The 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 into His harvest.
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Also I heard the
voice of the Lord say:
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"Who 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 to be an effective harvester
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for the Lord. We now
invite you into our classroom
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to Come Experience Life.
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We'd like to welcome all of
you back here to the classroom.
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We're right now doing our Life
on the Edge Bible study course,
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a series. For those of
you at home, you're joining us
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here at the Lay
Institute for Evangelism.
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The Bible study we are going
to go over now is the second
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half of the Bible study on
the second coming of Jesus.
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We've already covered in
this Bible study that the second
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coming of Jesus
is a literal event.
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Let's go ahead and turn in
our Bibles to Acts chapter 1.
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We just want to bring
us all back up to speed
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and we're going
to Acts chapter 1.
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts.
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We're going to
the first chapter,
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and the reason we're going to
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use Acts to catch us up
to speed is because Acts
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right here in verses 9-11
of the first chapter of Acts
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tells us five times that
the sense of sight is used
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when Jesus leaves and
then when Jesus comes back.
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The same sense
will be used for that.
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So we'll just start
reading in verse 11...
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or verse 9, rather.
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Acts chapter 1 verse 9.
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"And when He had
spoken these things
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while they beheld
He was taken up. "
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So what did they do? They
beheld or they looked, right?
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"And a cloud received
Him out of their sight.
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And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
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as He went up,
behold, two men stood by them
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in white apparel.
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Which also said:
'Ye men of Galilee
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why stand ye
gazing up into heaven?
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This same Jesus which is
taken up from you into heaven
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shall so come in like manner
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as ye have seen Him go. ' "
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So right here these two beings
that come out of that cloud
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that Jesus ascends in
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five times they used a word
to describe the sense of sight.
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When Jesus comes back it will
be an event that we can see.
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It will also be an
event that we can hear.
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Let's go to I
Thessalonians chapter 4.
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It will be an event that we can
hear: I Thessalonians chapter 4.
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Those of you at home: you want
to make sure you are grabbing
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your Bible... that
you are looking this up.
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As Miss Elena
would say so often:
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"Grab yourself a piece of paper,
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grab yourself a
pen, and join us here. "
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Because the texts
won't be on the screen...
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you'll have to look
those up in your Bible.
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So we are going to I
Thessalonians chapter 4.
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And that is, of course, in the
T section of the New Testament.
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I Thessalonians chapter 4
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and we will
begin here in verse 15.
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I Thessalonians 4:15.
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"For this we say unto
you by the Word of the Lord
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that we which are alive and
remain unto the coming of the
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Lord shall not
prevent or precede
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those which are asleep. "
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Verse 16: "For the Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven
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with a shout. "
Convince me. "with a SHOUT. "
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So when the Lord
descends from heaven
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will we be able to hear
it? Will we be able to see it?
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Absolutely! We'll be able
to hear it so well that even if
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we are dead - as long
as we are dead in Christ -
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we'll be able to hear
it. Let's keep reading there.
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"For the Lord Himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout
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with the voice of the archangel
and with the trump of God
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and the dead in
Christ shall rise first. "
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That's right. So the
Bible here has already told us
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that when Jesus comes
we will be able to see it.
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We will be able to hear it.
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Jesus is going to come. It
is going to be a literal event.
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And by the grace of
God we will be alive
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when Jesus comes. Tom,
do you want to be alive
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when Jesus comes? Amen. Amen.
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Do you want to live
through that Jessica?
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So do I. I think it
would be the most awesome thing
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to be able to see
Jesus come in the clouds.
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Not be... not be
woken up from the grave...
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although that's
not a bad alternative
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considering what we're going
to study in our next Bible study
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which is the millennium
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and those which are raised
at the end of the millennium.
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But I want to be one of
those that actually gets to see
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the Lord come in the clouds.
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There seems to be
a lot of confusion
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about what is going to
happen at the second coming.
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And this second part of the
Bible study on the second coming
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is designed to cover
those misunderstood concepts
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that lots of
people are propagating
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in the Christian world.
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So we're going to cover...
today we're going to cover
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the topic of Like
a Thief in the Night.
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What does that
mean from the Bible?
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What does that
mean from scripture?
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Is there a way that we can
understand what that means?
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We're also going to understand
what it means to be either
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left behind or sincerely taken.
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Now I was doing this Bible study
up at the Lady Lake SDA Church
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in Lady Lake, Florida.
And there was a lady that
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at the beginning of the
study she said: "Oh, yes,
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I want to be taken. "
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And at the end of the
study she says: "Oh, no,
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I want to be left behind. "
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And so we're going to cover
some things that may be new
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to some of us. And
we're also going to talk about
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whether Jesus takes
the saints off of the earth
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prior to the tribulation or
in the middle of the tribulation
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or after the tribulation.
You've heard of those terms
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pre-trib; mid-trib; post-trib?
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That's what all that trib
is about: the tribulation.
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So we're going to be
talking about that today.
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The purpose of
our Bible study...
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We'll just go
over this very quickly.
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Now on the graphic there
you'll see the texts that we
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went over the first
half of this Bible study,
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and there were 12 of them.
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So this Bible study... You
will remember, this Bible study
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"ended" in I
Corinthians 15 verses 51-53.
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But it only ended because...
if somebody has never heard
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about the second
coming or they haven't studied
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the second coming, then
the second half of this study
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may not even need
to be covered with them
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because there's
no confusion there.
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You can praise the
Lord if you're the first one
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that is able to give
this Bible study to somebody
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because you don't have a
lot of pre-conceived ideas
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that have been pushed by
ministers that simply aren't
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taking what the Bible says
and sharing it with other people
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but they're adding to it.
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So these are the first twelve
texts in The Second Coming.
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And then you'll notice we have
another, an additional 12 texts
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that we are going to cover.
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Now if the first 12
texts lasted an hour
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when giving the study,
then the second 12 texts
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should last about
the same length of time.
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So today we're
simply covering left behind;
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we're covering A
Thief in the Night;
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and we're also covering...
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What was the third
thing I said we were covering?
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Help me out.
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The pre-trib, mid-trib, post-
trib. That's absolutely right.
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So we will start here.
You notice on the screen
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on the graphic this is the 12th
text in the Second Coming study.
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You're in I
Corinthians 15 verses 51-53.
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The text that we just came
from was I Thessalonians 4.
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That's what we read earlier.
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And then you notice
there the end is in asterisks.
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And the end is
in asterisks because
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it's only the end if the person
you're giving the Bible study to
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does not have lots of questions
about pre-trib, mid-trib,
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post-trib or all
these other tribs.
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So we're going to go
now to II Thessalonians.
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You'll see on the graphic
we'll be in II Thessalonians
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chapter 2 and verse 10.
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II Thessalonians.
Again, that's in the T section
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of the New Testament.
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Maybe this is the first
time you're joining us here
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for Life on the Edge.
But the T section in the
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New Testament is
in alphabetical order.
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So we are going
to II Thessalonians
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chapter 2 and verse 10.
And we will ask Mrs. Gloria
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to read that for us:
II Thessalonians 2:10.
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"And with all unrighteousness
deception among those
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who perish because they
did not receive the love
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of the truth that
they might be saved. "
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OK. So keep that
microphone there Mrs. Gloria.
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What is the reason that
people will not be saved?
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According to
that text... go ahead.
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They did not receive
the love of the truth?
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They do not receive
the love of the truth.
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Go ahead and read
verse 11 for us too.
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Would you read that for
us? "And for this reason
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God will send
them strong delusions
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that they
should believe a lie. "
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So notice the text here says
that there will be people that
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are lost because they
did not receive a love
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of the truth. And because they
did not receive a love of the
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truth, God Himself will
send them a strong delusion
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that they will believe a lie.
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So in order for us to
be saved we must love what?
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We must love the truth.
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So then the
question begs to be asked:
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what then is truth?
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If we have to love the
truth in order to be saved,
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what is truth? Now why are
we... why are we talking about
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truth right here in the
middle or the beginning of this
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second half of the
Second Coming study?
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Because there are a
lot of pre-conceived ideas
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about what the
second coming will be like
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and what will happen
in, around, or before
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the literal
second coming of Jesus.
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And so what we're
establishing right here
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is that because people
do not love the truth -
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and we're going to show from the
scriptures that the Word of God
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is the truth - because
people would rather believe
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what they've been told rather
than what the Bible teaches
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it's important for people
to understand that they will be
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lost. Because God expects
us when He shares truth with us
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to take that truth into our
lives and to live that truth.
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Now for those of you at
home, this may be the first time
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that you're ever
hearing any of this.
