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So, if you'd like to
follow along with us tonight,
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we'd like you to
go to this website
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to download a copy of the lesson
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and it's Lesson number 22 and
entitled, "The Secret Rapture. "
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Go to ASF.3abn. org and
download Lesson number 22
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and also, there's a chart...
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there is a 2,300-Day
Chart which is also under 022...
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download both of those
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and you'll be able to follow
us along for the lesson tonight.
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But before we do anything else,
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let's go ahead and ask
for the Lord to attend with us
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as we invite Him through
prayer, let's bow our heads.
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"Our heavenly Father,
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we thank You Lord
for Your goodness,
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for Your mercy
and for Your grace.
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We pray Lord, tonight,
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that You will
speak to our hearts,
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that You will encourage us,
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that You'll strengthen
us as we open Your Word
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and study it together.
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Also, send Your Holy
Spirit to be our Teacher
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that our minds may
grasp the truth of Your Word
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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We're going to sing
our theme song tonight,
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it's... what is it called?
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"Victory in Jesus... "
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it's on our screen here if
you'd like to join us at home
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I would like to
encourage you to do so,
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but let's sing our theme
song, "Victory in Jesus. "
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Pause...
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Music...
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I heard an old, old story,
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How the Savior came from glory,
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me;
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I heard about His groaning,
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins,
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And won the victory.
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O victory in Jesus,
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My Savior, forever.
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood;
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He loved me ere I knew Him,
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And all my love is due Him,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood.
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory.
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea;
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About the angels singing,
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And the old redemption story,
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory.
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Key Change...
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O victory in Jesus,
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My Savior, forever.
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood;
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He loved me ere I knew Him,
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And all my love is due Him,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleaning flood.
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Amen... Audience: Amen.
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Now the reason why I'm
excited about the topic tonight
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which is, in fact, the truth
about the "Secret Rapture. "
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What is it?
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The truth about
the Secret Rapture.
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Now, much has been taught
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concerning the
second coming of Christ,
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that is just not true
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and one of the things
that we have to keep in mind
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is that the Lord is coming
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but He's not going
to come in a secret way.
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He's not going
to sneak into town
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and take a select few
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and then come
back seven years later
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and so, what we're going
to do tonight in this study,
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we've already begun...
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we've gone from
question one to six,
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we're going to cover seven
all the way tonight till 22
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if we can... and...
but you know, if we don't,
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we'll get a chance to
cover it in the next broadcast
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but we who are waiting
for the coming of the Lord
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need to be aware of
what the Bible teaches
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about the second
coming of Christ.
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So, tonight, just
to get to the point,
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I want to dive
into Question number 7.
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Question number
7... and here it is,
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"What will
happen to the servants
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not ready for
the second coming?"
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What will happen to the servants
not ready for the second coming?
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Go to Matthew
chapter 24 verses 50 and 51.
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Matthew chapter
24 verses 50 and 51.
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Now, the reason
why this is important
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when I say, "Servants" is
because the teaching is...
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the teaching or the... or
the theory that was developed
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and in the broadcast
after we're done this one
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I'm going to
dedicate another broadcast
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to tell you specifically
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where the "Secret
Rapture" theory came from.
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You'll find out
who formulated it,
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how many years ago,
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and how it got to
our modern society today,
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is that okay?
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We're going to need to know that
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but look at Matthew chapter 24
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and the reason why
we're going to this verse...
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verse 50 and 51 is this,
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the teaching is that
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if the servants of
the Lord are not ready,
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they'll just get a second chance
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but that's not
what the Bible teaches.
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Look at verse 50
and 51, the Bible says,
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"The master of that
servant will come on a day
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when he is... " what?
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"not looking for him
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and at an hour that
he is not... " what?
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"not aware,
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and will cut him in two
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and appoint him his
portion with the... " what?
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"hypocrites... "
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let's read the
last part together...
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"There shall be... " what?
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"weeping and
gnashing of teeth. "
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Now, does that sound like
a second chance, yes or no?
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What it sounds like
is, if they're not ready,
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they only
appointment they're going to get
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is not a second
chance to make it
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but they'll be... they'll be...
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let me use the word
here, "Reprimanded... "
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that's an understatement
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"for not being ready for
the coming of the Lord. "
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So, for those who say that...
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well... and I've
seen the pictures before
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and the movies before and
the license plate stickers,
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you know,
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"In the event of
the 'Secret Rapture'
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this car will be ?. '"
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Have you seen a big picture
painted of a whole city...
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a plane veering off course...
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cars crashing against buildings,
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people... all that's
left is just their empty jeans
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and shirt... just a pile of sand
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and you see these lights
shooting off to the skies,
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no matter how
dramatic and how...
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the other word I'm looking for
here... "sensational" that is
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it's just not true...
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but what's happened
in our society today
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is that
television... what medium...
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television, movies
and pastors that have...
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that have... that have
embraced these false theories,
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have proliferated them
throughout our society.
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You'll also find out
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why many people
read their Bibles
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and think that the Bible
talks about the "Secret Rapture"
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I'll just mention this and
I'll affirm it in more detail
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in the next the broadcast
and the broadcast after that
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is that in our
Study Notes in our Bibles
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some Commentators
have included Study Notes
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that lead you to
connect Scriptures together
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that are not associated,
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therefore, coming
up with the teaching
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that there's going to be
some kind of "Secret Rapture"
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but according to the answer,
what will happen to the servant
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not ready for the second coming?
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What will happen...
what's going to happen?
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Pause...
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"there'll be weeping
and gnashing of teeth... "
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very good answer,
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there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
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It doesn't
indicate a second coming
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as one of the shows...
one of the programs indicated,
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you know, a guy is sitting
at the table... eating dinner,
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he looks over
and his wife is gone
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and her outfit is there
and there's a pile of sand
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and then he says,
"The Rapture just occurred,
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now, I have seven years
before the Lord comes back
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to visibly take all those who
are now getting on board... "
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I tell you what, when I go
to the airport, if the plane...
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if I don't get on the
plane before it leaves,
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it's not coming back for me.
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Amen.
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They have been
truthful about the time
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that they're going to leave,
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they're not going to
say, "Well, we'll come back
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because you missed
the first flight. "
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No, I have to reschedule flights
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but there will be
no rescheduled flight,
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if you miss the
second coming of the Lord.
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Look at Question number 8,
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"What two things will
the Lord do when He returns?"
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Matthew 24 verse 31,
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you have to understand
the second coming of the Lord
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is going to be something
that not only indicates...
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indications like it
was in Noah's day...
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as a matter of fact,
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we'll find out in
just a brief moment here,
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what happened in Noah's day
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is, those who did
not accept the Lord...
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those who did not accept
the message that Noah preached,
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did it...
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was a second ark sent because
they missed the first one?
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Come on tell me, yes or no?
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No...
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When that ark left...
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when the flood
came the Bible says,
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"It took them all away. "
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It took them to destruction.
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it didn't leave
one for a second ark...
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it took them wherever
the eagles were gathered,
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the Bible says, "There
you'll find their carcass
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where the eagles are
gathered, there they will be. "
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In other words,
eagles were the ones
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that had the last mouthful
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for those who were not
ready for the first message
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in the destruction of the world.
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Matthew 24 verse
31, the Bible says,
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let's read this
together on the screen,
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it says, "And He
will send... " what?
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"His angels
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with a great
sound of a... " what?
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"trumpet, and they
will gather together
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His elect from the four winds,
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from one end of
heaven to the other. "
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So, there's going
to be a gathering.
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There's going to be a gathering
at the second coming of Christ,
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all over the world,
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when it says, "the four winds"
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north, south, east and west,
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north, south, east and west...
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wherever the saints are,
the angels are going to come
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and they're going
to gather His elect
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from all over the world.
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That's what's so wonderful
about the coming of the Lord.
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Let's go to the next question,
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so, what two things will
happen when the Lord comes?
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There'll be a
sound of the trumpet
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and there will be a gathering.
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There will be a... what?
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gathering...
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All the saints will be gathered
together to meet the Lord.
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Now the next passage
we're going to read...
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I'm trying to move
at a good pace tonight
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because I want to...
I want to try my best
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and you pray for me...
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I'm going to try my best
to get to the end of the topic
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so I can show you the charts
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and walk through
them methodically...
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the 2,300-Day or
the 70-Week Chart,
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you'll understand
that more in just a moment.
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But let's look at 1st
Thessalonians chapter 4
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verse 16 and verse 17.
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This is a favorite
passage that's often used
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by those who teach
the "Secret Rapture"
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but as we're going to
read this, you'll discover
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that it does
anything but support a secret.
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There are five major
things... how many did I say?
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Five major things that
this... these passages record
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that are going to happen,
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that's why the question
is as follows, here it is,
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"What earth-shattering
event will take place
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at the sound of the trumpet?
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Here it is again,
What earth-shattering event
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will take place at
the sound of the trumpet?
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And by-the-way, this
is going to be powerful.
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So, let's look at this together.
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This is that
favorite "Rapture" passage.
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It means anything
but secret, here it is,
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and we all know this
one, can we say this together?
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Let's do this with some uumph...
are you ready... here we go,
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"For the Lord Himself will
descend from heaven with a... "
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what? "shout,
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with the voice of an archangel,
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and with the trumpet of God.
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And the dead in
Christ will rise... " when?
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"first.
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Then we who are alive and remain
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shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
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to meet the Lord in the air.
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And thus we shall
always be with the Lord. "
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Amen.
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So, let's outline the
five things that happen.
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The first thing that happens
when the Lord descends...
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He descends from
heaven with a what, Church?
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"with a shout"
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write that one down,
He descends with a shout.
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Now, when my
parents shout, I know that.
