Participants: John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000071
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00:20 So, if you'd like to follow along with us tonight, 00:23 we'd like you to go to this website 00:26 to download a copy of the lesson 00:27 and it's Lesson number 22 and entitled, "The Secret Rapture. " 00:31 Go to ASF.3abn. org and download Lesson number 22 00:39 and also, there's a chart... 00:41 there is a 2,300-Day Chart which is also under 022... 00:45 download both of those 00:47 and you'll be able to follow us along for the lesson tonight. 00:51 But before we do anything else, 00:52 let's go ahead and ask for the Lord to attend with us 00:55 as we invite Him through prayer, let's bow our heads. 00:58 "Our heavenly Father, 01:00 we thank You Lord for Your goodness, 01:02 for Your mercy and for Your grace. 01:04 We pray Lord, tonight, 01:06 that You will speak to our hearts, 01:07 that You will encourage us, 01:08 that You'll strengthen us as we open Your Word 01:11 and study it together. 01:13 Also, send Your Holy Spirit to be our Teacher 01:17 that our minds may grasp the truth of Your Word 01:20 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 01:24 We're going to sing our theme song tonight, 01:26 it's... what is it called? 01:28 "Victory in Jesus... " 01:30 it's on our screen here if you'd like to join us at home 01:33 I would like to encourage you to do so, 01:35 but let's sing our theme song, "Victory in Jesus. " 01:38 Pause... 01:43 Music... 01:51 I heard an old, old story, 01:55 How the Savior came from glory, 01:58 How He gave His life on Calvary 02:02 To save a wretch like me; 02:06 I heard about His groaning, 02:10 Of His precious blood's atoning 02:14 Then I repented of my sins, 02:18 And won the victory. 02:21 O victory in Jesus, 02:25 My Savior, forever. 02:29 He sought me and bought me 02:33 With His redeeming blood; 02:37 He loved me ere I knew Him, 02:40 And all my love is due Him, 02:44 He plunged me to victory, 02:48 Beneath the cleansing flood. 02:52 I heard about a mansion 02:56 He has built for me in glory. 02:59 And I heard about the streets of gold 03:03 Beyond the crystal sea; 03:07 About the angels singing, 03:10 And the old redemption story, 03:14 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 03:18 The song of victory. 03:21 Key Change... 03:23 O victory in Jesus, 03:26 My Savior, forever. 03:29 He sought me and bought me 03:33 With His redeeming blood; 03:37 He loved me ere I knew Him, 03:41 And all my love is due Him, 03:44 He plunged me to victory, 03:48 Beneath the cleansing flood, 03:52 He plunged me to victory, 03:56 Beneath the cleaning flood. 04:00 Amen... Audience: Amen. 04:04 Now the reason why I'm excited about the topic tonight 04:08 which is, in fact, the truth about the "Secret Rapture. " 04:11 What is it? 04:12 The truth about the Secret Rapture. 04:16 Now, much has been taught 04:18 concerning the second coming of Christ, 04:21 that is just not true 04:23 and one of the things that we have to keep in mind 04:26 is that the Lord is coming 04:28 but He's not going to come in a secret way. 04:32 He's not going to sneak into town 04:35 and take a select few 04:37 and then come back seven years later 04:40 and so, what we're going to do tonight in this study, 04:43 we've already begun... 04:45 we've gone from question one to six, 04:47 we're going to cover seven all the way tonight till 22 04:52 if we can... and... but you know, if we don't, 04:55 we'll get a chance to cover it in the next broadcast 04:58 but we who are waiting for the coming of the Lord 05:00 need to be aware of what the Bible teaches 05:03 about the second coming of Christ. 05:05 So, tonight, just to get to the point, 05:07 I want to dive into Question number 7. 05:10 Question number 7... and here it is, 05:13 "What will happen to the servants 05:15 not ready for the second coming?" 05:18 What will happen to the servants not ready for the second coming? 05:22 Go to Matthew chapter 24 verses 50 and 51. 05:25 Matthew chapter 24 verses 50 and 51. 05:28 Now, the reason why this is important 05:30 when I say, "Servants" is because the teaching is... 05:34 the teaching or the... or the theory that was developed 05:37 and in the broadcast after we're done this one 05:41 I'm going to dedicate another broadcast 05:43 to tell you specifically 05:45 where the "Secret Rapture" theory came from. 05:48 You'll find out who formulated it, 05:50 how many years ago, 05:51 and how it got to our modern society today, 05:54 is that okay? 05:56 We're going to need to know that 05:57 but look at Matthew chapter 24 05:59 and the reason why we're going to this verse... 06:00 verse 50 and 51 is this, 06:02 the teaching is that 06:04 if the servants of the Lord are not ready, 06:06 they'll just get a second chance 06:08 but that's not what the Bible teaches. 06:10 Look at verse 50 and 51, the Bible says, 06:13 "The master of that servant will come on a day 06:18 when he is... " what? 06:20 "not looking for him 06:22 and at an hour that he is not... " what? 06:24 "not aware, 06:26 and will cut him in two 06:28 and appoint him his portion with the... " what? 06:30 "hypocrites... " 06:32 let's read the last part together... 06:33 "There shall be... " what? 06:34 "weeping and gnashing of teeth. " 06:38 Now, does that sound like a second chance, yes or no? 06:41 What it sounds like is, if they're not ready, 06:43 they only appointment they're going to get 06:45 is not a second chance to make it 06:47 but they'll be... they'll be... 06:49 let me use the word here, "Reprimanded... " 06:52 that's an understatement 06:54 "for not being ready for the coming of the Lord. " 06:56 So, for those who say that... 06:58 well... and I've seen the pictures before 07:01 and the movies before and the license plate stickers, 07:03 you know, 07:04 "In the event of the 'Secret Rapture' 07:06 this car will be ?. '" 07:08 Have you seen a big picture painted of a whole city... 07:10 a plane veering off course... 07:13 cars crashing against buildings, 07:15 people... all that's left is just their empty jeans 07:18 and shirt... just a pile of sand 07:20 and you see these lights shooting off to the skies, 07:23 no matter how dramatic and how... 07:25 the other word I'm looking for here... "sensational" that is 07:29 it's just not true... 07:30 but what's happened in our society today 07:32 is that television... what medium... 07:35 television, movies and pastors that have... 07:40 that have... that have embraced these false theories, 07:43 have proliferated them throughout our society. 07:47 You'll also find out 07:49 why many people read their Bibles 07:51 and think that the Bible talks about the "Secret Rapture" 07:54 I'll just mention this and I'll affirm it in more detail 07:57 in the next the broadcast and the broadcast after that 07:59 is that in our Study Notes in our Bibles 08:02 some Commentators have included Study Notes 08:05 that lead you to connect Scriptures together 08:08 that are not associated, 08:09 therefore, coming up with the teaching 08:12 that there's going to be some kind of "Secret Rapture" 08:14 but according to the answer, what will happen to the servant 08:17 not ready for the second coming? 