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>> It has stood the test of
time -- God's Book, the Bible --
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still relevant in
today's complex world.
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い "It Is Written," sharing
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messages of hope
around the world.
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Hurricane Irma developed near
Cape Verde Islands. It left a
path of destruction
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across the Caribbean that was
unparalleled. It even left the
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island of Barbuda uninhabited
for the first time in its
history. It was the strongest
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hurricane to make landfall
in Florida since 2005. Irma was
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catastrophic. It was a Category
5 hurricane that left a wake of
destruction. But I want us to
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take note that through
meteorological technology,
warnings were given. They were
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able to draw up an estimated
path of the destruction. They
were able to establish a
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timeframe in which to prepare.
So in Florida, those
preparations were made.
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Evacuation orders were
dispensed. Hurricane warnings
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were published. Homes and
other areas were evacuated.
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Sandbags were laid. Windows
were boarded up. Shelters were
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established. And,
overwhelmingly, most people
understood the danger, heeded
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the warnings, and prepared for
the impending doom. However,
there were some who decided not
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to heed the warnings, some who
said, "We'll just ride out the
storms." Others ignored the
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warnings, and some seemed to
just be carelessly oblivious to
what was happening.
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Now, we have continued to see
unprecedented events happen in
our weather, social and economic
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conditions that are also
unprecedented, and it has led
many to ask the question, "What
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in the world is going on?" Could
it be in those warnings of Irma
we can faintly hear another
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warning... a warning with even
more dire consequences if not
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heeded? Now, last time, we ended
with the promise of 2 Peter 3:9.
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Now, what is the promise
referred to in this verse, and
what does it have to do with our
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study in Daniel chapter 8? In
our last program, we left off
asking some very important
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questions about Daniel 8:19. If
you missed last week's program,
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just go to... ...and there you
can watch any of our previous
programs. Now, at the beginning
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of Daniel chapter 8, we find
Daniel having a vision about a
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ram and a goat. There were some
things about the vision that he
did not understand, and the
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angel Gabriel was sent to help
him understand. When Gabriel
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gave him that explanation, it
became clear that the vision was
following the repeated pattern
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and chain of events that Daniel
saw in the vision of Daniel
chapter 2 and in Daniel chapter
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7. With each vision, he not only
sees the same pattern, but also,
new information is added.
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More details are filled in. Now,
after Gabriel gives an overview,
then Gabriel explained
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to Daniel that this vision
referred to the time of the end.
However, tucked away in
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chapter 8 and verse 19 is
something that I had not noticed
until I recently restudied this
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passage. The angel visitor says
something that is absolutely
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critical to our understanding
of the appointed time of Jesus's
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return. This is going to be
absolutely essential to our
understanding of Daniel chapter
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8. There are some Bible teachers
and preachers who try to place
Daniel 8:19 squarely in the
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past, but when God gave this to
Daniel, he placed it squarely in
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the future. So let's take a look
at this text and find out what
it can tell us about the
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appointed time. Daniel 8:19.
This is what the Bible says.
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Now, here are the key questions.
What is this latter time of
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indignation? When is the end?
Now, when we study the Bible, we
should compare Scripture with
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Scripture and not rely on our
own thoughts and ideas. So to
help us understand what
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the "latter time of indignation"
means, let us look at a few
other Scriptures that will help
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shed light on this cryptic
phrase. In Jeremiah 29:11, the
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Bible says the following.
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Now, the word there, "future,"
in that text is the identical
Hebrew word for "latter times."
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What is the future that Jeremiah
was speaking of? What is the
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hope that Jeremiah referenced?
The only true hope, the only
latter time talked about in the
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Bible that gives us hope, is the
day when Jesus will break forth
through the clouds in glory.
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In fact, Paul encouraged us,
in Titus 2:13 with these words.
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Day after day, thinking people
everywhere are coming to the
realization that there is
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nothing we can do, nothing any
government can do, nothing that
society can develop that will
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bring us lasting hope and peace.
