR A COCKROACH
00:18:21.70\00:18:24.00
WHEN JESUS COMES. SO
THAT CHOICE IS UP TO YOU.
00:18:24.03\00:18:27.60
NOW THIS IS A LONG
VERSE, STAY WITH ME.
00:18:27.64\00:18:31.01
REVELATION CHAPTER 6, VERSE 15,
"AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, THE
00:18:31.04\00:18:35.14
GREAT MEN, THE RICH MEN, THE
COMMANDERS, THE MIGHTY MEN," -
00:18:35.18\00:18:38.68
IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE WORLDLY
LEADERS - "EVERY SLAVE AND EVERY
00:18:38.71\00:18:42.28
FREE MAN, HID THEMSELVES IN THE
CAVES AND IN THE ROCKS OF THE
00:18:42.32\00:18:45.69
MOUNTAINS, AND SAID TO THE
MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS, 'FALL ON US
00:18:45.72\00:18:49.72
AND HIDE US FROM THE FACE OF HIM
WHO SITS ON THE THRONE AND FROM
00:18:49.76\00:18:53.90
THE WRATH OF THE LAMB!
FOR THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH
00:18:53.93\00:18:57.33
HAS COME, AND WHO IS ABLE TO
STAND?" I TOLD YOU A MOMENT AGO,
00:18:57.37\00:19:02.97
THE ONES WHO ARE ABLE TO
STAND ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE A
00:19:03.00\00:19:05.54
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD -
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID.
00:19:05.57\00:19:09.04
SO HOW WILL CHRIST'S SECOND
COMING AFFECT THE EARTH ITSELF?
00:19:09.08\00:19:13.21
WHAT'S HAPPENING GLOBALLY
TO THE PLANET WHEN JESUS COMES?
00:19:13.25\00:19:16.69
REVELATION 16:18, "AND THERE WAS
A GREAT EARTHQUAKE, SUCH AS HAD
00:19:16.72\00:19:20.89
NOT OCCURRED SINCE
MEN WERE ON THE EARTH."
00:19:20.92\00:19:22.76
SO MIGHTY AN EARTHQUAKE AND SO
GREAT - THAT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT
00:19:22.79\00:19:26.73
LIKE THE 9.0 MAGNITUDE THEY HAD
THERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THAT
00:19:26.76\00:19:32.13
SHOOK INDONESIA, OR EVEN THE ONE
THAT JUST SHOOK AMERICAN SAMOA,
00:19:32.17\00:19:37.07
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A 15
ON THE RICHTER SCALE, GLOBALLY.
00:19:37.11\00:19:41.31
ALL THE TECTONIC PLATES IN THE
WORLD ARE GOING TO JUST START TO
00:19:41.34\00:19:43.71
JUGGLE AND JIGGLE AND ISLANDS
ARE SWALLOWED UP, ACCORDING TO
00:19:43.75\00:19:47.82
THE BIBLE. HOW NEAR IS
THE LORD'S SECOND COMING?
00:19:47.85\00:19:50.59
LUKE 21, VERSE 28, HE SAID,
"NOW WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO
00:19:50.62\00:19:55.26
HAPPEN, LOOK UP AND LIFT UP YOUR
HEADS, BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION
00:19:55.29\00:19:59.39
DRAWS NEAR." NOW
WHEN IT SAYS 'LIFT YOUR
00:19:59.43\00:20:02.10
HEADS' IT DOESN'T MEAN GO
AROUND ON YOUR KNEES LIFTING -
00:20:02.13\00:20:04.53
YOU'LL GET A CRICK
IN YOUR NECK DOING THAT.
00:20:04.57\00:20:06.27
IT'S TALKING ABOUT HAVE AN
ATTITUDE WHERE YOUR ATTENTION IS
00:20:06.30\00:20:09.24
ON ETERNITY AND NOT ON
WHAT YOU KNOW IS TEMPORARY.
00:20:09.27\00:20:12.84
DOES EVERYONE HERE KNOW THAT
LIFE IS TERMINAL? DO YOU ALL
00:20:12.87\00:20:15.94
KNOW THAT? I HOPE I DIDN'T
DISTURB YOU WITH THAT TRUTH.
