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00:35 >>GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY SABBATH. 00:37 WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR THIS 00:41 MORNING. NOW, WHETHER YOU'RE JOINING US 00:42 ONLINE OR THROUGH THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS, WE'D LIKE 00:45 TO EXTEND TO YOU A WARM SABBATH WELCOME. 00:48 WE'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ONLINE MEMBERS AND OUR LOCAL 00:51 MEMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 00:53 ADVENTIST CHURCH. NOW, THIS QUARTER, WE'VE BEEN 00:56 STUDYING THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF PETER AND THIS 01:00 MORNING THE LESSON IS LESSON #12 ENTITLED THE DAY OF THE LORD . 01:05 NOW THAT'S THE DAY WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO, ISN'T IT? 01:07 WHEN JESUS COMES IN THE CLOUDS OF GLORY. 01:10 AND SO, IF YOU'RE VIEWING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND YOU 01:13 DON'T HAVE THE LESSON QUARTERLY, YOU CAN STILL GO TO 01:15 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND JUST CLICK ON THE SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY 01:20 HOUR . THERE, YOU'LL FIND A LITTLE LINK 01:22 ENTITLED THE QUARTERLY AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE 01:25 LESSON FOR TODAY. NOW, OUR FREE OFFER IS 01:28 A VERY SPECIAL OFFER. IT'S A FULL FOUR-COLOR MAGAZINE 01:33 ENTITLED THE DAY OF THE LORD - AND THIS IS OFFER #825. 01:38 AND TO RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL 01:41 1-866-788-3966 TO RECEIVE THIS FULL FOUR-COLOR MAGAZINE 01:48 ENTITLED THE DAY OF THE LORD . YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A BLESSING 01:53 WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AFCOE HERE - THAT'S 01:56 OUR AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM - AND THEY TRAVEL ALL 02:01 OVER AND THE LORD HAS BLESSED THEM IN SO MANY WAYS AND I KNOW 02:04 THAT THE LORD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THEM. 02:06 AND SO, WE HAVE CARISSA MCSHERRY HERE AND SHE'S GOING TO SHARE 02:10 WITH US - SHE'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR AFCOE AND SHE'S 02:13 GOING TO SHARE WITH US WHAT THE LORD IS DOING AND WHAT HE WILL 02:15 CONTINUE TO DO FOR AFCOE. THANK YOU, CARISSA. 02:18 >>GOOD MORNING. AND TO OUR VIEWERS IN SERBIA 02:22 AND MONTENEGRO, BOSHY BOGOSLOV. IT IS A BLESSING TO BE 02:27 BACK HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THE AFCOE TEAM WAS JUST OVER IN 02:30 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS, MEETING SOME 02:33 INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT 02:37 GOD AND ABOUT EVANGELISM. WE ARE GLAD TO BE 02:40 HERE WITH YOU, AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, 02:43 BRIEFLY, ABOUT THE AFCOE PROGRAM AND AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY YOU 02:46 HAVE HERE, AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH. BACK IN 2006, I HAD THIS 02:52 BURNING PASSION - I WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN EVANGELISM 02:56 - BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW. I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THIS 03:00 FOUR-MONTH BIBLE COLLEGE CALLED THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF 03:04 EVANGELISM AND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. 03:08 I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE 03:11 ABOUT HOMILETICS - HOW TO PREACH - HERMANEUTICS - HOW TO STUDY 03:15 THE BIBLE - DIGGING INTO THOSE DEEPER DAILY DEVOTIONS. 03:18 I WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO DO A PUBLIC EVANGELISM SEMINAR, HOW 03:21 TO SHARE MY FAITH WITH MY FRIENDS, MY NEIGHBORS, MY 03:24 COWORKERS - ALL OF THESE THINGS I WAS EXPECTING TO LEARN FROM 03:28 AFCOE AND I WAS BLESSED BY DURING MY TIME AT AFCOE. 03:32 BUT, IF YOU WOULD ASK ME TODAY, 'WHAT DID YOU LOVE THE MOST 03:35 ABOUT YOUR TIME THERE AT AFCOE, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE 03:38 GREATEST BLESSING WAS BEING CONSTANTLY IN THE PRESENCE OF 03:43 JESUS CHRIST. YES, HOMILETICS WAS WONDERFUL. 03:46 YES, PUBLIC EVANGELISM WAS GREAT. 03:48 YES - BUT THE MOST INCREDIBLE BLESSING WAS THE FACT THAT 03:51 TWENTY-FOUR/SEVEN WE WERE IN THE WORD. 03:54 TWENTY-FOUR/SEVEN WE ARE PRAYING TOGETHER. 03:56 WE ARE GOING DEEPER WITH GOD TOGETHER - AND THAT WAS THE 04:00 EXPERIENCE THAT I LOVED THE MOST ABOUT AFCOE. 04:04 NOW, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE 04:07 AFCOE STAFF AND WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE THIS FALL, DO YOU KNOW 04:10 WHERE AFCOE WILL BE? HERE, AT GRANITE BAY CHURCH. 04:15 WE ARE GOING TO BE PARTNERING TOGETHER WITH YOU TO WORK IN 04:19 THIS COMMUNITY TO REACH SOULS FOR JESUS CHRIST. 04:22 >>AMEN. >>ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THAT? 04:24 AMEN. THIS FALL, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR 04:26 EVANGELIST, DAVE STEWARD AND HE WILL BE COMING HERE TO CONDUCT 04:30 A FULL PROPHECY SEMINAR. AS PART OF THE AFCOE PROGRAM 04:34 THIS YEAR - YES, PREACHING - YES, PUBLIC EVANGELISM - BUT 04:38 THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE ALSO ADDING. 04:41 WE ARE GOING TO BE STRENGTHENING THAT RIGHT ARM. 04:44 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HEALTH EVANGELISM 04:48 AND HOW TO USE THAT TOOL IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 04:50 GRANITE BAY CHURCH, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR 30-DAY HEALTH 04:53 CHALLENGE? YOU'VE HEARD, ALRIGHT. 04:56 THAT IS COMING UP IN - DO YOU KNOW WHAT MONTH? 04:59 SEPTEMBER. SEPTEMBER WE'LL BEGIN A 30-DAY 05:03 HEALTH CHALLENGE HERE AT GRANITE BAY, AND AFCOE WILL BE 05:05 PARTNERING WITH THAT. ALL OF THE AFCOE STUDENTS WILL 05:08 BE TRAINED ON HOW TO CONDUCT HEALTH EVANGELISM. 05:11 ONE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE AFCOE PROGRAM, FOLLOWING OUR 05:14 FOUR-MONTH COURSE, STUDENTS THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO 05:19 A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN PUBLIC PROPHECY 05:23 SEMINAR. THAT WAY, YOU'RE NOT JUST 05:25 LEARNING THEORY, BUT YOU THEN GET TO GO AND APPLY IT. 05:29 YOU GET TO GO ON VISITATION - YOU'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE 05:32 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WANTING TO BE BAPTIZED. 05:35 SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEW AND EXCITING THINGS THAT WE'RE 05:38 ADDING TO THE PROGRAM FOR THIS SEMESTER. 05:42 IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, OUR GOAL AT AFCOE IS NOT JUST TO 05:45 HAVE STUDENTS COME AND LISTEN AND BE EXCITED AND THINK, 'WOW, 05:50 THIS IS GREAT!' OUR GOAL, RATHER, IS TO SAY, 05:52 'NO, WE ARE DISCIPLERS'. NOT ONLY ARE WE DISCIPLES OF 05:56 JESUS CHRIST, BUT WE WANT TO TAKE THESE TOOLS - WE WANT TO 05:59 GO BACK TO OUR CHURCH THE WEEK AFTER GRADUATION AND PARTNER 06:04 WITH THE PASTOR AND SAY, 'WE CAN TRAIN THE CHURCH ON HOW TO BE 06:08 MORE EFFECTIVE IN REACHING OUR COMMUNITY. 06:10 SO, NOT ONLY ARE YOU LEARNING THESE THINGS FOR YOURSELF, BUT 06:13 YOU ARE BEING SUPPLIED WITH THE TOOLS SO THAT YOU, THEN, CAN GO 06:16 BACK TO YOUR CHURCH AND ACTUALLY APPLY IT THERE, DAY ONE AFTER 06:20 GRADUATION. SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEW AND 06:23 EXCITING THINGS THAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THE AFCOE PROGRAM. 06:26 IF YOU'VE EVER CONSIDERED, PRAYED ABOUT IT, BEEN CONVICTED 06:29 TO BE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM - OR MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO 06:33 YOU THINK WOULD BE BENEFITED BY IT - SOMEONE THAT DOES WANT TO, 06:37 AGAIN, BE MORE INVOLVED IN MINISTRY AND YOUR COMMUNITY. 06:41 I ATTENDED AFCOE BECAUSE SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH SAID, 'HEY, I WANT 06:45 TO SUPPORT YOU. I WILL HELP PAY YOUR WAY TO GO 06:48 THROUGH THAT FOUR-MONTH TRAINING COURSE.' AND, BECAUSE OF HIS 06:50 EXAMPLE - BECAUSE OF HIS MENTORSHIP, THE LORD HAS 06:53 CONTINUED TO USE ME IN MINISTRY FROM THERE. SO WHO KNOWS? 06:56 YOU MAY BE THAT PERSON TO SOMEONE ELSE. 06:59 TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A BRIEF CLIP ABOUT THE AFCOE 07:02 PROGRAM AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AGAIN, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE 07:06 - AFCOE.ORG - PRAY ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT LEAD SOMEONE TO THAT IF 07:10 THEY WANT FURTHER MINISTRY TRAINING, BUT ALSO FOR 07:13 OURSELVES. HERE IN THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH AREA WE HAVE A 07:17 SPECIAL CHALLENGE. