1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,720 Over the many years that I had the opportunity to go to the 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:09,240 land of Israel, there were certain journeys that we would 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,200 take when we went. One of the journeys we went on 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,760 was called the Journeys of of Jesus. 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,080 It was designed specifically to go only to the places where 6 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:29,680 Jesus himself would have been. And so during those trips we 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,640 would get up early the day after we arrived, and we would make 8 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:38,760 our way to a place called the Tell of Megiddo. 9 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,800 Now a Tell is a a city built upon a city built upon a city 10 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,160 built upon a city. And so there are 25 different 11 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:52,880 cities that have been built on the Tell of Megiddo over all the 12 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,800 years. So it has risen very, very high. 13 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,760 And so we take them to the tell of Megiddo and we make our way 14 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:06,400 up the tell to the place where they were able to overlook the 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:11,240 valley of Ezdrelon or the Jezreel Valley, or better known 16 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:17,160 as the Valley of Megiddo. And there I would sit, everybody 17 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,680 on rocks because there are no benches up there. 18 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,120 There are no chairs up there. There's just a lot of rocks. 19 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,800 And so we set everybody down on on the rocks and they are able 20 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:34,160 to overlook this vast valley of Megiddo, the Jezreel Valley. 21 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,640 And as they sit there, I take them with their Bibles to the 22 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,960 Book of Revelation. And I tell them, this is what 23 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:49,680 the Bible says in Revelation 16 verse #13 And I saw coming out 24 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,440 of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, 25 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,440 and out of the mouth of the false prophet, 3 unclean 26 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,280 spirits, like frogs. For they are spirits of demons, 27 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,720 performing signs which go out to the kings of the whole world, to 28 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,560 gather them together for the war of the great day of God the 29 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,400 Almighty. Verse 16. 30 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:18,480 And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is 31 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:23,880 called Har Mageddon or Armageddon. 32 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:31,640 And I take them there first because I take them to the end, 33 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,520 not the beginning. We take the journeys of Jesus. 34 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:43,520 We don't go to Bethlehem first. We go to the end 1st. 35 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,960 And you know why? Because the end of a matter is 36 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,320 better than its beginning, right? 37 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,560 Ecclesiastes 7 verse #8 If you've been with us on Wednesday 38 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,920 nights, you understand that. So we take them all the way to 39 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,080 the end. And as we're, we're preaching on 40 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,600 how it is that God is going to gather the armies of the East 41 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:07,480 together in this vast valley, I have them overlook the valley to 42 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,640 the other side, because on the other side of the valley is a 43 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:17,800 little town that, you know, well called Nazareth. 44 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,120 That's the hometown of, of Jesus. 45 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,160 And I asked him this question. I wonder what it would be like 46 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:35,240 to to be raised in Nazareth knowing that you are Jesus and 47 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:40,160 you get up every morning and you're able to climb the the 48 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,920 cliffs around Nazareth and overlook the valley and know 49 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:52,040 that one day you as the King of all kings are going to gather 50 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,600 together the nations of the world to fight against you. 51 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,920 I wonder how many times our Lord did that? 52 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,880 We have no record of anything that he did except when he was 53 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:10,080 12 years of age outside of his birth and his dedication in the 54 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,640 Temple. But outside of that, we, we 55 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:18,160 don't know anything about his early childhood except when he 56 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:24,360 was 12 and when he was 12. And he went to the Passover and 57 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,760 was there and with his family. And of course they somehow left 58 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,720 him behind. And when they came back to find 59 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,880 him, he was in the temple conversing with the leaders of 60 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,760 Israel. And of course, Mary, his mother 61 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,840 said, where have you been? Don't you know we've been 62 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:47,440 looking for you? And Jesus said those famous 63 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,520 words. Don't you know that I have to be 64 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:57,680 about my father's affairs? I have to be about my father's 65 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,560 business? Christ was on a mission. 