08:19 What will happen... what's going to happen? 08:22 Pause... 08:24 "there'll be weeping and gnashing of teeth... " 08:26 very good answer, 08:27 there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 08:29 It doesn't indicate a second coming 08:31 as one of the shows... one of the programs indicated, 08:34 you know, a guy is sitting at the table... eating dinner, 08:37 he looks over and his wife is gone 08:38 and her outfit is there and there's a pile of sand 08:41 and then he says, "The Rapture just occurred, 08:46 now, I have seven years before the Lord comes back 08:50 to visibly take all those who are now getting on board... " 08:54 I tell you what, when I go to the airport, if the plane... 08:57 if I don't get on the plane before it leaves, 08:59 it's not coming back for me. 09:01 Amen. 09:03 They have been truthful about the time 09:05 that they're going to leave, 09:07 they're not going to say, "Well, we'll come back 09:08 because you missed the first flight. " 09:09 No, I have to reschedule flights 09:11 but there will be no rescheduled flight, 09:13 if you miss the second coming of the Lord. 09:15 Look at Question number 8, 09:16 "What two things will the Lord do when He returns?" 09:20 Matthew 24 verse 31, 09:26 you have to understand the second coming of the Lord 09:29 is going to be something that not only indicates... 09:32 indications like it was in Noah's day... 09:34 as a matter of fact, 09:35 we'll find out in just a brief moment here, 09:37 what happened in Noah's day 09:39 is, those who did not accept the Lord... 09:41 those who did not accept the message that Noah preached, 09:44 did it... 09:46 was a second ark sent because they missed the first one? 09:49 Come on tell me, yes or no? 09:51 No... 09:52 When that ark left... 09:53 when the flood came the Bible says, 09:55 "It took them all away. " 09:57 It took them to destruction. 09:59 it didn't leave one for a second ark... 10:02 it took them wherever the eagles were gathered, 10:05 the Bible says, "There you'll find their carcass 10:07 where the eagles are gathered, there they will be. " 10:09 In other words, eagles were the ones 10:11 that had the last mouthful 10:13 for those who were not ready for the first message 10:17 in the destruction of the world. 10:19 Matthew 24 verse 31, the Bible says, 10:21 let's read this together on the screen, 10:23 it says, "And He will send... " what? 10:25 "His angels 10:27 with a great sound of a... " what? 10:29 "trumpet, and they will gather together 10:32 His elect from the four winds, 10:35 from one end of heaven to the other. " 10:37 So, there's going to be a gathering. 10:40 There's going to be a gathering at the second coming of Christ, 10:43 all over the world, 10:44 when it says, "the four winds" 10:48 north, south, east and west, 10:51 north, south, east and west... 10:55 wherever the saints are, the angels are going to come 10:58 and they're going to gather His elect 11:01 from all over the world. 11:03 That's what's so wonderful about the coming of the Lord. 11:05 Let's go to the next question, 11:06 so, what two things will happen when the Lord comes? 11:09 There'll be a sound of the trumpet 11:12 and there will be a gathering. 11:14 There will be a... what? 11:16 gathering... 11:17 All the saints will be gathered together to meet the Lord. 11:22 Now the next passage we're going to read... 11:24 I'm trying to move at a good pace tonight 11:26 because I want to... I want to try my best 11:29 and you pray for me... 11:31 I'm going to try my best to get to the end of the topic 11:34 so I can show you the charts 11:35 and walk through them methodically... 11:38 the 2,300-Day or the 70-Week Chart, 11:41 you'll understand that more in just a moment. 11:43 But let's look at 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 11:46 verse 16 and verse 17. 11:48 This is a favorite passage that's often used 11:51 by those who teach the "Secret Rapture" 11:53 but as we're going to read this, you'll discover 11:56 that it does anything but support a secret. 11:59 There are five major things... how many did I say? 12:03 Five major things that this... these passages record 12:08 that are going to happen, 12:09 that's why the question is as follows, here it is, 12:12 "What earth-shattering event will take place 12:17 at the sound of the trumpet? 12:19 Here it is again, What earth-shattering event 12:24 will take place at the sound of the trumpet? 12:27 And by-the-way, this is going to be powerful. 12:30 So, let's look at this together. 12:31 This is that favorite "Rapture" passage. 12:35 It means anything but secret, here it is, 12:38 and we all know this one, can we say this together? 12:42 Let's do this with some uumph... are you ready... here we go, 12:45 "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a... " 12:48 what? "shout, 12:50 with the voice of an archangel, 12:52 and with the trumpet of God. 12:54 And the dead in Christ will rise... " when? 12:57 "first. 12:58 Then we who are alive and remain 13:02 shall be caught up together with them in the clouds 13:06 to meet the Lord in the air. 13:09 And thus we shall always be with the Lord. " 13:13 Amen. 13:15 So, let's outline the five things that happen. 13:17 The first thing that happens when the Lord descends... 13:20 He descends from heaven with a what, Church? 13:22 "with a shout" 13:24 write that one down, He descends with a shout. 13:26 Now, when my parents shout, I know that. 13:29 If somebody is in a baseball game and they shout, 13:33 everybody knows that 13:34 but if the Lord shouts... 13:36 Isaiah the prophet says, 13:38 "He's not just going to shake the heavens, 13:40 he's going to shake the earth also. " 13:42 That is going to be quite a shout. 13:44 The voice of God is going to shake the heavens 13:49 and shake the earth. 13:51 As a matter of fact, I'm beginning to believe... 13:53 and I've believed this for some time, 13:55 I believe that's why there's going to be 13:56 this tremendous earthquake, 13:58 the voice of God... 13:59 I remember when I was growing up, 14:01 whenever I heard thunder, my mother used to say, 14:03 "God is moving His furniture around" 14:05 but we know that when the Lord comes back, 14:08 it is not going to be quiet, 14:09 the first thing that's going to be together 14:11 is going to be a... what? Shout... 14:13 let's look at the second thing... 14:14 the second thing... He's going to descend from heaven 14:17 with a shout... and with a what of an Archangel? 14:19 Audience: With a Voice... 14:20 Voice... 14:22 second thing, Answer B: Voice... 14:24 Answer A: Shout... 14:26 Answer B: Voice... 14:28 The third one... and with a trumpet of God. 14:33 The third one is... what? Trumpet... 14:37 it's hard to play a quiet trumpet. 14:41 My dad was a trumpeter for many, many years 14:44 60 plus years... 