¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE, SPEND MY LIFE, MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:06.74\00:00:17.11 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE REMOVING PAIN ¤ 00:00:17.11\00:00:26.72 ¤ LORD LET MY WORDS ¤ ¤ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ¤ 00:00:26.72\00:00:38.10 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:38.10\00:00:49.71 ¤ I WANT TO SEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:49.71\00:01:00.69 >> HELLO, FRIENDS WELCOME TO 3ABN. 00:01:11.00\00:01:17.37 IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT HERE IN THOMPSONVILLE, ILLINOIS. 00:01:17.37\00:01:20.61 WE HAVE A LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND. 00:01:20.61\00:01:24.31 WE PREFER WARM WEATHER, BUT SINCE THAT'S OUR LOT, WE'RE 00:01:24.31\00:01:29.05 GOING TO SMILE AND THANK THE LORD THAT WE ARE ALIVE TO ENJOY 00:01:29.05\00:01:34.99 THE SNOW ON THIS THE 5TH DAY OF JANUARY, IN THE NEW YEAR OF 00:01:34.99\00:01:39.66 2017. WELCOME TO THIS SHOW. 00:01:39.66\00:01:41.13 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENT OF ALL TIMES, 00:01:41.13\00:01:45.57 THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. YOU MAY SAY, I HAVE HEARD THAT 00:01:45.57\00:01:50.07 TOPIC BEFORE, WELL, TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO COVER IT FROM A 00:01:50.07\00:01:54.34 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ANGLES AND PHILOSOPHIES. 00:01:54.34\00:01:58.11 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FAILED PR 00:01:58.11\00:02:05.19 PREDICTIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE WORD OF GOD TO FIND 00:02:05.19\00:02:08.72 OUT THE TRUTH OF THE SECOND COMING AS REVEALED IN THE WORD 00:02:08.72\00:02:12.09 OF GOD, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SEND YOUR QUESTIONS 00:02:12.09\00:02:16.16 AND COMMENTS IN, BECAUSE YOUR INPUT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT US 00:02:16.16\00:02:20.40 TO. BUT BEFORE WE GO FURTHER AND 00:02:20.40\00:02:22.87 INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS, WE WANT TO PAUSE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT 00:02:22.87\00:02:27.41 YOU DID FOR THIS MINISTRY IN 2016, AND THE 31 YEARS BEHIND 00:02:27.41\00:02:34.22 THAT AS WE BY FAITH GO INTO OUR 33 YEAR HERE AT 3ABN. 00:02:34.22\00:02:42.99 WE ARE HOLDING ON, PRAYING THIS THE LORD WILL KEEP US GOING AND 00:02:42.99\00:02:48.10 GROWING UNTIL THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 00:02:48.10\00:02:50.13 TONIGHT I HAVE TWO MEN THAT I KNOW ARE STUDENTS OF THE WORD. 00:02:50.13\00:02:53.84 YOU KNOW ONE HE IS A PIONEER -- I WOULDN'T SAY 00:02:53.84\00:02:59.27 PIONEER, BUT PASTOR JOHN DINZEY. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:02:59.27\00:03:03.65 >> GOOD TO BE HERE. AND BY GOD'S GRACE WE'RE GOING 00:03:03.65\00:03:08.05 TO GO INTO GOD'S WORD AND WE KNOW WHEN WE READ GOD'S WORD 00:03:08.05\00:03:12.39 THERE IS A BLESSING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:03:12.39\00:03:16.19 AND YOU HAVE BEEN HERE HOW MANY YEARS? 00:03:16.19\00:03:19.79 >> 27. >> WOW, THAT'S A LONG TIME. 00:03:19.79\00:03:25.33 AND DEE CASPER. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:03:25.33\00:03:28.34 THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME ON THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE. 00:03:28.34\00:03:32.84 >> YES. >> BEFORE WE GO INTO -- DEEP 00:03:32.84\00:03:35.84 INTO THE PROGRAM AND -- I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TONIGHT ALSO WITH 00:03:35.84\00:03:39.91 A WORD OF PRAYER, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUSIC AND ALL OF 00:03:39.91\00:03:43.95 THAT, BUT JUST GIVE OUR AUDIENCE, JUST A SNIPPET OF YOUR 00:03:43.95\00:03:52.26 JOURNEY. >> I GREW UP A FEW MINUTES FROM 00:03:52.26\00:03:57.73 HERE, AND NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 00:03:57.73\00:04:03.67 AND I FOUND IT ON TV. I JUST REMEMBER THINKING TO 00:04:03.67\00:04:10.98 MYSELF THAT THAT'S -- THAT'S WHAT THE TEXT SAYS, AND THE MORE 00:04:10.98\00:04:15.12 THINGS I WAS HEARING, THE MORE I THOUGHT, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT THE 00:04:15.12\00:04:20.26 TEXT SAYS, THROUGH TIME O OF -- STUDYING, I WAS EVENTUALLY 00:04:20.26\00:04:29.10 BAPTIZED. I WAS BAPTIZED IN 2010, AND 00:04:29.10\00:04:33.47 STARTED IN 2006. AND I WAS WORKING AT FINISH 00:04:33.47\00:04:36.94 LINE, AND YOU CALLED THE STORE, AND I SAID YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE 00:04:36.94\00:04:42.61 ME, BUT YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO BE JOHN LOMACANG? 00:04:42.61\00:04:49.95 >> AND YOU CAME TO CAMP MEETING. AND MY WIFE HAD YOU COME UP 00:04:49.95\00:04:54.99 FRONT. >> YEAH, SHE SAID THIS YOUNG MAN 00:04:54.99\00:04:57.26 IS GOING TO DO EVANGELISM IN CARBONDALE. 00:04:57.26\00:05:03.06 I THOUGHT KNOW, I'M AN INTROVERT, AND CARBONDALE, I 00:05:03.06\00:05:09.00 HAVE NO INTENTION OF LIVING THERE, BUT THREE YEARS LATER I 00:05:09.00\00:05:13.74 WAS THE COORDINATOR FOR THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:05:13.74\00:05:18.71 >> AND THE LORD HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS IN YOUR LIFE. 00:05:18.71\00:05:22.65 YOU EVEN TAUGHT IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS -- 00:05:22.65\00:05:24.59 >> UH-HUH. >> WAS ORDAINED AN ELDER EVEN. 00:05:24.59\00:05:28.52 >> UH-HUH. >> AND YOU ARE PART OF A MEDIA 00:05:28.52\00:05:34.03 MINISTRY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. 00:05:34.03\00:05:36.30 IT'S A MEDIA GROUP THAT IS TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE 00:05:36.30\00:05:41.40 FILMMAKERS, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE FILM SCHOOL MEETS A 00:05:41.40\00:05:47.64 SOUL-WINNING SCHOOL TOGETHER. WE HAVE THREE STUDENTS RIGHT 00:05:47.64\00:05:50.48 NOW. AND WE SHOT 40 VIDEOS LAST WEEK. 00:05:50.48\00:05:54.25 WE DO MEDIA MINISTRIES FOR OTHER MINISTRIES THROUGHOUT THE 00:05:54.25\00:05:58.09 COUNTRY, AND WE TRAVEL AND SPEAK. 00:05:58.09\00:06:00.69 >> AND RYAN IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THAT? 00:06:00.69\00:06:03.49 >> YEAH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, I THINK IS THE TERM WE USE FOR 00:06:03.49\00:06:10.30 -IT. >> WONDERFUL PEOPLE. >> A GOOD GUY. 00:06:10.30\00:06:13.70 >> AND YOU HAVE WONDERFUL ENERGY. 00:06:13.70\00:06:15.67 >> I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT. >> SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE 00:06:15.67\00:06:18.74 TONIGHT. >> PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. 00:06:18.74\00:06:20.98 >> AND I KNOW YOU LOVE THE WORD. PRAISE THE LORD, WE'RE GOING TO 00:06:20.98\00:06:29.62 TALK ABOUT THE SECOND COMING. I KNOW I MENTIONED THE TOPIC, 00:06:29.62\00:06:35.42 AND YOU TONGUE IN CHEEK SAID, I HAVEN'T HEAR OF IT BEFORE. 00:06:35.42\00:06:40.96 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I MAY BE IN THIS SEAT, BUT 00:06:40.96\00:06:43.23 I'M GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN A VERY, VERY REAL WAY. 00:06:43.23\00:06:46.63 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUSIC AND AFTER THIS MUSIC BY A GENTLEMEN 00:06:46.63\00:06:50.44 THAT NOT ONLY HAS A CONNECTION WITH HIS KEYBOARD, BUT SURELY A 00:06:50.44\00:06:56.48 CONNECTION WITH THE LORD. FIRST NEVILLE PETER IS GOING TO 00:06:56.48\00:07:02.55 BLESS YOU AND SING A SONG ENTITLED "CARRY YOU." 00:07:02.55\00:07:07.72 ¤ 00:07:07.72\00:07:14.93 ¤ YOU'RE ON THE NARROW RODE ¤ ¤ AND I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU ALL 00:07:20.50\00:07:31.55 ALONG ¤ ¤ THIS RACE THAT YOU ARE RUNNING 00:07:31.55\00:07:33.38 IS NOT GIVEN TO THE STRONG ¤ ¤ I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU'RE WEARY 00:07:33.38\00:07:40.02 AND FAITH IS HARD TO FIND ¤ ¤ YOU FEEL YOU'LL NEVER REACH 00:07:40.02\00:07:45.03 THE FINISH LINE ¤ ¤ BUT THAT'S WHEN I CARRY YOU ¤ 00:07:45.03\00:07:55.37 ¤ THAT'S WHEN I CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ I HAVE KEPT YOU THROUGH THE 00:07:55.37\00:08:00.68 STORM ¤ ¤ YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ALONE ¤ 00:08:00.68\00:08:03.78 ¤ I'LL CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ YES, I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ 00:08:03.78\00:08:13.79 ¤ WHEN THE ROAD IS MUCH TOO HARD TO MAKE IT THROUGH ¤ 00:08:13.79\00:08:18.99 ¤ I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ 00:08:18.99\00:08:25.73 ¤ ¤ I'M WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE 00:08:30.57\00:08:40.18 HURTING ¤ ¤ I KNOW HOW HARD YOU TRY ¤ 00:08:40.18\00:08:45.09 ¤ TO BEAR YOUR HEAVY BURDEN ¤ ¤ I'M NEAR YOU WHEN YOU CRY ¤ 00:08:45.09\00:08:54.50 ¤ I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S EASY TO BELIEVE ALL HOPE IS GONE ¤ 00:08:54.50\00:09:01.44 ¤ WHEN THERE IS NO MORE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON ¤ 00:09:01.44\00:09:06.64 ¤ THAT'S WHEN I CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ THAT'S WHEN I CARRY YOU ¤ 00:09:06.64\00:09:14.65 ¤ I HAVE KEPT YOU THROUGH THE STORM ¤ 00:09:14.65\00:09:21.46 ¤ YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ALONE ¤ ¤ I'LL CARRY YOU ¤ 00:09:21.46\00:09:26.46 ¤ YES, I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ MY CHILD ¤ 00:09:26.46\00:09:32.10 ¤ WHEN THE ROAD IS MUCH TO HARD TO MAKE IT THROUGH ¤ 00:09:32.10\00:09:37.64 ¤ I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT'S 00:09:37.64\00:09:48.12 GOING ON ¤ ¤ YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE 00:09:48.12\00:09:53.72 STRSTRENGTH TO BE STRONG ¤ 00:09:53.72\00:10:01.46 ¤ BUT THAT'S WHEN I CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ THAT'S WHEN I CARRY YOU ¤ 00:10:05.47\00:10:14.64 ¤ I HAVE KEPT YOU THROUGH THE STORM ¤ 00:10:14.64\00:10:18.91 ¤ YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ALONE ¤ ¤ I'LL CARRY YOU ¤ 00:10:18.91\00:10:24.59 ¤ YES, I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ WHEN TH ROAD IS MUCH TOO HARD 00:10:24.59\00:10:33.80 TO MAKE IT THROUGH ¤ ¤ I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ 00:10:33.80\00:10:41.40 ¤ YES, I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ I HAVE KEPT YOU THROUGH THE 00:10:41.40\00:10:49.28 STORM ¤ ¤ YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ALONE ¤ 00:10:49.28\00:10:52.51 ¤ I'LL CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ YES, I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ 00:10:52.51\00:11:02.56 ¤ WHEN THE ROAD IS MUCH TOO HARD TO MAKE IT THROUGH ¤-¤ I WILL 00:11:02.56\00:11:16.10 CARRY YOU ¤ ¤ YES, I WILL ¤ ¤ I'LL CARRY YOU ¤ 00:11:16.10\00:11:23.45 ¤ YES, I WILL ¤ ¤ I WILL CARRY YOU ¤ 00:11:23.45\00:11:32.45 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH NEVILLE. HE HAS A GIFT THAT HAS SO 00:11:39.89\00:11:51.74 APPROPRIATELY BLESSED PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, AND EVERY TIME 00:11:51.74\00:11:53.98 HE PLAYS, WE KNOW IT COMES FROM HIS HEART. 00:11:53.98\00:11:56.98 IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE THAT SONG, "CARRY YOU." 00:11:56.98\00:12:00.95 THE LORD HAS PROMISED TO CARRY US THROUGH TRIALS AND 00:12:00.95\00:12:06.72 TRIBULATIONS, AND THE LORD IS FAITHFUL. 00:12:06.72\00:12:08.69 I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A WORD OF PRAYER. 00:12:08.69\00:12:16.03 PASTOR JOHN DINZEY WOULD YOU SAY A WORD OF PRAYER FOR US. 00:12:16.03\00:12:19.17 IF YOU ARE DRIVING, PLEASE DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES. 00:12:19.17\00:12:25.01 WE'LL UNDERSTAND. BUT GET YOUR BIBLES, BECAUSE IN 00:12:25.01\00:12:28.08 THE SECOND HOUR, WE'L GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SEND YOUR QUESTIONS 00:12:28.08\00:12:32.11 IN. YOU SEND THOSE QUESTIONS TO L 00:12:32.11\00:12:42.29 LIVE@3ABN.TV, OR IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM IN, 618-627-4651. 00:12:42.29\00:12:47.86 SEND THE QUESTIONS IN. TRY TO KEEP THEM CONCISE.-SOMETIMES 00:12:47.86\00:12:54.47 PEOPLE SEND DISSERTATIONS AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR 00:12:54.47\00:12:57.61 QUESTIONS. SO THE MORE PRECISE YOU ARE, THE GREATER THE CHANCE WE CAN GET TO-THAT. 00:12:57.61\00:13:06.28 >> OUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 00:13:06.28\00:13:14.19 HOLY HOLY SCRIPTURES. 00:13:14.19\00:13:16.62 AS WE STUDY THIS TOPIC, WE ASK FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE US 00:13:16.62\00:13:22.86 UNDERSTANDING, AND TO OPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING, THAT WE MAY 00:13:22.86\00:13:26.60 UNDERSTAND AND REACH A BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, LORD. 00:13:26.60\00:13:30.94 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL HELP US TO ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK THROUGH US. 00:13:30.94\00:13:37.48 WE PRAY FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO BE POURED UPON US. 00:13:37.48\00:13:43.25 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BRING SCRIPTURES TO OUR MIND, AND AS 00:13:43.25\00:13:47.56 WE SHARE THEM, LORD, YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WILL HELP PEOPLE ALL OVER 00:13:47.56\00:13:54.83 THE WORLD TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 00:13:54.83\00:13:58.37 WE ASK FOR THESE THINGS, LORD, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 00:13:58.37\00:14:03.91 >> AMEN. THANK YOU, JOHN, AND DEE. 00:14:03.91\00:14:08.51 THE BEST PLACE TO BEGIN, WE THOUGHT -- DIFFERENCES OF 00:14:08.51\00:14:12.35 OPINION -- BUT WE THOUGHT ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO BEGIN ABOUT 00:14:12.35\00:14:15.12 THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS, WE THINK OF MATTHEW 24. 00:14:15.12\00:14:19.79 BUT LET'S BEGIN WITH JOHN 14. THE REASON THIS IS A GOOD 00:14:19.79\00:14:28.06 SCRIPTURE GENTLEMEN IS WE ARE LIVING IN A WORLD WITH A LOT OF 00:14:28.06\00:14:33.03 HEART TROUBLE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT OPEN 00:14:33.03\00:14:36.10 HEART SURGERY, ALL WE DO HAVE -- AND IT JUST CAME TO MY 00:14:36.10\00:14:40.44 MIND, PASTOR KENNY SHELTON, DO REMEMBER HIM IN PRAYER. 00:14:40.44\00:14:44.21 HE HAS JUST CORRECTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SOME HEART 00:14:44.21\00:14:47.88 CHALLENGES, AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR HIM TO COME THROUGH THAT, 00:14:47.88\00:14:51.32 WHETHER HE'S GOING TO HAVE SURGERY OR NOT, I'M NOT EXACTLY 00:14:51.32\00:14:55.02 SURE. BUT WE DO KNOW HE IS IN THE 00:14:55.02\00:14:57.99 HOSPITAL. KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS; THAT 00:14:57.99\00:15:01.00 THE LORD WILL RESTRENGTH HIM AND HE AND HIS WIFE CHRIS CAN 00:15:01.00\00:15:05.63 CONTINUE SERVING THE MINISTRY. ON ANOTHER NOTE PRAY FOR OUR 00:15:05.63\00:15:11.21 FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, DANNY SHELTON. 00:15:11.21\00:15:14.31 HE HAS GOT A LITTLE COLD. THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR PEOPLE 00:15:14.31\00:15:18.65 LIKE TO SHARE THINGS. WE GET GIFTS, AND WE GET COLDS. 00:15:18.65\00:15:25.09 BUT PRAY FOR HIM. AND WE COVER THE GOOD THINGS AND 00:15:25.09\00:15:28.19 ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR GOD'S CAUSE. 00:15:28.19\00:15:31.39 BUT JOHN 14. LET'S LOOK AT THAT TOGETHER. 00:15:31.39\00:15:34.36 I'M GOING TO PUT A LITTLE -- MY LITTLE MARKER IN MATTHEW, 00:15:34.36\00:15:38.03 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO MATTHEW, AND DEE, SINCE YOU 00:15:38.03\00:15:42.74 ARE THE -- SINCE YOU ARE THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, WHY DON'T YOU 00:15:42.74\00:15:47.91 WALK US THROUGH JOHN 14, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL 00:15:47.91\00:15:52.35 PROMISES THAT JESUS MADE ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING. 00:15:52.35\00:15:57.49 >> OKAY. JOHN 14 VERSES 1-3. 00:15:57.49\00:16:03.76 BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. 00:16:03.76\00:16:07.00 IN MY FATHER'S THROWS ARE MANY MANSIONS OR ROOMS AND IF IT WERE 00:16:07.00\00:16:11.43 NOT SO I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR 00:16:11.43\00:16:16.17 YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF THAT WHERE 00:16:16.17\00:16:19.04 I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO. >> AMEN. 00:16:19.04\00:16:21.74 >> AND EXPLAINING THIS. OR EXPOUNDING ON THIS, THIS 00:16:21.74\00:16:27.08 PROMISE WAS MADE TO THE DISCIPLES. 