Bible Prophecy & The Last Days: Signs of the End | Pastor Harley Doneburg | January 4th, 2026

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Good morning. Nice and loud. Welcome to Calvary

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Chapel. We're going to take a little break here.

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We took a break last week, and then the next

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two weeks we're going to go through Matthew chapter

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24, looking at some of the signs of the end that

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Jesus told his disciples. Signs to look for,

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things to look for before he comes back, because

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the Bible says Jesus is coming back. So before

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we get going, the break we're taking is out of

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the book of Acts. Our break is Paul's missionary

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journey, I want you to keep this in mind so we

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can jump right back in. Paul's missionary journey,

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he's done with his first missionary journey.

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They're back in Antioch. They went to Jerusalem.

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Back in Antioch, they're going to go out again,

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their second missionary journey. And there's

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going to be a contention between Paul and Barnabas

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over bringing John Mark. So that's where we're

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going to pick up. Not next week, but the week

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after. We're going to take two weeks, go through

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Matthew chapter 24, some other scriptures, Revelation

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chapter 6, a few different things. Looking at

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the end times, the last days, a very important

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time. Last week, we looked at Daniel. We talked

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about Daniel. I'm just going to refresh you guys.

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We're not going to go through, because I know

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Daniel, especially when we got into the math,

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easy to lose people. Other people came up to

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me and wanted a chart or something, a visual

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to see. So I have these in the foyer. Daniel's

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70th week talks about the different kingdoms,

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the timing of different things, rapture of the

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church, the first 69 weeks, the church age, and

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then the 70th week of Daniel, which is the tribulation

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period. time of Jacob's trouble. So I have these

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out there, and Daniel talks about all that. Daniel

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chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar's dream. He has a dream

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of this image, and God gives, and Nebuchadnezzar's

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ready to kill everybody because the dream troubled

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him so bad, and to prove that someone knew his

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dream, you had to tell him the dream and give

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the interpretation, which nobody could do except

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for Daniel. God gave Daniel that interpretation,

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and it was of different kingdoms that were to

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come, right? Daniel said, Nebuchadnezzar, you're

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the head of gold. You're this king of gold who

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rules over everything, and it's going to get

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weaker as we go. Medo -Persia, Greece, Rome,

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and then finally this last kingdom that gets

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shattered is this rock that's cut without hands,

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comes out of heaven. and shatters this iron mixed

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with clay, the last final kingdom. And it's the

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kingdom that's forming right now in these last

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days, the kingdom of Antichrist, that Jesus Christ

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himself is going to come back and destroy. So

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we're going to look at some of those signs, but

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if you'd like this little visual, they're in

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the foyer. I made a bunch of copies of those.

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I think they're on the desk out there. And then

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if you're really interested, if you like charts,

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and if you're a visual person, this book is excellent,

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Charting the End Times by Tim LaHaye and Tommy

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Ice. If you like charts, it's got lots of them.

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And they're good. And there's scriptures with

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all of them. And you can look up different things.

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I'll give you some headings. Understanding God's

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plan for the ages. What is Bible prophecy? How

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we got our Bible. Peter and the future. Paul

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and his second coming. The Olivet Discourse.

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The Tribulation. Israel. Ezekiel 37 -39. Lots

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of amazing things in this book. I think it's

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probably $25 or $30 if you're interested. Very

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helpful. And very good. So we are going to, and

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the book club, listen, this week and next week,

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you'll be able to sign up for the book club.

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Why Grace Changes Everything, the book is $10.

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You can either throw the money in the tithe box

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or you can pay for your book when we meet. And

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we're going to meet right before the book club

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starts. We'll get together everyone who signed

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up. You'll get your journal. And if you ordered

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a book from us, you'll get a book from the church.

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They're $10. So you just have to, when you sign

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up, just let us know if you need that book. And

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we'll make sure we order you one. We already

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ordered some. Then we'll know if we need to order

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more. So this week and next week will be the

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final order for us. But you can get these things

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right on Amazon for $10. So you can order that

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book. And then we'll listen and you don't have

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to talk at the end, you know, because the end

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of the book, you don't have to like feel pressure

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like I want to read the book. I want to be part

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of the book club. But is somebody going to ask

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me a question or no? At the end, you get to drink

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coffee, have some desserts. If you want to say

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something, you can. If you want to jump in or

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if you have a question, maybe it'll get answered

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or you can ask a question or talk about something

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God showed you. That'll be at that final. And

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we're trying to gear it and figure out, should

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we take six weeks on a book this size? I don't

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know. Some of you guys read this book in a week

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or less than a week. There's 14 small chapters

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in this book. You'll have it done in a week or

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two. So I think we're going to shoot for six

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weeks. Gives everyone plenty of time. Maybe you

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need to read it twice. Who knows? You'll have

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plenty of time. Other than that, we're going

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to be in Matthew chapter 24, and I'll pray real

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quick. Lord, we're so thankful, God, for your

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love, for your goodness and your kindness, Lord,

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and your grace in our life, God. We pray, Lord,

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for this morning that you'd stir our hearts,

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God, that you'd speak to our hearts, Lord, and

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the things that I need to say I wouldn't forget,

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and the things I do say that wouldn't be confusing.

