Hi, and you're now with
the "Forerunner Chronicles."
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All right,
everybody, so the Bible tells us
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in the Book of 2 Peter
3:3 "Knowing this first,
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that there shall come
in the last days scoffers,
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walking after their
own lusts, and saying,
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where in is the
promise of His coming?
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For since the
fathers fell asleep,
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all things continue as they were
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since the
beginning of creation."
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And what the Bible
is teaching us here
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is that in these last days
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in which we are currently living
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there is a class of individuals
which are in existence.
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And by the way, it appears
as though this class has become
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the dominating majority
of our world's population.
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So I pray that you're
not one of these individuals
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because these
poor souls are people
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that have adopted a
cement like form of ignorance
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which is leading
them not only to reject
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the reality that
Jesus Christ is in existence
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but also to reject
that, that same Jesus Christ
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one day very shortly from now
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is going to
return to planet earth
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to redeem His faithful children
from this sin cursed world.
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But ladies and gentlemen,
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I want you to
understand something.
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Just as certain
as death is an event
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which every breathing human
will eventually have to come
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face to face with,
it is even as certain
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that all humanity will
have to come face to face
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with the event of the
second coming of Jesus Christ
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because it is inescapable,
it's going to happen.
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Even the Bible makes
this reality known to us.
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In the Book of Hebrews 9:27
the Word of God tells us there
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"And as it is
appointed unto men once to die,
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but after this the judgment,
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so Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many
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and unto them that look for him
shall he appear the second time
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without sin unto salvation."
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Ladies and
gentlemen, it's a fact.
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Almost 2,000 years
ago, Jesus Christ walked
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upon the face of planet earth.
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He died on the
cross for our sins,
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He rose again from the grave
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that we might be
partakers of His eternal life
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and even now, He is
in the courts of heaven
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anxiously awaiting His
second return to this world.
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And some people maybe saying,
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if Jesus Christ really
cares about human beings so much
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then why isn't Jesus
involved in the daily affairs
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that are taking
place on planet earth?
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Why isn't Jesus Christ involved
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in the intimate
details of my life?
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That's what some people say.
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But I want you to
understand something friend,
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Jesus Christ is involved
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in the intimate
affairs of your life
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and the undertakings of all
that is going on in this world.
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You see the Bible tells us
in the Book of Romans 8:34,
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"Who is he that condemneth?
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It is Christ that has died,
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yea rather, that is risen again,
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who is even at
the right hand of God,
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who also maketh
intercession for us."
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You see, after Jesus Christ died
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and rose again from the grave
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He ascended to heaven to go
to the right hand of the Father
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and He's not just
there aimlessly floating
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around on some
cloud strumming the harp,
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but He's acting
as our intercessor.
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And the Bible dwells
deeper into this reality
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in the Book of Hebrews
8:1 beginning at verse 1,
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where there
Word of God tells us,
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"Now of the things
which we have spoken
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this is the sum, we
have such an high priest,
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which is set at the
right hand of the throne
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of the Majesty in the heavens,
a minister of the sanctuary,
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and of the true tabernacle,
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which the Lord
pitched, and not man."
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My friends, Jesus Christ is
now in the heavenly sanctuary,
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located at the right
hand of the Father, standing
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as our high priest.
He is interceding for us.
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And you know, an
intercessor is one
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that mediates
between two parties.
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An intercessor is like
a negotiator that pleas
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on the behalf of
another individual.
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Jesus Christ is
our great mediator.
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He is our great negotiator,
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pleading with the Father for us.
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And what is that
Jesus Christ is pleading
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on our behalf
with the Father for?
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The Bible tells us in
the Book of John 17:24
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that Jesus plea is this.
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"Father, I will that
they, whom thou hast given me,
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be with me even where I am,
that they may behold my glory,
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which thou hast given
me, for thou lovedst me
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before the
foundation of the world."
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Jesus Christ is
pleading with the Father
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that we might have
the blessed privilege
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of being with Him where He
is, and as certainly as we know
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that right now,
Jesus Christ is in heaven,
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in the sanctuary, at the
right hand of the throne of God
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then we may know of a
surety that it is in heaven
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where Jesus Christ desires
for us to be with Him as well.