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And maybe... maybe you
belong to a church that teaches
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something different.
But I want you to remember
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as you watch this program that I
will use nothing but the Bible -
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The Bible and the Bible alone -
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to buttress the points that
we are making in class today.
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So I want you to get your Bible.
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Make sure you have it with you
because I want you to be able
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to go to work tomorrow,
I want you to be able to
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call up your mom or
your dad tonight and say:
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"This is what I
learned from my Bible.
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Nobody told me this; I
learned it from my Bible. "
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So now what we're going
to do is we're going to go to
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John chapter 17 verse 17.
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That will be our next
reference, and you'll see that
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in the graphic. We've just
come from II Thessalonians 2:10.
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The text we will go to
after this is Matthew 24:42-44.
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So what we are doing is
simply establishing that it is
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a love of the
truth that will save us.
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And we are going to go ahead
an ask Danielle if she will read
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John chapter 17 and verse 17.
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And I'm almost there.
John 17:17. OK, I'm ready.
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"Sanctify them through Thy
truth; Thy Word is truth. "
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It's very simple, but
what did it say, Danielle?
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"Thy Word is truth.
" That's right. So when
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II Thessalonians 2:10
said that people perish because
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they did not receive
a love of the truth, "
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Danielle, they did not
receive a love of what?
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The Word. The Word of God.
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The Bible.
"Sanctify them by Thy truth;
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Thy Word is truth. "
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So it's important for us
to love the truth, isn't it?
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What happens, Tom, if you
and I have always been taught
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something different and
then the Bible teaches us
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that what we've
been taught wasn't right?
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Can you phrase that
another way? Sure...
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Sure I can. What happens
if you and I have grown up
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and what we've always
been taught by our parents
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or our pastors does not line
up with what the Bible says?
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What are we to do?
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We're to follow the truth.
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We're to... So, even if
mom and dad get offended?
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That's right! Even
if our grandparents died
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in what they thought was truth,
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God expects us to
still follow the truth?
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OK. So that's what
we're going to focus on now
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is we're going to focus on the
truth about the second coming
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and those three items that we
talked about just a moment ago.
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We're going to go now
to our next reference.
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And we're going to be in
the truth; we're going to be
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studying the truth.
We're going to go to Matthew 24
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beginning in verse 42.
Matthew 24 and verse 42.
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So Matthew is the first
book of the New Testament.
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Matthew 24 verse 42.
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And my beautiful bride
just got me this nice new Bible
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so the pages are
sticking together.
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And I'm loving it. Did
you want to see my new Bible?
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This is my new
Bible right there.
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My wife just got that for me.
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All right, we're in Matthew 24
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beginning in verse 42.
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And Shelleta, can
you read this for us?
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"Watch therefore,
for ye know not what hour
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your Lord doth
come. " OK, Shelleta,
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what are we
supposed to do? Watch.
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Why should we be watching?
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Don't know what hour the
Lord comes back. That's right.
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Because we don't know
when Jesus is going to come.
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Keeping going. "But know this,
if the good man of the house
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had known in what
watch the thief would come
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he would have watch and would
not have suffered his house
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to be broken up.
Therefore, be ye also ready
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for in such an
hour as ye think not
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the Son of Man cometh. "
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The importance of
us loving the truth
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is that the only way for us to
watch for the second coming of
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Jesus is for us to be
studying the Word of God.
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My friends, if we are
studying the Word of God,
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it doesn't matter what
mom and dad had taught us.
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It doesn't matter what
grandma and grandpa believed.
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It only matters whether we
are willing to follow the truth.
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If we love it so much
that we will let that truth
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change our lives. And
I know Mike, you studied
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and you found out about
the Sabbath and you allowed
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God's truth to change your life.
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So much so that you even
lost a job over it, didn't you?
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So when we take
God's Word literally
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and we believe God's Word and
we fall in love with God's Word
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then we will be willing to do
anything for the truth of God...
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even if it means
learning something again.
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So we need to watch and be
ready because we do not know
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when the Son of
Man is going to come.
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Now what we're going to do now
is we're going to go over the
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concept of a thief in the night.
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So often when you give Bible
studies you will hear people
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say: "Well
Jesus is going to come
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like a thief in the night. "
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And they have very good
Biblical evidence for saying
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that Jesus is going to
come like a thief in the night.
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But let's go right back to
the reference that we're in
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right now. I hope you
still have that there.
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In Matthew 24 it
says: "Watch therefore,
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for you know not what
hour your Lord doth come. "
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And then verse
43: "But know this:
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that if the good man of the
house had known in what watch
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the thief would
come, he would have watched
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and would not have suffered
his house to be broken up. "
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What's the difference between
Jesus coming like a thief
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in the night and you
knowing nothing about it
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or Jesus coming
like a thief in the night
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and it's a complete surprise?
There's a total difference there
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isn't there? One person
is expecting Jesus to come.
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The other person doesn't
even care if Jesus comes.
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And that's
going to be terrifying
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for the person
that doesn't care.
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Let's go to our next reference
now as we talk about this
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thief in the
night. And keep in mind
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that if the good man of the
house had known at which hour
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of the evening the
thief would have come
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he would have been there...
he would have been ready.
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And the Bible says
that you and I can be ready
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for the second coming of Jesus.
So we'll just go to our next
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graphic there. We're going
to I Thessalonians chapter 5
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verses 1 through 5.
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I Thessalonians
chapter 5 verses 1 through 5.
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And we'll ask Mike
to read this for us.
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I Thessalonians...
again, I Thessalonians is in the
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T section of the New Testament.
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And the T section
in the New Testament
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is in alphabetical order.
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So Mike, if you could read
for us the first five verses
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of I Thessalonians 5.
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"But of the times and seasons,
brethren, ye have no need
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that I write unto you for
you yourselves know perfectly
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that the day of
the Lord so cometh
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as a thief in the
night. " Stop right there.
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Mike, stop right
there. Close your Bible.
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Just forget
about the rest of it.
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Because there you have it...
that's what most people will do.
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They will read and they'll say:
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"Well the day of the Lord comes
like a thief in the night! "
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And then they'll just close
the book and that settles it
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for them. But you and I...
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You remember back to the first
week here at the Lay Institute
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for Evangelism you and I learned
that the context is as important
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as what just one verse says.
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So the verse said that
the day of the Lord comes like
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a thief in the night.
But as Mike continues to read
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we're going to get the context
of it and it will describe
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who the day of the Lord comes
like a thief in the night to.
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So Mike, if you could
keep reading there in verse 3
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and just... I may interrupt
you again, I don't know.
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"For when they shall say
'peace and safety, ' then sudden
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destruction cometh upon them
as travail upon a woman with
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child... and
they shall not escape.
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But ye, brethren,
are not in darkness
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that that day should
overtake you as a thief. "
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OK. You knew I was going
to interrupt you right there,
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didn't you? It
says: "But you, brethren,
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are not in... " what?
"darkness that that day
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should overtake
you as a thief. "
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Now you remember, if
the good man of the house
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had been watching,
he wouldn't have allowed
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the house to be broken into.
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Here the Bible
says: "You brethren
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are not in darkness that
that day should overtake... "
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Jessica "like a thief. "
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It shouldn't. Why?
Why shouldn't it, Tom?
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Tell me why it shouldn't
overtake Jessica like a thief.
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She'll be watching.
Because she'll be watching,
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that's right. Go ahead
and read verse 5, would you?
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"Ye are all children of light
and the children of the day.
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We are not of the
night nor of darkness. "
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OK. So evidently
there is a group of people
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that are in darkness and
there is a group of people
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that are in the
what? They're in the light.
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So which group do you
and I want to be in? The dark
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group or the light group?
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We want to be
in the light group.
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Now what does it mean
that they are "in the light? "
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What could that possibly mean?
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The reference we are
going to go to right now is not
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going to be on a graphic so
you're just going to have to
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pull this out of your
Biblically-enlightened mind.
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What is it that keeps people out
of darkness and in the light?
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The Word of God. Prove it to me.
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Tom says "the Word of
God" but he's not using one
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microphone at all. Pick
up that microphone, brother.
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Prove to me... "Thy
Word is a lamp unto my feet
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and a light unto my path"
but I don't know the reference.
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You don't... Does anybody
in here know the reference?
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It's in Psalms. Psalm
119; what's the verse?
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105. Let's go
there. He quoted it
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but because we want to
be people of the Book -
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people that know where
things are in their Bible
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and people, praise
the Lord, we can quote it
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but what happens if
we have to prove it?
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We can make up a quote. I
don't think you made it up.
