This guy came to town
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talking about all
these crazy things
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that were getting
ready to happen in the world.
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Most of us thought that he
was talking a bunch of nonsense.
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Boy! I believe we should
have listened to him now.
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Hi and you're now with
The Forerunner Chronicles.
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All right everybody, so...
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the other day I was
going through my e-mails
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and I got this
e-mail telling me,
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"Forerunner, you're
going to burn forever. "
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And I'm like, "burn forever?"
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You know the Bible says,
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"Be not overcome with evil,
but overcome evil with good. "
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So, I'm thinking... let's
make a little bit of video
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and hope that it
does a lot of bit of good.
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So, let's talk about
"burning forever" right now
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or "eternal fire. "
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What does the Bible
have to say about this?
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Are you ready... let's begin...
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In the book of Jude chapter...
there's only one chapter...
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and verse 7, the Bible says,
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"Even as Sodom and Gomorrah,
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and the cities
about them in like manner,
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giving themselves
over to fornication,
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and going after strange flesh,
are set forth for an example
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suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire. "
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Here the Bible is telling us
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that Sodom and Gomorrah
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and the surrounding cities,
because of the prolific nature
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of the illicit
sexual transactions,
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of the heterosexual nature
that they were engaged in,
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and also, going
after strange flesh,
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and by the way
this "strange flesh"
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is talking about
them engaging in practices
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that were unnatural for humans
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and by the way,
these unnatural human acts,
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they are spoken of
in the book of Romans
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chapter 1 beginning at
verse 26 which tells us,
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"For this cause God gave
them up to vile affections:"
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These vile affections
mean disgraceful, shameful,
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lust and passion.
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"... for even their women
did change the natural use
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into that which
was against nature:
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And Likewise also the men,
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leaving off the
natural use of the woman,
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burned in their
lust one toward another;
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men with men
working in themselves
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that which was unseemly,
and receiving that recompense
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of their error which was meet. "
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You know what we're
talking about there,
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we're talking
about homosexuality,
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and the Bible says that
it was because of these sins
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that Sodom and Gomorrah,
and the surrounding cities
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suffered the vengeance of God
in eternal fire falling on them
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and this God did... to
set them forth for an example.
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Now the question
is this, Number one,
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what were the
effects of that eternal fire
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that hit Sodom and Gomorrah?
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And Number two, number two...
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what was the example
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that God was trying to
set before us in doing this?
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Well the Bible
gives us the answer
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in the book of
Second Peter chapter 2
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beginning at verse
6 we are told there,
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"And turning the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes"
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into what? Into ashes...
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"making them an ensample"
meaning a type or symbol
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of those that after
should live ungodly;"
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Here's our answer. What
will the eternal fire do,
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or what did the eternal fire
do? It turned them into ashes.
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What was the
example or the symbol
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that God was trying to show us?
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He was symbolizing
the type of destruction
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that will come upon the ungodly
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that will live in
generations thereafter.
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And when will
this all take place,
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the judgment of the ungodly?
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The Bible tells us in the
book of 2nd Peter chapter 3
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beginning at verse 5,
and the Bible tells us there
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"For this they
willingly are ignorant of,
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that by the word of the
Lord the heavens were of old,
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and the earth standing out
of the water and in the water:
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Whereby the world that was then,
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being overflowed
with water, perished:"
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and what the Bible is
simply talking about here
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is that the world which
was created by the word of God,
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according to Psalm
chapter 33 verses 6 and 9
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which tells us, "By
the word of the Lord
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were the heavens made;
and all the host of them
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by the breath of his mouth.
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Verse 9: For he
spake, and it was done;
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he commanded,
and it stood fast. "
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Well, that "world" which happens
to be the very same world
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we're living in right now,
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at one point in
time in the past,
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it was overflowed by a flood.
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What I'm talking about
is the antediluvian race,
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the inhabitants of the world
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that were living during
the time period of Noah,
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that were destroyed by a flood
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coming upon Planet
Earth, remember the ark?
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7 pairs of every
clean animal went into?
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two pairs of
every unclean animal...
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Yeah, that
generation destroyed by a flood.
