1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,760 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,160 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:16,160 Now enjoy this message. Have you turn over to Matthew, 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,040 chapter 15, verse three. I'm really excited about this 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,480 morning. We had some young adults come 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,360 over to the house last night and they were with us for a little 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,520 while. And so I'm like not going to 8 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,080 sleep a whole lot tonight because I got to get up early. 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,280 But I'm glad that the Lord always knows what his church 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,880 needs. And so as I was coming in, I 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:41,200 called our creative director and I said, hey, this is probably 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,960 going to go a couple weeks, So I just want you to know ahead of 13 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,400 time. Most of the time they don't ever 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,280 know I'm in a series until I start it. 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,200 It's technically not assured it'd be two weeks, but we will 16 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,560 continue in this subject matter next week prior to our Christmas 17 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:56,680 Eve service. Amen. 18 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,760 But in Matthew chapter 15, verse three, it says this and he 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,200 answered and said to them, why do you transgress the 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,440 commandment of God for the sake of your tradition. 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,320 And we've launched out with this scripture a lot at Anchor Faith 22 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:17,400 Church because we have found that it's extremely important 23 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,520 for all of us. I'm talking about, me included, 24 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,840 to make sure our belief is in alignment with the word of God 25 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,120 and not just what people say, because there are a lot of 26 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:35,000 things that are spoken that people say is God. 27 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,440 But when you actually examine scripture, it's technically not 28 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,080 or it definitely doesn't reveal enough. 29 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,200 You know, we've said this before that most people quote, you 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,520 know, that God works together for the good, for those who love 31 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,160 him, and that is part of the Scripture, but they kind of 32 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,560 leave it there. And so in any circumstance, they 33 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,800 begin to say, well, you know, the Lord calls all things to 34 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,600 work together for the good, for those who love them. 35 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,320 But you know that Scripture has an and it says for those who 36 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,759 love him, and that's called a conjunction. 37 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:10,840 That means the next part applies as well. 38 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,080 You can't have the first part and God working it out if you 39 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,600 don't have the latter part. And he says He, He works all 40 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,800 things together for the good for those who love him and are 41 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:27,880 called according to his purpose. So you can love him and do your 42 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,560 own purpose, and God's not obligated to work things out for 43 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,880 you. Amen. 44 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,840 Now I might question your love for him. 45 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,960 Because again, when God defines love, God defines love. 46 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:45,480 If you love me again according to Scripture, not according to 47 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,240 our tradition, well, I love the Lord. 48 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,840 He knows I love Him, and I know that he knows whether you love 49 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,600 him or not. I know he knows the difference 50 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,720 because God is not mocked. He's not mocked. 51 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,880 He knows your heart. That is true. 52 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,680 You know what the Lord knows I love him. 53 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,920 Well, He knows if you are loving Him according to his definition 54 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:09,760 of how you love Him. And Jesus made it very clear. 55 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,200 In John chapter 15 he says if you love me, you'll keep my 56 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:19,040 word. So keeping his word is loving 57 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,840 God. Not being born again is loving 58 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:28,000 God, keeping his word. And we see this in the book of 59 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,440 beginning with Adam Adams, breathed out of God. 60 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:37,880 God, from his own substance, breathes into this person made 61 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,160 out of dust. You know, when I was talking, 62 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,520 we're working on a book right now called Dominionaire Man. 63 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,600 We're close to having it done. And when we were going through 64 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,520 it this past week, Daniel and I, I said, you know, I imagine that 65 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,040 when he says he formed man out of the dust of the earth 66 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:54,600 because, you know, we have the beach. 67 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,760 Although technically I haven't always seen this, I've 68 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,520 definitely never seen a competition. 69 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,720 Maybe there has been, I know there are other beaches, but 70 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,720 where they'll do those sand draw, you know, sculptures and 71 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:11,120 the detail on those. So I can imagine that God, when 72 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,760 he began to form Adam, right, that he first started with his 73 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:23,040 skin on the back and the hair, he started pulling out, each 74 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:29,120 with sand. Then he inlaid where the muscle 75 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,560 tissue would be and then where the vascular system would be. 76 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,880 And then he forms the femur. Oh, get there. 77 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,880 I mean, each detail that if you could go layer by layer, you 78 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,240 know, for most of us, you know, we kind of get down and you pack 79 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,640 yourself with sand, you know, and you're like, oh, you're a 80 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,760 person. No, he was detailed when he 81 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,520 breathed. There was something by which his 82 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,680 breath went into each thing. I mean to the molecular level He 83 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,600 formed out of the dust of the earth. 84 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,760 So if you could peel us back layer by layer skin, then he 85 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,880 would have had that all detailed out in the sand. 86 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,200 That's pretty amazing. And he and he breathed into him 87 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,880 to be a living being, and now he is a son of God. 88 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,240 He's God's son. He's Adam without sin. 89 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,600 Yet God doesn't know he loves him. 90 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,400 That alone is not demonstrating Adam's love. 91 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,760 He says, Adam, you can eat from any tree of the garden, but of 92 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,680 the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat 93 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,240 for the day you eat you'll surely die. 94 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:38,640 And as long as Adam keeps that word, he demonstrates his love 95 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:43,120 for his father. But the day he ate the fruit, he 96 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,680 rebelled. He did not demonstrate love. 97 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:52,520 Amen. So there are a lot of things in 98 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:57,960 Scripture that will refute tradition, is what I'm saying. 99 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,600 And so, you know, there are some events that are about to come 100 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,720 upon us. And you know, the more I 101 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,920 meditate on these things and where I know the Lord wants us 102 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,640 to go in 22. I mean, honestly, January, 103 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,320 what's the first Sunday in January? 104 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:22,880 It's 8th, I think 7th. I mean, I almost wish we could 105 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,160 translate to it because what I want to be release to the body 106 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,280 of next year. I'm just so jacked about it, but 107 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:34,520 we're going to kind of have a teaser in these next two weeks 108 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,720 concerning some things about next year. 109 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,280 All right. And so, you know, as I'm kind of 110 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:43,760 meditating on some things again, you know me, I'm not going to 111 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:49,840 believe it, even if I've thought it, because every thought I 112 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:51,840 have, I've not actually studied out. 113 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,040 And every subject there is in the Bible I've not actually 114 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,240 studied. Now I've already mentioned this, 115 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,080 so I'll mention it again. I've never done a sermon on 116 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,040 angels. Never. 