Hello, and welcome to
"Behold the Lamb Presents."
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It's a program that
is dedicated to preparing
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a people to be ready for our
Lord and Savior's soon return.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host,
and as always it's a blessing
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to be with you today.
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Today's message is the first
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of a two part
series that we've entitled,
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"Is it Time for
the Jews to Return?"
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You know, many people
throughout Christendom,
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as well as various other faiths,
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they have their
eyes and their ears
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focused intently
on the Jewish people
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and their
possible return to Israel.
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Do Biblical time
prophecies point to this event,
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and if so, why?
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What is about to happen and
how will it affect the Jews?
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Perhaps more importantly,
how may it affect us?
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What should we be doing at this
time in our world's history?
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There are so many
concerns and questions
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that need to be
addressed and answered.
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So stay tuned as
Pastor Kenny Shelton
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shares with us what
God has shared with him.
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But first, we're
blessed to listen to
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"How Long Has it
Been" as sung and played by
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Lyndon Carriger from
the 3ABN's Worship Center.
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How long has it been
since you talked with the Lord
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And told him your
heart's hidden secrets
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How long since you
prayed how long since you stayed
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On your knees till
the light shone through
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How long has it been
since your mind felt at ease
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How long since your
heart knew no burden
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Can you call him your
friend how long has it been
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since you knew
that he cares for you
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How long has it been
since you knelt by your bed
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and prayed to
the Lord up in heaven
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How long since you
knew that he'd answer you
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And he would keep you
the long night through
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Tell me how long has it been
since you woke with the dawn
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and felt like the
day is worth of living
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Can you call him your friend,
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how long has it been
since you knew that he cares.
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Since you knew that Jesus cares
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Oh, since you
knew that He cares.
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Oh, since you knew
for that Jesus cares
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Oh, yes He does, since you knew
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Oh, since you
knew, since you knew, oh
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Since you knew that
Jesus cares for you, for you.
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Thank you, for joining
us today at Behold the Lamb.
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And we're so very
grateful and thankful for that,
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that music, I know
it blessed your heart.
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Today, we're
going to be studying
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a subject that needs to be
examined a whole lot closer
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than maybe you have
examined it in the past.
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We're going to be looking about
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and because there's so
much stir in the world today,
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is it time for
the Jews to return?
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What, return what?
Back to their homeland.
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This is supposed to be a
sign of the coming of Jesus,
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and you know what, the
whole world is watching
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the Jews and many people
are selling their property,
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the Jews, and they're
heading back to Palestine, why?
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Well, the Protestant world says,
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man, we need to
keep our eye on this
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because it tells
of a coming Savior.
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If this be true, we need
to really study some facts,
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but before we do,
what do we always do?
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We pray and ask for the
power of the Holy Spirit,
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because I tell you, we need
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the power of the Holy Spirit.
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You need it in your
life, I need it in mine,
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and we're gonna
pray that the Holy Spirit
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takes control of
my mind and heart
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and the same with you today.
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So would you, where you can,
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how about kneeling
with me, if you can't,
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send up a prayer
that the Holy Spirit
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will consume us today
by His power and strength
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that we may learn a lesson
that will help us for eternity.
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Merciful Father in Heaven,
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we thank You
for loving us today.
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Help us to
realize that You're God,
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that You have an
everlasting love for us.
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As we come before thee
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we pray for the
power of Thy Holy Spirit.
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We pray that You'll
unlock our brain today
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that we may somehow comprehend
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these beautiful
words that You have for us.
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We realize that spiritual things
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are spiritually
discerned so we pray earnestly
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for the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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To give us the words of truth
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that will sanctify
us, prepare us for heaven.
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Lord, open the ears of
each one of your children today,
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those who are
desiring to know what truth is,
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answer that prayer I pray,
in the name of Jesus today,
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illuminate this beautiful
truth, clearness of mind.
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And may we hear
from the Throne room
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of God today is my prayer.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Again, the subject to me is,
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it's a fascinating one
and it's one that needs
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to be addressed and you say,
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yeah, but it's always
been addressed before,
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it's exactly
right, you know what,
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you'd probably sang,
you know, a beautiful song,
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"What a Friend We Have in Jesus"
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and probably in
your Christian experience
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you'd probably sang that
song probably two or three
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four, five hundred
times not exaggerating.
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And so it's gonna
be the old, old story
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but we pray the Holy Spirit
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will illuminate
these truths in such a way
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that we need to know
whether it's truth or not.
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Do I need, must I being watched
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what the Jews are
doing right now in returning?
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And if so, I need
to heed the promises
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that You have made
to Israel as a nation.
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Is this what God is
saying in Old Testament
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and in the New Testament.
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Oh, I was just
excited as I studied on this
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because, listen,
you say well again,
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why take time to do it?
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The subject that
we're going to address
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in this two part series,
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because it deals with
the second coming of Jesus.
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There is a biblical truth
about the second coming of Jesus
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and in the subject it deals
with the second coming of Jesus.
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Some will say it deals
with the Secret Rapture,
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others will say it deals
with the Rapture of the Church.
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Some are saying there is
a two part coming of Jesus,
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it deals with a,
the 70 Weeks Prophecy
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of Daniel 8 and 9 which
we say what, 2,300 day years.
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Now remember, I am touching on
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a lot of truth,
a lot of subjects
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that we need to
understand what truth is,
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on this one that
we're dealing with.
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Also it deals with seven years,
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seven year time period,
as we say the 2,300 days
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and how some people
look at the seven years
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and what's going to takes
place during those seven years.
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It also covers the
subject of the millennium,
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a thousand years.
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Some people believe
that the thousand years
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is going to be a
thousand years of peace.
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And so do we not, do
we need to understand
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the truth on the millennium,
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do we need to
understand the truth of--
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if there is a Secret
Rapture or the second coming?
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Yes, we do, 2,300
year prophecy, yes.
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Also in the study, it
deals with the Antichrist
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and I'm telling you,
with all of these studies
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right here that many people --
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the Protestant movement
have a lot of different thoughts
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but there must be a
truth to this because,
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you know, who is the Antichrist?
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And how do we deal
with the Antichrist,
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and then it deals
with the destruction
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even of the wicked.
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So we need to know what
happens with the wicked.
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We need to know
about the Antichrist,
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we need to know
about the thousand years
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when it takes place.
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We need to know if
there is a Secret Rapture.
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If there is a second coming.
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That seven year
period and again,
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repeating, all
of these are truths.
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They can be
truths in God's word,
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but we need to know
what has the devil done?
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Has he somehow
changed some of these
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beautiful truths in
God's word into a lie?
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These are things
that we must examine.
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Now we won't cover
them on these two parts
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but boy, how it's
quick in my heart to say,
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as we set up, as
we set this study up,
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that there'll be a
need to come back and say,
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you know,
considering what we've discussed
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as we look at
Israel, who is Israel?
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Do we need to go back?
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And if not, then
you need to say well,
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what is the truth of this issue?
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Who's Abraham's seed?
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Who's heirs
according to the promise?
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Is it just the Jew,
is it a nationality,
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is it a race, is it a
certain group of people
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or is it the whole world?
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See these are truths, friend,
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that we need to understand.
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There's truth here.
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We're gonna have to understand
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what it's all about.
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You have your Bible,
why don't you turn with me,
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and again, this is setting
the premise of our study.
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But we're gonna
have to come back
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and really dissect
some of these things
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because as end results
as we study I'm gonna say,
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you know, what, but
here is what God says.
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Here's what God
says on this subject,
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so we'll have to take
each one of those individually
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and spend some time on it.
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First John, if
you have your Bible
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and you're jotting down,
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First John, Chapter 5 verse 4.
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Listen to these powerful words.
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First John what, good.
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First John Chapter 5 verse 4.
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Here's what the Bible said.
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"For whosoever is," notice
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"whosoever is born of
God overcometh the world,
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and this is the victory
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that overcometh the
world, even our faith."
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Let's read verse 5,
this is fascinating.
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"Who is he that
overcometh the world,"
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do you wanna know
who overcomes the world?
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The one it says,
"He that believeth
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that Jesus is the Son of God."
