Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000141A
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01:01 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC) 01:11 >>ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE LESSONS THAT YOU READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE 01:15 IS THE RETURN OF CHRIST. IT'S CALLED THE DAY OF THE LORD. 01:23 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:26 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:28 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:32 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:35 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:43 >>THE TITLE FOR OUR LESSON TONIGHT IS THE RETURN OF THE 01:46 KING , AND THE STORY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT COMES FROM 01:50 2 KINGS CHAPTER 11. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST WICKED 01:54 QUEENS IN HISTORY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JEZEBEL. 01:57 YOU EVER HEARD THE NAME JEZEBEL BEFORE? 02:00 SHE HAD A DAUGHTER THAT REALLY WAS EVEN WORSE THAN THE MOTHER. 02:03 HER NAME WAS ATHALIAH. AND WHILE JEZEBEL WAS WILLING TO 02:07 KILL THE PROPHETS OF GOD, ATHALIAH WAS WILLING TO KILL HER 02:10 OWN GRANDCHILDREN. WHEN HER SON, AHAZIAH, DIED IN 02:14 BATTLE, SHE DID NOT WANT TO SHARE THE THRONE WITH ANYONE. 02:17 SHE SEIZED POWER BY TRYING TO ELIMINATE ALL OF THE ROYAL SEED 02:23 OF DAVID AND SHE HAD HER GRANDCHILDREN EXTERMINATED. 02:28 AND HER SON AHAZIAH HAD SEVERAL CHILDREN BUT, ONE THEM WHO WAS 02:33 ONE YEAR OLD, HIS NAME WAS JOASH - ACTUALLY, AHAZIAH'S SISTER, 02:38 JOHASHEBA, SHE SCOOPED HIM UP, SPIRITED HIM AWAY, AND HID HIM - 02:43 THE HIGH PRIEST GUARDED HIM IN THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THAT WAS 02:46 LARGELY NEGLECTED DURING THE TIME OF ATHALIAH, BECAUSE SHE 02:49 WAS A PAGAN QUEEN. AND SO THIS BABY WAS HIDDEN THERE IN THE 02:53 TEMPLE OF GOD. FOR SIX YEARS THE HIGH PRIEST JEHOIADA CAREFULLY 02:58 TRAINED THIS CHILD, KNOWING HE WOULD BE THE KING. 03:00 THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T HIDE HIM FOREVER AND, YOU KNOW, LITTLE 03:03 BOYS HAVE TO GO OUT AND PLAY AND HERE HE WAS COOPED UP IN THE 03:05 TEMPLE FOR YEARS - PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A SUNTAN - 03:08 AND FINALLY THEY SAID, 'LOOK, WE NEED TO PRESENT HIM, EVEN THOUGH 03:11 HE'S YOUNG, BEFORE THE PEOPLE.' AND SO, AT THE END OF SIX YEARS 03:15 OF ATHALIAH'S REIGN, THEY BROUGHT JOASH OUT. 03:19 THEY DID IT JUST AS THE SABBATH WAS BEGINNING, ON THE SIXTH DAY 03:21 OF THE WEEK, AND HE TOLD THE PEOPLE - THE SOLDIERS - GUARD 03:26 THE KING, BLOW THE TRUMPETS. THE PEOPLE CAME TO THE TEMPLE. 03:30 THEY FOUND OUT THAT A SON OF DAVID HAD NOT BEEN KILLED. THERE 03:33 WAS STILL A SURVIVOR. THEY PUT THE CROWN ON HIS LITTLE HEAD. 03:36 THEY PUT THE TESTIMONY IN HIS HAND. 03:38 ALL THE PEOPLE REJOICED AND THEY SAID, 'LONG LIVE THE KING!' 03:41 AND ATHALIAH HEARD THIS RUCKUS FROM THE PALACE - THE TEMPLE 03:43 WASN'T FAR AWAY - SHE CAME RUNNING AND SHE SAID, 'TREASON! 03:46 TREASON!' AND THE BIBLE TELLS US SHE WAS 03:49 CARRIED OFF AND ALL OF HER SUPPORTERS WERE DESTROYED AND 03:52 THE PEOPLE REJOICED AND JOASH SURVIVED. 03:57 THIS IS THE SON OF DAVID WHO WAS HIDDEN IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD 04:00 FOR SIX YEARS. WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE THE TRUMPETS BLEW. 04:04 WILL THE TRUMPETS BLOW WHEN JESUS COMES? 04:05 >>YES. >>THE PEOPLE REJOICED. 04:08 THOSE WHO FOLLOWED HIM WERE SAVED. 04:11 THE KINGDOM WAS LIBERATED. THOSE WHO FOLLOWED ATHALIAH WERE 04:14 DESTROYED. YOU GO TO REVELATION AND YOU'LL 04:15 FIND OUT THERE'S THIS WICKED QUEEN IN REVELATION 17, WHO 04:19 PERSECUTES THE PROPHETS AND WANTS TO DESTROY THE ROYAL SEED. 04:23 THAT'S - SHE'S CALLED THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS . 04:26 IN REVELATION 17, THAT'S WHAT IT HAS ON HER FOREHEAD. 04:29 ATHALIAH IS A TYPE OF HER. ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE YOU'LL SEE 04:32 PATTERNS THAT GIVE US LITTLE PICTURES OF THE SECOND COMING. 04:35 ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE LESSONS THAT YOU READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE 04:40 IS THE RETURN OF CHRIST. IT'S CALLED THE DAY OF THE LORD . 04:45 IT'S THE CULMINATION OF THIS BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. 04:47 IT'S NOT GOING TO GO ON FOREVER. AND YOU JUST LOOK AT HOW THINGS 04:50 HAVE CHANGED IN ONE GENERATION OF OUR WORLD. 04:53 HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU REALLY THINK OUR WORLD CAN LAST 04:55 THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING NOW? 04:57 JESUS SAID, 'UNLESS THOSE DAYS BE SHORTENED, NO FLESH WOULD BE 05:00 SAVED.' NOW, I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND VERY CLEAR. 05:05 I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT TWO PRINCIPLE THINGS - 05:08 MAYBE THREE - HOW JESUS IS GOING TO COME - WE BELIEVE HE'S 05:14 COMING, BUT HOW IS HE GOING TO COME? 05:17 BECAUSE JESUS SAID THERE WILL BE MANY FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE 05:19 CHRISTS AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE DECEIVED. 05:22 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEARNESS OF HIS COMING AND SOME 05:26 OF THE SIGNS THAT TELL US ABOUT THE NEARNESS OF HIS COMING. 05:30 SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING JUST - 05:33 IT'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT NOW ABOUT LOOKING AT THE 05:36 PANORAMA OF BIBLE STORIES THAT TELL US WHY, I THINK, THAT THE 05:40 COMING OF THE LORD IS CLEAR. YOU EVER HEARD BEFORE THE 05:43 MILLENNIAL WEEK THEORY ? SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF IT. 05:47 IT'S LIKE THE 7,000-YEAR THEORY. NOW THIS SPRINGS FROM A NUMBER 05:51 OF SCRIPTURES - AND I'M GOING TO GET A FEW NOTES OUT HERE BECAUSE 05:55 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THESE TO YOU STRAIGHT. 05:58 THERE'S SEVERAL SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE, FOR INSTANCE, IN 2 06:01 PETER CHAPTER 3, VERSE 8 IT SAYS, "ONE DAY IS AS A THOUSAND 06:06 YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS IS A DAY." 06:09 AND WE KNOW THE LORD MADE THE WORLD IN HOW MANY DAYS? 06:11 >>SIX. >>BIBLICALLY, SIX DAYS AND HE 06:14 RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY - SO A TOTAL OF SEVEN. 06:17 THE HISTORY OF MAN IS REALLY DIVIDED UP INTO THREE PHASES. 06:23 ADAM, IF YOU GO BY BIBLE CREATION - ADD UP THE AGES - 06:27 ADAM WAS CREATED SOMEWHERE AROUND 6,000 YEARS AGO. 06:31 BISHOP USHER'S CHRONOLOGY USED TO SAY 4004 BC. WE DON'T KNOW 06:35 THE EXACT DATE, BUT APPROXIMATELY 6,000 YEARS AGO. 06:38 FOR THE FIRST 2,000 YEARS OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, GOD PREACHES 06:42 THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE PATRIARCHS. 06:45 NOW, THAT WAS ENOCH, NOAH, METHUSELAH - THEN, 2,004 BC, 06:52 APPROXIMATELY, ABRAHAM IS BORN. FOR THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS GOD 06:56 COMMITS THE ORACLES OF TRUTH TO THE JEWISH NATION AND YOU'VE 07:00 GOT, OF COURSE, ALL THAT RECORD IN THE BIBLE OF THE HEBREWS AND 07:03 THE JEWS AND THEIR BEING THE GUARDIANS OF THE WORD. 07:07 THEN, APPROXIMATELY 4 BC, JESUS WAS BORN. 07:11 FOR THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS GOD PREACHES THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE 07:13 CHURCH. