I've had this conversation
with the Lord already
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but I've let the Lord
know when I get to heaven
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I want to sing bass.
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I'm tired of this tenor thing,
I want to sing bass in heaven,
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and so you pray that
my voice won't go out,
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I don't think it's
going to, but in the mean time
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I get to sound cool.
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I'm looking forward to
our presentation tonight
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and what I'm really
looking forward to...
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did you all get this
handout, Scotty gave that out?
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Praise the Lord! Amen!
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This is so exciting, so
you're all invited to be here
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tomorrow morning for the
Inaugural Worship Service
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of our New Discovery
Bible Fellowship, a brand new
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spirit filled Bible
believing church, right here in
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Sterling Heights, all
invited to attend, I'll be here
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and our message
tomorrow morning is entitled
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Discover How to Get
and to Remain Undeceived.
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I'm looking forward to
that, Scotty will be teaching
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a class on Sabbath School,
that will be very nice as well,
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then tomorrow night we
will get into the topic of
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The Judgment, and that's
going to be very, very exciting
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I'm looking forward to it all.
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But lets begin
with a word of prayer.
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We've got quite a bit of
information to cover tonight
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and I want to remind you that
immediately after the message
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just like we did last night,
we'll have about fifteen minutes
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of questions and
answers, that's right.
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If a question comes
up, and you think oh,
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I wish I had an answer to that,
just quickly write it down,
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and get those questions
out and we will just take them
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just like that from the floor,
just as we did last night.
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That seemed to be very
enjoyable, I enjoyed it
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and there seemed to be
a real sense of enjoyment
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among the group as
well, so lets pray together
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and we'll dive
right into our message ok:
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Father in Heaven,
we come before you,
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and we are
anticipating a blessing.
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Father we ask that as the two
ladies have sang so beautifully,
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so wonderfully,
that you would come soon,
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that you would
return, with your Son in Glory
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to take us home.
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Father we know this world is
not our home, as the old song
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says we're just
a passing through.
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Our treasures are laid up
somewhere up beyond the blue,
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so Father tonight as
we look at this topic,
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the topic of the second
coming, what some refer to
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as the Rapture, we pray
that you would come and open
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our hearts as we open your word.
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Father tonight we
want more than knowledge,
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tonight we want
more than information,
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tonight we need a heart
transformation experience
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with you, and your
Son, and your Word,
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through your spirit, so be with
us now as we open your word,
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we ask it in Jesus name,
let everyone say "Amen. "
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Alright lets open our
study guides, right to the first
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little bit there, and you'll
see our message is entitled,
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our presentation is entitled:
Discover How Jesus Christ Will
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Defy the Skeptics
and Return to Earth.
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Now let's begin by reading
at right there at the outset.
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It says the Word,
what is that Word everyone?
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The word Rapture
does not appear where?
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In the Bible.
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How many of you just
by a raising of hands,
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have heard that
term before, the Rapture?
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Ok, good, I remember before
I was a Christian I used to
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see a bumper sticker on a
car, or a van, or a truck,
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that would say in case of
Rapture, car will be unmanned,
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and I wasn't a religious person,
I didn't know anything about
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the Rapture and I always
wondered what that meant.
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When I became a Christian
and I heard that term in a
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religious context, the Rapture
I said oh, so that's what
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all those bumper stickers meant.
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Now you will notice here it
says, the word Rapture does not
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occur in the Bible, yet
correctly understood it is a
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what kind of teaching?
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Biblical teaching, but
notice the emphasis there,
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correctly understood, like
the words Trinity, or Millennium
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which also do not
appear in the Bible.
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Some words
essentially become synonymous
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with certain Bible teachings,
there is nothing wrong
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with this per se, but
we must labor to be sure
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that our beliefs and teachings
all come from the where?
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>From the Bible.
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The purpose of this lesson will
be to demonstrate from the Bible
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how and when the Rapture
will take place in relation to
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other end times events,
it will be a great lesson.
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So notice here on the
screen the word Rapture defined,
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although the word itself
doesn't appear in the Bible,
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the idea of the
Rapture is simply this:
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You write that
right in the blank there.
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It's the transporting of
believers to heaven at the
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second coming of Christ, that's
what the word Rapture means.
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So you won't find the
word there in your Bible,
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but the concept is definitely
a very Biblical concept.
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You will notice there
also in your study guides,
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right in the middle of
the first page, this theme
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of the Rapture of God's people
to Himself is found throughout
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the book of
Revelation, consider for example
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the following text, we have
given you many of them there,
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but let's just look at a
couple of them, Revelation 1.
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Ok we're going to the
last book of the Bible,
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and the first
chapter of that book.
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Revelation chapter 1,
chapter "what" everyone?
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Revelation 1, and I'm noticing
in verse 7, Revelation 1:7.
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The first word is Behold,
"what's the word everyone?"
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Behold, now what
does the word behold mean?
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It means to "look" right?
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Beauty is in the eye of
the beholder, in other words
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beauty is in the eye
of one who is looking,
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and so here it says
behold which means look.
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He is coming with "what"
everyone, clouds and most eyes
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What does it say, every
eye will see Him, even they who
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pierced Him in all the
tribes of the earth will mourn
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because of Him, even so Amen. "
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So right here in the
opening chapter of the last
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book of the Bible, it
says that when He returns
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every eye will what?
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Every eye will see
Him, now you are still there
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in Revelation, go to
Revelation chapter 22.
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>From the first chapter of
Revelation to the last chapter
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of Revelation, and notice
that this is a consistent and
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prominent, and
pre-eminent theme throughout
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the entire book,
I'm in Revelation 22:7,
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Revelation 22:7, it
says "Behold I am coming
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quickly. " Blessed is
he who keeps the words
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of the prophecy of this book. "
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Notice verse 12: "And behold I
am coming quickly, and my reward
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is with Me, to give to
everyone according to his work,
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I am Alpha and Omega,
the Beginning and the End,
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the First and the Last. "
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So you have this idea,
this saturating here of the
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book of Revelation with
the second coming of Jesus.
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Notice also verse 20: "He
who testifies to these things
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says surely I am coming
quickly, Amen, even so come
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Lord Jesus, the grace of our
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Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all Amen!"
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There are many
other passages there,
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we've given you
several of them: Revelation 6,
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Revelation 14,
Revelation 19, Revelation 11.
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The idea here is that
the second coming of Jesus
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is the grand climax
of the entire Bible,
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and particularly of
the book of Revelation,
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and so as you study the
book of Revelation, this idea
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of the Rapture, or the
second coming is a consistent
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powerful theme.
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Now if that makes
sense I want you to say Amen.
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Amen!
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Ok, let's continue on there, you
are still in your study guide.
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We're going to look tonight
at second coming essentials,
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second coming or
"Rapture essentials. "
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One of them is that a full one:
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It is a very consistent,
prominent theme in the
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New Testament, for every
25 verses in the New Testament
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one of those verses has to do
directly with the second coming
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of Jesus Christ, and so what
we're going to be looking at
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is the essentials, that
is how will He come ect. ect.
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I learned in Journalism
class, that whenever you are
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going to cover any event
you have to ask these essential
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questions, who, what,
where, when, why, and how.
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Well many of these
are very easy to answer,
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for example the question
of who, "who's coming," well
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Jesus Christ is coming,
what are we talking about?
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We're talking about His
coming or His return to earth.
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"To where?" Well
we just answered that
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question a moment ago, to earth.
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"When is that coming?"
We've already studied in our
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lesson when we looked
at the image of Daniel 2,
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in the signs of the times,
all of those converging signs
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indicate that
Jesus' coming is near.
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Is "what" everyone?
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Near, and so that's the answer
when, of course we don't know
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exactly when
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Jesus Himself says, No man
knows the exact day, or the
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exact hour, but we can
have indications or "signs" that
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it is rapidly approaching.
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Who remembers those two
analogies that Jesus gave
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we've already studied it,
what were the two analogies that
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Jesus gave that
alerted us to how near it was?
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"Birth pains" and "the
fig tree" that's right,
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remember, and both of those
were visible and progressive
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and climactic, and so,
they are not new signs, wars,
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and rumors of wars, famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes,
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but they were the same signs,
but they would increase in
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both frequency and intensity
just as labor contractions,
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until eventually you
have a climactic event,
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in the case of pregnancy
of course that's the birth of
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the child, and the case
of the second coming of Jesus
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it's "His actual
arrival" on planet earth and
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so that's when?
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Why is He coming, well
that's very simple Jesus said in
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John 14, I'll
just quote it for you.
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John 14 beginning in verse 1,
Jesus said "Let not your heart
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be troubled, you believe
in God, believe also in Me.
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In my Father's house are many
mansions, if it were not so,
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I would have told you, and I
go to prepare a place for you,
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and if I go to prepare a
place for you, I will come again
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and receive you unto Myself,
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that where I am
you may be also. "
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Jesus basically says I want
to live with you for eternity,
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and so the reason
of the second coming
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the why of it all is so that
He can take us to live with Him,
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forever. Can someone say "Amen?"
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The real question that we
want to focus in on tonight
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is the question of "How?"
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"How," that is really
where the rubber meets the road,
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If you would like to turn
there to the second page of
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your study guide.
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I would like to draw your
attention..., where's Glenda?
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I'm looking for Glenda Cinnamon.
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Where are you at?
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Ok Glenda you recognize
that picture don't you?
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She painted that
picture, absolutely beautiful!
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So as we consider our forebears
the Jews, we must consider
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a very powerful and a
very sober lesson, ok.
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Top of page two in your study
guide, one reason that it is
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so essential that we
start from the very basics
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is that our forebears, the Jews,
that's what you would write
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in there, our forebears the Jews
provide a sober example for us
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to consider.
