We are racing towards the
global crisis at the close.
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God is going to set
up His kingdom on earth.
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Preparation for the tribulation
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and the
translation is to develop
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a character like Jesus Christ.
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To reach every
hamlet, every village,
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every man, every
child, every person in India,
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every person in South
America must hear these
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three angels' messages.
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These are
stories that illustrate
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the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear
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we are living
in an unusual hour,
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the last grains of sand
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are trickling
through the hourglass of time
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and the door of probation
is about to swing shut.
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Our topic entitled tonight
is The Last Night On Earth.
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It is amazing what
we will do for love.
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How many
remember falling in love?
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Now let me jog your memory.
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Well, I was attending
the theological seminary
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at Andrews
University in Southwestern,
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little pocket there
and Southwestern, Michigan,
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just a little dot on the map
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but there're several
thousand in population
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and most of those are people
that go to the university.
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And I fell in love with
my wife-to-be at that time
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and I was really head over heals
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and so much so
that during the summer,
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my wife said, I have to
go back to New York City
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and I'm going to
have a temp position
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and I'm gonna work
there in Manhattan,
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Downtown, New York
City, mega city, bigger city,
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as you know in
the United States.
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And so she was gonna
go during the summer,
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I would continue
through summer school,
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attending the
seminary, taking summer classes.
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And so we were gonna have
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a long distance
love relationship
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and I didn't like that idea.
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But I said, you know what,
I'll come out and visit you.
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She said, "No, you
don't need to do that."
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Look, my mind
was already made up,
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I was gonna do it.
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And so I didn't
care about the distance,
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I didn't care about
how much the gas costs.
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Besides, I have a VW Rabbit
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that I had
inherited from my parents.
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Now it was very
tired, it had high mileage,
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but it did get good gas mileage.
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It was a little
diesel and so I decided,
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you know what, I know I
don't really make much money
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going to the seminary.
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But I'm gonna do it.
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So one weekend, I call her
up, at the beginning of the week
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and saying, I'm coming.
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"No, no, no."
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I know I have to be
back to class on Monday,
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but I'm gonna come anyway.
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And so you know,
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it's amazing
what we do for love.
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But at any
rate, so I headed out.
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And my heart is
full of anticipation.
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I call it my unforgettable trip
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from Berrien
Springs to New York City.
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My heart was full of,
everyone say that word,
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ANTICIPATION!
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It's amazing what anticipation
does for motivation.
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So at any rate,
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I'm just
rambling down my high way
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and just whistling,
and happy, and joyful,
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and I'm envisioning my
time with my wife-to-be.
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And so I knew,
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in the back of my
mind I'm thinking,
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oh, boy, I got go
practically just go there,
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give her a hug and
get a little time together
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and then race
back to the seminary.
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I'd rather be with her.
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Anyway, so, I remember,
I'm going from Michigan
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and I got to go
down through Indiana
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and then as I'm into Ohio,
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all of a sudden, the
car starts acting up.
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And hey, when that
happens, and so I looked down
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and I see the engine
light, the oil light is on.
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And I'm thinking, this
is not a really good sign.
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And immediately
my mind starts racing
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like oh, no, what
if I can't see her.
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You know, I don't
really care about the car.
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I just want a
car to get me there.
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So at any rate, I pull
over and I pop the hood,
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not a pretty sight.
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Have you ever seen an engine
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that had oil all
over it, everywhere?
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And I'm like what in
the world is going on
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and immediately I'm calculating,
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let's see if I break down,
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how long am I
going to be broken down,
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can I still make it.
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It's amazing
what we do for love.
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So it is at any
rate, I had to walk.
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I walked and I
walked and I walked
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and finally I was
able to get a tow truck.
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And that was very expensive
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for my meager money as seminary,
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so at any rate, they towed
me to a nearby car repair shop.
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And so I brought it
in there and they said,
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"Well, Mr. Fox, you
have a major problem here.
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You're oil feed,
feed-- oil feed line,
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I could say that oil
feed line, has busted.
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And that's why it shot
oil all over your engine.
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It's going to take us,
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I said do it, do
it, whatever it--
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Well, it's gonna
take-- Just do it.
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And so while they're doing
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and I'm
calculating and I'm pacing,
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you know, like happening to be--
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Okay, anyway. So
I'm pacing, I'm pacing.
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Finally, after
several hours they fixed it.
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I paid for it. And I called her.
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"No, no, no, don't try
to come. It's already late."
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I said, I'm on my way.
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So I'm rambling
down, rambling down.
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Now that had set me
back for several hours.
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So I knew I'd say
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I'm going to be
getting there late
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like really late,
like midnight late.
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Well, what happened was,
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as I'm cruising on
into New York City,
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it's a concrete jungle.
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It really is.
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And so I got completely lost
and it was close to midnight.
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And then I notice
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that my, well, my
diesel gas was running out.
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It was like on the
E going under the E,
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that's empty.
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And so at any rate,
I'm wondering you know,
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what should I do
and what happened was
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I took the wrong exit.
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Now that's like
going to the point
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of no return in New York City.
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And so I rolled down my window
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you know, there
to buy a gas there.
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I finally found a gas station.
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And I said, "Could
you tell me where I am?"
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They said "You're in the Bronx."
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One of the boroughs there,
you know, don't want to be,
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you know, get
lost in New York City
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and so I was in the Bronx
at midnight running out of gas
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while my wife to be was
waiting for me patiently.
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This was before cell phones.
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This is all pay
phones back then.
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And so at any rate,
let me tell you something,
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when I finally made it
to the apartment complex,
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there in Queens, New York,
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where she lived
with her grandmother
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and her mother was there as well
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and some brothers
and-- or rather sisters and--
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And so when I
arrived, she met me out there
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by the curb where I was parking.
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She was, so I'll be
outside waiting for you.
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When I saw her,
do you think like,
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oh, man, you think I
was focusing on the trip?
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I was like, it was worth it all.
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And when we embraced,
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I said, "Man, I would drive
to the North Pole for this."
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It is amazing what
we will do for love.
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It was worth it all, so
that we could be together
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even if it meant
just a day or two.
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I got to tell you this.
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My Bible tells
me that Jesus died
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because He wanted
to be with us so much.
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He took a long trip.
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And the devil said,
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"This is not
worth it, don't come.
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And when He came, "Go
back. This is not worth it.
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But Jesus was determined.
He wanted to marry us.
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And He's called us
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to the marriage
supper to the Lamb.
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Is anybody here tonight?
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My Bible tells me
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that He came on a very
costly trip along the way.
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But He came here with a mission
and a message, and a mandate,
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I will save them
at any cost to myself
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so that we can be
together, forever.
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Can you say amen?
And so listen to me.
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"I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
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this is Revelation.
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What book of the
Bible? Revelation.
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Listen.
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"And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
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'Behold the tabernacle of God,'
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the dwelling,
'of God is with men
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and He will dwell with them
and they shall be His people
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and God himself
will be with them
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and be their God.'"
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I'm so happy that as
you read the Scriptures,
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there is this kind of
ending, should I say beginning.
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I'm happy that it
has a happy ending.
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We shall live with God forever.
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I believe that
Jesus loves us so much.
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And I want you
to think about this,
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that He longs to come
and take us home to heaven
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to be with him forever.
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Amen.
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How many believe God
has longings in His heart.
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He has yearnings in His heart.
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He has a hunger for our love
and a longing to be together.
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Would you agree,
all heaven is a stir,
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we're trying to save man
so that they can be with us
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and go home to be with the Lord.
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Now Jesus died on the cross.
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So that by accepting
Him as the Lord and Savior,
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we will be together
through all eternity.
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So think about it.
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All of heaven, all of
heaven lives with intense,
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what's that word?
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Anticipation.
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Come on, thundered out,
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anticipation of
us living together
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with them forever in heaven.
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Would you agree,
God has anticipation.
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It's been said, you need
three things to be happy.
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I've said it
before, I'll echo it.
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Number one, someone to love.
Number two, something to do.
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And number three,
something to look forward to.
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God built it into our framework
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and wired us to want to
look forward to something.
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I don't care whether
you're thrown in jail,
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whether your life is threatened,
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whether you lose your job,
you always can look forward
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to going home to
be with the Lord,
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where they'll be no
more pain, no more suffering.
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Now that's
something to look forward to.
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And so think about it.
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"We ourselves" Paul
said in Romans 8:23.
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"We ourselves
groan within ourselves,
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eagerly waiting."
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What kind of waiting?
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"Eagerly waiting
for the adoption,
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the redemption of our body."
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When we go to be with the Lord,
we're gone their body and all.
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Amen. We're going up here.
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Aren't you glad to
going to get a new model?
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I've said that
before. Romans 8 verse 23.
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Now I want you to think.
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My parents live
in Portland, Oregon,
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which is not far
from Mount St. Helens.
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Now if those who
lived near Mount St. Helens
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had heard the warnings
of an imminent eruption.
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I think about 84
year old Harry Truman,
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not to be confused
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with the former
president Harry Truman,
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but no, the owner of
the Mount St. Helens lodge
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at the edge of Spirit Lake.
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Here's what he said.
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Listen to this notorious quote.
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"No one knows more
about this mountain than Harry
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and it doesn't
dare blow up on me."
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Guess what
happened. It blew up on Harry.
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Can you say false
security personified?
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Exhibit A,
showcase, there it is.
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That's what false
security feels like, talks like.
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Could it be that
in the last days,
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they'll be a whole generation
caught up in false security.
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Harry was not ready.
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And there were others
that perished that day as well.
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Then when the Lord comes,
they'll be a lot of Harrys.
