Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>THEY HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS NOW THAT ARE DEALING WITH A SUBJECT 01:14 OF PREPPERS. AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE 01:17 AREN'T EVEN RELIGIOUS. THEY JUST SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING 01:20 IN THE WORLD, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, OR IF 01:22 THERE'S A SOCIAL MELTDOWN. OTHERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT 01:25 ARMAGEDDON AND THERE'S MORE RELIGIOUS OVERTONES 01:28 TO THEIR FEAR. >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING 01:33 FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD 01:36 THROUGH MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS 01:39 FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 01:42 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING 01:46 FACTS PRESENTS. >>YOU KNOW IT'S VERY INTERESTING 01:54 THAT THEY HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS NOW THAT ARE DEALING WITH 01:58 THE SUBJECT OF PREPPERS. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HAS A 02:03 PROGRAM THAT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT DOOMSDAY PREPPERS AND 02:07 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHAT'S COMING. 02:10 AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN RELIGIOUS. 02:13 THEY JUST SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, THEY'RE WORRIED 02:15 ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT A NATURAL DISASTER 02:18 - THEY SAY 'WHAT WILL WE DO IF AN ASTEROID STRIKES OR IF 02:21 THERE'S A TSUNAMI OR IF THERE'S A SOCIAL MELTDOWN?' 02:25 OTHERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT ARMAGEDDON AND THERE'S MORE 02:27 RELIGIOUS OVERTONES TO THEIR FEAR. 02:30 BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED - HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ABOUT 02:32 FOLKS THAT ARE PREPPERS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET READY FOR THE LAST 02:35 DAYS AND THEY'RE - THEY'RE STORING UP BUCKETS OF BEANS AND 02:38 THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SOLAR ELECTRIC AND ALL THESE THINGS 02:41 AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING. 02:44 KAREN AND I'VE HAD A CABIN IN THE HILLS FOR 40 YEARS NOW AND I 02:47 THINK 35 YEARS WE'VE BEEN OFF THE GRID AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE 02:51 THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY NEARBY. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING 02:55 THIS BECAUSE THEY THINK 'WHEN THERE IS THIS MAJOR MELTDOWN WE 03:00 SOMEHOW WILL SURVIVE.' NOW FOR YEARS FOLKS HAVE ACTED LIKE 03:04 'WELL THIS IS JUST A FRINGE GROUP THAT'S WORRIED ABOUT 03:07 THAT.' BUT IT'S NOW GOING BEYOND THAT. 03:10 I THINK IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK WALL STREET JOURNAL PUBLISHED AN 03:14 ARTICLE THAT NOW THERE IS ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THESE MEGA 03:19 MILLIONAIRES HAVE A PLAN OR A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN PROTECT 03:24 THEMSELVES IN THE EVENT OF SOME SOCIAL MELTDOWN. 03:29 YOU CAN SEE DOOMSDAY PREP FOR THE SUPER RICH. 03:34 THEY BOUGHT THESE DEACTIVATED MISSILE SILOS. 03:38 YOU'VE HEARD OF SKYSCRAPERS THAT GO UP IN THE AIR? 03:41 THESE GO DOWN IN THE GROUND AND THEY HAVE ROOMS. 03:45 AND IT'S THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR A LEVEL AND THEY ARE SELLING 03:49 OUT. BECAUSE THESE MEGA MILLIONAIRES 03:52 AND BILLIONAIRES THEY'RE BUYING SECURE SPOTS THEY'VE GOT THEIR 03:54 OWN WATER SYSTEM PURIFICATION, AIR PURIFICATION, HYDROPONIC 04:00 FARMING - THEY GOT THE SWIMMING POOL, THEY'VE GOT A THEATER 04:05 FOR 17 PEOPLE, THEY'VE GOT A PHARMACY, A JAIL AND THIS IS 04:09 ALL BEING BUILT BELOW GROUND. YOU KNOW, THEY THOUGHT, IF 04:13 ANYBODY KIND OF GETS ODD, THEY'VE GOT THE JAIL. 04:16 TILL THEY COOL OFF BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU GET COOPED UP WITH A 04:19 BUNCH OF TYPE X MILLIONAIRES ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. 