Participants: Phillip Sizemore (Host)
Series Code: LOE
Program Code: LOE000003
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00:01 Harvest truly is plenteous,
00:03 but the laborers are few. 00:04 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, 00:06 that He will send forth laborers into His harvest. 00:10 Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 00:13 "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" 00:19 And said I, "Here am I. Send me, send me!" 00:23 Life on the edge will enable you to be infected 00:26 harvest before Lord. We now invite you into 00:29 our classrooms to come, experience life. 00:43 Hello, I like to welcome you again to the 00:44 Lay Institute For Evangelism here into the 00:47 classroom once again, as we are getting ready 00:49 to go into our second study of the 24 sets 00:52 that we are gonn have in Bible study. 00:54 And today study is gonna be on the signs 00:56 of the times. I like to welcome you at home 00:58 to our classroom here, and let you know that 01:00 this being the second one of our series, 01:03 we still have 22 more to go. 01:05 And you'll be able to find those on our website, 01:07 if you want to go there and find all the rest 01:09 of the studies as long, not just to studies 01:11 themself on video, but you'll be able to download 01:13 and look at the study guides themselves 01:16 if you go to www. comeexperiencelife.com. 01:20 You go there not only you can get to download 01:22 the studies; you can get these videos to watch. 01:24 You can also find out information on how 01:26 yourself can now just join us from sitting there, 01:28 wherever you are sitting and watching us, 01:29 you can come in rightly actually sit in the 01:31 classroom here and get it first hand. 01:33 We have two sets in the year and you're welcome 01:35 to join either one of those. And if you want 01:36 to get more information about that just go to 01:38 our website. Today once again we're going to be 01:40 studying on what Christ said over 2000 years ago 01:44 would be happening just before he return 01:46 to this earth, just before he returns to this earth, 01:49 he predicted a bunch of things, some signs that 01:50 would be taking place. We would be looking, 01:52 and looking at those today. 01:53 Mainly we are gonna be focusing on 01:55 Matthew chapter 24. so, lets go the screen now 01:57 you can see already its up on the screen, 01:59 the study guide here the study that 02:00 we are gonna be looking at is 02:02 "The signs of the Times", and the purpose of the 02:04 study is to show that the signs that Jesus 02:07 told us to be watching for that tell us when 02:09 the end is near are happening, 02:11 and also the purpose of that is to encourage us 02:13 to be ready, to encourage the people to be ready. 02:15 You know well there is a whole lot of good 02:18 that we will be recognize all these signs 02:20 and see all the things happening if we are not 02:21 personally preparing for him to come. 02:24 And so that's the purpose of the study is to 02:27 help us to realize where we are in stream of time. 02:28 And the Center It: Jesus does not want us to be 02:31 deceived about the end. He wants all of us 02:34 to be clear; he wants us to recognize 02:35 what's happening, and wants you and I to be 02:38 ready for his coming. So now we get into the 02:41 part here on the screen, I will show the list 02:43 of the text that we will be using for this study. 02:45 They are mostly all found in the Book of Matthew, 02:47 you notice here starting in the fourth text 02:49 all the way down to the 14 text. 02:51 All of those are found in the Book of Matthew. 02:53 So, the basically the whole study is found 02:54 in Matthew chapter 24. Every one of those 02:56 will be from there, except the 12th one 02:59 there see that's Genesis chapter 6 and 03:01 you will see how that plays into it. 03:02 We will have a couple of external texts 03:05 we'd probably go to, and we have those like 03:07 in every study you know it's not on your 03:09 study guide; it's not on the screen but with 03:11 reference to text. Now when we do that 03:13 that's why it's good you have a 03:14 pen and paper handy. Now all the students here 03:17 they have their MacBook, so they are able 03:19 to take notes right on their computer, 03:20 but those you at home you may want to go ahead 03:22 and grab a pencil or a pen and some paper 03:24 and be able to take notes for the extra text 03:27 that you will be having throughout the study. 03:29 So but for those who are here and you come 03:32 to Life you will get one of these two. 03:35 Anyway lets go on, we are going to go on now 03:37 to the first part of the study, 03:38 before we get into and open our Bible 03:40 and start doing anything in our Bibles, 03:41 what must we first do? Pray, we must first 03:44 ask God to give us clear minds and I'll ask him 03:46 to give us guidance as we study his word, 03:48 so I invite you at home to pray with us here 03:50 in the classroom. Lord Jesus I just want to ask 03:53 you right now that you help us to understand 03:55 what it is you want us to see in your word today. 03:57 Help Lord for each of us to graft the teaching 04:00 that is given, and I pray that Father when 04:03 we get to the end of the study that we will be 04:05 closer to you, and a better understanding 04:07 of what's going on our world, 04:08 and how near we are to seeing you coming 04:10 in the clouds of glory. We pray this in the 04:12 name of Jesus, amen. Alright our first part 04:15 of the study, we're going to first look in the 04:17 Revelation chapter 16 and verse 15, 04:20 its going to be the first text of study, 04:21 and its on the screen right now for us to see 04:23 what it is, and you will see right 04:25 there the word (watch). The first three text 04:28 we are going to be looking at, 04:29 we are gonna find out that we are told to watch 04:32 by Jesus, by Paul, by John, in many places 04:36 in the Bible we are just gonna go to three 04:37 of them basically, and we're gonna ask the 04:39 question what is that they want us to be 04:41 watching for. So, when you open up in the 04:42 Bible study setting and you're giving a study 04:44 to somebody, that's kind of opening you know 04:47 God is telling us to watch for something 04:48 and what is that we are gonna be watching for. 04:50 Miss Glory, would you look to read the 04:51 first text there Revelation 04:52 chapter 16 and verse 15. 04:57 "Behold, I am coming as a thief in the night. 05:02 Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, 05:06 lest he walk naked and they see his name." 05:10 Alright Revelation 16 and verse 15 05:14 we're cautioned there, or encouraged there 05:16 to behold, he says I come as a thief in the night 05:19 and blessed is he, he does what, watches. 05:21 So, according to the apostle John as 05:24 he is writing in Book of Revelation, 05:25 God is speaking to him in the prophecy here 05:27 and he says blessed are they that's doing 05:29 what watching. So, there's a reason that 05:32 he wants us to be watching and that's 05:33 where we'll be going through as we study 05:34 through this first part here. What is that we are 05:36 gonna be watching for, and lets find out 05:38 as we go the next slide here, 05:39 Matthew chapter 24 and verse 42-44 05:42 Matthew chapter 24 and verse 42-44. 05:46 Now if you are in Revelation, 05:48 how to get to the Book of Matthew is pretty 05:49 simple isn't it. You go to the left all the way 05:51 to the first book of the New Testament, 05:53 Matthew chapter 24. Its probably the most popular 05:57 chapter you hear about in the Bible at least I do, 05:59 I mean it seems like everybody has something 06:00 in these day they quote out of Matthew chapter 24, 06:03 Matthew chapter 24 and we are gonna read 06:05 verses 42-44. Turn the page one more, 06:09 and Bill you want to do that for us Matthew 24, 06:15 go ahead. Let see 42, yeah, it says: 06:19 "Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour 06:23 your Lord is coming. But know this, 06:25 that if the master of the house had known 06:27 what hour the thief would come, 06:29 he would have watched and not allowed his house 06:31 to be broken into. Therefore you also 06:34 be ready, for the Son of Man is coming 06:36 at an hour you do not expect. 06:38 Isn't it interesting there what he is saying, 06:40 he is telling us to watch and then he actually 06:42 clues us in little bit on what we would be 06:44 watching for and what is it specifically 06:45 we would be watching for, 06:48 the sign of Christ coming, right, 06:49 he says be watching because he is gonna come 06:51 and when you don't think he is going to be coming, 06:53 then he is going to come. Now I think this is kind 06:55 of little strange to think about because 06:59 right now in our day we are saying oh the signs 07:02 are everywhere, Jesus is going to come soon. 07:03 But you know there is a whole lot of people that 07:06 will tell you things like, oh we've been hearing 07:08 this our whole life, right. We've been hearing 07:11 all along that Jesus is coming soon, 07:13 and so just when you think, you and I maybe 07:15 thinking oh I really believe Jesus is 07:17 coming soon with all the things that are going on. 07:19 There are many people even in the religious 07:20 world saying you know what, we've been hearing 07:22 this our whole life. You know I am second, 07:24 third, fourth generation Christian, 07:26 I've been hearing this my whole life, 07:28 and I really don't, I think we've plenty of time 07:30 and Jesus says in the hour you think not. 07:32 In other word, he doesn't say in the year 07:33 or the month, its like there is going to be very 07:36 narrow timeframe when everybody is thinking 07:38 in for a short time, oh no its not going 07:40 to happen, then he is going to come. 07:41 He is going to be as a thief, it's going to be 07:43 surprise to everyone. So, we have John writing 07:46 in the Book of Revelation telling us to watch. 