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If you have your Bibles, turn 
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I'm going to kind of conclude 
this idea, this concept. 

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We've been ministering on 
expected arrival and you know, 2

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Sundays ago we started this 
expected arrival concept 

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concerning that there was an 
expected arrival that a child 

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would be born and the nation of 
Israel was looking for this 

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child. 
The devil was looking for this 

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child. 
The devil was looking for this 

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child so much so that he was 
killing children to try to keep 

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the child from being from 
fulfilling its purpose. 

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Because the devil heard in the 
garden when the when Adam fell 

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from dominion and gave his 
authority to Satan, that when 

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the Lord said I will bring my 
seed through the woman, he will 

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you will bruise his heel, but he
will crush your head. 

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So the enemy was like was at 
that point, I don't need this 

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child to show up in the earth 
because if he doesn't come or he

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doesn't fulfill his purpose, 
then my head can never be 

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crushed. 
And so This is why we read 

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through scripture and it's 
pretty some some very horrific 

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detail of all the children who 
have lost their lives because it

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is a Antichrist or a demonic 
spirit that wants to eliminate 

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children from the earth. 
And so this has been happening 

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for quite some time. 
And but the Lord was able to 

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still get his seed in Amen. 
And his seed showed up in a 

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virgin named Mary, of which we 
celebrate, you know, that birth 

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on Christmas Day. 
But they were expecting a king 

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to come now. 
They did not realize that he 

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would first have to come as a 
suffering servant, that he would

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have, even though he's still 
king, He had an assignment to 

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lay down his life. 
He had to sow his life so he 

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could redeem or he could reap 
his nature back in US. 

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And so he said we sow God sowed 
a king and we he received kings 

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when we became born again 
because Jesus is the King of who

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are those kings we are. 
So again, Jesus death, burial 

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and resurrection was not to take
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you to become a child of God 
again. 

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Now ultimately, will you go to 
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Sure, we are going to be present
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Anyone who has passed away prior
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Him and He is presently in 
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of the Father, but He is not 
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OK, and we're going to look at 
some of that. 

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So they were a child was to be 
expected. 

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So when the child came, those 
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Him. 
Those who were not expecting 

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missed their day of visitation. 
Even though they saw Him, they 

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did not acknowledge it. 
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it, then you do not reap the 
benefits. 

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OK, You do not reap the 
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So we saw quickly in Scripture 
that, you know, there was a, a 

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particular man in the temple 
that the Lord told him you would

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not die till you see the 
Messiah. 

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And one day in the Spirit, the 
Holy Ghost, you know, said you 

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need to go to the temple because
all of a sudden Mary and Joseph 

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had brought Jesus to the temple 
to do the custom of the law to 

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circumcise him. 
And when he held Jesus, he knew 

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he's the Messiah. 
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pass away. 
Now God had, I have seen the 

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Messiah. 
Amen. 

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Wise men, you know, travel for 
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Jesus was because prophecy from 
Daniel's time in Babylon had 

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communicated that this king 
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They saw his star and they 
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And when they came to the house 
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his feet, opened up their 
treasures, and they declared him

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king. 
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from Daniel's day and there 
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There came a generation that was
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and unless they would have kept 
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never would have showed up. 
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the church knows that there is 
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Jesus, but are we positioning 
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Now? 
The Bible tells us here in 

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Second Timothy chapter 3, one 
through 4 says, Now this 

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beloved, the second letter I'm 
writing to you in which I am 

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stirring up your sincere mind by
way of reminder that you should 

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remember the word spoken 
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and the commandment of the Lord 
and Savior spoken by your 

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apostles. 
Know this first of all, that in 

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the last days mockers will come 
with their mocking, following 

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after their own lusts and 
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his coming forever since the 
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All continues just as it was 
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Well, that statement alone is 
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Because since the beginning of 
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changed. 
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creation, there was a time when 
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the garden. 
No sin, Earth was just like 

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heaven. 
No sin, perfect environment, no 

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issues. 
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continue. 
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what he was told not to eat from
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to the devil. 
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authority, everything on the 
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Well, I mean it changed so bad 
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disappointed, regretted he made 
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said in the garden, I'll bring 
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So he was obligated to fulfill 
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Let us make man in our image 
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let them have dominion, of which
bringing his see through a woman

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would give access to have 
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And so he saved a family that 
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with water again. 
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there. 
It is the promise that God will 

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not judge with water, not that 
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OK, the next time he judges the 
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And so things continued. 
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himself to man through a nation.
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Abram, and then into a nation 
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And then ultimately the seeds 
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The child is born, the son is 
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Jesus Christ of the tribe of 
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down his life so that we could 
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And when he died and rose from 
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earth again, because then we had
access to boldly come before the

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throne of grace. 
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with the Lord on an individual 
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individual worship. 
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and family of which we are 
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OK. 
And so things have changed. 

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Well, there will come a time 
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since Jesus is death, burial, 
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And some scholars have it 
somewhere around, you know, 2930

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when he ascended went up into 
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And and you know, now we're 
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And you know, most people 
conclude that there is some some

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events that will take place. 
Obviously everyone believes that

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Jesus is coming back to planet 
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that he will come and put his 
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Olives. 
It will become flat at that 

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point and he will rule in the 
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where you know, there are some 
debate among people is the 

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catching away of the church, of 
which there is what they call 

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the pre Trib, which is prior to 
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Trib and then there is a post 
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Now I'm not here to teach on 
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I am here to teach on a because 
whether you're pre, mid or post,

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all still believe in a catching 
away and I'm here to talk about 

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a catching away. 
Although I do believe that if we

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took time to go through 
Scripture it it can be pretty 

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obvious how to conclude where 
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And I would conclude we know for
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that there's a mid trip because 
they are called up, they are 

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killed, left in the streets for 
three days. 

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The whole world sees it and 
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Do you understand? 
We can see anything going on in 

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the planet today, all of us at 
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allowed us to do it. 
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7th when Israel was attacked and
all of a sudden we started 

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seeing those image. 
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that and anywhere those images 
got into places people could 

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see. 
Well, there's going to come a 

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time that everyone is going to 
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who's going to be creating great
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Now they are only saying what 
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it's coming to pass. 
And then they'll be killed and 

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they won't even bury them. 
They'll leave them in the 

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street. 
I mean, the cameras will be on 

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them. 
But on the third day they will 

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be raised up and the world will 
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And again, if you study 
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leaving the earth going, there's
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specific record, but we almost 
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others. 
Meaning the other events are 

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what we call precedent setting 
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Which means if it's happened in 
these events, then you could 

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conclude, even though it's not 
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event. 
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And I'm going to, we're going to
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Besides the two witnesses, 2 
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up. 
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ascended, they watched it, which
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He ascended and it said they 
watched him. 

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They're going to do this with 
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That's two accounts. 
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chapter 2 verse 3 and we see 
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People consider this the type 
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of the church said then the sons
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Bethel came out to Elijah and 
said to him, do you know that 

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the Lord will take away your 
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So and then look what he Elijah 
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still. 
So Elijah knew he was going, 

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Elisha knew he was going, and 
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was going and knew it was that 
day. 

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Now we know when Jesus returns, 
we do not know the day or the 

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hour. 
But the Bible doesn't say we 

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won't know the season. 
It doesn't know we won't have 

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the signs. 
It won't know it we won't. 

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It doesn't say we won't know 
where the finish line is. 

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We just do not know the day or 
the hour. 

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And the day or the hour is 
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period. 
People, that's what that is. 

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OK, again, I can't tell you 
it'll be next year, but there 

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are signs that give us 
indicators that we could be 

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looking at very specific time 
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So we jump down to the fifth 
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and go on to Jericho and then 
the sons of the prophet who were

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at Jericho. 
So not only were prophets at 

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Bethel knew, but prophets at 
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location. 
New approached Elijah and said, 

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do you not do you know that the 
Lord will take away your mask 

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from over you today and he said 
yes, I know be still right. 

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So then to conclude Elijah and 
his leaving you go down to verse

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10 and this says and he said 
Elijah saying to Elijah, he said

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what do you want? 
And Elijah says I want a double 

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portion of your anointing and 
what does he tell him? 