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THIS 07:20 SEPTEMBER, OUR FAMILY, OUR FRIENDS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR 07:24 COWORKERS, ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL INVITATION TO COME 07:28 HERE AND TO HEAR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 07:31 EVEN NOW MAY WE BE PRAYING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO WORK IN A 07:35 MIGHTY WAY HERE IN GRANITE BAY AND BEYOND. 07:38 >>DOES YOUR HEART BURN FOR A BETTER PURPOSE? 07:41 DO YOU YEARN TO DO MORE WITH YOUR FAITH? 07:44 DO YOU DESIRE TO BE A POWERFUL WITNESS ABLAZE FOR JESUS CHRIST? 07:48 WHERE DO YOU START? MAKE YOUR FIRST STEP AT AFCOE 07:52 - THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM. 07:55 >>HERE AT AFCOE I'VE LEARNED SO MANY THINGS AND MY SPIRITUAL 07:57 GROWTH HAS JUST SKYROCKETED. 07:59 >>AFCOE HAS DISTILLED FIFTY YEARS OF AMAZING FACTS 08:02 EVANGELISTIC EXPERTISE INTO A DYNAMIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND 08:06 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSFORMS THE NERVOUS CHRISTIAN 08:10 INTO A PREPARED AND BOLD WITNESS. 08:13 >>AFCOE IS REALLY ABOUT LEARNING WHILE DOING. 08:16 IT'S A ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT 08:19 ENTERING GOSPEL MINISTRY AND THOSE WHO SIMPLY WANT TO MAKE AN 08:23 IMPACT IN THEIR LOCAL CHURCHES AND COMMUNITIES. 08:26 >>GO TO AFCOE.ORG TODAY AND EXPLORE THIS LIFE-CHANGING 08:29 PROGRAM. AFCOE - EQUIPPING SOUL WINNERS. SETTING THE WORLD 08:34 ABLAZE FOR GOD. >>AMEN. 08:38 LET'S HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER AS WE GET INTO OUR LESSON THIS 08:41 MORNING. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU, 08:44 AGAIN, SO MUCH FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS. 08:46 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADING AND GUIDING US HERE. 08:49 LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN STUDY TOGETHER, WHEREVER WE ARE, 08:52 YOUR WORD THIS MORNING. AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOUR 08:55 SPIRIT WILL OPEN OUR EARS THAT WE MAY HEAR, LORD, WHAT YOU 08:59 WOULD HAVE US TO HEAR, THAT WE MAY BE READY FOR 09:02 THE DAY OF THE LORD. FOR WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU. 09:05 IN JESUS' PRECIOUS AND HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 09:09 OUR LESSON TODAY IS BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 09:19 >>WHO ALSO FORGOT TO TURN HIS MICROPHONE ON AGAIN. 09:22 I WAS ENJOYING THE PROGRAM SO MUCH THAT I FORGOT. 09:27 WELCOME EVERYBODY. GOOD TO SEE EACH PERSON HERE. 09:29 WE'RE GLAD FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE VISITING. 09:33 I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE AFCOE PROGRAM BECAUSE, I BELIEVE 09:36 THAT AS THE GOSPEL GOES TO THE WORLD, IT'S GOING TO BE NOT JUST 09:40 PASTORS AND EVANGELISTS THAT DO IT, I THINK THE MINISTERS NEED 09:43 TO DO IT - THE MEMBERS, RATHER - AND I THINK THAT AFCOE IS JUST 09:47 ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS OUT THERE TO TEACH MEMBERS 'HOW DO 09:50 YOU GET INVOLVED IN EVANGELISM?' SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 09:54 WE ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDY IN THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF 09:58 PETER - FEED MY SHEEP . TODAY, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO 10:01 BE READING THE LAST FEW VERSES IN CHAPTER 2 - I'M SORRY, IN THE 10:06 SECOND BOOK OF PETER AND - BUT BEFORE WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO GET 10:11 INTO OUR MEMORY VERSE WITH OUR STUDY. 10:14 THE STUDY TODAY IS ON THE DAY OF THE LORD . 10:17 I THINK YOU HEARD MARSHALL SAY EARLIER, THAT'S ALSO THE TITLE 10:20 OF THE FREE OFFER THAT WE'RE MAKING AVAILABLE. 10:23 IT'S A GREAT, BEAUTIFUL COLOR MAGAZINE THAT TALKS ALL ABOUT 10:27 THE SECOND COMING - FROM AMAZING FACTS - WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU 10:29 FREE, JUST ASK FOR OFFER #825 WHEN YOU CALL THAT NUMBER ON 10:33 YOUR SCREEN, WHICH IS 866-STUDY-MORE. 10:36 AND SO, IT'S CALLED THE DAY OF THE LORD - WE HAVE A MEMORY 10:39 VERSE. THE MEMORY VERSE COMES FROM 2 10:41 PETER 3:11 AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO FIND THAT - 2 PETER 3:11 - YOU 10:47 CAN READ IT WITH ME TOGETHER RIGHT OUT OF YOUR QUARTERLY. 10:50 YOU READY? "SINCE ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE 10:54 TO BE DISSOLVED IN THIS WAY, WHAT SORT OF PERSONS OUGHT 10:58 YOU TO BE IN LEADING LIVES OF HOLINESS AND GODLINESS?" 11:03 AMEN. WELL, WE'VE GOT A SECTION THAT 11:05 GETS INTO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT, BEFORE WE DO, I'D LIKE TO 11:08 ENCOURAGE YOU - JUST TURN WITH ME TO THE 2 BOOK OF 11:11 PETER, CHAPTER 3. WE'RE GOING TO READ CHAPTER 3. 11:15 NOW THIS IS THE LAST VERSES IN OUR STUDY ON PETER - THERE'S ONE 11:19 MORE LESSON NEXT WEEK THAT WILL BE COVERING, SORT OF, AN 11:24 OVERVIEW OF THESE TWO BOOKS AND WHAT WE LEARN FROM THEM, BUT 11:28 RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TAKE THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE 11:30 SECOND BOOK - 2 PETER CHAPTER 3 - AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS FOR 11:34 YOU AND THEN WE'LL BACK UP AND TAKE IT APART PIECE BY PIECE. 11:38 ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS, "BELOVED, I NOW WRITE TO YOU 11:43 THIS SECOND EPISTLE (IN BOTH OF WHICH I STIR UP YOUR PURE MINDS 11:46 BY WAY OF REMINDER) THAT YOU MAY BE MINDFUL OF THE WORDS WHICH 11:50 WERE SPOKEN BEFORE BY THE HOLY PROPHETS, AND OF THE COMMANDMENT 11:52 OF US, THE APOSTLES OF THE LORD AND SAVIOR, KNOWING THIS FIRST: 11:56 THAT SCOFFERS WILL COME IN THE LAST DAYS, WALKING ACCORDING TO 12:00 THEIR OWN LUSTS, AND SAYING, 'WHERE IS THE PROMISE OF HIS 12:03 COMING? FOR SINCE THE FATHERS FELL 12:05 ASLEEP, ALL THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY WERE FROM THE BEGINNING 12:08 OF CREATION.' FOR THIS THEY WILLFULLY FORGET: 12:12 THAT BY THE WORD OF GOD THE HEAVENS WERE OF OLD, AND THE 12:15 EARTH STANDING OUT OF WATER AND IN THE WATER, BY 12:17 WHICH THE WORLD THAT THEN EXISTED PERISHED, BEING FLOODED 12:21 WITH WATER. BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH 12:24 WHICH ARE NOW PRESERVED BY THE SAME WORD, ARE RESERVED FOR FIRE 12:28 UNTIL THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND PERDITION OF UNGODLY MEN. 12:31 BUT, BELOVED, DO NOT FORGET THIS ONE THINGS, THAT WITH THE LORD 12:35 ONE DAY IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS AS ONE DAY. 12:39 THE LORD IS NOT SLACK CONCERNING HIS PROMISE, AS SOME COUNT 12:43 SLACKNESS, BUT IS LONGSUFFERING TOWARD US, NOT WILLING THAT ANY 12:47 SHOULD PERISH BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE. 12:50 BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT, IN 12:54 WHICH THE HEAVENS WILL PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE, AND THE 12:57 ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT; BOTH THE EARTH AND THE 13:00 WORKS THAT ARE IN IT WILL BE BURNED UP. 13:03 THEREFORE, SINCE ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED, WHAT 13:06 MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT YOU TO BE IN HOLY CONDUCT AND 13:09 GODLINESS, LOOKING FOR AND HASTENING THE COMING OF THE DAY 13:12 OF GOD, BECAUSE OF WHICH THE HEAVENS WILL BE DISSOLVED, BEING 13:16 ON FIRE, AND THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT? 13:19 NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK FOR NEW 13:23 HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH IN WHICH RIGHTEOUSNESS DWELLS. 13:27 THEREFORE, BELOVED, LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE THINGS, BE 13:30 DILIGENT TO BE FOUND BY HIM IN PEACE, WITHOUT SPOT AND 13:33 BLAMELESS; AND CONSIDER THAT THE LONGSUFFERING OF OUR LORD IS 13:37 SALVATION - AS ALSO OUR BELOVED BROTHER PAUL, ACCORDING TO THE 13:40 WISDOM GIVEN TO HIM, HAS WRITTEN TO YOU, AS ALSO IN ALL HIS 13:44 EPISTLES, SPEAKING IN THEM OF THESE THINGS, IN WHICH ARE SOME 13:47 THINGS HARD TO UNDERSTAND, WHICH UNTAUGHT AND UNSTABLE PEOPLE 13:51 TWIST TO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION, AS THEY DO ALSO THE REST OF THE 13:53 SCRIPTURES. YOU THEREFORE, BELOVED, SINCE 13:56 YOU KNOW THIS BEFOREHAND, BEWARE LEST YOU ALSO FALL FROM YOUR OWN 14:00 STEADFASTNESS, BEING LED AWAY WITH THE ERROR OF THE WICKED; 14:04 BUT GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD 14:07 AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BE THE GLORY 14:10 BOTH NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN." 14:13 ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE END OF PETER'S WORDS TO US IN 14:17 SCRIPTURE. NOW, I WANTED TO READ IT ALL AND 14:19 JUST GET IT TOGETHER SO WE'D HAVE THE CONTEXT. 