Its January 1998, I
was standing in the water
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at Playade Muro
beautiful little beach
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on the
outskirts of Havana, Cuba.
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We were baptizing
over 600 people that day.
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35 pastors in the
water doing the baptizing.
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Finally I noticed
a little old lady,
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little Cuban
lady coming up to me,
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it was her turn
finally to be baptized.
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So I showed her
how to put her hands
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on my arm and to hold
tight and she went like that
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and I said no, you
need to hold on tight
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and she goes,
like that and I said
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no, no, I said,
[foreign language].
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She looked up at me,
tears welling up in her eye
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and said [foreign language].
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I can't open it.
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Her hand had been frozen
shut ever since she was born.
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And I said you know,
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one day soon
Jesus is going to come,
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He is going to give you
a new hand and a new body.
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And she said,
do you really think
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Jesus is going to
come here to Cuba?
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I said I think Cuba
might be the first place
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that Jesus is going to come
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because when
people are oppressed,
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Jesus is going to be there.
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Good news,
Jesus is coming again.
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One of my favorite
verses in the Bible
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when I start feeling a
little discouraged and weary,
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John 14:1, "Do not let
your hearts be troubled.
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Trust in God, trust
also in me Jesus said
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in my Father's
house are many rooms."
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King James says mansions.
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I think I like that
better, In my Father's house
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there are many
mansions, if it were not so,
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I would have told you."
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Now watch this,
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"I am going there to
prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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then I will come back
and take you to be with me
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so that you also
may be where I am."
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Now I don't know
anyway to understand
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that verse except
that Jesus is promising us
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that He is
preparing a place for us
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and He is going
to come back again
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and take us out
of this old world,
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so that we can be with Him
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in His Father's
house above. Amen.
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That's the good
news, that's the day
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that we are waiting
for, but there is bad news.
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Matthew 24 in Matthew 24:5,
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Jesus said, "Watch out
that no one deceives you"
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because in verse 5,
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"Many will come in My name
claiming 'I am the Christ,'
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and they will deceive many."
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Good news Jesus is coming again.
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Bad news many are
coming in the name of Christ
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and they will
deceive many people.
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Now I want you
to notice something
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important here, the deception.
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The deception is
not over the question
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of whether or not
Jesus is going to come.
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The people who are deceived
about the return of Christ
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are not deceived concerning
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whether he is
going-- they don't believe
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He is not coming, they
are expecting Him to come.
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They are deceived
because they are going
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after the wrong Christ.
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They are deceived
concerning not whether or not,
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He is going to
return but how He returns
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because if you know how
Jesus is going to return,
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you will never be
deceived by the wrong Christ.
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And the world
today is being set up
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for a massive
deception concerning
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the very return of
Jesus Christ Himself.
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Two popular books, Left
Behind and The Last Disciple.
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Left Behind by Tim LaHaye,
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The Last Disciple
by Hank Hanegraaff.
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Left Behind says
that all of revelation
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practically is yet in
the future and Jesus comes
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with the church snatches
the church out of the way
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and leaves the wicked behind
for seven years of tribulation.
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Hank Hanegraaff, Last
Disciple, both novels saying
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no that's nonsense,
Jesus has already come,
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the beast has already come,
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it's all in the
past, not in the future.
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Now they cannot both be
right, so which one is right?
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May be neither one.
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Because they both
say this is a novel,
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the truth is in here.
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Now there is another deception.
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We were doing a
meeting, a Revelation
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Now meeting in Denver, Virginia
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just on the
boarder of North Carolina
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and after two days off
young fellow came up to me
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that night in the
meeting and he said,
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pastor you will never
guess where I was yesterday?
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I said you are right.
So where were you, tell me?
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So I went to, I
can't even remember
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some little town
in North Carolina
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and he said Jesus was there.
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I said oh.
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He said you need to go
pastor, it was wonderful.
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He was healing people
and talking about the Bible
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and as he spoke
love just was flowing out
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and so many people were
saved, you need to go pastor.
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And I said no, I
am not going to go.
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He said why not?
Because that wasn't Jesus.
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He said well if you
would have been there,
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you would have
believed it was Jesus.
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And I said that's
why I'm not going to go.
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Don't put yourself
on the devil's turf,
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don't play the devil's game,
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you are going to
lose that one every time.
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He said well how do you know
it wasn't Jesus, it was Jesus.
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How do you know it wasn't?
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I said well, just listen to what
Jesus said, in Matthew 24:23,
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"At that time if
anyone says to you,
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'Look, here is the Christ!'
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or, 'There He
is!' don't believe it."
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You said there he
is I don't believe it.
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If anyone tells you, 'There
He is, out in the desert,'
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don't go out or here He is
in the room don't believe it.
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Why not?
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Because in verse 27,
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"As lightning that comes
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from the east is
visible even to the west,
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so will be the coming
of the Son of Man be."
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Somebody says he is
out in North Carolina,
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he is Utah, or Salt Lake City
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or Jerusalem in
a temple do not go,
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do not believe it, why?
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Because when Jesus comes
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it's going to be
like lightening flashing
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from the east to the
west and you will see it
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because you can seen lightening
even with your eyes shut.
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Don't need anybody to tell
you Jesus has already come.
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His coming will be a
glorious visible event
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like lightening come from east.
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Once again it's time for us
to line up some fence posts.
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Now I know some of
things I am about to say,
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they are going to be a bit
of struggle for some of you
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because it's not exactly
what you have been taught
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and what you have been reading
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in the popular
books and watching on TV,
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but folks it's time
for us to get our noses
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in the word of God and
believe what's in here, amen.
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So let's start with a new
page on our word processor.
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What's on it?
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Not one verse,
lightening flashing
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from the east to
the west, all right.
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We already got one
verse and we got a fence post
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but we need
some more fence post,
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so let's line up
some more fence post,
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same chapter verse 30,
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"At that time the
sign of the Son of Man
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will appear in the sky
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and all of the nations
of the earth will mourn.
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They will see the Son of Man
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coming on the clouds of the sky,
with power and great glory."
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Now we don't look at every verse
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that describes
the return of Christ,
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so far two of them
described Christ coming
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in a glorious visible event.
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You will see Him,
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even the nations will see Him,
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they will mourn because of Him.
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Same thing that he says to
the church in Revelation 1,
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Revelation 1:7, "Look, He
is coming with the clouds,
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and every eye will see
Him, even those who pierced Him
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and all of the
people on the earth
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will mourn because of Him.
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So shall it be! Amen."
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You know what Amen means?
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So be it, so shall it be.
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So how was Jesus coming?
He is coming on the clouds.
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Every eye will see Him,
the wicked will see Him,
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even those who
pierced Him will see Him.
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They will mourn, amen,
amen. He said it twice.
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Now if somebody
asked me one time,
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well, how is that possible?
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How the blind people going
to see Jesus when He comes.
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Well, Jesus knew how to
open the eyes of the blind
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when He was here.
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I doubt if He has forgotten how
to do it when He comes again.
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Secondly they asked me,
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well, how is
everybody going to see Him
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because the earth is round
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and if He comes over there,
then the Chinese can't see Him?
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I don't know the
answer to that question
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but I know this, if He can speak
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and bring the
world into existence,
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He is going to make
sure everybody can see Him
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when He comes. I just know this.
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When Jesus comes
every eye will see Him
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and you won't need
anyone to tell you,
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hey Jesus came,
because I know, I see.
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Acts 1 same thing,
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Acts 1:9, He is
speaking His last words
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to the church and
after He said that verse 9,
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"He was taken up
before their very eyes,
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and a cloud hid
Him from their sight."
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Notice again the visible event.
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Jesus went up, they saw
Him go up into the clouds
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and theywere looking
intently up into the sky
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as He was going when
suddenly two men dressed
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in white stood beside them.
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"Men of Galilee, they said,
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why do you stand
here looking into the sky?
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The same Jesus has been taken
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from you into
heaven will come back.
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How is He going to come back?
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In the same way that
you have seen Him go.
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They saw Him go
up into the clouds
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and He is going to
comeback in the same way.
