Harvest truly is plenteous,
but the laborers are few.
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Pray Ye therefore,
the Lord of the harvest,
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that He will, He
will send forth laborers
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into His harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said, I... "Here
am I, send me, send me".
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Life on the Edge will enable you
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to be an effective
harvester for the Lord.
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We now invite you
into our classroom
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to come, experience, Life.
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We just want to
welcome every one of you
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back here to the Lay
Institute for Evangelism.
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We're glad that
those of you at home
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have decided to join
us here in our classroom.
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We are going over
our ninth Bible study
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in our series
called, "Life on the Edge."
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This series again
is designed to able you
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not only to
learn the Bible study,
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but also to learn how
to give the Bible study.
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We'll go now to our,
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we'll get right
into our Bible study.
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On the graphic there you'll see
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the title for our Bible
study is the "Second Coming,"
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the Second Coming.
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You can see that
on the screen there.
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You can see the code to
mark this Bible study is SC.
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The code is to mark it is as SC.
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Just like all of
the other Bible studies
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that we've gone over this far,
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this Bible study
too has a purpose.
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And the purpose
of this Bible study
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is to show that the
Second Coming of Jesus
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is literal, visible,
audible and imminent.
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The Second Coming
of Jesus is literal.
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It's going to happen.
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It's audible.
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You can be able to hear it.
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It's visible.
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You're gonna be able to see it.
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It's imminent.
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It is going to happen
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and it is going to happen soon.
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You'll also see up there
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as all of our
other Bible studies
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this too is
centered on Jesus Christ.
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The center it for this,
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"Jesus longs to
come and take us home
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to live with Him forever."
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Jesus longs to
come and take us home
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to live with Him forever.
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Before we jump
into this Bible study,
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what are we going to do? Pray.
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We're going to pray.
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That's our habit to pray.
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So let's go ahead
and bow our heads.
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Father in
Heaven, we do thank you
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for the
privilege of us being here,
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of us being able
to watch this program
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and learn Lord not
from me, but from your word.
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We pray that as we go
through this Bible study
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that you'll open
our hearts and our minds
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so that we can love Your truth
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and thereby be saved.
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We pray this in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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Now this Bible
study is put together
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so that you can do it in
two parts, if you want to.
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So the first 12
references in this study
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will be the first part
of the Second Coming study
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and then the
last set of references
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will be the second part.
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So our goal during this hour
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is to go through the
first part of this Bible study.
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At the end of this
first part you can,
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if there's no questions
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and people have no objections
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you can then go to
your next Bible study,
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which will be
Bible study number 10.
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The Bible study that comes right
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after the Second Coming,
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which if I'm not
mistaken is the millennium.
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So the first half of this,
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if there is no
questions people aren't confused
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whatsoever you can
say, praise the Lord
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and then just go to the next,
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and to go to study number 10.
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If there are questions
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that's what the
second half of the study
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is designed to answer.
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So the first half
we're gonna be talking
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about the manner
of Christ's return.
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Then in the second half,
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we're going to be talking about
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some of the confusing aspects
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of the some of the
Second Coming texts.
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There are some very
wild theories out there
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that are not Biblical,
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that people claim are Biblical,
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but we're gonna show
the truth from God's word.
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It is always better
to start with the truth
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and then to deal
with the objections later
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because you want
to lay that foundation
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that people can say,
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hey, well, this is
what the Bible said.
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Now let me
interpret what I thought
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through what the
Bible has already taught me.
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And so that's
what we're gonna do
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in this series of studies.
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You see here the first
12 references on the screen
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are the first 12 references
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in the first half of the study.
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Then you'll see
on the next screen,
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you'll see that there
is another 12 references
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for that part of
the Second Coming.
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The first part deals with
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the manner of Christ's return.
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What happens when Jesus returns?
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The second half in what
we'll cover in our next program
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will tell us
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about "A thief in
the night" concept.
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It will tell us
about the left behind,
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one is taken the
other one is left.
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So we'll be talking
very in depth about that
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because we want to make
sure that everyone is very clear
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about what scripture does say
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concerning the
Second Coming of Jesus.
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So we'll go now to our
first text in this study.
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We're gonna go
to John Chapter 14,
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John the 14th
Chapter, so Matthew,
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Mark, Luke, John, Chapter 14.
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And we're gonna let
Shalita start this off for us.
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Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John, the 14th Chapter,
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the first three verses.
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So if you could
read that for us Shalita.
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And I'm going to interrupt you,
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you know, that's quite
common when I'm teaching.
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So I'll just
interrupt you as you read.
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"Let not your heart be troubled
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you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many mansions
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if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare
a place for you."
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Okay, stop right there.
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Jesus says, I go to
prepare a place for you.
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Now Shalita if Jesus is
going to prepare a place for me,
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if Jesus is going to
prepare a place for you,
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what do you suppose
Jesus is going to do
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at some point in the future?
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He is gonna do what? Come back.
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For what purpose? To take us,
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where He is preparing?
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To take us, where He is
preparing a place for us?
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If He is
preparing a place for us,
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it makes logical
sense for us to even think
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before we read verse 3
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that Jesus is going
to take us to that place.
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Go ahead and keep reading.
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"And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and
receive you unto Myself
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that where I am,
there you may be also."
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So Jesus gives us a promise
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that He is going to
prepare a place for us
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and then He says in verse 3,
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"And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and
receive you unto Myself
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that where I am,
there you may be also."
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So the promise here is
that Jesus is going to comeback
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and He is going to
take us to heaven with Him.
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Now for the early church,
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we're gonna look at
a reference that shows
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that it was the hope
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of the Second Coming
of Jesus that changed
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and transformed the hearts
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and purified the hearts
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of the early
followers of Christ.
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So Jesus gives us a promise here
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in John Chapter
14, verses 1, 2, and 3.
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He says, "Don't let
your heart be troubled."
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Then He says, "You believe
in God believe also in Me."
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And then He makes us
a very solemn promise
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that He will return
and that He will take us
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where He is
preparing a place for us.
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My question is Bill,
are you ready to go where
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Jesus is
preparing a place for you?
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Yeah. Praise the Lord.
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Let's see what this hope
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the hope of the Second
Coming did for the early church.
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Let's go to our
second reference.
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We're going to First John.
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We were in John,
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now we're going all way back
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near to the Book of Revelation.
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So we're in First John,
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if you find the Revelation
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you'll back up
just a little bit there.
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So here I'm in Revelation
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and now I'm
backing up past Jude,
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Third John, Second John,
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here I'm First John Chapter 3,
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verses 2 and 3.
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We're gonna let
Danielle read that for us.
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First John,
Chapter 3 verses 2 and 3.
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"Beloved, now we
are the Sons of God
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and it does not yet
appear what we shall be,
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but we know that
when He shall appear,
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we shall be like Him for
we shall see Him as He is."
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Okay, stop right there.
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So John says here that
when Jesus shall appear,
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now the event
where Jesus appears,
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He appeared once
that was His first coming.
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The next time that
Jesus is going to appear,
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the event is called
the Second Coming of Jesus.
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That's the title for
this study, Second Coming.
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John says, we know
that when He shall appear
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we shall be like Him.
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And when we get
further into the study
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we're gonna find out that
we are going to be changed
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into the
likeness of Jesus Christ
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at the Second Coming.
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So this, the concept
here or the time period
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that we're talking about
is the Second Coming of Jesus.
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So you wanna keep
reading that for us, Danielle.
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"And every man that
had this hope in Him
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purified himself,
even as He is pure."
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Okay, So verse two said,
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"We know that
when He shall appear
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we shall be like Him for
we shall see Him as He is.
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And every man
that has this hope."
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What hope is
that? Second Coming.
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The hope of the Second Coming,
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the hope of
being just like Jesus
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this every man that
have this hope in Him
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purifies himself,
even as He is pure.
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So every man that has the hope
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of the Second
Coming in his heart,
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He is purifying
Himself, for what purpose?
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To be ready when Jesus returns.
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To be ready when Jesus returns.
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So the first text that
we went to, John 14:1-3
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is where Jesus makes
us a very solemn promise
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that He will comeback.
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Now when Jesus said,
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I mean, you're given
this Bible study you can,
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you can bring out other aspects
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and other points as well.
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When Jesus said,
let there be light,
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what happened?
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There was
light. There was light.