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Is it time for the Jews
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to return to
Israel or to Palestine?
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The Bible says here, for who --
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what or
whatsoever is born of God,
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whoever, whatever is born of God
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overcometh the world.
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So first of all we must be what,
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good, born of God or born-again.
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This is a victory,
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but the victory
is established upon
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as the Bible says
there, even our faith,
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so we must have
faith, we must be born-again,
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we must believe in Jesus Christ.
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Verse 5 said that,
"He that overcometh
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the world and believeth
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that Jesus is the Son of God."
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So our eyes need to
be fixed upon people,
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individual, a
group who had been what?
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You got to be be born-again
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if you're gonna
enter the Kingdom of God.
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You're going to have to
accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.
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You're gonna have to have a--
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there's gonna be
a people of faith,
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without faith it is
impossible to please Him.
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So with that little
premise and that foundation
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that we will build upon,
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keep in mind of the
beliefs and teachings
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of some other
people in the world,
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let's just leave it
at that for the moment.
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Let's keep these
things in mind becausebecause
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there are some
things in scripture that I,
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I tell you-- if you just read it
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you'll say, oh, that is it.
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But, you know,
you surface readers,
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bless your heart,
shame, shame on you.
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You can't--we don't
study the word of God
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by just reading
up a line or two,
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we've got to do study the Bible.
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Line upon line, right precept
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upon precept, here a little
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and there a little
to find out the truth.
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You'll see this
as we study because
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over and over
as I study my Bible
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and scripture there's promises
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that are made to Israel.
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See I need to know about Israel.
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Now again,
people don't listen --
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I'm gonna repeat this
two or three times as we go.
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But the majority of
the Protestant world
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does not agree
with the teachings
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of the Jewish
people, they just don't.
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But how is it then,
they're so interested
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in about what's taking place
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and why they're going
back to their homeland.
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It deals with what, good,
the second coming of Jesus,
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and I tell you that dirty devil,
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if he can confuse the minds
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about the Second Coming of Jesus
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and all that, you
know, that surrounds it.
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Oh, he is going to be
happy, but let me tell you
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the Bible exposes
him and by God's grace
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we're going to expose him.
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But in scripture, over and over,
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the promises
are made to the Jews
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even though they're scattered
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all over the world.
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And so they're listening that,
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and that, you
know, it's time to return
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and so we need to look
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at several of
these passages that--
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that we can't ignore them.
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Now let me just give you one
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so that you catch what
I'm talking about here.
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You can't ignore this,
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oh, you can if you want to
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and some people do, you know,
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some just ignore the truth,
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you know, I like
that song which said
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"I'd Rather Have," what,
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"Jesus than Houses and Lands."
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But some of you
hadn't had Jesus,
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you'd rather have
the houses and the lands,
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and friend, we have to make
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a change in our life.
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If we'd rather have
our houses and lands,
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you know, what I'm --
oh, let me just be bold,
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we're gonna burn with
the houses and the lands.
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There's only
one that can save us
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and that is Jesus Christ.
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So we're looking
what, at a change that needs
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to take place in
our hearts and in where,
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good, and in our lives.
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So let me read this
one and somebody will say,
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oh, like a
judge, you know, pound,
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that settles it, that's done.
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Well, now don't you
close that too soon here
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'cause I want
you to pay attention.
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This is found in
the Book of Romans
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Chapter 11 verse 26.
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Now I'm just
gonna say a line here
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because I wanna
get your attention.
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Here's what the Bible said,
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the Bible says, "And so all
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of Israel shall be saved."
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Wow, that's--how
can I argue that fact?
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And so all of
Israel shall be saved,
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but we read
awhile ago and again,
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this will be a controversy,
we're gonna have to go back
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and see because
it says that we have
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to believe in
Jesus Christ to be saved.
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Him that overcometh the world.
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Revelation, "He that
overcometh will I grant
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to sit with me on the throne."
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You have to have a
faith in Jesus Christ,
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you have to have faith
that He came that He died,
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that He can forgive our
sins, but yet when I read this,
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this is it and so all
Israel shall be saved.
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Well, some of you realize
there's, there's a movement
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that we mentioned
awhile ago in the land,
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it is sponsored
by the Jewish people.
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Oh, yes. They're
aiming to restore
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the Jewish nation in Palestine.
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They're working
towards this very hard
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and many people feel what?
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that it is a sign because
there's activity going on,
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that something big
is about to take place
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as these
individuals are returning.
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Should I take note of
that? Shall I take a trip over?
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Should I be there? If I
need to be I want to be.
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If I'm not supposed
to, then I don't want to.
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Is it a truth or is it something
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that the devil has conjured up.
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That's, but when I read
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and so all
Israel shall be saved,
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I have to stop
and think this over.
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I have to read the scripture.
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Based upon certain
passages and what is,
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you know, taking
place in the world today,
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so we must
sincerely study this subject
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with an open mind.
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And I believe if we do
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it's going to
help a lot of people.
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I'm talking hundreds
of thousands of people
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maybe discover maybe
for the first time that,
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you know, who is the
real true Israel of God?
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Who is the true Israel?
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Well, the Bible says,
all Israel shall be saved
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and so I wanna find out
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who is the true Israel of God
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and if I need to
be at certain place
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at a certain time
I want to be there,
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if that's what it's gonna take.
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Then I still have
a problem because I--
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you know, I'm not blood
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and if I'm not
blood, then how am I
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going to be saved?
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These are issues--
these are questions
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that we've got to answer.
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The Bible says Israel and--
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I'm gonna turn to my Bible
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and won't you
do it too, come on,
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some of you are
slacking a little bit there,
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you know, you're falling asleep,
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I don't want, not that business,
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well, turn with me
to the Book of Exodus.
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The Bible says,
Exodus Chapter 19,
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Exodus Chapter 19.
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I want you to
notice these words with me.
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I believe
they'll make some sense,
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some of you probably
read these in times past
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or you've heard maybe
sermons preached upon it.
00:20:04.22\00:20:06.63
But Exodus Chapter
19, I'm just gonna read,
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let's see, I'm gonna
read verses 5 and 6, yeah.
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Exodus 19 verses 5 and 6,
here's what the Bible says,
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"and therefore," now notice this
00:20:17.02\00:20:18.25
"now therefore," now remember,
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God is doing what,
God is making a what,
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a covenant with Israel.
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God is making a covenant.
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God is making a
contract with Israel here.
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So I need to pay
attention if God is making it--
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is that contract
is it conditional?
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If it is, then I
need to pay attention
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to it or does it just
mean because I've been born,
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I've been born in this
family I'm gonna make it.
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Listen, well somebody needs
00:20:43.84\00:20:44.89
to pay attention
to the scripture.
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The Bible says
verse 5, "Now therefore,"
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listen, "if ye will,"
o--oh this word, obey,
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"obey my voice
indeed, and keep my covenant,
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then you shall be a,"
what, "peculiar treasure unto me
00:21:01.05\00:21:07.16
above all people, for
all the Earth is mine."
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God's saying to Israel,
oh, because you are a peculiar.
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He wants you to be
a peculiar treasure,
00:21:17.26\00:21:19.58
he wants you to
be, verse 6 notice,
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"And ye shall be unto
me a kingdom of priests,
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and an holy nation.
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These are the words
which thou shalt speak
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to the children of Israel."
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Man, what a covenant,
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but it's interesting we'll say,
00:21:32.93\00:21:34.55
well, we'll say to
the Israel as the nation.
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God said, I want you,
you're a peculiar treasure,
00:21:37.17\00:21:39.69
number 1, number 2, he
said you're going to be kingdom,
00:21:39.70\00:21:42.76
a kingdom of
priests and number 3
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you're gonna be a holy nation.
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And some people just take that
and say this is what we are,
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man, we're all
three of these sayings
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but the Bible
says it's conditional.
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"If you'll obey my
voice and keep my,"
00:21:54.59\00:21:58.93
what, good, "my covenant."
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So, we've been to see
that there is something,
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the people of God.
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See God gave that law,
do you remember the law?