14:45 and the only thing they used to use is a plunger 14:48 or a little thing they put inside the trumpet 14:50 to give it a kind of a weird sound 14:53 or mute it like, wuaan... wuaan... 14:55 but with nothing in front of it, 14:57 you can't practice trumpet late at night 15:00 because there's no such thing as a "quiet" trumpet. 15:03 Can you all say, "Amen" to that? 15:04 There's no quiet trumpets... and if God blows the trumpet... 15:08 and by-the-way, I want to have this... 15:10 He's not coming... 15:11 Jesus is not coming back by Himself, 15:13 He's coming back with 10,000 times 10,000 15:17 and 1,000s of 1,000s. 15:19 Can you imagine those many trumpets? 15:22 Pause... 15:24 So, shout, voice, trumpet. 15:26 Now, this is an amazing thing. 15:28 And it says next, 15:29 "And the dead in Christ will rise... " when? 15:32 First... 15:33 so there's going to be a resurrection... 15:35 the fourth thing... there's going to be a resurrection. 15:37 I don't want to be irreverent but I want to tell you 15:40 that people have been dying ever since sin entered the world 15:43 and there have been a lot of apartment buildings put up... 15:46 lot of malls built... 15:48 a lot of shopping centers built... 15:51 lot of houses built... 15:52 what's to say that a lot of these houses and buildings 15:54 and shopping centers and malls 15:56 are not built on the spot that used to be... 15:58 maybe centuries ago... a graveyard... 16:01 or maybe somebody died right there... 16:04 wherever that resurrection is going to take place, 16:08 that object that's blocking the grave will be removed. 16:13 Pause... 16:15 people are going to be coming up through Walmart... 16:18 pause... 16:20 there are resurrections everywhere... 16:23 in the deserts... in the oceans, think about it... 16:26 people have sprinkled their relatives 16:29 over Big Sur in California... 16:32 wherever their final resting place was, 16:34 there is going to be a resurrection. 16:36 Hawaii... wherever there's... 16:39 wherever they have been laid to rest 16:41 or died last... 16:43 there is going to be a resurrection. 16:45 Now, now, let's... let's... can I ask for a question? 16:48 the question is "yes" or "no. " 16:50 Is the resurrection going to be a secret event, yes or no? 16:53 Audience: No. 16:55 Pause... 16:56 "the dead in Christ are going to rise first... " 16:59 and then it says, "and we who are alive and remain 17:02 shall be caught up together with them in the clouds... " 17:04 and the last thing that's going to happen is, 17:07 "to meet the Lord... " write that down... 17:10 Shout... is A... Voice... B... 17:13 Trumpet... C... 17:14 Resurrection... D... 17:16 and E... Meet the Lord. 17:18 Now, why is this important? 17:19 Each one of those points is significant 17:21 but why is Point E very important? 17:24 Because the dead... we covered this in the prior lesson study 17:29 about what the Bible teaches about death 17:31 and the nature of man... 17:32 the dead... the dead who are in their graves 17:35 and are resurrected 17:36 are not going to meet the Lord before us... 17:39 we are going to be caught up, what's the next word? 17:42 "together... " 17:43 the living saints along with the resurrected saints 17:48 are going to be caught up together to meet the Lord 17:52 which means, they haven't met Him yet. 17:55 I haven't met Him... I have a personal relationship 18:00 but I have not seen Him face to face 18:02 neither has my mom who's in the grave, 18:04 neither has my dad who's in the grave, 18:07 neither have all my friends and people that I know 18:09 I've been to many funerals... they are resting in the grave 18:12 waiting for the Lord to come. 18:14 So, what earth-shattering event will take place 18:17 at the sound of the trumpet? "Shout... " 18:19 together... "Voice... " 18:21 third one... "Trumpet... " 18:22 fourth one... "Resurrection... " 18:24 fifth one... "Meet the Lord... " 18:26 anything but secret... 18:27 can you say, "Amen" to that? 18:29 Now, we're going quickly to Number 10... 18:31 to Number 10... 18:33 I'm moving at a pace tonight that I feel... 18:35 we'll maybe get accomplished getting to the charts. 18:38 Question number 10, here it is. 18:41 "To what event does Jesus compare His second coming?" 18:46 I'm so glad we are using the Bible 18:49 because I can give you my opinions 18:50 and it really wouldn't get very far 18:52 and that's the problem with our world today, 18:54 too many opinions... 18:56 people are finding their answers every place but the Bible 18:59 but Jesus compared His second coming 19:01 to a particular event. 19:03 Matthew chapter 24 verses 37 to 39. 19:12 Pause... 19:15 okay, let's go to that, here it is. 19:17 "But as the days of Noah were, 19:22 so also will the coming of the Son of Man... 19:25 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 19:29 For as in the days before the flood, 19:32 they were... " doing what? 19:34 "eating and drinking, 19:36 they were marrying" and what? 19:38 "giving in marriage until the day that Noah... " 19:42 entered what? "entered the ark 19:44 and did not know until the flood came... " and what? 19:47 "took them all away, 19:51 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. " 19:56 Very important... 19:57 Now, what I want you to get here 19:59 is, I highlighted in yellow 20:02 or whatever color you'd like that to be, 20:03 pumpkin... 20:05 "the flood came and took them all away. " 20:10 Now this is really important 20:12 because there's this ideology with the "Rapture" 20:15 that people are going to be "taken away. " 20:18 And others are going to be left behind. 20:22 The Bible doesn't say, "Left behind" 20:26 the Bible says, "left... " 20:27 Isn't it amazing how you can change the teaching 20:31 with one word "behind... " 20:33 "left behind" 20:35 the Bible says, "left" it doesn't say, "left behind. " 20:38 Now, let's find out what this "took them all away... " 20:40 let's answer the question, 20:42 "To what event does the Lord compare His second coming?" 20:44 To the days of Noah... the flood... 20:46 that's what He compares it to. 20:48 Now, all you got to do is... this is amazing... 20:51 the Lord said, "As it was then, 20:53 so it's going to be when I come back the second time. " 20:55 I mentioned this before, 20:57 but was there a second ark, yes or no? 21:00 there was no second ark, 21:01 when that boat rose on the grace of God's waters... 21:05 whoever wasn't on the inside 21:07 were being taken away by the flood. 21:09 Let's go to Question number 11, 21:11 we're moving at a good pace tonight. 21:13 Question number 11, 21:15 "How did the flood affect everyone on earth?" 21:21 And we're going for the answer to Matthew chapter 24... 21:24 we're already there... 21:26 verse 40 to verse 42, 21:29 Verses 40 to verse 42... 21:32 I think we're going to get to Question number 22 tonight, 21:35 I'm hoping we could get there, let's go to the... 21:38 go to the answer. 21:40 How did the flood affect everyone on earth? 21:42 Matthew 24 verse 40 to verse 42. 21:45 Here's the answer. 