A great controversy
rages between good and evil
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and humanity is
caught in the crossfire.
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Satan has crafted his most
cunning end-time deceptions
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but his plans
are doomed to fail.
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Get ready to
anchor your minds in truth
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as the Bible exposes his lies
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and prepares us for
our soon-coming Savior.
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And now live from the
Campus Hill Church of SDA's
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in Loma Linda, CA, we
bring you this presentation of:
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Hello and welcome
to 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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Y'all having a good time here?
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Yes! All right! Praise the Lord!
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We've got a noisy group here for
those of you that's not here.
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We love it. We like people
that are excited about the Lord,
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excited about the
message that God has given us
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to take an undiluted
three angels' messages,
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one that would counteract the
counterfeit, into all the world.
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I want to thank all of
you watching, all of you here
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for your love and your prayers,
financial support of 3ABN
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as we continue to take
the three angels' messages
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into all the world.
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Today it's a
privilege to introduce
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the speaker of the hour.
I've known him for a long time.
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In fact, I could
say all of my life.
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It's one of my brothers...
older brother Kenny Shelton.
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So we have three older
ones; I'm the youngest of four.
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But Bro. Kenny's been
preaching for a long time
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and he and his wife Chris
have Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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How many have
watched them on 3ABN?
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All right. A lot of
hands up here and some Amens.
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And so I know Kenny and Chris
well, and their heart's desire
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is to tell the world about
Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
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So I respect Kenny tremendously
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and I love he and Chris and
appreciate so much what they do
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for the cause of God.
They never ask for anything.
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They're servants...
they have servants hearts.
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Anywhere we want to
go or want them to go
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they say: "Tell us
when... we'll go. "
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And I appreciate
them again so much.
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But before Kenny comes to preach
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we have some special
music today. I see Tim Parton
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and I think Bro. Ryan
Day. He's going to be doing
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It Is Well With My Soul.
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And Ryan, thank you so much
for what you do for the cause
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of God. And Tim: both of
you incredible musicians.
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I'm so thankful they're on
God's side, aren't you? Yes!
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'Cause both of them
have the gifts and talents
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and abilities to
sing anywhere in the world
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but thank you for choosing
God. All right. Praise the Lord!
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It Is Well With My
Soul is my favorite hymn
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and I love how it was inspired.
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Not so much the
story in and of itself...
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because it's a sad story.
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The guy who lost
all of his children,
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his business in the
Chicago fires of the 1870's
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and just seemed like this
Christian man was being tested
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beyond measure. But as he was
traveling across the Atlantic
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ocean to go meet his
wife after he had just lost
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all of his daughters he
penned down these words:
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When peace
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like a river
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attendeth my way.
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When sorrows
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like sea billows
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roll.
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Whatever my lot
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Thou has taught me
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to say:
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"It is well,
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it is well
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with my soul. "
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It is well
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with my soul,
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It is well,
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it is well
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with
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my soul.
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And Lord, haste
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the day
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when my faith shall be sight,
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Oh, the clouds be
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rolled back
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as a scroll:
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The trumpet
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shall sound
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and the Lord shall
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descend...
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Well, even so
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it is well
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with my soul.
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It is well
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with my soul,
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It is well,
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it is well
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with my soul...
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It is well,
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it is well
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with
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my soul!
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Praise God! Praise the Lord!
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Thank you, thank you.
Whoo! Praise God! Amen!
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Man, they talk
about having church!
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We're having church, aren't
we? Praise the Lord! I tell you:
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That was beautiful!
It's good to be here.
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Good to see all
the familiar faces.
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We're making some
new friends we pray
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and getting re-acquainted
with some old friends...
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so it's been good. 3ABN
Camp Meeting is a wonderful time
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to come together and we
are very thrilled to be here.
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As some of you are probably
looking in your bulletin
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or whatever you have here
you know our subject matter
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we're going to be talking about.
I like to get down to business.
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You know? There's going to
be no monkey business today.
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Gonna be God's
business, isn't that right?
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We get down to it because
we're living in the last hours
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of earth's history and we do be-
lieve that Jesus is coming soon.
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And we need to - these messages
that you've been hearing -
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take them to heart. Take them
home with you and share them.
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Just before we
begin if you don't mind
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I'm just going to kneel up here
and just have a word of prayer.
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You can kneel with me or sit
there. We're just gonna pray.
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Loving Father in heaven,
we thank you for the privilege
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we have of prayer.
Thank you that we can call You
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our Father. Lord,
we need You right now.
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We pray in a special way
You'll pour out Your Holy Spirit
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upon each of Your children
and upon the word that is spoken
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today. May we hide
behind the cross of Calvary.
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May Jesus be seen and
heard today only, Lord.
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We thank you for hearing;
thank you for answering.
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Fill this place with
the Holy Spirit, Lord.
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Energize us for Your soon coming
in Jesus' name, Amen. Amen!
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Well if you have your
Bibles it's good. If not,
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pencil and paper 'cause
we're going to go quickly
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through the
Word of God together.
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We're going to
talk about a rapture.
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Anyone heard about the rapture?
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And there's some who
call it "the secret rapture. "
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Others just call it a rapture.
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Now this is a subject
that to me is life and death
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and I'll mention it
over and over several times
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as we talk about
it this afternoon.
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If we have a wrong concept
or thought about this subject
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matter, I'm going to
be bold enough to say
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that we will be lost.
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That's pretty
bold... I understand.
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We will be lost. We
cannot be fooled on this subject
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but the devil is
doing his very best.
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We're looking at rapture
ruse, and we'll define that
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in a moment in case you've
not heard that word in a while.
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But, you know, how many
have heard about a book called
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Left Behind? Has anyone?
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Yeah... well there are
a few of you not too shy.
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That's good. But you
know I'm not going to ask
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how many purchased
one and how many read it.
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I really don't care about that.
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I only wanted to know if
you have heard of that book
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Left Behind.
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It starts out... it's
kind of interesting...
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with it says a Boeing 747
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headed toward London.
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And without warning
notice the passengers
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mysteriously begin to disappear.
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Kind of interesting. I
was in the airport one time
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and I saw the pilot came
through. He had his little black
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bag you know
they have with them.
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He said: "Be careful
'cause I may be raptured away. "
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I didn't know whether
to get on the plane or not
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but I think I understand
the truth of God's Word
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so I got on the plane.
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In this book... in this book
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as they got on the
plane headed toward London
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passengers again mysteriously...
from their seats.
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Terror! They were terrorized.
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There was chaos in that plane.
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And of course it went worldwide.
It just didn't stay there...
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all of a sudden it just
spread worldwide quickly...
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an unusual event. And
it continued to unfold...
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notice... because
there were some left behind
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the apocalypse had begun.
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Interesting word.
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Sounds interesting.
Sounds like a good story to me.
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But I think today - not
trying to attack the writer
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or the book at all
in any form or fashion
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but notice with me if
you will just a few facts.
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A few facts that the author,
best known for this book,
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and he called this book -
listen to me - a "novel. "
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And another word he
used is a "fiction book. "
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Well, I'm not too
interested in fiction.
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I'm not too
interested in a novel.
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I like to know what the
truth is, is from where?
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The Word of God.
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So notice: many people
were deceived and fooled
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because they read the book
and they thought this could
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really happen or
may be happening.
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A book, a novel, fiction!
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This author has
written over 50 books...
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both fiction and non-fiction.
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There's also a Left
Behind series for children.
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Interesting. Many of
you have heard of NPR.
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National Public
Radio said that this book -
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notice this - this book
sold over 80 million copies.
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Eighty million copies, and many
believed this book as a fact
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or like that of Scripture.
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Maybe they didn't ask...
maybe they didn't understand,
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but you know we need to
get in Scripture to find out
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everything. We are
to try the spirits.
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We're to test them to see
whether these things be so.
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Eighty million books. That's
an awful lot of books is it not?
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The Bible is very clear
that the enemy is going to be
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deceiving here
in these last days.
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Found myself a little quote
here in II Selected Messages.
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Page 92 says
this... notice this:
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"Every conceivable
message is coming to counterfeit
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the work of God. "
What does the devil do?
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He's a counterfeiter, is he not?
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For every truth that
God has what happens?
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Keep this in mind: For
every truth that God has
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in His Word the devil
has a? He has a counterfeit.
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Now there's no exception
to the rule we might say
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so it makes a difference then
what we believe does it not?
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Yeah. True: we're
"sanctified by the truth"
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the Bible tells us
in John 17:17 for sure.
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I love the book
The Great Controversy.
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If you have it and you haven't
been reading it, you should.
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Page 592 says this:
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"So closely will the
counterfeit... " notice this...
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"resemble the true that
it will be impossible... "
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Notice what?
"impossible to distinguish
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between " - notice - "them
except through the Scriptures. "
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So it's going to take
Scriptures to distinguish
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between the false and the real.
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You take the Bible and
you compare line upon line.
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And notice: "Satan will
deceive... " Notice this:
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"anyone who is
willing to be deceived. "
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Get that word...
put it under your hat.
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Think about it. The
enemy will deceive anyone
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who is willing to be deceived.
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By the grace of God
say: "I'm not willing
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to be deceived.
" And I say this:
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I believe with all of my
heart ignorance is no excuse
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for error or sin.
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Notice: "Where
there is every opportunity
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to know the will of God.
" I think in this country
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that we live in
there's every opportunity
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to know what truth is.
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We need the power
of the Holy Spirit
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Right? to impress
our hearts and our minds
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to stay with the truth.
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We need not be falling behind
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but God's church - all
churches - need to be moving
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forward in what is truth today
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and not accepting a lot of
these things that come our way.
