Participants: Pr Shawn Boonstra
Series Code: TAP
Program Code: TAP000003
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00:32 Born of a mighty God
00:39 Sent from His heavenly throne 00:45 Given to rule all the kings and priests 00:51 The sins of men to atone 00:58 The Messiah will return 01:03 The hour unknown to men 01:10 A fanfare of grace will inhabit the Earth 01:16 As creation rejoices in Him. 01:25 In majesty He will come 01:32 With the sound of the trumpet to claim the redeemed 01:38 In majesty He will come 01:45 Jesus the Savior 01:49 Eternal King every knee in Heaven and Earth 01:56 Will bow to this most Holy One. 02:04 In majesty He will come. 02:23 Clothed in His regal robes 02:29 Crowned with His sovereignty 02:35 The scepter of righteousness in His hand 02:42 Our Lord for eternity 02:48 And His kingdom will have no end 02:54 For those who had known God's grace 03:00 The saints of all ages will gather as one 03:07 To joyfully look on His face 03:15 In majesty He will come 03:23 With the sound of the trumpet to claim the redeemed 03:29 In majesty He will come 03:36 Jesus the Savior, eternal King, 03:41 every knee in Heaven and Earth will bow 03:48 To this, most Holy One. 03:53 In majesty He will come 04:05 He'll come in majesty, 04:13 Majesty... 04:20 In majesty He will come Jesus the Savior 04:30 Eternal King, everything in Heaven and Earth 04:38 will bow 04:40 To this most Holy One 04:46 In majesty 04:52 In majesty 04:58 Oh, He will come. 05:12 He will come. 05:32 Recent world events have led many to believe 05:36 that something big is about to happen. 05:39 The signs are all around us, the Appearing is imminent. 05:43 But how will it happen? 05:46 What do the ancient prophecies say? 05:49 What will the Appearing be like? 05:59 Good evening, everyone. 06:00 I especially want to welcome our audience 06:03 from wherever you may be around the world tonight 06:05 as you join us to the Appearing with pastor Shawn Boonstra. 06:09 You know... pastor Boonstra as we've been talking 06:11 from night to night 06:13 he is a scholar. He reads books. 06:15 You heard him tell about how he loves his library. 06:18 He's passionate, but the one he's most passionate about 06:20 are the 66 books between these covers, 06:25 and it's really a privilege for me tonight 06:28 to introduce to you Pastor Shawn Boonstra. 06:38 Good evening. 06:40 Welcome back to The Appearing. 06:42 And welcome back to our satellite audience all around 06:45 the world and across North America in particular. 06:48 I'm just really pleased that you are able to be with us again 06:51 this evening 06:52 and that we have an opportunity to look at what the ancients 06:55 said about the day and age they we're living in. 06:57 But before we get into tonight's subject which is 07:00 The Appearing, 07:02 we're going to look at what will happen when Jesus 07:05 actually appears in the Eastern sky. 07:07 What is it going to be like that day? 07:09 As a kid, my parents bought me a Bible. 07:11 I mentioned that the other night. 07:13 It was the finest gift my parents ever gave me. 07:16 I learned to read from reading the Bible. 07:18 I loved that book, and I would read the book of Revelation 07:21 and I would look at the passages that talked 07:23 about a second coming 07:24 Jesus appearing in the sky and I remember as a little boy 07:27 I would take my Bible, after reading it, 07:29 I would run out in the backyard, I would look up in the sky 07:32 to see if it would happen that very minute. 07:34 And I would wait a few minutes and I've decided 07:36 to study a little more, 07:38 so I run inside to read a little bit more. 07:40 And the next day again, I'd run outside and look up in the sky. 07:43 You know that there are 2,500 references in the Bible 07:46 to the second coming of the Jesus Christ? 07:48 It is one of the biggest subjects anywhere in the Bible. 07:51 And I've had the privilege since those years 07:53 my parents bought me that first Bible to read 07:56 all 2,500 references to the second coming 07:58 and it paints a picture that is so beautiful. 08:00 It will be our subject tonight. 08:02 I'm not going to give you 2,500 verses tonight 08:05 but we'll get a good start at it. 08:06 As a matter of fact, in five short nights, 08:09 we can't cover absolutely everything 08:11 so I want to tell you a little bit about 08:13 a book that goes with this series. 08:14 I know that in five nights we can't cover everything 08:17 there is to say about the second coming and 08:19 I sincerely doubt that the book 08:21 covers absolutely everything as well. 08:23 But this book, The Appearing, 08:25 talks a little bit more about the second coming, it answers 08:28 some often asked questions 08:29 it gets into depth with some Bible prophecies. 08:32 There were prophecies in the Bible 08:34 that lay out the entire history of the world 08:36 from the day Jesus walked this Earth 08:38 to the moment He comes back, in graphic detail. 08:41 It's unbelievable. That's in the book "The Appearing". 08:44 Now just before I get started... 08:46 I'm so excited. There's so much I should read today. 08:49 This is the magazine I made references to 08:51 the other night. I think it was on the first night. 08:54 And this is January 2005, 08:56 this is "Discover" magazine, the science magazine. 08:59 In the back... Where is that camera? 09:01 Let me show this. Look at this map. 09:03 Everybody out there in satellite land, look. 09:06 They probably can't read it. Can you see it? 09:08 What does it say, then? 09:12 Do you know what it is? This map in "Discover" magazine 09:15 is called "2004, the year of calamity" 09:19 and it lists every natural disaster 09:21 that happened last year on the face of this planet. 09:23 For example, did you know that 300,000 homes were wiped out 09:26 in China due to mud slides last year? 09:28 300,000! 09:30 There was a monsoon in Bangladesh that 09:32 left the Capital 40% under water. 09:34 Of course it mentions the hurricanes, 09:36 this went to press before the tsunami hit, 09:38 so they didn't get it in here. 09:39 Four hurricanes in six weeks leave 2,000 death. 