Well good
evening, and we welcome you
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to Give Me The Bible.
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And we're coming to you live
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from the 3ABN Worship Center
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right here in Thompsonville,
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Illinois.
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Tonight we begin a series
that will last for five programs
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on the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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And we are going to be looking
at the promise of His coming
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tonight with a message
entitled We Have This Hope.
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Pastor Kenneth Cox is
presenting this series.
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Pastor Cox has
preached all over this world
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on every continent of
this planet on which we live.
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And he's a man who
not only is a theologian
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and a student of God's Word
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but he is also a historian.
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And he understands
history and the different events
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that we are facing and
how they fit into history
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and how the Bible
and history go together.
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So we are going to really
enjoy this series this weekend,
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and especially
tonight's subject.
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Before we listen to Pastor Cox,
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we are going to have
the pleasure of listening to
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Walter Arties.
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The first time I
heard Walter Arties
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he was singing for Billy Graham.
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Since then he has sung
for people like C.D. Brooks.
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He was the
founder, Walter Arties was,
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of the Breath of
Life television program.
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And I had the pleasure
of working with him at the
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Voice of Prophecy
where he was the manager
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of the Voice of Prophecy.
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And through all
of that experience
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he continued to sing
and to uplift Jesus Christ.
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He's been associated
with Pastor Kenneth Cox
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for many years, and
we welcome Walter Arties
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who is going to sing
for us Amazing Grace.
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Amazing grace
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will always be
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my song of praise.
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For it was grace
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that bought my liberty.
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I do not know
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just why Christ came
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to love me so.
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He looked beyond
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my fault
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and saw my need.
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I shall forever
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lift my eyes
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to Calvary,
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to view the Cross
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where Jesus died
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for me,
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How marvelous
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this grace that bought
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my falling soul.
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He looked beyond
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my fault
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and saw my need.
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I shall
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forever
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lift my eyes
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to Calvary,
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to view the Cross
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where Jesus died
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for me,
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How marvelous
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this grace that bought
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my falling soul.
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He looked beyond
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my fault
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and saw my need.
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What
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amazing grace,
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God's
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amazing grace.
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He
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saw
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my need.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Walter.
Thank you very, very much.
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Marvelous. God's grace.
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What He gives to each one
of us, how wonderful it is!
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Welcome. Welcome
to Give Me The Bible.
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This is a series in which we
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spend five presentations
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on a particular subject.
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Like this one, we're spending it
on the second coming of Christ.
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What does the Bible say about
the second coming of Christ?
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What says the
Bible, the blessed Bible?
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This my only question be.
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The signs of Christ's
coming are now taking place
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all around us. What
says the Bible to me?
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That's what we want to find out.
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What does God's Word say about
the coming of Jesus Christ?
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And so we hope that
you'll tune in and be with us.
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Those of you in the television
audience or that are listening
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by radio, we hope you'll tune in
as we go through these subjects
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and cover them each time
and talk about different ones.
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Tonight we're talking
about We Have This Hope.
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We have this hope... the
promise, what the scripture says
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about the
coming of Jesus Christ.
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Tomorrow night, or the next
presentation I should say...
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is on the Signs
of the End of Time.
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Christ gave us specific
signs telling us where we were
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in the stream of time.
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And you and I need to look
at those and see what the Bible
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tells us about that
and what is taking place.
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So that's what our
subject will be... our next one:
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Signs of the End of Time.
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But tonight we're
looking at We Have This Hope.
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We Have This Hope.
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What are you looking for?
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What do you want to
see in this subject?
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Well, you certainly want to
see the promises that God gives.
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God gives us
promises of His return.
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We need to look
at those promises.
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What assurance is
there of these promises?
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You want to look for that,
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and how have other people
related to those promises?
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That's what you're
looking at in tonight's subject.
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So we hope you can follow
along as we take a look at it
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and see what the scripture
tells us about the promises
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that Christ has given
us that He's coming back.
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That you and I
may be ready for that.
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That we each are
prepared for His coming.
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I'm going to ask Walter
to come back and sing for us
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the beautiful song entitled
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"Shall We or Shall I? "
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"Shall You, Shall I? "
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Someone will enter
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the pearly gate
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By and by,
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by and by.
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Taste of the glories
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that there await,
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Shall you? Shall I?
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Shall you? Shall I?
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Someone will travel
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the streets of gold,
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beautiful visions
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will there behold,
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Feast on the pleasures
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so long foretold:
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Shall you? Shall I?
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Shall you? Shall I?
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Someone will gladly
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His cross lay down
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By and by,
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by and by.
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Faithful, approved,
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will receive a crown,
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Shall you? Shall I?
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Shall you? Shall I?
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Someone the glorious King
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will see,
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Ever from sorrow
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of earth be free,
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Happy with Him thro'
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eternity:
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Shall you? Shall I?
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Shall you?
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Shall I?
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Amen.
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Heavenly Father,
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tonight as we
look at the promises
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that You have given of
the return of Your Son,
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Jesus Christ, I pray that
You would give us understanding.
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May we see and may we know
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the assurance of Your Word.
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May we reach out in faith,
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take hold of those promises,
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and prepare for Thy soon return.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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The word advent is
a word that is used
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to denote the coming of Christ.
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People that believe in the
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coming of Jesus Christ
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are called Adventist.
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That's what it means:
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they believe in the
return of Jesus Christ
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and so they are
called Adventist.
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Are you an Adventist tonight?
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Do you believe in the
coming of Jesus Christ?
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Do you believe He's coming back?
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The Bible says that is
one of the glorious promises
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of God's Word.
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"Glorious appearing;
the Blessed Hope... "
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the hope that Jesus
Christ is coming back.
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That's a promise that you
and I should be looking for
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and expecting as we
look at the Word of God.
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If you pick up your Bible and
you begin to read through it,
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you'll find the promise
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concerning
Christ's first coming.
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You read through it you'll find
that Micah in the Old Testament
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foretold the very place
that Christ would be born.
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Daniel in his prophecies told
the time... the exact time...
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when the Savior would appear,
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and yet they weren't ready.
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When the prophetic
clock struck the hour,
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He was born right on time.
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When the prophetic clock
strikes the midnight hour,
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Jesus Christ will
come back right on time.
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Those are promises that
are given to us in God's Word.