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But... you found it. Well let
me catch... Oh, Bill found it
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for you. Well Bill's a
good friend to be sitting by
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because he's got a lot
of knowledge in scripture.
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You want to read
that for us, Tom?
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"Your Word is a
lamp unto my feet
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and a light to my path. "
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So remember, our second
text in this second half
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was John 17:17. It said:
"Sanctify them by Thy truth;
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Thy Word is truth. "
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And here God's Word
is described as a what?
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A lamp and a light.
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Now go back. I'm sure
you kept your finger there...
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I know Mrs. Gloria's pretty
good about keeping her fingers
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wherever we've
been in scripture.
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Go back to I Thessalonians 5.
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I Thessalonians 5:5 says:
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"Ye are all
children of the... " what?
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"light. " What does that mean?
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Children of the Word.
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"You are all children of the
light and children of the day.
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We are not of the
night nor of darkness. "
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Go back up there to verse 2.
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"For you
yourselves know perfectly
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that the day of the Lord so
cometh as a thief in the... "
00:22:09.18\00:22:13.43
what? "in the night. "
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But as long as you and I are
in the light we are not in the
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night. That's right. As
long as we're in the light
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we're not in the night.
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Mercy! We could make up a whole
song about that, couldn't we?
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So what we've learned
so far is that in order
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to be saved we must
have a love of the truth.
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What is the truth? The
truth is the Word of God.
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The Bible says that the Lord
comes like a thief in the night
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but it's only to those who
are not sanctified by the truth.
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Only those... it only
comes as a thief to those who
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aren't watching and
waiting for the coming of Jesus.
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And the way that
you and I watch and wait
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is by taking the Word
of God and studying it.
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You know, Pastor
Phillip... My wife gave me this
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new Bible the other day
and I've been carrying this
00:23:07.58\00:23:09.48
Bible around
because somebody told me
00:23:09.59\00:23:12.01
that if I put palm
oil in it on my Bible
00:23:12.21\00:23:15.29
it'll get floppy. And so I know
that every likes a floppy Bible.
00:23:15.49\00:23:19.25
So I've been holding
it... walking around the house
00:23:19.45\00:23:20.91
holding it like this. And
then my wife was holding it
00:23:21.11\00:23:23.37
'cause she didn't want my new
Bible to just have my palm oil.
00:23:23.57\00:23:26.07
But the more that you
use your Bible at home
00:23:26.27\00:23:28.73
the easier it's going to open.
00:23:28.93\00:23:30.62
Sometimes you'll just turn
to a text and you'll say: "Oh,
00:23:30.82\00:23:33.90
there I am already. "
Because you've taken God's Word
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and you've started to live
in the light of God's Word.
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This... this is a fun class;
we're glad that you're here.
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But it's very serious because
what you are learning today
00:23:44.11\00:23:47.40
is something that God
believes you are ready to hear.
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You may have learned
something else your entire life
00:23:51.55\00:23:54.30
but today you're going
to be in the Word of God
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and you are going to see that
God's Word is going to teach us.
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Now one thing
that I forgot to do.
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Right now I just remembered it.
00:24:02.38\00:24:03.38
Can anybody tell me
what I forgot to do? Pray.
00:24:03.58\00:24:05.08
I forgot to pray. So
we'll ask the Lord to forgive us
00:24:05.18\00:24:07.96
and we'll pray so
that we can understand it.
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Because without the
Spirit of God, not one of us can
00:24:10.14\00:24:12.77
understand His Word.
00:24:12.97\00:24:14.50
Father in Heaven, I
pray that You'll forgive me
00:24:15.47\00:24:18.20
in my excitement of
just hopping into this topic.
00:24:18.41\00:24:20.72
And Lord we ask
that Your Holy Spirit
00:24:20.92\00:24:23.61
will come and be with us now.
00:24:23.81\00:24:25.96
That You will not only be with
us but that You will enlighten
00:24:26.16\00:24:29.19
our minds and that
You will live in us
00:24:29.39\00:24:32.22
so that our lives can be
a reflection of Your Son.
00:24:32.42\00:24:37.19
Thank you, Father, for
being with us and for sending
00:24:37.39\00:24:40.36
Your Spirit. In Your
name we praise You, Amen.
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OK. So now let's go
to II Peter chapter 3.
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We're going to find another
one of these thief in the night
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references. II Peter chapter 3
00:24:53.06\00:24:57.28
verses 9 and 10.
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II Peter is, of
course, in the New Testament.
00:25:00.17\00:25:02.78
II Peter's in the New Testament.
00:25:02.99\00:25:04.61
It is past Hebrews... past
the T section then past Hebrews.
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Then we're going
to II Peter chapter 3
00:25:08.67\00:25:11.55
and we're going to ask
Bill to read verses 9 and 10.
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"The Lord is not
slack concerning His promise
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as some count slackness
but is longsuffering toward us
00:25:19.79\00:25:23.07
not willing that any should
perish but that all should
00:25:23.21\00:25:25.83
come to repentance. " OK,
Bill, could I interrupt you?
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What do you believe is
the reason that the Lord is
00:25:28.59\00:25:31.92
delaying His
coming out of verse 9?
00:25:32.02\00:25:35.37
He wants us to be
saved. He wants us to be saved.
00:25:35.67\00:25:38.53
The Bible said "The Lord is not
slack concerning His promise. "
00:25:38.74\00:25:42.21
What promise is
that referring to?
00:25:42.41\00:25:44.77
That He came to
seek us to save us.
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That's right. But you remember
there's a very specific place
00:25:48.85\00:25:51.52
and this was in
part one of the study.
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It's the very
first text we went to.
00:25:53.56\00:25:55.22
What did Jesus promise
His disciples in John 14:1-3?
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Oh, that He would
come again. That's right.
00:26:00.00\00:26:01.96
That He would come
again. So the Lord is not slack
00:26:02.16\00:26:04.47
concerning His promise.
That's the promise to return.
00:26:04.67\00:26:10.22
But then it says He is
longsuffering toward us.
00:26:10.42\00:26:15.34
And He's
longsuffering toward us, Tom,
00:26:15.48\00:26:17.00
because He
doesn't want us to perish
00:26:17.20\00:26:18.93
but He wants us to
come to everlasting life.
00:26:19.13\00:26:21.00
And so you may
be asking yourself:
00:26:21.20\00:26:22.76
"why if God is so good
00:26:23.16\00:26:26.63
all of this bad stuff is
happening and it just keeps
00:26:26.83\00:26:29.09
getting worse? " Because
the Lord is waiting for the very
00:26:29.19\00:26:32.84
last person to accept
Him as their Savior to do so.
00:26:32.94\00:26:37.13
And maybe that person is you.
00:26:37.33\00:26:38.92
And we pray that today you will
accept Christ into your hearts.
00:26:39.12\00:26:42.67
Would you go ahead and
finish reading that for us?
00:26:42.87\00:26:44.92
"But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night. "
00:26:45.12\00:26:48.30
Stop! Stop... because that's
where most of Christianity
00:26:48.51\00:26:54.01
stops. Every time we read
"like a thief in the night,
00:26:54.21\00:26:57.20
a thief in the night,
a thief in the night... "
00:26:57.40\00:26:59.46
that's where we stop!
00:26:59.60\00:27:01.17
But the context is what tells us
00:27:01.37\00:27:04.53
what it means for the Lord to
come like a thief in the night.
00:27:04.56\00:27:07.69
Now the context here in
II Peter is so vividly clear
00:27:07.89\00:27:11.25
the only way you could miss
it would be to stop reading.
00:27:11.46\00:27:14.82
But because we want to be
people that study the Bible
00:27:15.12\00:27:18.04
and hear what God has to say
we're not just going to stop,
00:27:18.24\00:27:20.29
Jessica, we're going to let
Bill read the rest of this text.
00:27:20.39\00:27:22.90
"In which the heavens will
pass away with a great noise
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and the elements will
melt with fervent heat.
00:27:26.68\00:27:28.68
Both the earth and
the works that are in it
00:27:28.88\00:27:31.00
will be burned up. "
So the day of the Lord
00:27:31.20\00:27:34.08
comes like a thief in the
night and then it describes what
00:27:34.28\00:27:38.14
that's going to be like.
And what did it describe?
00:27:38.24\00:27:40.84
What did that describe?
00:27:41.04\00:27:42.46
Say that again: the
heavens will pass away
00:27:43.80\00:27:46.41
with a what? A great noise.
00:27:47.63\00:27:51.40
So what we are seeing
already even in understanding
00:27:51.80\00:27:55.39
like a thief in the night...