66 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:10,960 He was on a unique and and special mission and he knew all 67 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,960 about his Father's will. He came to do the Father's will. 68 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:25,880 And so the affairs, the mission that Christ was on was one where 69 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:36,640 he would reveal his, his deity. That's in John 1 and John 14, 70 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,640 the Gospel of John. And not only did he come to to 71 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:46,960 reveal his deity, he, he came to, to ravage the enemy. 72 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:54,400 The prophecy of Genesis 3 verse #15 was fulfilled on Calvary. 73 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:59,000 And so first John 38 tells us that when Jesus came, He came 74 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,520 for this purpose to destroy the works of the devil. 75 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,840 So he says to his mother, I had to be about my father's 76 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:10,640 business. I have to reveal my deity. 77 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:20,880 I have to ravage the enemy. I have to remove iniquity. 78 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:27,840 That's found in first John 3 verse #5 or tells us that the 79 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:32,960 Son of Man appeared for this purpose, that He might take away 80 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:38,360 our sins. So He knew at a very early age 81 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:43,960 that this was His mission to reveal the fact that He was God 82 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:50,600 in the flesh, to reveal His Deity, to ravage the enemy, to 83 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:55,760 remove iniquity. He was on a mission. 84 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:03,160 He was on His father's mission. He came because His mission was 85 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:08,760 to restore our dignity. That which had been lost in the 86 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,560 fall in Genesis chapter 1, created the image of God had to 87 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,680 be restored. And sure enough, first John 31 88 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,800 says that we are the children of the living God. 89 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,160 He restored our dignity. On top of that, He had to, He 90 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:27,000 had to recover, recover our destiny. 91 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,800 In John 14, he says because I live, you live. 92 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,480 I am the resurrection and the life, if you, if you believe 93 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:39,640 that you'll never die, He's going to recover our destiny 94 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:45,360 because that is our Lord. I have to be about my Father's 95 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,920 business. I have to, I have to ratify my 96 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,600 authority. In Matthew 28, it says all 97 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,680 authority has been given unto me, both in heaven and in earth. 98 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,840 John 5, he talks about his authority to to raise the dead. 99 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,840 So he tells his mother, I, I'm about my father's business. 100 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:12,400 I have a mission. It's right on course. 101 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,280 And I'm going to reveal my deity. 102 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,120 I'm going to, I'm going to ravage the enemy. 103 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,000 I'm going to, I'm going to remove iniquity. 104 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,200 I'm going to restore man's dignity. 105 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,040 I'm going to recover man's destiny. 106 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:34,240 I'm the one that's going to ratify my authority, but he came 107 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:43,200 so that he could return in glory and reign in majesty. 108 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,960 So when we go on our journeys of Jesus, we take them to Mount 109 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:59,000 Megiddo to tell them that he came to returning glory, that he 110 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:07,840 might reign in majesty. He would come, reveal himself as 111 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:16,800 the Lord of the universe, but he came to die, rise again, so he 112 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,000 could return in glory and majesty. 113 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,840 It's important to know that because I've told you before and 114 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,680 you'll remember this, I hopefully you'll remember this, 115 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:38,800 that the first prophecy in the Bible from man to man about God 116 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,240 is not the prophecy of his first coming. 117 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,000 It's the prophecy of His second coming. 118 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:54,280 That's how important it is to know about the return of the 119 00:09:54,280 --> 00:10:01,960 king. It's recorded in Jude, Jude 14, 120 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,680 Enoch, and the 7th generation from Adam prophesied saying 121 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:09,680 behold, the Lord came. Not the Lord is coming, but the 122 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:15,280 Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones to execute 123 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:19,960 judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all 124 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:25,040 their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and 125 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,520 of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken 126 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:36,560 against Him. Enoch, the 7th generation from 127 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:41,520 Adam, would be the one who would prophecy about not his first 128 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,800 coming, but His second coming. And I've already told you that 129 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,200 every time the the first coming is mentioned, the second coming 130 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:55,400 is mentioned 8 different times. And one out of every 25 verses 131 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,320 in the New Testament is about the second coming of the 132 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,480 Messiah. And outside the doctrine of 133 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:04,840 faith. The doctrine of the second 134 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:10,200 coming is the most prominent doctrine in the New Testament. 