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When Jesus said let there
be a firmament what happened?
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There was a firmament.
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When Jesus speaks things happen.
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So Jesus made the
promise that He would comeback.
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Do you know what that means?
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That He has to comeback,
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because if He doesn't
comeback then what is Jesus?
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He is a liar, and
Jesus can't lie, can He?
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So Jesus makes the promise
that He is going to comeback.
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Then we went to John,
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First John,
Chapter 3 verses 2 and 3
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to show that the
hope of being like Jesus,
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the hope that comes
from Jesus actually going to,
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the hope that we have
that Jesus is going to comeback
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is what purifies us.
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Think about it for a moment.
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If you knew for certain
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that Jesus was
coming back this afternoon,
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would you live your life
just a little bit different?
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Many of us
would, wouldn't we? Why?
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Because we aren't ready,
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that's why we would
live a little bit differently
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'cause we want to be
ready because we're not ready.
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So the hope of the Second Coming
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actually gives us a motivation
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for being ready
for the Second Coming.
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Does that make sense?
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So that's why we
went from John 14,
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or to First John Chapter three.
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Now we're gonna go
to Hebrews Chapter 9,
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and we're going to
see that when Jesus comes,
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He comes without
any reference to sin
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but for the sole
purpose of Salvation.
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It is not at the Second Coming
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that Jesus deals with sin.
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That's gonna come later.
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And you're gonna find
that out in our next program,
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the program on the
topic of the millennium.
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So we're going now to
Hebrews Chapter 9 and verse 28.
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You see that on your graphic,
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Hebrews Chapter 9 and verse 28,
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and we're going to ask Mike,
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might if he'll read this for us.
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Hebrews, of course,
is just a little bit
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to the left from where we were.
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Hebrews Chapter 9 and verse 28.
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"So Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many
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and unto them that look for Him
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shall He appear the Second Time
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without sin unto salvation."
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So the first part
of that verse tells us
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that Christ was once offered
to bear the sins of many.
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So Christ came the first time
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for the purpose of doing, what?
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Saving us from what? Sin.
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He came the first time
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for the purpose
of bearing our sin.
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Now we've got a class
here that called the Sanctuary.
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We're gonna be
going over the sanctuary,
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and we're gonna see,
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how it is that Christ fulfilled
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that aspect of bearing our sins
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and then
shedding His blood for us.
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So the first time Christ came,
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He came to bear the sin of many.
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Then it says
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"Unto them that look
for Him shall He appear."
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What that's word? Appear.
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So Jesus, it's
not gonna be anything
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that we can't, what?
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See, that's right.
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"Unto them that look for Him
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shall He appear
the Second Time?"
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What time?
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The Second Time
without sin unto, what?
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Salvation, so when Jesus
comes back the Second Time,
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He is coming back
not to deal with sin
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but to take those people
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off of this earth that
have been saved by the sacrifice
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He gave the
first time He was here.
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Do you see that?
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Is that clear from
scripture? All right.
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So now we go,
what we're going to do
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is we're gonna shift
gears just a little bit,
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not, not too much,
but just a little bit.
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We are going to go to
look at verses in scripture
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that show that
when Christ appears
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we will actually
be able to see Him.
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We're gonna look
at verses in scripture
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that show that
when Christ appears,
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we will actually
be able to see Him.
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Now this may come as a
shock to some of you at home
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or maybe even some of
you here in the classroom
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that when Jesus
comes back the Second Time
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we will be able to see Him.
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So we're gonna go
to Acts Chapter 1.
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Acts Chapter 1,
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that's to the left
from the Book of Hebrews.
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So up there on the
screen you see our next graphic,
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Acts Chapter 1 verses 9-11.
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Acts Chapter 1 verses 9-11.
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Now while we are in
Acts Chapter 1 verses 9-11,
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you will want to
take note that five times
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words are used for
the sense of sight,
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five times word are
used for the sense of sights.
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So I'm just gonna get over there
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to Acts Chapter 1 verses 9-11.
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And we're gonna ask
Bill to read this for us.
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So Bill if you could read
Acts Chapter 1 verses 9-11,
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and I'm gonna interrupt you.
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"Now when he had
spoken these things,
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while they watched."
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While they did,
what? While they watched.
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That's number one, okay.
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"He was taken up
and a cloud received him
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out of their sight."
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Out of their, what? Sight.
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Sight, so that's two.
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Two words already we've seen
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that to describe
the sense of sight
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are being able to
see, keep going there.
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"And while they looked."
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Stop, while they did what?
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Looked. They looked.
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You anticipated that
one very well, didn't you?
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And while they looked,
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so people are
looking that's a third time
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a word is used for the
sense of sight, keep going.
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"Steadfastly toward
heaven as he went up,
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behold, two men stood
by them in white apparel.
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Who said "Men of Galilee,"
"why do you stand gazing?"
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Why do you stand, what? Gazing.
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You're very good at this one.
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You're just anticipating
the whole thing, gazing.
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So that's the
fourth word that is used
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for the sense of
sight, keep going.
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"Up into heaven the same Jesus,
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who was taken up
from you into heaven,
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will also come in
like manner as you saw."
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"As you did, what?
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Saw. Saw.
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Him go into heaven."
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Okay, so notice here.
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Let there be absolutely
no confusion in your mind,
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five words in three verses
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are used to
describe the sense of sight
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or been able to see something.
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Let's just go ahead and
review them very quickly.
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And when he had spoken
these things while they beheld."
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That's one.
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"He was taken up
in cloud received him
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out of their sight."
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That's two.
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"And while they
looked." That's three.
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"Steadfastly toward
heaven as he went up,
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behold, two men stood
by them in white apparel
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Which also said,
Ye men of Galilee,
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why stand ye."
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"Gazing up into heaven?"
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That's four.
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This same Jesus, so
it's not any other Jesus.
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"This very same Jesus
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which was taken up
from you into heaven,
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shall so come in like
manner as you have seen,"
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that's number five,
seen him go into heaven.
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So make no mistake about it.
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When Jesus comes
back the Second Time,
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the Bible tells us that
we, that He is going to appear,
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Hebrews 9:28, and that
we will be able to, what?
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What is this? See Him.
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See him, that's right.
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We will be able to see
Him when He comes back.
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You see the very same
thing in the New Testament
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Apocalyptic Book
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or the New Testament
Book of the Revelation.
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Let's go to our
fifth reference here,
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Revelation
Chapter 1 and verse 7,
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we'll let Mrs. Gloria read this.
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Revelation Chapter 1,
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go ahead and
grab that microphone,
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Revelation
Chapter 1 and verse 7.
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And let me just go
ahead and get there with you.
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The First Chapter of Revelation,
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the 7th verse and
what does that saying.
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"Behold, he is
coming with the clouds,
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and every eye will see him."
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How many eyes? Every eye.
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And he comes with what? Clouds.
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The clouds, okay, keep reading.
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"Even they who pierced him
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and all tribes of
the earth will mourn
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because of him even so, Amen."
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Now over there
in the Book of Acts,
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Acts Chapter 1
verses 9 through 11.
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The Bible says
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that what receive
Jesus up out of their sight?
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A cloud receive
Jesus out of their sight.
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Here in Revelation
Chapter 1 verse 7, it says,
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"Behold, He cometh
with, what?" Clouds.
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Clouds, and how many eye
shall see Him. Every eye.
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Every eye shall see him.
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So every person that is alive
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at the Second Coming of Jesus
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will be able to, what? See Him.
00:20:02.28\00:20:04.04
See Him make no
mistake, my friend.
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When Jesus returns we
will be able to see it.
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He didn't return at
some point in the past
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because we didn't, what?
00:20:14.44\00:20:16.00
See it. See it.
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So there is no
secret coming of Jesus.
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When Jesus comes back
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He's coming back to
take us home with Him
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and we'll be able
to see Him coming.
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Now it's interesting,
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that the Bible says
that Jesus left with clouds
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and He comes back with clouds.
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I don't know, how many
of you at home are using
00:20:37.57\00:20:39.71
a New King James Version Bible,
00:20:39.72\00:20:41.83
but if you are, right
now you'll want to grab
00:20:41.84\00:20:44.56
just the King
James Version Bible
00:20:44.57\00:20:47.19
because we're gonna show you
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from the King James Version
Bible what the clouds are.