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They saw Him go, we
will see Him coming,
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it will be a
visible glorious event
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when Jesus
returns for His church.
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1 Thessalonians 4:15.
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Lot of fence posts
to line up tonight.
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And this one I think virtually
all scholars agree no matter
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which side of the
fence they are on,
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this one is the clearest outline
of the sequence of events
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that take place when
Jesus comes for the church
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and this is the
passage that's often
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called the rapture passage.
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Now understand the word rapture
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is not found in
the Bible anywhere.
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But it doesn't matter because
rapture means the catching up.
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God's people will be
caught up to be with Him.
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That's true. We are
going to be caught up.
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So calling it the
rapture doesn't change a thing,
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it's the timing of the
rapture that's significant,
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so let's take a look
at the clearest verses
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that outline the
sequence of events to take place
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at the rapture verse
13, 1 Thessalonians 4,
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"Brothers, we do not
want you to be ignorant
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about those who fall asleep,
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or to grieve like the
rest of men, who have no hope."
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He talks about
the dead as a sleep,
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a sleep in
Christ, don't be ignorant.
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They were thinking that the dead
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weren't going to get to heaven,
they died it was finished, over.
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It says no, don't
worry about that, verse 14,
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"We believe that
Jesus died and rose again
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and so we believe that
God will bring with Jesus
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those who have
fallen asleep in Him."
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So He is going to
bring them back to heaven.
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How is He going to do it?
Watch, here is the answer.
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Verse 15, "According
to the Lord's own words,
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we tell you that we
who are still alive,
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and who are left,
underline that word left,
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we who are still
alive and are left
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until the coming of the Lord
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will certainly not precede
those who have fallen asleep."
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Don't worry about
them, Jesus is going to come,
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He is going to take
them. How is He going to do it?
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Well, we who are
still alive and left
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we are not going
to go before them, no.
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Well, how are
we all going to go,
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and here is his answer.
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Verse 16, you
are ready for this.
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"For the Lord himself
will come down from heaven,
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with a loud command,
with the trumpet call of God,
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with the voice of the archangel
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and the dead in
Christ will rise first."
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There will be a lot of
noise, there will be a visible
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glorious appearing like
light lightening flashing
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from the east to the west.
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The dead are going to
come out of their graves,
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the earth will rumble,
it will be a lot of stuff
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going on when
Jesus comes for us.
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Sounds noisy, sounds visible,
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voice of the
archangel, trumpet call of God,
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and the dead in
Christ will rise first.
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After that,
watch here it is again.
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"We who are
still alive and left,
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underline that word again,
we who are still alive and left.
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Where are we left?
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We are left still alive
at the time Jesus comes,
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so we are still alive and left,
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we will be caught
up together with them
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in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air.
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And so we will go to
be with the Lord forever.
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So the dead in Christ
will be raised up first,
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then we are changed and
together will be caught up
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to go to be with
Jesus up in the clouds.
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Clear as it can be.
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We don't go before
them, they don't go before us,
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we go together, and so we
will be with the Lord forever.
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Greek and so
hutos means in this way,
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this is how you and I,
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this is how the church
goes to be with the Lord, how?
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Either we are alive and left
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when Jesus comes and are changed
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or we have died
and will be raised up,
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either way together
we will all be caught up
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to go to be with Jesus,
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that's how we go
to be with the Lord.
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I don't know how to
say it, He couldn't say it
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any clearer than this,
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yet practically
millions and millions
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of people are being taught
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that when Jesus comes it
will be a secret snatching away
00:17:35.36\00:17:40.78
and the wicked are
going to wander around
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wonder where did they go,
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and be left for a long period
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some say seven years,
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some say three and
half years of tribulation,
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I can't agree on that.
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Well, they get a second chance.
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Where did that idea
come from? Not from here.
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Where did it come from?
You are going to be surprised.
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Martin Luther was a
Roman Catholic priest,
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began teaching we
are saved by grace
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through faith in Jesus Christ
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and not by works
and the church said,
00:18:14.32\00:18:16.29
no, no, Luther we are
saved by faith and works.
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Luther said well
the Bible teaches
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we are saved by faith alone,
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and the church said Luther,
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remember it's not
the Bible, it's the Bible
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and the
traditions of the church.
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We are saved by
works not by faith alone.
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And Luther said, well I'm going
to stick with the scripture.
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Sola scriptura
that was his battle cry
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and remember millions
and millions of Christians
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that's when he
called the church,
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that's when he
called the pope antichrist.
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Millions of
Christians were leaving Rome,
00:18:46.20\00:18:48.67
its no secret, it's a
Protestant reformation.
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Millions left and
Rome had to decide
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what are we going to
do, we need to figure out
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how to stop this
massive outflow of protestors,
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so they did several things,
00:19:01.80\00:19:03.00
they met at the
Council of Trent.
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They officially decreed a
tradition is equal to scripture
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and that you have to believe
the traditions of the church
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and the next
thing that happened.
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They still had Luther
calling them the antichrist
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and the Methodists
Wesley's calling them antichrist
00:19:19.96\00:19:23.49
and the Baptist
and the Presbyter,
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they were all
calling Rome antichrist.
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So we got to figure
out a way to deal with that
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and so one Jesuit scholar
Alcazar said, well it's simple.
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Look Nero was the
beast, Jesus came already
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and He is
establishing His kingdom
00:19:42.63\00:19:44.75
on this earth already right now,
00:19:44.78\00:19:47.83
and so it's all
in the past preterits
00:19:47.86\00:19:50.47
and that's where
the last disciple
00:19:50.50\00:19:52.43
novel series came
from, it's all in the past.
00:19:52.46\00:19:56.22
It was an attempt
to keep the reformers
00:19:56.25\00:19:59.05
from believing that the
Church of Rome was antichrist.
00:19:59.08\00:20:04.12
And then Rivera
said well I'm not sure
00:20:04.15\00:20:06.70
that everybody is
going to go for that,
00:20:06.73\00:20:08.89
so another Jesuit
scholar Ribera said,
00:20:08.92\00:20:12.21
I think that all of
this was in the future
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and the antichrist is going
to come way off in the future,
00:20:15.49\00:20:19.29
so it can't be
us, we are here now.
00:20:19.32\00:20:21.90
We have been here
since the beginning,
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can't be us, so the devil
doesn't care if you believe
00:20:23.77\00:20:26.79
it's all in the
past or if you believe
00:20:26.82\00:20:28.52
it's all in the
future, it doesn't matter
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one or the other,
so we have two books
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"Left Behind" and
"The Last Disciple,"
00:20:34.42\00:20:36.70
both coming from an
anti-protestant approach
00:20:36.73\00:20:42.15
to scripture designed to turn
00:20:42.18\00:20:44.58
Protestants away
from pointing to Rome
00:20:44.61\00:20:47.95
and saying that
you are the antichrist
00:20:47.98\00:20:51.75
and the Protestant world
has virtually embraced it today.
00:20:51.78\00:20:56.11
But the Bible is clear.
00:20:56.14\00:20:57.58
When Jesus comes, it's
a glorious visible event.
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Watch this, this
is really stunning.
00:21:00.94\00:21:04.32
Now remember when
the Bible was written,
00:21:04.35\00:21:05.83
they didn't
separate verses and chapters,
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they didn't even separate words.
00:21:09.06\00:21:10.85
All ran together.
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So let's just
look at the next verse
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after verse 18, Chapter 4:18,
00:21:14.90\00:21:17.47
"Therefore encourage
each other with these words."
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Chapter 5:1 the very next thing
same thought continuing on.
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"Now, brothers, about the times
00:21:24.52\00:21:25.78
and dates we don't
need to write to you,"
00:21:25.81\00:21:27.74
because you know very
well the day of the Lord
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will come like a
thief in the night.
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You ever see the gospel
film, A Thief in the Night?
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Man in the bathroom
shaving with his electric shaver
00:21:38.70\00:21:42.03
and his wife is in the bedroom
talking through the doorway
00:21:42.06\00:21:45.05
and all of sudden he
quit answering she says
00:21:45.08\00:21:47.30
why won't you answer
me? What's wrong with you?