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And it says: "Nevertheless,
we according to His" what?
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Promise.
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A promise that God has
given to you and to me.
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So tonight we
need to ask ourselves:
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What did God promise?
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Are they things
that I can believe?
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And the things that He
promised, did they happen?
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Did they take place?
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And so let's take a
look at a few of the promises
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that He gave.
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Hebrews.
Hebrews the 11th chapter
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verse 7 it speaks
of one of the promises.
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This was a promise
that God gave to Noah
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saying that the earth was
going to be destroyed by water.
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Gave that promise to Noah.
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How long was it before
that promise was fulfilled?
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Hmmm?
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120 years.
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Gave him the
promise; 120 years later
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that promise was fulfilled
just as God said it would be.
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Gave another promise.
Here in Galatians it says:
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Isaac was a child of promise.
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God appeared to
Abraham and said: "Abraham,
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I'm going to give you a son. "
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Abraham said: "Lord,
I've always wanted a son. "
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He said: "Well, just go
out here and look at the stars,
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and your offspring will
be as the stars of heaven
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and as the sands of the sea. "
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And Abraham said:
"This is wonderful, Lord. "
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How long was it before
that promise was carried out?
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Twenty-five years.
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Twenty-five years from the
time God gave him that promise
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until it was fulfilled...
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took place.
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And God also gave
Abraham another promise.
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Now it says Abraham
dwelt in a land of promise.
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God said "Abraham, I'm going to
give to you and your descendants
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this land... "
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This was a promise that
God had given to Abraham,
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to Isaac, to Jacob... and
they lived in that promise.
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Did you know that when
God gave Abraham that promise
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He told him how long it would
be before it would be fulfilled?
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Yeah, you can read
it there in Genesis 15.
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Gave him the promise
and said it would be...
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four hundred years.
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The scripture is
most interesting here
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because it says this:
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The time of the
promise drew near.
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He had told Abraham
it's going to be 400 years.
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Four hundred years
has passed and the...
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I hope you are
beginning to understand
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that God gives promises, folks.
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But the fulfillment of
those promises is not based
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on your timetable or mine.
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It's based on God's timetable.
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He fulfills it,
and He doesn't fail.
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But He gives the promise and
says: "This is going to happen;
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this is going to take place. "
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When did God give a promise
that there would come a Savior?
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Way, way back in the beginning.
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Genesis 3 verse 15
gives the promise of a Savior.
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And here it was
4,000 years later
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before the
promise was fulfilled.
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The Savior appeared.
But He appeared, folks.
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Came just exactly
as the scripture said.
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God gave a promise here,
and Jesus told the disciples
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He said: "It is
expedient for you that I go away
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because if I don't go away
the Comforter will not come. "
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Gave them the promise.
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How long was it
before it was fulfilled?
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Fifty days.
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It wasn't long on that one.
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Gave the promise
of the Holy Spirit.
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Fifty days later
it was poured out.
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Promise given to them.
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But He also gave us a
promise of something else.
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He's promised to you
and to me eternal life.
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Now I want to ask you something.
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If all these
promises that God made -
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and we've looked at
them and every one of 'em
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has been fulfilled
just exactly as God said,
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do you believe this one about
eternal life will be fulfilled?
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Absolutely folks,
no question about it.
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That will be fulfilled.
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And it will be fulfilled
in which we will be given
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immortality that we
will receive eternal life...
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never to die. That will
be given when Jesus comes.
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There is the promise!
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He's given us that promise
that He's going to come back.
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That's the promise.
00:22:32.84\00:22:34.70
All these promises He's given
have been fulfilled as He said.
00:22:34.90\00:22:39.09
And even when He left and those
disciples were standing there
00:22:39.29\00:22:44.09
on the mount looking up
into the clouds of heaven
00:22:44.29\00:22:48.07
He gave them the
assurance and the promise
00:22:48.27\00:22:51.03
that He was coming
back because He said:
00:22:51.13\00:22:53.48
That very same Jesus that
they had spent 3-1/2 years with
00:23:05.41\00:23:09.50
had listened to Him, walked
with Him, talked with Him,
00:23:09.70\00:23:12.33
ate with Him, had watched
Him as He healed the sick,
00:23:12.53\00:23:15.24
as He cared for the children,
00:23:15.44\00:23:16.68
that very same
Jesus was coming back.
00:23:16.79\00:23:20.18
And He gave them the promise.
00:23:20.38\00:23:22.06
They said "Look for Him,
He'll come back in like manner
00:23:22.26\00:23:25.41
as you have seen
Him go into heaven. "
00:23:25.61\00:23:27.78
So you and I have the
promise that He's coming back.
00:23:27.98\00:23:31.72
Says:
00:23:32.48\00:23:33.52
He's going to
come back a second time
00:23:42.81\00:23:45.15
and, dear friend, when He
comes back that second time
00:23:45.35\00:23:48.26
He's coming back for you.
00:23:48.46\00:23:50.79
That's what He's
coming back for...
00:23:51.09\00:23:52.61
He's coming back
for you and for me.
00:23:52.71\00:23:54.66
The promise that He gives to us.
00:23:54.77\00:23:56.52
So if I have these promises,
00:23:56.63\00:23:58.48
and really, that's what
prophecies are in many respects
00:23:58.68\00:24:03.49
are promises. Prophesied
that this is going to happen,
00:24:03.69\00:24:07.55
it's a promise
that's going to take place.
00:24:07.65\00:24:09.26
Said:
00:24:09.36\00:24:10.52
What does it mean confirmed?
00:24:13.12\00:24:15.36
Means it's sure... can't fail.
00:24:17.56\00:24:20.41
It says if there's
anything that is sure,
00:24:27.79\00:24:31.26
it's the prophetic word.
00:24:31.46\00:24:33.19
And God said this
is going to happen:
00:24:33.39\00:24:36.15
Jesus Christ is coming back.
00:24:36.35\00:24:38.31
You and I can count on that.
00:24:38.51\00:24:41.11
We can depend on that.
00:24:41.31\00:24:42.72
If you've got your
Bible, take your Bible.
00:24:43.74\00:24:46.36
If you're at home watching,
well go get your Bible.
00:24:46.56\00:24:49.43
I want you to look
at something with me.