Jesus promises to bring all that
and more when he comes in the
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glory of his Father and with his
angels. Even the best things on
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this Earth are temporal. God is
trying to focus our attention on
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the eternal and understand that
the only real hope that exists
in our lives is the future that
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he has for us at the appointed
time of Jesus' return. In Isaiah
46:9-10, God makes a
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bold statement about
Himself. He says this.
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God demonstrates that He is God
and there is no other by
declaring the end from the
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beginning and from ancient times
things that are not yet done.
Now, the same Hebrew word is
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used for the word "end" in this
passage as is also used for the
word "latter times" in
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Daniel 8:19.
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Now, as we're seeing, Daniel
8:19 is speaking of something in
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the future. God was pointing
Daniel to the cataclysmic end of
this Earth, when Jesus will come
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again in glory. But remember,
it's not just any later time.
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The Bible says the latter time
of indignation. Now, that word
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"indignation" is a reference to
God's outrage against sin. Now
let's look at the difference
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between God's indignation and
His wrath. Indignation is how
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God feels about sin. So,
how does God feel about sin? God
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hates sin. He's outraged by sin.
What is he going to do about it?
At the end of sin, sin will be
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destroyed, and those who cling
to sin will be destroyed with
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it. You see, God is outraged by
sin. He was outraged by the fall
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of Lucifer. His heart was broken
over the fall of Lucifer. But He
is outraged by what sin
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has done. You know, I've
wondered for a very long time if
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one of the reasons that we are
still on this Earth is that
maybe we really don't completely
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understand what sin is and how
bad it is. Too often, we look
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upon sin as an "Oops, I made a
mistake." But our sin, dear
friends, my sin, killed the very
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Son of God. Our sin on this
Earth transformed the course of
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history. God is outraged by what
sin has cursed. God is outraged
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by the pain and suffering
that Satan has unleashed on this
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vulnerable planet. Is God
indifferent to your cancer
diagnosis? God is outraged by
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Satan's attack on your life. Is
God indifferent to the loss of
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your loved one? Where is God in
all of this? The reality is is
that He is outraged at the
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results of sin. And here is the
mystery that we can have a
difficult time understanding.
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Wherever God's wrath exists, so
does His justice and mercy. When
we talk about God's outrage
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against sin, it leads many to
ask that difficult question, "If
He's so outraged by it, why
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doesn't He bring it all to an
end? Why doesn't Jesus just come
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right now and let's get this
all over with?" The answer comes
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from the text in 2 Peter that we
began this program with. 2 Peter
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3:9 says... Unfortunately, not
everyone will come to
repentance, and some will perish
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because they choose to cling to
their sin more than they cling
to God. But God's heart -- God's
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heart is so outraged by sin
because His heart is so full of
love, and it breaks at the
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thought of not being able to
spend eternity with you. He
promised that He is preparing
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a place for you. He wants
you there. He wants your son, He
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wants your daughter, your
brother, your sister, your mom,
your dad. He wants them all
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there. He is longsuffering with
us, and He waits just as long as
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He can... that all can come to
repentance. You see, in the
midst of God's outrage, in the
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midst of His indignation, is His
justice and His mercy. But let's
not miss the last part
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of Daniel 8:19.
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Did you catch that? Do you
see how this all fits together?
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It's at the appointed time. You
see, God's indignation does have
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an end. The latter time of
indignation is when God's
indignation will be worked out
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through His wrath. And this
happens at the end, and it is
His wrath that finally brings
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about an end to sin. The prophet
Isaiah calls it God's strange
act when a God of love must
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bring an end to sin. It is
strange because... it brings an
end to sin, and in bringing an
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end to sin, He must bring an end
to the lives of those beings
that He lovingly created to be
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an eternal part of His family
yet chose to cling to sin.