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Anyway, the Bible goes on
to say in 2nd Peter chapter 3
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beginning at verse 7,
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"But the heavens and
the earth, which are now,
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by that same word
are kept in store,
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reserved unto fire
against the day of judgment
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and perdition... "
which means eternal damnation
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"of ungodly men. "
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Then dropping down to
verse 10 in 2nd Peter chapter 3
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the Bible tells us,
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"But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night;
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in the which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise,
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and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat,
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and the earth also and
the works that are therein
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shall be burned up. "
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So, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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the heavens and the earth
which are now in existence,
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they are on a layaway plan...
they're going to be cast in
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by eternal fire to be burned up.
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Even the elements will melt.
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The only thing that
will continue to exist,
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the only that
will not be eradicated,
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is a character, that
is developed in the love
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and the power... the
beauty of Jesus Christ.
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That's the only thing
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that will be burned
by the eternal fire.
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Let's go one more
time, Malachi chapter 4
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beginning at verse 1,
the Bible tells us here,
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"For, behold, the day cometh,
that shall burn as an oven;
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and all the proud, yea,
and all that do wickedly,
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shall be stubble:
and that day that cometh
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shall burn them up,
saith the Lord of hosts,
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that it shall leave them
neither root nor branch. "
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The day is coming that this
world will burn like an oven.
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Why? Because internal
fire will have touched down
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and all that
continue in the works of sin,
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neither root nor
branch will be left of you
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and if you don't
have root or branch,
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that means you have no hope
of coming back into existence,
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you've been eternally
removed from God's universe.
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There won't even be a
little bit left of you,
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because the
Bible goes on to say,
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in Malachi
chapter 4 and verse 3,
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"And ye shall
tread down the wicked;
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for they shall be ashes
under the soles of your feet
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in the day that I shall do
this, saith the LORD of hosts. "
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Once again, the eternal fire
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will reduce the
wicked into ashes.
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Then the wind will carry away
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and there will be no
more of you... for eternity.
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But the Bible tells us in
2nd Peter Chapter 3 and verse 13
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"Nevertheless we,
according to his promise,
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look for new
heavens and a new earth,
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wherein
dwelleth righteousness. "
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Yeah, God's going to destroy
the works of sin in this world,
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He's going to
melt down the elements
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but then He's going to
make a new earth, a new heaven,
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and righteousness
will abide therein.
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So the question is,
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"Will you
separate from your sin,
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or will you get hit
by the eternal fire?"
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By the way, why do you think
God calls it "eternal fire?"
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It's because the work that the
fire does is an eternal work.
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It's an eternal judgment.
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You will be eternally
removed from God's universe,
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never to return again,
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no resurrection...
it's game-over time.
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And that's the end of
the story and my time is up.
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Hi and you're now with
The Forerunner Chronicles.
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Hi everybody, so I've
been asking everybody out there
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to send in their
question via Twitter or Facebook
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and in response
to your questions,
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I'm going to do videos
to answer your questions.
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So, right now, this
video is to answer a question
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that I received from Jeff Allen.
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How are you
doing out there, Jeff?
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Anyway, Jeff had too
many interesting questions,
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one of which I did answer
while we were speaking on the
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cell phone while I was
walking in the Supermarket,
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but I want to
respond to it once again
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so that everybody can
hear the answer to the question
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not just you and me,
dare I say... anyway...
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the question that
Jeff asked me was this.
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"Will there be a
pre-tribulation rapture
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or a post-tribulation
rapture, or in other words,
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will God's people be secretly
raptured out of this world
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without passing
through a time of tribulation
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or will God's people pass
through a time of tribulation
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before Jesus Christ
redeems them from this earth?"