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Every wind of
doctrine... rapture.
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The rapture deception.
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The rapture "swindle"
if I may use the word.
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What does ruse
really mean? R- U-S-E.
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The dictionary says this:
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something used to
produce the desired effect.
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And then it says: tricked.
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The enemy is in
for tricks, is he not?
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He's wanting to
trick and to deceive.
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So once again, for every
truth God has in His Word
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there is a counterfeit.
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Untruths are told
about the coming of Jesus.
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How the devil wants to,
you know, put up some kind
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of false second coming to
try to get us off the track
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because he's scared to death
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to think that you're
going to be prepared.
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The enemy does
not want you prepared
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for the second coming of Jesus.
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This is a dangerous subject
if we don't get it right.
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And so today, by the
grace of God and the Bible
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we're going to get it right.
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We don't want to
lose eternal life.
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Why? Because we're
either going to accept Jesus
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as our Lord and Savior and
we're going to follow Him...
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Isn't that right? all the way
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or we will accept
the enemy as he comes
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as an angel of light in II
Cor. isn't it? 11 verse 14?
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It says even the enemy
is going to come as what?
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As an angel of light!
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So he's going to try
to deceive, is he not?
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Millions and millions of
people believe in a thing called
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"the secret rapture"
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while the Bible maybe and
I believe teaches something
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different, and we'll
look at the Word of God.
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I'm going to take 3
areas that we want to look at.
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I'll put it real
simple. I like simple things.
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I'm a simple person.
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We're going to look at
the false version first
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then we're going to look
at the true version second.
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And then we want to
answer the question:
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Why is it impossible...
or why is it important
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to know the difference?
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It is possible. What's
the importance - notice this -
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to know the difference?
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Well, let's go back,
shall we, a few hundred years
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and go over what we call
the secret rapture theory.
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It was laid over 400 years ago.
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Now why was it? What
was the purpose of it?
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The purpose of this
teaching was to try to stop,
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try to slow down, the
Protestant Reformation.
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OK... are we thinking together?
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Trying to slow down
the Protestant Reformation.
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Now remember: the
Protestant Reformation...
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I think today as we
move around as Christians
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that we need to have a little
more of the protest of error.
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Is somebody awake?
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Yeah. We need to protest
what? We need to protest error.
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The Protestant
movement was protesting error.
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And as the Reformers
were reading Scripture
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during the time
of the Reformation
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several of the Reformers...
Now remember: this is not
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for the weak and the faint
or the spiritually, you know,
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we talk the weak. This
is for those who really
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want to understand
and know what truth is.
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You have to call
it the way that it is.
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History bears fact
to it: the Reformation,
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that the Reformers... they
were studying the Word of God
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and all of a sudden they saw
there needed to be changes made.
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Isn't that right?
Changes had to be made.
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And you know what?
Again, in our churches today
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there needs to be a Reformation.
00:17:23.64\00:17:25.31
There needs to be a change.
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There needs to be the people
of God that stand for what
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is truth though the
heavens as it were fall. Amen!
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We need people to do that!
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It's a reform movement.
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We need it today
by the grace of God.
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To simply get back to something
new? No! Get back to the old.
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Get back to what was
there in the very beginning.
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Just like God said:
"Go back to the beginning
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and start over. "
But as these Reformers
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or Reformation individuals,
as they were studying
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the Bible they came across
something that was very very
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interesting. They came across...
Notice: they identified
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the Pope as the man of sin.
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Did they or did they not?
Those of you who have studied.
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They identified the papacy
- the Pope - as the man of sin
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or the son of perdition.
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Have you ever read
that in the Word of God?
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There's a warning against
that. Have you ever read it?
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I want to just turn
there quickly in my Bible.
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II Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 3 and 4.
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Notice with me quickly.
II Thessalonians chapter 2
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verses what? Three and four.
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Notice this. Yeah, we
talk about heavy duty. It's OK
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to get heavy
duty. It's right here.
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We're either going to
prove that it is or it isn't.
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The Bible says: "Let
no man deceive you... "
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Right? "by any means for
that day shall... " What?
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"shall not come except
there come a falling away first.
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"The man of sin be revealed...
the son of perdition. "
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Notice this son of
perdition, this man of sin.
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What does he do?
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Verse 4: "He opposes and
exalteth himself above all
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that is called God
or that is worshiped
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so that he as God
sits in the temple of God
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showing himself
that he is God. "
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That's pretty
powerful, is it not?
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And so the Reformers began
to read this and they said:
00:19:08.18\00:19:10.81
"My, my! Look
what we found here! "
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And they began to shout it
out; they began to print it out;
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they began to tell others about
what they had found right here.
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The man of sin and son
of perdition simply means
00:19:21.22\00:19:23.43
the one who's going to ruin
things, that talks about laws,
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that talks about destruction.
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Martin Luther was one such man
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as he studied the Scripture.
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And he said, and he
said it to the church...
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he said: "I believe the
Pope is the son of perdition
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and so on and the
church the antichrist... "
00:19:40.98\00:19:43.04
he said.. "of prophecy. "
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Hmm. And so all of a sudden
all the fingers began to point
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toward the church of Rome.
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And so as everybody was
eyeing the church of Rome,
00:19:53.15\00:19:56.22
what was said about them,
00:19:56.42\00:19:57.76
they said:
"Something has to be done. "
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"Some changes have to
be made because everybody
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is looking in our
direction. " So what happened?
00:20:03.43\00:20:06.63
Well certainly, there were
two I want to call them Jesuit
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priests that were used in
this. The job came up to them.
00:20:10.51\00:20:14.24
"You've got to find something
that would take eyes off
00:20:14.44\00:20:17.48
of the Roman church. "
00:20:17.68\00:20:19.25
And so history bears
fact to this. You can study
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it for yourself. As
the eyes were on Rome...
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And notice the teaching
we're talking about today
00:20:26.12\00:20:28.52
is the basis or the foun-
dation... Notice: I tell you...
00:20:28.72\00:20:33.50
of modern
Protestant theology today.
00:20:33.70\00:20:36.83
And so it's
danger... it's a big danger.
00:20:37.23\00:20:42.17
The first one - this
is in the 16th century -
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we'll go over it
as quickly as we can.
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His name was Alcázar,
right? He applied this system
00:20:46.14\00:20:50.81
of what became known as the
Preterist school of prophecy.
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What does that simply
mean in very simple terms?
00:20:55.98\00:20:58.29
He applied the beast powers
- the beast powers of the book
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of Revelation - to
the very first century
00:21:02.52\00:21:05.79
and said they had
"no future application. "
00:21:05.99\00:21:08.46
Well all of a
sudden if you believed that
00:21:08.66\00:21:10.33
then eyes were off of Rome.
00:21:10.53\00:21:12.43
And so that was put out there
and people began to be confused.
00:21:13.44\00:21:16.60
The second Jesuit
priest, Francisco Ribera,
00:21:16.81\00:21:20.38
came up with the system
known as Futurism... futurist:
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the school of
interpretation simply meaning -
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again, to take our eyes off of
Rome - he taught the antichrist
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was to be someone
that would be in the future
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just before the end of time.
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So they thought: "Well it can't
possibly be the church of Rome
00:21:39.19\00:21:41.40
then. " So the Jesuits were
putting out some false teaching.
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And interesting: many of us
are still following that today.
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We're getting away
from the Word of God.
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Interesting... the future...
they're talking about into
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the future here, the end.
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They said there would be
a power that would rise up -
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there would be a man of
power here, single person...
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He would be believed, you
know, received by the Jews
00:22:01.85\00:22:05.59
They would rebuild Jerusalem.
Notice some of the things here.
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They would abolish Christianity.
00:22:09.02\00:22:11.33
They would deny Christ, and
they would persecute the church.
00:22:11.73\00:22:15.56
Interesting thoughts here!
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How sad to come up with
a teaching that there is
00:22:18.37\00:22:21.37
no Scriptural
basis. And may I say today:
00:22:21.57\00:22:24.54
many people still do that.
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Then the church today come up
with things that are not found
00:22:26.78\00:22:30.01
in the Word of God, and some-
times you and I sit by idly
00:22:30.21\00:22:33.18
and do nothing about it. God
would have us to protest that,
00:22:33.38\00:22:37.25
give us a "thus
saith the Lord" for that.
00:22:37.45\00:22:40.12
I mean, just think about this:
there's no scripture involved
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in here that would say
that these men were right
00:22:43.63\00:22:46.33
in their teaching.
But I just have to say...
00:22:46.53\00:22:49.33
and I'm not trying
to be mean about it...
00:22:49.53\00:22:50.87
but isn't that just
typical of a Jesuit doctrine
00:22:50.97\00:22:54.07
that has hoodwinked millions?
00:22:54.47\00:22:56.04
Hoodwinked millions.
Now... that's our concern.
00:22:56.87\00:22:59.67
Not trying to put a group down
or trying to elevate a group,
00:22:59.87\00:23:02.28
but many people are
confused on this Bible subject
00:23:02.48\00:23:06.48
about the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:23:06.68\00:23:08.75
And of course, in the 1800's
we find the Futurist group
00:23:09.58\00:23:13.22
we call here the
view of Jesuit Ribera
00:23:13.42\00:23:15.72
push forward a few changes.
00:23:15.92\00:23:17.63
And so they added.
Isn't that interesting?
00:23:17.83\00:23:19.23
If we need to add, we just add.
00:23:19.43\00:23:20.76
And they added a
7-year tribulation period.