00:24:49.63\00:24:52.31
Prophecies given here
in the book of Revelation.
00:24:52.51\00:24:56.35
I want you to look at what's
happening, what's taking place
00:24:56.55\00:24:59.85
here in this book
00:25:00.05\00:25:01.56
and turn over in the
book of Revelation with me.
00:25:01.76\00:25:04.13
If you take a look
at the first chapter
00:25:06.05\00:25:10.13
of the book of Revelation, that
first chapter is a description
00:25:10.33\00:25:15.06
of Jesus.
00:25:15.26\00:25:17.05
That's what it is.
Tells what He looks like.
00:25:17.95\00:25:20.00
Describes Him as walking among
the candlesticks and so forth.
00:25:20.30\00:25:24.86
The second and third
chapter of Revelation
00:25:25.06\00:25:28.74
is about the seven churches.
00:25:28.94\00:25:31.02
That's what it's talking
about: the seven churches.
00:25:31.22\00:25:33.41
And when you study
the seven churches,
00:25:33.61\00:25:35.98
and they talk about those
churches in sense of periods
00:25:37.30\00:25:40.66
of time, where are we?
00:25:40.76\00:25:44.17
Well, we're down
to the seventh church.
00:25:44.31\00:25:46.92
That's where we
are. So basically,
00:25:47.12\00:25:49.68
the second and third chapters
of Revelation are fulfilled
00:25:49.88\00:25:53.14
because we're into
the seventh church.
00:25:53.34\00:25:56.00
The fourth and fifth
chapter of Revelation
00:25:56.20\00:26:00.00
are pictures of the
throne room in heaven.
00:26:00.03\00:26:04.08
And all the prophecies
in the book of Revelation...
00:26:04.28\00:26:07.24
all of them... come
out of the throne room.
00:26:07.44\00:26:10.27
As you read them,
if you'll look for it
00:26:10.47\00:26:12.38
in every case they are in
the setting of the throne room.
00:26:12.58\00:26:16.78
All the prophecies
come out of there...
00:26:16.98\00:26:18.71
that's the fourth and
fifth chapters of Revelation.
00:26:18.81\00:26:21.57
When you get over to the sixth,
00:26:21.77\00:26:24.49
and basically the sixth and
seventh chapter of Revelation,
00:26:24.69\00:26:29.01
it's talking about what?
00:26:29.21\00:26:30.69
Well it's talking
about the seven seals.
00:26:31.96\00:26:34.32
Now if you start studying
through the seven seals,
00:26:34.53\00:26:38.18
you'll find that the sixth seal,
we'll be talking about this
00:26:38.38\00:26:43.23
in another presentation,
00:26:43.34\00:26:44.39
you'll find out the sixth
seal has already been fulfilled.
00:26:44.59\00:26:47.24
The seventh seal deals
with the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:26:48.40\00:26:52.81
So basically, if you
want to take a look at it,
00:26:54.19\00:26:56.66
we're through the sixth and
seventh chapters of Revelation
00:26:56.86\00:26:59.40
because that's what it's talking
about: the coming of Christ.
00:26:59.60\00:27:02.95
We're down to that point.
00:27:03.15\00:27:05.08
Talks about His people in
chapter seven and what they do.
00:27:05.28\00:27:09.91
But when you get to
chapter eight and nine
00:27:10.11\00:27:12.72
it talks about the trumpets.
00:27:12.92\00:27:15.29
Trumpets. If you read
those trumpets carefully,
00:27:15.49\00:27:19.33
you'll find that those trumpets
are put with the plagues
00:27:19.53\00:27:24.06
and they come with the plagues.
00:27:24.26\00:27:26.84
That takes place, folks,
right just before Jesus comes.
00:27:27.04\00:27:31.73
That's when that takes place.
00:27:32.70\00:27:34.26
So you get the eighth and
ninth chapter of Revelation
00:27:34.46\00:27:39.03
that deals with
the trumpets there.
00:27:39.17\00:27:42.16
When you get over to the
tenth chapter of Revelation,
00:27:42.36\00:27:44.99
the tenth chapter deals with
the little book and God's people
00:27:45.19\00:27:48.97
and the message
they have been given
00:27:49.17\00:27:51.03
and how they are to proclaim it.
00:27:51.23\00:27:52.94
Chapter eleven deals with
00:27:53.34\00:27:57.40
the country of France
00:27:57.53\00:28:00.05
and the rise of atheism
00:28:00.25\00:28:02.68
and what there. And
that's past already.
00:28:02.88\00:28:04.87
You get to the
twelfth chapter of Revelation,
00:28:05.07\00:28:07.79
and the twelfth chapter
of Revelation talks about
00:28:07.99\00:28:10.28
pagan Rome and its influence
and what it did and so forth.
00:28:10.48\00:28:14.02
And we're past
that period of time.
00:28:14.23\00:28:16.40
You get to the
thirteenth chapter of Revelation
00:28:16.60\00:28:19.73
and its talking about papal
Rome and the United States.
00:28:19.93\00:28:23.30
And basically, the prophecies
given about those two bring us
00:28:23.50\00:28:27.57
clear down to the
end of that chapter.
00:28:27.67\00:28:29.72
The last few things
that are to take place there.
00:28:29.92\00:28:32.32
The fourteenth chapter of
Revelation again deals with
00:28:32.53\00:28:36.63
God's people and a
message that they have
00:28:36.83\00:28:39.47
and what they are to
do at the end of time.
00:28:39.67\00:28:42.44
Chapter fifteen and sixteen
00:28:42.47\00:28:45.53
deal with the
seven last plagues.
00:28:45.73\00:28:48.83
Those happen just
before Jesus comes.
00:28:49.04\00:28:53.01
OK? The seventeenth
and eighteenth chapter
00:28:54.11\00:28:58.20
I'm going to have you
hold that for a minute
00:28:58.40\00:29:01.08
because I want to go on
to the nineteenth chapter.
00:29:01.28\00:29:03.96
The nineteenth chapter
of Revelation deals with the
00:29:04.16\00:29:07.69
marriage supper of the Lamb.
00:29:07.79\00:29:09.71
That has to do with
the coming of Christ.
00:29:09.91\00:29:13.68
The twentieth
chapter of Revelation
00:29:13.89\00:29:17.03
deals with the millennium...