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If somebody is in a
baseball game and they shout,
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everybody knows that
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but if the Lord shouts...
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Isaiah the prophet says,
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"He's not just going
to shake the heavens,
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he's going to
shake the earth also. "
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That is going to
be quite a shout.
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The voice of God is
going to shake the heavens
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and shake the earth.
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As a matter of fact,
I'm beginning to believe...
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and I've believed
this for some time,
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I believe that's
why there's going to be
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this tremendous earthquake,
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the voice of God...
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I remember when
I was growing up,
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whenever I heard
thunder, my mother used to say,
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"God is moving
His furniture around"
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but we know that
when the Lord comes back,
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it is not going to be quiet,
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the first thing
that's going to be together
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is going to be
a... what? Shout...
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let's look at
the second thing...
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the second thing... He's
going to descend from heaven
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with a shout... and
with a what of an Archangel?
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Audience: With a Voice...
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Voice...
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second thing, Answer B: Voice...
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Answer A: Shout...
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Answer B: Voice...
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The third one... and
with a trumpet of God.
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The third one
is... what? Trumpet...
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it's hard to
play a quiet trumpet.
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My dad was a
trumpeter for many, many years
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60 plus years...
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and the only thing they
used to use is a plunger
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or a little thing
they put inside the trumpet
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to give it a
kind of a weird sound
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or mute it like,
wuaan... wuaan...
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but with nothing in front of it,
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you can't practice
trumpet late at night
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because there's no such
thing as a "quiet" trumpet.
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Can you all say, "Amen" to that?
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There's no quiet trumpets...
and if God blows the trumpet...
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and by-the-way, I
want to have this...
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He's not coming...
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Jesus is not
coming back by Himself,
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He's coming back
with 10,000 times 10,000
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and 1,000s of 1,000s.
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Can you imagine
those many trumpets?
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Pause...
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So, shout, voice, trumpet.
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Now, this is an amazing thing.
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And it says next,
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"And the dead in
Christ will rise... " when?
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First...
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so there's going to
be a resurrection...
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the fourth thing... there's
going to be a resurrection.
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I don't want to be irreverent
but I want to tell you
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that people have been dying
ever since sin entered the world
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and there have been a lot of
apartment buildings put up...
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lot of malls built...
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a lot of
shopping centers built...
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lot of houses built...
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what's to say that a lot
of these houses and buildings
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and shopping centers and malls
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are not built on the
spot that used to be...
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maybe centuries
ago... a graveyard...
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or maybe somebody
died right there...
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wherever that resurrection
is going to take place,
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that object that's blocking
the grave will be removed.
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Pause...
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people are going to be
coming up through Walmart...
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pause...
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there are
resurrections everywhere...
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in the deserts... in the
oceans, think about it...
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people have
sprinkled their relatives
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over Big Sur in California...
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wherever their
final resting place was,
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there is going to
be a resurrection.
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Hawaii... wherever there's...
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wherever they
have been laid to rest
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or died last...
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there is going to
be a resurrection.
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Now, now, let's... let's...
can I ask for a question?
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the question is "yes" or "no. "
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Is the resurrection going to
be a secret event, yes or no?
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Audience: No.
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Pause...
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"the dead in Christ are
going to rise first... "
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and then it says, "and
we who are alive and remain
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shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds... "
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and the last thing
that's going to happen is,
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"to meet the
Lord... " write that down...
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Shout... is A... Voice... B...
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Trumpet... C...
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Resurrection... D...
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and E... Meet the Lord.
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Now, why is this important?
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Each one of those
points is significant
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but why is Point
E very important?
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Because the dead... we covered
this in the prior lesson study
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about what the
Bible teaches about death
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and the nature of man...
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the dead... the dead
who are in their graves
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and are resurrected
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are not going to
meet the Lord before us...
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we are going to be
caught up, what's the next word?
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"together... "
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the living saints along
with the resurrected saints
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are going to be caught
up together to meet the Lord
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which means, they
haven't met Him yet.
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I haven't met Him... I
have a personal relationship
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but I have not
seen Him face to face
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neither has my mom
who's in the grave,
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neither has my dad
who's in the grave,
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neither have all my
friends and people that I know
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I've been to many funerals...
they are resting in the grave
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waiting for the Lord to come.
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So, what earth-shattering
event will take place
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at the sound of the
trumpet? "Shout... "
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together... "Voice... "
00:18:19.73\00:18:21.23
third one... "Trumpet... "
00:18:21.26\00:18:22.63
fourth one... "Resurrection... "
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fifth one... "Meet the Lord... "
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anything but secret...
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can you say, "Amen" to that?
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Now, we're going
quickly to Number 10...
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to Number 10...
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I'm moving at a pace
tonight that I feel...
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we'll maybe get accomplished
getting to the charts.
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Question number 10, here it is.
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"To what event does Jesus
compare His second coming?"
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I'm so glad we
are using the Bible
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because I can
give you my opinions
00:18:49.06\00:18:50.83
and it really
wouldn't get very far
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and that's the
problem with our world today,
00:18:52.46\00:18:54.86
too many opinions...
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people are finding their answers
every place but the Bible
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but Jesus
compared His second coming
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to a particular event.
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Matthew chapter
24 verses 37 to 39.
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Pause...
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okay, let's go
to that, here it is.
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"But as the days of Noah were,
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so also will the
coming of the Son of Man...
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so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be.
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For as in the
days before the flood,
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they were... " doing what?
00:19:32.53\00:19:34.40
"eating and drinking,
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they were marrying" and what?
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"giving in marriage
until the day that Noah... "
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entered what? "entered the ark
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and did not know until
the flood came... " and what?
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"took them all away,
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so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. "
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Very important...
00:19:56.39\00:19:57.73
Now, what I want you to get here
00:19:57.76\00:19:59.93
is, I highlighted in yellow
00:19:59.96\00:20:02.10
or whatever color
you'd like that to be,
00:20:02.13\00:20:03.90
pumpkin...
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"the flood came and
took them all away. "
00:20:05.90\00:20:09.97
Now this is really important
00:20:10.01\00:20:12.07
because there's this
ideology with the "Rapture"
00:20:12.11\00:20:15.11
that people are
going to be "taken away. "
00:20:15.14\00:20:18.88
And others are
going to be left behind.
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The Bible doesn't
say, "Left behind"
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the Bible says, "left... "
00:20:26.55\00:20:27.96
Isn't it amazing how
you can change the teaching
00:20:27.99\00:20:31.16
with one word "behind... "
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"left behind"
00:20:33.63\00:20:34.96
the Bible says, "left" it
doesn't say, "left behind. "
00:20:35.03\00:20:37.97
Now, let's find out what
this "took them all away... "
00:20:38.00\00:20:40.90
let's answer the question,
00:20:40.94\00:20:42.27
"To what event does the
Lord compare His second coming?"
00:20:42.30\00:20:44.57
To the days of
Noah... the flood...
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that's what He compares it to.
00:20:46.94\00:20:48.61
Now, all you got to do
is... this is amazing...
00:20:48.64\00:20:51.31
the Lord said, "As it was then,
00:20:51.35\00:20:53.28
so it's going to be when I
come back the second time. "
00:20:53.31\00:20:55.88
I mentioned this before,
00:20:55.92\00:20:57.32
but was there a
second ark, yes or no?
00:20:57.35\00:21:00.46
there was no second ark,
00:21:00.49\00:21:01.82
when that boat rose on
the grace of God's waters...
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whoever wasn't on the inside
00:21:05.43\00:21:07.40
were being taken
away by the flood.
00:21:07.43\00:21:09.66
Let's go to Question number 11,
00:21:09.70\00:21:11.70
we're moving at a
good pace tonight.
00:21:11.73\00:21:13.50
Question number 11,
00:21:13.54\00:21:15.44
"How did the flood
affect everyone on earth?"
00:21:15.47\00:21:21.34
And we're going for the
answer to Matthew chapter 24...
00:21:21.38\00:21:24.18
we're already there...
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verse 40 to verse 42,
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Verses 40 to verse 42...
00:21:29.78\00:21:32.82
I think we're going to get
to Question number 22 tonight,
00:21:32.85\00:21:35.96
I'm hoping we could get
there, let's go to the...
00:21:35.99\00:21:38.33
go to the answer.
00:21:38.36\00:21:40.10
How did the flood
affect everyone on earth?
00:21:40.13\00:21:42.13
Matthew 24 verse 40 to verse 42.
00:21:42.16\00:21:45.13
Here's the answer.
00:21:45.17\00:21:46.50
This is a very famous one also
used in the "Rapture" theory,
00:21:46.53\00:21:49.60
the Bible says, "Two
men will be in the field:
00:21:49.64\00:21:54.11
one will be... " what?
00:21:54.14\00:21:55.64
"taken... the
other one... " what?
00:21:55.71\00:21:58.11
"Left... " okay...
00:21:58.15\00:21:59.68
"Two women will be
grinding at the mill:
00:21:59.71\00:22:02.38
one will be... " what?
00:22:02.45\00:22:03.95
"taken and the other
one... " what? "left. "
00:22:03.99\00:22:06.79
And verse 42
says, "Watch therefore,
00:22:06.82\00:22:10.36
for you do not know what
hour your Lord is coming. "
00:22:10.39\00:22:16.30
You don't know...
00:22:16.33\00:22:17.67
so, if you don't know,
what should you be doing?
00:22:17.70\00:22:21.00
Okay... I just wanted
to see if you listened...
00:22:21.04\00:22:24.57
you should be...
what? Watching...
00:22:24.61\00:22:26.27
has anybody ever
received a phone call that says,
00:22:26.31\00:22:29.61
"I'll be there in 30 minutes"
00:22:29.64\00:22:31.21
so, what do
you... what do you do?