135 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,120 It's imperative that you understand this. 136 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:24,080 So Jesus, having grown up in Nazareth, would overlook the 137 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:30,040 Jezreel Valley every morning, every afternoon, every evening. 138 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,080 You can't miss it. It's humongous. 139 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,720 And he would rise from his bed and he would overlook the 140 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,920 valley. And I'm sure that there must 141 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,240 have been so many things going through his mind, knowing that 142 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,200 he came, that he was going to die and rise again. 143 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,920 But one day he would gather all the nations of the world against 144 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:57,520 him in that valley for the Great War of God. 145 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:06,960 I wonder how many times or if any time he ever thought about 146 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:14,440 that opportunity. And so the very first time that 147 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:20,360 Jesus mentions his coming again is in Luke Chapter 9. 148 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,360 If you got your Bible, you might want to turn there with me if 149 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,560 you would. Luke Chapter 9. 150 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:37,520 And this is how he says it. Luke Chapter 9, verse #26 For 151 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:43,160 whoever is ashamed of me, in my words, the Son of man will be 152 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:49,360 ashamed of him when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the 153 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:56,800 Father, and of the holy angels. This is the first time that 154 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:03,360 Jesus mentions His return. That is going to return in 155 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:08,240 glory. Thus he will reign in in 156 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,920 majesty. Remember, he refers to himself 157 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:16,800 as the Son of Man. He refers to himself as the Son 158 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:22,200 of Man over 80 times in the gospels. 159 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:28,320 He does that because he wants to take everybody back to the book 160 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:33,360 of Daniel, the 7th chapter, when Daniel has this vision of one 161 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:41,840 like the Son of Man coming in great clouds of glory, and 162 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,360 Jesus, when he calls himself the Son of Man, is taking everybody 163 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:52,240 back to Daniel Chapter 7. And now, for the very first time 164 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:58,320 in His earthly ministry, He's going to refer to His return in 165 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:03,760 glory. And then he says these words. 166 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,120 But I say to you truthfully that there are some of those standing 167 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,880 here who will not taste death until they see the Kingdom of 168 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,880 God. Well, what does that mean? 169 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,440 That means some of you standing right here, some of you 12 170 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,400 standing right here. I'm not going to die until you 171 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:33,760 see the Kingdom of God. You go to the next chapter. 172 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:39,520 It says some eight days after these sayings, he took along 173 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:44,120 Peter, John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 174 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,200 Matthew's account and Mark's account says six days later. 175 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:57,680 Luke says some 8 days later. Why is there a discrepancy? 176 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:03,520 There isn't a discrepancy. Matthew and Mark record the six 177 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,800 specific days in between day one which he made the announcement 178 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:13,240 in day 8IN which the the the event actually occurred. 179 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:20,000 So Luke will say some 8 days, Matthew and Mark say 6 days. 180 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,080 So there's no discrepancy. It's very easily understood when 181 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,800 you understand the the timetable of our Lord. 182 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,120 And so it says, took Peter, James and John and went up in a 183 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,280 mountain and while he was praying and the appearance of 184 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:40,200 his face became different and his clothing became white and 185 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,920 gleaming. Fact, if you read Matthew's 186 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:50,800 account, his face would shine like the morning sun and be old. 187 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,760 Two men were talking with him, and there were Moses and Elijah, 188 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,760 who appearing in glory. We're Speaking of his departure, 189 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,520 which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 190 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:10,120 In other words, you're speaking to the Lord about his death, His 191 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:14,520 departure, that which was going to happen in Jerusalem. 192 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:20,600 He was going to be crucified. So Moses and Elijah are 193 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:26,480 conversing with the Son of Man about his impending death. 194 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,800 Verse 32. Now Peter and his companions had 195 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,760 been overcome with sleep. When they were fully awake, they 196 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:44,240 saw his glory. Matthew says that he was 197 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:50,400 transfigured. He was he was metamorphosized. 198 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,040 In other words, he he unzipped his flesh and the glory of the 199 00:16:54,040 --> 00:17:00,800 Lord would would shine forth. They saw his glory and they saw 200 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:05,920 the two men standing with him. And as they were leaving him, 201 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,960 Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here. 202 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:13,520 Let us make 3 tabernacles, one for you and one for Moses and 203 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,000 and 1:00 for Elijah not realizing what he was saying. 