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If you have your Bibles, turn to
Second Peter chapter 3. 

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Amen. 
Now, you know, I like it because

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God loves you so much that, you 
know, He can set us up and you 

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know, you get an impression in 
your spirit about, you know, you

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know, it seems like the Lord 
wants me to go here. 

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And then when you get into it, 
you realize how he is 

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orchestrating this thing, like 
really awesome. 

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And and then when you kind of 
look at your counter, like, I 

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could not have planned that 
better myself, that the Lord is 

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doing some things, that he set 
some things up. 

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And so we're going to be talking
again about this expected 

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arrival today. 
But you know, when I was 

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thinking, I would just conclude 
this thought process, the Lord's

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life, you're going to have to 
continue this in to finish out 

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the year. 
So we will do it again. 

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We'll, we'll, we'll kind of get 
into part of it today. 

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We'll finish it out next Sunday.
Again, you're going to want to 

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come to every service that you 
can be a part of. 

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I'm telling you, it's powerful. 
And then it, it sets us up for 

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our January 5th message. 
That way, we'll, we'll preach on

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and then we'll talk about the 
vision of what God has for us 

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for 2025 on January the 12th. 
So, you know, not always do we 

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have such a forecast of, of 
content, but I'm telling you 

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when I, when I get it that far 
in advance, it's usually really 

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powerful of what God wants to 
deliver to us. 

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How many believe God's speaking 
to you again? 

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You know, in one of the Pauls 
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Fesson Aniki is the actual term 
in over in Greece and he's 

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talking to them. 
He said, you know, I appreciate 

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that when we minister to you, 
you do not receive it as the 

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word of men, but what it really 
is, the word of God. 

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And one of the biggest 
challenges that can happen in 

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the believers life, especially 
when they have become committed 

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to a vision for quite some time.
And and then when the the pastor

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of that church has been there 
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the vocal cords become kind of 
familiar, you know that voice. 

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And so, you know, a lot of times
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relationships with the person of
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And the next thing you know, if 
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sudden you start getting into 
common scriptures that you can 

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start to check out. 
So you have to rest yourself 

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from that. 
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OK, what's being said? 
This is God speaking to me. 

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And if we come in every time, 
not looking at the person 

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delivering, but the content 
that's being delivered and then 

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assimilate that in our spirit, 
desire it to renew our minds. 

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I'm telling you to change our 
lives because, you know, Anchor 

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Faith Church is not built on 
just trying to make you feel 

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better about yourself, is built 
to grow us as as believers. 

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And so the content is always 
there to feed. 

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And the crumbs are pretty good 
too, Amen. 

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If you weren't here on Wednesday
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then you definitely want to go 
online and listen to that. 

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And so you know, whether we're 
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loaves of bread or crumbs are 
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man, we re ready to feed. 
Amen. 

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So we want to feed again this 
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3 verse one through 4. 
It's kind of our context of this

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expected arrival. 
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king is born. 
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the king is coming. 
I said the king is coming. 

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So it says this. 
This is now beloved. 

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The second letter I'm writing to
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This is Paul or Peter. 
Excuse me, I'm writing you in 

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which I am stirring up your 
sincere mind by way of reminder,

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OK? 
And it's very important that we 

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are reminded of things, you 
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born again and have the Holy 
Ghost in us, we still can be 

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prone to being forgetful. 
So we need to be reminded. 

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And a reminder is just like 
another great meal of going to 

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that same restaurant you've 
always been to and you order the

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same thing, you know, And you 
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fan in our community. 
I love that particular 

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restaurant. 
I am pretty well known there so 

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and I didn't realize how well 
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Wednesday night. 
My wife and I went there for 

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lunch and then we came into 
town, went there for lunch and I

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ordered the blackened salmon 
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I'm giving you some secrets here
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They'll put goat cheese on it 
and their daddle Jelly. 

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Yes, it it'll make you want to 
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your Mama, OK? 
And then I've got some sauteed 

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spinach with that and probably 
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I can't remember. 
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Caesar salad? 
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All right, so that was my meal. 
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that Wednesday night and didn't 
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like, man, I need some food and 
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forecloses. 
Let's go. 

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So I snuck in and I'm like, I'm 
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because you know, you got your 
lunch people who wait on you and

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then there's a dinner crew. 
Nobody knows you're there twice 

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until we came. 
Oh, you're back again. 

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And we're like, who told you we 
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I said, well, since, you know, 
I'm back, I'm getting the exact 

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same thing that I got for lunch 
because it was that good. 

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And and when I ate it the second
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Are you hearing me? 
So that's what the word is. 

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You know, when you value what a 
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are, you're like, please make 
that meal again. 

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So you got to understand, you 
got to keep the word like that 

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in your spirit. 
Say that scripture again. 

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Give me Matthew 633 again. 
Can I please get Genesis 126 one

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more time? 
I mean, Brother Hagin's whole 

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ministry was built on Mark 1123 
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And he gave it again and again 
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And everybody kept showing up to
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going to go there because that 
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And I'm thankful that he was 
faithful. 

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Well, our meal of the day is 
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We are going to continue this 
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Amen. 
So to stir us up by way of 

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reminders, just having that 
awesome meal that you love and 

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you're like, thank God you are 
cooking it again. 

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So he's goes on to verse 2 and 
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remember the word spoken 
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and the commandment of the Lord 
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your apostles. 
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the last days mockers will come 
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after their own lust and saying 
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coming forever since the fathers
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as it was from the beginning of 
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So again there comes this time 
where people are going to become

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pretty complacent, almost 
dismissive to think or be in 

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faith that Jesus Christ would 
return in their lifetime. 

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However, the Scripture is pretty
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Now that doesn't mean it's so 
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watch because the Bible says you
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hour. 
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It doesn't say you wouldn't know
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Now I'm not telling you you're 
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month. 
I'm just saying, what does the 

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Bible say? 
You will not know the day or the

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hour, hour. 
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term's being used. 
And we're not going to minister 

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that today. 
It's just that we have been 

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religiously taught, you know, 
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stayed away from in time 
teaching because we have 

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concluded it. 
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revelations by yourself, you 
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that we're like, well, it's 
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Have you ever went through a 
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Like, man, I don't even 
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I'm just staying out of it. 
I mean, you know, there's stuff 

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many people only want to read 
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right? 
There's certain books in the 

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Bible, like I don't even know 
what they're saying, but yet we 

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know we actually haven't said. 
Now, Lord, I'm going to seek you

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till I get understanding of what
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Many of us then conclude and 
take this particular thought, 

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and I don't believe it was God 
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And that is, you know what the 
end times are just going to work

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It's going to work itself out. 

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So I don't need to be concerned 
about it. 

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Well, then why does he talk 
about it so much if you didn't 

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need to know about it? 
Amen. 

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So there comes this point where 
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this has always been said. 
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during that time, because of the
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going to be following after 
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Meaning they're more concerned 
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how they're doing in this 
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afterlife is going to take care 
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That they're thinking 
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that they're applying faith for 
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dismissive of a return and we 
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Now, why is this? 
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10. 
Pretty powerful. 