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS 07:16 JUDGMENT - THIS MILLENNIAL REIGN THAT HAPPENS - AND IT'S LIKE A 07:20 1,000-YEAR SABBATH. SO YOU'VE GOT THIS PATTERN HERE. 07:23 "ONE DAY WITH THE LORD IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND 07:25 YEARS IS A DAY." PSALM 90:4, "A THOUSAND YEARS IN 07:28 YOUR SIGHT ARE LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN IT IS PAST." 07:31 PSALM 84, VERSE 10, "FOR A DAY IN YOUR COURTS IS BETTER THAN A 07:34 THOUSAND." AND SO MANY BIBLE SCHOLARS AND, 07:38 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO FROM MARTIN LUTHER UP THROUGH THE RANKS. 07:42 THEY ALL THOUGHT THAT THE HISTORY OF MAN WOULD LAST ABOUT 07:45 6,000 YEARS. YOU'RE LIVING IN THAT GENERATION NOW. 07:48 NOW, GOING BACK TO OUR STORY ABOUT JESUS COMING FROM THE 07:52 TEMPLE. YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN HEBREWS 07:54 CHAPTER 8, VERSE 1, JESUS IS OUR HIGH PRIEST IN THE HEAVENLY 07:57 TEMPLE. YOU CAN READ THAT FOR YOURSELF. 07:59 JESUS IS THE SON OF DAVID, LIKE LITTLE JOASH. 08:02 HE'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT TEMPLE. 08:03 RIGHT NOW, HE IS OUR GREAT MEDIATOR. 08:06 HE'S PLEADING HIS BLOOD BEFORE THE FATHER - NOT THE BLOOD OF AN 08:08 EARTHLY LAMB - THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE 08:11 WORLD. SO WHO'S THE KING THAT'S GOING 08:13 TO COME OUT OF THIS TEMPLE IN HEAVEN? REVELATION 14:14, 08:17 "THEN I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, A WHITE CLOUD, AND ON THE 08:20 CLOUD SAT ONE LIKE UNTO THE SON OF MAN," - THAT'S 08:25 ONE OF THE TITLES THAT JESUS USED TO REFER TO HIMSELF - 08:28 "HAVING ON HIS HEAD A GOLDEN CROWN." 08:30 SO JESUS IS THAT ONE THAT'S GOING TO COME. 08:32 QUESTION #2: WILL JESUS COME QUIETLY WHEN HE RETURNS? 08:38 IS IT QUIET WHEN JESUS COMES? NOW, I'M GOING TO GET INTO THIS 08:40 A LITTLE MORE SO STAY WITH ME, PLEASE. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? 08:45 "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A 08:48 SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMPET 08:54 OF GOD" - IT'S A TRUMPET - THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LOUD. 08:58 YOU CAN ALSO READ IN JEREMIAH 25, VERSE 30, "THE LORD SHALL 09:03 ROAR FROM ON HIGH, AND UTTER HIS VOICE FROM HIS HOLY HABITATION; 09:08 HE SHALL MIGHTILY ROAR UPON HIS HABITATION; HE SHALL GIVE A 09:13 SHOUT." SO AS YOU READ THROUGH THE 09:15 BIBLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COMING OF THE LORD IS A VERY 09:18 AUDIBLE EVENT. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE. 09:21 PSALM 50, VERSE 3, "OUR GOD SHALL COME, AND SHALL NOT KEEP 09:26 SILENT...IT SHALL BE VERY TEMPESTUOUS" - THAT MEANS STORMY 09:31 WITH GLORY - "ALL AROUND HIM." NOW, I WANT TO BE DELICATE AS I 09:36 GO INTO THIS NEXT LITTLE SEGMENT OF OUR LESSON STUDY. 09:41 I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY GODLY, HEAVEN-BOUND PEOPLE IN MANY 09:47 DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS, OKAY? EVERYONE HEAR ME? 09:49 I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, 09:52 YOU'RE WELCOME TO DISAGREE WITH ME. WE CAN ALL DISAGREE, AS 09:57 CHRISTIANS, WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE, RIGHT? 09:59 BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVED FOR THE 10:02 FIRST 1800 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY. 10:05 WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS NOT NEW. 10:06 WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS OLD. 10:08 THERE ARE THREE PRINCIPLE VIEWS AMONG CHRISTIANS. 10:13 YOU'VE GOT - AND THERE'S TECHNICAL WORDS - THEY CALL IT 10:15 THE PRE-TRIB, THE MID-TRIB, THE POST-TRIB - AND IT MEANS SOME - 10:19 ALL CHRISTIANS AGREE THE BIBLE'S VERY CLEAR THERE'S A GREAT 10:21 TRIBULATION CONNECTED WITH THE SECOND COMING. BUT WHAT HAPPENS? 10:26 DOES THE TRIBULATION HAPPEN AND THEN JESUS COMES? 10:29 DOES JESUS COME IN THE MIDST OF THIS TRIBULATION? 