1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:06,400 Maranatha, that's not bad. Not bad that that word is found 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,200 in what verse of the Bible? Anybody know? 3 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,360 All right, I'm, that's what I'm here to tell you. 4 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,600 First Corinthians 16 verse #22 Maranatha. 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:27,560 But the phrase before it is so crucial that sometimes we forget 6 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,159 our Lord Come is what Maranatha means. 7 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,040 But right before that, Paul says if anyone does not love the 8 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:43,720 Lord, let him be a cursed. And then he says Maranatha. 9 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,760 Why? Because those who love the Lord 10 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,760 want to see the Lord. Those who don't love the Lord 11 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,800 don't care to see the Lord. Those who love the Lord can't 12 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,440 wait to be in his presence. Those who love the Lord can't 13 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:02,800 wait to enter into glory. Those who love the Lord cannot 14 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:08,360 wait for him to return. That's why Paul says we we love 15 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,360 his appearing. Second divity 48 There's a 16 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,040 longing, there's a loving, there's a looking, there's a 17 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:21,920 living all about the appearing of Jesus Christ, our great God 18 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,680 and Savior. That's what marks the believer. 19 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:30,960 He is committed, deeply committed to the arrival of the 20 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:34,360 Messiah. You know, when we have been to 21 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,440 Israel over the years, when we come to the city of Jerusalem, 22 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:43,000 we wake up the next morning, having arrived in the late 23 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,040 afternoon, and we take them first of all to the Mount of 24 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,560 Olives. And as we drive up the Mount of 25 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,840 Olives and we begin to see the sun rising up over the mountain 26 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,200 of the east and begins to shine down on the old City of 27 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:03,120 Jerusalem, we take everybody and we, we sit them on the Mount of 28 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,920 Olives and they have this view of the Old city. 29 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,919 They, they have this view of, of the Dome of the Rock that 30 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:15,400 glistens under the, the, the sun that shines down upon it. 31 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:22,840 And all of Mount Moriah is under the beauty of the sunshine and 32 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:27,840 you're able to see the old city, you're able to see the, the hill 33 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,240 of a fell, the the hill that ascends up from the City of 34 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,160 David as you look down upon the, the city of David. 35 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,240 So you can, you can see the city of David. 36 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,640 You, you take the hill of a fell and ascend up until Mount 37 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,600 Moriah. You see the Dome of the Rock. 38 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:47,040 You can, you can see Gogatha off in the distance as you sit on 39 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,880 the Mount of Olives. And then as you look down the 40 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,680 mount, you, you look down to a valley and that valley is called 41 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:03,440 the Valley of Jehoshaphat or the the Valley of Decision or the 42 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,000 Kidron Valley. It's a very important valley in 43 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,280 prophecy. It was a very important valley 44 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:16,280 during the time of Christ. It truly is the valley of 45 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,200 decision. It's all about how Christ will 46 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:26,360 one day decide the destiny of every man and woman. 47 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:33,080 For those who decided not to follow the Christ, Christ will 48 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,280 decide to curse them. Those who decide to follow the 49 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,840 Lord, they will be the ones who will enter into His glorious 50 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,640 Kingdom. But when you sit the, the people 51 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,720 down on the Mount of Olives, you, you begin to open the Bible 52 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,280 and you can, you can begin to point to all these different 53 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,280 places that are, that are real places. 54 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,720 They're not traditional. They're, they're literal. 55 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,080 And you can show it to them, help them understand it. 56 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,000 But, but you sit them down to tell them about the return of 57 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,560 the king, that the king is coming again. 58 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,040 And as they're sitting there and they, they, they have their 59 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,440 notebooks because we give them these notebooks with all of the, 60 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,800 the sermon outlines in them. There's probably 45 or 50 61 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,000 different sermon outlines in there that we go over at each 62 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,200 and every spot where we have them understand what is actually 63 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,880 happening here so that they understand it. 64 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,920 You tell them about the return of the king and you tell them 65 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,160 this, You tell them this is a, a sure event. 66 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:42,440 It is going to happen. The veracity of God is at stake, 67 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,200 He said in Revelation chapter, chapter 22, three times. 68 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:52,440 Behold, I am coming quickly. The last promise he gives is a 69 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,680 promise of his return. We know that there's a fixed 70 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,760 time in which the Lord will arrive. 