00:22:31.25\00:22:34.48
When you get close to
that 30-minute period?
00:22:34.52\00:22:36.65
Like now-a-days...
00:22:36.69\00:22:38.02
my wife and I were in
St. Louis and, I tell you,
00:22:38.05\00:22:41.32
we were trying to
get something to eat,
00:22:41.39\00:22:42.72
we went to
celebrate her birthday
00:22:42.76\00:22:45.03
and I don't know...
00:22:45.06\00:22:46.39
it seemed like everybody
wanted to go to a restaurant
00:22:46.43\00:22:48.26
in the evening,
00:22:48.30\00:22:49.63
so, we went to a restaurant,
what's the waiting time?
00:22:49.66\00:22:51.93
An hour and a half...
00:22:51.97\00:22:54.20
by then, I would
have starved to death.
00:22:54.24\00:22:57.77
So, I went to
another restaurant,
00:22:57.84\00:22:59.31
"What's the waiting time here?"
00:22:59.34\00:23:00.74
We just passed a
three-hour waiting period
00:23:00.78\00:23:03.18
so, now we're down
to two-and-a-half hours
00:23:03.21\00:23:05.55
Pause...
00:23:05.61\00:23:07.82
and I'm thinking, "Honey,
we've got to get something,
00:23:07.85\00:23:10.45
we've got to get a cookie
or something to hold us over. "
00:23:10.49\00:23:13.02
Thankfully, there
was a bakery open.
00:23:13.05\00:23:15.39
Then I went to a
third restaurant, they said,
00:23:15.42\00:23:17.23
"Well, just about an hour... "
00:23:17.26\00:23:19.66
I said, "Okay, great... "
we liked this restaurant...
00:23:19.69\00:23:22.16
"How will you let me know?"
00:23:22.20\00:23:24.10
So, what do they
give you now-a-days?
00:23:24.13\00:23:26.10
They give you this little
device with lights on it...
00:23:26.13\00:23:28.20
a lot of people use it
now, it's called a... what?
00:23:28.24\00:23:30.31
A Pager...
00:23:30.34\00:23:31.71
for those of you who
are... have gone to the city...
00:23:31.74\00:23:34.91
it's a square device in
most cases... or triangular
00:23:34.94\00:23:38.05
and it's a Pager and they said,
00:23:38.08\00:23:39.55
"Now, if you stay within the
boulevard... it will go off...
00:23:39.61\00:23:43.42
you'll... you'll feel it vibrate
00:23:43.45\00:23:45.02
and you'll see the
lights start to blink
00:23:45.05\00:23:46.65
but, we won't have a table
for you until about an hour. "
00:23:46.69\00:23:51.63
So, we decided,
"Let's go over to the Mall
00:23:51.66\00:23:54.23
and look at our
watches carefully,
00:23:54.26\00:23:56.97
because if we come back over...
because we're now out of range
00:23:57.03\00:24:00.67
it wouldn't work at the Mall,
00:24:00.70\00:24:02.77
it just works for Hill and
9th Street, back and forth...
00:24:02.80\00:24:05.21
so I said, "Honey, just
look at our watches carefully
00:24:05.24\00:24:07.61
because they said, "An hour... "
00:24:07.64\00:24:09.14
so, I said,
"Okay, what's the plan?
00:24:09.21\00:24:10.65
When we get to about 20...
25 minutes before the hour,
00:24:10.68\00:24:13.78
we just start
making our way back
00:24:13.82\00:24:15.15
because we want to get within
the place where the... the...
00:24:15.18\00:24:18.42
the... the Pager works...
00:24:18.45\00:24:19.92
we want to get
back on the boulevard...
00:24:19.95\00:24:22.09
thankfully we got back on
the boulevard and I thought...
00:24:22.12\00:24:24.96
I thought well, maybe if
they move it up a little faster,
00:24:24.99\00:24:27.80
when we got there, walked
in... 15 minutes remaining
00:24:27.83\00:24:31.43
I thought, "Ah good, maybe...
00:24:31.47\00:24:32.80
maybe they went faster than they
thought they should have... "
00:24:32.83\00:24:35.10
now they said, "We
have 15 minutes left. "
00:24:35.14\00:24:37.31
That means,
they meant an hour...
00:24:37.37\00:24:39.77
they meant an hour... an
hour... not 45 minutes...
00:24:39.84\00:24:43.45
and here's the point,
00:24:43.48\00:24:44.81
when I got closer to the time
00:24:44.85\00:24:47.28
that our table
was going to be ready,
00:24:47.32\00:24:48.68
what do you think happens?
00:24:48.72\00:24:50.45
"Get ready Honey, they're
going to call us any moment now,
00:24:50.49\00:24:52.39
get ready... it's
going to be our time soon"
00:24:52.42\00:24:54.42
you see, all the
events around the world
00:24:54.46\00:24:56.46
are like Pagers...
00:24:56.49\00:24:58.13
they're showing us
by the signs around us
00:24:58.16\00:25:02.00
that... "be
careful, don't be complacent,
00:25:02.03\00:25:04.97
each of these
signs are an indication
00:25:05.00\00:25:07.90
that the Lord is soon to come...
00:25:07.97\00:25:10.07
don't stray too far away
or you'll miss the Paging... "
00:25:10.11\00:25:14.58
and the Paging is
the sound of the trumpet,
00:25:14.61\00:25:17.21
the voice of God,
the resurrection...
00:25:17.25\00:25:19.65
that means all these
events are like the Pager
00:25:19.68\00:25:22.52
letting us know that We're
coming and the time is near.
00:25:22.55\00:25:25.32
But now let's
look at the answer here
00:25:25.35\00:25:26.86
because we just did
question number what?
00:25:26.89\00:25:28.32
11... let's write the
answer in and go ahead...
00:25:28.36\00:25:31.63
"How did the flood
affect everyone on earth?"
00:25:31.66\00:25:34.36
Did I just read that one?
00:25:34.40\00:25:37.17
I didn't give the end...
00:25:37.20\00:25:39.90
"How did the flood
affect everyone on earth?"
00:25:39.93\00:25:42.97
The flood came and did
what? Took them all away.
00:25:43.00\00:25:46.04
Okay, but now,
Matthew... the other one is
00:25:46.07\00:25:49.18
let me go ahead and read it,
00:25:49.24\00:25:51.65
"How did the
flood affect everyone?"
00:25:51.68\00:25:53.38
One was taken... one was left
00:25:53.42\00:25:55.68
one was taken... one was left.
00:25:55.72\00:25:57.95
That is the answer we get.
00:25:57.99\00:25:59.32
Now, let's go to Number
12, let's go to Number 12.
00:25:59.35\00:26:02.66
Very thought
provoking, here it is,
00:26:02.72\00:26:05.79
"Does the Bible teach
00:26:05.83\00:26:08.36
that the 'taken ones'
were taken to safety?"
00:26:08.40\00:26:12.83
Let's look at the Bible,
00:26:12.87\00:26:15.27
let's let the Bible speak.
00:26:15.30\00:26:17.64
We're not going to go to
Luke chapter 17 and verse 27,
00:26:17.67\00:26:21.48
Luke chapter 17
00:26:21.51\00:26:23.01
and we're going to
look together at verse 27
00:26:23.04\00:26:25.81
because Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John... each of those books
00:26:25.85\00:26:30.39
contains passages
that are sometimes
00:26:30.42\00:26:34.09
synonymous with each other
00:26:34.12\00:26:35.46
or one gives more
detail than the other.
00:26:35.49\00:26:37.59
Luke registers this also,
00:26:37.63\00:26:39.26
I'm going to go to Luke now,
00:26:39.29\00:26:40.86
wait for me, I'm
turning my Bible there,
00:26:40.90\00:26:43.16
Luke chapter what?
00:26:43.20\00:26:44.93
Luke chapter 17...
00:26:44.97\00:26:46.84
okay, here it is...
00:26:46.87\00:26:48.64
I'm there... I'm there...
00:26:48.67\00:26:51.44
okay, Luke chapter 17 verse 27.
00:26:51.47\00:26:55.51
Okay, here it is,
00:26:55.54\00:26:57.08
and now it's on the screen,
00:26:57.11\00:27:00.18
the Bible says,
"They ate, they drank,
00:27:00.22\00:27:05.05
they married wives,
they were given in marriage,
00:27:05.09\00:27:09.59
until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
00:27:09.62\00:27:12.23
and the flood
came... " and did what?
00:27:12.26\00:27:14.83
"Destroyed them all. "
00:27:14.86\00:27:17.23
So, when the Bible
says, "the flood came
00:27:17.27\00:27:18.80
and took them all away"
00:27:18.83\00:27:20.50
another way of saying
that according to Luke is,
00:27:20.54\00:27:22.84
the flood came and did, what?
00:27:22.87\00:27:24.24
Destroyed all of them.
00:27:24.27\00:27:25.61
Unfortunately, we've
had a lot of Tsunamis
00:27:25.64\00:27:28.74
and floods in our country
00:27:28.78\00:27:30.81
and... you know
the numbers rack up
00:27:30.85\00:27:32.85
when people are
completely unaware...
00:27:32.88\00:27:34.72
they're not prepared for
those Tsunamis that are raging
00:27:34.75\00:27:37.39
and... and
traveling at 500 miles an hour
00:27:37.42\00:27:39.92
they are completely
unaware and the flood came...
00:27:39.95\00:27:42.56
and... and
destroyed so many lives
00:27:42.62\00:27:44.86
and we've had so many examples
00:27:44.89\00:27:46.80
but in the days of Noah,
00:27:46.83\00:27:48.16
the flood that
took them all away
00:27:48.20\00:27:50.10
simply meaning... the
flood destroyed them all.