10:33 SOME THINK IT'S THREE AND A HALF YEARS INTO A SEVEN-YEAR 10:35 TRIBULATION - OR DOES THE LORD COME AND THEN THE TRIBULATION 10:39 HAPPENS AFTER HE COMES? I'M FROM WHAT WAS THE OLD GROUP. 10:44 IT USED TO BE THE TRADITIONAL VIEW THAT THE CHURCH IS HERE, 10:48 AND THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, 'HE THAT ENDURES UNTO THE END' - LET 10:52 ME ASK YOU: DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT GOD SAVES HIS PEOPLE FROM 10:56 TRIBULATION OR THROUGH TRIBULATION? 10:58 >>THROUGH. >>PAUL SAYS, 'IT IS THROUGH MUCH 11:01 TRIBULATION' - IN THE BOOK OF ACTS - 'WE ENTER THE KINGDOM OF 11:03 GOD.' JESUS SAID, 'YOU WILL BE HATED OF ALL NATIONS FOR MY 11:07 NAME'S SAKE.' DID GOD SAVE NOAH FROM THE FLOOD OR THROUGH IT? 11:11 >>THROUGH IT. >>DID HE SAVE JOB FROM HIS 11:13 TRIALS OR THROUGH THEM? >>THROUGH. 11:15 >>WHAT ABOUT JOSEPH, BEFORE HE REIGNED, DID JOSEPH GO THROUGH A 11:18 TRIBULATION BEFORE HE WENT TO THE THRONE? 11:21 DID MOSES HAVE TO SUFFER IN THE WILDERNESS? 11:23 AND YOU FIND THAT ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE, GOD OFTEN REFINES HIS 11:27 PEOPLE THROUGH THESE TRIALS. THE LORD IS COMING FOR A BRIDE 11:31 WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANY SUCH THING. 11:33 THE TEN PLAGUES THAT FELL ON EGYPT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE 11:37 SEVEN LAST PLAGUES IN REVELATION. 11:40 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - GOD'S PEOPLE - WERE THEY IN EGYPT WHEN 11:44 THOSE TEN PLAGUES FELL? >>YES. 11:47 >>DO YOU KNOW THAT THE FIRST THREE PLAGUES, THE CHILDREN OF 11:50 ISRAEL EXPERIENCED RIGHT ALONG WITH THE EGYPTIANS? 11:53 THE LAST SEVEN PLAGUES, THEY WERE PRESERVED FROM, JUST LIKE 11:57 WE WILL BE PRESERVED FROM THE LAST SEVEN PLAGUES, BUT THEY 12:00 WERE IN EGYPT WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE PROTECTED THEM FROM THE 12:04 PLAGUES. THE BIBLE SAYS, 'NEITHER WILL ANY PLAGUE COME 12:06 NIGH YOUR DWELLING' - IN PSALM 91. SO WILL WE BE IN THE WORLD 12:10 DURING THIS TIME OF TROUBLE? I BELIEVE, YES. 12:13 DANIEL CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1, "AT THAT TIME SHALL MICHAEL STAND 12:16 UP, THE GREAT PRINCE WHICH STANDETH FOR THE CHILDREN OF THY 12:18 PEOPLE: AND THERE SHALL BE A TIME OF TROUBLE, SUCH AS NEVER 12:21 WAS SINCE THERE WAS A NATION EVEN TO THAT SAME TIME: AND AT 12:24 THAT TIME THY PEOPLE SHALL BE DELIVERED, EVERY ONE THAT SHALL 12:27 BE FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK." THERE'S A GREAT TIME OF TROUBLE. 12:30 MICHAEL STANDS UP. WE'RE HERE. 12:32 SO HE DELIVERS US AT THE CULMINATION OF THAT. 12:35 THE BIBLE IS CLEAR - JESUS COMES LIKE A THIEF, RIGHT? 12:38 2 PETER 3, VERSE 10 - IT SAYS, "BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL 12:43 COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT" - NOW WHAT HAPPENS ON THAT DAY 12:47 THAT - WHEN THE LORD COMES? "IN THE WHICH THE HEAVENS SHALL 12:50 PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE, AND THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH 12:54 FERVENT HEAT, THE EARTH ALSO AND THE WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL 12:57 BE BURNED UP." DOES IT SOUND LIKE LIFE GOES ON 13:00 FOR SEVEN MORE YEARS AFTER HE COMES LIKE A THIEF? 13:03 THERE'S A LOT OF VERSES LIKE THIS IN THE BIBLE, FRIENDS. 13:04 I THINK YOU NEED TO LET THE BIBLE INTERPRET ITSELF AND WE 13:08 CAN'T LET BOOKSTORES AND HOLLYWOOD TELL US WHAT THE BIBLE 13:10 TEACHES. ALRIGHT, QUESTION #3: WHAT OTHER 13:13 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WILL ACCOMPANY JESUS' COMING? 13:16 ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE - REVELATION 16, VERSE 18, "AND 13:20 THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE, SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE MEN WERE 13:25 UPON THE EARTH, SO MIGHTY AN EARTHQUAKE, AND SO GREAT." 