00:29:17.23\00:29:19.29
the thousand years
after the coming of Christ.
00:29:19.49\00:29:21.82
And chapter twenty-one
and twenty-two deal with the
00:29:22.02\00:29:25.32
new earth and heaven.
00:29:25.42\00:29:26.54
So what I'm trying to get
across to you this evening
00:29:26.74\00:29:29.30
is we're down to the seventeenth
and eighteenth chapter
00:29:29.50\00:29:33.91
of Revelation.
00:29:34.11\00:29:35.55
That's where we're at.
00:29:35.75\00:29:36.87
That is what those
chapters are dealing with
00:29:37.07\00:29:39.18
is the time in
which we are living today.
00:29:39.38\00:29:41.73
That's where we stand.
00:29:42.03\00:29:44.29
So what I'm trying to
get across tonight, folks,
00:29:44.49\00:29:46.95
is there's not a
lot of time left.
00:29:47.15\00:29:50.92
We're down to the end...
00:29:51.12\00:29:52.83
seventeenth and eighteenth
chapter of Revelation.
00:29:53.03\00:29:55.96
Now, the thing that's
interesting and what you've
00:29:56.16\00:29:59.90
got to look at is this:
00:30:00.00\00:30:01.26
When you get to the twenty-
second chapter of Revelation,
00:30:01.46\00:30:05.06
down to the last
chapter of the Bible,
00:30:07.22\00:30:09.38
I want you to
watch what the Lord does.
00:30:09.58\00:30:12.78
Revelation 22 verse 7.
00:30:12.98\00:30:16.03
Now He's talking about
the prophecies in the book of
00:30:16.23\00:30:19.14
Revelation and He
says: "When these are done,
00:30:19.25\00:30:23.06
behold I come... " what?
00:30:23.26\00:30:25.92
Now we're down to
the end of the book
00:30:27.09\00:30:29.28
and He says when
these prophecies are done
00:30:29.48\00:30:32.56
it's not going to be
a long period of time.
00:30:32.76\00:30:35.30
I'm going to come quickly.
00:30:35.50\00:30:36.81
Let's look at the
twenty-second chapter again.
00:30:37.12\00:30:40.10
Verse 12 says:
00:30:40.30\00:30:43.45
Twice He says "When
we're down to the end of this,
00:30:47.50\00:30:52.12
it won't be a
long period of time.
00:30:52.32\00:30:54.34
I'm going to come quickly. "
00:30:54.54\00:30:55.59
Let's go back to
the 22nd chapter.
00:30:55.79\00:30:58.06
Verse 20:
00:30:58.26\00:31:00.17
So dear friend, what I'm
trying to tell you tonight
00:31:06.39\00:31:08.80
is it's not a long time
till the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:31:09.00\00:31:13.05
He says that when
these things are fulfilled
00:31:13.26\00:31:16.16
"Behold, I am coming quickly. "
00:31:16.36\00:31:19.80
You and I can depend on it.
00:31:20.00\00:31:21.97
Marvelous statement.
00:31:22.17\00:31:24.22
Marvelous statement.
00:31:24.42\00:31:25.78
Not one has failed.
00:31:32.78\00:31:35.17
So if none of them have failed,
00:31:35.27\00:31:37.76
can you live in
confidence and in hope
00:31:37.96\00:31:40.27
that Jesus
Christ is coming back?
00:31:40.47\00:31:43.11
We sure can!
00:31:43.32\00:31:44.62
No question about it.
00:31:44.82\00:31:46.33
Not one of His
promises has failed.
00:31:46.53\00:31:48.91
Do you believe the promises?
00:31:49.11\00:31:50.55
Do you believe them?
00:31:50.75\00:31:53.18
If you believe them,
00:31:53.38\00:31:57.50
then it has to change your life.
00:31:59.63\00:32:01.74
If you believe it,
00:32:03.38\00:32:04.96
it has to change the
way you approach life.
00:32:05.16\00:32:10.09
Just has to.
00:32:11.22\00:32:12.81
We have a lot of scoffers today.
00:32:24.52\00:32:26.83
Saying: "Oh, I've
heard this for years. "
00:32:27.03\00:32:30.46
Scoffers... we run
into them all the time.
00:32:31.32\00:32:35.21
They'll say: "Oh, I've
heard that all my life. "
00:32:35.31\00:32:37.31
In fact, I can remember
talking to this old minister.
00:32:37.51\00:32:41.52
And I had preached a sermon
on the coming of Jesus Christ
00:32:41.72\00:32:44.74
and he came up to me after
it was over and he said to me...
00:32:44.94\00:32:47.76
he said: "I've
heard that all my life. "
00:32:47.86\00:32:49.41
He said: "In fact, when I
gave my heart to the Lord, "
00:32:49.61\00:32:52.41
he said, "I didn't
think there would be time
00:32:52.61\00:32:54.76
for me to go to school. "
00:32:54.86\00:32:55.87
He said: "I didn't think
I'd make it through school. "
00:32:56.07\00:32:58.86
He said: "I went to
school and then I thought
00:32:58.96\00:33:01.46
well if I get out of
school I won't have any time
00:33:01.66\00:33:03.67
to work in the ministry...
The Lord will come. "
00:33:03.87\00:33:05.55
And he said: "I got out of
school and I got in the ministry
00:33:05.75\00:33:08.64
and I've worked all these years
00:33:08.84\00:33:10.39
and I've retired now,
and Jesus hasn't come. "
00:33:10.59\00:33:13.74
And I said to him:
"The fact that you believed
00:33:16.68\00:33:21.53
that Jesus was coming
00:33:21.73\00:33:23.92
and you believed
that it was soon and all.
00:33:24.12\00:33:28.12
Did that hurt you?
00:33:28.42\00:33:32.48
Did that do something to
you that hurt you any way? "
00:33:32.68\00:33:36.43
And he thought a
while and he said:
00:33:36.63\00:33:40.30
"No, I can't think
of any way it hurt me. "
00:33:40.50\00:33:43.71
No dear friend. You and I
need to live in the expectancy
00:33:43.91\00:33:48.24
of the coming of the Lord. Amen.
00:33:48.44\00:33:50.87
We live in a
time, unfortunately,
00:33:51.66\00:33:55.24
in which people don't believe.
