Born of a mighty God
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Sent from His heavenly throne
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Given to rule all
the kings and priests
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The sins of men to atone
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The Messiah will return
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The hour unknown to men
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A fanfare of grace
will inhabit the Earth
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As creation rejoices in Him.
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In majesty He will come
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With the sound of the
trumpet to claim the redeemed
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In majesty He will come
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Jesus the Savior
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Eternal King every
knee in Heaven and Earth
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Will bow to this most Holy One.
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In majesty He will come.
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Clothed in His regal robes
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Crowned with His sovereignty
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The scepter of
righteousness in His hand
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Our Lord for eternity
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And His kingdom will have no end
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For those who
had known God's grace
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The saints of all
ages will gather as one
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To joyfully look on His face
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In majesty He will come
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With the sound of the
trumpet to claim the redeemed
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In majesty He will come
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Jesus the Savior, eternal King,
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every knee in
Heaven and Earth will bow
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To this, most Holy One.
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In majesty He will come
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He'll come in majesty,
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Majesty...
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In majesty He will
come Jesus the Savior
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Eternal King,
everything in Heaven and Earth
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will bow
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To this most Holy One
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In majesty
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In majesty
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Oh, He will come.
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He will come.
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Recent world events
have led many to believe
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that something big
is about to happen.
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The signs are all around
us, the Appearing is imminent.
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But how will it happen?
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What do the
ancient prophecies say?
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What will the Appearing be like?
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Good evening, everyone.
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I especially want
to welcome our audience
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from wherever you may
be around the world tonight
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as you join us to the Appearing
with pastor Shawn Boonstra.
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You know... pastor
Boonstra as we've been talking
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from night to night
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he is a scholar. He reads books.
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You heard him tell about
how he loves his library.
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He's passionate, but the
one he's most passionate about
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are the 66 books
between these covers,
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and it's really a
privilege for me tonight
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to introduce to you
Pastor Shawn Boonstra.
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Good evening.
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Welcome back to The Appearing.
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And welcome back to our
satellite audience all around
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the world and across
North America in particular.
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I'm just really pleased that
you are able to be with us again
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this evening
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and that we have an opportunity
to look at what the ancients
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said about the day and
age they we're living in.
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But before we get into
tonight's subject which is
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The Appearing,
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we're going to look at
what will happen when Jesus
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actually appears
in the Eastern sky.
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What is it going
to be like that day?
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As a kid, my
parents bought me a Bible.
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I mentioned
that the other night.
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It was the finest gift
my parents ever gave me.
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I learned to read
from reading the Bible.
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I loved that book, and I would
read the book of Revelation
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and I would look at
the passages that talked
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about a second coming
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Jesus appearing in the sky
and I remember as a little boy
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I would take my
Bible, after reading it,
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I would run out in the backyard,
I would look up in the sky
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to see if it would
happen that very minute.
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And I would wait a few
minutes and I've decided
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to study a little more,
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so I run inside to
read a little bit more.
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And the next day again, I'd run
outside and look up in the sky.
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You know that there are
2,500 references in the Bible
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to the second
coming of the Jesus Christ?
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It is one of the biggest
subjects anywhere in the Bible.
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And I've had the
privilege since those years
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my parents bought me
that first Bible to read
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all 2,500
references to the second coming
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and it paints a
picture that is so beautiful.
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It will be our subject tonight.
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I'm not going to give
you 2,500 verses tonight
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but we'll get a
good start at it.
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As a matter of fact,
in five short nights,
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we can't cover
absolutely everything
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so I want to tell
you a little bit about
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a book that goes
with this series.
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I know that in five
nights we can't cover everything
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there is to say
about the second coming and
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I sincerely doubt that the book
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covers absolutely
everything as well.
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But this book, The Appearing,
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talks a little bit more about
the second coming, it answers
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some often asked questions
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it gets into depth
with some Bible prophecies.
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There were
prophecies in the Bible
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that lay out the
entire history of the world
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from the day
Jesus walked this Earth
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to the moment He comes
back, in graphic detail.
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It's unbelievable. That's
in the book "The Appearing".
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Now just before I get started...
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I'm so excited. There's
so much I should read today.
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This is the
magazine I made references to
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the other night. I think
it was on the first night.
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And this is January 2005,
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this is "Discover"
magazine, the science magazine.
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In the back...
Where is that camera?
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Let me show
this. Look at this map.
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Everybody out there
in satellite land, look.
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They probably can't
read it. Can you see it?
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What does it say, then?
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Do you know what it is?
This map in "Discover" magazine
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is called "2004,
the year of calamity"
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and it lists
every natural disaster
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that happened last year
on the face of this planet.
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For example, did you know that
300,000 homes were wiped out
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in China due to
mud slides last year?
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300,000!
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There was a
monsoon in Bangladesh that
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left the
Capital 40% under water.
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Of course it
mentions the hurricanes,
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this went to press
before the tsunami hit,
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so they didn't get it in here.
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Four hurricanes in six
weeks leave 2,000 death.
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A locust plague cleared millions
of crop land acres in Africa,
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another locust
plague in Australia,
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record high temperatures
in Sidney, Australia,
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one thing after
another and Jesus said:
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"Those are contractions
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and when you see that happening,
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don't worry, lift up your heads,
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it's just about
time for Jesus to come".
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All right.
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Tonight our subject
will be "The Appearing".
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What will it be like
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when Jesus actually comes?
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Let's bow our heads for prayer!
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Father in Heaven,
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Tonight it is with a
sense of excitement that we
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come to the words of the Bible.
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There have been a lot of people
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who have
prognosticated the future.
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There have been a lot of people
who have made predictions.
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But only the word
of God was 100% right
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every single time.
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So tonight we believe it as a
book that we can put faith in.
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Tonight I know that this book
changes lives, it changed mine,
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and I ask tonight as we
open it, that You would speak
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to our hearts.
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That what we say
and what we read,
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would not be man's opinion,
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but that it would be Yours.
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Bless my words, I
ask in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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You know... I was
teaching this Bible prophecy
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seminar, I've done in a lot
of places all over the world.
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And I was teaching a
Bible prophecy seminar
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and a fellow came to me
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after I've done speaking and
he pointed his finger in my face
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and he said: "Preacher,
you've got it all wrong".
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The Bible never says
that Jesus is coming back.
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Doesn't say it at all
the church made that up
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it's a bit of folklore,
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and they're getting everybody
worked up all the time,
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you guys like
to go out in public
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and scare people to death
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with Bible prophecy and
it doesn't even say anywhere
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in the Bible that
Jesus is coming back.
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So, my first
question tonight is:
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Is the Bible accurate?
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Does it say that Jesus is
coming back? Did Jesus ever say
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that He is coming back?
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Well, the answer is: "Yes".
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Or I wouldn't
put on this seminar.
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We find the answer in John 14:1.
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I love the way
Jesus phrases this.
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"Let not your
heart be troubled".
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Do you know what Jesus' saying?
He's saying: "Don't worry".
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Human beings are
good at worrying.
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And Jesus, as He looked down
through the corridors of time,
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knew there would come a time
when we looked around us and saw
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the contractions
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on planet Earth and we
would get a little bit worried.
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Earth quakes,
famine, pestilence.
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Jesus said: "Let not
your heart be troubled".
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He says that in more
than one place in the Bible.
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He said: "Don't
worry about that stuff".
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"I'm coming back, I'm
going to set everything right.
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Let not your heart be troubled
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you believe in
God, believe also in me.
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In my Father's house are
many mansions". How many?
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Many mansions.