117 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:10,000 But I will next year. So what I think I know about 118 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,400 them may not be correct, but we'll find out what the Bible 119 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,320 says so we can rightly divide it. 120 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,080 Why? Because we're going to need to 121 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,560 understand a few things. And don't you? 122 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,960 Understanding the Lord is not keeping things from us. 123 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,400 He's keeping things for us. Excuse me? 124 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:36,840 And there are things he's revealing more so as the time, 125 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,320 you know, Daniel had a revelation of some things and he 126 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:45,520 said seal it up. But then John pops the top off 127 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,120 and people are still having a problem with that. 128 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,560 But the reality is, is as we get closer to these events, John 129 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:58,560 spoke of more clarity. And here's the thing. 130 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:04,520 There are people who assume they knew what that was in the 50s, 131 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:10,240 but in light of today, they may find out man, they were, they 132 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,800 didn't know, and they only knew based upon what they knew. 133 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,120 But now that God reveals more, guess what? 134 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,160 We can adjust and get more clear. 135 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,960 In essence, you've got to see yourself as an Apollos in some 136 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,440 of these things we're going to discover. 137 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:25,880 And what do I mean by the Polish? 138 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,880 You remember in Acts that he was preaching, he was eloquent and 139 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,799 he preached the baptism of John. But Priscilla and Aquila was in 140 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:37,200 one of his meetings, and they took him aside after the 141 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:42,880 service, and it says they showed him a more clear way, a more 142 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,960 clear way. And in essence they gave him the 143 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,800 revelation they had received from Paul that turned on the 144 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,200 light. It's not that Apollos wasn't 145 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,840 preaching truth, it became more clear. 146 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,000 In essence. He went to the spiritual eye 147 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,280 doctor and what he could see that was a little fuzzy and he 148 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,040 could still read all of a sudden became crystal clear. 149 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,600 The same thing happened to Saulatarsus. 150 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:11,840 He was ministering truth concerning the God of Israel, 151 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,280 but he didn't have the right context. 152 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,720 And then when Jesus revealed himself, all of the old covenant 153 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,920 and the prophets became crystal clear. 154 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,880 Amen. So the Lord wants, as the time's 155 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,280 drawing near, as we're living in the last last of the last days, 156 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,120 He wants it to become more clear. 157 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,080 And it won't be clear because we're saying we believe the 158 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,160 Spirit says it'll be because we'll be able to go straight to 159 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:41,840 Scripture and prove it. So the Scripture will confirm 160 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,720 what the Spirit of God is revealing. 161 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,400 Amen. So I want to encourage you, as 162 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:52,400 we begin to do some things into next year and into today that 163 00:09:52,400 --> 00:10:01,280 don't hold a tradition. Just because a majority of 164 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,240 people believe something doesn't mean it's correct. 165 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:12,480 That mean it's correct. All right, So with that being 166 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,680 said, the time my message is cloudy with a chance of rain. 167 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,760 Hallelujah. Amen. 168 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,080 Now that's probably not going to get a lot of clicks on YouTube, 169 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:29,200 but if I put this word out, the Rapture, then they may look it 170 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,200 up. So they'll have to figure out 171 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,960 how to do that on their own. But in Revelations chapter one, 172 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,400 how many you do in your Bible reading? 173 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,680 Then you read this this week. When I read this this week, I'm 174 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:45,640 like, seriously, seriously, Lord, seriously, Lord. 175 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,520 Hallelujah. Revelation chapter one, Verse 176 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,560 four. Look what it says, John, to the 177 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:58,040 seven churches that are in Asia. Grace to you and peace from him 178 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,360 who is who was and who is to come. 179 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:04,880 And from the seven spirits who are before his throne, we'll 180 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,720 find out who they are. Verse 5. 181 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:12,120 And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness the first born 182 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,080 of the dead, the ruler of the kings of the earth. 183 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,960 Who are those kings? Come on. 184 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:23,280 Who are those kings? To who To him who loves us and 185 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:29,760 released us from our sins by His blood, that he made us to be a 186 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,360 Kingdom? Priests to his God and Father to 187 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,120 him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. 188 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,160 Behold, he is coming. Say he's coming. 189 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:45,240 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see 190 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,160 him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth 191 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,920 will mourn over him. So it is to be. 192 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,680 Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, 193 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:58,880 says the Lord God who is Who was who? 194 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:07,560 Who is to come the Almighty. So John the Apostle is the one 195 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:11,720 whom God loved. He is the Apostle of love, which 196 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,000 means his love walk was tremendous, all right. 197 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:20,000 And because of that love walk he could not be killed, although 198 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 tried. History says that they boiled 199 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,600 him in oil. Now I don't know what his skin 200 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,840 looked like when he came out. All I know is he didn't die. 201 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:34,200 And because they could not kill him physically because of this 202 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,680 prediction, and I'm not saying that he had any marks on him. 203 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,080 He could have been like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. 204 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:40,480 Nothing. They're like, I don't even 205 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,760 understand this. And because of that, they were 206 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,480 so intimidated. They exiled him, right? 207 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:52,480 They exiled him and in his exile he gets a revelation of the 208 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,920 Christ. Revelation is not about the 209 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:59,960 Antichrist, which is one of the biggest tradition that happens 210 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:03,160 in the church today. And the reason why revelation is 211 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:07,240 most of the time people struggle with it is because they're 212 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,280 looking for the Antichrist and not what revelation is about. 213 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:17,400 It's about the Christ. The Antichrist is a secondary 214 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,440 issue. It's, you know, just something 215 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,760 in the line, but it's not the main character. 216 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,080 You know, when more people are trying to figure out who the 217 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:30,280 Antichrist is, then they are of just seeking the Lord. 218 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:39,080 There are many ministers and Saints that posture on Instagram 219 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,560 and YouTube and their podcast because they want to be the one, 220 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:47,680 hopefully known as the one who rightly got the Antichrist. 221 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,880 Does that make you spiritual? Think about it. 222 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,880 I mean, are you going to be some spiritual giant just because you 223 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,000 named it? You're the one who figured it 224 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,640 out, right? I mean, that's not even the main 225 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,720 character. I mean, the Antichrist is really 226 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:10,680 no big deal, 'cause even the works that he's doing during 227 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:15,200 those tides are secondary to the main character. 228 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,040 I say they're secondary to the main character, and everyone on 229 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,720 the planet is going to know the main character. 230 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,200 Everybody. All right, so here it is in 231 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,600 plain sight. Let's go back to verse 7. 232 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:38,800 Plain sight, verse 7. Behold, he is coming. 233 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,160 How many believe he's coming? I said how many believe he's 234 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:42,960 coming? I said how many believe he's 235 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:47,040 coming? How is he coming with clouds? 236 00:14:49,080 --> 00:15:04,000 It's coming with clouds and and how many eyes and and what are 237 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:09,880 the eyes going to do? So I'm a little tired of the 238 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:14,200 commercials of us just disappearing. 