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Do you want to know
what the clouds are?
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Do you want to know
what the clouds are, Tom?
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This is
exciting. This is exciting.
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And let's go to be old,
you see there on your screen.
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We're gonna go to
Psalm 104 verse 3,
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then we're gonna
go to Psalm 68:17.
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These are just
additional references
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.15
that I have put in my Bible
00:21:09.16\00:21:11.64
right there above the word cloud
00:21:11.65\00:21:13.90
in Revelation Chapter 1 verse 7,
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that way I know
that these verses
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are going to describe to me
00:21:17.50\00:21:18.70
what those clouds are that
Jesus is going to return in.
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"Behold, he cometh with clouds
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and every eye shall see him."
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So Psalm 104 verse 3.
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Who in here has the
King James Version Bible?
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Whose has the King James
Version Bible? All right.
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Shalita will be
able to read that for us.
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We're gonna go to
Psalm 104 and verse 3.
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Psalm 104 verse 3,
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and I'd like to
get there with you.
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So I'll just keep
talking a little bit here.
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Psalm 104, that's
in the Old Testament
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to the left of Isaiah.
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Here we are, I'm
there, Psalm 104 verse 3.
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You want to read
that for us, Shalita?
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"Who layeth the beams of
his chambers in the waters
00:22:02.29\00:22:05.69
who maketh the
clouds his chariot
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who walketh upon
the wings of the wind?"
00:22:08.42\00:22:11.51
Okay, so notice
there in Psalm 104 verse 3
00:22:11.52\00:22:14.75
in the King James
Version Bible, it says,
00:22:14.76\00:22:16.71
"Who makes the
clouds His chariot.''
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So just put this
mental picture in your mind.
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Clouds equal what?
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Chariots! Chariots.
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So, what is it? What is it?
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Now you're a math
teacher, Mrs. Gloria?
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Clouds, what?
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Equal. Equal.
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Chariots. Chariots.
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Now let's go to
Psalms 68 verse 17,
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Psalms 68 verse 17,
00:22:42.72\00:22:44.13
and Mike you have
King James Version, right?
00:22:44.14\00:22:46.49
And if you could
read that for us,
00:22:46.50\00:22:47.86
I'd like to be there with you.
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Psalm 68 and verse 17.
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Psalm 68 verse 17.
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"The chariots of
God are twenty thousand,
00:22:59.90\00:23:01.81
even thousands of
angels the Lord is among them,
00:23:01.82\00:23:04.78
as in Sinai, in the holy place."
00:23:04.79\00:23:07.93
So the Bible says here
00:23:07.94\00:23:09.32
that the chariots of
God are what? Angels.
00:23:09.33\00:23:13.85
Angels, so let's just go back
00:23:13.86\00:23:15.71
to our equation math teacher.
00:23:15.72\00:23:17.32
We had clouds equaling what?
00:23:17.33\00:23:21.97
Chariots, and now
chariots equal angels.
00:23:21.98\00:23:26.99
So clouds equal angels.
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When Jesus left
in Acts Chapter 1,
00:23:32.05\00:23:36.40
Jesus left in a
cloud made up of angels.
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That is how we
can confidently say,
00:23:41.22\00:23:43.87
that those two men that
stood by them in white apparel
00:23:43.88\00:23:47.06
that asked those
questions, " Ye men of Galilee,
00:23:47.07\00:23:49.73
why stand ye
Gazing up into heaven?"
00:23:49.74\00:23:51.93
This same Jesus which was
taken up from you into heaven
00:23:51.94\00:23:55.27
shall so come in like
manner as you have see Him go.
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We can say without any hesitancy
00:23:58.67\00:24:01.93
that those two men
that were in white apparel
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.24
had come out of that cloud
that was made up of angels.
00:24:04.25\00:24:07.62
Those two men
were actually angels,
00:24:07.63\00:24:11.03
delivering a message for Jesus.
00:24:11.04\00:24:14.02
Jesus was leaving His
disciples here on this earth.
00:24:16.17\00:24:19.89
And He evidently left
them here for a long time
00:24:19.90\00:24:22.82
because they're all dead,
00:24:22.83\00:24:25.01
and their children are dead,
and their children are dead,
00:24:25.02\00:24:27.89
so and so forth until
you and I are right here.
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If Jesus coming was
soon then even more so now,
00:24:30.92\00:24:36.43
you remember that study
that Pastor Sizemore did for us
00:24:36.44\00:24:39.57
on the science of the times,
00:24:39.58\00:24:42.35
or how to know
00:24:42.36\00:24:43.52
that the Second
Coming of Jesus is near?
00:24:43.53\00:24:46.34
Powerful study.
00:24:46.35\00:24:47.42
Those of you at home
if you haven't seen that
00:24:47.43\00:24:49.52
you need to go to
comeexperiencelife.com,
00:24:49.53\00:24:54.14
and just look for the
links there on the media page
00:24:54.15\00:24:56.69
and then you too will
be able to order the DVD,
00:24:56.70\00:24:59.94
the complete DVD set
00:24:59.95\00:25:01.14
and maybe that's
what you already have.
00:25:01.15\00:25:02.53
You want go back to
presentation number three
00:25:02.54\00:25:05.56
where we talked
about signs of the times.
00:25:05.57\00:25:08.94
But Jesus here is
taken up in a cloud,
00:25:08.95\00:25:13.29
Revelation 1:7 says that
Jesus comes back in a cloud
00:25:13.30\00:25:19.72
and that cloud
is made of angels.
00:25:19.73\00:25:21.64
My question is
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how many angels are
going to come with Jesus
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when He comes
back the Second Time?
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Okay, now let's
just imagine this.
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You remember what
happened in the Garden of Eden.
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Not the Garden of Eden, sorry.
00:25:37.29\00:25:38.92
You remember what
happened where Jesus tomb.
00:25:38.93\00:25:42.85
At Jesus tomb, one
Gospel says one angel,
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and another
Gospel says two angels.
00:25:46.20\00:25:47.68
So at the most
we're talking about
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two angels that come down.
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And what happens to all
of those Roman soldiers there
00:25:53.25\00:25:56.87
at the tomb of Jesus.
00:25:56.88\00:25:59.27
They fell down like dead men.
00:25:59.28\00:26:01.96
What happened to the earth?
00:26:01.97\00:26:04.70
There was an earthquake.
00:26:04.71\00:26:06.69
Two angels come down from heaven
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and who knows how
fast angels can travel?
00:26:09.50\00:26:11.54
I have no clue.
00:26:11.55\00:26:12.52
All I know is that
angels can travel very fast,
00:26:12.53\00:26:15.26
evidently fast enough
to break a sound barrier
00:26:15.27\00:26:18.08
and cause an earthquake.
00:26:18.09\00:26:20.68
And so here we have these
at most two angels coming down
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and this whole Roman guard
just falls over like dead men
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and there is an
earthquake and graves are open.
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What, how many angels
is Jesus going to come with
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and what is that
going to be like?
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Let's go to our next reference,
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Matthew Chapter 25 and verse 31.
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Matthew, so we're
turning to the right
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from where we are in Psalms.
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We're going to Matthew
Chapter 25 and verse 31.
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Matthew 25 and verse
31, what is it say there?
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Tom, you want to
read that for us,
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Matthew 25 verse 31?
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"When the Son of
Man comes in His glory,
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and all the
holy angels with Him,
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then He will sit on
the throne of His glory."
00:27:14.62\00:27:17.67
Okay, so how many
angels are coming with Jesus
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when He comes?
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All. All of the angels.
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You want me to give
you a little caveat here?
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You want another verse?
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It's not in the study
that's pretty exciting.
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You want one? Why not?
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Where you're
gonna go? Revelation.
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We're gonna go
to Revelation 8:1,
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that's absolutely right.
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So keep your
finger there in Matthew.
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But we're gonna
go to Revelation 8:1,
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this isn't part
of your study here
00:27:38.46\00:27:40.49
but go to
Revelation Chapter 8 verse 1.
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Now, you know,
the Bible tells us,
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well let me just,
let me just find that
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for you in Revelation.
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So this is just a caveat.
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So this is just information
it's not in your study.
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In Revelation Chapter,
I mean, just find this,
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Revelation Chapter 8 verse 1.
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It's where we're going to go.
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But, all right.
