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 and the translation
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ.
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To reach every hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South America
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must hear these
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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The Millennium. The
first second of eternity.
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What is the
future of planet earth?
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What is the
future of our cities?
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Read this
together with me, Amos 3:7.
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"Surely the Lord
God does nothing,
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unless He reveals His secrets
to His servants the prophets."
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Amos 3:7.
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We know that God
revealed the utter destruction
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by a deluge, by a flood to Noah.
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Noah, that lone prophet
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and preacher
was building an ark.
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And would you agree
when he made altar calls,
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it was
punctuated by hammer blows
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and falling timber behind him.
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And there was an
open door get into the ark
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and more animals
responded in his crusade.
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And Jesus said
it'd be just like that
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in the last days.
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The Bible makes it very clear
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that our world is
about to be destroyed
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but not by flood
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but by the fiery
return of Jesus Christ.
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And so the whole
world was destroyed.
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That shows the severity,
the magnitude, the enormity
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and the impact of sin
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and the
consequences of cherishing sin.
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But let's just look at a litany,
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a little
catalogue, a little flyover
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of 15 signs of the times
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and let's see if
they once again reaffirm
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and underscore that we
are on the edge of eternity,
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that Christ is coming soon.
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We don't know the hour,
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we don't know the
day, Matthew 24:36,
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but let's just
consider them for a moment.
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Sign number one,
failing marriages.
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Marrying and giving in marriage.
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The Bible says in the last days
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mankind would be characterized
by being truce breakers.
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And so I'm here to tell you,
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number one,
parenthetically God forgives.
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So please, wherever
you've been, God forgives.
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God is a God of
tomorrows, can you say?
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Not just of the past,
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of the present
but also the future.
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So I would say this though,
that it's an alarming trend.
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It's an alarming
trend, failing marriages
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and the fallout
that comes from that.
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Sign number two,
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eating and drinking and
carousing around and here--
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I'm here to tell you that
we are trashing our bodies
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like never before.
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I believe this is
a sign of the time.
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Sign number three, preoccupied
with life and pleasures,
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2 Timothy 3:1-5
contains 19 prevailing sins
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that would characterize
earth's final generation.
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One of the characteristics
is that people would be,
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men would be lovers of pleasure
more than lovers of God.
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That characterizes
our decadent generation.
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Is that true? Yes or no?
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Gambling, we are
gambling more than ever.
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It's more
acceptable than ever before.
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We are obsessed with
movie and entertainment.
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Would you agree we
are entertained to death?
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And so sign
number four, scoffers.
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People finding it
laughable of the idea
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that Jesus is going to come
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but the rain did start
to fall in the days of Noah.
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And so sign number five,
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"As Sodom and Gomorrah,
and the cities around them
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giving themselves over to" what?
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"Sexual
immorality," Jude verse 7.
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Would you
agree, today sex sells.
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Would you agree,
today wherever you look
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you got to be
careful where you look.
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And I'm here to
tell you, I want to say
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a little something to the men.
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Be on guard, be
vigilant, because your adversary
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the devil is
roaring around like a,
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like a, going around
like a lurking, prowling,
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predatorial, stalking,
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roaring lion
seeking whom he may devour,
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1 Peter 5:8.
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"And whoever looks at
a woman to lust after her
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has committed adultery
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already in their
heart" Matthew Chapter 5.
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So, men, if your eye
offends you, gouge it out.
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That's what Jesus
said in Matthew Chapter 5.
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I say this, beloved,
whether man or women,
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you got to be careful
when you get on the internet,
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you got to be careful
what movies and would you agree
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you even have to be careful
in the Wal-Mart checkout.
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And so it's sin city
Las Vegas? No, no, no.
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It's sin city
all over the place.
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And they, "When they
say, 'Peace and safety,'
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then sudden
destruction comes upon them"
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1 Thessalonians 5:3.
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Absent fathers.
Guess who is in prison?
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Good percentage of
those that are in prison,
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dad wasn't there.
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Guess who the homeless
are? Majority, dad wasn't there.
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And the
statistics are incredible.
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No wonder part of
the Elijah message
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is to turn the
hearts of the fathers
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to their children
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and the children to
the fathers lest I come
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and strike the
earth with a curse.
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There was a curse
from the fallout of dad.
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I say this to
any dad here tonight.
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Make sure you go home
and you call your children.
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Can you say amen? Sign number--
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Well, what is
happening in our world now?
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Stupendous changes.
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That's why I
plan to write a book
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called "Sudden Change."
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Would you agree?
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Change
characterizes our generation.
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Sign number
seven, war and terrorism.
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"There will be wars
and rumors of wars."
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Matthew 24:6.
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The 20th century was
the bloodiest of all.
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Millions and millions and
millions of people perished
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just in the 20th century alone.
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What will happen
here in the 21st century
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if Jesus doesn't
come really soon?
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"Jesus will come soon
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and will destroy
those who destroy the earth"
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Revelation 11:19.
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And man now has the
unprecedented capacity
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to reduce this planet
to a spinning globe of ash
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because of a nuclear holocaust.
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But I'm so glad
the Bible teaches
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the world is not
gonna end that way.
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And so that's Revelation 11:19.
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So there's also a growing threat
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of radical
Islamic fundamentalism
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that is an ideology,
an extreme religious views
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that you need to
be heads up about.
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Will there be a
nuclear war in the near future?
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It's been said that
man never makes weapons
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that they don't use
or something like that.
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Maybe that's the
Mark Fox version.
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But at any rate,
sign number eight,
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natural disasters
wild beyond belief.
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And sign number nine,
environmental degradation.
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Sign number 10, pestilences
like cancer, like AIDS,
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the Ebola virus
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and a host of other horrible
death-inducing diseases.
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Sign number 11,
growing influence
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of the Vatican in America.
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Stay tuned, there is more
about that tomorrow night.
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Sign number 12,
the growing ability
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of the government in particular,
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though not exclusively, to
control buying and selling.
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Sign number 13,
a growing disparity
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between the haves
and the have-nots.
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Between the wealthy,
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nothing wrong
with being wealthy.
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It's just that nowadays
those that are on the top,
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I understand that Buffet--
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Buffett, Buffett,
just the wealthiest person
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on planet earth made in one day
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over $500 million in one day.
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How many agree,
there ought to be enough
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for some of us here tonight.
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Don't hold your
breath, but at any rate,
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the Bible says
in James Chapter 5,
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that there would be a
growing economic disparity
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in the last days.
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Sign number 14, the
government's ability
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toward high tech surveillance.
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Brush your teeth,
you are on Candid Camera.
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Sing number 15,
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that Christian
church is sleeping
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amidst all of the
alarming signs of the times.
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In other words, what
the church is doing today
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the alarm clocks are going off
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and the church is
throwing them out the window
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because they
don't want to hear it.
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As I was growing up,
going to Grandma Fox's house
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from our home in
Pennsylvania to her home
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in upstate New
York Poughkeepsie,
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was always exciting
for my brothers and I.
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I'm one of four
boys, I'm number two
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and there is
Grandma, Grandma Fox
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and what's not to love?
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And she was
born January 1, 1900.
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So I was always able to
track exactly how old she was.
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And so then you will see
me here up on the screen--
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oh, yeah, that's
not really in good focus
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but I'm there one of these guys.
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I think I'm this guy right here.
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All right, anyway,
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and we eagerly looked
forward to her warm hugs,
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yummy homemade
cookies and toys to play with.
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And during the long trip
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in the car we would
talk, sing, laugh, sleep
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and of course, blurt out
the question once in a while,
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"Are we almost there yet?"
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How many are
parents and have heard that
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echoing in the back seat?
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My mom and dad would say,
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"When we get to the bridge,
we will almost be there!"
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What bridge? The Hudson Bridge.
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Anticipation
bubbled over the Fox Family
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as we neared our destination!
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A huge suspension
bridge, 3,000 feet long,
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it was thrilling for us as
we crossed the Hudson River
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because we knew
something, we were almost there.
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This was the
sign, this was the sign
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that we were only minutes
away from Grandma's house.
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I remember that the
bridge was lighted up at night.
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It really made a
powerful impression on my mind
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as my parents would
tell us the good news,
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"We are almost
at Grandma's house."
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How many agree?
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You watch the evening
news, you read the newspaper,
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you get the
news on the internet,
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you hear what's going on.
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How many agree,
things are lit up,
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we are on the bridge.
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Would you agree, the
signs of the times are there.
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The final signs of the times
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that Christ is even at the door.
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I believe that we
cannot plan our future
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in an ordinary way.
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I believe we need
to calculate things
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in such a way
that we really believe
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"The night cometh,
when no man can work."