13:29 WHO WILL SEE JESUS WHEN HE COMES? 13:31 IT TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24, VERSE 30, "AND THEN SHALL APPEAR THE 13:35 SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN: AND THEN SHALL ALL THE 13:40 TRIBES OF THE EARTH MOURN, AND THEY SHALL SEE THE SON OF MAN 13:46 COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY." 13:50 THEY'RE GOING TO SEE HIM COME. 13:52 HOW MANY? >>ALL. 13:54 >>EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SEE HIM COME. REVELATION 1:7, 13:57 "BEHOLD, HE COMETH WITH CLOUDS; AND" - IT TELLS US - 14:00 "EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM." WHO WILL BE WITH JESUS WHEN HE 14:03 RETURNS IN THE CLOUDS? IS HE COMING ALONE? 14:07 WELL, YOU CAN READ IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 25, VERSE 31 - IT TELLS 14:12 US THERE - "WHEN THE SON OF MAN SHALL COME IN HIS GLORY, AND" - 14:17 HOW MANY? - >>ALL. 14:18 >>"ALL THE HOLY ANGELS" - IT DIDN'T SAY 'SOME' - IT'S NOT A 14:22 CONTINGENT - "ALL THE HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM, THEN SHALL HE 14:26 SIT UPON THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY." 14:28 QUESTION #6: WHAT WILL THE BRIGHTNESS OF JESUS' COMING DO 14:31 TO THE LIVING WICKED? NOW, WE KNOW THE SAVED ARE 14:35 CAUGHT UP AND THEY MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. 14:37 YOU READ IN 1 THESSALONIANS 1:7 AND 8, "WHEN THE LORD JESUS 14:42 SHALL BE REVEALED FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS MIGHTY ANGELS, IN 14:46 FLAMING FIRE TAKING VENGEANCE ON THEM THAT KNOW NOT GOD. 14:51 AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED, WHOM THE LORD SHALL 14:55 CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS MOUTH, AND SHALL DESTROY WITH 15:00 THE BRIGHTNESS" - WHAT DESTROYS HIM? "THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS 15:03 COMING." SO, IS IT BRIGHT WHEN JESUS COMES? 15:07 >>YES. >>EVERYBODY'S GOING TO KNOW IT. 15:09 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE RIGHTEOUS AT HIS COMING? 15:12 SO, WE FOUND OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE WICKED - 1 15:15 THESSALONIANS 4:16, IT TELLS US - AND THIS VERSE IS VERY CLEAR. 15:20 MATTER OF FACT, I RECOMMEND YOU READ THAT WHOLE CHAPTER - "THE 15:22 DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE LIVING 15:27 AND RESURRECTED SAINTS? THE DEAD IN CHRIST ARE CAUGHT UP 15:31 FIRST - NOW DON'T MISS THAT. THAT COMES UP LATER. HOW MANY 15:34 RESURRECTIONS ARE THERE? >>TWO. 15:37 >>OBVIOUSLY WERE YOU'VE GOT A FIRST - YOU AT LEAST HAVE A 15:38 SECOND, RIGHT? IT'S A SEQUENTIAL NUMBER - 'AND 15:41 THE DEAD IN CHRIST RISE FIRST.' 'BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HAS 15:45 PART IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION' - IT SAYS IN REVELATION 20. 15:48 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE LIVING AND RESURRECTED SAINTS? 15:51 YOU READ IN 1 CORINTHIANS 15, VERSES 52 AND 53, "THE DEAD 15:56 SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED. 16:01 FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE" - THESE BODIES THAT GET OLD AND DIE - 16:04 "THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL 16:07 MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY." WHEN JESUS COMES, WE RECEIVE 16:10 GLORIFIED, IMMORTAL BODIES. QUESTION #9: AFTER BEING 16:15 CHANGED, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE RIGHTEOUS? 16:18 SO YOU READ AGAIN - CONTINUE ON HERE IN 1 THESSALONIANS 4:17 - 16:23 IT GIVES US MORE INFORMATION - IT SAYS, "THEN WE WHICH ARE 16:26 ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP" - THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE 16:30 WORD RAPTURE - IT MEANS TO BE CAUGHT UP - "TOGETHER WITH THEM" 16:32 - THE RESURRECTED SAINTS - "IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN 16:35 THE AIR." NOW DON'T MISS THAT. MEET THE LORD WHERE? 