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Do you know there's this idea
floating around in Christianity
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that God just might let
two or three people in Heaven.
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He'd try to keep everybody out,
but 2 or 3 might just sneak in.
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That's not what Jesus says.
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He says there are
many mansions in Heaven,
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God is thinking
big. He's trying to get
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as many people in as possible.
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"In my Father's
house are many mansions.
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If it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go - said Jesus - to
prepare a place for you...
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Jesus said: "Count on it".
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"I wouldn't tell
you if it wasn't true".
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"You can count on the fact
that I will come back again".
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If Jesus says it, I believe it.
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Because everything
else He said came to pass.
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He's been 100% accurate.
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So when He says
"I'm coming back",
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There will be an Appearing,
I'm placing all my faith in it
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and I know I
won't be disappointed.
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Now, think about
this. Jesus says:
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"I'm preparing a place for you".
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Now, this world, the Bible says
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was created in six days.
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And then God
rested the seventh day.
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But in six days
God made this planet.
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It is stunningly beautiful.
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In six days of
work it is stunning...
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I am astounded when I go
out for a hike in nature,
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at what God has made.
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And even though the
human race through sin
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has scarred the
surface of this planet,
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it's still a beautiful place.
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And God made it in six days.
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Now, try to think
about what Jesus could make
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in 2,000 years.
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Six days versus 2,000 years!
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He says: I go to
prepare a place for you.
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I can't wait to get there.
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Jesus said: I'm coming back.
You can count on it absolutely.
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Now, a lot of people
are starting to sense
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that Jesus just
might be coming back.
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Or at least, they sense
that we are on the verge
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of some very dramatic changes
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here on the
face of planet Earth.
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I know so.
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I've been following what the
news magazines have been saying.
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One of my favorites
came out in July, I think...
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In July 1, 2002. Here is my
battered up three year old copy
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of this Time magazine.
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The cover July 1, 2002 said
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The Bible and the Apocalypse.
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Why more people are
reading and talking about
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the end of the world.
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Now, there's a study in
this Time magazine that says
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that right now in North America
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roughly one out of three
people, exactly 35% of people
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watching the news believe
that what they see happening
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around them is a sign
that Jesus is about to come.
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That the appearing is about to
happen. That's one out of three.
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That wasn't true
a generation ago.
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It said also, as
they surveyed people,
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that 59 % of people believe,
that the Book of Revelation
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is for real, that it's being
fulfilled right now in our day,
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but they don't know
what to think of it.
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Let me read you
what this article says.
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It points to something,
that happened shortly after
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the World Trade Center
came down in New York City.
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Here is what the article said.
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Here's what we know:
Right now, at this moment
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people are
sensing, that we are on
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the verge of
some very big changes.
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We all sense it.
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Even some non-Christian
religions sense it.
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Even the New Age senses it.
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They speak in the New Age today
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of something they
call "The quickening".
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They say, the planet
is on the verge of some
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huge changes, we
don't know what it is,
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maybe there are
space aliens coming,
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maybe something is
about to happen, we call it
00:17:00.88\00:17:03.82
The Quickening, we
don't know exactly what it is.
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"It Is Written"
television has this website.
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It's called,
www. bible info. com
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There in 16 languages,
you can study 360 different
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Bible subjects, right online.
00:17:17.69\00:17:20.08
Now, here is what's interesting.
We have millions of people visit
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this website all the time.
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And in 2003, the most often
visited subjects at that website
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were things
like: marriage, dating
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and family, and
things like that.
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Then all of a
sudden, in 2004 there was a
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complete turn about face.
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The number one subjects,
that people come to that website
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by the millions, to study now
are the second coming of Jesus
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and signs of His soon
appearing, His soon return.
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Why? It's because people
are developing this sense,
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that is not
"business, as usual".
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You know what else
is very interesting,
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is that the number one
language, that people visit
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at that website, is English.
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What would you guess,
would be the number two
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language at that website.
Anybody want to hazard to guess?
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Spanish it's a good
guess, it's not it. It's Arabic.
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It is the Muslim world
coming in droves to study
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the second coming of Jesus,
they believe that He was a
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sinless prophet, Who is coming
again, and they are developing
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this sense, that we
are on the verge of some
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absolutely huge changes.
Everybody is sensing it.
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So let me ask you
a question tonight:
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What is actually
going to be like?
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You know, I'm new to
America, and I had to go
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and apply for a
Social Security Number.
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I found out, that
you don't get a paycheck
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in this country,
unless you get a SSN,
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so I applied for
one, and so did my wife.
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It took weeks and
weeks, I don't know
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if that's normal for this
country, but it took weeks and
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weeks, to get any response out
of that Government department.
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And eventually we got frustrated
we phoned in and said: Listen,
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we applied for social security
numbers, where are they?
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They said, they are right here
in the computer, but we can't
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give them to you on the
phone. Why don't you come down?
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So we went down the next
morning, and we stood in line,
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and all of a sudden the computer
didn't work anymore, and they
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couldn't find my
wife's social security number.
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They found mine, so I was happy.
But they couldn't find Jean's.
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So I said: Listen, I know
how long this can take if I walk
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out of this office,
please work on it right now.
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I sit here and wait, and so
we sat and we waited and waited,
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and waited, and
waited and than waited.
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And then my two little kids,
at that time 4, and 2 years old
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started to bother
the security guard.
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Now, he had a gun.
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And I'm a Canadian,
I'm not used to that,
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and I thought, he'd
probably shoot me, if my kids
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bother him too much. So I
went to go, and get my kids
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off of him. But as I
got there, I noticed, hey,
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he's actually
enjoying his time with them.
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And I thought, you know,
he sits on a stool, 8 h/day
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staring at people,
doing absolutely nothing,
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he's happy for the diversion.
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So we started to talk a
little bit, and he said to me:
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Hey, you must be
new to this country.
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I said: Yes, how
did you know that?
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He said: Because you're applying
for a Social Security Number.
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That's how I know that.
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He said: Either you
haven't worked in 20 years or
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you're new to this
country. I said: No, I'm new.
00:20:12.27\00:20:14.53
He said: What is it you
do? I said: I'm a minister.
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He said: A
minister, you don't say.
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You know, I've
been in this argument,
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my son and I have been
debating the appearing.
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The second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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He says it's going to be like
this, and I say it's going to be
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like that, and we can't come
to any resolution, whatsoever
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and I'm wondering, as a
minister do you know anybody
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that can teach me
something about Bible Prophecy?
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I said, well as a matter of fact
I love to teach Bible Prophecy.
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He said, great, and he
pulled a Bible out of his pocket
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right there, in the social
security administration office.
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I said: Listen,
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You can go into any
Christian bookstore, I told him,
00:20:50.82\00:20:53.23
you can buy a thousand books on
the second coming, and they are
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all going to
disagree with each other.
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Absolutely, and as a matter
of fact, any human theory,
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any human scenario is
going to have some holes in it.
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Would you agree with that?
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Any time we go to the Bible,
we don't have a mind as big as
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God's, we're going to
make some mistakes, and I think
00:21:08.12\00:21:10.51
we really only going to come
to the truth, when we actually
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see Jesus coming.
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But I said, there are
five things, the Bible says,
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that we can know,
beyond the shadow of a doubt,
00:21:18.37\00:21:21.78
about the day,
that Jesus appears.
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It is so crystal
clear, 2.500 references
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that there is no
mistaking it. I said to him:
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Would you like to see it? He
said: Would I like to see it?
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Let start! My
question for you tonight,
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is would you like to see it?
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Yes.
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All right.
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Buckle your seat belts.
What will the appearing be like?