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Think of it, the Jews preached
and anticipated the coming
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of the Deliverer, the Messiah,
for more than how many years?
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More than a thousand years,
they longed for His coming
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they prayed for His coming,
they trusted in His coming.
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They knew many of the
details about His coming,
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they taught, promoted,
and heralded His coming,
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yet amazingly on the
whole, they missed His coming.
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It almost defies reason,
how could it have happened?
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The answer to a great
degree lies in the fact that
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they missed the "How. "
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That's what you
would write in there.
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The answer..., how is
that possible, I mean really,
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they had been looking
and anticipating for the
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second coming of the Messiah, or
the first coming of the Messiah
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the Mashiah for more
than a thousand years,
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they knew almost all
of the details about it
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but many of them missed it, why?
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The answer to a great
degree lies in the fact that
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they missed the "How," that
is the manner of His coming.
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That's what you would write
there, the manner of His coming.
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How or could the Christian
church be poised to do the very
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same thing today
with His "second coming?"
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The Jews looked for a coming
military deliverer who would
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rescue them from
their humiliating
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subservience to Rome.
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They understood many
things about the Messiah's
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first coming, but
they missed the manner.
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We must ensure that we do
not commit the same folly,
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as there are millions of dear
people today, most of them Jews,
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still looking for the Messiah's
first coming, while you and I
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await His
"what" "second coming!"
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So do you see how absolutely
essential it is that we
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understand this
idea of how, yes or no?
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Absolutely essential,
so our forebears, the Jews
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are a very sober
example for us to consider.
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and when in
relation to end time events?
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How is it
actually going to happen?
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That's what we are
going to be spending the rest
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of our time on, and so
you see on your study guide
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the middle of page two
it says, we will answer this
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question of how from the Bible
text by text, we will discover
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that the second coming will
be characterized by how many
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important elements?
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6. be sure to list
each one of them, with
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Bible verses for support,
because this is very important
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stuff, so here they are,
you can quickly write them down:
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I'll give you time
to write that down,
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and while you are writing
that down, you can make your way
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to the book of Acts.
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Acts chapter one, you say
how am I supposed to do that?
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Well you figure that out, that's
why I fill mine out before hand.
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Acts 1, that's the fifth
book of the New Testament,
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I will give you a moment
to get there, by the way,
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this slide is going to be
up there several times tonight
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so if you don't get it
all right now, that's fine.
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Visible, literal, powerful,
audible, inevitable, and joyful,
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I'm in Acts chapter
one, here we find the story
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of "The Ascension of Jesus. "
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We pick it up in verse
eight, chapter one verse eight.
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Jesus speaking: "He said
but you shall receive power
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when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you.
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and you shall be witnesses to me
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in Jerusalem and in all of Judea
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and Samaria and to the
outer most parts of the earth,"
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these are Jesus
final departing words.
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Verse 9, Now when He
had spoken these things,
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while they watched, now here
is something I want you to do,
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If you have a habit of
underlining in your Bible,
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I want you to notice that
there are five occurrences
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over the course of
the next three verses,
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that all relate to "sight. "
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That all relate
to "what" everyone?
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Sight, see if you can
pick them all of them up ok.
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Verse 9. Now when He
had spoken these things,
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while they
watched, He was taken up
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and a cloud received
Him out of their sight.
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And while they looked
steadfastly towards heaven
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as He went up, behold two men
stood by them in white apparel
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who said "Men of
Galilee why do you stand
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gazing up into heaven?
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This same Jesus who was
taken up from you into heaven
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will so come in like
manner as you so saw Him go up
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into heaven. "
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Did you pick all
of them up yes or no?
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Let's look at number
1, in verse nine it says:
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While they watched, a cloud
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received them
out of their sight.
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2. Verse 10, and
while they looked.
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3. Steadfastly towards heaven.
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Verse 11. Men of
Galilee why stand ye gazing,
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4. Look right there
at the end of that verse,
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He will come in
like manner as you saw
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5. Him going to heaven.
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So five times in these
three verses, they saw Him,
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they saw Him, they saw
Him, they saw Him, they saw Him,
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and then they said, in like
manner, as you have seen Him go
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He will come again.
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English is my only language,
ok, it's my mother tongue
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and they say that if you
can speak three languages,
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you are tri-lingual, and
if you can speak two languages
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you're bi-lingual, and if
you can only speak one language
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that means you are from
the United States of America.
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And so this is the
only language I know,
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but as I understand the
English language, in like manner
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would mean in the same way.
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Are we clear on
that, are we comfortable
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with that conclusion?
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Is that the conclusion that
is supported by the language
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yes or no?
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Ok, so Jesus is having
a conversation with them
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and He is saying you are
going to be witness unto me
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in Jerusalem, Judea
and all over the place,
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and then He begins to just
lift right up off the earth
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like a helium balloon,
and they're watching, whoa!
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Never saw that before,
and they are watching Him and
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they probably begin to
squint, and where did He go,
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and then they would have
been startled by these two whoa!
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Ye men of Galilee, why
stand ye gazing up into heaven?
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This same Jesus, not
another Jesus, this same Jesus,
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will so come in like
manner, as you have seen Him go.
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In other words, the
same way you saw Him leave,
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is the same way He
is going to come back.
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When He left was
it visible yes or no?
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So when He returns will
it be visible, yes or no?
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And we already read that
didn't we in Revelation 1:7,
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it said every eye will
see Him, Revelation 1:7.
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Every eye will see Him!
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Notice it also says
here that it will be literal,
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that it will be "what" everyone?
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Let me go back to
that slide, literal.
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Notice the words of the
angels, this same Jesus.
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Was that the actual person
of Jesus that was taken up
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from them, yes or no?
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That was the real Jesus,
that was the literal Jesus,
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that was the physical
Jesus, that was the only Jesus
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that there is, and they
said this same Jesus, not
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some spiritual
Jesus, not some ghost Jesus,
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not some strange mysterious
invisible Jesus, no! no! no!
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This same Jesus that
you literally saw go up
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will literally come back.
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Are we all clear
on that everyone?
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Ok, so that's what
we are looking for,
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not just a visible
return, but a literal return.
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Now we go to powerful,
and this is quite powerful,
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as you might have imagined.
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Luke 9:26, you can write
these verses down, I'm going to
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put several up on the board
tonight in the interest of time.
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Jesus speaking, He says:
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Now beloved,
that's a lot of glory.
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Notice when He returns,
He returns in His glory,
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He returns in His Father's glory
and the glory of the angels.
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Notice this, Matthew 25:31:
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Now you might remember
the story there, when Jesus
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had been laid in the
tomb, and there was a group
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of Roman guards that were
sent there to guard the tomb.
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Some say four, some say
sixteen, it depends on how
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you read the language
there, but let's just imagine
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for our purposes, that
there are sixteen guards there
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guarding the tomb of Jesus,
and the Bible says one angel,
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how many angels?
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One angel came, and the
Bible says that those sixteen
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hardened Roman
soldiers fell down like dead men
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for one angel, one angel.
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Now beloved the Bible
says that there are thousands
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of thousands, and
ten thousand times
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ten thousand
angels in the Bible.
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Now I don't know if you
know your math, but ten thousand
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times ten thousand
is one hundred million
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but it's really even more
than that, because the largest
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demarcation, the
largest numerical demarcation
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that you will find in
your Bible is thousand, and so
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when they wanted to say
something it was "great,"
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they would say thousands
of thousands, and ten thousand
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times ten thousand, you
don't find the number trillion,
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billion, quadrillion in
your Bible, and so a thousand
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times a thousand, and ten
thousand times ten thousand
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is a way of saying, a whole lot.
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Now if one angel can
make sixteen hardened guards
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fall down flat on
their faces, dead men
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what will happen when
all of the holy angels return
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in all of their
resplendent, incandescent glory?
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Is that going to be a marvelous
powerful experience, yes or no?
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And as if that wasn't enough,
where do the angels get their
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glory from?
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"From God!" The Bible
says in 1Timothy 6:16,
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you can write that down, 1
Timothy 6:16 That God dwells
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in light that is so powerful
that no one can approach it.
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That is going to be glorious,
it reminds me of the story
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of Moses 1Timothy 6:16.
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It reminds me of the
story of Moses, Moses was there
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on the top of Mt. Sinai,
and he said God I want to see
00:20:21.94\00:20:23.80
what you look like, I
want to see your Glory,
00:20:23.83\00:20:25.92
and God said ok I'll show you
my Glory, on three conditions,
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1. I'm going to put you
in the cleft of the rock.
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2. I'm going to
put my hand over you.
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3. You can not see my face,
because no man can see my face,
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and live, you can
only see my back parts.
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Now think about it, that's
going to be a lot of glory,
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look at it there: All
the holy angels with Him
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then He will sit on
the throne of His glory.
00:20:42.29\00:20:44.56
So when God
returns, when Jesus returns,
00:20:44.59\00:20:46.62
He comes with Himself,
that's Jesus, with His Father,
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in all of His glory, and every
single last angel in heaven
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That's going to be a mighty
powerful, glorious experience,
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can you say "Amen?"
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So it's powerful, visible,
literal, and what's the next one
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powerful, now open your
Bibles to the book of Matthew
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first book of the New Testament.
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Matthew, notice
with me chapter 24,
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Matthew 24, we've actually
spent quite a little bit of time
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in this chapter for those
of you who are with us tonight
00:21:23.13\00:21:25.02
for the first or the second
time, we've been here many times
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but I want to show you a
quick verse here Matthew 24,
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and notice with
me verses 30 and 31.