04:22 SO IT'S NOT JUST FRINGE GROUPS THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT SOME 04:27 KIND OF CATASTROPHE THAT SEEMS TO BE LOOMING ON THE HORIZON. 04:31 HEDGE FUNDS MANAGERS MULTI-MILLIONAIRES AND 04:34 BILLIONAIRES FROM SILICON VALLEY, THEY ARE MAKING 04:38 PREPARATIONS FOR WHAT THEY THINK IS GOING TO BE INEVITABLE ONE 04:41 WAY OR THE OTHER AND YOU - YOU CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 04:44 STUDY TONIGHT AND YOU'LL SEE WHY. 04:46 SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT SIGNS OF JESUS 04:50 COMING. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS 04:52 WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE PINNACLE OR THE HIGH POINT OF PROPHECY. 04:57 AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SORT OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER 04:59 METHOD THAT JUST HELPS ME STAY ON TRACK. 05:02 AND SO IT CREATES AN OUTLINE FOR OUR STUDY. 05:05 FIRST QUESTION IS: WHAT IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL TEACHINGS IN 05:08 REVELATION? NOW YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE NOTES. 05:11 WE'VE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SOME SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL THAT 05:14 YOU CAN GET TO GO ALONG WITH THESE PRESENTATIONS BUT I'M 05:18 GOING TO GIVE YOU A FEW OF THE SCRIPTURES JUST FROM REVELATION 05:21 SO YOU'LL KNOW THAT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS IS NOT AN 05:24 AFTERTHOUGHT IN THE LAST BOOK OF BIBLE - OF THE BIBLE. 05:28 FOR INSTANCE: REVELATION 1, VERSE 7 - FIRST CHAPTER - 05:31 "BEHOLD HE'S COMING WITH THE CLOUDS AND EVERY EYE WILL SEE 05:34 HIM. EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM." 05:38 - YOU CAN READ REVELATION 14:14, "I LOOKED AND BEHOLD A WHITE 05:41 CLOUD AND UPON THE CLOUD ONE SAT LIKE UNTO THE SON OF MAN HAVING 05:46 ON HIS HEAD A GOLDEN CROWN." AGAIN TALKING ABOUT 05:50 THE SECOND COMING. SOMEONE ON THE CLOUDS COMING - 05:52 JESUS IS COMING IN THE CLOUDS. YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 22, 05:56 VERSE 7 HE SAID, "BEHOLD I AM COMING QUICKLY. 05:59 BLESSED IS HE WHO KEEPS THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS 06:03 BOOK." NOW THAT'S THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE BUT WE'RE 06:06 NOT DONE YET. YOU GO TO REVELATION CHAPTER 22, 06:08 VERSE 20, "HE WHO TESTIFIES OF THESE THINGS SAYS, 'SURELY 06:12 I AM COMING' - HOW? >>QUICKLY. 06:14 >>QUICKLY. NOTICE HE'S COMING QUICKLY, QUICKLY - AND YOU'RE 06:17 PROBABLY THINKING, 'PASTOR DOUG, JOHN WROTE THAT 2000 YEARS AGO. 06:22 GOD'S IDEA OF QUICKLY AND MY IDEA OF QUICKLY ARE NOT THE 06:24 SAME.' (LAUGHTER) I MEAN WE WANT FAST FOOD. 06:27 WE THINK OUR MICROWAVES ARE TOO SLOW, RIGHT? 06:31 SO WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG? WELL STAY WITH US AND WE'LL TALK 06:34 ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. HE WHO TESTIFIED OF THESE THINGS 06:38 SAID, "'SURELY I AM COMING QUICKLY, AMEN.' 06:40 EVEN SO, COME, LORD JESUS." ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL 06:44 TEACHINGS OF THE BOOK. SO WITH THAT IN MIND THAT THE 06:47 LORD SAYS HE IS COMING AND THAT HE'S COMING QUICKLY, WHAT CAN WE 06:51 KNOW ABOUT THE TIME OF JESUS' RETURN? 06:55 NOW THIS IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL. 06:58 AND I WANT YOU TO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT I'M SHARING. 