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John 9:4.
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I say this, beloved,
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ready or not, Jesus is coming
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and He will come in a time that
most people are not expecting
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but those who are
waiting for Him will look up
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and say, "Lo, this is our
God, we have waited for Him,
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and He will
save us" Isaiah 25:9.
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I believe with all my heart
and I emphasized this last night
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at the outset of
the presentation.
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Jesus died that we might be
able to live with Him forever.
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Amen.
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When you think of the cross,
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I'm here to tell you
the vertical points up.
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Can you say amen?
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And Jesus reaches
out His arms to say,
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"Come on, let's go up
to heaven to be together."
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And so the millennium,
the first second of eternity,
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have we concluded
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based on two weeks
together in Bible prophecy?
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Can we categorically assert
we are living biblically based,
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we are living
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in the last
moments of earth's history?
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Can we agree
with that, yes or no?
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Well, what's going to happen?
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What's gonna
happen when Jesus comes?
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The millennium.
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The millennium comes
from two Latin words,
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Mille and Annium
which means 1,000 years.
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The word
millennium is not in the Bible
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but thousand years is.
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And tonight we are gonna look at
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the longest
prison sentence ever,
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the longest blackout ever
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and judgment being
given to the saints.
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But first let's read it
all in the Book of Revelation.
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Go with me to
what book of the Bible?
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Revelation 20.
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I love the Book of
Revelation tonight.
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John banished on
the Isle of Patmos
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was given these panorama
sweeping videos or visions
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and he wrote it down
so that we can look at it
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and peer into the
window of Bible prophecy
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and see what's
coming in the horizon.
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Revelation 20:1,
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"Then I saw an angel
coming down from heaven,
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having the key to the" what pit?
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It was a "Bottomless pit
and a great chain in his hand.
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He laid hold of
the great dragon,
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the dragon that serpent of
old, and the devil and Satan,
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and bound him"
for how many years?
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Wow, that's a
long prison sentence.
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"Bound him for a thousand years
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and he cast him
into the bottomless pit,
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and shut him up."
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How many want to
underline that one, shut him up?
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"And set a seal on him," amen?
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"Set a seal on him
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so that he should
deceive the nations no more,"
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watch this,
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"till the thousand
years were finished."
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So he will not be able to tempt
anyone for a thousand years
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but then after
the thousand years
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he is back to his
old bag of tricks.
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And so "But after these things
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he must be
released for a little while.
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And I saw thrones,
and they sat on them,
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and judgment was
committed to them.
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Then I saw the souls
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or people of those
who had been beheaded
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for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God,
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who had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
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and had not received
the mark on his foreheads."
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In other words, they
are the ones who made it.
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So that's why we have
a couple of presentations
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that are gonna come up
exposing who the antichrist is
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and how to avoid the
mark of the antichrist.
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Because the
Bible says only those,
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who is gonna reign with Christ?
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Those who did not give
in to the mark of the beast.
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Now of course,
there will many others
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that are gonna be joining
us, perhaps millions others
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that never dealt with it
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but those who fail the
test of the mark of beast
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will not be
reigning with Christ.
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I want you to notice
here, "Had not received his mark
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on their
foreheads or on their hands.
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And they lived and
reigned with Christ
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for a thousand years."
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"But the rest of the
dead," those are the unsaved,
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"did not live again
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until the thousand
years were finished.
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This is the first resurrection.
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Blessed and holy
is he who has part
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in the first resurrection."
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That's the pleasant awakening.
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The other one is
the rude awakening.
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Two distinct resurrections.
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"Over such the
second death has no power,
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but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
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and shall reign" or rule
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"with him for a thousand years."
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Powerful prophecy. So
here's the little chart.
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You have the
millennium and it's bookended
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by a first resurrection
and the second resurrection.
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"The rest of the
dead did not live again
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until the thousand
years were finished."
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Take your Bible and turn with me
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to John Chapter
5, John Chapter 5.
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Did Jesus speak about
these two resurrections?
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He did. Verse 28.
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"Do not marvel at
this, for the hour is coming
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in which all who
are" where are the dead?
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"In the graves
will hear His voice
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and come forth -
those who have done good,
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unto the resurrection of life."
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So the righteous
dead are in the graves
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and they are gonna come forth
in the resurrection of life.
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What about the unsaved?
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"And those who have done evil,
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to the
resurrection of condemnation."
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So the Bible makes it very clear
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that when Jesus comes,
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there is the
stupendous, glorious,
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celebratory resurrection
of the righteous dead
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and then thousand years later
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there is the
second resurrection.
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That's not a pleasant awakening,
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that's a what?
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That's a rude awakening.
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That's when the
wicked are resurrected
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and face the great
white throne judgment.
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And so, you say,
"But, Mark, wait a minute.
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I thought the righteous
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when they die
they go immediately
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to be with the
Lord and the unrighteous
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when they die they
go immediately to hell."
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Well, the Bible makes it clear
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that ultimately
the dead in Christ
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are gonna rise and
go to be with the Lord.
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That will happen.
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But it doesn't
happen when you die.
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It happens when
Jesus comes again.
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And the wicked will
eventually go to hell
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but the Bible
says, not when they die.
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Jesus said, they are
where? In the graves.
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That's what Jesus
said, he's in the grave.
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They are in the graves.
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And Jesus conquered the
grave. Can you say amen?
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Revelation 1:18 Jesus said,
"I am alive forevermore." Amen.
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So fear have to do with torment
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and Jesus set us free
from the fear of death.
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How many are thankful
He holds your tomorrow?
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And so what happens
then when a man dies?
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Snapshot review,
what goes back to God?
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"His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to his earth,
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in that very day"
notice here, I'm sorry.
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"In that very day
his thoughts perish."
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So what goes back to God?
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The breath, the spirit
that is in your nostrils.
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"The Lord God formed man
of the dust of the ground,
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breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life,
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and man became a living soul."
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Genesis 2:7.
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So what did He
breathe into our nostrils?
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The breath of life.
What goes back to God?
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That which He
breathed into our nostrils
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in the first
place, the breath of life.
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But that breath
of life is synonymous
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with the Spirit of God.
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That's why Job
made it very clear
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that all the
while the Spirit of God
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is in my nostrils and
he called it a breath.
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And so and that's
in the Book of Job.
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And so-- Chapter 17 and verse 3.
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So where are the dead?
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Jesus said, "All
that are in the grave
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shall come forth" John 5:28, 29.
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Where is King David?
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"David is not
ascended into the heavens."
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And he was a man
after the Lord's own heart.
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But he is in the
grave. Acts 2:34.
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But how many agree David
will go to praise the Lord
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when all the righteous
dead go to praise the Lord,
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at the same time.
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You know what,
righteous dead in the Lord
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and the righteous living,
we're all gonna meet in there.
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So as we travel, the Bible says,
00:20:06.13\00:20:07.94
"It's gonna be a seven
day journey to heaven."
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Revelation 18:1.
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It's gonna be a
seven day trip to heaven
00:20:12.17\00:20:14.74
and I believe
while we are flying up,
00:20:14.78\00:20:16.64
we will have questions like,
00:20:16.68\00:20:18.18
"Wow, I wonder
where King David is."
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Oh, yeah, guess what?
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You will be able
to fly over to him.
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"Hey, David, are
we having fun yet?"
00:20:24.72\00:20:27.72
"Abraham, let's see
who else is in the sky."
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You know, many times
people say, "You know,
00:20:30.56\00:20:32.56
I'll tell you what, I may
not see you here in this life
00:20:32.59\00:20:35.10
but I'll meet you
around the tree of life."
00:20:35.13\00:20:36.73
How many have ever
heard that? That's beautiful.
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Now I'll tell you
what, I'll tell you what,
00:20:38.87\00:20:41.20
before I meet you
at the tree of life,
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what do you say,
the Springfield group
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will meet each other in the air.
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Is that okay?
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All right, I
won't hold you to it
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but anyway, we will
just go up, up, and away.
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But let's get a little snapshot
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review of the state of the dead.
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Genesis 2:7, Dust +
Spirit = Living Soul.
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Job 27:3, Breath= Spirit.
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Psalms 146:4,
00:21:03.19\00:21:05.16
Breath goes back to God,
we stop thinking of death.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7, the
spirit goes back to God.
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Ecclesiastes 115:17,
actually that should be Psalms,
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the dead not in heaven.
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Psalms 13:3, Death is a sleep.
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Acts 7, Stephen's spirit
or breath returned to God
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and he fell asleep.
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Luke Chapter 23,
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Jesus gave up His
Spirit or breath to His Father.
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John Chapter 11,
00:21:36.29\00:21:38.13
Laz-- Jesus
said, Lazarus is dead.