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The Lord lets us know some 
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He says, now remember former 
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Remember former things from 
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Forever. 
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other is God, even none like me 
declaring the what end from the 

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beginning and from the past 
things which were not done 

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saying by purpose shall stand 
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So the Lord declares the end 
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when things start, you already 
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Amen. 
That's just any of you went back

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on, you know, say your your 
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network was covering the the 
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Playoff game. 
Now that you know who won, if 

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you go back and watch the game 
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anxiety, especially if your team
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But even if your team lost, 
you're not gonna have anxiety 

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because you won't have any hopes
when they score or when they get

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an interception. 
Like this is the this is going 

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to change the momentum of the 
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You know how you tell yourself 
that when your team gets in 

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there, you're like, woo, this is
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the game, right? 
Like when Indiana, they got this

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interception while it's going to
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later the Notre Dame intercepts 
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Well, you know this now because 
you know the end from the so you

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have no anxiety. 
You understand what I'm saying? 

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You can watch LG Notre Dame and 
you're like, we got this right 

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because he knows the end from 
the beginning. 

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All right, Well, the Lord knows 
this as well. 

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And here's the thing, He'll he 
lets us in on it. 

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I said he's going to let us in 
on it. 

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He does let us in on it if we 
choose to want it to be so. 

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So for every verse about the 
first coming of the Lord, there 

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are 8 times more verses about 
the second coming of the Lord. 

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There are three. 
There are 300 prophecies or 

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really more definitely 300 
prophecies. 

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And this is general number, I'm 
not giving you exact about the 

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first coming of the Lord, but 
almost 2500 prophecies about the

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second coming of the Lord. 
Why God wants to make sure you 

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recognize the appointed time. 
Amen. 

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Now I'm going to give you a list
of 12, just 12 of of things 

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spoken concerning the first 
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there are 300. 
Are you hearing me? 

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And Jesus has fulfilled at least
300. 

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The statistical math of just in 
one generation fulfilling around

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17 mathematically is so 
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scientific community who goes 
through, you know, scientific 

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methods because of how many 
zeros are carried out wouldn't 

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would never consider it by 
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It would have to be ordered that
even scientists who do not 

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believe in a God there becomes a
probability number so large that

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in order for it to come to pass 
they would have to conclude it 

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was ordered. 
Cause by chance is not going to 

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occur and Jesus fulfilled in his
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prophecies in his generation. 
He did this within a 34 year 

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saying? 
So let's look at the first one. 

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We've got a list for if you want
to take some notes here. 

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Number one, Jesus would be born 
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This was prophesied by Micah. 
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Number two, Jesus's lineage is 
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You can find that in Numbers 
chapter 24, verse 17 #3 Jesus 

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would be preceded by a 
messenger. 

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Isaiah 40, verses 3 through 5 #4
Jesus would be given away for 30

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pieces of silver. 
That's in Zechariah Chapter 11, 

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verses 12 and 13 #5 Jesus's 
betrayal. 

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Money would be used by Judas to 
buy the Potter's field. 

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Pastor Marcy, you don't have to 
take photos. 

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I can e-mail this to you. 
We live in the same house. 

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I will share. 
OK, All right. 

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My wife's taking phone like 
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Surely she would just ask. 
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would ride into Jerusalem on a 
Colt Zechariah 99. 

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Number 7, Jesus would be 
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Isaiah 53 two. 
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feet would be pierced on the 
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Zechariah 12/10, of which those 
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Jesus would wear a crown of 
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Five. 
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not be broken. 
This is an exodus, and in Psalms

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of which the two riders never 
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centuries apart from each other 
#11 soldiers would gamble over 

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Jesus's robe after he was 
crucified. 

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Who gambles over a poor 
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Jesus wasn't poor? 
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raised from the dead. 
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off? 
Isaiah 2619. 

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OK, so here I'm just giving you 
12 that were fulfilled. 

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He did over 300. 
So here's the thing. 

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God moved on some 40 different 
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in just under 2000 years. 
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all walks of life, of which the 
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and were from various countries 
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And yet not one of its 
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come to pass Not one. 
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Because God himself is the 
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He just uses ghost writers to 
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Hallelujah. 
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and says to me, you know, well, 
you know, you have ghosts or 

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you're not really an author, 
well then apparently quit 

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reading the Bible. 
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All right. 
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how Florida State, the Bible 
told of the first coming, what 

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does that tell you about Bible 
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second coming? 
So let's go back to second Peter

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chapter 3. 
I want us to continue. 

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We're going to pick back up in 
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days, mockers will come. 
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outside of the covenant with 
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They can also be believers that 
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their mind and living carnal. 
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Where is the promise of his 
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father's fell asleep all 
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the beginning of creation. 
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not true because in the 
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from dominion and sin enter the 
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a of a child who would come in 
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And the child has been born. 
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king to come and miss that he 
would first come to lay down his

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life. 
They look for a reigning king. 

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And he was a reigning king, but 
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would suffer on behalf of our 
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which is a king, so he could 
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Amen. 
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his kind, which were those lost.
We've all sinned and fallen 

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short of the glory of God. 
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receive people after his kind, 
which are kings he is the King 

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of. 
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And when are we right now? 
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Because you are of a royal 
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Now. 
If you're born of God, you are a

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peculiar people. 
You're a holy nation. 

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Are you hearing me? 
You are a children of God, and 

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God is the reigning king. 
Hallelujah. 

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So he sews himself. 
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visitation of Jesus, and Jesus 
wept over Jerusalem because they

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did not know. 
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means they had had prophecy of 
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There was detailed of what he 
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We did 12 and the the the 
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the content of that. 
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he fit the description but chose
to reject it, which means just 

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because God doesn't event 
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participate in the event outside
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Hallelujah. 
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And where is the promise of his 
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Father's fell asleep all 
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the beginning of creation. 
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Here we go. 
Let's start moving forward for 

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when they maintain this. 
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Well, you know what, it's 
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Everybody has said that and they
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upon the number of years they 
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earth because they're convinced 
that, you know, all's the same. 

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Everybody has said this before. 
This is not different. 

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You know what, we're probably 
going to live and die like 

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everybody else who just live the
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And then one day we'll all go to
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So for when they maintain this, 
it escapes their notice that by 

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the word of God the heavens 
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was formed out of the water, and
by water through which the world

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at that time was destroyed, 
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OK, but by His word, the present
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for fire, kept for the day of 
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ungodly men. 
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escape your notice, beloved, 
that with the Lord, say with the

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Lord, one day is like 1000 years
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The Lord is not slow about His 
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slowness, slow slowness, but is 
patient towards you, not wishing

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for any to perish before all to 
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But the day of the Lord will 
come like a thief, in which the 

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heaven will heavens will pass 
away with a roar, and the 

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elements will be destroyed with 
intense heat, and the earth and 

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its works will be burned up. 
Since all these things are to be

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destroyed in this way, what sort
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holy conduct and godliness? 
Looking, say looking, looking 

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for and and hastening the coming
of the day of God, because of 

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which the heavens will be 
destroyed by burning and the 

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elements will melt with intense 
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a new earth in which 
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Hallelujah. 
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9. 
Verse 9 says the Lord is not 

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slow about His promise, as some 
count slowness, but is patient 

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towards you, not wishing for any
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to repentance. 
Do you know it is God's desire 

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that none would perish? 
But the facts and truth remains,

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Many will perish. 
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thing does not mean that 
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desires. 
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gives us the choice. 
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He gives us the option. 
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not be eternally separated from 
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That is God's will. 
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do His will. 
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his promises. 
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And the reason why he's not slow
is because God is telling you 

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when say Amen. 
I'll give you an example. 