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"Then the sky
receded as a scroll
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when it is rolled up.
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And every mountain and island
was moved out of its place."
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Now that's earth
shaking. Revelation 6: 14.
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In other word, soon
every mountain will quake,
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soon every
island will disappear,
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soon every city
will be destroyed,
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no matter how great,
no matter how populated,
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no matter how
massive, no matter how popular.
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Soon, soon everyone will
either be saved or destroyed.
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Now most will be
taken by surprise.
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Isn't that true?
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By the final
events of earth's history
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including the
coming of the Lord.
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So the question I raise tonight
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is how can you and I be ready
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for the greatest
event next to the cross.
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The cross is the
center of the gospel.
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But it's not all of the gospel.
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The gospel is
Jesus died for you.
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And He's coming for
you. Can you say amen?
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The gospel is not complete
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if you just say
Jesus died for you.
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You need to go a step further.
00:14:25.63\00:14:27.06
Not only did He die
for you, if you accept Him,
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you can have
eternal life with Him.
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How many agree? That's gospel.
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"For God so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten son."
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But the verse
doesn't stop there.
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"That whoever believes
in Him should not perish
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but have everlasting life."
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Now that's the full
Gospel. Can you say amen?
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And so Jesus
wants us to be ready.
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How many agree,
in a blink of an eye,
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things can so drastically change
00:14:53.89\00:14:56.46
that you wouldn't
even recognize this world?
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How many agree 911,
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we have been thinking
about that here lately
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as they commemorate that?
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How many
remember where you Were,
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what you were
doing and so forth?
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That was an iconic paradigm
shift or a game changer, right.
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Just like the atomic
bomb. Let me tell you something.
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You can expect sudden
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whirlwind
changes to be unleashed.
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We don't know when
Jesus is gonna come
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but before He comes,
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there will be a string, a series
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happening in rapid succession
of one cataclysmic event
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following on the
heels of another one.
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So listen.
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In the Book of Revelation,
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there are several
verses in Revelation 22
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that contain words in red.
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Who's speaking? Jesus.
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Three times in the
last page of your Bible.
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How many believe all
the Bible's inspired?
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And I think
there's something special
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about the last
page of the Bible.
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How many agree? It's you know--
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Many people would probably
go to that just to see it.
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I wonder what's the last page?
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Haven't you done that
when you read books sometime?
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"Oh, let me see how it ends."
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Look at it, look at it with me.
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Revelation 22,
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we got to keep our foot
on the accelerator here.
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We've got a lot of
territory to cover here.
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Revelation 22: 7.
"Behold I am coming quickly.
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Blessed is He
who keeps the words
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of the prophecy of this book."
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So Jesus wants us
to study this book,
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to focus on this book.
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That's why this
seminar is not extra
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you know,
curricular or trivial Pursuit.
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This is essential, this
is core this is important,
00:16:35.29\00:16:38.16
this is the
revelation of Jesus Christ.
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And so I want to
notice here in verse 12.
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"And behold I am coming quickly.
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And my reward is with me
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to give everyone
according to his work."
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Look at verse 20.
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"Behold, or "Surely,
I am coming quickly."
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Three times, three times
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in the last chapter of the Bible
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Jesus says "I am."
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What? "I am coming quickly."
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Now one of the most
familiar touching passages
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in all of Scripture
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comes ringing down
the corridors of time
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with special relevance
00:17:11.03\00:17:13.66
and application to a
troubled, troubled world.
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"Let not your heart be troubled.
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Ye believe in God
believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many mansions.
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If I were not so, I
would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go to
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and
receive you unto Myself
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that where I am,
there you may be also."
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John 14: 1-3.
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Jesus is our hope
giver. Now let me rewind play.
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"Let not your be troubled,
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ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
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In my Father's
house are many mansions.
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If it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again." And again.
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How many think I
added some? I added some.
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Does the Bible say it's
okay to add things in the Bible?
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The Bible says,
"Don't add to it."
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Don't-- How many agree.
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Leave it alone? Right.
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If you add to it
that's not of the Bible,
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you take away from it,
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the Bible says Deuteronomy 4:2,
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"Don't add or
take away from it."
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Revelation 22:18, 19,
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there is a warning
about being removed
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from the Book of Life or
plagues being added to you
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if you add or take away
from the Book of Revelation.
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Kind of makes me
want to tread carefully.
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And so the Bible
makes it very clear,
00:18:37.91\00:18:39.55
"Don't add to it
don't take away from it."
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So Jesus said,
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and you can check
it out John 14: 1-3.
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One of the most
familiar, how many would agree,
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this one of those
familiar comforting passages?
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And rightly so.
But the point is this.
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Jesus said. "I will come again."
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He did not say. "I
will come again and again."
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Now I want you to think
about that with me for a moment.
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Jesus did not, come on now.
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I'm here to tell
you something tonight.
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Jesus did not say "I
will come again and again."
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So if there were books,
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movies, magazines, radio
00:19:18.09\00:19:20.89
and TV programs
that were popular
00:19:20.92\00:19:23.43
teaching two
distinct comings of Jesus,
00:19:23.46\00:19:27.86
in other words, I
will come again and again,
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yet to be fulfilled,
00:19:30.80\00:19:32.50
two distinct comings yet
to be fulfilled by Jesus,
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that would be blatantly false.
00:19:35.87\00:19:39.97
So therefore, what is
our hope for tomorrow?
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Titus 2:13. Would you agree?
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Our hope is, "I
will come again."
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False hope, I will
come again and again.
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Would you agree?
There is a difference.
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There's a difference.
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So what is our
hope for tomorrow?
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Titus 2:13.
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Read it together
with me. Can you do that?
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Here we go, everybody.
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"While we wait
for the blessed hope--
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The glorious appearing
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of our great God
and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:20:07.77\00:20:11.01
So think about it.
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Our only blessed hope
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is the glorious
appearing of Jesus Christ.
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Is that clear?
00:20:18.88\00:20:20.22
Now a child
could understand this.
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There's nothing complicated.
00:20:21.95\00:20:23.72
But you know,
man makes complicated
00:20:23.75\00:20:25.72
what God makes clear.
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Man makes perplexing
what God makes plain.
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If you are going through
personal crisis in your life,
00:20:31.13\00:20:34.10
if you are facing
financial challenges,
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if you were suffering
from a health problem,
00:20:36.60\00:20:38.67
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:20:38.70\00:20:41.10
if you have a special
concern for your children,
00:20:41.14\00:20:43.57
whatever your need may be,
00:20:43.61\00:20:44.94
give is a call and
we will pray with you.
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For your prayer request,
call us at 1-855-336-FREE.
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"If the Son set you
free, you are free indeed."
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John 8: 36.
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Now listen to me.
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The Lord says,
"I will come again."
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Not again and again.
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No two phases, no two stages,
no two trains bound for glory.
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Just one.
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Then Paul, also in
agreement with the Lord.
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How many agree all
the Bible harmonizes
00:21:14.67\00:21:16.47
when you really
study it in depth?
00:21:16.50\00:21:18.81
Some passage might
seem to contradict.
00:21:18.84\00:21:21.31
But you study it out,
00:21:21.34\00:21:22.68
and you discover
the tenor of Scripture
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where God is very
consistent, it all harmonizes.
00:21:25.31\00:21:28.65
Now I want you
to think about this.
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Glorious appearing.
That's our blessed hope.
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That's the only hope.
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You don't want to add to it,
00:21:36.32\00:21:37.66
you don't want to
take away from it,
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you don't need to footnote it.
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It doesn't really
require a lot of explanation.
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It's just plain and simple
00:21:43.60\00:21:45.43
that the preaching and teaching
of the true gospel is this.
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"Jesus is coming
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and our blessed hope
is the glorious appearing
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ."
00:21:55.61\00:21:57.48
That's the gospel truth.
00:21:57.51\00:21:59.28
"And the truth
shall set you free."
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John 8: 32.
00:22:01.25\00:22:02.58
So therefore, Jesus
appears equals only hope.
00:22:02.62\00:22:08.69
Jesus does not appear
00:22:08.72\00:22:11.89
but somehow the
saints go up anyway,
00:22:11.93\00:22:15.80
oh, that would be a false hope.
00:22:15.83\00:22:18.47
Are you're
listening to me tonight?
00:22:18.50\00:22:19.83
Are the wheels turning?
00:22:19.87\00:22:21.27
Are the questions
starting to stir up?
00:22:21.30\00:22:22.94
That's a good
thing how many agree,
00:22:22.97\00:22:24.77
it's good to
question what you believe
00:22:24.81\00:22:27.38
because truth
can handle scrutiny?
00:22:27.41\00:22:32.81
If someone was preaching
that the hope of the Christian
00:22:32.85\00:22:38.09
is a secret coming of
Jesus would that be correct?
00:22:38.12\00:22:41.29
Is that the
glorious of appearing?
00:22:41.32\00:22:45.73
Now think about
it with me tonight.
00:22:45.76\00:22:48.76
The enemy is
setting the world up
00:22:48.80\00:22:52.50
for his fatal, final delusion
00:22:52.53\00:22:55.94
that will take the world
by an overwhelming surprise.
00:22:55.97\00:22:59.57
The popular
deception in the time of Christ
00:22:59.61\00:23:02.84
was to believe that the Messiah
00:23:02.88\00:23:05.55
would usher in
His glorious reign
00:23:05.58\00:23:07.68
when He came and emancipate them
00:23:07.72\00:23:09.72
from the Roman
yoke of oppression.
00:23:09.75\00:23:11.59
But He didn't do
that and they said
00:23:11.62\00:23:13.02
you know what, we're
looking for some other Messiah.