00:27:50.13\00:27:53.00
Okay, write that
down for Number 12.
00:27:53.03\00:27:55.04
Now, let's continue
00:27:55.07\00:27:56.40
emphasizing this
now, Question number 13.
00:27:56.44\00:27:59.04
We have never moved this
fast in a long time, have we?
00:27:59.07\00:28:01.74
we're making
some headway tonight
00:28:01.78\00:28:03.48
and if you miss it, just...
00:28:03.51\00:28:05.38
I think later on this
evening or maybe tomorrow,
00:28:05.41\00:28:08.08
it will show again...
00:28:08.12\00:28:09.45
but we'll tell you
how to get a copy of this.
00:28:09.48\00:28:11.39
Number 13, here it is,
"How does Luke further emphasize
00:28:11.42\00:28:16.66
that being 'taken'
means destruction?"
00:28:16.69\00:28:19.93
Notice what Luke says,
00:28:19.96\00:28:21.63
now we're going
to Luke chapter 17
00:28:21.66\00:28:23.80
same chapter...
verse 36 and verse 37...
00:28:23.83\00:28:29.44
Luke chapter 17,
verse 36 and verse 37
00:28:29.47\00:28:34.98
in the Lesson, I didn't put the
chapter but the verses are there
00:28:35.04\00:28:38.95
Luke chapter 17
verse 36 and verse 37.
00:28:38.98\00:28:43.35
Okay, here it is, all right,
00:28:43.39\00:28:46.79
once again, just
what Matthew said,
00:28:46.86\00:28:48.89
"Two men will be
in the field... "
00:28:48.92\00:28:50.53
read that with me,
00:28:50.56\00:28:51.89
"one will be... " what?
00:28:51.93\00:28:53.70
"Taken and the other left.
00:28:53.73\00:28:55.20
And they answered
and said to Him... "
00:28:55.23\00:28:57.60
that is... the
disciples answered...
00:28:57.63\00:28:59.97
the question is, "Where Lord?
00:29:00.00\00:29:02.87
So He said to them,
'Wherever the body is,
00:29:02.90\00:29:07.38
there the eagles will
be gathered together. '"
00:29:07.41\00:29:11.85
Now, if you live in the country
00:29:11.91\00:29:13.58
or if you live out
here in Southern Illinois,
00:29:13.62\00:29:16.25
I don't want to ask
for a show of hands,
00:29:16.28\00:29:18.39
we've all seen the buzzards...
00:29:18.42\00:29:21.36
the birds of prey...
00:29:21.39\00:29:23.26
the hawks...
00:29:23.29\00:29:24.63
for that matter... as
they just said on the News
00:29:24.66\00:29:27.06
down in Crab Orchard,
00:29:27.10\00:29:28.46
they've been
seeing more eagles now.
00:29:28.50\00:29:30.30
The population has been rising.
00:29:30.33\00:29:32.03
Wherever there's a dead carcass,
birds of prey will be gathered.
00:29:32.07\00:29:36.60
So, when the answer was given,
00:29:36.64\00:29:39.17
"Two men will be in the
field, one will be taken
00:29:39.21\00:29:41.48
and the other left... "
00:29:41.51\00:29:42.84
and in the answer it says,
00:29:42.88\00:29:44.21
"Where Lord, where is
he going to be taken?"
00:29:44.25\00:29:45.58
And He says,
"Wherever the body is,
00:29:45.61\00:29:47.68
there the eagles will
be gathered together. "
00:29:47.72\00:29:50.79
And when you go to
Revelation chapter 19,
00:29:50.82\00:29:53.86
the Lord actually calls...
00:29:53.89\00:29:55.39
let's go there very quickly...
00:29:55.42\00:29:56.89
the Lord actually calls
the birds of the air together.
00:29:56.93\00:30:00.80
Look at Revelation chapter
19, He actually calls them
00:30:00.83\00:30:04.53
for this great supper...
00:30:04.57\00:30:06.50
wow! what a supper!
00:30:06.53\00:30:09.47
pause...
00:30:09.50\00:30:13.81
Revelation chapter
19, okay, here we are...
00:30:13.88\00:30:17.88
and... oh, I turned too fast,
00:30:17.91\00:30:21.95
pause...
00:30:21.98\00:30:23.95
okay, Revelation
chapter 19 and... yeah...
00:30:23.99\00:30:28.09
Revelation
chapter 19 and verse 17.
00:30:28.12\00:30:30.59
Pause...
00:30:30.63\00:30:32.66
okay, and the
Bible says in verse 17,
00:30:32.69\00:30:36.26
"Then I saw an
angel standing in the sun;
00:30:36.30\00:30:39.23
and he cried... "
with what kind of a voice?
00:30:39.27\00:30:42.20
"a loud voice,
00:30:42.24\00:30:43.57
saying to all the birds
that fly in the midst of heaven,
00:30:43.61\00:30:49.31
'come and gather together for
the supper of the great God'"
00:30:49.34\00:30:54.72
verse 18... "that you
may eat the flesh of kings,
00:30:54.75\00:30:58.25
the flesh of captains,
the flesh of mighty men,
00:30:58.29\00:31:01.72
the flesh of horses and
of those who sit on them,
00:31:01.76\00:31:04.79
and the flesh of
all... " how many people?
00:31:04.83\00:31:07.56
"all people, free and
slave, both small and great. "
00:31:07.60\00:31:11.60
In other words, nobody is
going to get away from this,
00:31:11.63\00:31:15.60
if they're not ready,
they're going to be destroyed
00:31:15.67\00:31:17.61
by the brightness
of the Lord's coming
00:31:17.64\00:31:19.01
and then wherever
they fall on the ground...
00:31:19.04\00:31:21.44
pause...
00:31:21.48\00:31:24.15
it's a... it's a...
it's a terrible sight
00:31:24.18\00:31:26.15
to even contemplate.
00:31:26.21\00:31:27.62
That's why it's
important that we get ready
00:31:27.68\00:31:29.68
for the coming
of the Lord, amen.
00:31:29.72\00:31:31.32
Amen...
00:31:31.35\00:31:33.15
Audience: Amen.
00:31:33.19\00:31:34.52
We should be ready for
the coming of the Lord.
00:31:34.56\00:31:37.29
Nothing is
greater than being ready
00:31:37.33\00:31:39.33
for the coming of the Lord.
00:31:39.36\00:31:40.70
You see, these passages...
you could clearly see...
00:31:40.73\00:31:43.40
these passages will
not negatively affect those
00:31:43.43\00:31:46.94
who are not looking
for the "Secret Rapture. "
00:31:46.97\00:31:49.80
But people that
believe in the "Secret Rapture"
00:31:49.84\00:31:52.61
they say, "Well, you know,
if we miss the first time around
00:31:52.64\00:31:55.54
then we have another chance. "
00:31:55.58\00:31:57.91
That's a Satanic teaching
00:31:57.95\00:31:59.51
because he wants
you not to be ready.
00:31:59.55\00:32:02.22
He wants you to
live as the Bible says,
00:32:02.25\00:32:04.85
"The Lord is going to appoint
the servants that are not ready
00:32:04.89\00:32:07.46
their portion
with the hypocrites...
00:32:07.49\00:32:09.36
because they did something,
00:32:09.39\00:32:11.36
they said, "The
Lord delays His coming. "
00:32:11.39\00:32:13.60
then He came when
they were not ready...
00:32:13.63\00:32:15.73
He said, "Okay, you're
not ready, that's it... "
00:32:15.76\00:32:18.53
but now let's go
to Question number 14,
00:32:18.57\00:32:20.80
so the answer to Number 13,
00:32:20.84\00:32:22.40
"How does Luke further emphasize
00:32:22.44\00:32:24.81
that being taken
means destruction?"
00:32:24.84\00:32:26.37
Because He said,
"Wherever you find the eagles,
00:32:26.41\00:32:28.64
they're going to
be gathered there.
00:32:28.68\00:32:30.38
Wherever the
eagles are gathered,
00:32:30.41\00:32:32.05
that's where you're
going to find their bodies.
00:32:32.08\00:32:34.02
All right, you can
put that in any form
00:32:34.05\00:32:36.52
that you would
appreciate remembering.
00:32:36.55\00:32:38.95
All right, now,
Question number 14,
00:32:38.99\00:32:41.36
Question number 14...
00:32:41.39\00:32:42.82
we've got 24 minutes
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.23
and we are moving
faster than a speeding bullet
00:32:44.29\00:32:48.00
but we're making it clear.
00:32:48.03\00:32:50.13
All right, Number 14,
"How did the apostle Paul
00:32:50.17\00:32:55.14
show that being 'left'
means remaining alive?"
00:32:55.17\00:33:00.14
Let's go now to
1st Thessalonians
00:33:00.18\00:33:03.91
chapter 4 and verse 15.
00:33:03.95\00:33:06.41
First Thessalonians
chapter 4 and verse 15.
00:33:06.45\00:33:11.19
"Left... " okay here it is.
00:33:11.22\00:33:13.62
1st Thessalonians
chapter 4 and verse 15.
00:33:13.66\00:33:18.39
And the Bible says,
"For this we say to you
00:33:18.43\00:33:23.16
by the... " what?
00:33:23.20\00:33:25.70
"word of the Lord, that
we who are alive and remain
00:33:25.73\00:33:31.37
until the coming of the
Lord will by no means precede
00:33:31.41\00:33:37.01
those who are asleep. "
00:33:37.05\00:33:38.85
"That we who are alive
and... " what's the next word?
00:33:38.88\00:33:41.98
"remain" when
you look up that...