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The first thing we know,
beyond the shadow of the doubt,
00:21:43.35\00:21:46.00
is that Jesus will
literally come back.
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It's for real. Now, I
hear a lot of people saying,
00:21:48.90\00:21:51.50
Oh, that second coming
business, that's just symbolic.
00:21:51.53\00:21:55.32
It's allegorical, it's a picture
of a golden age that will come,
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when the human race
solves all it's problems,
00:21:59.74\00:22:01.81
and we live in Utopia. That's
not what the Bible teaches!
00:22:01.84\00:22:05.03
Other people say, well,
it's symbolic of a religious
00:22:05.06\00:22:08.60
spiritual experience, when
you have this great awakening
00:22:08.63\00:22:11.60
in your heart.
That's the second coming.
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That's not what
the Bible teaches.
00:22:13.72\00:22:15.60
Some people say, well the second
coming happens, when you die.
00:22:15.63\00:22:19.14
Well, in a small
way, that's kind of true,
00:22:19.17\00:22:21.05
because now you are out of time,
and the next thing you know
00:22:21.08\00:22:24.08
it will be the second coming.
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But, that is not
what Jesus talked about.
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When Jesus said, He
would come back, He literally
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meant it. He said: I'm
coming... How do I know that?
00:22:32.82\00:22:35.21
Well, the Bible tells me
so, there's this story in
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the book of Acts, right at
the very beginning, where Jesus
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is about to go back to heaven.
00:22:40.59\00:22:42.00
And He has some parting words
for His disciples, He says:
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Go, tell the
world, what I have done,
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and then I'll come back for you.
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And then He goes
up in the heaven.
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Many of you might
remember this story.
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And the Bible says,
they watched Him go up.
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Now, pay attention carefully.
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These angels appeared.
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Which Jesus? Same.
00:23:13.81\00:23:15.92
What manner? Like manner.
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They said: Listen, said
the angels, don't worry about
00:23:27.33\00:23:29.91
this for now, go do
what Jesus said to do,
00:23:29.94\00:23:32.35
that very same Jesus, you
saw go up, is going to come back
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the same way you saw Him go.
So my question tonight is this:
00:23:35.97\00:23:40.32
well, how exactly
did Jesus go to heaven?
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If His going to be the
same Jesus coming back,
00:23:42.71\00:23:45.84
how did He go, and
who was He, when He went?
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Very interesting. There's
a story in the New Testament.
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It's in the book of Luke,
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after Jesus had
been risen form the dead,
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He appears to the disciples.
And in spite of the fact
00:23:56.77\00:23:59.36
that Jesus told the disciples,
He will rise from the dead
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they looked at Him,
and they were scared.
00:24:02.53\00:24:05.01
And the Bible says
in verse 38, of Luke 24,
00:24:05.04\00:24:08.12
Jesus speaking to His disciples:
00:24:08.15\00:24:10.63
And He said to them:
"Why are you troubled?"
00:24:10.66\00:24:13.13
You hear it? There it is again.
00:24:13.18\00:24:15.35
Don't worry, said Jesus.
00:24:15.38\00:24:17.77
"And why do doubts
arise in your hearts?
00:24:17.80\00:24:20.16
Behold My hands and My
feet, that it is I Myself.
00:24:20.19\00:24:24.28
Handle Me and see, for a spirit
does not have flesh and bones
00:24:24.31\00:24:30.45
as you see I have. "
00:24:30.48\00:24:32.44
I have met religious
groups, that say, well, Jesus
00:24:32.47\00:24:35.03
came out of the grave,
but He was kind of a spook,
00:24:35.06\00:24:37.53
and He went to heaven
spiritually, and He returned
00:24:37.56\00:24:39.93
back to Earth spiritually.
00:24:39.96\00:24:41.35
Sometime maybe, a generation
ago or back in the beginning of
00:24:41.38\00:24:44.40
the nineteen
hundreds, or some other time,
00:24:44.43\00:24:46.49
different groups
said different things.
00:24:46.52\00:24:48.38
But Jesus, the Bible says,
when He came out of the grave
00:24:48.41\00:24:51.22
had a real physical human body.
00:24:51.25\00:24:55.31
A glorified one, I'll
grant it, but it was physical.
00:24:55.44\00:24:58.09
He said: Look, why don't
you come and touch me, I'm real.
00:24:58.12\00:25:01.57
And then the Bible says,
He asked for something to eat.
00:25:01.60\00:25:04.30
They gave Him a piece of fish,
and a honeycomb and He ate it.
00:25:04.33\00:25:07.25
And my Bible says at least,
00:25:07.28\00:25:09.09
that that didn't fall
through Him to the floor.
00:25:09.12\00:25:11.10
He ate it, and
it was really Him.
00:25:11.13\00:25:14.12
Now, think
about what this means.
00:25:14.15\00:25:15.74
That's the Jesus,
who went up into heaven.
00:25:15.77\00:25:18.61
He had a real physical body.
Do you realize what this means?
00:25:18.64\00:25:22.31
It means, that Jesus has
taken on human form for good.
00:25:22.34\00:25:27.65
He went to heaven as a
human being, and the angels say:
00:25:27.68\00:25:30.34
That same Jesus is coming back.
00:25:30.37\00:25:33.85
That same Jesus. A
literal, physical Jesus.
00:25:34.13\00:25:38.67
The Bible says, He was
caught up into the clouds as a
00:25:38.70\00:25:41.50
literal, physical being and He's
going to come back the same way.
00:25:41.53\00:25:46.15
Now, the next thing that
we now, for absolute certain
00:25:46.18\00:25:50.23
about the second
coming of Jesus, is this.
00:25:50.26\00:25:53.16
The disciples, the Bible
says, watched Jesus go up.
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They looked and they looked
steadfastly, the Bible says.
00:25:57.96\00:26:01.65
The next thing we know about
Christ coming, is that it will
00:26:01.68\00:26:05.60
be visible. Your
going to see it happen.
00:26:05.63\00:26:09.44
That's what that means.
How do I know that, pastor?
00:26:09.47\00:26:12.10
You're just making that up?
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.27
No, that's exactly
what the Bible says.
00:26:13.30\00:26:15.15
Revelation chapter 1,
verse 7. The Bible says:
00:26:15.18\00:26:20.31
Remember, the
clouds received Him, in the
00:26:20.93\00:26:22.99
Book of Acts, when He went out.
00:26:23.02\00:26:26.50
How many eyes? Every.
00:26:27.04\00:26:29.50
Now, think about
this. It says, every eye.
00:26:31.39\00:26:33.90
I've been thinking
about this for a moment.
00:26:33.93\00:26:35.97
You know, there's a passage in
00:26:36.00\00:26:37.76
the Book of I
Corinthians, chapter 15.
00:26:37.79\00:26:39.85
That says it when Jesus comes,
00:26:39.88\00:26:41.47
He's going to
change us in a heartbeat.
00:26:41.50\00:26:43.23
We're going to get rid of
these tired, old, diseased,
00:26:43.26\00:26:46.00
crippled bodies that we have.
00:26:46.03\00:26:47.17
We're going to get
brand new ones, when He comes.
00:26:47.21\00:26:49.32
I can't wait.
00:26:49.35\00:26:50.99
Mine is a mess. I'm young, but
I've already messed it all up.
00:26:51.02\00:26:53.28
I want a new one.
I'm ready to trade in.
00:26:53.44\00:26:56.00
Now, I thought about
this. If this says: every eye is
00:26:56.03\00:26:58.84
going to see Jesus when
He comes, is it possible
00:26:58.87\00:27:02.92
that every blind eye is going
to see Him, when He comes, too?