00:23:13.05\00:23:15.06
This cannot be the right one.
00:23:15.09\00:23:17.66
So would you agree,
00:23:17.69\00:23:19.19
they were not
understanding the nature
00:23:19.23\00:23:21.76
and the manner of
the Lord's first coming?
00:23:21.80\00:23:25.77
Could it be that
people in the last days
00:23:25.80\00:23:28.94
would be misunderstanding
passages, misapplying passages
00:23:28.97\00:23:33.64
about the Lord's
glorious appearing?
00:23:33.68\00:23:36.95
It's saying that
well, let me put it this way
00:23:36.98\00:23:39.55
now the popular misunderstanding
00:23:39.58\00:23:41.28
is that when Christ comes
00:23:41.32\00:23:42.65
it will not be
a glorious coming,
00:23:42.68\00:23:44.32
but a secret coming,
00:23:44.35\00:23:45.69
a sudden vanishing of believers.
00:23:45.72\00:23:47.59
Then after that
a glorious coming.
00:23:47.62\00:23:50.59
The heartbeat
00:23:50.63\00:23:52.23
or how about this one
hodgepodge, all right.
00:23:52.26\00:23:55.90
The heartbeat of prophecy
00:23:55.93\00:23:58.83
is the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:23:58.87\00:24:01.64
And it's a major theme
00:24:01.67\00:24:03.37
woven throughout the golden
pages of Scripture, the Bible.
00:24:03.41\00:24:07.64
By the way, you know
what Bible stands for,
00:24:07.68\00:24:09.91
Basic Instruction
Before Leaving Earth.
00:24:09.94\00:24:11.71
I just had to say it
00:24:11.75\00:24:13.08
because it's very
pertinent to tonight's topic.
00:24:13.11\00:24:15.38
So what will
happen when Jesus returns?
00:24:15.42\00:24:18.72
We're putting
the prophetic puzzle
00:24:18.75\00:24:20.82
of end events
together to get the sequence.
00:24:20.86\00:24:23.66
Everybody, say
sequence. You've got to know.
00:24:23.69\00:24:27.50
You have to have it lined up.
00:24:27.53\00:24:29.10
Now, there are two prominent,
00:24:29.13\00:24:33.17
different, two
different prominent views,
00:24:33.20\00:24:36.91
prevailing views
00:24:36.94\00:24:38.34
about the soon
return of Jesus Christ.
00:24:38.37\00:24:41.81
The traditional
Christian teaching
00:24:41.84\00:24:44.98
has been rightly so
that Jesus will come again
00:24:45.01\00:24:48.62
soon in the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:24:48.65\00:24:52.22
Period.
00:24:52.25\00:24:54.39
However, what is the more
00:24:54.42\00:24:56.86
recently popularized teaching
of the coming of Christ?
00:24:56.89\00:25:01.23
Jesus Christ will
come in two comings,
00:25:01.26\00:25:05.30
two stages, two times.
00:25:05.33\00:25:10.01
One, a secret rapture.
Later on, a second coming.
00:25:10.04\00:25:15.88
Second coming of Christ verses,
00:25:19.01\00:25:22.98
in opposition to
a secret rapture,
00:25:23.02\00:25:26.32
then the second
coming of Christ.
00:25:26.35\00:25:28.46
Now think about it.
00:25:28.49\00:25:30.33
According to this scenario
00:25:30.36\00:25:31.99
that is gaining momentum
in the Christian church.
00:25:32.03\00:25:35.36
The first, there's going to
be in sequence a secret rapture,
00:25:35.40\00:25:39.27
followed by seven
years of tribulation.
00:25:39.30\00:25:42.90
And then the second coming
of Christ, the glorious coming.
00:25:42.94\00:25:47.71
So therefore, according to
this scenario gaining applause,
00:25:47.74\00:25:53.82
suddenly millions
will be snatched away.
00:25:53.85\00:25:57.79
I mean, this is Hollywood stuff.
00:25:57.82\00:26:03.12
What would happen if
they did suddenly vanish away?
00:26:03.16\00:26:07.26
What would happen?
00:26:07.30\00:26:08.66
Well, all of a sudden
00:26:08.70\00:26:10.77
there would be
some people missing
00:26:10.80\00:26:13.20
on the beach, at the beach
00:26:13.23\00:26:15.20
and they would just be
footprints left in the sand.
00:26:15.24\00:26:18.97
There's a prayer meeting
00:26:19.01\00:26:20.34
and there's some
gathering of the saints
00:26:20.38\00:26:22.88
and let's say that
was a really holy church.
00:26:22.91\00:26:25.75
Guess what, their
cars are out there
00:26:25.78\00:26:27.95
but there's
nobody in that church.
00:26:27.98\00:26:30.69
Pews are left.
00:26:30.72\00:26:32.05
Then you could go on and
on I mean, this is sensational
00:26:32.09\00:26:34.32
and you know, cars crashing
00:26:34.36\00:26:37.03
and people you know,
going to the hospitals
00:26:37.06\00:26:40.00
and what in the world happened.
00:26:40.03\00:26:42.13
Park benches left empty.
00:26:42.16\00:26:44.17
And then the president
gets on stunned and startled
00:26:44.20\00:26:48.44
and shocked like
the rest of the nation.
00:26:48.47\00:26:50.84
Uh, let me just update that.
00:26:50.87\00:26:52.37
And so he's up
there, he's saying you know.
00:26:52.41\00:26:56.61
You know, I guess I
didn't make it either.
00:26:56.64\00:26:58.88
Okay, anyway so on the
day of the secret rapture,
00:26:58.91\00:27:05.29
by the way, I'm not saying
00:27:05.32\00:27:06.65
who's going to make
and who's not, all right.
00:27:06.69\00:27:08.02
So anyway, on the day
of the secret rapture,
00:27:08.06\00:27:11.03
according to this scenario,
00:27:11.06\00:27:12.39
if the plane
suddenly took a nose dive
00:27:12.43\00:27:14.80
and you're in it you better know
00:27:14.83\00:27:16.16
a little bit about aviation.
00:27:16.20\00:27:18.13
Anyone important missing
00:27:18.17\00:27:19.77
because if you
find out that pilot,
00:27:19.80\00:27:21.90
well, he went up, up and away.
00:27:21.94\00:27:24.54
I'm telling you,
this is fantastic stuff.
00:27:24.57\00:27:27.31
But is it biblical?
Anyone important missing?
00:27:27.34\00:27:31.21
Well, let's say
if you were not ready
00:27:31.25\00:27:33.62
and there are dishes in the sink
00:27:33.65\00:27:36.05
and your mom normally does it.
00:27:36.08\00:27:38.52
Guess what, if
your-"Mom. Are you home, Mom?"
00:27:38.55\00:27:41.66
And it's a day of the rapture,
00:27:41.69\00:27:43.19
guess what you better
start doing the dishes.
00:27:43.22\00:27:45.09
Well, let's say if
you did not make it
00:27:45.13\00:27:47.56
and it is pay day
and you didn't make it,
00:27:47.60\00:27:50.67
that's bad enough
00:27:50.70\00:27:52.33
but did the boss
leave behind the paycheck?
00:27:52.37\00:27:55.90
All right, anyway all
sorts of fun with this.
00:27:55.94\00:27:57.74
How many of you remember
00:27:57.77\00:27:59.11
a little old lady by
the name of Clara Peller,
00:27:59.14\00:28:01.21
who electrified
fast food commercials
00:28:01.24\00:28:04.48
for Wendy's I think it was?
00:28:04.51\00:28:06.45
And she drove up
to the drive through,
00:28:06.48\00:28:09.78
that's a number of years ago.
00:28:09.82\00:28:11.29
And she didn't
like what she got.
00:28:11.32\00:28:13.52
She looked it up.
00:28:13.56\00:28:14.89
You know, she just
said you know, where's the,
00:28:14.92\00:28:18.79
you know that here Missouri.
00:28:18.83\00:28:21.33
"Where's the beef."
00:28:21.36\00:28:22.76
Well, this is what
I want to do tonight
00:28:22.80\00:28:25.33
with the secret rapture verses
the second coming of Christ.
00:28:25.37\00:28:29.50
I want to say. Where's the beef.
00:28:29.54\00:28:32.04
So will the coming
of Jesus be silent?
00:28:32.07\00:28:34.88
After all, that's
what the secret raptures
00:28:34.91\00:28:38.05
are teaching you
that when Jesus comes
00:28:38.08\00:28:40.52
for His bride, boom,
just suddenly vanished,
00:28:40.55\00:28:45.65
disappeared, gone,
out of here, snatch.
00:28:45.69\00:28:49.19
But it's secret in
terms of nobody can hear it,
00:28:49.22\00:28:53.19
in terms of hear
the trumpet blast
00:28:53.23\00:28:55.40
and so forth, no,
they say, no, no, no.
00:28:55.43\00:28:56.87
Only the saints hear this.
The other people don't hear.
00:28:56.90\00:28:59.63
Well, let's think about that.
00:28:59.67\00:29:01.20
What is the most common text
00:29:01.24\00:29:03.17
used to support a
silent, secret rapture.
00:29:03.20\00:29:07.54
Now there's no doubt.
00:29:07.58\00:29:08.91
First of all, the word
rapture is not in the Bible.
00:29:08.94\00:29:10.68
But the idea of a
rapture is in the Bible.
00:29:10.71\00:29:14.42
Just as long, I don't have a
problem with the term rapture
00:29:14.45\00:29:17.49
as long as you understand
00:29:17.52\00:29:19.05
that the rapture
is nothing secretive.
00:29:19.09\00:29:22.26
And it is the
second coming of Christ.