09:42 A locust plague cleared millions of crop land acres in Africa, 09:46 another locust plague in Australia, 09:47 record high temperatures in Sidney, Australia, 09:50 one thing after another and Jesus said: 09:52 "Those are contractions 09:54 and when you see that happening, 09:55 don't worry, lift up your heads, 09:57 it's just about time for Jesus to come". 10:00 All right. 10:01 Tonight our subject will be "The Appearing". 10:04 What will it be like 10:06 when Jesus actually comes? 10:09 Let's bow our heads for prayer! 10:11 Father in Heaven, 10:13 Tonight it is with a sense of excitement that we 10:15 come to the words of the Bible. 10:18 There have been a lot of people 10:19 who have prognosticated the future. 10:21 There have been a lot of people who have made predictions. 10:24 But only the word of God was 100% right 10:27 every single time. 10:29 So tonight we believe it as a book that we can put faith in. 10:32 Tonight I know that this book changes lives, it changed mine, 10:36 and I ask tonight as we open it, that You would speak 10:38 to our hearts. 10:40 That what we say and what we read, 10:42 would not be man's opinion, 10:44 but that it would be Yours. 10:45 Bless my words, I ask in Jesus' name. 10:49 Amen. 10:50 You know... I was teaching this Bible prophecy 10:52 seminar, I've done in a lot of places all over the world. 10:56 And I was teaching a Bible prophecy seminar 10:59 and a fellow came to me 11:00 after I've done speaking and he pointed his finger in my face 11:03 and he said: "Preacher, you've got it all wrong". 11:07 The Bible never says that Jesus is coming back. 11:11 Doesn't say it at all the church made that up 11:13 it's a bit of folklore, 11:14 and they're getting everybody worked up all the time, 11:17 you guys like to go out in public 11:18 and scare people to death 11:20 with Bible prophecy and it doesn't even say anywhere 11:24 in the Bible that Jesus is coming back. 11:26 So, my first question tonight is: 11:28 Is the Bible accurate? 11:30 Does it say that Jesus is coming back? Did Jesus ever say 11:34 that He is coming back? 11:35 Well, the answer is: "Yes". 11:37 Or I wouldn't put on this seminar. 11:39 We find the answer in John 14:1. 11:43 I love the way Jesus phrases this. 11:45 "Let not your heart be troubled". 11:48 Do you know what Jesus' saying? He's saying: "Don't worry". 11:53 Human beings are good at worrying. 11:55 And Jesus, as He looked down through the corridors of time, 11:58 knew there would come a time when we looked around us and saw 12:01 the contractions 12:02 on planet Earth and we would get a little bit worried. 12:05 Earth quakes, famine, pestilence. 12:07 Jesus said: "Let not your heart be troubled". 12:09 He says that in more than one place in the Bible. 12:12 He said: "Don't worry about that stuff". 12:14 "I'm coming back, I'm going to set everything right. 12:17 Let not your heart be troubled 12:19 you believe in God, believe also in me. 12:22 In my Father's house are many mansions". How many? 12:25 Many mansions. 12:27 Do you know there's this idea floating around in Christianity 12:30 that God just might let two or three people in Heaven. 12:33 He'd try to keep everybody out, but 2 or 3 might just sneak in. 12:37 That's not what Jesus says. 12:38 He says there are many mansions in Heaven, 12:41 God is thinking big. He's trying to get 12:43 as many people in as possible. 12:45 "In my Father's house are many mansions. 12:47 If it were not so, I would have told you. 12:50 I go - said Jesus - to prepare a place for you... 13:05 Jesus said: "Count on it". 13:06 "I wouldn't tell you if it wasn't true". 13:09 "You can count on the fact that I will come back again". 13:13 If Jesus says it, I believe it. 13:15 Because everything else He said came to pass. 13:18 He's been 100% accurate. 13:20 So when He says "I'm coming back", 13:22 There will be an Appearing, I'm placing all my faith in it 13:26 and I know I won't be disappointed. 13:28 Now, think about this. Jesus says: 13:30 "I'm preparing a place for you". 13:32 Now, this world, the Bible says 13:34 was created in six days. 13:36 And then God rested the seventh day. 13:38 But in six days God made this planet. 13:40 It is stunningly beautiful. 13:42 In six days of work it is stunning... 13:45 I am astounded when I go out for a hike in nature, 13:48 at what God has made. 13:49 And even though the human race through sin 13:52 has scarred the surface of this planet, 13:54 it's still a beautiful place. 13:55 And God made it in six days. 13:58 Now, try to think about what Jesus could make 14:01 in 2,000 years. 14:03 Six days versus 2,000 years! 14:05 He says: I go to prepare a place for you. 14:08 I can't wait to get there. 14:10 Jesus said: I'm coming back. You can count on it absolutely. 14:15 Now, a lot of people are starting to sense 14:17 that Jesus just might be coming back. 14:20 Or at least, they sense that we are on the verge 14:23 of some very dramatic changes 14:25 here on the face of planet Earth. 14:27 I know so. 14:28 I've been following what the news magazines have been saying. 14:32 One of my favorites came out in July, I think... 14:36 In July 1, 2002. Here is my battered up three year old copy 14:39 of this Time magazine. 14:41 The cover July 1, 2002 said 14:45 The Bible and the Apocalypse. 14:48 Why more people are reading and talking about 14:51 the end of the world. 14:52 Now, there's a study in this Time magazine that says 14:55 that right now in North America 14:57 roughly one out of three people, exactly 35% of people 15:01 watching the news believe that what they see happening 15:04 around them is a sign that Jesus is about to come. 15:08 That the appearing is about to happen. That's one out of three. 