00:27:02.95\00:27:05.77
And the very first thing, that
the blind of this earth will see
00:27:05.80\00:27:10.37
is Jesus coming again.
It's an exciting thought.
00:27:10.40\00:27:13.79
Now, some people have looked
at this, and they said: look,
00:27:13.82\00:27:16.51
I know it says every eye's
going to see Jesus, but really
00:27:16.54\00:27:19.11
it's only the Christians,
who see Jesus coming.
00:27:19.14\00:27:23.41
Well, first of all, that's
not quite what it says. It says:
00:27:23.44\00:27:26.82
"every eye will see Him... "
00:27:26.85\00:27:28.72
And it also says, in
Matthew 24, verse 30:
00:27:28.75\00:27:33.56
The Bible says they all see Him,
00:27:44.48\00:27:46.87
all the tribes of
the Earth will see Him.
00:27:46.90\00:27:49.90
The Bible says in
Matthew 24, verse 27:
00:27:49.93\00:27:54.36
I don't know, if I
got East and West right,
00:27:57.18\00:27:59.36
but you're with me, right?
00:27:59.39\00:28:01.09
Yes? Good, that's not East.
00:28:01.12\00:28:04.26
I grew up in British Columbia.
I still speak the Canadian
00:28:11.57\00:28:14.73
language, and I
noticed that many of you do to.
00:28:14.76\00:28:20.09
When I lived in the
Okanogan, in British Columbia,
00:28:20.89\00:28:23.16
we had the most spectacular
lightning storms every summer.
00:28:23.19\00:28:26.04
As a matter of fact they
would light up the whole house,
00:28:26.07\00:28:28.73
it was no point trying to sleep,
because the windows would shake
00:28:28.76\00:28:31.82
and it would light
up the whole house.
00:28:31.85\00:28:33.66
And so, we would run outside
00:28:33.69\00:28:35.06
on the sun deck, 2:00 in
the morning to watch it and
00:28:35.09\00:28:37.59
it would dance
from cloud to cloud,
00:28:37.62\00:28:39.33
and from hilltop to hilltop,
00:28:39.36\00:28:40.69
and we get very
excited, everybody would come
00:28:40.72\00:28:42.90
out to see it.
Now, what if I told you
00:28:42.93\00:28:44.97
I'm of Dutch descend,
00:28:45.00\00:28:46.82
my parents are Dutch
immigrants to Canada.
00:28:46.85\00:28:49.74
What if I told you,
that as we stood out there,
00:28:49.77\00:28:52.08
in that lightning storm,
that only the Dutch could
00:28:52.11\00:28:54.52
see that lightning
storm, would you believe me?
00:28:54.55\00:28:57.06
No. I'm glad of it.
00:28:57.09\00:28:59.67
No, Jesus says,
Revelation 1, verse 7
00:28:59.92\00:29:02.96
that when Jesus
comes again, every eye
00:29:02.99\00:29:06.33
is going to see that coming.
We know that Christ's coming
00:29:06.36\00:29:11.12
will be visible.
Everybody is going to see it.
00:29:11.15\00:29:15.34
The next thing we know,
beyond the shadow of a doubt
00:29:15.37\00:29:18.75
is that Christ's coming will
be audible. What is that mean?
00:29:18.78\00:29:24.49
It means, everybody
is going to hear it.
00:29:24.52\00:29:29.06
How do I know that?
Well, the Bible tells me so.
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Matthew, chapter 24, verse
31. Do you see how this works?
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Remember the other night
we studied Isaiah chapter 28,
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in verse 10, the Bible said:
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Line upon line,
precept upon precept,
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here a little, there a little,
you start gathering all the text
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all 2.500 of
them, you start getting
00:29:46.30\00:29:49.15
a very clear
picture of what's going on.
00:29:49.18\00:29:51.46
You avoid all the
confusion, and all those
00:29:51.49\00:29:53.50
books in those bookstores.
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God doesn't make it
complicated, this is easy.
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Mathew 24: 31.
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What kind of a sound?
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Great. This is not a
kazoo, this is a trumpet.
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Another text:
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1 Thessalonians 4,
one of my favorites.
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Many of you know this
passage, and if you don't,
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you're going to
know it in a minute,
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and you're going to love it.
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1 Thessalonians 4: 16
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With a what? A shout...
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There's a trumpet
blast, there's a voice,
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there's a shout so loud,
00:30:53.56\00:30:54.97
that the graves open
and people come out of them,
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You've heard that expression:
00:30:57.68\00:30:59.02
"loud enough to wake the dead".
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Where did that come from?
Right out from the word of God.
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When Jesus come with a shout
so loud, the graves rip open
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and people come out of them.
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This is one of the noisiest
events from the history of Earth
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When I was a kid and
that wasn't all that long ago,
00:31:12.45\00:31:17.73
when I was a kid,
we used to play hooky,
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Now, I am stepping
out on a limb here,
00:31:21.15\00:31:22.99
because this is being
broadcast by satellite
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all over North America.
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And I'm just praying that
my teachers aren't watching,
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because they will finally know
what is true and I am praying,
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my mother's not watching,
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because she will
come back to me and say:
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that explains all those
report cards, but we used to...
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play hooky.
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There is no fun to
play hooky by yourself.
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It's just not any fun,
it's boring to walk around town,
00:31:46.20\00:31:48.62
you've got to have a
friend to play hooky with.
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And I am just hoping
that across the continent,
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all the young people are putting
their fingers in their ears
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for the next two minutes.
You don't need to know this.
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Stay in school!
00:31:58.78\00:32:00.69
No, really, stay in school.
You'll be glad that you did.
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And we played hooky. If you
want someone to play hooky with,
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how do you do it?
00:32:06.89\00:32:07.90
You sneak up to
another classroom
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while class is in progress, and
you go to the back door, because
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everybody who plays hooky,
is sitting in the back anyway.
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We open the door and I'd
look for my buddies in the back
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and I'd say: there's Mike,
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I want to play
hooky with Mike today.
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So I would try and
get Mike's attention,
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without getting the
whole room's attention.
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How do you do it? Hey, Mike,
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You whisper his
name, you don't shout it,
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if you're trying to
keep something quiet,
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you don't scream
and shout and yell.
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I want tot get Mike's attention
00:32:35.01\00:32:36.56
without getting the
teacher's attention.
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That's exactly
what I wanted to do.
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But the Bible says everybody's
attention is going to be
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arrested when Jesus comes.
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There is a shout,
there's a trumpet blast,
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it is so loud
that it wakes the dead.
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Christ's coming will be audible.
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Everybody is going to hear it.
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The next thing we know is that
it will be stunningly glorious.
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How do I know that?
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Take a guess. The
Bible tells me so.
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Psalm 50:3. This tells again
everybody is going to hear it.
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You know, I believe,
God's not going to be silent,
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because He's just as excited
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about the second
coming as you are!
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I believe that
with all my heart.
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I can't see Jesus
hanging on Calvary's cross,
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and not think that
He wants to be with us
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more than
anything in the Universe!
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He's excited, He can't
keep Himself from shouting.
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I'm going to shout,
when I'll see Jesus,
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He'll be shouting too,
because He wants to see us.
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This is a big, big event.
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Revelations 6: 14
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Now, look at this.
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I can't wait for this!
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I can't wait. I want to see
the sky roll up, like a scroll
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and I want to see some mountains
moved out of their place.
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Right now mountains are
moving in Southern California.