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I'm gonna just pull
just a little bit from here
00:22:09.12\00:22:11.02
but we're gonna
get right back in it
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because it's important here.
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God said, if you'll
keep my covenant, the law.
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Now, here's some
homework for you,
00:22:16.34\00:22:18.22
you take your Bible right,
00:22:18.23\00:22:19.26
and your pencil and
paper and I want you to
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write down right now
that you're gonna take time
00:22:20.48\00:22:23.01
to be able to jot this down.
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I want you to
read several chapters
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in the Book of Exodus.
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Exodus Chapters 19 through 24,
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you're gonna
save me a lot of time
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and it will be a good
homework for you to do.
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But let's just
put it in a nutshell,
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shall we, quickly here.
00:22:37.80\00:22:39.98
Because God says, He's
giving the law to His people.
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What does that, you
know, when you think about,
00:22:43.81\00:22:45.19
what does that really,
what does that really mean?
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Here's Moses, Moses
going up on the mountain.
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Think quickly with me
now, come on, on the mountain,
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and some of you,
you've been doing
00:22:53.11\00:22:54.39
some study you'll
know that a cloud, listen,
00:22:54.40\00:22:57.78
a cloud--God
called Moses and He said,
00:22:57.79\00:22:59.98
get ready I want you
to come up on the mountain
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and he was going
to take the preacher
00:23:02.51\00:23:04.65
or the minister,
Joshua, with him.
00:23:04.66\00:23:08.07
And so He said come on up here
00:23:08.08\00:23:09.44
and so Moses was ready
for when God said come.
00:23:09.45\00:23:13.52
But you know what,
there's a big cloud
00:23:13.53\00:23:15.38
that covered that mount
00:23:15.39\00:23:16.89
and it was covered for six days
00:23:16.90\00:23:19.98
and no communication with God.
00:23:19.99\00:23:23.01
There was nothing
going on and so Moses waited
00:23:23.02\00:23:26.12
Joshua--waited for God to speak.
00:23:26.13\00:23:29.09
But listen to me
very carefully friend,
00:23:29.10\00:23:31.11
they waited for six days.
00:23:31.12\00:23:33.38
Wow, why did God--
telling them to get ready
00:23:36.00\00:23:41.54
to come up on the mountain
00:23:41.55\00:23:42.72
and then He covers the mountain
00:23:42.73\00:23:43.97
and then no
communication for six days.
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Nothing happened, they
just waited for God to call.
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What were they
doing during this time?
00:23:53.49\00:23:55.40
Oh, I want this to fit. I
want somebody to get this.
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Notice what Moses--
they waited patiently,
00:24:00.78\00:24:03.96
and while they waited
patiently they were tested,
00:24:03.97\00:24:09.04
their patience was
tested, their faith was tested.
00:24:09.05\00:24:14.42
This was a time of preparation,
00:24:14.43\00:24:17.50
listen, oh, boy,
six days of preparation
00:24:17.51\00:24:23.70
ready to meet your God,
even Moses a man of God,
00:24:23.71\00:24:29.55
that God said I'll
speak to him face-to-face
00:24:29.56\00:24:32.27
was in no
position to go directly
00:24:32.28\00:24:35.88
to see the glories of God.
00:24:35.89\00:24:37.67
There had to be a preparation
to be able to meet God.
00:24:37.68\00:24:42.40
It was a time
of self-examination
00:24:42.41\00:24:44.88
and that's
exactly what Moses did.
00:24:44.89\00:24:48.45
We can't stand before
God without preparation.
00:24:48.46\00:24:52.86
Moses had six days,
six days and was prepared
00:24:52.87\00:24:59.07
to--his encounter with God.
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And listen carefully,
and on the seventh day,
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the Sabbath, that's
exactly, that's right.
00:25:06.04\00:25:08.96
Seventh day the
Sabbath God called for Moses
00:25:08.97\00:25:14.20
to come into His presence.
00:25:14.21\00:25:16.05
I hope some of
you are getting that,
00:25:16.06\00:25:17.28
some of you Doubting Thomas'
00:25:17.29\00:25:18.49
and some of you maybe forgotten.
00:25:18.50\00:25:20.32
You know what,
God gives you six days
00:25:20.33\00:25:22.07
to prepare to meet Him
on the seventh day Sabbath.
00:25:22.08\00:25:25.32
To be able to
come into His presence,
00:25:25.33\00:25:27.99
it takes six days
to get the world out,
00:25:28.00\00:25:30.65
self-examination,
what do I need before
00:25:30.66\00:25:33.21
I come on my knee before God.
00:25:33.22\00:25:36.09
Yet, some of us
come in the church,
00:25:36.10\00:25:37.34
you know, on the
seventh day Sabbath
00:25:37.35\00:25:38.71
and we're no more
ready to meet God,
00:25:38.72\00:25:42.54
maybe I'll just
leave it at that.
00:25:42.55\00:25:45.79
This is such an
example for God's people,
00:25:45.80\00:25:50.07
a preparation to meet
Him, self-examination.
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Psalms 135 verse 4,
please notice the truth here.
00:25:58.82\00:26:04.11
Psalms 135 verse 4, it
says, "for the Lord hath
00:26:04.12\00:26:08.17
chosen Jacob unto
himself," this is interesting
00:26:08.18\00:26:11.87
the Lord has
chosen Jacob unto himself
00:26:11.88\00:26:14.00
"and Israel for His"
what, "peculiar treasure."
00:26:14.01\00:26:19.18
So there's
something was going on here,
00:26:19.19\00:26:20.72
so the finger is still pointed
that God said they're still
00:26:20.73\00:26:23.02
a special people,
they're still my people.
00:26:23.05\00:26:26.69
I am going to be working
through and with, but why?
00:26:26.70\00:26:30.34
Why are they so different
00:26:30.35\00:26:31.39
than all the
surrounding nations?
00:26:31.40\00:26:35.04
And does the Jew
really an have edge
00:26:35.05\00:26:39.58
on you and me as Christians?
00:26:39.59\00:26:42.39
Do they have an advantage
over, may I say, as a gentile?
00:26:42.40\00:26:50.17
Do they have some kind
of an edge, some kind of a,
00:26:50.18\00:26:52.41
you know, that we'll call
a pass, that I don't have.
00:26:52.42\00:26:58.90
That's kind of interesting,
00:26:58.91\00:27:00.05
you know, worth, to
me, worth examining.
00:27:00.06\00:27:03.60
You know, in God's word,
yet Paul said it like this,
00:27:03.61\00:27:06.69
he said in Romans 3:1-2.
00:27:06.70\00:27:08.94
And I'm just
gonna get right down
00:27:08.95\00:27:10.01
to nitty-gritty it says,
00:27:10.02\00:27:11.83
when he is talking
about the Jews and it says,
00:27:11.84\00:27:14.27
you know, do they
really have an advantage?
00:27:14.28\00:27:16.09
But I want you to
pay attention to how this
00:27:16.10\00:27:17.65
because some of
us close our mind
00:27:17.66\00:27:19.33
when we hear parts
of it and then we say,
00:27:19.34\00:27:21.08
oh yeah, that's
the way that it is.
00:27:21.09\00:27:22.56
Notice he says, when
he was asked the question,
00:27:22.57\00:27:25.21
he said, yes, they
do, "much in every way,"
00:27:25.22\00:27:29.80
Why? "Chiefly," Paul
says," because that unto them
00:27:29.81\00:27:34.53
were committed
the oracles of God."
00:27:34.54\00:27:38.06
Do they have an
advantage? Oh, yes, they did.
00:27:38.07\00:27:41.09
Now what--mean
they're going to heaven
00:27:41.10\00:27:42.42
because of
bloodline, didn't say that yet
00:27:42.43\00:27:44.05
and we're still studying.
00:27:44.06\00:27:46.57
But Paul said, they
do because God chose them
00:27:46.58\00:27:49.96
and delivered
unto their hands what,
00:27:49.97\00:27:51.97
the oracles, the
Ten Commandments of God.
00:27:51.98\00:27:55.40
And so they became what,
00:27:55.41\00:27:56.62
more
responsible, they should have.