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If this Christmas you let all 
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you're going to serve the 
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your family at 11 and there's 
food all over the table or 

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there's no food for that matter,
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to do? 
Well, listen, you're not slow. 

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You've already told me when. 
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So it's not slow because I'm 
there at 11. 

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I know it's an hour later. 
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when you want something, that 
hour can seem extremely forever,

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like eternity. 
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you don't want something to end,
it's like it's over. 

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It's like, where did the time 
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Like 2025? 
Where did it go? 

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Our 2024, where did it go? 
Right, It's gone. 

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I mean, it's like, wow, we're 
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I mean, I felt like we just 
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OK. 
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then it's not slow because you 
have accuracy. 

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However, when you maintain the 
thought, well, I don't know. 

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We don't know when he's going to
come. 

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Just because a scripture says 
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hour doesn't open it up to no 
one never knows that. 

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We cannot be clearer in 
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OK, I'll go over here now. 
I'll be honest with you. 

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If you want to maintain a 
religious perspective of the end

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times, then things I will say 
are going to be problematic 

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because you want to hold on to a
religious tradition more than 

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what scripture says. 
And again, it's easy to develop 

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religious tradition when we do 
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the word to determine what is 
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So it's easy to accept a general
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layer of truth, but not enough 
to give you clarity. 

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So again, man, he could come at 
any time. 

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Well, could he? 
I'm going to tell you, no, he's 

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going to come at an appointed 
time. 

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So again, that kind of is a 
premise that isn't accurate. 

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Well, he could come at any time.
No, the Bible says very clearly 

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that Jesus says the Father knows
the time. 

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So it's not anytime it is an 
appointed time and it's an 

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appointed time that we will not 
be unaware of. 

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Now we won't know it to the day 
or hour, but we're going to 

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know. 
I said we're going to know. 

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And the reason why he wants us 
to know is because he wants us 

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so fixed on the finish line. 
He wants us so fixed on the 

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finish line. 
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author that has written a book 
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He used this analogy and I 
thought that that is an amazing 

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analogy, you know, because for 
most of of of the church, both 

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from the Saint perspective and 
also from the FIFO ministry 

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perspective, is that once you 
have a bit of time invested in 

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the church, much like a career. 
Yeah, you know where I'm going 

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already, the retirement starts 
to set in. 

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Yet every day we draw closer. 
So and Paul was very clear about

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this actually, and use this 
similar analogy himself. 

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Yet we've missed it because 
we've kind of brought corporate 

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America into our serving the 
church. 

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Well, you know, I've worked with
children's for years. 

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It's time for somebody else. 
I'm going to, I'm going to 

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retire. 
I'm going to come to service. 

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But Pastor Earl, you know, I'm 
going to kind of go and do 

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whatever I want to do whenever I
want to do it because, you know,

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I've already spent in my time. 
Ministers are looking for the 

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next successor to the pulpit so 
that they can retire. 

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What are they going to do? 
Well, they're going to go 

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travel, see things, you know, 
because they've basically have 

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given their whole life to a 
congregation and now they've 

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come to a particular age that 
for whatever reason, God can't 

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use them anymore. 
Sounds a lot like America to me 

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and not the Kingdom, right? 
So if we don't watch out, we'll 

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do the same thing when it comes 
to truths. 

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But yet Paul said, listen, I 
have fought the good fight. 

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I have ran my my race. 
Well, if you're running a race, 

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say you start Tunisia, where's 
Tunisia? 

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I know you're in here somewhere.
Stand up Tunisia, Tunisia, come 

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down here. 
Actually come down. 

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Tunisia has been running 
multiple 5 KS, OK. 

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And you've been pretty active 
this year alone, specifically 

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the Lord spoke to her and she's 
like, I'm going to start 

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running, I'm going to get in 
shape this way. 

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And she has been doing 5 KS, 
like multiple 5 KS. 

449
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:19,640
OK, now did you know if you were
in the race or not? 

450
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,200
How do you know you're in the 
race? 

451
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,000
OK, let's go back before the 
run. 

452
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,000
Was there something you needed 
to pick up before you enter the 

453
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,200
race? 
Could you just jump in the race 

454
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,440
on your own? 
OK, how did you get in the race?

455
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,880
You signed up of her own free 
will. 

456
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:51,280
She paid a price. 
You pay a price to get in the 

457
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,600
race because you lay down your 
life to receive his. 

458
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,120
She paid a price. 
She signed up of her own free 

459
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:01,440
will. 
Did they acknowledge receipt of 

460
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,880
your sign up the day before the 
race? 

461
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,160
Was there anything you needed to
get? 

462
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,520
I had to pick up. 
You had to pick up all of my 

463
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:11,640
utilities, all of the stuff I 
needed. 

464
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:17,840
Her number, her little tracker. 
Because they tracking you in the

465
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:18,880
race. 
Oh y'all don't want to hear 

466
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:23,040
this? 
I mean, the Holy Ghost is a 

467
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,480
tracker. 
I mean, you can't be on the race

468
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,440
and the Holy Ghost not know 
where you're at. 

469
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,080
OK? 
So you pick up everything that 

470
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:39,000
allows you to be legally in the 
race. 

471
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,240
All right. 
The day of the race, did you did

472
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:44,760
you know when it was going to 
start? 

473
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,200
OK. 
All right. 

474
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:55,800
Did you hear the start? 
OK, 5K, for anyone who doesn't 

475
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,000
know what a 5 kilometer is, it's
3.12 miles. 

476
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,600
All right. 
Were there any indicators along 

477
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:13,510
the route to let you know where 
you were at in the race right 

478
00:32:13,550 --> 00:32:16,190
now? 
When you started your race, did 

479
00:32:16,190 --> 00:32:21,150
you Sprint like you just ran as 
hard as you could right when you

480
00:32:21,150 --> 00:32:24,030
started? 
OK, At any time did you maintain

481
00:32:24,030 --> 00:32:27,150
that pace or did you like, OK, I
got some time so I need to. 

482
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:34,440
OK, got to pace yourself now. 
Every time we knocked off 1 

483
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:40,680
kilometer, 2 kilometers, 3 
kilometers, 4 kilometers 5. 

484
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:45,280
Was there ever a point in time 
in the race that you saw the 

485
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:51,160
finish? 
So if you're in the race, 

486
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:55,040
they'll come a point that you'll
see where the finish is. 

487
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,040
Now. 
When you saw the finish, did you

488
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:07,720
stop and get on the sideline and
say, whoo, all right, y'all go 

489
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,680
finish that thing. 
I've ran 4.5 kilometers. 