00:34:05.52\00:34:08.55
I don't want to see it now,
00:34:08.58\00:34:10.26
but when Jesus comes,
I'm stepping outside and
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I want to see
those mountains moving.
00:34:13.01\00:34:14.90
I want to see that sky roll,
00:34:14.93\00:34:16.43
I have seen some
magnificent stuff.
00:34:16.46\00:34:18.39
I've seen some
great lightning storms.
00:34:18.42\00:34:20.62
I went out in the wilderness
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last summer, I saw
a lightening storm,
00:34:22.22\00:34:24.56
that circled the entire sky,
00:34:24.59\00:34:25.96
and a hole in the
middle with the Northern lights
00:34:25.99\00:34:28.16
all at the same time.
00:34:28.19\00:34:29.52
That was glorious, but I
can't wait to see this one.
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The heaven rolls up as a scroll,
when it's rolled together.
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The islands, the mountains
roll out of their places.
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Mathew 16: 27
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He comes in the glory of
His Father, the Bible says.
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You know, the Bible teaches
that Moses was permitted to see
00:34:48.42\00:34:51.79
just a little of God's glory.
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Just a little of it, it says.
00:34:53.35\00:34:54.69
And when he came back
down off the mountain,
00:34:54.72\00:34:56.93
his face was so bright,
that the Israelites had to say:
00:34:56.96\00:34:59.64
Hey Moses, cover up, we
can't stand to look at you,
00:34:59.67\00:35:02.13
and all he saw was a
little tiny glimpse of it.
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When Jesus comes,
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Now tuck that
verse behind one ear,
00:35:12.91\00:35:15.10
it's going to prove
important in just a moment.
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And He will reward
each according to his works.
00:35:17.27\00:35:20.22
Mathew 25: 31, look at this:
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How many of the angels?
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All the holy angels.
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Let me ask you a question.
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Its says, Jesus comes
with all the holy angels.
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How many is that?
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I don't have to guess and
I don't have to speculate,
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I know how many it is,
because the Bible tells me so.
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It tells me in Revelations 5: 11
00:35:44.46\00:35:46.48
John is looking at
Heaven and it says:
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Now, ten thousand
times ten thousand
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that's a million, I think.
00:36:03.88\00:36:05.27
I don't know if
I'm wrong, somebody
00:36:05.30\00:36:07.03
will surely send me a letter.
00:36:07.06\00:36:08.46
Ten thousand times ten thousand
00:36:08.49\00:36:10.25
and thousands of thousands.
00:36:10.28\00:36:11.61
This is one the
biggest units that they divided
00:36:11.64\00:36:13.89
numbers into.
00:36:13.92\00:36:14.89
It's ten thousand
times ten thousand,
00:36:14.92\00:36:16.77
and thousands of thousands,
00:36:16.80\00:36:18.13
this is billions of angels,
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and the Bible says that
they are all coming with Jesus,
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when He comes, all of them.
00:36:24.62\00:36:25.96
Now, the Bible
also says, one angel,
00:36:25.99\00:36:28.30
knocked an entire Roman
legion flat on it's back.
00:36:28.33\00:36:31.94
What do you think of
billion or ten billions of them,
00:36:31.97\00:36:35.26
is going to look like?
00:36:35.29\00:36:36.26
I can't wait, bring it on!
00:36:36.29\00:36:38.28
This is going to be the biggest,
grandest event in the history
00:36:38.31\00:36:41.87
of this Universe.
00:36:41.90\00:36:43.20
We know, Christ
will literally come.
00:36:43.23\00:36:45.34
We know, it will be visible,
00:36:45.37\00:36:47.17
we know that people are
going to hear Him coming,
00:36:47.20\00:36:50.01
and we know that it
will be stunningly glorious.
00:36:50.04\00:36:53.17
And the 5th thing we
know, beyond the shadow of doubt
00:36:53.20\00:36:56.18
beyond any question whatsoever,
00:36:56.21\00:36:59.03
is that when Jesus comes, it
marks the end of Earth's history
00:36:59.06\00:37:03.26
How do I know? Jesus says so.
00:37:03.29\00:37:05.87
Revelations 22: 11, 12
00:37:05.90\00:37:08.34
What is with Jesus?
00:37:25.59\00:37:26.85
His reward. We read that
00:37:26.88\00:37:28.58
a moment ago in another passage.
00:37:28.61\00:37:30.76
To give everyone
according to his work.
00:37:30.79\00:37:33.98
The Bible says, when Jesus comes
00:37:34.01\00:37:37.10
that is it. That is
your last opportunity,
00:37:37.13\00:37:41.20
He said: Those who were unjust,
00:37:41.23\00:37:43.44
those who have
rejected God's love,
00:37:43.47\00:37:45.64
and I can't
imagine why anybody would,
00:37:45.67\00:37:48.20
but sadly some do,
00:37:48.23\00:37:50.23
and those who've rejected
God's love, the Bible says,
00:37:50.26\00:37:53.78
stay that way, when Jesus comes.
00:37:53.81\00:37:55.96
But those
who've accepted Christ,
00:37:55.99\00:37:57.71
are secure in
Him forever and ever,
00:37:57.74\00:38:00.15
and ever and ever.
00:38:00.18\00:38:01.66
Jesus says: when I come
00:38:01.69\00:38:03.36
I bring my rewards
with me. You know folks,
00:38:03.39\00:38:05.73
there are only two
groups when Jesus comes.
00:38:05.76\00:38:08.77
Right now we divide
humanity in all kinds of groups,
00:38:08.80\00:38:11.69
we divide humanity
by their nationality,
00:38:11.72\00:38:13.95
by their
ethnicity, by their language,
00:38:13.98\00:38:16.42
by their political believes,
00:38:16.45\00:38:17.79
but in the end there
will only be two groups
00:38:17.82\00:38:20.57
and that's all that's going
to matter when Jesus comes.
00:38:20.60\00:38:23.38
One group sees Jesus
coming and they don't like it.
00:38:23.41\00:38:26.31
Revelations 6:14-17
00:38:26.34\00:38:28.47
That is one of the
most tragic passages
00:39:00.09\00:39:05.86
in all of Bible prophecy.
00:39:05.89\00:39:08.61
There are people who heard all
their lives: Jesus would come.
00:39:08.64\00:39:12.35
There are people that
heard all their lives:
00:39:12.38\00:39:14.59
there would be an appearing
00:39:14.62\00:39:16.77
and they chose to put it off,
00:39:16.80\00:39:18.54
or they chose to ignore it.
00:39:18.57\00:39:20.53
And one day they hear a sound,
00:39:20.56\00:39:23.72
and they look up
00:39:23.75\00:39:25.30
and they see Jesus
coming and they will know,
00:39:25.33\00:39:28.24
they squandered it all.
00:39:28.27\00:39:30.50
They had every opportunity,
Christ plead with them,
00:39:30.53\00:39:34.65
He begged them:
Please, why choose destruction
00:39:34.68\00:39:38.16
when you can have life?
00:39:38.19\00:39:39.68
Why? It's one of the most tragic
verses in all the Scripture.
00:39:39.71\00:39:44.03
It's my prayer,
that not one person
00:39:44.06\00:39:46.07
hearing the sound of my voice
tonight would be in that group,
00:39:46.10\00:39:49.07
because there is another group.
00:39:49.10\00:39:52.33
Isaiah 25:9. They look
up, they hear the trumpet,
00:39:52.36\00:39:56.13
they hear the voice,
they see the graves opening,
00:39:56.16\00:39:58.57
they look up, they see the
heavens unrolling like a scroll,
00:39:58.60\00:40:02.42
and they see Jesus
coming and they get excited
00:40:02.45\00:40:05.51
and the Bible says "they shout".