00:27:56.63\00:27:59.24
They were the ones
that God had chosen
00:27:59.25\00:28:00.85
to what, give light
and truth to the world.
00:28:00.86\00:28:04.58
Man, that's an advantage.
00:28:04.59\00:28:05.61
You realize what an advantage
00:28:05.62\00:28:06.72
it is for us today
as you study the world
00:28:06.73\00:28:08.93
and you find out what truth is.
00:28:08.96\00:28:11.15
That gives you an
advantage doesn't it?
00:28:11.16\00:28:13.40
But it also
holds you accountable,
00:28:13.41\00:28:15.32
oh yes, because to Him
that knoweth to do good
00:28:15.33\00:28:17.91
and what, come on,
doeth it not to him it is sin.
00:28:17.92\00:28:23.90
Wow, so even the--we're
talking about the covenant,
00:28:23.91\00:28:28.68
you know, the oracles
that's--the teachings,
00:28:28.69\00:28:31.72
the utterances,
the commandments.
00:28:31.73\00:28:34.35
See even the covenant
was a contract with Israel
00:28:34.36\00:28:38.60
and--to be honest, it
was not with the gentiles.
00:28:38.61\00:28:42.59
It was made with
Israel so there's something
00:28:42.60\00:28:44.28
going on here that
we need to decipher.
00:28:44.29\00:28:47.47
It was made with--not gentile,
00:28:47.48\00:28:49.06
this covenant was made
with those who would be saved.
00:28:49.07\00:28:54.00
Hebrews 8 verse 10.
00:28:54.01\00:28:56.15
So the covenant was made
00:28:56.16\00:28:58.22
with the people
who would be saved.
00:28:58.38\00:29:01.25
Wow, you say, well I'm not sure,
00:29:01.26\00:29:08.20
just is what it
says there in Hebrews 18,
00:29:08.21\00:29:10.23
for "This is the
covenant that I will make
00:29:10.24\00:29:13.15
with the house of, "
who, good, "of Israel,
00:29:13.16\00:29:15.50
after those
days saith the Lord."
00:29:15.51\00:29:18.84
So the Lord said, I'm
making a covenant with Israel.
00:29:18.85\00:29:22.25
Other words those
who should be saved.
00:29:22.26\00:29:24.94
So we're saying
Israel then are the people,
00:29:24.95\00:29:28.49
the ones He had deposited
as it were the oracles of God
00:29:28.50\00:29:31.94
the teachings is to be
the light of the world,
00:29:31.95\00:29:35.09
these are the ones that I
had designated to be saved
00:29:35.10\00:29:38.56
wow, well be careful.
00:29:38.57\00:29:39.81
Now how could some of these
passages then be explained?
00:29:44.65\00:29:49.83
How can you explain this
00:29:49.84\00:29:50.81
and let me read this
one in Jeremiah 30 verse 3.
00:29:50.82\00:29:53.77
See I'm gonna challenge you
00:29:53.78\00:29:56.36
because the world is
involved in these things
00:29:56.37\00:30:00.18
that I'm talking
about dealing with
00:30:00.19\00:30:02.23
the second coming of Jesus
00:30:02.24\00:30:03.94
and the enemy
trying to confuse our minds
00:30:03.95\00:30:06.26
on every area
that will take place.
00:30:06.27\00:30:11.66
Here's what
Jeremiah said, he said,
00:30:11.67\00:30:12.98
"For, lo, the days
come, saith the Lord,
00:30:12.99\00:30:15.77
"that I will bring
the captivity of my people
00:30:15.78\00:30:19.80
Israel and
Judah, saith the Lord,"
00:30:19.81\00:30:22.63
and I, listen, this
is where they get it
00:30:22.64\00:30:25.36
"and I will cause
them to return to the land
00:30:25.37\00:30:29.21
"that I gave
them to their fathers,
00:30:29.22\00:30:31.65
and they shall possess it."
00:30:31.66\00:30:35.62
That's what Jeremiah said,
00:30:35.63\00:30:37.07
that the day
will come that Israel,
00:30:37.08\00:30:40.58
they're gonna be caused to what,
00:30:40.59\00:30:42.23
to return to their
land and I'm gonna give them
00:30:42.24\00:30:44.95
the land that I
promised their fathers.
00:30:44.96\00:30:46.32
Well, I need
that-- who's Israel?
00:30:46.33\00:30:49.41
What is this all about here?
00:30:49.42\00:30:53.54
And I believe
this with all my heart.
00:30:53.55\00:30:55.04
There is a belief, there is
a stir in the religious realm
00:30:55.05\00:31:02.45
that something
decisive is about to take place.
00:31:02.46\00:31:06.35
The second
coming of Jesus Christ
00:31:06.36\00:31:11.03
and then I believe this.
00:31:11.04\00:31:13.55
The enemy then is
just as busy or more so
00:31:13.56\00:31:17.64
trying to mislead
people, to lead them astray.
00:31:17.65\00:31:22.56
He wants us to be busy
occupied on something else
00:31:22.57\00:31:26.50
rather than the second coming.
00:31:26.51\00:31:28.87
He wants people to misunderstand
00:31:28.88\00:31:31.73
the truth of the
second coming of Jesus.
00:31:31.74\00:31:35.46
He wants us to misunderstand
the prophecies of the Bible,
00:31:35.47\00:31:41.04
and I believe
there's many honest, sincere,
00:31:41.05\00:31:44.51
God-fearing people today.
00:31:44.52\00:31:47.91
They're
searching the scriptures.
00:31:47.92\00:31:51.66
They're wanting
to know what truth is
00:31:51.67\00:31:54.23
but they hear a
lot of different things
00:31:54.24\00:31:56.20
and they're not
sure, they read something
00:31:56.21\00:31:58.03
in the Bible
and they're studying
00:31:58.04\00:31:59.72
and somebody else is
telling them something else.
00:31:59.73\00:32:04.46
Some are telling them
keep your eyes on the Jews
00:32:04.47\00:32:09.02
because they will return just,
00:32:09.03\00:32:11.19
to their land,
just before Jesus comes.
00:32:11.20\00:32:14.82
Okay, so there's many that
believe that, if that's a truth,
00:32:14.83\00:32:17.82
now still we're
still studying, aren't we?
00:32:17.83\00:32:20.08
We're still trying to find out,
so we don't close our minds.
00:32:20.09\00:32:23.81
So if I'm one of
those that believe it,
00:32:23.82\00:32:26.42
then I may not
get serious with God
00:32:26.43\00:32:29.69
until I see a vast
majority of the Jews returning
00:32:29.70\00:32:34.35
or all returning
to Palestine, Israel.
00:32:34.36\00:32:39.91
So if I don't see
a great big movement
00:32:39.92\00:32:41.64
I may not be too excited
00:32:41.65\00:32:43.07
because the preacher
told me this was the truth.
00:32:43.08\00:32:45.56
So all I have to do is
wait till that happened
00:32:45.57\00:32:47.75
and then I'll get onboard.
00:32:47.76\00:32:49.51
Um oh, it's kind
of risky isn't it?
00:32:49.52\00:32:54.84
Frightening may be,
it might be too late.
00:32:54.85\00:33:01.24
You may not get a
flight over there.
00:33:01.25\00:33:04.96
You know what,
I'm talking about.
00:33:04.97\00:33:10.22
The world says it's a sign.
00:33:10.23\00:33:12.98
What do you think
today as we study,
00:33:12.99\00:33:15.68
and remember, not
just a sign to the Jews
00:33:15.69\00:33:20.93
but it's a sign to
the Protestant world.
00:33:20.94\00:33:26.13
And do we dare leave
these things covered up
00:33:26.14\00:33:30.47
or do we try to expose
and to bring to the surface
00:33:30.48\00:33:34.34
the truth of God's word
so that others may join in.
00:33:34.35\00:33:38.40
What is Israel,
where's the hope for us today?
00:33:38.41\00:33:42.77
What did God mean? I
mentioned a while ago
00:33:42.78\00:33:47.53
remember most of the Protestants
00:33:47.54\00:33:48.58
don't really agree with
the teachings of the Jews
00:33:48.59\00:33:50.90
but they somehow
agree on this one teaching.