71 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,040 And then we tell them and read to them. 72 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:10,960 Zechariah chapter 14, verse #4 In that day, in that day, his 73 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,240 feet, the Messiah's feet, will stand on the Mount of Olives, 74 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,760 which is in front of Jerusalem on the east. 75 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:22,640 And the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to 76 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:27,560 West by a very large valley. And we tell them, look, you're 77 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,240 sitting in a place that's one day going to be split in half, 78 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,480 and there's going to be this very large valley because the 79 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,440 Messiah will one day stand on this mount. 80 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,640 You are sitting where the Messiah will one day stand. 81 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,960 This is a sure event. It's going to take place. 82 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,880 How do we know that? Well, if there were 330 83 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,440 prophecies that specifically are designed to speak about the 84 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:02,080 arrival of the Messiah, and there are only 109 of them 85 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:07,280 fulfilled in His first coming, that means there are 224 yet to 86 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:09,640 be fulfilled in His second coming. 87 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:16,120 And get this, if all 109 were fulfilled literally, not 88 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:23,160 figuratively, that means the other 224 will also be fulfilled 89 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,160 literally. Not figuratively, not 90 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,280 symbolically, not allegorically, not some kind of spiritual 91 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:34,160 experience in your heart. It's going to happen exactly as 92 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,360 Jesus said. Why would he give you all these 93 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,400 prophecies and say, well, these are literal, but these, well, 94 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,800 they're not going to be literal. No, they're all literal. 95 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,840 They're all going to happen exactly as he said. 96 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,440 This is a sure event. But notice this, not only is it 97 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,840 a sure event, it is a sovereign event. 98 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,520 It is a sovereign event in, in other words, Zechariah chapter 99 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,360 14. The Bible tells us these words. 100 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:09,480 Zechariah chapter 14 verse #9 And the Lord will be king over 101 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:15,280 all the earth in that day. The Lord will be the only one, 102 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:22,360 and His name the only one. In other words, this is a 103 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,480 sovereign event. It's a fixed time in which the 104 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,400 sovereign God of the universe knows exactly when it's going to 105 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,360 happen. But on top of that, it's all 106 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:39,120 about the rule of the King. Now, I have told you that when 107 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,880 you train your children, when you teach your children, when 108 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,640 you invest in your children, the very first thing you do is 109 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,760 invest in terms of what it means to be saved you. 110 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,480 They need to understand salvation by grace through faith 111 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,320 in Christ alone. But the very next thing you 112 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:04,080 teach them about after salvation is about the second coming of 113 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:08,080 the Messiah. You need to tell them that the 114 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,400 Messiah is coming again. Once you're born again, you need 115 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,440 to know He's going to arrive again to take you home to be 116 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:19,640 with Him. This is so important. 117 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,240 Why? Because in the process of 118 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,040 training your children, you want to teach them how to pray, 119 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,360 right? So if you want to teach your 120 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,240 children how to pray, you got to teach them what the Lord taught 121 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:39,400 His disciples on how to pray. That makes sense, right? 122 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,400 Why would I teach my children how to pray my way when I can 123 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,160 teach my children how to pray God's way? 124 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,400 I mean, what's more important, My way or God's way? 125 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:54,800 And the disciples came to Jesus and said, Lord, John's disciples 126 00:08:54,800 --> 00:09:00,120 have taught them or asked him to teach them to pray. 127 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,200 And John's disciples, John the Baptist, taught him how to pray. 128 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,440 Lord, teach us how to pray. Now, isn't it interesting? 129 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,920 That's the only thing the disciples ever asked Jesus to 130 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,120 teach them? The neighbor said, Lord, teach 131 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,080 us how to preach. You think they would ask that? 132 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,480 They didn't ask that. Lord teach us how to do the 133 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,360 miracle thing. That's pretty cool. 134 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,120 Teach us how to do miracle. Nope, never asked that either. 135 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,720 But they did ask the Lord to teach them how to pray. 136 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,040 Why is that? Because that's all he ever did 137 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:34,800 was pray. He'd get up early in the morning 138 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:39,160 and they'd wake up and say, where's Jesus praying again? 139 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,280 Let's go find him in the middle of the night. 140 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,640 He'd go away. Where's he praying? 141 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:50,880 He was always praying. And so because he was always 142 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,680 communing with his Father in heaven, they want to know how to 143 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:56,120 do that. You see, you're well. 144 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,120 What do your children ask you to teach them? 145 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,920 You ever ask that question? Your kids might teach you. 146 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:03,600 Can you teach me how to play ball? 147 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,880 Can you teach me how to wrestle? Can you teach me how to do this 148 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,440 or do that? Do they ever ask you teach me 149 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,960 how to pray? Teach me, teach me about the 150 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,120 word of God, because you see, your children will ask you to 151 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,680 teach them what they see you doing the most. 152 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,400 Your children will ask you to teach them what is important to 153 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,120 you because you're always doing it. 154 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:29,920 So I don't want to know what does that mean? 155 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:37,040 The disciple said. Lord teach us how to pray and so 156 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,840 the Lord gave them was commonly called the disciples prayer. 