204 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,280 That's very important because Peter, James, and John recognize 205 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:28,880 Moses and Elijah. How did they do that? 206 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:36,480 Was Moses carrying tablets of the commandments? 207 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,080 Was Elijah on a chariot filled with fire? 208 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:43,960 What? What would they have? 209 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,920 A big E on his chest? How did he know this was Moses 210 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,240 and Elijah? That this goes to tell you that 211 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,000 when you get to heaven, you'll recognize everybody that's 212 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,040 there. That's just a good thing. 213 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:58,960 You all say, well, where's the apostle Paul? 214 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,840 You'll know where he is. Although when you get to heaven, 215 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,640 that won't be your first look up. 216 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:08,760 It'll probably be me, your pastor. 217 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:13,120 No, that's not true. It'll be the Lord Jesus. 218 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,400 You'll be consumed with him. But interesting that they were 219 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,160 able to recognize Moses and Elijah. 220 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:23,560 And so why does, why does Peter say, let's build 3 Tabernacles 221 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,880 here? What we told you last week, 222 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:31,760 Zechariah 14 that in the Kingdom of God they will celebrate the 223 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,800 Feast of Tabernacles. So Peter, knowing the Old 224 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,640 Testament like he did, would say, well, let's build 3 225 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:42,920 Tabernacles right here. One for you and one for Moses 226 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:47,200 and and 1:00 for Elijah. And he would also know Malachi 3 227 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:52,000 and Malachi 4 that before the coming Kingdom of God and the 228 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,240 day of the Lord, one like Elijah would come. 229 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,920 So he knows that. That's why he's saying let's 230 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:06,000 build 3 tabernacles. Quite a scene. 231 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:12,200 While he was saying this, the cloud formed, began to over 232 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,840 shadow them, and they were afraid as they entered the 233 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,240 cloud. Then a voice came out of the 234 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:22,600 cloud saying, This is my son, my chosen one, listen to him. 235 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:28,160 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. 236 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:35,600 Now notice this, it says. And they kept silence and 237 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:41,720 reported to no one in those days any of the things which they had 238 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,000 seen. How could you not do that? 239 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,760 How could you not say anything when we know from Matthew's 240 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:55,480 account that Jesus told them, don't say anything. 241 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:01,120 And the voice had come from heaven, which is the Lord God 242 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:05,680 his Father, who said, This is my beloved, said, Listen to him. 243 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,360 So whatever he tells you, listen to him. 244 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:15,680 And Jesus then says, don't tell anybody what you just saw. 245 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,920 Why? Why? 246 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,200 Why not tell anybody? Well, there could be several 247 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,040 reasons. One, because if Rome found out 248 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,880 about it, they would think that this one, Jesus would be 249 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,480 deciding to have some kind of insurrection to set up his 250 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:41,880 Kingdom or the Jews would would incite him to be their leader. 251 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,800 And they already wanted to be their leader because he fed the 252 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,280 5000 earlier. They wanted to be the leader. 253 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:52,400 So this would always increase that all the more that could 254 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,480 possibly be. But I think there's something 255 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:02,800 much more important than that. And that is in order for the Son 256 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:07,400 of Man to be glorified, he had to die and rise again. 257 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,760 That has to happen. He has to. 258 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:19,720 He has to. After revealing his deity, he 259 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,400 must ravage the enemy. That's a prophecy of Genesis 260 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,760 315. It must happen. 261 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:31,200 He he must remove iniquity. But he can't do that unless he 262 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,680 dies on Calvary's cross. All that must happen first. 263 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:46,080 He must restore man's dignity. He must recover man's destiny so 264 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,320 that he will one day return in glory. 265 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:53,600 But the order is very important. So he tells them, don't say 266 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:58,320 anything. And they didn't until Peter 267 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,520 spoke about it. And second Peter 116 to to 19 268 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:09,960 And John spoke about it in John chapter one we beheld his glory. 269 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,760 The glories are the only begotten of the Father, full of 270 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:17,840 grace and truth. Same would be true of James. 