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We will just go there,
Revelation Chapter 8 verse 1.
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The Bible says, "And when
he had opened the seventh seal,
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there was silence in heaven
00:28:16.02\00:28:18.43
about the space
of half an hour."
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Now the Bible also tells us,
is there are angels in heaven
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that are continually
saying Holy, Holy, Holy
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is the Lord God Almighty,
00:28:31.76\00:28:33.90
which was and is and is to come.
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Holy, Holy, Holy and it's
not just this monotonous phrase
00:28:37.10\00:28:40.92
that they continue to say.
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They actually mean
what they're proclaiming.
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And this goes on in
heaven 24-hours a day
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seven days a
week, all of the time,
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I say 24-hours a
day very literally
00:28:53.74\00:28:55.43
'cause there is no night there.
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You know that, right?
00:28:57.23\00:28:58.96
Twenty-four hours a day,
this goes on Holy, Holy, Holy
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is the Lord God Almighty,
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which is and was and is to come.
00:29:04.84\00:29:08.02
But all of a sudden
there is silence in heaven.
00:29:08.03\00:29:11.27
Why is there silence in heaven?
00:29:11.28\00:29:13.06
Nobody is
there! Nobody is there.
00:29:14.90\00:29:16.60
There were...
they are coming here
00:29:16.61\00:29:18.69
because Jesus
comes with His glory
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and He comes
with all of the angels
00:29:21.79\00:29:24.14
and notice what it
says in our next reference
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which is Matthew
Chapter 16 verse 27.
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So you noted in
the last reference
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we were there
00:29:34.81\00:29:37.48
that Jesus came with all
the Holy Angels with Him,
00:29:37.49\00:29:40.78
and He came with His own glory.
00:29:42.74\00:29:44.70
But now notice what
it says in Matthew 16,
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Matthew 16 verse 27.
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Matthew 16 verse
27, we're gonna let,
00:29:52.39\00:29:55.78
now Jessica read this for us.
00:29:55.79\00:29:57.21
Matthew 16 verse 27.
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"For I the Son of Man
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will come in the glory of
My Father with His angels,
00:30:04.77\00:30:08.08
and will judge all people
according to their deeds."
00:30:08.09\00:30:12.02
So Jesus comes with His glory.
00:30:12.03\00:30:14.81
He comes with all of the angels,
00:30:14.82\00:30:17.11
and He comes with
the Father's glory.
00:30:17.12\00:30:20.72
There is no one in heaven
00:30:20.73\00:30:23.59
at the Second Coming of Jesus.
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All of heaven,
even now is interested
00:30:25.87\00:30:31.23
in the salvation of men.
00:30:31.24\00:30:33.30
And when that
glorious event takes place
00:30:35.31\00:30:39.50
where Jesus is going to
come back and take us home,
00:30:39.51\00:30:43.61
all of heaven is empty.
00:30:43.62\00:30:47.35
Because every being is
coming here to take us home.
00:30:47.36\00:30:53.98
Every being says,
00:30:53.99\00:30:55.23
Jesus I want get on
this cloud with you,
00:30:55.24\00:30:58.57
never mind Jesus, I
want to be part of the cloud.
00:30:58.58\00:31:02.46
And I want to
carry you back to earth
00:31:02.47\00:31:05.42
so that you can
get all of these people
00:31:05.43\00:31:08.11
that you have saved.
00:31:08.12\00:31:09.87
Oh, let me go with you.
00:31:09.88\00:31:11.12
And Jesus says...
00:31:11.13\00:31:14.69
we'd get to the
trumpet part in a minute.
00:31:14.70\00:31:17.71
He says, all
right guys, mount up.
00:31:17.72\00:31:20.59
You want to get my
people go and get them
00:31:20.60\00:31:23.62
and Jesus comes
back down here in a cloud
00:31:23.63\00:31:26.55
and oh it's
going to be so vivid.
00:31:26.56\00:31:28.03
Do you realize that
Jesus never touches this earth
00:31:28.04\00:31:31.41
at the Second
Coming? He never does.
00:31:31.42\00:31:35.85
So if you ever, if you ever
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.49
before Jesus literally comes,
00:31:37.50\00:31:39.39
I mean, there
maybe this glorious being
00:31:39.40\00:31:40.99
that comes out of heaven
00:31:41.00\00:31:42.85
and then starts
walking on this earth.
00:31:42.86\00:31:44.57
But you know it's not Jesus.
00:31:44.58\00:31:45.61
We're gonna get there
00:31:45.62\00:31:46.76
because Jesus
never touches this earth
00:31:46.77\00:31:48.96
at the Second Coming.
00:31:48.97\00:31:50.52
He never does.
00:31:50.53\00:31:51.79
So we've seen that
Jesus comes with His glory.
00:31:51.80\00:31:54.41
He comes with all of the angels.
00:31:54.42\00:31:56.15
He comes with
His Father's glory.
00:31:56.16\00:31:57.87
And if two angels
cause an earthquake,
00:31:57.88\00:32:00.81
what do you think is
going to happen to this world
00:32:00.82\00:32:03.30
when all of the
angels traveling faster
00:32:03.31\00:32:06.05
than the speed of life...
00:32:06.06\00:32:07.30
it's gonna be amazing, isn't it?
00:32:11.92\00:32:14.05
Can you just
imagine that? We can't.
00:32:14.06\00:32:16.78
We can't even fathom.
00:32:16.79\00:32:19.86
What it' going
to be like for those
00:32:19.87\00:32:22.26
that are ready for the
Second Coming of Jesus?
00:32:22.27\00:32:25.27
It's gonna be
incredible and magnificent.
00:32:25.28\00:32:28.02
But for those who are not ready
00:32:28.03\00:32:30.79
it's gonna be a
terrifying event.
00:32:30.80\00:32:33.55
It's gonna be
event that we can see.
00:32:33.56\00:32:36.03
It's gonna be event, an
event where all the angels come.
00:32:36.04\00:32:39.18
It's gonna be an event
where God the Father comes.
00:32:39.19\00:32:42.04
It's gonna be an event
where God, the Son comes.
00:32:42.05\00:32:44.66
It's gonna be an event
where God the Holy Spirit comes.
00:32:44.67\00:32:47.87
All of heaven is
coming to get us.
00:32:47.88\00:32:51.59
And you know,
the Bible has told us
00:32:53.98\00:32:56.12
before that Enoch is in Heaven,
00:32:56.13\00:32:58.56
Moses is in Heaven,
and who else was there?
00:32:58.57\00:33:01.57
Elijah! Elijah is there.
00:33:03.71\00:33:05.93
The Bible doesn't tell us
00:33:05.94\00:33:07.01
that they're back up
in heaven and waiting.
00:33:07.02\00:33:09.50
My guess is that
there are on the cloud too.
00:33:09.51\00:33:13.49
Don't let me fall.
00:33:13.50\00:33:15.56
Oh, isn't that
gonna be exciting?
00:33:15.57\00:33:17.68
Jesus is going to come
00:33:17.69\00:33:20.06
and Jesus is
going to take you home.
00:33:20.07\00:33:22.46
Are you ready to go home?
00:33:24.29\00:33:25.48
Are you ready to see
Jesus coming in the cloud?
00:33:27.26\00:33:31.09
Let's go to our next reference.
00:33:33.19\00:33:34.92
Let's go now to Matthew
Chapter 24 verses 26 and 27.
00:33:34.93\00:33:41.38
Matthew Chapter
24 verses 26 and 27.
00:33:41.39\00:33:46.79
And we're gonna
let Roberto read this.
00:33:46.80\00:33:49.48
Matthew 24 verses 26 and 27.
00:33:49.49\00:33:54.16
"Therefore, if this say to you,
00:33:56.37\00:34:00.14
'Look, He is in the
desert!' do not go out,
00:34:00.15\00:34:04.13
or 'Look, He is
in the inner rooms!'
00:34:04.14\00:34:07.91
do not believe it.
00:34:07.92\00:34:10.63
For just as the
lightning comes from the east
00:34:10.64\00:34:13.10
and flashes to the west,
00:34:13.11\00:34:15.69
so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be."
00:34:15.70\00:34:19.93
So notice what the
Bible just told us.
00:34:19.94\00:34:22.10
By the way Robert, you
need to make sure that,
00:34:22.11\00:34:23.87
that when you're given that
Bible study in your reading,
00:34:23.88\00:34:25.79
you've got a get eye contact.