157 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,280 It's not the Lord's Prayer, it's the disciples prayer. 158 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:50,280 The Lord's prayer is John 17. The disciples prayer is Matthew 159 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:56,440 chapter 6 because he teaches his disciples on how to pray and you 160 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,840 know it very well. He says when you pray, pray this 161 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,320 way. OK, so that that gives us an 162 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:08,320 instruction that when we pray, here is a pattern by which we 163 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,880 are to follow. And you will note that the 164 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:15,440 pattern's very important. It's God and his glory way 165 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:20,560 before it's man and his needs. It's our Father who art in 166 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:24,200 heaven, hallowed be thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be 167 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,600 done on earth as it is in heaven. 168 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,840 It's all about God's glory. But when we pray, what do we 169 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,080 pray for? Man's needs, that's the first 170 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,120 thing out of our mouth, our needs, our wants. 171 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,000 But according to the disciples prayer, that's not how it works. 172 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,960 It's God and his glory. Because if you're not consumed 173 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,720 with God's glory, then how can you ever know how to pray for 174 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,760 your needs? And then he goes into the give 175 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:56,680 us and forgive us and deliver us aspect of man's needs, but 176 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:00,760 always begins with God's glory. And so the Lord taught his 177 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,520 disciples how to pray. When you pray, I want you to be 178 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:10,080 consumed with my purity. Hallowed be thy name, Lord. 179 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,200 I want your name hollowed in my life, Lord. 180 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,960 I want your name holy in my life, Lord, I want your name 181 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:21,800 reflected in it through my life. Hallowed be thy name be consumed 182 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:27,360 with my preeminence. And then he says, when you pray, 183 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,880 pray this way, our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 184 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:40,440 name, thy Kingdom come. That means you're praying for 185 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:44,920 the return of the king. You're praying for his Kingdom, 186 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,320 his rule to come to earth. The word for Kingdom is basilia, 187 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,760 which means to rule. So you're praying, Lord. 188 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:57,040 Your rule, come, your rule. Come, Lord. 189 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,960 We know that you are a universal king. 190 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,280 We know that you're King of kings and Lord of Lords. 191 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,280 So we know that you are the King of all the universe. 192 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,800 And we know that, Lord, because we have received you into our 193 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:14,280 hearts, we now understand that you are our King. 194 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,560 You rule in our lives, and because you rule in our lives, 195 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:21,080 you're our king. So we know that you are a 196 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,760 universal king. We know that you are a spiritual 197 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,800 king. But Lord, we want you to be a 198 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,240 literal king. We want you to be the king on 199 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:36,040 the earth as Zechariah 14 verse #9 in that day he shall be king 200 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:42,600 in all the earth that that's a sovereign event where the king 201 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:48,320 himself rules in the land of Israel and our prayer life is to 202 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,720 be consumed with that. So, so we, we are consumed with 203 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,200 his purity and his preeminence, but we are concerned with his, 204 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,040 his program where he is the the ruler of the world. 205 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,360 Then he comes to this earth and he rules over this earth. 206 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,080 He sits on the throne of David. He rules in the city of 207 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:13,280 Jerusalem, Mount, Mount Zion, and the king is enthroned on 208 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,840 high. See, the coming of Christ is a 209 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,800 sovereign event. And so if you're going to teach 210 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:25,920 your children how to pray, they need to know that when you pray, 211 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:31,200 you pray thy Kingdom come. So he says, look, when you pray, 212 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,920 pray this way, how our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be 213 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,840 thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is 214 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,040 in heaven. And that phrase on earth as it 215 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,400 is in heaven refers to all three petitions. 216 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:51,640 Lord, may your name be hallowed in my life on earth as it is 217 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,320 already in heaven. May your Kingdom come to earth. 218 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,920 May your rule come to earth as your rule is already exemplified 219 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,280 in heaven. May your will be done on earth 220 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,440 as your will is always done in heaven. 221 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,920 And the will there is the will of desire, Thelema. 