271 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:23,720 They would speak about it after His death, burial, and 272 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,880 resurrection because they wanted everybody to know that He's 273 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:34,840 going to return in glory and reign in majesty. 274 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:45,480 The King is coming again. So important to understand this. 275 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:51,920 So important to realize that Jesus is going to come again. 276 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,400 We are right in the midst of Paul's first letter to the 277 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:04,000 Thessalonians. This is our ninth week in 278 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:09,720 chapter 4 verse #13 through chapter 5 verse #11 and we won't 279 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,120 finish this week, and we might not even finish next week. 280 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,560 But that's OK. Because you see, you must 281 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,520 understand how important this is for your life. 282 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,200 It's all about living, as we have seen in first Testimonies 283 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:34,080 413 and 18, about anticipation, about expectation. 284 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,920 That's the model life, living in anticipation of the day of 285 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:43,400 Christ and then living with alertness. 286 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:49,880 That's chapter 5, verses 1 to 11 for the day of the Lord, the day 287 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,480 of Christ stands around the rapture of the church and the 288 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:56,320 day of the Lord stands around the retribution and the 289 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:05,360 revelation of God at the end. And therefore it's important to 290 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:09,800 understand all that's happening and why we can't give you all 291 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,800 the details we we have on our website a series called the 292 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:18,800 Return of the King. If you want to know a a step by 293 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:25,520 step process through the coming of the King at when it when it 294 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,400 comes for his own until the very end, the eternal state, that 295 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,600 series would be one for you to listen to as you go back and 296 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,920 forth to work or back and forth to school wherever you go. 297 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,280 Because it goes into great detail about why Jesus must come 298 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,360 again and why the church won't go through the tribulation. 299 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:47,120 And how do you know that? And what is it about the rise of 300 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,120 the Antichrist and how does that happen? 301 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,040 And what about Israel and what about the future? 302 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,840 And it just goes into great detail from the beginning to the 303 00:24:54,880 --> 00:25:00,360 end to show you how the end is all about the King, His glory, 304 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:10,800 His Majesty, His coming again. It is my heart's passion for 305 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,960 people to understand the coming of Jesus. 306 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,880 It motivates everything in life like nothing else does. 307 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:26,120 And so I want to talk to you about the coming of Jesus. 308 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,160 And I'm not going to finish it today. 309 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:34,880 It's obvious, but at least I can begin it for you today and let 310 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:40,560 you know that His coming is a sure event. 311 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:48,720 You can bank on it. We know that from what Zechariah 312 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:54,120 tells us. Zechariah Chapter 14 verse #1 313 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:57,760 Behold, today is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from 314 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,120 you will be divided among you. For I will gather all the 315 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:03,040 nations against Jerusalem to battle. 316 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,880 The city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women 317 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:11,160 ravished, and half the city exiled, but the rest of the 318 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,000 people will not be cut off from the city. 319 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:17,280 Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as 320 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,600 when he fights on a day of battle. 321 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,000 And in that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, 322 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,040 which is in front of Jerusalem on the east. 323 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:30,240 And the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to 324 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,880 West by a very large valley. So half of the mountain will 325 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,480 move toward the north and the other half toward the South. 326 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,040 Now you think about that and think about what the Jewish 327 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:45,000 people know. Think about the triumphal entry 328 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,200 into Jerusalem. And to see the people saying as 329 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:54,200 praises that they would quote the Old Testament about Psalm 40 330 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,160 and Psalm 110 about the coming one or Psalm 118, that the one 331 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,000 who was about to come the, the title for the Messiah, blessed, 332 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,360 I see you, comes in the name of the Lord. 333 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:07,960 And remember, they took off their garments and they, they, 334 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,880 they took palm branches and they began to, to, to, to wave them 335 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,960 back and forth in honor. And they take their clothes off 336 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,200 and garments so that the king, when he wrote over them, it 337 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,120 would show their, their total submission to the King's 338 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:24,600 authority. And the Bible tells us in Luke 339 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,920 19 that that they, they praised him not for his for his message, 340 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:33,400 but for his miracles. But remember they, they were 341 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,760 thinking of Zechariah 14. He's coming down the Mount of 342 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,800 Olives. They're on the Mount of Olives. 