00:16:27.08\00:16:29.68 >> YEAH. >> AND THE BIBLE WAS NOT DIVIDED 00:16:29.68\00:16:32.45 THIS IS CHAPTER 13, CHAPTER 14, 15, IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE 00:16:32.45\00:16:39.49 THOUGHT IN CHAPTER 13. AND WHEN HE OUTLINED THE 00:16:39.49\00:16:43.06 CHALLENGES THAT THE DISCIPLES WILL FACE, HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES 00:16:43.06\00:16:48.87 HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE, AND HE SAID TO THEM IN JOHN 13 LOOK AT 00:16:48.87\00:16:55.94 WHAT HE SAYS IN VERSE 33. PASTOR DINZEY DO YOU HAVE THAT? 00:16:55.94\00:17:01.92 >> I DO. >> LOOK AT WHAT HE SAID. 00:17:01.92\00:17:04.15 >> LITTLE CHILDREN, YEPT A LITTLE WHILE I AM WITH YOU. 00:17:04.15\00:17:09.12 ROW YOU SHALL SEEK ME AND WHETHER I GO, YOU CANNOT COME, 00:17:09.12\00:17:12.93 SO NOW I SAY TO YOU. >> SO HE SAYS WHERE I'M GOING, 00:17:12.93\00:17:17.83 YOU CAN'T COME. AND HE CONTINUES THAT THOUGHT IN 00:17:17.83\00:17:21.54 JOHN 14. SO LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE 00:17:21.54\00:17:25.27 TROUBLED. YOU CAN'T COME, BUT I WILL COME 00:17:25.27\00:17:27.54 AGAIN. >> YEAH. 00:17:27.54\00:17:28.31 SOMETHING THAT IS AMAZING IS THAT JESUS IS PLAYING ON A 00:17:28.31\00:17:32.38 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING OF MATRIMONY OF LANGUAGE IN THEIR 00:17:32.38\00:17:36.85 DAY. WHAT A MAN WOULD DO IS WHEN HE 00:17:36.85\00:17:40.56 FOUKD THE GIRL HE WAS LOOKING FOR, IT SAYS MANSIONS IN THE NEW 00:17:40.56\00:17:43.93 KING JAMES, BUT THE BETTER TRANSLATION IS ROOMS. 00:17:43.93\00:17:47.30 HE IS BUILDING AN ADDITION ON HIS FATHER'S HOUSE. 00:17:47.30\00:17:52.07 HE LEAVES THE GIRL, HE BUILDS THE ROOM ON TO HIS HOUSE, AND 00:17:52.07\00:17:57.51 THEN HE IS GOING TO COME BACK AND GET HER. 00:17:57.51\00:18:01.14 SO IT'S NOT THIS DAY OF FIRE AND VENGEANCE AND FEAR FOR THE 00:18:01.14\00:18:05.51 BELIEVER, IT'S ACTUALLY A WEDDING. 00:18:05.51\00:18:08.12 IT'S A MATRIMONIAL CEREMONY. IT SAYS THAT IN ISAIAH 22 -- 00:18:08.12\00:18:20.40 >> ISAIAH 25. >> 25. 00:18:20.40\00:18:25.13 SO ONCE I HEARD THE, IT SEEMED LIKE THE SECOND COMING IS NOT A 00:18:25.13\00:18:30.04 SCARY THING, HE IS COMING FOR ME AS HIS BRIDE. 00:18:30.04\00:18:32.77 I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCOVER 00:18:32.77\00:18:36.44 IS WHEN THE WORD MANSIONS IS USED, WE LIKE THE WORD MANSIONS 00:18:36.44\00:18:43.05 BECAUSE HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN MANSIONS? 00:18:43.05\00:18:47.49 THE MAJORITY DON'T. AND THE WORD MASION IS OFTEN 00:18:47.49\00:18:53.23 USED TO EXEVERYONE -- EXEMPLIFY THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO BRING 00:18:53.23\00:19:03.24 YOU TO A SHACK, HE IS BRINGING YOU TO MANSION. 00:19:03.24\00:19:06.88 WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT, PASTOR? 00:19:06.88\00:19:10.41 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S WONDERFUL THE WAY JESUS ASSURES HIS DISCIPLES, 00:19:10.41\00:19:16.05 WHICH IS AN ASSURANCE FOR US AS WELL, THAT WHERE HE IS GOING, WE 00:19:16.05\00:19:19.89 ARE GOING TO BE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:19:19.89\00:19:21.49 >> AND HE ASSURES THEM THAT THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM FOR 00:19:21.49\00:19:25.49 EVERYONE. >> UH-HUH. 00:19:25.49\00:19:26.93 >> IN SPANISH THE WORD IS DWELLING PLACE. 00:19:26.93\00:19:31.20 SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU ARE COMING JUST FOR A VISIT, AND THEN GO 00:19:31.20\00:19:35.40 BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE. YOU ARE GOING TO BE WITH JESUS, 00:19:35.40\00:19:38.77 HE SAYS WHERE I AM, THERE YOU WILL BE ALSO. 00:19:38.77\00:19:42.38 YOU ARE GOING TO BE WITH ME. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ASSURANCE 00:19:42.38\00:19:46.75 FOR US TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE FACING 00:19:46.75\00:19:49.55 TODAY, WHAT TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS OR FEARS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT WE 00:19:49.55\00:19:53.66 HAVE AN ASURESANCE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON. 00:19:53.66\00:19:58.89 SO WHATEVER SUFFERING YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, WHATEVER TRIALS, 00:19:58.89\00:20:02.83 WHATEVER FEAR YOU HAVE, YOU CAN PUT IT AWAY. 00:20:02.83\00:20:06.84 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND ALLOW JESUS TO COMFORT 00:20:06.84\00:20:15.98 US, AND HE WILL DELIVER US, AND THE ASSURANCE IS HE HAS GOT A 00:20:15.98\00:20:22.32 PLACE FOR US. >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF 00:20:22.32\00:20:24.65 THE THINGS THAT WE FACE IN PREPARATION AND AS WE WAIT FOR 00:20:24.65\00:20:28.06 THE COMING OF THE LORD. RIGHT NOW WE LIVE IN A WORLD 00:20:28.06\00:20:31.66 THAT IS RACKED WITH CONFUSION, RACKED WITH THE FEAR OF 00:20:31.66\00:20:37.00 TERRORISM. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE MANY IN 00:20:37.00\00:20:39.27 AMERICA WHO ARE WONDERING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON JANUARY 00:20:39.27\00:20:43.74 21ST, WHEN THE NEW PRESIDENT IS INAUGURATED. 00:20:43.74\00:20:48.54 THE UNITED NATIONS FOR SOMETIME BEEN RECOINED THE DIVIDED 00:20:48.54\00:20:55.95 NATION -- OR THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA. 00:20:55.95\00:20:58.49 AND WE HAVE THIS FEAR OF TERRORISM THAT CAN POP AT ANY 00:20:58.49\00:21:02.56 MOMENT. WE MAKE ELECTRONIC THINGS 00:21:02.56\00:21:05.93 THAT -- AS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE 00:21:05.93\00:21:10.47 MAROONED IN AIRPORTS, STRANDED IN AIRPORTS, THAT WERE COMING 00:21:10.47\00:21:14.50 INTO AMERICA FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, BECAUSE OF A GLITCH 00:21:14.50\00:21:17.17 IN A COMPUTER. AND THEY SAID WELL, WITH 00:21:17.17\00:21:21.51 SOMETHING OF SUCH GREAT VALUE HOW CAN WE ALLOW OUR PEOPLE TO 00:21:21.51\00:21:26.98 BE PUT IN SUCH ADVERSE CONDITIONS. 00:21:26.98\00:21:29.68 THEN THERE'S THE ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, AND WE TALK ABOUT 00:21:29.68\00:21:33.22 MURDER IN AMERICA, CRIME AND VIOLENCE, AND BLOODSHED, AND 00:21:33.22\00:21:36.83 BROKEN FAMILIES, AND JUST -- THERE'S A PLETHORA OF 00:21:36.83\00:21:40.66 CONDITIONS THAT EXIST IN OUR WORLD TODAY THAT JESUS SAID 00:21:40.66\00:21:45.27 WOULD EXIST AS AN INDICATION OF HIS SOON RETURN. 00:21:45.27\00:21:47.90 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 2 TIMOTHY. THE COMING OF THE LORD IN ORDER 00:21:47.90\00:21:55.81 FOR -- AS PASTOR DINZEY SAID, THIS IS AN EVENT OF HOPE. 00:21:55.81\00:22:00.75 AND FOR THIS EVENT TO BE AN EVENT OF HOPE, AND AS DEE JUST 00:22:00.75\00:22:06.02 SAID, WE HAVE WAITED FOR HIM, AND HE WILL SAVE US. 00:22:06.02\00:22:10.03 THE QUESTION IS, SAVE US FROM WHAT? 00:22:10.03\00:22:12.96 >> UH-HUH. >> SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS. 00:22:12.96\00:22:17.13 2 TIMOTHY 3. LET ME SEE, YOU READ ONE. 00:22:17.13\00:22:21.97 YOU READ ONE. I'LL READ THIS ONE. 00:22:21.97\00:22:26.37 2 TIMOTHY 3, AND YOU'LL FIND A WORD HERE, AND AMAZINGLY HE USES 00:22:26.37\00:22:32.18 THE PHRASE LAST DAYS, LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS OF OUR WORLD, AND 00:22:32.18\00:22:36.72 WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT WHAT JESUS SAID WILL HAPPEN PRIOR TO 00:22:36.72\00:22:41.66 A SOON RETURN IS BEING OUTLINED HERE. 00:22:41.66\00:22:44.66 LET'S GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE AT A TIME. 00:22:44.66\00:22:47.36 BUT KNOW THIS -- OR THIS KNOW ALSO AS THE KING JAMES VERSION 00:22:47.36\00:22:54.64 SAYS. IN THE LAST DAYS PERILOUS TIMES 00:22:54.64\00:22:58.47 WILL COME. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIBLE 00:22:58.47\00:23:03.24 WRITERS MEAN WHEN HE SAYS PERILOUS. 00:23:03.24\00:23:05.65 >> STRESS. >> OKAY. 00:23:05.65\00:23:08.45 STRESSFUL. WHAT ELSE? 00:23:08.45\00:23:09.18 >> TIMES OF DANGER. >> TIMES OF DANGER. 00:23:09.18\00:23:11.99 >> TIMES OF DANGER, AND WHEN YOU THINK OF DANGER, THERE ARE 00:23:11.99\00:23:15.76 DIFFERENT TYPES OF DANGER. >> UH-HUH. 00:23:15.76\00:23:18.16 >> RIGHT NOW -- CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING TO PEOPLE 00:23:18.16\00:23:21.66 AND THERE'S EVEN DANGER ON THE INTERNET. 