You know, if a thief came into
00:27:55.49\00:27:59.28
your house and he was
rummaging around in your house
00:27:59.38\00:28:02.23
and he was making lots of noise
00:28:02.33\00:28:03.67
you would hear
him, wouldn't you?
00:28:03.87\00:28:05.49
The Bible says that the
day of the Lord so comes like
00:28:05.69\00:28:09.10
a thief in the
night... "in the which" -
00:28:09.20\00:28:12.41
what does it say there? -
00:28:12.61\00:28:13.63
"in the which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise
00:28:13.83\00:28:19.79
and the elements will
melt with fervent heat.
00:28:19.99\00:28:23.22
The earth also and
the works that are therein
00:28:23.42\00:28:26.17
shall be burned up. "
00:28:26.37\00:28:28.87
So when you're
giving this Bible study
00:28:29.17\00:28:32.92
some people when
you're giving the first half
00:28:33.12\00:28:35.84
or the first 12 texts
they will agree with you
00:28:36.04\00:28:39.11
that yes, the day of
the Lord is going to come
00:28:39.31\00:28:41.33
and it's going to be a
great event; it's going to be
00:28:41.53\00:28:43.43
an awesome event, but that's
different from the rapture.
00:28:43.53\00:28:46.46
And then they'll go to
these references here like
00:28:46.76\00:28:49.39
I Thessalonians 5 and II Peter 3
00:28:49.60\00:28:52.45
to say that there's going
to be a rapture... but not so.
00:28:52.65\00:28:56.59
Because when we read
the context of those verses
00:28:56.79\00:28:59.99
we see that the day of the Lord
comes like a thief to people
00:29:00.19\00:29:04.37
that aren't ready.
00:29:04.58\00:29:07.08
And all it takes
for us to be ready
00:29:07.28\00:29:09.82
is to have a love of
the what? Of the truth.
00:29:10.02\00:29:14.77
That's absolutely right. Of
the Word of God, that's right.
00:29:14.98\00:29:17.97
So we're going to
look at the last reference.
00:29:18.17\00:29:20.27
We will have looked... If I'm
not mistaken we will have looked
00:29:20.47\00:29:22.35
at every thief in the
night reference in scripture.
00:29:22.45\00:29:26.76
I don't think
we've missed one of them.
00:29:26.96\00:29:28.48
This will be the last
one. Let's go to Revelation
00:29:28.68\00:29:30.95
chapter 3 and verse 3.
00:29:31.15\00:29:33.66
Revelation
chapter 3 and verse 3.
00:29:33.76\00:29:36.52
And we are going to
let Jessica read this.
00:29:36.72\00:29:39.14
So we're turning to
the last book of the Bible.
00:29:39.24\00:29:42.26
Revelation the 3rd
chapter and the 3rd verse.
00:29:42.36\00:29:47.96
And can you read that for us?
00:29:48.16\00:29:49.68
"Remember therefore how
thou hast received and heard
00:29:49.88\00:29:54.57
and hold fast and repent.
00:29:54.77\00:29:56.38
If therefore
thou shalt not watch,
00:29:56.58\00:29:59.47
I will come on thee as a thief
00:29:59.67\00:30:01.47
and thou shalt not know what
hour I will come upon thee. "
00:30:01.67\00:30:05.83
OK. So what is it that
you and I need to be doing
00:30:06.13\00:30:08.84
so that the day of
the Lord does not take us
00:30:09.04\00:30:11.61
or overtake us like a thief?
00:30:11.81\00:30:13.34
We need to be watching.
00:30:13.74\00:30:15.88
And the only way
for us to be watching
00:30:16.08\00:30:18.19
is to turn the light on.
00:30:18.29\00:30:19.81
Now have you ever gotten
up in the middle of the night
00:30:20.01\00:30:21.64
and... because you
needed to go to the bathroom...
00:30:21.84\00:30:23.98
and you don't turn the
lights on because you're afraid
00:30:24.18\00:30:27.76
the light's
going to hurt your eye.
00:30:27.96\00:30:29.28
And then you kick the door jamb
00:30:29.48\00:30:31.26
or you kick a
piece of furniture.
00:30:31.36\00:30:32.49
Has that ever happened?
00:30:32.59\00:30:33.85
Oh she said she
sees well in the dark.
00:30:34.05\00:30:35.62
Has that ever
happened to you, Jessica?
00:30:35.72\00:30:36.81
Jessica says yes
it's happened to her.
00:30:36.91\00:30:38.02
It's happened to me, too.
00:30:38.12\00:30:39.35
If I had just
turned the light on,
00:30:39.65\00:30:42.76
I could have
avoided a lot of pain.
00:30:42.96\00:30:45.47
But because I
didn't turn the light on
00:30:45.77\00:30:48.53
not only did I stub my toe but
then I had to turn the light on
00:30:48.73\00:30:51.84
to look at my toe and
thereby my eyes began to hurt.
00:30:52.04\00:30:54.68
So it was
doubly bad, right Bill?
00:30:54.88\00:30:57.12
So even though you and I
learn things from scripture that
00:30:57.32\00:31:01.35
may be different from
what we've always known
00:31:01.46\00:31:03.59
and it may even hurt to
know that we have been lied to
00:31:03.79\00:31:08.74
about what it means for
the Lord coming like a thief
00:31:08.94\00:31:11.63
in the night...
Even though it hurts us
00:31:11.73\00:31:15.38
it's an awful lot
better to turn that light on
00:31:15.68\00:31:18.78
and find out the truth
than to kick the door jamb
00:31:18.98\00:31:22.75
then turn the light on
and realize that the damage
00:31:23.05\00:31:25.94
has already been done.
00:31:26.04\00:31:27.15
So we must love the truth.
00:31:27.35\00:31:31.05
And it is our hope
that you will love the truth
00:31:31.25\00:31:34.69
about the
second coming of Jesus.
00:31:34.90\00:31:36.99
So now when somebody says:
"Yeah, the day of the Lord's
00:31:37.19\00:31:40.52
going to come like a
thief in the night, " Tom,
00:31:40.62\00:31:41.98
pick up the microphone and
tell me what you're going to
00:31:42.18\00:31:43.41
tell them. What are
you going to tell them?
00:31:43.51\00:31:44.91
What do you remember?
Give us a review here.
00:31:45.12\00:31:46.67
Ask me the
question again. All right.
00:31:46.87\00:31:48.92
You're good about
this. I'll ask it again.
00:31:49.22\00:31:51.37
That way you can
think about it, right?
00:31:51.57\00:31:52.64
So what is it that
you're going to tell someone
00:31:52.75\00:31:56.73
when they say: "Well you
know, I'm going to be raptured
00:31:56.93\00:32:00.82
and I really don't
have to worry about this
00:32:01.02\00:32:03.30
because, you know,
Jesus is going to rapture me
00:32:03.50\00:32:05.89
so I don't have to
worry about it. You know,
00:32:05.99\00:32:07.22
He comes like a
thief in the night, so... "
00:32:07.32\00:32:08.93
Well I'll tell them that
that day is going to be a loud
00:32:09.13\00:32:12.48
occurrence. There's
going to be shouting.
00:32:12.59\00:32:14.76
That's right. The
heavens will pass away.
00:32:14.97\00:32:17.18
Things will be burned up. It's
not going to be a quiet event.
00:32:17.38\00:32:20.94
Can you remember
any of the references
00:32:21.14\00:32:22.67
that we just
looked at... listened to?
00:32:22.77\00:32:24.06
Uh yes, there's one in
Peter... II Peter 3:9-10.
00:32:24.26\00:32:27.42
You just looked at
the screen. That's good.
00:32:27.82\00:32:30.21
And those of you at
home, you have the opportunity
00:32:30.42\00:32:32.36
to back this DVD
up or to go forward
00:32:32.56\00:32:34.84
and you can get
those references as well.
00:32:35.04\00:32:36.77
But it would be a good
idea because we're teaching you
00:32:36.97\00:32:39.41
how to mark this in your Bible
00:32:39.52\00:32:40.95
it would be a good idea for
you to go ahead and mark that
00:32:41.15\00:32:43.34
in your Bible so if
somebody does come to you with
00:32:43.44\00:32:45.87
a thief in the night reference
and says: "But the day of the
00:32:45.98\00:32:48.36
Lord comes like a thief
in the night, " you can say
00:32:48.46\00:32:50.34
"OK, can you show
me your reference? "
00:32:50.54\00:32:52.14
And then you have somewhere
to go backwards and forwards
00:32:52.34\00:32:55.80
from that reference because
we've looked at all these
00:32:55.90\00:32:57.35
other references for
a thief in the night.