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You have asked a, you know, when
people like, man, I want a 

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double anointing of this 
minister, you are asking a hard 

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thing, a hard thing. 
I think a lot of people don't 

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know what they're asking for 
sometimes, right? 

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Nevertheless, he said if, what's
that word? 

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What's that word? 
That is a conditional statement.

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That doesn't mean because you 
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That isn't I know I'm going, you
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to get it because you've been 
with me, you've served me, 

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you've washed my hands. 
No, there was a condition 

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because if is a conditional 
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So he says you've asked a hard 
thing. 

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Nevertheless, if so, if you meet
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when I am taken from you, it 
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But if not, it shall not be so. 
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portion just because he was with
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Hallelujah verse 11 As they were
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the there appeared a chariot of 
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separated the two of them, which
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Elijah went up by a whirlwind to
heaven. 

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Now we know Elijah saw him, 
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him leave, watching him leave, 
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seeing. 
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falls down, you know that he was
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receive a double portion, which 
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Elijah performed, Elijah did 
double. 

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because he raised one kid from 
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The second one came after he had
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dug his grave up to throw a dead
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And when it touched the bones of
Elisha, the word was so powerful

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that even after his lifetime it 
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to raise a different dead man's.
That's the power of the word, 

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ma, ma, ma. 
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now we know of another person 
who was taken. 

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His name was Enoch. 
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OK. 
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they watched Jesus, they watched
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witnesses, that someone must 
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the Lord took him, that he went 
walking and he just kept going 

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and they must have seen him go. 
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of Enoch, which to me was 
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things, because you're like, how
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I mean, we're not even talking 
old coven. 

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This is prior to the writing of 
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I mean he is born in a sinful 
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Hebrews by faith Enoch, which 
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something to Enoch that he could
do or wanted to do with him and 

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he believed God concerning it, 
that God took him. 

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God must have said I want to 
bring you up here. 

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I want to bring you up here. 
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Now many scholars believe that 
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Moses based upon the miracles 
they're performing. 

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OK, there are other scholars 
that believe it's Elijah, nobody

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debates about him, but that it's
not Moses but Enoch. 

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And the reason they think it's 
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it's appointed for once for man 
to die. 

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Both of them went to the earth 
never to die. 

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So they believe that these are 
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Because here's the thing, the 
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miracles Moses did is an 
exclusive to Moses. 

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They're actually God's miracle 
that he can work through 

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anybody. 
So the fact that some of the 

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same miracles that Moses 
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Enoch is here is highly 
probable. 

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I'm not telling you to believe 
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Either way, I have my own 
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I tend to lean towards the E 
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myself personally. 
But at the end of the day, I can

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be wrong. 
You know, it's not going to 

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change the salvation that I 
have, the power that I have, the

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anointing that I have, the 
dominion that I have. 

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I mean, that doesn't change 
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OK, We'll all find out one day. 
And the ones who believed it was

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Enoch and it is Enoch, we'll 
look to the ones who thought it 

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was Moses and say, I told you 
and Moses would be like, how 

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could you have thought it was 
me, right? 

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And they'll talk about it or 
vice versa, you know? 

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And it was like, yeah, I never 
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what a gig he had, right? 
That what an awesome thing that 

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this man had, that he was able 
to live wholly in an on a fallen

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state that he never had to 
reenter it Can't explain that 

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one. 
But hey, we'll be like, we'll 

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praise God for you at the end of
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Amen. 
OK, so we left, we kind of left 

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off with this Scripture. 
We hinted to this Scripture last

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week. 
And I want to drive on from this

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point. 
Luke chapter 12, verse 35 to 48 

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says this. 
Be dressed in readiness and keep

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your lamps lit. 
All right. 

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Be like men who are waiting for 
their master when he returns 

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from the wedding feast so that 
they may immediately open the 

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door to him when he comes and 
not so there's there are many 

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scriptures that have this 
context of us having this 

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readiness or what we would call 
what we've been calling an 

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expected arrival that we should 
really have this real 

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anticipation that. 
And when we do, you understand 

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how you make decisions on earth 
will change when you are always 

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expecting His return, because 
you no longer will weigh your 

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decisions on the temporal, but 
on the eternal. 

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As we know in 2nd Corinthians 
418, while we look not at the 

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things that are seen, but the 
things that are not seen, For 

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the things that are seen are 
temporary. 

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The things that are not seen are
eternal. 

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And man, when you begin to have 
this expectation, then when you 

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get an expectation, because the 
signs are saying, as we brought 

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up Tanisha last week talking 
about running a race when she is

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in that 5K, it they let them 
know you're at your first 

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kilometer, you're at your second
kilometer. 

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Now here they usually don't say 
third kilometer because there's 

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only .12, you know, miles left 
after that. 

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And so you just see the finish 
line and you see it. 

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And as Tanisha said, when she 
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doesn't slow down. 
Sure, don't pull off on the side

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of the road to take a drink and 
let a lot of other people pass 

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her by and not finish. 
She runs harder and faster. 

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Now the enemy wants the church 
as he, as we get closer and see 

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the signs to do less, but the 
Lord actually expects us to move

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more, to be more diligent, to 
realize not only does the devil 

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know his time short, but you 
need to know your assignment is 

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short in this, in this 
particular dispensation, and you

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want to finish strong. 
Paul said. 

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I've run my race, I have 
finished my course, and there is

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a generation that will not go to
the grave but will be changed in

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the moment, in the twinkling of 
an eye. 

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And if there's ever been a 
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So much so that we can 
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emphatically, I mean, we can 
conclude it's within our 

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generation. 
And it's not just because as we 

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talked about last week, to the 
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and 1000 years is like a day 
where we show that Jesus is 

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death in the grave for three 
days. 

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Because again, why three days? 
God is all powerful. 

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Can't he go strip the devil of 
his power in an hour? 

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I mean, how long does it take 
him? 

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I mean, you understand, 
translation is beyond the speed 

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of light. 
And Philip was translated. 

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I mean, boom, you're, you're in 
another location. 

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It's not like the Lord can't go 
down, strip him of his power. 

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Make him present before God the 
Father. 

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He has killed an innocent man. 
I should have not be here. 

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I was righteous. 
I never sinned. 

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The wages of sin is death. 
And I've never did anything for 

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death to come. 
A part of my life. 

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He had me murdered. 
Jesus lays down his life, his 

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blood pure. 
Why three days will be It's a 

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sign that he is saying I was in 
the grave for two days and on 

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the third day I've been 
revealed. 

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So in essence, for 2000 years 
you're not going to see me, but 

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I'm coming back. 
I'm coming back. 

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Why? 
Because we already have this 

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mathematical equation from Adam 
to Abraham's 2000 years, from 

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Abraham to Jesus's 2000 years, 
from Jesus to his return will be

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2000 years. 
That will then kick into the 

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7000 year, which is the 
millennial reign of Christ. 

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But again, we've been taught 
evolution that our planets 

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billions of but this sliver of 
time from Adam on is not and God

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has fulfilled his prophecies to 
AT he's crossed every T dotted 

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every I right. 
And so not only that, but they 

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also is in the scripture that 
when he pulled Israel back to 

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their location. 
There's prophecy that Israel 

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will become a nation in one day.
That happened in 1948 and it 

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said when that event occurred, 
that generation would not die 

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till the return of the Lord, 
which means 1948. 

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Now if we just go with the 
mathematical equation of God has

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said, you know, man's not going 
to be here more than 120 years, 

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we're going to go with a long 
one. 

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OK, During the Noah flood 
scenario, well, if someone was 

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born in 1948 and lived to be 
120, that's 2068. 

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Well, I was born in 1970. 
I can make it. 

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I can make it. 
I'd be 98 and I would much 

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rather be changing the moment of
twinking a lie then go into the 

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ground. 
But there's other scripture in 

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the Psalm that talks about man 
living a satisfied life 70 to 80

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years. 
Well, if we added 80 years. 

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OK, now let's backtrack some 
math now. 

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So 20 years back from 68 is 4820
years back is 20 What? 

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How many years is it till 2028 
again The and you say what's 

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getting really specific? 
God is specific. 

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He doesn't want us to miss it. 
This is not fairy tale and the 

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reason he told us back then. 
Remember he said I know the end 

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from the beginning. 
The reason he tells it to us 

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back then so that when it comes,
we know it was God. 