00:23:21.13\00:23:24.00
Interesting. They take
something out of Daniel 8:14
00:23:24.87\00:23:27.94
"Unto 2,300 days then the
sanctuary shall be cleansed. "
00:23:28.14\00:23:30.11
Right? They
take Jesus out of it.
00:23:30.31\00:23:31.94
You can't take
Jesus out of anything.
00:23:32.34\00:23:34.14
You can't do it.
00:23:34.54\00:23:35.88
So they take Jesus out of the
the center of prophecy, Jesus'
00:23:35.91\00:23:37.81
coming as the Messiah,
Jesus dying on the cross,
00:23:38.01\00:23:40.08
gospel going to the Gentiles.
00:23:40.48\00:23:42.65
And they take it and
they put it to the very end.
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You can't take anything
out of prophecy once it starts
00:23:45.55\00:23:47.82
and begins. And then
they added the thing called
00:23:48.02\00:23:51.69
the secret rapture or a
snatching away of individuals
00:23:51.89\00:23:55.76
or a church. Now
there's danger there!
00:23:55.96\00:23:58.63
I'm not trying to
criticize or condemn anyone,
00:23:59.50\00:24:01.47
but there is a danger because
people believe in this doctrine
00:24:01.87\00:24:06.81
and this teaching
here. They're not preparing
00:24:07.01\00:24:09.14
for what is coming upon
this world as an overwhelming
00:24:09.34\00:24:11.68
surprise. They are not preparing
for the coming of Jesus. Why?
00:24:11.88\00:24:15.45
Because if you don't
make it the first time
00:24:15.65\00:24:17.75
you're going to
have a second chance.
00:24:17.95\00:24:19.39
They're going to
have another opportunity.
00:24:19.79\00:24:21.12
Listen: in this
world you have one chance.
00:24:21.32\00:24:23.06
That's it.
00:24:23.46\00:24:24.79
But the enemy's saying: "Well
don't worry so much about it
00:24:26.53\00:24:28.03
so much right now. Hey,
there will come a little secret
00:24:28.23\00:24:30.93
rapture. Some will be
taken; the others will remain
00:24:31.13\00:24:33.34
and will go on...
they'll be evangelized. "
00:24:33.54\00:24:35.60
Is that what the Bible teaches?
00:24:35.80\00:24:37.14
That's NOT what
the Bible teaches
00:24:37.44\00:24:39.11
and we're going to prove
that from the Word of God.
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.24
That's a
danger... that's a red flag
00:24:42.28\00:24:45.48
because millions are not
prepared to go through a time
00:24:45.68\00:24:49.38
of trouble that this
world has never seen.
00:24:49.58\00:24:52.42
Be nice to say there's not
going to be a time of trouble.
00:24:52.62\00:24:55.09
Wouldn't it be nice to say that?
00:24:55.29\00:24:56.62
But that's not true!
00:24:56.79\00:24:58.49
It's going to take a special
relationship with Jesus Christ.
00:24:58.69\00:25:01.96
That's maybe an experience that
many of us don't have right now.
00:25:02.16\00:25:04.97
If you think you're just going
to float and coast on through,
00:25:05.53\00:25:08.24
will you really be
preparing in the right way
00:25:08.44\00:25:10.51
for what's coming on this world?
00:25:10.71\00:25:12.04
Let's do a quick
run-through if you don't mind
00:25:12.21\00:25:13.88
of a few verses
that those who believe
00:25:14.08\00:25:16.48
in the secret rapture use
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.58
and let's just see if they
stand the test of Scripture.
00:25:18.78\00:25:23.02
In the book of
Matthew chapter 24
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verses 40 and 41.
Matthew chapter what?
00:25:25.69\00:25:28.89
Twenty-four...
right. Verses what?
00:25:29.29\00:25:31.69
You're good!
Forty and forty-one.
00:25:32.19\00:25:34.83
Matthew 24:40-41.
00:25:35.03\00:25:37.20
I like to say this:
"This is what the Bible says. "
00:25:37.60\00:25:40.60
This is not what a church says;
00:25:41.30\00:25:43.27
this is not what
a denomination says.
00:25:43.47\00:25:45.31
They may say it, but
that's not what we bank on.
00:25:45.51\00:25:47.84
It's what the Word of God...
this is what God's Word says.
00:25:48.24\00:25:51.68
And we'll do it as quickly
as we can. Notice verse 40:
00:25:51.88\00:25:53.55
"There shall be two... "
Where? There's going to be two
00:25:53.75\00:25:56.22
"in the field. One's
going to be... " What?
00:25:56.42\00:25:58.45
"one's going to be
taken and the other left. "
00:25:58.65\00:26:00.96
Well if that be true,
00:26:01.16\00:26:02.52
now notice: if
we stop right there
00:26:02.92\00:26:04.83
you might try to build a
teaching, a doctrine on that.
00:26:05.03\00:26:07.00
But we can't stop there because
the Bible doesn't stop there.
00:26:07.20\00:26:10.23
There's going to be
what? "two in the field.
00:26:11.17\00:26:12.50
One's going to be taken
and the other will remain. "
00:26:12.70\00:26:14.97
Well it makes a difference
on the one that remains
00:26:15.17\00:26:17.21
what happens. Does
that person remain alive
00:26:17.41\00:26:19.81
and they have
another opportunity?
00:26:20.01\00:26:21.44
Or is that
person going to be dead?
00:26:21.64\00:26:23.81
See what the Word of
God says. But remember:
00:26:25.95\00:26:27.78
always in Scripture, kind
of put a little line by this
00:26:27.98\00:26:30.35
if you will: always
in Scripture - listen -
00:26:30.55\00:26:32.55
at the coming of Jesus
there is always a separation
00:26:32.75\00:26:36.93
between those who are righteous
00:26:37.43\00:26:39.46
and those... the unrighteous.
00:26:39.66\00:26:41.46
We always know
there's how many classes?
00:26:41.66\00:26:43.26
Two... the saved and the lost.
00:26:43.67\00:26:46.03
Here we say the saved and
those who are left behind.
00:26:46.23\00:26:48.54
So we're going to look at it
closely at what the Bible says.
00:26:48.74\00:26:51.01
Remember: every time it
talks about the second coming
00:26:51.41\00:26:53.68
it's always the
saved and the lost.
00:26:53.88\00:26:57.05
The righteous
and maybe the unholy.
00:26:57.25\00:26:59.21
Now notice: does it mean
when you say "left behind"
00:27:00.02\00:27:02.92
does it mean that they are
alive or that they are dead?
00:27:03.12\00:27:06.89
All we have to do is
back up a couple of verses
00:27:07.56\00:27:09.82
in Matthew chapter 24.
It's beautiful! Verses 37
00:27:10.03\00:27:12.99
through 39. And I
always like to say:
00:27:13.19\00:27:15.46
'Here's what the Bible says. "
00:27:15.66\00:27:17.00
Notice Matthew 24:37-39:
00:27:17.33\00:27:19.77
"But as the days of... "What?
"Noah... " Good! "so shall
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also the coming of
the Son of Man be. "
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How many times have we
read that over and over
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and over until it
doesn't mean anything any more?
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We need to pay attention
to what the Word of God says
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because God means what He says.
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He means what He says!
00:27:36.02\00:27:37.82
"As the days of Noah... "
Notice: what were they doing
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in verse 38? The Bible says
"they were eating and they were
00:27:41.36\00:27:44.13
drinking and they were... " Huh!
00:27:44.33\00:27:46.73
"until the day that
Noah entered into the ark. "
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Now notice: at the coming
of Jesus or close of probation
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or end of this world
at the time of the flood
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notice what took place
here. What'd the Bible say?
00:27:55.24\00:27:57.34
"and took them all away.
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So also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. "
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What does it say? Again, we
look at there's a separation
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at the time of the
flood, is there not?
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Yeah. The saved or
the righteous did what?
00:28:09.95\00:28:12.35
Oh boy! We're such... Oh boy!
00:28:13.76\00:28:16.19
You can talk. It's
all right... it's good.
00:28:18.23\00:28:20.16
Yeah. The saved,
right? The righteous did what?
00:28:20.36\00:28:22.86
They obeyed the voice of
God and they went into the ark.
00:28:23.06\00:28:25.93
Now remember: there's two
groups, right? Separation.
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Saved and the lost.
00:28:29.24\00:28:30.57
Those that were lost did what?
They stayed outside of the ark.
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Now, the key would be: are
they alive or were they dead?
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Well, they died, did they not?
00:28:39.28\00:28:41.38
Interesting! In other
words they didn't stay alive
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and have the opportunity
to have a second chance
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or, you know, think they
could be saved some other way.
00:28:46.72\00:28:49.82
Interesting! The
left behind - the wicked -
00:28:50.89\00:28:55.86
were outside and
they drowned. "They died"
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is what the Bible says.
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Let's give a couple more
passages so maybe it comes
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a little clearer to us.
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I Thessalonians
chapter 4. I love this passage!
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I know you do, too. I
Thessalonians chapter 4:16-17.
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Now notice: we're not
going to read all here
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except for time. But remember:
we're talking at the coming
00:29:16.12\00:29:18.49
of Jesus what? There's
going to be: somebody say:
00:29:18.69\00:29:21.12
"separation. " I'm
going to just get so happy!
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.12
Well I'm not too happy
yet because it's too weak.
00:29:24.66\00:29:27.50
Separation. At
the coming of Jesus
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there's going to be
a? It starts with a S!
00:29:30.77\00:29:32.73
Separation. SEPARATION!
00:29:32.93\00:29:34.60
Always keep that in
mind so you're not fooled.