00:33:56.33\00:33:58.79
Unfortunately,
we live in a country
00:34:00.08\00:34:02.65
that doesn't believe.
00:34:02.85\00:34:05.06
You know, true enough we claim
that we are a Christian country.
00:34:05.26\00:34:11.17
But that's just in talk, folks.
00:34:11.20\00:34:13.89
I mean, our universities
teach that there is no God.
00:34:14.09\00:34:19.02
They teach evolution.
00:34:19.22\00:34:21.73
They teach
everything contrary to it.
00:34:21.94\00:34:24.14
So we live in a world full
of scoffers that don't believe.
00:34:24.34\00:34:29.45
But you and
I... WE MUST BELIEVE.
00:34:29.65\00:34:33.59
We must hang on and believe
the promises of God's Word
00:34:33.79\00:34:38.23
that Jesus
Christ IS coming back.
00:34:38.43\00:34:40.75
Hebrews 11 verse 13:
00:34:40.95\00:34:43.12
wonderful text.
00:34:43.32\00:34:45.57
Moses died without
receiving the promise.
00:34:59.43\00:35:05.35
David died without
receiving the promises.
00:35:06.74\00:35:11.84
Mary died without
receiving the promises.
00:35:13.33\00:35:17.42
Samuel died without
receiving the promises.
00:35:18.60\00:35:22.66
All these believed,
00:35:22.86\00:35:27.28
died in faith, not
having received the promises.
00:35:27.48\00:35:31.07
Listen to what it says about it:
00:35:31.27\00:35:32.58
I ask you this evening,
have you seen them afar off?
00:35:48.53\00:35:52.16
Have you seen those
promises that God has given
00:35:54.07\00:35:56.77
maybe afar off? Are you
assured of them tonight?
00:35:56.87\00:35:59.79
They were!
00:36:00.68\00:36:02.19
They died hoping, believing,
in the promises of God.
00:36:02.39\00:36:06.92
Will that promise
be fulfilled to them?
00:36:07.12\00:36:10.12
Absolutely.
00:36:11.05\00:36:12.75
It will be
fulfilled to each one of them.
00:36:12.95\00:36:14.98
They died in the faith
00:36:15.18\00:36:16.99
not receiving the promises
but they WILL receive them.
00:36:17.19\00:36:20.35
And so you will
receive the promises of God...
00:36:20.55\00:36:25.37
the promise that God gave
you that He's coming back.
00:36:25.58\00:36:27.94
So He is saying:
"Just don't give up.
00:36:45.83\00:36:49.09
You're in need of endurance.
00:36:49.29\00:36:51.96
Hang on. The promise is given.
00:36:52.16\00:36:54.55
Don't weary. Hang on; believe.
00:36:54.75\00:36:58.58
The promise is there.
Jesus Christ IS COMING BACK. "
00:36:58.78\00:37:03.09
An assurance is
given to all of us.
00:37:03.29\00:37:05.78
I guess of all the things
in scripture, that probably
00:37:18.67\00:37:22.95
worries me the most
00:37:23.05\00:37:25.00
where it says there:
"Be careful, take heed. "
00:37:25.20\00:37:29.43
I'm not too worried about,
oh, carousing and drunkenness.
00:37:29.93\00:37:35.88
That certainly will
keep you away from the Lord,
00:37:36.08\00:37:39.14
no question about it.
But what I'm concerned about
00:37:39.34\00:37:42.23
is the cares of this life.
00:37:42.43\00:37:45.39
That we get so wrapped up,
00:37:45.69\00:37:49.72
so involved with
the things of this life,
00:37:49.92\00:37:53.24
that we get distracted.
00:37:53.54\00:37:56.93
We get our
attention pulled away from it.
00:37:57.13\00:37:59.93
We don't take the time...
00:38:00.13\00:38:02.82
We don't take the time
to prepare our own hearts
00:38:03.22\00:38:07.36
and our own souls for
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:38:07.39\00:38:10.73
We get distracted. Too
concerned about making a living
00:38:11.83\00:38:17.80
rather than making sure
that I'm right with the Lord
00:38:18.00\00:38:22.67
and I'm prepared for His coming.
00:38:22.88\00:38:24.84
In Noah's day they were
eating, drinking, marrying.
00:38:40.36\00:38:46.30
Going on... life was
just going on as usual.
00:38:46.40\00:38:50.38
It says it will be exactly
that way when Jesus comes back.
00:38:50.58\00:38:54.43
You and I need to
make absolutely sure
00:38:59.56\00:39:04.27
that I don't permit
the things of this life
00:39:04.57\00:39:10.49
to cause me to be distracted,
00:39:10.69\00:39:13.31
to cause me to not
spend the time that I need to
00:39:13.51\00:39:17.63
to prepare for the
coming of the Lord.
00:39:17.83\00:39:19.70
What is your purpose in life?
00:39:19.90\00:39:22.28
You ever thought about it?
00:39:22.48\00:39:26.57
What is your purpose
in life? To make money?
00:39:26.77\00:39:30.33
Make sure you have a good home?
00:39:32.81\00:39:35.70
Make sure you have a nice car?
00:39:36.68\00:39:38.60
Make sure you have all
the toys that they talk about?
00:39:38.80\00:39:44.11
Is that your purpose in life?
00:39:44.32\00:39:46.14
You see, if I
believe the promise,
00:39:47.17\00:39:50.06
then it's definitely going
to affect my purpose in life.
00:39:50.37\00:39:54.39
If my purpose in life is to
make sure above everything else
00:39:55.40\00:40:00.73
that I'm right with the Lord,
00:40:00.93\00:40:03.68
then that makes a great,
00:40:03.88\00:40:06.62
great difference what my purpose
00:40:06.82\00:40:09.51
in life is. What am I doing?
00:40:09.71\00:40:11.76
What... what am I
planning to do with my life?
00:40:11.96\00:40:16.20
When we became Christians,
I was just a teenager...
00:40:18.92\00:40:24.91
young teenager.
00:40:25.11\00:40:27.67
Uh, my mother would make me,
00:40:28.53\00:40:34.12
actually, sit down and
read to her out of the Bible.
00:40:34.32\00:40:38.53
She just had me sit down and
read to her out of the Bible.
00:40:39.43\00:40:42.26
I didn't like doing that.