00:33:42.02\00:33:43.85
when you look up
that word "remain"
00:33:43.89\00:33:45.69
one of the... one
of the other words
00:33:45.72\00:33:47.42
that are associated
with that word "remain"
00:33:47.46\00:33:49.32
is the word, "left"
00:33:49.36\00:33:50.69
"we who are
alive and remain" what?
00:33:50.73\00:33:54.56
remain alive...
00:33:54.60\00:33:56.06
"we who are alive
and are... " what?
00:33:56.10\00:33:57.87
"left alive"
00:33:57.90\00:33:59.23
because not many are going to
survive the coming of the Lord.
00:33:59.27\00:34:02.37
We pointed out that
the coming of the Lord...
00:34:02.40\00:34:04.51
He's going to come and
He shall not keep silent...
00:34:04.54\00:34:07.58
He's going to be as
bright as the noon-day sun,
00:34:07.71\00:34:10.05
and much brighter... and
many are going to be destroyed
00:34:10.08\00:34:12.45
by the brightness of
the coming of the Lord.
00:34:12.48\00:34:14.15
We also mentioned that
00:34:14.18\00:34:15.52
they're going to be running
to the rocks and the mountains,
00:34:15.55\00:34:17.25
Revelation
chapter 6 verse 15 to 17,
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.75
they're going to
be running saying,
00:34:19.79\00:34:22.19
"Hide us from the face of
Him that sits on the throne
00:34:22.22\00:34:25.66
and from the wrath of the Lamb
00:34:25.69\00:34:27.03
for the great day
of His wrath has come
00:34:27.06\00:34:29.10
and who shall be able to stand?"
00:34:29.13\00:34:31.47
But, as it was in Noah's day,
00:34:31.50\00:34:33.77
there were those who
didn't want to hear the message
00:34:33.80\00:34:35.67
and today, the sad news is,
00:34:35.70\00:34:38.17
many people would
rather hear a message
00:34:38.21\00:34:40.58
that causes them to be at
ease than to be urgently ready.
00:34:40.61\00:34:46.01
Get ready, the Lord is coming
00:34:46.08\00:34:48.42
what does that mean?
00:34:48.45\00:34:49.78
Well, you've got to
get your life together.
00:34:49.82\00:34:51.62
You've got to give
your heart to the Lord
00:34:51.65\00:34:53.42
and... and... and now-a-days,
if you look at television,
00:34:53.46\00:34:57.33
"How to have a portfolio"
00:34:57.36\00:34:59.29
"How to overcome your attitude"
00:34:59.33\00:35:01.23
nothing wrong with that
00:35:01.26\00:35:02.60
but you don't hear on television
00:35:02.63\00:35:05.03
it's like the TV preachers
have all become Psychogists.
00:35:05.10\00:35:08.60
Pause...
00:35:08.67\00:35:10.34
They don't want to preach
00:35:10.37\00:35:12.11
sermons that have
words like, "repent"
00:35:12.14\00:35:14.98
I don't want to
give names but I tell you
00:35:15.01\00:35:17.61
I've thumbed
through the channels
00:35:17.65\00:35:18.98
and I hear stuff like,
00:35:19.01\00:35:20.35
"If you don't like him,
kick him out of your house. "
00:35:20.38\00:35:21.95
"If you wake up
in the morning...
00:35:21.98\00:35:23.89
don't find your
vision... create it. "
00:35:23.92\00:35:26.05
"It's your time,
this is your hour,
00:35:26.09\00:35:27.82
you're going to
thrive and succeed"
00:35:27.86\00:35:29.52
and I'm thinking,
"Whatever happened
00:35:29.56\00:35:31.13
to the preaching of
the coming of the Lord?"
00:35:31.19\00:35:33.73
Pause...
00:35:33.80\00:35:35.56
It's like we want to get
everybody wealthy and rich
00:35:35.60\00:35:38.57
and you see all these
massive coliseums and arenas
00:35:38.60\00:35:41.87
and the mega-giga churches
and hey, it's exciting...
00:35:41.90\00:35:44.94
it is energized,
00:35:44.97\00:35:46.84
if you go there you get
swept away by the tide of,
00:35:46.88\00:35:49.31
"Hey, let's just... "
00:35:49.34\00:35:52.28
but it is hard to hear
sermons about sin anymore...
00:35:52.31\00:35:55.98
about righteousness anymore...
00:35:56.02\00:35:57.95
about getting ready...
00:35:57.99\00:35:59.35
about putting away
the way you used to live
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.62
and get ready for
the coming of the Lord
00:36:01.66\00:36:03.86
and to
facilitate this complacency,
00:36:03.89\00:36:06.96
is the "Secret Rapture. "
00:36:07.00\00:36:08.50
"If you miss the first boat...
00:36:08.56\00:36:10.37
you got seven years...
don't worry about it. "
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.53
That's a Satanic lie.
00:36:12.57\00:36:14.57
Wow!
00:36:14.60\00:36:16.40
so the answer to this,
Number 15... Number 14 is,
00:36:16.44\00:36:19.01
"How does Paul the apostle
show that being left means
00:36:19.04\00:36:21.31
remaining alive?"
00:36:21.34\00:36:22.74
The word there...
00:36:22.81\00:36:24.15
I actually gave you
the answer in the question,
00:36:24.18\00:36:26.18
"remain"
00:36:26.21\00:36:27.55
"We who are
alive and remain... "
00:36:27.58\00:36:30.19
if you remain,
you are still alive.
00:36:30.25\00:36:33.09
If you remain,
you are still alive.
00:36:33.12\00:36:36.19
You're not left behind.
00:36:36.22\00:36:39.39
If you remain
you are still alive.
00:36:39.43\00:36:41.96
"We who are alive and remain. "
00:36:42.03\00:36:44.57
And I like... it says,
00:36:44.60\00:36:46.30
"will by no means
precede those who are asleep. "
00:36:46.33\00:36:49.54
In other words, "until
they come forth from the grave,
00:36:49.57\00:36:51.71
we're not going anywhere,
we're all going together. "
00:36:51.77\00:36:53.78
Amen.
00:36:53.81\00:36:55.34
Okay, let's go to Number 15.
00:36:55.38\00:36:57.45
I'm trying to get
there, keep praying for me.
00:36:57.48\00:36:59.55
Number 15, okay,
00:36:59.58\00:37:00.92
okay, now we're going to
go on to the nitty gritty
00:37:00.95\00:37:04.32
to find out where
this idea came from
00:37:04.35\00:37:06.49
and by-the-way, in
preparation for that
00:37:06.52\00:37:08.59
if you've just tuned in,
00:37:08.62\00:37:10.43
let me just give
you a quick website
00:37:10.46\00:37:12.23
because if you don't
have this chart in your hand,
00:37:12.26\00:37:14.16
you might miss what
we're going to talk about.
00:37:14.20\00:37:16.06
Go to this
website, ASF.3abn. org
00:37:16.10\00:37:20.84
and download Lesson number 022
00:37:20.87\00:37:25.54
that's, "The Truth
about the Secret Rapture"
00:37:25.57\00:37:28.64
and also, there's going to be
a chart called: The 2,300 Days.
00:37:28.68\00:37:34.05
Download that chart so you
could follow along with us.
00:37:34.08\00:37:37.25
Does everybody have their chart?
00:37:37.29\00:37:39.32
It should look
kind of like this.
00:37:39.35\00:37:41.36
It's... it's legal size...
00:37:41.39\00:37:44.03
that was... that
always made me go,
00:37:44.06\00:37:46.56
You know, "Does that
mean this illegal size?"
00:37:46.59\00:37:48.80
No, not really, it's just
these terms and terminologies
00:37:48.83\00:37:52.90
that the opposite is
not necessarily the case,
00:37:52.93\00:37:54.64
but now we're going to see
something that's very important.
00:37:54.67\00:37:57.64
You see, in order
for this theory to exist,
00:37:57.67\00:38:01.84
a certain prophecy
in the Bible was used
00:38:01.88\00:38:06.01
to build this theory from.
00:38:06.05\00:38:09.38
Now we're going to
be exposed to that.
00:38:09.42\00:38:12.05
Here's the question, Number 15,
00:38:12.09\00:38:13.86
"What fulfilled Bible
prophecy proves the inaccuracy
00:38:13.89\00:38:20.10
of the "Secret Rapture?"
00:38:20.13\00:38:22.76
Let's go to Daniel chapter 9,
00:38:22.80\00:38:24.80
Daniel chapter 9, okay,
00:38:24.83\00:38:28.80
many of you are already there
00:38:28.84\00:38:30.71
because I don't
hear pages turning,
00:38:30.74\00:38:32.74
you guys are already there.
00:38:32.77\00:38:34.41
All right, Daniel chapter 9,
00:38:34.44\00:38:36.04
we're going to
look at this prophecy
00:38:36.08\00:38:37.55
and by-the-way, Daniel chapter 9
00:38:37.58\00:38:38.95
this faithful prophet Daniel
was in the courts of Babylon
00:38:38.98\00:38:42.62
as the Lord gave
him this prophecy
00:38:42.65\00:38:46.76
and we'll see what
timeframe it is referring to.
00:38:46.79\00:38:49.66
All right, here is
the answer on the screen,
00:38:49.69\00:38:52.56
the Bible says,
00:38:52.59\00:38:53.93
"Seventy weeks are
determined for your people
00:38:53.96\00:38:58.40
and for your... " what?
00:38:58.43\00:39:00.20
"holy city, to
finish the transgression,
00:39:00.24\00:39:04.34
to make an end of sins,
00:39:04.37\00:39:06.21
to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:39:06.24\00:39:09.94
to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:39:09.98\00:39:13.65
to seal up vision and prophecy,
00:39:13.68\00:39:16.45
and to anoint the... " together,
00:39:16.48\00:39:19.19
"Most Holy. "
00:39:19.22\00:39:21.12
These were given to
the people of Daniel
00:39:21.16\00:39:25.36
and Daniel's
people are... what people?