343 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,280 And they're thinking that Zechariah 14 says he's going to 344 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,800 stand on the Mount of Olives. He's going to split the Mount of 345 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,520 Olives. This is the king. 346 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:57,280 And they know Zechariah 9 verse #9 that's a prophecy that was 347 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,200 fulfilled on that day. Zechariah 99 says, rejoice 348 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,120 greatly, O daughter of Jerusalem, shout and triumph, O 349 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:06,480 daughter of Jerusalem. That's exactly what they did. 350 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,520 They were shouted in joy. Behold, your king is coming to 351 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,640 you. The coming one is arriving. 352 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:19,560 He is just and endowed with salvation, humble and mounted on 353 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:25,440 a donkey. So they know this. 354 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:31,360 These are Jewish people. They're well versed in the Old 355 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:34,760 Testament. Here is the king coming on a 356 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,040 donkey. Zechariah prophesied that. 357 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:38,920 He also prophesied. He'll stand on the Mount of 358 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,840 Olives. He'll split the Mount of Olives. 359 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:45,840 They didn't see any gap between his first coming and his second 360 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:50,000 coming. They didn't see that. 361 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:56,560 They didn't understand that. They saw all this one arrival. 1 362 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,120 Advent but there are two advents. 363 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:07,880 There were two comings and so they would praise him, but he 364 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:12,520 didn't split them out of olives. No, he he went to the city, 365 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:18,360 looked around and left, came back the next day and cleanse 366 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:23,560 the temple, cursed the fig tree, came back the next day and 367 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:28,560 preached all day. They're like, where is the 368 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:34,320 splitting of the mountain? Where is the the rivers that 369 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,800 will flow? Where is the king? 370 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,640 And by Friday they yelled, crucify him. 371 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:48,920 They didn't meet their expectations yet. 372 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,800 Because He will. Because He's coming again. 373 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,280 That's why in Luke 9, when Christ referenced everything 374 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:03,560 about his coming and glory and the Kingdom of God, his men 375 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,240 would understand that there's going to be another arrival, 376 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:12,360 another coming. He would know that as He was 377 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:19,520 raised in Nazareth, get up and overlook the city, overlook the 378 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:26,120 Jezreel Valley. In fact, if you recall, even in 379 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,960 Luke's Gospel in the 4th chapter, when he was going to 380 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:42,320 read in the synagogue, says in verse #16 And it came to 381 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:47,680 Nazareth where he had been brought up, and as was his 382 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,560 custom, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. 383 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,240 That's what Jesus did. Every Sabbath He was in the 384 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:57,640 synagogue. Every self respecting Jew would 385 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,040 be in the synagogue on the Sabbath. 386 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,520 That's what they did. Instead of to read, What was he 387 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,440 reading? And the book of the prophet 388 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,120 Isaiah was handed to him. Why? 389 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,840 Because there's a very systematic reading of the Old 390 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:18,440 Testament in the synagogue. And it just so happened that in 391 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,440 the Providence of God He was asked to read on this day 392 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,240 because he would read from Isaiah 61. 393 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,960 That was the reading for the day. 394 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,920 So the Providence of God, he opened the book and found the 395 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,200 place where it was written. The Spirit of the Lord is upon 396 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,800 me because He anointed me to preach the gospel of the poor. 397 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:45,280 He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, 398 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:49,640 recovery of sight to the blind, set free those who are 399 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:55,160 oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord. 400 00:31:56,040 --> 00:32:04,080 And He closed the book. Isaiah 61 verse #1 He stops 401 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,400 right there. Why? 402 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,680 Because this was the day where He would reveal His deity. 403 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,560 This was the day He came to ravage the enemy. 404 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,680 This is the day He came to remove iniquity. 405 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,720 This was the day He came to recover man's destiny. 406 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,040 This was the day where he came to restore man's dignity. 