00:40:42.46\00:40:44.88
I mean I didn't like it at all!
00:40:45.08\00:40:47.68
And I would... I would pick
up the Bible where she wanted me
00:40:47.88\00:40:51.40
to read, and I would read it
just as fast as I could read it.
00:40:51.60\00:40:54.57
You know? But you know,
something rather strange
00:40:54.77\00:40:58.77
happened. All those
scriptures that she made me read
00:40:58.97\00:41:04.00
they just stuck in my memory.
00:41:05.84\00:41:09.09
And as I got older, they just
come flooding back all the time.
00:41:09.29\00:41:14.65
The things that she
taught me and had me do,
00:41:14.85\00:41:17.38
they stayed there all my life.
00:41:17.58\00:41:19.09
There was a great
preacher of the past...
00:41:19.69\00:41:25.60
Charles Finney.
00:41:27.33\00:41:28.76
Charles Finney, if
you read his story,
00:41:28.96\00:41:31.89
his mother made him
do that same thing...
00:41:32.09\00:41:34.14
made him read to her.
00:41:34.17\00:41:36.33
And he didn't like it
any better than I did.
00:41:36.53\00:41:38.56
But the
scriptures stuck in his mind.
00:41:38.76\00:41:42.39
And the first opportunity
he got to get out of the home
00:41:43.48\00:41:47.80
he got... he got out of there.
00:41:48.00\00:41:49.88
And he decided that he
was going to become a lawyer,
00:41:50.08\00:41:53.44
and he went away to law school.
00:41:53.64\00:41:56.72
And he was sitting
in his room studying.
00:41:56.92\00:41:59.53
And as he was
sitting in the room studying,
00:41:59.73\00:42:02.61
a voice just
seemed to say to him:
00:42:02.91\00:42:08.81
"Charles Finney, what are you
going to do with your life? "
00:42:09.21\00:42:14.71
He said: "Well, I'm
going to become a lawyer.
00:42:15.95\00:42:19.94
That's what I'm going to do. "
00:42:20.14\00:42:22.92
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:42:23.13\00:42:27.22
And he said: "Well,
uh, I hope to practice law.
00:42:28.44\00:42:33.85
Set up a practice
somewhere and practice law
00:42:34.05\00:42:36.99
as I'm going to school for. "
00:42:37.19\00:42:39.51
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:42:39.71\00:42:42.95
He said: "Well, I hope I can
get married and have a family. "
00:42:44.06\00:42:48.78
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:42:49.97\00:42:54.09
He said: "Well, I hope
that I'll make a contribution
00:42:56.06\00:43:00.65
to the community and
do something to be helpful
00:43:00.75\00:43:02.93
to mankind and the
community and work that way. "
00:43:03.03\00:43:06.72
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:43:08.17\00:43:11.02
Said: "Well, I guess I'll die. "
00:43:11.22\00:43:16.35
And the voice
said: "What then? "
00:43:17.48\00:43:20.97
And those scriptures come
rolling back through his mind.
00:43:21.17\00:43:25.41
He got on his knees and
gave his heart to the Lord.
00:43:25.61\00:43:29.09
Let me tell you,
friend, the most important thing
00:43:30.01\00:43:32.48
that you can do in life
is to make sure you're ready
00:43:32.58\00:43:36.68
to meet the Lord.
00:43:36.88\00:43:38.54
Not anything more
important than that:
00:43:38.85\00:43:41.03
that you are ready to
meet the Lord when He comes.
00:43:41.24\00:43:46.19
So what is your purpose in life?
00:43:46.39\00:43:49.05
What are you going
to do with your life?
00:43:49.25\00:43:51.27
No, the Lord's not slack
concerning that promise, folks.
00:44:06.67\00:44:09.84
He's longsuffering.
He's doing everything He can
00:44:10.04\00:44:13.36
to see that every soul
is saved in His kingdom.
00:44:13.57\00:44:17.75
Longsuffering...
but don't be fooled.
00:44:17.95\00:44:23.09
Rest assured that God
knows what He is doing.
00:44:23.29\00:44:28.78
Rest assured of that.
00:44:28.98\00:44:31.01
This gospel of the kingdom will
be preached in all the world
00:44:45.90\00:44:49.03
and then the end is come.
00:44:49.23\00:44:52.17
And, folks, we're
to that place today.
00:44:52.37\00:44:56.13
Technically... technologically
00:44:56.63\00:45:00.73
there's nothing really standing
00:45:00.93\00:45:03.27
without taking the
gospel to all the world.
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.37
That can happen.
That can happen quickly.
00:45:06.57\00:45:09.96
That's not the point.
00:45:09.99\00:45:12.39
When that
happens, the end will come.
00:45:13.96\00:45:16.01
God's more concerned...
more concerned that you
00:45:17.14\00:45:22.58
and that I and each
person is ready to meet Him.
00:45:22.78\00:45:27.58
He's longsuffering, not
wantin' anybody to perish...
00:45:27.78\00:45:32.03
that we will all be
saved in His kingdom.
00:45:33.74\00:45:37.61
But let me assure you, I've run
onto people that seem to think
00:45:37.81\00:45:42.39
that God doesn't
know what He's doing.
00:45:42.59\00:45:44.23
You know, I talk to
people that seem to think
00:45:45.49\00:45:48.15
that God doesn't
know what He's doing.
00:45:48.35\00:45:49.93
This book tells me that God has
done everything right on time.
00:45:50.13\00:45:54.61
I mean everything.
When it came to the first
00:45:55.59\00:45:59.80
coming of Jesus
Christ it says in scripture:
00:46:00.00\00:46:02.14
"When the fullness of time was
come, God sent forth His Son,
00:46:02.34\00:46:07.30
born of a woman. "
00:46:07.40\00:46:08.47
It was right on time.
00:46:08.67\00:46:10.97
When it comes to the
second coming of Jesus,
00:46:11.17\00:46:13.80
it will be right on time.
It says here in Daniel 8:19:
00:46:14.00\00:46:17.95
"At the appointed
time the end shall be. "
00:46:27.25\00:46:29.71
It's going to come, and it'll
going to come right on time
00:46:29.91\00:46:34.23
according to God's timetable.
00:46:34.43\00:46:38.35
Not yours, not
mine... but God's.