239 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:28,240 That's right. Because they're playing them the 240 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,640 social media phenomenon that all of a sudden everyone's going to 241 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,640 boom. People are just disappearing, 242 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,720 disappearing, disappearing. And nobody knows why. 243 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,120 That's not what the scripture says. 244 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:50,000 Come on, that's not what the Scripture actually says, I said 245 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,040 that's not what the Scripture actually says. 246 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:59,800 It says Behold, he is coming with the clouds and every eye 247 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,640 will see him. Notice the first group of 248 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,200 people, even those who pierced him. 249 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:16,360 So the ones who hate Jesus will see Jesus. 250 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,680 So the first group of people that will recognize Jesus in the 251 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:29,000 cloud is gonna be those that aren't his. 252 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,680 And how much territory would this cover? 253 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,920 All the tribes of the earth? Now, we ain't talking about all 254 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:46,480 the tribes of Israel. All the tribes of the earth will 255 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:53,360 mourn over and events going to take place that there. 256 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:58,880 The world's going to know I'm already hitting traditional 257 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,280 walls right now. This is crazy. 258 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:01,840 But that's all right. This is my first scripture. 259 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:06,440 Configs that Jack your mind? Yeah, yeah. 260 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:09,560 Because we've already dealt with the Love Walk, and we're going 261 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,560 to talk about love again next year because I'm going to preach 262 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,800 that on Sunday and let it go out to everybody. 263 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,720 OK. But here's the thing. 264 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:20,760 Everybody thinks something's going to take place in the 265 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:26,040 Scripture Does not support it. Doesn't support it. 266 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:34,800 I said it doesn't support it. Every eye will see him. 267 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,480 Now think about it. Most of us believe that there's 268 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:43,440 a great end time revival. I know now without hesitation 269 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,800 that this revival is going to be split. 270 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,840 There's going to be a coming in prior to a trumpet and then 271 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,400 there's going to be a coming in after a catching away. 272 00:17:55,520 --> 00:18:01,240 The revival will crossover. You want to be on the side 273 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:07,280 before the trumpet. I mean, it has saved you a lot 274 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:11,000 of grief. It won't keep you out of heaven, 275 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:13,800 but it will save you a lot of grief. 276 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:20,200 You can be delivered and we'll take some more time to talk 277 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,440 about that next week. But there's this revival most of 278 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,720 us believe there's this great revival we're going to go. 279 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,280 And really it's left me with this thought that when people 280 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:31,320 preach it this way is that like all the people are going to get 281 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,640 born again, they're going to be gone and all that's left on the 282 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:38,040 planet are just non believers. But the scripture doesn't 283 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:42,720 support that, doesn't support that. 284 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,200 But we see here and think about it. 285 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:51,200 If Jesus is about to pour out his wrath on the earth during 286 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:55,320 what we call the tribulation, do you think he wants the devil to 287 00:18:55,320 --> 00:19:03,080 take credit? I mean, do you understand? 288 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,680 I mean, this is scripture. This is why it's so important to 289 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:10,680 read the Bible, Genesis 11 to Revelations 2221, because it 290 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,960 gives us the nature and context of God. 291 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,640 When you read the book of Jeremiah, do you think that God 292 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:21,560 wants the nation of Israel to believe that Babylon was just 293 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,000 bigger, stronger and better than him? 294 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,920 That he was more powerful than the God of Israel? 295 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,520 There's no way God's going to let a nation take over his 296 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,760 nation and his nation believe Wow, Babylon was stronger. 297 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:40,280 No. What did he do? 298 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,200 He sent Jeremiah to say you tell him that because they sinned, 299 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,160 they picked other gods. They did this. 300 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,240 They killed my prophets. They wouldn't do anything. 301 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,200 I am stepping back. That's the only reason this is 302 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,480 taking place. Because this nation is not more 303 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,880 powerful than me. I told you, if you'll obey me, 304 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:02,840 if you'll keep my. Word if you'll do I'll bless you 305 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,200 coming in and bless you going out. 306 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:05,800 I'll make you the head and not the tail. 307 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,560 I'll make you above and not beneath your Your enemy will 308 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,200 come before you one way and he'll flee before you seven way. 309 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,560 But I'm telling you right now through my prophet, because you 310 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:21,360 have not kept my word. This nation is coming against 311 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:26,560 you, and I'm letting them in, 'cause they are definitely not 312 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,680 better than me. Do you really think that God is 313 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:36,040 going to have this secret plan to pull this church out of the 314 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:40,400 earth and all of a sudden everybody don't know it was him? 315 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,040 But tradition will make you believe that. 316 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:56,800 Because here's the thing, God, when he gets into wrath mode, 317 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,400 when he gets into wrath mode, he's in wrath mode because he's 318 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:11,040 like my evidence of who I am is irrefutable, and you're still 319 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:16,920 not yielding to me. It's irrefutable. 320 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,000 He gets into wrath mode. It's because of the revelation 321 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,080 of who he is. So you understand there's a lot 322 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,480 happening right now in the Spirit. 323 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,440 His Spirit's in the earth. His church is in the earth. 324 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,240 His church is moving. And you understand His church 325 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,960 when I say his church because again, if you read the Book of 326 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,200 Revelation and the seven churches, he had some things to 327 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:42,520 say about him and not all of his comments were encouraging. 328 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,520 Now they were encouraging to all because he's like, hey, this is 329 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:51,160 pretty cool because you started out like this, but here's my 330 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,200 problem. And he's talking to the Grace 331 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:59,080 Church, the church under grace. I got a problem with you. 332 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:01,080 The head of the church is telling the church I got a 333 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,800 problem with you, which means you can't be under grace and 334 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,720 never have a problem with God. You have a problem with God 335 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,160 under grace if you're not doing His Word. 336 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,200 Grace empowers us to do His Word, not to not do His Word and 337 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:19,280 stay right with God. And so he's got conflict with 338 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,760 his church through John telling them. 339 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,800 And not only is it churches that exist that day, but we also know 340 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:30,360 that is 4 showers communicating of a distant time of where 341 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:33,080 churches are functioning in these capacities. 342 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,720 And we can identify ourselves as one of those seven churches. 343 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:43,120 Amen. And so he's saying, look, at the 344 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,800 end of the day before I, I'm letting you know what I'm going 345 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:51,080 to do. And so the church at large is 346 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:55,320 starting to function like Israel, where they are always 347 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,680 hearing about God having his blessing, seeing his miracles is 348 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,520 irrefutable as God. They've given him praise about 349 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,640 stuff he's done. And then they still turn their 350 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,720 back and go back into the world's way. 351 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,760 And how many people have gotten born again? 352 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:10,600 They've gotten filled with the Holy Ghost. 353 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,880 They have been healed by God. They've seen him, bless them, 354 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,280 and then they go back to the ways of the world. 