222 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,840 May your desire be done on earth just like your desire is always 223 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,840 done in heaven. That is what our prayer life is 224 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,200 to be like. What's your prayer life like? 225 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:28,920 That's how you pray. This is God's way on how to 226 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:34,440 pray. Be consumed with His purity, be 227 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:43,480 concerned with His program, be committed to His plan, and then 228 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:48,240 you're ready to pray. Father, give us this day Our 229 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,880 Daily Bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we 230 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,960 trespass against others, and lead us not into temptation, but 231 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,240 deliver us some evil. For thine is the Kingdom, and 232 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,520 the power and the glory, forever and ever. 233 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,600 Amen. The coming of the king is a 234 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:12,160 sovereign event. It is a sure event. 235 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:21,920 The coming of the king is a surprising event, tells us in 236 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,600 Revelation 1615, tells us the First Thessalonians chapter 5 237 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,560 verse #2 tells us in Matthew chapter 24 and second Peter 3 238 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,960 verse #10 he's going to come like a thief in the night. 239 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,200 That's a surprise. Thieves don't announce when 240 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,880 they're coming. They'll send you a postcard, 241 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,240 send you a text, give you an e-mail, let you know in advance 242 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,400 that they're coming. No, it's all a surprise. 243 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,880 He comes like a thief in the night. 244 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,840 No one is going to expect it when he arrives. 245 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:56,200 And not only is this coming a surprising event, it is a sudden 246 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,120 event. Sudden event. 247 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:02,600 The Bible tells us that the, the, the, the sky will, will, 248 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:06,240 will be dark and, and, and the stars will fall from the 249 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,480 heavens. It'll be pitch black. 250 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:16,240 And out of the east comes the glory of the Lord in a very 251 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,839 sudden manner. Listen, we talk about the return 252 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:22,400 of the King. Please understand we're talking 253 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,200 about the whole gamut of his return. 254 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,640 The day of Christ, the day of the Lord and the day of God. 255 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,960 Don't separate them until you are specifically talking about 1 256 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,080 aspect of them. But the all disease with the 257 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,400 deal with the return of the king. 258 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,800 So just last week, the day of Christ deals with what the 259 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,880 rapture of the church and the reward of the Christian. 260 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,880 The Day of the Lord deals with the retribution of sinners and 261 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:52,080 the redemption of Israel, and the Day of God deals with with 262 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,960 the fact that God's righteousness dwells forever and 263 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,000 ever and ever. It's called the day of eternity. 264 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,040 It's all about the coming of the king and encompasses all that. 265 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,920 It's an absolute surety. It's going to happen. 266 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,400 It's a sure event. It's a sovereign event. 267 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,120 It's going to be a surprising event. 268 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,440 Even the rapture of the church is a surprise. 269 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,920 No one knows when the Lord's going to come and take his own 270 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,680 to be with him, but it's going to do that. 271 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,200 It'll be a sudden event. Boom, Just like that, the church 272 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,280 will be translated into glory, but so will the return of the 273 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,720 king and his revelation at the end of the day of the Lord. 274 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,840 He will come very suddenly and unexpectedly. 275 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,440 But notice this. Not only is it a sure event, not 276 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,560 only is it a sovereign event, a surprising event, not only is it 277 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,480 a sudden event, it is a slaughtering event. 278 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:43,600 A slaughtering event, Say woo, that's kind of harsh, isn't it? 279 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,480 Well, not if you read your Bible. 280 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,760 It's not harsh, it's a slaughtering event. 281 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,680 Listen to what the Bible says in Zechariah chapter 14 verse #12 282 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,320 Now this will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all 283 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,640 the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem. 284 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:10,440 Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their 285 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:17,760 eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongue will rot in 286 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,240 their mouth. That that is an absolute 287 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:26,160 devastation. It's all going to rot. 288 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:33,000 And all he does is speak a word. He just speaks the word and it 289 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:39,640 happens. Listen to Zephaniah Zephaniah 290 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:44,200 chapter one verse #17 I will bring the stress on men so that 291 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,680 they will walk like blind because they have sinned against 292 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:54,200 the Lord, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and 293 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,600 their flesh like dung. Neither their silver nor their 294 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,280 gold will be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord's 295 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,680 wrath. And all the earth will be 296 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,360 devoured in the fire of His jealousy. 