00:29:22.29\00:29:24.53
As I will verify.
00:29:24.56\00:29:25.99
I will
substantiate as we march forward
00:29:26.03\00:29:28.46
and progress in this subject.
00:29:28.50\00:29:30.20
So what is the most common tax
00:29:30.23\00:29:32.23
that is used to
support a secret rapture?
00:29:32.27\00:29:35.44
1Thessalonians 4: 16, 17 and 18.
00:29:35.47\00:29:38.11
If you would go
there, I'll quote it for you.
00:29:38.14\00:29:41.04
"For the Lord
himself shall descend
00:29:41.08\00:29:43.45
from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archange
00:29:43.48\00:29:47.08
and with their
trumpet call of God
00:29:47.12\00:29:49.05
and the dead in
Christ shall rise first.
00:29:49.08\00:29:53.76
Then we, which
are alive and remain,
00:29:53.79\00:29:56.66
shall be caught up."
00:29:56.69\00:29:58.53
There you go,
taken up, raptured up.
00:29:58.56\00:30:00.96
What is the context?
The dead in Christ rising.
00:30:01.00\00:30:03.77
"And will be caught
up together with them
00:30:03.80\00:30:07.14
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:30:07.17\00:30:09.54
And so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
00:30:09.57\00:30:13.61
Wherefore, comfort one
another with these words."
00:30:13.64\00:30:17.75
End of quote. 1
Thessalonians 4:16, 17 and 18.
00:30:17.78\00:30:22.95
Now I'm here to
declare to you tonight.
00:30:22.98\00:30:25.02
You think car boom
boxes make the ground shake?
00:30:25.05\00:30:29.99
And they do.
00:30:30.03\00:30:31.36
How many agree? Some cars.
00:30:31.39\00:30:32.96
You look around
like which one is that,
00:30:32.99\00:30:34.60
that can't be that guy,
that can't be that old--
00:30:34.63\00:30:36.63
Okay. Oh, here comes that guy.
00:30:36.67\00:30:40.57
Let me tell you something.
00:30:40.60\00:30:43.04
You're not going
to have to look around
00:30:43.07\00:30:44.47
when Jesus comes
and what's going on?
00:30:44.51\00:30:47.94
you're gonna know.
00:30:47.98\00:30:49.48
You're going to know
00:30:49.51\00:30:50.85
because this is one
of the noisiest verses
00:30:50.88\00:30:53.21
in all of the Bible.
00:30:53.25\00:30:54.58
I submit that, that
fact to you tonight.
00:30:54.62\00:30:57.29
And so here's another.
00:30:57.32\00:30:58.99
What is one of the other major,
Scriptures most common text
00:30:59.02\00:31:02.86
that is used to try to buttress
00:31:02.89\00:31:04.99
the false teaching
of a secret rapture.
00:31:05.03\00:31:07.03
Here it is. 1 Corinthians.
00:31:07.06\00:31:08.40
Let's go there together.
00:31:08.43\00:31:09.76
1 Corinthians. All right.
00:31:09.80\00:31:11.33
All right. 1
Corinthians 15, all right.
00:31:11.37\00:31:16.30
And looking there Paul wrote.
00:31:16.34\00:31:19.61
"Behold I tell you a mystery,"
00:31:19.64\00:31:21.08
verse 51, "we
shall not all sleep
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.88
but we shall all be
changed in a moment,
00:31:22.91\00:31:25.28
in the twinkling of an
eye, at the Last trumpet."
00:31:25.31\00:31:29.98
Well, this is
parallel to 1 Thessalonians 4,
00:31:30.02\00:31:32.45
where talks about
"For the Lord Himself
00:31:32.49\00:31:35.02
shall descend from
heaven without a shout."
00:31:35.06\00:31:37.99
Everybody say shout.
00:31:38.03\00:31:39.36
Shout.
00:31:39.39\00:31:40.73
With a shout, with a
voice of the archangel,
00:31:40.76\00:31:45.03
that's the commanding
voice that raises the dead.
00:31:45.07\00:31:49.90
And thirdly, with a
trumpet call of God.
00:31:49.94\00:31:53.58
So you got the shout,
00:31:53.61\00:31:54.94
the commanding voice
that raises the dead.
00:31:54.98\00:31:57.61
And you've got
there the trumpet blast.
00:31:57.65\00:32:00.28
Is there anything
silent about that passage?
00:32:00.32\00:32:02.65
It's the most noisy
verse in all of the scripture.
00:32:02.68\00:32:05.49
Why when you open
it all of a sudden
00:32:05.52\00:32:07.16
you can hear that
trumpet as it were.
00:32:07.19\00:32:09.99
And then Paul is saying here.
00:32:10.03\00:32:11.99
Paul is saying
here, the trumpet.
00:32:12.03\00:32:14.40
The Bible says here
00:32:14.43\00:32:15.96
"In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trumpet.
00:32:16.00\00:32:19.10
For the trumpet will
sound. It will sound.
00:32:19.13\00:32:22.90
There's nothing secretive,
nothing quiet about it.
00:32:22.94\00:32:25.64
But secret
rapture say, no, no, no.
00:32:25.67\00:32:28.54
Only the righteous hear that.
00:32:28.58\00:32:31.28
Would you agree?
00:32:31.31\00:32:32.98
Don't add. And don't take away.
00:32:33.01\00:32:36.12
Read it and believe
it can you say, amen?
00:32:36.15\00:32:39.35
Don't be
footnoting things too much.
00:32:39.39\00:32:42.19
How many agree, how
many of you don't like it
00:32:42.22\00:32:44.03
when you get something in the--
00:32:44.06\00:32:45.39
In the in the mail
and it says you have won
00:32:45.43\00:32:49.33
a million
dollars You're a winner.
00:32:49.36\00:32:52.00
But then you know
the rest of the mail
00:32:52.03\00:32:53.40
is all about the fine print.
00:32:53.44\00:32:55.27
You really have no shot at this.
00:32:55.30\00:33:01.61
I-- "In a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye,
00:33:01.64\00:33:04.48
at the last trumpet,
for the trumpet will sound
00:33:04.51\00:33:06.41
and the dead in Christ,"
00:33:06.45\00:33:07.78
I'm sorry, "the
dead will be raised."
00:33:07.82\00:33:09.15
Dead in Christ, of course.
00:33:09.18\00:33:10.52
"And we shall be changed
00:33:10.55\00:33:11.89
for this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
00:33:11.92\00:33:13.36
and this mortal
must put on immortality.
00:33:13.39\00:33:15.66
So then when this corruptible
is put on incorruption
00:33:15.69\00:33:18.33
and this mortal is
put on immortality,
00:33:18.36\00:33:20.70
then shall be brought the pass
the saying that it's written,
00:33:20.73\00:33:23.50
'Death swallowed up in victory.'
00:33:23.53\00:33:28.24
I don't know about you,
just today I got word that
00:33:28.27\00:33:32.17
a fellow colleague
of mine died of cancer.
00:33:32.21\00:33:35.54
I don't know about you
00:33:35.58\00:33:36.91
I'm tired of
hearing these things.
00:33:36.95\00:33:38.38
I'm tired.
00:33:38.41\00:33:39.75
How many are tired
of hearing these things?
00:33:39.78\00:33:41.82
Don't want to-- I'm
tired of these phone calls,
00:33:41.85\00:33:43.95
tired of these
emails and so forth.
00:33:43.99\00:33:47.72
I'm telling you, cancer.
00:33:47.76\00:33:49.16
We got to pray
for our loved ones,
00:33:49.19\00:33:51.09
we got to pray for victory,
we got to pray for miracles,
00:33:51.13\00:33:54.00
we got to pray for our health.
00:33:54.03\00:33:55.36
And we got to pray
Lord Jesus, come quickly.
00:33:55.40\00:33:59.63
So at the last trumpet.
00:33:59.67\00:34:03.37
Now here is what
secret raptures do.
00:34:03.41\00:34:05.87
Have you ever
heard of fancy footwork?
00:34:05.91\00:34:10.28
Here's the way they
dance around this passage.
00:34:10.31\00:34:12.28
It's clear that it's
audible. They say no, no, no.
00:34:12.31\00:34:16.99
This, only the saint
hear this and then later on,
00:34:17.02\00:34:21.29
there'll be trumpets that
blast that everyone will hear.
00:34:21.32\00:34:24.63
My Bible tells me that
this is at the last trump,
00:34:24.66\00:34:29.53
which means there's not
trumpets later on blasting.
00:34:29.56\00:34:32.33
My Bible tells me
this is it, last trump.
00:34:32.37\00:34:36.00
And they'll apply this
last trump to the secret rapture
00:34:36.04\00:34:39.41
and say there's
trumpets after that.
00:34:39.44\00:34:40.98
You can have it both ways.
00:34:41.01\00:34:42.34
Either this is
the last one or that.
00:34:42.38\00:34:44.31
How many agree? A
child can understand this.
00:34:44.35\00:34:47.22
This is the last trump.
00:34:47.25\00:34:48.58
This is that I
submit this to you.
00:34:48.62\00:34:50.39
This is the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:34:50.42\00:34:52.95
It's going to be
audible beyond belief.
00:34:52.99\00:34:55.76
No room for another blast later,
00:34:55.79\00:34:58.03
trumpet blast later.
00:34:58.06\00:34:59.39
So there's nothing
silent or secretive
00:34:59.43\00:35:01.46
about the Lord coming again.
00:35:01.50\00:35:03.47
Now I got a another question.
00:35:03.50\00:35:06.13
What does the phrase
00:35:06.17\00:35:07.50
"the thief in the
night" referred to?