21:46 This is a very famous one also used in the "Rapture" theory, 21:49 the Bible says, "Two men will be in the field: 21:54 one will be... " what? 21:55 "taken... the other one... " what? 21:58 "Left... " okay... 21:59 "Two women will be grinding at the mill: 22:02 one will be... " what? 22:03 "taken and the other one... " what? "left. " 22:06 And verse 42 says, "Watch therefore, 22:10 for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. " 22:16 You don't know... 22:17 so, if you don't know, what should you be doing? 22:21 Okay... I just wanted to see if you listened... 22:24 you should be... what? Watching... 22:26 has anybody ever received a phone call that says, 22:29 "I'll be there in 30 minutes" 22:31 so, what do you... what do you do? 22:34 When you get close to that 30-minute period? 22:36 Like now-a-days... 22:38 my wife and I were in St. Louis and, I tell you, 22:41 we were trying to get something to eat, 22:42 we went to celebrate her birthday 22:45 and I don't know... 22:46 it seemed like everybody wanted to go to a restaurant 22:48 in the evening, 22:49 so, we went to a restaurant, what's the waiting time? 22:51 An hour and a half... 22:54 by then, I would have starved to death. 22:57 So, I went to another restaurant, 22:59 "What's the waiting time here?" 23:00 We just passed a three-hour waiting period 23:03 so, now we're down to two-and-a-half hours 23:05 Pause... 23:07 and I'm thinking, "Honey, we've got to get something, 23:10 we've got to get a cookie or something to hold us over. " 23:13 Thankfully, there was a bakery open. 23:15 Then I went to a third restaurant, they said, 23:17 "Well, just about an hour... " 23:19 I said, "Okay, great... " we liked this restaurant... 23:22 "How will you let me know?" 23:24 So, what do they give you now-a-days? 23:26 They give you this little device with lights on it... 23:28 a lot of people use it now, it's called a... what? 23:30 A Pager... 23:31 for those of you who are... have gone to the city... 23:34 it's a square device in most cases... or triangular 23:38 and it's a Pager and they said, 23:39 "Now, if you stay within the boulevard... it will go off... 23:43 you'll... you'll feel it vibrate 23:45 and you'll see the lights start to blink 23:46 but, we won't have a table for you until about an hour. " 23:51 So, we decided, "Let's go over to the Mall 23:54 and look at our watches carefully, 23:57 because if we come back over... because we're now out of range 24:00 it wouldn't work at the Mall, 24:02 it just works for Hill and 9th Street, back and forth... 24:05 so I said, "Honey, just look at our watches carefully 24:07 because they said, "An hour... " 24:09 so, I said, "Okay, what's the plan? 24:10 When we get to about 20... 25 minutes before the hour, 24:13 we just start making our way back 24:15 because we want to get within the place where the... the... 24:18 the... the Pager works... 24:19 we want to get back on the boulevard... 24:22 thankfully we got back on the boulevard and I thought... 24:24 I thought well, maybe if they move it up a little faster, 24:27 when we got there, walked in... 15 minutes remaining 24:31 I thought, "Ah good, maybe... 24:32 maybe they went faster than they thought they should have... " 24:35 now they said, "We have 15 minutes left. " 24:37 That means, they meant an hour... 24:39 they meant an hour... an hour... not 45 minutes... 24:43 and here's the point, 24:44 when I got closer to the time 24:47 that our table was going to be ready, 24:48 what do you think happens? 24:50 "Get ready Honey, they're going to call us any moment now, 24:52 get ready... it's going to be our time soon" 24:54 you see, all the events around the world 24:56 are like Pagers... 24:58 they're showing us by the signs around us 25:02 that... "be careful, don't be complacent, 25:05 each of these signs are an indication 25:07 that the Lord is soon to come... 25:10 don't stray too far away or you'll miss the Paging... " 25:14 and the Paging is the sound of the trumpet, 25:17 the voice of God, the resurrection... 25:19 that means all these events are like the Pager 25:22 letting us know that We're coming and the time is near. 25:25 But now let's look at the answer here 25:26 because we just did question number what? 25:28 11... let's write the answer in and go ahead... 25:31 "How did the flood affect everyone on earth?" 25:34 Did I just read that one? 25:37 I didn't give the end... 25:39 "How did the flood affect everyone on earth?" 25:43 The flood came and did what? Took them all away. 25:46 Okay, but now, Matthew... the other one is 25:49 let me go ahead and read it, 25:51 "How did the flood affect everyone?" 25:53 One was taken... one was left 25:55 one was taken... one was left. 25:57 That is the answer we get. 25:59 Now, let's go to Number 12, let's go to Number 12. 26:02 Very thought provoking, here it is, 26:05 "Does the Bible teach 26:08 that the 'taken ones' were taken to safety?" 26:12 Let's look at the Bible, 26:15 let's let the Bible speak. 26:17 We're not going to go to Luke chapter 17 and verse 27, 26:21 Luke chapter 17 26:23 and we're going to look together at verse 27 26:25 because Matthew, Mark, Luke, John... each of those books 26:30 contains passages that are sometimes 26:34 synonymous with each other 26:35 or one gives more detail than the other. 26:37 Luke registers this also, 26:39 I'm going to go to Luke now, 26:40 wait for me, I'm turning my Bible there, 26:43 Luke chapter what? 26:44 Luke chapter 17... 26:46 okay, here it is... 26:48 I'm there... I'm there... 26:51 okay, Luke chapter 17 verse 27. 26:55 Okay, here it is, 26:57 and now it's on the screen, 27:00 the Bible says, "They ate, they drank, 27:05 they married wives, they were given in marriage, 27:09 until the day that Noah entered the ark, 27:12 and the flood came... " and did what? 27:14 "Destroyed them all. " 27:17 So, when the Bible says, "the flood came 27:18 and took them all away" 27:20 another way of saying that according to Luke is, 27:22 the flood came and did, what? 27:24 Destroyed all of them. 27:25 Unfortunately, we've had a lot of Tsunamis 27:28 and floods in our country 27:30 and... you know the numbers rack up 27:32 when people are completely unaware... 27:34 they're not prepared for those Tsunamis that are raging 27:37 and... and traveling at 500 miles an hour 27:39 they are completely unaware and the flood came... 27:42 and... and destroyed so many lives 27:44 and we've had so many examples 27:46 but in the days of Noah, 27:48 the flood that took them all away 27:50 simply meaning... the flood destroyed them all. 27:53 Okay, write that down for Number 12. 27:55 Now, let's continue 27:56 emphasizing this now, Question number 13. 27:59 We have never moved this fast in a long time, have we? 28:01 we're making some headway tonight 28:03 and if you miss it, just... 28:05 I think later on this evening or maybe tomorrow, 28:08 it will show again... 28:09 but we'll tell you how to get a copy of this. 28:11 Number 13, here it is, "How does Luke further emphasize 28:16 that being 'taken' means destruction?" 