14:22 NOW WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ALL APART 14:24 LITTLE BY LITTLE. THIS IS A VERY 14:27 IMPORTANT CHAPTER. IT COVERS SO MUCH INFORMATION. 14:29 MATTER OF FACT, THOSE OF YOU IN THE STUDIO - WE'VE GOT A GUY 14:33 BACK THERE THAT'S KIND OF CRANKING AND HE'S FILMING - HE'S 14:35 GOING TO HAVE TO CRANK ABOUT ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES 14:37 BECAUSE I'M JUST TELLING YOU, I MIGHT GO A COUPLE MINUTES LONG 14:40 TODAY. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT LESSON. 14:44 ALRIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, THE LINE OF AUTHORITY . 14:47 SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE EARLY ON IN THIS LESSON IS THAT PETER IS 14:54 COMPARING THE TEACHINGS OF THE APOSTLES WITH SCRIPTURE. 15:00 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE BIBLE THEY HAD BACK IN 15:02 PETER'S DAY WAS THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS AND THE 15:06 PENTATEUCH AND THE PSALMS. AND PETER, NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS, 15:10 IN 2 PETER 3, VERSES 1 AND 2, "BELOVED, I NOW WRITE TO YOU 15:14 THIS SECOND EPISTLE (IN BOTH OF WHICH I STIR UP YOUR PURE MINDS 15:17 BY WAY OF REMINDER), THAT YOU MAY BE MINDFUL OF THE WORDS 15:21 WHICH WERE SPOKEN BEFORE BY THE HOLY PROPHETS, AND OF THE 15:24 COMMANDMENT OF US, THE APOSTLES OF THE LORD AND SAVIOR," - 15:28 NOTICE THE CONNECTION THAT HE'S MAKING BETWEEN THE WORDS OF THE 15:31 APOSTLES AND THE PROPHETS IN HIS EPISTLE. 15:34 THEY EVEN UNDERSTOOD BACK THEN WHAT PAUL SAYS - AND PETER SAYS, 15:40 'HOLY MEN SPOKE AS THEY WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 15:43 PETER KNEW THEY'D BEEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, HE KNEW 15:45 THAT GOD HAD INSPIRED HIM TO WRITE THE THINGS HE WAS WRITING. 15:48 THEY, EVEN BACK THEN, BELIEVED WHAT THEY WERE WRITING WAS 15:50 SCRIPTURE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE FOR THIS IS THE 15:53 END OF CHAPTER 3 - I JUST READ IT TO YOU. 15:55 NOTICE WHAT PETER SAYS ABOUT PAUL - YOU EVER HEARD THE 15:58 EXPRESSION 'PETER ROBBING PAUL' - THIS IS NOT THAT. 16:03 BUT HERE PETER DOES TALK ABOUT PAUL, "AND CONSIDER THAT THE 16:06 LONGSUFFERING OF OUR LORD IS SALVATION - AS ALSO OUR BELOVED 16:11 BROTHER PAUL, ACCORDING TO THE WISDOM GIVEN TO HIM, HAS 16:14 WRITTEN" - PAUL - "HAS WRITTEN TO YOU, AS ALSO IN ALL HIS 16:18 EPISTLES," - THERE YOU'VE GOT THAT WORD 'EPISTLES' AGAIN - 16:21 "SPEAKING IN THEM...IN WHICH SOME THINGS ARE HARD TO 16:23 UNDERSTAND," - NOT THAT THEY'RE WRONG, BUT HE SAYS, "THOSE WHO 16:26 ARE UNTAUGHT AND UNSTABLE" - TWIST THE THINGS THAT PAUL SAYS. 16:30 WHAT PAUL SAYS IS TRUE, BUT IT SAYS THEY DO THIS AS THEY DO THE 16:33 REST OF THE SCRIPTURE. THEY CALL PAUL'S WRITING PART OF 16:37 THE SCRIPTURE BECAUSE, HE SAYS, 'THESE PEOPLE ARE TWISTING PAUL 16:41 AS THEY DO THE REST OF THE SCRIPTURE.' 16:43 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? SO EVEN IN THEIR DAY, PETER IS 16:46 SAYING, 'WHAT I'M WRITING, WHAT PAUL WROTE IS SCRIPTURE. 16:50 BE MINDFUL OF THE PROPHETS (OLD) AND THE APOSTLES (NEW) - SEE 16:55 THAT? SO HE'S GIVING US A LINE OF 16:57 AUTHORITY THAT - THEY DIDN'T SAY, 'OH WE'RE JUST WRITING YOU 17:00 A LETTER. OH, WE HAD NO IDEA SOMEBODY WOULD 17:02 CONSIDER THIS INSPIRED.' NO, THEY DID KNOW IT WAS INSPIRED. 17:05 AND SO, EVEN BACK THEN, AS THEY WERE WRITING IT, THEY KNEW THESE 17:09 WERE MESSAGES THAT GOD HAD GIVEN THEM. 17:12 AND IT WAS JESUS THAT TOLD PETER, 'I WANT YOU TO FEED 17:18 PEOPLE THE WORD OF GOD.' YOU REMEMBER IN JOHN 21 JESUS KEPT 17:23 SAYING, 'SIMON, DO YOU LOVE ME?' - SIMON WAS ANOTHER NAME FOR 17:26 PETER - HE SAID, 'LORD, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.' WHAT DID JESUS SAY? 17:30 'FEED MY SHEEP.' AND HE ASKED HIM ANOTHER TIME, 'SIMON, DO YOU 17:34 LOVE ME?' AND HE SAID, 'I LOVE 17:37 YOU.' WHAT DID JESUS SAY? 'FEED MY LAMBS. 17:42 THEN HE ASKS HIM A THIRD TIME, 'DO YOU LOVE ME?' 17:44 'I LOVE YOU.' 'OKAY, PROVE IT.' DO WHAT? 17:47 'FEED THE SHEEP.' SO HE SAYS, 'FEED THE SHEEP' 'FEED MY LAMBS' 17:51 'FEED THE SHEEP' - WHAT DO YOU FEED THEM? 17:54 PETER SAYS, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO FEED YOU FOREVER ON 17:58 THE MILK, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE MEAT OF THE WORD. 18:01 AND SO HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE LAMBS GET THE MILK; THE GROWN-UP 18:06 SHEEP GET THE MEAT OR THE GRAIN OF THE WORD AND THIS IS WHERE 18:11 THE AUTHORITY WAS. NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR 18:13 ME, I THINK 2 PETER 1:19 - WHO HAS THAT ONE? 18:18 OKAY, WE'LL GET A MICROPHONE ON THAT. 18:20 WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT, I'M GOING TO GO ON TO THE NEXT 18:22 SECTION HERE IN - UNDER THE SECTION ABOUT SCOFFERS. 18:27 IT TELLS US IN 2 PETER 3:3 AND 4, "KNOWING THIS FIRST: THAT 18:32 SCOFFERS WILL COME IN THE LAST DAYS, WALKING ACCORDING TO 18:35 THEIR OWN LUSTS, AND SAYING, 'WHERE IS THE PROMISE OF HIS 18:38 COMING? FOR SINCE THE FATHERS FELL 18:40 ASLEEP, ALL THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY WERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF 18:43 CREATION.'" AND SO, EVEN THEN, PETER SAID, 'THERE'S GOING TO BE 18:47 PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO MOCK AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE. 18:49 THEY'RE GOING TO SCOFF AT THE WORD OF GOD' - AND DOES THAT 18:52 HAPPEN TODAY? IT DOES. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO 18:55 AHEAD NOW, I THINK WE'RE READY. 2 PETER 1:19. 18:59 >>"AND SO WE HAVE THE PROPHETIC WORD CONFIRMED, WHICH YOU DO 19:03 WELL TO HEED AS A LIGHT THAT SHINES IN A DARK PLACE, UNTIL 19:06 THE DAY DAWNS AND THE MORNING STAR RISES IN YOUR HEARTS." 19:10 >>THAT WHAT WE HEAR - PETER IS SAYING THAT THE WORD OF GOD - 19:14 THE WORD OF THE PROPHETS IS SOMETHING THAT DAWNS. 19:16 NOW, DOES THE SUN GET BRIGHTER DURING THE DAWN? 19:19 IT'S AN INCREASING LIGHT - AND SO, WHAT BEGAN WITH THE 19:23 PENTATEUCH AND THE PROPHETS AND THE PSALMS AND THE MINOR 19:27 PROPHETS THAT EXPANDS, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, TO THE APOSTLES 19:31 AND THE OTHER - THE LETTERS AND THE EPISTLES AND THE WRITINGS. 19:35 SO, IT WAS A GROWING LIGHT. AND THEN PETER WARNS THAT 19:38 SCOFFERS WILL COME IN THE LAST DAYS. 19:40 AND WHERE DO THESE SCOFFERS COME FROM? 19:42 ARE THESE SCOFFERS IN THE WORLD THAT SAY, 'OH, WHERE'S THE 19:44 PROMISE OF HIS COMING? YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING 19:46 ABOUT JESUS COMING. HE'S NEVER COME'? 19:50 I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WHEN PETER SAYS 19:52 'SCOFFERS WILL ARISE IN THE LAST DAYS, HE'S TALKING ABOUT 19:55 SCOFFERS IN THE CHURCH. DOESN'T PAUL SAY 'EVEN FROM 20:00 AMONG YOUR OWN SELVES THERE'LL BE WOLVES'? 20:04 AND I THINK WHAT PETER'S PREDICTING IS EVEN AMONG THOSE 20:07 WHO CLAIM TO BELIEVE IN THE COMING OF THE LORD, THEY'RE 20:09 GOING TO START DOUBTING AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'OH YEAH, 20:11 WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FOR A LONG TIME' AND 'HE'S NEVER 20:16 COMING'. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WERE 20:17 SOME PEOPLE WHO STARTED OUT HELPING NOAH BUILD THE ARK, BUT 20:21 AS THE YEARS WENT BY - AS THE DECADES WENT BY AND THERE WAS 20:25 NO FLOOD AND THERE WAS NO RAIN, THEY SAID, 'OH YEAH, FLOOD, 20:28 FLOOD, FLOOD YOU'VE BEEN TELLING US ABOUT THE FLOOD - THERE'S 20:30 NEVER GOING TO BE A FLOOD. EVER SINCE THE FATHERS FELL 20:32 ASLEEP IT'S BEEN DAY AFTER DAY JUST BEAUTIFUL SUNNY SKIES.' AND 20:38 THAT'S WHY PETER THEN REFERS TO THIS. HE SAID THEY'RE WILFULLY 20:42 IGNORANT OF WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN THE DAYS OF THE FLOOD - THAT 20:45 GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS QUICKLY. SO YOU'VE GOT SCOFFERS - 'WHERE 20:49 IS THE PROMISE OF HIS COMING?' - NOW, YOU KNOW, ONE REASON 20:52 THERE ARE SCOFFERS IN THE CHURCH - AND EVEN IN THE WORLD? 20:57 IS BECAUSE - HAVE THERE BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE SET DATES FOR 21:00 THE SECOND COMING, THROUGH HISTORY? 21:03 WHAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME ANOTHER PREACHER COMES ALONG AND SAYS, 21:06 'I'VE FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT - ABSOLUTELY IRON-CLAD - I'VE GOT 21:09 THE DATE WHEN JESUS IS COMING.' AND, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, 21:13 ALL OF THOSE DATES HAVE COME AND GONE AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. 