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So it's more difficult for me to
believe he'll come after I die. 

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And the only way that occurs is 
if I'm murdered, I'm a martyr. 

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I get into sin and let sickness 
and disease Take Me Out or 

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something. 
But if I follow the plan of God 

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based upon how long I could 
live, then I conclude I should 

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be able to change. 
Which means every year I have an

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expectation. 
I have this expectation that I 

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am of that generation. 
Come on, George, I'm that 

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generation that is going to be 
able to fly like Superman. 

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Yes, and it would be more, it 
would be more difficult for me 

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to believe otherwise. 
It's like my vehicle, when I 

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push the button for me to open 
the door, I expect that thing to

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be unlocked. 
When I grab the handle, which 

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you know, most vehicles now like
mine and my wife's, we don't 

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even have to push a button 
because it's on the doorknob 

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itself. 
And so the minute you touch the 

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doorknob, it unlocks and I pull 
it. 

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I'm surprised if it did not 
open. 

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And the only reason it wouldn't 
open is because no power, no 

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power is on my vehicle anymore. 
Well, I'm going to stay in 

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power. 
I'm going to keep the lamp lit. 

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All right, so the signs are 
telling us in this. 

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This is no. 
It's no wonder there's so much 

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conversation about his Kingdom 
because the church for the last 

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couple thousand years has kind 
of been picking up. 

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Well, you know, it's been like 
this forever. 

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So much so that they're like, 
man, we don't know when he's 

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going to come and let's just go 
ahead and not even think about 

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all the let it work itself out. 
Well, why is it say to be alert?

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And why does it say to be alert 
if it's an event that takes 

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place without us having to be 
alert? 

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Now it will come as a thief in 
the night. 

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I get it. 
Which means it will not be signs

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to the world. 
It will catch the world by 

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surprise, but not the believer. 
Now, the second coming of Jesus,

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when he shows up physically in 
the planet they will have been 

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advertised to for some years. 
Within that seven-year period, 

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they're going to know, because 
if all you got to do is read 

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Revelations, we already know 
that when the church is gone, 

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144,000 from Israel are going to
evangelize like we've never seen

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evangelism. 
Then in the 14th chapter of 

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Revelation, when you read it, 
angels will actually get 

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involved with evangelism that 
they'll fly in the minute that's

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they are flying in the mid 
heaven. 

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You know, have you ever seen, 
especially here in Saint 

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Augustine, you go down to the 
beach in a plane that's pulling 

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a banner and it's advertising, 
it's telling you where you can 

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get tacos right when you come 
off the beach, all right, and 

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you and you reading it, it's a 
sign, right? 

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Wow, there it is a billboard. 
Whatever the case may be, well, 

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the angels are going to be 
flying in the mid heaven 

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declaring the things of God, 
telling people how to accept 

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Jesus, not to take the mark of 
the beast. 

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I mean, that's going to be such 
a sight. 

448
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I'm glad I'm not here. 
I'll be watching it from the 

449
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,800
other side. 
But the reality is these are 

450
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,240
events that are going to take 
place. 

451
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,520
You know, it's because the 
church has allowed itself at 

452
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:08,280
large to be able to accept. 
If I ask Jesus into my heart, 

453
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,280
he'll save me. 
So when I die, go to heaven. 

454
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,720
The rest of it I don't even care
about. 

455
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,960
It'll work itself out. 
Yet the Bible never says for us 

456
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,040
to live an existence on earth 
that way. 

457
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,440
We know that it's God's will to 
heal, yet not all believers are 

458
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,360
healed. 
We know that salvation comes 

459
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,360
only by faith, yet God has 
already paid the price for all 

460
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:36,440
sin to be paid for. 
Yet not everyone receives that 

461
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,040
payment. 
Why 'cause they have not 

462
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:42,480
received it by and yet healing 
comes by faith, prosperity comes

463
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,560
by faith. 
All these things of God come by 

464
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,800
faith and we think the catching 
away is a non faith. 

465
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:57,680
Now at the end of the day, if it
is that the trumpet blows and 

466
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,480
you hear it regardless and we 
all go, I have no problem with 

467
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:01,760
that. 
It's not going to bother me one 

468
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:07,360
bit. 
But according to scripture, when

469
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:11,320
it talks about be alert, there 
are very specific things we're 

470
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,560
going to talk about that have 
some other conclusions that 

471
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,520
point to other things where 
you're going to want to be 

472
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:22,320
expecting the arrival. 
Amen. 

473
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:26,200
Amen. 
OK, So again, Luke 1235, let me 

474
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,600
press on. 
Be dressed in readiness and keep

475
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,280
your lamp slip. 
Be like men who are waiting for 

476
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,720
their master when he returns 
from the waiting fees so that 

477
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,320
they may immediately open the 
door to him when he comes 

478
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,440
knocks. 
Blessed are those slaves whom 

479
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,760
the Master will find on the 
alert when He comes. 

480
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,480
Truly I say to you that He will 
gird himself to serve and have 

481
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,160
them recline at the table. 
What table's that? 

482
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,960
OK, we'll talk about it and 
we'll come up and wait on them, 

483
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:57,360
whether he comes in the second 
watch or even in the 3rd and 

484
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,720
finds them. 
So blessed are those slaves. 

485
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,760
What are those slaves? 
They're attentive, they're 

486
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,320
alert, they're doing. 
They're about the Father's 

487
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,520
business. 
They're living their life based 

488
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,680
upon a return, not based upon 
what's going on in the world. 

489
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,040
And how can I make the most out 
of this life until I die? 

490
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,000
Now I got to prepare my life 
while I'm here. 

491
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,240
This is how this world works. 
I want to do it this way. 

492
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,400
And we make all of our decisions
naturally, taking no fault of 

493
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,000
the eternal, saying, well, when 
we die, it takes care of itself.

494
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:35,480
He goes on then to say, but be 
sure of this, that if the head 

495
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,480
of the house had known at what 
hour the thief was coming, he 

496
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,520
would not have allowed his house
to be broken into. 

497
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,880
You 2 be what? 
Be what? 

498
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,960
So it can't be, you can't think 
about it, have no thought. 

499
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,320
This is an event that's going to
happen. 

500
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:57,440
Just because you're born again, 
you're for sure in now you Let 

501
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:01,200
me just stop at this point. 
The minute I say this is because

502
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:05,200
people immediately have their 
own religion talking and they 

503
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,520
we've have to do better at our 
study. 

504
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,640
You can be born of God and miss 
things. 

505
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,920
If someone is during the 
tribulation as a believer 

506
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,520
doesn't mean they are eternally 
damned. 

507
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,920
So when someone says well, if 
they don't make the rapture, 

508
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,760
you're saying they're having to 
do works. 

509
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,640
I'm not saying that. 
I'm saying that if they were not

510
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:35,480
in faith and ready and are left 
behind, although in covenant, it

511
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,080
doesn't mean they'll go to hell.
It just means they're going to 

512
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:43,680
go through some hell. 
But that doesn't mean they're 

513
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,520
going to the Lake of Fire. 
But they could have come out 

514
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:55,880
earlier. 
So it's not I'm working. 

515
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,840
My you're telling me they have 
to work for their salvation? 

516
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,920
Being at the marriage supper of 
the lamb is not solely based on 

517
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:09,199
salvation. 
Right, right. 

518
00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:15,880
Hallelujah. 
Now people have this conclusion 

519
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,239
that once you're saved, you're 
always saved, that you can never

520
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:19,880
lose your salvation. 
And what do they use? 

521
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,719
They use this particular 
scripture that no one is able to

522
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,400
take you out of my hand. 
You know what? 

523
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,719
No trial, tribulation, famine, 
nothing can separate you from 

524
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,000
the love of God. 
But that doesn't mean you can't 

525
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:35,840
separate yourself. 
No one can pull you from God, 

526
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,440
but you can leave God. 
Now how do we know this? 

527
00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:46,320
Adam had no sin. 
He was perfect, no sin at all. 

528
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,760
I mean he was made in the image 
of God. 

529
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:53,480
His body won't will not even die
yet. 

530
00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:57,040
Who made the choice to leave the
relationship? 