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Matthew 24:30-31, Then the sign
of the Son of Man will appear
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in heaven, and then all the
tribes of the earth will mourn,
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that's by the way the
second time that we heard that,
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that all the tribe will mourn,
and they will see the Son of Man
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so there it is again
you see it's visible,
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they will see the Son of
Man coming on the clouds,
00:21:52.14\00:21:54.80
by the way there's the
second time we saw clouds today,
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coming on the clouds of
heaven with what, power and
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and great glory, and He will
send His angels with a great
00:22:01.44\00:22:05.88
sound of a trumpet, and they
will gather together His elect
00:22:05.91\00:22:10.08
from the four winds, from
one end of heaven to the other
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so here even in verse 31
and verse 30 of Matthew 24
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it says it's going to be
powerful, and in the context
00:22:15.77\00:22:18.85
it says it's going to be
powerful because there is
00:22:18.89\00:22:20.59
going to be such
great glory there.
00:22:20.62\00:22:22.56
So far so good.
00:22:22.59\00:22:23.98
Notice our next one
that it will be audible,
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now we have already seen here
in verse 31, that He returns
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with the great sound of a
trumpet, in fact there are
00:22:33.75\00:22:38.43
several times in the
New Testament where Jesus
00:22:38.46\00:22:40.04
is referred to as returning
with a sound of a trumpet.
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You want to write another
one down 1 Corinthians 15:52
00:22:43.24\00:22:47.50
you can write that down.
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1 Corinthians 15:52 says
He will return with the sound
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of a trump, ok, a trumpet.
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I used to play the trumpet
and I taught myself how to
00:22:57.44\00:22:59.71
play at the age of 21, when
I was living in my Mom's house.
00:22:59.74\00:23:01.95
She will tell you that trumpets
can be obnoxiously loud,
00:23:01.98\00:23:05.96
any trumpet player here tonight?
00:23:05.99\00:23:07.20
Ok, you know, I should
have had you bring your trumpet
00:23:07.23\00:23:09.04
and play for me.
00:23:09.07\00:23:10.04
I did that one time except
there was a nice sweet older
00:23:10.05\00:23:11.82
lady sitting in the front row,
and I blew it as hard as I could
00:23:11.85\00:23:13.90
and it looked like she
was going to die on the spot
00:23:13.93\00:23:15.86
that's why I decided I
wouldn't do that anymore.
00:23:15.89\00:23:17.36
I just remind you that
trumpets are very loud.
00:23:17.39\00:23:19.14
Jesus said He will return
with the sound of a trumpet,
00:23:19.17\00:23:23.61
so it's visible, yes, it's
literal, yes, it's powerful,
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yes, what else is it, it's
audible, that's exactly right.
00:23:27.94\00:23:30.68
Open your Bibles to 1
Thessalonians, we go from
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Matthew, we'll be
coming back here by the way,
00:23:33.52\00:23:34.71
so if you would like to
slide a little pen or something
00:23:34.74\00:23:36.56
in there, if you've got one
of these fancy dancy red ribbons
00:23:36.59\00:23:39.10
like I've got, you can put
it in there, 1 Thessalonians
00:23:39.13\00:23:42.46
chapter 14, 1 Thessalonians,
that's Galatians, Ephesians,
00:23:42.49\00:23:47.17
Philippians, Colossians,
then you come to the Timothy's,
00:23:47.20\00:23:50.41
pardon me, then you come to
the Thessalonians just before
00:23:50.44\00:23:52.35
you come to the Timothy's.
00:23:52.38\00:23:53.35
1 Thessalonians
4:16, what verse everyone?
00:23:53.36\00:24:02.57
16, it says for the Lord
Himself, there it is again,
00:24:02.60\00:24:07.83
this same Jesus, right,
the Lord Himself will descend
00:24:07.86\00:24:14.14
from where everyone?
00:24:14.17\00:24:15.22
>From heaven with a
shout, a shout is loud or a
00:24:15.25\00:24:20.32
shout is quiet, it's
loud, that's exactly right.
00:24:20.35\00:24:23.30
If you would like a
demonstration I could bring
00:24:23.33\00:24:24.30
either of my two boys in
here and they can show you what
00:24:24.32\00:24:25.91
it's all about.
00:24:25.94\00:24:26.91
Better yet I'll send
them to your house at 5:00
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in the morning, which is
when they get up at my house.
00:24:28.49\00:24:30.13
I have two little alarm clocks
that don't let me sleep in.
00:24:30.16\00:24:32.72
With a shout, with a
voice of an arch angel,
00:24:32.75\00:24:36.95
now has anyone here
ever heard an arch angel?
00:24:36.98\00:24:38.44
Me neither, but I'm
going to imagine in context,
00:24:38.47\00:24:41.86
that it's quite loud.
00:24:41.89\00:24:42.86
With a shout, with the
voice of the arch angel
00:24:42.87\00:24:46.22
and with the trumpet
of God, there it is again.
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The trumpet of God,
in fact this is so loud,
00:24:49.78\00:24:51.73
my Mom used to say to me,
you know I get up in the morning
00:24:51.76\00:24:53.44
in fact my wife still
says it to me to this day,
00:24:53.47\00:24:55.00
she'll say
sweetie you were loud,
00:24:55.03\00:24:56.58
but I feel like I'm being
so quiet, but my mom would say
00:24:56.61\00:24:58.86
your loud, you are so
loud you could wake the dead.
00:24:58.89\00:25:01.94
Well that's exactly what
happens when Jesus comes back,
00:25:01.97\00:25:03.77
notice this it says in
verse 16, the trumpet of God
00:25:03.80\00:25:07.80
and the dead in Christ, "what?"
They rise first, they wake up.
00:25:07.83\00:25:12.09
Verse 17, And we who are alive
and remain shall be caught up
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together with them in
the clouds, there it is again
00:25:14.30\00:25:16.87
clouds, that's the third
time we've seen that tonight
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We will meet the Lord "where?"
in the air, and thus we shall
00:25:19.36\00:25:22.47
always be with the Lord,
verse 18, Therefore comfort
00:25:22.50\00:25:24.74
one another with these words.
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So there's a
shout, there's the voice
00:25:25.83\00:25:28.09
of the arch angel, and
the trumpet, trumpet, trumpet.
00:25:28.12\00:25:30.62
In other words, it's not
going to be a quiet event,
00:25:30.65\00:25:33.28
It's going to be a loud
event, are we all clear on that?
00:25:33.31\00:25:35.91
So it's visible, it's literal,
it's powerful, and it's audible,
00:25:35.94\00:25:41.31
that's exactly right.
00:25:41.57\00:25:42.54
Now we're going
to continue on here,
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it's also inevitable,
notice this Psalm 50:3:
00:25:43.53\00:25:48.87
By the way, that
fire is His glory.
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The Bible says in Hebrews 12:29,
you want to write that down,
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Hebrews 12:29, Our
God is a consuming fire,
00:26:07.78\00:26:13.30
that light, that unapproachable
light that surrounds God.
00:26:13.33\00:26:16.64
is perceived by the
wicked, as being like fire,
00:26:16.67\00:26:20.45
that's exactly right.
00:26:20.49\00:26:21.46
It appears also as fire to
the righteous, but the righteous
00:26:21.47\00:26:23.37
are not burned up by it.
00:26:23.40\00:26:24.37
Notice what He says, God
will come and He will not
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keep silent, so
far so good everyone.
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Ok, lets go back to
Matthew 24, back to Matthew 24,
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and notice with me, verse 23,
Matthew 24 let's go back there.
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Notice with me verse 23:
Then if anyone says to you
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words of Jesus in red,
then if anyone says to you, Look
00:27:11.32\00:27:14.24
here is the "Christ" or there
Jesus says, run out as quickly
00:27:14.27\00:27:20.82
as possible, is
that what He says?
00:27:20.85\00:27:23.75
Do not believe it, so if
someone comes and says oh yeah
00:27:23.78\00:27:27.29
by the way Jesus is
here, you didn't hear that,
00:27:27.32\00:27:30.69
Jesus is here, He's in Tokyo
right now, Jesus is in Miami
00:27:30.72\00:27:33.37
right now, no! no! no!, in
fact we actually looked at that
00:27:33.40\00:27:35.45
the other night, in our
Signs of the Times message,
00:27:35.48\00:27:37.60
and we looked at that
man, do you remember his name?
00:27:37.63\00:27:39.41
Dr. Jose Louis De Jesus Miranda
who today claims to be Jesus
00:27:39.44\00:27:45.49
and has somewhere between
the most conservative estimate
00:27:45.58\00:27:47.91
let's say two million followers
and some say up to 10 million
00:27:47.94\00:27:50.82
people who think
he's Jesus on earth today.
00:27:50.85\00:27:52.71
Jesus said hey listen, if
they say to you, oh by the way
00:27:52.74\00:27:55.90
Jesus is here and He
lives in the suburb in Miami,
00:27:55.93\00:27:58.71
what did Jesus say?
00:27:58.74\00:28:00.93
Don't believe it.
00:28:00.96\00:28:02.24
Don't go, well why
not, why not Jesus,
00:28:02.67\00:28:04.22
how can we be sure,
maybe this guy is the guy.
00:28:04.25\00:28:05.96
Verse 24, For false Christ's
and false prophets will arise
00:28:05.99\00:28:10.94
and show great signs and
wonders to deceive if possible
00:28:10.97\00:28:15.51
even the elect.
00:28:15.54\00:28:16.51
Verse 25, See I have
told you before hand,
00:28:16.52\00:28:18.78
Verse 26, Therefore, remember
in the Bible when you see
00:28:18.81\00:28:20.79
the word
therefore, ask yourself,
00:28:20.82\00:28:21.79
hey what's that there for?
00:28:21.80\00:28:22.77
What's it doing there?
00:28:22.80\00:28:24.46
Therefore if they say to
you look He's in the desert,
00:28:24.49\00:28:27.24
do not go out, or look
He's in the inner rooms,
00:28:27.27\00:28:29.55
do not believe it, look He
is in Miami, no! no! no! no!