21:16 NOW, THERE WAS ONE GROUP THAT SET A DATE AND WHEN JESUS DIDN'T 21:19 COME, THEY SAID, 'WELL, HE DID COME SPIRITUALLY.' DID YOU KNOW 21:24 THAT? YEAH, SO THE WAY THEY GOT AROUND 21:26 THEIR FAILURE IS THEY SAY HE CAME SPIRITUALLY AND - BUT 21:32 EVERYBODY THAT SETS DATES, THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS, YOU 21:35 KNOW THE OLD PARABLE ABOUT THE BOY WHO CRIES WOLF? 21:38 AND, BOY, JUST GETS A LAUGH WHEN HE SHOUTS 'WOLF, WOLF!' 21:42 AND EVERYBODY FROM THE VILLAGE WOULD COME UP TO HIM WHERE HE 21:44 WAS WATCHING THE SHEEP AND THEY'D SAY, 'WHERE'S THE WOLF?' 21:46 AND HE'D LAUGH, 'HA HA! THERE'S NO WOLF!' 21:48 AND A FEW DAYS LATER HE'D CRY 'WOLF! WOLF! WOLF!' 21:50 AND ALL THE PEOPLE WOULD COME UP WITH THEIR PITCHFORKS TO KILL 21:53 THE WOLF - THERE'S NO WOLF. 21:55 FINALLY THE WOLF DID COME AND THE BOY CRIED AND NOBODY CAME. 21:59 AND WHAT THE DEVIL IS DOING IS, THROUGH THESE FALSE PROPHETS 22:04 THAT HAVE SAID, 'I KNOW THE DATE FOR THE LORD'S COMING' - AND 22:07 WHEN THE LORD DOESN'T COME - NOW, WHEN PASTORS SAY 'GET 22:10 READY, THE LORD IS COMING SOON' - NOT EVEN SETTING A DATE - 22:12 PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS ALL OUR LIVES.' 22:15 'BACK DURING WORLD WAR I WE HEARD THIS WAS IT - 'THE WHOLE 22:19 WORLD'S AT WAR. THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE END. 22:21 WHAT COULD BE WORSE?'' ANY OF YOU 22:23 REMEMBER WORLD WAR I? NOT TOO MANY LEFT. 22:26 I KNEW PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I. 22:28 THEY'VE ALL PASSED AWAY NOW. AND THEN, WORLD WAR II - EVEN 22:34 MORE DEADLY - AND YOU'VE GOT NUCLEAR WEAPONS - OR ATOMIC 22:37 WEAPONS - AND EVERYONE SAID, 'THIS IS IT. 22:39 THIS IS IT. YOU BETTER NOT EVEN BUY GREEN 22:43 BANANAS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME. 22:45 THE LORD'S COMING ANY DAY NOW.' AND THEN HE DIDN'T COME. 22:50 AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, 22:52 THERE'S BEEN WARS, THERE'S BEEN PLAGUES AND THEN THE PLANETS 22:57 LINED UP IN 1984 AND THEN ISRAEL WAS REFORMED AS A NATION. 23:02 THEY SAID FORTY YEARS AFTER ISRAEL FORMS AS A NATION THAT 23:04 WILL BE IT - 1988 - THAT'S IT. HAL LINDSEY WROTE 23:07 A BOOK ABOUT THAT. EVERYBODY WAS SURE. 23:10 IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND SO, NOW YOU HEAR PEOPLE IN 23:13 THE CHURCH, WHEN YOU SAY, 'THE LORD IS COMING AGAIN' - YOU HEAR 23:15 PEOPLE SAY, 'ALL THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY WERE FROM THE 23:18 BEGINNING OF THE AGE. SURE HE'S COMING - HE'S COMING. 23:22 YOU GO AHEAD, GET EXCITED.' AND THAT'S WHY CHRIST SAID, 'IN SUCH 23:26 AN HOUR AS YOU THINK NOT, THE SON OF MAN COMES. WHO IS HE 23:29 TALKING TO? THE WORLD OR THE CHURCH? WHEN THE CHURCH GETS TO 23:34 THE PLACE WHERE THEY'RE BLASÉ ABOUT THE IMMINENT SECOND 23:37 COMING, THAT'S WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 23:39 WHEN EVEN PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE NAME OF CHRIST - EVEN PEOPLE WHO 23:42 TAKE THE NAME 'ADVENTIST' WHO, OSTENSIBLY, ARE THE ONES WHO 23:46 BELIEVE IN THE IMMINENT ADVENT, WHEN THEY GET TO THE PLACE WHERE 23:49 THEY JUST REALLY DON'T GET EXCITED ABOUT THE SECOND COMING, 23:52 THAT'S WHEN YOU MIGHT FIND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 23:55 THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID, 'IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YOU THINK NOT, THE 23:58 SON OF MAN IS COMING.' THE DAY SHOULD NOT OVERTAKE US AS A 24:02 THIEF, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST FAITH. 24:07 THERE'S ANOTHER VERSE SIMILAR TO 2 PETER CHAPTER 3 - YOU NOTICE 24:11 JUDE, HE ACTUALLY PLAGIARIZED A LITTLE BIT FROM PETER - I WONDER 24:15 IF THEY SUED HIM - JUDE 17 - THERE'S ONLY ONE CHAPTER - 24:18 THROUGH 19, "BUT YOU, BELOVED, REMEMBER THE WORDS WHICH WERE 24:22 SPOKEN BEFORE BY THE APOSTLES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: HOW THEY 24:25 TOLD YOU THAT THERE WOULD BE MOCKERS IN THE LAST TIME WHO 24:28 WOULD WALK ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN UNGODLY LUSTS. 24:31 THESE ARE SENSUAL PERSONS, WHO CAUSE DIVISIONS," - NOTICE, DOES 24:35 HE TELL US THAT THEY'RE IN THE CHURCH - "SENSUAL PERSONS WHO 24:39 CAUSE DIVISIONS, NOT HAVING THE SPIRIT." 24:42 HE'S TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE CLAIMING TO BE CHRISTIANS. 24:47 NOW, LET ME MAKE A SUGGESTION TO YOU AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU 24:50 THINK OF THIS. I THINK THE LORD - NOTHING 24:54 SURPRISES THE LORD - I THINK THE LORD KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE A 25:00 LOT OF FALSE ALARMS BEFORE THE REAL THING HAPPENED BECAUSE THE 25:02 DEVIL WOULD DO THAT TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE UNPREPARED - HAVE 25:05 ENOUGH FALSE ALARMS AND PRETTY SOON NOTHING ALARMS ANYBODY. 25:08 YOU SLEEP THROUGH THE ALARM CLOCK OFTEN ENOUGH YOU DON'T 25:10 HEAR IT ANYMORE. AND JESUS FORETOLD - 25:16 WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE SECOND COMING, IN MATTHEW 24, HE 25:20 FORETOLD, AT THE VERY END OF THAT CHAPTER, IF THAT EVIL 25:24 SERVANT SAYS IN HIS HEART, 'MY LORD DELAYS HIS COMING' - 25:27 NOW WHO IS SAYING, 'MY LORD DELAYS HIS COMING' - 25:29 THE WORLD OR THE SERVANT? >>THE SERVANT. 25:31 >>AN EVIL SERVANT - HE'S LOST FAITH - 'IF THAT EVIL SERVANT 25:35 SAYS IN HIS HEART' - HE DOESN'T EVEN SAY IT OUTSIDE - OUT LOUD - 25:39 'MY LORD DELAYS HIS COMING' AND BEGINS TO EAT AND DRINK WITH THE 25:42 DRUNKEN AND SMITE HIS FELLOW SERVANTS, THE MASTER OF THAT 25:46 SERVANT, HE'LL COME IN A DAY HE'S NOT LOOKING FOR HIM 25:49 AND IN AN HOUR HE'S NOT AWARE OF. 25:51 AND THAT AWFUL - THAT SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE EXODUS 32:1. 25:57 IT SAYS, "NOW WHEN THE PEOPLE SAW THAT MOSES DELAYED" - NOTICE 26:01 THE WORD 'DELAY'. WHAT DOES DELAY MEAN? 26:04 IF A PERSON SAYS, 'WELL, I DIDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE I WAS 26:06 DELAYED.' IT MEANS THEY CAME LATER THAN EXPECTED. 26:11 AND SO, WHEN JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND COMING, HE USES 26:14 THE LANGUAGE OF 'IT COULD BE LATER THAN YOU THINK'. 26:17 IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S DELAYED - IS THAT HOW IT LOOKS TODAY? 26:22 I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE TODAY? 26:26 DIDN'T THE APOSTLE SAY, 'BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY?' 26:30 SO IF THAT EVIL SERVANT SAYS, 'MY LORD DELAYS HIS COMING' - 26:34 MATTHEW 24 - WHAT'S THE SUBJECT OF MATTHEW 24? 26:39 SECOND COMING AND SIGNS OF JESUS, RIGHT? 26:41 MATTHEW 25 THERE'S A PARABLE. SOMEONE READ THAT 26:46 FOR ME, MATTHEW 25:5. OKAY, NATHAN, YOU GOT THAT? 26:49 GO AHEAD. >>"BUT WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM WAS 26:52 DELAYED, THEY ALL SLUMBERED AND SLEPT." 26:55 >>OH, YOU KNOW, THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS? 26:58 WHY DO THEY GO TO SLEEP? >>THE BRIDEGROOM. 27:02 >>THE BRIDEGROOM - WHO'S THE BRIDEGROOM? 27:04 COME ON, SAY IT. >>JESUS. 27:07 >>AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT JESUS? 27:09 DOES HE SHOW UP ON TIME? >>DELAYED. 27:11 >>OR DOES IT LOOK LIKE HE'S DELAYED? 27:13 NOW I'VE BEEN AT SEVERAL WEDDINGS WHERE THE BRIDE WAS 27:16 LATE, BUT NOT TOO OFTEN THE BRIDEGROOM. 27:20 I WAS AT ONE WEDDING WHERE THE BRIDE WAS AN HOUR LATE. 27:24 BUT USUALLY THE BRIDEGROOM'S THERE, BUT HERE THE BRIDEGROOM 27:27 IS DELAYED. NOW, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT HE JUST, YOU KNOW, FORGOT - 27:31 HE SLEPT IN. SOMETHING HOLDS HIM UP. 27:35 WHY DOES PETER SAY THAT THE LORD IS COMING LATER THAN WE THINK? 27:38 'NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT ALL SHOULD COME TO 27:43 REPENTANCE.' HE WANTS AS MANY TO BE SAVED AS POSSIBLE. 27:46 BUT YOU NOTICE THE WORD 'DELAY' - 'DELAY' - 'DELAY'? 27:49 LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE: SAMUEL TOLD KING SAUL, 'GO DOWN 27:54 BEFORE ME TO GILGAL. I WILL SURELY COME AND OFFER 27:59 BURNT OFFERINGS BEFORE YOU GO TO BATTLE WITH THE PHILISTINES. 28:02 SEVEN DAYS YOU WAIT AND I WILL COME AND SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO.' 28:06 WELL, SAUL, THEN GOES DOWN TO THE BATTLE, THE PHILISTINES ARE 28:10 ALL GATHERED ON ONE SIDE AND THE ARMY OF ISRAEL IS GATHERED ON 28:13 THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY'RE GETTING ALL READY FOR THE BATTLE 28:16 AND SIX DAYS GO BY AND THEY KEEP WAITING FOR SAMUEL. 