07:00 WE CAN KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE LORD COMING SOON, BUT BE VERY 07:04 CAREFUL ABOUT A GROUP THAT IS GIVING YOU A DATE FOR THE LORD'S 07:07 RETURN. MATTHEW 24, JESUS SAID, SPEAKING 07:11 OF HIS SECOND COMING, "BUT OF THAT DAY AND THAT HOUR 07:14 KNOWS" - HOW MANY PEOPLE? - "NO MAN" - NOT EVEN THE 07:18 ANGELS, BUT MY FATHER ONLY." I'M SURE JESUS IS IN HEAVEN - HE 07:22 KNOWS NOW, BUT WHEN CHRIST WAS ON THE - I MEAN, I DOUBT THAT 07:25 THE FATHER IS SAYING, 'OH, I KNOW THE DATE BUT I CAN'T TRUST 07:27 YOU WITH IT.' BUT WHEN JESUS WAS ON THE EARTH HE SAID, 'I 07:30 DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DATE. MY FATHER ONLY KNOWS IT. 07:33 SO WHEN SOMEONE STARTS TO PRESUME TO TELL YOU, 'I'VE 07:36 FIGURED IT OUT. I DID THE MATH. 07:38 I KNOW THE DAY AND THE HOUR OF JESUS' COMING' - THIS GENTLEMAN 07:41 HERE, HAROLD CAMPING, A VERY SINCERE MAN. 07:45 I DON'T QUESTION THAT. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT AND ONE OF 07:47 THE FOUNDERS OF FAMILY RADIO. THEY HAVE SOME GREAT CHRISTIAN 07:50 MUSIC - BUT I THINK MOST OF US REMEMBER WHEN, A FEW YEARS AGO, 07:54 HE FORETOLD - I THINK IT WAS 2011 - THAT WAS THE SECOND OR 07:57 THIRD TIME HE PICKED A DATE FOR THE SECOND COMING. 07:59 MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF HIS DATES WAS, I THINK, 1994 OR 96 - I 08:04 DON'T REMEMBER - I WAS DOING A SEMINAR AND, AGAIN, HE HAD 08:07 PICKED THE DATE AND IT REALLY HELPED THE ATTENDANCE OF MY 08:09 SEMINAR. (LAUGHTER) BUT, OF COURSE, JESUS DIDN'T COME. 08:12 AND I'VE ALWAYS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT. 08:16 HE HAD A BIG DATE FOR MAY 11 - OR MAY 21, 2011 AND WE ACTUALLY 08:21 INTERVIEWED HIM. WE WERE ON FOX NEWS IN 08:25 SACRAMENTO BECAUSE I MADE AN OFFER - HE HAD A GREAT NETWORK 08:29 OF RADIO STATIONS; WE SAID, WE'LL GIVE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS 08:32 FOR YOUR RADIO STATIONS. YOU CAN USE NOW, BUT IF JESUS 08:34 DOESN'T COME YOU SIGN THEM OVER TO US' - AND HE DIDN'T DO IT. 08:38 (LAUGHTER) AND SINCE THEN HE'S - YEAH, HE WAS SINCERE - HE HAD A 08:43 STROKE SHORTLY AFTER JESUS DIDN'T COME. 08:45 I THINK HE WAS DEVASTATED. HE REALLY BELIEVED IT, BUT IT 08:48 MESSED UP A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 08:49 IT MADE CHRISTIANITY LOSE CREDIBILITY. 08:52 THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PEOPLE JUST 08:55 CONTINUALLY SETTING DATES AND THEN IT'S THE NEXT DATE, AND 08:57 THEN IT'S THE NEXT THING. I THINK WE NEED TO LIVE IN A 09:00 STATE OF EXPECTANCY BECAUSE, IN REALITY, AS FAR AS YOU'RE 09:05 CONCERNED, IF YOU DIE YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE 09:08 RESURRECTION AND THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 09:10 >>AMEN! >>HE COULD COME 09:11 FOR YOU VERY SOON. AND EVEN IF YOU LIVE 90 OR 100 - 09:16 200 YEARS, WHAT'S THAT COMPARED TO ETERNITY? 09:20 OUR LIVES ARE PRETTY SHORT. THE BIBLE SAYS A DAY WITH THE 09:23 LORD IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS. NOW, JESUS DID TELL US WE DON'T 09:27 KNOW THE DAY OR HOUR BUT WE CAN KNOW WHEN IT'S NEAR. 09:30 MATTHEW 24, VERSE 33, HE SAID, "WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE THINGS 09:36 KNOW THAT IT IS" - WHAT? - IT'S NEAR. 09:39 SO JESUS GAVE US SIGNS. HE SAID, 'LIFT UP YOUR HEADS 09:41 WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS.' HE WANTS US TO BE WATCHING. 09:44 FIVE TIMES IN MARK 13, WHEN JESUS TALKS ABOUT THE SECOND 09:47 COMING, HE SAYS, 'WATCH WATCH WATCH.' ACTUALLY IT'S FOUR 09:51 TIMES, BUT HE WANTS US TO BE WATCHING. 09:53 HE SAID 'LEST COMING SUDDENLY HE FINDS YOU SLEEPING.' AND THEN HE 09:57 GIVES THE PARABLE OF THE VIRGINS WAITING FOR THE BRIDEGROOM. 10:00 THEY FALL ASLEEP AND THEY'RE NOT READY. 10:02 AND SO HE WANTS US TO BE THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AND 10:05 SO WHEN YOU COME TO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND WE TALK ABOUT THE 10:08 RETURN OF THE LORD - AND THE CLOSING PROMISE IN THE BIBLE 10:12 TALKS ABOUT 'EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS,' IT IS A GOOD THING FOR 10:15 CHRISTIANS TO TALK ABOUT JESUS COMING BACK. 10:18 AMEN? >>AMEN. 10:19 >>IT'S A GOOD THING. DON'T SET DATES, BUT HE WANTS 10:21 US TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. SO, IS HE COMING SOON? 10:27 LET ME GIVE YOU A BROAD IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE SCOPE OF 10:30 HISTORY. THE BIBLE SORT OF OUTLINES 10:34 HISTORY FROM - IN THREE GREAT EPOCHS. YOU'VE GOT - FROM THE 10:38 TIME OF ADAM TO ABRAHAM IS ABOUT 2000 YEARS. 