Angels who chose to side with
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Satan and human beings who have
been unwilling to let their sin
go will all be destroyed as a
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result of this strange act. And
in comparing Scripture with
Scripture, we find that the same
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word used here in Daniel 8 for
"end" is the same word used in
Genesis 6:13, where the Bible
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says...
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It's also used in Daniel 12:13.
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And then in the New
Testament, in Matthew 13:39...
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The latter days of indignation,
which will bring about an end,
also bring about a glorious
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beginning -- the beginning of a
kingdom that will have no end.
It's one of the great ironies of
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the Gospel. Daniel 12 describes
that momentous day of the
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appointed time in Daniel
12:1-3. At that time. What time?
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Daniel 11:40 tells us, "At the
time of the end," the appointed
time, and in verse 44, it says
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that at the time of the news
that comes from the East -- What
is the news from the East?
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Well, Matthew 24:27 tells us
what this news from the East, in
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fact, is. You see, Jesus
is coming again, and Daniel 12
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continues. God has an appointed
time where He will bring
everything to an end so He can
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take us to a place where there
will be no end. And the question
that we must ask ourselves is
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this -- will we be ready for
that day? Will we be ready for
the appointed time?
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If we are, it won't be because
we have worked hard enough. It
won't be because we have done
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enough. It will be because we
have been willing to let go of
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our sins and allow the Holy
Spirit to work in us that then
He might work through us.
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There is an end coming. There is
an appointed time when the
latter day of indignation
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happens and God's outrage will
be worked out through His wrath,
and His outrage against sin will
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be on display and eliminate
sin forever. And when that day
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happens, there will be
throughout the entire universe
one pulse of harmony. God's
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appointed time brings an end to
all things, but His appointed
time of the end also marks the
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beginning. It works the same way
in our walk with Jesus. God has
an appointed time for
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the end of sin in your life,
when we yield our heart to
Christ, and as Romans 6
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outlines, when we die with
Christ, just as Christ died and
was laid in the grave, but then
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we are raised to the newness of
life that we might truly live.
God wants to bring an end to
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those things in our life that
keep us from our inheritance,
our heavenly home, which Jesus
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has prepared for us. God's plan
in our lives is rather simple.
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1 Thessalonians 4:3 says this.
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Sanctification is God's
cleansing process to prepare us
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for Heaven. God's will,
therefore, is that he would
prepare you, that he would
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prepare me, for Heaven. Any
relationship, any activity, any
association that takes us off
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that path is outside of the will
of God in our life. And this
requires diligence on our part.
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Mark 13:32-33 gives us
both warning and instruction in
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regards to this. Mark 13:32-33.
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That word "time" is the
Greek word "kairos." It's often
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translated "the appointed time."
So in light of the appointed
time of Jesus' soon return, we
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are to take heed, to watch, and
to pray. So, what does it really
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mean to take heed? It means to
watch, observe, take notice, and
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be alert. Friends, this is not
for us to go about business as
usual. We must take this time
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seriously. We must take
seriously the Lord's appointed
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time and be aware of what's
happening around us. And as we
read the News and read
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the Scripture, we should not be
fearful and tremble but rather
draw near to Jesus Christ.
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But not only are we to take
heed, but we are to watch. Not
surprisingly, that literally
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means "to lie awake." And
here's the interesting thing.
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The Greek word "hypnos" means
"to sleep." "Lie awake" is the
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antonym, in Greek, to "hypnos."
We derive, by the way, our
English word "hypnotism" from
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the Greek word "hypnos." God is
calling for us to not walk
around in some hypnotic
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state but to lie awake, to
figuratively and spiritually lie
awake, be aware of the
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times, and diligently study the
Word of God. As we take heed and
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watch, we are also to pray. In
this way, we are to follow the
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example of Jesus. Jesus was
often found in prayer. Mark 1:35
describes the prayer life of
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Jesus. Why do we need to pray?
As we face life's greatest
struggles and disappointments,
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as God gives us warnings that we
don't know if we have the
strength to heed, we can trust
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in the promise
of Philippians 4:13.