28:19 Notice what Luke says, 28:21 now we're going to Luke chapter 17 28:23 same chapter... verse 36 and verse 37... 28:29 Luke chapter 17, verse 36 and verse 37 28:35 in the Lesson, I didn't put the chapter but the verses are there 28:38 Luke chapter 17 verse 36 and verse 37. 28:43 Okay, here it is, all right, 28:46 once again, just what Matthew said, 28:48 "Two men will be in the field... " 28:50 read that with me, 28:51 "one will be... " what? 28:53 "Taken and the other left. 28:55 And they answered and said to Him... " 28:57 that is... the disciples answered... 29:00 the question is, "Where Lord? 29:02 So He said to them, 'Wherever the body is, 29:07 there the eagles will be gathered together. '" 29:11 Now, if you live in the country 29:13 or if you live out here in Southern Illinois, 29:16 I don't want to ask for a show of hands, 29:18 we've all seen the buzzards... 29:21 the birds of prey... 29:23 the hawks... 29:24 for that matter... as they just said on the News 29:27 down in Crab Orchard, 29:28 they've been seeing more eagles now. 29:30 The population has been rising. 29:32 Wherever there's a dead carcass, birds of prey will be gathered. 29:36 So, when the answer was given, 29:39 "Two men will be in the field, one will be taken 29:41 and the other left... " 29:42 and in the answer it says, 29:44 "Where Lord, where is he going to be taken?" 29:45 And He says, "Wherever the body is, 29:47 there the eagles will be gathered together. " 29:50 And when you go to Revelation chapter 19, 29:53 the Lord actually calls... 29:55 let's go there very quickly... 29:56 the Lord actually calls the birds of the air together. 30:00 Look at Revelation chapter 19, He actually calls them 30:04 for this great supper... 30:06 wow! what a supper! 30:09 pause... 30:13 Revelation chapter 19, okay, here we are... 30:17 and... oh, I turned too fast, 30:21 pause... 30:23 okay, Revelation chapter 19 and... yeah... 30:28 Revelation chapter 19 and verse 17. 30:30 Pause... 30:32 okay, and the Bible says in verse 17, 30:36 "Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; 30:39 and he cried... " with what kind of a voice? 30:42 "a loud voice, 30:43 saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, 30:49 'come and gather together for the supper of the great God'" 30:54 verse 18... "that you may eat the flesh of kings, 30:58 the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, 31:01 the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, 31:04 and the flesh of all... " how many people? 31:07 "all people, free and slave, both small and great. " 31:11 In other words, nobody is going to get away from this, 31:15 if they're not ready, they're going to be destroyed 31:17 by the brightness of the Lord's coming 31:19 and then wherever they fall on the ground... 31:21 pause... 31:24 it's a... it's a... it's a terrible sight 31:26 to even contemplate. 31:27 That's why it's important that we get ready 31:29 for the coming of the Lord, amen. 31:31 Amen... 31:33 Audience: Amen. 31:34 We should be ready for the coming of the Lord. 31:37 Nothing is greater than being ready 31:39 for the coming of the Lord. 31:40 You see, these passages... you could clearly see... 31:43 these passages will not negatively affect those 31:46 who are not looking for the "Secret Rapture. " 31:49 But people that believe in the "Secret Rapture" 31:52 they say, "Well, you know, if we miss the first time around 31:55 then we have another chance. " 31:57 That's a Satanic teaching 31:59 because he wants you not to be ready. 32:02 He wants you to live as the Bible says, 32:04 "The Lord is going to appoint the servants that are not ready 32:07 their portion with the hypocrites... 32:09 because they did something, 32:11 they said, "The Lord delays His coming. " 32:13 then He came when they were not ready... 32:15 He said, "Okay, you're not ready, that's it... " 32:18 but now let's go to Question number 14, 32:20 so the answer to Number 13, 32:22 "How does Luke further emphasize 32:24 that being taken means destruction?" 32:26 Because He said, "Wherever you find the eagles, 32:28 they're going to be gathered there. 32:30 Wherever the eagles are gathered, 32:32 that's where you're going to find their bodies. 32:34 All right, you can put that in any form 32:36 that you would appreciate remembering. 32:38 All right, now, Question number 14, 32:41 Question number 14... 32:42 we've got 24 minutes 32:44 and we are moving faster than a speeding bullet 32:48 but we're making it clear. 32:50 All right, Number 14, "How did the apostle Paul 32:55 show that being 'left' means remaining alive?" 33:00 Let's go now to 1st Thessalonians 33:03 chapter 4 and verse 15. 33:06 First Thessalonians chapter 4 and verse 15. 33:11 "Left... " okay here it is. 33:13 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 and verse 15. 33:18 And the Bible says, "For this we say to you 33:23 by the... " what? 33:25 "word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain 33:31 until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede 33:37 those who are asleep. " 33:38 "That we who are alive and... " what's the next word? 33:42 "remain" when you look up that... 33:43 when you look up that word "remain" 33:45 one of the... one of the other words 33:47 that are associated with that word "remain" 33:49 is the word, "left" 33:50 "we who are alive and remain" what? 33:54 remain alive... 33:56 "we who are alive and are... " what? 33:57 "left alive" 33:59 because not many are going to survive the coming of the Lord. 34:02 We pointed out that the coming of the Lord... 34:04 He's going to come and He shall not keep silent... 34:07 He's going to be as bright as the noon-day sun, 34:10 and much brighter... and many are going to be destroyed 34:12 by the brightness of the coming of the Lord. 34:14 We also mentioned that 34:15 they're going to be running to the rocks and the mountains, 34:17 Revelation chapter 6 verse 15 to 17, 34:19 they're going to be running saying, 34:22 "Hide us from the face of Him that sits on the throne 34:25 and from the wrath of the Lamb 34:27 for the great day of His wrath has come 34:29 and who shall be able to stand?" 34:31 But, as it was in Noah's day, 34:33 there were those who didn't want to hear the message 34:35 and today, the sad news is, 34:38 many people would rather hear a message 34:40 that causes them to be at ease than to be urgently ready. 34:46 Get ready, the Lord is coming 34:48 what does that mean? 34:49 Well, you've got to get your life together. 34:51 You've got to give your heart to the Lord 34:53 and... and... and now-a-days, if you look at television, 34:57 "How to have a portfolio" 34:59 "How to overcome your attitude" 35:01 nothing wrong with that 35:02 but you don't hear on television 35:05 it's like the TV preachers have all become Psychogists. 35:08 Pause... 35:10 They don't want to preach 35:12 sermons that have words like, "repent" 35:15 I don't want to give names but I tell you 35:17 I've thumbed through the channels 35:19 and I hear stuff like, 35:20 "If you don't like him, kick him out of your house. " 35:21 "If you wake up in the morning... 