10:43 WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE FOR CREATION. 10:46 AMAZING FACTS SPENT A LOT OF TIME DEVELOPING A BIBLE 10:48 CHRONOLOGY TIMELINE JUST ADDING UP THE AGES IN THE BIBLE JUST TO 10:52 KNOW WHEN, YOU KNOW, DAVID LIVED IN RELATION TO SAMSON AND THOSE 10:55 THINGS, AND WHEN IT GOT BACK TO THE TIME OF ADAM AND CREATION, 10:58 YOU COULD JUST MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS AND EVEN IF YOU KNEW THE 11:01 DATE THAT WOULD NOT BE THE WAY TO PICK A DAY FOR THE SECOND 11:04 COMING. JUST LOOKING AT THE 11:06 SCOPE OF HISTORY. ADAM WAS BORN - YOU DON'T REALLY 11:09 SAY BORN, HE WAS CREATED - ABOUT 4004 B.C., SOMEWHERE 11:14 AROUND THERE. 2000 YEARS LATER ABRAHAM'S BORN. 11:18 FOR THE FIRST 2000 YEARS GOD SHARES THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE 11:21 PATRIARCHS. THEY WERE NOT JEWS. THEY WERE PEOPLE LIKE ADAM AND 11:25 SETH AND NOAH - METHUSELAH - SO FORTH - ENOCH - GODLY PEOPLE. 11:30 AND THEN FROM THE TIME OF ABRAHAM, THEN GOD SHARED THE 11:34 GOSPEL FOR ANOTHER 2000 YEARS ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE HEBREW 11:38 PEOPLE - THE JEWISH PEOPLE - AND JESUS WAS BORN ABOUT 4 B.C. 11:43 NOW I KNOW THAT CONFUSES PEOPLE. THEY SAY, 'I THOUGHT JESUS WAS 11:47 BORN ZERO.' AND THAT'S WHY WE SAY, YOU KNOW, 4 B.C. 11:50 IS BEFORE CHRIST. WHEN THEY DEVELOPED THAT DATING 11:53 METHOD, THEY DID AN EDUCATED GUESS ABOUT WHEN THEY 11:55 THOUGHT JESUS WAS BORN. THEY FIXED THAT AS THE YEAR 11:57 ZERO, THEN YEARS LATER THEY FOUND OUT THAT KING HEROD 12:01 THE GREAT DIED ABOUT 2 B.C. WE KNOW HE'S THE ONE WHO TRIED 12:05 TO KILL ALL THE BABIES IN BETHLEHEM. 12:07 JESUS MUST HAVE BEEN ALIVE THEN. WE REALIZED JESUS WAS 12:10 BAPTIZED IN 27 A.D. HE WAS BAPTIZED ON HIS 30TH 12:14 BIRTHDAY, THE BIBLE SAYS. YOU COUNT BACKWARDS AND WE 12:17 REALIZE THEY GOT THAT A.D. B.C. DATING METHOD WRONG - 12:21 ABOUT 4 YEARS. BUT - SO THEN YOU'VE GOT 2000 12:24 YEARS FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM, 2000 YEARS FROM ABRAHAM TO CHRIST. 12:28 THEN, FOR THE NEXT 2000 YEARS, WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR DAY - THE 12:33 GOSPEL'S BEING PREACHED THROUGH SPIRITUAL ISRAEL - OR THE 12:35 CHURCH. AND THEN, AFTER YOU GET FROM 12:39 THAT - AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE LIVING NOW IN THE SPACE AGE - 12:42 YOU KNOW WE'RE LIVING RIGHT NOW EXACTLY 2000 YEARS 12:44 FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS. WE'RE LIVING 2000 YEARS FROM 12:48 BETWEEN WHEN HE WAS BORN AND WHEN HE DIED. 12:51 AND SO IT IS AN INTERESTING TIME IN HISTORY. 12:55 AND THEN YOU READ IN REVELATION CHAPTER 20, IT TALKS ABOUT A 12:58 THOUSAND-YEAR PERIOD AT THE END OF THIS SIX THOUSAND YEAR OF 13:02 BIBLE HISTORY - TALKING ABOUT THE BIBLE AGES - FOR A TOTAL OF 13:05 7000, WHICH IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING NUMBER. 13:09 YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS 'A DAY WITH THE LORD IS LIKE A THOUSAND 13:11 YEARS AND A THOUSAND YEARS LIKE A DAY.' GOD SEEMS TO WORK ON A 13:14 PATTERN IN THE BIBLE WHERE YOU WORK SIX DAYS AND YOU REST ONE. 13:18 AND HERE YOU'VE GOT LIKE SIX THOUSAND YEARS FOR THE PLAN OF 13:20 SALVATION. HERE WE ARE NEAR THE END OF THAT 13:22 PERIOD AND THEN A THOUSAND YEARS - IT SAYS THE SAINTS LIVE AND 13:25 REIGN WITH CHRIST - IT'S ALMOST LIKE A THOUSAND-YEAR 13:27 SABBATH, IF YOU WILL. SO JUST KIND OF GIVE THIS TO YOU 13:31 IN - IN YOUR MIND HERE I'LL PUT A CHART UP HERE YOU'VE GOT THESE 13:34 THREE EPOCHS YOU GET 2000 YEARS OF THE PATRIARCHS, 2000 YEARS 13:39 OF THE JEWS, 2000 YEARS OF THE CHURCH - OR SPIRITUAL ISRAEL - 13:43 THEN A THOUSAND YEARS WHERE WE LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST. 13:46 WE'RE LIVING RIGHT AT THAT TIME THAT WOULD BE OF GREAT INTEREST. 