07:48 Let me have Jesus hear the word and way Jesus 07:50 says hey you need to be watching because 07:51 when you think it's not going to happen beware 07:53 because it's going to happen. 07:55 And then from there we got the next text, 07:57 we get to 3ST the third part of the study here, 08:00 and again if you are marking your Bibles up, 08:02 when you get to 1 Thessalonians 08:05 chapter 5 verses 2-6 somewhere around that 08:07 area since we are here only in the second time 08:09 we've been marking the Bible, and those of you 08:11 who need to understand at home how to mark 08:13 your Bible, if you missed the first study 08:14 you need to go back and watch that one, 08:16 the one that Pastor Scott did on the Daniel 2 08:19 in the word of God study, that tells you, 08:21 explains you in detail how to put together 08:23 the Bible study, how to mark it up in your Bible. 08:26 But here when you get to the 08:28 1 Thessalonians 5 2-6 you are right somewhere 08:31 around that area 3ST which enters signs of 08:33 the times ST and on the top line you put 08:35 Matthew 24 42-44 that's the text you came from, 08:39 and then the text you're going to be next 08:41 Matthew 24 1-3, and that's how you mark 08:43 your Bible as you go along through that. 08:44 So right now 1 Thessalonians 08:46 chapter 5 verse 2-6 Bill would you like to read 08:49 that for us, I mean Thomas, sorry Tom, 08:52 here we got Tom and Bill sitting together, 08:53 and let me put a girl beside you Tom, 08:54 Tom will you read that one for us. 08:56 Okay 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verses 2-6. 09:00 That's right, hold on just a second, 09:01 let me get there. We have a pause in the video 09:04 in here but that's okay people at home 09:05 are still finding theirs too, yeah go ahead. 09:08 "For you yourselves know perfectly that the day 09:11 of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 09:14 For when they say, "Peace and safety!'' 09:17 then sudden destruction comes upon them, 09:19 as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. 09:22 And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, 09:25 are not in darkness, so that this Day should 09:28 overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light 09:32 and sons of the day. We are not of the night 09:35 nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, 09:38 as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 09:42 So here Paul writing to the church in 09:43 Thessalonians I get you right in the Thessalonians 09:45 and he says you are not the children 09:47 of the darkness, or children of the night, 09:48 you are the children of the day, and because 09:50 of that what's he counsel us to do in verse 6 09:52 there watch and be sober. He wants us to be 09:55 paying attention, so we have Jesus saying 09:57 hey you need to be watching out, 09:58 you need to be watching for this, you have John 10:00 saying watch, be ready and then you also have 10:03 Paul here saying watch and be ready. 10:05 Now I won't think of these guys as pretty 10:06 intelligent people wouldn't you? 10:08 I mean after all its was these fellows, 10:10 I mean Jesus in particularly of being 10:12 God on earth, and then you think of the apostles 10:14 they basically turned the world upside down, 10:16 its not, there is hardly a place on this planet 10:18 that hasn't heard the name of Jesus because 10:19 what the work that these guys started, 10:21 and millions and millions until billions of people 10:25 their lives have been changed through the 10:26 writings of these people, writing the Bible under 10:29 the inspiration of Holy Spirit and when 10:30 they tell us to do something like watch, 10:32 I think them as being so intelligent, 10:35 being so filled with the spirit of God that would, 10:39 that would be good counsel for us to be doing 10:40 that very thing is to be watching. 10:42 And we know what they are telling we need be 10:43 watching for, what would they be, 10:44 they just told us in this whole context, 10:47 the second coming of Jesus, the signs of the 10:48 second coming, watch when you don't think, 10:50 when everybody is thinking oh we have 10:52 plenty of time, then its gonna be happen. 10:55 So, we are counsel to be doing this so when 10:57 we do this Bible study here that we are 10:58 gonna be looking it now, as we get into the signs 11:00 of the second coming, its very beneficial for us 11:02 to understand the reason we look at the signs 11:05 of the second coming because we've been told 11:06 to be watching for these things, and then 11:09 we're gonna figure out the details of that 11:11 as we go along. So our next text would be 11:12 Matthew chapter 24 verses 1-3 11:15 and in the context of Matthew 24 verses 1-3, 11:19 its on the screen right now. 11:20 And Shalida is gonna read Matthew chapter 24 11:25 as soon as I get there, Shalida are you there, 11:28 ready to go, okay read verse 1-3 for us. 11:32 And Jesus went out and departed from the temple, 11:34 and His disciples came to Him to show Him 11:38 the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said 11:40 unto them, "See ye not all these things? 11:43 Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left 11:46 here one stone upon another that shall not be 11:49 thrown down." One more verse, oh okay, 11:53 I am sorry trying to hold the microphone 11:55 and turn the pages isn't, go ahead. 11:56 And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, 11:59 the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, 12:02 "Tell us, when shall these things be? 12:04 And what shall be the sign of Thy coming 12:06 and of the end of the world?" Alright so Jesus 12:10 here tells his disciples something very 12:12 interesting as they look upon the temple, 12:15 and now you can imagine what a temple must have 12:16 look like you know these massive stones, 12:18 beautiful temple, and he tells the disciples 12:21 well one day there is not gonna be piece 12:23 of this temple left, its gonna be tore down, 12:25 there is hardly gonna be one stone sitting 12:26 upon another. The disciples automatically 12:28 as soon as Jesus said that thought you know 12:30 what its something catastrophic 12:32 is gonna happen, its must be the end of the world. 12:34 So, they ask Jesus a question, actually they ask 12:36 him two questions, I want you to put in your notes, 12:39 I think it maybe in the notes on the 12:40 study guides, and I believe it is, let me look 12:42 and see if we have on it like that. 12:43 Yes it is, its on the note and is written 12:46 like that, they actually asks Jesus two question, 12:48 so when you put out the study guide it will be 12:49 on there for you already. Those two questions 12:51 have been simply this Jesus tell us when 12:54 the temple is gonna be destroyed and 12:55 these things are gonna happen what's gonna be 12:57 like and then tells the signs of your coming 12:59 in the end of the world because we know the 13:01 temple is destroyed when 70 AD right, 13:04 the temple is completely destroyed and that 13:06 prophecy was completely fulfilled 13:07 but did Jesus came in 70 AD. No, and he actually 13:10 takes the two questions they ask him 13:12 and he basically answers it with one answer, 13:16 with one answer, and he compares like things 13:18 that took place around the destruction 13:19 of the Jerusalem in 70 AD or also the same things 13:22 are gonna be taking place, and are taking 13:24 place right now in the world. So, he answers that 13:27 two fold like that, and we are gonna to go into 13:28 this in just a little more detail as we go along, 13:30 so let us look at this answer now. 13:33 First of all at the end of verse 3, I want to be 13:35 focusing on that just a little bit, 13:37 actually I circled my Bible, 13:38 when I give Bible studies, 13:39 I got one Bible that I give Bible studies out of, 13:41 and I just it's a H.M.S. Richards study Bible, 13:45 and I put all my notes and mark my Bible in that, 13:47 but I actually write you know if there is 13:49 something I want to emphasize. You may want 13:51 to try this, I don't know how you feel like 13:52 marking in your Bibles in something aspect, 13:54 but I highlight little things with my pencil, 13:57 even with a colored pencil to make sure that 13:58 I emphasize certain parts, and what I did 14:00 on this three when they says tell us 14:03 when shall be these things be, 14:05 I kind of emphasize the when there, 14:06 and what shall be the signs of your coming in 14:09 end of the world. So, the two question are, 14:11 when will these things be, when this all gonna 14:12 take place, and in context of this, 14:16 what's going to be your sign of your coming 14:18 in the end of the world. So, when Jerusalem 14:21 is gonna be destroyed, the temple be destroyed, 14:22 and when is the end of the world coming. 