28:18 SEVEN DAYS GO BY - AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTH DAY, 28:20 SAMUEL'S NOT THERE. SAUL SAID, 'I'M 28:23 TIRED OF WAITING. HE'S DELAYED. 28:26 I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND I'LL OFFER SACRIFICE FOR MYSELF.' AND 28:30 HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT BECAUSE ONLY THE PRIEST WAS 28:32 SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. AND WHAT HAPPENED? 28:35 IN THE TIME THAT HE WAS TESTED, THEN SAMUEL CAME. 28:42 THE PEOPLE SAW MOSES DELAYED AND WHAT HAPPENED? 28:47 THEY WENT AND THEY MADE A GOLDEN CALF. 28:49 THEY WERE BEING TESTED. AND THEN MOSES CAME. 28:52 DID SAMUEL COME? YEAH. 28:55 LATER THAN THEY THOUGHT, BUT HE CAME. 28:57 AND KING SAUL LOST FAITH. DID MOSES COME? 29:01 YEAH, LATER THAN THEY THOUGHT. AND WHAT DID HE FIND? 29:05 MANY OF THEM HAD LOST FAITH. COULD THAT HAPPEN AGAIN? 29:09 >>YES. >>COULD WE BE LIVING 29:11 IN A TIME OF TESTING? AND WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED 29:14 FIVE WISE; FIVE FOOLISH - SOME WERE PREPARED FOR THE 29:18 POSSIBILITY OF A DELAY. ISN'T THAT WHAT IT'S SAYING? 29:22 THEY HAD STORED EXTRA OIL - TALKING ABOUT THE PARABLE OF THE 29:25 TEN VIRGINS. THEY HAD STORED EXTRA OIL - THEY WERE PREPARED. 29:27 THIS LANGUAGE OF A POTENTIAL DELAY IS ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. 29:32 HABAKKUK CHAPTER 2, VERSE 3, "FOR THE VISION IS YET FOR AN 29:36 APPOINTED TIME; BUT AT THE END IT WILL SPEAK, AND IT WILL NOT 29:39 LIE. THOUGH IT TARRIES, WAIT FOR IT; 29:43 BECAUSE IT WILL SURELY COME, IT WILL NOT TARRY." 29:45 IN OTHER WORDS, IT'LL APPEAR THAT HE'S LATE. 29:48 HEBREWS 10:37, "FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND HE WHO IS COMING WILL 29:53 COME AND WILL NOT TARRY. NOW THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY 29:56 FAITH; BUT IF ANYONE DRAWS BACK," - HE'S TALKING ABOUT 29:59 PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST PATIENCE. AND WHAT DOES IT SAY? 30:02 'HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS'. 30:04 WHY WOULD YOU NEED PATIENCE EXCEPT YOU'VE GOT TO WAIT? 30:07 AND SO, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO EMPHASIZE - AND I'VE GOT MORE 30:09 VERSES ON THIS TOO, IS THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THAT IT 30:15 SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT BECAUSE JESUS 30:19 SAID THAT'S HOW IT WOULD BE WHEN HE COMES - THAT THERE'D BE THE 30:22 APPEARANCE OF A DELAY, BUT THE LORD WOULD COME - AMEN? 30:27 >>AMEN. >>HE'S GOING TO COME ON TIME. 30:29 OH, HEY, LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE. 30:32 IN REVELATION CHAPTER 10, VERSE 5 - AND I'LL POST THESE NOTES 30:37 ONLINE SO THAT - IF ANYONE WANTS THE VERSES - REVELATION 10:5 AND 30:41 6, "THE ANGEL WHOM I SAW STANDING ON THE SEA AND ON THE 30:45 LAND RAISED UP HIS HAND TO HEAVEN AND SWORE BY HIM WHO 30:47 LIVES FOREVER AND EVER, WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS 30:50 THAT ARE IN IT, THE EARTH AND THE THINGS THAT ARE IN IT, THE 30:53 SEA AND THE THINGS THAT ARE IN IT," - THE ANGEL ACTUALLY MAKES 30:56 REFERENCE TO HE WHO CREATED THE HEAVEN, THE EARTH, AND THE SEA, 30:59 WHICH IS PART OF THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT - BUT LISTEN TO WHAT 31:02 HE SAYS - "THAT THERE SHOULD BE DELAY NO LONGER," - NOW, IF 31:06 YOU'VE GOT A KING JAMES VERSION IT SAYS, 'TIME WOULD BE NO MORE' 31:08 - THE EXACT TRANSLATION FOR THAT YOU'D FIND IN THE KING JAMES 31:11 VERSION - DELAY WILL BE NO MORE. NOW WHY WOULD THE ANGEL SAY 31:15 THERE WOULD BE NO MORE DELAY UNLESS THERE WAS DELAY? 31:19 RIGHT? WE FIND THIS ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. 31:22 WHY DOES JESUS SAY 'HE THAT ENDURES TO THE END'? 31:25 THAT MEANS, 'YOU'D BETTER HANG ON BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 31:29 TAKING - DOESN'T GOD, SOMETIMES, WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE? 31:32 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HE GETS THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO THE RED 31:34 SEA AND THERE THEY ARE TRAPPED, AND THE EGYPTIANS ARE COMING 31:37 FROM BEHIND AND, AT THE FINAL MOMENT, GOD THEN BRINGS 31:40 DELIVERANCE. IT MAY HAPPEN THAT WAY AGAIN. 31:44 AND THEN PETER SAYS, IN 2 PETER CHAPTER 3, VERSE 8 - NOW 31:47 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME IN A MOMENT GENESIS 2:17 - JUST 31:51 GIVING YOU A HEAD'S UP - 2 PETER 3:8, "BUT, BELOVED, DO NOT 31:54 FORGET THIS ONE THING, THAT WITH THE LORD ONE DAY IS AS A 31:58 THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS AS ONE DAY." 32:03 NOW WHY DOES PETER SAY THAT? HE'S TALKING TO THOSE WHO SAY, 32:10 'WELL, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE LORD'S COMING ALL THIS 32:12 TIME, WHY'S IT TAKING SO LONG? YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME IN 32:15 THE BIBLE IT SEEMS LIKE THE APOSTLES ARE SAYING, 'EVEN SO, 32:18 COME LORD JESUS' - 'BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY' - AND WE'RE 32:21 THINKING, 'WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG?' HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN 32:24 SINCE JESUS SAID THAT? ABOUT TWO THOUSAND YEARS? 32:28 NOT QUITE TWO THOUSAND YEARS, BUT JUST ABOUT. 32:31 HE PROBABLY MADE THAT STATEMENT IN 30 A.D., WHICH WOULD MEAN IN 32:35 2030 IT WOULD BE TWO THOUSAND YEARS AFTER THE PROMISE. 32:39 THAT'S A LONG TIME TO SAY, 'I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.' (LAUGHTER) AND - 32:44 SO WHY CAN HE SAY THAT? PETER SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO 32:47 THINK LIKE GOD THINKS. DOES GOD MEASURE 32:50 TIME THE WAY WE DO? HE SAYS, 'WITH THE LORD A DAY 32:53 IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS IS LIKE A DAY'. 32:57 I'M GOING TO READ YOU A COUPLE MORE ON THAT THEME. 33:00 PETER, WHEN HE SAYS THIS, IS ACTUALLY QUOTING PSALM 90, VERSE 33:04 4, "FOR A THOUSAND YEARS IN YOUR SIGHT ARE LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN IT 33:07 IS PAST," - NOW, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 33:09 FOR GOD, A THOUSAND YEARS IS LIKE A DAY - THAT'S WHAT PETER'S 33:13 QUOTING. LOOK AT PSALM 84, VERSE 10, "FOR 33:16 A DAY IN YOUR COURTS IS BETTER THAN A THOUSAND." 33:19 AND ECCLESIASTES 6:6, "EVEN IF HE LIVES A THOUSAND YEARS TWICE" 33:24 - IF HE DOES NOT ENJOY GOOD THINGS - "DO NOT ALL GO TO ONE 33:27 PLACE?" NOW, BEFORE YOU READ YOUR VERSE, 33:30 I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING: GOD SAID TO ADAM AND 33:33 EVE, 'IN THE DAY YOU EAT THEREOF YOU WILL SURELY DIE.' 33:38 ISN'T THAT WHAT HE SAID? >>YES. 33:41 >>AND ADAM AND EVE ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT AND THEY FELL 33:44 OVER THAT 24-HOUR PERIOD. >>NO. 33:47 >>NO? BUT IF A DAY IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS AND A THOUSAND 33:53 YEARS IS A DAY - GO AHEAD, READ YOUR VERSE. 33:58 >>"BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU 34:01 SHALL NOT EAT. FOR IN THAT DAY THAT YOU EAT 34:03 OF IT YOU WILL SURELY DIE." >>HOW OLD WAS THE OLDEST MAN? 34:09 (INAUDIBLE) METHUSELAH? I ALWAYS - YOU'VE HEARD ME - 34:13 REALLY, THE OLDEST MAN IS ENOCH BECAUSE HE'S STILL ALIVE. 34:16 BUT OF THE OLD - OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, METHUSELAH WAS 34:20 WHAT? 969 YEARS? AND ADAM, WHO REMEMBERS 34:23 HOW LONG HE LIVED? 930. THAT WAS ALL THE ACCOUNTANTS WHO HAVE 34:29 NUMBERS IN THEIR HEADS THAT REMEMBERED THAT. 34:31 HOW ABOUT NOAH? I THINK IT WAS 960? 34:39 ANYWAY, THEY ALL LIVED AROUND 900 YEARS. 34:42 DID ANY OF THEM LIVE A THOUSAND ONE? 34:45 >>NO. >>SO IF A DAY IS LIKE A THOUSAND 34:47 YEARS FOR THE LORD AND A THOUSAND YEARS LIKE A DAY, 34:50 THEY ALL DIED IN THAT DAY. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 34:54 NOW SOMEONE ELSE - I'M NOT THE FIRST ONE WHO'S DONE THIS - 34:58 G. ED REID WROTE THIS IN HIS BOOK, J.N. 35:02 ANDREWS, ONE OF THE FIRST MISSIONARIES IN THE ADVENTIST 35:05 CHURCH WROTE - THEY CALLED IT THE SEVEN-THOUSAND-YEAR 35:07 THEORY - HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE? 35:09 OR THE MILLENNIAL WEEK - AND, BASICALLY, IT SAYS THAT IT LOOKS 35:13 LIKE THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE IS SUMMARIZED IN A MILLENNIAL WEEK 35:17 - MEANING THAT IF YOU JUST ADD UP THE AGES IN THE BIBLE, THE 35:20 WORLD, BIBLICALLY, ACCORDING TO THE HISTORY OF ADAM, IS RIGHT 35:24 NOW, ABOUT SIX THOUSAND YEARS OLD. MATTER OF FACT, I WENT TO 35:27 THE E.G. WHITE DISC AND I FOUND SEVENTY REFERENCES TO SIX 35:32 THOUSAND YEARS - SEVEN-ZERO - IN THOSE WRITINGS. 