355 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,600 Well, there comes a time that as that's been happening, you 356 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,520 understand we've got about 2000 years on this deal that God's 357 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:34,000 like, seriously 'cause this isn't going to be hypothetical 358 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:39,480 whether Jesus exists, although there's plenty of evidence now 359 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:46,040 he does, but he's going to come in a cloud and the whole world's 360 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,560 going to know. I said the whole world's going 361 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,920 to know. Now you understand he's not 362 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,560 doing something that hasn't been done. 363 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,560 Acts Chapter One. In Acts chapter one, again it 364 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,960 says this. So when they had come together, 365 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:06,440 they were asking him, saying, Lord, is it at this time you are 366 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,960 restoring the Kingdom to Israel? Now notice what Jesus says. 367 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,840 He says to them, it is not for you to know the times, OK, which 368 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,320 his father is fixed by his own authority, but you have 369 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,840 received, but you will receive what power when the Holy Spirit 370 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,800 has come upon you. And you shall be my witnesses in 371 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,120 Jerusalem, and in Judea and Samaria, and even to the 372 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:29,920 remotest parts of the earth. And after he had said these 373 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,800 things, he what? He was what? 374 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,400 He was what? Lifted up. 375 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,320 He was caught up. He was lifted up. 376 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,240 He was caught up. He's the word that describes 377 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:48,160 what we called the rapture. He was raptured. 378 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,480 He was caught up. He was lifted up while they were 379 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,880 looking on. And a what what happened? 380 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,880 A cloud received him out of their sight. 381 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,880 Notice Jesus is in a cloud and they could see it. 382 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,720 Because what I'm going to show you today is every time Jesus is 383 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:13,040 in a cloud, you can see it. Now here's the thing, in this 384 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,920 particular moment, there were people that were around him, 385 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,080 right? And so it's not that. 386 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,320 Again, if I was to take a balloon today, right, a helium 387 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,800 balloon, and I was to walk outside, we were all to go 388 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:32,520 outside and I release it. Could we watch it ascend now? 389 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,120 Could the beach see that balloon? 390 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,520 They could if they knew where it was at in the sky. 391 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:44,480 Do you not see planes? I mean, we're talking thousands, 392 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:51,240 10s of thousands, maybe not 32,000 because they typically 393 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:57,280 are above the clouds, but prior to the you can see those planes, 394 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,800 you can be here and you can watch that thing, just continue 395 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:06,680 to ascend till it till you can't see it because it's so far away. 396 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,000 So just because Jesus ascended on this day doesn't mean if 397 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:15,520 anyone had been looking in that location, it wasn't like he was 398 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,880 only seen to those people. My point is he wasn't like 399 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,240 invisible to the world. If someone had been glancing, 400 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,880 they would have watched a person go up. 401 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:32,720 He was visible to those who are watching, I said. 402 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,640 He's visible to those who are watching because if you're not 403 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,680 watching, you're not looking in the direction you can miss what 404 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,600 is completely visible to everyone. 405 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,960 So it says that they he was lifted up. 406 00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:52,080 He was in the cloud. It received him out of their 407 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,440 sight. And as they were gazing intently 408 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,080 into the sky, what were they doing? 409 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,640 Like you do with the balloons? You still see it. 410 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,960 Yeah, yeah, yes. Right there. 411 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,320 I still see it. There it is. 412 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,160 Is that. No, no. 413 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,000 Yeah, yeah, I see it. Right. 414 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,840 It says while they were gazing intently in the sky while he was 415 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,200 going, behold, 2 men in white clothing stood beside them and 416 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,720 they said men of Galilee. Why do you stand looking in the 417 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,760 sky? This Jesus? 418 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,400 Which Jesus? Now which Jesus is this Jesus? 419 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:28,480 This is the Jesus that came, born of the virgin, died on the 420 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,520 cross, rose from the dead, walked through walls, performed 421 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,640 miracles, walked on water. Come on. 422 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,480 This Jesus still has holes in his hands and in his feet and in 423 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,960 his side. This Jesus who has been what 424 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:51,800 raptured, taken up from you in heaven, will will what will come 425 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:58,000 in just the same way as you watched him go into heaven. 426 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:05,440 So on the day of Pentecost, they're letting them know. 427 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,320 Did do you believe the Bible? Do you believe that Peter and 428 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,040 all the apostles and whoever else was hanging out with Jesus 429 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,160 that day when he was talking to them and he went up that they 430 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,320 literally saw him? That's not metaphorical. 431 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,880 Well, and the Angel says he's coming back the same way, which 432 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,400 means if you could see him go, you're going to see him come. 433 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,160 If you saw him go, you'll see him come. 434 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,120 You can see him come, you can see him come. 435 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,040 And revelation tells us everybody's going to see it. 436 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,280 I said everybody's going to see it. 437 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,960 Oh, Hallelujah. Say Amen anyway. 438 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:55,960 He's coming the same way, The same way. 439 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:01,280 Look what it says in First Thessalonians 413 and 18 says 440 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,320 this. But we do not want you to be 441 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:07,120 uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that 442 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,760 you will not be grieved, as do the rest who have no hope. 443 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,920 OK, For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then so 444 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:20,440 Even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in 445 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,440 Jesus. For this we say to you by the 446 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,200 word of the Lord that we who are alive and remain. 447 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:35,120 We who are alive and what remain until the coming of the Lord 448 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,680 will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 449 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,120 For the Lord himself will what descend from heaven. 450 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,560 How? With a shout, with the voice of 451 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,760 the Archangel Angel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead 452 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,760 in Christ will rise, Will rise What? 453 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:55,640 And it's first. First. 454 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,960 So this is where I have a problem with the amplified. 455 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,600 Because the amplified takes the next verse and says 456 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,200 simultaneously. Well then this can't be first. 457 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,960 If there's a simultaneous and, I would conclude that that 458 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:13,880 interpretation's wrong based upon an event and we're going to 459 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:19,840 see it here in a minute, then then say, then now again. 1st 460 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:26,320 and 2nd can be separated by milliseconds, but first is 461 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:32,480 first. But this 1st and the 2nd may not 462 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:37,280 be the same as you think, at least not how we see it In all 463 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:42,280 the stuff that has been shown on TV about left behind and what 464 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:47,720 happens and all the the churches that put on the little you know 465 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,680 shows you know where people came in. 466 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,200 And the vacuum cleaners are running, clothes are left on the 467 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:53,920 floor, cars are where they're at. 468 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,920 Come on, is it? Does it not? 469 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:02,480 Does it not bother anybody that basically we're saying that God 470 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:07,600 would immediately pull his at the immediate destruction of 471 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,320 others? Because if you're driving 65 and 472 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:22,910 you're gone, your car doesn't immediately stop #1 airplanes 473 00:31:22,910 --> 00:31:28,310 are crashing. There's a lot going on. 474 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,440 So in essence, we're saying the Lord creates A genocide 475 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,880 immediately by taking his church, although the scripture 476 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:41,640 doesn't support this. Now there's going to be problems 477 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:47,520 because of the wrath of God, but it won't be in that particular 478 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:52,080 moment, 'cause there's letting them know we don't have time to 479 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,560 talk about the three years of peace. 480 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:54,600 There's going to be some calamity. 