15:11 That wasn't true a generation ago. 15:13 It said also, as they surveyed people, 15:15 that 59 % of people believe, that the Book of Revelation 15:19 is for real, that it's being fulfilled right now in our day, 15:22 but they don't know what to think of it. 15:24 Let me read you what this article says. 15:27 It points to something, that happened shortly after 15:30 the World Trade Center came down in New York City. 15:33 Here is what the article said. 16:33 Here's what we know: Right now, at this moment 16:36 people are sensing, that we are on 16:38 the verge of some very big changes. 16:41 We all sense it. 16:42 Even some non-Christian religions sense it. 16:46 Even the New Age senses it. 16:48 They speak in the New Age today 16:50 of something they call "The quickening". 16:52 They say, the planet is on the verge of some 16:55 huge changes, we don't know what it is, 16:58 maybe there are space aliens coming, 17:00 maybe something is about to happen, we call it 17:03 The Quickening, we don't know exactly what it is. 17:06 "It Is Written" television has this website. 17:10 It's called, www. bible info. com 17:12 There in 16 languages, you can study 360 different 17:17 Bible subjects, right online. 17:20 Now, here is what's interesting. We have millions of people visit 17:23 this website all the time. 17:24 And in 2003, the most often visited subjects at that website 17:29 were things like: marriage, dating 17:31 and family, and things like that. 17:33 Then all of a sudden, in 2004 there was a 17:36 complete turn about face. 17:37 The number one subjects, that people come to that website 17:40 by the millions, to study now are the second coming of Jesus 17:45 and signs of His soon appearing, His soon return. 17:49 Why? It's because people are developing this sense, 17:52 that is not "business, as usual". 17:54 You know what else is very interesting, 17:56 is that the number one language, that people visit 17:58 at that website, is English. 18:01 What would you guess, would be the number two 18:03 language at that website. Anybody want to hazard to guess? 18:07 Spanish it's a good guess, it's not it. It's Arabic. 18:12 It is the Muslim world coming in droves to study 18:15 the second coming of Jesus, they believe that He was a 18:18 sinless prophet, Who is coming again, and they are developing 18:22 this sense, that we are on the verge of some 18:25 absolutely huge changes. Everybody is sensing it. 18:29 So let me ask you a question tonight: 18:32 What is actually going to be like? 18:36 You know, I'm new to America, and I had to go 18:39 and apply for a Social Security Number. 18:42 I found out, that you don't get a paycheck 18:44 in this country, unless you get a SSN, 18:46 so I applied for one, and so did my wife. 18:49 It took weeks and weeks, I don't know 18:51 if that's normal for this country, but it took weeks and 18:54 weeks, to get any response out of that Government department. 18:57 And eventually we got frustrated we phoned in and said: Listen, 19:00 we applied for social security numbers, where are they? 19:02 They said, they are right here in the computer, but we can't 19:05 give them to you on the phone. Why don't you come down? 19:08 So we went down the next morning, and we stood in line, 19:11 and all of a sudden the computer didn't work anymore, and they 19:14 couldn't find my wife's social security number. 19:16 They found mine, so I was happy. But they couldn't find Jean's. 19:20 So I said: Listen, I know how long this can take if I walk 19:23 out of this office, please work on it right now. 19:26 I sit here and wait, and so we sat and we waited and waited, 19:30 and waited, and waited and than waited. 19:32 And then my two little kids, at that time 4, and 2 years old 19:35 started to bother the security guard. 19:38 Now, he had a gun. 19:40 And I'm a Canadian, I'm not used to that, 19:42 and I thought, he'd probably shoot me, if my kids 19:44 bother him too much. So I went to go, and get my kids 19:48 off of him. But as I got there, I noticed, hey, 19:51 he's actually enjoying his time with them. 19:53 And I thought, you know, he sits on a stool, 8 h/day 19:56 staring at people, doing absolutely nothing, 19:58 he's happy for the diversion. 19:59 So we started to talk a little bit, and he said to me: 20:02 Hey, you must be new to this country. 20:04 I said: Yes, how did you know that? 20:05 He said: Because you're applying for a Social Security Number. 20:08 That's how I know that. 20:09 He said: Either you haven't worked in 20 years or 20:12 you're new to this country. I said: No, I'm new. 20:14 He said: What is it you do? I said: I'm a minister. 20:17 He said: A minister, you don't say. 20:19 You know, I've been in this argument, 20:21 my son and I have been debating the appearing. 20:25 The second coming of Jesus Christ. 20:27 He says it's going to be like this, and I say it's going to be 20:30 like that, and we can't come to any resolution, whatsoever 20:34 and I'm wondering, as a minister do you know anybody 20:37 that can teach me something about Bible Prophecy? 20:40 I said, well as a matter of fact I love to teach Bible Prophecy. 20:43 He said, great, and he pulled a Bible out of his pocket 20:45 right there, in the social security administration office. 20:49 I said: Listen, 20:50 You can go into any Christian bookstore, I told him, 20:53 you can buy a thousand books on the second coming, and they are 20:56 all going to disagree with each other. 20:58 Absolutely, and as a matter of fact, any human theory, 21:01 any human scenario is going to have some holes in it. 21:03 Would you agree with that? 21:05 Any time we go to the Bible, we don't have a mind as big as 21:08 God's, we're going to make some mistakes, and I think 21:10 we really only going to come to the truth, when we actually 21:13 see Jesus coming. 21:14 But I said, there are five things, the Bible says, 21:18 that we can know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, 21:21 about the day, that Jesus appears. 21:23 It is so crystal clear, 2.500 references 21:27 that there is no mistaking it. I said to him: 21:29 Would you like to see it? He said: Would I like to see it? 21:32 Let start! My question for you tonight, 21:35 is would you like to see it? 21:37 Yes. 21:38 All right. 