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And He is not just
verbally communicating
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His desires with the Father
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for us to be with Him in heaven.
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He is actively engaged
in the work of preparing
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a place for us in the courts
of heaven even at this time.
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You see, the Bible tells
us in John 14:1 Jesus said,
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"Let not your heart be troubled,
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ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
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In my Father's
house are many mansions,
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if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go to
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again, and
receive you unto myself
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that where I am,
there ye may be also."
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Jesus' desire is for
us to be where He is.
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Oh, I can't wait for the day
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when I have the
opportunity to see Jesus Christ
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descend from
heaven to planet earth
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to receive His
faithful children.
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Can you imagine what's
that's going to look like?
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Well, the Bible actually
gives us a little insight
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into what that
event will be like.
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In the Book of Acts 1:9
the Bible tells us this.
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"And when he had
spoken these things,
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while they
beheld, 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 stedfastly
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toward heaven as
he went up, behold,
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two men stood by
them in white apparel,
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which also said,
'Ye men of Galilee,
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why stand ye
gazing up into heaven?
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This same Jesus,
which is taken up from you,
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shall so come
again in like manner
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as ye have seen
him go into heaven.'"
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Now these verses of scripture
give us some very good insight
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into how the second coming
of Jesus Christ will take place
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because we are
told in like manner
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as He went, He will come again.
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So His disciples were
able to visibly see this event
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letting us know
that we will visibly see
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the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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It was that same
Jesus that they walked with
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for three and half years.
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And so it will be the same
Jesus that died on the cross
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and rose again
and ascended to heaven
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that will come
again the second time.
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It won't be a hologram,
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it won't be some type of
mental spiritual awakening,
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it will be the very literal,
personal, physical Jesus
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that will come
back to planet earth.
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And as He was taken
up in a cloud we can know
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that when He comes the second
time, He will come in a cloud.
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Matter of fact,
the Bible tells us
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that Jesus Christ
will come in a cloud
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and that it will be
a very visible event.
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In the Book of
Revelation 1:7 which tells us
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"Behold, he cometh with clouds
and every eye shall see him,
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and they also which pierced him
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and all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of him.
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Even so, Amen."
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It will be visible world round
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when Jesus Christ
comes back to planet earth
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with the clouds of heaven.
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Matter of fact, the Bible says
in the Book of Matthew 24:27
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"As the lightning
cometh out of the east,
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and shineth unto the west,
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even so, the coming of
the Son of man shall be."
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It will be a
globally visible event
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that no one
will be able to miss.
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And what will make this
scene even more imposing
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for the eyes of
moral men to behold
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is that when Jesus
Christ returns the second time
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He's not going to be coming back
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to this world all by Himself.
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For the Bible tells us
in the Book of Matthew 25:31
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"When the Son of man
shall come in His glory,
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and all the
holy angels with Him,
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then shall He sit upon
the throne of His glory."
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When Jesus Christ
returns to planet earth
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He will come with
all of the angelic hosts
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surrounding Him like
a massive royal guard
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ushering Him
towards this tiny spec
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of a planet within
His grand universe.
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Matter of fact,
every time the Bible says
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that the Son of man,
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Jesus Christ
will come with clouds,
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those clouds actually stand
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as a symbol of the
angels escorting Him.
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The Bible tells us in
the Book of Psalms 104:4
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concerning clouds "Who layeth
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the beams of his
chambers in the waters,
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who maketh the
clouds his chariot,
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who walketh upon
the wings of the wind."
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The Bible tells us
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that God makes the
clouds his chariots.
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Then in the Book of Psalms 69:17
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concerning the chariots
of God, the Bible tells us,
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"The chariots of
God are twenty thousand,
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even thousands of angels,
the Lord is amongst them,
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as in Sinai, in the holy place."
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The clouds are God's chariots
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or rather the clouds
are the angels carrying God
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like a massive
celestial chariot.
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Oh, men and women,
brothers and sisters,
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can you imagine how
men are going to react
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when they see a massive
flaming chariot of angels
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carrying Jesus
Christ to planet earth?
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The Bible tells us how men
are going to begin to react.