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He was asleep as it were.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5, the
dead do not know anything.
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Unconscious sleep.
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Revelation 14:13,
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Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord.
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"'Yes,' says the Spirit,
00:21:54.31\00:21:55.64
'that they may
rest from their labors,
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and their works
do follow them.'"
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Revelation 14:13.
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"The dead in Christ will rise
at the second coming of Jesus"
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-18.
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John Chapter 5,
Daniel Chapter 12,
00:22:07.62\00:22:10.23
"Both the unsaved and
the saved sleep in the dust,
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the graves till
their resurrection."
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John 14,
00:22:15.00\00:22:16.36
"Jesus receives the
righteous not when they die
00:22:16.40\00:22:19.00
but when they are resurrected
at the second coming."
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Acts Chapter 2, "David is dead."
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2 Corinthians 5:8,
"Absent from this carnal body
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and will be
present with the Lord."
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With a brand new
body like Jesus' body,
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Philippians 3:21,
when Jesus comes again.
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1 Corinthians
15, when Jesus comes
00:22:35.75\00:22:38.09
we "Receive an immortal body."
00:22:38.12\00:22:40.02
John Chapter 20 and
Luke 23, makes it very clear
00:22:40.06\00:22:44.09
that Jesus promised
the thief on the cross
00:22:44.13\00:22:46.26
that ultimately He
would be with him in paradise
00:22:46.29\00:22:50.17
because Jesus didn't
even go to paradise that day.
00:22:50.20\00:22:53.23
He told Mary on Sunday morning,
00:22:53.27\00:22:55.20
"I have not yet
ascended to the Father."
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Was that a fast snapshot
review but plenty of scripture
00:22:57.37\00:23:00.58
and we've got a handout on that.
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So there are two
groups of people in the world,
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the righteous
and the unrighteous.
00:23:05.18\00:23:07.75
All right, let's subdivide that.
00:23:07.78\00:23:10.09
There are four categories.
00:23:10.12\00:23:12.42
You have the righteous dead,
00:23:12.45\00:23:14.12
the righteous living
and the unrighteous dead
00:23:14.16\00:23:16.86
and the unrighteous living.
00:23:16.89\00:23:18.23
Which group are you?
00:23:18.26\00:23:19.66
You ought to be able to
know that one right away.
00:23:19.69\00:23:21.66
Well, we are gonna deal with
these four groups of people,
00:23:21.70\00:23:24.77
these four categories
00:23:24.80\00:23:26.13
to unlock the
mystery about the millennium.
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What are five events--
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We're gonna use
your five fingers here.
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Five events that
begin the millennium.
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Number one,
00:23:35.28\00:23:36.61
the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:23:36.64\00:23:39.51
The last words of
Jesus in the Bible,
00:23:39.55\00:23:41.65
"Surely I am coming quickly."
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Revelation 22:7, 12, 20.
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All right, what will
happen to the righteous
00:23:49.92\00:23:52.06
when Jesus comes again?
00:23:52.09\00:23:54.70
"Let not your heart be troubled,
00:23:54.73\00:23:56.06
do you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
00:23:56.10\00:23:58.13
In My Father's
house are many mansions,
00:23:58.17\00:24:00.20
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
00:24:02.24\00:24:04.54
And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
00:24:04.57\00:24:06.78
I will come again and
receive you unto Myself,
00:24:06.81\00:24:10.85
that where I am,
there you may be also."
00:24:10.88\00:24:13.85
So He doesn't
receive us when we die.
00:24:13.88\00:24:16.05
He receives us
when He comes again.
00:24:16.08\00:24:18.39
That's the
glorious return of Jesus.
00:24:18.42\00:24:21.02
John 14:1-3,
00:24:21.06\00:24:22.92
the righteous go to
heaven when Jesus comes.
00:24:22.96\00:24:25.19
Jesus did not say, "I
will come again and again."
00:24:25.23\00:24:29.23
He is not gonna
come in a secret rapture,
00:24:29.26\00:24:31.67
seven years later
in a second coming.
00:24:31.70\00:24:34.67
He said, "I will come again."
00:24:34.70\00:24:36.34
There's only one
train bound for glory.
00:24:36.37\00:24:39.61
If you miss it,
you are left dead.
00:24:39.64\00:24:43.85
That's according
to the scriptures.
00:24:43.88\00:24:45.48
Is there hope for tomorrow?
00:24:45.51\00:24:47.68
"While we wait
for the blessed hope"
00:24:47.72\00:24:49.78
what is our only hope?
00:24:49.82\00:24:51.15
"The glorious,
the glorious appearing
00:24:51.19\00:24:54.26
of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ."
00:24:54.29\00:24:57.09
Titus 2:13.
00:24:57.13\00:24:59.39
So our only hope
is the "Blessed hope"
00:24:59.43\00:25:03.53
is the "glorious
appearing" of Jesus Christ.
00:25:03.57\00:25:06.77
There is no room
for a secret rapture.
00:25:06.80\00:25:09.40
Five events that
begin the millennium.
00:25:09.44\00:25:11.17
The second coming of Christ.
00:25:11.21\00:25:12.94
The resurrection
of the righteous.
00:25:12.97\00:25:15.54
When Jesus comes
again, will it be in secret--
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A secret rapture or visible,
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audible, climactic
and glorious event?
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Will millions
suddenly just be snatched away?
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Will there be a secret rapture,
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seven year tribulation
and then the second coming?
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No.
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There will be the translation
of the righteous living.
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When Jesus comes
what's gonna happen?
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Here are a few key questions.
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Are you ready? If
you are ready, say ready.
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Ready. All right, here we go.
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Will it be audible when
Jesus comes for His bride?
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Will everyone hear it?
What does the Bible say?
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"For the Lord himself
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shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of
the commanding archangel,
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and with the
trumpet call of God,
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and the dead in Christ"
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I like that
expression, dead in Christ.
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How many agree, if you
die you want to be in Christ?
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You are dead but you
don't have to worry about it
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because the very hairs of
your head are all numbered.
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So the Bible says, Paul said,
1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17, 18,
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"The Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of the archangel,
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with the trumpet call of God."
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What's the point
he is trying to make?
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Nothing silent or
secretive about Jesus' return.
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That scripture is used to
buttress a secret rapture?
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No, it cancels out that
theological interpretation
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and it supports the second
coming of Jesus Christ. Period.
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No. Exclamation mark.
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"And so the Lord himself
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shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of the archangel,
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with the trumpet call of God,
00:26:57.15\00:26:58.48
and the dead in
Christ shall rise first.
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Then we which
are alive and remain
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shall be caught up together,
to meet the Lord in the air
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and so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
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Wherefore comfort one
another with these words."
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That's the true comfort.
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False comfort,
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oh, we are just
gonna be snatched away.
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We don't even have to
go through the tribulation.
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It's gonna be a lot of
people mad at preachers.
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I would rather be told the truth
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even thought it might not
be exactly what I want to hear.
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Mark, get ready,
there's a tribulation coming
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and you are gonna go through it
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but I'll never
leave you nor forsake you.
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Now think about it, what
about thief in the night?
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In 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
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it's talking about the
time of the Lord's return
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not the manner of His return.
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Will it be invisible?
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Revelation 1:7,
"Every eye shall see him."
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How many agree the blind
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are gonna see
everything on that day?
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The Bible says
"The Lord's return"
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Matthew 24:27
"will be like lightning
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shining from the
east to the west."
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Because my Bible tells me
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He is coming
from the eastern sky.
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Can you say amen?
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Sudden changes are about to
catch the world by surprise.
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Amazing Bible
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a sudden economic collapse?
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Will the Middle East
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Are we living on
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How will the final moves
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What is the future of
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00:28:35.44\00:28:38.58
How will natural disasters
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Are the righteous going to
go through the tribulation?
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Don't listen to
smooth pudding preaching.
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Amen?
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Yes, we are going
through the tribulation.
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Were the children of Israel
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delivered before
or after the plagues?
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They were
delivered after the plagues
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through the split sea.
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We are delivered
after the seven plagues.
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There is a
parallel there, right?
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And so we are delivered
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after the seven
last plagues, right,
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not through the split sea
but through the split what?
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Through the opening of the sky.
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And so in Revelation Chapter 16,
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go there with me Revelation 16,
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in the heart of
the seven last plagues,
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right there in that context
in context of the six plagues
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Jesus says this, "Behold,
I am coming as a thief."
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What He is saying
is, "I haven't come yet,
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I'm coming after the plagues."
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Sequence is important.
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The Bible says here,
"Behold, I am coming as a thief.