531
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,160
Did God was was he pulled out of
God's hand? 

532
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:07,240
No, he willfully left the 
relationship and you can be born

533
00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:09,200
of God, which we'll talk about 
this next year. 

534
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:13,480
I did not get to it this year. 
We will next year that in this 

535
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,280
dispensation a person can get 
into the blasphemy of the Holy 

536
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:26,280
Ghost, and it is an imparnable 
sin in this one and the one to 

537
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:31,200
come, which means you cannot 
have blasphemy of the Holy 

538
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,520
Spirit unless you were born 
again. 

539
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,280
So for people to say you can't 
lose your salvation, that is not

540
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,880
true. 
You, you don't lose it, You, you

541
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:46,240
denounce it. 
No one's stealing it from you 

542
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:48,280
taking it. 
You know, I'm so no, you 

543
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:54,720
denounce again, I'm not going to
get into detail, but you have to

544
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:59,640
conclude that when God went to 
Sodom and Gomorrah with the 

545
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:04,720
angels and said lot, get your 
wife, your daughters and get out

546
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:09,120
of town, he like meandered. 
We're going to see a new 

547
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,520
covenant. 
We're going to hear Jesus 

548
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:18,320
comment about this. 
Moran, meandering, grabs his 

549
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:22,800
hand, pulls them out. 
These 4 leave the city. 

550
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:31,680
They are going to the next town.
They have made it to the city, 

551
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:40,480
all four of them. 
But the minute what did Lot's 

552
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:56,660
wife do because her heart was in
that world again, it it, it 

553
00:36:56,780 --> 00:37:00,780
makes me go. 
Could someone start to go up and

554
00:37:00,780 --> 00:37:06,980
love this life more? 
I don't know. 

555
00:37:07,220 --> 00:37:11,980
I'm not telling you that. 
I'm just you got to what's going

556
00:37:11,980 --> 00:37:22,480
on with Lot's wife. 
Now, the daughters were not 

557
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,760
without spot in their minds. 
They were still carrying some 

558
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,880
thought processes from where 
they came from. 

559
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,120
There ain't no men out here, 
girl. 

560
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,520
We gonna have to sleep with 
Daddy. 

561
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,680
You know, it's just us 3 and no 
more. 

562
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,680
Like the whole population of the
world's gone. 

563
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,640
I mean, they basically consider 
the whole world falling apart at

564
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,920
the time. 
At least their world did, right?

565
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:49,040
But they were saved because they
didn't look back. 

566
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:56,080
OK, what's the Bible say? 
It says this, that anyone who 

567
00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:04,920
puts their hand to the plow and 
then they're not fit for the 

568
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:12,800
Kingdom, then we're not even 
getting into a dog, returning to

569
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,640
their mom and stuff. 
Hallelujah. 

570
00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:22,080
Hey man, you know when we were 
born again we should make. 

571
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:29,080
We have to stir up that passion 
and grow and grow and grow. 

572
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,680
I'm not here to scare you. 
I'm here to empower you to love 

573
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,760
your relationship with God 
because I'm going to communicate

574
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:39,200
things that you can be so 
confident that you are going to 

575
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,760
be changed in the moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, that you 

576
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,920
are going to be able to walk 
around and tell people prior to 

577
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,280
your going that they need to be 
stayed with God. 

578
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:47,680
You need to give your heart to 
Jesus. 

579
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:51,960
Don't take the mark of the beast
because your clothes aren't 

580
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,800
going to be left somewhere and 
your car on the highway. 

581
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,560
So you're going to be changed. 
That doesn't mean you're leaving

582
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,360
that fast. 
If you look at the first 

583
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:03,040
resurrection, when Jesus came 
and the grave was open, they 

584
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,840
walked the streets of Jerusalem 
and went back to their families 

585
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:11,040
to testify that Jesus was the 
Messiah before they went up with

586
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,800
Jesus. 
So this last event of the return

587
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,680
of Christ or the catching away 
of the church will be able to 

588
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:22,440
witness in our glorified body to
the ones left behind and give 

589
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,920
them instruction and then they 
get to watch us leave. 

590
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:31,920
For most though they will 
conclude the deceptive argument 

591
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:36,400
that aliens took us, which is 
why you see all the alien 

592
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,760
abduction stuff happening in the
Movies Now. 

593
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:48,440
Hallelujah. 
OK, verse 40, you 2 be ready for

594
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:52,120
the Son of Man is coming an hour
that you do not expect, Peter 

595
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,400
said. 
So you don't know exactly the 

596
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,840
day or the hour. 
But so when you say you don't 

597
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,080
expect it, that doesn't mean, 
well, we shouldn't expect, but 

598
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,720
we don't know. 
That's not what it's saying. 

599
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:03,880
It's saying he's coming in a day
and an hour that you don't know,

600
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:09,400
but yet you know he's coming. 
So expect his coming even though

601
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,120
you don't know the day or the 
hour. 

602
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:16,200
Just like when someone's coming 
over to your house and saying 

603
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,560
hey, I'm going to be coming 
over. 

604
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,040
So you expect them now you don't
know exactly when they're going 

605
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,720
to show up. 
But you know, they're coming, 

606
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,040
all right. 
So he goes on and Peter says, 

607
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:28,560
Lord, you are addressing this 
parable to us. 

608
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:32,360
To or to everyone else as well. 
And the Lord said, who then is 

609
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:36,720
the faithful and sensible 
steward whom his master will put

610
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:39,840
in charge of his servants to 
give them their rations at their

611
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,640
proper time? 
Listen, this life is a resume 

612
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:49,520
for the next one and what you 
receive in the next life. 

613
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:54,760
We all are equally. 
We all have the equal 

614
00:40:54,760 --> 00:41:00,640
opportunity to receive all God 
wants for us by doing His will 

615
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,320
in the earth while we remain in 
the earth. 

616
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:07,920
But not everyone will have the 
same rewards when we go to the 

617
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,840
Kingdom. 
It will not be socialism. 

618
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,280
There will be responsibilities 
that will be different. 

619
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:24,720
Yes, some of your peers are 
going to be governing, see more 

620
00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:33,920
cities than you are. 
OK, Blessed is the slave whom 

621
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,360
the Master finds doing when he 
comes, right? 

622
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,760
Truly, I say to you that he will
put him in charge of all his 

623
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,160
possessions. 
But if the slave says in his 

624
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:49,560
heart it's his slave, it's his 
person, my master will be a long

625
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,920
time in coming begins to beat 
the slaves, both men and women, 

626
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,880
and eat and drink and get drunk.
And the master of that slave 

627
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,520
will come on a day when he does 
not expect him, which no one 

628
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,200
knows the day or the hour, but 
he doesn't even have 

629
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,920
expectation. 
He's not even looking for him. 

630
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,560
He's not even alert. 
And an hour that he does not 

631
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,320
know, he will cut him in pieces 
and assign him in a place with 

632
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,360
unbelievers. 
Now he doesn't say the slave is 

633
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:16,240
an unbeliever. 
He says he'll assign him in a 

634
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:22,160
place with unbelievers. 
Now most of the time people 

635
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,360
conclude that the weeping and 
gnashing of teeth is hell itself

636
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,840
or the lake of fire. 
But the tribulation is known as 

637
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,320
a weeping and gnashing of teeth 
as well. 

638
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,360
And again, if you're a believer 
and you've been assigned with 

639
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:43,240
the unbelievers, I like to say 
it kind of this way. 

640
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:49,240
In this dispensation right now, 
I have to crucify my flesh and I

641
00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:53,600
have my own free will, crucify 
my flesh daily to live by the 

642
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:58,240
Spirit. 
And in doing so, it's proving my

643
00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:01,600
love to the Lord of what He's 
done for me, because I will not 

644
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,560
do my own will, only my Father. 
And I'm doing it in the realm of

645
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,840
the Spirit. 
Should you be left behind 

646
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:15,800
because of unreadiness, you'll 
be you'll have to become one of 

647
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:21,000
the martyrs that will prove that
you are loyal and He is Lord of 

648
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:26,520
your life because you did not 
keep your flesh in subjection 

649
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,120
and not run after the things of 
the world. 