00:34:25.80\00:34:27.48
I know you're
focusing on the pronunciation
00:34:27.49\00:34:29.42
and we Praise the Lord for that.
00:34:29.43\00:34:30.50
But remember when
you're giving the Bible study
00:34:30.51\00:34:32.14
you have to maintain
eye contact with the people
00:34:32.15\00:34:34.95
that you're reading to,
00:34:34.96\00:34:36.80
so that you know that
they're following along.
00:34:36.81\00:34:38.94
If they're not following along
00:34:38.95\00:34:40.19
then you ask the presenter
if you've been looking up,
00:34:40.20\00:34:43.57
you can say for as what
shines from east to the west.
00:34:43.58\00:34:46.93
They'd be like... lightening.
00:34:46.94\00:34:50.24
So then they're
right back there with you.
00:34:50.25\00:34:52.09
This is just a way
to keep your audience
00:34:52.10\00:34:54.53
there with you while
you're giving the study.
00:34:54.54\00:34:56.48
So notice what
he said in verse 26,
00:34:56.49\00:34:59.01
"Wherefore if they
shall say unto you,
00:34:59.02\00:35:01.51
Behold, he is in the desert."
00:35:01.52\00:35:03.73
What is the command of Jesus?
00:35:03.74\00:35:05.76
Do not go. Don't go my friends.
00:35:05.77\00:35:11.13
When Jesus comes
back the Second Time
00:35:12.90\00:35:15.87
nobody is going
to have to tell you
00:35:15.88\00:35:18.51
He is in the desert.
00:35:18.52\00:35:20.70
Because when He comes back
how many eyes will see Him?
00:35:20.71\00:35:23.19
Every eye. Every eye.
00:35:23.20\00:35:25.16
So do not make a
decision right now,
00:35:25.17\00:35:29.16
do not make a decision.
00:35:29.17\00:35:30.31
Forget the do not part,
00:35:30.32\00:35:31.48
make a decision right now
00:35:31.49\00:35:34.00
not to follow
somebody when they say,
00:35:34.01\00:35:38.28
Jesus is out in
this particular place,
00:35:38.29\00:35:40.62
Jesus is over here,
Jesus is over there,
00:35:40.63\00:35:43.18
no, no, no,
00:35:43.19\00:35:44.17
Jesus, when He comes back
will be seen by every eye.
00:35:44.18\00:35:48.43
So if somebody says,
00:35:48.44\00:35:49.41
He's in a secret
chamber or somewhere.
00:35:49.42\00:35:50.94
You don't need to
go that secret chamber.
00:35:50.95\00:35:52.60
You need to go
to the word of God.
00:35:52.61\00:35:54.05
You don't need to go,
00:35:56.05\00:35:57.41
what's the next thing it says,
00:35:57.42\00:35:58.67
He is in the secret
chamber believe it not,
00:35:58.68\00:36:00.21
He is in the desert,
"go not forth," don't go.
00:36:00.22\00:36:05.30
You want to know
why He shouldn't go?
00:36:07.37\00:36:08.85
Because if you do go,
who are you disobeying?
00:36:10.78\00:36:15.37
Jesus, if we disobey
Jesus, are we on safe ground?
00:36:15.38\00:36:21.26
We are not.
00:36:21.27\00:36:23.24
So if we
disobey Jesus and we go,
00:36:23.25\00:36:26.11
we will be deceived.
00:36:26.12\00:36:28.23
We will literally believe that
00:36:28.24\00:36:30.29
that being in the desert,
00:36:30.30\00:36:32.86
or that being or person
in a secret chamber is Jesus.
00:36:32.87\00:36:36.84
We will believe it
00:36:36.85\00:36:37.95
because we've
rejected the word of the Lord
00:36:37.96\00:36:40.84
and we have gone to
satisfy our curiosity.
00:36:40.85\00:36:44.39
You know, there is a
saying curiosity did what?
00:36:44.40\00:36:47.76
Killed the cat. Killed the cat.
00:36:47.77\00:36:48.74
Don't be a cat.
00:36:48.75\00:36:49.72
Be a human being that trusts
in the divine word of God.
00:36:51.79\00:36:56.70
He said, don't go, you don't go.
00:36:56.71\00:36:59.66
He said, don't believe
it, you don't believe it.
00:36:59.67\00:37:02.88
And then He follows
that up in verse 26,
00:37:02.89\00:37:06.37
"For as the lightening
cometh out of the east,
00:37:06.38\00:37:10.31
and shineth even on to the west
00:37:10.32\00:37:13.44
so shall also the
coming of the Son of men be."
00:37:13.45\00:37:15.81
Have you ever been
in a lightening storm?
00:37:15.82\00:37:18.26
You ever been in one?
00:37:18.27\00:37:19.81
I mean growing up
in Montgomery, Alabama,
00:37:19.82\00:37:22.54
you know, it's right there
00:37:22.55\00:37:23.52
where all the
tornadoes come through.
00:37:23.53\00:37:25.19
I remember standing
in the front portion,
00:37:25.20\00:37:26.53
my dad and I and my
brother watching the tornado
00:37:26.54\00:37:28.45
about three blocks away.
00:37:28.46\00:37:30.17
And then finally dad said,
00:37:30.18\00:37:31.22
alright we got
to go in the house.
00:37:31.23\00:37:32.77
But there is this
lightening, flashing,
00:37:32.78\00:37:35.09
the rains falling,
00:37:35.10\00:37:37.35
and we would go in the
house into the bathroom
00:37:37.36\00:37:40.01
that was in the
middle of the house.
00:37:40.02\00:37:42.43
We would shut the door.
00:37:42.44\00:37:44.14
Mom had taken all her
candelabras off the walls.
00:37:44.15\00:37:46.58
So if something happen,
00:37:46.59\00:37:47.61
we wouldn't get hit on
the head with candelabra.
00:37:47.62\00:37:50.41
But even in that
room, the door closed.
00:37:50.42\00:37:54.64
When the lightening would flash
00:37:54.65\00:37:57.09
we could see the lightening
00:37:57.10\00:37:58.14
coming in underneath the door.
00:37:58.15\00:38:00.20
I could close my eyes
in those thunderstorms
00:38:00.21\00:38:03.60
and still see the lightening.
00:38:03.61\00:38:06.04
When Jesus says that every
one of us will see Him come,
00:38:06.05\00:38:11.44
He literally means
we will see Him come.
00:38:11.45\00:38:18.11
Are you ready to
see the coming of Jesus?
00:38:18.12\00:38:20.33
Ah, man I'm so ready to
see the coming of Jesus.
00:38:20.34\00:38:23.71
There will be some
people that are not very happy
00:38:23.72\00:38:27.79
that Jesus has returned.
00:38:27.80\00:38:30.62
You know, there will be
two types of prayer meeting
00:38:30.63\00:38:33.56
going on at the
Second Coming of Jesus.
00:38:33.57\00:38:36.81
Some people will be
looking up and saying,
00:38:36.82\00:38:38.12
Lord, this is our God
we have waited for Him.
00:38:38.13\00:38:41.39
And some people
will look at the rocks
00:38:41.40\00:38:43.71
and say, hey, follow me.
00:38:43.72\00:38:46.36
This is miserable for me.
00:38:46.37\00:38:48.92
I pray that you
and I are in that
00:38:48.93\00:38:50.25
first group of people
00:38:50.26\00:38:52.40
Let's go to Revelation,
go to Revelation Chapter 6,
00:38:52.41\00:38:55.29
and we'll see the
Bible describe this.
00:38:55.30\00:38:57.24
Our next reference,
the ninth reference,
00:38:59.12\00:39:01.91
Revelation Chapter 6,
00:39:01.92\00:39:03.67
we are going to
read verses 14-17.
00:39:05.29\00:39:10.57
Revelation
Chapter 6 verses 14-17,
00:39:10.58\00:39:13.98
and we'll go ahead
and let Mike read this.
00:39:13.99\00:39:16.00
Revelation 6 14-17.
00:39:16.01\00:39:21.13
"And the heaven
departed as a scroll
00:39:23.41\00:39:25.17
when it is rolled together
00:39:25.18\00:39:27.07
and every mountain and island
00:39:27.08\00:39:28.77
were moved out of their places.