00:28:29.58\00:28:32.17
don't believe any of that why?
00:28:32.20\00:28:33.26
Verse 27, For or because as
the lightning comes from the
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east and flashes to the
west, so also will the coming
00:28:40.00\00:28:43.23
of the Son of Man be.
00:28:43.26\00:28:44.23
Now lightning is one
of those things in a true
00:28:44.24\00:28:47.51
lightning storm, you can
literally close your eyes
00:28:47.54\00:28:51.22
as still see the
flash of brightness,
00:28:51.25\00:28:53.95
is that true yes or no?
00:28:53.98\00:28:54.95
So Jesus says hey
listen, listen, listen.
00:28:54.96\00:28:56.84
They say to you oh
yeah, Jesus is in Miami,
00:28:56.87\00:28:59.29
Jesus is in
Jerusalem, Jesus is in Tokyo,
00:28:59.32\00:29:01.32
bla bla bla, don't believe
it, don't buy it for a moment
00:29:01.35\00:29:04.30
because when Jesus
returns, every eye will see Him,
00:29:04.33\00:29:06.86
it will be like lightening
flashing from the east
00:29:06.89\00:29:08.71
to the west, it will be literal,
visible, powerful, audible,
00:29:08.74\00:29:12.22
you will know, you
won't have to put it on CNN
00:29:12.25\00:29:14.63
beloved when Jesus comes
back, you're going to know.
00:29:14.66\00:29:17.36
"Amen!" You'll
know! You'll know ok!
00:29:17.39\00:29:22.04
So look at this, we're
still there in Matthew,
00:29:22.07\00:29:24.88
well actually we'll just
go beyond that verse, I think
00:29:24.91\00:29:27.42
the point is well made.
00:29:27.45\00:29:28.51
Now the Parable of
the Wheat and Tares,
00:29:28.54\00:29:30.71
this is an essential
concept that we grasp
00:29:30.74\00:29:33.19
and what we're
going to be doing here,
00:29:33.22\00:29:34.31
is sort of debunking a very
popular but non-Biblical idea,
00:29:34.34\00:29:40.47
I want to say
something about that,
00:29:40.50\00:29:41.77
ideas may be popular,
but, popular ideas are not
00:29:41.80\00:29:45.03
necessarily Biblical
ideas, can you say Amen.
00:29:45.06\00:29:47.55
Now we learned that just
yesterday about the Sabbath,
00:29:47.58\00:29:49.59
I mean Sunday is a
hugely popular idea,
00:29:49.62\00:29:52.60
but we looked last night to
see if there was any evidence
00:29:52.63\00:29:54.77
from the Bible that
Sunday observance is Biblical,
00:29:54.80\00:29:57.04
or that it's
taught in the Bible.
00:29:57.07\00:29:58.19
No, there's not one iota of
evidence, in fact last night
00:29:58.22\00:29:59.98
I told you I would give
you ten thousand dollars cash
00:30:00.01\00:30:01.82
for every text you
can produce on that.
00:30:01.85\00:30:03.80
So and idea might be popular
but that doesn't mean that it's
00:30:03.83\00:30:07.84
true or Biblical.
00:30:07.87\00:30:10.22
Go to Matthew 13, and
let's ask the question
00:30:10.25\00:30:12.33
well when does all this happen,
and how does this happen.
00:30:12.36\00:30:15.12
We've seen this is visible,
we've seen this is literal,
00:30:15.15\00:30:17.15
we've seen it's audible,
we've seen it's powerful,
00:30:17.18\00:30:19.35
we've seen it's inevitable,
and of course it's going to be
00:30:19.38\00:30:22.31
joyful for the believer,
we'll come back to that point.
00:30:22.34\00:30:24.22
Well look at Matthew 13, we've
been to this parable many times
00:30:24.25\00:30:27.27
let's re-visit it.
00:30:27.30\00:30:28.27
Verse 24, Matthew 13:24,
another parable He put forth
00:30:28.28\00:30:31.87
to them saying, the
kingdom of heaven is like a man
00:30:31.90\00:30:34.29
who sowed what kind
of seed in his field?
00:30:34.32\00:30:35.76
Good seed, but while men
slept, his enemy came and
00:30:35.79\00:30:38.61
sowed tares among the
wheat, and went his way.
00:30:38.64\00:30:40.19
But when the grain had
sprouted and produced a crop,
00:30:40.22\00:30:41.89
then the tares also appeared,
so the servants of the owner
00:30:41.92\00:30:44.38
came to him and said:
'Sir, did you not sow good seed
00:30:44.41\00:30:47.58
in your field? How
then does it have tares?'
00:30:47.61\00:30:49.21
Where did the weed come from,
is what they wanted to know.
00:30:49.24\00:30:51.22
Verse 28, He said to them,
what were those five words?
00:30:51.25\00:30:53.57
an enemy has done this,
you've got it, very good class.
00:30:53.60\00:30:58.12
How then does it have
tares, an enemy has done this
00:30:58.15\00:31:00.75
do want us then
to go gather them up?
00:31:00.78\00:31:02.21
What did he say?
00:31:02.24\00:31:03.27
No, don't do that, lest
while you gather up the tares
00:31:03.30\00:31:05.55
you might also root
up the wheat with them.
00:31:05.58\00:31:08.15
Now look at verse
30, look at verse 30,
00:31:08.18\00:31:10.13
don't miss verse 30, verse
30 is so easy to understand
00:31:10.16\00:31:14.11
my little five year old boy
Landon could understand this.
00:31:14.14\00:31:16.19
Let both, who's both?
00:31:16.22\00:31:19.00
The wheat and the
tares, let both grow,
00:31:19.03\00:31:21.52
what's the next word?
00:31:21.55\00:31:22.52
Together, what does
the word together mean?
00:31:22.53\00:31:24.59
The word together means
together, that's exactly right,
00:31:24.62\00:31:31.83
alright! Sandy we need
you to write a dictionary
00:31:31.86\00:31:34.91
that we all can understand.
00:31:34.94\00:31:35.91
Here we go, let both grow
together until the harvest
00:31:35.92\00:31:40.39
at the time of the harvest
I will say to the reapers,
00:31:40.42\00:31:44.25
first gather together the
tares and bind them in bundles
00:31:44.28\00:31:47.03
to burn them, but to
gather the wheat into my barn.
00:31:47.06\00:31:48.78
Now I'm going to ask
you to do two things here:
00:31:48.81\00:31:50.08
1. The main point: notice
that they both grow together
00:31:50.11\00:31:52.84
until the harvest, now
here's the second thing
00:31:52.87\00:31:55.07
I'm going to ask you to do
00:31:55.10\00:31:56.07
take that word first,
see where it says first
00:31:56.08\00:31:58.85
to gather, does everyone
see that, first take that first
00:31:58.88\00:32:03.14
and hang it on a hook in your
mind because we are going to
00:32:03.17\00:32:04.99
come back to it,
just hang on to that one.
00:32:05.02\00:32:07.00
So who's gathered first,
the tares which are the wicked,
00:32:07.03\00:32:11.34
oh I wonder what this
parable means, Jesus spoke in
00:32:11.37\00:32:13.27
such a mysterious
language, such cryptic imagery,
00:32:13.30\00:32:15.97
what could it possibly
mean, well let's have a vote
00:32:16.00\00:32:19.09
and decide, no! no! no!
Jesus tells us what it means.
00:32:19.12\00:32:21.44
Look at verse 36, Then
Jesus sent the multitude away
00:32:21.47\00:32:24.20
and went into the house,
and His disciples came to Him
00:32:24.23\00:32:26.59
saying, explain to us
the parable of the Tares and
00:32:26.62\00:32:28.30
the field, and He said
ok, he who sows the good seed
00:32:28.33\00:32:31.25
the Son of Man,
who's the Son of Man?
00:32:31.28\00:32:33.36
Jesus, the field is the world,
the good seeds are the sons of
00:32:33.39\00:32:37.75
the Kingdom, the
tares are the sons of the,
00:32:37.78\00:32:39.94
I'm going to ask you again
real quick, just to be sure
00:32:39.97\00:32:42.19
it's on that hook in your
mind, who was bound first?
00:32:42.22\00:32:44.61
The tares, we're
going to come back to that,
00:32:44.64\00:32:46.97
and you're just
going to be blown away.
00:32:47.00\00:32:48.03
I guarantee that many of
you in this room are going to be
00:32:48.06\00:32:50.37
floored tonight when we
come back to that verse.
00:32:50.40\00:32:52.50
Verse 39: The enemy who
sowed them is the Devil,
00:32:52.53\00:32:55.87
the harvest is the end of the
age, or the end of the world,
00:32:55.90\00:32:59.37
the reapers are the angels,
therefore as the tares are
00:32:59.40\00:33:02.07
gathered and burned in the
fire, so it will be at the end
00:33:02.10\00:33:04.47
of this age, the Son of
Man will send out His angels
00:33:04.50\00:33:07.48
they will gather out of His
kingdom all things that offend
00:33:07.51\00:33:10.21
and those who
practice lawlessness,
00:33:10.24\00:33:11.57
and will cast them
into the furnace of fire.
00:33:11.60\00:33:13.27
There will be wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
00:33:13.30\00:33:15.20
Then the righteous will
shine forth as the sun in the
00:33:15.23\00:33:18.21
kingdom of their Father.
00:33:18.25\00:33:19.22
He who has ears to
hear, let him hear!
00:33:19.23\00:33:21.21
Can you say Amen?
00:33:21.24\00:33:22.21
Now this is not a
difficult parable to understand,
00:33:22.22\00:33:24.60
not at all.