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I wouldn't leave anything out, Lord. So we just

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give you this morning, God, pray that you'd stir

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our hearts. Lord, cause us to look up. Your word

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tells us when we see these things, Lord, we're

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to look up because our redemption is drawing

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nigh. So I pray you'd cause us to do that, Jesus,

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in your name. So every time, you know, every

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once in a while I see this image on, I've seen

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it on Facebook. But it's a photographer who takes

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pictures, and I probably shared this with you

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before, but a photographer, he takes pictures

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of walk -off home runs. Someone who's, you know,

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bottom of the ninth, extra innings, 10th, 11th,

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12th inning, and the guy hits a walk -off home

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run. And the guy takes a picture of the guy rounding

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third base coming into home. And the guy's a

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Christian. He says, that's how I picture people

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going into heaven. Like, finally, we've made

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it. We won. And the whole team, and it's a picture

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of the guy rounding third base. And the whole

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team is waiting for him just on the other side

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of home plate. And it's such a great image, such

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a great. picture because that's really this world.

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We're grinding it out here. We're depending on

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the Lord. We have his word, his spirit. We have

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the church to gather and to get fellowship and

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to sharpen one another. But this world gets hard

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sometimes. And so Bible prophecy is part of what

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causes us to look up and not get distracted,

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to not get deceived, so we can stay focused on

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The kingdom. And not get pulled away or sucked

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away by this world. Because that's what the devil

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wants to do. And the sons of Issachar, I mentioned

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this last week. The sons of Issachar, it's a

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small group of men from that tribe. 200, I believe,

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in 1 Chronicles talks about this group. It says

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that they knew the signs of the times. They understood

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the sign. And if you hate genealogies, like if

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that's your Bible in a year and you hit a genealogy,

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you're like, oh my gosh, I'm going to get through

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this in one second today. It's a genealogy. Well,

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you'll miss that in Chronicles if you just skip

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through your genealogy because something special

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was said there about these sons of Issachar.

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It says they understood the signs of the times.

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And it says for a reason that they knew. what

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Israel should do. How do you operate? How do

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you behave? What to do when you see the signs

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the days we're living in? And that's the question

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the disciples asked Jesus. When will this be,

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the destruction of the temple and the sign of

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your coming and the end of the age, the age of

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man? When is the rule of man going to be over

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that can be so cruel? And so off, right? And

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they lived in this era of Rome when they asked

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this question. And so prophecy creates a readiness,

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a preparedness for eternity, that your eyes would

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be looking up, your heart would be ready. I think

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I did it last week. You know, a third of your

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Bible, His Bible prophecy. One third. And for

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every one scripture that talks about Jesus' first

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coming, that we looked at it last week in Daniel

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chapter 9, that Israel was to know the day of

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their visitation. The exact day. Daniel predicted

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the very day that Jesus would ride into Jerusalem

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as Messiah. They were to know the day. For every

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one scripture for the first coming, there's eight

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for the second coming. That's how important it

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is that Jesus is coming back. When the disciples

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were there in Acts chapter one and Jesus is taken

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into heaven, the angel says, why do you stand

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there gazing up? Because Jesus, the same Jesus

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is going to come in like fashion. He's coming

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back. Right? And I think we looked at it last

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week, Acts chapter two. As Peter declares what

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everyone was seeing in the early church, as they're

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speaking in tongues, declaring the wonderful

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works of God in everyone's language, Peter stands

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up and says, this is what was spoken by the prophet

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Joel. In the last days, I'm going to pour out

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my spirit on young and old. And then he describes

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this time that leads right to the tribulation

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period. that the sun won't shine, the stars from

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heaven are going to fall, all these different

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things describing the tribulation period. And

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that marked, Acts chapter 2 marks the beginning

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of the last days that are narrowing down, narrowing

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down, and the signs are becoming more prevalent

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and more prevalent and greater and greater and

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more observable. So Matthew chapter 24, It says

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this. Somebody took my clock this week. If you

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look at chapter 23 with me, we'll start there.

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It's important. There's some things that are

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important to fit in your understanding of the

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last days, how things are going to play out,

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what's going to happen in the future. That scriptures

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are going to fit in or they're not, or you're

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going to force them. And I think I talked about

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it last week, that there's this replacement theology

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that lends to anti -Semitism, hatred of Jews.

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That the church has replaced Israel, and that

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Israel is not for today, which is not true. You

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really have to force a lot of things in Bible

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prophecy. to push Israel out and put the church

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in its place. So it says this in chapter 23.

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If you remember with me, Jesus has already rode

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into Jerusalem. He's wept over it. And he says,

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you know, if you would have known this thy day,

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but now they're hid from your eyes. They cried

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out a scripture, a prophetic messianic scripture,

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Psalm 118. When they were there, Hosanna, they

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were saying, blessed is he who comes in the name

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of the Lord. Remember, they were laying palm

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branches down on the road. They were declaring

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Jesus Christ as Messiah. Blessed is he who comes

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in the name of the Lord. They're declaring Jesus

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as Messiah, but Jesus knew something that they

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didn't know. In just a couple days, they were

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going to crucify him. They were going to take

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everything they said about him back, and they

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were going to kill him. Right. But Jesus is going

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to say this. Keeping that in mind. Says this

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in verse 37 of chapter 23. Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,

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the one who kills the prophets and stones those

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who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather

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your children together as a hen gathers her chickens

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together under her wings. But you were not willing.

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How important that is. He doesn't say, oh, New

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York, New York. Oh, you know, whatever. You can

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name your city, whatever important city there

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is today. He says, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. And

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he says, the one who kills the prophets and stones

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the ones who are sent to her. I wanted to gather

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your children together as a hen gathers her chickens

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under her wings, but you are not willing. And

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that's God's heart for people, how he cares for

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people. I remember being in Haiti, and I don't

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want to throw this idea off because this is very

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Jewish. But I don't want to throw the idea off.