21:39 Buckle your seat belts. What will the appearing be like? 21:43 The first thing we know, beyond the shadow of the doubt, 21:46 is that Jesus will literally come back. 21:48 It's for real. Now, I hear a lot of people saying, 21:51 Oh, that second coming business, that's just symbolic. 21:55 It's allegorical, it's a picture of a golden age that will come, 21:59 when the human race solves all it's problems, 22:01 and we live in Utopia. That's not what the Bible teaches! 22:05 Other people say, well, it's symbolic of a religious 22:08 spiritual experience, when you have this great awakening 22:11 in your heart. That's the second coming. 22:13 That's not what the Bible teaches. 22:15 Some people say, well the second coming happens, when you die. 22:19 Well, in a small way, that's kind of true, 22:21 because now you are out of time, and the next thing you know 22:24 it will be the second coming. 22:26 But, that is not what Jesus talked about. 22:29 When Jesus said, He would come back, He literally 22:32 meant it. He said: I'm coming... How do I know that? 22:35 Well, the Bible tells me so, there's this story in 22:37 the book of Acts, right at the very beginning, where Jesus 22:40 is about to go back to heaven. 22:42 And He has some parting words for His disciples, He says: 22:44 Go, tell the world, what I have done, 22:48 and then I'll come back for you. 22:50 And then He goes up in the heaven. 22:51 Many of you might remember this story. 22:53 And the Bible says, they watched Him go up. 22:56 Now, pay attention carefully. 23:06 These angels appeared. 23:13 Which Jesus? Same. 23:21 What manner? Like manner. 23:27 They said: Listen, said the angels, don't worry about 23:29 this for now, go do what Jesus said to do, 23:32 that very same Jesus, you saw go up, is going to come back 23:35 the same way you saw Him go. So my question tonight is this: 23:40 well, how exactly did Jesus go to heaven? 23:42 If His going to be the same Jesus coming back, 23:45 how did He go, and who was He, when He went? 23:49 Very interesting. There's a story in the New Testament. 23:52 It's in the book of Luke, 23:53 after Jesus had been risen form the dead, 23:56 He appears to the disciples. And in spite of the fact 23:59 that Jesus told the disciples, He will rise from the dead 24:02 they looked at Him, and they were scared. 24:05 And the Bible says in verse 38, of Luke 24, 24:08 Jesus speaking to His disciples: 24:10 And He said to them: "Why are you troubled?" 24:13 You hear it? There it is again. 24:15 Don't worry, said Jesus. 24:17 "And why do doubts arise in your hearts? 24:20 Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. 24:24 Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones 24:30 as you see I have. " 24:32 I have met religious groups, that say, well, Jesus 24:35 came out of the grave, but He was kind of a spook, 24:37 and He went to heaven spiritually, and He returned 24:39 back to Earth spiritually. 24:41 Sometime maybe, a generation ago or back in the beginning of 24:44 the nineteen hundreds, or some other time, 24:46 different groups said different things. 24:48 But Jesus, the Bible says, when He came out of the grave 24:51 had a real physical human body. 24:55 A glorified one, I'll grant it, but it was physical. 24:58 He said: Look, why don't you come and touch me, I'm real. 25:01 And then the Bible says, He asked for something to eat. 25:04 They gave Him a piece of fish, and a honeycomb and He ate it. 25:07 And my Bible says at least, 25:09 that that didn't fall through Him to the floor. 25:11 He ate it, and it was really Him. 25:14 Now, think about what this means. 25:15 That's the Jesus, who went up into heaven. 25:18 He had a real physical body. Do you realize what this means? 25:22 It means, that Jesus has taken on human form for good. 25:27 He went to heaven as a human being, and the angels say: 25:30 That same Jesus is coming back. 25:34 That same Jesus. A literal, physical Jesus. 25:38 The Bible says, He was caught up into the clouds as a 25:41 literal, physical being and He's going to come back the same way. 25:46 Now, the next thing that we now, for absolute certain 25:50 about the second coming of Jesus, is this. 25:53 The disciples, the Bible says, watched Jesus go up. 25:57 They looked and they looked steadfastly, the Bible says. 26:01 The next thing we know about Christ coming, is that it will 26:05 be visible. Your going to see it happen. 26:09 That's what that means. How do I know that, pastor? 26:12 You're just making that up? 26:13 No, that's exactly what the Bible says. 26:15 Revelation chapter 1, verse 7. The Bible says: 26:20 Remember, the clouds received Him, in the 26:23 Book of Acts, when He went out. 26:27 How many eyes? Every. 26:31 Now, think about this. It says, every eye. 26:33 I've been thinking about this for a moment. 26:36 You know, there's a passage in 26:37 the Book of I Corinthians, chapter 15. 26:39 That says it when Jesus comes, 26:41 He's going to change us in a heartbeat. 26:43 We're going to get rid of these tired, old, diseased, 26:46 crippled bodies that we have. 26:47 We're going to get brand new ones, when He comes. 26:49 I can't wait. 26:51 Mine is a mess. I'm young, but I've already messed it all up. 26:53 I want a new one. I'm ready to trade in. 26:56 Now, I thought about this. If this says: every eye is 26:58 going to see Jesus when He comes, is it possible 27:02 that every blind eye is going to see Him, when He comes, too? 27:05 And the very first thing, that the blind of this earth will see 27:10 is Jesus coming again. It's an exciting thought. 27:13 Now, some people have looked at this, and they said: look, 27:16 I know it says every eye's going to see Jesus, but really 27:19 it's only the Christians, who see Jesus coming. 27:23 Well, first of all, that's not quite what it says. It says: 27:26 "every eye will see Him... " 27:28 And it also says, in Matthew 24, verse 30: 27:44 The Bible says they all see Him, 27:46 all the tribes of the Earth will see Him. 27:49 The Bible says in Matthew 24, verse 27: 27:57 I don't know, if I got East and West right, 27:59 but you're with me, right? 