00:33:24.63\00:33:25.67
Jesus says basically
there was a man, he went out he
00:33:25.70\00:33:28.33
sowed some seed in his field
and the weeds came up with the
00:33:28.36\00:33:31.83
good stuff, and they said hey
do you want us to gather all up
00:33:31.86\00:33:34.74
no! no! no!, don't gather them
up, because if you gather up
00:33:34.77\00:33:36.67
the bad, you might
pull up some of the good,
00:33:36.70\00:33:38.86
let both grow together until
the harvest, ok, now the harvest
00:33:38.89\00:33:43.26
is the "when," the end of
the age,that's exactly right.
00:33:43.29\00:33:47.33
I want you to notice
this, that the same time
00:33:47.36\00:33:51.08
that the wicked are gathered
out of the kingdom, is the same
00:33:51.11\00:33:55.26
time that the
righteous shine forth.
00:33:55.29\00:33:57.34
Do you see that yes or no?
00:33:57.37\00:33:59.62
There is no different
timing here, they are all having
00:33:59.65\00:34:02.69
the same experience.
00:34:02.72\00:34:03.69
What did it say there?
Every eye will see Him,
00:34:03.70\00:34:07.65
so the righteous and
the wicked, is that right?
00:34:07.68\00:34:10.73
We've actually
already seen twice tonight,
00:34:11.03\00:34:12.38
that when every eyes sees them
it says they will all mourn.
00:34:12.41\00:34:16.15
Now how many people in this
room think they are going to be
00:34:16.18\00:34:19.57
mourning when Jesus returns?
00:34:19.60\00:34:20.92
How many people are
going to be shouting for joy
00:34:20.95\00:34:24.44
when Jesus returns?
00:34:24.47\00:34:25.44
So who is mourning
when Jesus returns?
00:34:25.45\00:34:27.99
That would be the
wicked, so that would mean then
00:34:28.02\00:34:31.30
that the wicked see Jesus come.
00:34:31.33\00:34:33.12
Yes or no, are we
all clear on that?
00:34:33.15\00:34:35.52
That's what it must
mean, that's what it must mean.
00:34:35.55\00:34:37.86
Now let's continue,
this is going to get better,
00:34:37.89\00:34:39.71
as my friends in
Australia like to say, the penny
00:34:39.74\00:34:42.91
is about ready to drop.
00:34:42.94\00:34:44.14
That's what they say,
wait until the penny drops.
00:34:44.17\00:34:45.77
as we have already seen.
00:34:48.39\00:34:49.36
So the second coming of
Jesus is let's say it together:
00:34:49.37\00:34:50.34
Ok, that's what we are looking
at, how is it going to happen?
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.37
Now what about the so
called secret rapture,
00:35:00.40\00:35:02.81
you're there on the third page.
00:35:02.84\00:35:04.28
How many of you have heard of
this idea of the secret rapture?
00:35:04.31\00:35:06.74
Raise your hand, secret
rapture, alright, let's see.
00:35:06.77\00:35:11.49
I'm at the top
of the third page.
00:35:11.52\00:35:13.56
The concept of the
secret rapture as we have seen
00:35:13.59\00:35:15.91
is very difficult to harmonize
with the Biblical picture
00:35:15.94\00:35:18.28
presented, there is simply
nothing secretive or clandestine
00:35:18.31\00:35:22.35
about it, in fact it will
be the most non-secret event
00:35:22.38\00:35:25.72
the world has ever seen.
00:35:25.75\00:35:26.81
Every eye will see
Him, says Revelation 1:7,
00:35:26.84\00:35:29.99
some kind of secret that is,
a secret that everybody knows.
00:35:30.02\00:35:33.02
It defies both grammar and
logic, yet this idea is rather
00:35:33.06\00:35:39.12
popular in this day and age,
it has been made so in no small
00:35:39.15\00:35:42.70
part by a series of fictitious
scenarios depicted in the novel
00:35:42.73\00:35:45.26
series: Left Behind, we've got
that here for you, written by
00:35:45.29\00:35:47.88
Timothy Lahaye
and Jeremy Jenkins.
00:35:47.91\00:35:49.08
Now I don't know these
men, fine Christian men,
00:35:49.11\00:35:51.34
I don't doubt they might
love the Lord Jesus Christ
00:35:51.66\00:35:54.02
with all their hearts, but I
want you to notice what I say
00:35:54.05\00:35:55.79
here, while this series
may make for exciting reading
00:35:55.82\00:35:59.77
and gripping adventure fiction,
it makes for poor theology.
00:35:59.80\00:36:03.81
If you want to know what
the Bible says, be sure to spend
00:36:03.84\00:36:07.10
some time actually reading
the Bible, not just books
00:36:07.13\00:36:11.87
about the Bible.
00:36:11.90\00:36:13.72
Now these books were hugely
popular, and still maintain
00:36:13.75\00:36:18.05
much of their
popularity to this day,
00:36:18.08\00:36:19.48
in fact it's the
number one selling book series
00:36:19.51\00:36:22.09
in the history
of the human race.
00:36:22.12\00:36:24.17
The number one selling
book series in the history
00:36:24.20\00:36:27.61
of the human race, I
mean it was amazing when they
00:36:27.64\00:36:29.44
were in their zenith, they
were out selling even Grishim
00:36:29.47\00:36:32.60
and Danielle Steele,
and other secular authors.
00:36:32.63\00:36:34.98
I remember going into
airports four or five years ago,
00:36:35.01\00:36:37.60
as seeing all kinds of
people suddenly very interested
00:36:37.63\00:36:41.81
in religious topics, everybody
had the Left Behind series
00:36:41.84\00:36:44.48
looking into it.
00:36:44.51\00:36:45.72
Now listen I didn't
actually read the books myself,
00:36:45.75\00:36:47.87
but I know what's taught
there and the idea is this,
00:36:47.90\00:36:50.05
I did see the movie
though with Kurt Cameron,
00:36:50.08\00:36:52.22
it was kind of interesting,
I give it a thumbs down.
00:36:52.25\00:36:57.37
Back to the point, the idea
here is this, nothing wrong,
00:36:57.40\00:37:01.67
I shouldn't say nothing wrong,
if you want to read a book
00:37:01.70\00:37:04.23
for just pure enjoyment,
for pure entertainment purposes
00:37:04.26\00:37:06.26
knock yourselves
out, though I would say
00:37:06.29\00:37:08.69
we should be sure that
the things that we are reading
00:37:08.72\00:37:10.24
are consistent with
the principles that God
00:37:10.27\00:37:12.36
has laid out for
us in His Word, Amen.
00:37:12.39\00:37:13.78
I'm not saying go out and
look at any old nasty thing
00:37:13.81\00:37:16.61
I mean why would we want to
be entertained by the very thing
00:37:16.64\00:37:18.67
that put Jesus Christ on the
cross, this is unclear to me.
00:37:18.70\00:37:21.07
Why would a Christian
want to go to a rated R movie?
00:37:21.10\00:37:22.77
Some people say to
me, well, I'm a Christian,
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.89
I'm free in Christ.
00:37:24.92\00:37:25.92
Why would you want to?
00:37:25.95\00:37:27.15
Why would you want to go
watch the very thing that
00:37:27.18\00:37:29.91
put Jesus on the cross,
why would you want to look at
00:37:29.94\00:37:31.59
illicit sex or terrible
viol..., I'm confused about that
00:37:31.62\00:37:34.64
the Bible says in Philippians
4:8 whatever things are true,
00:37:34.68\00:37:37.67
and just, and pure, and
holy, these are the things
00:37:37.70\00:37:39.82
we should be
thinking about, Amen!
00:37:39.85\00:37:41.55
So many good Christian people
read this series and said oh,
00:37:41.58\00:37:45.09
well maybe that
must be what's true,
00:37:45.12\00:37:46.61
but beloved, you can not
do any better than this book
00:37:46.64\00:37:50.72
to know what this
book teaches, Amen!
00:37:50.75\00:37:53.77
So again, this is not
an effrontery to these men
00:37:53.81\00:37:56.18
they might be fine
Christian men as I've said,
00:37:56.21\00:37:57.66
I've never met them, but I
just want to talk about this
00:37:57.69\00:37:59.92
theory that's been popularized,
this idea of a secret rapture.
00:37:59.95\00:38:03.67
In the movie there Kurt Cameron
and others were just sitting
00:38:03.70\00:38:06.89
in their chair, just sort
of minding their business,
00:38:06.92\00:38:08.68
and all of a sudden,
fooom people were gone,
00:38:08.72\00:38:10.88
I mean all over the
world people just suddenly
00:38:10.91\00:38:12.23
disappeared and he
looked over and there was neatly
00:38:12.26\00:38:14.71
folded clothes, I don't
find that anywhere in the Bible,
00:38:14.74\00:38:17.09
just, oh, oh, what happened
and the pilot was raptured
00:38:17.13\00:38:21.68
fortunately the co-pilot was
a sinner, and he wasn't raptured
00:38:21.71\00:38:23.78
so he could still land the
plane, these kinds of things.
00:38:23.81\00:38:25.57
Now I'm not just saying
these things to make fun
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.71
the reality is, is that,
this is an idea that many people
00:38:28.74\00:38:32.39
believe, but I want you to know
there is not one scintilla of
00:38:32.42\00:38:36.28
Bible evidence that supports
the idea that people are going
00:38:36.31\00:38:38.37
to suddenly disappear and
leave their clothes folded.
00:38:38.40\00:38:40.20
Ok, it's just not there,
now you say well wait a minute
00:38:40.23\00:38:44.39
explain then, well I'm going
to do my very best to explain.
00:38:44.42\00:38:46.79
A thief in the night, we
are in the middle of page three,
00:38:46.82\00:38:50.53
how many have heard the
term that Jesus is going to come
00:38:50.56\00:38:52.35
like a thief, ok, now
He is going to come like
00:38:52.38\00:38:55.78
a thief, but you have to
be clear on what that means.