00:20:15.98\00:20:20.78
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE
FOREVER. THE PURPOSE FOR THIS
00:20:20.82\00:20:24.82
LIFE IS TO DETERMINE YOUR
ETERNITY AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
00:20:24.85\00:20:29.06
SO IMPORTANT THAT WE
SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:20:29.09\00:20:31.83
HOW CAN I BE CERTAIN THAT
I'LL NOT BE DECEIVED BY SATAN
00:20:31.86\00:20:34.63
REGARDING THE SECOND COMING.
00:20:34.66\00:20:36.80
WELL, IT TELLS US 'AS LIGHTNING
SHINES FROM THE EAST EVEN TO THE
00:20:36.83\00:20:41.70
WEST, SO WILL THE
COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE.'
00:20:41.74\00:20:43.57
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT THAT THEY
KNEW BACK THEN WAS LIGHTNING.
00:20:43.61\00:20:46.54
FILLING THE HEAVENS - CAN
YOU IMAGINE? ONE LITTLE BOLT
00:20:46.57\00:20:49.14
OF LIGHTNING - HOW BRIGHT
THAT IS - WHAT IF THE WHOLE SKY
00:20:49.18\00:20:51.65
WAS AS BRIGHT AS AN ARC
WELDER FULL OF LIGHTNING?
00:20:51.68\00:20:55.15
WOULD ANYONE HAVE TO ELBOW
YOU AND SAY, 'DID YOU SEE THAT?'
00:20:55.18\00:20:57.75
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO
KNOW WHEN JESUS COMES.
00:20:57.79\00:21:01.36
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT THAT IS
KNOWN TO MAN WAS THAT LIGHTNING.
00:21:01.39\00:21:05.56
AGAIN, ACCORDING TO THE WORD,
'TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY.
00:21:05.59\00:21:09.10
IF THEY SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO
THIS WORD IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S
00:21:09.13\00:21:11.97
NO LIGHT IN THEM.'
WE'VE GOT TO SAY WHAT DOES THE
00:21:12.00\00:21:14.60
WORD OF GOD SAY? AND
AGAIN, IN MATTHEW 24, VERSE 26,
00:21:14.64\00:21:19.54
"THEREFORE IF THEY SAY TO YOU,
'LOOK, HE IS IN THE DESERT!'
00:21:19.57\00:21:21.81
DO NOT GO OUT" - IF ALL OF
A SUDDEN - SOMEBODY ASKED A
00:21:21.84\00:21:25.78
QUESTION LAST NIGHT, 'WHY
DOESN'T GOD APPEAR ON TV?'
00:21:25.81\00:21:28.65
IT'S TOO SMALL AND THAT WOULD
BE A MEDIUM THAT THE DEVIL USES.
00:21:28.68\00:21:34.12
YOU CAN HYPNOTIZE A PERSON WITH
TELEVISION USING THEIR OPTIC AND
00:21:34.16\00:21:38.29
THEIR AUDITORY NERVES. I
THINK PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME.
00:21:38.33\00:21:40.50
DO YOU KNOW
ANYONE HYPNOTIZED BY TV?
00:21:40.53\00:21:42.70
YEAH, SOME PEOPLE GET ADDICTED.
00:21:42.73\00:21:45.80
THE IDEA - I TELL YOU, IF SATAN
WAS GOING TO IMPERSONATE CHRIST
00:21:45.83\00:21:50.44
THAT'S PROBABLY THE
VERY MEDIUM HE'D USE.
00:21:50.47\00:21:53.34
SO IF ANYONE SUDDENLY APPEARS
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND SAYS,
00:21:53.38\00:21:56.24
'YEAH, I JUST HEARD THAT HE'S
OVER NOW IN THE DESERT, GO NOT
00:21:56.28\00:21:59.81
FORTH - DON'T EVEN LOOK BECAUSE
YOU ARE OPENING YOURSELF UP TO
00:21:59.85\00:22:03.32
DECEPTION THEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW
WHEN JESUS COMES DO HIS FEET
00:22:03.35\00:22:06.15
EVEN TOUCH THE GROUND?
NO, WE ARE COME - CAUGHT UP
00:22:06.19\00:22:09.99
TO MEET HIM IN THE AIR.