35:23 don't find your vision... create it. " 35:26 "It's your time, this is your hour, 35:27 you're going to thrive and succeed" 35:29 and I'm thinking, "Whatever happened 35:31 to the preaching of the coming of the Lord?" 35:33 Pause... 35:35 It's like we want to get everybody wealthy and rich 35:38 and you see all these massive coliseums and arenas 35:41 and the mega-giga churches and hey, it's exciting... 35:44 it is energized, 35:46 if you go there you get swept away by the tide of, 35:49 "Hey, let's just... " 35:52 but it is hard to hear sermons about sin anymore... 35:56 about righteousness anymore... 35:57 about getting ready... 35:59 about putting away the way you used to live 36:01 and get ready for the coming of the Lord 36:03 and to facilitate this complacency, 36:07 is the "Secret Rapture. " 36:08 "If you miss the first boat... 36:10 you got seven years... don't worry about it. " 36:12 That's a Satanic lie. 36:14 Wow! 36:16 so the answer to this, Number 15... Number 14 is, 36:19 "How does Paul the apostle show that being left means 36:21 remaining alive?" 36:22 The word there... 36:24 I actually gave you the answer in the question, 36:26 "remain" 36:27 "We who are alive and remain... " 36:30 if you remain, you are still alive. 36:33 If you remain, you are still alive. 36:36 You're not left behind. 36:39 If you remain you are still alive. 36:42 "We who are alive and remain. " 36:44 And I like... it says, 36:46 "will by no means precede those who are asleep. " 36:49 In other words, "until they come forth from the grave, 36:51 we're not going anywhere, we're all going together. " 36:53 Amen. 36:55 Okay, let's go to Number 15. 36:57 I'm trying to get there, keep praying for me. 36:59 Number 15, okay, 37:00 okay, now we're going to go on to the nitty gritty 37:04 to find out where this idea came from 37:06 and by-the-way, in preparation for that 37:08 if you've just tuned in, 37:10 let me just give you a quick website 37:12 because if you don't have this chart in your hand, 37:14 you might miss what we're going to talk about. 37:16 Go to this website, ASF.3abn. org 37:20 and download Lesson number 022 37:25 that's, "The Truth about the Secret Rapture" 37:28 and also, there's going to be a chart called: The 2,300 Days. 37:34 Download that chart so you could follow along with us. 37:37 Does everybody have their chart? 37:39 It should look kind of like this. 37:41 It's... it's legal size... 37:44 that was... that always made me go, 37:46 You know, "Does that mean this illegal size?" 37:48 No, not really, it's just these terms and terminologies 37:52 that the opposite is not necessarily the case, 37:54 but now we're going to see something that's very important. 37:57 You see, in order for this theory to exist, 38:01 a certain prophecy in the Bible was used 38:06 to build this theory from. 38:09 Now we're going to be exposed to that. 38:12 Here's the question, Number 15, 38:13 "What fulfilled Bible prophecy proves the inaccuracy 38:20 of the "Secret Rapture?" 38:22 Let's go to Daniel chapter 9, 38:24 Daniel chapter 9, okay, 38:28 many of you are already there 38:30 because I don't hear pages turning, 38:32 you guys are already there. 38:34 All right, Daniel chapter 9, 38:36 we're going to look at this prophecy 38:37 and by-the-way, Daniel chapter 9 38:38 this faithful prophet Daniel was in the courts of Babylon 38:42 as the Lord gave him this prophecy 38:46 and we'll see what timeframe it is referring to. 38:49 All right, here is the answer on the screen, 38:52 the Bible says, 38:53 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people 38:58 and for your... " what? 39:00 "holy city, to finish the transgression, 39:04 to make an end of sins, 39:06 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 39:09 to bring in everlasting righteousness, 39:13 to seal up vision and prophecy, 39:16 and to anoint the... " together, 39:19 "Most Holy. " 39:21 These were given to the people of Daniel 39:25 and Daniel's people are... what people? 39:29 The Jews... 39:32 they were in captivity in Babylon. 39:35 But Daniel's praying, and... and the Lord... 39:38 and by-the-way in Daniel chapter 8, 39:40 there was a larger timeframe given... 39:42 a 2,300-Day Prophecy 39:46 which in fact, in prophecy, a day equals... what? 39:49 A year... 39:50 so this 2,300 span... 39:52 and I'll come up with the chart in just a moment, 39:54 if you've downloaded that, 39:56 you should have the copy of this in your possession, 39:58 to see the larger arc and then below that, 40:01 the smaller arch of the 70 weeks. 40:04 Let me ask you a question very quickly, 40:07 just for those of you who are mathematicians, 40:09 How many days are in a week? 40:11 Everybody tell me. 40:13 Audience: Seven days. 40:14 Okay, so seven times seven is what? 40:16 Audience: 49. Pastor: Forty nine... 40:19 just add a zero... 40:22 7 times 70... is 49... 40:24 7 times 70 is 490... all right, 40:28 so, if 70 weeks are determined... 40:31 when the Bible says, "determined" 40:34 what that word there in the Hebrew is... 40:36 the word "determined" means, "cut off" 40:38 so, here is the point, 40:40 I have 2,300 dollars... 40:43 and I said, "Okay, 490 of this is determined for this project " 40:49 so, therefore, you have 1,810 more for another project. 40:55 So, with that 490... is for Daniel and his people... 41:01 this is what God wants them to do 41:03 within that particular timeframe of 490 years. 41:08 Let's go to Question number 16, 41:10 so the answer to Number 15, 41:11 "What fulfilled Bible Prophecy 41:13 proves the inaccuracy of the Secret Rapture?" 41:15 Write this down, "The 70 weeks... " 41:18 or 490 years... 41:20 write that down... 70 weeks or 490 years. 41:23 now, we're going to move right along. 41:26 We're going to move right along at a good pace 41:29 and I thank you all for being attentive students tonight, 41:33 we are all locked in... 41:34 if you were here, this would be like a laser show, 41:36 their minds are locked in... 41:38 I can feel every eye 41:40 and almost see every ear tilted forward 41:42 and I hope you're listening with such intensity also. 41:45 So, Question number... what? 41:48 16... Question number 16... 41:51 here it is... 41:52 "With what event was the 70-Week prophecy to begin?" 41:58 With what event was the 70-Week prophecy to begin? 42:03 Let's look at Daniel 9 and verse 25. 42:07 Daniel 9 and verse 25. 42:09 Now, before we go there, what I want to point out is, 42:12 whenever God gives a timeframe particularly in this prophecy, 42:16 when you have time prophecies, 42:18 time prophecies are spoken of as time prophecies 42:20 because they have a beginning... and they have an ending, 42:23 they are all about "time. " 42:25 As a matter of fact, if you look at the life of Christ, 42:27 frequently, He talked about time, 42:30 "Mine hour has not yet come. " 42:32 When He came, the Bible says in Galatians 4:4, 42:36 "When the fullness of 'time' had come... " 42:39 God is a God of time. 42:40 Everything about the Bible, when it comes to time prophecies 42:45 God gives you a definitive timeline. 