00:21:47.33\00:21:49.93
And she looks in there
and the razor just vibrating
00:21:49.96\00:21:52.21
on the
countertop, and he is gone.
00:21:52.24\00:21:54.78
She looks all over
the house, can't find him,
00:21:54.81\00:21:57.23
picks up the
phone calls a friends,
00:21:57.26\00:21:58.63
hey my husband disappeared,
I wonder what's happening.
00:21:58.66\00:22:00.71
Yeah, my wife is
gone, what is going on here?
00:22:00.74\00:22:03.50
They turned on the TV millions
of people have vanished away.
00:22:03.53\00:22:09.67
Jesus came like a
thief in the night
00:22:09.70\00:22:13.49
and He took them, but
that's not what we read here.
00:22:13.52\00:22:19.01
Yeah He comes like
a thief in the night
00:22:19.04\00:22:21.06
He says, you know very well.
00:22:21.09\00:22:22.79
The day of the Lord will
come like a thief in the night
00:22:22.82\00:22:24.74
but what happens when
Jesus comes like that.
00:22:24.77\00:22:27.25
You see there are two
ways that He can come like
00:22:27.28\00:22:29.63
a thief in the night,
two ways the thief can come.
00:22:29.66\00:22:32.85
One way you just buy
this nice new big panel TV set
00:22:32.88\00:22:36.67
so you can show your
Revelation Now DVDs on.
00:22:36.70\00:22:41.78
And you go watch a
DVD then you go to bed
00:22:41.81\00:22:45.04
and while you're
asleep, a thief comes in
00:22:45.07\00:22:47.93
and he takes that
big screen off the wall
00:22:47.96\00:22:50.60
and you come down in the
morning and where is my TV set?
00:22:50.63\00:22:55.63
Thief came in the
night and took it,
00:22:55.66\00:22:57.35
or you could be sitting
there watching your TV set
00:23:00.20\00:23:06.04
and the thief
sneaks in the night,
00:23:06.07\00:23:09.20
conk on top of the
head and takes your TV set.
00:23:09.23\00:23:15.44
See he surprises you,
you are not expecting it.
00:23:15.47\00:23:20.20
Now what was Paul thinking
00:23:20.23\00:23:22.66
when he wrote Jesus comes
like a thief in the night,
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which way watch, it's easy.
00:23:24.91\00:23:28.98
"The day of the Lord will
come like a thief in the night.
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While people are
saying, Peace and safety,
00:23:31.22\00:23:34.69
destruction will
come on them suddenly,
00:23:34.72\00:23:36.77
as labor pains on a pregnant
woman, and they will not escape.
00:23:36.80\00:23:39.95
But you, brothers,
are not in darkness
00:23:39.98\00:23:42.02
so that the day would
surprise you like a thief.
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He is not coming like
a thief to the church,
00:23:44.27\00:23:46.68
he is coming like a
thief to the wicked,
00:23:46.71\00:23:49.13
they are not ready, they
are not expecting him to come,
00:23:49.16\00:23:51.75
they are sitting there
watching their TV sets,
00:23:51.78\00:23:53.87
they get conked
with destruction.
00:23:53.90\00:23:56.28
So how many wicked people
are going to be running around
00:23:59.59\00:24:04.58
on this earth after Jesus
comes like a thief in the night?
00:24:04.61\00:24:10.66
See how clear when you
line up you fence post.
00:24:15.01\00:24:18.15
Just in case you
are not convinced.
00:24:18.18\00:24:20.93
Here is the clincher.
00:24:20.96\00:24:23.03
The next letter that he
writes to the same church,
00:24:23.06\00:24:25.14
2 Thessalonians 6,
00:24:25.17\00:24:30.68
"God is just, and He
will pay back trouble
00:24:30.71\00:24:34.95
to those who trouble you."
00:24:34.98\00:24:37.87
Now who is you.
00:24:37.90\00:24:39.11
You got to identify the
pronouns in this passage,
00:24:39.14\00:24:41.76
so who is the you, God is just
00:24:41.79\00:24:44.48
and He is going
to pay back trouble
00:24:44.51\00:24:46.28
to those who troubled you.
00:24:46.31\00:24:47.90
Who is He
talking to? The church.
00:24:47.93\00:24:51.30
Are you with me? The church.
00:24:51.33\00:24:53.67
So let's say that, God is just,
00:24:53.70\00:24:55.67
He will pay back trouble to
those who troubled the church
00:24:55.70\00:24:59.45
and give relief to you who
are troubled, and to us as well.
00:24:59.48\00:25:04.62
Who is the you? The church.
00:25:04.65\00:25:07.11
So God is going to payback
and give relief to the church,
00:25:07.14\00:25:12.40
that's crystal clear.
00:25:12.43\00:25:14.80
Now when is He
going to do it, watch.
00:25:14.83\00:25:17.63
This will happen when
the Lord Jesus is revealed
00:25:17.66\00:25:21.37
from heaven in blazing
fire with His powerful angels.
00:25:21.40\00:25:27.18
So when does the
church get delivered from
00:25:27.21\00:25:30.96
and relief from the
struggles and the stress
00:25:30.99\00:25:34.00
and the
tribulation in the world?
00:25:34.03\00:25:36.67
When Jesus comes quietly
like a thief in the night,
00:25:36.70\00:25:41.47
when Jesus comes with blazing
fire and His angels with Him.
00:25:41.50\00:25:46.52
Now watch this, verse 8,
00:25:46.55\00:25:49.57
"He will punish
those who do not know God
00:25:49.60\00:25:53.04
that's all the wicked, He
will punish all the wicked
00:25:53.07\00:25:57.56
who do not know God
00:25:57.59\00:25:58.94
and do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus.
00:25:58.97\00:26:03.01
They will be punished
with everlasting destruction
00:26:03.04\00:26:07.55
and shutout from
the presence of the Lord
00:26:07.58\00:26:10.39
and from the
majesty of his power."
00:26:10.42\00:26:12.66
When are those
ungodly, when are those wicked
00:26:12.69\00:26:16.00
going to be punished
with destruction, watch.
00:26:16.03\00:26:19.46
On the day that He
comes to be glorified
00:26:19.49\00:26:22.03
in His holy
people and to be marveled
00:26:22.06\00:26:23.94
at among all those who have
believed, that includes you,
00:26:23.97\00:26:26.35
the church
because you have believed.
00:26:26.38\00:26:29.42
Now, how can He say
it any clearer than that.
00:26:29.45\00:26:31.59
When Jesus comes to
bring relief to the church,
00:26:31.62\00:26:34.62
He will punish the wicked
with everlasting destruction,
00:26:34.65\00:26:38.90
when He comes to deliver
you and to be glorified in you.
00:26:38.93\00:26:43.86
So how many wicked people
are going to be running around
00:26:43.89\00:26:47.16
on this earth when Jesus
comes to deliver His church.
00:26:47.19\00:26:52.51
None, none at all.
00:26:52.54\00:26:57.23
If the wicked are destroyed
when Jesus comes to bring
00:26:57.26\00:27:02.46
relief to the
church, then tell me,
00:27:02.49\00:27:08.70
how can there be
a tribulation force
00:27:08.73\00:27:11.15
that worked in this
world trying to save people
00:27:11.18\00:27:15.32
after the wicked
have been destroyed.
00:27:15.35\00:27:20.96
You see the truth that
was left out or left behind,
00:27:20.99\00:27:23.38
he said it's all a novel
00:27:23.41\00:27:26.47
after chapter
1, Jesus is coming.
00:27:26.50\00:27:31.66
After that it's a novel
because the wicked are destroyed
00:27:31.69\00:27:36.22
with everlasting destruction
00:27:36.25\00:27:38.80
when Jesus comes to
bring relief to His church
00:27:38.83\00:27:43.43
with blazing fire He even says.
00:27:43.46\00:27:47.83
That means that the
church, some of you have already
00:27:47.86\00:27:50.74
figured it out, the church
is going to be in this world
00:27:50.77\00:27:57.03
all the way
through, until the end
00:27:57.06\00:28:00.17
even during the time
of great tribulation.
00:28:00.20\00:28:04.57
We're going to be here.
Pastor don't tell me that.