13:51 I FRANKLY THINK THAT WE'RE LIVING IN THE GENERATION THAT'S 13:54 GOING TO SEE THE CULMINATION OF ALL THAT'S BEEN FORETOLD. 13:57 I KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING. 13:59 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU PASTORS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT JESUS COMING 14:02 AGAIN NOW FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND IT HASN'T COME YET.' 14:07 WHEN HE DOES COME YOU'LL THINK IT'S TOO SOON. 14:12 AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ONE OF THESE DAYS ONE OF US IS GOING 14:13 TO BE RIGHT. HE IS GOING TO COME. 14:18 >>FRIENDS, IN JUST A MOMENT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH 14:19 TODAY'S PRESENTATION. BUT BEFORE WE DO YOU KNOW A LOT 14:23 OF FOLKS MISUNDERSTAND HOW JESUS IS COMING AGAIN. 14:26 THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT 'WILL HIS RETURN BE A SECRET?' 14:29 'WHEN IS THE TRIBULATION TAKING PLACE?' 14:31 AND TO HELP CLEAR THIS UP WE HAVE A SPECIAL FREE OFFER FOR 14:34 YOU. IT'S A BOOKLET THAT I'VE WRITTEN 14:36 CALLED ANYTHING BUT SECRET . THIS RESOURCE IS 14:39 ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE. JESUS WARNED US THERE'LL BE 14:42 MANY FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS. 14:45 HOW CAN YOU AVOID BEING DECEIVED? 14:47 FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE RESOURCES THIS WILL BLESS YOUR HEART. 14:50 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN OR 14:53 VISIT AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND ASK FOR OFFER #106. 14:58 AND AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE MAKE SURE 15:01 AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. LET'S GET BACK NOW TO TODAY'S 15:04 PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE AMAZING FACTS FROM 15:06 THE WORD OF GOD. >>KEEP IN MIND GOD TOLD ABRAHAM 15:11 THAT THROUGH HIS DESCENDANTS THE MESSIAH WOULD COME. 15:14 EVERY JEWISH GIRL HOPED THAT SHE WOULD BE THE MOTHER OF THE 15:17 MESSIAH. 100 YEARS WENT BY 200 YEARS WENT BY. 15:22 THEY KEPT SAYING 'HE'S COMING HE'S COMING.' 'THE MESSIAH IS 15:24 COMING.' 500 YEARS WENT BY - 1000 YEARS WENT BY AND THEY 15:29 STARTED LOSING FAITH. 'YEAH, THEY SAY THE MESSIAH IS 15:31 COMING.' FINALLY WHEN JESUS DID COME, 2000 YEARS 15:34 LATER WERE THEY READY? >>NO. 15:37 >>COULD THAT HAPPEN AGAIN? >>YES. 15:39 >>THEY WERE ON THAT TIME. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SIGNS 15:42 OF THE NEARNESS OF CHRIST? THERE'S OUR QUESTION 15:46 NUMBER THREE. NOW, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR BIBLES 15:48 - I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BROUGHT A BIBLE WITH YOU BUT 15:49 I'LL READ IT TO YOU. IF YOU GO TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 15:53 JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING: "YOU WILL 15:57 HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT TROUBLED. 16:01 ALL THESE THINGS MUST COME TO PASS." 16:03 HE SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE WAR BUT A WAR IS NOT A SIGN - 16:05 THERE'S BEEN WARS ALL ALONG - "THE END IS NOT YET. 16:08 NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM AND 16:12 THERE WILL BE FAMINES AND PESTILENCE" - THOSE ARE PLAGUES 16:15 - "AND EARTHQUAKES IN VARIOUS PLACES. 16:17 ALL THESE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS THEN THEY WILL 16:20 DELIVER YOU UP TO TRIBULATION AND KILL YOU AND YOU'LL BE HATED 16:23 OF ALL NATIONS FOR MY NAME'S SAKE AND MANY WILL BE OFFENDED 16:27 AND BETRAY ONE ANOTHER AND MANY WILL HATE ONE ANOTHER. 