14:24 He doesn't give them a exact timeframe 14:27 but he tells them to what be looking for, 14:29 hence the Paul first part we already went through 14:31 here saying watch, watch, watch, because 14:34 he is gonna tell them what they actually is that 14:35 they are supposed to be watching for, 14:36 and that's what where we are gonna be getting 14:38 into as we go in to the rest of the study, 14:40 the very things he says to be watching for. 14:41 So, very first thing he says when you go back 14:43 to the screen here Matthew 14:44 chapter 24 verses 4-7, 14:46 Jesus giving an answer Roberto, 14:48 if you want to read that for us Matthew 24 verses, 14:52 well oh its Jessica's turn okay I am sorry, 14:56 I mess up, Jessica then Matthew 24 you know 15:01 I can say Roberto and you guys can just 15:03 video Jessica, they won't know the difference, 15:06 Matthew chapter 24 verses 4-7 go ahead sister. 15:09 Jesus told them: "Don't let anyone mislead you. 15:12 For many will come in my name, saying, 15:15 'I am the Messiah.' They will lead many astray. 15:19 And wars will break out near and far, 15:22 but don't panic. Yes, these things must come, 15:25 but the end won't follow immediately. 15:28 The nations and kingdoms will proclaim war against 15:31 each other, and there will be famines 15:33 and earthquakes in many parts of the world. 15:36 But all this will be only the beginning of the 15:39 horrors to come. Alright you read one verse 15:42 actually that's okay fits in this perfect, 15:44 so Jesus here when they ask the question tells 15:47 the signs, he give them a whole list of signs 15:49 but I have an objection. You know when I first 15:51 become a Christian, I had an objection you know 15:53 what objection is, as most skeptics had 15:55 this objection. We've always had wars, 15:58 we've always had famines, 16:00 we've always had false Christs, we've always had 16:02 people deceiving people, haven't we always had 16:04 these things. So, Jesus wasn't really giving us 16:07 any great revelation there was he? When you think 16:10 about it its not any great revelation, 16:11 we've always had these things, and skeptic 16:13 will say that, they would simply say you know 16:15 you Christians are kind of fanatical, already, 16:17 we already think you are little crazy, 16:19 but now we know you are touched because 16:20 Jesus isn't, he is not telling us anything 16:22 new you act like he is telling you something 16:24 special when you read this but we always 16:26 had these very things. And as so he set that up 16:29 giving a study or even you are preaching 16:31 you set that up and people sometime they become 16:33 little skeptical with you when you say like what 16:35 he is trying to say. You know like most 16:37 of the time when you study with somebody 16:38 they already kind of believe in the Bible 16:39 and believe in Jesus, and it sounds like 16:41 you are trying to cut down the Bible, 16:42 or cut down Jesus. Now you guys know me 16:44 well enough to know that I am not doing that, 16:46 but you want to set that up in the mind 16:48 a little bit because of what Jesus actually says 16:50 really makes a mockery of infidel 16:53 or the non believer when you really pay attention 16:55 what he is gonna say that's where are gonna 16:56 get into as we move along because Jesus compares 16:58 his second coming, he compares it two 17:00 different things. When he says the two natural 17:04 things basically he compares it to. 17:05 We are gonna look at the second one first. 17:07 We are gonna look at the second things and 17:08 compares it to first and that one we found in 17:11 Matthew chapter 24 verses 32-33, 17:14 Matthew chapter 24, its on the screen right 17:16 now verses 32-33. And Tom would you like to 17:23 read that for us. I would like to read, 17:24 alright, verse 32-33. "Now learn the parable 17:29 from the fig tree: when its branch has already 17:32 become tender and puts forth its leaves, 17:35 you know that summer is near. So you also, 17:39 when you see all these things, 17:41 know that it is near, even at the doors." 17:44 Very interesting when you think about what 17:46 he is saying there, he says okay first of all 17:47 I am going to compare it to a fig tree and 17:48 when all these things are gonna take place, 17:50 the things that he just listed here Matthew 24 17:52 all this is gonna take place and he said 17:53 when you see this things happening its gonna be 17:56 like a fig tree. Now when a fig tree, 17:58 any tree basically when you think of any tree 18:00 it's gonna have fruit on the tree, 18:03 does it always have fruit on the tree. 18:05 No it start to bloom at one point right, 18:07 and you will see a little bloom come up, 18:09 right just a little tiny bloom will come up. 18:11 He says when you see this you know the summer 18:13 is neigh, when you see the bloom is come on 18:14 but do you have fruit yet, is it ready to 18:16 harvest yet? Its not ready to harvest he says 18:18 but its similar to that, you will see the fruit 18:19 come on, and then it grow, and it grows 18:21 and it grows until eventually the fruit on 18:23 the tree is big enough to harvest right. 18:25 So he is comparing his second coming 18:27 and the signs of the second coming to a tree 18:30 blossoming, blooming and blossoming until the fruit 18:32 comes on the tree, and then being ready 18:34 to be picked. He says learn the parable 18:35 of a fig tree, the branch is tender, 18:37 puts forth leaves you know that summer is near. 18:40 So, you know summer is coming, you know that 18:42 it's coming by the fact that the tree start 18:44 turning. Now down in Florida I have only been 18:47 here about six months now, I don't imagine 18:48 you have to much signs of summer coming on other 18:50 than the temperature just starts warming up. 18:52 I guess the grass kind of turn brown that one 18:54 time of the year; I don't know I haven't seen 18:55 anything like that yet. But I understand back 18:57 in Kentucky right now you know, where I am, 19:00 from up there in Kentucky, the promised land, 19:04 that up there right now, I just got e-mail 19:05 from some of my friends up there, 19:06 he said oh because I send them a picture of me 19:09 on the beach down here, I was hanging on the 19:11 beach a couple of weeks ago on a Sunday. 19:13 And he said oh you might enjoy the beach but 19:15 we are enjoying the leaves up here right 19:16 now turning colors, so in a similar way when 19:19 the leaves start turning colors in Kentucky 19:20 what's that telling them, it won't be long before 19:23 its snow in right that's what's coming its says 19:26 cold weather is coming because these are signs 19:28 of things that are coming, so Jesus says hey the 19:30 fig tree that's a one way of understanding 19:32 what I am trying to tell you here yeah we always 19:34 had these things but there is gonna be time 19:36 that you start them seeing them happen in a 19:39 certain way you know what's gonna come next, 19:41 is that make sense. Now it makes it even more 19:43 clear in the next one we are looking at 19:45 Matthew chapter 24 and verse 8 when you first 19:48 read it may be not be as clear as it is until 19:51 we explain it, so the explanations will help 19:53 clear this up quiet a bit and Roberto you wanna 19:58 read that first Matthew chapter 24 and verse 8. 20:03 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 20:07 all these are the beginning of sorrows, 20:09 of what, what are the beginning of sorrows, 20:14 all the signs, its alright you know he says that 20:16 you are gonna have the earthquakes, 20:18 and the famines, and the floods and pestilences, 20:20 and all these things, the wars the rumors 20:22 of war he says all these are the beginning 20:24 of sorrows. Now that really doesn't make sense 20:28 in itself, why do you mean its beginning 20:30 of sorrows yeah we know the war and things 20:32 like that are sorrowful event. 20:34 Let me before I tell you what the punch line here, 20:36 let me kind of tell you little story, 20:37 and this is what I like to do, you have to have 20:39 your own story when you give a Bible study 20:40 or preach. But I can remember when I first got 20:42 married, oh its about I got to think, 20:46 we got married says about eight months and Laura 20:49 and I after we married, Laura started getting fat, 20:52 oh yeah her belly just started going getting 20:56 bigger, bigger, and bigger, she didn't 20:57 get big anywhere else, her belly just started 20:59 getting bigger all the time right, and I said 21:02 something wrong with her, I didn't know what's 21:04 wrong with her did I? Actually I did you know 21:06 what's wrong with it, she is pregnant, right. 21:09 There was a sign, the first sign that I saw 21:11 in Laura, the first thing I saw happening 21:13 to her is her belly was getting bigger 21:15 and it got bigger and bigger and bigger, 21:17 she is just sticking out like this someone 21:18 has stuck a basketball under her shirt, 21:19 it was a sign there, and then one Saturday 21:22 evening right about 7 O'clock Laura 21:24 comes out of bathroom, and she says I think 21:26 my water just broke, and I said that must be a sign, 21:31 you think that's what I said, it was a sign 21:33 wasn't it, and what was that sign, 21:35 you better get her to the hospital, right. 