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I remember being in Haiti, and there was all

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these chickens. I would watch from my balcony,

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looking down in their little courtyard. And there

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was a couple chickens that had these tiny little

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chicks. And people who have chickens probably

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have seen this before. But it was like a visual

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for me. Because they'd be running around. Then

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all of a sudden, you'd look away, look back,

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and they'd disappear. Like, where did these little

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chickens go? And then she'd lift up her wings,

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and all these chickens would run out from under

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her. She's protecting them. And that's what Jesus

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is saying, how I wanted to gather you in and

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protect you. And be your Savior. And that's what

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Jesus' heart is for every single person here,

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if you don't know him today. How he wants to

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be your Savior, your Lord. He wants to be your

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friend. That's amazing to me. The God of the

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universe, he doesn't just want to save you, but

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he wants to be your friend. He wants to be in

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your life every day, every moment. And so Jesus

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is saying, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who,

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but it's not over here. And I think this book

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has a chart on this. It's the dispersion of Israel,

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how it's left desolate, Israel and Jerusalem.

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And that's going to happen. We're going to talk

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about that in a minute. But he says that, see,

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your house is left to you desolate. But guess

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what? It's not over. Because verse 39 says, for

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I say to you, you shall see me no more until

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you say. Blessed is he who comes in the name

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of the Lord. They had already said that. They

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had already declared that. They said that. But

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guess what? It's going to happen again. It's

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going to happen again. At the end of the tribulation.

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Right? You remember Zechariah. He says, I'm going

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to send out my spirit in the last days. Zechariah,

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I think it's 12. In the last days, the spirit

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on the... Oh, the sons of David, the spirit of

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grace and supplication. And it says that they'll

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look upon me whom they pierced. That hasn't taken

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place yet. That's coming in the future. For who?

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For Israel. For the Jews. And it's important

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to keep that in mind because the Jewish state

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and regathering, May 14th, 1948, is the super

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sign of the last days. It's the sign of the last

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days. I believe it's, and we're gonna look at

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it next week. We're gonna talk about the rapture

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next week. We're gonna talk about Israel next

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week. We're also gonna talk about the days we're

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living in, the days of Noah, the days of Lot.

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Those are some of the last days signs Jesus also

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gave in a warning to the church and to his disciples.

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But the super sign is Israel. Blessed is he who

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comes in the name of the Lord. They're gonna

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say that again. They're going to look upon me

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who they pierced. It's very Jewish. We're going

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to see as we travel through Matthew 24, it becomes

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very Jewish, and it lines up with Revelation

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chapter 6, which is a snapshot of the first three

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and a half years of the tribulation. We're actually

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going to read it today and see how it lines up.

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So you look with me in chapter 24. We don't have

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time to read all the verses. I want to. I know

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it can get. I don't want to bog you down too

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much. But it says this. And Jesus was traveling

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from the temple through the Kidron Valley. to

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the Mount of Olives every day. He'd teach in

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the temple, and then he'd leave there in the

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evening and go to the Mount of Olives. He stayed

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there with his disciples for several days leading

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up to his crucifixion that last week. So it says

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this in verse one, Jesus went out and departed

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from the temple, he and his disciples, and they

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came up to show him the buildings of the temple,

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how impressive they were. The temple was something

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that If you spoke against the temple, you could

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be killed. It's like blasphemy. I mean, they

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held it in such high regard, the temple, that

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Herod rebuilt. He added on. He made it pretty

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amazing. And so the disciples are showing him

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the temple. Like, this is going to stand, right,

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Lord? The temple is always going to be here.

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Finally, it's established. It's going to be here.

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And Jesus says this in verse two, do you not

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see all these things? He's showing it, looking

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at the temple. Assuredly, I say to you, not one

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stone shall be left here upon another that shall

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not be thrown down. And you know, 70 AD, Titus

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Vespasian goes in and destroys the temple. And

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to remove the gold, From the temple that got

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burned accidentally, whatever, as they're removing

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the gold, to get the gold, they have to take

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one stone off upon another. And you've probably

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seen the Wailing Wall, a very famous place where

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you'll see rabbis and visitors and people go.

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If you see anything that has to do with the temple,

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that's not the temple, it's the foundation. It's

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a retaining wall of the temple is what it is.

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And then they built the temple beyond that. So

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there's literally not one stone left upon another.

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How did the disciples know that? How does Jesus

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know that? That wouldn't take place for 35 more

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years. Jesus said, so exacting that every stone

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is going to get removed. One stone upon another

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to retrieve the gold. that as the temple's burning,

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it melts in between the stones. And the only

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way to retrieve it was to tear the temple apart,

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stone by stone by stone. Listen, prophecy, Jesus

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knows the future. God knows the future. The Bible

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knows the future. And Jesus knows the future.

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Trust me, this is true. And we need to listen

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to what Jesus is saying. Now he goes, so. He

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sits on the Mount of Olives, verse 3, and the

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disciples came to him privately saying, tell

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us, when shall these things be? The destruction

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of the temple. But they think this is all at

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one time. Obviously, when the temple gets destroyed,

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this is all going to be in one. This all happens

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at one time, and it doesn't. So they're asking

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basically three questions here, thinking it's

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all one time. Tell us, when shall these things

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be? And what shall be the sign of your coming,

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your coming back, and the end of the age, the

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age of man? When is man going to quit ruling

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here on planet earth? And Jesus doesn't say that's

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not important. That doesn't matter. Don't worry.