650
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:36,800
Wild Believer say Amen. 
Anyway, the Lord has issues with

651
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,400
things going on in his church. 
All you got to do is read the 

652
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,680
book of Revelations and read 
about his church in one of his 

653
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,320
churches. 
He's like, y'all are lukewarm 

654
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:48,680
and he said I'm gonna throw, I'm
gonna throw you up now that's I 

655
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:53,480
mean, that's tough stuff. 
Hallelujah. 

656
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:55,680
And that these are not negative 
things. 

657
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:57,720
These are things that are 
empowering. 

658
00:43:57,720 --> 00:43:59,880
These are things that say, OK, I
won't do that. 

659
00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:03,200
I mean, really, how more 
empowering can this be? 

660
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,320
We're going to talk about the 
negative mindset next year. 

661
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:06,960
But again, how more empowering 
is this? 

662
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,160
If the Lord says, hey, now this 
right, here's a challenge. 

663
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,840
I'm like, thank God for telling 
me that because I'll make sure 

664
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,240
I'm not in that challenge. 
I mean, that's a no brainer to 

665
00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:17,720
me. 
Like praise God, you told me 

666
00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:24,120
what not to do, because here's 
the thing, what I could not do, 

667
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,920
you did in me. 
You made me a new creature in 

668
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,840
Christ. 
You put the Holy Ghost in me. 

669
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:36,040
And by my studying my yielding 
to you my living by the Spirit, 

670
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:40,120
you renewed my mind because I 
allow the renewing of my mind 

671
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:43,360
process to take place. 
I crucified my flesh. 

672
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:47,320
I allowed your spirit and my new
spirit to dominate me. 

673
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,600
I did that that you gave me 
instead of you gave me all this 

674
00:44:51,680 --> 00:45:07,600
power, and I never used it. 
Then the master will come on 

675
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,240
that day. 
He'll sign him with unbelievers.

676
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:11,680
Verse 47. 
And the slave who knew here it 

677
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:15,040
is. 
And the slave who knew his 

678
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:21,560
master's will and did not get 
ready or act in accord with his 

679
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:30,800
will, will receive verse 48. 
But the one who did not know it 

680
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:34,280
and committed deeds worthy of a 
flogging will receive. 

681
00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:43,920
But for everyone from everyone 
who has been given much, much 

682
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:53,840
and to whom they entrusted much 
of him, they will ask all the 

683
00:45:53,840 --> 00:46:00,280
more. 
Yes, So I could have everyone 

684
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,800
who's ever gone to a Bible 
school, whether it's in this 

685
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:08,320
house or somewhere else, you've 
been given more. 

686
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,200
I mean, someone who just came to
Anchor Bay Church and just 

687
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,400
gotten born again. 
I mean, God's not requiring the 

688
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:22,440
same. 
And for us to ignore his will 

689
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:30,640
with training we've received. 
This is called personal 

690
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,160
responsibility. 
This does not negate the God's 

691
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:34,960
side. 
This does not diminish the God's

692
00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,200
side. 
This does not act like God 

693
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,640
didn't do his part. 
God did his part. 

694
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:41,440
Only God could have done his 
part. 

695
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:47,280
Now he's empowered you to do 
your part and expects you to do 

696
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:50,120
a part. 
I mean, he's a fruit inspector. 

697
00:46:56,840 --> 00:47:00,160
Which brings us to Matthew 25. 
Matthew 25, one through 13, says

698
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,160
in the Kingdom of heaven may be 
compared to 10 virgins who took 

699
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:05,160
their lamps. 
Oh, we're back to those lamps. 

700
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,040
Remember what it said. 
Keep your lamp. 

701
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,560
All right. 
Who took their lamps and went 

702
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,800
out to meet the bridegroom? 
Five of them were foolish. 

703
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:18,320
Five of them were prudent. 
Before, when the foolish took 

704
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,240
their lamps, they took no oil 
with them. 

705
00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:23,200
But the prudent took oil and 
flask along with their lamps. 

706
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:25,920
Now while the bridegroom was 
delaying, they all got drowsy 

707
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:27,800
and began to sleep. 
But at midnight there was a 

708
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,120
shout. 
Behold, the bridegroom come out 

709
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:33,600
to meet. 
There's a shout, the trumpet. 

710
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,720
Right Then all the virgins rose.
Trim their lamps. 

711
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:41,680
The foolish said to the prudent,
Give us your oil for our lamps 

712
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:44,120
are going out. 
But the prudent answer, no, 

713
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:48,160
there will not be enough for us 
and you to go instead to the 

714
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,720
dealers and buy some for 
yourself. 

715
00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:54,360
Now we read last week where it 
says when he returns, those that

716
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,120
are in the housetop do not go 
back in the house. 

717
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,920
There was this context that when
he'll take one leave the other, 

718
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,920
but he said when, when these 
events do not go back. 

719
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:14,120
OK. 
Then the foolish said to the 

720
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,400
prude, obviously give us some. 
So you got to go get your own 

721
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:20,680
because again, what I've done, 
I've done and I can't give what 

722
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:25,040
I've done to you. 
And while they were going away 

723
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:28,520
to make purchase, the bridegroom
came and those who are ready, 

724
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:34,320
those who are what went in with 
him to the wedding feast. 

725
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:38,680
What wedding feast is this? 
It's called the marriage supper 

726
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,960
of the lamb and the door was 
what was it? 

727
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,720
Later the other virgins came 
also saying Lord, Lord open to 

728
00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:49,640
us and he answered truly I say 
to you, I do not know you now 

729
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,480
this word do not know you 
literally means first of all, 

730
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,440
fool it, let me go on. 
They do not know you. 

731
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:58,400
Verse 13 be on the alert then 
for you do not know the day or 

732
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,560
the hour. 
So what are you to be? 

733
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:06,080
You have an expected arrival, 
and this is not hard. 

734
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:09,400
Every day you can say, Lord, I 
believe you're coming and I'm 

735
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:12,640
expecting now I'm going to do 
what's necessary for me never to

736
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:16,280
be considered left behind, 
period. 

737
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:19,160
And it's not my works. 
It's you working through me. 

738
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:23,600
It's my faith in you and your 
will. 

739
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,720
I'm operating in faith. 
I'm doing you. 

740
00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:31,240
I'm only here to do your will. 
I'm not getting caught up in 

741
00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:33,600
what's going on in the world. 
I'm not getting caught up on how

742
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:35,880
to live here in the world. 
I'm not getting caught up in all

743
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:37,600
that stuff. 
I'm caught up in you. 

744
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:40,280
I'm called up in your church. 
I'm called up in your vision. 

745
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,720
I'm called up in what you've 
called me to do in my life. 

746
00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:47,680
That's what I'm doing. 
And he'll find you about his 

747
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,520
business, right? 
Because you're supposed to seek 

748
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,280
first the Kingdom anyway, and 
everything else will be added to

749
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:55,640
you. 
But again, the word foolish here

750
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:58,720
means lacking in reverence or 
proper respect. 

751
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,560
Because when he says I truly, I 
do not know you. 

752
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:08,840
Perry Stone, a minister says 
that word if when you break it 

753
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:12,280
down, this original context 
means I was not intimately 

754
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:19,760
acquainted with you. 
I was not intimately acquainted 

755
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,240
with you. 
Now, the first thing we need to 

756
00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:24,320
conclude is this. 
I have everyone is the beast 

757
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:26,760
without spot or wrinkle, and the
blood of Jesus did that. 

758
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:30,920
Right now we are going to be 
dealt with based upon what we 

759
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:34,120
know in accordance to acting on 
his will. 

760
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:37,760
And some people don't know what 
other people know at this point.

761
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:43,360
So everyone who is going or 
caught up may not have the same 

762
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:47,600
spiritual maturity, but they are
doing based upon what they have 

763
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:51,040
been revealed to them and 
they're blameless in that. 

764
00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:56,640
So again, someone who's never 
drank, smoke, all these things, 

765
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,800
you know, have studied the word,
but now it's just basically kind

766
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:01,680
of gone back doing their own 
deal. 

767
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:04,880
And then someone else that is 
still dealing with, you know, 

768
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:09,360
cigarettes, maybe even drugs or 
alcohol, they get caught 'cause 

769
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,640
maybe the Lord hasn't dealt with
them on that. 