16:38 >>IN THE AIR. >>IN THE AIR. 16:40 QUESTION #10: WHAT SOLEMN WARNING DOES JESUS GIVE ABOUT 16:44 HIS SECOND COMING? IF YOU READ IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 16:48 24, WHEN THE DISCIPLES CAME AND THEY SAID, 'WHAT WILL BE THE 16:51 SIGN OF THESE THINGS - DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM - SIGNS 16:55 OF YOUR COMING AND THE END OF THE WORLD? 16:57 TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THAT CHAPTER JESUS SAID, 'THERE'LL BE 17:01 MANY FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS. 17:05 BEWARE OF THE FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS. 17:08 MANY WILL ARISE AND SAY, 'I AM CHRIST' OR 'HERE IS CHRIST' OR 17:11 'THERE IS CHRIST.' BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANT TO STUDY THESE 17:14 THINGS YOURSELF, YOU MIGHT JOT DOWN THESE CHAPTERS REAL QUICK: 17:18 MATTHEW 24, MARK 13, LUKE 17, LUKE 21 - THOSE ARE THE 17:27 PRINCIPLE PLACES WHERE JESUS, HIMSELF, TELLS ABOUT HIS RETURN. 17:31 YOU JUST READ THAT FOR YOURSELF AND YOU SEE IF IT SOUNDS LIKE A 17:34 SECRET WHEN JESUS COMES. YOU JUST READ IT AS JESUS SAID 17:37 IT - SEE WHAT YOU THINK. I THINK IT'LL BE PRETTY CLEAR. 17:40 WHAT SOLEMN WARNING DOES JESUS GIVE ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING? 17:43 MATTHEW 24 - NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME OF THE ANSWERS FOR 17:46 QUESTION #10 - MATTHEW 24, VERSE 5 - JESUS HAS WARNED US, "FOR 17:50 MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, I AM CHRIST; AND" - 17:53 DO WHAT? >>DECEIVE MANY. 17:55 >>DECEIVE A FEW? >>MANY. 17:57 >>A FEW? NO, MANY. MANY'S THE MAJORITY. MOST PEOPLE IN THE 18:01 WORLD WILL BE DECEIVED BY THE ANTICHRIST. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 18:04 THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID, 'STRAIGHT IS THE GATE THAT LEADS 18:07 TO LIFE AND FEW FIND IT.' I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE, FRIENDS, 18:10 BECAUSE IN THE BIBLE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE WAY OF LIFE. 18:12 ANOTHER VERSE: MATTHEW 24:24 AND 26 - JESUS WARNED US: "FOR THERE 18:17 WILL ARISE" - HERE GOES - "FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS, AND 18:23 SHALL SHEW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS;" - SOME OF THESE FALSE 18:26 CHRISTS TODAY ARE JUST KOOKS, BUT HE SAID SOME OF THEM WILL 18:29 HAVE SIGNS AND WONDERS - "INSOMUCH THAT, IF IT WERE 18:32 POSSIBLE, THEY SHALL DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT." 18:35 THE BIBLE TELLS US IN REVELATION THAT THREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS COME 18:40 OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST, THE DRAGON, AND THE FALSE 18:42 PROPHET AND THEY GO FORTH TO THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. 18:45 THEY ARE LYING SPIRITS PERFORMING SIGNS AND WONDERS. 18:48 SO THERE'S GOING TO BE REAL SUPERNATURAL POWERS SOME OF 18:51 THESE FALSE CHRISTS ARE GOING TO HAVE. "IF THEY SAY UNTO YOU, 18:54 'BEHOLD, ...HE IS IN THE SECRET CHAMBERS; BELIEVE IT NOT." 18:59 QUESTION #11: WHAT WILL PREVENT THE RIGHTEOUS FROM BEING 19:04 DECEIVED? HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW? 19:07 ISAIAH 8, VERSE 20 - AND HERE'S THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, IT 19:10 SAYS, "TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY:" - THAT'S THE LAW AND 19:13 THE PROPHETS - THE WORD OF GOD - "IF THEY SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO 19:16 THIS WORD, IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT" - HOW MUCH LIGHT? 19:21 >>NONE. >>"NO LIGHT IN THEM." KEEP IN 19:24 MIND THAT THE DEVIL - DOES HE KNOW HOW TO QUOTE THE BIBLE? 