00:32:57.45\00:33:00.52
Now when we
started this class here
00:33:01.77\00:33:04.43
you remember I told you that
there are some people that say:
00:33:04.63\00:33:06.78
"Jesus is going to come pre-trib
or before the tribulation. "
00:33:06.98\00:33:10.76
Then there's some people that
say: "No, He's going to come
00:33:10.96\00:33:12.81
right in the middle
of the tribulation. "
00:33:12.91\00:33:14.15
And those would
be mid-trib people.
00:33:14.35\00:33:16.39
And then there are people
that say Jesus is going to come
00:33:16.60\00:33:18.34
at the end of the tribulation.
That would be post-trib.
00:33:18.44\00:33:21.94
So how do you know if
Jesus is coming pre-trib,
00:33:22.24\00:33:24.57
mid-trib, or post-trib?
00:33:24.67\00:33:25.82
What was that?
Look in the Word...
00:33:26.02\00:33:28.62
because this is the light
that keeps us out of darkness.
00:33:28.82\00:33:33.03
That's right. So we
will go to the next reference
00:33:33.13\00:33:35.60
that you see
there on the screen.
00:33:35.80\00:33:37.35
We are going to the
19th Second Coming study...
00:33:37.56\00:33:40.97
or second coming text.
And we're in Revelation 14
00:33:41.07\00:33:43.81
and there's quite a bit
of stuff for us to read here.
00:33:44.02\00:33:46.37
And you can see all
that on your screen.
00:33:46.48\00:33:48.00
So we're going to
go to Mrs. Gloria.
00:33:48.20\00:33:51.73
And Mrs. Gloria if
you could read for us
00:33:51.93\00:33:53.98
Revelation 14 verses 6-12.
00:33:54.18\00:33:57.05
Now I told Mrs. Gloria
this probably 10 or 15 times:
00:33:57.25\00:34:01.30
that Mrs. Gloria is going
to need to come to my house
00:34:01.50\00:34:04.63
and read for our children
for our evening devotionals.
00:34:04.83\00:34:08.57
Because I want you to listen
to the way this lady reads.
00:34:08.77\00:34:10.42
She's got one of those
voices like my grandma had
00:34:10.62\00:34:13.18
and she could just
read to me forever.
00:34:13.28\00:34:15.15
So we're reading verses 6
through 12 of Revelation 14.
00:34:15.35\00:34:19.08
You've got quite a bit
of stuff to read there.
00:34:19.28\00:34:21.70
And we may... we may break it
up into a couple of us reading
00:34:21.73\00:34:24.57
or I just may interrupt you.
00:34:24.67\00:34:26.22
OK. So we're ready for you now.
00:34:26.42\00:34:28.70
Start in verse 6
of Revelation 14.
00:34:28.90\00:34:33.07
"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven
00:34:33.27\00:34:37.43
having the everlasting gospel
to preach to those who dwell
00:34:37.63\00:34:41.49
on the earth. To every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people.
00:34:41.69\00:34:46.81
Saying with a loud voice:
00:34:47.11\00:34:49.17
'Fear God and give glory to Him
00:34:49.37\00:34:52.51
for the hour of
His judgment has come.
00:34:52.71\00:34:55.68
And worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
00:34:55.88\00:34:59.45
the sea, and the
springs of water. '
00:34:59.65\00:35:02.13
And another
angel followed saying:
00:35:03.15\00:35:05.76
'Babylon is fallen, is fallen.
00:35:05.96\00:35:08.42
That great city,
because she has made all nations
00:35:08.62\00:35:12.64
to drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication. ' "
00:35:12.74\00:35:16.61
OK. Can I interrupt you?
00:35:16.81\00:35:17.93
So those of you at
home: now you know exactly why
00:35:18.13\00:35:20.34
I want Mrs. Gloria
to come read to my kids
00:35:20.44\00:35:22.74
for evening worship. Go ahead
and read there, Mrs. Gloria.
00:35:22.94\00:35:25.37
"Then a third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice:
00:35:25.57\00:35:29.94
"If anyone worships
the beast and his image
00:35:30.18\00:35:33.52
and receives his mark on
his forehead or in his hand,
00:35:33.72\00:35:38.04
he himself shall also drink
of the wine of the wrath of God
00:35:38.25\00:35:43.63
which is poured out
full strength into the cup
00:35:43.87\00:35:47.05
of His indignation. He
shall be tormented with the fire
00:35:47.25\00:35:51.56
and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels
00:35:51.76\00:35:55.39
and in the
presence of the Lamb. ' "
00:35:55.59\00:35:57.61
OK. Now Mrs. Gloria, who is it
00:35:57.71\00:36:00.00
that is tormented
with fire and brimstone
00:36:00.21\00:36:02.77
that receives the wrath of God?
00:36:02.97\00:36:05.00
In verse 9 and 10
that you just read,
00:36:05.20\00:36:07.72
who is it that
receives the wrath of God?
00:36:07.93\00:36:09.94
The ones that receive
the mark. That's right.
00:36:10.15\00:36:12.89
The ones that receive the mark.
00:36:12.99\00:36:15.03
Now you and I are going
to be studying in the future
00:36:15.23\00:36:17.39
about the mark of the beast.
00:36:17.59\00:36:19.76
It's definitely something
that you and I can see here
00:36:19.97\00:36:22.41
that we want to avoid. Do
you want to know more about
00:36:22.51\00:36:24.72
the mark of the beast?
How about you guys here:
00:36:24.82\00:36:26.87
do you want to know more
about the mark of the beast?
00:36:26.97\00:36:28.38
Well that means you're going to
have to keep watching the DVDs.
00:36:28.58\00:36:31.29
You're going to have to
keep tuning in to the program
00:36:31.49\00:36:33.71
that you're watching
so that you can get those.
00:36:33.81\00:36:35.75
Now Mrs. Gloria, we're going
to go ahead and let you finish
00:36:35.85\00:36:38.45
there in verses 11 and 12, then
we'll let somebody else read
00:36:38.55\00:36:41.01
some of the other references.
00:36:41.21\00:36:42.46
"And the smoke of their torment
ascended forever and ever
00:36:42.66\00:36:47.14
and they have no
rest day or night
00:36:47.34\00:36:49.99
who worship the
beast and his image
00:36:50.19\00:36:53.47
and whoever receives
the mark of his name. "
00:36:53.67\00:36:56.85
And verse 12...
00:36:57.15\00:36:58.98
"Here is the
patience of the saints.
00:36:59.01\00:37:01.33
Here are those who
keep the commandments of God
00:37:01.53\00:37:04.85
and the faith of
Jesus. " OK, so we'll just...
00:37:05.05\00:37:08.08
We'll just take a little glimpse
into the mark of the beast
00:37:08.28\00:37:11.32
study right here. As long as
we are keeping the commandments
00:37:11.52\00:37:14.66
of God and have
the faith of Jesus
00:37:14.76\00:37:17.49
then we don't receive
the mark of the beast.
00:37:17.70\00:37:20.62
It's that easy, isn't it?
00:37:20.82\00:37:22.52
And you'll hear us when
we finally do cover the mark
00:37:22.72\00:37:25.15
of the beast study
you'll hear me say:
00:37:25.26\00:37:26.78
"that's all we need to know. "
00:37:26.88\00:37:28.63
All we have to
know is how to avoid it.
00:37:28.76\00:37:30.44
We don't even have to know
what it is so long as we know
00:37:30.64\00:37:32.91
how to stay away from it.
00:37:33.01\00:37:34.49
But the purpose of this here is
to show that those who receive
00:37:34.69\00:37:38.25
the wrath of God are the wicked.
00:37:38.45\00:37:41.85
Those that have chosen to
receive the mark of the beast,
00:37:42.05\00:37:44.94
those that have
worshiped the beast
00:37:45.14\00:37:47.08
and continue to
worship the beast.
00:37:47.28\00:37:49.79
So let's go to our
next reference now which is
00:37:49.99\00:37:53.16
Revelation 15 verse
1. Revelation 15 verse 1.
00:37:53.36\00:37:57.71
And we'll go ahead and
let Mike read that for us.
00:37:57.81\00:38:00.09
Revelation 15 verse 1.
00:38:00.29\00:38:03.81
"And I saw another sign in
heaven, great and marvelous:
00:38:05.75\00:38:09.23
seven angels having
the seven last plagues
00:38:09.46\00:38:12.32
for in them is filled
up the wrath of God. "
00:38:12.52\00:38:14.46
OK. So what
have we just learned?
00:38:14.76\00:38:17.03
That the seven last
plagues are the wrath of God.
00:38:17.33\00:38:23.26
Did you see that?