00:39:25.39\00:39:29.60
The Jews...
00:39:29.63\00:39:32.87
they were in
captivity in Babylon.
00:39:32.90\00:39:35.20
But Daniel's praying,
and... and the Lord...
00:39:35.24\00:39:38.47
and by-the-way
in Daniel chapter 8,
00:39:38.51\00:39:40.68
there was a
larger timeframe given...
00:39:40.71\00:39:42.81
a 2,300-Day Prophecy
00:39:42.84\00:39:46.35
which in fact, in
prophecy, a day equals... what?
00:39:46.38\00:39:49.35
A year...
00:39:49.38\00:39:50.72
so this 2,300 span...
00:39:50.75\00:39:52.69
and I'll come up with
the chart in just a moment,
00:39:52.72\00:39:54.92
if you've downloaded that,
00:39:54.96\00:39:56.29
you should have the copy
of this in your possession,
00:39:56.32\00:39:57.99
to see the larger
arc and then below that,
00:39:58.06\00:40:00.96
the smaller
arch of the 70 weeks.
00:40:01.00\00:40:04.87
Let me ask you a
question very quickly,
00:40:04.90\00:40:07.30
just for those of you
who are mathematicians,
00:40:07.34\00:40:09.27
How many days are in a week?
00:40:09.30\00:40:11.77
Everybody tell me.
00:40:11.81\00:40:13.14
Audience: Seven days.
00:40:13.17\00:40:14.51
Okay, so seven
times seven is what?
00:40:14.54\00:40:16.95
Audience: 49.
Pastor: Forty nine...
00:40:16.98\00:40:19.81
just add a zero...
00:40:19.85\00:40:22.32
7 times 70... is 49...
00:40:22.38\00:40:24.79
7 times 70 is 490... all right,
00:40:24.82\00:40:28.92
so, if 70 weeks
are determined...
00:40:28.96\00:40:31.56
when the Bible
says, "determined"
00:40:31.59\00:40:34.13
what that word
there in the Hebrew is...
00:40:34.16\00:40:36.30
the word
"determined" means, "cut off"
00:40:36.33\00:40:38.23
so, here is the point,
00:40:38.30\00:40:40.67
I have 2,300 dollars...
00:40:40.70\00:40:43.00
and I said, "Okay, 490 of this
is determined for this project "
00:40:43.04\00:40:49.18
so, therefore, you have
1,810 more for another project.
00:40:49.21\00:40:55.62
So, with that 490... is
for Daniel and his people...
00:40:55.68\00:41:01.89
this is what
God wants them to do
00:41:01.92\00:41:03.93
within that particular
timeframe of 490 years.
00:41:03.96\00:41:08.30
Let's go to Question number 16,
00:41:08.36\00:41:10.10
so the answer to Number 15,
00:41:10.13\00:41:11.70
"What fulfilled Bible Prophecy
00:41:11.73\00:41:13.23
proves the inaccuracy
of the Secret Rapture?"
00:41:13.27\00:41:15.37
Write this down,
"The 70 weeks... "
00:41:15.40\00:41:17.97
or 490 years...
00:41:18.01\00:41:20.81
write that down...
70 weeks or 490 years.
00:41:20.84\00:41:23.78
now, we're going
to move right along.
00:41:23.81\00:41:26.72
We're going to move
right along at a good pace
00:41:26.75\00:41:29.12
and I thank you all for being
attentive students tonight,
00:41:29.15\00:41:33.19
we are all locked in...
00:41:33.22\00:41:34.59
if you were here, this
would be like a laser show,
00:41:34.62\00:41:36.66
their minds are locked in...
00:41:36.69\00:41:38.43
I can feel every eye
00:41:38.46\00:41:40.00
and almost see
every ear tilted forward
00:41:40.03\00:41:42.43
and I hope you're listening
with such intensity also.
00:41:42.46\00:41:45.63
So, Question number... what?
00:41:45.67\00:41:48.50
16... Question number 16...
00:41:48.54\00:41:51.14
here it is...
00:41:51.17\00:41:52.51
"With what event was the
70-Week prophecy to begin?"
00:41:52.54\00:41:58.08
With what event was the
70-Week prophecy to begin?
00:41:58.11\00:42:03.75
Let's look at
Daniel 9 and verse 25.
00:42:03.79\00:42:07.36
Daniel 9 and verse 25.
00:42:07.42\00:42:09.86
Now, before we go there,
what I want to point out is,
00:42:09.92\00:42:12.56
whenever God gives a timeframe
particularly in this prophecy,
00:42:12.59\00:42:15.96
when you have time prophecies,
00:42:16.00\00:42:17.97
time prophecies are
spoken of as time prophecies
00:42:18.00\00:42:20.87
because they have a beginning...
and they have an ending,
00:42:20.90\00:42:23.10
they are all about "time. "
00:42:23.14\00:42:25.61
As a matter of fact, if
you look at the life of Christ,
00:42:25.64\00:42:27.68
frequently, He
talked about time,
00:42:27.71\00:42:30.35
"Mine hour has not yet come. "
00:42:30.38\00:42:32.91
When He came, the
Bible says in Galatians 4:4,
00:42:32.95\00:42:35.98
"When the fullness
of 'time' had come... "
00:42:36.02\00:42:39.05
God is a God of time.
00:42:39.09\00:42:40.89
Everything about the Bible,
when it comes to time prophecies
00:42:40.92\00:42:45.19
God gives you a
definitive timeline.
00:42:45.23\00:42:47.23
Now, here's where
I'm headed with this,
00:42:47.30\00:42:49.70
this prophecy,
properly understood,
00:42:49.73\00:42:52.03
shows you that there is no room
00:42:52.07\00:42:54.30
for a one-week
period at the very end.
00:42:54.34\00:42:57.11
There's no room for a
"seven-year tribulation. "
00:42:57.14\00:43:00.51
When you follow
the prophecy clearly,
00:43:00.58\00:43:03.75
you'll see that all aspects
of the 490 years were fulfilled,
00:43:03.78\00:43:08.92
but, now we have to
go to the beginning.
00:43:08.95\00:43:11.19
When they say,
"Begin" where do you begin?
00:43:11.22\00:43:13.42
At the beginning.
00:43:13.46\00:43:15.39
Daniel 9 verse 25,
here's what the Bible says,
00:43:15.42\00:43:18.49
and it says, "Know
therefore and understand,
00:43:18.53\00:43:21.50
that from the going forth of the
command to do... " what Church?
00:43:21.53\00:43:26.07
say it together,
"restore and... " what?
00:43:26.10\00:43:29.84
"build Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince,
00:43:29.87\00:43:33.58
there shall be... " what?
00:43:33.61\00:43:34.94
"seven weeks and... " what else?
00:43:34.98\00:43:37.01
"sixty-two weeks;
00:43:37.05\00:43:39.01
the streets
shall be built again,
00:43:39.05\00:43:41.95
and the wall, even
in troublesome times. "
00:43:41.98\00:43:45.65
So will the walls
be built? Yes or no?
00:43:45.69\00:43:48.26
Yes...
00:43:48.29\00:43:49.62
What kind of time
would it be built in?
00:43:49.66\00:43:51.53
Troublesome times.
00:43:51.56\00:43:53.09
Now, let's go ahead and
bring out a couple of points,
00:43:53.13\00:43:56.06
I want to walk you
through the chart here,
00:43:56.13\00:43:58.77
and let me give you
the answer to Number 25,
00:43:58.80\00:44:01.37
"With what event will
the 70-week Prophecy begin?"
00:44:01.40\00:44:05.91
"The command to restore
and to build Jerusalem... "
00:44:05.94\00:44:10.38
The command to
restore and build Jerusalem.
00:44:10.41\00:44:15.15
Now we're going to
go to he chart here
00:44:15.18\00:44:16.92
and you'll see it on
the screen and by-the-way,
00:44:16.95\00:44:19.45
on your Number
17, there is no...
00:44:19.49\00:44:22.46
there is no question
there, it's just a chart.
00:44:22.49\00:44:24.73
Let's focus on
this chart together
00:44:24.76\00:44:26.53
and it will appear on the screen
00:44:26.59\00:44:28.30
I'm going to talk
about it for just a bit,
00:44:28.33\00:44:29.80
bring that chart up for me.
00:44:29.86\00:44:31.20
Let's look at this
chart very carefully here.
00:44:31.23\00:44:32.83
From the very beginning of the
chart, you find... what date?
00:44:32.87\00:44:36.10
457... what else... B.C.
00:44:36.14\00:44:39.51
then, if you're
following all the way through,
00:44:39.54\00:44:42.28
you have Points
A, B, C, D and E.
00:44:42.31\00:44:46.01
If you have this paper
that you've downloaded,
00:44:46.05\00:44:48.75
you have Points
A, B, C, D and E.
00:44:48.78\00:44:52.49
Now, hold it there still,
00:44:52.52\00:44:54.06
if you see very
carefully, the very first point,
00:44:54.09\00:44:56.73
points us to the
decree of Artaxerxes.
00:44:56.76\00:45:00.80
The Decree of Artaxerxes,
00:45:00.83\00:45:03.06
now take the
chart away very quickly
00:45:03.10\00:45:04.57
so that I can
focus on the screen,
00:45:04.60\00:45:05.93
let me... let me
break down very carefully,
00:45:05.97\00:45:08.04
this is why I
want to get to this,
00:45:08.07\00:45:09.50
we may spend
another week on this
00:45:09.54\00:45:10.94
just so that it could sink in
00:45:10.97\00:45:12.31
because people that have
been taught the "Secret Rapture"
00:45:12.34\00:45:14.81
have not been
exposed to this at all
00:45:14.84\00:45:16.81
because exposure to
this will destroy that, okay.