490
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:16,520
I see the finish, but man, I've 
already put in my time. 

491
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,960
You did what? 
You push harder. 

492
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:27,040
Oh, my goodness, you kicked in 
another notch. 

493
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,400
I mean, you said I'm going to 
leave it all now on the track 

494
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,200
because when I finish, that's 
it. 

495
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,880
I'm done. 
The race is over. 

496
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,280
All right, you can be seated. 
So here's my pastor. 

497
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,960
Why were you pushing us, Pastor?
Why are you driving us? 

498
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,160
Pastor? 
Why are you not content? 

499
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:53,240
Well, I can see the finish line 
and I know about you, but I'm 

500
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,600
not comforting and I'm not, you 
know, OK, let it. 

501
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,480
I am. 
My eyes are fixed. 

502
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:06,120
I'm running at another speed. 
The closer it gets, the faster I

503
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:13,560
will run. 
So for anyone who is not 

504
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:23,679
running, maybe they're not 
looking, but you get accused of 

505
00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:27,480
a lot of things in life. 
But if you're going to get 

506
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,360
accused, be accused of one who 
pushes to do the things of the 

507
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:37,440
Lord. 
Because nowhere in the Bible 

508
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,800
does it say that we should 
coast. 

509
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,800
And honestly, you're going to 
hope that I'm with you because I

510
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:54,280
have overcome what happened to 
me in Basic, because I will 

511
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,480
become like Shadow. 
I will sing you into victory. 

512
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,440
Are you hearing me? 
But again, even though Shadow 

513
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,720
came back in my last PT test, 
saw that I was not going to make

514
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:08,600
it on time, came back and 
encouraged me with the words, 

515
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,080
saying that cadence got me 
moving forward, got my mind off 

516
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:18,160
my troubles and got my mind 
focused on finishing. 

517
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,920
The only reason you don't finish
your race because you're too 

518
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:26,320
busy thinking about your pain 
and then looking at all the 

519
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,720
people on the sideline that's 
not participating. 

520
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:34,680
Oh, you don't want to hear this.
All right, Glory. 

521
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,360
Hey, man, I mean, I remember 
running the Gate River Run with 

522
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,080
my daughter-in-law, Britney. 
She puts me in all kinds of 

523
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,080
crazy stuff. 
And, and so the first time, I 

524
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:48,160
mean, we're running, you know, 
you get 5K in, you know, and 

525
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,400
then you hit the 10 and then you
got the big green monster at the

526
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,120
end. 
And you're like looking at that 

527
00:35:53,120 --> 00:36:00,200
thing saying, Jesus, help me, I 
need some grace right now. 

528
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,320
I need some supernaturability. 
Running up. 

529
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,520
It wasn't bad coming down, it 
was horrible. 

530
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,240
You think, Well, coming down was
gravity. 

531
00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:09,080
Yeah, but my knees were hurting 
so bad by them. 

532
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,800
And the jarring was like, oh, my
Jesus, I wanted to run backwards

533
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,640
down that thing the first time, 
you know, you know, you think 

534
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,960
you're in shape until you get 
going, you know, and then you 

535
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,520
realize, hmm, I probably should 
have trained better than this 

536
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,360
anyway, you know, you want to 
finish. 

537
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,720
But man, when I went by places, 
people are just hanging out. 

538
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:34,320
Don't think it was tempting to 
say, man, next year, right, next

539
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,560
year. 
But you know, I saw some people,

540
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,960
man, they just kept walking and 
running, walking and running. 

541
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,600
I'm thinking, man, who am I not 
to finish this deal, right? 

542
00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:50,480
No, we need to finish. 
So the end times, we will see 

543
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:55,080
the finish line. 
Are you hearing me? 

544
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,920
Now look at this. 
In Hebrews Chapter 11 verse 7, 

545
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:03,480
it says by faith, Noah, being 
warned by God about things not 

546
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:08,000
yet seen in reverence, prepared 
an ark for the salvation of his 

547
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:13,600
household, by which he condemned
the world and became an heir of 

548
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,480
the righteousness which is 
according to faith. 

549
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,440
Now what did Noah do? 
Noah obviously hurt by God that 

550
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,680
he was going to destroy the 
planet with a flood, so he was 

551
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:26,400
warned. 
And he wasn't the only one that 

552
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:33,000
God would have taken because 
Noah was a preacher of 

553
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,800
righteousness. 
The ark wasn't large enough just

554
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:42,440
to be able to house animals. 
It could have carried more 

555
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:47,240
people had they repented, but 
they chose not to. 

556
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:53,880
Amen. 
And so Noah communicated in his 

557
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:58,840
day of a wrath or judgment to 
come, that they all could have 

558
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,680
escaped. 
And yet he's talking about 

559
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:06,520
something that no one had had 
experienced yet called rain 

560
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,240
because at that time, the, the 
earth had been, you know, was 

561
00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:13,200
being watered by the dew and 
there was going to come a 

562
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:19,760
torrential down poor because of 
this water expanse that kind of 

563
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,480
gave our globe this greenhouse 
effect. 

564
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:27,480
He ripped that open and man, it 
came down and flooded the earth.

565
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,680
And so when the floods came, 
those who were not on the 

566
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:38,280
salvation ship did not prevail. 
I said did not prevail, but they

567
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:42,920
were warned the signs were 
there. 

568
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,200
Are you hearing me? 
OK? 

569
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,960
Turn to Matthew chapter 16 
verses 2 to four. 

570
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,440
He said but he but this is Jesus
saying. 

571
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,400
But he replied to them saying 
when it is evening you say it 

572
00:38:55,400 --> 00:39:00,080
will be fair weather for the sky
is red and in the morning there 

573
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,200
will be a storm today for the 
sky is red and threatening. 

574
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:07,800
Do you know how to discern the 
appearance of the sky but cannot

575
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,960
discern the signs of the times? 
An evil and adulterous 

576
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:16,320
generation seek after a sign, 
and a sign will not be given it 

577
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:22,680
except the sign of Jonah. 
And he left and went away. 

578
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:27,160
The sign of Jonah, The sign of 
Jonah. 

579
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,040
Well, what is the sign of Jonah?
Well, you have to go to Jonah to

580
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:31,480
understand what the sign of 
Jonah is. 

581
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,600
And the sign of Jonah 
specifically is. 

582
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:39,120
Is that he went into a big fish.
OK, the Bible says it's a great 

583
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,920
fish. 
Obviously most people associate 

584
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,840
it with a whale. 
Can't tell you it's a well, it's

585
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,160
a great fish. 
That's what I know. 

586
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,520
And so this particular great 
fish swallowed him because he 

587
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:55,320
was in disobedience to the Lord.
And again, he swallows him not 

588
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,240
not because of his disobedience,
but because of mercy. 

589
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,720
A storm came because of 
disobedience and he got thrown 

590
00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:06,840
over, but God's mercy in his 
life swallowed him. 

591
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,760
The Bible says that he was in 
the belly of this great fish for

592
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:14,560
three days and three nights, and
on the third day I said on the 

593
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:23,200
third day that fish spit him up 
on dry ground and he was alive. 