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In the Book of Revelation
6:15 where we are told,
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"And the kings of the
earth, and the great men,
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and the rich men,
and the chief captains,
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and the mighty
men, and every bondman,
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and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens
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and in the rocks
of the mountains,
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and said unto the mountains
and rocks, 'Fall on us,
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and hide us from the face of him
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that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb,
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for the great day
of his wrath is come
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and who shall
be able to stand?'"
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Then in the Book of Luke 21:27,
the Word of God goes on to say,
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"And then shall
they see the Son of man
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coming in a cloud
with power and great glory.
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And when all these
things begin to come to pass,
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then look up, and
lift up your heads,
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for your
redemption draweth nigh."
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Notice that there are two
extremely different reactions
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that human beings will express
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at the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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One group will react
with almost sheer insanity.
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I can't even say almost,
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they will act
completely insane, so insane
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that they will
call for the rocks
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and the
mountains to fall on them
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to hide them from the face
of the king of the universe.
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But then there
will be another group,
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another group that
will lift up their heads
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and will stand in paralyzed
awe at the beautiful, glorious
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appearing of their Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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They will have their
heads lifted up with great hope
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and admiration
beaming from their hearts
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because the one
whom they prayed to,
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the one whom they studied about,
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the one whom they
placed their hope in
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will now be coming to save them.
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You see, ladies and gentlemen,
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what will determine the
way that men and women react
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when they behold the glorious
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appearing of our Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ
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when He comes in the clouds
of heaven, is their characters,
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the characters which
they are now developing
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while Christ is currently
in the courts of heaven
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officiating as our
high priest and intercessor.
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Those who reject the validity
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and the perpetuity of
God's Ten Commandments,
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those who live a life
of lawlessness and refuse
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the promptings of
God's Holy Spirit,
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you tried to put away
from yourself the conviction
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that God wants you to
turn away from your sin,
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you reject the power that
God has made available to you,
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in giving His own Son to
die so that you might be known
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as a son and
daughter of the kingdom of God
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rather than experiencing
the eternal destruction
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which you deserve
for your transgressions
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and your inequities.
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Instead of
accepting these things,
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you desire to live a
life of vice and inequity.
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You desire to run
around smoking and drinking,
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finding yourselves in
all types of adulterous,
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illict relationships,
caught up in pornography,
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dishonest business practices,
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lying to your
husbands and wives,
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backbiting and gossiping,
disobedient to your parents,
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on that day when
Jesus Christ returns
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and you see the flaming
lamps of fire in His eyes
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you will know that Jesus
has not come as your Savior
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but as your vengeful judge.
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But those of you, those of us
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who will now fall on the
rock Christ Jesus and be broken,
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who will look to their hills
from whence cometh our help,
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who will bathe ourselves
in the blood of the Lamb
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that we might be washed
of all of our filthiness
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and unrighteousness.
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When Jesus Christ
returns, we will know
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that He is not
coming to destroy us
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but He is coming to save us.
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And when Jesus Christ begins
His descent, the Bible tells us
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in the Book of 1
Thessalonians 4:16,
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"For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven
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with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel,
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and with the trump of God
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and the dead in
Christ shall rise first,
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then we which
are alive and remain
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shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds,
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to meet the Lord in the air
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and so shall we
ever be with the Lord."
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Then the Bible tells us
in the Book of Matthew 24:30,
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"And then shall see the
sign of the Son of man in heaven
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and then shall all the
tribes of the earth mourn,
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and they shall see
the Son of man coming
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in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.
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And he shall send his angels
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with a great sound of a trumpet,
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and they shall gather together
His elect from the four winds,
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from one end of
heaven to the other."
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This will be such an
awesome scene, Jesus descending,
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letting out this
great triumphant shout
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and after He lets out
the great triumphant shout,
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then He grabs the trumpet of God
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and as He blows on the trumpet
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giving it a loud and clear sound
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the earth begins to rattle,
the earth begins to shake.
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Why?
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Because all of His
dead, faithful saints
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will begin
popping up from the grave.