21:37 So, I call the hospital up and said hey my wife 21:39 says she thinks her water just broke and 21:41 they said well bring her right in and so I got 21:43 in the car and I drive really fast at 21:45 Acton road, there I was living in Kentucky 21:46 and look at took on the way to the hospital 21:49 but my idea was like after the water breaks 21:51 that baby is coming, and I am not delivering 21:54 no baby, right. So I drive and we get into the 21:56 hospital and we get in there and immediately 21:58 they put in her bed and they put this little, 22:00 they just pull her shirt up there and showed 22:02 that big old belly sticking out there, 22:04 right. And they put this little tags all over it 22:06 with this wires hanging off it, and on the wall 22:07 right next to where we was on the wall 22:10 there was this graph, was a white piece of paper 22:12 thing and the graph just is making a lines like 22:14 this and its amazing to me as I paid attention 22:17 there every once in a while Laura would go 22:18 ah, ah, ah, and she would start breathing like 22:21 that a little thing will and it came down 22:23 and there she goes ooh. I notice that every time 22:27 she would make that noise that graph would go up, 22:28 and what happened from about 8 O'clock 8:30 22:31 or so on every about 10 or 15 minutes that 22:33 graph would go up they are starting getting 22:34 closer and closer together, you know 22:36 like first every 10 minutes and 15 minutes 22:39 to somewhere around there and it started 22:40 to be like be 5 minutes apart eventually some 22:42 time during night and so every 5 minutes 22:44 Laura would go ah, ah, ah, and the graphic 22:46 go until finally at about 3:30 in the morning 22:50 the graph was just like this and it was staying 22:53 all the time and she was breathing hard 22:55 the whole time. You know what, all these 22:57 were signs what are they signs off, 23:00 the baby is getting ready to come, right 23:01 and so at 3:30 in the morning they could just 23:04 pull those things off at that point and we know 23:06 why because that thing was coming out 23:08 and at 3:30 in the morning Kathleen was born, 23:11 our first born right. Now the next time we had 23:13 a baby I knew about all those signs 23:15 and I was ready you know what I mean 23:16 I've been through this before but the first time, 23:19 I can remember the first time she had, 23:21 she was having a baby I didn't know what 23:23 to expect. Now here is the point when Jesus 23:27 says in Matthew chapter 24 and verse 8 23:29 all these are the beginning of sorrows, 23:30 he is using a interesting word I am gonna put 23:33 it on the screen the word there in the Greek 23:36 for sorrows and I hope that's right Odin, 23:39 and it means a birth pain or child bearing pain 23:42 or travail. In another words Jesus says 23:45 all these will be like having a child, 23:48 having a baby. Now when Laura first started 23:51 getting her belly, starting to popping out there, 23:55 was I expecting a baby to come anytime soon, 23:57 no, I knew still she has a plenty of time, 23:59 didn't I. But the bigger she got the bigger 24:01 she got I knew that it was closer and closer 24:04 to baby to come right and then I took her 24:06 to the hospital and they hooked this tags, 24:07 they hooked things up all over her belly, 24:09 her big fat belly Shalida, it was that, 24:12 I hope she never gets that big and have 24:14 everything right, but she got her belly 24:15 sticking out like that and they get this thing 24:17 stuck all over. Now on the graph on the 24:19 chart every so often it was interesting 24:21 if you just could I wish I could have got a print 24:23 of it because it would have been really great 24:24 for illustration because it shows, 24:26 it shows on there going up and down 24:28 and the space with nothing and up and down 24:30 as the night progresses, the time progress 24:32 those things are closer and closer together 24:33 called contractions right until finally they were 24:37 right on top on another is of the chart 24:39 and the baby come, Jesus said it would be the 24:41 same way just before he comes as a baby 24:44 being born. So, yeah that Jesus knew that 24:47 there was wars and rumors of wars going 24:49 on his day, was there famines and pestilence 24:51 going on the day Jesus was talking. 24:53 Yeah, now you think about the people standing 24:55 around and listening to Jesus, listening to him 24:57 when he said all these are the beginning 24:58 of the sorrows as its translated in King James, 25:01 the people were listening to him 25:02 what did they heard something like this today, 25:04 all this would be like a birth pains. 25:07 Now if he would have said that I mean if the 25:09 King James would have translated that way 25:11 these would be like having birth pains, 25:12 we wouldn't have a lot of issues about with 25:14 skeptics saying oh we always had these things, 25:17 like the people who study would say that too, 25:18 we always had that. But when you show them 25:20 this part he does simply says it would be like 25:22 child bearing, like having a baby, hah that 25:26 makes sense, and the closer and more intense 25:28 the signs are the closer we are to the birth. 25:34 Now I am going to look at these signs 25:36 and I am gonna asks the question, 25:38 are there more intense, are they closer together, 25:41 do we see it more often now than we have 25:42 ever seen happen before, as we go through 25:44 this things we are getting them little 25:46 quickly and here is a thing about this study, 25:48 this study is little different than most 25:49 others and what's different about this one 25:51 are like the events change. 25:54 Like right now we are standing here, 25:56 we just had the two major earthquakes 25:58 over there in common was in India they had 26:03 two major ones, they just had them you know 26:05 of 8 point something, and 7 point something 26:08 and there are things that are going on 26:10 the world right now with H1N1, the swine flu, 26:13 and all these kinds of things, 26:14 we will be touching on this as we go the study 26:16 but this is a study you kind of keep updated. 26:19 And its gonna get more harder and harder 26:21 to keep it updated as time progresses because 26:23 its getting closer and closer together, 26:25 is that neat. So this study is a little bit 26:27 different than the rest as far as that goes, 26:29 because by the time this is being watched 26:31 there could be something, we could be 26:32 in the middle of some kind of catastrophic 26:34 thing in this world now and in this country, 26:36 I mean who know we may have H1N1 26:39 vaccination going on all over the place 26:41 and people dying everywhere, 26:43 we don't know what would be going on over 26:44 the next little bit of time, 26:45 so it would be more intense as we go along. 26:48 Matthew chapter 24 verses 4-5 we are gonna 26:51 pick up right now and I am going to have Tom 26:54 read that for us, Matthew chapter 24 verses 4-5 26:58 and then 11-24 Tom. Okay, and Jesus answered 27:03 and said unto them, "Take heed that no man 27:05 deceive you; for many will come in My name, 27:08 saying, úI am Christ,' and will deceive many. 27:10 Okay verse 11. Then many false prophets 27:14 will rise up and deceive many. 27:17 And verse 24: For false Christs and false 27:21 prophets will rise and show great signs 27:24 and wonders, to deceive if possible even 27:26 the very elect. Okay Tom what we are focusing 27:28 here on right here what's the main thing, 27:30 false Christs and false prophets. 27:32 Now its funny because he says at three different 27:34 ways here when he talks about here 27:36 and I want to point something out in 27:37 Thessalonians verses 4-5 particularly verse 5 27:40 but he is warning a false Christ 27:42 and false Prophets, so is Jesus is telling us 27:44 right away to beware of all Prophets in the 27:46 last days, no just false ones right and 27:49 there is something to think about, 27:50 but I want to look in verse 5 when he says 27:52 many will come in my name saying 27:54 I am Christ and deceive many, 27:55 who is speaking here? Jesus is speaking right, 27:58 and he says many will come in my name saying 28:00 I am Christ and deceive many. 28:01 In other words you kind of picture like this Jesus 28:03 is saying many will come in my name saying 28:06 that Jesus is the Christ saying that Jesus 28:09 is the Christ and they will use that as a 28:11 springboard to deceive many, do you see 28:12 the difference in the wording there. 28:15 Most of the time when you read you say 28:17 hey there is going to be people coming 28:18 and saying they are Christ and use that to 28:20 deceive people. He does say that in 28:22 verse 11 and 24 he talks about in those terms 28:26 but in verse 5 you can very well unlike 28:29 if you think about who is speaking here Jesus 28:30 says they are gonna come his name saying that 28:32 Jesus is the Christ but will use that as 28:35 springboard to deceive people. 