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You just got to be a good person and witness,

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go evangelize, but you don't need to know. You

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don't need signs. Jesus doesn't say that. Jesus

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gives them specific signs. And I'm going to read

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these and then we're going to go to Revelation

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chapter 6 and look and see how it mirrors Revelation

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chapter 6, which is the first three and a half

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years of the tribulation. If you mark in your

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Bibles or take notes all the way to verse 26,

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that's the midway point of the tribulation in

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Matthew chapter 24. Okay, we get to a spot verse,

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I don't know, verse 13 or 14, 15. That's the

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middle of the tribulation. And Jesus is talking

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about that all the way to verse 26. That's the

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encouragement to hang in there. That's the abomination

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of desolation. I think if some of you guys were

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here last week, we talked about it. Antiochus,

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Epiphanes. The Seleucid king did this. Claimed

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to be the god Zeus. He went into the temple,

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brought an image, killed a pig, desecrated the

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temple, spread its blood all over the temple,

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made the priest drink the blood, killed over

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100 ,000 Jews. It started the Maccabean revolt.

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History lesson. That was a dress rehearsal for

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what was going to take place in the tribulation.

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Because as the temple's destroyed, I don't want

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to lose you guys. As the temple's destroyed in

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70 AD, the temple isn't desecrated. That's going

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to be future. And Revelation wasn't written until

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95 AD. So that, everything John sees, Was future.

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He's not looking back at Titus destroying the

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temple. Right? So to desecrate the temple that

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gets destroyed in 70 AD, what has to happen?

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There needs to be a rebuilt temple. Which is

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coming. Right? The Temple Institute in Jerusalem

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is there. They have all the instruments prepared.

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They're doing DNA tests. They want to get the

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priests, all the people. That are going to be

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able to do the sacrifices. You remember 2022?

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Five red heifers were sent from Texas to Israel

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that were pure. There wasn't one blemish, no

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white hair on these things. Right? Now, I don't

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know if those are the red heifers. And what does

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that mean, a red heifer? That's what needed to

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be sacrificed. and they mix the ashes in the

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water to purify different things, right? In the

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Levitical law and Moses, it's important. So they're

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planning, and every year they go up on the temple

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mount and put up a little bit of a stink, and

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they want to build the temple. They have a problem

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there. one of the holiest Muslim sites there,

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the Dome of the Rock, that for some reason, I

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think it was in 1967, when Israel took control

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of Jerusalem, they left that thing there. I don't

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know why, but that was part of the, whatever,

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:55.289
the agreement. But God knows that. In fact, when

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you read the book of Revelation, and they're

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called to measure the temple and leave out the

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court of the Gentiles, many people believe that

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that's where the dome of the rock is built and

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where the court of the Gentiles would be. It's

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kind of interesting. I don't want to lose you,

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though. It didn't happen. I start rambling up

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here. When shall these things be? What shall

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be the sign of your coming and the end of the

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age? Jesus said, take heed that no one deceives

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you. So I'm just going to read a few of these

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verses because we're just going to read the first

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few, maybe 10 verses or so. And then we're going

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to look at Revelation chapter 6. We're going

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to go through some of these things that you see.

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But the first thing is, take heed no one deceives

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you. Many will come in my name. saying, I am

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the Christ and will deceive many. You'll hear

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of wars, verse 6, and rumors of wars. See that

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you're not troubled, for all these things must

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come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation

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will rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom.

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There'll be famines, pestilence, earthquakes

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in various places. These things are the beginning

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of sorrows. And they'll deliver you up to tribulation,

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kill you. You'll be hated by all nations for

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my namesake. And then many will be offended and

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will betray one another and will hate one another.

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Many false prophets will rise up and deceive

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many. And because lawlessness will abound, the

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love of many will grow cold. But he who endures

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to the end shall be saved. You need to have endurance

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through the tribulation. If you're going through

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the tribulation. But the church is not appointed

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to wrath. We're not appointed to wrath. So turn

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with me to Revelation chapter 6. We'll just read

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that chapter together quickly and see the correlation

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here. We might read another chapter in Revelation

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2. So Revelation chapter 6 kicks off the tribulation

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period. You don't have to turn there, but John

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is taken to heaven in chapter 4. An angel says,

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come up here. and ushers John into heaven. And

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now the church is in heaven, Revelation chapter

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four and five. And this is the view from heaven

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of what's taking place on planet earth during

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the tribulation, seven year period. I saw when

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the lamb opened one of the seals. Remember chapter

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five, there was a scroll sealed with seven seals

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and no one was worthy to open it. And John wept

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bitterly because no one in heaven or earth was

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:22.180
found worthy. But then he says, oh, John, don't

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weep. The lion of the tribe of Judah, he's worthy.

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And John turns to look at the lion of the tribe

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of Judah, and what's he see? A lamb as though

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it had been slain from before the foundations

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of the earth. Jesus Christ is the one that's

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worthy. So he's opening these seals. And I saw

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the lamb open one of the seals, and I heard one

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of the four living creatures saying with a loud

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voice, like thunder come and see. And I looked

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and behold, a white horse. It's not Jesus Christ.

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It's antichrist. And he who sat on it had a bow

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and a crown was given to him. This laurel wreath

00:31:02.529 --> 00:31:06.069
was given to him. It's a conquering crown, but

00:31:06.069 --> 00:31:08.069
it's not a kingly crown. It's not the crowns

00:31:08.069 --> 00:31:10.910
that Jesus is going to wear. The different crown.