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There's a separation at the
coming of Jesus: the righteous
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and the wicked. We
won't forget it 'cause
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we're going over it here. The
Bible says... Ooh! I love this!
00:29:44.01\00:29:46.85
The Bible says: "The dead
in Christ shall rise first
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and we which are alive and
remain will be caught... " What?
00:29:50.12\00:29:53.56
Ooh! "be caught up to
meet the Lord in the air
00:29:53.76\00:29:57.23
and so shall we
ever be with the Lord. "
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We're caught up in the clouds.
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Remember this!
Keep it in your mind...
00:30:02.86\00:30:04.37
keep it in your mind: when
Jesus comes back the second time
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His feet will
not touch this earth.
00:30:07.80\00:30:10.57
Oh, I need somebody to listen.
00:30:11.61\00:30:13.48
If you believe otherwise,
I'm telling you right now
00:30:15.64\00:30:18.31
based on God's Word
you will be deceived.
00:30:18.71\00:30:21.45
If Christ comes back the
second time... Some of you
00:30:21.65\00:30:23.82
have maybe never heard
about the third coming of Jesus.
00:30:24.02\00:30:26.69
Whoo! Glory! I wish we had
time to talk about that too.
00:30:27.09\00:30:29.89
Second time He comes
and gathers the saints.
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Isn't that right? That's
what the Bible said here.
00:30:34.10\00:30:37.00
Now remember: the
dead in Christ do what?
00:30:37.40\00:30:39.30
"The dead in Christ rise...
" Whoo! "We which are alive
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and remain will be caught
up to meet Him in the air. "
00:30:43.94\00:30:46.68
Notice this: the dead in
Christ do what? They rise FIRST!
00:30:47.08\00:30:50.21
What a wonderful time
that will be when my Jesus
00:30:50.61\00:30:53.42
I shall see! It's
going to be like a popcorn
00:30:53.62\00:30:56.28
machine... things
going off. You see it?
00:30:56.48\00:30:58.39
Popcorn! People
coming up out of the grave.
00:30:58.59\00:31:00.29
The righteous come
up out of the grave.
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It never mentions the wicked or
the lost, the left behind here.
00:31:02.52\00:31:05.53
It just mentions the righteous.
00:31:06.49\00:31:08.23
So the righteous dead
pop up out of their graves.
00:31:08.43\00:31:11.23
Oh what a day that will be!
00:31:11.43\00:31:12.77
We long to see momma and
daddy and grammy and grampy.
00:31:12.87\00:31:15.34
Is that right?
But notice it says:
00:31:15.54\00:31:17.61
"Then we which are alive...
" Talking about the righteous.
00:31:17.81\00:31:20.38
"will be caught up to
meet Him in the air. "
00:31:20.58\00:31:23.21
Oh well then...
what about the wicked?
00:31:23.61\00:31:26.25
We've gotta think
about the wicked here.
00:31:27.25\00:31:29.35
What about the ones -
oh-oh - that are left behind?
00:31:29.75\00:31:32.69
Hmm. Well it's very easy
if we go to the Word of God
00:31:32.89\00:31:37.19
in II Thessalonians 2:8.
00:31:37.39\00:31:40.40
II Thessalonians 2 verse 8.
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Two words I want
you to hang on today.
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Remember the Bible said:
"And then shall that wicked... "
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The wicked here
is translated guilty.
00:31:49.70\00:31:51.81
Here the guilty - the wicked
- "is going to be revealed
00:31:52.01\00:31:55.81
whom the Lord
shall... " What's the word?
00:31:56.21\00:31:58.28
"consume with the
spirit of His mouth
00:31:58.48\00:32:02.58
and shall destroy
with the... " What?
00:32:02.78\00:32:05.15
"the brightness of His coming. "
00:32:06.29\00:32:07.86
Two words notice in there.
00:32:08.06\00:32:09.42
It says... Now look:
you can't get around this.
00:32:09.82\00:32:11.39
The Bible said when Jesus comes
00:32:11.59\00:32:13.33
the wicked then are
going to be destroyed.
00:32:13.53\00:32:15.03
They're going to what?
They're going to be "consumed"
00:32:15.23\00:32:16.97
the Bible says. The Bible says
they're going to be destroyed.
00:32:17.17\00:32:20.07
Is that what happens to the...?
Absolutely! That's what it says
00:32:20.97\00:32:24.21
right here: "by the
brightness of His coming. "
00:32:24.37\00:32:26.47
So we know it's at the
second coming of Jesus.
00:32:26.68\00:32:29.41
Yes, we certainly do!
00:32:29.61\00:32:30.95
Now notice this: those
left wicked... what does it say?
00:32:31.21\00:32:35.32
Those that are left -
the wicked - are destroyed
00:32:35.52\00:32:36.95
the Bible says.
Wish we had time to do it
00:32:37.15\00:32:39.29
but Jeremiah chapter 4
if you're jotting notes down
00:32:39.49\00:32:41.72
verses 25 and 26.
00:32:41.92\00:32:44.23
Jeremiah was looking
around after the coming of Jesus
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and he simply said...
I'm not going to read all
00:32:48.46\00:32:49.80
the verses... can't do
it. He said: "I looked and
00:32:49.83\00:32:51.50
there was... " How many men?
00:32:51.70\00:32:53.03
The Bible said... Jeremiah
said: "I looked around and lo
00:32:53.94\00:32:56.37
there was no man. "
00:32:56.57\00:32:58.17
Notice: "The cities were
broken down at the presence
00:32:58.37\00:33:01.94
of the Lord. "
00:33:02.14\00:33:03.48
Something big is going on here!
00:33:03.68\00:33:06.21
What a time! What a day
that will be when my Jesus
00:33:08.38\00:33:11.39
I shall see! Let's use one more.
00:33:11.59\00:33:12.92
I Thessalonians 5 verse 2.
00:33:12.99\00:33:16.29
I Thessalonians 5 verse 2.
00:33:16.49\00:33:17.96
Speaks about... and this
is probably the one that most
00:33:18.16\00:33:21.13
people look at. They'll say:
"Oh, He comes as a... " What?
00:33:21.33\00:33:24.27
"as a thief in the night. "
00:33:24.67\00:33:26.77
Let's look at
that very carefully.
00:33:27.17\00:33:28.67
Also II Peter 3:10
refers to Him coming as a thief
00:33:28.87\00:33:33.21
in the night. So we
need to look at that closely
00:33:33.41\00:33:36.34
because it sounds like if
you're just reading through:
00:33:36.54\00:33:38.05
"Well, He comes like
a thief" so there it is!
00:33:38.25\00:33:39.68
It's going to be secret. Huh!
00:33:39.88\00:33:41.62
Remember at the
coming of Jesus there's what?
00:33:41.82\00:33:44.15
Somebody say separation.
00:33:44.35\00:33:45.82
Separation. That's
called the "S" word.
00:33:46.02\00:33:48.52
There comes a
separation. Righteous, right?
00:33:51.13\00:33:54.63
And the wicked.
00:33:54.83\00:33:56.16
There's a separation. What was
the apostle saying here to us?
00:33:56.80\00:33:59.93
He was using the
figure of a thief
00:34:00.34\00:34:04.77
to emphasize the unexpectedness
of the coming of Jesus
00:34:04.97\00:34:09.18
because the Bible
simply says right there
00:34:09.38\00:34:11.31
"If the man had been watching,
his house would not have been
00:34:11.51\00:34:13.85
broken up or broken into. "
00:34:14.05\00:34:15.55
Right? Jesus is
telling us that today.
00:34:15.75\00:34:18.25
If you are wide awake,
you will not be shocked
00:34:18.45\00:34:20.69
at what's going on
in the world today.
00:34:20.89\00:34:22.39
And most people should be
shocked... and if you're not
00:34:22.59\00:34:24.73
shocked you need to
get shocked... Is that OK?
00:34:24.93\00:34:28.06
because of the
nearness of His coming. Amen!
00:34:30.33\00:34:35.90
If we want heaven to
be our home, we have to be
00:34:36.50\00:34:38.57
like those that are in heaven...
00:34:38.77\00:34:40.11
and only Christ can do
that in and through us.
00:34:40.18\00:34:44.31
Coming as a thief.
00:34:44.51\00:34:46.85
"Take heed, beware"
it's telling us here.
00:34:47.05\00:34:49.48
Be prepared for all
that's coming upon this world -
00:34:49.68\00:34:53.49
notice the words - as an
"overwhelming surprise" to most.
00:34:53.89\00:34:59.69
It should not be a surprise.
00:35:00.30\00:35:01.93
Jesus never wanted His
second coming to be a surprise.
00:35:02.13\00:35:04.43
He warned us over
and over and over.
00:35:05.00\00:35:07.50
So we can look and we
can see quickly here about
00:35:08.70\00:35:12.11
something called secret rapture
00:35:12.31\00:35:13.91
it's not jelling with Scripture.
00:35:14.11\00:35:16.38
Let me just give
you a few scriptures -
00:35:17.18\00:35:19.48
I think just a few verses
here - how Jesus will come.
00:35:19.68\00:35:22.62
Number one: It is literal.
00:35:23.45\00:35:26.02
The Bible says it's
really going to happen.
00:35:26.22\00:35:28.39
I love I think it
is Titus 2 verse 13.
00:35:28.59\00:35:31.79
The Bible said we're
"look- ing for that Blessed Hope
00:35:31.99\00:35:35.60
and the glorious
appearing of Jesus Christ. "
00:35:35.80\00:35:38.67
What are we looking for?
00:35:38.87\00:35:40.20
Somebody say Blessed Hope.