28:36 Now I promise you the first part of study 28:38 we may have some extra text we go to, 28:39 to kind of back some things up. 28:41 And this is one of those places, 28:42 this is one of those places where we are 28:43 gonna do that. I want you to go with me now 28:45 to the Book of 2 Corinthians in 28:46 chapter 11. Go to the right keep your place 28:49 mark Matthew 24 Acts, Romans, 28:51 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians chapter 11 28:53 because I want to show you that Paul actually 28:55 kind of agrees to what Jesus maybe saying here, 28:58 I am not dogmatic telling you saying this is 29:00 absolutely what Jesus is saying that he is talking 29:03 about people coming and claiming Jesus 29:04 is the Christ and deceiving people, 29:06 but it's a good possibility that exactly 29:08 what he was talking about specially 29:09 when you look at what Paul says right here. 29:11 And it does make sense when you think about 29:13 the number of people today that are claming 29:15 that Jesus is Christ but teaching all kinds of 29:17 hierarchies out of the Bible, 29:18 but not out of the Bible but trying to lead 29:21 that way. I am gonna read now first 29:23 2 Corinthians chapter 11 I am gonna read this 29:24 one verses 13-15, chapter 11, 2 Corinthians 29:29 chapter 11, is that right, are you there? 29:33 It's not in the study guide, 29:34 so it would be little different. 29:35 "For such are false apostles, deceitful 29:38 workers, transforming themselves into apostles 29:41 of Christ"? So, Paul here is talking about 29:43 deceitful workers that will transforming themselves 29:45 into apostles of Christ. And no marvel; 29:48 for Satan himself is transformed into an 29:50 angel of light. Now look at verse 15 particularly. 29:52 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers, 29:54 whose ministers, Satan's ministers also will be 29:59 transformed into the ministers of 30:00 righteousness; whose end shall be according 30:02 to their works. So, what he is saying here, 30:04 he is saying there is gonna be ministers 30:05 that look like ministers of righteousness, 30:08 but they are gonna be able to deceive 30:09 the people. They are gonna be actually 30:12 ministers of the devil, fascinating isn't it. 30:16 And so Jesus may very well being saying 30:18 there in back in Matthew chapter 24 30:20 and verse 5, he says many will come in my 30:22 name saying I am Christ, they are claiming 30:23 that Jesus is the Christ but they will deceive 30:25 many. Now do we have what we are looking 30:30 for as we go to the study, remember we're looking 30:31 for increase in certain things, 30:33 do we have an increase in that today? 30:36 I mean just think about that do we have increase 30:37 of people out there claiming that Jesus 30:38 is the Christ but teaching all kind of 30:40 hierarchies, I mean extreme not even close 30:42 to being in the Bible. You know there are some 30:45 people that are deceived in small places here 30:46 and there and they may not have every 30:48 doctrine right but they are still serving the Lord 30:49 and still trying to do what's right, 30:50 but could you see there are many out there 30:53 that's also the ministers of the devil, 30:55 ministers of Satan but appear as ministers 30:58 of righteousness. You know I can just take off 31:02 and go to a sermon right here and sometimes 31:03 I fall into that trap when I am giving this 31:05 Bible study or whenever I am preaching 31:07 an evangelistic sermon in the trap, 31:09 the trap that I fall into is the whole 31:12 prosperity gospel teaching that you find out today 31:15 that the reward for the Christian is now in this 31:18 world when the Bible says the reward for 31:20 the Christian is when Jesus comes. 31:22 You know God wants you to be wealthy, 31:23 he wants you to be just like everything easy 31:26 in this world and you don't find anything where 31:28 apostles had that, you know they weren't focus 31:31 on trying to make everybody rich 31:33 in their day, and I just had a real struggle 31:35 when I hear ministers talking about how wealthy 31:37 God wants us to be when Jesus himself 31:39 didn't have a pillow to lay his head on, 31:41 didn't have a house you know, and you think 31:44 about the disciples themselves they were all, 31:45 they just give everything they had all their means, 31:48 they give their very lives to reach people with 31:50 the truths of Gods word that Jesus is gonna 31:53 come back and they need to be ready, 31:54 they gave it all. But much of the teaching today 31:56 and I am gonna dare say it I know it to be 31:59 all over the place I probably get letters 32:00 about it, but I am going to go ahead and say 32:02 it when people are telling you that God is 32:04 concerned about you being rich more than 32:06 they are telling you about God is concerned 32:07 about you getting ready for the kingdom 32:08 of God and being ready for that, that's a 32:10 minister of Satan, that's just a lie, 32:14 you know God wants us to be ready for 32:16 the kingdom to come. He doesn't want us 32:17 to love this world 1 John chapter 2 where he says 32:20 Love not the world, neither the things 32:22 that are in the world. 32:23 For all that is in the world, 32:24 the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, 32:26 and the pride of life, is not of the Father, 32:27 but is of the world. And the world is passing 32:29 away in the lust there of, but he does 32:31 the will of God will abide forever. 32:33 I mean think about that how does fit into 32:35 prosperity gospel when he says not to love 32:37 the things of this world. Anyway I think 32:39 Jesus when he was speaking here I knew 32:41 I take a long time on that but when Jesus 32:42 was speaking here he was very clear 32:45 in warning us to be watching out for these 32:48 false Christs, these false Apostles that 32:52 would come claiming that Jesus is Christ 32:54 but using it make us love the things of this 32:56 world and end up being lost. 32:57 We have increase in that. Now without going 32:59 in we will touch on some of these others 33:01 right now because I am bound to do that, 33:03 but we also have him warning of false Christs 33:06 and false Prophets. Hey I know what Jessica 33:09 is trying to tell me a while ago its actually 33:11 in the notes 2 Corinthians 11-15 its that you are 33:13 trying to show me while ago, it is okay, 33:15 well its is in the notes, it is in your notes 33:17 right there and printed out. Anyway I got 33:20 a list of, I put a list in the notes so those 33:24 you have at home you may want to download 33:25 those notes, so you can get the full list because 33:27 we are not going to go through everyone 33:28 of them here, I will touch on a couple of them 33:30 but remember what we have been asking 33:32 ourselves is there being an increase 33:34 in these things, has there been an increase 33:36 in these things, and the answer is obviously yes. 33:39 And the one we think of especially from here 33:42 in Florida is the fellow with the name of 33:43 Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda. 33:46 Did I said right Roberto, yeah the guy claims 33:49 to be, he claims to be Jesus Christ himself 33:51 incarnated, and you would think that's silly 33:55 and you would think people would stay away 33:56 from and droves wouldn't you. I mean you would 34:00 think that God couldn't get one person to come 34:01 to his so called church but he is a former 34:05 heronatic, used to be in jail now claims 34:07 to be Jesus Christ incarnated and he got 34:09 people by the millions following around 34:11 all over the world. And they send him tons 34:13 of money and the guy drives around 34:15 in a nice car, new suites, big rings on his fingers 34:17 and he actually has 666 on his lapel 34:21 and he says that number is the number 34:23 of truth you know something like that 34:25 I caught just enough of watching him to know 34:27 that Jesus says don't go watch these things 34:29 I quit but anyway there is an increase, 34:33 there is definitely an increase in this 34:34 false Christ and that kind of thing, 34:35 and I am not going any further than that 34:37 because I have spent so much time but you can 34:38 through the whole list there and I got a bunch 34:41 of them listed and that's a short list, 34:43 actually it's a short list. Let us go to the next 34:45 one Matthew chapter 24 and verse 7 34:48 is our next text, Matthew chapter 24 34:51 you want to try one more time here, 34:54 my clicker there it goes it clicked, 34:55 Matthew 24 and verse 7 and Jessica 34:58 would you like to read that for us. 35:01 "The nations and kingdoms will proclaim 35:03 war against each other, and there will be famines 35:07 and earthquakes in many parts of the world." 35:10 Alright I am gonna have to reread that out 35:11 of King James little bit there, 35:13 what Bible you use by the way, NLT, 35:17 New Living Translation, that's what it is, okay. 35:20 I am gonna slam you anything like that for 35:21 the whole word, but I am gonna have to 35:25 redo this here for out of King James. 35:27 He says: Nation shall rise against nation 35:29 and kingdom against kingdom, 35:31 and so not just they are proclaiming war 35:34 against one another, but it says there will be, 35:36 I guess that's fair enough, the translation 35:38 is fair enough, but the nation arising 35:40 against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 35:41 And now remember when Jesus said this, 35:44 what are we looking for Jessica, 35:45 you can tell us on your microphone since 35:47 I have picked on you there. 