297 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:11,600 For He will make a complete end, indeed a terrifying one, of all 298 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:17,040 the inhabitants of the earth. That that is an absolute 299 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:22,040 slaughtering event. Isaiah described it this way. 300 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:28,520 Isaiah chapter 63 verse #1 Who is this who comes from Eden with 301 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,440 garments of glowing colors from Bose Raw? 302 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,960 The one who was majestic in his apparel, marching in the 303 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,480 greatness of his strength. It is I who speak in 304 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,640 righteousness, mighty to save, says the Lord. 305 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,400 Why is your apparel red and your garments like the one who treads 306 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,960 in the wine press? The Lord says I have trodden the 307 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,720 wine through alone and from the people's. 308 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:56,840 There was no man with me. I also trod them in my anger and 309 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:01,880 trampled them in my wrath. And their lifeblood is sprinkled 310 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:06,880 on my garments and I stained all my raiment. 311 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,480 You want to know why there's blood all over the place? 312 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,640 You want to know that why my garment sustained is because I 313 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,720 tread the winepress alone. There's no one with me. 314 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,280 This is the Great War against God. 315 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,200 I'm destroying everybody that's against me. 316 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,880 That's why their blood is all over the place. 317 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,560 That's why the Book of Revelation says that blood flows 318 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:33,640 for 200 miles, 1600 stadiae. Why up to the bridal's mouth? 319 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,160 Why? Because the Lord make sure that 320 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:41,720 this is an absolute slaughter when He arrives for all those 321 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:47,160 who do not believe in him. Earlier Isaiah would say this. 322 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:53,840 Isaiah chapter 13. He would say these words wail 323 00:21:54,400 --> 00:22:00,680 for the day of the Lord is near. He will come as destruction from 324 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,800 the Almighty. Therefore all hands will fall 325 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,880 limp, and every man's heart will melt. 326 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,200 They will be terrified. Pains and anguish will take hold 327 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,800 of them. They will writhe like a woman in 328 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,960 labor. They will look on one another in 329 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,760 astonishment, their faces aflame. 330 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:22,160 Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel with fury and 331 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:27,040 burning anger, to make the land a desolation, and He will 332 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:34,080 exterminate its sinners from it. That's an absolute destruction. 333 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,800 It is a slaughtering event. That's why in Revelation 19 he 334 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:43,560 calls the birds to come and eat the flesh of kings and 335 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,080 commanders and every poor man and every rich man. 336 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:49,400 Why? Because you're going to need the 337 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,640 birds to come and clean up all the carnage because it's all 338 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,800 throughout the the land of Israel. 339 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:03,000 It's a slaughtering event, but it is a saving event. 340 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,800 It is a saving event. Yes, it's a retribution of God 341 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:13,880 upon sinners, but it's also the redemption of God and His grace 342 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:18,280 upon those who believe Israel will be saved. 343 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:22,880 Back to Zechariah chapter, chapter 12. 344 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,200 It says this in verse #10 And I will pour out on the House of 345 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,160 David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace 346 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,000 and of suffocation. So they will look on me whom 347 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,080 they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for 348 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,360 an only son. And they will be bitterly over 349 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:41,000 him, like the bitter weeping over a first born. 350 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:46,160 In that day there will be great morning in Jerusalem, like the 351 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,480 morning of Ha the Drummond in the plain of Megiddo. 352 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,680 Chapter 13. Verse #1 In that day a fountain 353 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,120 will be open for the House of David and for the inhabitants of 354 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:59,680 Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity. 355 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:04,480 Verse #9 And I will bring a third part through the fire. 356 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:08,920 We find them as silver as we find and test them as gold is 357 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,160 tested. They will call on my name. 358 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,760 I will answer them. I will say they are my people, 359 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,640 and they will say the Lord is my God. 360 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:26,160 As bad as the slaughter is, so great is the salvation of 361 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,120 sinners. Israel will finally recognize 362 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,800 their Messiah. Israel will finally be saved, 363 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:39,560 Israel will have their king, and Israel will see him rule and 364 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:45,040 reign just as he promised, Malachi tells us. 365 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,400 It's when the Sun of Righteousness rises with healing 366 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:54,080 in his wings, and they will skip around like calves because of 367 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,880 the joy of the Lord. The King is coming. 368 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,160 It's a sure event. It's a sovereign event. 369 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,720 It's a surprising event. It's a sudden event. 370 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,720 It is a slaughtering event. It is a saving event. 371 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:20,040 It is a sobering event, very sobering. 