594
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:29,160
Now for those who need to 
understand this, Jonah died in 

595
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,200
the fish. 
He did not build a fire. 

596
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:38,880
He was not. 
He drowned, he was dead, but God

597
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,920
brought him back to life. 
That is a sign. 

598
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,360
Well, who's going into the 
earth? 

599
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:52,080
Who's going to die? 
But on the third day I said, but

600
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:57,880
on the third day, Come on now. 
So Jesus here is communicating a

601
00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:59,720
prophecy that I'm going to 
fulfill. 

602
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,360
I'm doing miracles, signs, and 
wonders, but at the end of the 

603
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,720
day, you're missing it that 
you're supposed to come to me. 

604
00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,480
I am the word. 
You seek signs, but you don't 

605
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,840
seek me. 
So I'm not going to give you any

606
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:12,320
of these miraculous things 
anymore. 

607
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:14,680
What I'm going to do is give you
the sign of Jonah. 

608
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:23,560
Yet the sign of Jonah is 
prophecy, not only of what Jesus

609
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,320
would do, but when he would 
come. 

610
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:36,640
I have often asked the question,
why three days? 

611
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,560
Wow. 
I mean, he is the king of kings.

612
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,880
His dad created the heavens and 
the earth. 

613
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,760
He was there and spoke into 
existence. 

614
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:51,840
I mean he has all power. 
He is crucified, He is nailed to

615
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,120
a cross. 
He gives up his spirit. 

616
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:59,080
He goes down to the grave on our
account, disappears from the 

617
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:02,200
planet. 
He was there one day and 

618
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:08,200
disappears from the planet. 
He moves into a, a, a grave, 

619
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,800
they wrote, his spirits gone. 
Now his physical body is still 

620
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,960
in a grave with a stone. 
We don't seem, we don't know 

621
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:20,600
that he, I mean, as far as the 
disciples are concerned, he's 

622
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,000
gone. 
You don't hear him. 

623
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:27,560
He's not talking, so to speak. 
They do not see him right? 

624
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,920
And again, he goes down to the 
grave. 

625
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:33,040
We know that he led captivity 
captive, so he took everyone out

626
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,040
of paradise. 
I mean, could he not have done 

627
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:44,120
that in a few minutes? 
Why is it 3 days? 

628
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:48,000
Well, the answer is in Second 
Peter. 

629
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,520
Second Peter, chapter 3 verse 8.
Again, we've already read it. 

630
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,600
Let's look at it again. 
Do you? 

631
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,880
But do not let this one fact 
escape your notice, beloved, 

632
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:07,280
that 1000 years is like one day,
that with the Lord one day is 

633
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:10,520
like 1000 years, and 1000 years 
is like one day. 

634
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:16,600
So Jesus dies day one. 
He leaves the earth. 

635
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:21,640
Day one, Jesus ascends in a 
cloud. 

636
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:28,320
He's gone 1000 years. 
We don't see Day 2. 

637
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:36,040
He's in the grave. 
We don't see another thousand 

638
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:40,600
years. 
That's 2000 years day. 

639
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:47,960
Day three, he raises and he's 
been seen. 

640
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:53,640
He makes his appearance known. 
Day three is another thousand 

641
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,760
years. 
Do you know he's coming back to 

642
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,480
the earth to reign on the planet
for? 

643
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:06,240
Are you ready for this? 
Jesus has not been in the earth 

644
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:15,640
now for nearly 2000 years. 
Oh y'all don't want to hear 

645
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,320
that? 
This is not coincidence. 

646
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:22,520
From Adam to Abraham, 2000 
years, from Abraham to Jesus, 

647
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:26,880
2000 years Jesus to now, we are 
coming on 2000. 

648
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,560
He is about to break open the 
clouds. 

649
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:38,400
See, a generation 1000 years ago
could not have had this event 

650
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:42,520
because he already communicated 
his time frame. 

651
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:50,280
He's already communicated it. 
I'll be out of here for a couple

652
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:57,040
1000 years, but I'm coming. 
There's a generation that will 

653
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,680
listen. 
This is why he says be ready. 

654
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:06,000
Oh my Mama. 
I'd be more excited than that. 

655
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,440
That's OK. 
I was, I was so excited about 

656
00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,120
that. 
I'm like, that's the answer. 

657
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,640
That has to be the answer of the
three days. 

658
00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:20,160
Wow, he's at it don't seem gone.
We haven't seen him, but he's 

659
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,000
come we all know he's coming and
here's order. 

660
00:45:23,240 --> 00:45:29,160
I mean he fulfilled the feasts. 
I mean he did I mean he he died 

661
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:35,960
on very specific the Pentecost 
came on a very specific this is 

662
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:39,960
not happen chance. 
These are a specific things 

663
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:46,480
ordered by the Creator God who 
continues to prove to humanity I

664
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:51,960
am who I say I am, I am the only
one and you should give your 

665
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:56,400
life to me. 
If we would quit painting such a

666
00:45:56,440 --> 00:46:04,200
mysterious picture and begin to 
communicate what we can clearly 

667
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:09,320
see. 
Hallelujah. 

668
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:14,080
Hallelujah. 
So if you are of the persuasion 

669
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:21,120
that Jesus was born at AD zero, 
there is some debate that he was

670
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:30,520
born prior to that date and that
he died not at 33 or 34 AD, but 

671
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:37,480
he died at 29. 
I can't prove it either way, but

672
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,720
let's go with 29. 
Well, what year are we coming 

673
00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:48,000
into 2025? 
And if he was raised in 2029, 

674
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:53,800
how many years is that? 
But let's go with the furthest 

675
00:46:53,800 --> 00:47:02,320
134 Now again, you're like, wait
a minute, it's getting kind of 

676
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:03,360
spooky. 
You're giving year. 

677
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,200
It doesn't say that we couldn't 
know a year. 

678
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:12,000
It says you don't know the nor 
the now don't get upset because 

679
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:17,040
we talk in years now. 
Now at the end of the day, they 

680
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:21,200
could all be off and maybe 
there's some other year, but you

681
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,840
can't You're we're only getting 
so far past. 

682
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:33,000
I don't think you're going to be
able to get over into 2050, over

683
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,160
into 2075. 
You're definitely not going to 

684
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:45,600
get to 2100 again. 
The Bible has patterns that God 

685
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,120
sets in order. 
Why does he do again? 

686
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:55,320
Is it is it a lack of faith that
Trenisha knows I have 1/2 a 

687
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:59,920
kilometer left? 
Why wouldn't God give us what's 

688
00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:01,920
left? 
Why wouldn't he let us see the 

689
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,600
finish line? 
Why wouldn't he allow us because

690
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:07,280
he knows in the last days 
there's going to be a deception 

691
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,720
that comes seducing spirit. 
And why would he not make it 

692
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:13,960
more clear for us so that we 
would throw off the constraints 

693
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:18,280
of deception and and and 
seduction and the cares of this 

694
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,360
life and say I'm keeping my eyes
fixed on the prize. 