SO THE COMING OF THE LORD,
00:22:10.03\00:22:14.20
ACCORDING TO WHAT WE'VE READ
- IT IS LITERAL, IT IS PERSONAL,
00:22:14.23\00:22:16.63
IT IS VISIBLE, IT'S AUDIBLE
- TRUMPETS, LIKE A ROAR -
00:22:16.67\00:22:21.20
THE GROUND IS SHAKING -
IT'S PHYSICAL, IT'S VITALIZING,
00:22:21.24\00:22:24.21
IT'S GLORIOUS, IT'S CLIMACTIC
- THERE'S A RESURRECTION.
00:22:24.24\00:22:27.31
SO HERE'S A QUESTION: DOES
THAT SOUND LIKE A SECRET TO YOU?
00:22:27.34\00:22:31.61
DO YOU THINK THAT ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP
00:22:31.65\00:22:33.11
ONE MORNING AND YOU'RE GOING
TO YAWN AND LOOK AND ALL OF A
00:22:33.15\00:22:35.42
SUDDEN YOUR SPOUSE IS GONE FROM
THE BED NEXT TO YOU AND THEIR
00:22:35.45\00:22:38.32
PAJAMAS ARE LAYING THERE?
THIS IS - REALLY, THIS IS WHAT
00:22:38.35\00:22:43.76
PEOPLE BELIEVE. BUT
I TELL YOU, FRIENDS,
00:22:43.79\00:22:45.83
CHRISTIANS DID NOT
BELIEVE THAT 150 YEARS AGO.
00:22:45.86\00:22:49.03
THAT IS A NEW DOCTRINE THAT HAS
BECOME VERY POPULAR - IT'S VERY
00:22:49.06\00:22:52.70
FANCIFUL, IT'S VERY
COLORFUL, AND IT'S NOT BIBLICAL.
00:22:52.73\00:22:56.30
IF YOU GO BY WHAT CHRISTIANS AND
THE BIBLE AND REFORMERS - I MEAN
00:22:56.34\00:23:00.38
WHAT I'M TELLING IS WHAT
SPURGE BELIEVED, IT'S WHAT
00:23:00.41\00:23:02.31
BILLY GRAHAM USED TO BELIEVE,
IT'S WHAT LUTHER BELIEVED, IT'S
00:23:02.34\00:23:06.98
WHAT WESLEY BELIEVED, CALVIN,
ZWINGLI - A LOT OF THE GREAT
00:23:07.02\00:23:11.29
REFORMERS - THEY BELIEVED IN
THE LITERAL COMING OF THE LORD -
00:23:11.32\00:23:13.99
CATACLYSMIC COMING OF THE
LORD AFTER THE TRIBULATION.
00:23:14.02\00:23:18.43
I JUST WANT YOU TO BE
READY. AND, BY THE WAY, WHAT I'M
00:23:18.46\00:23:20.76
TEACHING YOU IS SAFER
SEE, BECAUSE IF YOU BELIEVE THE
00:23:20.80\00:23:24.03
POPULAR MISCONCEPTION THAT IF
YOU MISS THE SECRET RAPTURE YOU
00:23:24.07\00:23:28.74
GET SEVEN MORE YEARS -
YOU'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE
00:23:28.77\00:23:30.44
TRIBULATION BUT MAYBE YOU'LL
BE CONVERTED DURING THAT TIME.
00:23:30.47\00:23:33.51
IT CAN GIVE YOU A
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
00:23:33.54\00:23:37.38
IF I'M WRONG AND YOU'RE
READY RIGHT NOW, I'LL APOLOGIZE
00:23:37.41\00:23:42.48
WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN. YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:23:42.52\00:23:46.39
MY THEORY IS NOT
ONLY BIBLICAL, IT'S SAFER.
00:23:46.42\00:23:49.92
BE READY NOW BECAUSE WHEN
HE COMES AGAIN, THAT'S IT.
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THERE'S NO SECOND CHANCE
FOR SEVEN YEARS, FRIENDS, AMEN?