00:38:55.81\00:38:58.17
Look at what it says,
the Bible does in fact teach
00:38:58.20\00:39:01.00
the second coming will
resemble in some sense a thief
00:39:01.03\00:39:03.30
in the night, but what does
this mean, that it is a secret
00:39:03.33\00:39:09.63
that no one knows.
00:39:09.66\00:39:10.82
Is that what it means?
00:39:10.85\00:39:11.98
Now let us see, we are going
to look at two passages here
00:39:12.01\00:39:14.01
Matthew 24:36, Jesus
speaking: Jesus says,
00:39:14.04\00:39:17.75
but who only knows, ok, so
what only does the Father know?
00:39:27.73\00:39:30.67
The day and the hour, you've
got it, so let's continue.
00:39:30.70\00:39:34.27
In other words, if the
individual who was guarding
00:39:44.50\00:39:47.51
his house knew when
it was going to happen,
00:39:47.54\00:39:49.22
he wouldn't have left the
thief come, so watch this:
00:39:49.25\00:39:52.72
Now let me ask you a question,
what comes like a thief?
00:39:59.22\00:40:01.41
The event or the
timing, according to this verse
00:40:01.44\00:40:05.33
it's the timing
that's like a thief.
00:40:05.36\00:40:06.67
Come on, in what possible
sense could it be like a thief
00:40:06.70\00:40:11.26
in the terms of His
manner of coming, it's visible,
00:40:11.29\00:40:13.39
it's climactic, it's loud,
it's audible, it's powerful,
00:40:13.42\00:40:17.20
all the holy
angels, the glory of God,
00:40:17.23\00:40:19.27
everything is
happening in one cocofinism,
00:40:19.30\00:40:22.19
amazing tempestuous
event, that's not a secret.
00:40:22.22\00:40:25.35
What is apparently a secret,
or what appears to be somewhat
00:40:25.38\00:40:28.35
like a thief in the
night, is the timing,
00:40:28.38\00:40:30.75
is the "what" everyone?
00:40:30.78\00:40:32.54
Look, Jesus says it there for
you, Be ready for the Son of Man
00:40:32.57\00:40:35.99
is coming at an hour
that you don't expect.
00:40:36.02\00:40:38.94
Now look at this one,
here's the other passage that's
00:40:38.97\00:40:40.60
sometimes sited, there both
right there in your handout.
00:40:40.63\00:40:44.29
But the day of the
Lord will come as a what?
00:40:44.33\00:40:47.00
Notice what it doesn't
say, it doesn't say the Lord
00:40:47.03\00:40:49.76
will come as a thief.
00:40:49.79\00:40:50.88
Look at the verse, it says
you have to learn the importance
00:40:50.91\00:40:53.98
of the English language, does
that verse say that the Lord
00:40:54.01\00:40:56.81
will come as a
thief in the night?
00:40:56.84\00:40:58.26
What does it say will
come as a thief in the night?
00:40:58.29\00:41:00.61
The day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night
00:41:00.64\00:41:03.63
and it always helps
to read the context.
00:41:03.66\00:41:05.49
Ok, look at this: in
which the heavens will pass away
00:41:05.52\00:41:08.35
with a great noise,
that's some secret isn't it.
00:41:08.39\00:41:11.05
The heavens will pass
away with a great noise!
00:41:11.09\00:41:14.76
It's going to be a secret!
00:41:14.79\00:41:15.76
It doesn't make any sense,
it's not that the Lord comes
00:41:15.77\00:41:19.04
as a thief, but
what comes as a thief?
00:41:19.07\00:41:20.98
The event, the day, the
timing, comes as a thief,
00:41:21.01\00:41:23.98
in which the heavens will
pass away with a great noise.
00:41:24.01\00:41:25.96
The element will
melt with fervent heat:
00:41:25.99\00:41:27.61
Why, why are they melting?
Because of the fire that
00:41:27.64\00:41:29.46
surrounds God, His amazing
glory, both the earth and
00:41:29.49\00:41:32.39
the works that are
in it will be burned up.
00:41:32.42\00:41:34.67
Look at your study guide here,
notice what it is that comes
00:41:34.70\00:41:38.07
like a thief, it's not
the Messiah, but the day
00:41:38.10\00:41:41.82
and the hour, you've got it.
00:41:41.85\00:41:44.36
That is to say that
the timing is like a thief,
00:41:44.39\00:41:47.19
no good thief calls ahead
to alert you of his arrival.
00:41:47.22\00:41:50.20
Unfortunately all of
those thieves are in jail,
00:41:50.23\00:41:53.37
the good ones are not in
jail, right! I just want to
00:41:53.40\00:41:56.04
let you know that I'll be over
tomorrow night at about three,
00:41:56.07\00:41:57.39
will three work for
you? Three works for me, ok,
00:41:57.42\00:41:58.80
I'm going to rob
your place, no! no! no!
00:41:58.83\00:42:00.93
He times His coming so
that you won't expect it
00:42:00.96\00:42:04.34
only in this sense is the
second coming like a thief.
00:42:04.37\00:42:07.80
Notice the last paragraph here,
A word of caution is in order
00:42:07.83\00:42:11.39
here, God is not out to
get us, or to surprise us,
00:42:11.42\00:42:15.34
can someone say "Amen?"
00:42:15.37\00:42:16.46
So that we will
be lost, no! no! no!
00:42:16.49\00:42:18.47
In fact as we
remember in our presentation
00:42:18.50\00:42:20.61
on The Signs of the Times,
we see that He is actually
00:42:20.64\00:42:23.42
trying to do the very opposite.
00:42:23.45\00:42:24.42
Remember what Jesus, and
Peter and Paul, and John urged
00:42:24.43\00:42:26.82
us to do, they said watch, you
remember, that's right, watch.
00:42:26.85\00:42:30.98
Why! So we would be aware
of the lateness of the hour,
00:42:31.01\00:42:35.15
so that we would be prepared.
00:42:35.18\00:42:36.83
This highlights and important
point, the second coming
00:42:36.86\00:42:40.02
is a surprise
only to the unprepared.
00:42:40.05\00:42:43.90
That is a critical point,
the second coming is a surprise
00:42:43.93\00:42:47.86
to the unprepared, not to
the committed watchful believer,
00:42:47.89\00:42:51.10
this makes the thief in
the night text so very easy
00:42:51.13\00:42:54.22
to understand:
00:42:54.25\00:42:55.22
Can you say "Amen?"
00:42:58.15\00:42:59.44
Can you imagine the thief
coming with a great noise,
00:42:59.47\00:43:01.39
the thief
announcing! no! no! no! no!
00:43:01.42\00:43:03.14
What comes like a thief is
the timing, the day, the hour,
00:43:03.17\00:43:07.29
not the event itself, if
this makes sense say "Amen!"
00:43:07.32\00:43:09.87
You think that's good,
buckle your safety belts,
00:43:09.90\00:43:13.95
ok there you go, Dot's
got her safety belt buckled.
00:43:13.98\00:43:17.41
Be sure to buckle your safety
belts, because you are about
00:43:17.44\00:43:18.97
ready to a bomb shell of a
Bible truth right here, ok.
00:43:19.00\00:43:22.23
Here we go, at the
last page at the top:
00:43:22.26\00:43:25.11
One will be taken,
the other will be left,
00:43:25.14\00:43:27.29
how many have heard that before?
00:43:27.32\00:43:28.36
That's what the whole
title of the series comes from,
00:43:28.39\00:43:30.31
"Left Behind,"you want to
be taken because the wicked
00:43:30.34\00:43:34.79
are going to be left
and suddenly wished away.
00:43:34.82\00:43:37.61
Right, ok, I'm going to
show you something fascinating,
00:43:37.64\00:43:40.57
you do not want to be taken!
00:43:40.60\00:43:43.47
If you believe the Bible,
you don't want to be the ones
00:43:43.50\00:43:49.18
that are taken away,
you're thinking, What!
00:43:49.21\00:43:50.96
what's he talking about,
he's talking in parables,
00:43:50.99\00:43:52.70
ok, watch this,
this is phenomenal.
00:43:52.73\00:43:55.37
The Left Behind series
that we mentioned earlier
00:43:55.40\00:43:58.27
derives it's name from
Luke 17:36, The claim is made
00:43:58.30\00:44:01.35
that the righteous will be
wished away in a secret rapture
00:44:01.38\00:44:03.87
we have seen that
this imaginative scenario
00:44:03.90\00:44:06.11
simply cannot be harmonized
with the teaching of scripture.
00:44:06.14\00:44:08.20
Once more it utterly fails to
grapple with the issue of who is
00:44:08.23\00:44:12.40
taken and who is left.
00:44:12.43\00:44:15.17
Watch carefully as the
picture unfolds in the Bible.
00:44:15.20\00:44:18.63
Go to Matthew 24, ok
are you ready for this?
00:44:18.66\00:44:21.85
I hope you are, I think
some of you are just going to be
00:44:21.88\00:44:24.16
floored, but it's good to
be floored, as long as it's by
00:44:24.19\00:44:27.24
Bible truth, "Amen!"
00:44:27.27\00:44:28.37
Matthew 24:36 I want everyone
there, you've got to see this
00:44:28.40\00:44:37.17
for yourselves in the Word.
00:44:37.20\00:44:38.74
Matthew 24:36, Jesus
says: But of that day and hour,
00:44:38.77\00:44:44.46
no one knows, not
even the angels of heaven
00:44:44.49\00:44:46.86
but My Father only.
00:44:46.89\00:44:47.86
37. But as the days of
Noah were, so also will the
00:44:47.89\00:44:53.11
coming of the Son of Man be.
00:44:53.14\00:44:54.20
So He gives us here an
analogy as the days of Noah.