407 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,680 The favorable year of our Lord, the year of redemption. 408 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:38,760 For the very next phrase in Isaiah 61 says, and the day of 409 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,280 vengeance. But this wasn't the day of 410 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,520 vengeance. Not yet. 411 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:51,160 It was coming, but it wasn't the day. 412 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,880 There would come a day of vengeance. 413 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:00,920 But on this day in Nazareth, it was not the day. 414 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,840 And you know the story. They, they marvel at what he 415 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,560 said. Is this not Joseph's son? 416 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,280 And then they, they became so angry at what he would say to 417 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,720 them later on in that conversation that they would 418 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:20,160 take him to this, this brow of a Cliff to throw him off so as to, 419 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,960 to kill him because they were so angry with him. 420 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,560 Wow. But he escaped by divine 421 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,320 Providence. He escaped through the crowd. 422 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:43,400 We go to this place in Nazareth, this Cliff, not necessarily the 423 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,080 literal place, but it is a traditional place. 424 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,800 It's a high Cliff. It overlooks the Jezreel Valley. 425 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,680 But they could not kill him. Why? 426 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,280 It wasn't. It's time to die. 427 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:56,920 And he wasn't going to die that way anyway. 428 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,200 He's going to die on Calvary's cross. 429 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,520 It was all predestined, all predetermined. 430 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,480 And so through a miracle, he escaped the crowd. 431 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,920 They did not kill Him on that day. 432 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,199 Why? Because there would be a day He 433 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:15,400 would die on Calvary's cross. He would rise again. 434 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:23,280 And what He would say in Acts chapter one, or the angels, or 435 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:27,600 the two men in white apparel would say, Men of Galilee, why 436 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,800 do you stand gazing up into heaven? 437 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,000 Do you not know that the same Jesus will return in the same 438 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:44,040 way in which He left? It is a sure event is ironclad. 439 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,600 He's coming again. We gathered together to 440 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,480 celebrate the Lord's table because we proclaim his death 441 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:57,880 until he comes. That's why on the 442 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,680 Transfiguration, Christ said to his men, don't say anything. 443 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,520 Why? Because you need to proclaim my 444 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:10,200 death until I come again. They need to know that I, I came 445 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,400 to die. I I came to remove their 446 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:14,920 iniquity. I came to ravage the enemy. 447 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,400 I came to do all this. I came for this purpose. 448 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,480 I have a mission. I must be about my Father's 449 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,880 business. I want to one day returning 450 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:27,200 glory, but not yet. But I am coming again. 451 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:35,960 It is a sure event. A sure event and in Revelation 452 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:41,280 chapter 22, last chapter, book of the Bible, three times, verse 453 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:47,240 #7, verse #12, verse #20 Jesus says, behold, I'm coming 454 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:50,920 quickly. The last promise of the Bible is 455 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:56,080 I'm coming. I love that I'm coming. 456 00:35:57,240 --> 00:35:58,760 I'm you better be ready, I'm coming. 457 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,960 That's why the model life is built around anticipation and 458 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:06,160 alertness. You live in anticipation of his 459 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:09,520 arrival, and you're alert because no one knows the day nor 460 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:15,720 the hour. But let me close with this. 461 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:24,760 It's not where I planned on closing, but I'll close here in 462 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:31,640 Luke's gospel, the 17th chapter, This event we'll talk about next 463 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,400 week. It's not just a sure event. 464 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:40,520 It is a surprising event. It is a sudden event. 465 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:50,120 It is a supernatural event. It is a slaughtering event. 466 00:36:52,080 --> 00:37:00,600 It is a sovereign event. It is a satisfying event. 467 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:04,880 And I'll cover all these with you next week, but it is a 468 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:12,480 sobering event, a very sobering event. 469 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,960 Listen what Jesus says in in Luke 17. 