770
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,480
They just got born again. 
They're following God based upon

771
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:19,600
what He has revealed to them at 
that juncture when someone else 

772
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,200
knows way more and they're 
choosing not to. 

773
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:31,520
Basically, I like this present 
life and I've concluded probably

774
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:33,200
not going to come in my lifetime
anyway. 

775
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:36,080
I mean, because when's that 
everybody's been talking about 

776
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:38,000
it. 
You know, I got to take care of 

777
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,080
my family down here. 
I got to make sure I do what I 

778
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:42,240
need to do down here because, 
you know, I've asked Jesus in my

779
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,200
heart to save me. 
So I know when I die, I'm going 

780
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,280
to go to heaven. 
And we're so more focused on how

781
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:49,560
we are performing down here that
we are not seeking Him at all. 

782
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,280
And the Bible gives warnings 
concerning that. 

783
00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:56,800
Now, again, you'll never have 
that issue if you only seek Him 

784
00:51:56,800 --> 00:52:00,040
first. 
So if I never put myself in that

785
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:02,600
position, well then I never have
to be concerned whether I'm 

786
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,080
going to hear or not, whether 
I'm going to be ready or not. 

787
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:08,080
He's told me just be ready. 
All right. 

788
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:10,840
First, Peter chapter 2, verse 6 
through 12 says it this way. 

789
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:14,080
Therefore it is also contained 
in Scripture. 

790
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:16,400
Behold, I lay in Zion a chief 
cornerstone. 

791
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,120
Elect precious. 
He who believes on him will by 

792
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:24,720
no means be put to shame. 
Therefore, to you who believe He

793
00:52:24,720 --> 00:52:28,960
is precious, but to those who 
are disobedient, the stone which

794
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:31,880
the builders rejected has become
the chief cornerstone. 

795
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:36,840
Verse 8 and a stone of stumbling
and a rock of a fence they 

796
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:38,280
stumble. 
Why? 

797
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:42,120
Being disobedient to the word 
here it is to which they were 

798
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:46,480
appointed. 
He goes on to say, But you are 

799
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,120
chosen generational royal 
priesthood, a holy nation for 

800
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:53,760
His own special people, that you
may proclaim the praises of Him 

801
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:57,200
who called you out of darkness 
into this marvelous light, who 

802
00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:01,400
wants were not a people, but 
not, but are now the people of 

803
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:04,720
God, who had not obtained mercy,
but now have obtained mercy. 

804
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:10,720
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners
and pilgrims us look what he 

805
00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:13,440
said. 
Abstain from fleshly lust which 

806
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:18,080
wage war against your soul, 
having your conduct honorable 

807
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:23,200
among Gentiles, that when they 
speak against you as evil doers,

808
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:28,200
they may, by your good works 
which they observe, glorify God 

809
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:31,680
in the day of visitation. 
Meaning when you are caught up 

810
00:53:35,240 --> 00:53:39,600
because you did the Word, you 
abstain from the things of the 

811
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:48,200
world they'll be able to say. 
Do you remember Vanessa? 

812
00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:57,000
Remember Kevin was always 
talking about this and they 

813
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:00,760
won't miss it. 
In fact, they'll begin to. 

814
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:06,600
They were right it he is the 
Messiah, he. 

815
00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:09,160
But if you're acting like the 
rest of the world, unprepared. 

816
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:22,480
Hallelujah. 
What happens when we're called 

817
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:24,320
up? 
Revelations chapter 19, verse 7 

818
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:25,720
to 19. 
Look at this, it said, Let us 

819
00:54:25,720 --> 00:54:27,960
rejoice and be glad, and give 
the glory to him. 

820
00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:31,840
For the marriage of the Lamb has
come, and his bride has made 

821
00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:35,480
herself ready. 
It has been given to her to 

822
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:39,440
clothe herself in fine linen, 
bright and clean, for the fine 

823
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:43,640
linen is the righteous acts of 
the Saints. 

824
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:50,920
Then he said to me, right, 
blessed are those who are 

825
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,720
invited to the marriage supper 
of the Lamb. 

826
00:54:53,960 --> 00:54:58,120
And he said to me, these are 
true words of God. 

827
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:01,760
Now it's easy to conclude that 
if your name is written in the 

828
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,840
Lamb's book of Life, you should 
be getting an invitation. 

829
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:10,240
The King James says the 
righteousness of the Saints, but

830
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:13,600
so many other translations 
actually say the righteous acts.

831
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:15,640
So I'm like, well, what does 
that mean? 

832
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:22,320
So we look this up and it means 
this Saints were already Saints.

833
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:27,280
We already are. 
We all of us are in name by 

834
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:31,800
title and profession according 
to the Scripture meaning of the 

835
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:36,120
word Saints, that is persons 
consecrated or dedicated to God.

836
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:38,520
So the minute you made Jesus 
Lord of your life, you are 

837
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:42,040
considered by title A St. 
You're born again. 

838
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:48,800
Saints we are by title, but woe 
to us if we rest content with 

839
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:56,600
being mere title Saints. 
To the outward consecration must

840
00:55:56,600 --> 00:56:01,000
be added the inward 
sanctification which converts 

841
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:04,360
the name into a reality, the 
righteousness of Saints, the 

842
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:07,480
saintly life. 
We see now very clearly that 

843
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:12,600
what that in what that life or 
righteousness consists, that it 

844
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:17,200
consists above everything else 
in devotion to the will of God, 

845
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:21,800
in the reconciliation of our 
wills to his holy and blessed 

846
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:26,840
will, alike in action and in 
suffering, in joy and in sorrow.

847
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:31,760
Here is the root of the matter, 
and this root such as marvelous 

848
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:37,120
virtue in it, that it will Grove
and flourish and bear fruit in 

849
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:41,400
any soul of circumstance, stance
of ritual, or religious opinion.

850
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:46,880
But it is to do this it must be 
cultivated with all diligence. 

851
00:56:47,040 --> 00:56:52,880
Be watching, be striving by 
praying by, in, in, in cessant 

852
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:56,680
struggles against the snares and
temptations and enticements of 

853
00:56:56,680 --> 00:57:00,800
the world, the flesh and the 
devil, by repeated efforts after

854
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:06,480
self mastery and self 
nursification, In a word, by 

855
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:09,480
earnest imitation of Christ and 
the power of the Spirit of 

856
00:57:09,480 --> 00:57:12,040
Christ. 
In essence, you've been made 

857
00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:15,000
righteous in Christ. 
Now live it. 

858
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,600
Now livid. 
Hallelujah. 

859
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:33,200
And if we continue on in the 
scripture, we know at the end of

860
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:37,400
Revelations 19, it tells us that
Jesus is coming back on a horse.

861
00:57:39,240 --> 00:57:41,880
So Jesus was not a mere 
expression of just coming to 

862
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:45,800
into our heart. 
He is a physical being that has 

863
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:51,240
a physical suit, a glorified 
body of which he will physically

864
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:54,520
show up in the planet. 
In Revelation 19 it says he will

865
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:59,280
come with the Saints, with his 
armies, not with his navies, not

866
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:04,520
with his coast guards, not with 
his marines, but with his 

867
00:58:04,520 --> 00:58:06,440
armies. 
Hoorah. 

868
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:11,880
So we understand the eternal 
branch of service is the army. 

869
00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:23,880
Say Amen anyway, so he comes 
back with his armies and he will

870
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:29,440
judge the nations with a rod of 
iron. 

871
00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:33,640
And then we see when we move 
over into the 20th chapter of 

872
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:39,280
Revelation, he when he comes he 
will grab this the Satan, the 

873
00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:43,640
devil of old one Angel will 
apprehend him, chain him and 

874
00:58:43,640 --> 00:58:46,680
throw him into the bottomless 
pit which he will be sealed 

875
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:50,840
there for 1000 years. 
And Jesus will physically once 

876
00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:55,760
again like he did when he was 
born and was grew up to be a man

877
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:58,960
full of favor during the will of
God lay down his life, died on 

878
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:00,200
the cross, but rose from the 
grave. 