00:45:16.85\00:45:22.32
There were a
number of decrees given,
00:45:22.35\00:45:25.35
one was given by Cyrus,
00:45:25.39\00:45:27.72
one was given by Darius,
00:45:27.76\00:45:30.03
but the deciding one
was given by Artaxerxes
00:45:30.06\00:45:34.36
and we will see that prophecy
as we go to the book of Ezra.
00:45:34.40\00:45:39.03
Let's go to
Ezra... Question number 18
00:45:39.07\00:45:41.47
and let me just
ask as we go to Ezra
00:45:41.50\00:45:43.87
the decree to
restore and rebuild Jerusalem
00:45:43.91\00:45:45.84
and by-the-way, there
are no more questions here
00:45:45.87\00:45:47.38
but just points
00:45:47.44\00:45:48.78
so, let's go to Point Number 18.
00:45:48.81\00:45:50.81
Points allow me to get
to the point very quickly.
00:45:50.85\00:45:54.38
The Decree to Restore
and Rebuild Jerusalem...
00:45:54.42\00:45:57.92
or Restore and build Jerusalem.
00:45:57.95\00:45:59.65
By-the-way, the
Jews were in Babylon
00:45:59.69\00:46:02.42
and Jerusalem had been destroyed
00:46:02.46\00:46:05.06
so Daniel said, "How do I know
when the time is going to come
00:46:05.09\00:46:09.76
for the
rebuilding process to begin.
00:46:09.80\00:46:12.70
Ezra chapter 7 and verse 13
00:46:12.73\00:46:15.94
here it is and this decree...
00:46:16.00\00:46:19.14
and by-the-way, in your lesson
you have an extended passage...
00:46:19.17\00:46:23.08
I've given you a
number of verses,
00:46:23.11\00:46:25.05
if you take the
time to read for yourself
00:46:25.08\00:46:26.55
but here's what the Bible says
00:46:26.58\00:46:27.92
and this is the
Decree from Artaxerxes.
00:46:27.95\00:46:29.78
He says, let's
read this together...
00:46:29.82\00:46:31.85
"I make a decree, that all
they of the people of... " what?
00:46:31.89\00:46:38.99
"Israel, and of his priests
and Levites, in my realm,
00:46:39.03\00:46:45.03
which are minded
of their own freewill
00:46:45.07\00:46:47.90
to go up to
Jerusalem, to go with thee. "
00:46:47.94\00:46:50.74
Now, what does
that actually mean?
00:46:50.81\00:46:52.91
When the decree was given
00:46:52.94\00:46:55.81
for the building of
the wall of Jerusalem,
00:46:55.84\00:46:57.68
there were two other decrees
00:46:57.71\00:46:59.05
and you have to
follow this very carefully.
00:46:59.08\00:47:00.48
Darius and Cyrus...
00:47:00.52\00:47:02.08
one gave the decree
to build the temple,
00:47:02.12\00:47:04.72
one gave the decree
to rebuild the walls
00:47:04.75\00:47:07.29
but that did not
cause the decree to be given
00:47:07.36\00:47:11.29
to restore and build Jerusalem
00:47:11.36\00:47:13.40
and let me give you a
couple of examples here,
00:47:13.43\00:47:14.90
in our small town,
Thompsonville, West Frankfort,
00:47:14.93\00:47:18.40
we're in Thompsonville right now
00:47:18.43\00:47:20.37
but when we go to
3ABN's main building,
00:47:20.40\00:47:22.00
we are in West Frankfort.
00:47:22.04\00:47:23.37
If something
happens, Lord forbid,
00:47:23.41\00:47:26.07
and the town gets wiped out,
00:47:26.11\00:47:28.04
you don't restore the town
by just putting up street lights
00:47:28.08\00:47:32.18
and you don't restore the
town by just putting up stores,
00:47:32.21\00:47:36.15
you restore the town by putting
up everything that it needs
00:47:36.18\00:47:40.09
including a
system of government.
00:47:40.12\00:47:43.29
One, Darius and Cyrus...
00:47:43.32\00:47:47.23
they gave the decree to
build the wall and the temple
00:47:47.26\00:47:50.27
but only Artaxerxes
gave the complete decree
00:47:50.30\00:47:53.94
to restore everything
that Jerusalem needed...
00:47:53.97\00:47:57.47
its government...
00:47:57.51\00:47:59.24
its... its... its
worship services...
00:47:59.27\00:48:01.18
everything that Jerusalem needed
00:48:01.21\00:48:03.21
to be a complete
functioning, autonomous city...
00:48:03.24\00:48:06.68
was given by Artaxerxes.
00:48:06.72\00:48:08.42
Now, let's go back to the
chart very carefully here,
00:48:08.45\00:48:10.95
I want to bring that up,
if you go back one slide,
00:48:10.99\00:48:13.09
I want the people to see this,
00:48:13.12\00:48:14.46
let's go back a
slide here to that chart...
00:48:14.49\00:48:16.69
and put it back on the screen
00:48:16.73\00:48:18.06
and I want you to
notice the date on that chart,
00:48:18.09\00:48:21.00
the date given...
they're trying to find...
00:48:21.03\00:48:23.37
there it is, the
date for the beginning of
00:48:23.40\00:48:25.70
that rebuilding
process is what year?
00:48:25.73\00:48:29.00
Let's all say this together,
00:48:29.04\00:48:30.37
457 B.C.
00:48:30.41\00:48:34.34
look at that very carefully,
00:48:34.41\00:48:35.74
now, I want to
walk through this...
00:48:35.78\00:48:37.11
leave the chart there
00:48:37.15\00:48:38.48
now, when the timeframe was
given in the Bible, it says,
00:48:38.51\00:48:40.85
7 weeks and 62 weeks...
00:48:40.92\00:48:42.68
why seven?
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.05
Because from 457
B.C., if you go forward...
00:48:44.09\00:48:47.92
in B.C. as you go
forward, you're losing years,
00:48:47.99\00:48:51.99
A.D. you go forward,
you're gaining years,
00:48:52.06\00:48:54.63
from 457... the next year
that you see is what year?
00:48:54.66\00:48:58.23
Say it together, 408 B.C.
00:48:58.27\00:49:01.84
that's simply a... a...
a subtraction of 49 years.
00:49:01.87\00:49:06.78
49 years after the
decree was given by Artaxerxes,
00:49:06.81\00:49:11.65
now you can come back to me,
00:49:11.68\00:49:13.01
49 years after the
decree was given by Artaxerxes,
00:49:13.05\00:49:17.82
the building process was
completed in the year 408 B.C.
00:49:17.85\00:49:24.59
now, if you're
looking at your chart,
00:49:24.63\00:49:26.59
from 408... let's look
at that chart one more time,
00:49:26.66\00:49:29.66
and I'm giving them some
exercise in the Production Truck
00:49:29.70\00:49:32.90
I appreciate it very much.
00:49:32.93\00:49:34.27
Let's bring that
chart up one more time
00:49:34.30\00:49:35.64
and notice this,
00:49:35.67\00:49:37.01
all right, from 408...
00:49:37.04\00:49:40.01
now 62 weeks later takes
us from Point B to Point C.
00:49:40.08\00:49:46.72
and 62 times 7 is 434...
00:49:46.75\00:49:51.29
Mathematicians, am I
telling the truth, yes or no?
00:49:51.32\00:49:55.96
Okay, so now, from 408
B.C. if I go 434 years later,
00:49:55.99\00:50:00.60
it takes me to
the fall of A.D. 27.
00:50:00.63\00:50:03.37
Let's find out what
was supposed to happen
00:50:03.40\00:50:05.33
in that particular year.
00:50:05.40\00:50:06.74
Let's look at Point number...
let's look at Point number 19.
00:50:06.77\00:50:10.87
all right, Point number 19...
I want to bring this up again,
00:50:10.91\00:50:14.98
just so we can
make it very clear,
00:50:15.04\00:50:16.51
Point number 19, let's
look at this very quickly,
00:50:16.54\00:50:19.78
we went to 18 a moment ago,
00:50:19.81\00:50:21.25
we have to see the...
00:50:21.28\00:50:22.78
we have to see the continued
rebuilding of Jerusalem
00:50:22.82\00:50:26.89
and the decree given...
Ezra chapter 6 and verse 14.
00:50:26.92\00:50:30.89
Ezra chapter 6 and verse 14.
00:50:30.93\00:50:33.53
All right, let's look at this...
00:50:33.56\00:50:35.33
and the Bible says,
00:50:35.36\00:50:38.23
"And the elders of
the Jews... " did what?
00:50:38.27\00:50:42.24
"builded, and they prospered
through the prophesying of... "
00:50:42.27\00:50:47.71
who?
00:50:47.74\00:50:49.08
"Haggai the prophet and
Zechariah the son of Iddo.
00:50:49.11\00:50:52.18
And they built...
" and they did what?
00:50:52.21\00:50:54.72
"finished it, according
to the commandment of God...
00:50:54.75\00:51:00.06
of the God of Israel,
00:51:00.09\00:51:01.42
and according to
the commandment of... "
00:51:01.46\00:51:04.26
together... "Cyrus,
Darius" and who else?
00:51:04.29\00:51:07.23
"Artaxerxes king of Persia. "
00:51:07.26\00:51:10.30
Now, come back to me,
00:51:10.33\00:51:11.67
the "Rapture"
00:51:11.70\00:51:14.17
those who developed
the "Rapture" theory
00:51:14.20\00:51:15.64
and you'll see this
in more great detail
00:51:15.67\00:51:17.11
when I go and walk through the
development of it, not tonight,
00:51:17.14\00:51:20.01
but those who try to find a
foundation on which to build
00:51:20.04\00:51:25.81
a seven-year gap...