00:28:04.60\00:28:07.70
Well, that's not
bad as it sounds.
00:28:07.73\00:28:10.41
Because God
doesn't have to take us
00:28:10.44\00:28:12.21
out of the world to protect us
from tribulation in the world.
00:28:12.24\00:28:17.53
In fact He tells us that
00:28:17.56\00:28:19.81
in Revelation 3:10
00:28:19.84\00:28:25.56
to the church at
Philadelphia he writes,
00:28:25.59\00:28:28.11
"Since you have kept my
command to endure patiently,
00:28:28.14\00:28:32.51
I will also keep you
from the hour of trial
00:28:32.54\00:28:37.26
that is coming upon
the whole world to test
00:28:37.29\00:28:39.95
those who live on the earth.
00:28:39.98\00:28:42.66
So since you have been faithful,
00:28:42.69\00:28:45.82
I am going to keep you
from the hour of trial.
00:28:45.85\00:28:48.86
He does not say I
am going to take you
00:28:48.89\00:28:51.02
out of the world
before the hour of trial.
00:28:51.05\00:28:54.52
Now your footnotes might say
that but that's not the Bible.
00:28:54.55\00:28:57.89
The Bible says I will keep
you from the hour of trial.
00:28:57.92\00:29:01.89
The Greek word here
it says I will keep you,
00:29:01.92\00:29:05.44
that Greek word is tereo ek.
00:29:05.47\00:29:08.53
what is tereo ek mean?
00:29:11.60\00:29:13.62
I will guard you,
I will protect you.
00:29:13.65\00:29:17.12
Watch this.
00:29:17.15\00:29:18.40
He uses that same
Greek word in John 17:15
00:29:18.43\00:29:24.21
in the Gospel of John
17:15, exact same word.
00:29:24.24\00:29:32.11
Jesus said, verse 15,
00:29:32.14\00:29:33.78
"My prayer is not that
you take them out of the world
00:29:33.81\00:29:39.27
but that you tereo ek that you
protect them from the evil one.
00:29:39.30\00:29:46.21
He uses tereo ek
in exact opposition
00:29:46.24\00:29:50.17
to the idea of taking
them out of the world.
00:29:50.20\00:29:53.25
No, I am not
praying that you take them
00:29:53.28\00:29:55.30
out of the world
but you protect them.
00:29:55.33\00:29:57.21
So, I will keep you
from the time of trial
00:29:57.24\00:30:00.43
not take you out of it
but protect you while in it,
00:30:00.46\00:30:03.97
just like He did with
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego,
00:30:04.00\00:30:07.28
those three
faithful Hebrew servants,
00:30:07.31\00:30:09.39
the king said bow
down and worship the image
00:30:09.42\00:30:12.30
and everybody who does it, I
will throw you into the fire.
00:30:12.33\00:30:15.64
Well, they stood tall and
everybody else bowed down,
00:30:15.67\00:30:19.46
and the king comes and
throws them into the fire.
00:30:19.49\00:30:22.80
Now God could
have prevented the king
00:30:22.83\00:30:25.92
from throwing
them into the fire,
00:30:25.95\00:30:28.12
but He allowed them to be
cast into the fiery furnace
00:30:28.15\00:30:31.98
and then he looks in there
00:30:32.01\00:30:33.50
and he says how
many did we put in there.
00:30:33.53\00:30:37.28
They said, oh, king three.
00:30:37.31\00:30:39.44
Look, I see
one, two, three, four
00:30:39.47\00:30:42.22
and one looks likes us as a man.
00:30:42.25\00:30:44.90
Jesus came and protected them
00:30:44.93\00:30:47.53
and delivered them in the
middle of their fiery trial.
00:30:47.56\00:30:51.18
It takes more faith in God,
00:30:51.21\00:30:53.14
it takes more of a demonstration
of God's power for Him
00:30:53.17\00:30:57.12
to protect us
during the tribulation
00:30:57.15\00:30:59.65
and to snatch
us out of the world
00:30:59.68\00:31:01.41
before the tribulation.
00:31:01.44\00:31:04.09
There is not one
verse in the Bible
00:31:04.12\00:31:06.07
that says He is going to take
us away before the tribulation,
00:31:06.10\00:31:09.89
not one verse.
00:31:09.92\00:31:15.01
Are we going to be
here through till the end?
00:31:15.04\00:31:17.09
Watch this, this is one of
my favorite places in Psalm
00:31:17.12\00:31:19.91
that talks about it,
00:31:19.94\00:31:22.16
Psalm 91:2, "I
will say of the Lord,
00:31:22.19\00:31:24.89
"He is my refuge, my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."
00:31:24.92\00:31:31.52
You better trust Him
because what's going to happen.
00:31:31.55\00:31:35.06
Look at verse 7,
00:31:35.09\00:31:36.23
"A thousand may
fall at your side,
00:31:36.26\00:31:38.53
ten thousand at your right hand,
00:31:38.56\00:31:40.70
but it will not come near you,
00:31:40.73\00:31:42.42
you will only
observe with your eyes
00:31:42.45\00:31:45.14
and see the
punishment of the wicked,
00:31:45.17\00:31:47.43
it will not come near you.
00:31:47.46\00:31:50.58
God is big
enough to protect you,
00:31:50.61\00:31:53.13
you will see it,
00:31:53.16\00:31:54.19
you will see him fall to
the left and to the right
00:31:54.22\00:31:56.87
but it's not coming to you.
00:31:56.90\00:31:58.85
There is nothing in
here in the scripture,
00:32:02.07\00:32:05.11
not one verse that talks about
00:32:05.14\00:32:08.13
God taking us out
before the tribulation.
00:32:08.16\00:32:11.40
Somebody said, well
He loves us too much
00:32:11.43\00:32:13.26
to let us go through it all.
00:32:13.29\00:32:17.29
Didn't He loved John
and let him be beheaded.
00:32:17.32\00:32:21.01
Didn't He loved Peter who
got crucified upside down.
00:32:21.04\00:32:24.90
Didn't He loved Isaiah
when He let him get sword
00:32:24.93\00:32:27.28
in half in a hollow log.
00:32:27.31\00:32:29.77
God's people have been tormented
00:32:29.80\00:32:31.43
and persecuted
through the years,
00:32:31.46\00:32:33.41
of course He loves them.
00:32:33.44\00:32:35.94
But what a demonstration
of love to protect us
00:32:35.97\00:32:41.16
from the fiery trial.
00:32:41.19\00:32:43.20
You don't have to be
afraid of the tribulation,
00:32:43.23\00:32:46.77
as long as you follow the Lamb.
00:32:46.80\00:32:50.48
Not one verse says
00:32:50.51\00:32:51.57
we will be taken out of
this world, not one verse.
00:32:51.60\00:32:54.68
But what about the one that says
00:32:54.71\00:32:56.30
two men will be in the
field, one would be taken,
00:32:56.33\00:32:58.28
the other left,
there it is pastor.
00:32:58.31\00:33:01.23
Well, let's take a
look at that verse.
00:33:01.26\00:33:03.23
Don't want to
miss anything here,
00:33:03.26\00:33:04.72
Matthew, Matthew
24, in Matthew 24:41,
00:33:04.75\00:33:12.18
"Two women will be grinding
grain with their hand mill,
00:33:12.21\00:33:14.40
one will be taken
and the other left."
00:33:14.43\00:33:16.06
You see, here is the rapture.
00:33:16.09\00:33:18.21
They are grinding
grain with their hand mill,
00:33:18.24\00:33:20.06
one gets taken, the other left
00:33:20.09\00:33:22.18
and she is grinding away
00:33:22.21\00:33:23.56
wondering where
did she got taken to.
00:33:23.59\00:33:26.17
Not fair I got to
do it all myself now,
00:33:26.20\00:33:29.61
it doesn't say that.
00:33:29.64\00:33:32.05
Doesn't say anything like that.
00:33:32.08\00:33:34.00
In fact it says
just the opposite.
00:33:34.03\00:33:37.03
You see that's what happens
when you take one fence post
00:33:37.06\00:33:39.55
and try to line it up
one verse out of context,
00:33:39.58\00:33:43.74
it comes out opposite of
what God wanted it to say.