00:33:50.91\00:33:54.21
And it's interesting again,
00:33:54.22\00:33:55.36
it deals with what,
good, the second coming.
00:33:55.37\00:33:59.93
They believe that Christ
will return to the homeland,
00:33:59.94\00:34:03.50
to His homeland and
they want to be there.
00:34:03.51\00:34:08.22
This is dealing with
such an important subject
00:34:08.23\00:34:10.33
that it cannot be left alone
00:34:10.37\00:34:12.11
because what we just
read some of those subjects,
00:34:12.12\00:34:14.67
that you've got t o
say what's going on here?
00:34:14.68\00:34:19.30
Is this the
truth, have I missed it?
00:34:19.31\00:34:24.02
And if you really believe
it with all of your heart
00:34:24.03\00:34:26.60
that this is
what's going to take place
00:34:26.61\00:34:28.60
and what if it
doesn't, all of your hopes
00:34:28.61\00:34:31.21
and all of your dreams,
00:34:31.22\00:34:34.35
everything that
you've been studying
00:34:34.36\00:34:36.48
and you've been
working-- your expectations
00:34:36.49\00:34:39.11
and may be even your
salvation will be destroyed.
00:34:39.12\00:34:44.65
Then what would happen to you?
00:34:44.66\00:34:47.16
Because you believe that
all of Israel shall be saved
00:34:47.17\00:34:52.41
and many are returning.
00:34:52.42\00:34:54.69
The world is looking
with great anticipation
00:34:54.70\00:34:59.31
and is it not time to stand up
00:34:59.32\00:35:01.90
and study the issue
and look at it square
00:35:01.91\00:35:04.49
in the face and say,
00:35:04.50\00:35:06.21
what was God
telling us in his word,
00:35:06.22\00:35:08.73
the old and--
doesn't really matter
00:35:08.74\00:35:10.89
what one believes on this issue.
00:35:10.90\00:35:14.95
Some people say, it
really doesn't matter what I do
00:35:14.96\00:35:16.73
or really what I
believe if I'm of the bloodline,
00:35:16.74\00:35:19.76
I'm gonna make it anyway,
and a lot of other people
00:35:19.77\00:35:22.52
in the world say,
well I'll just a good Joe
00:35:22.53\00:35:24.46
and I'm gonna
make it, it's okay,
00:35:24.47\00:35:26.57
well that's not what
the Bible teaches at all.
00:35:26.58\00:35:28.40
We need to really
look at the square,
00:35:28.41\00:35:31.51
the issue square in the
face, does it really matter?
00:35:31.52\00:35:35.26
You know, I can say,
well, yes and you can say,
00:35:35.27\00:35:37.86
well, no, look we're
gonna see what the Bible says.
00:35:37.87\00:35:40.14
The Bible says in Second
Thessalonians 2 verse 13,
00:35:40.15\00:35:43.17
let me read that for you
00:35:43.18\00:35:44.16
in case you haven't
looked it up lately,
00:35:44.17\00:35:45.95
it says, "God hath
from the beginning,"
00:35:45.96\00:35:49.76
are you still with me,
00:35:49.77\00:35:51.05
"God hath from the beginning
chosen you to salvation,"
00:35:51.06\00:35:56.73
notice, "through sanctification
00:35:56.74\00:35:58.71
of the spirit and the truth."
00:35:58.72\00:36:02.44
Now what does that mean?
00:36:02.45\00:36:05.01
God chose you from the beginning
00:36:05.02\00:36:06.70
but he's chosen you what,
we're talking about salvation
00:36:06.71\00:36:09.81
but it's through what,
sanctification of His spirit
00:36:09.82\00:36:13.52
and through what,
belief of the truth.
00:36:13.53\00:36:16.23
So we must
understand what truth is,
00:36:16.24\00:36:18.79
we must by faith
believe that truth,
00:36:18.80\00:36:21.43
let it occupy
us fully completely
00:36:21.44\00:36:24.61
day in and day out.
00:36:24.62\00:36:26.77
No part time Christian,
no part time I love Jesus
00:36:26.78\00:36:29.87
one day and I
don't like Him the next,
00:36:29.88\00:36:31.34
are you still there?
00:36:31.35\00:36:32.32
We're talking about
getting serious with God,
00:36:34.06\00:36:37.43
salvation is promised to those
00:36:37.44\00:36:40.15
who are
sanctified by the Spirit.
00:36:40.16\00:36:43.10
John 17:17,
"sanctify them through thy,"
00:36:43.11\00:36:45.51
what, "thy truth, thy
word is truth," the Bible says.
00:36:45.52\00:36:48.92
Belief of the
truth, so if, well,
00:36:48.93\00:36:51.93
what we're studying
here, you know, you say, oh,
00:36:51.94\00:36:53.63
well I, listen it either
is the truth or it's not,
00:36:53.64\00:36:56.31
is a lie of the devil
if it's not the truth.
00:36:56.32\00:37:00.08
You will not be
sanctified by it.
00:37:00.09\00:37:01.71
You'll be confused by
it if it's not the truth.
00:37:01.72\00:37:05.35
That's why we're
spending time on it and yes,
00:37:05.36\00:37:07.60
should it excite us as a people?
00:37:07.61\00:37:08.93
Yeah, because millions believe,
00:37:08.94\00:37:13.49
millions believe to what we've
just been talking about today.
00:37:13.50\00:37:18.49
So if we're
sanctified by, you know,
00:37:18.50\00:37:20.11
talking about the truth
and belief of the truth,
00:37:20.12\00:37:22.09
then to me there
will an opposite to that
00:37:22.10\00:37:24.93
and that's very clear
in Matthew 15 verse 9.
00:37:24.94\00:37:27.89
The Bible says, "But in
vain do they worship me,
00:37:27.90\00:37:30.12
teaching for," what, good,
00:37:30.13\00:37:31.49
"doctrines the
commandments of men.
00:37:31.50\00:37:34.92
In vain do they worship
me if they're teaching,"
00:37:34.93\00:37:37.15
what, "doctrines of
commandments of men."
00:37:37.16\00:37:39.22
I want that to soak in,
I'll just read it again.
00:37:39.23\00:37:42.02
And what do we do
00:37:45.45\00:37:46.48
with First
Thessalonians 5:21 it says,
00:37:46.49\00:37:50.45
"Prove all things, and hold
fast to that which is good."
00:37:50.46\00:37:56.18
There's indicators in scripture
00:37:56.19\00:37:57.71
that we must hold
fast to that which is good.
00:37:57.72\00:38:01.34
We have to prove all things.
00:38:01.35\00:38:05.37
Don't just be
because the preacher
00:38:05.38\00:38:06.73
said it you believe it.
00:38:06.74\00:38:09.14
Your life is on the
line, brothers and sisters.
00:38:09.15\00:38:12.44
My life is on the line.
00:38:12.45\00:38:15.03
I'm gonna just study,
00:38:15.04\00:38:16.01
show myself approved unto God.
00:38:16.02\00:38:18.87
I will have time,
here's what I wanna do.
00:38:18.88\00:38:21.32
I usually don't
spend a whole lot of time
00:38:21.33\00:38:27.32
on certain teachings and
I won't say this in a way,
00:38:27.33\00:38:31.38
in a balanced
way, because I'm not
00:38:31.39\00:38:35.06
so much interested in
what different churches believe
00:38:35.07\00:38:38.18
as what God teaches in His word.
00:38:38.19\00:38:39.93
I hope that make sense to you.
00:38:39.94\00:38:42.42
And I don't have time
nor do I want to study
00:38:42.43\00:38:45.70
what everybody else
is believing and teaching
00:38:45.71\00:38:47.75
and bumbling out there.
00:38:47.76\00:38:48.73
I'm wanting to spend
that time in God's word.
00:38:48.74\00:38:53.12
To know what truth is and then
00:38:53.13\00:38:54.53
I'll be able to
identify the false.
00:38:54.54\00:38:57.76
Now, let's just get
kind of a quick rundown
00:38:57.77\00:39:00.24
before we really
begin to identify,
00:39:00.25\00:39:02.29
should we be going back,
are we Israel or is it just
00:39:02.30\00:39:05.72
Israel over there,
what are we gonna do?