00:51:25.85\00:51:27.45
shows Darius or
Cyrus... and here is the point,
00:51:27.48\00:51:32.92
bring that chart up
back for me one more time,
00:51:32.95\00:51:35.12
I really appreciate them,
we've got to give them a raise.
00:51:35.16\00:51:37.43
Audience: Amen.
00:51:37.49\00:51:38.83
Don't say "Amen" too fast...
00:51:38.86\00:51:40.20
but let's look at
this chart very quickly,
00:51:40.23\00:51:42.26
I'm going to go back to
my screen too... where I am,
00:51:42.30\00:51:46.74
if you look at... if you
look at Point C, D and E,
00:51:46.77\00:51:51.17
let me ask you
and you can just...
00:51:51.21\00:51:53.14
simply say, "Yes" or "No"
00:51:53.17\00:51:55.51
27 plus 7 equals what? Tell me.
00:51:55.54\00:51:57.88
34...
00:51:57.91\00:52:00.02
so between Point C
and Point E, is 7 years.
00:52:00.05\00:52:04.45
Let's... let's find out
what's going to happen there.
00:52:04.52\00:52:07.99
Point C, D and E...
00:52:08.02\00:52:10.83
the city is rebuilt...
Jerusalem is rebuilt...
00:52:10.86\00:52:14.36
for A... B... C...
00:52:14.40\00:52:15.93
then it has to
catapult forward to 27 A.D.
00:52:15.96\00:52:19.57
then from 27 A.D. to 34
A.D. is a seven-year period
00:52:19.60\00:52:23.84
broken down into two
3-1/2-year timeframes.
00:52:23.87\00:52:28.91
Okay, now do you see the chart?
00:52:28.94\00:52:30.91
Let's go to Point number 20
00:52:30.95\00:52:32.41
and find out what
was supposed to happen...
00:52:32.45\00:52:36.12
remember, when you
read Daniel it says,
00:52:36.15\00:52:39.79
"After the 62 weeks,
Messiah was supposed to come. "
00:52:39.82\00:52:43.19
Now, many
people don't understand
00:52:43.22\00:52:45.39
what the word "Messiah" means
00:52:45.43\00:52:47.50
but if I ask those of
you who study your Bible,
00:52:47.56\00:52:50.17
what does the
word "Messiah" mean?
00:52:50.20\00:52:53.27
Somebody tell me,
"The Anointed One"
00:52:53.30\00:52:55.94
say that
together with me, "The...
00:52:55.97\00:52:58.57
The Anointed One"
00:52:58.64\00:53:01.68
so the Messiah... if
this timeframe is correct,
00:53:01.71\00:53:06.38
Jesus was going to
be anointed after...
00:53:06.41\00:53:11.05
432 years after the finishing
of the rebuilding of Jerusalem
00:53:11.09\00:53:16.36
it will take us right to
the Messiah... the Prince.
00:53:16.39\00:53:19.89
Now, let's go to Acts chapter 10
00:53:19.93\00:53:22.73
and verse 38 with this question,
00:53:22.76\00:53:25.57
Point Number 20, here it is,
00:53:25.60\00:53:27.60
"The Messiah
anointed by baptism... "
00:53:27.64\00:53:30.91
let's go to Acts
chapter 10 and verse 38.
00:53:30.94\00:53:34.18
It is amazing, we might
get it, we might get it...
00:53:34.21\00:53:36.81
but if not... I'll
come back and break it down
00:53:36.85\00:53:39.41
all right,
00:53:39.45\00:53:40.92
here it is,
00:53:40.95\00:53:42.32
Acts chapter 10 verse 38,
notice what the Bible says,
00:53:42.35\00:53:45.59
"How God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth
00:53:45.62\00:53:51.66
with the Holy Ghost and
with... " what else Church?
00:53:51.69\00:53:54.20
"power; who went
about doing good,
00:53:54.23\00:53:57.70
and healing all that
were oppressed of the devil;
00:53:57.73\00:54:01.47
for God was with Him. "
00:54:01.50\00:54:04.34
The word "anointed"
or the word "Messiah"
00:54:04.37\00:54:07.91
means the anointed One.
00:54:07.94\00:54:09.81
Was Jesus baptized,
tell me... yes or no?
00:54:09.84\00:54:12.35
Yes, He was... and He
was baptized right on time
00:54:12.38\00:54:15.32
and by-the-way...
00:54:15.35\00:54:16.69
and the reason why
we've given you this chart,
00:54:16.72\00:54:18.79
what you'll see carefully...
00:54:18.82\00:54:20.16
which I'm not going to take a
ton of time to mention tonight,
00:54:20.19\00:54:22.42
I may not... I may not finish
tonight but that's all right,
00:54:22.46\00:54:24.89
Jesus was Messiah...
00:54:24.93\00:54:28.10
Jesus was anointed in the
15th year... this is Math...
00:54:28.16\00:54:33.00
this is what? Math.
00:54:33.03\00:54:34.70
Jesus was anointed 15
years after the reign...
00:54:34.74\00:54:40.24
in the 15th year of the reign
of a king called Tiberius Caesar
00:54:40.28\00:54:47.92
Tiberius Caesar...
00:54:47.95\00:54:50.45
now, here's some more Math...
00:54:50.49\00:54:51.82
he began reigning
in the year A.D. 12,
00:54:51.85\00:54:55.42
now, are you
ready for some Math?
00:54:55.46\00:54:57.23
Who can add up 12
plus 15? Raise your hand.
00:54:57.26\00:55:01.83
Somebody... let's all...
00:55:01.86\00:55:03.80
tell me, what
does that add up to?
00:55:03.83\00:55:05.17
What does it add up to? 27...
00:55:05.20\00:55:06.80
12 and 15 is 27...
00:55:06.84\00:55:10.17
Jesus was
baptized in the 15th year
00:55:10.21\00:55:14.11
of the reign of Tiberius Caesar
00:55:14.14\00:55:16.11
which means, He was
baptized in the year 27 A.D.
00:55:16.14\00:55:20.52
Let me just ask
you the question,
00:55:20.55\00:55:21.88
are you thankful for the
accuracy of prophecy, yes or no?
00:55:21.92\00:55:25.45
Audience: Yes.
00:55:25.49\00:55:26.82
Can you say, "Amen"
then? Audience: Amen.
00:55:26.86\00:55:28.66
This is a
thinking man's one tonight,
00:55:28.69\00:55:30.46
let's go to the next point,
00:55:30.49\00:55:31.83
I want to get
this very carefully,
00:55:31.86\00:55:33.19
okay, and I may not get it all
but let's go to Point number 21
00:55:33.23\00:55:36.56
and even if I have to
spend a little bit more time
00:55:36.60\00:55:39.17
on Number 22 next week, I
think it might be worth it.
00:55:39.20\00:55:41.74
Point number 21...
00:55:41.77\00:55:43.34
"The Messiah cut off in
the midst of the week. "
00:55:43.37\00:55:47.88
According to Daniel 9 verse 26,
00:55:47.91\00:55:49.88
I'm moving very carefully here,
00:55:49.91\00:55:51.81
are you ready,
here it is, Daniel 9:26,
00:55:51.85\00:55:54.12
"After threescore and two
weeks shall Messiah be cut off
00:55:54.15\00:55:59.45
but not for Himself. "
00:55:59.49\00:56:01.32
And that's the
King James Version.
00:56:01.39\00:56:03.73
There's a reason
why I use that...
00:56:03.76\00:56:05.79
"After threescore
and two weeks... "
00:56:05.83\00:56:07.26
and we're going
to come back to this
00:56:07.30\00:56:08.70
and break this down even more
00:56:08.73\00:56:10.07
because what you're
going to discover...
00:56:10.10\00:56:11.50
and this is
something very important...
00:56:11.53\00:56:12.97
let me ask you the question...
00:56:13.00\00:56:14.40
I want your response
with a hearty "Amen. "
00:56:14.44\00:56:16.14
Was Jesus crucified?
00:56:16.17\00:56:18.01
Audience: Yes.
00:56:18.04\00:56:19.37
Did He die for
us or for Himself?
00:56:19.41\00:56:22.34
Audience: For us.
00:56:22.41\00:56:24.25
So, when the Bible says,
00:56:24.28\00:56:25.61
"He shall be cut off
but not for Himself... "
00:56:25.65\00:56:28.62
you'll discover as we
continue this topic next week...
00:56:28.65\00:56:31.62
you'll discover the
reason why Jesus was cut off
00:56:31.65\00:56:34.86
in the midst of the week...
00:56:34.89\00:56:37.33
in the midst of a
seven-year period,
00:56:37.39\00:56:40.36
in the middle is 3-1/2
years right down the center,
00:56:40.40\00:56:44.33
He was cut off
in the middle of it,
00:56:44.37\00:56:46.63
which means... it
leaves only 3-1/2...
00:56:46.67\00:56:48.90
we'll find out
next week what happened.
00:56:48.94\00:56:51.14
We know for a fact
that Jesus was crucified...
00:56:51.17\00:56:54.51
we know that He died...
00:56:54.54\00:56:56.14
we'll find out for whom He died,
00:56:56.18\00:56:58.11
and when He died
00:56:58.18\00:56:59.51
and how He died...
00:56:59.55\00:57:00.88
and Friends, keep studying
00:57:00.92\00:57:02.25
because if it
doesn't make sense,
00:57:02.28\00:57:03.62
sooner or later, it will
come into a sharper focus.
00:57:03.65\00:57:06.45
God bless you.
00:57:06.49\00:57:07.82