00:39:28.78\00:39:30.52
And the kings of the earth,
00:39:30.53\00:39:32.46
and the great
men, and the rich men,
00:39:32.47\00:39:34.19
and the chief
captains, and the mighty men,
00:39:34.20\00:39:36.96
and every bondman,
and every free man,
00:39:36.97\00:39:39.70
hid themselves in the dens
00:39:39.71\00:39:41.09
and in the rocks
of the mountains.
00:39:41.10\00:39:43.13
And said to the
mountains nd rocks fall on us
00:39:43.14\00:39:46.25
and hide us from the face
him that sit is on the throne,
00:39:46.26\00:39:49.52
and from the wrath of the lamb."
00:39:49.53\00:39:51.06
You ever seen an angry lamb?
00:39:52.46\00:39:53.88
The very lamb of God
00:39:53.89\00:40:00.64
that was slain from the
foundation of the world,
00:40:00.65\00:40:02.73
Jesus Christ is
going to comeback,
00:40:02.74\00:40:06.30
and for those of
us that are not ready,
00:40:06.31\00:40:08.86
that glorious Second Coming
00:40:10.39\00:40:13.29
is gonna be terrifying for us.
00:40:13.30\00:40:16.05
Notice what it
said there in verse 14,
00:40:16.06\00:40:18.38
"And the heaven
departed as a scroll
00:40:18.39\00:40:22.61
when it is rolled together."
00:40:22.62\00:40:25.01
When you imagine, it's
not a scroll unrolling.
00:40:26.42\00:40:30.32
It's as if the two ends of
heaven are just rolling up.
00:40:30.33\00:40:33.62
And then we're exposed
to all of the elementss
00:40:36.19\00:40:38.79
in that vacuum
called Outer Space.
00:40:38.80\00:40:41.23
It says there in
every mountain and island
00:40:42.63\00:40:46.83
were moved out of their places.
00:40:46.84\00:40:51.79
When Jesus comes on
the cloud of angels,
00:40:51.80\00:40:55.51
that earthquake is not
just going to open graves.
00:40:55.52\00:40:58.41
It's gonna disintegrate islands.
00:41:01.17\00:41:04.34
It's going to flatten mountains.
00:41:04.35\00:41:08.18
It's gonna be an
event so magnificent
00:41:08.19\00:41:10.69
that we can't
help but to see it.
00:41:10.70\00:41:14.75
For some people that see it
00:41:14.76\00:41:16.71
they're gonna be
praying to the rocks there,
00:41:16.72\00:41:18.26
isn't that what it says?
00:41:18.27\00:41:19.76
Verse 16, "And said to
the mountains and rocks,
00:41:19.77\00:41:23.23
Fall on us, and hide
us from the face of him
00:41:23.24\00:41:27.41
that sitteth on the throne,
00:41:27.42\00:41:29.35
and from the wrath of the lamb."
00:41:29.36\00:41:32.54
It's heavy, isn't?
00:41:35.94\00:41:38.08
There will be people
00:41:38.09\00:41:40.50
that are not ready for
the Second Coming of Jesus.
00:41:40.51\00:41:43.89
But you and I can
choose to be ready, can't we?
00:41:43.90\00:41:47.20
Is that the
choice you want to make?
00:41:47.21\00:41:49.35
Is that the choice
that you want to make?
00:41:49.36\00:41:51.61
Would you like to be ready
00:41:51.62\00:41:52.85
for the Second Coming of Jesus?
00:41:52.86\00:41:54.61
Let's keep reading here.
00:41:56.21\00:41:57.98
So when Jesus comes
back in Revelation 6:14-17.
00:41:57.99\00:42:03.39
Do you think it's
going to be a quite thing
00:42:03.40\00:42:05.53
when the mountains are leveled?
00:42:05.54\00:42:08.35
You think it's
gonna be a quite thing
00:42:08.36\00:42:10.12
when an island disappears.
00:42:10.13\00:42:13.25
You think it's
gonna be a quite thing
00:42:13.26\00:42:14.65
when people are praying
for the rocks to fall on them.
00:42:14.66\00:42:18.43
Absolutely not.
00:42:18.44\00:42:19.41
We're gonna go to Daniel,
00:42:19.42\00:42:20.41
and Daniel is gonna read
for us our 10th reference
00:42:20.42\00:42:23.70
which is Psalm 50 verse 3.
00:42:23.71\00:42:28.69
Psalm 50, so we are
going to the Old Testament.
00:42:28.70\00:42:31.86
The Old Testament,
Psalm 50 and verse 3.
00:42:31.87\00:42:37.34
So we're just going all the way
00:42:39.06\00:42:40.14
back to the Old
Testament, Book of Psalms,
00:42:40.15\00:42:42.63
we're going to the
50th Psalm and verse 3,
00:42:42.64\00:42:45.89
notice what it
says there she reads.
00:42:45.90\00:42:49.00
"Our God shall come,
and shall not keep silence
00:42:49.01\00:42:52.35
A fire shall devour before Him,
00:42:52.36\00:42:54.77
And it shall be very tempestuous
00:42:54.78\00:42:56.48
around about Him."
00:42:56.49\00:42:58.11
So when our God comes
00:42:58.12\00:42:59.77
it's going to be a
very quiet event, isn't it?
00:42:59.78\00:43:03.50
No, why not? Why it
isn't going to be quiet?
00:43:03.51\00:43:05.96
'Cause the Bible said
it's not gonna be quiet.
00:43:09.41\00:43:11.96
You remember this? We just read.
00:43:11.97\00:43:13.97
He says for
whenever God shall come,
00:43:13.98\00:43:16.48
or our God shall come
and shall not keep silence.
00:43:16.49\00:43:21.94
So not only is it
rocks gonna be falling
00:43:23.69\00:43:26.06
all of their place,
island disappearing,
00:43:26.07\00:43:28.80
but God's not even going
to be silent when He comes.
00:43:28.81\00:43:32.87
You know, I'm
sure it won't be there
00:43:32.88\00:43:34.42
all the while the rest will hoop
00:43:34.43\00:43:36.21
when they were out there
ran, woo, woo, running out,
00:43:36.22\00:43:39.01
but God's gonna
be saying something
00:43:39.02\00:43:41.14
when He comes,
isn't He? He sure is.
00:43:41.15\00:43:44.47
He's gonna be
blowing on a trumpet.
00:43:44.48\00:43:47.11
And that trumpet
is gonna be so loud
00:43:47.12\00:43:48.67
when that earthquake
happens people are gonna pop up
00:43:48.68\00:43:50.92
out of the graves like,
00:43:50.93\00:43:52.58
like daisies in your
front lone or something,
00:43:52.59\00:43:55.44
I mean, it's just
gonna be incredible.
00:43:55.45\00:43:58.10
When God comes
it's not gonna be quiet.
00:43:58.11\00:44:01.98
It's not gonna be
something we can't see.
00:44:01.99\00:44:04.32
When God comes we
will be able to see it,
00:44:04.33\00:44:07.13
we will be able to hear it.
00:44:07.14\00:44:10.65
We will even be able
to feel it. Go with me.
00:44:10.66\00:44:14.37
Now to 1st
Thessalonians Chapter 4.
00:44:14.38\00:44:17.82
First Thessalonians
Chapter 4 verse 16, 17, and 18.
00:44:17.83\00:44:24.57
First Thessalonians
Chapter 4 verse 16, 17 and 18.
00:44:24.58\00:44:29.72
We're gonna ask
Bill to read this for us.
00:44:29.73\00:44:32.08
First Thessalonians,
00:44:32.09\00:44:33.20
now 1st Thessalonians is in
the T section of your Bibles.
00:44:33.21\00:44:36.71
So make sure you
go to the T section,
00:44:36.72\00:44:38.30
which is in the New Testament.
00:44:38.31\00:44:39.99
The T section is
in alphabetical order,
00:44:40.00\00:44:42.98
so as long as you find one
of the Ts in the New Testament,
00:44:42.99\00:44:45.50
you can do some
deductive reason and figure out
00:44:45.51\00:44:47.42
whether you need to
go to left or the right.
00:44:47.43\00:44:49.72
So in 1st Thessalonians
Chapter 4 verse 16.
00:44:49.73\00:44:55.10
"For the Lord Himself
00:44:55.11\00:44:56.09
will descend from
heaven with a shout."