19:28 >>YES. >>AND THERE'S A LOT OF FALSE 19:31 PROPHETS, EVEN IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD. WE ALL KNOW THAT. 19:34 QUESTION #12: WOULD IT BE SAFE TO GO AND TO SEE A FALSE CHRIST? 19:40 SOMEONE SAYS, 'HEY, YOU'VE GOT TO COME OUT IN THE DESERT; 19:42 THERE'S THIS GUY MEETING OUT THERE. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? 19:47 MATTHEW CHAPTER 24, VERSE 26 - JESUS SAID, "WHEREFORE IF THEY 19:51 SHALL SAY UNTO YOU, BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE DESERT; GO NOT FORTH." 19:56 IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU UP AND SAYS, 'YOU'VE GOT TO CHECK THIS 19:58 OUT. JESUS IS ON TV RIGHT NOW, GO TO CHANNEL SUCH AND SUCH.' 20:03 I WOULDN'T EVEN TURN THE CHANNEL AND LOOK. WHAT CAN WE KNOW 20:06 ABOUT THE TIME OF JESUS' RETURN? MATTHEW 24, VERSE 36, IT TELLS 20:13 US THERE, "BUT OF THAT DAY AND THAT HOUR KNOWETH NO MAN, NO, 20:21 NOT THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN, BUT MY FATHER ONLY." 20:24 NOW SOMEONE WRITE DOWN THE QUESTION 'JESUS SAID HE DIDN'T 20:28 EVEN KNOW THE DAY AND THE HOUR OF HIS COMING; DOES HE KNOW 20:30 NOW?' WRITE THAT DOWN. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. 20:33 BUT JESUS WAS PRETTY CLEAR. HE SAYS, 'NOT EVEN THE SON, BUT 20:35 MY FATHER ONLY.' SO IS GOD THE FATHER KEEPING A SECRET FROM 20:40 JESUS? I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU. 20:43 YOU WRITE THAT DOWN AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. 20:45 ANOTHER ONE: MATTHEW 24:33, IT SAYS, "WHEN YOU SHALL SEE ALL 20:50 THESE THINGS" - WE MAY NOT KNOW THE DAY AND THE HOUR, BUT CHRIST 20:53 SAID, "KNOW THAT IT IS NEAR, EVEN AT THE DOORS." 20:59 SO THERE'S A - THERE'S AN ARRAY - THERE'S A BOUQUET OF SIGNS 21:04 THAT GOD GIVES US IN HIS WORD, AND AS THESE SIGNS BEGIN TO LINE 21:06 UP, WE CAN KNOW THAT THE TIME IS NEAR. 21:09 DOES THE LORD WANT THAT DAY TO OVERTAKE US AS A THIEF? 21:13 2 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 5 SAYS, 'YOU ARE NOT CHILDREN OF THE 21:16 NIGHT, YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE DAY. 21:18 THAT DAY SHALL NOT OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF. 21:21 IT IS GOING TO OVERTAKE THE REST OF THE WORLD AS A THIEF. 21:24 WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS HE'S COMING AS A THIEF, IT DOES NOT MEAN 21:26 THAT IT'S GOING TO SURPRISE THE CHURCH. WE SHOULD KNOW - 21:30 WE MAY NOT KNOW THE DAY AND HOUR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KNOW 21:32 WHEN IT'S NEAR. HE WANTS US TO LIFT UP OUR HEADS AND LOOK. 21:35 DO YOU KNOW THE WORLD SPENDS, RIGHT NOW, OVER 100 MILLION 21:38 DOLLARS AN HOUR ON SOLDIERS, AMMUNITION, AND WAR MACHINES. 21:43 JESUS SAID THERE'LL BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. 21:47 AND, I DON'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN YOU, BUT YOU KNOW THOSE NUCLEAR 21:50 WEAPONS THAT WE SUPPOSEDLY SCALED BACK? 21:52 THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE. IT'S ONLY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT 21:55 IS KEEPING THE WORLD FROM IMPLODING RIGHT NOW. 21:58 IT SAYS IN REVELATION HIS ANGELS ARE HOLDING BACK THE WINDS OF 22:00 STRIFE. WHAT WILL THE ANGELS DO AT JESUS' SECOND COMING? 22:06 MATTHEW 24, VERSE 31, "HIS ANGELS ...SHALL GATHER TOGETHER 22:10 HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE 22:14 OTHER." THEY ARE GOING TO GATHER THEM TOGETHER. 22:16 WE'LL BE CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. 22:18 QUESTION #15: SINCE WE ARE LIVING JUST BEFORE JESUS' 22:21 SECOND COMING, HOW SHOULD WE RELATE TO THIS SOLEMN, GLORIOUS 22:25 EVENT? SHOULD WE BE AFRAID OF CHRIST'S COMING? 22:28 THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S A BLESSED EVENT. 22:30 JESUS TELLS US DON'T WAIT TIL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET READY. 