00:39:05.73\00:39:09.07
Can we be saved?
00:39:09.08\00:39:12.72
Let's do just a
quick look at the teachings
00:39:12.73\00:39:15.42
of various
Protestant denominations.
00:39:15.43\00:39:19.77
Now, my heart kind of
ached when I begin to realize
00:39:19.78\00:39:24.31
and I'd talked
to a lot of people,
00:39:24.32\00:39:26.21
I know you have too.
00:39:26.22\00:39:28.24
Who believe just what I'm
getting ready to throw out
00:39:28.25\00:39:30.79
to you and I've studied
and done the best I can--
00:39:30.80\00:39:34.95
I pray that I'm very
close to their teaching but,
00:39:34.96\00:39:37.48
you know, again I'm not
gonna spend a whole lot of time.
00:39:37.49\00:39:39.41
If I want to know
about the second coming
00:39:39.42\00:39:41.03
I'm going to the Bible.
00:39:41.04\00:39:44.25
I think you get
what I'm talking about.
00:39:44.26\00:39:45.75
And I wanna call it,
you're talking about this
00:39:49.43\00:39:51.02
the various
Protestant denomination
00:39:51.03\00:39:53.65
but I'm looking at, listen,
00:39:53.66\00:39:55.19
an interdenominational movement.
00:39:55.20\00:40:01.76
You talk about
interdenominational movement
00:40:01.77\00:40:03.44
cause attention to the
second coming of Jesus,
00:40:03.45\00:40:07.68
that's good isn't it.
00:40:07.69\00:40:09.81
But it addresses
four areas that you and I
00:40:09.82\00:40:12.76
should be very concerned about.
00:40:12.77\00:40:15.97
The second coming, the
purpose of the second coming.
00:40:15.98\00:40:19.25
Number 1, jot that down,
you're gonna forget that.
00:40:19.26\00:40:24.20
Some of you be
jotting down the grocery list
00:40:24.21\00:40:25.97
but you won't be jotting down
what I'm telling you right now.
00:40:25.98\00:40:28.57
And you'll scribble over
the top of it, but listen,
00:40:28.58\00:40:31.15
don't worry about the other
goodies you'll get your food,
00:40:31.16\00:40:33.82
but look I'm talking
spiritual food right now.
00:40:33.83\00:40:36.81
Second coming of Jesus,
there is a purpose number 1.
00:40:36.82\00:40:41.02
Number 2, there's a
manner of the second coming.
00:40:41.03\00:40:46.40
Three, there are
signs of the coming,
00:40:46.41\00:40:50.45
coming of Jesus, isn't it?
00:40:50.46\00:40:52.36
And number 4,
there's special events
00:40:52.37\00:40:55.71
that will be taking place.
00:40:55.72\00:40:57.74
So unless we, we need to
be examining these areas,
00:40:57.75\00:41:01.30
we may be fooled,
00:41:01.31\00:41:02.63
but yet this
interdenominational movement
00:41:02.64\00:41:05.96
in Protestant world, their
mind is on the second coming.
00:41:05.97\00:41:09.24
You can talk to almost
any Christian of any church
00:41:09.25\00:41:12.96
that calls themselves a
believer of Jesus Christ.
00:41:12.97\00:41:15.44
They will say, I believe
that Jesus is coming soon.
00:41:15.45\00:41:19.89
And then they have all
of these different beliefs
00:41:19.90\00:41:21.86
just like you do, like I do,
00:41:21.87\00:41:25.06
of certain things
that's gonna take place
00:41:25.07\00:41:26.90
in a certain order and
if they don't take place
00:41:26.91\00:41:30.05
and they believe it like they
think, could they be fooled.
00:41:30.06\00:41:32.99
I could be, you could
be too, unless we're what,
00:41:33.00\00:41:36.75
really dug in deep
into the word of God.
00:41:36.76\00:41:42.59
This interdenominational,
let's just put it that way,
00:41:42.60\00:41:45.59
movement believes this.
00:41:45.60\00:41:48.35
They believe in two
phases of the second coming.
00:41:48.36\00:41:52.59
What do you mean?
00:41:52.60\00:41:54.05
Two phases of the second coming.
00:41:54.06\00:41:57.24
You know, I've--
00:41:57.25\00:41:58.55
I believe that you
know when Jesus comes,
00:41:58.56\00:42:00.17
He comes and of course
there's a lot of things
00:42:00.18\00:42:01.89
that happens, so I
know there is purpose,
00:42:01.90\00:42:04.01
I know there is
manner, I know there is signs,
00:42:04.02\00:42:05.65
I know there is events
00:42:05.66\00:42:07.57
but here's what,
the folks believe this.
00:42:07.58\00:42:09.36
The first of all, two phases,
00:42:09.37\00:42:11.84
first of all, He's coming
for His church, did you get it?
00:42:11.85\00:42:16.84
And thus say, He's
coming for His church
00:42:16.85\00:42:19.26
but it is a Secret Rapture.
00:42:19.27\00:42:24.08
It's an invisible coming.
00:42:24.09\00:42:26.89
It is a catching
away of His church,
00:42:26.90\00:42:32.09
that's the first part.
00:42:32.10\00:42:33.33
Remember two parts they
say about the return of Christ.
00:42:33.34\00:42:37.25
The second part is
and this is later on down,
00:42:37.26\00:42:40.11
there is events
that takes place,
00:42:40.12\00:42:41.41
it said, Christ is coming with
His church, very interesting.
00:42:41.42\00:42:48.91
Now, if you
study your Bible say,
00:42:48.92\00:42:49.97
well there will be a
time that He will come back
00:42:49.98\00:42:52.05
with His church but let's
see how this is all been--
00:42:52.06\00:42:55.40
remember the
enemy likes to put err
00:42:55.41\00:42:58.58
as close as he
can to what, truth.
00:42:58.59\00:43:01.38
So he incorporates
what, come on somebody,
00:43:01.39\00:43:03.98
help me, he incorporates what,
00:43:03.99\00:43:06.53
some truth, but
then he always gives
00:43:06.54\00:43:10.19
some err in there to
lead us in a wrong direction.
00:43:10.20\00:43:15.45
And when He's
coming for His church
00:43:15.46\00:43:18.63
everyone is going
to be aware of that.
00:43:18.64\00:43:22.20
So that's talking
about two phases of it.
00:43:22.21\00:43:24.86
Now they believe this,
they believe that there's,
00:43:24.87\00:43:27.91
again on these two
phases that there's
00:43:27.92\00:43:31.37
seven years in
between, did you get it?
00:43:31.38\00:43:35.59
Seven years in
between, now where did they get
00:43:35.60\00:43:37.47
this seven years?
00:43:37.48\00:43:38.45
Things that we need
to be studying apart.
00:43:38.46\00:43:40.35
They believe, now
listen, boy, I'm telling you,
00:43:40.36\00:43:43.11
you have to be a
studier of the word of God.
00:43:43.12\00:43:45.38
They believe that
seven years or that,
00:43:45.39\00:43:48.05
the last week of the 70 weeks
00:43:48.06\00:43:51.68
of the prophecy
of Daniel 8 and 9
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but no mention is--
00:43:57.11\00:43:59.04
I don't give that of
the 2,300 days they're just
00:43:59.05\00:44:02.63
talking about the 70
here and so the last week.
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But then when Jesus
comes, they teach as He comes
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the second time,
after it's complete
00:44:13.26\00:44:16.36
and the church is
ruptured, then, listen,
00:44:16.37\00:44:21.22
then the Jews return
to Israel, to Palestine.
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Listen, listen
00:44:26.57\00:44:28.55
when the Jews
return to Palestine
00:44:28.56\00:44:32.78
they still at this time do
not believe in Jesus Christ.
00:44:32.79\00:44:39.52
There's a lot
that's going on here.
00:44:39.53\00:44:43.14
There's a lot being said
here, but when they're called
00:44:43.15\00:44:48.12
back they return.