372 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:28,240 Over in Second Thessalonians chapter, chapter one verse #7 it 373 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,680 says these words when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from 374 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,800 heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing at 375 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:41,280 retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not 376 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,280 obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 377 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,400 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction away from 378 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,800 the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power when 379 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,440 it comes to be glorified in the Saints on that day and to be 380 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:59,640 marvelled at among all who have believed. 381 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:07,120 A sobering event, because God takes no pleasure in the death 382 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:13,520 of the wicked, even though millions will die. 383 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,560 He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but he 384 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:26,560 deals that retribution on those who do not know God and to those 385 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:32,720 who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 386 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,760 Man is totally responsible and totally culpable for his 387 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:43,280 unbelief, and God says He will deal out retribution on those 388 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,160 who will not give their life. To me. 389 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,000 It's a very sobering event. So when you tell your children 390 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,920 about the return of the King and you tell them you know what 391 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,400 that's going to happen, It's sure it's ironclad. 392 00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:01,920 Yeah, it's been 2000 years. But we talked about that last 393 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:07,040 week of Peter because God is patient long-suffering, not when 394 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:08,920 that any superior expect that all she couldn't repent. 395 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,840 And so the patience of God is being put on display over and 396 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,040 over and over again. But it's going to happen. 397 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,320 It's a sovereign event because he will be the ruler of the 398 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,680 world. It will be a surprising event 399 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,720 because no one knows the day nor the hour. 400 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,680 It will be a sudden event because when they are saying 401 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,400 peace and safety, First Thessalonians 52, all of a 402 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,960 sudden destruction will come. It will be a slaughtering event 403 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,800 because millions will be slaughtered. 404 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:36,520 But it will be a saving event because Israel will be saved. 405 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,840 There will be Gentiles that are saved. 406 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,880 Some of them will be martyred during the Tribulation, but God 407 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,320 will save even Gentiles during the Tribulation period. 408 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:53,280 But it is a sobering event. You teach your children. 409 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,920 This is why we share the gospel. Knowing the terror of the Lord, 410 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,520 we persuade men. You see the impetus for sharing 411 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,840 the gospel, the impetus for praying, the impetus for going 412 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,800 to church centers around what? The second coming to the 413 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,640 Messiah. Teach your children Jesus is 414 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,600 coming again. Make that the focal point of 415 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,280 your teaching. Make that the focal point of all 416 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,160 that you do. Jesus is coming again. 417 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,240 It is next. I'm not sure what number we're 418 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,720 on. It is a sanctifying event. 419 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,280 Maybe somebody can tell me what number that is. 420 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,360 Does anybody know anybody counting, Anybody taking notes, 421 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:34,200 Anybody care? Hey #8 thank you, Jeremy. 422 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,760 It's a sanctifying event. He who has us hope in him 423 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,160 purifies himself even as he is pure. 424 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:45,000 You want your kids to grow up pure and clean before the Lord? 425 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,760 Well, how do you help them do that? 426 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,960 Help them understand the blessed hope. 427 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,080 Help them understand what Peter says over in first Peter chapter 428 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,080 1. He says, therefore, prepare your 429 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,720 minds for action. Keep sober in spirit. 430 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,200 Fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at 431 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,840 the revelation of Jesus Christ as obedient children. 432 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,360 Do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in 433 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,400 your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy 434 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,040 yourselves also in all your behavior, because it is written 435 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,880 you shall be holy, for I am holy. 436 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:24,520 The whole motivation, the whole power behind a pure life, 437 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,000 centers on the return of the Messiah. 438 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,680 How many times have we said it? The clearer you see the future, 439 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,480 the cleaner you stand in the present. 440 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,920 If your future's all muddied, your present will be muddied. 441 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:47,000 If your future is clear on the return of the King, boy, you 442 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,560 stand clean in the present. And that was from the our study, 443 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,200 the book of Daniel. Remember that the book of 444 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,880 Daniel. What, what a man 70 years. 445 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:04,160 He was in Babylon 70 for 70 years he maintained a pure and 446 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:10,880 clean life. 70 years, no compromise. 447 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,840 There was no question about his integrity. 