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They will be resurrected
to the gift of eternal life
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and they, with
the living saints,
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will be escorted
by the heavenly angels
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up into the
atmosphere to meet Jesus Christ
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who is hovering there,
waiting to be united with them
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for His feet will
never touch the ground.
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What an awesome
scene this will be.
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Can you imagine what bodies,
what forms God will bless us
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with on the day
of our redemption?
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The Bible tells us in
the Book of 1 John 3:2,
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"Beloved, now are
we the sons of God,
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and it doth not yet appear
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what we shall be
but we know that,
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when he shall
appear, we shall be like him
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for we shall see him as he is."
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Now the Bible doesn't give
us very specific minute details
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as to what exactly the redeemed
will look like in appearance
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at the second coming of Jesus.
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But we do know that
when Jesus Christ returns
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we shall look just like him.
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And you maybe
wondering right now
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well, what type of
form does Jesus now possess?
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Well, the Word of God says
in the Book of Philippians 3:20
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"For our
conversation is in heaven,
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from whence also we
look for the Savior,
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the Lord Jesus Christ, who
shall change our vile body,
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that it may be
made and fashioned
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like unto his glorious
body, according to the working
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whereby he is
able also to subdue
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all things unto himself."
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Therefore, right now,
Jesus Christ possesses
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a glorious body in
the courts of heaven.
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And as the Bible
has already given us
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the affirmative promise
that when Jesus Christ appears
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the redeemed
will be just like Him
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for they shall see Him as He is.
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The Word of God is letting us
know beyond the shadow of doubt
00:18:34.98\00:18:38.48
that when Christ
returns the second time
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to save His faithful children
from the sin cursed earth,
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He will change their
vile, corruptible human forms
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into glorious
bodies like His very own.
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And the Bible tells us
a little bit more about
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the function of
this glorious body
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that the redeemed will receive
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in the Book of 1
Corinthians 15:51
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where the Word of God tells us
"Behold, I show you a mystery,
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we shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed,
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in a moment, in a
twinkling of an eye,
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at the last trump for
the trumpet shall sound,
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and the dead in
Christ shall raise
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incorruptible, and
we shall be changed.
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For this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
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and this mortal
must put on immortality."
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The glorious
bodies that Jesus Christ
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will bless the redeemed
with will be immortal forms,
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forms that are
not subject to death,
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pain, nor sorrow, forms
that cannot experience aging.
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These forms will
be just like the body
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that our Lord and
Savior, Jesus possess.
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What a gift. What a
thing to look forward to.
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But you know, there
is one more specific
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and most
important characteristic
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that Jesus Christ will
possess at His second appearing
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that all those whom
desire to meet Him in peace
00:20:01.46\00:20:04.47
must possess as well
within their characters.
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The Bible tells us of this
in the Book of Hebrews 9:28
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where the Word of God says
00:20:13.91\00:20:15.48
"So Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many
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and unto them that look for him
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shall he appear the second time
without sin unto salvation."
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When Jesus Christ returns,
He will return without sin
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and if ought to be like
Him when He appears, right now,
00:20:34.73\00:20:39.67
we must submit our
heart to Jesus Christ
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so that when He
appears, we can be without sin
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even as He will be without sin.
00:20:47.31\00:20:50.11
Only those who gain
the victory over sin
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will have the blessed privilege
of being with the Redeemer
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throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
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This is why the Bible tells
us in the Book of 1 John 3:3
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"And every man that
hath this hope in himself,
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purify of himself,
even as he is pure."
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My friend, I only can
imagine that you may be saying,
00:21:16.71\00:21:19.87
there's no way
that I can be pure.
00:21:19.91\00:21:21.98
There's no way that I can obtain
00:21:22.01\00:21:23.61
to this holy righteous standard
that God has set for me.
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I'm never going to be prepared
00:21:27.15\00:21:28.78
for the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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I don't even have enough power
00:21:30.92\00:21:32.89
to stop practicing
one sin in my life.
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It's hopeless for me.
00:21:35.62\00:21:37.39
Well, my friend,
you're partially right.
00:21:37.43\00:21:39.79
You don't possess the
power to stop practicing
00:21:39.83\00:21:42.80
even one sin in your life.