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This is a really good question,
a lot of people ask it,
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so, I'm going to answer it,
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I'm going to do
so from the Bible
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but I'm going to come
from a bit of a different angle
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that you ordinarily may
hear this issue dealt with
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when people try to address it,
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like they may take you to
Matthew chapter 13... right
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where Jesus presents the parable
of the wheat and the tares,
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and in Matthew 13 and verse
30, in respect to this parable,
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Jesus says, "Let
both grow together... "
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meaning the wheat and the tares,
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"Let both grow
together until the harvest:
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and in the time of the harvest
I will say to the reapers,
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Gather ye
together first the tares,
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and bind them in
bundles to be burned:
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but gather the
wheat into my barn. "
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Then, in verse 37
of Matthew chapter 13,
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Jesus breaks down the symbolism
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involved in this
parable where He tells us,
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"He that soweth the
good seed is the son of man;
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and the field is the world;
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the good seed are the
children of the Kingdom;
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but the tares are the
children of the wicked one;
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the enemy that
sowed them is the devil;
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the harvest is
the end of the world;
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and the reapers
are the angels. "
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Clearly, since the wheat are
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a symbol of the
children of the Kingdom,
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and the tares are a symbol of
the children of the wicked one,
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and they're
both to grow together
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until the time of the harvest,
which is the end of the world,
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the Bible is letting us
know, that the children of God,
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and the children of
the devil or rather,
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the obedient
and the disobedient,
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will co-inhabit Planet Earth,
they will co-exist on this globe
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until the end of
the world at which point
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the Son of man will
send forth his angels
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to do the separation work
and the Bible lets us know
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in no uncertain terms
when exactly the Son of man,
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Jesus Christ, will send forth
His angels to do just that.
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In the book of Matthew
chapter 24 and verse 30,
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the Bible tells us,
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"And then shall appear 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
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coming 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 the 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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The Bible is letting us know
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it's at the second
coming of the Son of man,
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Jesus Christ, when He
will send forth His angels
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to gather together the elect,
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which are the wheat
which are God's people
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in the parable,
however, you still got to go to
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2nd Thessalonians
chapter 2 sometimes...
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when you're dealing
with this whole issue,
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of the post-tribulation rapture
or the pre-tribulation rapture,
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because there are some
people out there that say,
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"No, God's people have
to be secretly raptured
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out of this world,
before tribulation takes place
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because the
anti-Christ will come
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after the second
coming of Jesus Christ,
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and the anti-Christ is
the one that's responsible for
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bringing
tribulation on Planet Earth. "
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Unfortunately,
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that
understanding is 100 percent
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Biblically inaccurate
because according to the Bible,
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not only will
the anti-Christ come
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before the second
coming of Jesus Christ,
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but any teaching that
subverts what I just said
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is nothing more
than pure deception.
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In the book of 2nd Thessalonians
chapter 2 beginning at verse 1,
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the Bible says, "Now
we beseech ye, brethren,
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by the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
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and by our
gathering together unto him,
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That ye be not soon
shaken in mind, or be troubled,
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neither by spirit, nor by
word, nor by letter as from us,
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as that the day
of Christ is at hand.
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Let no man
deceive you by any means:
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for that day... "
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meaning the second
coming of Jesus Christ,
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"will not come, except
there come a falling away first,
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and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;
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who opposeth
and exalteth himself
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above all that is called God,
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or that is
worshipped; so that he as God
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sitteth in the temple of God,
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shewing himself
that he is God. "
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Ladies and
Gentlemen, the Bible says
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that before the second coming
of Jesus Christ takes place,
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there will be a falling away
that transpires... meaning...
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there will be an apostasy
within the reins of Christendom,
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people will compromise
and transgress the Law of God
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within the Christian Church
and this will prepare the way
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for the revelation
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of the man of sin which
is the anti-Christ power
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because the term
anti-Christ doesn't simply mean
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to oppose
Christ, but it also means
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"to set oneself up
in the place of Christ,"
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and this power does
both of those things.
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Not only does he
oppose and exalt himself
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above all that is called
"God" or that is worshipped,
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but he as God, sits
in the temple of God,
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showing himself that he
is God, this is anti-Christ.
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So what's the end-game here?
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The end-game is this:
the Bible says in the book of
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2nd Timothy
chapter 3 and verse 12,
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"Yea, and all that shall
live godly in Christ Jesus
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shall suffer persecution. "
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God's people will
go through persecution,
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they will pass through
tribulation on Planet Earth
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prior to the 2nd
Coming of Jesus Christ,
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but the question is, "Why?"