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Blessed is he who
watches, and keeps his garments,
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lest he walk naked
and they see his shame."
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That is the most clearest
evidence I can think of.
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It leaps from the page
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and it tells us,
"This is clinching evidence
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we are going
through the tribulation."
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Jesus comes as a
thief after the plagues.
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Now, beloved, you
know what that means?
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We need to study in this seminar
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what is gonna happen
during the tribulation
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and how do you get ready?
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Preparation for the tribulation.
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It's coming. It's coming.
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And don't listen to
these false prophets
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who are gonna tell you,
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"You don't have
to worry about that.
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You're just gonna be gone.
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Don't even have
to worry about it."
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My Bible tells me
that before Jesus comes,
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He is gonna purify His bride
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by the
purification of the tribulation.
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Oh, come on now, how
does the Lord purify you?
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Through the
trials you go through.
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How many agree, the trials
do not come without a purpose.
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God never causes suffering
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but He turns it
around for our good.
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Romans 8:28, "He works
all things together for good."
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So if you are
going through trials,
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you know what
the Bible calls it?
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The trial of your faith.
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To see if your faith is sincere.
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How many want to cry
out, "Lord, I believe,
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help thou my unbelief."
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Amen? Mark 9:23.
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And so yes, we will
go through tribulations
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but that is good for us.
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We develop the muscle of faith
when our faith is being tried.
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And so when does
the separation occur?
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We know the righteous
are gonna go up, up and away.
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And we know the wicked
are gonna be destroyed.
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But what's gonna happen?
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Is it gonna happen
in a secret snatch?
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And then seven years later
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there's another
group that go up?
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Here's the scripture.
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Matthew Chapter 13
says, the wheat and the tares,
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the righteous and the
unrighteous says there,
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they remain,
stay, abide, coexist,
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together until the harvest.
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And the Bible
says in Revelation 14
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that the harvest and Matthew 13
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it takes places at
the end of the world,
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not seven years prior
to the end of the world.
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There's no room for
seven year tribulation.
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And by the way, Daniel
9 has talked about that
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seven year prophecy,
we will get into that.
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It's already been fulfilled
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and I'll prove that
to you on another night.
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But listen,
according to the scriptures,
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listen, the Bible makes it clear
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we remain together
not some snatched away
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and then some left dumbfounded.
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No, no, no.
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The Bible makes it very clear
00:33:07.92\00:33:09.42
that the righteous are
gonna go up at the harvest.
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And my Bible
tells me, at the harvest
00:33:12.39\00:33:15.16
the unrighteous are destroyed
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by the brightness of His return.
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Revelation
14:6-16 makes it clear,
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the gospel goes around the world
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pictured by three
angels flying around the world
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yelling out with loud
voices the end time messages
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to prepare a people
ready for the harvest.
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And the Bible says,
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the Lord is
pictured there on the cloud
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as a heavenly
harvester mixed imagery also
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as the king of
kings with many crowns.
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And the Bible says,
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He is gonna harvest up
His believers that are ripe.
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And then it talks about the
unsaved, they are also ripe.
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They are called sour grapes
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in that scenario
in Revelation 14.
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So now you know why
some people are sour.
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Sour grapes.
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Now think about this,
they are both ripening.
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Let me tell you something.
00:34:08.18\00:34:09.51
This is a very profound thought
I'm about to share with you.
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You ought to make a
mental note of this,
00:34:12.45\00:34:13.78
this is powerful.
00:34:13.82\00:34:15.22
And this helps you to unlock
00:34:15.25\00:34:16.79
what's going on
in the last days.
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In the last days
there's a ripening process.
00:34:20.49\00:34:24.49
The Bible makes it
clear that in the last days
00:34:24.53\00:34:27.10
the righteous are more
rapidly becoming like Jesus
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and the wicked are more
rapidly becoming like the devil
00:34:32.57\00:34:36.94
and becoming like the world.
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And the Bible says
in 2 Timothy Chapter 3
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and I believe it's verse 13
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that the wicked
will get worse and worse.
00:34:42.31\00:34:45.01
How many agree,
it's about as worse
00:34:45.05\00:34:46.68
as it can get but
it's not quite over.
00:34:46.72\00:34:49.98
And so the Bible
makes it very clear
00:34:50.02\00:34:52.12
there is this,
this line of demarcation
00:34:52.15\00:34:54.19
between the
righteous and the unrighteous
00:34:54.22\00:34:56.16
and that
difference between the two
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is gonna continue,
"Come out from among them,
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and be ye
separate, saith the Lord,
00:35:01.40\00:35:03.43
and then I will receive
you and be a father to you
00:35:03.47\00:35:06.13
and you will be My
sons and daughters."
00:35:06.17\00:35:07.80
How many agree you got
to come out from the world
00:35:07.84\00:35:10.17
in order to say, "You know what,
00:35:10.21\00:35:11.54
I'm gonna follow my
Father in heaven," amen?
00:35:11.57\00:35:15.21
That's 2
Corinthians 6:16, 17, 18.
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And so listen carefully, listen.
00:35:18.45\00:35:20.72
And so the Bible
makes it very clear,
00:35:20.75\00:35:23.52
the righteous
and the unrighteous
00:35:23.55\00:35:24.89
remain together
until the harvest.
00:35:24.92\00:35:26.39
There is no room
for a secret rapture.
00:35:26.42\00:35:28.72
There is only the second
coming of Christ is the harvest.
00:35:28.76\00:35:33.46
Does this make sense?
00:35:33.50\00:35:34.83
That's the harvest of the world.
00:35:34.86\00:35:37.23
So see the wheat and tares,
00:35:37.27\00:35:39.03
go together there on the
chart and go up at the harvest.
00:35:39.07\00:35:42.70
The saved go up.
What happens to the lost?
00:35:42.74\00:35:44.91
They are destroyed.
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Okay, so then will the wicked
00:35:46.31\00:35:48.68
have a second chance to be saved
00:35:48.71\00:35:51.08
after Christ
comes for His bride? No.
00:35:51.11\00:35:53.65
The popular teaching is
that if you are not ready
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.88
for the first celestial train
of the secret rapture to heaven
00:35:55.92\00:35:59.49
there will be
another one coming later
00:35:59.52\00:36:01.16
in the second coming of Christ.
00:36:01.19\00:36:02.66
That's a fallacy. It's lethal.
00:36:02.69\00:36:04.99
It's poisonous. It's deadly.
00:36:05.03\00:36:07.53
The second chance?
No. False security.
00:36:07.56\00:36:11.23
And so what about the expression
00:36:11.27\00:36:12.97
"one shall be taken
and the other left?"
00:36:13.00\00:36:15.30
Jesus made it very clear
00:36:15.34\00:36:16.81
like it was in the days of Noah,
00:36:16.84\00:36:18.51
the one was taken
and the other left.
00:36:18.54\00:36:20.08
And the days of Lot,
one was taken another left.
00:36:20.11\00:36:22.74
What's the point?
There's just two groups.
00:36:22.78\00:36:25.68
You're either saved
or lost when Jesus comes.
00:36:25.71\00:36:28.75
That's what happens.
00:36:28.78\00:36:30.45
All the wicked destroyed
at the second coming of Jesus
00:36:30.49\00:36:33.25
just like the
wicked were destroyed
00:36:33.29\00:36:34.69
by a flood in the days of Noah.
00:36:34.72\00:36:37.36
And when Jesus comes,
00:36:37.39\00:36:38.99
you go to the
marriage supper of the lamb
00:36:39.03\00:36:41.63
and the Bible, the
Bible talks about two suppers
00:36:41.66\00:36:43.97
there in Revelation 19.
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And the other supper.
What is that other supper?
00:36:45.37\00:36:49.17
Whoever doesn't make
it to the supper in heaven
00:36:49.20\00:36:51.94
is the supper on earth.
00:36:51.97\00:36:53.64
They become food for the birds.
00:36:53.68\00:36:56.01
I don't know about you,
00:36:56.04\00:36:57.38
I don't want to be
down here in this supper.
00:36:57.41\00:37:00.15
"The unsaved cannot endure
00:37:00.18\00:37:02.42
the brightness
of Christ's return."
00:37:02.45\00:37:04.09
2 Thessalonians 2:8,
let's read it together.
00:37:04.12\00:37:06.92
"Then the lawless
one will be revealed,
00:37:06.96\00:37:10.23
whom the Lord will consume
with the breath of His mouth
00:37:10.26\00:37:13.86
and destroy with the
brightness of His coming."
00:37:13.90\00:37:16.06
2 Thessalonians 2:8.
00:37:16.10\00:37:18.63
The cities are gonna be
utterly decimated and destroyed.