448 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,560 Every king that came saw him as a man of integrity. 449 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,360 And that's because he clearly saw the future. 450 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,160 He could cleanly stand in the presence, and he did. 451 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:35,560 That's why the coming of the king is a sanctifying event. 452 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,520 It's a separating event. It's separate, separates you 453 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,360 apart from the world. You don't want to be a part of 454 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:42,280 the world. Why? 455 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,760 Because this is not your home. You're just passing through. 456 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:57,400 You're going to glory. So important #9 Right, Jeremy? 457 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,840 OK. It is a selective event. 458 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:10,160 A selective event. Listen to what the Bible says in 459 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:17,080 the book of Matthew 25th chapter when the Lord said these words. 460 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,600 But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels 461 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:26,400 with him, they will sit on His glorious throne. 462 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,000 All the nations will be gathered together before Him. 463 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:34,720 He will separate them from one another as a separate as a 464 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,320 shepherd, excuse me, separates the sheep from the goats and he 465 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:45,280 will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 466 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:50,680 This is Matthew chapter 25. Now remember we told you that 467 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,000 the, the longest answer that Jesus ever gave to any question 468 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,880 asked of him was Matthew 24 and 25 about his return, That that's 469 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:02,640 how important it is. And so now he's he's concluding 470 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,560 everything with his sheep goat judgement. 471 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:12,160 Listen to the book of Joel, Joel, Joel chapter 3. 472 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,360 Let the nations be aroused and come up to the Valley of 473 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,520 Jehoshaphat. We read this when we're when 474 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,760 we're with the people on the Mount of Olives and we had them 475 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,600 look down into the valley, the Valley of Jehoshaphat. 476 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,240 And we read from Joel chapter 3 for it says for there I will sit 477 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,640 to judge all the surrounding nations. 478 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,720 This is Matthew 25 in the Old Testament. 479 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:40,760 Joel chapter 3 put in the sickle for the harvest is right. 480 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,280 Come tread for the wine press is full. 481 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:47,760 The vats overflow for their wickedness is great multitudes, 482 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,440 multitudes in the valley of decision. 483 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,080 Remember the valley of Jehoshaphat is the Kitchen 484 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,080 valley. It's the valley decision. 485 00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:00,440 It's the same valley, just three different names, but it's called 486 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,760 the valley of decision. He says, for the day of the Lord 487 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:09,760 is near in the valley of decision, the sun, the moon grow 488 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,480 dark, and the stars lose their brightness, and the Lord roars 489 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,400 from Zion and others, His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens 490 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,400 and the earth tremble. But the Lord is a refuge for His 491 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,240 people and in a stronghold to the sons of Israel. 492 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,160 Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, 493 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,160 my holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy and 494 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,840 strangers will pass through it no more. 495 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,680 And you, you help people see. Look, in this valley that you 496 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,600 are looking at is the valley of decision. 497 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,760 When our Lord splits the mountain, He will set himself up 498 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,840 as ruler and judge and king. In Matthew 24, He will take the 499 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,360 sheep, He will put them on his right. 500 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,680 He will take the goats, He will put them on his left. 501 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,000 He will say to the sheep, When I was hungry, you fed me, when I 502 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,800 was thirsty you gave me something to drink. 503 00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,880 When I was in prison you visited me. 504 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,400 When I was naked, you clothed me. 505 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,640 And the sheep will say, when did we see you hungry? 506 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,719 When did we see you see you naked to clothe you? 507 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,520 Pray tell, when did we ever see you in prison to visit you? 508 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:22,080 And Jesus the judge responds, When you did it to the least of 509 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:26,960 these my brethren, that's the Jewish people, You did it as 510 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,440 unto me. Enter into the joy of the Lord. 511 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,480 And then he looks to the goats and says, Hey, not that you guys 512 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,760 are the goats, but he he looks to his left where the goats are. 513 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,639 He's put them on his left. And he says, when I was hungry, 514 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:42,360 you didn't feed me. When I was thirsty, you did. 515 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,120 You gave me nothing to drink. When I was in prison, you did 516 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:49,120 not visit me. They say, but we never saw you 517 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,679 in prison. We never saw you hungry. 518 00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:56,159 We never saw you thirsty. And Jesus says, Because you did 519 00:34:56,159 --> 00:35:01,360 not do it to the least of these my brethren, you did not do it 520 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:07,040 unto me, You did not protect my people, my chosen ones, and you 521 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,480 evidence yourself as those who do not believe in me as their 522 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,640 King. Therefore enter into eternal 523 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:18,800 damnation the place prepared for the devil and his angels. 