16:30 MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL RISE AND DECEIVE MANY AND BECAUSE 16:33 LAWLESSNESS WILL ABOUND THE LOVE OF MANY WILL GROW COLD." 16:36 - AND HEAR ITS PROMISES - "BUT HE THAT ENDURES TO THE END WILL 16:38 BE SAVED." - HE SAID, 'DON'T LOSE PATIENCE' 16:43 - EVEN REVELATION SAYS 'HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS.' WHY 16:47 DO YOU THINK WE NEED PATIENCE? HE'S COMING SOON AND SOME PEOPLE 16:51 ARE SAYING, 'AW, IS HE EVER GOING TO COME?' 16:53 HOLD ON. HE'S COMING AGAIN. SO NOW LET'S TAKE APART SOME OF 16:56 THE SIGNS THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT TALKING ABOUT THE 16:59 SIGNS OF THE END. TALKED ABOUT WARS AND RUMORS OF 17:02 WARS - POLITICAL INSTABILITY. DO WE HAVE THAT IN 17:05 THE WORLD TODAY? >>YEP. 17:07 >>YEAH, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE NEWS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. 17:11 NOT ONLY IS NORTH KOREA CONTINUING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE 17:14 AND TEST THE DISTANCE IT CAN DELIVER BALLISTIC MISSILES, BUT 17:18 IRAN IS NOW TESTING MISSILES AND THEY'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR 17:21 THERE'S SOME COUNTRIES THEY DON'T LIKE VERY MUCH. 17:23 WE'RE ONE OF THEM. ISRAEL'S ANOTHER. 17:26 I MEAN RIGHT NOW IT'S - IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST IS A 17:29 POWDER KEG. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, MAN HAS 17:32 NEVER MADE A WEAPON HE DID NOT USE. 17:35 THAT'S A HISTORICAL FACT. AND YOU JUST WONDER, AT ONE 17:38 POINT, IS SOMEBODY GOING TO GET A HOLD OF A FORBIDDEN NUCLEAR 17:41 WEAPON FROM THE COLD WAR OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 17:44 YOU KNOW REVELATION TELLS US THAT GOD HAS HIS ANGELS HOLDING 17:49 BACK THE WINDS OF STRIFE SO THAT THE GOSPEL CAN GO FORWARD. 17:53 I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT'S GIVING US THIS WINDOW OF PEACE 17:56 IS THAT THE LORD IS HOLDING BACK THE WINDS OF STRIFE TO GIVE US 17:59 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WHILE TIME REMAINS. 18:03 WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. I SAW AN INTERESTING FACT. 18:06 YOU KNOW THE WORLD SPENDS OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AN 18:10 HOUR ON SOLDIERS, AMMUNITION, AND WAR MACHINES. 18:14 AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMERICAN MILITARY WHAT IT COSTS EVERY 18:18 HOUR AND THE - RUSSIA AND CHINA AND THESE - A HUNDRED MILLION 18:21 DOLLARS AN HOUR IS SPENT ON PREPARING FOR THESE. 18:25 NOT ONLY WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS, THE BIBLE TALKED ABOUT 18:27 EARTHQUAKES IN VARIOUS PLACES - NOT ONLY EARTHQUAKES - 18:31 EARTHQUAKE - THE ONE THERE IN 2004 TRIGGERED THE TSUNAMI. 18:35 AND 250,000 PEOPLE PERISHED. AND EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING, ON 18:42 THE WEST COAST, WHEN IS THE BIG ONE GOING TO COME? 18:44 AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME TERRIBLE CATASTROPHES WITH 18:47 EARTHQUAKES. I SAW A FACT THAT CAME FROM THE 18:50 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE 18:53 INFORMATION CENTER THAT, BETWEEN 2004 AND 2014, 18 EARTHQUAKES 18:59 WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OR MORE RATTLED SUBDUCTION 19:03 ZONES AROUND THE GLOBE. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 265 19:06 PERCENT OVER THE AVERAGE RATE OF THE PREVIOUS CENTURY. 19:11 NOW WHILE I TALK ABOUT SIGNS LIKE WAR AND RUMOR OF WAR AND 19:15 PLAGUES AND EARTHQUAKES, KEEP IN MIND THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 19:20 THESE THINGS. WHAT THE LORD IS TALKING ABOUT 19:23 IS WHEN THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY INCREASES. 19:28 WHEN KAREN AND I HAD CHILDREN AND SHE WAS GREAT WITH CHILD 19:34 EVERY NOW AND THEN SHE'D GET A LABOR PAIN. 19:36 I THINK THEY CALL THE EARLY ONES BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTIONS OR 19:39 SOMETHING. AND YOU KNOW YOUR REACTION COULD 19:43 BE, 'OH, I'M FEELING SOMETHING - WE'LL RUN FOR THE DOCTOR.' AND 19:46 THEY'LL OFTEN SMILE AND SEND YOU HOME AND SAY, 'FIRST ONE? 19:49 RELAX, YOU'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO.' AND, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THAT 19:52 NINTH MONTH THEY ARE READY TO BE DELIVERED. 