28:01 Yes? Good, that's not East. 28:11 I grew up in British Columbia. I still speak the Canadian 28:14 language, and I noticed that many of you do to. 28:20 When I lived in the Okanogan, in British Columbia, 28:23 we had the most spectacular lightning storms every summer. 28:26 As a matter of fact they would light up the whole house, 28:28 it was no point trying to sleep, because the windows would shake 28:31 and it would light up the whole house. 28:33 And so, we would run outside 28:35 on the sun deck, 2:00 in the morning to watch it and 28:37 it would dance from cloud to cloud, 28:39 and from hilltop to hilltop, 28:40 and we get very excited, everybody would come 28:42 out to see it. Now, what if I told you 28:45 I'm of Dutch descend, 28:46 my parents are Dutch immigrants to Canada. 28:49 What if I told you, that as we stood out there, 28:52 in that lightning storm, that only the Dutch could 28:54 see that lightning storm, would you believe me? 28:57 No. I'm glad of it. 28:59 No, Jesus says, Revelation 1, verse 7 29:02 that when Jesus comes again, every eye 29:06 is going to see that coming. We know that Christ's coming 29:11 will be visible. Everybody is going to see it. 29:15 The next thing we know, beyond the shadow of a doubt 29:18 is that Christ's coming will be audible. What is that mean? 29:24 It means, everybody is going to hear it. 29:29 How do I know that? Well, the Bible tells me so. 29:32 Matthew, chapter 24, verse 31. Do you see how this works? 29:37 Remember the other night we studied Isaiah chapter 28, 29:40 in verse 10, the Bible said: 29:41 Line upon line, precept upon precept, 29:43 here a little, there a little, you start gathering all the text 29:46 all 2.500 of them, you start getting 29:49 a very clear picture of what's going on. 29:51 You avoid all the confusion, and all those 29:53 books in those bookstores. 29:54 God doesn't make it complicated, this is easy. 29:57 Mathew 24: 31. 30:02 What kind of a sound? 30:03 Great. This is not a kazoo, this is a trumpet. 30:14 Another text: 30:16 1 Thessalonians 4, one of my favorites. 30:18 Many of you know this passage, and if you don't, 30:20 you're going to know it in a minute, 30:22 and you're going to love it. 30:24 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 30:30 With a what? A shout... 30:49 There's a trumpet blast, there's a voice, 30:53 there's a shout so loud, 30:55 that the graves open and people come out of them, 30:57 You've heard that expression: 30:59 "loud enough to wake the dead". 31:00 Where did that come from? Right out from the word of God. 31:03 When Jesus come with a shout so loud, the graves rip open 31:07 and people come out of them. 31:09 This is one of the noisiest events from the history of Earth 31:12 When I was a kid and that wasn't all that long ago, 31:17 when I was a kid, we used to play hooky, 31:21 Now, I am stepping out on a limb here, 31:23 because this is being broadcast by satellite 31:25 all over North America. 31:27 And I'm just praying that my teachers aren't watching, 31:31 because they will finally know what is true and I am praying, 31:34 my mother's not watching, 31:35 because she will come back to me and say: 31:38 that explains all those report cards, but we used to... 31:40 play hooky. 31:42 There is no fun to play hooky by yourself. 31:46 It's just not any fun, it's boring to walk around town, 31:48 you've got to have a friend to play hooky with. 31:50 And I am just hoping that across the continent, 31:53 all the young people are putting their fingers in their ears 31:56 for the next two minutes. You don't need to know this. 31:58 Stay in school! 32:00 No, really, stay in school. You'll be glad that you did. 32:03 And we played hooky. If you want someone to play hooky with, 32:06 how do you do it? 32:07 You sneak up to another classroom 32:09 while class is in progress, and you go to the back door, because 32:12 everybody who plays hooky, is sitting in the back anyway. 32:15 We open the door and I'd look for my buddies in the back 32:17 and I'd say: there's Mike, 32:19 I want to play hooky with Mike today. 32:21 So I would try and get Mike's attention, 32:23 without getting the whole room's attention. 32:25 How do you do it? Hey, Mike, 32:28 You whisper his name, you don't shout it, 32:31 if you're trying to keep something quiet, 32:33 you don't scream and shout and yell. 32:35 I want tot get Mike's attention 32:36 without getting the teacher's attention. 32:38 That's exactly what I wanted to do. 32:40 But the Bible says everybody's attention is going to be 32:42 arrested when Jesus comes. 32:44 There is a shout, there's a trumpet blast, 32:47 it is so loud that it wakes the dead. 32:49 Christ's coming will be audible. 32:53 Everybody is going to hear it. 32:55 The next thing we know is that it will be stunningly glorious. 33:01 How do I know that? 33:02 Take a guess. The Bible tells me so. 33:05 Psalm 50:3. This tells again everybody is going to hear it. 33:13 You know, I believe, God's not going to be silent, 33:16 because He's just as excited 33:17 about the second coming as you are! 33:19 I believe that with all my heart. 33:21 I can't see Jesus hanging on Calvary's cross, 33:23 and not think that He wants to be with us 33:25 more than anything in the Universe! 33:27 He's excited, He can't keep Himself from shouting. 33:30 I'm going to shout, when I'll see Jesus, 33:32 He'll be shouting too, because He wants to see us. 33:43 This is a big, big event. 33:46 Revelations 6: 14 33:48 Now, look at this. 33:57 I can't wait for this! 33:59 I can't wait. I want to see the sky roll up, like a scroll 34:02 and I want to see some mountains moved out of their place. 34:05 Right now mountains are moving in Southern California. 34:08 I don't want to see it now, 34:10 but when Jesus comes, I'm stepping outside and 34:13 I want to see those mountains moving. 34:14 I want to see that sky roll, 34:16 I have seen some magnificent stuff. 34:18 I've seen some great lightning storms. 