00:46:38.55\00:46:41.55
But folks, that doesn't
change the promise, does it?
00:46:41.76\00:46:45.15
The timetable doesn't
change the promise at all.
00:46:46.45\00:46:49.71
The promise is sure.
00:46:49.91\00:46:51.47
It's going to happen;
it's going to take place.
00:46:51.67\00:46:54.97
God promises
that to you and to me.
00:46:55.17\00:46:57.28
And so Daniel, who
walked with the Lord,
00:46:58.20\00:47:04.08
followed the Lord,
00:47:05.65\00:47:06.98
comes down to
the end of his life
00:47:07.18\00:47:09.87
and God simply says this to him:
00:47:10.17\00:47:13.45
He said: "Daniel,
you've been faithful.
00:47:26.15\00:47:28.72
You've served the Lord.
00:47:28.92\00:47:30.10
You're going to rest now,
00:47:30.31\00:47:32.52
and you're going to
rest until the end...
00:47:32.72\00:47:37.30
the end of days and
then you will arise,
00:47:37.50\00:47:40.64
you'll come forth
to your inheritance. "
00:47:40.77\00:47:43.71
Promise that He
gives to Daniel of old.
00:47:43.91\00:47:46.55
So that promise is
given to you and to me.
00:47:46.75\00:47:49.31
The same one.
00:47:49.51\00:47:52.06
Christ is going to come back.
00:47:52.26\00:47:53.91
Therefore what?
00:47:54.11\00:47:55.27
Don't give up.
Continue... hang on.
00:47:59.73\00:48:02.65
Be patient... wait.
00:48:07.65\00:48:09.38
And so to you tonight
I would say BE PATIENT
00:48:15.83\00:48:20.94
because the
prophecies all tell us
00:48:21.14\00:48:24.75
that the coming of
the Lord is at hand.
00:48:24.95\00:48:28.69
You and I have the privilege
00:48:29.09\00:48:32.35
of living in a time that
the prophets talked about.
00:48:32.56\00:48:37.18
We have the
privilege of living in a time
00:48:37.38\00:48:39.95
in which they looked forward
to.. the time when the promise
00:48:40.16\00:48:42.96
will be fulfilled
and Jesus will come back.
00:48:43.16\00:48:46.38
You and I are
living in that time.
00:48:46.58\00:48:49.38
"Therefore, be patient. "
00:48:49.58\00:48:51.78
God will fulfill His promise.
00:48:51.98\00:48:54.53
He won't fail.
00:48:54.73\00:48:56.02
People say to me:
"Well, Brother Cox,
00:48:57.59\00:48:59.32
How? How can I know that
I'm ready for Jesus to come?
00:49:00.60\00:49:06.51
How can I know that if
Christ was to come right now
00:49:08.30\00:49:11.72
I'd be ready to meet him?
00:49:11.92\00:49:14.61
How can I know that?
00:49:14.71\00:49:15.82
Well let me tell
you how to know that.
00:49:16.12\00:49:18.38
Say that to you again.
00:49:30.17\00:49:31.62
If your heart is
right with God today,
00:49:31.82\00:49:35.57
you are ready if
Christ should come today.
00:49:35.77\00:49:40.36
So the question is:
00:49:40.56\00:49:43.07
if you have any
doubts, make sure your
00:49:43.27\00:49:44.98
heart's right with God.
00:49:45.18\00:49:46.68
And by the way,
folks, that doesn't take
00:49:47.59\00:49:50.37
beating your back.
00:49:50.58\00:49:52.64
That doesn't take that.
00:49:52.84\00:49:54.39
That just takes coming to Him
00:49:54.59\00:49:56.17
and surrendering your heart
00:49:56.20\00:49:57.67
and soul to Him
00:49:57.77\00:49:58.92
that you and I can be ready
00:49:59.13\00:50:01.19
to meet the Lord.
00:50:01.39\00:50:03.02
That He will be coming back.
00:50:03.22\00:50:06.10
And I hope tonight
that's true of you.
00:50:12.07\00:50:13.92
That you desire
something better.
00:50:14.12\00:50:16.72
He's prepared a
special place for you;
00:50:23.78\00:50:26.52
He's going to come back.
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.94
He's going to come back and
He's going to gather His people,
00:50:29.14\00:50:32.84
take them home.
00:50:33.04\00:50:34.75
You and I have the
assurance that He's coming back.
00:50:34.96\00:50:38.39
With the death of
Jesus, all the ambition,
00:50:41.54\00:50:46.37
all the hopes, all the things
that those disciples believed in
00:50:46.57\00:50:51.37
and hoped for died.
00:50:51.47\00:50:53.44
Disappointed.
00:50:55.12\00:50:56.84
The one that they
believed to be the Messiah,
00:50:58.02\00:51:00.23
the one they believed
that was going to deliver them,
00:51:00.43\00:51:02.21
was dead.
00:51:02.42\00:51:03.66
And the women had gone out to
the tomb early that morning, and
00:51:04.84\00:51:10.82
when they got out there they
found the stone rolled away.
00:51:10.92\00:51:15.18
And they went running
to tell the disciples.
00:51:16.24\00:51:20.65
And they told the disciples,
and Peter and John went running
00:51:20.85\00:51:26.41
to the tomb.
00:51:26.61\00:51:28.56
Uh, John is
younger... and he outrun Peter.
00:51:28.76\00:51:33.57
Got to the tomb but for
some reason he didn't go in...
00:51:34.37\00:51:37.14
he waited on Peter to come.
00:51:37.34\00:51:38.43
And this is rather a
strange scripture, folks.
00:51:38.63\00:51:42.68
Listen very carefully:
00:51:42.78\00:51:43.86
He got there, got in the
tomb, and here these cloths were
00:51:52.28\00:51:55.34
laying there...
00:51:55.44\00:51:56.49
Strange!
00:52:08.43\00:52:10.25
Why would the
scripture pick up that incident
00:52:10.45\00:52:12.78
and talk about that?
00:52:12.98\00:52:14.66
That that
handkerchief was there, folded,
00:52:14.86\00:52:17.83
when the rest of the grave
clothes were throw to the side?