00:35:40.84\00:35:42.34
We're looking for
that Blessed Hope.
00:35:42.54\00:35:44.17
See, somebody should jump
out of their pew... maybe jump
00:35:44.57\00:35:46.47
over the pew because we're
looking for that glorious hope.
00:35:46.68\00:35:49.81
Isn't that right? The glorious
appearing of Jesus Christ!
00:35:50.01\00:35:53.08
After all, is
that not what we want?
00:35:53.28\00:35:56.05
We want Jesus to
come... isn't that right?
00:35:56.25\00:35:58.12
Interesting: we look
at passage of Scripture
00:35:58.32\00:36:00.36
II Peter 3 verse 12.
00:36:00.56\00:36:03.22
II Peter 3:12 the Bible says:
00:36:03.43\00:36:05.89
"We're looking for
and... " What? "hastening
00:36:06.09\00:36:09.20
the coming of the
day of the Lord. "
00:36:09.40\00:36:11.30
We're not only looking
for the coming of the Lord
00:36:11.70\00:36:14.87
but we have the
opportunity by the grace of God
00:36:15.07\00:36:17.44
to hasten what? Hasten
the coming of Jesus Christ!
00:36:17.64\00:36:20.68
Hasten it by doing
what God has asked us to do.
00:36:21.34\00:36:24.68
This is not an
ordinary movement.
00:36:25.08\00:36:26.75
If you feel like you're
ordinary, something's wrong.
00:36:26.95\00:36:28.72
God has called you out of
darkness into marvelous light.
00:36:29.65\00:36:32.02
God has given you a
message to this church,
00:36:32.22\00:36:34.72
and I'll be if we
haven't messed up that message
00:36:34.92\00:36:37.06
a lot of times. Is
it OK to say that? Amen!
00:36:37.26\00:36:40.00
If I get a little too
much here, you let me know.
00:36:40.80\00:36:43.03
I'll probably go
on anyway, but...
00:36:43.33\00:36:44.83
Think about it: God has
given a specific message
00:36:46.33\00:36:49.84
to give to the world to
warn them that He's coming.
00:36:50.04\00:36:52.34
And He's giving a test called
the three angels' messages
00:36:52.74\00:36:56.78
to give to the world: first,
2nd, and third angel's message
00:36:56.98\00:36:59.68
of Revelation chapter 14.
00:36:59.88\00:37:01.38
We dare not overlook that.
It's a testing truth that God
00:37:01.58\00:37:04.05
has given. Everyone
will be tested upon it
00:37:04.25\00:37:06.72
to see whether you're
going to go into heaven or not
00:37:07.12\00:37:08.82
or you're going to
hell. Say that, too?
00:37:09.02\00:37:12.59
Yeah... I just did. Thank you.
00:37:14.46\00:37:16.43
Yeah. "Looking for... " the
Bible says... "and hastening
00:37:18.93\00:37:22.60
the coming of Jesus Christ. "
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.14
Here is a truth:
Christ came in a personal way
00:37:24.31\00:37:27.94
the first time, did He not?
00:37:28.14\00:37:29.48
Christ came!
Praise God for that!
00:37:29.54\00:37:32.08
You can read that in Matthew if
you want and so on and so forth.
00:37:32.28\00:37:33.85
A truth: He's going
to come the second time.
00:37:34.25\00:37:36.89
We can all read in our
favorite passage of Scripture:
00:37:37.09\00:37:39.09
John chapter what?
Fourteen, 1 through 3.
00:37:39.29\00:37:41.92
He said: "I go and prepare
a place for you; and if I go
00:37:42.12\00:37:43.83
and prepare a place for
you I? " Whoo! "I will come! "
00:37:44.03\00:37:47.96
Did somebody get excited?
Did you feel a little something
00:37:48.16\00:37:50.73
in those dry bones?
00:37:50.93\00:37:52.33
Spirit of the Living
God's going to breathe on you
00:37:54.30\00:37:56.10
and those dead bones are going
to come alive one of these days.
00:37:56.30\00:37:58.61
Amen! We need to be a lively
church... not dead church.
00:37:58.81\00:38:01.71
Not an unhappy
church but a happy church!
00:38:02.11\00:38:04.31
I'll tell you: this is
what God wants for His people
00:38:05.38\00:38:08.55
here in these last days. There's
no doubt about it in my mind.
00:38:08.75\00:38:11.59
The Bible says so: His
coming is a literal event.
00:38:13.09\00:38:18.43
It's really going to happen.
00:38:18.63\00:38:20.36
Hebrews chapter 9
the Bible says, verse 28:
00:38:20.56\00:38:23.30
"He shall appear the
second time... " Notice this:
00:38:23.50\00:38:26.50
"without sin unto salvation. "
00:38:26.70\00:38:28.80
He's going to come
the what? The second time
00:38:29.00\00:38:31.94
without sin unto salvation.
00:38:32.14\00:38:33.58
It's literal... you notice
that? it's a personal event.
00:38:33.98\00:38:37.08
When the disciples you
remember saw Jesus ascending up
00:38:38.25\00:38:40.88
to heaven... Man! What a
treat that must have been!
00:38:41.08\00:38:43.02
What a treat
that must have been!
00:38:43.39\00:38:45.45
Man! How it thrilled their souls
00:38:45.65\00:38:47.92
to see Jesus rising on
those clouds. Right? Going back
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.39
into heaven. Maybe
some of need by faith
00:38:50.59\00:38:52.96
to see that. We need to by faith
see our Lord and our Savior
00:38:53.16\00:38:57.73
has gone to the heavens...
the heavenly sanctuary...
00:38:57.93\00:39:00.44
and pleading our cases
because we are in the hour
00:39:00.64\00:39:03.24
of God's judgment.
We've been there a long time
00:39:03.44\00:39:06.07
and one of these days - umm
- He's going to cut it short
00:39:06.27\00:39:08.08
and it's going
to be all over with
00:39:08.28\00:39:09.71
and we'll quit playing church.
00:39:09.91\00:39:11.65
We need to quit playing
church and get right with God
00:39:12.15\00:39:14.48
and get serious with God.
00:39:14.68\00:39:16.69
This is what it's all
about right now. Get serious!
00:39:16.89\00:39:19.72
These disciples... they saw
Jesus ascending up into heaven.
00:39:19.92\00:39:22.69
They were serious about
it. And my how wonderful
00:39:22.89\00:39:25.73
in Acts chapter 1
verse 11. Notice this:
00:39:25.93\00:39:28.63
They were looking up and
saw Jesus going, and an angel,
00:39:28.83\00:39:31.70
a couple angels
appeared. Do you remember?
00:39:31.90\00:39:33.44
They said: "This same Jesus... "
00:39:33.64\00:39:35.67
"This same Jesus... "
Ooh, I may say it again!
00:39:35.87\00:39:38.01
"This same Jesus... "
Right? What does it say?
00:39:38.21\00:39:40.38
"who was taken up into
heaven will so come in like
00:39:40.58\00:39:44.18
manner as you see Him go. "
00:39:44.38\00:39:46.25
You can't miss this truth.
00:39:46.45\00:39:47.95
He's going to come in like
manner as you've seen Him go
00:39:48.15\00:39:52.15
into heaven. Acts chapter
1 verse 9... the Bible says:
00:39:52.35\00:39:55.56
"He was taken up
and a cloud received Him
00:39:55.76\00:39:58.83
out of their sight.
" The disciples saw it!
00:39:59.03\00:40:02.06
The disciples
were witnesses of it.
00:40:02.26\00:40:04.43
I want to by faith to see it.
00:40:04.63\00:40:06.97
I want to take ahold
of that promise of God.
00:40:07.17\00:40:09.50
I want to see it. I want to
see my Jesus come, don't you?
00:40:09.70\00:40:12.77
in the clouds of
glory. And I want to be taken
00:40:12.97\00:40:16.11
as it were... OK... taken
up to meet Him in the air.
00:40:16.31\00:40:19.71
I'll tell you: if
you miss heaven today,
00:40:19.91\00:40:21.25
you've missed your
purpose for being here.
00:40:21.28\00:40:22.62
There's no reason
for you to be here.
00:40:22.78\00:40:24.42
Is that OK? That's kind of
personal, though, isn't it?
00:40:24.82\00:40:27.69
But there's no
reason for me to be here;
00:40:29.99\00:40:31.69
there's no reason
for you to be here
00:40:31.89\00:40:33.23
if heaven's not
going to be your home.
00:40:33.43\00:40:34.90
Why? Let's put it that way.
00:40:35.10\00:40:36.43
I'm looking at... I challenge
myself with that every day.
00:40:36.56\00:40:38.87
If heaven's not my home, what
in this world am I doing here?
00:40:39.27\00:40:42.77
This is preparation,
right? This is preparation.
00:40:43.77\00:40:46.34
Tests and trials? Praise
God for those tests and trials.
00:40:46.54\00:40:49.11
They make the man of
God and the woman of God.
00:40:49.31\00:40:51.58
Christ's coming is
visible the Bible says.
00:40:54.75\00:40:57.79
Revelation 1:7. You
see: again, it's secret.
00:40:58.65\00:41:01.16
Oh, there's people walking
along. Boom! They're gone.
00:41:01.36\00:41:03.32
All we see is a
pair of socks down there!
00:41:03.73\00:41:07.00
Well, what happened?
00:41:07.20\00:41:08.53
Well, I'm just saying...
We have to think about it.
00:41:08.70\00:41:10.83
Maybe some really believe
that and it needs to stop
00:41:11.03\00:41:14.14
because they're
going to be fooled.