481 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,560 Don't get me wrong, 'cause you're going to go and they're 482 00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:04,440 going to know, and a lot are going to exit, and then they're 483 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:05,960 going to have to figure this out. 484 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:10,640 But then seals are going to get broken and Ras going to start 485 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,160 showing up. All right, here we go. 486 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,840 It says this. Then we who are alive and remain 487 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:21,960 will be what caught up. That's what they call the 488 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,600 Rapture. We're caught up together with 489 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:29,320 them in the air, so they're in the air. 490 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,840 Who's in the air already? The ones who rose first. 491 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:42,760 OK, we'll be caught up together with them in the in the clouds 492 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,680 to meet the Lord in the air in that. 493 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,000 Interesting. We're going out in clouds, too, 494 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,080 I said. We're going on clouds, too. 495 00:32:55,560 --> 00:33:04,080 I wonder if anyone's going to be able to see that now again. 496 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,240 Why do you forsake the commandment of God for the sake 497 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:10,040 of your tradition? Is it bothersome to you that you 498 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:15,720 would change your thinking that people are going to see me go as 499 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,920 opposed to, Is it better that they don't know you disappeared? 500 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,440 And I already know where everyone's going. 501 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,760 We're going to get to that scripture. 502 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,640 But that scripture's been quoted wrong. 503 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:28,760 And we're going to see that today. 504 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,600 And we're going to go for anyone who's thinking that and think 505 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,360 that's the case because you keep quoting it in your mind, you're 506 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,040 going to be like, ah, I'm wrong. Now many of you are quoting it 507 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,080 now you'll realize, oh, it doesn't say that. 508 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,600 So it says we're going to be caught up together with him in 509 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,920 the clouds to meet him in the air. 510 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:52,160 Now I'm not saying we're not going to heaven, but I will tell 511 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:59,360 you this air is not heaven. Air is atmosphere. 512 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,840 I'm not saying we're not going to heaven. 513 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,679 I'm not telling you that. But I can equally say what stops 514 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:11,920 God from pulling out a table in the upper atmosphere? 515 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,880 You'd be beyond the clouds. They wouldn't see you anymore 516 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,120 anyway. And he could set up his beam a 517 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:26,840 seat in the atmosphere of Earth, and he's still close to that 518 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,600 which he's about to pour his wrath on. 519 00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:32,840 I'm not telling you that's the case. 520 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,760 I'm not saying that. But I'm going to tell you Heaven 521 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:42,199 and Earth have a connection that's closer than you think. 522 00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:47,440 They are two separate places. Do not confuse that. 523 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,199 But they are more connected than you think. 524 00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:54,639 OK, so they're caught up in the clouds to meet him in the air. 525 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,160 And so we will shall always be with the Lord. 526 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,680 Notice it says we'll always be with the Lord. 527 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:02,600 It does not say we'll always be in heaven. 528 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:08,320 Because is this the last time the Lord will come? 529 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:16,240 Nope, it's not the last time. So wherever the Lord is, where 530 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:20,560 are we with Him? So when he comes to a millennial 531 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,920 reign, where will we be and where will he be? 532 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,880 On the earth? So the notion that will live in 533 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:32,000 heaven forever is actually not biblical. 534 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:41,480 It's not a biblical principle. It's actually fantasy because 535 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,800 even the Lord is not going to be there forever. 536 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,640 Hallelujah. Now, I'm not telling you won't 537 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,680 have access. I'm not telling you won't get to 538 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,600 go. I'm just saying you'll be on the 539 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,840 earth, too. And for me, I'm going to be with 540 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,920 the Lord. And if the Lord goes to Saturn, 541 00:35:55,960 --> 00:36:00,440 I want to be there. All right. 542 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,120 So it goes on to say, then we'll meet the Lord in the air. 543 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:07,440 And so we shall be with him. Always be with the Lord. 544 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,880 Therefore, comfort one another with these words. 545 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:14,720 So I'm here to comfort you with these words that, as Jesus went 546 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:16,440 up in a cloud, will go up in a cloud. 547 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,320 Now let's get to your scripture. First Corinthians, chapter 15. 548 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,360 This is what you're thinking of anyway, and this is what 549 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,880 everybody tries to use to prove the point that we're going to 550 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:34,360 disappear, vanish, go, bam, gone right, says Now, I say to you, 551 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:39,240 brethren, the flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of 552 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,840 God, nor does perishable inherit the imperishable. 553 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,040 Behold, I will tell you a mystery. 554 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,560 We will not all sleep now. What's he mean by that? 555 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:53,880 Not everybody's going to die and go into the earth, the grave. 556 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,160 OK, their body. Because again, we know in this 557 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:02,120 dispensation, if you are absent from your body, what are you 558 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:03,320 present with? The Lord. 559 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,240 That's why Paul said to be absent from the body now is to 560 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:09,320 be what present with the Lord. But that wasn't always the case. 561 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,520 There was a case when you were absent from your body. 562 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:13,760 You were not present with the Lord. 563 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,600 You were in paradise. And Jesus talked about paradise 564 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,440 because he told one of the thieves on the cross, Today you 565 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,600 will be with me in not heaven, but paradise. 566 00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:31,880 So there was a time when people left their body. 567 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,440 Their spirit and soul was in paradise. 568 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:42,040 Their body was in the grave. The flesh and blood did not go 569 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,440 to that realm. It stayed in the earth, right? 570 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,920 But he's telling us not all of us are going to experience this. 571 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:55,120 So in today's scenario, our spirit soul, we go, those go to 572 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:59,880 heaven, but we're not in our glorified bodies, OK? 573 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,960 Because that's why the dead has to rise 1st. 574 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:08,520 And let me just go ahead and answer the question that is is 575 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,640 wrong because people say, well, you know what, you should never 576 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,560 get cremated. You know, don't do that. 577 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,400 You know what? Everyone's being cremated, 578 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,880 cremate. Cremation is the acceleration of 579 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,200 what's already happening to the body when it gets on the ground. 580 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,680 I mean, do you really think that people that were thousands of 581 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:29,120 years are still intact, So when God comes and resurrects that 582 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:33,520 body, he's having to put it all back together anyway, he said 583 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:38,400 from dust she came now. So cremation is accelerating a 584 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,000 process, and I don't care if they scatter your dust all over 585 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,120 the planet. God has no problem if you were 586 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:49,040 born again to get all that back together and hook you up with a 587 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:54,560 glorified suit, right? So don't think cremation is 588 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,880 ungodly. It's the acceleration of dust. 589 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,400 OK, with that being said, he says this. 590 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,000 Behold, I tell you, mystery, will not all sleep, but we will 591 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:04,720 be. What? 592 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,920 What will we be? What will we be? 593 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,480 What is that word? What is that word and how will 594 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:16,800 we be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last 595 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,720 trumpet? For the trumpet will sound and 596 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:25,440 the dead will be what first and then those who remain. 597 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,520 According to first Thessalonians, they are going to 598 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,000 be called up then. But notice when the trumpet 599 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:40,920 sounds were not caught up, it just says changed, changed and 600 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:42,520 called up are two different words. 