00:23:53.70\00:23:57.10
OF WHAT GREAT DANGER DOES
GOD SOLEMNLY WARN US AS WE ENTER
00:23:57.13\00:24:01.37
THE LAST DAYS? IT
SAYS, 'THEREFORE, BE READY,
00:24:01.40\00:24:05.77
FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YOU THINK
NOT, THE SON OF MAN COMES.'
00:24:05.81\00:24:09.28
HE WANTS US TO START
LIVING IN A STATE OF READINESS.
00:24:09.31\00:24:12.18
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DOING IT
LIKE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE DATE
00:24:12.21\00:24:15.55
- THE LAST MINUTE TO
FILE YOUR TAX RETURNS.
00:24:15.58\00:24:17.89
I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU
GUYS HAVE TAX RETURNS HERE?
00:24:17.92\00:24:20.39
YEAH, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE -
THAT'S UNIVERSAL, ISN'T IT?
00:24:20.42\00:24:22.82
SOME PEOPLE WAIT
UNTIL THAT LAST DAY TO FILE.
00:24:22.86\00:24:26.23
DON'T DO THAT WITH
YOUR SOUL, FRIENDS.
00:24:26.26\00:24:28.40
YOU DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'VE GOT TOMORROW, DO YOU?
00:24:28.43\00:24:30.73
I'M NOT TRYING TO SCARE
YOU BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S A FACT.
00:24:30.77\00:24:32.77
YOU WANT TO BE READY NOW.
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'THEREFORE,
00:24:32.80\00:24:36.30
SINCE ALL THESE THINGS CAN
BE DISSOLVED, WHAT MANNER OF
00:24:36.34\00:24:39.31
PERSONS OUGHT WE TO BE IN
ALL HOLY CONDUCT AND GODLINESS,
00:24:39.34\00:24:44.08
LOOKING FOR AND HASTENING
THE COMING OF THE DAY OF GOD IN
00:24:44.11\00:24:48.32
WHICH THE HEAVENS, BEING ON
FIRE WILL BE DISSOLVED AND THE
00:24:48.35\00:24:51.45
ELEMENTS WILL MELT
WITH FERVENT HEAT."
00:24:51.49\00:24:53.52
KNOWING THAT ALL THIS IS GOING
TO PASS AWAY WHY WOULD YOU STORE
00:24:53.56\00:24:56.16
YOUR TREASURE DOWN HERE?
MY APPEAL IS FOR YOU TO STORE
00:24:56.19\00:24:59.29
YOUR TREASURE IN HEAVEN FRIENDS.
JESUS SAID, 'BEHOLD I COME
00:24:59.33\00:25:02.13
QUICKLY AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME
TO GIVE TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING
00:25:02.16\00:25:06.00
AS HIS WORK SHALL BE.'
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
00:25:06.03\00:25:09.70
THERE'S ONLY TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE
WHEN JESUS COMES: ONE GROUP
00:25:09.74\00:25:13.44
THAT'S GOING TO RUN FROM HIM AND
ONE GROUP THAT'S GOING TO RUN TO
00:25:13.48\00:25:16.18
HIM AND THEY'LL
DECLARE, 'LO, THIS IS OUR GOD.
00:25:16.21\00:25:19.35
WE HAVE WAITED FOR
HIM AND HE WILL SAVE US.'
00:25:19.38\00:25:22.92
IT SAYS, 'WE'LL BE GLAD
AND REJOICE IN HIS SALVATION.'
00:25:22.95\00:25:27.19
AND EVERYBODY HERE IS GOING TO
BE IN ONE OF THOSE TWO GROUPS.
00:25:27.22\00:25:31.46
MY APPEAL IS FOR YOU TO
SAY, 'LORD, I WANT TO BE READY.
00:25:31.49\00:25:34.83
I WANT TO BE IN THAT
GROUP THAT'S PREPARED.
00:25:34.83\00:25:36.46
I WANT TO KNOW
YOU WHEN YOU COME.'
00:25:36.50\00:25:39.47
>>STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL
BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S
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SPECIAL FREE OFFER.
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>>SPANNING THE TIMELINE OF
HUMAN HISTORY GOD HAS PROVIDED
00:25:46.68\00:25:49.81
PROPHETIC LANDMARKS SIGNALING
THAT HIS COMING IS NEAR.