00:41:14.34\00:41:15.67
It's not about
right and wrong as far as
00:41:15.74\00:41:17.91
"This group's right;
this group's wrong. "
00:41:18.11\00:41:19.47
I'm not doing that.
00:41:19.67\00:41:21.01
I'm doing what God said in
His Word because they will be
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.51
fooled. And God says: "No! "
He doesn't want us to be fooled.
00:41:23.71\00:41:28.45
He said: "Behold, He
cometh with clouds... "
00:41:28.65\00:41:31.02
Whoo! "and every? " EYE!
00:41:31.22\00:41:34.36
Now we've got the unbelievers.
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.62
You've got the doubting
Thomas's... the skeptics.
00:41:36.83\00:41:39.49
But He said: "Every
eye shall see Him. "
00:41:39.69\00:41:41.86
The first thing
out of their mouth is:
00:41:42.06\00:41:43.47
"Well, that's impossible! "
00:41:43.67\00:41:45.27
Let me do it
different: that's impossible.
00:41:47.47\00:41:49.97
You know how they do it.
00:41:54.84\00:41:56.41
Nothing is impossible with God!
00:41:56.61\00:42:00.02
When He says
"Every eye shall see Him"
00:42:00.22\00:42:02.65
in Revelation 1:7 we
need to get with the program
00:42:02.85\00:42:04.95
and say: "That ends
the deal right there. "
00:42:05.15\00:42:06.76
That ends it:
EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM.
00:42:06.96\00:42:09.26
"Well, but we're on
kind of a round planet. "
00:42:09.66\00:42:11.86
Do you think God's not big
enough to perform what He says
00:42:12.06\00:42:14.93
in His Word? I
believe He's big enough.
00:42:15.13\00:42:17.33
I KNOW HE CAN DO IT!
00:42:17.53\00:42:19.00
Some of you want to study
some things to get excited about
00:42:19.37\00:42:21.97
and I'm going to throw this out.
00:42:22.17\00:42:23.51
And some of... I started to
say "throw something back. "
00:42:23.81\00:42:25.64
No... don't do that.
00:42:25.84\00:42:27.18
I love to throw things out.
Challenge your mind with it.
00:42:27.68\00:42:30.18
Maybe you've been
studying on it. I believe
00:42:30.38\00:42:32.78
studying the Word of God...
and you can read some verses
00:42:32.98\00:42:36.05
there like Job 38 verse 31.
00:42:36.25\00:42:39.32
It talks about Orion's belt
loosening. Have you heard that?
00:42:39.52\00:42:42.39
Rethink about that.
Those who gaze up into heaven
00:42:43.29\00:42:47.50
look at Orion and they're saying
"We can't see inside all of that
00:42:47.70\00:42:52.13
but there's some of the
most beautiful lights and things
00:42:52.33\00:42:54.04
in there that's not in
all the rest of the heavens. "
00:42:54.24\00:42:56.34
"There's something up
there that's different! "
00:42:56.74\00:42:59.51
"Something's gleaming,
glaring, coming out of there!
00:43:00.58\00:43:04.15
We don't know what it
is. " And it's interesting.
00:43:04.35\00:43:06.35
They've studied it, and
they said: "The opening in Orion
00:43:06.55\00:43:09.28
is between 200 and
300,000 miles across. "
00:43:09.48\00:43:13.02
Somebody think about that.
00:43:13.42\00:43:15.02
This little old earth is
what? 25,000 miles around it.
00:43:15.22\00:43:18.59
Oh, we're
nothing... but you know what?
00:43:18.79\00:43:21.30
God thinks we're everything.
00:43:21.50\00:43:22.83
Amen! Yeah, He
thinks you're so special.
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.80
If there'd just been one...
00:43:25.00\00:43:26.74
But here it is! All of a sudden
they say: "We don't understand.
00:43:27.14\00:43:29.37
It seems like such a big open-
ing. " Can we even comprehend
00:43:29.57\00:43:32.87
200,000 miles? 300,000 miles?
00:43:33.07\00:43:36.18
But notice: it's growing and
it's expanding because I believe
00:43:37.51\00:43:41.58
that's where heaven is
going to come out of and that
00:43:41.78\00:43:44.39
New Jerusalem...
Heaven is emptied
00:43:44.59\00:43:47.09
and all will come through
it. And listen: it has to expand
00:43:47.29\00:43:50.76
or heaven can't come through it.
00:43:50.96\00:43:52.66
Well, I guess I might
just as well sit down.
00:43:52.86\00:43:55.06
We're wondering about
here a little 25,000...
00:43:58.47\00:44:00.80
Well: "Every eye will see Him. "
00:44:01.00\00:44:02.34
Do you realize the billions and
trillions and the quadrillions
00:44:03.67\00:44:06.51
of angels and the New
Jerusalem that comes out of it?
00:44:06.71\00:44:09.28
It has to expand
00:44:09.68\00:44:11.68
before God can
bring heaven down.
00:44:11.88\00:44:14.78
Whoa! I tell you...
you talk about exciting!
00:44:14.98\00:44:17.75
Do some study on that.
00:44:19.09\00:44:20.76
Huh? And you know
what? You'll never say:
00:44:20.96\00:44:23.69
"Oh well, every eye will
see Him. I don't believe that. "
00:44:23.89\00:44:26.23
Yeah! Oh, what a
wonderful time that will be!
00:44:26.43\00:44:30.00
Matthew chapter 24 verse
30. Oh! Our time is almost gone
00:44:30.20\00:44:32.57
already. Whoo! It says:
"When the sign of the Son of Man
00:44:32.77\00:44:36.24
will appear in heaven...
" Matthew 24 verse 30...
00:44:36.44\00:44:38.74
"and they shall see the
Son of Man coming in the clouds
00:44:39.14\00:44:42.64
of heaven... " He's
going to come "with great power
00:44:42.84\00:44:44.98
and with great glory. "
00:44:45.18\00:44:46.72
How's He coming? The Bible
says: "Power and great glory. "
00:44:47.12\00:44:50.12
It's not secret.
00:44:50.32\00:44:52.39
Not at all. There's
nothing secret about it!
00:44:52.59\00:44:54.66
The Bible's very clear on that.
00:44:55.06\00:44:56.62
I mean, how many times have
we read Matthew chapter 24:27?
00:44:56.83\00:45:00.96
"So as the lightning cometh
out of the east and also shineth
00:45:01.16\00:45:03.87
unto the west so shall
also the coming of... " What?
00:45:04.07\00:45:07.67
"of the Son of Man
be. " That's pretty clear.
00:45:07.87\00:45:10.34
Why if you're out
anywhere and you see lightning
00:45:10.54\00:45:12.31
even if you have your eyes
closed there's still an effect.
00:45:12.51\00:45:14.31
You see that light. The
Bible says that Jesus' coming
00:45:14.51\00:45:17.05
is going to be like
lightning shining from the east
00:45:17.25\00:45:18.91
all the way unto
the west. Awesome!
00:45:19.11\00:45:23.05
Christ's coming is
going to be an audible event.
00:45:23.45\00:45:26.42
Revelation 16 verses 18-20.
00:45:26.82\00:45:29.19
The Bible says there
was: "Noises and thunders
00:45:29.39\00:45:31.96
and lightning. " Hmm... at what?
Talking about the coming of
00:45:32.16\00:45:34.90
Jesus here. Does it sound
like it's something quiet?
00:45:35.10\00:45:37.47
Something's
that's... No! Not at all.
00:45:37.83\00:45:39.30
"Such a mighty earthquake.
Every island fled away
00:45:39.50\00:45:43.61
and the
mountains were not found. "
00:45:43.81\00:45:45.87
That sounds noisy to me.
00:45:46.07\00:45:47.91
Sounds like
something is going on.
00:45:48.31\00:45:50.35
And again we go back to this
passage of I Thessalonians 4:16.
00:45:50.55\00:45:54.58
I could go back there as
well on that for a while.
00:45:54.78\00:45:56.75
I Thessalonians 4:16: "For
the Lord shall descend... "
00:45:56.95\00:46:00.52
notice this...
"from heaven with a shout
00:46:00.72\00:46:03.53
and a trump. " Whoo! He's
going to sound the trumpet
00:46:03.73\00:46:09.53
so loud that it will
pierce the ears of the dead.
00:46:09.73\00:46:12.93
Now that's
pretty loud, is it not?
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.04
OK... just
something for you to chew on.
00:46:15.44\00:46:17.07
We'll do it later.
00:46:17.27\00:46:18.61
Note: "shout and
the trump of God. "
00:46:18.67\00:46:21.61
Now, let's ask
a simple question:
00:46:22.01\00:46:24.05
will there be a rapture?
00:46:24.25\00:46:26.72
Notice this. Let me...
Will there be a rapture
00:46:26.92\00:46:29.68
that's called a catching
up? Yes, there will be...
00:46:29.88\00:46:32.72
notice... in this sense: that
there will be a catching up.
00:46:32.92\00:46:36.93
That's what it
means... but not in the sense
00:46:37.13\00:46:39.56
of a secret rapture
because the Bible says so. Amen!
00:46:39.76\00:46:43.16
Because the Bible says
so. That's pretty clear.
00:46:43.37\00:46:46.23
Clear from Scripture.
00:46:46.43\00:46:47.90
The Lord's coming is
just the opposite of a secret
00:46:48.10\00:46:52.51
rapture. In fact,
it's literal. Right?
00:46:52.71\00:46:55.58
It's personal; it's
visible; it's audible.
00:46:55.78\00:46:59.15
It's glorious! It's climactic!