00:33:43.77\00:33:46.47
Watch, so easy,
backup a little bit,
00:33:46.50\00:33:49.42
verse 37, "As it
was in the days of Noah,
00:33:49.45\00:33:53.75
so it will be at the
coming of the Son of Man."
00:33:53.78\00:33:56.26
So what is it going to
be like when Jesus comes?
00:33:56.29\00:33:59.44
It will be like it
was in the days of Noah?
00:33:59.47\00:34:02.52
What was it like then?
00:34:02.55\00:34:05.05
Verse 38, "For in the
days before the flood,
00:34:05.08\00:34:08.48
people were
eating, drinking, marrying
00:34:08.51\00:34:09.68
and giving in marriage,
00:34:09.71\00:34:10.74
up into the day
Noah entered the ark
00:34:10.77\00:34:13.14
and they knew nothing
about what would happen
00:34:13.17\00:34:16.89
until the flood came and
what, took them all away.
00:34:16.92\00:34:24.21
That is how it will be at
the coming of the Son of Man.
00:34:27.79\00:34:31.47
Two men will be in the field,
00:34:31.50\00:34:33.20
one will be taken
and the other left.
00:34:33.23\00:34:36.64
Now what is it going to be
like at the coming of Jesus?
00:34:36.67\00:34:39.23
It's going to be like
it was in the days of Noah.
00:34:39.26\00:34:42.21
What was it like then?
00:34:42.24\00:34:43.27
Well, they were
eating, drinking, marrying
00:34:43.30\00:34:44.45
and doing all these things
00:34:44.48\00:34:45.51
and they were not
aware of anything until what,
00:34:45.54\00:34:48.24
the flood came
and what did it do?
00:34:48.27\00:34:50.58
It took them all away.
00:34:50.61\00:34:54.89
Now who, here is the question.
00:34:54.92\00:34:57.87
Who was taken away
in the days of Noah?
00:34:57.90\00:35:02.88
The wicked.
00:35:02.91\00:35:04.70
Where were they taken to?
00:35:04.73\00:35:07.60
On to the water,
to their destruction.
00:35:07.63\00:35:11.73
That is how it will be at
the coming of the Son of Man,
00:35:11.76\00:35:15.48
two men will be in the field,
00:35:15.51\00:35:16.99
one will be taken
and the other left.
00:35:17.02\00:35:19.85
Who is taken?
00:35:19.88\00:35:21.13
Who was taken in
the days of Noah?
00:35:21.16\00:35:23.10
The wicked.
00:35:23.13\00:35:24.16
Who is left? The righteous.
00:35:24.19\00:35:28.17
This verse isn't talking about
rapturing up to Jesus at all.
00:35:28.20\00:35:33.12
If you read it in the
context of the chapter,
00:35:33.15\00:35:35.58
it's talking
about when Jesus comes,
00:35:35.61\00:35:37.55
there will be two
categories of people.
00:35:37.58\00:35:39.53
Sheep and goats,
good and the bad,
00:35:39.56\00:35:42.08
the wicked are going to be
taken away, burned, destroyed.
00:35:42.11\00:35:45.70
The righteous
are going to be left.
00:35:45.73\00:35:48.68
Then, yes, we are
caught up to be with Jesus
00:35:48.71\00:35:52.57
but that's not what
this verse is taking about.
00:35:52.60\00:35:56.67
It's just the opposite.
00:35:56.70\00:35:59.24
So wicked taken,
the righteous are left.
00:35:59.27\00:36:01.92
Do you want to be taken or left?
00:36:01.95\00:36:06.03
I want to be left.
00:36:06.06\00:36:08.81
I wanted to be left behind,
that was switch, isn't it?
00:36:08.84\00:36:13.26
Are you sure preacher?
00:36:13.29\00:36:15.55
Did you come out right on that,
00:36:15.58\00:36:17.19
nobody else was saying that?
00:36:17.22\00:36:18.65
Well, they are.
00:36:18.68\00:36:19.93
You are not hearing but look,
00:36:19.96\00:36:21.62
let's double check
and ask Jesus again.
00:36:21.65\00:36:23.64
Jesus, did Colon get it right.
00:36:23.67\00:36:27.07
Luke 17:34, "I
tell you on that night
00:36:27.10\00:36:33.65
two people will be in one bed,
00:36:33.68\00:36:35.10
and one will be
taken and the other left.
00:36:35.13\00:36:37.86
Two women will be
grinding grain together,
00:36:37.89\00:36:40.12
one will be taken
and the other left."
00:36:40.15\00:36:42.37
See same thing but
here is the difference.
00:36:42.40\00:36:48.20
The disciples
asked Him where Lord?
00:36:48.23\00:36:52.25
I'm gonna stop
here for a second.
00:36:52.28\00:36:54.05
Jesus just said two
women will be grinding grain,
00:36:54.08\00:36:58.04
one will be
taken, the other left.
00:36:58.07\00:37:01.45
And the disciples say where?
00:37:01.48\00:37:04.63
Which one are they asking about?
00:37:04.66\00:37:06.80
The one that's taken
00:37:06.83\00:37:08.46
or the one that's
left grinding grain.
00:37:08.49\00:37:12.14
I mean they know where
the one that's left is,
00:37:12.17\00:37:14.07
she is still there by the grain.
00:37:14.10\00:37:17.26
Where Lord, where are
you going to take him?
00:37:17.29\00:37:19.94
Isn't that the question?
00:37:19.97\00:37:23.19
Look at His answer.
00:37:23.22\00:37:25.51
He replied, "Where
there is a dead body,
00:37:25.54\00:37:27.29
there the vultures will gather."
00:37:27.32\00:37:30.11
Where are they taken?
00:37:30.14\00:37:32.55
To their destruction and
there is our link to Revelation.
00:37:32.58\00:37:39.09
When Jesus comes,
the wicked will be taken
00:37:39.12\00:37:44.00
to their destruction
where the dead bodies are,
00:37:44.03\00:37:47.05
the vultures are gathered,
that's not a very pretty picture
00:37:47.08\00:37:50.08
but kind of
getting in fuzzy focus
00:37:50.11\00:37:52.63
so you can remember it again.
00:37:52.66\00:37:54.73
So now we are ready to
understand the millennium.
00:38:03.05\00:38:06.77
Revelation 19.
00:38:06.80\00:38:09.36
In Revelation 19 and by the way
00:38:09.39\00:38:12.84
while you are looking
for that one turning to it.
00:38:12.87\00:38:17.59
Let's review so
far what we seen.
00:38:17.62\00:38:20.20
Jesus come,
visible glorious return.
00:38:20.23\00:38:22.53
We are caught up to be with Him.
00:38:22.56\00:38:23.62
The wicked are destroyed,
so who is left on this world?
00:38:23.65\00:38:28.48
We are in heaven,
wicked are destroyed.
00:38:28.51\00:38:33.30
Who is left to
have a second chance?
00:38:33.33\00:38:39.56
Nobody.
00:38:39.59\00:38:40.87
There is no second
chance after Jesus comes.
00:38:40.90\00:38:45.61
If you are going to get
ready, you better get ready now.
00:38:45.64\00:38:49.35
Don't wait until after.
00:38:49.38\00:38:51.34
There is no second chance.
00:38:51.37\00:38:52.98
Who would like for you to
think there is a second chance,
00:38:53.01\00:38:56.94
that's a easy one.
00:38:56.97\00:38:58.65
Now let's go to Revelation 19:7,
00:38:58.68\00:39:03.40
"Let us rejoice and be
glad and give him glory,
00:39:03.43\00:39:06.59
For the wedding
of the Lamb has come,
00:39:06.62\00:39:09.49
and his bride has
made herself ready.
00:39:09.52\00:39:12.27
Fine linen, bright and
clean, was given her to wear."
00:39:12.30\00:39:15.58
The bride is ready, the lamb
is ready to come for his bride,
00:39:15.61\00:39:20.31
the problem is his bride
is under attack by the beast
00:39:20.34\00:39:24.45
and the kings of the
earth, holding her captive.