695
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:25,120
Jesus is going to return. 
He's got to come in sometime and

696
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:31,000
based upon a very specific 
prophecies, there's no doubt he 

697
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:41,680
should return in my lifetime. 
So we run with great diligence 

698
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,040
and I'm just giving you from the
Bible. 

699
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,640
I'm not we're not even jumping 
into the prophecies of things 

700
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:53,320
happening in the world that is 
on an accelerated we're going to

701
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:54,720
preach on these things next 
year. 

702
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:57,200
I'm telling you we're going to 
preach on them in great detail. 

703
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,720
Look what it says in Luke 
chapter 21 verse 2825 to 28. 

704
00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:06,480
It says this and there shall be 
signs in the sun and in the moon

705
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:09,800
and in the stars and on the 
earth will be anxiety will be 

706
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:13,240
anxiety of nations with 
perplexity and the sea and the 

707
00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:16,960
waves roaring, men fainting from
fear and expecting those things 

708
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:20,480
which have come on the earth for
the powers of the heavens shall 

709
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:24,400
be shaken. 
And then they shall what they 

710
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,880
shall, what they shall what see 
the Son of Man coming in a cloud

711
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:32,640
with power and great glory. 
Notice when he comes. 

712
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:37,920
It's not without our knowledge. 
So everything you've seen on the

713
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:44,880
theater screen that it's like 
boom, you're gone is not from 

714
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:49,200
Scripture. 
Again, they took, it's just like

715
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:54,240
your nativity guys, the nativity
for the sake of packaging. 

716
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:01,080
They have a Manger, Joseph, 
Mary, little baby Jesus, some 

717
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:05,000
sheep, maybe a mule, maybe a 
cow. 

718
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:11,120
Shepherds were definitely there 
scripturally that night, but the

719
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:16,640
three wise men were not, nor 
were they just three. 

720
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:18,720
It was gifts. 
Didn't talk about people, just 

721
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:22,400
talking about some gifts, but 
they were not at the Manger. 

722
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,320
It took them a couple of years 
to show up. 

723
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,880
So our nativity is not an 
accurate representation of what 

724
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:35,840
the Scripture is. 
So when we hear you'll be 

725
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,720
changed in the moment, in the 
twinkling of an eye, which is 

726
00:50:38,720 --> 00:50:41,640
half a blink, that doesn't say 
you'll be gone. 

727
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:48,400
It says you'll be changed. 
And if you read the scripture in

728
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:51,360
the first resurrection, meaning 
when Jesus came out of the 

729
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:56,520
grave, others came with him and 
walked the streets of Jerusalem 

730
00:50:56,840 --> 00:51:01,640
and went and saw their family 
members that had been dead. 

731
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:07,080
Now that wasn't, I'm bringing 
you out of the grave and we shot

732
00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,320
straight to heaven and no one 
saw the event. 

733
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:15,840
Oh y'all, let's stay with 
scripture, not with religious 

734
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:21,320
tradition. 
So again, he's coming back in a 

735
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:29,960
cloud that people will see it. 
Verse 28 and when these things 

736
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:34,400
began to happen, then look up 
and lift up your heads for your 

737
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,360
redemption draws nod. 
What's the saying? 

738
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,280
Acts chapter one, verse 9 
through 11, when he left in the 

739
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:42,760
cloud the first time and after 
these things, he said these 

740
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:46,960
things, he was lifted up while 
they were what, looking on and a

741
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:51,320
cloud received him out of there.
So they watched him go up. 

742
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:53,440
That had to be pretty amazing, 
period. 

743
00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:55,960
I mean, he's like doing a 
Superman right now. 

744
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:03,840
That's awesome. 
And as they were gazing intently

745
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:07,240
in the sky while he was going, 
which means they were like, just

746
00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:14,160
like you watch a balloon with 
helium, you just keep watching 

747
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:15,720
till you're like, you still see 
it. 

748
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:18,240
Yeah, right there. 
I still see it, you know, till 

749
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:20,960
you can't see it anymore. 
And that's what they were doing.

750
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,720
They were watching him go. 
He didn't just disappear. 

751
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:32,480
They watched him, then you look 
what it says here, verse 11 or 

752
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:35,520
verse 10, and they were gazing 
intensely into the sky while he 

753
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,280
was going. 
Behold, two men in white 

754
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,440
clothing stood beside, and they 
said, Men of Galilee, why do you

755
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,800
stand looking in the sky? 
This Jesus who has been taken up

756
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:48,040
from you into heaven will come 
in just the same way as you have

757
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:51,960
watched him go into heaven, 
which means we will watch him. 

758
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:58,680
I said we will watch him come in
the cloud. 

759
00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:10,240
Well, do you want to be inside 
the house and not watch? 

760
00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:13,880
Do you want to be somewhere that
when it's coming, you're not 

761
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:19,680
paying attention? 
No. 

762
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:23,080
First Thessalonians 414 to 18 
says this. 

763
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:26,880
For if we believe that Jesus 
died and rose again, Even so God

764
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:31,400
will bring him, bring with him 
those who have fallen asleep in 

765
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:34,160
Jesus. 
For this we say to you by the 

766
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,800
word of the Lord, that we who 
are alive and remain until the 

767
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:40,640
coming of the Lord will not 
precede those who have fallen 

768
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:42,760
asleep. 
Let me say this before I go on 

769
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:47,280
prophecy. 
Always communicate something in 

770
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:51,320
the future. 
So those in the present or 

771
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:55,320
making declarations, not so much
because they believed it would 

772
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:59,160
happen in their lifetime as much
as they needed to prophecy of 

773
00:53:59,160 --> 00:54:01,800
something that was going to 
happen at a later time. 

774
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:07,520
So many times we'll conclude, 
well, they said they were 

775
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:10,600
believing that. 
I don't know if Paul actually 

776
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:13,600
really believed that they were. 
He was coming in his lifetime. 

777
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,760
Under the unction of the Holy 
Spirit, he could have been 

778
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:26,160
writing, obviously writing in 
his letters of a time that is to

779
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:29,400
come. 
That doesn't mean he concluded 

780
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,880
it would be in mind. 
He could already had enough 

781
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:33,480
revelation this and not in my 
lifetime. 

782
00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:37,040
But I'm telling you, there's a 
time to come, and I have to say 

783
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:41,960
it because God is so perfect 
that he always speaks to future 

784
00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:45,600
generations before those 
generations ever show up, so 

785
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:49,080
that when it occurs, you know 
that it was God who did this and

786
00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:56,720
man couldn't have done it. 
So he said, for the Lord himself

787
00:54:56,720 --> 00:55:01,080
will descend from heaven with a 
shout and with the voice of the 

788
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:04,920
Archangel, and with the trumpet 
of God, and the dead in Christ 

789
00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:08,480
will rise first. 
Now that's just the skin suits 

790
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:12,600
that will become glorified 
bodies to be able to reunite 

791
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:15,120
with the soul and the spirit of 
those who are already present 

792
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:18,160
with the Lord in heaven. 
Because we are a three fold 

793
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:21,560
nature man and we will always be
a three fold nature man. 

794
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:29,880
OK, verse 17 then we who are 
alive and remain will be what 

795
00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:35,000
will be what we're going to be 
what called up together with 

796
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:39,240
them in the clouds to meet the 
Lord in the air. 