34:20 I went out in the wilderness 34:22 last summer, I saw a lightening storm, 34:24 that circled the entire sky, 34:25 and a hole in the middle with the Northern lights 34:28 all at the same time. 34:29 That was glorious, but I can't wait to see this one. 34:32 The heaven rolls up as a scroll, when it's rolled together. 34:35 The islands, the mountains roll out of their places. 34:39 Mathew 16: 27 34:45 He comes in the glory of His Father, the Bible says. 34:48 You know, the Bible teaches that Moses was permitted to see 34:51 just a little of God's glory. 34:53 Just a little of it, it says. 34:54 And when he came back down off the mountain, 34:56 his face was so bright, that the Israelites had to say: 34:59 Hey Moses, cover up, we can't stand to look at you, 35:02 and all he saw was a little tiny glimpse of it. 35:05 When Jesus comes, 35:12 Now tuck that verse behind one ear, 35:15 it's going to prove important in just a moment. 35:17 And He will reward each according to his works. 35:20 Mathew 25: 31, look at this: 35:27 How many of the angels? 35:28 All the holy angels. 35:32 Let me ask you a question. 35:33 Its says, Jesus comes with all the holy angels. 35:37 How many is that? 35:38 I don't have to guess and I don't have to speculate, 35:41 I know how many it is, because the Bible tells me so. 35:44 It tells me in Revelations 5: 11 35:46 John is looking at Heaven and it says: 36:01 Now, ten thousand times ten thousand 36:03 that's a million, I think. 36:05 I don't know if I'm wrong, somebody 36:07 will surely send me a letter. 36:08 Ten thousand times ten thousand 36:10 and thousands of thousands. 36:11 This is one the biggest units that they divided 36:13 numbers into. 36:14 It's ten thousand times ten thousand, 36:16 and thousands of thousands, 36:18 this is billions of angels, 36:21 and the Bible says that they are all coming with Jesus, 36:24 when He comes, all of them. 36:25 Now, the Bible also says, one angel, 36:28 knocked an entire Roman legion flat on it's back. 36:31 What do you think of billion or ten billions of them, 36:35 is going to look like? 36:36 I can't wait, bring it on! 36:38 This is going to be the biggest, grandest event in the history 36:41 of this Universe. 36:43 We know, Christ will literally come. 36:45 We know, it will be visible, 36:47 we know that people are going to hear Him coming, 36:50 and we know that it will be stunningly glorious. 36:53 And the 5th thing we know, beyond the shadow of doubt 36:56 beyond any question whatsoever, 36:59 is that when Jesus comes, it marks the end of Earth's history 37:03 How do I know? Jesus says so. 37:05 Revelations 22: 11, 12 37:25 What is with Jesus? 37:26 His reward. We read that 37:28 a moment ago in another passage. 37:30 To give everyone according to his work. 37:34 The Bible says, when Jesus comes 37:37 that is it. That is your last opportunity, 37:41 He said: Those who were unjust, 37:43 those who have rejected God's love, 37:45 and I can't imagine why anybody would, 37:48 but sadly some do, 37:50 and those who've rejected God's love, the Bible says, 37:53 stay that way, when Jesus comes. 37:55 But those who've accepted Christ, 37:57 are secure in Him forever and ever, 38:00 and ever and ever. 38:01 Jesus says: when I come 38:03 I bring my rewards with me. You know folks, 38:05 there are only two groups when Jesus comes. 38:08 Right now we divide humanity in all kinds of groups, 38:11 we divide humanity by their nationality, 38:13 by their ethnicity, by their language, 38:16 by their political believes, 38:17 but in the end there will only be two groups 38:20 and that's all that's going to matter when Jesus comes. 38:23 One group sees Jesus coming and they don't like it. 38:26 Revelations 6:14-17 39:00 That is one of the most tragic passages 39:05 in all of Bible prophecy. 39:08 There are people who heard all their lives: Jesus would come. 39:12 There are people that heard all their lives: 39:14 there would be an appearing 39:16 and they chose to put it off, 39:18 or they chose to ignore it. 39:20 And one day they hear a sound, 39:23 and they look up 39:25 and they see Jesus coming and they will know, 39:28 they squandered it all. 39:30 They had every opportunity, Christ plead with them, 39:34 He begged them: Please, why choose destruction 39:38 when you can have life? 39:39 Why? It's one of the most tragic verses in all the Scripture. 39:44 It's my prayer, that not one person 39:46 hearing the sound of my voice tonight would be in that group, 39:49 because there is another group. 39:52 Isaiah 25:9. They look up, they hear the trumpet, 39:56 they hear the voice, they see the graves opening, 39:58 they look up, they see the heavens unrolling like a scroll, 40:02 and they see Jesus coming and they get excited 40:05 and the Bible says "they shout". 40:07 Isaiah 25:9 40:22 My question for you is this: 40:24 He's coming, there will be an appearing. 40:27 There is no question about it. 40:29 Verse after verse, 2500 of them, 40:32 prophecy after prophecy has been fulfilled, 40:34 to a T and God says there will be an appearing. 40:38 Which group are you going to be in? 40:40 You've ever wondered, what it would be like 40:44 to hear Jesus saying, 40:46 Hey pastor, what are you getting at? 40:48 I have all kinds of singers and I love to listen to. 40:51 I do. "It Is Written" has got all these great singers, 40:54 I wish I could sing, I have to wait to Heaven until I can. 40:58 I love to listen good singing, 40:59 My favorite singer, I've never even heard sing yet, 41:02 his name is Jesus. 41:04 How do I know He sings? 41:06 The Bible tells me so. 41:08 Zephaniah 3:17 41:23 I'm going to stand in Heaven 41:25 Jesus is going to come for me, He's going to come for you 41:29 and one day, throughout the ages of eternity 41:32 I'm going to walk up to Him. 41:34 And I'm going to say: Jesus, do you think you could 41:37 sing it for me? 41:38 Sing me that song, you sang the day I decided, 41:43 I wanted to be ready for the appearing. 