00:39:24.48\00:39:29.41
So what's going to happen?
00:39:29.44\00:39:31.56
Good news, Chapter 19:11,
00:39:31.59\00:39:35.11
"I saw heaven standing open
00:39:35.14\00:39:37.32
and there before
me was a white horse,
00:39:37.35\00:39:39.12
whose rider is
called Faithful and True.
00:39:39.15\00:39:41.56
With justice he
judges and makes war.
00:39:41.59\00:39:45.26
His eyes are like blazing fire.
00:39:45.29\00:39:47.46
" Verse 16, "On his robe
00:39:47.49\00:39:48.94
and on his thigh he
has this name written:
00:39:48.97\00:39:51.22
King of kings
and Lord of lords."
00:39:51.25\00:39:53.14
Who is the rider on the horse?
00:39:53.17\00:39:55.54
It's Jesus.
00:39:55.57\00:39:57.97
Who is He coming
to make war against?
00:39:58.00\00:40:00.66
Look verse 19, "I saw the beast
00:40:00.69\00:40:03.42
and all the kings of the earth
00:40:03.45\00:40:05.30
and their armies
gathered together to make war
00:40:05.33\00:40:08.46
against the rider on the horse."
00:40:08.49\00:40:11.65
They are not there to
make war against Israel,
00:40:11.68\00:40:14.15
it doesn't say that.
00:40:14.18\00:40:15.65
There they are to
make war against the lamb,
00:40:15.68\00:40:18.15
but He is not
the lamb this time,
00:40:18.18\00:40:20.15
He is a warrior
riding on horse, why?
00:40:20.18\00:40:22.44
Because the kings of the earth
00:40:22.47\00:40:23.79
and the beast are
after God's people,
00:40:23.82\00:40:26.66
He is coming to deliver us.
00:40:26.69\00:40:28.17
Good news, amen.
00:40:28.20\00:40:32.49
They gathered
together to make war
00:40:32.52\00:40:34.19
against the rider on
the horse and his army.
00:40:34.22\00:40:36.73
"But the beast was captured,
and with him the false prophet,"
00:40:36.76\00:40:41.42
in the middle of verse 20,
00:40:41.45\00:40:42.48
"The two of them
were thrown alive
00:40:42.51\00:40:43.64
into the fiery
lake of burning sulfur."
00:40:43.67\00:40:46.67
So the beast, false
prophet are destroyed.
00:40:46.70\00:40:49.53
Who is left then out
of the dragon, the beast
00:40:49.56\00:40:51.93
and the false prophet?
00:40:51.96\00:40:53.81
The dragon, the
dragon is the devil.
00:40:53.84\00:40:56.87
Beast
counterfeit system of worship
00:40:56.90\00:40:59.14
developed in the Church of Rome
00:40:59.17\00:41:01.64
early in the medieval times.
00:41:01.67\00:41:04.20
False prophet,
Protestant America
00:41:04.23\00:41:08.75
working together with Rome
00:41:08.78\00:41:10.74
to acknowledge her
authority to change God's word,
00:41:10.77\00:41:14.96
another
counterfeit system of worship.
00:41:14.99\00:41:17.71
They are both
cast into the fire.
00:41:17.74\00:41:19.75
No more counterfeits anymore,
just the dragon against Jesus,
00:41:19.78\00:41:25.49
good against evil.
00:41:25.52\00:41:27.21
This final
conflict has come down
00:41:27.24\00:41:29.88
to the very bottom line,
no more pretending to be God,
00:41:29.91\00:41:33.68
no more deceiving
people, I am the Lord God,
00:41:33.71\00:41:36.64
no that's done, that's over.
00:41:36.67\00:41:40.38
We are getting to the final,
final phase of this conflict.
00:41:40.41\00:41:46.77
Two of them were
thrown into the lake of fire.
00:41:46.80\00:41:48.51
Now watch 21, "The
rest of them, who is that?
00:41:48.54\00:41:51.63
All of those who joined with
him in rebellion against God.
00:41:51.66\00:41:55.71
"The rest of them
were killed with the sword
00:41:55.74\00:41:59.34
that came out of the
mouth of the rider on the horse,
00:41:59.37\00:42:02.28
and all the birds gorged
themselves on their flesh."
00:42:02.31\00:42:06.56
And that's exactly what
Jesus said was going to happen.
00:42:06.59\00:42:11.85
There is a description
of the return of Christ.
00:42:11.88\00:42:16.27
Good news if
you follow the Lamb,
00:42:16.30\00:42:19.55
bad news for those
who follow the beast.
00:42:19.58\00:42:24.39
What happens next?
00:42:24.42\00:42:25.96
Chapter 20:1, "I saw an
angel coming down out of heaven,
00:42:25.99\00:42:28.79
having the key to the abyss,
00:42:28.82\00:42:30.94
holding in his
hand a great chain.
00:42:30.97\00:42:32.52
He seized the
dragon, that ancient serpent,
00:42:32.55\00:42:34.71
who is the devil, or Satan,
00:42:34.74\00:42:35.77
he bound him for
a thousand years.
00:42:35.80\00:42:37.48
Threw him into the abyss,
locked and sealed it over him,
00:42:37.51\00:42:40.08
to keep him from
deceiving the nations anymore
00:42:40.11\00:42:42.24
till the
thousand years were ended.
00:42:42.27\00:42:43.63
After that, he be set
free for a short time."
00:42:43.66\00:42:45.82
Now folks
Revelation is a symbolic book
00:42:45.85\00:42:47.93
you understand that,
there is no bottomless pit.
00:42:47.96\00:42:52.32
King James
translates it bottomless pit,
00:42:52.35\00:42:54.20
not a very good translation.
00:42:54.23\00:42:56.52
There is no bottomless pit
that's going to hold Satan.
00:42:56.55\00:42:59.94
The Greek word there is Abussos.
00:42:59.97\00:43:02.20
There is something interesting
about that Greek word Abussos.
00:43:02.23\00:43:06.05
In the Old Testament
00:43:06.08\00:43:07.75
Greek version of
the Old Testament
00:43:07.78\00:43:09.52
the one that Jesus
had the actual version
00:43:09.55\00:43:12.41
that Jesus used
when He was here,
00:43:12.44\00:43:15.17
it was in Greek and
back in Genesis 1:1 says,
00:43:15.20\00:43:20.19
"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
00:43:20.22\00:43:22.40
The earth was without form
00:43:22.43\00:43:24.16
and void and darkness was
on the surface of the deep,
00:43:24.19\00:43:29.03
and that word deep is Abussos,
00:43:29.06\00:43:35.44
a wild empty chaotic
wilderness of nothing,
00:43:35.47\00:43:41.72
before Jesus
began creating order.
00:43:41.75\00:43:46.31
And that's the way
it's going to be at the end.
00:43:46.34\00:43:48.66
He would be
cast into an Abussos,
00:43:48.69\00:43:51.52
an abyss a wild chaotic nothing,
00:43:51.55\00:43:56.91
the wicked are destroyed,
the righteous are gone.
00:43:56.94\00:44:00.33
There is nothing
left on this earth,
00:44:00.36\00:44:02.01
every mountain
flees, every island is gone,
00:44:02.04\00:44:05.06
there is nothing
left on this earth.
00:44:05.09\00:44:07.44
Jeremiah says the
cities are in ruins,
00:44:07.47\00:44:10.41
there are no birds in the air,
it's empty, it's only the devil.
00:44:10.44\00:44:16.66
May be his angels with him
but we know the devil is there.
00:44:16.69\00:44:22.30
It was a bottomless pit,
00:44:22.33\00:44:24.16
he could go
down to the other end
00:44:24.19\00:44:25.94
and come out in China.
00:44:25.97\00:44:28.78
It's not a
bottomless pit, it's an Abussos.
00:44:28.81\00:44:32.39
He can't deceive
the nations, why not?
00:44:32.42\00:44:35.46
Because there are no nations for
him to deceive, they are dead.
00:44:35.49\00:44:40.86
He has thousand years, watch.