601 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:47,800 And if Paul, who had revelation of these things, of which he 602 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:51,200 wrote First Thessalonians and he wrote to the Corinthian church 603 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,840 and he tells the Corinthian church, Now listen, I want you 604 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,000 to know that not all of us are going to sleep, but there'll 605 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,440 come a time when the trumpet blows. 606 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:03,600 In essence, when we see Jesus come down on the cloud, we're 607 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:11,480 going to be changed. First, you'll get changed before 608 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,720 you're caught up. And what we've done is we've 609 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:17,800 concluded that this twinkling of an eye, which they say is half 610 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:22,320 of a blink. That's why they conclude we poof 611 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,520 disappear. But it doesn't say you'll poof 612 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:29,720 in 1/2 a blink. It says you'll be changed and 613 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:34,120 what you'll do is the imperishable will put on or the 614 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,560 perishable will put on the imperishable and the the the 615 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:41,760 mortal will put on immortality in poof. 616 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,400 So all of a sudden you'll go from this to glorified. 617 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:56,240 Now that doesn't mean ascension. That is not ascension because 618 00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:59,920 you got to understand, God loves the world. 619 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,160 God loves the world. Here's the problem. 620 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:11,040 We have reduced church at large, has reduced the message of Jesus 621 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:16,240 Christ to the door. Ask Jesus into your heart so 622 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,120 you'll be saved. That way when you die, you go to 623 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:19,960 heaven. And that is not the gospel. 624 00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:24,480 That is the door and part of your existence. 625 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,360 You can be born again and part of your existence will be in 626 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:34,280 heaven. And we've reduced it to that. 627 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,440 To where then we're only talking escapism. 628 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,480 And in essence, we hate the earth. 629 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:42,960 I mean, you understand Christians hate earth. 630 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,000 Well, the earth doesn't have the problem. 631 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,240 It's the systems that have the problem. 632 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:49,920 And the earth doesn't have a problem. 633 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,560 It's the devil who's still working a system on the earth 634 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:58,120 and the sin of rebellious man that the earth is receiving and 635 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:01,320 stuck, but the earth itself is crying out for it's actually 636 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:07,680 redemption. But yet, modern day Christianity 637 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,080 at large hates the earth, doesn't want to do anything with 638 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:14,320 the earth, wants to leave the earth, can't wait to get out of 639 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,600 here. And so we've created doctrine 640 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:23,960 that even God doesn't love the earth, is going to abandon it, 641 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:26,680 and he's going to catch us up out of here. 642 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,920 And for most, that's where their theology stops. 643 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:33,040 We're caught up and we're in heaven forever, never to see 644 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,880 planet Earth again. And that's not even in 645 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:42,120 Scripture. So change means changed. 646 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:50,440 Everybody all right with that? OK, Is this the first 647 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:58,080 resurrection? Has someone been resurrected 648 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:01,560 before this? Who was resurrected first? 649 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,640 Well, there was only some people that were resurrected long 650 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:08,320 before Jesus, just to be honest with you, right? 651 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,560 OK, Lazarus was resurrected before that. 652 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,320 But before Lazarus retrorected, then there was a widow woman who 653 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,960 had a son, he was resurrected, and then God resurrected a 654 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:18,960 daughter. She was actually resurrected. 655 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,280 And then Elijah, Elijah resurrected somebody and Elijah 656 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,400 resurrected somebody. So there's been resurrections 657 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:29,160 just to let you know they died and rose back to life. 658 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,840 OK, but in the context that we're talking about, 659 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:38,600 resurrection or coming to life and no longer having sin 660 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:43,600 dominate your life, Jesus is the first born from the dead. 661 00:43:45,240 --> 00:43:55,240 Did Jesus leave the grave alone? He did not. 662 00:43:57,240 --> 00:44:00,440 Look at this in Matthew. This is good stuff bro. 663 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:08,120 Matthew 2752 to 53 and it says in the graves were opened. 664 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:21,360 Jesus just said it is finished. He said it's finished. 665 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:25,200 He gave up his spirit. Earthquake takes place. 666 00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:34,440 The veils ripped and Matthew records this and the graves were 667 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,400 opened. And many bodies of the Saints 668 00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:47,840 which slept arose and came out of the graves after his 669 00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:54,600 resurrection. And and what went into the holy 670 00:44:54,800 --> 00:45:02,440 city and appeared Let's read this from the passion 671 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:05,360 translation. It says it this way and the 672 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,160 graves were open. Then many of the holy ones who 673 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,680 had died were brought back to life and came out of their 674 00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:12,600 graves. And after Jesus resurrection 675 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:18,760 they were plainly seen by many people walking in Jerusalem, 676 00:45:25,650 --> 00:45:31,480 which means they didn't. I mean think about it, Why does 677 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:36,440 God bring them out of the grave, reunite their spirit and soul 678 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:42,680 with their glorified body, and let them walk the streets of 679 00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:54,040 Jerusalem before they leave? You understand God. 680 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:57,000 His proof of his existence is amazing. 681 00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,600 You understand this. Now, even though there's this 682 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,760 proof, it doesn't mean people will believe. 683 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,240 Because what happened, we know. We know. 684 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:11,560 We have this whole context. A guy by the name of Lazarus 685 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:12,720 dies. I'm not talking about the one 686 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:14,400 that was raised from the dead. I'm talking about the one that 687 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:18,240 died and stayed dead, and that particular one was a beggar at a 688 00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:23,720 rich man's table, and when he dies he goes to Abraham's bosom, 689 00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:27,160 or we call it paradise, and all of a sudden that same rich 690 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,760 ruler, he dies, but he don't go to paradise. 691 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:35,680 He goes to the other side of the grave where there's torment and 692 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,640 he's being in torment and he looks up to Abraham. 693 00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:42,600 This is not a parable, because when God said parables, he never 694 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:50,400 used proper names, never. And Abraham was a real man. 695 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,520 So this is not a parable. This is an account of what God 696 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:58,480 knows is happening in the spirit realm that we don't see. 697 00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:05,160 So he says That rich ruler, excuse me, says to Abraham, he 698 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:09,960 says, Abraham, he says, look, I'm in torment. 699 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:13,360 Send Lazarus over so he can like, dip his finger in some 700 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:16,960 water, put it on my tongue, 'cause I'm in great torment. 701 00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:21,640 I mean, he hasn't changed, even though he's in torment. 702 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,200 And you got to understand, when people are cast into the Lake of 703 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:29,680 fire, they won't change. They're selfish when they 704 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,960 they're cast in and they stay selfish when they're in. 705 00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,880 And that's why they'll be deserving of eternal damnation, 706 00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:40,360 because they'll never change. They will be haters of God, 707 00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:43,840 They'll always hate him, they'll never not hate him. 708 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:48,360 And they will have proven it out in their lifetime with all the 709 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:53,920 evidences that he should be submitted to. 710 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,360 And so Abraham says it's not going to happen. 711 00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:01,280 See, there's a a gulf fix. One translation says there's 712 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,960 this great abyss between us. We can't go over to you and you 713 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:05,880 can't go over to us. Why? 714 00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:10,200 Because that sealed whether you were believing God that the 715 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:13,800 Messiah would come and you were trusting in the blood to come, 716 00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:17,880 or whether you just didn't love, God discounted him because of 717 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,200 all the evidence and you were never going to serve him. 718 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,600 So you're over there, We're over here. 719 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,560 It's not going to happen. So he says to him, he said, 720 00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:30,880 look, I got five brothers that are worse than I am, Can you 721 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,880 send Lazarus back and go tell them? 722 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:38,280 And this is what he says? He says, Son, if they don't 723 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:42,760 believe the prophets and the law, meaning they don't believe 724 00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:47,360 the word, the word is enough, then they will not believe. 