00:35:07.54\00:35:11.37
Question.
00:35:11.41\00:35:12.74
Does it refer to the
secretive manner of His return?
00:35:12.77\00:35:16.34
Secret snatch, oh, that would
be like a thief in the night.
00:35:16.38\00:35:21.08
That's not biblical.
00:35:21.12\00:35:22.65
Or does it
referred to the unexpected
00:35:22.68\00:35:25.02
timing of His second
coming when nobody knows
00:35:25.05\00:35:29.02
but, yeah, He's just
gonna come like a thief.
00:35:29.06\00:35:31.56
But when He does come,
00:35:31.59\00:35:33.19
this thief doesn't
kind of snatch away,
00:35:33.23\00:35:35.30
this thief takes over.
00:35:35.33\00:35:36.83
Can you say amen?
00:35:36.87\00:35:40.17
Thief in the
time. Let's read it.
00:35:40.20\00:35:42.07
I don't expect you to believe me
00:35:42.10\00:35:43.44
unless I back it
up with Scripture.
00:35:43.47\00:35:45.11
Amen.
00:35:45.14\00:35:46.64
Scripture, we want Scripture.
00:35:46.68\00:35:49.18
All right. 1
Thessalonians 5: 1-3.
00:35:49.21\00:35:51.25
Here we go, are we
learning something tonight?
00:35:51.28\00:35:53.85
"But concerning the times
and the seasons, brethren,
00:35:53.88\00:35:56.52
you have no need that
I should write to you."
00:35:56.55\00:35:58.35
What is he talking
about? What's the context?
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.56
Timing.
00:36:00.59\00:36:02.42
"For you
yourselves know perfectly
00:36:02.46\00:36:03.93
that the day of the Lord
00:36:03.96\00:36:05.29
so comes as a
thief in the night.
00:36:05.33\00:36:06.66
He's talking not
about manner but timing.
00:36:06.70\00:36:08.80
"For when they
shall see peace and safety
00:36:08.83\00:36:10.47
then sudden
destruction comes upon them
00:36:10.50\00:36:13.20
as labor pains
upon a pregnant woman.
00:36:13.23\00:36:15.50
And they shall not escape.
00:36:15.54\00:36:17.81
But you, brethren,
are not in darkness
00:36:17.84\00:36:19.81
so that that day should
overtake you as a thief."
00:36:19.84\00:36:22.78
So the Bible
makes it very clear,
00:36:22.81\00:36:24.45
thief in the night
is for the unrighteous.
00:36:24.48\00:36:27.15
But when Jesus comes,
we're waiting for Him.
00:36:27.18\00:36:29.82
Can you say amen.
00:36:29.85\00:36:31.19
And it's talking about
the timing, not the manner.
00:36:31.22\00:36:34.42
You know, but the
secret raptures will tell you,
00:36:34.46\00:36:36.32
"No, no, no.
00:36:36.36\00:36:37.69
Jesus is gonna come
in like a stealth bomber,
00:36:37.73\00:36:40.40
undetected, you know.
00:36:40.43\00:36:42.33
You know stealth
bombers, come on.
00:36:42.36\00:36:44.30
They're supposed to
fly undetected by radar.
00:36:44.33\00:36:48.10
So here Jesus is going
to do a fly over as many
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.77
say about the secret
rapture, boom, boom, boom, boom.
00:36:50.81\00:36:53.61
Up, up, up and away.
00:36:53.64\00:36:56.34
What is that?
"Wow, what happened?"
00:36:56.38\00:36:58.01
"Is your aunt missing too?"
"Yeah, my husband just left."
00:36:58.05\00:37:04.15
Now you start
calling, "Is grandma there?"
00:37:04.19\00:37:07.52
"Let me check."
00:37:07.56\00:37:11.96
It's sensational,
just not scriptural.
00:37:11.99\00:37:16.20
Oh, but many Christians
say we want to believe
00:37:16.23\00:37:18.10
what sensation and
see if it sounds okay.
00:37:18.13\00:37:22.94
We want Scripture.
00:37:22.97\00:37:25.17
And so should Jesus'
return catch His people
00:37:25.21\00:37:28.48
as a thief in the night.
00:37:28.51\00:37:29.94
It says "we're not in darkness,
00:37:29.98\00:37:31.81
so that this day should
overtake you as a thief.
00:37:31.85\00:37:34.12
Let us not sleep as others do
but let us watch and be sober."
00:37:34.15\00:37:37.65
Be awake. Amen.
00:37:37.69\00:37:39.42
You know, I think about
the attack on Pearl Harbor.
00:37:39.45\00:37:41.96
It was a surprise attack.
00:37:41.99\00:37:43.63
Remember Roosevelt
coined this phrase,
00:37:43.66\00:37:46.73
"The Day of Infamy."
00:37:46.76\00:37:48.86
This would assure in the
atomic bomb, wouldn't it?
00:37:48.90\00:37:51.50
Now that happened
December 7th, 1941.
00:37:51.53\00:37:53.94
Now let me tell you
the rest of the story.
00:37:53.97\00:37:55.94
The timing was an
overwhelming surprise.
00:37:55.97\00:37:58.84
The manner of it
was not a surprise.
00:37:58.87\00:38:01.91
You think they wanted
like, huh, what's happening.
00:38:01.94\00:38:04.81
They knew what was
happening. We are under attack.
00:38:04.85\00:38:08.62
So that's the
way it's going to be.
00:38:08.65\00:38:10.19
When Jesus comes again,
00:38:10.22\00:38:12.62
the unrighteous are not
going to say what's happening.
00:38:12.65\00:38:15.56
They're gonna be under
attack 'cause they can't endure
00:38:15.59\00:38:18.46
the brightness of
the Lord's return.
00:38:18.49\00:38:20.70
And so most were sleeping.
It was on a Sunday morning.
00:38:20.73\00:38:26.20
I've done my homework here.
00:38:26.23\00:38:27.67
Pearl Harbor was
attacked on a Sunday morning.
00:38:27.70\00:38:29.74
Everybody was sleeping in.
00:38:29.77\00:38:31.51
And that's when
the attack happened.
00:38:31.54\00:38:33.38
The timing was like
a thief in the night.
00:38:33.41\00:38:37.65
When the attack happened,
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.01
everyone knew what was going on.
00:38:39.05\00:38:41.18
Now take your
Bible and turn with me.
00:38:41.22\00:38:42.95
Are you ready to hear passage.
00:38:42.98\00:38:44.59
Oh, my this is
powerful. Thank you, Jesus.
00:38:44.62\00:38:47.36
I want you to notice here.
00:38:47.39\00:38:49.22
And 2 Peter 3 and verse,
00:38:49.26\00:38:53.46
let's see about
this thief in the night.
00:38:53.50\00:38:55.26
Verse 10.
00:38:55.30\00:38:56.63
"But the day of
the Lord will come
00:38:56.67\00:38:58.00
as a thief in the
night, in the which the heavens
00:38:58.03\00:38:59.73
will pass away
with a great noise.
00:38:59.77\00:39:03.14
And the elements will
melt with fervent heat,
00:39:03.17\00:39:05.81
both the earth and the works
00:39:05.84\00:39:07.94
that are in it
will be burned up."
00:39:07.98\00:39:10.35
Would you agree
that's cataclysmic?
00:39:10.38\00:39:15.08
Will it be invisible?
00:39:15.12\00:39:16.95
Secret raptures tell
you it's secret snatch,
00:39:16.99\00:39:19.49
only the church hears it.
00:39:19.52\00:39:21.42
Only the church
hears that trumpet
00:39:21.46\00:39:23.86
and only the
righteous are gonna see Jesus,
00:39:23.89\00:39:26.80
the unrighteous,
they are gonna see Him.
00:39:26.83\00:39:29.26
Really?
00:39:29.30\00:39:30.90
"'Men of Galilee,' they said,
00:39:30.93\00:39:32.27
'why do you stand
here looking into the sky?
00:39:32.30\00:39:34.40
This same Jesus who has
been taken from you into heaven
00:39:34.44\00:39:36.87
will come back in the same way
00:39:36.91\00:39:39.24
you have seen
him go into heaven.'"
00:39:39.27\00:39:43.11
They saw Him going.
00:39:43.14\00:39:44.48
And they're going
to see Him coming.
00:39:44.51\00:39:46.18
Nothing silent or
secretive about it.
00:39:46.21\00:39:48.75
Acts 1: 10, 11.
00:39:48.78\00:39:50.45
"When Jesus ascended to heaven.
00:39:50.49\00:39:52.25
It was visible.
00:39:52.29\00:39:53.62
And that is the way
He will come again."
00:39:53.66\00:39:57.03
"Every eye shall see Him."
00:39:57.06\00:40:00.56
Why the blind will suddenly see?
00:40:00.60\00:40:03.50
Revelation 1: 7.
00:40:03.53\00:40:05.40
How many remember growing up
00:40:05.43\00:40:07.10
being a little
nervous with lightning storms?
00:40:07.14\00:40:10.21
You knew how to handle that.
00:40:10.24\00:40:11.57
You just put your head
under the pillow, right.
00:40:11.61\00:40:14.11
"For as the lightning
cometh out of the east
00:40:14.14\00:40:16.98
and shineth even unto the west,
00:40:17.01\00:40:19.01
so shall also the
coming of a Son of Man be."
00:40:19.05\00:40:24.05
Would you agree lightning
is brighter than any lights
00:40:24.09\00:40:27.26
man can put together?
00:40:27.29\00:40:29.66
Matthew 24: 27.
00:40:29.69\00:40:31.99
You want to some positive proof.