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Jesus stated the converse
when, in John 15:5, he said...
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As Jesus gives us warnings,
he doesn't expect us to do it on
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our own. He is there to give us
the strength and the courage we
need to do whatever it is that
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He has asked us to do. You know,
Revelation chapter 14 describes
three angels who are
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carrying a message that is
supposed to go to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people at the
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end of time. They are
dire messages of warning.
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But in Revelation 14:12,
immediately after those angelic
messages, we are told how we are
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supposed to take heed of those
warnings. The Bible says...
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Other Bible translations
use the word "perseverance" or
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"endurance." Perseverance and
endurance is not something that
you can develop overnight.
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By its very nature, it is
something that is developed over
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time. Endurance athletes
take years to train. It takes
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discipline. The apostle Paul
even likens our Christian
experience to a race that
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requires endurance as we take
heed and watch and pray. It is
not a sprint. It's not something
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we can rush through as fast as
we can. When running a marathon,
sometimes you have to tune
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everything out, including your
own thoughts of giving up, and
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then persevere. You keep pushing
forward to that finish line. As
we run this marathon race of
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life, pushing forward to the
appointed time, we need to tune
out all the voices that tell us
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to give up. That's...not worth
it. Listen instead to the voice
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of Jesus as He continues to
cheer you on and is eager to
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welcome us home. This waiting
for the appointed time is not
for the faint of heart.
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These warnings are strong. The
stakes are high. This isn't just
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a mere hurricane that God is
warning us about. This is one
storm that we can't simply ride
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out in the hopes that we'll make
it in the end. There isn't going
to be anything left on this
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Earth that's worth hanging on
to. Don't get so bogged down
with just trying to keep up with
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life that you become carelessly
oblivious and indifferent to
what God is trying to tell you.
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So, what will you do? I plead
with you today to make a
decision to give your life
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fully to Jesus. Allow Jesus
to set you free from sin...
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to set you free from that which
so easily entangles you. Hebrews
12:1-2 encourages us
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to...
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Dear friend, please do not
reject or ignore Him. Yield
yourself to Him today.
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Submit everything fully to Him
and allow Him, who began a good
work in you, to finish it so
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that you will be ready for
the appointed time. Let's pray.
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Heavenly Father, we are looking
forward to the appointed time of
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your son's return. We know the
day is coming soon. Yet for many
of us, we feel helpless.
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We feel like we're not strong
enough. And so today we ask for
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Your encouragement. We pray for
Your strength, and we ask, Lord,
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that You would work in our lives
to make us ready for that day.
Please help us to be ready that
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when that day comes, our joy
will burst forth as we prepare
to spend an eternity with you.
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We pray this in Jesus' name.
Amen. Dear friend, the appointed
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time of Jesus' return is coming
soon. The Bible is the road map
to guide us, to help us navigate
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through life's turmoils and
troubles, that we would be
prepared on that day.
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Now, sometimes, as we're
navigating through the
Scripture, we need tools to help
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us understand, and so today for
our offer, I want to give you
one of those tools.
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This full-color magazine will
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the return of Jesus. It will
also highlight how to be
prepared in that day.
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Dear friends, the appointed time
of Jesus' return is so
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thrilling. Are you
looking forward to that day?
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Over the course of the last nine
weeks, we have studied how God
has intervened throughout
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history to prepare His
people for the appointed time.
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If you missed any of
the episodes of this series,
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"The Appointed Time," you
can go to our YouTube channel...
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There you can find all the
archived programs of not only
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this series but any
other programs we have done.
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In addition, you
can go to our website...
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...and there find resources to
help you grow in your spiritual
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life. Friends, I
hope that you have
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been blessed by the program and
that you are preparing for the
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appointed time. I
invite you to join us again
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next week. Until
then, remember, it is
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written, "Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word
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that proceeds
from the mouth of God."
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