00:37:18.67\00:37:22.24
There are only
two groups of people
00:37:22.27\00:37:23.77
when Jesus comes again.
00:37:23.81\00:37:25.44
The Bible makes it very
clear in Revelation Chapter 6,
00:37:25.47\00:37:29.64
those two groups of
people are spotlighted.
00:37:29.68\00:37:31.95
Are we learning
something tonight?
00:37:31.98\00:37:33.65
I want you to
notice here, beloved,
00:37:33.68\00:37:35.38
look here at verse number 14,
00:37:35.42\00:37:37.59
"Then the sky
receded as a scroll
00:37:37.62\00:37:39.29
when it is rolled up,
and every mountain and island
00:37:39.32\00:37:41.49
was moved out of its place.
00:37:41.52\00:37:42.99
And the kings of the earth,
the great men, the rich men,
00:37:43.02\00:37:44.99
the commanders, the mighty men,
every slave and every free man,
00:37:45.03\00:37:48.66
hid themselves in the caves
00:37:48.70\00:37:50.33
and in the rocks
of the mountains,
00:37:50.37\00:37:51.80
and said to the
mountains and rocks,
00:37:51.83\00:37:53.97
'Fall on us and hide
us from the face of Him
00:37:54.00\00:37:55.90
who sits on the throne and
from the wrath of the Lamb!
00:37:55.94\00:37:58.37
For the great day
of His wrath has come,
00:37:58.41\00:38:00.34
and who is able to stand?'"
00:38:00.38\00:38:02.54
You can stand. You can stand.
00:38:02.58\00:38:06.35
If you stand for Jesus
00:38:06.38\00:38:08.58
He will stand up
for you, Daniel 12:1.
00:38:08.62\00:38:11.85
So there are only
two groups of people
00:38:11.89\00:38:13.69
when Jesus comes
again, Revelation 6:14-17.
00:38:13.72\00:38:17.19
Have you ever
heard the expression,
00:38:17.23\00:38:18.63
"You can run
but you can't hide"?
00:38:18.66\00:38:20.36
The ultimate expression of that
00:38:20.40\00:38:22.00
will happen at the
second coming of Jesus Christ
00:38:22.03\00:38:24.93
according to the Bible.
00:38:24.97\00:38:26.37
Most will not be ready.
00:38:26.40\00:38:28.10
The Bible makes it
very clear, Jesus said,
00:38:28.14\00:38:30.27
you better pray always and watch
00:38:30.31\00:38:32.64
and lest your hearts
be overtaken by a surprise
00:38:32.67\00:38:36.75
because you got
preoccupied and busy.
00:38:36.78\00:38:39.81
Would you agree there are
00:38:39.85\00:38:41.18
so many
distractions and diversions?
00:38:41.22\00:38:44.45
And I'm here to tell you,
00:38:44.49\00:38:46.65
you got to be really
focused in the last days
00:38:46.69\00:38:49.46
or the next thing you
know, you'll wake up and say,
00:38:49.49\00:38:52.96
"What have I been doing?
Why don't I know my Bible?
00:38:52.99\00:38:57.07
Why haven't I
got a prayer life?"
00:38:57.10\00:39:00.24
How many agree,
00:39:00.27\00:39:01.70
if you are alive
right now it's not too late.
00:39:01.74\00:39:05.64
Jesus is coming
soon. We got to get ready.
00:39:05.67\00:39:11.11
We got to get ready, we
got to get serious about it.
00:39:11.15\00:39:13.55
So what happens to the lost?
00:39:13.58\00:39:15.42
They are destroyed
00:39:15.45\00:39:16.79
by the brightness
of the Lord's return.
00:39:16.82\00:39:18.45
The wicked living are slain
00:39:18.49\00:39:21.02
by the brightness of His return
00:39:21.06\00:39:23.09
and they just lay here
during the thousand years.
00:39:23.12\00:39:27.56
It reminds me of Pompeii.
00:39:27.60\00:39:29.23
Talk about a
city frozen in time.
00:39:29.26\00:39:32.47
It was a city destroyed
00:39:32.50\00:39:34.94
and lost sight
of, it was underneath
00:39:34.97\00:39:37.04
and then just 200 years
or so ago was discovered.
00:39:37.07\00:39:43.81
Pompeii AD 79.
00:39:43.85\00:39:46.21
Pompeii was the resort
village for wealthy Romans.
00:39:46.25\00:39:50.59
Population
20,000, life in Pompeii
00:39:50.62\00:39:53.32
there were 8,000
slaves out of the 20,000.
00:39:53.36\00:39:56.02
Hundred and
eighteen wine shops and bars.
00:39:56.06\00:39:58.69
They liked their
drinking. Lewd paintings.
00:39:58.73\00:40:01.86
Gladiatorial fights to
death before a cheering,
00:40:01.90\00:40:07.27
applauding,
crowded amphitheater.
00:40:07.30\00:40:11.37
Oh, yeah, well, come with me
to the last night in Pompeii,
00:40:11.41\00:40:14.68
no one expected it to happen.
00:40:14.71\00:40:17.15
It was August 24,
00:40:17.18\00:40:18.71
it dawned like any
other summer day in Pompeii
00:40:18.75\00:40:21.88
a town in southern Italy.
00:40:21.92\00:40:24.05
The sun was shining brightly.
The Bay of Naples was tranquil.
00:40:24.09\00:40:27.82
There was buying and
selling in the market place.
00:40:27.86\00:40:30.93
Time for lunch came,
00:40:30.96\00:40:32.76
and storekeepers
closed the doors.
00:40:32.79\00:40:34.96
A baker shoved eighty-one
loaves of bread into his oven.
00:40:35.00\00:40:39.07
A customer laid some coins
on a counter in a wine shop.
00:40:39.10\00:40:43.00
No one suspected
that the very big hill
00:40:43.04\00:40:46.37
was in fact a sleeping volcano
00:40:46.41\00:40:48.61
that for hundreds of
years was building up pressure
00:40:48.64\00:40:51.25
and then suddenly it happened.
00:40:51.28\00:40:53.98
It blew its top off, it erupted.
00:40:54.02\00:40:57.42
The blast-- excuse me,
00:40:57.45\00:40:59.19
shot pumice and ash into the sky
00:40:59.22\00:41:04.23
and then the pumice and ash
00:41:04.26\00:41:05.96
rained down upon
Pompeii, blanketing it.
00:41:05.99\00:41:09.96
Most of the 20,000
residents fled to safety.
00:41:10.00\00:41:14.67
Those who escaped
through the fields
00:41:14.70\00:41:16.91
tied pillows over their heads
to protect them from the rocks
00:41:16.94\00:41:20.68
that were
falling out of the sky.
00:41:20.71\00:41:24.15
But some lingered,
2,000. And guess what?
00:41:24.18\00:41:30.19
The ruins tell the tragic story.
00:41:30.22\00:41:33.69
You can actually see as
archeologists have helped us
00:41:33.72\00:41:38.73
to be able to
see that there were
00:41:38.76\00:41:41.06
those who were
burying valuables,
00:41:41.10\00:41:42.76
loading carts with possessions
and foolish trinkets.
00:41:42.80\00:41:46.63
And the form of one man
was found laying in the streets
00:41:46.67\00:41:50.67
still clutching a
handful of worthless gold coins.
00:41:50.71\00:41:56.51
It was an overwhelming
surprise and here is a picture
00:41:56.54\00:41:59.95
of lava covered remains
00:41:59.98\00:42:02.48
of a person killed in a volcano.
00:42:02.52\00:42:04.22
You see the victims
breathed the deadly sulfur fumes
00:42:04.25\00:42:07.36
and dropped in their tracks,
00:42:07.39\00:42:08.96
where a mixture
of rain and ashes
00:42:08.99\00:42:11.93
encircled their
bodies like a cast.
00:42:11.96\00:42:16.53
Amazing.
00:42:16.56\00:42:18.17
You can actually see the horror
00:42:18.20\00:42:20.77
on some of the
faces of these people
00:42:20.80\00:42:23.37
that lingered and lost.
00:42:23.41\00:42:25.74
Why?
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.11
Why, because they didn't
take the warning seriously.
00:42:27.14\00:42:30.55
And I'm here to tell you
the Christian church is asleep.
00:42:30.58\00:42:35.58
Pompeii is a beacon of warning.
00:42:40.42\00:42:44.93
Flee, sin, flee this world
that's about to be destroyed.
00:42:44.96\00:42:50.90
Get out from the world
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.83
is the message
in the word of God.
00:42:52.87\00:42:54.70
Get out from the
world like Lot did.
00:42:54.74\00:42:56.97
Get out, be separate
from the ways of the world.