35:49 Are we looking for wars and rumors of wars, 35:50 or what we are specifically looking for, 35:52 an increase, an increase? Yes, that's right; 35:56 an increase in wars and rumors of wars 35:58 isn't that we are looking for. 36:00 I mean when Jesus said that we always had, 36:02 haven't we? We've always had wars 36:04 and those kind of things going on but 36:06 he says it's going to be like birth pains. 36:07 It's going to be worse than it was before. 36:10 Now currently as I am standing here 36:13 you know we have just you think of the most 36:16 powerful nation in the world right now being 36:17 United States. For how long we don't know, 36:20 that's why I say currently we're standing here, 36:22 we are standing here but they are just talking 36:24 about pulling out of one major war, 36:26 and starting up another major war in Afghanistan, 36:28 you are coming out of Iraq and they've got 36:29 wars going on all over the place just in 36:31 this nation, and I went on like the internet 36:33 trying to find, you know you can't believe 36:34 everything you see on the Internet, 36:35 but I try to find something in general 36:36 about how many wars are taking place 36:39 like active wars all over the world right now, 36:41 and the number range anywhere from like 36:43 30 to 100. You know like nobody knows, 36:47 but every time you look, but we are talking 36:49 about active wars where people are killing 36:50 one another on a regular basis all over 36:51 the world. And say we'll pick the lower 36:54 number 30 you know that's a lot of wars 36:56 going on at one time. And we are gonna 36:58 put this little graph on the screen here 37:00 the wars in our century. 37:02 We are talking about the 20th century alone 37:03 World War One, now think about this 15 million 37:07 deaths as a result of war casualty, 15 million, 37:10 15 million that's a lot of people to die. 37:12 I mean with those numbers around we just 37:14 like its almost like you are just saying a number, 37:17 but can you imagine 15 million people, 37:20 you know that's, let me see, 37:24 I am trying to think of a major city, 37:25 how many people live in Orlando? 37:26 What's the population of Orlando? 37:28 You know its not even maybe million people 37:30 something like that. 8.4 million in New York City, 37:33 New York City has 8.4 million, so just imagine 37:35 the entire city of New York being completely 37:38 wiped out and you still that's only half of 37:40 of what got killed in World War I, 37:42 and they called it the war to end all wars, 37:44 right, that's it and we are not going to have, 37:45 who wants to fight another war after 37:47 all these death and all these tragedy right, 37:48 and no sooner they are trying to get all 37:50 the bodies buried, then World War Two broke out, 37:52 and World War Two after the war that end all 37:55 wars World War Two comes about 55 million deaths 37:59 as a result of war, 55 million death in that 38:02 one war, so in a span of two wars 38:04 you are looking at 70 million, 70 million 38:09 people die and that's an estimate you know 38:11 give or take few hundred thousand. 38:15 Can you imagine now the reason I put it up 38:17 like that because I was reading 38:18 and I found in a line, it said it is estimated 38:20 that there has been more deaths in the 38:21 20th century from all wars previously 38:25 in the history of the world, 38:26 so in just one century we've seen more death 38:29 as result of war than all the previous centuries 38:31 combined. Now I want you to think about 38:34 that as we think about what Jesus said 38:36 it would be like, wha it would be like again, 38:38 birth pains. In other words its going to be more 38:40 and more intense, its going to be more 38:41 and more severe the closer we get to the second 38:43 coming of Jesus, and so we definitely had 38:46 an increase in these things. 38:47 We had an increase in the false Christs, 38:50 the false Prophets, and we've an increase 38:51 in wars and rumors of wars and the deaths 38:53 as the result of war. Jesus said it will be 38:56 like birth pains. So let us go on now, 39:00 look at the next sign that he gives us. 39:02 Famines, it's in the same verse as Jessica 39:04 read there, there will be famines 39:05 in chapter 24 and verse7. And this is another 39:10 one of those statistics when you go to 39:11 internet and you try to find that it varies 39:13 greatly and the deaths per day due to starvation 39:17 in this world ranges from 35,000 to 100,000. 39:21 And when I put up here I used the upper 39:23 number on that, and I read this article 39:26 one time and it say something like this. 39:28 On September 11, 2001, a 100,000 people died 39:34 as the result of starvation. 39:37 Remember now you think about, 39:39 we think about what's going on in world right 39:41 now over roughly 3000 people that die 39:44 in New York. Now I am not downplaying that, 39:45 I mean that was, there was a massive 39:47 casualty, you know I am not downplaying 39:49 what took place on September 11, 39:50 what I am making a point of here is Jesus 39:53 said there will be an increase in starvation 39:55 and what we are having right now with 39:57 a 100,000 people dying on this world every day 39:59 from starvation, 800 million people go hungry 40:01 a year, and then I don't know what it turns 40:05 out to per year starving to death but 40:07 that's pretty heavy famines. 40:09 And I was reading another thing 40:10 and I haven't able to confirm this, 40:14 but I have no reason to doubt this. 40:16 So, I am gonna just throw it out there, 40:17 and somebody can either send me a letter 40:18 let me know I'm wrong or right or whatever, 40:20 but I understand the Government used store 40:23 food in caves and things like that 40:25 in United States, used to store all kind of food 40:27 for like three years to supply, 40:28 so if we had a bad year whatever then another 40:31 Governments in the world will do the same things 40:32 and then if you had a bad year, 40:33 you've something to fall back on but the 40:35 Government said, I don't know if this is true, 40:37 I don't know what politician had, 40:38 where his head was when he taught of this idea, 40:40 they say you know what we found that its 40:42 cheaper to pay farmers not to grow crops 40:46 than it is to pay take over and store it. 40:49 So, and I know farmers, myself in Kentucky 40:52 they get money for not growing certain crops 40:54 certain times and things like that, 40:55 they paid not to grow crops, and so I have 40:56 to reason to doubt the story, 40:58 buts I think its fascinating because 40:59 if you are not storing food and you don't have 41:01 a put back, and you don't have a bad year 41:02 then what happens? People go hungry, 41:05 lots of people may go hungry, 41:07 and all over the world right now people 41:08 are already going hungry. So, Jesus said 41:12 there would be an increase in these things, 41:13 and you think about a 100,000 people a day 41:14 if that's an accurate number or even 35000 41:17 if that's an accurate number, 41:18 how many years do we have to go through 41:20 before more people are starving to death over 41:22 a certain period of time than what to used 41:24 to exist on the planet before 1800. 41:27 I was looking at the graph before the year 41:29 1800 from after the flood to thy 1800 41:32 we had not reached a billion people on the 41:34 planet, hadn't reached 1 billion 41:36 people by the year 1800. Are you aware of that, 41:38 there wasn't a billion people population 41:40 in the world in the year 1800 and 41:43 from 1800 to now, we are running up on 41:45 to 8 billion. So, it took basically 6000 years 41:49 to reach, 4000 years, whatever to reach 41:52 1 billion and then we went to 7 billion, 41:55 8 billion since then in little over 100 years, 41:59 150 years or whatever, so there is something 42:02 to think about. Famines are gonna increase 42:04 Jesus say it would be that way. 42:05 He also said there will be an increase 42:06 in pestilences. Now you all know what 42:10 pestilence is right. I used to be pestilence, 42:15 yeah my brother used to tell me that. 42:18 A pestilence is not little brother or 42:20 little sister, right, a pestilence is disease. 42:22 Now as we're standing here now just talking 42:24 to Pastor Scott today before we come in here 42:27 and this whole H1N1 thing I was looking 42:29 on a news channel, Fox News Channel 42:32 as a matter of fact, and they were talking, 42:35 they passed the law in Massachusetts 42:37 that they are gonna to have mandatory flu 42:41 vaccinations in that state. And if you refuse 42:43 to do it, then they are gonna be able to say 42:46 force you to do it, and it still would be 42:47 mandatory counting, and there is some law 42:51 that passed and the Governor said 42:53 he is going to sign it and its all going 42:54 through and its on Fox News I thought 42:56 well this is strange that we have flu, 42:59 the flu bug is around every year, 43:00 you know everybody has a flu, 43:01 this particular thing, they are really 43:03 worried about. They are thinking it maybe 43:05 this great pandemic that may kill tons of people. 