42:47 Now, here's where I'm headed with this, 42:49 this prophecy, properly understood, 42:52 shows you that there is no room 42:54 for a one-week period at the very end. 42:57 There's no room for a "seven-year tribulation. " 43:00 When you follow the prophecy clearly, 43:03 you'll see that all aspects of the 490 years were fulfilled, 43:08 but, now we have to go to the beginning. 43:11 When they say, "Begin" where do you begin? 43:13 At the beginning. 43:15 Daniel 9 verse 25, here's what the Bible says, 43:18 and it says, "Know therefore and understand, 43:21 that from the going forth of the command to do... " what Church? 43:26 say it together, "restore and... " what? 43:29 "build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, 43:33 there shall be... " what? 43:34 "seven weeks and... " what else? 43:37 "sixty-two weeks; 43:39 the streets shall be built again, 43:41 and the wall, even in troublesome times. " 43:45 So will the walls be built? Yes or no? 43:48 Yes... 43:49 What kind of time would it be built in? 43:51 Troublesome times. 43:53 Now, let's go ahead and bring out a couple of points, 43:56 I want to walk you through the chart here, 43:58 and let me give you the answer to Number 25, 44:01 "With what event will the 70-week Prophecy begin?" 44:05 "The command to restore and to build Jerusalem... " 44:10 The command to restore and build Jerusalem. 44:15 Now we're going to go to he chart here 44:16 and you'll see it on the screen and by-the-way, 44:19 on your Number 17, there is no... 44:22 there is no question there, it's just a chart. 44:24 Let's focus on this chart together 44:26 and it will appear on the screen 44:28 I'm going to talk about it for just a bit, 44:29 bring that chart up for me. 44:31 Let's look at this chart very carefully here. 44:32 From the very beginning of the chart, you find... what date? 44:36 457... what else... B.C. 44:39 then, if you're following all the way through, 44:42 you have Points A, B, C, D and E. 44:46 If you have this paper that you've downloaded, 44:48 you have Points A, B, C, D and E. 44:52 Now, hold it there still, 44:54 if you see very carefully, the very first point, 44:56 points us to the decree of Artaxerxes. 45:00 The Decree of Artaxerxes, 45:03 now take the chart away very quickly 45:04 so that I can focus on the screen, 45:05 let me... let me break down very carefully, 45:08 this is why I want to get to this, 45:09 we may spend another week on this 45:10 just so that it could sink in 45:12 because people that have been taught the "Secret Rapture" 45:14 have not been exposed to this at all 45:16 because exposure to this will destroy that, okay. 45:22 There were a number of decrees given, 45:25 one was given by Cyrus, 45:27 one was given by Darius, 45:30 but the deciding one was given by Artaxerxes 45:34 and we will see that prophecy as we go to the book of Ezra. 45:39 Let's go to Ezra... Question number 18 45:41 and let me just ask as we go to Ezra 45:43 the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem 45:45 and by-the-way, there are no more questions here 45:47 but just points 45:48 so, let's go to Point Number 18. 45:50 Points allow me to get to the point very quickly. 45:54 The Decree to Restore and Rebuild Jerusalem... 45:57 or Restore and build Jerusalem. 45:59 By-the-way, the Jews were in Babylon 46:02 and Jerusalem had been destroyed 46:05 so Daniel said, "How do I know when the time is going to come 46:09 for the rebuilding process to begin. 46:12 Ezra chapter 7 and verse 13 46:16 here it is and this decree... 46:19 and by-the-way, in your lesson you have an extended passage... 46:23 I've given you a number of verses, 46:25 if you take the time to read for yourself 46:26 but here's what the Bible says 46:27 and this is the Decree from Artaxerxes. 46:29 He says, let's read this together... 46:31 "I make a decree, that all they of the people of... " what? 46:39 "Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, 46:45 which are minded of their own freewill 46:47 to go up to Jerusalem, to go with thee. " 46:50 Now, what does that actually mean? 46:52 When the decree was given 46:55 for the building of the wall of Jerusalem, 46:57 there were two other decrees 46:59 and you have to follow this very carefully. 47:00 Darius and Cyrus... 47:02 one gave the decree to build the temple, 47:04 one gave the decree to rebuild the walls 47:07 but that did not cause the decree to be given 47:11 to restore and build Jerusalem 47:13 and let me give you a couple of examples here, 47:14 in our small town, Thompsonville, West Frankfort, 47:18 we're in Thompsonville right now 47:20 but when we go to 3ABN's main building, 47:22 we are in West Frankfort. 47:23 If something happens, Lord forbid, 47:26 and the town gets wiped out, 47:28 you don't restore the town by just putting up street lights 47:32 and you don't restore the town by just putting up stores, 47:36 you restore the town by putting up everything that it needs 47:40 including a system of government. 47:43 One, Darius and Cyrus... 47:47 they gave the decree to build the wall and the temple 47:50 but only Artaxerxes gave the complete decree 47:53 to restore everything that Jerusalem needed... 47:57 its government... 47:59 its... its... its worship services... 48:01 everything that Jerusalem needed 48:03 to be a complete functioning, autonomous city... 48:06 was given by Artaxerxes. 48:08 Now, let's go back to the chart very carefully here, 48:10 I want to bring that up, if you go back one slide, 48:13 I want the people to see this, 48:14 let's go back a slide here to that chart... 48:16 and put it back on the screen 48:18 and I want you to notice the date on that chart, 48:21 the date given... they're trying to find... 48:23 there it is, the date for the beginning of 48:25 that rebuilding process is what year? 48:29 Let's all say this together, 48:30 457 B.C. 48:34 look at that very carefully, 48:35 now, I want to walk through this... 48:37 leave the chart there 48:38 now, when the timeframe was given in the Bible, it says, 48:40 7 weeks and 62 weeks... 48:42 why seven? 48:44 Because from 457 B.C., if you go forward... 48:47 in B.C. as you go forward, you're losing years, 48:52 A.D. you go forward, you're gaining years, 48:54 from 457... the next year that you see is what year? 48:58 Say it together, 408 B.C. 49:01 that's simply a... a... a subtraction of 49 years. 49:06 49 years after the decree was given by Artaxerxes, 49:11 now you can come back to me, 49:13 49 years after the decree was given by Artaxerxes, 49:17 the building process was completed in the year 408 B.C. 49:24 now, if you're looking at your chart, 49:26 from 408... let's look at that chart one more time, 49:29 and I'm giving them some exercise in the Production Truck 49:32 I appreciate it very much. 49:34 Let's bring that chart up one more time 49:35 and notice this, 49:37 all right, from 408... 49:40 now 62 weeks later takes us from Point B to Point C. 49:46 and 62 times 7 is 434... 