00:23:21.66\00:23:24.20 >> OH, YEAH. >> THERE'S DANGER OF JUST GOING 00:23:24.20\00:23:28.37 OUT INTO THE STREET. WE HEARD -- WE WERE TALKS TO 00:23:28.37\00:23:31.74 SOMEONE RECENTLY, AND THEY SAID, OH, NO, WE DON'T GO OUT AT NIGHT 00:23:31.74\00:23:37.11 BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS. YESTERDAY WE WERE VISITING A 00:23:37.11\00:23:41.28 SPANISH COUPLE THAT IS COMING TO VISIT THE CHURCH HELLEN AND HER 00:23:41.28\00:23:46.25 HUSBAND. >> YES. 00:23:46.25\00:23:47.66 >> AND THEY ARE MELBIN, THEY HAD THE TV ON, AND THEY WERE. 00:23:47.66\00:23:54.46 WAING THE NEWS. SO THEY ARE SPANISH, THEY ARE 00:23:54.46\00:23:56.73 WATCHING SPANISH NEWS FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRY, HONDURAS. 00:23:56.73\00:24:01.10 THEY HAD THIS -- THERE WAS A -- A VAN ON FIRE, AND THEY 00:24:01.10\00:24:05.97 KEPT SAYING THIS IS THE 12TH -- THEY BURNED LAST YEAR IN 00:24:05.97\00:24:15.65 2016, 12 VEHICLES LIKE THIS. JUST RANDOMLY BECAUSE THEY ARE 00:24:15.65\00:24:19.82 PROTESTING SOMETHING. THEY ARE UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING. 00:24:19.82\00:24:22.59 SO THEY ARE BURNING THESE VEHICLES -- 00:24:22.59\00:24:25.49 >> INTENTIONALLY. >> INTENTIONALLY. 00:24:25.49\00:24:31.37 AND THE FIRST ONE ALREADY IN 2017. 00:24:31.37\00:24:34.70 THEY HAVE ALREADY BURNED ANOTHER ONE. 00:24:34.70\00:24:36.94 AND THEY SHOWED THIS MAN THAT MADE AN APPEAL. 00:24:36.94\00:24:39.74 YOU KNOW, WE ARE -- WE ARE -- WE ARE BRETHREN, 00:24:39.74\00:24:44.08 WE -- WE'RE -- LET'S STOP DOING THIS. 00:24:44.08\00:24:46.65 AND LET'S DO RESPECTFUL THINGS. LET'S RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, AND 00:24:46.65\00:24:51.09 HE MADE AN APPEAL. BUT SOCIETY IS -- IS IN A 00:24:51.09\00:24:56.69 TERRIBLE CONDITION. WE RECENTLY TOOK OUR SON TO 00:24:56.69\00:25:00.73 CHICAGO. CHICAGO HAD ONE OF THE HIGHEST 00:25:00.73\00:25:02.90 MURDER RATES LAST YEAR. >> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:25:02.90\00:25:05.80 >> SO WHEREVER YOU GO -- I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS ANYPLACE YOU 00:25:05.80\00:25:10.77 CAN GO THAT YOU CAN SAY IT'S COMPLETELY SAFE. 00:25:10.77\00:25:14.34 AND WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE SOMEBODY CAN PUSH A BUTTON AND 00:25:14.34\00:25:20.85 FIRE MISSILES AT ANOTHER COUNTRY. 00:25:20.85\00:25:24.69 >> AND THERE IS A FEAR THAT IRAN OR ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES CAN 00:25:24.69\00:25:28.36 GET THEIR HANDS ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON. 00:25:28.36\00:25:31.56 AND THEN YOU HAVE CHINA SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO TEST A NUCLEAR 00:25:31.56\00:25:36.56 WEAPON THAT CAN REACH AS FAR AS SEATTLE -- 00:25:36.56\00:25:39.87 >> KOREA. >> KOREA. 00:25:39.87\00:25:42.37 SO THERE IS THIS UNCERTAINTY IN THE WORLD. 00:25:42.37\00:25:46.78 AND CONTINUE DEE. >> MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF 00:25:46.78\00:25:50.08 THEMSELVES, LOVERS OF MONEY, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, 00:25:50.08\00:25:55.15 UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY. >> MEN LOVERS OF THEMSELVES. 00:25:55.15\00:26:01.46 IN WHAT WAYS DO WE SEE THAT? >> SOCIAL MEDIA. 00:26:01.46\00:26:05.93 WE LIVE IN THE SELFIE GENERATION. 00:26:05.93\00:26:09.16 WE'RE TAKING AS MANY PICTURES OF THEMSELVES AS WE CAN. 00:26:09.16\00:26:12.67 >> LOVERS OF THEMSELVES. BUT IT ALSO SAYS LOVERS OF 00:26:12.67\00:26:17.67 MONEY. >> UH-HUH. 00:26:17.67\00:26:19.01 >> DO WE FIND THAT? >> OH, YES. 00:26:19.01\00:26:21.94 >> NOW IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH MONEY? 00:26:21.94\00:26:26.85 BUT THE LOVE OF MONEY -- >> THAT'S THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. 00:26:26.85\00:26:34.82 >> IT GOES ON, BOASTERS, PROUD, BLAST FEEMY. 00:26:34.82\00:26:53.44 DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS. ARE CHILDREN DISOBEDIENT TO 00:26:53.44\00:26:58.31 THEIR PARENTS TODAY? >> OH, YEAH. 00:26:58.31\00:27:02.42 >> THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE RAISE THEIR SONS IN FEAR OF THE LORD 00:27:02.42\00:27:13.90 AND THEIR PARENTS. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:27:13.90\00:27:16.40 >> I JUST SAW A SHOCKING NEWS REPORT ON ABC WORD NEWS ABOUT 00:27:16.40\00:27:24.41 THESE FOUR TEENAGERS THAT -- THAT BRUTALLY BEAT UP 00:27:24.41\00:27:29.84 THIS YOUNG CAUCASIAN BOY -- >> HE HAD A DISABILITY OF SOME 00:27:29.84\00:27:36.75 SORT. >> FOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH 00:27:36.75\00:27:38.35 BEAT UP THIS DISABLED YOUNG WHITE BOY, AND THE NEWS SAYS 00:27:38.35\00:27:44.23 THEY ARE FACING AS MANY AS 50 YEARS EACH. 00:27:44.23\00:27:49.53 TEENAGERS NEEDLESSLY TRAUMATIZING SOMEONE. 00:27:49.53\00:27:51.80 AND YOU HAVE THE FLIP SIDE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS THING IN 00:27:51.80\00:27:56.17 AMERICA HAPPENING THIS BLACK ON WHITE CRIME, THIS WHITE ON BLACK 00:27:56.17\00:28:02.88 CRIME. AND YOU HAD THIS YOUNG PERSON 00:28:02.88\00:28:06.85 THAT PARTICIPATED IN A PRAYR MEETING AND THEN SHOT UP ALL OF 00:28:06.85\00:28:13.66 THESE AFRICAN AMERICANS. AND HE SAID I DON'T WANT A 00:28:13.66\00:28:18.56 DEFENDER, I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING. 00:28:18.56\00:28:21.03 SO WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS PERILOUS TIMES WILL COME, CRIME OF ALL 00:28:21.03\00:28:26.70 DESCRIPTIONS IS TAKING PLACE IN AMERICA, BUT OTHER PLACES IN 00:28:26.70\00:28:30.54 THE-WORLD. >> YES. YES. 00:28:30.54\00:28:31.77 WE SAW IN 2016 MORE THAN ANY OTHER YEAR, THE -- THE PEOPLE 00:28:31.77\00:28:37.15 PROTESTING THINGS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:28:37.15\00:28:38.71 >> AND THEY WENT TO THE STREETS, AND THEY -- BASICALLY THEY WERE 00:28:38.71\00:28:42.78 AT WAR WITH THE POLICE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:28:42.78\00:28:45.59 >> IN MANY CITIES, AND SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT IT -- IT WAS 00:28:45.59\00:28:50.19 PICKED UP IN OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY WERE PROTESTING IN 00:28:50.19\00:28:53.06 OTHER -- PEOPLE WERE GOING TO THE STREET PROTESTING IN OTHER 00:28:53.06\00:28:56.43 COUNTRIES, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU -- APPARENTLY IS GOING 00:28:56.43\00:28:59.70 TO CONTINUE. >> DISREGARD FOR ORDER. 00:28:59.70\00:29:02.77 >> DISREGARD FOR ORDER. I WAS -- I DON'T KNOW 20, 25 00:29:02.77\00:29:08.24 YEARS AGO, I GUESS I CAN SAY THAT THAT I'M ALMOST 58, AND I 00:29:08.24\00:29:15.48 SAW A PART OF A TV PROGRAM, AND IT WAS A COMEDY, AND THE YOUNG 00:29:15.48\00:29:21.12 BOY THERE SAID SOMETHING, AND THEY HAVE THE LAUGH TRACKS, YOU 00:29:21.12\00:29:26.39 KNOW, IN THE COMEDY, AND PEOPLE WERE LAUGHING AND LAUGHING AT 00:29:26.39\00:29:30.50 THE THING THE YOUNG BOY SAID TO THE PARENTS, AND I SAID 00:29:30.50\00:29:34.34 THAT'S -- THAT'S HORRIBLE WHAT -- AND HE WAS, ONE, 00:29:34.34\00:29:38.94 DISRESPECTFUL TO THE PARENTS, AND TWO, MADE THE PARENTS LOOK 00:29:38.94\00:29:43.71 STUPID, AND PEOPLE WERE JUST LAUGHING AT THIS. 00:29:43.71\00:29:47.38 AND IT HAS -- THE TELEVISION HAS EDUCATED PEOPLE, YOUNG 00:29:47.38\00:29:52.85 PEOPLE -- YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PARENTS. 00:29:52.85\00:29:55.62 YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPECT THEM. SO TELEVISION IS MOLDING PEOPLE 00:29:55.62\00:30:01.73 INTO A CHARACTER THAT IS CHALLENGING TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS. 00:30:01.73\00:30:06.43 IT'S CHALLENGING PARENTS AS WELL. 00:30:06.43\00:30:10.57 SO WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS -- 00:30:10.57\00:30:14.61 >> RIGHT. >> -- IT' A BEEN FULFILLED 00:30:14.61\00:30:17.58 DECADES AGO. >> RIGHT. 00:30:17.58\00:30:18.71 BUT IT'S INCREASING. IT'S INCREASING IN OUR SOCIETY 00:30:18.71\00:30:23.99 WHERE THERE IS THIS DISREGARD OF AUTHORITY. 00:30:23.99\00:30:26.92 THAT'S WHEN YOU DISREGARD THE PARENT THE TEACHER CAN'T DO 00:30:26.92\00:30:32.56 ANYTHING, THE POLICE OFFICER CAN'T DO ANYTHING. 