879
00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:04,000
Then they ascended to heaven. 
He will a second time come to 

880
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,760
planet Earth. 
He will be on the planet and 

881
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:11,640
reign with us in our glorified 
bodies of which we will be the 

882
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:19,880
judges of communities, while 
sinful man like we are, are 

883
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:26,720
still in the earth and we will 
reign with Him for 1000 years. 

884
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:32,040
Then he will release the devil. 
The Bible says for a time, which

885
00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:35,040
means it's not the last time you
will encounter the devil. 

886
00:59:35,040 --> 00:59:38,440
Now here when you encounter him,
don't worry, you're not going to

887
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:40,560
be tempted. 
You're never going to be prone 

888
00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:43,600
to sin because when you get 
sealed in that glorified body, 

889
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:45,240
you're never going to have that 
issue. 

890
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:48,240
Don't have to worry about man. 
You're going to let him go. 

891
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:50,440
Man, I don't want to mess. 
You're not going to mess up. 

892
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:54,880
You made the first resurrection.
Glory to God, Amen. 

893
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:59,960
But he'll deceive the humans on 
the earth that have been under 

894
00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:05,120
the reign of Christ for 1000 
years and can see him, touch 

895
01:00:05,120 --> 01:00:09,320
him, go worship him. 
I mean, that's even better than 

896
01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:12,400
the one we're in now that we 
just have it by the Spirit. 

897
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,720
They'll have the Spirit and 
physically see Jesus. 

898
01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:21,000
But they will listen to him, 
They will wage war, but that 

899
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:24,320
battle will not last very long. 
And after that takes place, he 

900
01:00:24,320 --> 01:00:27,720
will throw the devil with the 
false prophet, the beast. 

901
01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:31,120
All the kingdoms of the world 
will be cast into the lake of 

902
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:33,840
fire, which is the second death.
Then he will give up the dead, 

903
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:37,320
all that have died, never making
Jesus Lord. 

904
01:00:37,640 --> 01:00:43,520
They will leave hell or the 
grave and go to heaven, where 

905
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:45,400
they will stand before the 
Father. 

906
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:50,120
So even those who are assigned 
to the lake of fire will go to 

907
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:54,880
heaven and stand before the 
great white throne, of which 

908
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:56,400
he'll open up the Lamb's book of
life. 

909
01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:58,080
See no name in it. 
Shut that book. 

910
01:00:58,080 --> 01:01:00,680
Open up the books of their 
deeds, which are all the charges

911
01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:04,760
against them for their treason 
to the crown, and he will justly

912
01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:09,240
judge them and cast them, and 
give them what they wanted, 

913
01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:15,040
Eternity without Him. 
Say Amen. 

914
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:17,840
But you want to hear some really
good news? 

915
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:20,320
Let's close with these passages 
of scripture. 

916
01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:22,080
These are powerful people, I'm 
telling you. 

917
01:01:22,840 --> 01:01:25,440
Look at this in Revelations 21, 
one through 5. 

918
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:32,240
Then I saw a new heaven and a 
new earth for the 1st heaven and

919
01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:35,080
the first earth passed away, and
there is no longer any sea. 

920
01:01:35,560 --> 01:01:39,760
And I saw the holy city, New 
Jerusalem coming. 

921
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:45,480
What down out of heaven from God
made ready as a bride adorned 

922
01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:49,320
for her husband and I heard a 
loud voice from the throne 

923
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:55,120
saying, behold, the Tabernacle 
of God is among notice. 

924
01:01:55,280 --> 01:02:04,920
God never intended for us to 
come up to him as in the Genesis

925
01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:07,440
1. 
He's come down to man in the 

926
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:09,120
end. 
He's still coming. 

927
01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:14,640
All you want to do is go to 
heaven. 

928
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:16,360
All God wants to do is come to 
earth. 

929
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:23,440
We're singing when we all get to
heaven, the Lord singing when we

930
01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:28,320
all get to earth in that 
Interesting. 

931
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,440
Now we don't have that record in
Scripture, but we know he's 

932
01:02:32,440 --> 01:02:34,200
coming. 
So it could be that when we all 

933
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:38,280
get to earth, what a day of 
rejoicing that will be when we 

934
01:02:38,280 --> 01:02:44,960
all dwell among me and we'll 
sing and shout the come on. 

935
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:48,200
We can write this as a song. 
They'll they'll call us, you 

936
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:52,680
know, a cult again. 
But if they read their Bible, 

937
01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:55,240
they would see this. 
I mean, this is your Bible. 

938
01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:58,320
This is not just things I put on
the screen for you to look at. 

939
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:00,840
Pull your own Bible out, it 
says. 

940
01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:02,760
I heard a loud voice from the 
throne saying, Behold, the 

941
01:03:02,760 --> 01:03:08,360
Tabernacle of God is among men, 
and he will what live among 

942
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:11,440
them, and they shall be his 
people, and God himself will be 

943
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:15,160
among them. 
And he will wipe away every tear

944
01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:17,840
from their eyes, and there will 
no longer be any death, and 

945
01:03:17,840 --> 01:03:21,160
they'll no longer be any 
mourning or crying or pain. 

946
01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:22,760
The first things have passed 
away. 

947
01:03:22,880 --> 01:03:26,720
And he who sits on the throne, 
behold, I am making all things 

948
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:28,240
new. 
And he said right. 

949
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:32,840
For these words are faithful and
woo glory to God. 

950
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:40,000
Now, when this takes place, when
this New Jerusalem revelation 

951
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:44,480
does not communicate, what takes
place when the New Jerusalem 

952
01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:48,560
comes down? 
What happens in the New 

953
01:03:48,560 --> 01:03:54,680
Jerusalem 'cause once the the 
the enemies, the final enemy is 

954
01:03:54,680 --> 01:03:59,400
thrown into the lake of fire, 
something occurs. 

955
01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:05,040
And Revelation doesn't tell us, 
but First Corinthians 15 does. 

956
01:04:05,680 --> 01:04:09,480
1st Corinthians 15 gives us the 
insight of what happens in this 

957
01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:12,080
new heaven and new earth. 
He says, But in fact, Christ has

958
01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:14,880
been raised from the dead. 
He is the first of great of a 

959
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:17,000
great harvest of all who have 
died. 

960
01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:20,800
So see, just as death came into 
the world through a man, now the

961
01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:24,760
resurrection from the dead has 
become has begun through another

962
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:27,680
man. 
Just says everyone dies because 

963
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:30,960
we all belong to Adam. 
Everyone who belongs to Christ 

964
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:34,920
will be given new life. 
So a man lost dominion. 

965
01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:39,640
A man regained dominion because 
God had to do it that way. 

966
01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:45,600
Verse 23 but in but there is an 
order to this resurrection. 

967
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:48,000
Christ was raised at the first 
of the harvest. 

968
01:04:48,200 --> 01:04:50,880
Then all who belong to Christ 
will be raised when he comes 

969
01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:56,240
back after that, say after that 
the end will come. 

970
01:04:57,360 --> 01:05:03,760
So after everything is done, it 
says this, then he will turn the

971
01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:07,040
Kingdom over. 
Who's turning the Kingdom over? 

972
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:11,680
Jesus. 
God said, let's make man in our 

973
01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:14,960
our image according to our eyes 
and let him have dominion over 

974
01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:17,920
all the earth. 
So man had the Kingdom on the 

975
01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:19,560
earth. 
Why God had the Kingdom in 

976
01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:24,640
heaven? 
Adam fell from dominion, gave 

977
01:05:24,640 --> 01:05:26,800
his Kingdom to the devil who 
should have never had it. 

978
01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:32,120
Jesus takes back the Kingdom 
that was rightfully man's, but 

979
01:05:32,120 --> 01:05:37,120
because man had a problem and 
cannot rule just like God the 

980
01:05:37,120 --> 01:05:40,280
Father, Jesus in the form of 
man. 

981
01:05:40,320 --> 01:05:49,240
Although God will give the 
Kingdom back to Dad and when 

982
01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:52,560
will he give it to Dad? 
After destroying every ruler and

983
01:05:52,560 --> 01:05:58,240
authority and power? 
So This is why they'll never be 

984
01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:04,680
an issue again, because Dad will
have all the power, because 

985
01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:08,320
Jesus will say what you gave man
in dominion to rule. 

986
01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:11,800
It's yours. 
You rule it. 