35:38 FOR EXAMPLE - I'LL READ TWO OR THREE OF THEM REAL QUICK. 35:40 IN THE BOOK GREAT CONTROVERSY PAGE 518, "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY 35:44 BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN HAS BEEN CARRIED FORWARD FOR NEARLY 35:47 SIX THOUSAND YEARS. IT IS SOON TO CLOSE." 35:51 AND YOU CAN READ IN ADVENTIST HOME , "FOR SIX THOUSAND YEARS 35:54 SATAN HAS STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN POSSESSION OF THE EARTH." 35:58 YOU CAN READ IN COUNSELS ON DIET AND FOODS - IT SAYS HERE, "THE 36:03 CONTINUAL TRANSGRESSION OF MAN FOR SIX THOUSAND YEARS HAS 36:06 BROUGHT SICKNESS, PAIN AND DEATH AS ITS FRUITS." 36:10 THERE'S SEVENTY REFERENCES LIKE THAT. 36:12 AND SO, WHEN YOU ADD UP THE AGES IN THE BIBLE, IT COMES TO 36:16 APPROXIMATELY SIX THOUSAND YEARS. 36:18 THERE'S A FEW - THERE'S A FEW DIFFICULT PASSAGES IN THE 36:22 CHRONOLOGIES, LIKE WITH NOAH - IT SAYS NOAH HAD SHEM, HAM, AND 36:26 JAPHETH, BUT IT DOESN'T TELL WHICH WAS FIRST AND HOW OLD 36:28 UNTIL THE SECOND ONE - WE DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE TRIPLETS. 36:31 AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE PLACES WHERE - AND YOU'RE ADDING UP THE 36:35 CHRONOLOGIES - ANY OF YOU EVER TRY TO ADD UP THE CHRONOLOGIES 36:37 IN THE BIBLE? I DID IT ONCE WITH A CALCULATOR 36:39 AND A FRIEND AND IT'S KIND OF FUN. 36:42 EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU MISS A FEW THINGS, BUT IT'S 36:45 APPROXIMATELY SIX THOUSAND YEARS. 36:47 HOW LONG IS THE MILLENNIUM? >>A THOUSAND. 36:50 >>ONE THOUSAND YEARS. DOESN'T GOD WORK ON A BASIS, 36:52 OFTEN IN THE BIBLE, SIX DAYS YOU WORK, ONE DAY YOU REST? 36:56 AND DOESN'T IT SAY SIX YEARS YOU WILL SOW YOUR SEED AND THEN ONE 37:01 YEAR YOU'LL LET IT - YOU'LL SOW YOUR SEED IN YOUR FIELD, ONE 37:04 YEAR YOU'LL LET IT REST. FOR SIX THOUSAND YEARS JESUS 37:09 HAS BEEN SOWING THE SEED OF THE GOSPEL. 37:11 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE COMES IN REVELATION? 37:13 WHAT'S IT PICTURED AS? IT'S A HARVEST. 37:15 AND, DURING THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS WHEN WE'RE IN HEAVEN, IS 37:18 THERE ANY FARMING GOING ON HERE ON EARTH? 37:21 PLANET'S RESTING. THEY HAD A LAW AMONG THE 37:25 HEBREWS: FOR SIX YEARS YOU COULD HAVE A HEBREW SLAVE, BUT THEN, 37:30 AT THE END OF THAT, YOU HAD TO SET HIM FREE. 37:33 >>THE JUBILEE. >>YEAH, THERE WAS A JUBILEE. 37:35 THEN HE WOULD GO FREE AT THE END OF THAT TIME. 37:38 THERE'S A NUMBER OF STORIES LIKE THIS THAT ARE ILLUSTRATED IN THE 37:41 BIBLE. MATTER OF FACT, I'VE GOT A FEW OTHER EXAMPLES HERE. 37:44 AND, BY THE WAY, THAT'S EXODUS 21:2 - IF YOU HAVE A HEBREW 37:48 SERVANT HE'LL SERVE SIX YEARS, THE SEVENTH HE'LL GO FREE. 37:52 THE SECOND COMING. SOW YOUR LAND SIX YEARS - EXODUS 37:55 23:10 - AND THEN YOU CAN NOTICE THERE'S A PATTERN - YOU'VE GOT 38:02 THREE EPOCHS IN THE BIBLE - AND I'M NOT THE FIRST ONE WHO'S, 38:04 YOU KNOW, REALIZED THIS. THIS IS PRETTY BASIC THEOLOGY. 38:08 YOU'VE GOT THE EPOCH OF THE PATRIARCHS THAT GOES TWO 38:11 THOUSAND YEARS FROM CREATION TO ABRAHAM - GOSPEL WAS PREACHED 38:16 THROUGH ADAM AND ENOCH AND NOAH, METHUSELAH, SO FORTH - THE 38:19 PATRIARCHS - THEY WERE NOT JEWS. 38:22 EVERYBODY HERE IS RELATED TO NOAH, RIGHT? 38:25 OKAY, THEN GOD CALLS ABRAHAM AND THE NEXT TWO THOUSAND YEARS 38:28 YOU'VE GOT THE EPOCH OF ISRAEL - THE HEBREWS - AND THEY ARE THE 38:34 GUARDIANS OF THE ORACLES OF TRUTH. THEIR JOB IS TO INTRODUCE 38:38 THE MESSIAH TO THE WORLD. AND THAT GOES UP UNTIL 38:40 THE TIME OF CHRIST. ABRAHAM WAS BORN 2004 B.C. 38:44 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT JESUS IS BORN 4 B.C. 38:47 - IT'S VERY INTERESTING - IT REALLY IS TWO THOUSAND YEARS. 38:50 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE EPOCH OF THE CHURCH - OR SPIRITUAL ISRAEL 38:53 - WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT - IT'S OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENT TIME. 38:58 AND THAT'S THE LAST TWO THOUSAND YEARS. 38:59 YOU'VE GOT TWO THOUSAND, TWO THOUSAND, TWO THOUSAND. 39:02 YOU KNOW, MOSES' LIFE WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE GREAT EPOCHS: 39:06 YOU'VE GOT THE FORTY YEARS IN EGYPT, THE FORTY YEARS ALONE IN 39:10 THE WILDERNESS, THE FORTY YEARS LEADING PEOPLE FROM EGYPT TO THE 39:14 PROMISED LAND. THERE WERE THREE KINGS OF ISRAEL 39:18 AS A UNITED KINGDOM - THREE EPOCHS - AGAIN, THREE FORTIES. 39:22 YOU'VE GOT THE TIME OF SAUL - FORTY YEARS, THE TIME OF DAVID - 39:26 FORTY YEARS, THE TIME OF SOLOMON - FORTY YEARS. 39:28 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? ALL THREE, EXACTLY FORTY YEARS. 39:30 SOME NUMBERS DO MEAN SOMETHING - AND I'M NOT - I THINK YOU SHOULD 39:33 STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT SMACKS OF SAYING, 'I'VE FIGURED 39:36 OUT THE DAY OR THE HOUR OF THE LORD'S COMING, BECAUSE WE DON'T 39:40 KNOW THAT. ONE THING WE CAN BE SURE OF IS 39:42 THAT WE ARE NOT SURE OF WHEN HE'S COMING. 39:45 MATTHEW 24:36, "BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR NO ONE KNOWS, NOT EVEN 39:51 THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN, BUT MY FATHER ONLY." 39:52 SO, LET'S SUPPOSE YOU GOT YOUR CALCULATOR AND YOU WERE SURE YOU 39:56 FIGURED OUT WHEN THE LORD WAS COMING - I HAVE PEOPLE TELL ME - 39:59 I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELLING ME FOR YEARS - I CAN REMEMBER AFTER 40:01 JOINING THE CHURCH, YOU KNOW, I WAS STUDYING WITH A LOT OF 40:05 GROUPS THAT WOULD SAY, 'OH, WE'VE FIGURED IT OUT! 40:08 IT'S GOING TO BE THIS DATE BECAUSE THIS IS FORTY YEARS 40:10 AFTER ISRAEL.' IN 1988 - AND THEN 'WHEN THE FIG TREE 40:14 BLOSSOMED - THAT WAS THE SIGN - FORTY YEARS - THE GENERATION 40:16 AFTER ISRAEL' - AND THEY HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT. 40:19 THEN THEY SAID, 'THE PLANETS ARE LINING UP' - IN 1986 - AND I 40:23 GUESS THEY'VE LINED UP SEVERAL TIMES - 'THAT'S IT!' 40:26 AND EVERYONE GOT EXCITED - AND THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE NEXT 40:28 THING, YOU KNOW? THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BLOOD 40:30 MOON - ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT ONE? 40:32 A FEW YEARS AGO EVERYONE SAID, 'THAT'S IT!' 40:34 AND - BUT LET'S SUPPOSE YOU GOT YOUR CALCULATOR AND YOU COULD 40:38 FIGURE OUT THE DATE. NOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING, 'IT'S NOT 40:44 TWO THOUSAND YEARS FROM JESUS' BIRTH, IT'S TWO THOUSAND YEARS 40:47 FROM JESUS' DEATH, WHICH MEANS 2031 JESUS IS COMING.' LET'S 40:52 SUPPOSE YOU COULD FIGURE THAT OUT. 40:56 YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING BECAUSE JESUS SAID, 'EXCEPT 40:59 THOSE DAYS BE SHORTENED, NO FLESH WOULD BE SAVED.' WHICH 41:01 MEANS HE MAY COME SOONER THAN THAT TIME OR NO ONE WILL 41:03 SURVIVE. AND THEN THERE'S A VERSE THAT 41:06 SAYS THE LORD IS LONGSUFFERING - HE WAITS LONGER AND HE'S DELAYED 41:10 SO IT MIGHT BE LATER THAN THAT DATE. 41:11 AND SO THE DATE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. 41:13 SO WHATEVER DATE YOU MIGHT COME UP WITH, THE BIBLE'S PRETTY 41:15 CLEAR THAT HE COULD COME LATER - HE COULD COME AFTER, SO WHAT 41:19 GOOD'S THE DATE? RIGHT? THE ONLY THING YOU GET FROM 41:24 LOOKING AT THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES IS JUST A SENSE 41:26 THAT IT IS IMMINENT. NOW, DO WE SEE SIGNS IN THE 41:29 WORLD TODAY THAT LOOK LIKE THE PROPHETIC SYMBOLS - 41:32 THE FLAGS ARE THERE? I BELIEVE WE DO. 41:35 YOU CAN SEE IN MATTHEW 24:33, "...WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE 41:40 THINGS, KNOW THAT IT IS NEAR" - WHEN WE SEE THESE THINGS, JUST 41:42 KNOW IT'S NEAR. AND SO, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? 41:45 SO WHAT? IS THE NEXT SECTION IN YOUR 41:46 LESSON - SO WHAT YOU KNOW IT'S NEAR? 41:49 LET'S SUPPOSE THAT YOU COULD FIGURE IT OUT. 41:52 WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY? YOU KNOW THE DANGER OF 41:57 SOMEONE KNOWING THE DATE? IF YOU THOUGHT THE LORD WAS 42:00 COMING IN THREE YEARS, YOU'D WAIT UNTIL THE LAST WEEK TO 42:02 GET READY - LIKE YOUR TAXES. THAT'S HUMAN NATURE, RIGHT? 42:07 (LAUGHTER) YOU'D SAY, 'OH, I'VE GOT A WEEK TO GET MY TAXES 42:10 DONE.' YOU'D LIVE JUST LIKE YOU'VE 42:12 ALWAYS LIVED UNTIL THAT WEEK BEFORE. 