00:40:05.54\00:40:07.32
Isaiah 25:9
00:40:07.35\00:40:08.89
My question for you is this:
00:40:22.81\00:40:24.34
He's coming, there
will be an appearing.
00:40:24.37\00:40:27.93
There is no question about it.
00:40:27.96\00:40:29.60
Verse after verse, 2500 of them,
00:40:29.63\00:40:32.17
prophecy after
prophecy has been fulfilled,
00:40:32.20\00:40:34.81
to a T and God says
there will be an appearing.
00:40:34.84\00:40:38.62
Which group are
you going to be in?
00:40:38.65\00:40:40.27
You've ever
wondered, what it would be like
00:40:40.30\00:40:44.32
to hear Jesus saying,
00:40:44.35\00:40:46.13
Hey pastor, what
are you getting at?
00:40:46.16\00:40:48.67
I have all kinds of
singers and I love to listen to.
00:40:48.70\00:40:51.27
I do. "It Is Written" has
got all these great singers,
00:40:51.30\00:40:54.39
I wish I could sing, I have
to wait to Heaven until I can.
00:40:54.42\00:40:58.04
I love to listen good singing,
00:40:58.07\00:40:59.91
My favorite singer, I've
never even heard sing yet,
00:40:59.94\00:41:02.80
his name is Jesus.
00:41:02.83\00:41:04.43
How do I know He sings?
00:41:04.46\00:41:06.06
The Bible tells me so.
00:41:06.09\00:41:08.03
Zephaniah 3:17
00:41:08.06\00:41:10.27
I'm going to stand in Heaven
00:41:23.72\00:41:25.46
Jesus is going to come for
me, He's going to come for you
00:41:25.49\00:41:29.54
and one day,
throughout the ages of eternity
00:41:29.57\00:41:32.39
I'm going to walk up to Him.
00:41:32.42\00:41:33.97
And I'm going to say:
Jesus, do you think you could
00:41:34.00\00:41:37.79
sing it for me?
00:41:37.83\00:41:38.90
Sing me that song, you
sang the day I decided,
00:41:38.93\00:41:43.35
I wanted to be
ready for the appearing.
00:41:43.38\00:41:46.92
Would You sing it for me?
00:41:46.95\00:41:48.54
One day you will see Jesus,
00:41:48.57\00:41:50.75
you will see His
face, it will be really Him,
00:41:50.78\00:41:53.77
in the flesh, you
will hear His voice,
00:41:53.80\00:41:57.06
you will hear Him sing,
and you will be with Him,
00:41:57.09\00:42:00.94
for all eternity.
00:42:00.97\00:42:02.85
This is the moment
tonight, that it's time
00:42:03.41\00:42:06.59
to take out lesson number 3
00:42:06.62\00:42:08.06
and tonight we're
going to go through the Bible
00:42:08.09\00:42:10.53
and we're going to look
at what it is we just saw
00:42:10.56\00:42:12.96
five certainties about
the second coming of Jesus.
00:42:12.99\00:42:16.37
What it will be like
when the appearing happens?
00:42:16.40\00:42:21.78
And for those of us
here in Southern California,
00:42:40.07\00:42:42.83
and with us, around
world staying with us,
00:42:42.86\00:42:45.07
it's time now to
get out lesson number 3,
00:42:45.10\00:42:47.33
my good friend Dan
Houghton is going to come up
00:42:47.36\00:42:50.13
and lead us
through that Bible study
00:42:50.16\00:42:51.96
as we think a little more
about Jesus and His appearing.
00:42:51.99\00:42:55.39
Thank you pastor Shawn.
00:42:55.42\00:42:57.95
This is your
lesson, Lesson number 3.
00:43:04.09\00:43:06.47
Has that beautiful graphic on
front that says 'The appearing'.
00:43:06.50\00:43:10.23
You know, just
looking at that...
00:43:10.26\00:43:12.28
I'd never heard...
00:43:12.31\00:43:14.93
It's said, just the way pastor
Shawn said a few moments ago,
00:43:14.96\00:43:17.86
that Jesus is
going to be singing
00:43:17.89\00:43:20.39
or praising and having
joy over us and singing.
00:43:20.42\00:43:23.96
As someone who loves
music, that is really
00:43:23.99\00:43:26.81
a fascinating
thing, to think of Jesus
00:43:26.84\00:43:28.84
singing in His joy
00:43:28.87\00:43:30.47
over those of us, who are ready
to see Him at His appearing.
00:43:30.50\00:43:35.98
Obviously, from listening
to 'The Appearing' presentation
00:43:36.01\00:43:40.14
tonight, we know, that it is
an extremely important topic.
00:43:40.17\00:43:43.50
Would you agree with me? Yes
00:43:43.53\00:43:45.95
And even though
there's lots of confusion
00:43:45.98\00:43:48.39
out there, I think
pastor Shawn talked about over a
00:43:48.42\00:43:50.96
thousand books that you can
buy, talking about this subject
00:43:50.99\00:43:53.89
that are
representative of a mixture
00:43:53.92\00:43:56.92
of human ideas with
what might be in Scripture.
00:43:56.97\00:44:00.09
We want to go to
the Scripture alone.
00:44:00.12\00:44:02.28
There are some
things that we can
00:44:02.31\00:44:04.03
be absolutely certain
about. Can you say amen to that?
00:44:04.06\00:44:06.90
We can be absolutely certain.
00:44:06.93\00:44:08.41
We want to review
those points tonight.
00:44:08.44\00:44:10.92
I want to take
you to item number 1.
00:44:10.95\00:44:15.13
Is it just so that we
can satisfy our curiosity?
00:44:28.53\00:44:31.40
Or is there a
specific reason why God has
00:44:31.43\00:44:33.73
given prophecy to us as a gift?
00:44:33.76\00:44:36.44
John 14:29
00:44:36.47\00:44:38.43
What is the
answer to that question?
00:44:47.35\00:44:50.05
Jesus reveals an
interesting principle.
00:44:50.08\00:44:52.46
Okay? What is the
reason why we have
00:44:52.49\00:44:55.01
prophecy that
predicts the future?
00:44:55.04\00:44:57.12
It is for the
purpose of building our
00:44:57.15\00:44:59.91
faith in God's word
00:44:59.94\00:45:02.12
as we see it being fulfilled.
00:45:02.24\00:45:05.50
It is more for
us to understand it
00:45:05.99\00:45:07.67
as it is
happening, so we can say:
00:45:07.70\00:45:09.29
"Yes, God, You told
us it would happen",
00:45:09.32\00:45:11.28
rather than to be the best
00:45:11.31\00:45:13.26
student of
prophecy, to know every event
00:45:13.29\00:45:15.31
it's going to happen,
00:45:15.34\00:45:16.31
so that we can build our faith
00:45:16.32\00:45:19.56
and know that it is
right at the door. Okay?
00:45:19.59\00:45:23.13
Here is Acts 1:11.
00:45:23.16\00:45:25.62
I want you to write
this down in your lesson.
00:45:26.18\00:45:31.09
Here we begin the list
of all the irrefutable facts
00:45:40.10\00:45:43.29
that pastor Shawn
was sharing. Okay?
00:45:43.32\00:45:47.35
It is something
real, not spiritual.
00:45:57.68\00:46:00.91
It's something you can count
on, you will be able to see
00:46:00.94\00:46:03.77
and experience.
Okay? Next. 2nd point.
00:46:03.80\00:46:08.03
Now we're going to
go to the Scripture.