00:30:32.56\00:30:35.53 AND WE HAVE THIS RISING LACK OF ORDER FOR A SOCIETY THAT'S 00:30:35.53\00:30:40.00 IMPLODING ON ITSELF. CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT VERSE, 00:30:40.00\00:30:43.14 BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH HERE, UNG THANKFUL, UNHOLY. 00:30:43.14\00:30:47.31 >> UNLOVING, UNFORGIVING, SLANDERING WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL, 00:30:47.31\00:30:53.72 BRUTAL DESPISERS OF GOOD. >> VERSUS 4. 00:30:53.72\00:30:59.25 >> LOVERS OF PLEASURE, RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD. 00:30:59.25\00:31:02.76 HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS, BUT DENYING ITS POWER AND FROM SUCH 00:31:02.76\00:31:07.73 PEOPLE TURN AWAY. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU TELL 00:31:07.73\00:31:10.33 YOUR BOYS. >> OH, YEAH. 00:31:10.33\00:31:14.04 THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THE -- WHEN YOU BRING 00:31:14.04\00:31:18.57 YOUR CHILDREN IN -- IN THE WAY OF THE LORD, AND I PRAISE THE 00:31:18.57\00:31:22.21 LORD FOR THIS, AND I THANK THE LORD FOR MY LIFE. 00:31:22.21\00:31:25.75 WHAT A VITAL ROLE SHE HAS PLAYED IN HELPING OUR CHILDREN BE 00:31:25.75\00:31:31.19 RESPONSIBLE CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OTHER PEOPLE. 00:31:31.19\00:31:35.02 THEY ARE COURTEOUS. THEY ARE KIND. 00:31:35.02\00:31:37.46 AND I SAY PRAISE THE LORD THAT THAT HAS BECOME A PART OF THEIR 00:31:37.46\00:31:41.90 CHARACTER. AND WE HAVE TO PRAY FOR THEM 00:31:41.90\00:31:44.57 THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THIS WAY. 00:31:44.57\00:31:46.47 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BECAUSE THERE'S A MOLDING 00:31:46.47\00:31:49.04 INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD. AND BY GOD'S CREATION WE NEED TO 00:31:49.04\00:31:54.68 BE A LIGHT TO THOSE AROUND US. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:31:54.68\00:31:57.18 AND IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OUTLINE 00:31:57.18\00:32:02.45 HERE, THE OTHER PLACE THAT WE'RE IMPLORED TO GO IS MATTHEW 24. 00:32:02.45\00:32:07.66 >> MATTHEW 24 IS THE SECOND COMING -- IF I COULD REFER TO IT 00:32:07.66\00:32:12.86 THE LITTLE BIBLE WITHIN THE BIBLE. 00:32:12.86\00:32:15.16 LET'S GO THERE AND LOOK AT SOME OF THESE UNMISTAKABLE SIGNS OF 00:32:15.16\00:32:19.47 THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. PAUSEINGS ON THIS NOTE, ONE OF 00:32:19.47\00:32:23.37 THE CHALLENGES THAT THE END OF A YEAR AND THE BEGINNING OF 00:32:23.37\00:32:27.31 ANOTHER BRINGS, THIS WHOLE IDEA THAT PEOPLE -- IT SEEMS AS 00:32:27.31\00:32:31.31 THOUGH WHEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER COME AROUND IN A YEAR, 00:32:31.31\00:32:34.25 THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION PLACED ON, DO YOU KNOW 00:32:34.25\00:32:38.29 WHO JUST PASSED AWAY? DO YOU KNOW WHO JUST DIED? 00:32:38.29\00:32:42.62 AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY DO THIS YEAR-END REVIEW, AND 00:32:42.62\00:32:48.56 SHOW ALL OF THE FAMOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY. 00:32:48.56\00:32:52.17 ALL OF THE -- WHO'S WHO THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY IN SOCIETY. 00:32:52.17\00:32:58.57 AND MY WIFE AND I WERE HAVING DINNER, AND I SAID I WOULD LIKE 00:32:58.57\00:33:03.85 TO PAUSE SOMETIMES IN THOSE NEWS BROADCASTS, AND SEND THEM A 00:33:03.85\00:33:12.09 LETTER THAT SAYS YOU KNOW WHO ELSE DIED? 00:33:12.09\00:33:16.02 MY NEIGHBOR DIED. A TRANSIENT JUST DIED. 00:33:16.02\00:33:20.76 ANOTHER CHILD DIED OF HUNGER IN INDIA, OR ANOTHER PART OF THE 00:33:20.76\00:33:26.74 WORLD. AND WHAT THIS BROUGHT TO MY MIND 00:33:26.74\00:33:30.04 IS WE TEND TO SOMETIMES GIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO 00:33:30.04\00:33:35.41 ARE THE KNOWNS. YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T 00:33:35.41\00:33:41.18 APPLAUD THE DEATH OF ANYONE. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS HOW MANY OF 00:33:41.18\00:33:44.22 US HAVE SINNED? ALL HAVE SINNED. 00:33:44.22\00:33:48.32 THE WEIGHT OF SIN IS? DEATH. 00:33:48.32\00:33:51.43 >> DEATH COMES TO THE WEALTHY, THE POOR, THE FAMOUS -- 00:33:51.43\00:33:55.56 >> EVEN TO THE HEALTHY. >> THE HEALTHY. 00:33:55.56\00:33:58.13 IT DOES HAVEN'T TO BE A DISEASE. PEOPLE CAN JUST DROP DEAD OF NO 00:33:58.13\00:34:04.01 APPARENT REASON. AND I NEED TO MENTION TWO HERE, 00:34:04.01\00:34:10.08 PASTOR CA AND IRMA, AN UNFORTUNATE EVENT CAME TO THEIR 00:34:10.08\00:34:21.86 FAMILY. IT'S A CUSTOM TO GO TO THE BEACH 00:34:21.86\00:34:25.83 AND HAVE FUN AS A FAMILY ON NEW YEAR'S. 00:34:25.83\00:34:33.87 AND FOUND OUT THE FAMILY WAS ON THE BEACH PLAYING. 00:34:33.87\00:34:37.81 AND IRMA'S SISTER'S HUSBAND JUMPED UP TO CATCH THE FRISBEE 00:34:37.81\00:34:48.62 AND HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. HE WASN'T ADVERTISED ON THE 00:34:48.62\00:34:54.32 NEWS, BUT THE WHOLE REALITY, THE BEAUTY OF THE SECOND COMING OF 00:34:54.32\00:34:58.39 JESUS IS TO PUT AN END TO THE VIOLENCE, THE CRIME, THE 00:34:58.39\00:35:02.96 SUFFERING, THE TERRORISM, THE WAR, THE BLOODSHED, TO THE 00:35:02.96\00:35:07.97 HATRED, TO THE PRIDE, SO THE LOSS OF LIFE, AND DEVALUING OF 00:35:07.97\00:35:13.27 LIFE TO THE MELTDOWN OF SOCIETY. I'M NOT PREACHING, BUT IF IT 00:35:13.27\00:35:17.48 WERE NOT FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD WHAT HOPE WOULD WE HAVE? 00:35:17.48\00:35:22.58 >> PAUL EVEN SAYS THAT, WE OF ALL MEN TO BE THE MOST PITIED. 00:35:22.58\00:35:30.63 AND THE SECOND COMING ISN'T JUST THE RECONCILIATION OF JESUS, BUT 00:35:30.63\00:35:36.30 GOD CARES SO MUCH ABOUT OUR HAPPINESS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS 00:35:36.30\00:35:40.34 WE HAVE DEVELOPED HERE, THAT IT WILL ALSO BE A RECONCILIATION 00:35:40.34\00:35:45.01 WITH THOSE WHO WE HAVE LOST. THERE WERE FRIENDS OF MINE WHO 00:35:45.01\00:35:49.64 LOST THEIR 19-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. 00:35:49.64\00:35:53.92 IT HAPPENED SIX DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, IT HAS BEEN SIX YEARS 00:35:53.92\00:35:59.42 NOW. AND WE LONG FOR THAT. 00:35:59.42\00:36:05.56 SEPARATION WAS MEANT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS 00:36:05.56\00:36:09.46 UNCOMFORTABLE, AND THAT IS GOING TO END AS WELL. 00:36:09.46\00:36:11.47 >> I'M GOING TO GET BACK TO YOU, BUT I LOST MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, SHE 00:36:11.47\00:36:16.87 LIVED A HEALTHY LIFE. DIDN'T DIE OF ANY DISEASE NO 00:36:16.87\00:36:21.28 HEART ACHE -- I MEAN NO HEART DISEASE, NO ARTHRITIS, BUT SHE 00:36:21.28\00:36:27.68 JUST WENT TO SLEEP WITH THE LORD WHEN SHE WAS 89 YEARS OLD. 00:36:27.68\00:36:34.82 AND THE ONLY SOLACE WE HAVE IS THAT WE'LL HERE HER IN ETERNITY. 00:36:34.82\00:36:42.73 AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER MY UNCLE PASSED AWAY. 00:36:42.73\00:36:46.33 SO THERE ARE PEOPLE IN HEART ACHE AND SUFFERING. 00:36:46.33\00:36:49.37 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LONELY. THE LORD WHEN HE COMES BACK. 00:36:49.37\00:36:53.94 THE REASON WHY PAUL CALLS IT THE BLESSED HOPE, IS ONE OF THE 00:36:53.94\00:36:58.68 REASONS WHY WE EMBRACE IT AT 3ABN IS THERE IS NO OTHER HOPE. 00:36:58.68\00:37:02.92 THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT CAUSES US TO PULSATE, EXCEPT 00:37:02.92\00:37:08.42 LOOKING FOR THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD. 00:37:08.42\00:37:11.26 >> YOU MENTIONED FAMILY MEMBERS PASSING AWAY, ONE OF OUR 00:37:11.26\00:37:16.73 PASTORAL STAFF, JOE BRIAN, HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY, AND I 00:37:16.73\00:37:20.57 REMEMBER WHEN MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, SO I SAID TO HIM, I'M 00:37:20.57\00:37:25.57 SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. AND HE SAID WE'LL SEE HIM AGAIN. 