Jessica, you see that there?
00:38:23.56\00:38:25.92
It says in verse 1:
00:38:26.12\00:38:27.74
"seven angels having
the seven last plagues
00:38:27.94\00:38:30.15
for in them... " in the seven
last plagues... "is filled up
00:38:30.35\00:38:35.79
the wrath of God. "
00:38:35.99\00:38:37.91
Now who? Danielle,
who is the wrath of God
00:38:38.21\00:38:41.98
poured out on?
What was that Jessica?
00:38:42.18\00:38:46.77
The wicked. Those that
receive the mark of the beast -
00:38:46.97\00:38:50.11
those that worship the beast
- receive the wrath of God.
00:38:50.32\00:38:54.18
So here it says that
there are seven angels
00:38:54.58\00:38:57.36
that have the
seven last plagues.
00:38:57.46\00:38:59.30
And in those seven
last plagues is filled up
00:38:59.50\00:39:02.88
the wrath of God.
00:39:03.08\00:39:04.69
Now I don't know about
you, Mike, but I'd rather not
00:39:05.09\00:39:07.88
be one of the wicked
that suffer the wrath of God.
00:39:08.08\00:39:11.52
It just doesn't sound
like something I want to do.
00:39:11.72\00:39:14.58
So the Bible says that
those that are keeping the
00:39:14.98\00:39:17.30
commandments of God
and have the faith of Jesus
00:39:17.50\00:39:19.87
will avoid the wrath of God.
00:39:20.07\00:39:23.15
Well if the wrath of God is
poured out in the 7 last plagues
00:39:23.94\00:39:27.55
or during the tribulation
00:39:27.75\00:39:29.54
you and I want to be people
that are during the tribulation
00:39:30.14\00:39:33.82
keeping the commandments of God
00:39:33.85\00:39:36.45
and having the faith
that Jesus had, don't we?
00:39:36.65\00:39:40.77
So the first indication
that Jesus comes either mid-trib
00:39:40.87\00:39:44.53
or post-trib is that during
the tribulation there will be
00:39:44.73\00:39:48.00
people that keep
the commandments of God.
00:39:48.20\00:39:50.35
So let's just keep reading here.
00:39:50.55\00:39:52.08
We're going to go to
Revelation 16 verse 1.
00:39:52.28\00:39:55.21
Revelation 16 verse 1, and
Shelleta, can you read this
00:39:55.42\00:39:58.06
for us? We will
read verses 1 and 2.
00:39:58.16\00:40:01.36
Revelation 16 verses 1 and 2.
00:40:01.66\00:40:04.53
"And I heard a great
voice out of the temple
00:40:05.79\00:40:07.85
saying to the seven
angels: 'Go your ways
00:40:08.05\00:40:10.60
and pour out the vials of the
wrath of God upon the earth. '
00:40:10.80\00:40:14.69
And the first went
and poured out his vial
00:40:14.89\00:40:17.69
upon the earth, and there fell
a noisesome and grievous sore
00:40:17.72\00:40:21.46
upon the men which
had the mark of the beast
00:40:21.66\00:40:24.09
and upon them which
worshiped his image. "
00:40:24.29\00:40:26.88
OK. So Shelleta, right
here we're seeing what vial
00:40:27.08\00:40:30.06
being poured out? Or
what angel is pouring out?
00:40:30.26\00:40:34.08
The first. The first. So the
reason we go to Revelation 16
00:40:34.28\00:40:37.86
verses 1 and 2 is simply
to show that the first angel
00:40:38.06\00:40:42.98
is pouring out the wrath of God.
00:40:43.18\00:40:46.97
The wrath that was
filled up in that angel's cup.
00:40:47.17\00:40:50.39
And who is the wrath
of God poured out on?
00:40:50.59\00:40:52.58
The wicked. And the wicked
are opposite from the saints
00:40:53.54\00:40:57.44
who are keeping
the commandments of God
00:40:57.64\00:40:59.28
and have the faith of Jesus.
00:40:59.48\00:41:00.91
Now let's read verse 12.
00:41:01.11\00:41:02.83
And Tom, maybe you
could read verse 12 for us.
00:41:03.03\00:41:05.56
Revelation
chapter 16 and verse 12.
00:41:05.77\00:41:09.99
"Then the sixth angel poured
out his bowl on the great river
00:41:10.29\00:41:14.41
Euphrates and its water
was dried up so that the way
00:41:14.51\00:41:19.35
of the kings from the
east might be prepared. "
00:41:19.45\00:41:22.15
OK, Tom: what number angel
is pouring what number vial
00:41:22.25\00:41:26.99
in this verse?
This is the sixth angel
00:41:27.19\00:41:29.35
and he's pouring
out the sixth vial.
00:41:29.46\00:41:30.43
And how many vials and how
many angels do we have total?
00:41:30.56\00:41:34.58
Seven angels.
That's fine. Seven angels
00:41:34.78\00:41:38.06
having the seven
vials full of God's wrath.
00:41:38.26\00:41:41.39
So now we're
going to read verse 17.
00:41:41.59\00:41:44.47
And Bill, why don't
you read verse 17 for us?
00:41:44.67\00:41:46.71
Can you do that?
Revelation 16 and verse 17.
00:41:46.91\00:41:50.31
And then tell me what angel
is pouring out his vial here.
00:41:50.51\00:41:53.51
"Then the seventh angel
poured out his bowl into the air
00:41:53.71\00:41:56.74
and a loud voice came
out of the temple of heaven
00:41:56.94\00:41:59.25
from the throne
saying: 'It is done. ' "
00:41:59.45\00:42:01.80
OK. So where is Jesus
00:42:02.10\00:42:05.76
when "It is done" is cried out?
00:42:06.06\00:42:10.07
He's in the throne
room. That's right.
00:42:12.24\00:42:14.30
He in the throne,
isn't He? He's on the throne.
00:42:14.50\00:42:16.69
Do you remember any other
time where Jesus cried out
00:42:16.90\00:42:20.35
"It is finished"
or "It is done? "
00:42:20.55\00:42:22.04
On the cross. That's right.
00:42:22.34\00:42:25.35
And so here we see the seventh
angel is pouring out his vial.
00:42:25.58\00:42:30.50
But something happens between
the 6th angel and the 7th angel.
00:42:30.70\00:42:34.66
What is it that happens
between the sixth angel,
00:42:34.86\00:42:38.01
Roberto, and the seventh angel?
00:42:38.22\00:42:40.70
Can you read for us
verse 15? Revelation 16:15.
00:42:40.90\00:42:44.54
"Behold... " Sixteen, right?
00:42:47.36\00:42:51.04
Verse 15, yeah.
Chapter 16 verse 15.
00:42:51.24\00:42:53.19
"Behold, I am coming as a thief.
00:42:53.39\00:42:55.62
Blessed is he who
watches and keeps his garments
00:42:55.72\00:43:00.95
lest he walk naked
and they see his shame. "
00:43:01.15\00:43:04.92
So notice here it says
between the 6th and the 7th
00:43:05.12\00:43:09.49
plague... So you had plague 1,
00:43:09.70\00:43:12.13
2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
00:43:12.33\00:43:16.86
In between the sixth
plague and the seventh plague
00:43:17.06\00:43:21.24
Jesus cries out what?
00:43:21.44\00:43:23.45
"Behold, I am
coming as a thief. "
00:43:24.62\00:43:28.68
Is that past,
present, or future?
00:43:28.98\00:43:30.92
That's future.
00:43:31.22\00:43:32.81
So, did Jesus come before the
wrath of God or the tribulation
00:43:33.01\00:43:35.96
was poured out? No.
00:43:36.07\00:43:37.77
Does Jesus come in the
middle of the tribulation
00:43:37.87\00:43:39.88
or mid-trib while the
plagues are being poured out?
00:43:40.09\00:43:42.19
No, no, no. It is not
completely done or finished
00:43:42.49\00:43:45.19
until the seventh
vial is poured out.
00:43:45.39\00:43:47.68
And then Jesus
cries out: "It is done. "
00:43:47.88\00:43:51.79
And so my friends, those of
you that are studying the Bible
00:43:52.09\00:43:55.72
today, understand that
Jesus does not come back
00:43:55.82\00:43:58.95
prior to the tribulation.
00:43:59.15\00:44:01.67
Jesus does not come back in
the middle of the tribulation.
00:44:01.87\00:44:06.75
But my friends Jesus
comes back after the tribulation
00:44:06.95\00:44:10.63
is over. Now that may cause a
question in some of our minds.