00:40:32.03\00:40:33.73
How about this,
"glorious appearing."
00:40:33.76\00:40:35.66
"He will appear
the second time."
00:40:35.70\00:40:37.37
Hebrews 9:28, without spot,
00:40:37.40\00:40:39.33
blameless until our
Lord Jesus Christ appearing."
00:40:39.37\00:40:41.87
1 Timothy 6:14.
"Love His appearing."
00:40:41.90\00:40:44.97
2 Timothy 4:8.
"Glorious appearing.
00:40:45.01\00:40:47.61
Titus 2:13.
00:40:47.64\00:40:49.11
"When the Chief
Shepherd appears."
00:40:49.14\00:40:51.21
1 Peter 5:4.
00:40:51.25\00:40:52.58
"Abide in Him,
that when He appears,
00:40:52.61\00:40:54.68
we may have confidence
00:40:54.72\00:40:56.15
and not be ashamed
before Him at His coming."
00:40:56.18\00:40:58.22
1 John 2:28.
00:40:58.25\00:40:59.59
"We know that
when He is revealed,
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.79
we shall be like Him, for
we shall see Him as He is.
00:41:01.82\00:41:05.73
1 John 3:2. You want more proof?
00:41:05.76\00:41:07.53
I'm not giving you any
more. All right, anyway.
00:41:07.56\00:41:09.86
Let's go on to another question.
00:41:09.90\00:41:11.97
Are the righteous going to
go through the tribulation?
00:41:12.00\00:41:15.44
I'm not here to preach
00:41:15.47\00:41:16.81
a smooth pudding
prophecy tonight.
00:41:16.84\00:41:18.77
I'm going to give
you the real truth,
00:41:18.81\00:41:22.84
the unvarnished
truth, the undiluted truth.
00:41:22.88\00:41:26.35
Because only the
truth can set us free.
00:41:26.38\00:41:29.68
John 8:32.
00:41:29.72\00:41:32.95
Sudden changes are about to
catch the world by surprise.
00:41:32.99\00:41:36.79
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00:41:40.23\00:41:43.87
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00:41:43.90\00:41:47.37
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00:41:47.40\00:41:50.01
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00:41:50.04\00:41:53.21
What is the future
00:41:53.24\00:41:54.58
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Are we going to be
removed from the earth
00:42:35.92\00:42:39.95
or protected
during the tribulation?
00:42:39.99\00:42:44.23
Would you agree there
is of vast difference?
00:42:44.26\00:42:47.60
Revelation 3, Revelation
3, looking here at verse 10,
00:42:47.63\00:42:55.00
yes, there is a
purpose to the tribulation.
00:42:55.04\00:42:59.01
Can I put it this way?
00:42:59.04\00:43:01.81
Tribulation is purification
00:43:01.84\00:43:06.05
and preparation
for Jesus' return.
00:43:06.08\00:43:10.05
I'll say it again.
00:43:10.09\00:43:11.42
The tribulation
is for purification.
00:43:11.45\00:43:15.66
Because the only
thing you're going to take
00:43:15.69\00:43:17.03
to heaven is your character.
00:43:17.06\00:43:18.39
And your character needs
all of the ironing it can get.
00:43:18.43\00:43:26.07
How many agree the
Bible says in Ephesians 5,
00:43:26.10\00:43:28.47
that "it's
gonna purify His bride
00:43:28.50\00:43:30.41
so that she's without spot
or wrinkle or any such thing."
00:43:30.44\00:43:34.64
Ephesians 5.
00:43:34.68\00:43:36.18
Well, how do you
get the wrinkles out?
00:43:36.21\00:43:38.65
How to get the wrinkles
out? You get it ironed, heavy.
00:43:38.68\00:43:42.98
And what do you do with that?
00:43:43.02\00:43:44.65
You heat that
baby up, don't you?
00:43:44.69\00:43:46.25
You heat it up
really good, right.
00:43:46.29\00:43:48.99
Because those
wrinkles, if they could speak,
00:43:49.02\00:43:51.53
they would say
"ouch, oh, hot, hey."
00:43:51.56\00:43:55.23
Pressure.
00:43:55.26\00:43:56.87
That's what the
righteous are gonna go through.
00:43:56.90\00:44:00.34
We don't want to be
ironed though, do we?
00:44:00.37\00:44:02.07
We don't want to be in the heat.
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.44
But God loves us. He
wants to get us ready.
00:44:03.47\00:44:06.57
You know just say, oh,
Jesus come any old time.
00:44:06.61\00:44:09.08
No, Lord Jesus, get me ready.
00:44:09.11\00:44:11.98
The Bible says the
bride hath made herself ready
00:44:12.01\00:44:15.48
by putting on the robe
of Christ's righteousness.
00:44:15.52\00:44:18.05
Revelation 19:7 and 9.
00:44:18.09\00:44:20.52
Do you notice how I give
you scriptural references?
00:44:20.56\00:44:23.66
Do you notice how I
don't just kind of blurt.
00:44:23.69\00:44:25.93
I give you scriptural references
00:44:25.96\00:44:27.63
'cause those are
like handles, right.
00:44:27.66\00:44:29.46
And then you can see
what's in the scriptures there.
00:44:29.50\00:44:33.07
But I want you to
notice here, Revelation 3:10.
00:44:33.10\00:44:36.57
"Because you have kept
my commandment to persevere,
00:44:36.60\00:44:39.24
I also will keep you
from the hour of trial
00:44:39.27\00:44:41.41
which shall come
upon the whole world
00:44:41.44\00:44:43.31
to test those who
dwell on the earth."
00:44:43.35\00:44:44.88
Now what did Jesus mean?
00:44:44.91\00:44:46.65
Did He mean, I'll keep you
from it in terms of proximity,
00:44:46.68\00:44:51.15
I will keep you from,
00:44:51.19\00:44:53.05
you won't even be here
during the tribulation.
00:44:53.09\00:44:55.62
No, that's not what He's saying
00:44:55.66\00:44:56.99
and I'll
validate that in a moment.
00:44:57.03\00:44:58.53
I'll explain it in a moment.
00:44:58.56\00:44:59.93
What Jesus is saying is
00:44:59.96\00:45:02.10
I'll keep you
from being overcome
00:45:02.13\00:45:05.47
by the heavy tests
you're going to go through.
00:45:05.50\00:45:07.64
Now let me verify that.
00:45:07.67\00:45:09.70
Jesus prayed
that we be not removed
00:45:09.74\00:45:12.27
but kept from the
evil in the world.
00:45:12.31\00:45:14.91
"I do not pray that you should
take them out of the world,
00:45:14.94\00:45:19.38
but that you should
protect them or keep them
00:45:19.41\00:45:22.72
from the evil one."
00:45:22.75\00:45:24.09
What did He mean?
00:45:24.12\00:45:25.45
John 17:15, "Keep
them from the evil one?"
00:45:25.49\00:45:29.16
The same idea in Revelation 3,
00:45:29.19\00:45:30.83
"Keep us from the
tribulation that's gonna happen.
00:45:30.86\00:45:34.26
What does it mean?
Keep us from the evil one.
00:45:34.30\00:45:36.77
Keep us from the
tribulation. What does it mean?
00:45:36.80\00:45:39.77
Protect us
during the tribulation
00:45:39.80\00:45:42.00
and protects us
from the evil one.
00:45:42.04\00:45:43.74
Because it could mean
00:45:43.77\00:45:45.14
keep us from the
evil one and in terms of,
00:45:45.17\00:45:48.34
you don't even have to
deal with the evil one now.
00:45:48.38\00:45:49.88
He keeps your from
them, you know, He's far away.
00:45:49.91\00:45:52.85
Don't know about you but
I got to resist the devil,
00:45:52.88\00:45:55.62
every day.
00:45:55.65\00:45:56.99
How many are tempted every day?
00:45:57.02\00:45:58.39
Tried every day?
00:45:58.42\00:45:59.75
So it couldn't mean He
keeps us from the evil one
00:45:59.79\00:46:01.79
in terms of
proximity where we can,
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.43
you know he's here.
00:46:03.46\00:46:05.86
He's on our tail.
00:46:05.89\00:46:07.23
"But greater is
He that is in you
00:46:07.26\00:46:09.26
than he that is in the world."
00:46:09.30\00:46:11.07
1 John 4:4.
00:46:11.10\00:46:13.30
And so to keep us
from the evil one means,
00:46:13.34\00:46:17.34
he can't get it your heart.
You got the shield of faith.
00:46:17.37\00:46:20.81
Can you say amen?
00:46:20.84\00:46:22.18
Ephesians 6,
00:46:22.21\00:46:23.55
you know, Daniel
refused to go along with a law
00:46:23.58\00:46:26.31
that said you can't
pray for thirty days
00:46:26.35\00:46:28.38
except to King Darius.
00:46:28.42\00:46:30.69
He just kept right on praying,
00:46:30.72\00:46:32.89
no matter how much governmental
surveillance there was.
00:46:32.92\00:46:37.69
He just kept on praying
00:46:37.73\00:46:41.06
to the God of
heaven, our Creator.
00:46:41.10\00:46:44.60
And he was thrown
into the lion's den
00:46:44.63\00:46:47.20
and they ate him up.
00:46:47.24\00:46:50.74
Whoops, I'm not supposed to add.
00:46:50.77\00:46:53.91
The Lord kept
Daniel from the lions.
00:46:53.94\00:46:59.38
Oh, the lions were all around.
But they couldn't eat him up.
00:46:59.41\00:47:03.45
They must have said
00:47:03.49\00:47:04.82
well, I guess all we can
do now is a smell and sniff.