00:44:40.89\00:44:43.78
"Cast him in the bottomless pit,
00:44:43.81\00:44:46.48
and sealed and kept him from
deceiving the nations anymore
00:44:46.51\00:44:51.14
till the
thousand years were ended.
00:44:51.17\00:44:52.86
After that, he will be
set free for a short time.
00:44:52.89\00:44:55.34
So now we have a thousand
years where Satan is bound.
00:44:55.37\00:44:58.26
When does it begin?
00:44:58.29\00:44:59.71
Verse 4, "I saw
thrones on which were seated
00:44:59.74\00:45:03.19
those who had been
given authority to judge.
00:45:03.22\00:45:05.71
And I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
00:45:05.74\00:45:08.77
because of the
testimony of Jesus
00:45:08.80\00:45:10.76
and because of the word of God.
00:45:10.79\00:45:12.41
They had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
00:45:12.44\00:45:15.50
they had not received
his mark on their foreheads
00:45:15.53\00:45:17.91
or their hands.
00:45:17.94\00:45:19.07
They came to life and reigned
with Christ a thousand years."
00:45:19.10\00:45:24.13
So when do the
thousand years begin?
00:45:24.16\00:45:26.90
They begin with the resurrection
of the saints of Jesus Christ.
00:45:26.93\00:45:33.38
When are the saints resurrected?
00:45:33.41\00:45:36.63
They are
resurrected when Jesus comes
00:45:36.66\00:45:39.24
with the loud
command, trumpet call of God,
00:45:39.27\00:45:41.78
the dead in Christ arise first,
00:45:41.81\00:45:43.55
those of us who
are left remember,
00:45:43.58\00:45:48.15
those of us who are left,
the wicked have been taken,
00:45:48.18\00:45:51.15
they are destroyed, we are left,
00:45:51.18\00:45:52.66
together we are caught up
to be with Jesus in the air.
00:45:52.69\00:45:55.78
There is no one
left on this earth.
00:45:55.81\00:45:57.49
So the thousand years begins
when Jesus comes for the church.
00:45:57.52\00:46:03.89
And he was prevented from
deceiving the nations anymore
00:46:03.92\00:46:07.67
for a thousand years.
00:46:07.70\00:46:09.14
They came to life,
they reigned with Christ,
00:46:09.17\00:46:11.37
a thousand years."
00:46:11.40\00:46:13.13
Verse 5, "The rest of
the dead did not come to life
00:46:13.16\00:46:16.19
until the
thousand years were ended."
00:46:16.22\00:46:19.80
So now we see two resurrections,
00:46:19.83\00:46:22.28
one at the beginning
of the thousand years,
00:46:22.31\00:46:24.74
that's the righteous,
that's us if we die first,
00:46:24.77\00:46:27.70
at the end of the thousand years
00:46:27.73\00:46:29.55
the rest of the
dead, who is that?
00:46:29.58\00:46:31.36
The wicked,
they are resurrected,
00:46:31.39\00:46:34.40
so there are two
separated by one thousand years.
00:46:34.43\00:46:39.44
If I die, I want to be
in the first resurrection,
00:46:39.47\00:46:44.02
not the second one.
00:46:44.05\00:46:46.63
So now we see the
boundaries for the millennium,
00:46:46.66\00:46:49.21
one thousand
years, two resurrections,
00:46:49.24\00:46:52.42
the resurrection
of the good, the bad.
00:46:52.45\00:46:54.12
Remember what Jesus said,
00:46:54.15\00:46:55.70
the time is coming
when all who are where,
00:46:55.73\00:46:59.54
in the grave will hear my voice,
00:46:59.57\00:47:01.86
those who have done good
to the resurrection of life,
00:47:01.89\00:47:05.46
those who have done evil to
the resurrection of damnation.
00:47:05.49\00:47:10.25
Two resurrections, a
thousand years apart.
00:47:10.28\00:47:12.81
So we are taken up to be with
Christ for a thousand years,
00:47:12.84\00:47:16.36
the devil is on this
earth, the wicked are dead.
00:47:16.39\00:47:19.40
What's he doing on this earth?
00:47:19.43\00:47:20.98
What are we doing up there?
00:47:21.01\00:47:24.60
We will notice again, verse 4,
00:47:24.63\00:47:25.92
"I saw thrones
on which were seated
00:47:25.95\00:47:27.55
those who had been
given authority to judge."
00:47:27.58\00:47:29.75
Bible even tells us that we
are going to judge even angels,
00:47:33.29\00:47:37.51
so what do we judge,
why do we judge anything?
00:47:40.30\00:47:46.71
Because they are going
to be a lot of surprises
00:47:46.74\00:47:50.33
when we get there on that day.
00:47:50.36\00:47:53.21
You are going
to see people there
00:47:53.24\00:47:54.92
you never dream would make it.
00:47:54.95\00:47:57.73
I can't wait to be there.
00:47:57.76\00:48:00.70
You know what I am
looking forward to?
00:48:00.73\00:48:02.75
I'm looking
forward to all my friends
00:48:02.78\00:48:06.40
in a Christian
college that I used to go to
00:48:06.43\00:48:10.04
when I turned away from God.
00:48:10.07\00:48:13.01
And I'm going to see them there,
00:48:13.04\00:48:14.48
and they are going to
say Jac Colon, is that you?
00:48:14.51\00:48:19.61
I can't wait.
00:48:19.64\00:48:20.67
There are going
to be some surprise.
00:48:20.70\00:48:22.02
What are you doing here?
00:48:22.05\00:48:24.92
And I can tell my story,
and they will say praise God,
00:48:24.95\00:48:29.92
He didn't make a mistake.
00:48:29.95\00:48:32.99
I belong here because
of the blood of Jesus.
00:48:33.02\00:48:38.15
There are going to be
some other kinds of surprises,
00:48:38.18\00:48:41.13
disappointments
people we thought
00:48:41.16\00:48:44.11
surely would be
there, favorite preacher,
00:48:44.14\00:48:48.70
favorite Bible
teacher, relatives, friends,
00:48:48.73\00:48:53.95
the good deacon,
00:48:53.98\00:48:55.15
who is the only
one that would ever mow
00:48:55.18\00:48:56.80
the lawn in the hot
sun in the summer time,
00:48:56.83\00:49:00.94
surely he would be there.
00:49:00.97\00:49:04.63
Where is he?
00:49:04.66\00:49:07.29
And about that time
and angel comes walking by.
00:49:07.32\00:49:13.97
You say, angel my
deacon, why is he not here?
00:49:14.00\00:49:20.88
And the angel says you shut up,
we don't ask questions up here.
00:49:20.91\00:49:27.05
The thrones are seated
00:49:30.36\00:49:33.24
for those who have been
given authority to judge.
00:49:33.27\00:49:36.63
Angel says come here,
00:49:36.66\00:49:39.30
opens the book there it is?
00:49:39.33\00:49:44.12
I didn't know,
00:49:44.15\00:49:46.47
I didn't know every question
is going to be answered,
00:49:46.50\00:49:53.05
so that when God
finally destroys the wicked
00:49:53.08\00:49:56.79
and saves the
righteous everyone will know
00:49:56.82\00:50:01.98
that it is an act of love
and God has done the right thing
00:50:02.01\00:50:09.83
and sin will
never rise up again,
00:50:09.86\00:50:14.37
but He is not finished yet.
00:50:14.40\00:50:16.42
There is still
another piece to make sure
00:50:16.45\00:50:19.30
that sin never rises up again.
00:50:19.33\00:50:22.44
We have more verse 7,
00:50:22.47\00:50:24.93
"When the
thousand years are over,
00:50:24.96\00:50:26.71
Satan will be
released from his prison."
00:50:26.74\00:50:29.09
How does that happen?
00:50:29.12\00:50:30.53
The wicked are raised up again,
00:50:30.56\00:50:33.15
and he goes out to
deceive the nations
00:50:33.18\00:50:35.39
in the four
corners of the earth,
00:50:35.42\00:50:36.75
Gog and Magog.
00:50:36.78\00:50:37.96
So now Gog and Magog
are not some little country,
00:50:37.99\00:50:41.16
they are all the wicked from
the four corners of the earth,
00:50:41.19\00:50:45.52
all the wicked and
they gather them for battle.