00:42:57.01\00:43:00.51
"Love not the world,
00:43:00.54\00:43:01.88
neither anything
that is in the world"
00:43:01.91\00:43:03.65
1 John 2:15.
00:43:03.68\00:43:06.92
"He who wants to be
a friend of the world
00:43:06.95\00:43:08.92
is an enemy of God"
00:43:08.95\00:43:10.62
James 4:4.
00:43:10.65\00:43:13.62
The Bible says, come out,
come out and flee to Christ.
00:43:13.66\00:43:17.43
I say this, "Run
and hide in Jesus
00:43:17.46\00:43:19.36
before it's forever too late."
00:43:19.39\00:43:20.76
And so their bodies
00:43:20.80\00:43:22.36
were just been
destroyed and then left.
00:43:22.40\00:43:26.53
That's the way it will
be during the millennium.
00:43:26.57\00:43:31.27
Now I got a question for you.
00:43:31.31\00:43:33.34
If the righteous
dead are resurrected,
00:43:33.38\00:43:35.61
follow with me in this
logic, and go to heaven
00:43:35.64\00:43:38.75
and the righteous
living are translated
00:43:38.78\00:43:40.65
and go to heaven and
the wicked living are slain
00:43:40.68\00:43:43.69
by the brightness
of Christ's return
00:43:43.72\00:43:45.89
and the wicked dead remain
dead then I've got a question.
00:43:45.92\00:43:50.66
Is there anyone alive on
earth during the millennium?
00:43:50.69\00:43:55.03
The answer is no and yes.
00:43:55.06\00:43:59.13
There is no human beings
left alive on planet earth
00:43:59.17\00:44:03.71
because all of the
wicked have been slain
00:44:03.74\00:44:06.17
by the brightness
of the Lord's return.
00:44:06.21\00:44:08.34
They cannot
endure all of His glory.
00:44:08.38\00:44:11.31
Our God is a consuming fire,
00:44:11.35\00:44:13.72
unless you are in Christ
and then there is no problem.
00:44:13.75\00:44:17.22
Can you say amen?
00:44:17.25\00:44:19.12
And so Jeremiah 25:33,
where are the unsaved dead?
00:44:19.15\00:44:25.59
Go there with me
very quickly. Jeremiah.
00:44:25.63\00:44:27.83
Come on now, we
are in a march here.
00:44:27.86\00:44:29.83
Jeremiah, march
for time, Jeremiah 25.
00:44:29.86\00:44:32.93
We got a number of
scriptures to look at
00:44:32.97\00:44:34.47
so let's keep
the momentum going.
00:44:34.50\00:44:36.64
Jeremiah 25:33,
00:44:36.67\00:44:40.54
"And at that day
the slain of the Lord
00:44:40.58\00:44:42.54
shall be from
one end of the earth
00:44:42.58\00:44:44.25
even to the other
end of the earth."
00:44:44.28\00:44:45.91
Just like Pompeii.
00:44:45.95\00:44:47.75
"They shall not be lamented,
or gathered, or buried,
00:44:47.78\00:44:50.49
they shall become
refuse on the ground."
00:44:50.52\00:44:54.69
No one left
alive on planet earth!
00:44:54.72\00:44:59.23
So the wicked living are slain
00:44:59.26\00:45:01.30
there at the
beginning of the millennium
00:45:01.33\00:45:02.96
and Satan is bound
00:45:03.00\00:45:04.83
because you can't
tempt a dead person.
00:45:04.87\00:45:08.30
And so the Bible says
00:45:08.34\00:45:10.01
what happens to Satan
during the thousand years?
00:45:10.04\00:45:12.24
He is bound by a chain.
00:45:12.27\00:45:13.91
This is symbolic he is bound
by a chain of circumstances.
00:45:13.94\00:45:17.71
He has no one to tempt.
00:45:17.75\00:45:19.18
He is confined to
planet earth, he's bound here
00:45:19.21\00:45:23.02
but he has no one to
tempt for a thousand years.
00:45:23.05\00:45:25.55
What condition is
the earth left in?
00:45:25.59\00:45:28.16
What condition is it left in?
00:45:28.19\00:45:29.79
"Behold, the Lord
makes the earth empty
00:45:29.82\00:45:31.99
and makes it
waste, distorts its face
00:45:32.03\00:45:35.00
and scatters
abroad the inhabitants.
00:45:35.03\00:45:37.10
The land shall
be entirely emptied,
00:45:37.13\00:45:39.20
utterly plundered,
00:45:39.23\00:45:40.77
for the Lord has
spoken this word."
00:45:40.80\00:45:42.14
Isaiah 24:1, 3.
00:45:42.17\00:45:44.01
"The earth is violently
broken, the earth is split open,
00:45:44.04\00:45:48.04
the earth is
shaken exceedingly."
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.01
These are powerful scriptures.
00:45:50.05\00:45:52.01
Isaiah 24:19. How many agree?
00:45:52.05\00:45:54.58
There are people
watching movies right now
00:45:54.62\00:45:56.69
but how many agree,
this is a better movie.
00:45:56.72\00:45:59.82
"By His fierce anger.
00:45:59.85\00:46:01.19
For thus says the Lord,
the whole land shall be" what?
00:46:01.22\00:46:03.69
Here's a key word.
00:46:03.73\00:46:05.06
"Desolate, yet"
00:46:05.09\00:46:07.56
I'm not done
with planet earth yet.
00:46:07.60\00:46:09.83
"Yet I will not
make a full end."
00:46:09.86\00:46:11.50
Jeremiah 4:23-27.
00:46:11.53\00:46:13.90
This earth during the millennium
00:46:13.94\00:46:16.27
is like a bottomless pit.
00:46:16.30\00:46:18.41
It comes from the
Greek word Abussos or Abyss,
00:46:18.44\00:46:22.71
kind of meaning
"Without form and void."
00:46:22.74\00:46:24.71
Similar to how the earth was
00:46:24.75\00:46:26.48
before the Lord
put it all together.
00:46:26.51\00:46:28.85
And so desolate cities,
there will be desolate cities.
00:46:28.88\00:46:33.15
Satan is bound in
chains of darkness
00:46:33.19\00:46:35.56
on a desolate earth
for a thousand years.
00:46:35.59\00:46:39.63
Talk about a blackout,
00:46:39.66\00:46:41.30
there is a blackout
for a thousand years
00:46:41.33\00:46:43.93
while he is in prison.
00:46:43.97\00:46:47.20
Will the devil
stumble across your remains?
00:46:47.24\00:46:50.07
How many agree?
00:46:50.11\00:46:51.44
The devil will roam this planet
from one end to the other.
00:46:51.47\00:46:55.14
Thousand years is a long time
00:46:55.18\00:46:58.01
and I don't know
how he can travel.
00:46:58.05\00:47:00.32
I don't know if he
can fly or whatever
00:47:00.35\00:47:02.25
but all I know is he is
confined to planet earth
00:47:02.28\00:47:05.95
and I can see him
kicking over the debris
00:47:05.99\00:47:09.39
and the ashes and
the demolished buildings
00:47:09.42\00:47:12.73
and so forth and
I can see him coming
00:47:12.76\00:47:14.56
to different homes
here in Springfield.
00:47:14.60\00:47:17.83
And I can see him
kicking over the dirt
00:47:17.87\00:47:21.74
and the debris and
the burned out house
00:47:21.77\00:47:24.74
and so forth and I can see him
00:47:24.77\00:47:26.91
stumbling over
somebody's remains
00:47:26.94\00:47:29.78
and saying, "I
got him, I got him.
00:47:29.81\00:47:32.05
They used to attend church
00:47:32.08\00:47:35.48
but they never
fully surrendered.
00:47:35.52\00:47:37.69
I got him, I
got him, I got him."
00:47:37.72\00:47:40.19
I can see him go to another home
00:47:40.22\00:47:41.86
and there is a
whole family there.
00:47:41.89\00:47:44.03
They never gave
their heart to Jesus.
00:47:44.06\00:47:46.33
And then I see them coming,
00:47:46.36\00:47:47.76
I see the devil
coming to your house
00:47:47.80\00:47:50.73
and he is looking for you.
00:47:50.77\00:47:52.40
And he is looking for you.
00:47:52.43\00:47:54.24
You are not
there, you are in heaven.
00:47:54.27\00:47:57.11
Can you say amen?
You're gonna be there.
00:47:57.14\00:47:59.41
How many make that
commitment by the grace of God
00:47:59.44\00:48:01.64
you are not gonna let the devil
stumble around your remains?
00:48:01.68\00:48:04.45
Can you say amen?
Come on, shout amen.