470 00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:24,320 He says in verse 24, we're just like the lightning when it 471 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,280 flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of 472 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,360 the sky. So will the Son of Man be in his 473 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:38,000 day, but first he must suffer many things and be rejected by 474 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:43,440 this generation. And just as it happened in the 475 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:48,080 days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man. 476 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,240 They were eating, they were drinking, and they were 477 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,320 marrying. They were being given in 478 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,160 marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark and the flood 479 00:37:56,160 --> 00:38:01,000 came and destroyed them all. It was the same as happened in 480 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,000 the days of lot. They were eating, they were 481 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,240 drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were 482 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:12,320 planting, they were building. But on the day that lot went out 483 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:16,280 from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and 484 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:21,480 destroyed them all. It will be just the same on the 485 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,800 day that the Son of Man is revealed. 486 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:31,840 On that day the one who was on the housetop and whose goods are 487 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:36,560 in the house must not go down to take them out, and likewise the 488 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,480 one who was in the field must not turn back. 489 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:53,040 And they says these words. Remember lots wife, Why did you 490 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:58,680 put that there? Because she, like so many, 491 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:08,600 desired the world. She could not divorce herself 492 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:14,720 from the world. She loved Sodom. 493 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,600 She desired the things of the world. 494 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:35,280 And because she desired the world, she would defy the word 495 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:42,320 of God. Those who desire the world will 496 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:48,160 always defy the word of the living God, the Angel said. 497 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:54,560 Do not look back. There's nothing there for you. 498 00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:01,840 Everything before you is what you need to be looking toward, 499 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:07,520 not behind you. Jesus said no man, having put 500 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:13,120 his hand at the plow and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of 501 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,120 God. There's nothing back there for 502 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,200 you. Your past life has nothing for 503 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:25,640 you. But she desired the world so 504 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:32,280 much that she would defy the word of the living God. 505 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:38,400 Why would she do that? Because in her heart she 506 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:42,800 disbelieved the warning from God. 507 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:46,800 She didn't think anything would happen. 508 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:54,840 She thought that God was the God of love, God grace, compassion, 509 00:40:55,000 --> 00:41:00,560 mercy, and he is. But when he gives a warning and 510 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:04,560 says don't do this, he means exactly what he says, don't do 511 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:11,880 this. And so in her desire for the 512 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:24,720 world and in her disobedience to the Word of God, she disbelieved 513 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:31,720 the warning from God. And thus she died. 514 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:40,160 On the way from Sodom, she was turned into a pillar of salt. 515 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,880 How tragic. You see, the coming of Christ is 516 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:58,120 a very sobering event. Many people will die, many loved 517 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:04,240 ones will be left, and therefore we must understand the 518 00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:09,280 imperative to preach the gospel. That's why we celebrate the 519 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:14,320 Lord's Table. As a reminder, as often as you 520 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,800 eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim my reason for 521 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:30,200 coming until I come again. You proclaim my death the way to 522 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:40,160 life until I come again. It is a sure event. 523 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:45,680 I wonder if you are ready for the return of the King, His 524 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:50,520 coming again. You can be like those the second 525 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,720 Peter chapter 3 who mock the coming of Jesus. 526 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,880 Where is the promise of us coming? 527 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:04,080 It's been 2000 years. Everything goes as it's always 528 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:09,720 gone before. Nothing's going to change but 529 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:15,680 escapes to notice that one day our Lord warned about a coming 530 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:19,440 flood and it happened, destroyed the world. 531 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:25,040 And one day he's coming again. But he won't destroy the world 532 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,800 with water, He'll destroy it with fire. 533 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,280 But he's coming because He promised. 534 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,640 And our God is the God of truth. He never lies. 535 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,640 He's coming again. My prayer is that you'd be ready 536 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,200 for his return. Let's pray. 537 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:52,440 Father, we thank you for today. So much to say, so very little 538 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:56,760 time to say it yet. We trust that the things that 539 00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:01,000 were preached today would be what You wanted us to hear. 540 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:09,480 And as we partake of the Lord's Table, may we be ever mindful 541 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:15,280 that You are certainly coming again. 542 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:20,160 Your death was not the end, it was the beginning of the end. 543 00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:26,480 It was everything. And we celebrate that because 544 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,040 you are the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. 545 00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,760 Pray this in Jesus name, Amen.