00:50:45.55\00:50:49.32
In number they are
like sand on the seashore,
00:50:49.35\00:50:51.92
they march across
the breath of the earth
00:50:51.95\00:50:53.76
and surround the
camp of God's people,
00:50:53.79\00:50:55.86
the city that He
loves, so the new Jerusalem
00:50:55.89\00:50:58.74
comes back down to this
earth, the wicked are raised up.
00:50:58.77\00:51:02.26
The wicked surrounded.
00:51:02.29\00:51:03.99
Satan says
let's attack the city.
00:51:04.02\00:51:05.98
Look they are just
a few, we are so many.
00:51:06.01\00:51:08.30
Here is our chance, we
are like sand on the seashore,
00:51:08.33\00:51:11.45
so they go to attack the
city, they surround the camp
00:51:11.48\00:51:14.78
but fire comes down from
heaven and the devoured them
00:51:14.81\00:51:18.47
and the devil who deceived them
00:51:18.50\00:51:20.75
was thrown into the
lake of burning sulphur
00:51:20.78\00:51:23.37
where the beast
and the false prophet
00:51:23.40\00:51:25.20
had already been thrown
00:51:25.23\00:51:26.51
and they will be tormented
day and night for ever.
00:51:26.54\00:51:30.62
Why does God raise up the wicked
00:51:30.65\00:51:32.97
and then destroy them again.
00:51:33.00\00:51:35.41
Why don't He just
let them stay dead.
00:51:35.44\00:51:38.13
Here is why?
00:51:38.16\00:51:40.45
"I saw a great white throne,
and Him who was seated on it.''
00:51:40.48\00:51:43.41
In Verse 12, "I saw the dead,
00:51:43.44\00:51:44.73
small and great
standing before the throne,
00:51:44.76\00:51:46.76
and the books were opened.
00:51:46.79\00:51:48.33
And another book was opened,
which is the book of life.
00:51:48.36\00:51:51.15
And the dead were judged
according to what they had done,
00:51:51.18\00:51:54.00
as recorded in the books."
00:51:54.03\00:51:59.79
The judgment.
00:51:59.82\00:52:03.12
"The lake of fire
is the second death.
00:52:03.15\00:52:06.03
If anyone's name was not found
written in the book of life,
00:52:06.06\00:52:08.91
he was thrown
into the lake of fire."
00:52:08.94\00:52:12.28
They are raised up
again, the wicked are raised up
00:52:12.31\00:52:15.11
again to appear before
the great white throne, why?
00:52:15.14\00:52:21.36
Because the Bible
says every knee will bow
00:52:21.39\00:52:26.85
and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord.
00:52:26.88\00:52:34.45
When does that happen?
00:52:34.48\00:52:36.37
That's the very last day,
even Satan himself is included
00:52:36.40\00:52:42.93
in that every, he is going to
acknowledge that God is right,
00:52:42.96\00:52:47.62
that he was wrong,
00:52:47.65\00:52:48.74
he has had a thousand
years to think it over,
00:52:48.77\00:52:52.10
he doesn't repent,
the wicked don't repent,
00:52:52.13\00:52:54.97
they don't want
to be in that city,
00:52:55.00\00:52:56.58
there will be
nothing there for them
00:52:56.61\00:52:58.06
to do for
eternity, boring for them.
00:52:58.09\00:53:04.28
And they are cast
into the lake of fire
00:53:04.31\00:53:07.75
and that's the last
piece that convinces everyone,
00:53:07.78\00:53:11.54
God is just, God is love
00:53:11.57\00:53:18.44
and sin will
never rise up again.
00:53:18.47\00:53:23.04
What a story.
00:53:23.07\00:53:26.65
Do you realize that every being
who has ever lived on this earth
00:53:26.68\00:53:33.58
is going to be
present on that day.
00:53:33.61\00:53:36.74
All the wicked,
all the righteous.
00:53:36.77\00:53:42.50
The righteous
will be inside the city
00:53:42.53\00:53:45.92
because that's where the Lamb
is and they follow the Lamb.
00:53:45.95\00:53:50.49
The wicked on the outside,
everyone is going to be there.
00:53:50.52\00:53:55.32
You are going to be
there, you can't change that.
00:53:55.35\00:54:01.86
The only thing you can
change is where will you be?
00:54:01.89\00:54:08.41
Inside the city
00:54:08.44\00:54:11.34
or on the outside
wishing you were inside.
00:54:11.37\00:54:18.48
Just follow the Lamb.
00:54:18.51\00:54:24.25
Lord God, we thank you
and we praise you for Jesus
00:54:24.28\00:54:29.99
who gives us life and
He has paid the price.
00:54:30.02\00:54:35.04
Thank you Jesus, amen.
00:54:35.07\00:54:40.53
Hello, I'm Lynn Bryson,
00:54:40.56\00:54:42.20
pastor of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:54:42.23\00:54:43.90
here in McMinnville, Oregon
00:54:43.93\00:54:45.48
where we have been
filming this Revelation
00:54:45.51\00:54:47.11
Now series on this set,
00:54:47.14\00:54:48.51
that you can watch
it on your television.
00:54:48.54\00:54:51.12
You may have some
questions right now,
00:54:51.15\00:54:53.09
and perhaps you would like
to receive Jesus in your heart
00:54:53.12\00:54:55.44
but you are not
quite sure how to do that.
00:54:55.47\00:54:57.41
If that's your
desire and I invite you
00:54:57.44\00:54:59.64
to bow your
head with me and pray
00:54:59.67\00:55:00.84
and repeat the words after me.
00:55:00.87\00:55:03.41
Dear Lord and Father,
00:55:03.44\00:55:05.76
thank you for sending
Jesus to be my savior.
00:55:05.79\00:55:10.37
I want to invite Him
into my heart right now.
00:55:10.40\00:55:14.23
Please come in and
forgive me for my sins,
00:55:14.26\00:55:17.92
and thank you for the
free gift of salvation.
00:55:17.95\00:55:22.38
I know that Jesus is preparing
a place for me in your house.
00:55:22.41\00:55:27.71
And I am eager to see you.
00:55:27.74\00:55:30.64
Thank you for this
day in Jesus' name, amen.
00:55:30.67\00:55:38.14
If you pray that prayer
with me, then congratulations
00:55:38.17\00:55:41.31
because you have
received Jesus into your heart.
00:55:41.34\00:55:44.10
Now you would be
wondering right now,
00:55:44.13\00:55:46.01
what am I supposed to
feel, perhaps you are feeling
00:55:46.04\00:55:48.10
a peace coming into you
that you've never felt before,
00:55:48.13\00:55:50.92
both are normal, don't
rely on your feelings so.
00:55:50.95\00:55:54.76
Believe God's word
00:55:54.79\00:55:56.59
and believe that
what He had said is true
00:55:56.62\00:55:58.49
that He loves you and
that He has forgiven you.
00:55:58.52\00:56:02.72
This is the perfect
time to find answers
00:56:02.75\00:56:05.21
to some of your question.
00:56:05.24\00:56:06.88
And if you do have questions,
00:56:06.91\00:56:08.23
I want to invite you to locate
a Seventh-day Adventist church
00:56:08.26\00:56:11.19
in your local area.
00:56:11.22\00:56:12.98
Seventh-day Adventist churches
are listed in the phone books,
00:56:13.01\00:56:15.17
so you can find one by
going to the yellow pages
00:56:15.20\00:56:17.04
or the white pages or
you can get on the internet
00:56:17.07\00:56:20.08
and do a Google search for
Seventh-day Adventist churches
00:56:20.11\00:56:23.77
or you may want to just go ahead
00:56:23.80\00:56:24.90
and call the McMinnville
Church right here in Oregon.
00:56:24.93\00:56:27.81
If you are calling
from the United States
00:56:27.84\00:56:29.14
our phone number is 503-472-7841
00:56:29.17\00:56:34.93
or you can email us at
sdachruch@onlinemac.com
00:56:34.96\00:56:40.57
or go to our webpage at
www.mcminnvilleadventist.org.
00:56:40.60\00:56:46.06