00:44:56.10\00:44:57.93
With the what? With the shout.
00:44:57.94\00:44:59.31
With the what? With the shout.
00:44:59.32\00:45:01.87
With the what, Bill, come on.
00:45:01.88\00:45:04.39
With the shout, shout.
00:45:04.40\00:45:06.88
Bill, for heaven
sakes, will with what? Shout.
00:45:06.89\00:45:11.82
Oh, very nice, I thought maybe
00:45:11.83\00:45:12.98
I think give that
microphone to Tom for a minute.
00:45:12.99\00:45:16.13
For the Lord Himself
shall descent from heaven
00:45:16.14\00:45:17.78
with a... Shout!
Is that sound quiet?
00:45:17.79\00:45:21.27
No... Absolutely
not, keep reading.
00:45:21.28\00:45:25.06
Okay, "With the
voice of an archangel,
00:45:25.07\00:45:27.16
and with the trumpet of God."
00:45:27.17\00:45:28.64
With the what of
God? The trumpet.
00:45:28.65\00:45:31.76
The trumpet of God!
00:45:31.77\00:45:33.51
Have you ever
heard a quiet trumpet?
00:45:33.52\00:45:34.99
No. No.
00:45:35.00\00:45:37.08
Have you ever heard,
00:45:37.09\00:45:39.34
well don't mind
just keeping going.
00:45:39.35\00:45:41.53
"And the dead in
Christ will rise first."
00:45:41.54\00:45:43.81
That sound I know.
00:45:43.82\00:45:45.49
I'm interrupting you a lot.
00:45:45.50\00:45:46.50
You forgiven me?
00:45:46.51\00:45:47.58
Of course. Thank you.
00:45:47.59\00:45:49.03
The sound of that
trumpet, the shout of God,
00:45:49.04\00:45:54.01
because listen there it
says, for the Lord Himself
00:45:54.02\00:45:56.16
shall descent from
heaven with a shout.
00:45:56.17\00:45:59.71
So who is gonna shout?
00:45:59.72\00:46:01.46
The Lord is.
00:46:01.47\00:46:02.45
"With the voice
of the archangel,
00:46:02.46\00:46:04.77
and with the,
what?" Trumpet of God.
00:46:04.78\00:46:08.84
So when God
descents from heaven,
00:46:08.85\00:46:10.95
He is coming and He is not
going to keep, what? Silence.
00:46:10.96\00:46:14.41
Silence, it's
like I'm preaching now
00:46:14.42\00:46:15.75
but I've gotten to a
point in this Bible study
00:46:15.76\00:46:17.46
where I feel
like I need to preach.
00:46:17.47\00:46:18.78
Preach. Preach, He said.
00:46:18.79\00:46:21.97
The Lord is going
to descend from heaven,
00:46:21.98\00:46:23.80
so what's the
event? Second Coming.
00:46:23.81\00:46:26.49
Second Coming,
that's absolutely right.
00:46:26.50\00:46:28.76
"He descends with a
shout the voice of archangel
00:46:28.77\00:46:31.14
with a trump of God,
00:46:31.15\00:46:32.40
and the voice of the archangel,
00:46:32.41\00:46:33.96
the shout and the
trumpet are so loud
00:46:33.97\00:46:39.26
that dead people wake up.
00:46:39.27\00:46:41.79
What dead people wake
up at the Second Coming?
00:46:41.80\00:46:44.36
Dead in Christ.
00:46:44.37\00:46:45.34
The dead in Christ, that means,
00:46:45.35\00:46:46.73
what did you say,
Shalita, that means the...
00:46:46.74\00:46:48.97
The righteous,
that's absolutely right.
00:46:48.98\00:46:51.46
So at the Second Coming of Jesus
00:46:51.47\00:46:53.58
righteous people
begin to...pop up.
00:46:53.59\00:46:57.85
Can you just
imagine? Oh, my grandma.
00:46:57.86\00:47:01.48
Her name was Ruby.
00:47:01.49\00:47:02.96
She has this, she had
this beautiful ruby red hair
00:47:02.97\00:47:06.97
and she is buried in Alabama.
00:47:06.98\00:47:08.74
Now in Alabama all they
have it there is red clay.
00:47:08.75\00:47:11.51
So I can imagine when
my grandmother comes up
00:47:11.52\00:47:13.57
out of that grave at
the Second Coming of Jesus
00:47:13.58\00:47:15.88
she is gonna do this.
00:47:15.89\00:47:19.23
You know, just that
waving hair thing flowing.
00:47:19.24\00:47:21.73
All this red dirt is
going to be flying out.
00:47:21.74\00:47:24.84
She is gonna look up and
she is gonna see Jesus. Amen.
00:47:24.85\00:47:27.95
And maybe you've lost some
money that's special to you.
00:47:27.96\00:47:31.18
And you're just waiting,
longing to see them again.
00:47:31.19\00:47:34.58
Maybe you've never even thought
00:47:34.59\00:47:35.75
you would be able
to see them again.
00:47:35.76\00:47:38.76
But through this
Life On The Edge series
00:47:38.77\00:47:40.59
you've realized that Jesus
is a God that can be trusted.
00:47:40.60\00:47:46.52
He is a God that is
going to fulfill His promise
00:47:46.53\00:47:48.85
to come back to this earth,
00:47:48.86\00:47:51.33
and He take us
to heaven with Him,
00:47:51.34\00:47:53.53
where you and I will
see those of our loved ones
00:47:53.54\00:47:55.90
who have died in Christ.
00:47:55.91\00:47:58.24
And where is it,
where is it Bill,
00:47:58.25\00:48:00.32
that we are going to
meet Jesus when this happens?
00:48:00.33\00:48:03.33
In the air. Prove it to me.
00:48:03.34\00:48:05.39
Okay, I'll keep reading then...
00:48:05.40\00:48:06.42
What verse you're
gonna read? Verse 17.
00:48:06.43\00:48:09.46
All right, read verse 17.
00:48:09.47\00:48:10.90
All right, it says, "Then
we who are alive and remain
00:48:10.91\00:48:13.76
shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
00:48:13.77\00:48:16.98
to meet the Lord in the air,
00:48:16.99\00:48:18.30
and thus we shall
always be with the Lord."
00:48:18.31\00:48:20.86
Okay, now
remember very seriously.
00:48:20.87\00:48:23.55
Jesus told us in Matthew
that if somebody tells you
00:48:23.56\00:48:27.26
that He is in a secret
chamber, don't believe it.
00:48:27.27\00:48:29.70
If somebody tells
you He is in the desert,
00:48:29.71\00:48:31.50
don't go there.
00:48:31.51\00:48:33.53
This is the verse I told
you where we're gonna get to,
00:48:33.54\00:48:35.71
1st Thessalonians 4 verse 17.
00:48:35.72\00:48:38.07
It says, "Then we
which are alive and remain
00:48:38.08\00:48:42.71
shall be caught up together
with them in the," what?
00:48:42.72\00:48:46.71
Clouds. Clouds.
00:48:46.72\00:48:47.81
And the clouds are made up of?
00:48:47.82\00:48:49.11
Angels. Angels.
00:48:49.12\00:48:50.32
How many angels. All...
00:48:50.33\00:48:51.93
All, you can't count them.
00:48:51.94\00:48:53.02
I mean there is a
lot and that's for sure.
00:48:53.03\00:48:55.35
"Then we which
are alive and remain
00:48:55.36\00:48:57.30
shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds,
00:48:57.31\00:49:00.53
so we will meet
Jesus in the cloud
00:49:00.54\00:49:03.08
that is made up of...
Angel, so prepare yourself.
00:49:03.09\00:49:07.28
You know, earlier we
were talking and we said,
00:49:07.29\00:49:09.25
you know, what's gonna
happened to those people
00:49:09.26\00:49:11.31
that are afraid of
heights at the Second Coming
00:49:11.32\00:49:13.81
because all of a
sudden they're just gonna
00:49:13.82\00:49:16.27
go up to the cloud.
00:49:16.28\00:49:17.65
Because Jesus isn't
gonna be on this earth, is He?
00:49:17.66\00:49:19.93
Not at the Second Coming.
00:49:19.94\00:49:22.83
You know, what's
gonna happen to those people
00:49:22.84\00:49:24.01
that are scared of heights?