41:46 Would You sing it for me? 41:48 One day you will see Jesus, 41:50 you will see His face, it will be really Him, 41:53 in the flesh, you will hear His voice, 41:57 you will hear Him sing, and you will be with Him, 42:00 for all eternity. 42:03 This is the moment tonight, that it's time 42:06 to take out lesson number 3 42:08 and tonight we're going to go through the Bible 42:10 and we're going to look at what it is we just saw 42:12 five certainties about the second coming of Jesus. 42:16 What it will be like when the appearing happens? 42:40 And for those of us here in Southern California, 42:42 and with us, around world staying with us, 42:45 it's time now to get out lesson number 3, 42:47 my good friend Dan Houghton is going to come up 42:50 and lead us through that Bible study 42:51 as we think a little more about Jesus and His appearing. 42:55 Thank you pastor Shawn. 43:04 This is your lesson, Lesson number 3. 43:06 Has that beautiful graphic on front that says 'The appearing'. 43:10 You know, just looking at that... 43:12 I'd never heard... 43:14 It's said, just the way pastor Shawn said a few moments ago, 43:17 that Jesus is going to be singing 43:20 or praising and having joy over us and singing. 43:23 As someone who loves music, that is really 43:26 a fascinating thing, to think of Jesus 43:28 singing in His joy 43:30 over those of us, who are ready to see Him at His appearing. 43:36 Obviously, from listening to 'The Appearing' presentation 43:40 tonight, we know, that it is an extremely important topic. 43:43 Would you agree with me? Yes 43:45 And even though there's lots of confusion 43:48 out there, I think pastor Shawn talked about over a 43:50 thousand books that you can buy, talking about this subject 43:53 that are representative of a mixture 43:56 of human ideas with what might be in Scripture. 44:00 We want to go to the Scripture alone. 44:02 There are some things that we can 44:04 be absolutely certain about. Can you say amen to that? 44:06 We can be absolutely certain. 44:08 We want to review those points tonight. 44:10 I want to take you to item number 1. 44:28 Is it just so that we can satisfy our curiosity? 44:31 Or is there a specific reason why God has 44:33 given prophecy to us as a gift? 44:36 John 14:29 44:47 What is the answer to that question? 44:50 Jesus reveals an interesting principle. 44:52 Okay? What is the reason why we have 44:55 prophecy that predicts the future? 44:57 It is for the purpose of building our 44:59 faith in God's word 45:02 as we see it being fulfilled. 45:05 It is more for us to understand it 45:07 as it is happening, so we can say: 45:09 "Yes, God, You told us it would happen", 45:11 rather than to be the best 45:13 student of prophecy, to know every event 45:15 it's going to happen, 45:16 so that we can build our faith 45:19 and know that it is right at the door. Okay? 45:23 Here is Acts 1:11. 45:26 I want you to write this down in your lesson. 45:40 Here we begin the list of all the irrefutable facts 45:43 that pastor Shawn was sharing. Okay? 45:57 It is something real, not spiritual. 46:00 It's something you can count on, you will be able to see 46:03 and experience. Okay? Next. 2nd point. 46:10 Now we're going to go to the Scripture. 46:12 There we go. 46:18 He's talking about hands and feet. 46:19 Those are real parts of the body. Is that not correct? 46:25 ...handle Me and see... 46:30 He was trying to tell us through His experience with 46:33 the apostles, the disciples at that time 46:36 that He had come back in a full bodily form. 46:39 So the answer: Jesus had a body made of 46:42 flesh and bones. 46:51 When He comes, He will really be there, 46:53 it will not be a virtual appearance. 46:56 He will be coming physically and real. 46:59 Okay, 3rd point. 47:08 I want to go to the Bible text. 47:10 Revelation 1:7 47:23 So when Christ returns, every eye... 47:27 So what does that say about someone who says: 47:30 Well, it might have been a secret when He comes. 47:33 So He might have come 100 years ago 47:35 and we just didn't know about it. 47:37 If you don't see it with your eye, 47:40 according to Scripture, 47:41 then it hasn't happened yet. 47:43 That means that His coming will be 47:45 visible. 47:46 You won't be able to miss it. 47:47 Even if you want to. 47:48 In fact, you know, pastor Shawn was talking about 47:51 lightning storms. How many of you've 47:53 actually experienced a major lightning storm? 47:55 Okay? Many of you have. 47:57 All right. 47:58 Have you ever stood out 48:00 in the night, in a lightning storm, 48:03 and closed your eyes? 48:06 What happens? 48:08 You know, even with your eyes closed, 48:10 you can still see lightning. 48:14 Even those who will not want to see Christ's coming 48:18 will see it. 48:19 Okay? His coming will be visible. 48:21 Okay? 48:24 I Thessalonians 4:16 48:29 Okay? There's going to be a shout. 48:31 I'm going to go to the Bible text. 48:32 For your lesson: 48:34 I Thessalonians 4:16 48:46 Okay? 48:50 You know, when I think about a shout... 48:55 Do you get comfortable when you see people are shouting? 48:59 Not usually. You can't help, but hear it. 49:01 Jesus wants to make sure that 49:03 everybody hears. There's going to be a shout. 49:05 But you know what? I believe it's going to be a shout 49:07 of joy and glory. 49:09 With the voice of the archangel... 49:13 Now the archangel is a very special person 49:16 in God's plan. 49:18 The archangel here is coming and blowing a trumpet and is 49:23 giving that shout because 49:25 that sound will have the sound of a trumpet, 49:28 but it also has 49:29 a very special purpose. What's the sound for? 49:33 It's there to wake the death. 49:36 So it doesn't matter if you are alive 49:38 or if you have died. 49:40 You're going to still be able to participate 49:43 in the appearing. 49:45 Isn't that good news? 49:47 It's very good news. 49:48 Okay... 49:52 We're going to look at the Scripture 49:54 in John 5:28 50:05 Okay? 50:12 Okay. Now, have you heard of anyone who's 50:15 dead being able to hear anything? 50:18 That does not happen. 