00:44:54.23\00:44:56.46
38. For as in the days
before the flood, they were
00:44:56.49\00:45:00.21
eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage,
00:45:00.24\00:45:02.04
until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
00:45:02.07\00:45:04.29
Now there's nothing wrong
with eating and there's nothing
00:45:04.32\00:45:05.81
drinking, there's nothing
wrong with being married,
00:45:05.84\00:45:07.44
or giving in marriage,
but what Jesus is saying here
00:45:07.47\00:45:09.21
is that their lives are
just going on and on and on
00:45:09.24\00:45:11.63
same old, same old, day in
day out, with no expectancy
00:45:11.66\00:45:14.95
no plan for the return of
Jesus, so far so good everyone?
00:45:14.98\00:45:18.38
They were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage,
00:45:18.41\00:45:20.84
until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
00:45:20.87\00:45:22.17
39. and they did not know, by
the way, did Noah know the flood
00:45:22.20\00:45:26.16
was coming?
That's exactly right!
00:45:26.20\00:45:27.97
So no one knew,
did the righteous know?
00:45:28.01\00:45:31.54
Just like the second coming, ok.
00:45:31.57\00:45:33.11
until the day the flood
came and notice this verse 39,
00:45:33.14\00:45:36.30
you've got to see this, and
did not know until the flood
00:45:36.34\00:45:40.00
came and took them all away, now
I want to ask you a question?
00:45:40.03\00:45:45.59
in context, who is taken away?
00:45:45.62\00:45:49.17
Now you hang on this is
phenomenal, ok, let's read it.
00:45:49.20\00:45:52.77
until the flood came and
took them all away, so also
00:45:52.80\00:45:55.45
will the coming
of the Son of Man be.
00:45:55.48\00:45:56.80
Then, now He's talking
about the second coming,
00:45:56.83\00:45:59.05
two men will be in the
field, one will be taken,
00:45:59.08\00:46:02.37
the other will be left,
Two women will be grinding
00:46:02.40\00:46:05.01
at the mill: one will be
taken and the other left.
00:46:05.04\00:46:08.06
42.Watch therefore, for
you do not know what hour
00:46:08.09\00:46:11.06
your Lord is coming.
00:46:11.09\00:46:12.22
Now keep you finger, if
you've got one of these ribbons,
00:46:12.25\00:46:14.55
right here, go to the book
of Genesis, let's go look at the
00:46:14.58\00:46:17.57
story of Noah, let's see who
was taken in the days of Noah.
00:46:17.60\00:46:19.70
Are you ready for this?
Go to the book of Genesis,
00:46:19.73\00:46:23.49
Genesis 7, ok I want everyone
to see this, we're going
00:46:23.52\00:46:31.99
to go right back to Matthew 24.
00:46:32.11\00:46:33.29
Genesis 7, I still hear
those pages turning, first book
00:46:33.32\00:46:36.59
of the Bible, seventh
chapter, Genesis 7:21,
00:46:36.62\00:46:39.80
It says and all flesh died,
I'm in verse 21, Genesis 7,
00:46:39.83\00:46:45.24
all flesh died that
moved on the face of the earth,
00:46:45.27\00:46:47.79
birds, and cattle and
beasts and creeping things,
00:46:47.82\00:46:50.66
that creeps on the
earth, and every "what?"
00:46:50.69\00:46:52.24
Man, by the way, how
many were in the ark?
00:46:52.27\00:46:54.59
Eight, that's exactly right!
00:46:54.62\00:46:56.45
Verse 22 All in whose
nostrils was the breath of
00:46:56.48\00:46:59.91
the spirit of life, all
that was on the dry land, died.
00:46:59.94\00:47:05.39
23 So He destroyed all living
things which were on the face
00:47:05.42\00:47:08.72
of the ground: both man and
cattle, creeping thing and bird
00:47:08.75\00:47:11.48
of the air. They were destroyed
00:47:11.51\00:47:14.23
from the earth. Only Noah
and those who were with him
00:47:14.26\00:47:19.95
in the ark remained alive.
00:47:19.98\00:47:23.81
You watch something,
do you see in your Bible,
00:47:23.84\00:47:27.24
the word alive is
italicized, do you see that?
00:47:27.27\00:47:30.68
Do you know what that means?
00:47:30.71\00:47:32.07
It means that it was
supplied by the translators
00:47:32.10\00:47:36.00
to help it make
more sense in English.
00:47:36.03\00:47:38.26
What we are going to do is
we're not going to read that
00:47:38.29\00:47:40.38
word, because it's not in the
Hebrew, listen to what it says
00:47:40.41\00:47:43.07
now, the last part of verse
23, only Noah and those who were
00:47:43.10\00:47:47.11
with him in the Ark remained.
00:47:47.14\00:47:50.01
That's interesting isn't it!
00:47:50.04\00:47:52.49
Noah remained but the wicked
were destroyed from the earth.
00:47:52.52\00:47:57.92
Do you see that yes or no?
00:47:57.95\00:48:00.23
Ok, go back to Matthew
24, it gets incredible,
00:48:00.26\00:48:03.97
this is just the
beginning, Matthew 24.
00:48:04.00\00:48:06.93
Now go to your study
guide, in Matthew 24:36-42,
00:48:06.96\00:48:13.02
Jesus compares the second
coming to the days of Noah,
00:48:13.05\00:48:15.74
He said that in the
flood scenario, the flood came
00:48:15.77\00:48:18.56
and took them all
away, ok, who was taken away?
00:48:18.59\00:48:22.64
The wicked were
taken away right?
00:48:22.67\00:48:24.89
Who remained?
00:48:24.92\00:48:26.76
Noah remained, you've
got it, one group remained,
00:48:26.79\00:48:30.24
one group was taken away.
00:48:30.27\00:48:31.61
Now remember it is the
very next verse that Jesus says
00:48:31.64\00:48:34.61
one shall be taken
and one shall be left.
00:48:34.64\00:48:36.18
It's the very next
verse in Matthew 24,
00:48:36.21\00:48:40.32
He's using the example of Noah,
and as we have already said
00:48:40.35\00:48:43.02
the flood took them
away, Noah remained.
00:48:43.05\00:48:48.83
Notice it goes on here,
in Noah's day who was taken
00:48:48.87\00:48:52.21
away by the flood?
00:48:52.24\00:48:53.27
The wicked, you've
got it, see Genesis,
00:48:53.30\00:48:55.58
we just looked at
that, see especially verse 23
00:48:55.61\00:48:58.36
it says that Noah only,
and those who were with him
00:48:58.39\00:48:59.99
remained alive, notice
that alive is in Italics,
00:49:00.02\00:49:02.93
and that it was
supplied by the translators.
00:49:02.96\00:49:04.43
The verse actually reads,
only Noah and those who were
00:49:04.46\00:49:07.22
with him in the
ark remained, Wow!
00:49:07.25\00:49:09.14
Noah wasn't taken, he
remained, the wicked were taken
00:49:09.17\00:49:13.26
swept away by the flood.
00:49:13.29\00:49:14.48
But it gets even more amazing.
00:49:14.51\00:49:17.15
Go look at Luke 17, Luke 17.
00:49:17.18\00:49:20.95
Matthew 24 and Luke
17, are the same chapters,
00:49:20.98\00:49:27.15
their describing the same
event, The Olivet Discourse,
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is what it's called, that's
what the theologians call it.
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We're in Luke 17 and
we're looking at verse 26.
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Are we all there Luke
17:26, Jesus speaking, you will
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recognize the words immediately:
And as it was in the days
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of Noah, so it will be also
in the days of the Son of Man:
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now watch this, They ate...
is this sounding familiar?
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They ate, they drank,
they married wives, they were
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given in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered the ark,
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and the flood came
and destroyed them all.
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That's the same language that
Jesus just used in Matthew 24
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but in Matthew 24, he said
until the day that Noah entered
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into the ark and took
them all away, and here he said
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until the day that Noah entered
into the ark and destroyed
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them all.
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So those that were
taken away were "destroyed!"
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Just as plain as can be.
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But it gets even better,
it goes on and he talks about
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the day of Lot, now
jump down to verse 34.
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I tell you that in the
night..., this is phenomenal,
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I tell you that in the night
there will be two men in one
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bed: the one will be taken
and the other will be left.
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Now just based on the context,
just based on the "what?"
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not based on
novels, not based on ideas,
00:50:41.18\00:50:44.28
not based on David Asscherick's
words, based on the context,
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If that series of books
had never been published
00:50:47.45\00:50:50.31
and you never saw the
movie with Curt Cameron,
00:50:50.34\00:50:51.77
based on what the Bible
says, would you want to be taken
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or left?
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You would want to be left,
because the wicked were taken
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to destruction.
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But it gets even
better, ok, so verse 34.
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I tell you, in that night there
will be two men in one bed:
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the one will be taken
and the other will be left.
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Two women will be grinding
together: the one will be taken
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and the other left.
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Two men will be in the
field: The one will be taken and
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the other will be left.
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Now look at
verse 37, phenomenal!
00:51:14.81\00:51:16.06
And they answered and said
to Him, this is the disciples,
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they say to Jesus, what do
they ask Him? "Where, Lord?"
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Ok, now I want you to
think about the question
00:51:24.24\00:51:27.13
that they are
asking, Jesus has just said,
00:51:27.16\00:51:28.69
one's going to be
taken, one's going to be left,
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one's going to be
taken, one's going to be left.
00:51:31.04\00:51:32.85
And then they say where, what
are they asking, where what?
00:51:32.88\00:51:37.10
Where are they going to
be taken, they wouldn't be
00:51:37.14\00:51:39.69
asking where are
they going to be left.
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Does that make any sense?
00:51:41.65\00:51:44.65
Jesus where are they left?