00:49:24.02\00:49:26.08
They will look down,
00:49:26.09\00:49:27.40
and they shall keep
their eyes right on Jesus.
00:49:27.41\00:49:29.93
But you're right.
00:49:29.94\00:49:30.91
They won't be
scare of heights anymore
00:49:30.92\00:49:32.93
because they will be with Jesus.
00:49:32.94\00:49:34.66
"Perfect Love
Cast Out All Fear."
00:49:34.67\00:49:37.98
Doesn't it? So he says there,
00:49:37.99\00:49:39.97
"Then we which
our alive and remain
00:49:39.98\00:49:42.23
shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
00:49:42.24\00:49:44.88
to meet the Lord in the air
00:49:44.89\00:49:47.26
and so shall we
ever be with the Lord."
00:49:47.27\00:49:52.62
Jesus Christ promised
us that He would comeback,
00:49:54.54\00:50:01.27
that He was gonna go to heaven,
00:50:01.28\00:50:03.33
He was going to
prepare a place for us.
00:50:03.34\00:50:07.05
And then He would comeback
00:50:07.06\00:50:08.46
and He would say,
Shalita, give me shout
00:50:08.47\00:50:11.42
and come on let's go home.
00:50:11.43\00:50:13.53
Jesus promised that He
will comeback and take us home.
00:50:17.91\00:50:20.52
Jesus promised that He
will comeback and take you home.
00:50:20.53\00:50:23.03
The only thing that
would keep us from being there
00:50:25.56\00:50:29.34
is making a choice to reject
our Savior, to reject Jesus,
00:50:29.35\00:50:36.55
to not allow Him to
fulfill His promise in our life.
00:50:36.56\00:50:43.13
Today! Won't you
say to Jesus today,
00:50:43.14\00:50:48.21
I want to be ready?
00:50:48.22\00:50:50.98
Jesus, I want to be able to
look up and lo this is my God.
00:50:50.99\00:50:56.79
Is that what you want to do?
00:50:56.80\00:50:58.12
I see, Shalita
just shaking her head.
00:50:58.13\00:51:00.02
It's about the fall
off. She is so excited.
00:51:00.03\00:51:04.29
Jesus is going to come from
heaven with a shout not quiet.
00:51:04.30\00:51:08.41
So what we've seen already?
00:51:08.42\00:51:10.37
Jesus promised us to comeback.
00:51:10.38\00:51:12.74
When He comes back
every eye will what?
00:51:12.75\00:51:15.23
See him. See
Him. Every ear will...
00:51:15.24\00:51:16.80
Hear him. Hear him.
00:51:16.81\00:51:18.43
The wicked are gonna be
praying to the rocks to do what?
00:51:18.44\00:51:22.64
Fall. Fall on them,
the wrath of the lamb.
00:51:22.65\00:51:24.52
They can't stand
the pure love of Jesus.
00:51:24.53\00:51:27.75
While the
righteous are looking at Tom,
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we're gonna meet Him.
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And the Lord is
gonna have a guitar for us
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in heaven or something.
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And then we're gonna be
able to hit every notes.
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I mean it's just gonna be
incredible, maybe to be a harp.
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Probably a harp, but
we won't be disappointed.
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Let's go now to
our next reference.
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So we've had a lot of fun here
in Thessalonians, haven't we?
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Because we're excited
without Jesus is coming back
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and you're excited
about Jesus coming back.
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And when you give
this Bible study to people,
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when you feel that excitement,
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let us show because
Jesus is coming back.
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And you don't need a hoop
and holler and jump around,
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but it's exciting to know that
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Jesus is going to
take us home, isn't it?
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Are you ready for Him to
take you home? If not, why not?
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Our next reference
1st Corinthians 15:51-53.
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And we will go ahead and let's,
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we'll let
Jessica read this for us.
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First Corinthians 15,
so we're in Thessalonians.
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So we're just gonna turn
to the left in our Bibles
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and we're gonna go
to 1st Corinthians 15,
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we will begin
reading in verse 51.
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"But let me tell you a wonderful
secret God has revealed to us.
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Not all of us will die,
but we will all be transformed.
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It will happen in a moment,
in the blinking of an eye,
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when the last trumpet is blown.
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For when the trumpet sounds,
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the Christians who have died
will be raised with transport,
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transformed bodies.
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And then we who are
living will be transformed
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so that we will never die.
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For our perishable earthly
bodies must be transformed
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into heavenly bodies
that will never die."
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Isn't that
powerful? God says there,
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"Behold, I'll
show you a mystery.
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We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be what?"
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Changed. Changed.
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Now this Bible
studies on the Second Coming.
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The next Bible study
is on the millennium.
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The Bible study
after that is on the state,
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the destruction of the wicked
and then the Bible study after
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that is on what
happens when you die.
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The Bible says here in verse 51,
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"I show you a mystery, We
shall not all sleep or die,
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but we shall all
be what's the word?"
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Changed. Changed.
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There you go Shalita.
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If you are scared of heights,
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are you scared
of heights, are you?
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Since we're scared of
heights, we're gonna be changed.
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And we're not gonna be
scared of heights anymore.
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It says that we shall
all be changed in a moment
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in the twinkling of an eye.
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Then it says,
"At the last trump."
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At the last, what? Trump.
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Trump! This is what links
this verse with Thessalonians
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who's trying to get to there
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where you'd turn in your
Bibles to Thessalonians 4.
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"For the Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven
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with a shout with the
voice of the archangel
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and with the trump of God."
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So in a moment in
the twinkling of an eye
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at the last trump for
the trumpet will sound
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and the dead
shall be raised," what?
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Incorruptible. Incorruptible!
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You know, my wife and I
went walking the other day
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and my knee has been bothering
me a little bit since then.
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And, you know, what's
gonna happen in Second Coming?
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My knee is not
going to bother me.
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My grandpa went
to the doctor one day
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and the doctor said
because his knee was hurt,
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And the doctor said, well
Tom, you're just getting old.
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And my grandpa says, well
let me tell you something,
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my other knee is just as old
as this one and it don't hurt.
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When we get to heaven
everything is going to work.
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We will be changed in a moment
in the twinkling of an eye.
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At the last trumpet
for the trumpet will sound
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and the dead shall
be raised incorruptible
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and we speaking of those
in your life shall be changed.
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"For this corruptible
must put on incorruption
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and this mortal
must put on immortality."
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This verse right here tells
us in the plainest of language
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that not one man
right now has immortality.
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When is it Bill that
you and I get immortality?
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Second Coming. At
the Second Coming!
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When the Lord shouts,
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when the voice of
the archangel goes out,
00:55:52.13\00:55:54.15
when the trumpet is blown,
00:55:54.16\00:55:55.69
when the dead in Christ
are raised incorruptible
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then you and I get immortality.
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Are you ready for that?
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Are you really prepared
to live forever in a place
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where there is no sin?
00:56:08.17\00:56:10.01
In a place where
there is no suffering?
00:56:10.02\00:56:12.32
You know, I've often thought,
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when you fall down in heaven,
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do your knees get skinned up?
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No. And you'll fall.
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It's just
unimaginable, isn't it?
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But Jesus is going to come,
and He has promised us that
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He is going to
come back to this earth.
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He's going to take
us off of this earth.
00:56:29.58\00:56:32.13
He is going to
take us up to heaven,
00:56:32.14\00:56:33.97
and we get to be
with the Lord forever.
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You just remember my friend,
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remember that
Jesus will never touch
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the ground at the Second Coming.
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Do not be
deceived. God has warned us.
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Jesus is not going to
come in a secret manner
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as the Bible has shown us today.
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Jesus is going to come in
a manner that can be seen,
00:56:53.06\00:56:58.38
in a manner that can be heard,
00:56:58.39\00:57:01.07
in manner that can even be felt.
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The question is, are
you ready for Jesus to come?
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Are you read for Jesus to come?
00:57:11.29\00:57:13.56
Are you ready to be changed?
00:57:13.57\00:57:15.55
Are you ready to see your loved
ones that have dead in Christ?
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I can't wait to wrap
my arms around my nanny,
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my grandma, my papa, my
two cousins, my three cousins.
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My friend Jesus is coming back,
00:57:31.43\00:57:34.00
and He is going
to take you home,
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and it's your
choice to be ready for Him.
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