00:37:25.57\00:37:28.88 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> SO THE CHRISTIAN FACES THE 00:37:28.88\00:37:35.58 LOSS -- IT HURS TO LOSE YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, BUT THERE IS THAT 00:37:35.58\00:37:41.66 HOPE, THE BIBLE CALLS IT BLESSED HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE THEM 00:37:41.66\00:37:50.20 AGAIN. I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE THING THAT 00:37:50.20\00:37:53.30 CAME TO MIND. WE ARE LIVING IN TIMES WHERE 00:37:53.30\00:37:56.44 THERE IS A DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE. 00:37:56.44\00:37:59.34 >> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:37:59.34\00:38:00.31 >> I HEARD OF PEOPLE BEING KILLED FOR SUCH TRIVIAL THINGS 00:38:00.31\00:38:06.85 FOR A FEW DOLLARS IN THEIR WALLET, A PHONE. 00:38:06.85\00:38:10.79 >> A PAIR OF SNEAKERS. >> A PAIR OF SNEAKERS. 00:38:10.79\00:38:13.99 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU SAY HOW IN THE WORLD -- WHAT -- WHAT 00:38:13.99\00:38:17.26 IS GOING ON IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE THAT THERE IS SUCH LITTLE 00:38:17.26\00:38:22.93 DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE. SO WE ARE LIVING -- AS WE READ 00:38:22.93\00:38:27.70 IN PERILOUS TIMES. DIFFICULT TIMES. 00:38:27.70\00:38:31.77 PERILOUS IS ALSO DIFFICULT TIMES. 00:38:31.77\00:38:33.17 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THERE'S FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY 00:38:33.17\00:38:36.18 IN THE WORLD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:38:36.18\00:38:38.25 >> 2016 YOU HEARD OF BANKRUPTCIES IN -- IN EUROPE, 00:38:38.25\00:38:44.32 SPAIN, GREECE, ITALY HAD ISSUES. SOME SPANISH COUNTRIES AS WELL. 00:38:44.32\00:38:51.63 VENEZUELA. >> YEAH. 00:38:51.63\00:38:52.33 >> VENEZUELA THERE'S NO FOOD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:38:52.33\00:38:56.20 >> AND IT'S -- FOR SEVERAL YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE, 00:38:56.20\00:39:01.77 BUT THEY HAVE COME TO THE POINT WHERE SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE 00:39:01.77\00:39:05.64 SOON. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:39:05.64\00:39:08.54 >> THE COLUMBIAN GOVERNMENT, THEY HAVE OPENED BORDERS FOR 00:39:08.54\00:39:17.05 CERTAIN HOURS A DAY SO PEOPLE CAN COME BUY FOOD. 00:39:17.05\00:39:22.52 I RECEIVED A PRAYER REQUEST, THEY USED AN APPLICATION MUCH IN 00:39:22.52\00:39:26.80 A SPANISH COUNTRY -- I WON'T MENTION IT -- BUT ANYWAY, ONE OF 00:39:26.80\00:39:31.73 THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS FROM VENEZUELA SAID PLEASE PRAY FOR 00:39:31.73\00:39:35.77 OUR PEOPLE IN SUCH AND SUCH A CITY. 00:39:35.77\00:39:38.31 PEOPLE ARE GOING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, JUST PLUNDERING, JUST 00:39:38.31\00:39:44.55 GOING INTO THE HOUSE, TAKING WHATEVER THEY CAN. 00:39:44.55\00:39:47.92 IF THERE'S FOOD, THEY TAKE IT. IF THERE ARE VALUABLES, THEY 00:39:47.92\00:39:51.25 TAKE THEM. BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE MONEY TO 00:39:51.25\00:39:53.96 BE ABLE TO BUY FOOD. >> THEY ARE WEIGHING MONEY NOW, 00:39:53.96\00:39:57.93 INSTEAD OF USING, MONEY RIGHT? >> IT'S HORRENDOUS. 00:39:57.93\00:40:01.93 SO WE ARE LIVING IN DIFFICULT TIMES, UNCERTAIN TIMES, AND 00:40:01.93\00:40:06.87 THERE'S THIS SWELLING OF EVIDENCE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS 00:40:06.87\00:40:09.60 COMING SOON. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:40:09.60\00:40:11.74 DEE IF SOMEBODY WALKED UP TO YOU AND SAID TELL ME ABOUT THE 00:40:11.74\00:40:15.61 SECOND COMING, WHAT WOULD COME TO YOUR MIND? 00:40:15.61\00:40:18.25 >> I CAN'T WAIT. IT'S A TIME OF HOPE FOR ME. 00:40:18.25\00:40:24.65 WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT GOD'S CONCERN FOR MY SOUL, THERE IS 00:40:24.65\00:40:28.36 NOT A SINGLE PERSON ON THIS PLANET THAT JESUS ISN'T COMING 00:40:28.36\00:40:34.66 FOR, THE CHOICE IS THEIRS WHETHER THEY GO OR NOT. 00:40:34.66\00:40:38.57 SO IN MY MIND, YEAH, IT'S A TIME OF HOPE. 00:40:38.57\00:40:41.80 I KNOW JUST PRECEDING THAT, THERE IS GOING TO BE A TIME OF 00:40:41.80\00:40:46.14 TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTY SUCH AS HAS NEVER BEEN, BUT THE CHRIST 00:40:46.14\00:40:51.95 WHO ORDAINED ME TO LIVE HAS PROMISED TO SUSTAIN ME. 00:40:51.95\00:40:56.15 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IN THIS WORL YOU HAVE 00:40:56.15\00:41:00.46 TRIBULATION BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER BECAUSE I HAVE OVERCOME THE 00:41:00.46\00:41:03.46 WORLD. SO IF CHRIST HAS OVERCOME THE 00:41:03.46\00:41:05.76 WORLD ON MY BEHALF, I NEED NOT FEAR WHAT TRIBULATIONS I WILL 00:41:05.76\00:41:09.83 HAVE TO CONTEND WITH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:41:09.83\00:41:12.57 >> THOSE ARE THE THOUGHTS THAT COME TO MY MIND ARE A SENSE OF 00:41:12.57\00:41:20.84 HOPEFULNESS. I LONG FOR THAT, AND I LONG FOR 00:41:20.84\00:41:23.98 IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING NOW. 00:41:23.98\00:41:27.22 >> YOU JUST CAME FROM GYC WHERE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 00:41:27.22\00:41:32.49 PREPARING FOR THE LORD. SO IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE 00:41:32.49\00:41:36.29 APPROACHING RETIREMENT AGE, OR PEOPLE THAT ARE SLOWING DOWN, OR 00:41:36.29\00:41:39.66 READY TO -- YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE LOST A SPOUSE. 00:41:39.66\00:41:42.70 THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE. AMEN TO THAT? 00:41:42.70\00:41:45.53 >> AMEN. >> THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT 00:41:45.53\00:41:47.57 ARE SAYING WE WANT TO DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO HASTEN THE COMING 00:41:47.57\00:41:52.74 OF THE LORD. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF 00:41:52.74\00:41:54.61 THE OTHER ASPECTS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 00:41:54.61\00:41:58.28 SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT IS MY HOPE WHEN THIS PROGRAM IS OVER, OR 00:41:58.28\00:42:01.32 DURING THE TIME THIS PROGRAM IS ON THE AIR LIVE, THAT THE PEOPLE-pLISTENING TO US, THAT 00:42:01.32\00:42:07.42 THEY WILL HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT JOHN THE DISCIPLE HAD WHEN JESUS 00:42:07.42\00:42:14.86 REVEALED TO HIM, REVELATION THE THINGS THAT WERE COMING, AND THE 00:42:14.86\00:42:18.30 JOY OF THOSE THAT ARE SAVED. NOTICE IN REVELATION 22-20. 00:42:18.30\00:42:29.64 I'LL JUST READ VERSE 20. >> SURE GO FOR IT. 00:42:29.64\00:42:33.85 >> HE WHICH TESTIFIES THESE THINGS SAID SURELY I COME 00:42:33.85\00:42:39.62 QUICKLY. NOW NOTICE WHAT JOHN SAYS. 00:42:39.62\00:42:44.16 AMEN. EVEN SO. 00:42:44.16\00:42:46.93 COME, LORD JESUS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:42:46.93\00:42:48.96 >> SO I HOPE THAT AS THIS PROGRAM PROGRESSES, PEOPLE WILL 00:42:48.96\00:42:52.67 HAVE THAT SAME DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND. 00:42:52.67\00:42:54.87 WOW, YES, JESUS -- JESUS IS GOING TO END ALL OF THE 00:42:54.87\00:42:58.61 SUFFERING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REUNITED WITH OUR LOVED ONES. 00:42:58.61\00:43:02.81 THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, EVEN SO, SOME LORD JESUS. 00:43:02.81\00:43:07.98 >> AND SOME PEOPLE -- >> AND THE OLD TESTAMENT TALKS 00:43:07.98\00:43:12.09 ABOUT THAT JESUS IS COMING TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE EARTH. 00:43:12.09\00:43:16.66 ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPRESSED AND DEPRESSED, JESUS 00:43:16.66\00:43:21.63 IS COMING TO ESTABLISH EQUITY, TO ESTABLISH JUSTICE, TO BE OUR 00:43:21.63\00:43:28.37 VENG VENGEANCE. 00:43:28.37\00:43:30.94 JESUS IS COMING TO BE THERE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DOWN 00:43:30.94\00:43:36.24 INTERESTED TOED AND DEJECTED AND REJECTED. 00:43:36.24\00:43:40.55 EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE PEACE IN OUR HEARTS. 