00:51:44.68\00:51:45.70
What do you mean
where are they left?
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They were left in the same place
they were before the others
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were taken, of course what
they are asking is "taken!"
00:51:49.23\00:51:51.84
"Where"
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Look at this,
what's Jesus' answer?
00:51:53.17\00:51:55.44
Taken away to glory!
00:51:55.47\00:51:56.73
Verse 37 He said wherever
the body is, the eagles will
00:51:56.76\00:52:02.92
be gathered together.
00:52:02.95\00:52:03.92
Do you know what
Jesus is describing?
00:52:03.93\00:52:05.47
He is describing exactly
what's described all over
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especially in the book of
Revelation, where there will be
00:52:08.86\00:52:11.40
all of the wicked.
00:52:11.43\00:52:12.52
The Bible says in the book
of Jeremiah, there will be so
00:52:12.55\00:52:14.20
many that they won't even be
gathered, there will be no one
00:52:14.23\00:52:16.54
to bury them, and the
vultures and the eagles and the
00:52:16.57\00:52:19.79
birds of prey are
feasting on their flesh.
00:52:19.82\00:52:22.34
They are taken
away to destruction.
00:52:22.37\00:52:26.04
Jesus says one will be
taken, and one will be left,
00:52:26.07\00:52:28.74
one will be taken,
and one will be left,
00:52:28.77\00:52:30.52
one will be taken,
and one will be left.
00:52:30.56\00:52:31.73
"Where Lord?"
00:52:31.76\00:52:32.95
Where are they taken?
00:52:32.98\00:52:34.18
They are taken to
destruction where the eagles
00:52:34.21\00:52:35.75
will eat their bodies.
00:52:35.79\00:52:37.19
Now let me ask you a question?
00:52:37.22\00:52:38.75
Based on the Bible,
on the "what" everyone?
00:52:38.78\00:52:41.84
You want to be taken or left?
00:52:41.88\00:52:43.19
You want to be left beloved!
00:52:43.22\00:52:46.15
What was that word I told you
to hang on a hook in your mind?
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First! Go back to Matthew 13,
you remembered it, good for you.
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Look at this, ok, go back to
Matthew 13, this is powerful!
00:52:54.40\00:53:00.19
So let's get the
picture in our mind,
00:53:00.22\00:53:01.89
This man plants a field,
there's the wheat and the tares,
00:53:01.92\00:53:06.88
and they are all growing how?
00:53:06.91\00:53:08.57
"Together!" Until
the time of the harvest,
00:53:08.60\00:53:12.41
so far so good?
00:53:12.44\00:53:13.59
Now this is Phenomenal!
00:53:13.62\00:53:15.01
So then Jesus says, He is
going to send His reapers,
00:53:15.04\00:53:19.29
and His reapers are the
angels, now look at verse 30.
00:53:19.32\00:53:25.79
Let both grow together until
the harvest, at the time of the
00:53:25.82\00:53:29.39
harvest I will say to the
reapers, so Jesus is speaking
00:53:29.42\00:53:32.04
to the angels, first
gather together the who?
00:53:32.07\00:53:37.97
- "Tares!" -
Who's gathered first?
00:53:38.00\00:53:40.88
- "Tares!" - Exactly
as it was in the days
00:53:40.91\00:53:44.61
of Noah, the wicked were
taken away to destruction.
00:53:44.64\00:53:47.77
Notice that, first
gather together the tares,
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as if that is not
enough, look over at verse 47.
00:53:50.62\00:53:52.67
Look over at verse 47:
again Jesus tells another
00:53:52.70\00:53:56.85
parable, He says the kingdom
of heaven is like a dragnet,
00:53:56.88\00:53:58.91
they threw a net out into
the sea, it was cast out into
00:53:58.94\00:54:01.23
the sea and they
gathered some of every kind.
00:54:01.26\00:54:03.08
48 Which when it was full
they drew it ashore and they
00:54:03.11\00:54:06.42
sat down and gathered
the good in the vessels,
00:54:06.45\00:54:08.14
but they threw the
bad away, so it will be
00:54:08.17\00:54:10.51
at the end of the age.
00:54:10.54\00:54:11.58
49. The angels will come
forth, separate the "who?"
00:54:11.61\00:54:16.16
Wicked! Now
notice the language here.
00:54:16.19\00:54:18.54
from "among" the just.
00:54:18.58\00:54:21.69
Is that what your Bible said?
00:54:21.72\00:54:23.14
The wicked are
separated from among the just.
00:54:23.17\00:54:27.27
Picture in your mind
here, just imagine with me,
00:54:27.30\00:54:28.92
there are ten
people standing right here.
00:54:28.95\00:54:30.69
Ten people, five are
righteous, and five are wicked.
00:54:30.72\00:54:33.70
Here's the ten, and
it's just like the dragnet,
00:54:33.73\00:54:37.08
it's thrown out, and
we gather them all in,
00:54:37.11\00:54:38.40
oop! here's ten, five
righteous, five unrighteous.
00:54:38.43\00:54:41.24
Now it's the second
coming the angels are going
00:54:41.27\00:54:43.05
and here's the ten, who many?
00:54:43.08\00:54:44.49
Ten, five are wicked,
and five are righteous
00:54:44.52\00:54:47.71
and the angels are
told to go and gather who
00:54:47.74\00:54:50.43
from among who?
00:54:50.46\00:54:51.43
The wicked from a...,
so if I gather the wicked
00:54:51.44\00:54:55.85
from among the
righteous and I take them away
00:54:55.88\00:54:58.24
to bind them, to
destruction, who is left?
00:54:58.27\00:55:00.64
- "The righteous!" - You got it!
00:55:00.67\00:55:02.42
This is the consistent
teaching of scripture beloved.
00:55:02.45\00:55:04.54
Easy to understand!
00:55:04.57\00:55:06.93
Easy to understand!
Yet we all get swept away
00:55:06.96\00:55:09.02
because somebody writes a
novel and it's fascinating.
00:55:09.05\00:55:11.03
The second coming
of Jesus will be "what?
00:55:11.06\00:55:13.33
Most of all for the righteous,
for those who put their faith
00:55:21.40\00:55:24.03
in the Lord Jesus
Christ, "it will be joyful. "
00:55:24.07\00:55:28.46
Hallelujah! Behold
I tell you a mystery
00:55:28.49\00:55:30.68
said Paul, we're not all
going to sleep, that means
00:55:30.71\00:55:32.89
we're not all going to die,
but we shall all be changed.
00:55:32.92\00:55:36.73
In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trumpet.
00:55:36.76\00:55:41.80
It doesn't say the last flute,
it doesn't say the last piccolo,
00:55:41.83\00:55:44.60
it says the last trumpet.
00:55:44.63\00:55:46.22
That means you are going to
trade in this old rickety body
00:55:55.36\00:55:57.81
for a righteous,
glorious, heavenly body like the
00:55:57.84\00:56:00.06
Lord Jesus, "Amen!"
00:56:00.09\00:56:01.29
I'm still young, thirty
four, but I tell you what,
00:56:01.32\00:56:04.02
there's not as much spring
in my step as there used to be.
00:56:04.05\00:56:05.75
You're thinking really, man
he must have used to have a lot
00:56:05.78\00:56:07.52
of spring in his step.
00:56:07.55\00:56:08.52
My back even hurts
me every now and then,
00:56:08.53\00:56:10.24
anyone in here have a sore back?
00:56:10.27\00:56:11.38
The Lord's going to
give you a new back, Amen!
00:56:11.41\00:56:14.18
You got sore lungs, the
Lord's going to give you new...,
00:56:14.21\00:56:16.02
I mean the Lord is
going to take care of you,
00:56:16.05\00:56:17.91
and we are going to live
forever, that's what it says.
00:56:17.94\00:56:20.01
Amen! Whew!
00:56:20.04\00:56:22.06
Look at this Isaiah 25:9:
00:56:22.09\00:56:23.92
Is it going to be joyful?
00:56:38.26\00:56:40.80
It is going to be joyful,
Jesus said I will come again.
00:56:40.83\00:56:44.19
Beloved I want to
be ready for that day.
00:56:44.22\00:56:46.97
How about you?
00:56:47.00\00:56:48.57
Jesus will defy the
skeptics and return to earth,
00:56:48.60\00:56:51.84
and I want to be ready, how
many of you want to be ready?
00:56:51.87\00:56:53.75
Let's pray
together, Father in Heaven,
00:56:53.78\00:56:56.27
we want to be ready, and
not because of who we are.
00:56:56.30\00:57:01.16
We have no righteousness,
we don't have one ounce
00:57:01.19\00:57:05.43
of righteousness on our
own, but we are trusting in the
00:57:05.46\00:57:09.35
righteousness of
Jesus our Savior.
00:57:09.38\00:57:10.90
Father we want to thank you
for your mercy and kindness,
00:57:10.93\00:57:15.09
we believe that this
day can not be far away.
00:57:15.12\00:57:18.57
Father this earth is going
crazy and it's out the window,
00:57:18.60\00:57:22.95
and it's coming apart
at the seams, upside down,
00:57:22.98\00:57:25.42
and black is
white, and white is black,
00:57:25.45\00:57:26.96
and it's insanity oh God.
00:57:26.99\00:57:29.69
I fear, I think of
trying to raise my two boys, and
00:57:29.72\00:57:34.69
this culture gone insane.
00:57:34.72\00:57:37.13
Father we have children,
and we have loved ones,
00:57:37.16\00:57:42.04
outside of the faith, and we're
saying oh Father as soon as
00:57:42.07\00:57:45.10
can be, "come home!",
come and take us home.
00:57:45.13\00:57:50.74
We ask in Jesus name,
let everyone say "Amen!"
00:57:50.77\00:57:56.58