524 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,840 The coming of Christ is a selective event. 525 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,840 Not everybody goes to heaven, only those who know Christ as 526 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,880 Lord and Savior. And isn't an interesting that 527 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:35,480 that that neither the sheep or the goats understood, understood 528 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:45,480 that what they did evidenced to salvation, but it did in the 529 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:52,120 sheep's case, they did it just because it was in their DNA, 530 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,800 their spiritual DNA, their spiritual nature to do it. 531 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,880 But the goats, it wasn't in their spiritual DNA because they 532 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,560 were not citizens of the Kingdom. 533 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:06,240 Therefore they had no desire to take care of God's people. 534 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,400 But those who love the Lord love his people. 535 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,880 Those who love the Lord will protect his own, protect his 536 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:18,080 people and care for them and love them and nurture them. 537 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,280 And that's what will happen during the Tribulation. 538 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,200 There will be Gentiles who will take care of Jewish people. 539 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:30,640 They will gather them together and protect them from the evil 1 540 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,400 and the Lord will say, enter into the joy of the Lord. 541 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,840 Wow, can't wait to hear those words. 542 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,080 Let me give you one more because my time is gone. 543 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,080 I'll take some more time and my hip feels great. 544 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:54,680 So hey, why are we here all day? OK, it is a special event. 545 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:00,920 It's a special event, and let me tell you why. 546 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:05,680 Just real quick. It's a special event because 547 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:13,840 you'll enter into glory. You'll enter into glory. 548 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:21,600 It's a special event because you escape the wrath of God. 549 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,400 That's pretty special. You escape the wrath of God, you 550 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,640 enter into glory. And then you know what? 551 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:35,200 It's a special event because you enjoy the presence of the Lord 552 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:40,280 forever. You enjoy the presence of the 553 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:51,160 Lord forever, and #4 you will engage in perfect worship. 554 00:37:53,160 --> 00:38:04,240 You'll engage in perfect worship, and next you will 555 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:12,360 encourage one another. That's how Paul closed First 556 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,840 Thessalonians 4, verse 18. He says, therefore comfort one 557 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,720 another with these words. Chapter 5 verse #11 Therefore 558 00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:22,960 encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also 559 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,320 are doing. This is your encouragement. 560 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:32,160 This is your motivation. When the disciples were were on 561 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,960 the eve of the crucifixion and they were distraught of the fact 562 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:38,560 that Jesus was going to die the next day, how did he encourage 563 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,040 them? He told them about His return. 564 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,320 In my Father's house are many mansions. 565 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,480 If it were not so, I would have told you and I go and prepare a 566 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:51,800 place for you. And if I go and prepare a place 567 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,600 for you, I'll come again and receive you until myself that 568 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,160 we're in there. You'll be also. 569 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,400 This is this is the encouragement. 570 00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,960 This is the motivation. How do you encourage the 571 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:01,920 downcast? How do you encourage the 572 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,040 disenfranchised? How do you encourage the 573 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,120 disinterested? How do you encourage those who 574 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,280 are just out on on on a limb? You talk to them about the 575 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,160 return of the king. The return of the king is 576 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:11,960 everything. Why? 577 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,720 Here's the last point. Because the end of a matter is 578 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:18,600 better than its beginning. That's why it's a special event. 579 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,880 The end of a matter is always better than its beginning. 580 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:27,440 Solomon said it, and Jesus exemplified it. 581 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,840 In the end of the matter is the return of the king. 582 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:36,760 May God give us the grace and the mercy to proclaim it loudly. 583 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:40,040 Let's pray. Father, we thank you for today. 584 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,160 Lord, you are a great God. You've allowed us this time to 585 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:50,080 be together, to look into your word very briefly, but to 586 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,560 understand the joy of the King and his return. 587 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,800 May we live in anticipation of your coming again. 588 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,920 Maybe live alert to all the events surrounding your rival. 589 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:11,280 And may we be the kind of people, Lord, who encourage 590 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:15,920 others through your return. Knowing that one day there will 591 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:21,480 be no more pain, one day there will be no more tears, one day 592 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:27,600 there will be no more war, One day when the King of Kings 593 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:32,720 rules, everything will be set in place. 594 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,080 Longing for that Lord until you come again. 595 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:41,920 May we be found faithful in our service of the King in Jesus 596 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:43,520 name, Amen.