00:44:48.13\00:44:53.15
We're talking about
after the second coming
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as prophesied, it
gets a little confusing
00:44:55.15\00:44:57.17
here but you
have to stay with it,
00:44:57.18\00:44:58.49
this is what they're teaching.
00:44:58.50\00:44:59.55
I'm saying just
what the Bible says.
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I'm saying this is
what they're teaching,
00:45:00.99\00:45:03.05
and millions believe this.
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The Jews will
return to their homeland
00:45:08.71\00:45:10.67
and still not believing.
00:45:10.68\00:45:13.60
Now, this brings
into play the Antichrist.
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We talked about the Antichrist.
00:45:19.25\00:45:21.99
So during this
time the Antichrist,
00:45:22.00\00:45:24.00
he appears and they say
they're not really sure,
00:45:24.01\00:45:27.86
it's a man and this
man will head all nations.
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Wow, and he rules
for the seven years, wow.
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Listen, while
Jesus and His people,
00:45:39.71\00:45:43.84
listen to me,
are still in the air.
00:45:43.85\00:45:46.17
So evidently,
when Jesus comes back,
00:45:50.13\00:45:53.45
the two phases
they're talking about here,
00:45:53.46\00:45:55.48
is that He goes and
takes His people in midair
00:45:55.49\00:45:58.89
and they stay
there for seven years.
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Something to think about.
00:46:03.75\00:46:06.33
The first three and a half year,
00:46:06.34\00:46:08.80
now remember,
this is the teaching
00:46:08.81\00:46:13.42
that the world is grasping
and saying this is truth.
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It's interesting the
first three and a half year,
00:46:19.84\00:46:22.06
you notice in Bible
prophecy the 70 weeks,
00:46:22.07\00:46:25.63
you know, of years it's divided
00:46:25.64\00:46:28.33
three and a half isn't it?
00:46:28.34\00:46:29.31
So here they're taking part,
00:46:29.32\00:46:30.47
oh, three and a
half years that the--
00:46:30.48\00:46:34.07
of the seven, the
Antichrist is not detected.
00:46:34.08\00:46:37.57
So when he appears
and takes over they think
00:46:37.58\00:46:39.30
he's a real McCoy and so
three and a half years later,
00:46:39.31\00:46:42.60
oh, first three
and a half year oh,
00:46:42.61\00:46:44.68
yeah and then all of
a sudden what, oh, oh,
00:46:44.69\00:46:47.35
wait a minute something's wrong,
00:46:47.36\00:46:48.66
something's wrong here.
00:46:48.67\00:46:51.78
When they detect
him, they're teaching,
00:46:51.79\00:46:54.63
when they detect him, when
he begins to set himself up
00:46:54.64\00:46:58.30
as God in God's temple,
00:46:58.31\00:47:02.11
there's a lot
we'll have to go on here.
00:47:02.12\00:47:06.38
And then as he sets
himself in the Temple of God,
00:47:06.39\00:47:09.02
see eyes are over here see
and he sets himself up there,
00:47:09.03\00:47:12.61
then he demands the
world to worship him,
00:47:12.62\00:47:16.84
that's their teaching.
00:47:16.85\00:47:20.46
I got to make this straight.
00:47:20.47\00:47:21.44
I don't want
anybody calling riots,
00:47:21.45\00:47:22.98
say oh man, where
are you going with that--
00:47:22.99\00:47:25.15
I'm simply telling
about what some folks
00:47:25.16\00:47:27.81
really believe by the millions.
00:47:27.82\00:47:31.17
And either it's truth
or it's not the truth,
00:47:31.18\00:47:33.72
and either it's
preparing a people
00:47:33.73\00:47:35.35
to meet Jesus or it's not.
00:47:35.36\00:47:39.04
And if it's not the
truth it needs to be exposed
00:47:39.05\00:47:41.23
for what it is,
a lie of the devil
00:47:41.24\00:47:45.86
and the Bible will do that.
00:47:45.87\00:47:49.85
Now it's
interesting it doesn't close
00:47:49.86\00:47:51.58
here in their teaching.
00:47:51.59\00:47:54.38
The Antichrist then is exposed.
00:47:54.39\00:47:57.00
When he demands the
whole world to worship him,
00:47:57.01\00:48:01.36
and by this time, remember, oh,
00:48:01.37\00:48:02.99
by this time the Jews, you know,
00:48:03.00\00:48:05.20
they've all found
their way back to Israel.
00:48:05.21\00:48:08.50
That's interesting, a
lot of things happened,
00:48:08.51\00:48:09.94
they say after Jesus comes.
00:48:09.95\00:48:14.05
Second chance, third chance,
00:48:14.06\00:48:19.02
but now they're
saying, well look,
00:48:19.03\00:48:21.57
but as they all
come and they all did,
00:48:21.58\00:48:23.33
they say what, we
still don't believe
00:48:23.34\00:48:26.03
we're not
believers but they say this,
00:48:26.04\00:48:27.98
we refuse to
worship the Antichrist.
00:48:27.99\00:48:32.29
So they finally
wake up to the fact
00:48:32.30\00:48:33.91
their teaching is they--
00:48:33.92\00:48:35.35
they're saying
we're not going to worship
00:48:35.36\00:48:36.61
the Antichrist and when the
Jews said we will not worship
00:48:36.62\00:48:39.57
the Antichrist, a
death decree they say,
00:48:39.58\00:48:42.47
goes out against them.
00:48:42.48\00:48:44.92
Wow, see some
of the terminology,
00:48:44.93\00:48:48.03
some of the wording you hear,
00:48:48.04\00:48:49.50
many of you are
familiar and some of the things
00:48:49.51\00:48:51.69
that will take place as
you study the Book of Daniel
00:48:51.70\00:48:53.78
and Revelation but notice
the order in which these things
00:48:53.79\00:48:57.21
and directions that they go.
00:48:57.22\00:49:01.85
When the death decree goes out,
00:49:01.86\00:49:05.10
the teachings of this group,
00:49:05.11\00:49:09.53
says that there will a
time of Great Tribulation
00:49:09.54\00:49:13.78
such as the
world has never known,
00:49:13.79\00:49:15.55
you remember in Daniel?
00:49:15.56\00:49:17.97
Wow, so I'm hearing
some words that I'm familiar
00:49:17.98\00:49:21.31
with and then the seven
year period comes to an end.
00:49:21.32\00:49:27.02
Jesus comes and saves them all,
00:49:27.03\00:49:31.28
well, it's not quite finished
yet you're saying, wait a minute
00:49:31.29\00:49:35.24
can I get this right in my mind.
00:49:35.25\00:49:37.70
I found some, you know,
things in scripture that
00:49:41.00\00:49:45.37
the word of God
when God speaks to us,
00:49:45.38\00:49:50.64
that it becomes simple
in our mind, not confusing,
00:49:50.65\00:49:58.22
not all intertwined
with different things
00:49:58.23\00:50:00.22
that you're not
sure of but it's,
00:50:00.23\00:50:01.86
God makes it so
simple one, two, three
00:50:01.87\00:50:06.50
or in His
covenant, 1 through 10.
00:50:06.51\00:50:11.46
God's very clear, very concise.
00:50:11.47\00:50:17.67
Because when Christ
comes there's an end to things
00:50:17.68\00:50:23.09
but notice, they're
saying it goes, it goes on.
00:50:23.10\00:50:29.50
But the Jews said, when
Jesus finally does come,
00:50:29.51\00:50:34.74
it brings salvation to them.
00:50:34.75\00:50:38.88
And people who, you know,
00:50:38.89\00:50:40.90
and not everyone will have the
00:50:40.91\00:50:42.49
opportunity to be saved now.
00:50:42.50\00:50:45.69
Wow, that's good,
does it, if that be true.
00:50:45.70\00:50:49.68
So during the
millennium they call it,
00:50:49.69\00:50:53.56
God is going to
use the Jews to spread
00:50:53.57\00:50:57.34
the gospel around the world.
00:50:57.35\00:50:59.83
Ah, interesting,
and they teach this,
00:50:59.84\00:51:04.22
the whole world
will be converted.