00:47:04.85\00:47:07.76
Maybe do a little
lick in but we can't bite.
00:47:07.79\00:47:11.06
How many agree God is in control
00:47:11.09\00:47:12.59
in the last days,
in the tribulation?
00:47:12.63\00:47:16.00
Daniel went
through his tribulation.
00:47:16.03\00:47:17.73
Would you agree
being in the lion's den,
00:47:17.77\00:47:19.13
that sounds like
tribulation to me.
00:47:19.17\00:47:22.24
How about Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego?
00:47:22.27\00:47:24.01
They were thrown
in the fire furnace
00:47:24.04\00:47:25.57
that had been
heated seven times.
00:47:25.61\00:47:27.41
You see the stories of Daniel
00:47:27.44\00:47:29.38
are not nice cute
little stories on.
00:47:29.41\00:47:31.48
These are
stories that illustrate
00:47:31.51\00:47:33.82
the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
00:47:33.85\00:47:36.65
that we need to go
through the tribulation
00:47:36.69\00:47:39.22
just as certainly as they did.
00:47:39.25\00:47:41.26
How many agree they
all came out of either
00:47:41.29\00:47:43.12
the lions pit or
the fiery furnace?
00:47:43.16\00:47:44.89
You're gonna come
through the tribulation.
00:47:44.93\00:47:48.06
God kept Noah
00:47:48.10\00:47:49.50
and his family amidst the flood.
00:47:49.53\00:47:52.00
Would you agree that this was
00:47:52.03\00:47:53.64
the great
tribulation for that time?
00:47:53.67\00:47:57.01
Now during the time of Moses,
00:47:57.04\00:47:58.37
God unleashed ten plagues
upon Israel and or upon Egypt.
00:47:58.41\00:48:02.04
I should say. Would you agree.
00:48:02.08\00:48:04.11
That this was the great
tribulation for this time?
00:48:04.15\00:48:06.88
By the way, the
first three plagues
00:48:06.92\00:48:09.72
impacted both the
Israelites and the Egyptians.
00:48:09.75\00:48:12.55
But the seven, last of those
ten plagues fell exclusively,
00:48:12.59\00:48:17.03
targeted the Egyptians.
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.36
So in the last days,
00:48:19.39\00:48:20.73
the Bible doesn't
talk about ten plagues.
00:48:20.76\00:48:22.46
It talks about
the seven last plagues
00:48:22.50\00:48:25.60
that will fall
exclusively upon the persecutors
00:48:25.63\00:48:29.10
who are persecuting
those who get the seal of God
00:48:29.14\00:48:31.07
and refuse the
mark of the beast.
00:48:31.11\00:48:33.71
And so would you agree
00:48:33.74\00:48:35.18
that this was the great
tribulation for that time.
00:48:35.21\00:48:36.91
Now watch.
00:48:36.95\00:48:38.28
God uses parallels,
parallels, parallels, right.
00:48:38.31\00:48:40.85
That's why all the books
of the Bible end and meet
00:48:40.88\00:48:43.49
in the Book of Revelation.
00:48:43.52\00:48:44.85
Book of Revelation quotes many,
many, many previous scriptures.
00:48:44.89\00:48:48.99
So if you want to unlock
the symbolism of Revelation,
00:48:49.02\00:48:51.26
you got to know where to look.
00:48:51.29\00:48:52.63
And that's why
we have the seminar.
00:48:52.66\00:48:54.53
It's not based on
how smart Mark Fox is,
00:48:54.56\00:48:56.97
it's rather, hey,
look at this scripture.
00:48:57.00\00:48:58.73
Oh, look at that scripture.
00:48:58.77\00:49:00.40
How many agree, the
wisdom of scripture?
00:49:00.44\00:49:02.70
All I'm doing is
saying look at this one.
00:49:02.74\00:49:04.07
Now look at this one.
00:49:04.11\00:49:05.44
And can you see the connections.
00:49:05.47\00:49:06.98
How many agree all a
preacher supposed to do
00:49:07.01\00:49:09.14
is just connect the dots?
00:49:09.18\00:49:11.58
Amen.
00:49:11.61\00:49:13.18
So God's people were protected
during the seven last plagues.
00:49:13.21\00:49:16.05
They were there when
the plagues were falling.
00:49:16.08\00:49:18.52
So in the last days
in Revelation 15 and 16,
00:49:18.55\00:49:21.02
it makes it clear, the plagues,
00:49:21.06\00:49:22.46
the seven last
bowls of God's wrath,
00:49:22.49\00:49:24.76
the seven last
scourges are gonna be unleashed
00:49:24.79\00:49:27.33
upon an impenitent,
unrepentant generation.
00:49:27.36\00:49:31.23
Like, they are
similar to the antediluvians
00:49:31.27\00:49:33.80
or those in Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:49:33.84\00:49:35.34
And the Bible, it
makes it very clear
00:49:35.37\00:49:36.77
what's going to happen,
were the children of Israel
00:49:36.81\00:49:39.01
delivered before
or after the plagues?
00:49:39.04\00:49:42.21
They were
delivered after the plagues.
00:49:42.24\00:49:45.01
So when does the church
get her heavenly exodus,
00:49:45.05\00:49:48.38
through the sky.
00:49:48.42\00:49:49.75
Now think about it.
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.12
After the plagues,
00:49:51.15\00:49:52.49
God miraculously
delivered His people.
00:49:52.52\00:49:53.86
how many love watching movies
00:49:53.89\00:49:55.22
about Mose and the
Exodus and so forth?
00:49:55.26\00:49:57.16
And there are some new
movies that have come out,
00:49:57.19\00:49:58.86
I highly recommend them.
00:49:58.89\00:50:00.70
Then they came
out on the other side
00:50:00.73\00:50:02.76
and they sang the song of
Moses and the song of the Lamb.
00:50:02.80\00:50:06.84
Would you agree, when we
make it to the other side,
00:50:06.87\00:50:10.11
there's going to be a
whole lot of singing going on?
00:50:10.14\00:50:12.17
Revelation 15:3.
Now listen carefully.
00:50:12.21\00:50:16.01
They were delivered through
the opening of the Red Sea,
00:50:16.04\00:50:19.08
the splitting of the Red Sea.
00:50:19.11\00:50:21.18
We will be delivered
through the split in the sky,
00:50:21.22\00:50:24.09
the opening of the sky.
00:50:24.12\00:50:25.65
Come on now. Can
you see a parallel?
00:50:25.69\00:50:29.06
And so think about it.
00:50:29.09\00:50:30.79
Now during the sixth plague,
Jesus encourages His saints,
00:50:30.83\00:50:37.43
His believers to hold on
00:50:37.47\00:50:39.83
and don't give
up to their faith.
00:50:39.87\00:50:42.77
Now I'm about to
show you something
00:50:42.80\00:50:45.47
that I think it is
absolutely thrilling
00:50:45.51\00:50:48.64
and a death nail
to the teachings,
00:50:48.68\00:50:51.41
the false teachings
of the secret rapture.
00:50:51.45\00:50:53.72
"Oh, we're not going to
go through the tribulation."
00:50:53.75\00:50:57.12
Are you ready?
00:50:57.15\00:50:58.89
In the Book of Revelation,
00:50:58.92\00:51:01.22
you will notice
if you were to just
00:51:01.26\00:51:03.99
thumb through the Book
of Revelation 22 chapters
00:51:04.03\00:51:06.59
and see what
pages have red in them.
00:51:06.63\00:51:09.90
I mean, it's all inspired.
00:51:09.93\00:51:11.30
But just out of
curiosity, let's see,
00:51:11.33\00:51:13.23
you know, okay,
there's some red,
00:51:13.27\00:51:15.20
Jesus speaking in
Revelation 1, Revelation 2.
00:51:15.24\00:51:17.94
It's all
inspired, the whole Bible,
00:51:17.97\00:51:20.68
Revelation 3, mmh,
00:51:20.71\00:51:22.24
no read in 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
00:51:22.28\00:51:26.41
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, say, oh.
00:51:26.45\00:51:32.05
All of a sudden this leaps.
00:51:32.09\00:51:33.42
Would you agree, if you're going
00:51:33.46\00:51:34.79
to page after page after page
00:51:34.82\00:51:36.16
and then all of a
sudden there's a verse in red,
00:51:36.19\00:51:37.53
would you agree ought
to grip your attention?
00:51:37.56\00:51:39.49
Does me. And here is that verse.
00:51:39.53\00:51:42.83
It's in the context
of the sixth plague.
00:51:42.86\00:51:47.64
And it says this. And
you can read the context.
00:51:47.67\00:51:51.57
Verse 12 begins
with of sixth plague.
00:51:51.61\00:51:54.11
Here it is, verse 15.
00:51:54.14\00:51:56.24
By the way, did we already read
00:51:56.28\00:51:57.61
that Jesus is coming is a thief?
00:51:57.65\00:51:59.11
Did we already read
that? I know watch this.
00:51:59.15\00:52:02.62
"Behold I am coming as a thief.
00:52:02.65\00:52:07.06
Blessed is he who
watches and keeps his garments,
00:52:07.09\00:52:11.59
lest he walk naked
and they see his shame."
00:52:11.63\00:52:13.56
What is Jesus saying? I
haven't come as a thief yet.
00:52:13.60\00:52:16.36
But I will be coming right
after these plagues are over.
00:52:16.40\00:52:19.23
So hang in there.
Don't give up your faith.
00:52:19.27\00:52:22.24
Hold on to your
garments, that is,
00:52:22.27\00:52:23.61
hold on your faith in Jesus.
00:52:23.64\00:52:25.47
Hold on to His righteousness.