42:14 AND THEN, THROUGH FEAR, YOU'D START GETTING READY FOR THE 42:17 LORD'S COMING. SO IF YOU LOVE HIM, YOU WANT 42:20 TO BE READY ALL THE TIME. >>AMEN. 42:22 >>BECAUSE BY THE WAY, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS, 'THE DAY OF THE LORD 42:25 IS COMING SOON' - IT IS COMING SOON BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW 42:28 LONG YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE GRAY HAIR 42:31 OUT THERE - OR NO HAIR OUT THERE - (LAUGHTER) 42:34 IF I WERE TO ASK YOU 'DOES IT SEEM LIKE LIFE WENT BY PRETTY 42:37 QUICKLY?' WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER? 42:39 >>YES. >>YEAH. 42:41 AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR 42:43 YOUR FUNERAL AND YOU'RE GOING, 'WOW, IT'S ALMOST OVER. 42:48 IT WAS QUICK.' AND YOU KNOW, THE NEXT THING YOU'RE AWARE OF, IF 42:51 YOU DIE A BELIEVER, IS THE COMING OF THE LORD. 42:53 AND, IF YOU DIE AN UNBELIEVER, THE NEXT THING YOU'RE AWARE OF 42:55 IS THE RESURRECTION AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM. 42:58 SO, EITHER WAY, IT'S GOING TO BE QUICK. 43:00 YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT. AMEN? >>AMEN. 43:03 >>IT EVEN CAME QUICK FOR ADAM. HE WAS HOPING TO LIVE FOREVER 43:05 AND HE ONLY GOT NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS. SO WHAT DO YOU DO? 43:10 HOW DOES THIS MAKE A DIFFERENCE? PETER TELLS US, 'THEREFORE,' - 43:14 SINCE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE GET WORRIED ABOUT AND 43:18 DISTRACT ABOUT AND PAY FOR AND FINANCE WILL BE DISSOLVED - 43:23 THEY'RE GOING TO BE BURNED UP - 'WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT 43:26 YOU BE IN ALL HOLY CONDUCT AND GODLINESS?' 43:31 YOU KNOW, I'M FREQUENTLY COMFORTED WITH THE TRUTH THAT 43:35 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BURN EXCEPT PEOPLE THAT ARE REDEEMED. 43:41 YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE KAREN I MOVED FROM ONE HOUSE TO 43:44 ANOTHER. WE DOWNSIZED. THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN YOU LIVE IN 43:47 ONE HOUSE FOR TWENTY-THREE YEARS AND THEN YOU DOWNSIZE BY THIRTY 43:49 PERCENT, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF. 43:52 DO YOU KNOW THERE'S A LAW IN LIFE THAT WHATEVER SPACE YOU 43:55 HAVE IN YOUR HOME WILL FILL WITH SOMETHING? 43:58 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT? THIS IS A LAW. 44:01 SPACE FILLS. YOU KNOW, EVEN GOD SAID, 'GO 44:05 FORTH AND FILL THE EARTH.' AND - AND WE DID. 44:09 SO NOW WE STILL HAVE A GARAGE OF STUFF. 44:11 THE HOUSE IS FULL - THE NEW HOUSE IS FULL - WE MOVED INTO 44:15 AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE STUFF. 44:18 GARAGE SALES ARE HARD WHEN YOU'RE AS BUSY AS I AM AND I - 44:21 I'M TELLING KAREN - I SAID, 'CAN I JUST GET A DUMPSTER AND 44:24 THROW IT OUT?' BUT SOME OF IT'S WORTH SOMETHING. 44:26 I SAID, 'WELL, LOOK, WE'VE GOT THREE CHOICES: WE'VE GOT TO GIVE 44:29 IT AWAY, YOU'VE GOT TO THROW IT AWAY, OR YOU'VE GOT TO BURN IT - 44:33 SELL IT - I MEAN, OR YOU KEEP IT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DO 44:36 SOMETHING. AND CHANCES ARE, IF YOU HAVE 44:39 SOMETHING YOU HAVE NOT USED FOR TWO YEARS, YOU DON'T NEED IT. 44:42 DID YOU KNOW THAT? THERE'S THAT WIDGET OR THAT NUT 44:45 OR THAT BOLD THAT YOU MIGHT USE ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS - WE'LL 44:48 PUT IT IN AN ORGANIZING DRAWER, BUT OTHERWISE, GET RID OF IT. 44:51 OTHERWISE YOU BECOME A SLAVE TO YOUR CLUTTER AND IT IS ALL GOING 44:55 TO BURN. I'VE GOT A FRIEND, HE OWNS A 44:57 STORAGE FACILITY IN A TOWN AND HE SAID YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW 45:02 MANY PEOPLE PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER YEARS TO STORE 45:05 STUFF AND THEN THEY DIE AND HE GOES AND THEY OPEN IT UP AND 45:08 THEY SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS STORING STUFF THAT WASN'T 45:11 WORTH FIFTEEN DOLLARS. BUT THEY CAN'T BRING 45:15 THEMSELVES TO THROW IT AWAY. 'SEEING THEN THAT ALL THESE 45:18 THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE OUGHT WE BE IN 45:24 ALL HOLY CONDUCT AND GODLINESS' - THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS 45:28 IS NOT THESE THINGS, IT'S BEING READY FOR ETERNITY. 45:31 HE SAYS, AGAIN, 2 PETER 3:14, "THEREFORE, BELOVED, LOOKING 45:35 FORWARD TO THESE THINGS, BE DILIGENT TO BE FOUND BY HIM IN 45:38 PEACE, WITHOUT SPOT AND BLAMELESS;" - SOMEONE'S GOING TO 45:43 READ FOR ME LUKE 21:36 IN JUST A MOMENT, OKAY? 45:47 AND THEN YOU LOOK IN 1 PETER - GOING BACK A BOOK - HE SAYS THE 45:50 SAME THING IN 1 PETER 1:15, "BUT AS HE WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY, 45:54 YOU ALSO BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT, BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, 45:58 'BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.'" AND SO, HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THE 46:02 NEARNESS OF THE LORD'S COMING? GODLY LIVING. THE LORD LOVES THE 46:07 PURE IN HEART. GO AHEAD, READ FOR US LUKE. 46:11 >>LUKE 21:36, "WATCH THEREFORE, AND PRAY ALWAYS THAT YOU MAY BE 46:16 COUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE ALL THESE THINGS THAT WILL COME TO 46:20 PASS, AND TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN." 46:23 >>HE SAYS TO WATCH AND TO PRAY - 'WATCH THEREFORE, YOU DO NOT 46:27 KNOW WHAT HOUR YOUR LORD IS COMING. 46:30 BUT KNOW THIS, THAT IF THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE HAD KNOWN 46:32 WHAT HOUR THE THIEF WOULD COME, HE WOULD'VE WATCHED AND NOT 46:35 ALLOWED HIS HOUSE TO BE BROKEN INTO. 46:37 THEREFORE, BE READY.' NOW, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHENEVER I SEE THE 46:41 WORD 'BE' IN THE WRITINGS OF JESUS BECAUSE THE WORD 'BE' IS 46:45 AN EMPOWERING WORD. WHEN JESUS SAID TO THE LEPER 46:48 'BE CLEAN' HE WAS CLEANSED. AND IF THE LORD SAYS 'BE READY' 46:52 DOESN'T THAT MEAN WE CAN BE READY? 46:55 IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO WHAT THE LORD IS COMMANDING US TO DO. 46:58 LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE FROM THE BOOK OF TITUS 2, VERSES 11 47:01 THROUGH 14, "FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THAT BRING SALVATION HAS 47:06 APPEARED TO ALL MEN, TEACHING US THAT," - NOTICE - "DENYING 47:09 UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLY LUSTS, WE SHOULD LIVE SOBERLY, 47:14 RIGHTEOUSLY, AND GODLY IN THE PRESENT AGE," - LOOK WHAT HE 47:17 POPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT - "LOOKING FOR THE BLESSED HOPE 47:20 AND GLORIOUS APPEARING OF OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS 47:23 CHRIST," - SO HE'S SAYING WHILE YOU LOOK FOR THE BLESSED HOPE OF 47:27 JESUS, WE'RE TO LIVE SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY AND GODLY. 47:32 LOOK WHAT HE PUTS AFTERWARD - "WHO GAVE HIMSELF FOR US, THAT 47:35 HE MIGHT REDEEM US FROM EVERY LAWLESS DEED AND PURIFY FOR 47:39 HIMSELF HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE" - SO WHEN PAUL TALKS ABOUT THE 47:43 SECOND COMING - THE BLESSED HOPE - HE DOES IT IN THE CONTEXT OF 47:46 GODLY LIVING. SO, AS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, 47:49 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ADVENT OF THE LORD, WHAT'S THE WHOLE 47:52 THING THAT SHOULD SURROUND THE TEACHING OF THE ADVENT? 47:56 A TEACHING OF GODLY LIVING - BECAUSE ISN'T THAT WHAT 47:59 CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT? THE LORD SAVES US FROM OUR SINS 48:03 THAT WE ARE TO LIVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE IN THIS WICKED 48:06 WORLD, SEEING THAT ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED. 48:10 THEN YOU'VE GOT PETER'S FINAL APPEAL - 2 PETER 3:17 THROUGH 48:14 18, "YOU THEREFORE, BELOVED, SINCE YOU KNOW THIS BEFOREHAND, 48:18 BEWARE LEST YOU ALSO FALL FROM YOUR OWN STEADFASTNESS, BEING 48:24 LED AWAY WITH THE ERROR OF THE WICKED; BUT GROW IN THE GRACE 48:28 AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST." 48:31 - THERE'S TO BE A GROWING THERE - "TO HIM BE THE GLORY BOTH NOW 48:34 AND FOREVER. AMEN." 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1 TO 6 - HE 48:39 SAYS, "BUT CONCERNING THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS, BRETHREN, YOU 48:42 HAVE NO NEED THAT I SHOULD WRITE TO YOU. 48:43 FOR YOU YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY THAT THE DAY OF THE 48:46 LORD SO COMES AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. 48:48 FOR WHEN THEY SAY, 'PEACE AND SAFETY!' 48:51 THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMES UPON THEM," - I'M GOING TO CLOSE 48:53 WITH THIS THOUGHT - I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 48:55 HERE I QUOTED FROM PAUL - 1 THESSALONIANS 5, WHERE HE TALKS 48:59 ABOUT THE DAY OF THE LORD COMING AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. 