22:34 NO, IF YOU LOVE THE LORD, YOU DON'T DO THAT. 22:36 >>AMEN. >>IT SAYS IN MATTHEW 24:44, 22:38 "THEREFORE BE YE ALSO READY:" - JESUS SAID - "FOR IN SUCH AN 22:43 HOUR AS YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH." 22:46 IT MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE - SUCH AN HOUR AS YOU DO NOT THINK. 22:50 QUESTION #16: HOW WILL PEOPLE BE REWARDED AT JESUS' SECOND 22:54 COMING? ANSWER: REVELATION CHAPTER 22, 22:58 VERSE 12 - HE SAID, "BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; AND MY REWARD IS 23:03 WITH ME, TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORK SHALL BE." 23:07 WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE BUT WE'RE REWARDED BY OUR WORKS BECAUSE 23:11 YOUR WORKS WILL ILLUSTRATE IF THE GRACE OF GOD IS REALLY ALIVE 23:14 IN YOUR HEART. QUESTION #17: WHAT WILL THE 23:18 WICKED SAY WHEN JESUS RETURNS? NOW STAY WITH ME. 23:22 THIS IS A LONG VERSE. REVELATION CHAPTER 6, VERSE 15, 23:26 "AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, AND THE GREAT MEN, AND THE RICH MEN, 23:31 AND THE CHIEF CAPTAINS, AND THE MIGHTY MEN, AND EVERY BONDMAN, 23:34 AND EVERY FREE MAN, SAID TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS, 'FALL ON 23:38 US, AND HIDE US FROM THE FACE OF HIM THAT SITTETH ON THE THRONE: 23:42 ...FOR THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH IS COME; AND WHO SHALL BE 23:46 ABLE TO STAND?" THAT'S THE BIG EVENT IN HISTORY, FRIENDS. 23:51 JESUS IS COMING AND THE QUESTION IS: WHO WILL BE PREPARED FOR HIS 23:54 COMING? WHAT SHOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT 23:56 THAN PREPARING FOR ETERNITY? WOULDN'T THAT BE THE PRIORITY? 24:01 WHAT ARE THE RIGHTEOUS GOING TO SAY WHEN JESUS COMES? 24:04 ISAIAH 25, VERSE 9 - THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SAD, THEY'RE GOING 24:08 TO BE THRILLED WITH GREAT GLORY. THEY'LL SAY, "LO, THIS IS OUR 24:13 GOD; WE HAVE WAITED FOR HIM, AND HE WILL SAVE US:" DO YOU BELIEVE 24:21 HE CAN SAVE YOU, FRIENDS? >>YES. 24:22 >>YOU CAN BE READY. IT GOES ON TO SAY, 'WE WILL 24:24 REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN HIS SALVATION.' SO WHY IS JESUS 24:29 COMING? TO DESTROY EVERYBODY? 24:32 WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HIS SECOND COMING? 24:34 JOHN 14, VERSE 3, HE SAYS, "I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU 24:40 UNTO MYSELF;" - HE'S COMING BACK FOR US. 24:42 THE WICKED ARE DESTROYED BY THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING, BUT 24:45 THE MAIN REASON FOR HIS COMING - HE SAYS, 'I'VE GONE TO PREPARE A 24:48 PLACE FOR YOU AND "I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO 24:51 MYSELF THAT WHERE I AM YOU MIGHT BE ALSO. 24:54 WE WILL LIVE WITH GOD. ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? 24:58 WHAT A JOY, FRIENDS. HE WANTS US TO BE READY. 25:01 HE'S NOT GOING TO FORGET ABOUT US. 25:03 HE WANTS YOU TO BE READY NOW BECAUSE EVERY BREATH - EVERY 25:07 HEARTBEAT IS A GIFT FROM GOD. THIS LIFE IS TEMPORARY. 25:10 WE ALL KNOW IT, FRIENDS, AMEN? >>AMEN. 25:12 >>I WANT TO BE READY. HOW ABOUT YOU? (MUSIC) 25:18 >>I READ ONE TIME ABOUT A PASTOR THAT DID SOME RESEARCH 25:21 AND HE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE ARE OVER 300 25:24 REFERENCES TO THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS IN THE BIBLE. 25:28 OBVIOUSLY, IF THE RETURN OF CHRIST IS SUCH A PRIORITY WITH 25:31 GOD, IT SHOULD BE AMONG HIS FOLLOWERS. 25:34 WE NEED TO KNOW THAT JESUS IS COMING, THAT HE'S COMING SOON, 25:37 AND SOMETHING ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS 25:41 THE DEVIL IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO IMPERSONATE CHRIST'S RETURN. 25:45 WE NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. 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