00:52:25.51\00:52:27.11
Hold on, hold on, don't give up.
00:52:27.14\00:52:29.41
I'll be coming but I'm not come
until these plagues are over.
00:52:29.44\00:52:32.68
How many can see
that? Isn't that powerful?
00:52:32.71\00:52:38.09
You say, "But Mark, what
about the one should be taken
00:52:38.12\00:52:41.19
and the other left?
00:52:41.22\00:52:43.02
What in the
world does that mean?
00:52:43.06\00:52:45.03
Well, let's go to it. Luke 17.
00:52:45.06\00:52:49.00
So we're going to go
through the tribulation.
00:52:49.03\00:52:53.74
The seven last
plagues are in Revelation 16.
00:52:53.77\00:52:56.81
This is one of the
most convincing Scriptures
00:52:56.84\00:52:58.87
that the righteous
will go through the plagues.
00:52:58.91\00:53:02.71
So my question is not, if
you have earth quake insurance
00:53:02.74\00:53:06.28
or flood insurance
or tornado insurance.
00:53:06.31\00:53:08.82
My question is, do
you have plague insurance?
00:53:08.85\00:53:10.39
Anybody have plague insurance?
00:53:10.42\00:53:12.92
Psalms 91:10,
00:53:12.95\00:53:15.42
"No plague shall
come nigh thy dwelling."
00:53:15.46\00:53:19.46
Halleluiah, it
pays the know Jesus.
00:53:19.49\00:53:22.06
Because my Bible tells me,
00:53:22.10\00:53:23.43
yeah, you're going to
go through the tribulation
00:53:23.47\00:53:24.97
but you know what,
00:53:25.00\00:53:26.33
none of the plagues
are going to fall on you.
00:53:26.37\00:53:28.60
Oh, yeah, we're
going to go through
00:53:28.64\00:53:29.97
what is known as
Jacob's time of trouble.
00:53:30.01\00:53:31.57
We'll talk more about that.
But listen I need to close.
00:53:31.61\00:53:34.08
I want you to
notice here. Luke 17.
00:53:34.11\00:53:37.65
Very, very
powerful. We need to go there.
00:53:37.68\00:53:40.18
Luke 17 to explain,
00:53:40.22\00:53:42.28
"One should be
taken and the other left."
00:53:42.32\00:53:44.89
The question is,
00:53:44.92\00:53:46.29
is this talking
about one goes up to heaven
00:53:46.32\00:53:49.39
and the other is
left saying what happened.
00:53:49.42\00:53:52.19
Or is it talking about,
00:53:52.23\00:53:54.26
there are two groups
of people saved or lost
00:53:54.30\00:53:58.33
when Jesus comes again.
00:53:58.37\00:54:00.14
Now watch. Would
you agree this is--
00:54:00.17\00:54:02.30
The whole novel series
and movies by Tim LaHaye
00:54:02.34\00:54:07.21
and Kirk Cameron
and a host of others.
00:54:07.24\00:54:10.61
And please if
you have those books
00:54:10.65\00:54:11.98
and so forth, I don't
mean to step on your feet
00:54:12.01\00:54:13.75
but I'm just
here to tell you look.
00:54:13.78\00:54:15.72
Let's reason with
Scripture. Listen.
00:54:15.75\00:54:20.16
Luke 17, looking
there at verse number 26.
00:54:20.19\00:54:27.90
"And as it was
in the days of Noah,
00:54:27.93\00:54:29.56
so will also be in the
days of the Son of Man.
00:54:29.60\00:54:32.00
They ate, they
drank, they married wives.
00:54:32.03\00:54:33.80
They were given in marriage
00:54:33.84\00:54:35.17
until the day that
Noah entered the ark.
00:54:35.20\00:54:36.74
And the flood came
and destroyed them all.
00:54:36.77\00:54:39.14
Likewise, as it
was in the days of Lot,
00:54:39.17\00:54:41.01
they ate, they
drank, they bought,
00:54:41.04\00:54:42.58
they sold, they
planted, they built.
00:54:42.61\00:54:44.21
But on the day that Lot
went out of Sodom it rained fire
00:54:44.25\00:54:46.88
and brimstone from
heaven and destroyed them all.
00:54:46.92\00:54:49.48
Even so will it be in the day
00:54:49.52\00:54:50.95
when the Son of Man is revealed.
00:54:50.99\00:54:52.42
In that day he
was on the housetop
00:54:52.45\00:54:54.36
his goods are in the house.
00:54:54.39\00:54:55.82
Let him not come
down to take them away.
00:54:55.86\00:54:57.89
And likewise, the
one who is in the field,
00:54:57.93\00:54:59.46
let him not turned back.
00:54:59.49\00:55:00.83
Remember Lot's wife.
00:55:00.86\00:55:02.20
Whoever seeks to save
his life will lose it.
00:55:02.23\00:55:04.30
Whoever loses this
life will be preserved.
00:55:04.33\00:55:06.27
I tell you in that night,
00:55:06.30\00:55:08.20
there will be
two men in one bed,
00:55:08.24\00:55:09.70
the one will be taken
on the other will be left.
00:55:09.74\00:55:11.87
Two women will
be grinding together
00:55:11.91\00:55:13.34
the one will be
taken and the other left.
00:55:13.38\00:55:14.94
Two men will be in the field,
00:55:14.98\00:55:16.31
the one will be
taken and the other left."
00:55:16.34\00:55:17.68
All right. Are you
ready for punchline?
00:55:17.71\00:55:20.45
"And they answered
said to Him, where Lord?"
00:55:20.48\00:55:24.15
Where? Where?
00:55:24.19\00:55:28.36
Where are they being taken?
00:55:28.39\00:55:33.36
So He said to them.
00:55:33.40\00:55:35.36
"Wherever the body that could
be better rendered carcass."
00:55:35.40\00:55:39.73
How many agree
all body is not equal?
00:55:39.77\00:55:41.20
There are dead bodies
00:55:41.24\00:55:42.57
and then
there's a living bodies.
00:55:42.60\00:55:43.94
These are dead.
00:55:43.97\00:55:45.31
Proof, wherever the
body is, there the eagles,
00:55:45.34\00:55:47.84
"the eagles are not
interested in living bodies.
00:55:47.88\00:55:50.71
"Wherever the body
is, there the eagles,"
00:55:50.75\00:55:54.18
and these are preying eagles,
we're talking and vultures,
00:55:54.22\00:55:57.89
"will be gathered together."
00:55:57.92\00:55:59.45
Do you know what it says
in the Book of Revelation?
00:55:59.49\00:56:02.12
It says you're
either going to go up
00:56:02.16\00:56:04.39
to the marriage
supper of the Lamb
00:56:04.43\00:56:06.39
or in Revelation
19, it talks about,
00:56:06.43\00:56:08.66
you will be food for the birds.
00:56:08.70\00:56:10.27
There are two suppers
in the Book of Revelation.
00:56:10.30\00:56:13.07
There's the supper
of the Lamb up there,
00:56:13.10\00:56:15.34
where the Lord is as having us
00:56:15.37\00:56:17.61
eat of the marriage
supper table of Lamb
00:56:17.64\00:56:19.64
or you're food for birds.
00:56:19.67\00:56:21.01
Now let me explain
very clearly in closing.
00:56:21.04\00:56:24.05
"As it was in the days of Noah,
00:56:24.08\00:56:26.05
there were those who
were taken in the ark
00:56:26.08\00:56:27.88
and those who were taken
by the flood and destroyed.
00:56:27.92\00:56:31.25
They were just two groups.
00:56:31.29\00:56:32.62
There were no groups
saying, "Huh, what happened.
00:56:32.65\00:56:35.76
Oh, they did
that for seven days.
00:56:35.79\00:56:37.29
Right.
00:56:37.33\00:56:38.66
They did that for seven days
but let me tell you something.
00:56:38.69\00:56:40.63
Destruction happened
to every one of them.
00:56:40.66\00:56:42.53
There was no second chance.
00:56:42.56\00:56:44.23
Here the secret rapture
say, there's a second chance.
00:56:44.27\00:56:46.77
If you don't make it
during the secret rapture,
00:56:46.80\00:56:48.50
well, you got to go
through the tribulation.
00:56:48.54\00:56:49.90
But you do have another chance.
00:56:49.94\00:56:55.01
I smell a false gospel.
00:56:55.04\00:56:58.25
The devil wants
us to be like Harry.
00:56:58.28\00:57:03.69
False security.
00:57:03.72\00:57:05.32
If I'm not ready
for the first train,
00:57:05.35\00:57:07.22
huh, I got to
through the tribulation
00:57:07.26\00:57:09.02
but I'll know this is the end.
00:57:09.06\00:57:10.93
And I'll get ready
for the next train.
00:57:10.96\00:57:15.10
One should be
taken and the other left.
00:57:15.13\00:57:17.20
What happens to the
person who doesn't make it?
00:57:17.23\00:57:19.30
The food for the birds.
00:57:19.33\00:57:21.27
Do you see the Bible makes
it very, very, crystal clear?
00:57:21.30\00:57:25.24
Now is our second chance,
third chance, fourth chance.
00:57:25.27\00:57:28.08
How many agree God
has given you few chances?
00:57:28.11\00:57:30.35
But when Jesus
comes for His bride,
00:57:30.38\00:57:34.22
that's the last chance.
00:57:34.25\00:57:37.22
Although sudden
and alarming changes
00:57:37.25\00:57:39.49
are sweeping across the globe,
00:57:39.52\00:57:41.49
you and your
family can be prepared
00:57:41.52\00:57:43.39
to face the
future with confidence.
00:57:43.43\00:57:46.13
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