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Why will God allow His people
to go through tribulation?
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Well, the Bible begins to answer
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this question in
the book of Matthew,
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Matthew chapter 5
beginning at verse 11,
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the Bible tells us,
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"Blessed are ye,
when men shall revile you,
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and persecute you,
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and shall say all manner
of evil against you falsely,
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for my sake.
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Rejoice and be exceeding glad:
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for great is
your reward in heaven:
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for so
persecuted they the prophets
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which were before you. "
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Notice, Jesus said that the
prophets which were before us
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they were persecuted,
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and there's a blessing
pronounced on the heads of those
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that undergo the
same type of persecution
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that the prophets which
were before us underwent,
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which was, they were reviled,
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they were hated and
disdained by the nations,
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they were tortured mentally
and physically... persecuted
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and they were falsely
accused within Society,
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but then in the book
of Matthew chapter 23
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beginning at verse 29,
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Jesus goes on to
explain to what extent
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the prophets of
old were persecuted.
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We are told there
when Jesus is rebuking the
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scribes and Pharisees,
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"Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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because ye build up
the tombs of the prophets,
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and garnish the
sepulchres of the righteous,
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And say, If we had been
in the days of our fathers,
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we would not have
been partakers with them
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in the blood of the prophets.
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Wherefore ye be
witnesses unto your own selves,
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that ye are the children of them
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which killed the prophets. "
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Notice Jesus says,
that the prophets were
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not only reviled and persecuted,
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and spoken falsely
against, but they were killed...
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that was the type of
persecution that they underwent.
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But then Jesus
prophesies to the effect
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that he will send forth more
prophets, wise men and scribes
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and the same thing will
take place against them.
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In Matthew chapter 23
and verse 34, Jesus says,
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"Wherefore, behold, I
send unto you prophets,
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and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them
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ye shall kill and crucify;
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and some shall ye
scourge in your synagogues,
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and persecute
them from city to city"
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Jesus Himself said He's going
to send forth some servants now
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and these servants that
He sends out into the world
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they are going to be
dealt with the same way
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that His prophets
of old were dealt with.
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They will be persecuted,
they will experience tribulation
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even unto the death...
and though this prophecy
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does have an immediate
application to His disciples,
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that went forth into the
world to preach the gospel,
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after His resurrection,
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it also applies to his disciples
and servants that will live here
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in these last days,
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just shortly before the
second coming of Jesus Christ,
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and you don't have to believe me
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but you've got to
believe the Bible,
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because the Bible
tells us in the book of James
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chapter 5 beginning at
verse 8, "Be ye also patient;
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stablish your hearts:
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for the coming of
the Lord draweth nigh. "
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Now notice this clearly.
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The Bible says that
we should be patient
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and we should
stablish our hearts...
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meaning that we
should be rooted and grounded
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by faith in the
love of Jesus Christ
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having the mind
single to the glory of God,
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realizing that the
second coming of Jesus Christ
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is rapidly approaching
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and for these people that are
living during that time period
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in which the second
coming of Jesus Christ
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is rapidly approaching,
notice the counsel that is given
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in James chapter 5 and
verse 10, we are told there,
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"Take, my
brethren, the prophets,
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who have spoken in
the name of the Lord,
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as an example of
suffering affliction,
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and of patience. "
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Now, hold on a second,
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why would the
Bible counsel those
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that are living shortly before
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the second
coming of Jesus Christ,
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to take the
prophets of old as an example
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of how they should patiently
suffer being afflicted...
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by the way... that means...
patiently suffer being tortured
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and even
executed, made martyrs...
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if they weren't
going to experience
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that type of affliction,
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before Jesus
returned to Planet Earth.
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That's a good question.
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What I find
even more interesting
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about James 5 and verse
10, is the word "affliction"
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because that word "affliction"
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is actually
translated from a Greek word
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which is a
compound of two Greek words,
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the first Greek
word is: half an hour
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and the second
Greek word is: suffering,
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now, the reason I
find this so interesting
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is because that first
Greek word "half an hour"
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which is a part of
a compound Greek word
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which is translated in
English as affliction...