50:19 But the voice of Jesus 50:21 will be able to penetrate even the world of the dead. 50:24 That's good news to me. I don't know about you. 50:30 This tells us that Jesus' appearing will be audible. 50:32 Okay? 50:34 Matthew 25:31 50:39 Revelation 5:11 50:45 Do you remember what pastor Shawn said? 50:48 All of His angels. 50:49 Let's go and look at that text again. 50:56 Now I just want to ask you this question. 50:58 Have you ever thought about what would be like 51:01 if you were an angel 51:02 in heaven? 51:03 Sometimes I like to put myself in another set of shoes. 51:07 Now I know, that I'm a human being 51:09 and I will never have the privilege of being an angel. 51:12 I am who I am and you are who you are with God. 51:15 But if I were an angel, you know, 51:17 in God's vast Universe, 51:19 this is one event I would not want to miss. 51:23 I think God knows that! 51:24 Se He's going to pull all the angels from 51:26 every place throughout His Universe 51:28 and let each one of them, 51:30 everyone of them be a part of the rescue mission with 51:34 the appearing. Isn't that good news? 51:36 If I were an angel, I'd be pretty thrilled about that. 51:38 I'm going to be pretty thrilled to see those angels, aren't you? 51:56 Do we have any mathematicians here? 51:59 Can we safely say that's billions and maybe 52:02 tens of billions of angels? 52:04 Just an enumerable amount of 52:08 heavenly beings. 52:09 They're coming... 52:11 When He comes back, how many?... 52:13 All of them. 52:14 Can you imagine the joy 52:16 that there's going to be in this Universe? 52:19 When this appearing is actually in process, 52:23 and all of these angels... 52:24 I wonder what it's going to sound like to hear 52:26 all of the angels of Heaven coming to this Earth? 52:29 It's going to be something! 52:32 How many angels are there? 52:34 Millions, perhaps billions, maybe even tens of billions. 52:36 Lots of angels coming. 52:38 There's no way there's not going to be some noise 52:40 associated with that. Would you agree? 52:42 It's going to be some noise. 52:44 When Jesus comes back, 52:47 He will come... 52:49 We're going to go to the Bible text. 53:04 You know, as human beings on planet Earth, 53:08 we know and we love Jesus. Do we not? 53:11 But Jesus wants us to recognize His Father. 53:16 And we know about the Father because of the Son. 53:20 When He comes, He's coming in the glory of His Father. 53:25 He wants to reveal, the whole Godhead wants 53:28 to reveal themselves to us. 53:31 That's an awesome little nugget 53:33 about our Creator, isn't it? 53:35 I believe in your lesson you'll see that. He'll come with the... 53:40 Have you written that in your lesson? The glory of His Father. 53:44 This demonstrates that Christ's return will be glorious. 53:48 Talk about a party. Talk about an event 53:51 that is going to have more enthusiasm and joy 53:53 unrestrained than you can even possibly imagine. 53:56 This one is going to be glorious. 54:00 What's He going to bring with Him when He comes? 54:03 Remember what pastor Shawn said, something about rewards? 54:06 Rewards... okay! 54:08 Revelation 22: 11-12 54:28 There's two points about this to remember as you write down 54:31 in your lesson. 54:32 Number 1. 54:33 There are some theories out there that suggest, 54:37 that maybe we will have a second chance 54:40 after Christ's return. 54:42 To get it all together. 54:43 Is that what this Scripture says? 54:45 No, it says: 54:46 "He that is filthy, let him be filthy still: 54:49 and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still. " 54:51 And He comes to bring His reward. 54:53 Please write that in: He's coming with His reward. 54:57 This tells us a couple of things. 55:14 When pastor Shawn talked about bringing 55:17 Earth's history to a conclusion. 55:19 Right here we see it. 55:20 This is the final act in the drama 55:26 and this is what the appearing is all about. 55:28 He comes and it is final. Now it's over. 55:31 There's not going to be anymore sorrow 55:33 and hurting. I don't know about you, 55:35 but sorrow and hurting is no fun. 55:38 You may have experienced that and some that you care about 55:40 may have experienced that as well. 55:42 Aren't you looking forward to the time when 55:44 that won't be any more? 55:46 I sure am. 55:47 There's going to be two groups of people, 55:49 so vividly described tonight in our presentation 55:52 by pastor Shawn. Two groups. 55:58 I must quickly move through this. 56:02 What is the difference? 56:03 Remember? 56:06 One's very unhappy and one is just so excited that 56:10 they can hardly contain themselves. 56:11 In which group do you want to be in? 56:13 Let's go ahead and look at the Scriptures. 56:24 But yet, on the other side, here's the other group. 56:30 The day of the appearing. 56:44 The real question is this: 56:49 Last night and the night before I told you as we closed: 56:53 Where are you going to be at the appearing? 56:57 Tonight we've learned that every one of us will be there. 57:01 We can't avoid the appearing. We're going to be there. 57:04 Who would want to? 57:06 If you were in the first group talked about in Scripture here, 57:09 you're not going to want the rocks 57:10 and the mountains to fall on you. 57:12 But every single one of us, me included, each one of you, 57:16 everyone of you that are tuning in by satellite around the 57:20 world, you have the opportunity 57:23 to make a decision 57:24 to be in the group of people that are 57:27 gloriously expecting with anticipation 57:30 the soon return of Jesus Christ. Let's pray. 57:32 Lord, help every one of us 57:34 to be in the group that chooses to see You 57:38 with eager anticipation, waiting for You, saying, 57:42 Lo, this is our God, we have waited for Him. 57:46 Thank you for the privilege of knowing this and help 57:48 each one of us to make that choice right now. 57:51 In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. 57:56 Subtitled by Christian Media Services 58:00 www. chms. ro |
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