00:44:10.83\00:44:15.46
If Jesus comes back
after the tribulation is over,
00:44:15.67\00:44:18.61
how are we going to
survive the tribulation?
00:44:18.91\00:44:22.02
That'd be a good
question, wouldn't it?
00:44:22.32\00:44:23.87
Because all of our lives
some of us have been taught
00:44:24.07\00:44:26.52
that Jesus comes back
before the tribulation
00:44:26.62\00:44:28.68
so we don't even
have to worry about it.
00:44:28.88\00:44:30.45
But this is where you
as a good Bible student
00:44:30.75\00:44:33.11
will write this down.
00:44:33.21\00:44:34.36
You're taking notes at
home and you're taking notes
00:44:34.56\00:44:36.10
in the class. You
write down Psalm 91.
00:44:36.20\00:44:38.95
You write down Psalm 91.
00:44:39.25\00:44:41.84
And when this is over, you
make sure that you read that.
00:44:42.04\00:44:44.77
And you will see in
Psalm 91 it even says
00:44:44.97\00:44:47.94
that none of the plagues
will come near your dwelling
00:44:48.14\00:44:51.41
because you are being kept safe
00:44:51.61\00:44:55.31
under the mighty wings
or the mighty arm of God.
00:44:55.51\00:45:00.19
So those of you that are
concerned now about living
00:45:00.39\00:45:03.05
through the
tribulation, don't you worry
00:45:03.15\00:45:05.23
because Jesus has
promised to keep us safe.
00:45:05.43\00:45:08.75
Jesus has even promised
that our bread and our water
00:45:09.05\00:45:12.06
will be sure
during that time period.
00:45:12.16\00:45:14.68
So we don't have to
amass anything today
00:45:14.88\00:45:16.92
as far as food to eat
during the tribulation
00:45:17.12\00:45:19.13
because Jesus said that
He would provide that for us.
00:45:19.33\00:45:21.79
So we see that Jesus does
not come back prior to the
00:45:21.99\00:45:25.12
tribulation. He doesn't
come back in the middle of
00:45:25.16\00:45:28.26
the tribulation.
Jesus comes back at the
00:45:28.36\00:45:30.40
end of the tribulation.
And that's good news for us
00:45:30.60\00:45:33.74
because He has promised
that He will keep us safe
00:45:33.94\00:45:36.72
during that tribulation.
00:45:36.92\00:45:38.63
So now let's go to the next
concept that we want to cover
00:45:38.83\00:45:42.51
in this study. Let's go
to Luke the 17th chapter
00:45:42.71\00:45:46.30
verses 26 and 27.
00:45:46.50\00:45:48.85
Luke the 17th
chapter verses 26 and 27.
00:45:49.05\00:45:54.78
Luke... Matthew, Mark, Luke.
00:45:54.98\00:45:57.40
If you go to John,
you've gone too far.
00:45:57.60\00:45:59.86
We're going to Luke 17 verse 26.
00:46:00.06\00:46:04.74
Luke 17 and verse 26.
00:46:04.94\00:46:07.26
And we will let
Danielle read this for us.
00:46:07.46\00:46:09.31
"And as it was
in the days of Noah
00:46:11.10\00:46:13.17
so shall it also be in
the days of the Son of Man.
00:46:13.37\00:46:16.71
They did eat, they
drank, they married wives,
00:46:17.01\00:46:20.61
they were given in
marriage until the day that Noah
00:46:20.81\00:46:23.00
entered into the ark
00:46:23.10\00:46:24.23
and the flood came
and destroyed them all. "
00:46:24.43\00:46:26.81
So the flood came
and did what to them?
00:46:27.01\00:46:29.55
Destroyed them all.
00:46:29.75\00:46:31.80
The Bible tells us:
"Like as it was... "
00:46:32.00\00:46:34.44
What does it say
there in verse 26?
00:46:34.64\00:46:36.05
"And as it was
in the days of Noah
00:46:36.15\00:46:38.17
so shall it be also in
the days of the Son of Man. "
00:46:38.47\00:46:42.86
So when Jesus comes back
00:46:43.06\00:46:46.31
it will be just like it
was in the days of Noah.
00:46:46.51\00:46:48.76
Now in the days of Noah,
verse 27 of Luke 17 told us
00:46:49.06\00:46:53.58
that they were
eating, they were drinking,
00:46:53.68\00:46:55.48
they were getting engaged,
they were being married.
00:46:55.69\00:46:58.65
And they didn't know
anything until the flood came
00:46:58.95\00:47:02.84
and did what?
"Destroyed them all. "
00:47:03.04\00:47:06.97
Let's look at what happened
to those people that weren't
00:47:07.17\00:47:10.67
destroyed. Go to Genesis.
00:47:10.87\00:47:13.46
Our next reference:
Genesis chapter 7 and verse 23.
00:47:13.66\00:47:18.97
Genesis: the very
first book of the Bible.
00:47:19.17\00:47:21.81
And I should have told
you to keep your finger there
00:47:22.02\00:47:23.81
in Luke because we're
going to come right back to it.
00:47:24.02\00:47:26.31
We're going to go to
Genesis chapter 7 and verse 23.
00:47:26.51\00:47:31.05
And we will ask
Jessica to read this for us.
00:47:31.19\00:47:34.35
Genesis chapter 7 and verse 23.
00:47:34.55\00:47:37.86
"And every living substance
was destroyed which was upon the
00:47:39.23\00:47:42.80
face of the ground,
both man and cattle,
00:47:43.00\00:47:46.47
and creeping things,
and the fowl of the heaven,
00:47:46.67\00:47:49.95
And they were
destroyed from the earth
00:47:50.15\00:47:52.23
and Noah only remained alive
00:47:52.43\00:47:54.87
and they that were
with him in the ark. "
00:47:55.07\00:47:59.17
So who was it that got
to live during the flood.
00:47:59.37\00:48:03.11
Noah and those that
were with him in the ark.
00:48:05.32\00:48:08.56
My friends, you and I right now,
00:48:08.86\00:48:11.24
if we could just spiritualize
that text for a moment,
00:48:11.44\00:48:13.72
this is our ark.
00:48:13.92\00:48:16.56
The only way that you
and I will remain alive
00:48:16.76\00:48:19.12
during that tribulation is by
hiding the truth of God's Word
00:48:19.22\00:48:23.31
in our hearts and loving it.
00:48:23.51\00:48:26.09
Even if it's different from
what we've ever known before.
00:48:26.39\00:48:29.46
So this verse here tells
us that every living substance
00:48:29.66\00:48:34.33
was destroyed and
Noah and his family
00:48:34.53\00:48:38.92
remained alive.
00:48:39.12\00:48:41.44
That's going to be
important here in just a minute.
00:48:41.64\00:48:43.16
Everything is destroyed,
but Noah and his family remain.
00:48:43.36\00:48:48.45
They remain on the
earth or in the ark.
00:48:48.75\00:48:52.31
So let's go to our next
reference which is in Luke.
00:48:52.51\00:48:55.74
We're going back to
Luke the 17th chapter.
00:48:55.88\00:48:57.74
Luke chapter 17 verses 34-37.
00:48:57.94\00:49:01.72
You can see this is our
22nd second coming reference.
00:49:01.93\00:49:05.34
And again, you don't
give all of these references -
00:49:05.54\00:49:07.49
you don't give
this entire two halves -
00:49:07.69\00:49:09.98
in one hour. Otherwise you'd
be... you'd be going so fast...
00:49:10.18\00:49:13.04
But you don't want to do
that. You need to go slow enough
00:49:14.59\00:49:18.10
for people to understand you.
00:49:18.30\00:49:19.86
So Luke 17 verse 34-37.
00:49:20.06\00:49:24.20
Now somebody at home is
going to want to read out loud
00:49:24.40\00:49:27.14
but we won't be
able to hear you.
00:49:27.34\00:49:28.55
So you read out loud
while Mike reads out loud, OK?
00:49:28.75\00:49:31.60
So Mike, why don't
you lead us off here?
00:49:31.80\00:49:33.78
"I tell you, in that night there
shall be two men in one bed.
00:49:34.08\00:49:38.33
The one shall be taken
and the other shall be left. "
00:49:38.63\00:49:41.56
OK, stop right there.
00:49:41.76\00:49:42.80
This is where Christianity
00:49:43.00\00:49:46.64
gets its idea for one is taken
00:49:46.84\00:49:51.00
and the other one is left.
00:49:51.20\00:49:52.63
You know there's an
entire series of books
00:49:52.83\00:49:55.32
on left behind or taken.
00:49:55.52\00:49:59.54
The series is
called Left Behind, right?