49:02 SOME PEOPLE READ THE DAY OF THE LORD COMING AS A THIEF IN THE 49:04 NIGHT - TALKING ABOUT THE COMING OF THE LORD, RIGHT? 49:08 AND THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL BE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND ALL 49:11 THESE PEOPLE WILL BE SITTING ON A PLANE OR IN A CAR AND ALL OF A 49:15 SUDDEN - POP - POP - POP - POP - POP - POP - POP - ALL THESE 49:17 PEOPLE DISAPPEAR. AND THEY'VE BEEN RAPTURED UP. AND THEN, THE 49:23 TIME OF TRIBULATION BEGINS. AND, FOR SEVEN YEARS THERE'S A 49:26 TRIBULATION AND A HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND LITERAL JEWS 49:30 FROM ALL TWELVE TRIBES WILL START TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND, 49:34 IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT LAST SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION, THEY'LL 49:36 REBUILD THE TEMPLE AND THE ANTICHRIST WILL SIT IN THE 49:38 TEMPLE - HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS? 49:41 I'D SAY OVER FIFTY PERCENT OF EVANGELICALS IN NORTH AMERICA 49:44 BELIEVE THIS IDEA OF THE SECRET RAPTURE, BUT WHEN YOU READ ABOUT 49:53 THE LORD COMING LIKE A THIEF - THEY CALL IT THE SECRET RAPTURE 49:55 - 'HE'S COMING LIKE A THIEF' - 'THEY JUST DISAPPEAR' - WHAT 49:59 DOES PETER SAY HAPPENS WHEN HE COMES LIKE A THIEF? 50:02 NOTICE THIS: THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE 50:06 NIGHT IN THE WHICH" - YOU'VE GOT TO READ THE REST OF THE SENTENCE 50:09 - PEOPLE STOP - "THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE 50:12 NIGHT IN THE WHICH THE HEAVENS WILL PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT 50:15 NOISE AND THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT AND THE EARTH 50:20 AND THE THINGS THAT ARE IN IT WILL BE BURNED UP." 50:22 SO WHEN HE COMES LIKE A THIEF, DOES IT SAY LIFE GOES ON FOR 50:24 SEVEN MORE YEARS, OR IS IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT THAT IS IT? 50:29 WHEN HE COMES LIKE A THIEF IT MEANS IT SURPRISES THE WORLD. 50:31 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID HE'S COMING IN A DAY THAT YOU DON'T 50:33 LOOK FOR HIM. SO, A LOT OF THE - AND, BY THE 50:36 WAY, WHAT I'M SHARING IS NOT A NEW THEOLOGY. 50:38 THIS IS WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVED FOR TWO THOUSAND YEARS. 50:40 THE IDEA OF THE SECRET RAPTURE IS NEW THEOLOGY. 50:43 YOU CAN TRACE THAT BACK A HUNDRED YEARS. 50:45 AND SO, BUT MOST OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD NOW IS BELIEVING 50:48 THE REVERSE ABOUT THE SECOND COMING. 50:51 FOLLOW ME: WHEN JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME - I'M ALMOST DONE - 50:55 WHEN JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME, WAS THE CHURCH READY? 50:58 >>NO. >>NO. WHY? 51:01 BECAUSE THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS TOOK THE PROPHECIES ABOUT JESUS 51:04 COMING LIKE A LION AND THEY CONFUSED THEM WITH THE 51:08 PROPHECIES OF JESUS COMING AS A LAMB. 51:10 THEY WANTED HIM TO COME FIRST - LOUD, KING, TAKE CONTROL, 51:14 OVERTHROW ENEMIES. THEY GOT THE PROPHECIES 51:17 MIXED UP THROUGH IGNORANCE. NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? 51:21 THE DEVIL IS CONFUSING THE CHURCH THE SAME WAY - THEY ARE 51:24 REVERSING WHERE CHRIST COMES LIKE A LION AND THEY'VE GOT HIM 51:27 COMING QUIETLY - PEOPLE JUST DISAPPEARING. 51:31 AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PREPARED - THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE'S 51:33 COMING, THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE GREAT DECEPTION. 51:37 A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE READY. 51:38 LET ME TELL YOU HOW THIS WORKS. 51:41 A LOT OF PEOPLE - I'VE TALKED TO THEM - THEY SAY, 'OH YEAH, WELL, 51:43 THERE'S GOING TO BE A SECRET RAPTURE, BUT WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER 51:45 SEVEN YEARS TO HAVE A SECOND CHANCE AND IF I'M NOT READY WHEN 51:49 PEOPLE START DISAPPEARING, THAT'LL BE MY CUE TO START 51:52 GETTING SERIOUS.' AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT 51:56 BELIEVE THIS TEACHING - THIS HAL - WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? 51:58 - THIS HAL LINDSEY/TIME LEHAY LEFT BEHIND TEACHING? 52:01 THEY BELIEVE, 'WELL, WHEN WE START SEEING PLANES FALL OUT OF 52:04 THE SKY BECAUSE THE CHRISTIAN PILOT WAS RAPTURED, THEN WE'LL 52:08 KNOW IT REALLY WAS TRUE. AND NOW WE'D BETTER GET READY. 52:11 IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO DO IT DURING THE 52:13 TRIBULATION, BUT AT LEAST THEN WE'LL KNOW AND WE CAN GET READY 52:15 AND WE'LL BE SAVED.' THE DEVIL LOVES THE IDEA TO GIVE PEOPLE 52:19 THE FALSE IDEA THEY'VE GOT A SECOND CHANCE. 52:22 THERE IS NO SECOND CHANCE. HE'S COMING. 52:24 NEXT TIME HE COMES EVERY EYE IS GOING TO SEE HIM. 52:28 IT'S - IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE FOR MOST WHEN IT DOES 52:32 HAPPEN AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE A SECRET. 52:34 ALRIGHT, I JUST WANT TO - IN CLOSE - IN CLOSING WE HAVE ONE 52:37 MORE LESSON NEXT WEEK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO AN OVERVIEW IN 52:39 PETER. I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE WE'VE 52:41 GOT A PREMIUM FREE GIFT WE'RE GOING TO SEND TO ANYBODY. 52:43 IT'S THIS NEW MAGAZINE BY AMAZING FACTS - BEAUTIFUL 52:46 MAGAZINE - IT'S FULL OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 52:47 IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A COMMERCIAL EXCEPT IT'S FREE - WE JUST 52:50 WANTED YOU TO ORDER IT - CALLED THE DAY OF THE LORD - AND WE 52:53 WANT YOU TO READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE BECAUSE 52:55 WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, AMEN? IT'S OFFER #825 - JUST CALL THE 53:00 NUMBER 866-788-3966 - WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 53:05 PLEASE READ IT - SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND, WITH THAT, GOD 53:09 WILLING WE'LL STUDY HIS WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 53:12 >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING 53:15 YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. 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ALSO, TO ENSURE A FAST ESCAPE, 55:03 THEY CAN DETACH THEIR TAIL AND LATER GROW ANOTHER ONE. 55:07 IGUANAS GENERALLY LIKE TO LIVE AROUND WATER AND THEY CAN SWIM 55:10 AWAY ESCAPING FROM PREDATORS. GREEN IGUANAS, IN PARTICULAR, 55:13 ARE EXCELLENT SWIMMERS. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFLATE 55:17 THEMSELVES AND SWIM INCREDIBLE DISTANCES. 55:20 THIS IS ONE WAY THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO POPULATE THE DIFFERENT 55:22 ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN. WHAT'S INCREDIBLE IS THESE 55:26 CREATURES HAVE LUNGS WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO HOLD THEIR 55:29 BREATH FOR UP TO TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES, PUTTING EVEN 55:31 A CROCODILE TO SHAME. THEY ALSO KNOW HOW TO COMPENSATE 55:36 FOR WHEN THINGS GET HOT OR COLD. THEY CAN REGULATE THEIR BODY 55:39 TEMPERATURE USING THE LOOSE FLAPS OF SKIN THEY HAVE UNDER 55:43 THEIR THROATS AND UNDER THEIR LEGS. 55:45 YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY AN IGUANA HAS ESP BECAUSE GOD MADE THEM WITH, 55:49 SORT OF, A THIRD EYE ON TOP OF THEIR HEAD. THEY CAN'T REALLY 55:52 SEE WITH IT, BUT IT'S A PHOTO RECEPTOR THAT HELPS THEM TO 55:55 REGULATE THEIR BODIES' CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS. YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME 55:59 WAY THAT GOD MADE IGUANAS WHERE THEY'RE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST 56:02 CREATURES IN GOD'S NATURAL KINGDOM, CHRISTIANS NEED TO 56:05 LEARN TO BE RESILIENT IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM. 56:08 THROUGH GOD'S GRACE WE CAN LEARN TO BE GREAT SURVIVORS. 56:11 PAUL SAYS, IN 2 CORINTHIANS 4, VERSES 8 AND 9, "WE ARE HARD 56:15 PRESSED ON EVERY SIDE YET NOT CRUSHED. 56:18 WE ARE PERPLEXED YET NOT IN DESPAIR, PERSECUTED YET NOT 56:21 FORSAKEN, STRUCK DOWN BUT NOT DESTROYED" - I THINK, FRIENDS, 56:26 WE ALL KNOW SOMETIMES LIFE CAN BE TOUGH. 56:29 WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING BEATEN AND PRESSED ON EVERY SIDE. 56:32 SOMETIMES THERE'S HEALTH PROBLEMS, RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS, 56:35 FINANCIAL REVERSES - BUT IN THE SAME WAY GOD MADE THE IGUANA 56:39 RESILIENT, GOD CAN HELP YOU TO BOUNCE BACK. 56:42 JESUS SAID THAT THROUGH HIS HELP WE CAN BE OVERCOMERS AND WE ARE 56:46 ABLE TO ENDURE. 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