797
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:42,960
And so we shall always be with 
the Lord. 

798
00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:46,800
Now always be with the Lord. 
Well, you might want to find out

799
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:51,160
where the Lord's going to be, 
because this statement doesn't 

800
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:56,400
mean heaven. 
In fact, in this context, it 

801
00:55:56,400 --> 00:56:00,000
doesn't even say heaven or what 
we would call the 3rd heaven. 

802
00:56:01,240 --> 00:56:03,120
It says we're caught up in the 
clouds. 

803
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:07,440
I can see the clouds from the 
planet now. 

804
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:13,160
I can't see what's on the other 
side of the clouds unless I fly 

805
00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:18,880
above them. 
I'm not saying, but it's 

806
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:22,280
probable that the Mayor's 
supper, the Lamb, is just in a 

807
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:32,240
cloud. 
I'm not saying that it is, but 

808
00:56:32,240 --> 00:56:36,360
if it is, those on the earth 
below the clouds would not see 

809
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:40,600
it. 
All right. 

810
00:56:41,560 --> 00:56:45,040
Therefore, therefore, what 
comfort? 

811
00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:48,960
What are we supposed to do? 
Comfort one another with these 

812
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:51,440
words? 
So it's actually comfort for you

813
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:54,160
to hear He's coming, especially 
you. 

814
00:56:56,000 --> 00:57:00,560
Because if I was 75 right now, 
man, I'd be like, I am not 

815
00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:09,040
getting in a casket. 
If I was 80 I'd be like bless 

816
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:15,120
the Lord O my soul, I will stay 
in this skin suit till you come.

817
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:23,080
Amen. 
I mean, why not believe for it? 

818
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:27,760
Well, no one of my family's ever
lived past 80. 

819
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:32,320
Go ahead and live to 100 cuz 
man, if you could be changed in 

820
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:36,640
the moment, in the twinkle, why 
would you settle to go to dust 

821
00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:41,400
first? 
No, I mean, if we're seeing it's

822
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:46,960
that close, why would we not 
say, I am going to see this 

823
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:49,400
thing, I'm that generous, I'm 
going to be it. 

824
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:51,760
And I'm not giving you false 
hope. 

825
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:53,680
I'm giving you what the 
scripture says. 

826
00:57:56,440 --> 00:58:01,720
Now you can be those that say, 
well, they promised this, OK, 

827
00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:09,680
we'll talk about you next week. 
Luke 1726 to 36 says, and just 

828
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:14,320
as it happened in the days of 
Noah, so it will be also in the 

829
00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:16,720
days of the Son of Man. 
They were eating, they were 

830
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:20,040
drinking, they were marrying. 
And that sounds like a lot of 

831
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:23,880
church congregations. 
They were being given in 

832
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:27,800
marriage until the day that Noah
entered the ark and the flood 

833
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:30,240
came and destroyed them. 
That's just not the world. 

834
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:37,480
Verse 28 And it was the IT was 
the same as happened in the days

835
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:42,840
of They were eating and 
drinking, they were buying, they

836
00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:45,720
were selling, they were 
planting, they were building. 

837
00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:51,160
But on the day, on the day that 
lot went out from Sodom, it 

838
00:58:51,160 --> 00:58:55,840
rained fire and brimstone from 
heaven and destroyed them all. 

839
00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:59,600
It will be just the same on the 
day that the Son of Man is 

840
00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:02,360
revealed. 
On that day the one who is on 

841
00:59:02,360 --> 00:59:06,480
the housetop and whose goods are
in the house must not go down to

842
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:09,800
take them out, and likewise the 
one who was in the field must 

843
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:14,800
not turn back. 
What does that mean? 

844
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:24,720
Remember Lot's wife. 
This is someone who has been 

845
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:34,800
taken out of Sodom and has made 
the trip to the place that wrath

846
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:45,840
doesn't come but turn back. 
I do not have this answer, but 

847
00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:51,120
it definitely puts a image in my
mind of people being changed, 

848
00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:54,720
going up but looking back 
wishing they were still down 

849
00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:56,400
there. 
And what if they fall out of the

850
00:59:56,400 --> 01:00:05,760
sky now? 
I cannot say that so, but lot by

851
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:11,640
all right, his wife was 
delivered from the wrath to 

852
01:00:11,640 --> 01:00:22,040
come. 
Sayla Hallelujah. 

853
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:27,800
Whoever seeks to keep his life 
will, and whoever loses his life

854
01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:29,440
will. 
I tell you. 

855
01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:32,600
On that night there will be two 
in one bed, one will be taken 

856
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:35,480
and 1:00 will be left. 
There'll be two women grinding 

857
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:37,560
at the same place. 
One will be taken and the other 

858
01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:40,000
one will be left. 
Two men will be in the field, 

859
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:41,880
one will be taken, and the other
will be left. 

860
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:44,880
Now, we've always preached this,
or at least a lot of people have

861
01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:47,920
preached this, that the one who 
goes is the righteous, the one 

862
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:50,760
who leaves is the unrighteous. 
But it doesn't say that. 

863
01:00:53,640 --> 01:01:00,640
You are assuming that. 
Now, I can guarantee you if 

864
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:02,960
they're unrighteous, they're not
going. 

865
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:12,520
Amen. 
You just want me to preach you 

866
01:01:12,520 --> 01:01:14,840
things about how great you are 
and how awesome you are and how 

867
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:16,560
much of A victory you have. 
And then let's don't even talk 

868
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:21,840
about this and let it work it 
out itself because you can go 

869
01:01:21,840 --> 01:01:24,240
plenty of places that will 
preach you those things. 

870
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:28,520
But I have an assignment to 
equip you, and one of my 

871
01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:33,760
assignments is to take as many 
of you out of here when he comes

872
01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:38,720
and you need to know he's 
coming. 

873
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:41,160
I said you need to know he's 
coming. 

874
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:44,000
The assignment is not to get you
into heaven. 

875
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:47,760
The assignment is to keep you 
walking with the Lord every day 

876
01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:50,840
of your life because the day's 
coming. 

877
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:55,760
I said it's coming and it's 
coming soon, man. 

878
01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:58,880
We are toying with the world, 
toying with the things of the 

879
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:03,560
world, and yet this thing could 
be with us in the next 10 years 

880
01:02:03,560 --> 01:02:10,600
potentially. 
It's plausible now, again, so, 

881
01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:15,000
and I just don't believe that. 
Well, unbelief has problems. 

882
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:22,720
Unbelief has problems. 
But those who believe, Amen. 

883
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:26,920
Because if 2035 comes, I'll 
still be believing. 

884
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:29,800
I'll still be believing that I'm
not dying. 

885
01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:32,800
I'll believe it all the way up 
to 2070. 

886
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:35,560
Because I'll be 100. 
I'll be believing it all the way

887
01:02:35,560 --> 01:02:38,880
up to 2090. 
Are you hearing me? 

888
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:49,000
I'm going to be believing and I 
don't want to be going up in the

889
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:52,240
air and saying, didn't I tell 
you? 