00:46:10.44\00:46:12.56
There we go.
00:46:12.59\00:46:13.97
He's talking
about hands and feet.
00:46:18.11\00:46:19.81
Those are real parts of
the body. Is that not correct?
00:46:19.84\00:46:25.92
...handle Me and see...
00:46:25.95\00:46:26.92
He was trying to tell us
through His experience with
00:46:30.15\00:46:33.82
the apostles, the
disciples at that time
00:46:33.85\00:46:36.13
that He had come back
in a full bodily form.
00:46:36.16\00:46:39.83
So the answer:
Jesus had a body made of
00:46:39.86\00:46:42.51
flesh and bones.
00:46:42.54\00:46:44.74
When He comes, He
will really be there,
00:46:51.54\00:46:53.66
it will not be a
virtual appearance.
00:46:53.69\00:46:56.39
He will be coming
physically and real.
00:46:56.42\00:46:59.75
Okay, 3rd point.
00:46:59.78\00:47:01.56
I want to go to the Bible text.
00:47:08.37\00:47:10.31
Revelation 1:7
00:47:10.34\00:47:12.06
So when Christ
returns, every eye...
00:47:23.35\00:47:27.21
So what does that say
about someone who says:
00:47:27.77\00:47:30.35
Well, it might have
been a secret when He comes.
00:47:30.38\00:47:33.90
So He might have
come 100 years ago
00:47:33.93\00:47:35.61
and we just
didn't know about it.
00:47:35.64\00:47:37.29
If you don't see
it with your eye,
00:47:37.32\00:47:40.24
according to Scripture,
00:47:40.27\00:47:41.77
then it hasn't happened yet.
00:47:41.80\00:47:43.15
That means that
His coming will be
00:47:43.18\00:47:45.04
visible.
00:47:45.07\00:47:46.04
You won't be able to miss it.
00:47:46.05\00:47:47.53
Even if you want to.
00:47:47.56\00:47:48.54
In fact, you know,
pastor Shawn was talking about
00:47:48.57\00:47:51.20
lightning storms.
How many of you've
00:47:51.23\00:47:53.11
actually experienced
a major lightning storm?
00:47:53.14\00:47:55.75
Okay? Many of you have.
00:47:55.78\00:47:57.34
All right.
00:47:57.37\00:47:58.55
Have you ever stood out
00:47:58.58\00:48:00.43
in the night, in
a lightning storm,
00:48:00.46\00:48:03.32
and closed your eyes?
00:48:03.35\00:48:05.69
What happens?
00:48:06.23\00:48:07.69
You know, even
with your eyes closed,
00:48:08.44\00:48:10.35
you can still see lightning.
00:48:10.38\00:48:13.56
Even those who will not
want to see Christ's coming
00:48:14.08\00:48:18.09
will see it.
00:48:18.12\00:48:19.51
Okay? His
coming will be visible.
00:48:19.63\00:48:21.79
Okay?
00:48:21.82\00:48:22.80
I Thessalonians 4:16
00:48:24.08\00:48:26.34
Okay? There's
going to be a shout.
00:48:29.11\00:48:31.11
I'm going to go
to the Bible text.
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For your lesson:
00:48:32.73\00:48:34.51
I Thessalonians 4:16
00:48:34.54\00:48:35.51
Okay?
00:48:46.55\00:48:47.55
You know, when I
think about a shout...
00:48:50.98\00:48:55.44
Do you get comfortable when
you see people are shouting?
00:48:55.47\00:48:58.97
Not usually. You
can't help, but hear it.
00:48:59.00\00:49:01.51
Jesus wants to make sure that
00:49:01.54\00:49:03.09
everybody hears.
There's going to be a shout.
00:49:03.12\00:49:05.27
But you know what? I
believe it's going to be a shout
00:49:05.30\00:49:07.80
of joy and glory.
00:49:07.83\00:49:09.77
With the voice
of the archangel...
00:49:09.80\00:49:10.77
Now the archangel is
a very special person
00:49:13.13\00:49:16.43
in God's plan.
00:49:16.46\00:49:18.09
The archangel here is coming
and blowing a trumpet and is
00:49:18.45\00:49:23.29
giving that shout because
00:49:23.32\00:49:25.81
that sound will have
the sound of a trumpet,
00:49:25.84\00:49:28.22
but it also has
00:49:28.25\00:49:29.52
a very special
purpose. What's the sound for?
00:49:29.55\00:49:33.94
It's there to wake the death.
00:49:33.97\00:49:36.58
So it doesn't
matter if you are alive
00:49:36.61\00:49:38.66
or if you have died.
00:49:38.69\00:49:40.65
You're going to still
be able to participate
00:49:40.68\00:49:43.34
in the appearing.
00:49:43.37\00:49:44.99
Isn't that good news?
00:49:45.02\00:49:47.04
It's very good news.
00:49:47.07\00:49:48.16
Okay...
00:49:48.19\00:49:49.41
We're going to
look at the Scripture
00:49:52.81\00:49:54.92
in John 5:28
00:49:54.95\00:49:56.69
Okay?
00:50:05.07\00:50:06.07
Okay. Now, have you
heard of anyone who's
00:50:12.88\00:50:15.27
dead being able
to hear anything?
00:50:15.30\00:50:18.13
That does not happen.
00:50:18.16\00:50:19.34
But the voice of Jesus
00:50:19.37\00:50:21.31
will be able to penetrate
even the world of the dead.
00:50:21.34\00:50:24.86
That's good news to
me. I don't know about you.
00:50:24.89\00:50:30.32
This tells us that Jesus'
appearing will be audible.
00:50:30.35\00:50:32.72
Okay?
00:50:32.75\00:50:33.74
Matthew 25:31
00:50:34.37\00:50:38.32
Revelation 5:11
00:50:39.55\00:50:42.17
Do you remember
what pastor Shawn said?
00:50:45.61\00:50:48.05
All of His angels.
00:50:48.08\00:50:49.39
Let's go and look
at that text again.
00:50:49.42\00:50:53.70
Now I just want to
ask you this question.
00:50:56.93\00:50:58.87
Have you ever thought
about what would be like
00:50:58.90\00:51:01.11
if you were an angel
00:51:01.14\00:51:02.56
in heaven?
00:51:02.59\00:51:03.75
Sometimes I like to put
myself in another set of shoes.
00:51:03.78\00:51:07.19
Now I know, that
I'm a human being
00:51:07.22\00:51:09.80
and I will never have the
privilege of being an angel.
00:51:09.83\00:51:12.40
I am who I am and you
are who you are with God.
00:51:12.43\00:51:15.19
But if I were
an angel, you know,
00:51:15.22\00:51:17.29
in God's vast Universe,
00:51:17.32\00:51:19.93
this is one event I
would not want to miss.
00:51:19.96\00:51:22.98
I think God knows that!
00:51:23.01\00:51:24.54
Se He's going to
pull all the angels from
00:51:24.57\00:51:26.91
every place
throughout His Universe
00:51:26.94\00:51:28.75
and let each one of them,
00:51:28.78\00:51:30.79
everyone of them be a
part of the rescue mission with
00:51:30.82\00:51:34.19
the appearing.
Isn't that good news?
00:51:34.22\00:51:35.97
If I were an angel, I'd be
pretty thrilled about that.
00:51:36.00\00:51:38.69
I'm going to be pretty thrilled
to see those angels, aren't you?
00:51:38.72\00:51:41.57
Do we have any
mathematicians here?
00:51:56.85\00:51:59.49
Can we safely say
that's billions and maybe
00:51:59.52\00:52:02.06
tens of billions of angels?