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And he went out conquering. And to conquer. And

00:31:14.809 --> 00:31:18.509
the bow he has is a bow of a covenant. It's a

00:31:18.509 --> 00:31:24.750
pact. It's not like a Matthew's bow or whatever

00:31:24.750 --> 00:31:28.890
it is. It's not a crossbow. This is a bow. It's

00:31:28.890 --> 00:31:32.230
a covenant. It's the covenant. It's the peace

00:31:32.230 --> 00:31:35.970
treaty that we looked at last week in Daniel

00:31:35.970 --> 00:31:41.589
chapter 9. That Antichrist is going to make a

00:31:41.589 --> 00:31:46.930
treaty. For one week. A seven year period. With

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Israel. That's what happens here. Revelation

00:31:51.369 --> 00:31:54.250
chapter 6. Jesus says, take heed that no one

00:31:54.250 --> 00:31:57.289
deceives you. Many will come in my name. Antichrist

00:31:57.289 --> 00:32:01.789
is a deceiver. And he's going to deceive the

00:32:01.789 --> 00:32:06.410
whole world. Rapture the church. The church is

00:32:06.410 --> 00:32:08.529
out of here. Antichrist is going to bring this

00:32:08.529 --> 00:32:11.240
peace. He's going to bring a peace treaty to

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:14.819
Israel. He's going to bring an answer. He's going

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:17.519
to have an answer for why millions of people

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:20.740
disappeared from planet Earth. All the wars and

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:23.720
rumors of wars that have been happening and do

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:26.319
happen. He's going to have an answer for all

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:29.119
these things. And he's probably going to be the

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:34.319
guy that allows the temple to be rebuilt in Israel.

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:36.960
That's part of this covenant, this pact, this

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:42.519
boa that he brings. And through diplomacy, he's

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.880
going to conquer. And then you're going to see

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:49.880
all these governments start shifting. And you

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:52.400
look at Daniel's prophecy, and we're going to

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:55.359
see it later in the book of Revelation. We won't

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:56.680
because I'm not going to go there. You guys can

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:59.660
read it. But that's why these horns grow up in

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:02.619
these kingdoms. Ten horns. It's going to be this

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:07.700
confederation of nations under Antichrist. That

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:11.099
begin to rule the world. He's a world global

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:14.779
leader. Antichrist. He's on a white horse. Why?

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:17.480
He's deceptive. Because the guys on the white

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:19.980
horse, those guys are the good guys normally,

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:24.380
right? Not in this case. He's fooling the world.

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:27.920
He's coming in on a white horse like a hero.

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:37.380
But it's a lie. And then. Verse 3, when he opened

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:39.420
the second seal, I heard the second living creature

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:42.140
saying, come and see. And another horse, fiery

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:45.880
red, went out. And it was granted to the one

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:49.539
who sat on it to take peace from the earth. And

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:51.700
that people should kill one another. And that

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:55.119
was given him a great sword, a mega sword. That's

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:58.880
the wars. People are now jockeying for position.

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:02.660
Remember, that's what Jesus said. Take heed,

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:06.019
no one deceives you. The second sign. Wars and

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:09.179
rumors of wars. How it lines up. White horse,

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:15.480
red horse. See that you be not troubled, for

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:17.699
nation will rise against nation. Kingdom against

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:20.139
kingdom. There'll be famines, pestilence, earthquakes.

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:25.340
So the next horse is this war that's going to

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:29.880
be taking place. And that's always gone on. Back

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:33.019
when it says... In verse 8 of Matthew 24, these

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:35.239
are the beginning of sorrows. That word literally

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:40.139
means birth pains. It's birth pains. It's like

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:45.099
when you start having contractions, something's

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:46.780
coming. If you're pregnant and you're a woman,

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:50.539
right? I've never experienced birth pains. But

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:56.340
when it happens, the baby's coming. There's no

00:34:56.340 --> 00:35:00.119
turning back, right? Something's going to happen.

00:35:00.570 --> 00:35:04.289
And so there's these birth pains leading up to

00:35:04.289 --> 00:35:07.949
a time of the tribulation where then it gets

00:35:07.949 --> 00:35:10.349
intense. There's no turning back. So there's

00:35:10.349 --> 00:35:12.469
Braxton and Hicks. We're always experiencing

00:35:12.469 --> 00:35:14.909
those leading up to that where there's some pain

00:35:14.909 --> 00:35:17.789
and then it subsides. Some pain. We've always

00:35:17.789 --> 00:35:21.550
experienced deception, this world. We've always

00:35:21.550 --> 00:35:25.250
experienced wars and rumors of wars. Nothing

00:35:25.250 --> 00:35:29.050
like we are today. World War I. That was supposedly

00:35:29.050 --> 00:35:33.289
the war to end all wars, right? I can't remember,

00:35:33.429 --> 00:35:38.510
15, you have to ask Caitlin, 15 to 20 million

00:35:38.510 --> 00:35:43.429
people die in World War I. That was the war to

00:35:43.429 --> 00:35:46.969
end all wars. Then World War II, including civilians,

00:35:47.250 --> 00:35:51.829
70 to 80 million people die. And then they let

00:35:51.829 --> 00:35:56.349
the genie out of the bottle, Hiroshima, right?