00:25:49.84\00:25:54.38
ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT
BIG LEAP IN BIBLE PROPHECY?
00:25:54.42\00:25:57.85
JOIN PASTOR DOUG
BATCHELOR AS HE PRESENTS
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>>AMAZING FACTS
HAS IMPACTED MY LIFE.
00:26:15.90\00:26:18.17
>>I JUST PRAISE
GOD FOR AMAZING FACTS.
00:26:18.21\00:26:19.87
>>AMAZING FACTS ACTUALLY
DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE.
00:26:19.91\00:26:22.81
>>IT'S ALL A PROCESS,
GETTING TO WHERE I AM TODAY.
00:26:22.84\00:26:24.38
>>AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN -
>>I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT - I
00:26:24.41\00:26:26.48
DIDN'T FEEL CONDEMNED, I FELT
- >>I BEGAN READING THE BIBLE.
00:26:26.51\00:26:29.52
>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST -
00:26:29.55\00:26:32.19
>>I REALIZED THAT
THERE HAD TO BE MORE TO LIFE.
00:26:32.22\00:26:34.42
>>GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS.
>>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL.
00:26:34.46\00:26:40.60
>>AMAZING FACTS -
MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF
00:26:40.63\00:26:44.23
PROCLAIMING GOD'S
MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD.
00:26:44.27\00:26:47.40
>>AND THEN THE LOGO POPS
ACROSS - AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
00:26:47.44\00:26:51.34
I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT HE WAS
00:26:51.37\00:26:53.71
- THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT
HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING
00:26:53.74\00:26:56.48
WHERE I HAD TO GRAB MY
BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP -
00:26:56.51\00:26:59.45
AND I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE
LET ME - LET ME LOOK THROUGH
00:26:59.48\00:27:03.39
AND FIND THIS. I
JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH.
00:27:03.42\00:27:04.99
>>AND SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE
STUDIES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
00:27:05.02\00:27:08.22
THESE GUYS STARTED BEING
CHANGED - INCLUDING MYSELF.
00:27:08.26\00:27:11.93
>>MY QUESTION WAS 'WHY DID THAT
HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?' THE LORD WAS
00:27:11.96\00:27:15.56
ABLE TO REACH OUT AND - AND
I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS A FATHER.
00:27:15.60\00:27:19.50
>>I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT
WAS WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS
00:27:19.53\00:27:23.51
GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE.
>>I WENT TO A PROPHECY SEMINAR
00:27:23.54\00:27:26.68
WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT. THIS
MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND SO
00:27:26.71\00:27:31.51
IRREFUTABLE AND I
JUST WENT 'THIS IS REAL.
00:27:31.55\00:27:33.98
THIS IS - THIS IS AMAZING.'
00:27:34.02\00:27:38.65
>>FOR LIFE-CHANGING
CHRISTIAN RESOURCES,
00:27:38.69\00:27:40.76
VISIT 'AFBOOKSTORE.COM'
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>>I READ ONE TIME ABOUT A PASTOR
THAT DID SOME RESEARCH AND HE
00:27:48.33\00:27:51.47
CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THERE
ARE OVER 300 REFERENCES TO THE
00:27:51.50\00:27:55.37
SECOND COMING OF
JESUS IN THE BIBLE.
00:27:55.40\00:27:57.77
OBVIOUSLY, IF THE RETURN OF
CHRIST IS SUCH A PRIORITY WITH
00:27:57.81\00:28:00.98
GOD, IT SHOULD BE
AMONG HIS FOLLOWERS.
00:28:01.01\00:28:04.21
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT JESUS IS
COMING, THAT HE'S COMING SOON,
00:28:04.25\00:28:07.65
AND SOMETHING ABOUT HOW HE'S
COMING, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS
00:28:07.68\00:28:10.72
THE DEVIL IS GOING TO ATTEMPT
TO IMPERSONATE CHRIST'S RETURN.
00:28:10.75\00:28:14.69
WE NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE PREPARED THIS
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JUST GO TO THE WEB
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00:28:43.75\00:28:46.79
BY THIS STUDY. AND
THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
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HERE AT AMAZING FACTS, BECAUSE
GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION.
00:28:49.46\00:28:55.76
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>>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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