00:43:40.55\00:43:44.02 GOVERNMENTALLY WE MAY NOT BE PERMITTED TO HAVE PEACE IN OUR 00:43:44.02\00:43:46.82 SOCIAL LIVES. JESUS IS COMING TO DEAL WITH 00:43:46.82\00:43:49.86 THAT. AND THAT GIVES ME PEACE AS WELL, 00:43:49.86\00:43:52.26 BECAUSE YOU SEE SO MUCH INJUSTICE ON TELEVISION, YOU 00:43:52.26\00:43:56.40 THINK HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO GO ON? 00:43:56.40\00:44:02.00 DANIEL 9 SAYS HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO GO ON? 00:44:02.00\00:44:07.38 AND HE TELLS HIM. >> MATTER OF FACT, HE SAID THE 00:44:07.38\00:44:14.68 FIRST SHALL BE LAST AND THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST -- 00:44:14.68\00:44:18.49 >> YEAH. >> -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A 00:44:18.49\00:44:20.76 SWITCHING OF PLACES. MANY PEOPLE LOOK AT THE 00:44:20.76\00:44:23.76 UNCERTAINTY IN OUR POLITICAL CLIMATE, LEAVING THE ELECTIONS 00:44:23.76\00:44:27.13 OUT OF THE WHOLE TOPIC, WE HAVE PUT OUR HOPES IN REPUBLICANS, 00:44:27.13\00:44:32.67 DEMOCRAT, OR INDEPENDENT, BUT IF YOUR HOPE IS NOT IN JESUS, THE 00:44:32.67\00:44:36.77 SEAT THAT MAN SITS IN IS AN UNSTABLE SEAT. 00:44:36.77\00:44:40.38 OUR HOPE IS IN JESUS. MATTHEW 24, WE'RE GOING TO ALSO 00:44:40.38\00:44:46.68 TALK ABOUT TONIGHT SOME OF THE FAILED PREDICTIONS OF THE SECOND 00:44:46.68\00:44:51.02 COMING OF JESUS. THERE HAVE BEEN MAY -- I THINK 00:44:51.02\00:44:53.69 I COUNTED MORE THAN 200 PREDICTIONS ALREADY, DATS SET. 00:44:53.69\00:44:59.76 GOING AS FAR BACK AS 30 AD, AND SOME OF THE PASSAGES IN THE 00:44:59.76\00:45:05.50 BIBLE THAT PEOPLE MISUNDERSTOOD. WE TALK ABOUT A CLIMATE THAT 00:45:05.50\00:45:08.90 PEOPLE WANT JESUS TO COME SO OFTEN, THAT THEY PREDICT AND 00:45:08.90\00:45:13.07 PREDICT AND PREDICT. AND Y2-K HOW OLD WERE YOU AT THE 00:45:13.07\00:45:23.05 TIME? >> I WAS 14, GOING TO TURN 15. 00:45:23.05\00:45:27.09 >> OKAY. Y2-K THERE WAS PANDA MODE UM. 00:45:27.09\00:45:40.20 >> THERE WAS. >> AND NOW THIS IDEA OF THE 00:45:40.20\00:45:46.51 ZOMBIE EPOCH -- APOCK LIPS. LET'S JUST GO THERE. 00:45:46.51\00:46:04.46 START WITH VERSE 3. >> THE DISCIPLES CAME TO HIM 00:46:04.46\00:46:07.86 PRIVATELY SAYING, TELL US WHEN WILL THESE THINGS BE, AND WHAT 00:46:07.86\00:46:11.87 WILL BE THE SIGN OF YOUR COMING? JESUS JUST SAID NOT ONE OF THESE 00:46:11.87\00:46:16.27 STONES WILL BE LEFT UPON ANOTHER. 00:46:16.27\00:46:18.17 AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR JUDAISM. 00:46:18.17\00:46:21.81 DON'T TOUCH THE ARC. SO HE SAYS HOW IS THIS GOING TO 00:46:21.81\00:46:26.28 TAKE PLACE. VERSE 4, AND JESUS ANSWERED THEM 00:46:26.28\00:46:28.85 AND SAID TO THEM, TAKE HE THAT NO ONE DECEIVES YOU. 00:46:28.85\00:46:33.25 THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPIC RELATED TO THE SECOND COMING IN JESUS'S 00:46:33.25\00:46:36.83 MIND IS THE IDEA OF DECEPTION. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A 00:46:36.83\00:46:40.73 MOMENT. DECEPTION. 00:46:40.73\00:46:42.00 WHAT DO YOU THINK HE MEANT? I THINK WE CAN GO FORWARD TO 00:46:42.00\00:46:46.90 VERSE 5. >> YEAH, THAT EXPLAINS IT. 00:46:46.90\00:46:50.57 MANY WILL COME SAYING I AM CHRIST AND WILL DECEIVE MANY. 00:46:50.57\00:46:54.41 EVEN PAUL TALKED TO ONE OF THE CHURCHES, I THINK IT IS ONE OF 00:46:54.41\00:46:57.91 THE LETTERS TO THE CORINHIANS, THAT SOMEONE HAD SENT HIM A 00:46:57.91\00:47:03.39 LETTER SAYING THAT JESUS HAD ALREADY COME. 00:47:03.39\00:47:08.02 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND HE SAID THAT DIDN'T BE. 00:47:08.02\00:47:11.49 >> GO AHEAD. >> SO VERSE 6, YOU WILL HEAR OF 00:47:11.49\00:47:15.33 WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT TROUBLED. 00:47:15.33\00:47:18.83 IT'S HARD TO FEEL THAT WAY, BUT JESUS IS SAYING DON'T BE 00:47:18.83\00:47:23.54 TROUBLED, FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS MUST COME TO PASS, BUT 00:47:23.54\00:47:26.88 THE END IS NOT YET. >> SO HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD WARS? 00:47:26.88\00:47:31.35 >> SINCE THE DAYS OF JESUS. >> WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 00:47:31.35\00:47:36.42 ALMOST THE BEGINNING THERE HAVE BEEN WARS, A FEW THOUSAND YEARS, 00:47:36.42\00:47:40.99 BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ESCALATION OF WARS AS TIME GOES 00:47:40.99\00:47:47.20 ON. WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START 00:47:47.20\00:47:48.70 TO WONDER, DOES THIS MEAN? DOES THIS MEAN? 00:47:48.70\00:47:52.40 I REMEMBER WHEN THE GULF WAR WAS TAKING PLACE. 00:47:52.40\00:47:55.54 PEOPLE WERE THINKING IS THIS THE END? 00:47:55.54\00:47:58.07 SO WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN, PEOPLE BEGIN TO WONDER, IS THIS 00:47:58.07\00:48:02.51 IT? BUT THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT 00:48:02.51\00:48:04.75 WE DON'T -- WE DON'T RELY ON JUST ONE SIGN. 00:48:04.75\00:48:10.85 WE HAVE MANY SIGNS TO LOOK AT. THE WONDERFUL THING IS, THAT WE 00:48:10.85\00:48:14.72 CAN NOW LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES AND SEE THE PROPHECIES, AND SAY, 00:48:14.72\00:48:19.93 WOW, ALL OF THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. 00:48:19.93\00:48:23.60 WE'RE ALMOST THERE. THE TIME IS SO CLOSE. 00:48:23.60\00:48:27.97 >> UH-HUH. >> THE TIME IS RIGHT, LEAPT'S 00:48:27.97\00:48:32.11 SAY, THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR THE SECOND COMING. 00:48:32.11\00:48:34.74 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND THERE ARE SOME 00:48:34.74\00:48:37.61 PASSAGES -- LET ME JUST PAUSE AND REMIND YOU BRIEFLY IF YOU 00:48:37.61\00:48:40.48 WANT TO SEND YOUR QUESTIONS IN. I WANT TO PLUG THAT IN. 00:48:40.48\00:48:43.89 BECAUSE THE SECOND HOUR, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE -- THE 00:48:43.89\00:48:48.36 UNCERTAINTY THAT IS SURROUNDING THIS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK 00:48:48.36\00:48:51.56 ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PREDICTING THAT JESUS 00:48:51.56\00:48:56.43 WOULD HAVE COME ALRADY. SOME HAVE PUT THEIR HOPE IN THE 00:48:56.43\00:49:00.74 RAPTURE, THE SECRET RAPTURE. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY TO 00:49:00.74\00:49:07.18 DELEGITIMIZE THAT. WHY IS THE RAPTURE NOT A VIABLE 00:49:07.18\00:49:11.25 SOLUTION TO THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 00:49:11.25\00:49:13.18 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT 00:49:13.18\00:49:18.49 SURROUND THIS WONDERFUL EVENT. THE COUNTERFEIT PREDICTIONS. 00:49:18.49\00:49:22.29 THE CONDITIONS OF OUR WORLD, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ALREADY. 00:49:22.29\00:49:25.73 BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU, SO YOU CAN 00:49:25.73\00:49:28.60 CALL AND SECOND QUESTIONS IN. YOU CAN SECOND THOSE. 00:49:28.60\00:49:34.17 IF YOU EMAIL TO LIVE@3ABN.TV, OR CALL 618-627-4651. 00:49:34.17\00:49:49.05 EMAIL LIVE@3ABN.TV, AND SEND YOUR QUESTIONS. 00:49:49.05\00:49:54.39 AND TRY TO KEEP THEM ALONG THE LINES OF THE TOPIC. 00:49:54.39\00:49:57.26 WHEN WE SAY THE SECOND COMING, IT'S LIKE PRESENTING A TOPIC ON 00:49:57.26\00:50:01.60 LOVE. WHAT KIND OF LOVE? 00:50:01.60\00:50:04.83 WHAT KIND OF LOVE? BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BROOD TOPIC, 00:50:04.83\00:50:10.01 BUT WE HAVE SO MANY AVENUES TO COVER HERE. 00:50:10.01\00:50:12.67 AS WE CONTINUE -- WE TALKED ABOUT WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. 00:50:12.67\00:50:17.28 AND WAR AS WE HAVE KNOWN IT HAS PRIMARILY BEEN OVERSEAS FOR 00:50:17.28\00:50:23.52 AMERICA. SO WHERE DO WE HAVE WAR NOW? 00:50:23.52\00:50:27.52 IN AMERICA. >> YEAH, WE'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, 00:50:27.52\00:50:31.13 TURMOIL IN OUR CITIES. WE'RE HAVING CYBER WARFARE. 00:50:31.13\00:50:37.20 THAT HAPPENED IN UKRAINE THEIR POWER GRID GOT SHUT DOWN BY 00:50:37.20\00:50:41.17 HACKERS. IT'S NO LONGER JUST THE TYPICAL 00:50:41.17\00:50:44.51 WARFARE THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST OF ONE BATTLE LINE VERSUS 00:50:44.51\00:50:48.44 THE OTHER BATTLE LINE. YOU HAVE DRONES, GUERRILLA 00:50:48.44\00:50:53.78 WAR WAR 00:50:53.78\00:50:57.02 WARFARE. >> IT'S AMAZING YOU KNOW -- I 00:50:57.02\00:50:59.69 DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS POWER GRID BEING SHUT OFF THROUGH THE 00:50:59.69\00:51:03.06 INTERNET SYSTEM, BUT EVEN NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT 00:51:03.06\00:51:08.23 CRIMES THAT WERE UNHEARD OF. >> RIGHT. 00:51:08.23\00:51:10.93 >> IDENTITY THEFT. >> IDENTITY THEFT, YES. 00:51:10.93\00:51:14.67 >> PEOPLE CAN GO INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND TAKE YOUR MONEY OUT 00:51:14.67\00:51:18.54 WITHOUT EVEN GOING TO YOUR BANK. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:51:18.54\00:51:21.41 >> SO WE'RE LIVING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, AND SO THE BEST WE CAN DO 00:51:21.41\00:51:25.95 IS TO STAY CLOSE TO JESUS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:51:25.95\00:51:28.22 >> I WANT TO READ A SCRIPTURE, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 00:51:28.22\00:51:32.55 MATTHEW 24, AND SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING. 00:51:32.55\00:51:35.72 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THERE'S AN INTERESTING 00:51:35.72\00:51:39.73 SCRIPTURE HERE? A FEW CHAPTERS BACK IN MATTHEW 00:51:39.73\00:51:45.53 16, WE'LL COME BACK TO MATTHEW 24. 00:51:45.53\00:51:48.37 >> SURE. >> IN MATTHEW 16 I WILL READ 00:51:48.37\00:51:54.48 VERSES 1, 2, AND 3. >> OKAY. 00:51:54.48\00:51:58.98 >> THEY CAME AND TEMPTING DESIRE HIM THAT HE WOULD SHOW THEM A 00:51:58.98\00:52:03.89 SIGN FROM HEAVEN. HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, 00:52:03.89\00:52:07.29 WHEN IT IS EVENING, YOU SAY, IT WILL BE FAIR WEATHER, FOR THE 00:52:07.29\00:52:11.83 SKY IS RED, AND IN THE MORNING IT WILL BE FOUL WEATHER TODAY 00:52:11.83\00:52:16.70 FOR THE SKY IS RED AND [ INAUDIBLE ] OH, YE HYPOCRITES, 00:52:16.70\00:52:20.80 JESUS SAID, YOU CAN DISCERN THE FACE OF THE SKY, BUT CAN YE NOT 00:52:20.80\00:52:29.21 DISCERN THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES? SO THESE THINGS WE READ ARE VERY 00:52:29.21\00:52:35.12 POWERFUL. >> UH-HUH. 00:52:35.12\00:52:35.98 >> BECAUSE YOU CAN DISCERN THE WEATHER, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 00:52:35.98\00:52:40.66 SIGNS? WHAT ABOUT THE SIGNS THAT ARE 00:52:40.66\00:52:42.72 SAYING JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON? 00:52:42.72\00:52:44.69 SO WE HAVE TO ASK THE LORD TO HELP US, TO GIVE US THE SERMON 00:52:44.69\00:52:49.70 TO RECOGNIZE, ARE THESE THINGS TELLING ME THAT JESUS CHRIST IS 00:52:49.70\00:52:52.67 COMING SOON? AND I THINK WE HAVE WHAT YOU 00:52:52.67\00:52:55.24 WOULD CALL OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COMING 00:52:55.24\00:52:59.37 SOON. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE A DATE 00:52:59.37\00:53:03.65 TONIGHT. >> NO. 00:53:03.65\00:53:04.91 >> BUT WE'LL TELL YOU HE IS COMING VERY SOON. 00:53:04.91\00:53:10.22 >> THERE IS ANOTHER CLASS THAT JESUS DEALS WITH. 00:53:10.22\00:53:14.59 THE WICKED AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION [ INAUDIBLE ] PROPHET 00:53:14.59\00:53:21.33 JONAH. AND JESUS WAS ALSO TELLING HIM, 00:53:21.33\00:53:23.97 LIKE DON'T LET WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT CAUSE YOU TO LOSE 00:53:23.97\00:53:28.27 SIGHT OF THE REASON I'M HERE AT ALL. 00:53:28.27\00:53:30.44 THEY DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, POLITICAL AMBITIONS, SOME PEOPLE 00:53:30.44\00:53:33.54 ARE LIVING THEIR LIVES JUST BASED UPON SIGN WATCHING, AND 00:53:33.54\00:53:41.92 THEY ARE MISSING THE REASON. ONE WHY ARE YOU ASKING THIS? 00:53:41.92\00:53:48.29 AND TWO, YOU SEE ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND 00:53:48.29\00:53:51.53 THE REAL ISSUES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 00:53:51.53\00:53:55.26 AND I LIKE HOW JESUS HAS THIS BROOD APPROACH TO TOUCHING ALL 00:53:55.26\00:54:02.60 CATEGORIES. >> AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE A 00:54:02.60\00:54:04.47 DATE AT ALL, BECAUSE THE DATE WAS NEVER THE ISSUE. 00:54:04.47\00:54:09.84 I PREACHED A SERMON ABOUT THE FIRST COMING OF CHRIST. 00:54:09.84\00:54:13.38 NO ONE KNOWS WHEN JESUS WAS BORN. 00:54:13.38\00:54:15.55 THE WORLD HAS CELEBRATED DECEMBER 25TH, BUT THERE'S NO 00:54:15.55\00:54:19.65 ACTUAL DATE GIVEN FOR THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, AND THE BIRTH OF JOHN 00:54:19.65\00:54:24.89 THE BAPTIST, WHICH WAS SIX MONTHS BEFORE JESUS. 00:54:24.89\00:54:31.30 BUT THE POINT THAT IS BEING MADE, IF YOU COGET CAUGHT UP ON 00:54:31.30\00:54:41.68 THE DATE, YOU MISS THE POINT. >> YEAH. 00:54:41.68\00:54:45.35 >> BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNS WERE ALL POINTING TO THE 00:54:45.35\00:54:51.32 EMINENCE OF THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF CHRIST. 00:54:51.32\00:54:54.96 THE SHEPPARDS RECEIVED THE MESSAGE FROM THE ANGELS. 00:54:54.96\00:54:59.86 THOSE LOOKING FOR, THOSE STUDYING FOR, AND THOSE 00:54:59.86\00:55:03.37 PREPARING FOR WILL SEE THE SIGNS THAT ARE OBVIOUS. 00:55:03.37\00:55:05.80 >> YEAH. >> YOU CAN TELL THE WEATHER. 00:55:05.80\00:55:08.40 IT'S GOING TO RAIN. IT'S GOING TO SNOW. 00:55:08.40\00:55:10.24 IT IS GOING TO BE COLD. IT'S GOING TO BE WARM. 00:55:10.24\00:55:13.78 BUT ALL OF THE SIGNS ARE BEING FULFILLED AT A RAPID PACE BUT 00:55:13.78\00:55:19.51 MANY PEOPLE CAN'T SEE IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:55:19.51\00:55:22.15 AND AS WE GO TO MATTHEW 24, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT JESUS 00:55:22.15\00:55:26.09 HIGHLIGHTS SEVERAL TIMES. HE SAYS -- THESE THINGS ARE 00:55:26.09\00:55:28.69 GOING TO HAPPEN, AND THEN HE HIGHLIGHTS SOMETHING, AND THAT 00:55:28.69\00:55:33.26 IS THREE WORDS. IS IT FOUR? 00:55:33.26\00:55:36.93 BE YE ALSO READY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:55:36.93\00:55:39.90 >> AND WATCH. >> AND WHAT ELSE? 00:55:39.90\00:55:41.84 >> AND TO WATCH. >> SO WATCH AND BE READY. 00:55:41.84\00:55:45.41 >> UH-HUH. >> SO WHEN YOU WATCH, YOU ARE 00:55:45.41\00:55:48.81 NOT SITTING DOWN INACTIVELY. BLESSED IS THE SERVANT WHOM THE 00:55:48.81\00:55:55.82 LORD WILL FIND DOING WHEN HE COMES. 00:55:55.82\00:55:59.55 I WANT YOU TO READ VERSE 7 AND 8 JUST BEFORE WE FINISH OUR FIRST 00:55:59.55\00:56:04.16 HOUR, BECAUSE THIS IS SO SIGNIFICANT. 00:56:04.16\00:56:08.70 >> FOR NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION AND KINGDOM AGAINST 00:56:08.70\00:56:13.03 KINGDOM AND THERE WILL BE FAMILIAR ANYONES AND EARTHQUAKES 00:56:13.03\00:56:16.47 IN VARIOUS PLACES. AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE THE 00:56:16.47\00:56:20.21 BEGINNING OF SORROWS -- ALL OF THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF 00:56:20.21\00:56:24.11 SORROWS. >> SO THE WARS, NATION RISING 00:56:24.11\00:56:27.45 AGAINST NATION, THE FAMINES, THE DISEASES, EARTHQUAKES, HE SAYS 00:56:27.45\00:56:33.99 IN VERSE 6 AT THE END, BUT THE END IS NOT YET. 00:56:33.99\00:56:38.33 VERSE 8, THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS. 00:56:38.33\00:56:41.46 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK 00:56:41.46\00:56:44.33 ABOUT IN THE SECOND HOUR IS HOW DO WE TRANSITION FROM ALL OF 00:56:44.33\00:56:47.70 THESE SIGNS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING ANOTHER FOR THE LONGEST. 00:56:47.70\00:56:52.37 WARS, VIETNAM WAR, KOREA WAR, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II. 00:56:52.37\00:57:00.72 ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED WITH SUCH RAPID PACE, AND THE 00:57:00.72\00:57:04.52 LORD IS SAYING, SOON THE SCENE IS GOING TO CHANGE, BECAUSE THE 00:57:04.52\00:57:08.02 END IS NOT YET. THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF 00:57:08.02\00:57:11.73 SORROWS. SO 20 SECONDS PASTOR DINZEY WHAT 00:57:11.73\00:57:15.00 DO WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT JESUS IS GOING TO UNVEIL 00:57:15.00\00:57:20.70 NEXT? THAT WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO. 00:57:20.70\00:57:22.67 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION 00:57:22.67\00:57:26.01 WAS, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN INACTIVITY. 00:57:26.01\00:57:30.81 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP OTHERS KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COMING 00:57:30.81\00:57:34.88 SOON. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:57:34.88\00:57:35.65 WATCH AND -- >> BE READY. 00:57:35.65\00:57:37.85 >> BE READY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS IN 00:57:37.85\00:57:40.86 THE SECOND HOUR. ONCE AGAIN AT LIVE@3ABN.TV, OR 00:57:40.86\00:57:46.03 618-627-4651. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A FEW 00:57:46.03\00:57:48.63 MOMENTS. DON'T GO AWAY. 00:57:48.63\00:57:49.40 ¤ 00:57:49.40\00:57:50.93