00:46:59.35\00:47:01.98
It's decisive when Jesus comes!
00:47:02.18\00:47:04.52
Remember: when Jesus comes I
tell you, everything needs to
00:47:04.92\00:47:07.69
be in order because there
will not be a second chance.
00:47:07.89\00:47:10.29
We need to be ready
for the coming of Jesus.
00:47:10.79\00:47:12.63
What is the great danger
in our time we have left?
00:47:12.83\00:47:14.83
There is a great danger in
why we even speak on subjects
00:47:15.03\00:47:17.53
like this. First of
all, the Bible tells us
00:47:17.73\00:47:20.00
in I Thessalonians 5 verse 21...
00:47:20.20\00:47:22.90
the Bible says to
prove how many things? All.
00:47:23.10\00:47:26.57
To prove all things
and then you do what?
00:47:26.78\00:47:28.34
Throw out the rest?
No... you hold what?
00:47:28.54\00:47:30.98
"Hold fast to
that which is good. "
00:47:31.18\00:47:33.42
You prove all
things. The great danger
00:47:33.62\00:47:36.69
in accepting this false
teaching of the secret rapture
00:47:36.89\00:47:40.36
is it teaches people
that before Jesus comes...
00:47:40.76\00:47:44.59
notice this... the
church will be what?
00:47:44.79\00:47:47.50
Will be raptured or taken away
00:47:47.90\00:47:50.70
and it will not go
through the time of trouble.
00:47:50.90\00:47:53.54
The little time of trouble?
No, the big time of trouble.
00:47:54.54\00:47:56.57
I've talked to many
people who believe this.
00:47:56.77\00:47:59.11
"I'm not going to worry about
it because when times get tough
00:47:59.31\00:48:02.14
in this world I'm gone. "
00:48:02.34\00:48:03.68
Then just what if...
what if you're not gone?
00:48:03.81\00:48:07.45
Have you made preparations?
00:48:07.85\00:48:09.75
And my, there need to be
some preparations for the coming
00:48:10.15\00:48:12.45
of the Lord
because the Bible is clear.
00:48:12.65\00:48:14.49
Daniel 12:1 the Bible says:
00:48:14.69\00:48:16.73
"And at that time
shall Michael... " What?
00:48:16.93\00:48:18.86
"stand up. The great Prince
which standeth for the children
00:48:19.26\00:48:22.86
of the people. There
shall be a time of trouble... "
00:48:23.06\00:48:26.70
Notice this: "such as never was
00:48:26.90\00:48:29.50
since there was a nation. "
00:48:29.70\00:48:31.41
This is talking
about before Jesus comes
00:48:31.81\00:48:33.88
there's going to
be a time of trouble
00:48:34.08\00:48:35.41
that we haven't seen before.
00:48:35.58\00:48:36.91
And when you read some of
the things that have taken place
00:48:36.98\00:48:38.85
you say: "How could it be? "
00:48:39.05\00:48:40.38
Remember: God impressed, right?
the writers to put it down.
00:48:40.45\00:48:43.79
He said: "There will
be a time of trouble. "
00:48:43.99\00:48:45.85
There's a time of trouble right
now the time that we're living
00:48:46.05\00:48:48.36
in right now. There's
things happening in the world
00:48:48.56\00:48:50.56
right now that we'd better
be believing that Jesus is soon
00:48:50.76\00:48:53.43
to come. We've looked at the
things: they're warning signs.
00:48:53.63\00:48:56.43
The judgments of God are
falling in the land because
00:48:56.63\00:48:59.40
we have rebelled
against God's law.
00:48:59.60\00:49:01.67
We've rebelled against truth.
00:49:01.87\00:49:03.41
We've watered down
the truths of God's Word.
00:49:03.61\00:49:05.57
We're not following the
path that God said for us
00:49:05.77\00:49:07.78
to follow through. You remember
in Israel all God ever said
00:49:07.98\00:49:10.75
to them is what?
"Obey My voice. "
00:49:10.95\00:49:12.75
That's all He ever
said. Just "be obedient
00:49:13.15\00:49:14.62
and obey My voice. " He's saying
the same thing to us today
00:49:14.82\00:49:17.75
and we've turned a different
direction. And we need to
00:49:17.95\00:49:20.09
turn back before
it's too late. Amen!
00:49:20.29\00:49:22.32
God said: "The man of God
needs to lift up a trumpet
00:49:22.56\00:49:26.49
and spare not. Cry
aloud and spare not. "
00:49:26.70\00:49:28.56
This is the time in Joel
chapter 2- I think it's 2-
00:49:29.56\00:49:32.90
"blow the trumpet in Zion. "
00:49:33.10\00:49:34.70
Sound an alarm, right?
00:49:34.90\00:49:37.21
Why? To wake up the people!
00:49:37.61\00:49:39.37
The enemy's been trying
to captivate us and arrange
00:49:40.51\00:49:42.94
the affairs of life
that you and I are caught up
00:49:43.14\00:49:45.91
in all the things that
are going on in the world.
00:49:46.11\00:49:47.95
We're caught up with our jobs.
00:49:48.15\00:49:49.52
We're caught up even where
we live. We say: "I'd love to. "
00:49:49.92\00:49:53.12
We have to realize for
over 100 and some odd years
00:49:53.32\00:49:55.22
we have known the
truth that we need to...
00:49:55.42\00:49:57.59
Now I'm not trying to
be ugly to anybody here
00:49:57.79\00:49:59.73
but I want you
to think about it.
00:49:59.93\00:50:01.26
I'd feel back to go
back and not say anything.
00:50:01.46\00:50:03.97
We know that it's way past
time to move out of the cities.
00:50:04.17\00:50:06.94
We do know that
it's way past time.
00:50:07.37\00:50:10.31
The cities are going to be
so closed up one of these days.
00:50:11.81\00:50:15.41
All you do is look
over in where is it? China?
00:50:15.81\00:50:17.78
Beijing. Look at
what's going on over there.
00:50:17.98\00:50:20.75
That's what could
happen in these large cities.
00:50:21.15\00:50:23.39
God is calling His
people out of the city.
00:50:23.59\00:50:26.52
He's calling away from
the things of this world
00:50:26.72\00:50:29.16
and to focus upon Him and to
get their lives right with God.
00:50:29.36\00:50:32.49
A time of trouble
Daniel said. Daniel chapter 11
00:50:32.69\00:50:36.23
when you come to the end of
it it's talking about this power
00:50:36.43\00:50:39.30
that exists is coming to an end.
00:50:39.50\00:50:41.14
At that time it says Michael
- Jesus - is going to stand up.
00:50:41.34\00:50:45.11
Jesus takes the field of action.
00:50:45.31\00:50:47.48
Jesus begins to
fight for His people.
00:50:47.68\00:50:49.88
Man... what a day! That's
called the great controversy
00:50:50.08\00:50:52.48
that's going on.
00:50:52.68\00:50:54.02
God's come to
deliver His people.
00:50:54.08\00:50:55.55
Are you going to be one
of them? I say right now
00:50:55.75\00:50:57.72
the world is in a mess.
It's in the biggest mess
00:50:57.92\00:51:00.56
that I've ever
witnessed in my lifetime.
00:51:00.76\00:51:02.36
Things are going on that
are absolutely may I say insane.
00:51:02.76\00:51:07.10
I'm going to use the word goofy.
00:51:07.40\00:51:09.56
It doesn't make sense.
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.43
It's happening before our eyes
and some of us are just blinking
00:51:13.54\00:51:16.04
and saying: "Well, maybe
that's just the way things
00:51:16.24\00:51:19.04
are happening in the world.
" God is blowing a trumpet.
00:51:19.24\00:51:22.44
He's saying: "Get
prepared; I'm coming. "
00:51:22.84\00:51:25.28
"I'm coming to
deliver you right now. "
00:51:25.48\00:51:27.72
"I'm going to
stand in your behalf. "
00:51:27.92\00:51:29.82
God stands over His people.
00:51:30.02\00:51:31.69
He stands under His people;
He stands around His people.
00:51:31.89\00:51:34.72
He stands all around His people.
00:51:34.92\00:51:36.66
He said: "I'm going to be
your shield and buckler. "
00:51:36.86\00:51:38.63
"I'm going to
take care of you. "
00:51:38.83\00:51:40.40
You say: "Well I'm
not sure about that. "
00:51:40.60\00:51:42.30
With the children of
Israel did He not take a cloud
00:51:42.50\00:51:45.33
over them by day because the
sun was hot in the wilderness?
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Did He not have a
fire over them at nighttime
00:51:48.54\00:51:50.61
to keep them
warm? He was over them;
00:51:50.81\00:51:52.51
He was taking care of them as He
said: "I'll take care of you. "
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We're talking about a
time right now, dear friends...
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Think about this
time that's coming on us
00:51:58.48\00:52:00.05
when the third angel's
message comes to a close.
00:52:00.25\00:52:03.05
The third angel's message
is going to come to a close
00:52:03.25\00:52:05.25
today, and some of you
are going to be sound asleep.
00:52:05.45\00:52:07.49
Some of you are going
to be snoring so loud...
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OK... you know
what I'm talking about.
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It's time to wake
up before then. Why?
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Because one of these days
it's going to come to an end.
00:52:13.73\00:52:15.96
Jesus is going to
say: "It's all over. "
00:52:16.36\00:52:17.87
He stands up in the sanctuary.
00:52:18.07\00:52:19.60
His work is done as
mediator between God and man,
00:52:19.80\00:52:22.64
and we're going to have to
live in the sight of a holy God
00:52:23.04\00:52:25.51
without a mediator. That
means we have to be righteous
00:52:25.71\00:52:28.24
before God. That means we have
to so commit our life to Him
00:52:28.44\00:52:31.58
that we've lived...