00:51:04.23\00:51:08.27
The whole world will be
saved and then there comes
00:51:08.28\00:51:12.61
the thousand years of peace.
00:51:12.62\00:51:16.20
Wow, but after the thousand
years it's time for what,
00:51:16.21\00:51:21.75
I mean, Satan is going
to have to be defeated.
00:51:21.76\00:51:25.57
There's a battle that
goes on and Satan is defeated.
00:51:25.58\00:51:30.70
Now there's a lot of
other little things to go in
00:51:30.71\00:51:32.53
and I don't wanna
confuse your mind but this is,
00:51:32.54\00:51:34.78
they tell the teachings,
a vast majority of people,
00:51:34.79\00:51:39.07
so when you hear
about the seven years
00:51:39.08\00:51:40.84
or thousand years of peace,
00:51:40.85\00:51:42.87
about two different
comings of Christ and,
00:51:42.88\00:51:44.79
you know, you have to,
00:51:44.80\00:51:46.75
in the scripture you
will realize that Jesus came
00:51:46.76\00:51:48.24
once to this Earth didn't He?
00:51:48.25\00:51:49.72
Says He's gonna
come the second time
00:51:49.73\00:51:51.06
to take the saints and yes,
00:51:51.07\00:51:52.35
He does come the
third time with His saints.
00:51:52.36\00:51:56.13
But what about all of
these other teachings?
00:51:56.14\00:52:00.26
See, are they
contrary to scripture?
00:52:00.27\00:52:03.74
If they're contrary to scripture
00:52:03.75\00:52:06.25
this is gonna lead to what,
00:52:06.26\00:52:07.69
a bitter disappointment
for many, many people.
00:52:07.70\00:52:10.93
These people are
gonna become discouraged.
00:52:10.94\00:52:14.30
The people will
become discouraged,
00:52:14.31\00:52:15.40
you believe in
the second coming,
00:52:15.41\00:52:17.38
but listen here's the thing,
00:52:17.39\00:52:19.11
they will be
unprepared to meet Jesus,
00:52:19.12\00:52:23.62
that's what the enemy
wants because of what,
00:52:23.63\00:52:27.09
because of their belief.
00:52:27.10\00:52:30.50
Remember Moses needed some time
00:52:30.51\00:52:32.64
before he met with God,
00:52:32.65\00:52:34.32
that's called the
time of what, preparation.
00:52:34.33\00:52:36.72
I know some of you have
read so, oh, now you know,
00:52:36.73\00:52:38.70
he uses the word preparation,
00:52:38.71\00:52:40.02
I still use it because I believe
00:52:40.03\00:52:42.22
that its truth of God's word.
00:52:42.23\00:52:43.70
There's a time of preparation,
there's a time of probation,
00:52:43.71\00:52:46.83
there's a time of test and
God gives that to all of us.
00:52:46.84\00:52:53.48
And so we need to study
and this is what brings us down
00:52:53.49\00:52:56.28
then to find out the real truth,
00:52:56.29\00:52:58.12
is it time for us to return?
00:52:58.13\00:53:01.29
Is it time for
the Jews to return?
00:53:01.30\00:53:03.28
What is the hope
for the gentiles?
00:53:03.29\00:53:05.45
And who is Israel,
is it the Jews only?
00:53:05.46\00:53:10.79
So if we study
the purpose, number 1,
00:53:10.80\00:53:14.81
and the promises and
the prophecies of God,
00:53:14.82\00:53:20.79
then we will be able to
establish what is truth,
00:53:20.80\00:53:25.01
did you get it?
00:53:25.02\00:53:26.72
See Second Peter 1:12 says,
00:53:26.73\00:53:28.56
we need to be, listen,
established in present truth.
00:53:28.57\00:53:35.21
These are issues
that need to be addressed.
00:53:35.22\00:53:41.06
Is it always
pleasant to address them?
00:53:41.07\00:53:43.05
No, but they
need to be addressed,
00:53:43.06\00:53:46.34
we cannot allow without--
00:53:46.35\00:53:48.16
God help us, without just
00:53:48.17\00:53:49.89
being indifferent to say
if someone is believing a lie,
00:53:49.90\00:53:52.92
that we need to try,
if given the opportunity,
00:53:52.93\00:53:55.19
to present the truth,
that's what will change them.
00:53:55.20\00:54:00.73
See it all started with,
00:54:00.74\00:54:02.07
as a promise that
God made to Abraham.
00:54:02.08\00:54:05.26
This way we're gonna
wrap it up for the day
00:54:05.27\00:54:07.02
and come back
with our second part.
00:54:07.03\00:54:08.34
But it all
started with the promise
00:54:08.35\00:54:09.77
that God made to Abraham,
00:54:09.78\00:54:11.96
that all the families of
the Earth should be what,
00:54:11.97\00:54:15.55
should be blessed.
00:54:15.56\00:54:17.87
Wow, all of the families of
the Earth should be blessed.
00:54:17.88\00:54:21.31
Now you can read that
also in Genesis Chapter 13
00:54:21.32\00:54:24.06
and read verses 14 through 17.
00:54:24.07\00:54:27.82
So we don't have
enough time to read all those
00:54:27.83\00:54:29.29
but that's again
homework for you to do.
00:54:29.30\00:54:31.92
So I'll look at this
quickly today and I say,
00:54:31.93\00:54:34.17
the territory of
this promise then,
00:54:34.18\00:54:37.07
as we just read,
includes the whole Earth.
00:54:37.08\00:54:43.21
So maybe it's not just
one group or one nationality
00:54:43.22\00:54:46.96
or one bloodline but
the promise made to Abraham,
00:54:46.97\00:54:50.83
oh, what,
includes the whole Earth.
00:54:50.84\00:54:54.68
So we must contemplate
that the promises was to be,
00:54:54.69\00:55:00.86
was going to be
fulfilled but not through what,
00:55:00.87\00:55:03.28
just a one bloodline,
not through just a race
00:55:03.29\00:55:06.61
or not because of, you know,
00:55:06.62\00:55:08.70
how you're born.
00:55:08.71\00:55:11.00
I want you to contemplate
and pray about these sayings
00:55:11.01\00:55:13.18
because next time we're
really gonna get into things
00:55:13.19\00:55:15.30
that may be deep,
may be eye opening.
00:55:15.31\00:55:17.47
Let's pray about it
shall we, right now,
00:55:17.48\00:55:18.88
in the few seconds
that we have left together
00:55:18.89\00:55:20.70
that the Holy Spirit will
lead us and guide us in truth.
00:55:20.71\00:55:23.16
Merciful Father in Heaven,
00:55:23.17\00:55:24.34
thank you for Your
precious word today.
00:55:24.35\00:55:26.04
May our eyes, our hearts,
00:55:26.05\00:55:27.36
and our ears be open
to the truth of Your word.
00:55:27.37\00:55:29.35
We thank You in the
precious name of Jesus
00:55:29.36\00:55:31.63
and for His sake, amen.
00:55:31.64\00:55:34.59
It's always a treat
that we have the opportunity
00:55:34.60\00:55:37.04
to come into
your home and again,
00:55:37.05\00:55:38.70
we wanna be challenging,
we wanna stir you up
00:55:38.71\00:55:40.98
a little bit to study to
see whether these things be so.
00:55:40.99\00:55:43.46
Jesus is coming,
we need to be ready.
00:55:43.47\00:55:45.87
We appreciate
your support, continue.
00:55:45.88\00:55:47.86
This is the only
means that we have
00:55:47.87\00:55:49.18
are your freewill offering.
00:55:49.19\00:55:50.50
So continue to support
us and we're gonna again
00:55:50.51\00:55:53.11
support you with
the truth of God's word.
00:55:53.12\00:55:55.35
I'll see you next time.
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Hello again, wasn't
that an interesting study?
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And praise the Lord,
there is more to come.
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You know, this is such a
hot topic being discussed around
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the world and we pray
that as you piece together
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God's word as presented in
this study that you will have
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valid answers and a
peace in knowing what the truth
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about this subject really is.
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You know, therefore we
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series available
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But only by the grace of God
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are we marching
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"Is it Time for
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Lord continue to
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