00:48:04.48\00:48:06.35
Amen. And so listen to me.
00:48:06.38\00:48:09.88
And I-- Oh, I can see him--
00:48:09.92\00:48:11.35
Let me back up. I'm
not finished with that yet.
00:48:11.39\00:48:13.09
I can see him
coming to your house
00:48:13.12\00:48:15.76
and saying, talking out
loud in a frustrated way,
00:48:15.79\00:48:19.49
"I thought I had him.
00:48:19.53\00:48:21.26
I thought I had
him. I thought I had him.
00:48:21.30\00:48:23.77
It was so close,
I thought I had him
00:48:23.80\00:48:26.57
but they pleaded
the blood of Jesus.
00:48:26.60\00:48:29.94
They pleaded the blood of Jesus,
00:48:29.97\00:48:32.77
I couldn't get them."
00:48:32.81\00:48:35.21
The blood of Jesus
00:48:35.24\00:48:37.41
is the power of
God unto salvation.
00:48:37.45\00:48:41.38
If you are going through a
personal crisis in your life,
00:48:41.42\00:48:44.39
if you are facing
financial challenges,
00:48:44.42\00:48:46.86
if you are suffering
from a health problem,
00:48:46.89\00:48:48.86
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:48:48.89\00:48:51.43
if you have a special
concern for your children,
00:48:51.46\00:48:53.80
whatever you need
may be, give us a call
00:48:53.83\00:48:55.96
and we will pray with you.
00:48:56.00\00:48:57.33
For your prayer requests
call us at 1-855-336-FREE.
00:48:57.37\00:49:03.00
"If the Son sets you
free, you are free indeed."
00:49:03.04\00:49:06.31
John 8:36.
00:49:06.34\00:49:09.14
During the millennium
the righteous are in heaven.
00:49:09.18\00:49:12.01
The earth is desolate.
00:49:12.05\00:49:14.32
Now when we are in heaven
00:49:14.35\00:49:15.68
what decisions
will we make with Jesus?
00:49:15.72\00:49:17.99
Revelation 20:7 says,
00:49:18.02\00:49:20.06
"We will rule or reign
with Christ a thousand years."
00:49:20.09\00:49:23.53
"Do you not know
00:49:23.56\00:49:24.89
that the saints
will judge the world?
00:49:24.93\00:49:26.26
And if the world
will be judged by you,
00:49:26.29\00:49:27.90
are you unworthy to
judge the smallest matters?
00:49:27.93\00:49:30.27
Do you not know that
we shall judge angels?
00:49:30.30\00:49:33.03
How much more, things
that pertain to this life?"
00:49:33.07\00:49:35.30
1 Corinthians 6:2, 3.
00:49:35.34\00:49:37.47
Now I don't know about
you but my Bible tells me
00:49:37.51\00:49:40.88
that we will be
made kings and priests
00:49:40.91\00:49:43.51
and we will reign with Christ.
00:49:43.55\00:49:45.71
Now, I don't understand that.
00:49:45.75\00:49:47.48
When we come to the pearly gates
00:49:47.52\00:49:50.59
and the Lord sees
us, what does He say?
00:49:50.62\00:49:53.32
Well, I come to
the pearly gates there
00:49:53.36\00:49:55.66
and the Lord is
welcoming everybody
00:49:55.69\00:49:58.03
and then I'm in line and He is,
"Oh, Mark, welcome, welcome."
00:49:58.06\00:50:02.16
"Oh, Lord."
00:50:02.20\00:50:03.53
He says, "Now, Mark, you
know you just barely made it."
00:50:03.57\00:50:05.53
"I know, Lord."
00:50:05.57\00:50:07.07
"You know, Mark,
I'm gonna let you in
00:50:07.10\00:50:10.34
because you did trust in Me.
00:50:10.37\00:50:12.67
You just barely made it.
00:50:12.71\00:50:14.04
There's little section
over here in heaven there.
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You know, there's
other that are gonna be
00:50:16.48\00:50:17.81
ruling on My throne.
00:50:17.85\00:50:19.18
You're gonna go with
this other group here
00:50:19.21\00:50:20.55
that just barely made it here."
00:50:20.58\00:50:21.92
I said, "Lord, thank
you, Lord," it's okay.
00:50:21.95\00:50:23.42
I don't have to go up
there, just long as I--
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How many, how
many would be like me,
00:50:25.42\00:50:26.76
Lord, just let me get in
00:50:26.79\00:50:28.12
as long as I can be
there with You, amen?
00:50:28.16\00:50:30.03
Lord is not gonna say that.
00:50:30.06\00:50:31.79
The Bible makes it very clear
00:50:31.83\00:50:33.40
that we are all
gonna rule with Christ.
00:50:33.43\00:50:36.06
Now, how do you figure this one?
00:50:36.10\00:50:37.70
He's gonna put a
crown on your head.
00:50:37.73\00:50:42.37
I don't understand that.
00:50:42.40\00:50:43.74
How can the Lord put a
crown on our head as if we are,
00:50:43.77\00:50:46.61
as if we deserve something?
00:50:46.64\00:50:48.11
We don't deserve
anything but our Father is proud
00:50:48.14\00:50:51.81
of what we have
allowed Him to do in our life.
00:50:51.85\00:50:54.35
We don't get any glory.
00:50:54.38\00:50:55.82
But He is the one that wants
to put the crown on our head.
00:50:55.85\00:50:58.45
And what do we do
with those crowns?
00:50:58.49\00:50:59.95
We cast them at His feet
00:50:59.99\00:51:01.32
but apparently He
puts them right back on.
00:51:01.36\00:51:06.03
And so there will
be three big surprises
00:51:06.06\00:51:09.06
when we go to the Lord.
00:51:09.10\00:51:10.77
Surprise number one, Lord,
how did that person get in?
00:51:10.80\00:51:16.00
How did my ex-boss get in here?
00:51:16.04\00:51:21.04
The Lord will say,
00:51:21.08\00:51:22.41
"I kept good
records, check out the books.
00:51:22.44\00:51:25.81
They gave their heart to me."
00:51:25.85\00:51:27.28
I'm sure people
are gonna look at
00:51:27.32\00:51:28.65
the thief from
the cross and say,
00:51:28.68\00:51:30.02
"Hey, that guy
robbed me in Jerusalem."
00:51:30.05\00:51:32.65
Oh, you weren't
there, you didn't hear
00:51:32.69\00:51:34.22
what happened in
the dying moments
00:51:34.26\00:51:36.26
of that thief on the cross.
00:51:36.29\00:51:37.63
That thief on the cross
gave his heart to Jesus.
00:51:37.66\00:51:40.63
"Oh, he never
gave me back my stuff."
00:51:40.66\00:51:43.10
"I didn't have a chance."
00:51:43.13\00:51:45.63
"So get along.
00:51:45.67\00:51:47.00
Come here, I'll
introduce you to him."
00:51:47.04\00:51:50.21
Lord, second surprise.
00:51:50.24\00:51:52.27
Lord, where is my Grandma
00:51:52.31\00:51:57.65
or where is my husband?
00:51:57.68\00:51:59.41
Lord, where is my granddaughter?
00:51:59.45\00:52:02.08
Lord, where is my preacher?
00:52:02.12\00:52:06.76
There's gonna be some surprises
00:52:06.79\00:52:08.49
and Lord will say,
"I kept good records
00:52:08.52\00:52:10.93
so because I knew
you would have questions
00:52:10.96\00:52:13.03
and you have a thousand
years, no rush to judgment here.
00:52:13.06\00:52:16.63
Don't be in a hurry.
Take your time and ask."
00:52:16.67\00:52:18.97
How many agree
when we go to heaven,
00:52:19.00\00:52:20.77
I don't know about you but
I'm accumulating questions.
00:52:20.80\00:52:22.90
I studied the Bible
but I don't have answers
00:52:22.94\00:52:25.34
to every single question.
00:52:25.37\00:52:27.18
Come on now, don't
you have questions like,
00:52:27.21\00:52:28.68
"Lord, why did I
go through that?"
00:52:28.71\00:52:31.08
Come on now, how many have
questions that you're gonna go?
00:52:31.11\00:52:33.38
Now, we walk by
faith but, you know what,
00:52:33.42\00:52:35.62
when we go to heaven we
are walking face to face
00:52:35.65\00:52:37.82
and get all our
questions answered.
00:52:37.85\00:52:39.52
But right now, "The
just shall live by faith."
00:52:39.55\00:52:42.42
Romans 1:17.
00:52:42.46\00:52:43.79
"We walk by
faith, and not by sight."
00:52:43.83\00:52:45.59
2 Corinthians 5:7.
00:52:45.63\00:52:47.26
Now listen
carefully, third surprise.