00:49:59.84\00:50:02.49
But we're going to
find out that you and I
00:50:02.69\00:50:05.47
want to be just like
Noah. We want to remain
00:50:05.67\00:50:09.75
while everything
else is destroyed.
00:50:09.95\00:50:13.85
Keep reading for us there, Mike.
00:50:14.05\00:50:15.43
"Two women shall be grinding
together. The one shall be taken
00:50:15.83\00:50:19.21
and the other left. Two
men shall be in the field.
00:50:19.24\00:50:22.42
The one shall be
taken and the other left.
00:50:22.62\00:50:24.49
And they answered
and said unto Him:
00:50:24.69\00:50:27.27
'Where Lord? '
And He said unto them:
00:50:27.47\00:50:29.39
'Wheresoever the body is,
00:50:29.59\00:50:31.13
thither will the eagles
be gathered together. ' "
00:50:31.33\00:50:33.31
Now would you consider
the disciples to be smart men?
00:50:33.61\00:50:36.68
I mean, they did choose
to follow Jesus, didn't they?
00:50:37.77\00:50:39.90
So they're highly intelligent.
00:50:40.00\00:50:41.92
Smart enough. Smart enough!
00:50:42.12\00:50:43.23
Verse 34 says: "I
tell you in that night... "
00:50:43.43\00:50:46.42
And the day of the Lord shall
come as a thief in the what?
00:50:46.62\00:50:49.19
In the night. "I
tell you in that night
00:50:49.39\00:50:51.89
there shall be
two men in one bed.
00:50:51.99\00:50:53.48
This is not talking
about homosexuality.
00:50:53.68\00:50:55.82
It says: "There will be
two... " Men is a supplied word.
00:50:56.22\00:50:59.68
"There will be two in one bed.
00:50:59.88\00:51:01.26
One shall be taken and
the other shall be... " what?
00:51:01.46\00:51:04.19
"left. " Now Mike, tell
me: where is the one left?
00:51:04.39\00:51:08.78
Well what does it say
there? Where is the one left?
00:51:13.15\00:51:15.09
You said it,
Jessica. He's left in the bed.
00:51:15.29\00:51:17.97
That's right. And Roberto,
00:51:18.07\00:51:20.23
the two women that
are grinding together...
00:51:20.43\00:51:22.70
one of those is taken and
the other one is left where?
00:51:23.00\00:51:26.13
Grinding, right?
00:51:26.33\00:51:29.35
Now Shelleta, two shall be
in the field. One shall be taken
00:51:29.55\00:51:33.26
and the other
left. Where's he left?
00:51:33.46\00:51:35.03
He's left in the field.
00:51:35.23\00:51:36.78
So what you and I
see here in this passage
00:51:36.98\00:51:38.55
is we see a person
is left in the bed,
00:51:38.75\00:51:41.33
a person is left grinding,
00:51:41.53\00:51:43.40
and a person is left in a field.
00:51:43.60\00:51:45.68
Then the
disciples there in verse 37:
00:51:45.88\00:51:48.92
"And they answered
Him and said unto Him:
00:51:49.12\00:51:51.05
"Where, Lord? "
00:51:51.25\00:51:53.25
What are they asking?
00:51:53.55\00:51:55.22
They're asking
where they're left?
00:51:57.36\00:51:59.01
They know where they're left.
00:51:59.41\00:52:01.17
Where were they left, Mike?
00:52:01.37\00:52:02.45
That's right. In the
field, grinding, and in the bed.
00:52:02.85\00:52:07.12
So they're not asking where
are they left because the Lord
00:52:07.42\00:52:09.41
just told them
where they were left.
00:52:09.61\00:52:10.88
They're asking:
"Where are they taken? "
00:52:11.18\00:52:13.90
And Shelleta, Jesus answers
that in a very peculiar way,
00:52:14.10\00:52:18.00
doesn't He? How
does He answer that?
00:52:18.21\00:52:20.00
Read that for us
again. Read verse 37
00:52:20.11\00:52:22.12
there in Luke 17.
Are you in the reference?
00:52:22.32\00:52:24.39
All right. Because I was
going to hand you my Bible
00:52:24.59\00:52:26.19
if you weren't.
00:52:26.22\00:52:28.09
"Wheresoever the body is,
00:52:28.39\00:52:30.40
thither will the
eagles be gathered together. "
00:52:30.60\00:52:33.53
So wherever the body is...
Read that one more time for us.
00:52:33.83\00:52:37.49
Read that one more time for us.
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"Wheresoever the body is,
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thither will the
eagles be gathered together. "
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So they ask: "Where
are they taken, Lord? "
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And He says:
"Wheresoever the body is,
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that's where the
eagle's going to be. "
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What in the world
is Jesus talking about?
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Go to the next reference
you see there on your screen.
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Job 39 verses 27-30.
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Job 39. Now Job is
in the Old Testament
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to the left of
the book of Psalms.
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So we're going to Job 39
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verses 27 through 30.
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Well, I'll go ahead
and read this one here.
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I'll go ahead and read
this one. Job 39 verse 27 says:
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"Doth the eagle
mount up at Thy command
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and make her nest on high?
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She dwelleth and
abideth on the rock;
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upon the crag of the
rock and the strong place.
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From thence she
seeketh her prey;
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and her eyes behold afar off.
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Her young ones
also suck up blood
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and where the slain
are, there is she. "
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Where the slain are...
that's where the eagle is.
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Where the slain are... that's
where the eagle is going to come
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and suck up blood. So
the disciples asked Jesus.
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Jesus said: "There's two
in the bed. One is taken,
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the other is left.
There's two at the mill.
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One is taken, the other is left.
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There's two... " what was the
third one? Where were they at?
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In the field, that's right.
"There were two in the field.
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One's taken, the
other one is left. "
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Where are they left? No.
They know where they're left.
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Where are they taken?
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And Jesus says that they
are taken to destruction.
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Wherever the body is,
that's where the eagle will be.
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Our last reference
here tells us that there
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is going to be a great feast
at the second coming of Jesus.
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How many of you are
looking forward to being eaten?
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Uh-uh, yeah. Got to be careful
how you answer that question,
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don't you, because you
don't want to be eaten.
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There's going to be a
great feast at the second coming
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of Jesus. And that feast
is going to be the vultures
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and the eagles and
all the birds of prey
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eating the flesh of people.
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It's going to be
eating those that were taken
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to destruction. So we'll
go to our last reference here.
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This is the last
reference in the second half of
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this Second Coming study.
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And we're in Revelation 19.
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Revelation 19 and verse 17.
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Revelation 19 and verse 17.
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And Rober... Let's see... who's
got this? OK, Tom's got that.
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Tom, if you'll read Revelation
19 verses 17, 18, and then 21.
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"Then I saw an
angel standing in the sun
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and he cried with a loud voice
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saying to all the birds
that fly in the midst of heaven:
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'Come and gather together for
the supper of the great God. '
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Now what somebody's going
to want to do at home is you're
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going to want to read the verses
before this because it tells us
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that the Son of Man is coming
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and He has on a vesture
that has been dipped in blood.
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His name is called The
Word of God there in verse 13.
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Verse 16 says: "He
has a name on His thigh
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that is written "KING OF
KING AND LORD OF LORDS. "
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So this is at the
second coming of Jesus.
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Then there's this angel in the
sun that cries with a loud voice
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telling all the birds
to gather together to eat.
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And what does
it say in verse 18?
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"You may eat the flesh of
kings, the flesh of captains,
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the flesh of mighty
men, the flesh of horses
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and of those who sit on them,
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and the flesh of all people,
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free and slave,
both small and great. "
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Verse 21? Um-hmm.
"And the rest were killed
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with the sword which
proceeded from the mouth of Him
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who sat on the horse.
And all the birds were filled
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with their flesh. "
Just imagine, my friends...
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you and I can eat
the Word of God now.
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It can become part of our
lives. We can love the truth
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or we will be eaten by
birds at the end of time.
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God's Word is truth.
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Today we have
learned from the Bible -
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not my opinion
but from the Bible -
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that Jesus is going to
come. It's going to be literal.
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We're going to see it;
we're going to hear it.
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He's going to come
after the tribulation.
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He's going to come like a thief
in the night to those people
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that aren't ready.
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My question to you is
do you want to be ready?
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Do you want to
be ready, Danielle?
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Mrs. Gloria, do
you want to be ready?
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God has told us that as
long as we remain in the light
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we will be ready.
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That day will not overtake
us like a thief in the night.
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And my friend, you, too,
will want to continue to study.
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You'll want to
continue to open the Word of God
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so that you can remain
in the light of His Word.
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