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here in James 5 and verse 10,
that particular word in Greek
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"half an hour" is found only
one other place in the Bible
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and that's in the
book of Revelation
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chapter 8 and
verse 1 which says there,
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"And when he had
opened the seventh seal,
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there was silence in heaven
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about the space
of half an hour. "
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Now, the reason I
find this so interesting
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is because this half an hour
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transpires in
the courts of heaven
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under the opening
up of the seventh seal
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is obviously an
event that transpires
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after the events that
occur under the sixth seal.
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If you've got a seventh seal,
you've got to have a sixth seal,
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and some of those events that
transpire under the sixth seal,
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they are spoken of
in Revelation chapter 6
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beginning at verse 14
where the Bible tells us,
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"And the heaven
departed as a scroll,
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when it is rolled together;
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and every mountain and island
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were moved out of their places.
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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 to the
mountains and rocks,
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Fall on us, 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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The reason why fear is gripping
the hearts of men at this time,
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is because they're seeing signs
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and in the
heavens and on the earth,
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that are obvious harbingers
of the fact that Jesus Christ
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is getting ready to come
not only to redeem His children,
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but to punish the wicked.
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The reason I find
this so interesting,
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
is... this is the reason why
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obviously
there's silence in heaven
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about the space of half an hour,
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in Revelation
chapter 8 and verse 1
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under the opening
up of the seventh seal.
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That silence occurs as a result
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of all of the
occupants of heaven,
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emptying its precincts
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to come down to Planet
Earth to redeem God's people
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because when Jesus comes,
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all the holy
angels will come with him,
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on this errand to
redeem His people.
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The Bible says it very clearly
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in the book of Matthew
chapter 25 and verse 31,
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where we are told,
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"And when the Son of man
cometh in all of 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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the only one that will be
left in the precincts of heaven
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at that time...
is God the Father
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sitting upon His
throne, I can imagine in silence
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with great
expectation awaiting for Jesus
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and all the
holy angels to return
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with His blood-bought children,
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which brings us back now to
James chapter 5 and verse 10
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which you should understand
with greater clarity now,
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because what the
Bible is simply saying
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is that... just
like the prophets of old,
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who spoke in
the name of the Lord
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and exercised patience,
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we're going to
have to do the same.
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Just before the second
coming of Jesus Christ,
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we are going to have to
exercise extreme patience
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in waiting upon God's promise
to be fulfilled in our lives
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that Jesus Christ
will come to save us
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as we are going through
this fiery time of tribulation
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such as never has
been seen on Planet Earth
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just shortly before
Jesus Christ returns
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to this globe and
to help us understand
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why God would even suffer
such a situation to befall us,
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He points us to his servant Job
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in James chapter 5 and
verse 11 where we are told,
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"Behold we count
them happy which endure.
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Ye have heard of
the patience of Job,
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and have seen
the end of the Lord;
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that the Lord is very
pitiful, and of tender mercy. "
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The word "end" there
means, "Purpose or Aim"
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in other words, in looking
at the experience of Job,
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how he passed
through fiery tribulations,
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patiently waiting upon God,
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we can see what
God's ultimate purpose was
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in allowing such a
situation to befall his servant.
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And if you don't comprehend
it, just go to the book of Job
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chapter 1 beginning at
verse 6, which says there,
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"Now there was a
day when the sons of God
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came to present
themselves before the Lord,
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and Satan came also among them.
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And the Lord said unto
Satan, Whence comest thou?
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And Satan answered
and said unto the Lord,
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From going to
and fro in the earth,
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and from walking
up and down in it.
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And the Lord said unto Satan,
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Hast thou
considered my servant Job,
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that there is none
like him in the earth,
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a perfect and upright
man, one that feareth God,
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and escheweth evil?
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And Satan answered
and said unto the Lord,
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Doth Job fear God for nought?
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Hast not thou set
a hedge about him,
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and about his house,
and about all that he hath
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thou has blessed
the work of his hands
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and his substance is
increased in the land.