00:35:56.840 --> 00:36:00.380
Here's a weapon that nobody's ever seen. And

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:03.079
now people have these weapons. That was almost

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:10.420
100 years ago, 80 years ago. Where they destroy

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:13.760
somebody, 100 ,000 people like that, 80 ,000,

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:18.659
70 ,000 people like that. One bomb. Now people

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:22.599
have enough bombs. Russia has enough to destroy

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:25.619
the world five times over. America, four times

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:28.170
over. People that you don't want to have the

00:36:28.170 --> 00:36:32.750
bomb, North Korea, they have it. People that

00:36:32.750 --> 00:36:35.409
have an itchy trigger finger. There's wars and

00:36:35.409 --> 00:36:38.510
rumors of wars. It's taking place. Zechariah

00:36:38.510 --> 00:36:40.969
says that in the last days that Israel would

00:36:40.969 --> 00:36:43.989
become a cup of trembling, a burdensome stone

00:36:43.989 --> 00:36:45.929
that all the world is going to burden themselves

00:36:45.929 --> 00:36:51.309
with it. Everything's focused and becomes focused

00:36:51.309 --> 00:36:54.269
on this tiny little nation that's the size of

00:36:54.269 --> 00:36:58.860
New Jersey. Right? But wars. So during the tribulation,

00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:01.440
there's going to be wars. Antichrist is jockeying

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:04.179
for position. Other countries are jockeying for

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:06.820
position. The United States is not going to save

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:09.980
the world. Donald Trump is not going to save

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:13.059
the world. Maybe that's a shocker to someone.

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:19.900
I don't know. But he's not. Where does America

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:24.760
play out in Bible prophecy? I don't know. We're

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.739
not mentioned really, which is kind of a scary

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:36.039
thing. Back in Revelation, it says when he opened

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:41.920
the third seal, I heard the living creature say,

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:43.880
come and see. And I looked and behold, a black

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:47.019
horse. And he who sat on it had a pair of scales

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:49.699
in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:51.980
of the four living creatures saying, a quart

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:54.969
of wheat for a denarius. and three quarts of

00:37:54.969 --> 00:37:58.150
barley for a denarius, and don't harm the oil

00:37:58.150 --> 00:38:04.210
and wine. That's the famine that's coming. Food

00:38:04.210 --> 00:38:06.610
is going to be so astronomical. You think food's

00:38:06.610 --> 00:38:09.969
expensive now? I wish you knew my food bill.

00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:15.530
We have nine kids, and they all have friends

00:38:15.530 --> 00:38:18.090
that come over. It's like locusts come through

00:38:18.090 --> 00:38:20.690
my house. I look in my fridge. I'm like, where

00:38:20.690 --> 00:38:24.420
is the food? And where's the fruit? And I see

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:28.360
Josh sitting down eating $5 little things of

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:32.460
raspberries, like it's a nickel or something,

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:36.079
like we picked them. Well, food is going to be

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:38.860
astronomically expensive. People are going to

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:42.900
be starving during the tribulation. And it says

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:46.460
famines. Jesus said that there'll be famines.

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:49.039
Well, there's always been famine, but not like

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:52.010
it'll be in the tribulation period. It's coming.

00:38:52.230 --> 00:38:58.750
And birth pains increases in frequency and intensity

00:38:58.750 --> 00:39:02.570
the closer you get. You'd have to ask one of

00:39:02.570 --> 00:39:04.789
the ladies if that's true, but I believe it is.

00:39:04.889 --> 00:39:08.409
The closer you get, the more intense the pain

00:39:08.409 --> 00:39:15.449
gets. Birth pains. Until you have the baby. And

00:39:15.449 --> 00:39:18.510
that's what Jesus is describing these things,

00:39:18.769 --> 00:39:22.099
these signs of getting worse. And worse and worse,

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:33.079
the closer you get to the Lord's return. And

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:37.360
then he says this. Actually, turn with me to

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:39.519
Revelation chapter 8. Read this really quick.

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:44.400
You wonder why things are going to get hard.

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:47.559
By the time we get done reading chapter 6, that's

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:53.239
the first half of the tribulation, over one -fourth

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:58.579
of the population on planet Earth is dead. Gone.

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:07.500
That's North America, South America, Central

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:13.179
America, gone. Europe, gone. Two billion people,

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:16.909
gone. In three and a half years. That doesn't

00:40:16.909 --> 00:40:18.889
include the rapture of the church, people who

00:40:18.889 --> 00:40:22.349
are taken out of here, millions of people. But

00:40:22.349 --> 00:40:25.030
we know from reading Revelation chapter 6, at

00:40:25.030 --> 00:40:27.170
least one quarter of the population is gone.

00:40:27.409 --> 00:40:32.949
It says this as you enter into chapter 8. These

00:40:32.949 --> 00:40:38.000
are the trumpet judgments. The first trumpet,

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:40.280
verse 6, says the seven angels who had the seven

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:42.380
trumpets prepared themselves to sound. I'm just

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:44.659
going to read this, and you can use your imagination.

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:49.039
The first angel sounded, and hail and fire followed,

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:52.019
mingled with blood. And they were thrown to earth,

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:54.599
and a third of the trees were burned up, and

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:58.860
all the green grass was burned up. And when it

00:40:58.860 --> 00:41:00.900
says grass, the word that's used, I can't remember

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:04.300
what it is in Greek, that means it means herbs.

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:06.920
It means stuff that you grow. That you would

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:11.699
grow for food. So as this happens. This is still

00:41:11.699 --> 00:41:15.440
the first half of the tribulation. A third of

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:17.460
everything that you would possibly eat. That

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:19.360
people would grow on planet earth. That's gone.

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:25.880
And the second angel sounded. And something like

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:28.940
a great mountain burning with fire. Thrown into

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:31.159
the sea. And a third of the sea became blood.

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:33.699
And a third of the living creatures of the sea

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:37.789
they died. And a third of the ships were. Well,

00:41:37.789 --> 00:41:40.710
the sea is where we get half our oxygen on planet

00:41:40.710 --> 00:41:46.190
Earth. So if a third of it's destroyed, oxygen

00:41:46.190 --> 00:41:49.929
on planet Earth goes down by 20%. Just oxygen.