725 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:49,600 Even if a man's raised from the dead. 726 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:53,920 Yet God gives the evidence of him being raised from the dead 727 00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:58,640 and he gives evidence through Saints who had been dead in that 728 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:03,080 from Jerusalem, that they walked and talked to people. 729 00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:05,040 Can you imagine what they must have said? 730 00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:10,000 Jesus is the Messiah. Do you understand? 731 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,080 Jesus is it? He's the one. 732 00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:13,760 He's the one you've been looking for. 733 00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:16,600 He's the one. He's the one he's been looking 734 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:17,920 for. He's the one. 735 00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,440 He's it. He's it. 736 00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:24,960 Because here's the thing. How in the world could Peter, 737 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:28,120 James and John know that was Elijah and Moses? 738 00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,280 Nowhere has it indicated that he said their name. 739 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,000 We know what? Because the writings tell us. 740 00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,360 But I I suspect that the Holy Ghost revealed to them, you're 741 00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:41,560 standing before Moses and Elijah and they passed away year deck 742 00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:45,960 centuries ago, yet they had the revelation of who they were as 743 00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:47,880 people. So the same thing, these people 744 00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:49,840 are walking and people are having a revelation of who these 745 00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:51,800 individuals were. How can they be walking the 746 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:53,240 streets? How could they be alive again? 747 00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:55,840 They know an event took place because an earthquake's taking 748 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:57,480 place. But they're not the only ones 749 00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:02,840 who saw it, because let's look at the 25th verse of Matthew 27. 750 00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:08,280 It says this very powerful, I mean the 54th verse, the 54th 751 00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:11,800 verse of 27. Now when the Roman military 752 00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:16,480 officers and his soldiers witnessed what was happening and 753 00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:20,360 felt the powerful earthquake, now they weren't just witnessing 754 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:28,120 him on the cross dying, they were witnessing what was going 755 00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:36,240 on in Jerusalem. They're seeing the dead walk, 756 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,280 and look what it says. They were extremely not me. 757 00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,400 Seriously, think about this for a moment. 758 00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:48,040 If you were right over here off of US1, you're leaving 759 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:50,320 Chick-fil-A. You take a right and you decide 760 00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:54,760 you're going to pop over to the cemetery because it's quiet and 761 00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:59,840 you're going to eat your Chick-fil-A sandwich and all of 762 00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:01,520 a sudden a bunch of clouds show up. 763 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:05,840 Right now a sound happens to you. 764 00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:07,960 It may be Thunder, but we know it's a trumpet. 765 00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:13,840 And then all of a sudden people start coming out of grave. 766 00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,960 Now do you understand the world? The devil's already preparing 767 00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:22,200 them for his interpretation. This is why The Walking Dead and 768 00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:28,520 all those are huge deal people. I mean, why do we have so much 769 00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,960 messaging about this kind of stuff? 770 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:39,280 Because the devil's always wanting to try to cloud truth. 771 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,760 Now the difference is, is when they come out, they're not going 772 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:46,360 to go. It's not going to look like 773 00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:49,320 that. It's going to be like little 774 00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,760 light bulbs pop up out of there like, boom, you know, these 775 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:57,160 shiny beings, right? And all of a sudden now what do 776 00:51:57,160 --> 00:51:59,600 you, I mean, you understand, to a person not born of God, what 777 00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:00,760 do you think's happening right now? 778 00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:09,960 Terrified. Extremely terrified. 779 00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:12,880 So these soldiers are extreme. And look what they said. 780 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,960 There is. Oh, y'all got to hear me. 781 00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:22,840 There is what? No doubt this man was the Son of 782 00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:24,520 God. But you know what? 783 00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:28,120 That does not mean? All of those soldiers submitted 784 00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:35,080 to Jesus doesn't mean that, but it does mean this. 785 00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:42,200 There was no doubt they knew. This is why, I conclude, of the 786 00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:44,800 great revival that's coming. In the end, there's going to be 787 00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:46,680 more on the other side of the trumpet. 788 00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,080 And why do I believe this? Well, 'cause the scripture talks 789 00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,560 about martyrs under the throne, and there's a lot of them. 790 00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:59,840 I said there's a lot of them because they were in the 791 00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:07,400 tribulation and they didn't die because of the the Antichrist 792 00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:12,360 per SE. I'm talking about his wars 793 00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:16,080 because God's pouring out wrath and messing. 794 00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:18,640 I mean the earthquake and all the stuff that's that's coming 795 00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:20,280 from God, they're not dying from that. 796 00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:25,000 They're dying because they keep an oath to Jesus, and the 797 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,520 Antichrist kills them for that purpose, not because of all the 798 00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:32,400 plagues and different things. That's coming from the Lord, and 799 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:35,520 the Lord's doing that to try to get the rest of humanity to 800 00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:40,200 repent. In essence, it's a huge layer of 801 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:44,360 mercy where he's saying to them, do you really want to exist 802 00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:49,880 without me? Because if this seems like a lot 803 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:56,200 of torment and you're begging to die, this has nothing with a 804 00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:58,720 lake of fire. And even now, you could change. 805 00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:02,080 But you know what? The Bible says they will not 806 00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:04,560 repent. Wow. 807 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,080 Will not. Now let me give you a couple 808 00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:12,000 types and shadows again, just so you understand about this cloud. 809 00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:14,680 All right? And we'll kind of run through 810 00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:19,320 these pretty quick. Exodus 241812 to 18. 811 00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:25,560 A lot of people who are into eschatology, OK And in times 812 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:31,000 they use these two Old Testament as types of the catching away 813 00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:36,880 and they go in line with what we've already seen from Jesus 814 00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:40,320 himself when he was first died and rose. 815 00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:44,440 We know he goes up in a cloud. We also know that the Angel says 816 00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:47,480 he's coming back the same way we already know in Revelations when 817 00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,080 he comes back. Because again, the reason why I 818 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:53,160 read Revelation. One because don't confuse 819 00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:56,560 yourself with that's probably the second coming. 820 00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:03,360 Because Jesus, obviously in his coming for the church, will 821 00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:06,440 still come in a cloud because we're caught up together in the 822 00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:09,640 cloud in the air with him. He's not in heaven. 823 00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:13,160 We don't poof to heaven, we poof to where he is now. 824 00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:15,600 He can take us on to heaven from there, no problem. 825 00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:19,880 But at the end of the day we don't poof straight to heaven in 826 00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:23,000 the twinkling of an eye. We change in the twinkle up and 827 00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:24,520 eye. And let me tell you, you gonna 828 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:30,760 have time to park the car, land the plane. 829 00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,720 You gonna have time. Cause at this point you 830 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:36,840 understand the devil ain't got Jack on you. 831 00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:39,160 It ain't like he can keep you in the planet. 