00:21:42.83\00:21:45.57
But I do know someone
that does possess the power
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and He's more than willing,
00:21:48.74\00:21:50.31
more than willing
to give it to you.
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For the Bible tells us
in the Book of John 1:12
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concerning Jesus Christ,
"But as many as received him,
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to them gave he power
to become the sons of God,
00:22:00.52\00:22:04.22
even to them that
believe on his name."
00:22:04.25\00:22:07.92
All you have to do is
place your total faith
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and dependence in Jesus Christ.
00:22:12.26\00:22:15.20
Come to Him, willing to
surrender all of your heart.
00:22:15.23\00:22:19.13
Come to Him willing to
yield all of your idols,
00:22:19.17\00:22:22.74
all of your vile
appetites and passions
00:22:22.77\00:22:25.31
and vices, all of your
unholy desires and practices
00:22:25.34\00:22:30.28
which you know are in opposition
00:22:30.31\00:22:33.92
to God's divine
will for your life.
00:22:33.95\00:22:36.02
And when you're willing
to surrender all to Jesus,
00:22:36.05\00:22:40.42
when you're willing to
lay it all down at His feet
00:22:40.46\00:22:43.79
Jesus will come into your heart.
00:22:43.83\00:22:46.73
He will sanctify your thoughts.
00:22:46.76\00:22:49.46
He will purify your
appetites and your passions.
00:22:49.50\00:22:52.57
He will give you new aims
00:22:52.60\00:22:54.14
and new goals for
being in existence.
00:22:54.17\00:22:56.77
He will give you strength
to break the bondage of sin
00:22:56.81\00:23:01.28
that the devil has you in,
so that you might be lifted up
00:23:01.31\00:23:05.41
above the
degradation of sin and inequity
00:23:05.45\00:23:08.65
so that you can abide in
the atmosphere of holiness
00:23:08.68\00:23:12.99
in which He abides.
00:23:13.02\00:23:15.36
He will give you the
power to be a son of God.
00:23:15.39\00:23:20.56
And do you know what power
it is that God imparts unto you
00:23:20.60\00:23:24.63
so that you can be
numbered as a child of God?
00:23:24.67\00:23:27.87
The Bible tells us
in the Book of Acts 1:8
00:23:27.90\00:23:30.87
"And ye shall receive power,
00:23:30.91\00:23:33.27
after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you."
00:23:33.31\00:23:37.38
God wants to fill
you with His Holy Spirit
00:23:37.41\00:23:41.12
for the Spirit of
God will teach you
00:23:41.15\00:23:43.89
and guide you into all truth
as the Bible says in John 16:13
00:23:43.92\00:23:49.79
and when the Spirit
of God is teaching you
00:23:49.82\00:23:52.89
and guiding you into all truth,
00:23:52.93\00:23:54.93
you can be nothing
else but a child of God.
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That's why the Bible tells
us in the Book of Romans 8:14
00:23:58.30\00:24:03.77
"For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God,
00:24:03.81\00:24:07.21
they are the sons of God."
00:24:07.24\00:24:10.21
My friend, the choice is yours.
00:24:10.25\00:24:12.85
You no longer have to live your
life as a child of the world.
00:24:12.88\00:24:16.79
Jesus himself has made a
way through His sacrifice
00:24:16.82\00:24:21.16
to deliver you
from the bondage of sin.
00:24:21.19\00:24:24.83
All you have to do
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.59
is allow the Word of
God to come into your heart
00:24:26.63\00:24:30.10
and transform you
into a new creature.
00:24:30.13\00:24:33.20
For the Bible tells us
in the Book of 1 Peter 1:23,
00:24:33.23\00:24:38.71
"Being born again,
not of corruptible seed,
00:24:38.74\00:24:42.44
but of incorruptible,
by the word of God,
00:24:42.48\00:24:45.51
which liveth and
abideth for ever."
00:24:45.55\00:24:48.35
The Word of God has
the power to transform you
00:24:48.38\00:24:51.79
into a new creature,
to make you experience
00:24:51.82\00:24:55.02
a new birth in Jesus Christ.