00:41:50.210 --> 00:41:55.030
That doesn't include food on planet Earth, things

00:41:55.030 --> 00:41:59.730
that are coming. And use your imagination. We

00:41:59.730 --> 00:42:02.409
could camp here for a long time. We don't have

00:42:02.409 --> 00:42:07.090
time to. And a third angel sounded, and a great

00:42:07.090 --> 00:42:09.250
star fell from heaven, burning like a torch,

00:42:09.269 --> 00:42:11.750
and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the

00:42:11.750 --> 00:42:14.889
springs of water. That's fresh water. And the

00:42:14.889 --> 00:42:17.829
name of the star was Wormwood. And a third of

00:42:17.829 --> 00:42:20.130
the waters became Wormwood, and many men died

00:42:20.130 --> 00:42:23.110
from the water because it was made bitter. It

00:42:23.110 --> 00:42:30.730
was polluted now. Like I said, we could camp

00:42:30.730 --> 00:42:34.599
here for a while. In verse 12, a fourth angel

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:38.019
sounded, and a third of the sun was struck, and

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:39.880
a third of the moon, and a third of the stars.

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:43.980
So a third of them were darkened, and a third

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:46.519
of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.

00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:48.659
And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:51.059
the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice,

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:54.079
Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth,

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:57.039
because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet,

00:42:57.239 --> 00:43:02.000
the next three that are about to sound. So you

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:08.519
can see how the earth, the system where you grow

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:13.619
things and food and all, it's going to be really

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:24.519
messed up. So, don't harm the oil and the wine,

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:26.920
verse 6. Verse 7, when he opened the fourth seal,

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:29.630
I heard a voice. Of the four living creatures

00:43:29.630 --> 00:43:31.190
saying, come and see. And I looked and behold,

00:43:31.349 --> 00:43:34.469
a pal horse. And the name on him who sat on it

00:43:34.469 --> 00:43:37.750
was death. And Hades followed with him. And power

00:43:37.750 --> 00:43:42.230
was given to them over a fourth of the earth

00:43:42.230 --> 00:43:45.329
to kill with a sword, with hunger, with death.

00:43:46.369 --> 00:43:51.670
And by the beast of the field. Beast of the earth.

00:43:52.429 --> 00:43:58.800
A fourth of the earth is destroyed. It's pestilence.

00:43:58.820 --> 00:44:00.800
And that's what Jesus warned about, pestilence.

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:04.000
Infectious, deadly diseases. And we went through

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:08.920
the dress rehearsal with COVID for a global pandemic,

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:14.440
didn't we? Infectious, deadly diseases, COVID.

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:17.579
That's going to be nothing compared to what's

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:21.539
coming in terms of infection and seriousness

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:25.239
and how bad it's going to be on planet Earth.

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:31.179
Pastor Lentz is going to be incredible. When

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:34.179
we were planning on going to Guatemala 2020 when

00:44:34.179 --> 00:44:38.280
COVID hit, and it was funny, we had insurance

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:43.920
for our trip for a global pandemic. Yeah, you

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:47.239
need to get insurance. Well, guess what? 2020,

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:51.199
we had a global pandemic. I'm glad we had insurance.

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:54.300
We got most of our money back for the trip, for

00:44:54.300 --> 00:45:00.750
the tickets. But that's coming. Pestilence, infectious,

00:45:01.110 --> 00:45:04.710
deadly diseases. You're not going to escape it.

00:45:05.090 --> 00:45:10.630
Now, it's a weapon. Those are used as weapons

00:45:10.630 --> 00:45:14.269
now, right? Those are going to get unleashed

00:45:14.269 --> 00:45:22.369
as weapons on America, on other countries. Weather

00:45:22.369 --> 00:45:26.230
patterns. Fifth seal, if you're still in Revelation

00:45:26.230 --> 00:45:29.329
with me, he opened the fifth seal. I saw under

00:45:29.329 --> 00:45:31.769
the altar the souls who have been slain for the

00:45:31.769 --> 00:45:33.690
word of God and for the testimony which they

00:45:33.690 --> 00:45:36.929
held. That's the persecution we read about back

00:45:36.929 --> 00:45:40.030
in Matthew 24. And they cried with a loud voice

00:45:40.030 --> 00:45:43.570
saying, how long, O Lord, holy and true, until

00:45:43.570 --> 00:45:45.710
you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell

00:45:45.710 --> 00:45:49.230
on the earth. Those are tribulation saints, people

00:45:49.230 --> 00:45:53.519
who get saved during the tribulation. And then

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:55.960
a white robe was given to each of them, and it

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:57.659
was said to them that they should rest a little

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:59.840
while longer until both the number of their fellow

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:02.019
servants and their brethren who would be killed

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:05.019
as they were was completed. They're going to

00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:07.460
have to lay down their necks for the gospel during

00:46:07.460 --> 00:46:15.260
the tribulation period. It's often what Islam

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:21.539
does to kill someone. It's decapitation, beheading.

00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:27.079
That's the way these guys are going to get killed.