00:52:18.03\00:52:22.66
But you see,
Jewish custom knew that
00:52:24.74\00:52:29.39
if the master came home
00:52:29.59\00:52:32.17
and the servant had
prepared a meal for him,
00:52:32.37\00:52:35.79
the master sat down and ate
00:52:35.99\00:52:38.72
and the servant knew he
was not to be disturbed.
00:52:38.92\00:52:42.07
But when the master
had finished eating,
00:52:42.27\00:52:45.31
if he got up and took the napkin
00:52:45.51\00:52:50.44
and wiped his mouth,
threw it there on the table
00:52:50.65\00:52:54.75
and left, then the servant
knew that he could go in and
00:52:54.95\00:52:58.25
clean up the table and
take up the dishes and so forth.
00:52:58.35\00:53:01.57
But if the master got
up and took that napkin
00:53:02.47\00:53:06.77
and folded it and
laid it beside his plate,
00:53:06.97\00:53:10.90
the servant knew he
was not to touch anything
00:53:11.11\00:53:14.38
because the
master was coming back.
00:53:14.58\00:53:16.98
So Jesus when He left,
He left those disciples
00:53:17.01\00:53:21.90
a message. He left a
message to you and to me
00:53:22.10\00:53:25.42
that He's coming back.
00:53:25.62\00:53:27.26
We have this hope
00:53:36.48\00:53:39.88
that burns within our hearts,
00:53:39.98\00:53:44.97
Hope in the coming
00:53:45.17\00:53:48.18
of the Lord.
00:53:48.28\00:53:53.35
We have this faith that
00:53:53.55\00:53:57.81
Christ alone imparts,
00:53:58.02\00:54:01.75
Faith in the promise
00:54:01.95\00:54:05.35
of His Word.
00:54:05.45\00:54:10.02
We believe the time is here,
00:54:10.57\00:54:14.54
When the nations far and near
00:54:14.74\00:54:18.51
Shall awake, and shout, and sing
00:54:18.71\00:54:23.17
Hallelujah!
00:54:23.37\00:54:25.92
Christ is King!
00:54:26.12\00:54:31.38
We have this hope
00:54:31.58\00:54:35.05
that burns within our
00:54:35.25\00:54:38.24
hearts,
00:54:38.44\00:54:41.67
Hope in the coming
00:54:41.87\00:54:46.78
of the Lord.
00:54:46.98\00:54:52.98
Let us pray.
00:54:59.19\00:55:00.25
Father in Heaven,
00:55:00.45\00:55:02.12
we thank you for the assurance
00:55:02.32\00:55:03.73
that Jesus
Christ is coming back.
00:55:03.83\00:55:06.66
May we each one
reach out in faith
00:55:06.86\00:55:11.47
and claim those promises.
May our hearts be surrendered.
00:55:11.51\00:55:15.53
May we each one be prepared
for the soon return of our
00:55:15.73\00:55:20.86
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:55:20.97\00:55:23.41
This we ask in His name, Amen.
00:55:23.61\00:55:27.26
Hang on. Jesus is coming.
00:55:27.46\00:55:30.26
It won't be long.
00:55:30.46\00:55:33.76
More than 2,000
years have passed
00:55:37.10\00:55:39.88
since Jesus promised to return.
00:55:40.08\00:55:41.93
And through the centuries,
the hearts of His faithful ones
00:55:42.13\00:55:45.34
have clung to
those precious words.
00:55:45.54\00:55:47.52
But His promise has
not yet been fulfilled.
00:55:47.72\00:55:50.63
The Life giver's voice has not
yet called the sleeping saints
00:55:50.83\00:55:54.15
from their graves.
00:55:54.35\00:55:56.15
Each day many more
Christians fall asleep in Jesus
00:55:56.45\00:56:00.39
clinging to the Blessed Hope
00:56:00.59\00:56:02.68
and believing that
the next thing they'll see
00:56:02.88\00:56:05.03
is their Savior
coming as He promised
00:56:05.23\00:56:08.03
in the clouds of glory.
00:56:08.23\00:56:09.97
But my friends, there
are so many who do not have
00:56:10.17\00:56:14.12
this Blessed Hope.
And many of them would
00:56:14.32\00:56:17.48
if they just had the
opportunity to hear about Jesus.
00:56:17.68\00:56:21.29
That is why we are
producing these programs.
00:56:23.04\00:56:26.06
We want to tell them
about God's amazing love.
00:56:26.27\00:56:29.23
About our Savior, Jesus Christ.
00:56:29.43\00:56:31.44
About His second coming.
00:56:31.47\00:56:33.31
We want to give each one
of them that Blessed Hope.
00:56:33.51\00:56:36.67
Think of it. Even
now all of heaven's astir
00:56:36.87\00:56:40.51
preparing for that great day.
00:56:40.61\00:56:42.19
The Lord is waiting for us
00:56:42.39\00:56:44.33
to join Him in
spreading the good news.
00:56:44.43\00:56:46.99
Praise God! The time
of waiting is almost over.
00:56:47.19\00:56:50.70
Light is gleaming upon the
clouds above the mountaintops.
00:56:50.90\00:56:54.33
Soon there will be a
revealing of His glory.
00:56:54.53\00:56:57.62
The Son of Righteousness
is about to shine forth.
00:56:57.82\00:57:00.25
NOW is the time to prepare
for the coming of the Lord.
00:57:00.45\00:57:04.59
Readiness to meet
Him cannot be attained
00:57:04.79\00:57:08.14
in a moment's time.
00:57:08.34\00:57:09.51
Each member of our ministry team
has focused on doing all we can
00:57:09.71\00:57:14.17
to spread the good news,
00:57:14.37\00:57:15.61
but we cannot do it alone.
00:57:15.81\00:57:17.81
We need your help.
00:57:18.01\00:57:19.21
Each of us must
prepare, watch, and wait.
00:57:19.41\00:57:22.82
But we also must work earnestly
00:57:23.02\00:57:25.80
for the salvation of souls.
00:57:26.00\00:57:27.74
Please consider what you can do
00:57:27.94\00:57:29.67
for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
00:57:29.87\00:57:32.52
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:32.72\00:57:34.54
you may send your
tax-deductible gifts to:
00:57:34.64\00:57:36.83
Thank you for helping us
to bring the Blessed Hope
00:57:48.84\00:57:51.62
to millions all
around the world.
00:57:51.82\00:57:54.78