00:52:47.30\00:52:49.53
I know this third surprise,
"I can't believe I made it.
00:52:49.56\00:52:53.67
I actually made it.
00:52:53.70\00:52:55.04
I'm here." Let me
tell you something.
00:52:55.07\00:52:56.40
You know you have eternal
life through Jesus Christ
00:52:56.44\00:52:58.91
but wouldn't you agree
that when you actually are there
00:52:58.94\00:53:01.48
you are gonna like, "I
can't believe I made it."
00:53:01.51\00:53:03.28
Come on now. You know
you claim it by faith.
00:53:03.31\00:53:06.41
The Bible says,
"Beloved, I write to you
00:53:06.45\00:53:08.72
so that you may know
that you have eternal life
00:53:08.75\00:53:11.45
and this life is in his Son."
00:53:11.49\00:53:13.39
1 John 5:11, 12.
00:53:13.42\00:53:15.96
You know, so we
claim it by faith
00:53:15.99\00:53:17.46
but when it actually
happens we will be like, "Wow."
00:53:17.49\00:53:21.06
All right, anyway,
why the books of records?
00:53:21.10\00:53:25.40
Because God wants
us to ask questions.
00:53:25.43\00:53:28.64
He wants us to know
anything we want to know
00:53:28.67\00:53:31.01
of how He worked and labored
to save every single person.
00:53:31.04\00:53:35.38
And it answers the
question, can God be trusted?
00:53:35.41\00:53:39.51
God's character
will be vindicated
00:53:39.55\00:53:41.58
that God has tried to
save every single person
00:53:41.62\00:53:45.09
but He never forced
one person into heaven.
00:53:45.12\00:53:48.62
God always gets the
blame but not much longer.
00:53:48.66\00:53:51.46
So you can pick
a day in your life.
00:53:51.49\00:53:53.06
When you go to
heaven you can say,
00:53:53.09\00:53:54.43
"Lord, can I sit
down here next to You
00:53:54.46\00:53:56.46
and ask You some questions?"
00:53:56.50\00:53:57.83
Lord will say, "Yeah,
I got plenty of time."
00:53:57.87\00:54:00.94
Now I don't know how
He can spend time with you
00:54:00.97\00:54:02.67
and spend time with
me at the same time.
00:54:02.70\00:54:04.27
I don't know if we are gonna
make appointments or what...
00:54:04.31\00:54:06.57
but, you know, you
will be able to pick a day.
00:54:09.08\00:54:11.18
March 31st, 1999,
00:54:11.21\00:54:15.95
do you remember
March 31st, 1999?
00:54:15.98\00:54:17.95
Anybody? Neither do I.
00:54:17.99\00:54:21.96
But you can pick any day
00:54:21.99\00:54:24.23
and the Lord
will tell you exactly
00:54:24.26\00:54:25.89
how He was trying to save you.
00:54:25.93\00:54:27.63
How He was trying to help you.
00:54:27.66\00:54:29.40
How He was there
with you on the highway.
00:54:29.43\00:54:31.93
Would you agree, you
can pick any day in the life
00:54:31.97\00:54:34.37
and He will show you
00:54:34.40\00:54:35.77
how He never left
you or forsook you.
00:54:35.80\00:54:39.11
Hebrews 13:5, 6.
00:54:39.14\00:54:41.01
Now listen carefully,
00:54:41.04\00:54:42.38
before the wicked
are eternally destroyed,
00:54:42.41\00:54:43.75
God wants us to see
His sovereign wisdom.
00:54:43.78\00:54:46.75
He wants it to
be a joint decision.
00:54:46.78\00:54:48.55
You know, I'm married
00:54:48.58\00:54:50.05
and there are some decisions
that are joint decisions.
00:54:50.09\00:54:53.42
How many are married and
know what I am talking about?
00:54:53.46\00:54:55.82
You know, you just don't go
out and buy a house and say,
00:54:55.86\00:54:58.66
"Honey, we are
moving, and I got a house."
00:54:58.69\00:55:02.90
And I do marriage
counseling by the way.
00:55:02.93\00:55:06.57
Joint
decisions, joint decisions.
00:55:06.60\00:55:09.57
The Lord could have said,
00:55:09.60\00:55:10.94
"Now that you
have made it to heaven
00:55:10.97\00:55:12.31
I'm just gonna go ahead
and annihilate all the wicked."
00:55:12.34\00:55:14.84
He could do that
but He doesn't do it
00:55:14.88\00:55:17.55
because He
wants to make it clear
00:55:17.58\00:55:21.25
that this is not
an arbitrary decision
00:55:21.28\00:55:23.69
that you and I make decisions
00:55:23.72\00:55:27.46
that's what it
means to rule with Him
00:55:27.49\00:55:30.06
that God has done everything
He could to save the lost
00:55:30.09\00:55:34.30
so that when they are destroyed
at the close of the millennium,
00:55:34.33\00:55:37.67
every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess,
00:55:37.70\00:55:41.20
Philippians 2, that
Jesus Christ is Lord.
00:55:41.24\00:55:44.97
And so the wicked
are gonna be raised
00:55:45.01\00:55:46.54
at the end of the millennium.
00:55:46.57\00:55:48.01
"The rest of the
dead did not live again
00:55:48.04\00:55:49.51
until the thousand
years were finished.
00:55:49.54\00:55:51.58
Now when the
thousand years have expired,
00:55:51.61\00:55:53.28
Satan will be
released from his prison,
00:55:53.31\00:55:54.88
will go out to
deceive the nations,"
00:55:54.92\00:55:56.55
the Bible says.
00:55:56.58\00:55:57.92
"Satan is set free to tempt
the New Jerusalem with us in it
00:55:57.95\00:56:01.29
descends to the earth.
00:56:01.32\00:56:03.16
I, John, saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem,
00:56:03.19\00:56:05.53
coming down from
God out of heaven."
00:56:05.56\00:56:07.23
Revelation 21. The
wicked are destroyed.
00:56:07.26\00:56:10.90
Yes, the Bible says
that in Revelation 20:9,
00:56:10.93\00:56:16.10
Revelation 20:9,
the Bible says here,
00:56:16.14\00:56:19.57
"They went up,
the wicked went up
00:56:19.61\00:56:20.94
on the breadth of
the earth and surrounded
00:56:20.98\00:56:22.31
the camp of the
saints and the beloved city.
00:56:22.34\00:56:23.91
And fire came down from God
00:56:23.95\00:56:25.58
out of heaven
and devoured them."
00:56:25.61\00:56:27.92
And everyone who has ever lived
00:56:27.95\00:56:29.82
will be gathered in or around
the New Jerusalem on that day
00:56:29.85\00:56:33.76
and either you
are inside the city
00:56:33.79\00:56:35.36
kneeling down praising God
or you are outside the city
00:56:35.39\00:56:38.69
acknowledging Jesus Christ
as Lord, I'm here to tell you,
00:56:38.73\00:56:42.33
if He is on the inside
within the walls of your heart
00:56:42.36\00:56:45.37
you will be
within the walls of Zion.
00:56:45.40\00:56:47.27
Can you say amen?
00:56:47.30\00:56:49.17
Oh, beloved, how
many want to be ready
00:56:49.20\00:56:52.87
when Jesus comes
and to be able to go
00:56:52.91\00:56:55.84
and rule and reign with
Christ for a thousand years?
00:56:55.88\00:57:00.15
And the Bible says, "The
meek shall inherit the earth."
00:57:00.18\00:57:03.39
The Bible says
that the fire comes down
00:57:03.42\00:57:05.75
and devours the
wicked, reduces them to ashes,
00:57:05.79\00:57:08.39
Malachi 4 and God
purifies the earth.
00:57:08.42\00:57:11.43
The fire that
destroys the wicked
00:57:11.46\00:57:13.43
consumes sin and sinners,
00:57:13.46\00:57:15.26
God will use it and
He will purify the earth,
00:57:15.30\00:57:18.20
the earth made
new 2 Peter 3:10, 11.
00:57:18.23\00:57:22.27
I'm here to tell
you there's gonna be
00:57:22.30\00:57:23.64
a great brave new world coming.
00:57:23.67\00:57:26.37
The meek-- God is going to
set up His kingdom on earth.
00:57:26.41\00:57:32.28
I don't want to miss it, do you?
00:57:32.31\00:57:36.62
Although sudden
and alarming changes
00:57:36.65\00:57:38.85
are sweeping across the globe,
00:57:38.89\00:57:40.99
you and your
family can be prepared
00:57:41.02\00:57:42.89
to face the
future with confidence.
00:57:42.92\00:57:45.43
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