19:56 THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT BABY. BUT WHEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE 20:01 PAINS BEGIN COME CLOSER TOGETHER WITH MORE FREQUENCY AND THEY 20:06 BECOME MORE INTENSE, THEN YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A BABY. 20:12 AND, AS YOU NEAR THE END OF TIME, YOU'LL SEE THE SIGNS THAT 20:16 JESUS TALKED ABOUT - WARS WELL LAST CENTURY WE HAD TWO WORLD 20:20 WARS. AND IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE'RE 20:23 ON THE BRINK OF A THIRD, THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING. 20:24 THAT'S NOT A NORMAL WAR. IT'S A WORLD WAR AND NUCLEAR 20:29 WEAPONS AND ATOMIC BOMBS - AND THE INTENSITY OF THESE THINGS, 20:34 INCLUDING THE EARTHQUAKES AND NATURAL DISASTERS. 20:36 IT SEEMS LIKE THEY INCREASE AND INTENSIFY. 20:39 SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. 20:41 PLAGUES, PESTILENCE - JESUS TALKED ABOUT. 20:44 I THINK DON'T WE ALL SHUDDER FROM THE TERRIBLE IMAGES THAT WE 20:47 SAW COMING FROM WEST AFRICA WITH THE EBOLA BREAK OUT RECENTLY BUT 20:51 THAT'S NOT THE WORST PLAGUE. LITTLE MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS 20:54 AGO IN 19 - I GUESS A LITTLE LESS THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO - 20:58 IN 1917 - 1918 THEY HAD THE - AN INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC AND YOU KNOW 21:05 THAT IT KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN WORLD WAR I? 21:07 ABOUT 40 MILLION PEOPLE DIED FROM A STRAIN OF THE FLU. 21:13 AND NOW, WITH ALL THE ANTIBIOTICS, SCIENCE IS TELLING 21:16 US THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF A VERY RESISTANT STRAIN - A SUPER 21:20 BUG COULD BE SPREAD VERY QUICKLY CAUSE - I TRAVEL A LOT; YOU GET 21:26 ON THESE AIRPLANES ALL IT TAKES IS ONE SICK PERSON COUGHING IT'S 21:28 PUMPED THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM AND BOY, THE AIRLINE 21:32 INDUSTRY AROUND THE WORLD IS A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO SPREAD THE 21:35 VIRUS AROUND THE WORLD. AND SO, GOVERNMENTS ARE AWARE OF 21:39 THAT AND THEY ARE VERY CAREFULLY GUARDING - YOU REMEMBER, WITH 21:41 THE EBOLA - PEOPLE FLYING - THEY WERE SCREENING EVERYBODY BECAUSE 21:44 THEY COULD SEE HOW QUICKLY THIS COULD SPREAD. AGAIN, IT'S JUST 21:47 THE GRACE OF GOD THAT'S HOLDING THESE THINGS BACK RIGHT NOW. 21:51 ONE OF THE SIGNS JESUS GIVES OF THE LAST DAYS IS VIOLENCE. 21:55 CHRIST SAID, 'AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, AND AS IT WAS IN 21:58 THE DAYS OF LOT, SO WILL IT BE IN THE DAYS WHEN THE SON OF MAN 22:02 RETURNS.' WHAT WAS IT LIKE BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH? 22:05 YOU READ IN GENESIS CHAPTER 6, 'THE THOUGHTS OF MEN'S HEARTS 22:09 WERE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY AND VIOLENCE FILLED THE LAND.' THE 22:14 BIBLE TELLS US THAT IT GRIEVED THE LORD IN HIS HEART THAT HE'D 22:17 EVEN MADE MAN. AND SO YOU CONSIDER THAT. 22:20 DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF VIOLENCE IN THE WORLD TODAY? 22:23 HERE'S AN INTERESTING FACT. EVERY DAY MORE AMERICAN YOUTH 22:27 DIE IN GANG VIOLENCE THAN FIGHTING IN FOREIGN WARS. 22:30 I UNDERSTAND THAT 2016 IN CHICAGO THERE WERE OVER 718 22:37 MURDERS. THAT'S MORE PEOPLE BEING 22:41 MURDERED IN ONE U.S. CITY. THAN OUR SOLDIERS WERE SLAIN IN 22:46 THE LAST SIX YEARS FIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. VIOLENCE. 22:53 ONE OF THE SIGNS OF THE LAST DAYS. 22:54 AND, IF YOU DON'T MIND MY JUST SAYING HERE, I DON'T THINK IT 22:57 SHOULD SURPRISE US WHEN - IF YOU SCAN THROUGH THE TELEVISION, 23:01 YOU'RE GOING TO FIND PEOPLE ARE ENTERTAINED BY VIOLENCE. 