00:52:02.09\00:52:04.80
Just an enumerable amount of
00:52:04.83\00:52:08.12
heavenly beings.
00:52:08.15\00:52:09.61
They're coming...
00:52:09.64\00:52:11.60
When He comes back, how many?...
00:52:11.63\00:52:13.45
All of them.
00:52:13.48\00:52:14.46
Can you imagine the joy
00:52:14.49\00:52:16.95
that there's going
to be in this Universe?
00:52:16.98\00:52:19.39
When this appearing
is actually in process,
00:52:19.42\00:52:23.02
and all of these angels...
00:52:23.05\00:52:24.33
I wonder what it's
going to sound like to hear
00:52:24.36\00:52:26.24
all of the angels of
Heaven coming to this Earth?
00:52:26.27\00:52:29.75
It's going to be something!
00:52:29.78\00:52:32.47
How many angels are there?
00:52:32.50\00:52:34.17
Millions, perhaps billions,
maybe even tens of billions.
00:52:34.24\00:52:36.79
Lots of angels coming.
00:52:36.82\00:52:38.11
There's no way there's
not going to be some noise
00:52:38.14\00:52:40.53
associated with
that. Would you agree?
00:52:40.56\00:52:42.82
It's going to be some noise.
00:52:42.85\00:52:44.14
When Jesus comes back,
00:52:44.17\00:52:46.61
He will come...
00:52:47.18\00:52:48.89
We're going to go
to the Bible text.
00:52:49.49\00:52:53.35
You know, as human
beings on planet Earth,
00:53:04.26\00:53:08.15
we know and we
love Jesus. Do we not?
00:53:08.18\00:53:11.79
But Jesus wants us
to recognize His Father.
00:53:11.82\00:53:16.57
And we know about the
Father because of the Son.
00:53:16.60\00:53:20.39
When He comes, He's coming
in the glory of His Father.
00:53:20.42\00:53:25.50
He wants to reveal,
the whole Godhead wants
00:53:25.53\00:53:28.54
to reveal themselves to us.
00:53:28.57\00:53:30.97
That's an awesome little nugget
00:53:31.00\00:53:33.25
about our Creator, isn't it?
00:53:33.28\00:53:35.51
I believe in your lesson you'll
see that. He'll come with the...
00:53:35.54\00:53:40.07
Have you written that in your
lesson? The glory of His Father.
00:53:40.10\00:53:44.84
This demonstrates that Christ's
return will be glorious.
00:53:44.87\00:53:48.84
Talk about a
party. Talk about an event
00:53:48.87\00:53:51.07
that is going to have
more enthusiasm and joy
00:53:51.10\00:53:53.93
unrestrained than you
can even possibly imagine.
00:53:53.96\00:53:56.40
This one is
going to be glorious.
00:53:56.43\00:53:59.76
What's He going to
bring with Him when He comes?
00:54:00.21\00:54:03.42
Remember what pastor Shawn
said, something about rewards?
00:54:03.45\00:54:06.80
Rewards... okay!
00:54:06.83\00:54:08.26
Revelation 22: 11-12
00:54:08.29\00:54:11.13
There's two points about this
to remember as you write down
00:54:28.23\00:54:31.09
in your lesson.
00:54:31.12\00:54:32.49
Number 1.
00:54:32.52\00:54:33.53
There are some
theories out there that suggest,
00:54:33.56\00:54:37.18
that maybe we will
have a second chance
00:54:37.21\00:54:40.14
after Christ's return.
00:54:40.17\00:54:42.11
To get it all together.
00:54:42.14\00:54:43.48
Is that what
this Scripture says?
00:54:43.51\00:54:45.65
No, it says:
00:54:45.68\00:54:46.72
"He that is filthy,
let him be filthy still:
00:54:46.75\00:54:49.19
and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still. "
00:54:49.22\00:54:51.89
And He comes to
bring His reward.
00:54:51.92\00:54:53.43
Please write that in:
He's coming with His reward.
00:54:53.46\00:54:57.63
This tells us a
couple of things.
00:54:57.66\00:55:01.45
When pastor Shawn
talked about bringing
00:55:14.76\00:55:17.04
Earth's history to a conclusion.
00:55:17.07\00:55:19.67
Right here we see it.
00:55:19.70\00:55:20.72
This is the
final act in the drama
00:55:20.75\00:55:24.87
and this is what the
appearing is all about.
00:55:26.09\00:55:28.76
He comes and it is
final. Now it's over.
00:55:28.79\00:55:31.63
There's not going
to be anymore sorrow
00:55:31.66\00:55:33.94
and hurting. I
don't know about you,
00:55:33.97\00:55:35.75
but sorrow and
hurting is no fun.
00:55:35.78\00:55:38.11
You may have experienced that
and some that you care about
00:55:38.14\00:55:40.96
may have
experienced that as well.
00:55:40.99\00:55:42.82
Aren't you looking
forward to the time when
00:55:42.85\00:55:44.96
that won't be any more?
00:55:44.99\00:55:46.12
I sure am.
00:55:46.15\00:55:47.27
There's going to be
two groups of people,
00:55:47.30\00:55:49.55
so vividly described
tonight in our presentation
00:55:49.58\00:55:52.61
by pastor Shawn. Two groups.
00:55:52.64\00:55:55.82
I must quickly
move through this.
00:55:58.44\00:56:02.20
What is the difference?
00:56:02.25\00:56:03.67
Remember?
00:56:03.70\00:56:04.68
One's very unhappy and
one is just so excited that
00:56:06.14\00:56:09.97
they can hardly
contain themselves.
00:56:10.00\00:56:11.53
In which group do
you want to be in?
00:56:11.56\00:56:13.20
Let's go ahead and
look at the Scriptures.
00:56:13.23\00:56:18.01
But yet, on the other
side, here's the other group.
00:56:24.93\00:56:30.17
The day of the appearing.
00:56:30.20\00:56:32.99
The real question is this:
00:56:44.64\00:56:48.68
Last night and the night
before I told you as we closed:
00:56:49.23\00:56:53.73
Where are you going
to be at the appearing?
00:56:53.76\00:56:57.09
Tonight we've learned that
every one of us will be there.
00:56:57.12\00:57:01.57
We can't avoid the appearing.
We're going to be there.
00:57:01.60\00:57:04.55
Who would want to?
00:57:04.58\00:57:06.05
If you were in the first group
talked about in Scripture here,
00:57:06.08\00:57:09.15
you're not going
to want the rocks
00:57:09.18\00:57:10.67
and the
mountains to fall on you.
00:57:10.70\00:57:12.49
But every single one of us,
me included, each one of you,
00:57:12.52\00:57:16.23
everyone of you that are tuning
in by satellite around the
00:57:16.26\00:57:20.34
world, you have the opportunity
00:57:20.37\00:57:23.11
to make a decision
00:57:23.14\00:57:24.83
to be in the
group of people that are
00:57:24.86\00:57:27.22
gloriously
expecting with anticipation
00:57:27.25\00:57:30.04
the soon return of
Jesus Christ. Let's pray.
00:57:30.07\00:57:32.90
Lord, help every one of us
00:57:32.93\00:57:34.83
to be in the group
that chooses to see You
00:57:34.86\00:57:38.10
with eager anticipation,
waiting for You, saying,
00:57:38.13\00:57:42.26
Lo, this is our God,
we have waited for Him.
00:57:42.29\00:57:45.97
Thank you for the privilege
of knowing this and help
00:57:46.00\00:57:48.52
each one of us to
make that choice right now.
00:57:48.55\00:57:51.26
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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