43:07 You know who knows how many, 43:08 I mean direct to flu virus kills 40 to 50,000 year, 43:11 direct to flu virus in United States kills 43:13 40 to 50000 people a year, and now 43:16 they are talking about this one, 43:17 and they are so worried about it, they got 43:18 to make everybody mandatory, is anacoluthon 43:22 the right word or its vaccination, 43:23 they are gonna make everybody take the 43:25 vaccination. Now to me if they are that 43:30 worried about it that sounds like there maybe 43:32 some kind of increase in things that 43:34 we've never seen before. I've never heard 43:35 of H1N1 and I found out that H1N1 is not 43:39 a swine flu as so popularly said today. 43:42 H1N1 is a combination of the swine flu, 43:44 and the bird flu, and a human flu gene, 43:48 they all three of them have together, 43:49 they came together they said in a pig 43:51 and then it come to a human and then 43:53 here are spreading from human to human, 43:55 so an increase Jesus said there would be Ebola, 43:59 AIDS, bird flu, and there is a whole list 44:01 of diseases that are relatively you think 44:03 hey that's not a new increase. 44:04 Yes it is because it was just, I can remember 44:07 being a little kid and people first started 44:10 really talking about the AIDS, 44:12 you know people dying of AIDS and things 44:14 like that, and but now its now like a common thing, 44:17 so these things, there is an increase 44:19 in these kind of people dying from it. 44:20 I understand that in third world countries, 44:22 and lot of poor ones starvation is like the 44:24 number one killer, AIDS is up on number 44:26 three now. You know as far as the 44:28 death toll goes, there are people dying 44:30 of AIDS, so an increase Jesus said there 44:32 would be. And we are actually up in numbers 44:35 on all these things taking place. 44:37 Now is that enough to scare you to death. 44:41 I mean if I, if you want a Christian, 44:43 if I want a Christian I would have calls 44:44 for Paul don't you think you would do, 44:46 just thinking about the things that are going on. 44:50 Many people are scared right now, 44:53 but Jesus has told us these things. 44:54 The reason he tells these things in advance, 44:56 you remember what in our previous study 44:58 that Jesus says in John chapter, 45:02 that's right Shalida, he tells us before it comes 45:04 to path that when it comes to path 45:06 then we can believe. God is telling us these things 45:10 in advance, so that we are not afraid 45:12 when we see that happen. 45:13 This is the purpose of this study not to 45:15 scare people, but so we can be ready, 45:18 that we won't be afraid, we won't be scared 45:20 when we see these things take place. 45:22 Earthquakes now, the Bible say there will be 45:25 an increase in earthquakes. 45:26 Now just of to USGS website it says according 45:29 to long term records since about 1900, 45:31 we expect about 17 major earthquakes 7 to 7.9 45:34 and one great earthquake 8.0 or above 45:36 in any given year. This year right now I know 45:39 over this past week we had two you know, 45:43 so there are increase in earthquakes. 45:45 There is a lot of arguments out here back 45:47 and forth on the internet as far as whether 45:48 there is an increase, and one of the arguments 45:50 I think is very funny because Jesus said 45:52 there will be earthquakes in diverse places. 45:54 In another words it would be in places 45:55 that people will be recognizing it, you know 45:57 seems to be going on. And I've actually 45:59 heard people saying, well actually its not 46:00 really more increase in earthquakes than 46:01 it used to be, its just that they are in 46:03 populated areas. You know more people are 46:06 dying from there because where they are 46:07 happening out, but there is not really increase 46:08 in earthquakes. Well if he was God and 46:10 he was gonna allow people to woke up 46:12 and they realizes that the time of the 46:13 end was near, and the sin was abounding, 46:15 and these things are taking place would 46:17 you allow things to happen. 46:18 Remember the Lord just he doesn't force 46:21 bad things to happen, but he lets the devil 46:22 do things, and that's another study, 46:24 another argument right. But these things are 46:26 happening on increase scale even to this 46:31 very day we are seeing things happen. 46:33 Now Jesus said there will be increase 46:35 in wars and rumors or wars. 46:38 He said there will be increase in false Christs 46:40 and false prophets. He said there will be 46:42 increase in pestilence, diseases and all these 46:44 kind of things taking place. He said there 46:46 will be an increase in earthquakes, 46:47 and all these things have been taking place. 46:50 I wish, I wish this was a two part study 46:52 at this moment because there is a lot of 46:54 other things James chapter 5 verses 1-5, 46:57 Revelation chapter 18, where it talks about 46:59 economic collapse from problems in 47:02 James chapter 5 verse 1-5 it talks about like 47:04 in the last days men have heaped treasure 47:06 together for themselves for the last days, 47:07 is going to come to nothing and that 47:09 kind of thing. So, the Bible is like predicting 47:10 economic problems as well, and we see that 47:12 going on today. People are really worried 47:14 about their 201Ks, now it used be 401Ks 47:17 but they have been cut in half, 47:18 so we call them 201Ks now right. 47:20 Things, all these other things are signs as well, 47:22 we are focusing on just basically on the ones 47:24 in Matthew 24. Let us go to the next one 47:26 here because here is one that gets ignored 47:29 often times Matthew chapter 24 47:31 and verse 12, Matthew 24 and verse 12, 47:33 I will read this one. He says, 47:35 after he says in verse 11 false Christs 47:38 and false prophets he said because iniquity 47:39 shall abound, the love of many will wax cold. 47:42 Now what is iniquity its sin or actually 47:46 the outplaying or the practicing of sin, 47:47 you know iniquity shall abound. 47:49 In other words it's going to be just common sin 47:51 and equity is going to be a common thing. 47:53 And so Jesus says this is gonna happen 47:55 and because of that the love of many will wax cold. 47:58 And you just almost any day you turn on 48:00 the news you can see where moms have 48:02 abandoned her child, or they killed their parents, 48:04 these kinds of things, its just a regular thing, 48:06 it doesn't even fazes us anymore. I mean 48:08 whenever someone goes in and shoot up 48:09 at school, and kill the people; 48:11 it used to be the top headlines for weeks. 48:13 Now it may get a day in the news, 48:15 and two days in the news and then it's done, 48:17 because it's such a common thing. 48:19 He says it will be common, it will abound. 48:21 And Matthew 24 and verse 37 as well, 48:25 look at Matthew chapter 24 and verse 37. 48:28 Miss Glory would you like to read that one 48:29 for us Matthew 24 and verse 37 because 48:31 after he says the iniquity shall abound 48:33 and all these things are gonna take place, 48:35 he compares it to something else its near 48:37 sort of second coming he compares it to 48:39 something else and what is that Gloria. 48:41 But as the days of Noah were, 48:44 so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. 48:48 Right as the days of Noah so shall 48:50 be when Jesus comes. How was it in days 48:52 of Noah? How was it, that's where we're gonna 48:54 go to now, Genesis chapter 6 and verse 5 48:56 and 11, Genesis 6: 5 and 11, 49:06 I am going to go ahead and read that one, 49:09 Genesis 6:5: "And God saw that the 49:12 wickedness of man was great in the earth, 49:15 and that every imagination of the thoughts 49:17 of his heart was only evil continually. 49:19 You know when you think of the days before, 49:21 when you think of the day of flood, 49:22 most of the times when we think about, 49:23 and think of this. How bad the people 49:24 must have been, they must have been 49:25 so wicked in doing this and doing that right. 49:27 But I want you to notice something here 49:29 that is written here by in the Book of Moses, 49:31 the first Book of Moses, and he says 49:33 even the imagination and the thoughts of 49:35 their heart were evil continually. 49:36 In other words even when they weren't 49:38 doing something evil, they were thinking 49:40 something evil. Now Jesus said I will be like it 49:43 was in the days of Noah. 49:45 Just think for a minute, do you think 49:48 and I like to run this by people 49:49 when I give a study or when I am preaching 49:50 specially do you think that you would 49:52 have liked the people in days of Noah. 49:56 I think you would have and here is 49:57 why I say that because Jesus said 50:00 in a very end of time in the last days, 50:01 it would be like, it was in the days of Noah. 50:03 The most, for most part like the people 50:05 around and think for the most part people 50:06 in general seems to be pretty good, 50:08 don't we, don't we kind see that, but notice 50:10 here in the context of the text, 50:11 it says their very thoughts will be evil 50:13 continually. In other words even the ones 50:16 that weren't doing something bad they 50:18 were planning to, or they were thinking 50:19 about it, just like it was in the days of Noah. 50:23 Now man I wish I wasn't running out of time, 50:25 look at verse 11, verse 11 for minute, 50:28 same chapter verse 11. 