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But put forth thine hand
now, and touch all that he hath,
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and he will curse
thee to thine face. "
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And the Lord said unto Satan,
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"Behold, all that he
hath is in thine power;
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only upon himself
put forth not thine hand.
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So Satan went from the
presence of the Lord. "
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Here is revealed
in Job chapter 1,
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the most important
overarching reality
00:21:53.11\00:21:56.21
that we need to
take into consideration
00:21:56.24\00:21:59.31
when we look at this issue
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of God's people
passing through tribulation.
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And this
overarching reality is this:
00:22:03.28\00:22:06.52
there is a great
controversy taking place
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between God and Satan
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and in this controversy,
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Satan has declared
clearly in Job chapter 1,
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that men do not serve
God out of genuine love,
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the only reason
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that men serve God is
because they're scared of Him
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and they want
temporal prosperity.
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However, Satan contests
that if God were to remove
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temporal prosperity and
physical health from humanity,
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that humanity would
curse God to His face,
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but God in this
contest is trying to reveal
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to all that are watching
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that though there are
some false professors,
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He does have faithful servants
that love Him and serve Him
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out of a pure heart,
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and here is revealed
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the vital role that the
tribulation of God's people
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play in this controversy,
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and that
critical role is this...
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there is no greater
form of undisputable evidence
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that a man loves God
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than him giving God
unflinching devotion
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on a day-by-day basis
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following His
Commandments by faith
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and being willing to
do so even unto the death.
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We see a
revelation of this truth
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in the life of Jesus Christ
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and punctuates that truth
by His death on the cross.
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Even Jesus speaks that
reality, He speaks that truth.
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In the book of John
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chapter 15 and
verse 13 where He says,
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"Greater love
hath no man than this,
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that a man should lay
down his life for his friends.
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Ye are my friends, if
ye keep my commandments. "
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If we follow God
on a day-by-day basis
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and keep His Commandments
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and are willing to lay
down our lives for God,
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we are showing that God is
our friend and we love Him.
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Job proved His love for
God by holding on to his faith
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even when death
threatened to claim him
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even though that
fiery tribulation
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tried him to the
very core of his being,
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Job never cursed God, he
waited patiently on the Lord.
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And in these last days,
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God is seeking to
raise up a final generation
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that like faithful Job
and the prophets of old
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who spoke in the
name of the Lord,
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will be patient
to wait upon God,
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whether in death or in life,
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they will love Him
and they will serve Him.
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Tribulation is coming.
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The Bible tells us in the
book of Matthew chapter 24
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beginning at verse 7,
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"For nation shall
rise up against nation,
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and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines,
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and pestilences, and
earthquakes in divers places,
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And All these are
the beginning of sorrows.
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And then shall they
deliver you up to be afflicted,
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and they shall kill you:
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and ye shall be hated of
all nations for my name's sake"
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just like the prophets of old
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and at that
time... the Bible warns
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"And then shall
many be offended,
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and shall betray one another,
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and shall hate one another... "
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Can you imagine
that the multitudes,
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the poor multitudes
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that are now being
deceived into believing that
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there's going to be a
pre-tribulation rapture
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and that God is going to
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secretly rapture
them out of this world
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so that they don't have
to experience tribulation,
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can you imagine, how
they're going to react
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when tribulation
actually grips this planet?
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They're going to react
just like the Apostle Peter...
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they're going to be
offended and betray Jesus Christ
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because like Peter...
they did not grasp the reality
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that all that live
Godly in Christ Jesus,
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shall suffer persecution
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before they experience
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the glory of the Kingdom of God,
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but I thank God
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that Jesus Himself
has given us a promise
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in the book of Revelation
chapter 3 and verse 10
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we are told, "Because thou hast
kept the word of my patience
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I will also keep thee
in the hour of temptation,
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which shall come
upon all the world,
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and to try them that
dwell upon the earth. "
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The tribulation is
to try the hearts of men
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to see who is really for God,
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who is a wheat
and who is a tare.
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I pray that you stand as
a child of the living God
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in that time...
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and I hope that that
answers your question.
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And as always...
whether you like it or not...
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the truth is the truth...
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