832 00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:42,320 And why God have to rush that deal? 833 00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:47,880 You're gonna have time to say, let me tell you, you're gonna 834 00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:50,960 become so obvious that you're not them and you're going to be 835 00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:56,440 able to testify because they then because of a deluding 836 00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:59,760 spirit and deception, because in essence, the church is out in 837 00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:03,080 that which which strains the Antichrist no longer will 838 00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:05,280 restrain him. Then deception will run large, 839 00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:09,880 and even though they have this burn ingrained in their mind, 840 00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:13,240 the devil will be able to convince them that something 841 00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:20,400 else took you. This convincing proof will be so 842 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:27,120 radical that leaves no doubt. Yet the enemy will deceive and 843 00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:29,280 be able to deceive. And you say, how can this be? 844 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:31,440 How in the world could he have done it to Adam? 845 00:56:35,720 --> 00:56:41,800 Because here's the deal. Free will always has the power 846 00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:48,080 to rebel. All right, here we go in Exodus 847 00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,480 2412 through 18. Now the Lord said to Moses, come 848 00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:54,120 up to me on the mountain and remain there, and I'll give you 849 00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:56,920 the stone tablets and the law and the commandments, which I've 850 00:56:56,920 --> 00:57:02,440 written for instruction. Verse 13 So, OK, Moses arose 851 00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:05,840 with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of 852 00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:07,520 God. But the elders, he said, wait 853 00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:11,200 here for us until we return, and behold, Aaron and her are with 854 00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:13,280 you. Whoever has a legal matter, let 855 00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:17,800 him approach them. Verse 15 Then Moses went up into 856 00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:21,320 the mountain, and the what cloud cover the mountain. 857 00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:24,680 And the glory of the Lord rested on mount Sion, and the cloud 858 00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:27,600 covered it for six days. And on the 7th day he called to 859 00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:33,080 Moses from the midst of the cloud and to the and to the eyes 860 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:36,480 of the sons of Israel, the appearance of the glory of the 861 00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:40,320 Lord was like a consuming fire on the on the mountain top. 862 00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:44,120 And Moses entered. So do you think they could see 863 00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:48,800 him go up? Could they physically watch him 864 00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:52,600 go up? You bet He entered the midst of 865 00:57:52,600 --> 00:57:55,360 the cloud as he went up the mount and Moses was on the 866 00:57:55,360 --> 00:58:01,120 mountain. 40 days and 40 nights he was in the clouds. 867 00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:05,240 Moses went up into the clouds. All right, let's go over to 2nd 868 00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:07,960 Kings Chapter 2, Second Kings Chapter 2, verse one. 869 00:58:07,960 --> 00:58:14,160 It came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by the 870 00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:17,280 whirlwind. Now a whirlwind is a funnel 871 00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:21,400 formation of a cloud. We typically know him as 872 00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:27,080 tornadoes, and it says that Elijah went to Elijah with 873 00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:29,800 Elijah to Gilgal. Now they went to a few other 874 00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:31,280 places. Right now we're to jump down to 875 00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:33,360 verse 9. And when he had crossed over 876 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,760 Elijah because he kept saying just stay here and he goes no 877 00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:36,720 man, wherever you are, I'm going. 878 00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:40,080 So he gets to this place. Elijah knows it's fixing to 879 00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:41,680 happen. So he says what? 880 00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:46,080 Ask what I shall do for you before I'm taken up for I'm 881 00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:50,200 taken from you again called up. Elijah says please let a double 882 00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:51,680 portion of your spirit be upon me. 883 00:58:51,680 --> 00:58:57,600 And he said, You have you have asked a asked a hard thing. 884 00:58:57,600 --> 00:59:06,880 Nevertheless, if that's the condition, if what you see me 885 00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:12,160 when you, if you see me, when I'm taken from you, it shall be 886 00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:15,840 so for you. But if not, it shall not be so. 887 00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:20,960 As they were going along and talking, behold the appearance 888 00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:24,960 of a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which separated two of 889 00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,920 them. And Elijah went up by the 890 00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:32,440 whirlwind of heaven. Elijah what He saw it and cried 891 00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:35,240 out my father, my father, the Chariots of Israel and its 892 00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:38,200 horsemen. And he saw Elijah no more. 893 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:41,360 And when he took off his own clothes and he tore them into 894 00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:46,920 pieces, did he see Elijah go? So why is it that we have 895 00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:52,240 allowed religious tradition to convince us that it's a 896 00:59:52,240 --> 01:00:02,990 disappearing act? Hallelujah. 897 01:00:02,990 --> 01:00:06,470 We'll close with Luke chapter 21, Luke 21. 898 01:00:06,750 --> 01:00:11,310 And I'll come back to this next week, because there's some 899 01:00:11,310 --> 01:00:13,750 things if you want to get a sneak peek of next week, just 900 01:00:13,750 --> 01:00:18,120 read Beyond. I'll leave it there said. 901 01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:22,320 There will be signs in the sun and the moons and the stars, and 902 01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:25,800 on the earth, dismay among nations in perplexity, at the 903 01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:28,600 roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear 904 01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:32,640 and the expectation of things which are coming upon the world, 905 01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:36,200 for the powers of heavens, of the heavens, will be shaken. 906 01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:39,520 Then they will see the Son of Man. 907 01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:44,680 What they will see, they will see the Son of Man coming in a 908 01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:47,200 cloud with power and great glory. 909 01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:53,240 But when these things begin to take place, straighten up, lift 910 01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:59,600 up your head, because your redemption draweth nigh. 911 01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:08,000 Could it be that that verse means that at the first coming 912 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:12,080 of Jesus in the cloud that catches up the Church as we see 913 01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:16,440 it, we know it's about to come to an end. 914 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:22,600 The total consummation of what God has ordained is about to 915 01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:24,880 begin. For most, they believe you're 916 01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:26,600 redemption, You're gone, You're in heaven forever. 917 01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:29,800 But that's not the case I see now. 918 01:01:30,440 --> 01:01:36,520 My redemption is close, meaning the full measure of what God's 919 01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:43,360 intended for His earth, for His created heavens, for His created 920 01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:48,800 beings, for us as His children is coming near. 921 01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:51,880 We are closer than ever before, and we're moving into a 922 01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:56,720 seven-year stretch before we come back with Him again and 923 01:01:56,720 --> 01:02:01,280 reign on this earth for a millennial. 1000 years of which 924 01:02:01,280 --> 01:02:06,840 we will then encounter the Devil once more, only to wipe him off 925 01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:11,080 the planet, cast him into the lake of fire forever. 926 01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:16,280 And then judge everyone that wanted to follow him and conceal 927 01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:19,680 that bad boy up. And let God create a new heaven 928 01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:23,040 and a new earth. And we will reign with him in 929 01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:27,040 the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven to the earth. 930 01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:29,840 Man, our redemption will draw nigh. 931 01:02:30,920 --> 01:02:34,920 Let's pray, Father, We love you and we honor you. 932 01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:39,440 Everyone's going to see you. Everyone's going to see you. 933 01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:42,880 When you come, everybody's going to see you. 934 01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:47,000 And the reason why we titled this today, Cloudy with a chance 935 01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:55,160 of rain, meaning to rain, is that will you go in the cloud? 936 01:02:57,720 --> 01:03:02,480 Because if you remain, there's a chance you won't rain. 937 01:03:07,560 --> 01:03:11,720 Because the wrath on the earth during that period is so 938 01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:18,600 terrible. And the deception is so bad that 939 01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:24,440 if the Lord had not shortened it, those who did know him, even 940 01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:30,080 they could denounce him as Lord. They don't. 941 01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:36,360 But there's that much pressure, that much even though there's 942 01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:42,240 irrefutable evidence that he has the power and he has the glory. 943 01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:49,920 Wow, I want to go in the cloud. I want to reign immediately. 944 01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:53,280 I want to reign while I'm here now, but I want to get caught up 945 01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:55,440 in the cloud and reign with him. Because we're going to talk 946 01:03:55,440 --> 01:03:58,160 about next week what happens when we're in the cloud. 947 01:03:59,960 --> 01:04:04,960 Father, we thank you so much that Jesus is irrefutable. 948 01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:10,960 Like the Roman centurion said, there's no doubt he's the son of 949 01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:16,640 God. Thank you so much for listening 950 01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:19,080 to this message. If you want more, subscribe to 951 01:04:19,080 --> 01:04:22,480 our message podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and 952 01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:24,480 SoundCloud. Rating and leaving a comment 953 01:04:24,480 --> 01:04:26,640 will go a long way with helping our messages get better 954 01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:28,920 circulation. If you'd enjoy watching our 955 01:04:28,920 --> 01:04:32,040 weekend messages, visit youtube.com/anchorface. 956 01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:34,520 We'd love it. 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