50:30 "The earth also was corrupt before God, 50:32 and the earth was filled with violence". 50:35 So what was like in the days of Noah, 50:37 men and women were thinking evil thoughts 50:39 even when they weren't practicing they 50:41 were thinking it and the earth was filled 50:42 with violence. I remember being a kid, 50:44 a hidden kid and the worst thing that 50:47 I can remember like on just general regular 50:50 television was like the wrestling, 50:52 you know what I mean the wrestling was 50:53 going on right, and Hulk Hogan and these guys, 50:55 do you know they have taken that 50:56 and graduated that to our day right now. 50:58 They got this caged blood match things 51:00 where the guys actually get in and they 51:01 fight each other like bare firsts bludgeon 51:04 each other, I mean they get blood 51:05 I haven't seen it, I've seen the previews 51:07 and I've been at peoples home, 51:08 I don't go and watch that garbage because 51:09 I don't fill my mind with the evil things 51:11 like that. But I want you to think what things 51:13 have graduated to on the televisions and 51:16 in people's home and what we think of as common 51:18 today, the common things, and that's 51:21 why I think if we take ourselves back in the 51:23 days of Noah and Jesus said it would be like 51:24 it was in the days of Noah. 51:26 I think you probably would like most of the people. 51:29 We wouldn't have thought them as being 51:30 necessarily that bad, but God is the center 51:34 of our hearts the Bible tells us. 51:36 And so I like to point that out when 51:37 I am giving the study that in the days of Noah 51:39 they were pretty bad and just like we are today, 51:43 just like we are today. Now lets go back to 51:45 the Book of Matthew, Matthew chapter 24, 51:50 okay I got Tom, I'm gonna do these, 51:52 everybody go to Matthew 24, and I am going 51:55 to continue on to the gospel, I mean 51:57 to the Book or Romans, the Book of Romans 51:59 just to make it I finalize this point because 52:02 this is one of the strongest points I believe, 52:03 what makes me really feel like we are living 52:05 in a very end of time and this 52:07 is going to help certified that 52:09 a little bit. I am going to read 52:10 Romans chapter 1 starting verse 25 52:12 and I think we have time to make it 52:13 through this, so let us go now. He says: 52:16 They changed the truth of God into a lie, 52:17 and worshiped and served the creature 52:19 more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. 52:21 Amen. Verse 26: For this cause God gave 52:23 them up unto vile affections: 52:25 for even their women did change the natural 52:27 use of that which is against nature: 52:29 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural 52:31 use of the woman, burned in their lust one 52:34 toward another; men with men working 52:36 that which is unseemly, and receiving 52:37 in themselves that recompence of their error 52:39 which was meet. You know what he is talking about. 52:41 And even as they did not like to retain God 52:44 in their knowledge, God gave them over to a 52:45 reprobate mind, or the mind void of judgment 52:48 is a better translation of that, a mind void 52:49 of judgment, to do those things which 52:52 are not convenient. Verse 29: 52:54 Being filled with, and I am gonna go through 52:55 this quick, so listen quickly, okay, 52:57 Being filled with all unrighteousness, 52:58 fornication, wickedness, covetousness, 53:00 maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, 53:02 deceit, malignity; whisperers, back biters, 53:03 haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, 53:05 inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 53:08 we are just going to a list of bunch of wicked 53:09 things right. You are shaking your head, 53:11 how do they do that, without understanding 53:13 covenant breakers, without natural affection 53:15 implacable and merciful. Now verse 32 53:17 I'll slow down, ready Who knowing the 53:19 judgment of God, that they which commit 53:21 such things are worthy of death, 53:22 you know the same people that commit such 53:24 things are worthy of death, 53:25 we are talking eternal death, we're talking God 53:26 destroying them right not on our own works, 53:29 but not only do the same, but have pleasure 53:32 in them that do them. In other word we say 53:35 as Christians oh I would never do these things, 53:38 I would never be unrighteousness, 53:40 fornication, wickedness, covetousness, 53:41 full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, 53:43 all these kind of stuff, I would never think 53:44 to do those things. But he goes on and says 53:46 but those people that take pleasure in those 53:48 who do them, i.e. television. 53:53 The last day I believe when Jesus says 53:56 he was like in the days of Noah and their 53:58 thoughts and intense of their hearts was 53:59 evil continually is taking place right now as even 54:01 in the Christian church people sit and watch 54:03 all kinds of garbage on TV and say that's not 54:05 affecting me. I think its one of the strongest 54:07 signs that helps us realize we're living 54:09 in the last days, just like it was in the days 54:11 of Noah. Now lets close up right here with 54:13 our last text, our next to last text, 54:16 Matthew chapter 24 and verse 14, 54:18 somebody already there ready to read that Tom, 54:21 I think you'll be ready Matthew 24 and verse 14. 54:24 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached 54:27 in all the world as a witness to all 54:29 the nations, and then the end will come. 54:31 Now we are up on the good, bright side 54:32 of things right, so all these things are gonna 54:34 happen, then what's going to take place, 54:36 what's taking place in here right now, 54:39 not just these studies that are going to all 54:41 the world, but there are ministries everywhere 54:43 that's preaching the truth of God's word into 54:45 all the world, even if the churches that seem 54:47 to be often times dead and sleep and not saying 54:49 and doing anything, just doing absolutely nothing, 54:51 the good news is that God is sending his people 54:54 and his faithful people are going to all over 54:55 the world right now and they are preaching 54:56 this gospel. And then what Jesus say after 54:59 the gospel is preached Tom, read till we get 55:00 to the last part what's going to happen 55:02 as the gospel is preached, 55:04 then the end will come, then the end will come. 55:08 So rather would looks like things just impossible 55:10 and can't go any further Jesus says the end 55:12 will come. For our appeal when I, 55:17 when we get the study they appeal here, 55:18 he promises the end will come. 55:20 Matthew chapter 24 and verse 33, 55:22 and I'll read this one, look what he says, 55:25 so like wise. When you shall see all of 55:28 these things, all of what things, all the 55:31 things we went through, all the bad things 55:34 that are taking place, all the wickedness 55:37 that's in the world, when it gets like it was 55:38 in the days of Noah, when it get just like 55:40 that and you study what happened in the days 55:42 of Noah, you know the end is near and 55:43 he says when you see all these things take place 55:45 including the preaching of the gospel unto all 55:49 the world for witness, that's the last major 55:53 sign then he says then the end will come. 56:00 You know what our challenge is, 56:03 the challenge for you at home, 56:05 the challenge for us here in the classroom 56:07 knowing what you know is to finish the last 56:10 part that Jesus said would take place just 56:13 before he comes, and it take this truth 56:15 of the gospel to your neighbors, 56:17 to your friends, to your enemies, 56:20 you fix that problem right and then the end 56:24 will come. I want to encourage those folks 56:27 at home to do like you guys have decided to do, 56:30 come experience life, do commercial here, 56:33 because you learn, you learn you get the basics 56:36 for tools, how to go out and share this gospel 56:39 with the world to everyone in the world, 56:41 everyone you meet, you run into and I promise 56:44 you this, as you, as we finish up that we go 56:47 through this classes here and as you people 56:49 at home, as you study you mark this up in 56:50 your Bible, God is going to give you opportunities 56:53 to share this message that you're learning. 56:55 He is going to give you opportunities now 56:58 and the encouraging thing what is that we want 57:00 to do is we want to be faithful in delivering 57:02 this message. Again he says when you see 57:05 all these things take place, 57:09 you know the end is near, he is getting ready 57:10 to come. These are all taking place, 57:14 its going to the world, do you want to be 57:17 part of it, you know in the appeal even 57:20 in that second Bible study the appeal 57:21 is do you want to be part of this, 57:22 you teach them how to become fishers of men 57:24 just like the Bible calls us out to be. 57:27 You can come and visit our website at 57:29 www.come experiencelife.com 57:32 you can download this study 57:34 and get the details that we didn't all fill 57:35 as we walk through the study talking about it. 57:38 You can find them on the paper work that 57:41 comes with the study, or you can download 57:42 the videos and watch them as well. |
Revised 2014-12-17