987
01:06:11,880 --> 01:06:15,800
We follow. 
Go on, let's keep reading. 

988
01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:20,040
For Christ must reign until he 
humbles all his enemies beneath 

989
01:06:20,040 --> 01:06:21,840
his. 
He must because God's given 

990
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:24,200
dominion to man. 
And the last enemy to be 

991
01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:26,760
destroyed is death, which means 
you'll never have to worry. 

992
01:06:26,840 --> 01:06:29,560
In all eternity, in the new 
heaven and the earth, would you 

993
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:31,160
ever make a mistake? 
Would you ever blow? 

994
01:06:31,160 --> 01:06:33,640
Would you ever think about 
wanting to rebel against God? 

995
01:06:33,800 --> 01:06:37,080
Never going to happen because 
death will no longer be a 

996
01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:41,520
problem. 
For the Scripture says God put 

997
01:06:41,520 --> 01:06:44,200
all things under his authority. 
Of course, when he says all 

998
01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:47,960
things under his authority, that
does not include God Himself who

999
01:06:47,960 --> 01:06:51,280
gave Christ his authority. 
Then when all things are under 

1000
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:55,120
his authority, the Son will put 
himself under God's authority, 

1001
01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:58,320
so that God who gave his Son 
authority over all things will 

1002
01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:01,920
be utterly supreme over 
everything, everywhere. 

1003
01:07:03,680 --> 01:07:06,800
Hallelujah. 
And where will they be living? 

1004
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:14,520
So let me comfort you with these
closing statements. 

1005
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:18,840
In second Peter chapter 3, verse
10 through 14, he says, But the 

1006
01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:20,760
day of the Lord will come like a
thief. 

1007
01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:24,480
When it comes, the heavens will 
disappear with a horrific noise,

1008
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:29,760
and the celestial bodies will 
melt away in a blaze, and the 

1009
01:07:29,760 --> 01:07:34,600
earth and every deed done on it 
will be laid bare. 

1010
01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:38,880
Since all these things are to 
melt away in this manner, what 

1011
01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:43,040
sort of people must we be 
conducting our lives in holiness

1012
01:07:43,040 --> 01:07:48,760
and godliness while waiting for 
and hastening the coming of the 

1013
01:07:48,760 --> 01:07:51,800
day of God? 
Because of this day, the heavens

1014
01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:54,520
will be burned up and dissolved,
and the celestial bodies will 

1015
01:07:54,520 --> 01:07:57,640
melt away in a blaze. 
But according to His promise, we

1016
01:07:57,640 --> 01:08:00,680
are waiting for new heavens and 
a new earth in which 

1017
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:05,440
righteousness truly resides. 
Therefore, dear friends, since 

1018
01:08:05,440 --> 01:08:08,840
you are waiting for these 
things, strive to be found at 

1019
01:08:08,840 --> 01:08:14,800
peace without spot or blemish 
when you come into His presence.

1020
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:17,760
Verse 17. 
Therefore, dear friends, since 

1021
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:22,760
you have been forewarned, be on 
your guard that you do not get 

1022
01:08:22,760 --> 01:08:26,880
LED astray by the air of these 
unprincipled men and fall from 

1023
01:08:26,880 --> 01:08:32,160
your firm grasp on the truth. 
But grow in the grace and 

1024
01:08:32,160 --> 01:08:34,600
knowledge of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. 

1025
01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:39,000
To Him be the honor both now and
on that eternal day. 

1026
01:08:40,080 --> 01:08:43,840
We need to have an expectation 
that the eternal Kingdom is 

1027
01:08:43,840 --> 01:08:47,479
coming and that we're going to 
be a part of it, and our 

1028
01:08:47,479 --> 01:08:53,640
guarantee is first. 
Jesus is Lord and we live a life

1029
01:08:53,680 --> 01:08:59,560
in keeping with our repentance. 
John the Baptist says then leave

1030
01:08:59,560 --> 01:09:01,920
a live a life and keep him with 
repentance. 

1031
01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:06,720
You're not living a life because
I prayed a prayer back some year

1032
01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:09,720
that I wrote in my Bible and 
this is when I was born again. 

1033
01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:12,880
And you really don't even have 
much conversation with the Lord 

1034
01:09:14,399 --> 01:09:16,240
at times. 
You may pick up a Bible. 

1035
01:09:16,240 --> 01:09:18,880
You darken the door of a church 
whenever it's convenient. 

1036
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:23,640
You serve at your own decision 
making. 

1037
01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:32,439
There's a way that he says to 
live, that you've been empowered

1038
01:09:32,439 --> 01:09:35,520
to live this way because you've 
been given the likeness of 

1039
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:37,399
Christ and Christ lived this 
way. 

1040
01:09:38,520 --> 01:09:43,920
And when you live that way, then
when the trumpet sounds, you're 

1041
01:09:43,920 --> 01:09:47,240
going to be changed in the 
moment, in the twinkling of an 

1042
01:09:47,240 --> 01:09:49,920
eye, and those around you will 
see. 

1043
01:09:50,399 --> 01:09:55,720
You can bear witness and then 
they'll watch you go to be 

1044
01:09:56,400 --> 01:10:00,320
caught up in the air with the 
Lord at His marriage supper, 

1045
01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:05,880
giving the rewards of your 
obedience to Him in the earth, 

1046
01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:10,640
and then you'll return with Him,
to reign with Him for 1000 years

1047
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:14,520
with sinful man still on the 
earth, but then in the new 

1048
01:10:14,520 --> 01:10:19,280
heaven and new earth. 
Hallelujah, What a blessed hope 

1049
01:10:19,280 --> 01:10:25,840
we have because God has given us
a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.

1050
01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:32,400
Hallelujah, I said Hallelujah, 
Hallelujah, I said Hallelujah. 

1051
01:10:32,880 --> 01:10:40,480
So this last thought, This is 
why the scripture says do not 

1052
01:10:40,480 --> 01:10:43,760
forsake the assembling of 
yourself together. 

1053
01:10:44,600 --> 01:10:51,680
And all the more as you see the 
day approaching, because God 

1054
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:57,120
Himself knew that if you try to 
individually live for God 

1055
01:10:57,120 --> 01:11:02,160
separate from His body, you are 
at the greatest risk of being 

1056
01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:07,840
deceived and quite possibly 
being left where He is not 

1057
01:11:07,840 --> 01:11:17,440
intimately acquainted with you. 
People think that the only 

1058
01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:20,400
reason pastors quote that is 
because we want to see numbers 

1059
01:11:20,440 --> 01:11:23,680
don't care about numbers. 
I care about your personal life 

1060
01:11:23,800 --> 01:11:28,320
and your assignment in the body.
I'm passionate about you 

1061
01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:31,320
fulfilling God's will and doing 
what he said to do. 

1062
01:11:32,400 --> 01:11:34,200
So I didn't tell you to 
assemble. 

1063
01:11:34,360 --> 01:11:38,760
God said, and he said all the 
more you have to be more 

1064
01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:44,560
diligent in the last days to 
make sure nothing keeps you out 

1065
01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:53,960
of the body that he assigns you 
because you're very existence. 

1066
01:11:54,520 --> 01:11:59,480
I'm not saying lake of fire. 
I'm just saying with God 

1067
01:11:59,920 --> 01:12:06,080
rewards, all kinds of things are
at stake because even during the

1068
01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:11,160
tribulation, it says if God had 
not cut those days short, it was

1069
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:15,120
possible that could it be 
possible that even the elect 

1070
01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:20,400
could have been deceived. 
And as as as casual as people 

1071
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:24,040
are in the relationship with God
right now and the relationship 

1072
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:29,520
with his Church and we think we 
can overcome deception. 

1073
01:12:30,120 --> 01:12:33,040
No, we're banking on I ask you 
to send them a heart and save me

1074
01:12:33,240 --> 01:12:35,880
so that when I die, go to heaven
and I'm in, I'm secure, I'm 

1075
01:12:35,880 --> 01:12:37,760
good, I got it. 
And it doesn't really matter 

1076
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:41,280
what I do know it matters a lot 
what you do because he's 

1077
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:46,160
empowered you to do and you're 
not doing the salvation. 

1078
01:12:46,360 --> 01:12:48,880
You're living out the salvation.