890
01:02:56,040 --> 01:02:58,960
Because if I was wrong, I'm 
going to grave like everybody 

891
01:02:58,960 --> 01:03:01,000
else, righteousness of God to be
absent from the body. 

892
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:02,280
I'm going to be present with the
Lord. 

893
01:03:02,920 --> 01:03:07,280
But man, I do believe I am of 
the generation. 

894
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:12,920
Are you hearing me Last passage 
of Scripture will conclude today

895
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:14,560
and then we'll jump back into it
next week. 

896
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:16,960
Luke 1235 to 40. 
It says this. 

897
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:24,840
Be dressed in readiness and keep
your lamps lit. 

898
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:29,480
Oh man, I feel like I could 
preach that verse right now. 

899
01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:38,880
Let me be dressed in readiness. 
If the catching away has no 

900
01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:43,640
context to us, then why does he 
keep telling us to be ready and 

901
01:03:43,640 --> 01:03:51,800
watchful? 
There be no reason to warn or to

902
01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:58,480
tell us to be watchful if we 
don't have a part to play in the

903
01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:04,560
ascension. 
Now, I understand this is not 

904
01:04:04,560 --> 01:04:10,640
popular preaching, but I decided
long ago that I wasn't into 

905
01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:15,160
preaching for popularity. 
I mean, recently I kind of feel 

906
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:19,920
like Martin Luther, who's been 
putting some 95 thesis on a on a

907
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:23,320
door recently. 
And Martin Luther had a lot of 

908
01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:25,960
issues going on because of 
things he was seeing from 

909
01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:28,240
scripture that was not being 
taught, but it was true. 

910
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:33,600
And the religious like their 
religion and their tradition and

911
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:36,080
he got persecuted by it. 
But he was right. 

912
01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:40,880
And we enjoy his accolades 
today, but he wasn't enjoying 

913
01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:42,400
accolades when he was going 
through it. 

914
01:04:44,840 --> 01:04:47,160
So there's a lot of people. 
Oh, that's works. 

915
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:53,240
It's called faith. 
And faith is works just because 

916
01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:55,160
religion is made a works dirty 
word. 

917
01:04:55,160 --> 01:04:56,640
It's not a dirty word in the 
Bible. 

918
01:04:57,080 --> 01:04:59,920
It's only a dirty word if it's 
your works outside of God's 

919
01:04:59,920 --> 01:05:03,760
Word. 
It is a powerful word when you 

920
01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:06,080
are working your faith because 
you've heard God and you're 

921
01:05:06,080 --> 01:05:09,320
being a doer of it. 
And that is expected. 

922
01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:13,120
That's expected because it's not
your ability. 

923
01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:18,160
It's His ability based upon your
firm persuasion of His ability. 

924
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:21,240
But it's your firm persuasion, 
not His. 

925
01:05:23,080 --> 01:05:27,400
Hallelujah. 
So be dressed in readiness and 

926
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:34,520
keep your lamps lit. 
Keep your lamps lit. 

927
01:05:35,560 --> 01:05:40,040
Be like men who are waiting for 
their master when he returns 

928
01:05:40,040 --> 01:05:43,600
from the wedding feast so that 
they may immediately open the 

929
01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:46,080
door to him when he comes and 
knocks. 

930
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:54,160
Oh, Mama, blessed, blessed are 
those slaves whom the Master 

931
01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:58,960
will find on the what? 
On what? 

932
01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:10,720
On the alert when he comes, not 
on the couch, but on the alert 

933
01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:14,480
when he comes. 
Truly, I say to you, he will 

934
01:06:14,480 --> 01:06:19,160
gird himself to serve and have 
them recline at the table and 

935
01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:23,400
will come up and wait on them 
whether he comes in the second 

936
01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:26,120
watch or even in the 3rd and 
finds them. 

937
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:29,080
Now second watch and 3rd watch 
are actually times during the 

938
01:06:29,080 --> 01:06:32,880
day. 
It's the time during the day 

939
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:36,240
because we don't know the day 
nor the hour. 

940
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:39,960
So he may come in the second 
watch of the day, or he may come

941
01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:44,200
in the third watch of the day, 
we don't know. 

942
01:06:44,680 --> 01:06:48,520
But whether he comes in one of 
those and finds them, So what 

943
01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:52,720
alert? 
Blessed are those slaves be. 

944
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:58,240
But be sure of this, that if the
head of the house had known at 

945
01:06:58,240 --> 01:07:05,680
what hour the thief was, I don't
need to know any more than the 

946
01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:09,960
hour. 
If you know what hour, he would 

947
01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:12,800
not have allowed his house to be
broken into. 

948
01:07:13,560 --> 01:07:18,560
You to be what? 
Why do we have to be ready? 

949
01:07:18,560 --> 01:07:28,510
If the event doesn't require us,
we have no part to play. 

950
01:07:29,830 --> 01:07:32,870
Being born again alone means you
here. 

951
01:07:39,620 --> 01:07:43,940
I know what I was taught when I 
was little, but that's not what 

952
01:07:43,940 --> 01:07:53,920
the scripture says. 
You 2 be ready for the Son of 

953
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:57,160
Man is coming at an hour out of 
what? 

954
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:04,200
And an hour that you do not 
expect? 

955
01:08:10,970 --> 01:08:15,050
When I have loved ones coming 
over to the house, they know 

956
01:08:15,050 --> 01:08:19,609
exactly where they're at, but I 
don't unless I'm tracking them 

957
01:08:21,290 --> 01:08:22,729
right? 
Unless they've given me their 

958
01:08:22,729 --> 01:08:26,640
location on the phone. 
Outside of that, you're like, 

959
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:29,560
man, I don't know where they're 
at, but they know they're 15 

960
01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:31,279
minutes out. 
They know whether they're two 

961
01:08:31,279 --> 01:08:33,160
hours out, whatever the case may
be. 

962
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:36,160
And you're like just waiting 
like, man, when they're going to

963
01:08:36,160 --> 01:08:37,160
get here, when they going to get
here. 

964
01:08:37,160 --> 01:08:39,200
And then sometimes you get busy 
doing something else in the 

965
01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:40,439
door. 
They showed up. 

966
01:08:40,439 --> 01:08:42,680
Wow. 
Because I got busy doing 

967
01:08:42,680 --> 01:08:44,960
something else. 
I quit watching. 

968
01:08:45,960 --> 01:08:52,439
You know, they're coming. 
You know they're coming. 

969
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:57,880
Well, the Scripture is letting 
us know he's coming and these 

970
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:02,120
should have an expectation. 
We should have an expected 

971
01:09:02,120 --> 01:09:06,640
arrival expectation. 
And if anyone should be looking 

972
01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:11,680
for a return, it's you. 
It's this generation. 

973
01:09:13,240 --> 01:09:18,160
I said it's this generation. 
You can plan like he's not 

974
01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:20,520
coming In one sense. 
I have no problem with that. 

975
01:09:22,040 --> 01:09:25,080
I'm just saying you should 
expect that some of these plans 

976
01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:28,920
are probably not going to come 
to pass because the King's 

977
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:31,439
coming and I'm going to be 
changed.