49:51 Mathematicians, am I telling the truth, yes or no? 49:55 Okay, so now, from 408 B.C. if I go 434 years later, 50:00 it takes me to the fall of A.D. 27. 50:03 Let's find out what was supposed to happen 50:05 in that particular year. 50:06 Let's look at Point number... let's look at Point number 19. 50:10 all right, Point number 19... I want to bring this up again, 50:15 just so we can make it very clear, 50:16 Point number 19, let's look at this very quickly, 50:19 we went to 18 a moment ago, 50:21 we have to see the... 50:22 we have to see the continued rebuilding of Jerusalem 50:26 and the decree given... Ezra chapter 6 and verse 14. 50:30 Ezra chapter 6 and verse 14. 50:33 All right, let's look at this... 50:35 and the Bible says, 50:38 "And the elders of the Jews... " did what? 50:42 "builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of... " 50:47 who? 50:49 "Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. 50:52 And they built... " and they did what? 50:54 "finished it, according to the commandment of God... 51:00 of the God of Israel, 51:01 and according to the commandment of... " 51:04 together... "Cyrus, Darius" and who else? 51:07 "Artaxerxes king of Persia. " 51:10 Now, come back to me, 51:11 the "Rapture" 51:14 those who developed the "Rapture" theory 51:15 and you'll see this in more great detail 51:17 when I go and walk through the development of it, not tonight, 51:20 but those who try to find a foundation on which to build 51:25 a seven-year gap... 51:27 shows Darius or Cyrus... and here is the point, 51:32 bring that chart up back for me one more time, 51:35 I really appreciate them, we've got to give them a raise. 51:37 Audience: Amen. 51:38 Don't say "Amen" too fast... 51:40 but let's look at this chart very quickly, 51:42 I'm going to go back to my screen too... where I am, 51:46 if you look at... if you look at Point C, D and E, 51:51 let me ask you and you can just... 51:53 simply say, "Yes" or "No" 51:55 27 plus 7 equals what? Tell me. 51:57 34... 52:00 so between Point C and Point E, is 7 years. 52:04 Let's... let's find out what's going to happen there. 52:08 Point C, D and E... 52:10 the city is rebuilt... Jerusalem is rebuilt... 52:14 for A... B... C... 52:15 then it has to catapult forward to 27 A.D. 52:19 then from 27 A.D. to 34 A.D. is a seven-year period 52:23 broken down into two 3-1/2-year timeframes. 52:28 Okay, now do you see the chart? 52:30 Let's go to Point number 20 52:32 and find out what was supposed to happen... 52:36 remember, when you read Daniel it says, 52:39 "After the 62 weeks, Messiah was supposed to come. " 52:43 Now, many people don't understand 52:45 what the word "Messiah" means 52:47 but if I ask those of you who study your Bible, 52:50 what does the word "Messiah" mean? 52:53 Somebody tell me, "The Anointed One" 52:55 say that together with me, "The... 52:58 The Anointed One" 53:01 so the Messiah... if this timeframe is correct, 53:06 Jesus was going to be anointed after... 53:11 432 years after the finishing of the rebuilding of Jerusalem 53:16 it will take us right to the Messiah... the Prince. 53:19 Now, let's go to Acts chapter 10 53:22 and verse 38 with this question, 53:25 Point Number 20, here it is, 53:27 "The Messiah anointed by baptism... " 53:30 let's go to Acts chapter 10 and verse 38. 53:34 It is amazing, we might get it, we might get it... 53:36 but if not... I'll come back and break it down 53:39 all right, 53:40 here it is, 53:42 Acts chapter 10 verse 38, notice what the Bible says, 53:45 "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 53:51 with the Holy Ghost and with... " what else Church? 53:54 "power; who went about doing good, 53:57 and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; 54:01 for God was with Him. " 54:04 The word "anointed" or the word "Messiah" 54:07 means the anointed One. 54:09 Was Jesus baptized, tell me... yes or no? 54:12 Yes, He was... and He was baptized right on time 54:15 and by-the-way... 54:16 and the reason why we've given you this chart, 54:18 what you'll see carefully... 54:20 which I'm not going to take a ton of time to mention tonight, 54:22 I may not... I may not finish tonight but that's all right, 54:24 Jesus was Messiah... 54:28 Jesus was anointed in the 15th year... this is Math... 54:33 this is what? Math. 54:34 Jesus was anointed 15 years after the reign... 54:40 in the 15th year of the reign of a king called Tiberius Caesar 54:47 Tiberius Caesar... 54:50 now, here's some more Math... 54:51 he began reigning in the year A.D. 12, 54:55 now, are you ready for some Math? 54:57 Who can add up 12 plus 15? Raise your hand. 55:01 Somebody... let's all... 55:03 tell me, what does that add up to? 55:05 What does it add up to? 27... 55:06 12 and 15 is 27... 55:10 Jesus was baptized in the 15th year 55:14 of the reign of Tiberius Caesar 55:16 which means, He was baptized in the year 27 A.D. 55:20 Let me just ask you the question, 55:21 are you thankful for the accuracy of prophecy, yes or no? 55:25 Audience: Yes. 55:26 Can you say, "Amen" then? Audience: Amen. 55:28 This is a thinking man's one tonight, 55:30 let's go to the next point, 55:31 I want to get this very carefully, 55:33 okay, and I may not get it all but let's go to Point number 21 55:36 and even if I have to spend a little bit more time 55:39 on Number 22 next week, I think it might be worth it. 55:41 Point number 21... 55:43 "The Messiah cut off in the midst of the week. " 55:47 According to Daniel 9 verse 26, 55:49 I'm moving very carefully here, 55:51 are you ready, here it is, Daniel 9:26, 55:54 "After threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off 55:59 but not for Himself. " 56:01 And that's the King James Version. 56:03 There's a reason why I use that... 56:05 "After threescore and two weeks... " 56:07 and we're going to come back to this 56:08 and break this down even more 56:10 because what you're going to discover... 56:11 and this is something very important... 56:13 let me ask you the question... 56:14 I want your response with a hearty "Amen. " 56:16 Was Jesus crucified? 56:18 Audience: Yes. 56:19 Did He die for us or for Himself? 56:22 Audience: For us. 56:24 So, when the Bible says, 56:25 "He shall be cut off but not for Himself... " 56:28 you'll discover as we continue this topic next week... 56:31 you'll discover the reason why Jesus was cut off 56:34 in the midst of the week... 56:37 in the midst of a seven-year period, 56:40 in the middle is 3-1/2 years right down the center, 56:44 He was cut off in the middle of it, 56:46 which means... it leaves only 3-1/2... 56:48 we'll find out next week what happened. 56:51 We know for a fact that Jesus was crucified... 56:54 we know that He died... 56:56 we'll find out for whom He died, 56:58 and when He died 56:59 and how He died... 57:00 and Friends, keep studying 57:02 because if it doesn't make sense, 57:03 sooner or later, it will come into a sharper focus. 57:06 God bless you. |
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