00:24:55.06\00:24:57.43
And all those who experience
00:24:57.46\00:24:59.46
the new birth
experience in Jesus Christ,
00:24:59.49\00:25:02.33
they will be
victorious over sin.
00:25:02.36\00:25:05.37
Because the Bible says
in the Book of 1 John 5:4,
00:25:05.40\00:25:09.77
"For whatsoever is born of God
00:25:09.80\00:25:11.97
overcometh the world
and this is the victory
00:25:12.01\00:25:15.38
that overcometh the
world, even our faith."
00:25:15.41\00:25:20.02
Place your total faith and
dependence in Jesus Christ.
00:25:20.05\00:25:24.12
Don't listen to the
mockers that are saying
00:25:24.15\00:25:28.19
wherein is the
promise of His coming?
00:25:28.22\00:25:30.63
For since the Father fell asleep
00:25:30.66\00:25:32.79
all things
continue as they were,
00:25:32.83\00:25:34.96
since the beginning of creation.
00:25:35.00\00:25:37.37
What these unfortunate
souls are ignorant of
00:25:37.40\00:25:40.64
is what the Bible tells
us in the Book of 2 Peter 3:9
00:25:40.67\00:25:48.24
"For the Lord is not
slack concerning his promise,
00:25:48.28\00:25:52.48
as some men count slackness
00:25:52.51\00:25:54.98
but is longsuffering to us-ward,
00:25:55.02\00:25:58.19
not willing that
any should perish,
00:25:58.22\00:26:00.19
but that all should
come to repentance."
00:26:00.22\00:26:03.89
The only reason
that Jesus Christ
00:26:03.93\00:26:06.49
has not returned as of
yet is because He knows
00:26:06.53\00:26:10.63
that if He was to
be turned right now,
00:26:10.67\00:26:13.30
billions would be lost.
00:26:13.34\00:26:15.60
He does not want
men to lose their souls
00:26:15.64\00:26:18.41
even when they mock at Him,
00:26:18.44\00:26:20.14
even when they
make jokes about Him,
00:26:20.18\00:26:21.94
even when they jest about
the reality of His existence
00:26:21.98\00:26:25.18
He does not want men to die
00:26:25.21\00:26:27.98
because "God so loved the world,
00:26:28.02\00:26:30.39
that he gave his
only begotten Son,
00:26:30.42\00:26:32.79
that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish,
00:26:32.82\00:26:35.79
but have everlasting life."
00:26:35.82\00:26:38.83
He does not want you to
perish, He wants you to live.
00:26:38.86\00:26:43.63
So don't give up
your hope in Jesus.
00:26:43.67\00:26:46.87
As the Bible says in
the Book of Hebrews 10:35
00:26:46.90\00:26:52.67
"Cast not away
therefore your confidence,
00:26:52.71\00:26:55.68
which hath great
recompense of reward.
00:26:55.71\00:26:58.31
For ye have need of patience,
00:26:58.35\00:27:01.32
that, after ye have
done the will of God,
00:27:01.35\00:27:03.59
ye might receive the promise.
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.69
For he that shall come
will come, and will not tarry.
00:27:05.72\00:27:10.29
Now the just
shall live by faith,
00:27:10.33\00:27:13.40
but if any man draweth back,
00:27:13.43\00:27:15.26
my soul shall
have no delight in him.
00:27:15.30\00:27:17.87
But we are not of them
that draw back unto perdition,
00:27:17.90\00:27:23.57
but of them that believe
to the saving of the soul."
00:27:23.61\00:27:28.98
Hold fast to your
belief in Jesus Christ.
00:27:29.01\00:27:32.51
Daily pray and study His word.
00:27:32.55\00:27:35.28
Keep your heart
connected with His
00:27:35.32\00:27:38.19
and one day soon you, will
see the revelation of your hope.
00:27:38.22\00:27:42.79
Jesus is coming in the
clouds of glory to save you.
00:27:42.82\00:27:48.66
God bless you.
00:27:48.70\00:27:50.33
As always, this
is the Forerunner
00:27:50.37\00:27:53.90
and whether you like it or not,
00:27:53.94\00:27:56.14
the truth is the truth.
00:27:56.17\00:27:59.11