00:46:29.340 --> 00:46:33.860
And they're waiting. They have to wait. And I

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:35.719
looked when he opened the sixth seal, and behold,

00:46:35.860 --> 00:46:38.360
there was a great earthquake. Jesus said there'll

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:42.619
be earthquakes. And the sun became black as sackcloth

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:44.679
of hair, and the moon became like blood, and

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:47.119
the stars of heaven fell to earth as figs drop

00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:49.219
its late figs when it's shaken with the mighty

00:46:49.219 --> 00:46:52.920
wind. We're going to have to close here in just

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:56.869
a second. They receded as a scroll, as a scroll

00:46:56.869 --> 00:47:01.510
is rolled up. And every mountain and island was

00:47:01.510 --> 00:47:03.469
removed out of its place. And the kings of the

00:47:03.469 --> 00:47:05.389
earth and the great men and the rich men and

00:47:05.389 --> 00:47:07.730
the commanders and the mighty men and every slave

00:47:07.730 --> 00:47:10.070
and every free man, they hid themselves in the

00:47:10.070 --> 00:47:12.809
caves of the rocks of the mountains. And they

00:47:12.809 --> 00:47:14.530
said to the mountains and the rocks, Fall on

00:47:14.530 --> 00:47:17.070
us and hide us from the face of him who sits

00:47:17.070 --> 00:47:19.030
on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.

00:47:19.150 --> 00:47:21.670
They understand where the judgment is coming

00:47:21.670 --> 00:47:24.139
from. which is amazing. Then you get to chapter

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:30.980
12, and their allegiance is an allegiance to

00:47:30.980 --> 00:47:33.420
Antichrist. They take the mark. I think it's

00:47:33.420 --> 00:47:36.480
chapter 12. They take the mark, and they say,

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:40.039
who was able to war against the beast? Who was

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:43.619
able to fight him? They understand judgment's

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:45.760
coming, and then they make a stand, and they

00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:49.119
take a mark in their right hand or their forehead.

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:52.840
People are going to love that mark. People are

00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:55.380
going to want it, right? You're going to get

00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:59.119
your monthly stipend that you don't have to work

00:47:59.119 --> 00:48:02.179
anymore. AI is going to be your worker. You're

00:48:02.179 --> 00:48:05.460
going to have robots. You're going to have in

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:07.760
your right hand or your forehead this mark. No

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:09.179
one's going to be able to steal your identity.

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:11.199
You're going to be able to go to the hospital,

00:48:11.340 --> 00:48:13.820
the doctor, get your free medication, healthcare,

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:16.719
groceries. You're going to be able to get everything

00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:21.079
you want with that mark. It's coming. It's getting.

00:48:21.679 --> 00:48:25.760
That system is here. It's never been like this.

00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:28.059
Jesus said, when you begin to see these things

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:31.239
take place, look up your redemption's drawing

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:34.519
nigh. We're here. The system of antichrist is

00:48:34.519 --> 00:48:38.420
in place. It wasn't 100 years ago. 100 years

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:41.920
ago, this was not happening. It could not happen.

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:51.590
Now we're here. This is taking place. The great

00:48:51.590 --> 00:48:53.710
day of his wrath has come, who is able to stand.

00:48:54.250 --> 00:48:57.730
We don't have time to talk about all the different

00:48:57.730 --> 00:49:01.070
things that Jesus talked about there in Matthew.

00:49:02.230 --> 00:49:04.829
We're going to keep going here in Matthew 24.

00:49:06.250 --> 00:49:08.750
I thought maybe next week we'd be done. We might

00:49:08.750 --> 00:49:10.650
be done next week. I might be able to condense

00:49:10.650 --> 00:49:13.090
it a little bit. But we're going to keep going.

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Bible prophecy, the last days. We need to be

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aware. We need to be looking up. Deception is

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great. I won't turn there. I'm so tempted. Next

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week we're going to look, because in the last

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days, listen, the Bible says that many will depart

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from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits

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and doctrines of devils. There's a deception

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coming where people are going to walk away. Antichrist

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doesn't mean against Christ only. It means in

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place of. That's what antichrist means. There's

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many... False gospels out there. People who claim

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to have a way to heaven. The deception is amazing.

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I remember Hale -Bob Comet. Some of you guys

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don't remember that. These guys wearing Nike

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sneakers. These guys were doctors, lawyers. Very

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intelligent people waiting for this comet to

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come and take them off the planet. But they had

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to drink this poison. And they're all laying

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there with their, I think, white Nike sneakers.

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I can't remember how many people there were in

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California in the early, mid -90s, 94, 95. The

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deception, like, yeah, this comet's going to

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pick you up. Everyone had to have Nike sneakers,

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drink this poison. Intelligent people bought

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in. Intelligent people understand that the wrath

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of the Lamb is coming and they pledge their allegiance

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to Antichrist. The wealthy, the rich, the powerful

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people who hide themselves initially pledge their

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allegiance to Antichrist. The deception is going

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to be mind -blowing. It says that if it were

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possible, that even the very elect would be deceived.

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Jesus warned that. Thessalonians says that he's

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going to send a strong delusion that they might

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believe a lie. That's how strong the lie, the

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delusion, this Antichrist person is coming. And

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the spirit of Antichrist is already here. Deception's

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already here. He's probably alive, like I don't

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want to be a doomsdayer, but he's probably alive.

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We're living in the last of the last days. We

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need to look up. So Lord, we give you our lives,

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Lord. I know that I ran a little long today.

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I pray, God, you'd stir us up as a church, as

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a people, Lord. You've given us these signs to

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equip us, to prepare us for your soon return,

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the way you did with the sons of Issachar. They

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knew the signs of the times that Israel might

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know what to do. And we need to know as a church,

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God, what should we be doing? Should we be busy

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about your business or ours? Busy about the kingdom

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or your kingdom or our kingdom. Give you our

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lives, Lord. Pray you'd stir our hearts, Lord.

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I pray some of this stuff would just settle in

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on our hearts and our minds, Lord.