Oh, I know it's hard
00:52:31.78\00:52:33.95
for somebody to
live without sin.
00:52:34.15\00:52:35.88
Why? Because
there's no mediator!
00:52:37.02\00:52:38.92
Revelation 15
verse 8... read it.
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Revelation 15 verse 8.
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Smoke fills the temple
of God. No one else was able
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to enter in when
He says: "It's over. "
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There's coming a time when
every person on this planet
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has made a decision
either for or against Christ.
00:52:58.81\00:53:01.68
Man... how about your decision?
00:53:02.44\00:53:04.21
Have you made that
decision for or against Christ
00:53:04.61\00:53:06.65
or are you still
"dilly-dallying" around?
00:53:06.85\00:53:08.45
There's some
dilly-dalliers around in here!
00:53:08.85\00:53:11.29
Is it OK to say that?
00:53:13.15\00:53:14.66
I always love that 'cause
I already spit it out first.
00:53:15.06\00:53:17.69
There always is and
we don't want that today.
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The time is coming...
We've been praying for the
00:53:24.67\00:53:26.53
Latter Rain experience.
If you're praying for the
00:53:26.74\00:53:29.04
Latter Rain experience
that means sin has to go
00:53:29.24\00:53:31.04
out of your life. He's
not going to throw His cloak
00:53:31.24\00:53:33.21
of righteousness over
you while there's still
00:53:33.41\00:53:34.84
one unconfessed sin.
00:53:35.04\00:53:36.38
It's so simple to come
to Him right now, isn't it?
00:53:36.41\00:53:38.01
"Confess our sins... He's
faithful and just. " I John 1:9
00:53:38.21\00:53:41.38
I John 1:9: "If we
confess our sins... "
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He's what? "He's faithful
and just to forgive us our sins
00:53:45.75\00:53:48.36
and cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. "
00:53:48.56\00:53:50.49
Are we prepared
for the time of trouble
00:53:51.66\00:53:53.83
that's coming on this world?
00:53:54.03\00:53:55.43
Are we really prepared for it?
00:53:56.03\00:53:57.60
Well, some of us
say: "Yeah, we are! "
00:53:57.80\00:53:59.17
I look at myself
and I don't know.
00:53:59.37\00:54:00.70
I still think of Joel
chapter 2 I mentioned while ago.
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"BLOW the trumpet in Zion! "
00:54:02.97\00:54:04.47
"Sound the alarm
in My holy mountain. "
00:54:04.87\00:54:07.81
"Let all the inhabitants... "
the Bible says... "of the land"
00:54:08.01\00:54:11.48
Notice this: "let us tremble. "
00:54:11.68\00:54:13.11
He didn't say be
dancing around and carrying on.
00:54:13.52\00:54:15.48
The Bible says we live in
an hour that we need to tremble
00:54:15.68\00:54:17.99
before our God. That means
we need to really get it right
00:54:18.19\00:54:21.86
before God. And I say today
"If it's not right with God,
00:54:22.06\00:54:25.46
then why not make it
right with God today? "
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You know, in a Camp
Meeting even like this...
00:54:28.03\00:54:29.66
I'm just going to
close this... I'm closing it.
00:54:29.86\00:54:32.23
We need to talk some
serious business here.
00:54:32.63\00:54:35.17
Is that all right? Amen!
We'll talk some serious business
00:54:35.37\00:54:37.74
here because there'll
be someone who came here
00:54:37.94\00:54:39.64
that's carrying a burden
that you shouldn't be carrying.
00:54:39.84\00:54:42.04
There's things that are going
on that shouldn't be going on.
00:54:42.44\00:54:45.15
I know I was awake about 2
or 2:30 this morning. The Lord
00:54:45.95\00:54:48.65
impressed my mind that
some things are going on
00:54:48.85\00:54:50.59
with people who are here and
I don't know anything about it
00:54:50.79\00:54:53.09
but He said: "Those
things have to cease. "
00:54:53.29\00:54:55.06
And so, needless to
say, it kept me up all night.
00:54:57.39\00:54:59.59
And today's the day to
get rid of them, to cast them
00:55:01.66\00:55:03.80
at the feet of Jesus,
isn't that right? Amen!
00:55:04.00\00:55:05.50
Oh, some of us... we have
no idea what an altar's for
00:55:05.70\00:55:07.97
because we've never come up.
00:55:08.17\00:55:09.50
This is what the altar is
for. Somebody's still with me?
00:55:09.84\00:55:12.47
It's what an altar is for.
00:55:12.87\00:55:14.54
And I think the call
needs to be given today
00:55:14.74\00:55:16.64
that I want to make sure
everything's right with God.
00:55:16.85\00:55:18.78
I want to make sure.
Maybe we've drifted away
00:55:19.18\00:55:21.52
and we need to come.
00:55:21.72\00:55:23.32
Maybe there's something in
our life that's a little bit
00:55:23.52\00:55:24.85
too heavy for us...
we can't carry that load
00:55:24.99\00:55:26.72
and we're asking
Jesus to carry it.
00:55:26.92\00:55:28.39
You want to cast it at His feet.
00:55:28.59\00:55:30.13
And so I ask that you
would come forward today.
00:55:31.09\00:55:33.16
We're going to have
special prayer for you.
00:55:33.36\00:55:34.70
I'm going to ask my wife to
get a microphone or something
00:55:34.96\00:55:37.20
and come up here. I
want you to pray with me.
00:55:37.40\00:55:39.70
Come up... don't hesitate.
We've just got a few minutes.
00:55:39.90\00:55:42.30
We've got right here
less than two minutes.
00:55:42.50\00:55:43.84
There's no use to hesitate
00:55:44.21\00:55:45.57
because there are some
here today that we realize
00:55:45.77\00:55:48.11
that we even talk to that they
are dealing with evil spirits
00:55:48.31\00:55:51.21
and those evil spirits need
to go. You raised your hand?
00:55:51.41\00:55:54.05
OK... you're the one.
00:55:54.25\00:55:55.58
OK... today it doesn't
need to carry on any more.
00:55:55.68\00:55:57.79
It needs to end right now.
00:55:57.99\00:55:59.32
Some of you are doing things
you know you shouldn't be doing.
00:55:59.35\00:56:01.79
It's time to come up
and give them to Jesus.
00:56:01.99\00:56:03.36
This is the time to make
things right with God. Amen!
00:56:03.76\00:56:07.30
This is what
Camp Meeting is about.
00:56:08.16\00:56:09.83
This is where we begin to
taste the Latter Rain experience
00:56:10.03\00:56:12.93
as we come on our knees
and begging and pleading God
00:56:13.13\00:56:16.00
that heaven may be our home.
00:56:16.20\00:56:17.74
Don't you want it to
be your home? Yes, you do!
00:56:17.94\00:56:20.34
Amen. And you want to lay these
things at the feet of Jesus.
00:56:20.54\00:56:23.41
Today you're going to do
that. There's plenty of room.
00:56:23.61\00:56:25.55
Somebody's scared to
come up close to here.
00:56:25.75\00:56:27.98
Come on up; that's
the way. Praise God!
00:56:28.18\00:56:30.25
That's right. We need
not be afraid. You know what?
00:56:30.45\00:56:31.89
You're not coming up before man;
you're coming up before Jesus.
00:56:32.09\00:56:34.62
That's right. The Spirit
of the Living God is speaking
00:56:34.82\00:56:36.83
to your heart. You
didn't get up here because
00:56:37.03\00:56:38.43
man said something. You
got up because the Holy Spirit
00:56:38.63\00:56:40.83
was speaking in
your heart and your mind
00:56:41.03\00:56:42.63
realizing you need
to re-dedicate your life
00:56:42.83\00:56:44.60
to Jesus Christ. And we're going
to do that today by the grace
00:56:44.80\00:56:47.34
of God, is that not
right? Rest of you? Right!
00:56:47.54\00:56:49.67
Some of you are
still in your seats.
00:56:49.87\00:56:51.24
You need to get
up out of your seats.
00:56:51.44\00:56:52.77
Not trying to be bossy or ugly
00:56:53.07\00:56:54.68
but this is the time to
make it right, isn't it?
00:56:54.88\00:56:56.81
We need to have unity of spirit.
00:56:57.01\00:56:58.35
We want God's work, right?
to go on to completion. Amen!
00:56:58.38\00:57:01.35
Yes! Right. We
want everything...
00:57:01.55\00:57:03.28
we're going to cast it at His
feet and we're just going to go
00:57:03.49\00:57:05.29
out, whatever the time is,
we're going to go out praying.
00:57:05.49\00:57:07.82
Is that all right? We're
going to go out as it closes
00:57:08.02\00:57:10.79
and we're going to
pray in the name of Jesus
00:57:10.99\00:57:12.96
that what you brought
here you've cast them down
00:57:13.16\00:57:15.10
and you're not going to pick
them up again. That's right.
00:57:15.30\00:57:17.17
That which has
defeated you day in and day out
00:57:17.57\00:57:20.34
is no more... the
demons have to go.
00:57:20.54\00:57:22.47
That's right. The
demons have to go!
00:57:22.67\00:57:25.17
The demons are not
to control a man at all.
00:57:25.37\00:57:27.48
Praise God... yes. Give
that mind to Jesus Christ.
00:57:27.68\00:57:30.65
I'm not trying to pick on
any of you you understand.
00:57:30.85\00:57:32.45
This is a time to
be honest... it's OK.
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