23:04 AND IF WE'RE ENTERTAINED BY VIOLENCE WE TEND TO REPRODUCE - 23:08 ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY SEE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS 23:10 OF MURDERS AS THEY GROW UP AND YOU SORT OF BECOME 23:12 CALLOUS AND INDIFFERENT. AND THEY SEE ALL THIS SHOOTING 23:15 ON TELEVISION AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN 23:18 A REAL GUN AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO A LIFE AND FICTION. 23:22 AND THERE'S JUST THIS COLD INDIFFERENCE. IMMORALITY. 23:28 PORN - I SAW STUDY NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT - IT'S KIND OF 23:35 SHOCKING. 12 PERCENT OF ALL INTERNET 23:38 WEBSITES ARE PORNOGRAPHIC - AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF 23:42 WEBSITES - TWELVE PERCENT. THIRTY FIVE PERCENT OF ALL 23:45 INTERNET DOWNLOADS ARE PORNOGRAPHIC IN CONTENT. 23:48 25 PERCENT OF ONLINE SEARCH ENGINE REQUESTS ARE RELATED TO 23:52 SEX. FORTY MILLION AMERICANS CONSIDER 23:55 THEMSELVES REGULAR VISITORS TO PORN SITES. 23:58 THE AVERAGE AGE FOR THE FIRST EXPOSURE TO PORN IS 11 YEARS OLD 24:02 - AVERAGE AGE. IT'S JUST SATURATING OUR SOCIETY 24:08 AND THINGS THAT WERE ONCE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, IMMORAL 24:11 IT'S JUST BECOMING A WAY OF LIFE. 24:14 PEOPLE ARE BECOMING CALLOUSED TO PURITY THAT GOD IS CALLING US 24:17 TO. AND YOU KNOW I JUST CAN'T RUSH 24:20 BY THIS WITHOUT MENTIONING SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE ALL 24:22 AWARE OF, THAT THE BIBLE SAYS 'AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF SODOM, 24:27 SO SHALL IT BE IN THE DAYS WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES' - AND I'M, 24:30 FRANKLY, VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'VE BECOME FUZZY ON THE 24:34 DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE. 24:37 I DON'T WANT TO BE UNKIND. I REALIZE IT'S VERY POLITICALLY 24:40 INCORRECT TO SAY THAT BUT I'M GOING TO BE HERE AND TELL 24:43 YOU WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. OVERPOPULATION. 24:49 YOU KNOW I SAW A STUDY - I ACTUALLY LOOKED IT UP TO CHECK 24:53 MY FACTS TODAY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE BORDERING ON, 24:56 YOU KNOW, SEVEN AND A HALF BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 24:59 IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY FIVE THOUSAND YEARS - I THINK IT WAS 25:03 1829 - THE WORLD GOT THE FIRST BILLION PEOPLE - 5000 YEARS TO 25:08 GET 1 BILLION. THEN IT WAS ABOUT 123 YEARS 25:11 AFTER THAT JUST 123 YEAR TO GET THE SECOND BILLION. 25:15 THEN ABOUT 30 YEARS AFTER THAT TO GET THE THIRD BILLION. 25:18 I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE ONLY 3 BILLION PEOPLE AND I'M NOT 25:21 THAT OLD - IN THE WORLD - AND IN MY LIFE THE WORLD POPULATION HAS 25:26 MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 3 BILLION TO 7 SOMETHING BILLION. 25:31 THERE'S ACTUALLY A WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO AND IT WILL CLOCK FOR 25:34 YOU HOW PEOPLE ARE BEING BORN - HOW QUICKLY - IT'S KIND OF 25:36 STAGGERING TO JUST SIT THERE AND LOOK THAT - HOW MANY PEOPLE - 90 25:40 MILLION PEOPLE ARE BEING ADDED TO THE WORLD'S POPULATION EVERY 25:44 YEAR - 90 MILLION PEOPLE - THAT'S INCLUDING THE ONES YOU 25:47 DEDUCT FOR DEATH 90 MILLION NEW PEOPLE DRAWING ON THE RESOURCES 25:52 OF THE PLANET. KAREN AND I'VE BEEN TO CHINA A FEW TIMES. 25:56 LET ME TELL YOU THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CHINA. 25:59 I REMEMBER IN SHANGHAI - I GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY - 26:01 THAT'S A BUSY CITY AND IT'S A VERY POPULATED CITY, BUT I GOT 26:07 TO CHINA I FEEL LIKE I WAS DRIVING THROUGH NEW YORK CITY 26:10 DOWNTOWN FOR AN HOUR AND IT NEVER STOPPED - LIKE 24 MILLION 26:14 PEOPLE - THIS ONE CITY BUT IT'S GROWING. AND THIS JUST TELLS US 26:20 IT CAN'T LAST FOREVER. 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