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Robert Jeffress - History's Most Important Event (Part 2)

April 24, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - History's Most Important Event (Part 2)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - History's Most Important Event (Part 2) | April 24, 2026
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  • Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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  • With dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress, and welcome
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  • Again to "pathway to victory."
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  • The bible foretells that one day soon jesus will
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  • Return to earth.
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  • So then, knowing that christ is coming back, how does his return
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  • Impact the way we invest the next 24 hours?
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  • Shouldn't it make a difference?
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  • The answer is a resounding "yes."
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  • And today, i'll explain not only what will happen during the
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  • Second coming of jesus christ, but also why should change the
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  • Way we live today.
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  • My message is titled "history's most important event" on today's
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  • Edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • Male announcer: wars, natural disasters, global instability.
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  • Many people look at the headlines and wonder if we're
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  • Living in the end times.
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  • In his brand-new book, "ask dr. jeffress about the end times,"
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  • Dr. robert jeffress provides clear, biblical answers to the
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  • 20 questions people ask most about the future.
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  • Request "ask dr. jeffress about the end times" when you
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  • Give a generous ministry gift to pathway to victory.
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  • Jeffress: isaiah 64, verse 6 says the best garments we can
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  • Manufacture for ourselves are like a filthy rag before god.
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  • Isaiah 64, verse 6.
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  • Yeah, good works are useless when it comes
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  • To earning our salvation.
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  • No, we have to have the garment that christ offers us free
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  • Of charge.
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  • His righteousness we put on when we trust in christ as
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  • Our savior.
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  • That's why we sing, "when he shall come with trumpet sound,
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  • Oh, may i then in him be found dressed in his righteousness
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  • Alone, faultless to stand before the throne."
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  • When we become a christian, when you trust in christ as your
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  • Savior, god takes the righteousness of jesus christ,
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  • And he wraps it around you so that when god sees you, he
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  • Doesn't see your sin.
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  • He sees the perfection of his son.
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  • That righteousness that god puts over us, think of it as our
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  • Inner garment.
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  • You see, in jesus day, the roman times people wore two garments.
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  • There was the inner garment, and there was the outer garment.
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  • Once we have christ's righteousness around us, then we
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  • Put on the righteous acts, that is obedience to christ.
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  • And the good works we do after we are saved are very,
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  • Very important.
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  • In fact, we'll see in a few weeks.
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  • Our obedience to christ after we're saved determines the kind
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  • Of heaven we're going to experience.
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  • Did you know heaven won't be the same for everybody?
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  • It's not a democracy.
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  • It's not socialistic, where everybody has the same thing.
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  • The bible says there are degrees of heaven, and those degrees of
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  • Heaven depend upon our obedience to christ after we are saved.
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  • And that's what he's talking about here.
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  • He says when we come back with christ, we will be dressing in
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  • Those righteous acts that we have performed out of obedience
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  • To christ.
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  • There'll be the appearance of christ, there's the appearance
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  • Of the church, and notice thirdly at christ's second
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  • Coming, there is the defeat of christ's enemies.
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  • Look at verse 19.
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  • "and i saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their
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  • Armies assembled to make war against him who sat upon the
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  • Horse and against his army."
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  • Here are all the world forces prepared to do battle against
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  • Antichrist, when suddenly they see christ and us with him.
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  • Suddenly, those enemies become friends.
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  • They unite together all the world forces in antichrist to do
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  • Battle against jesus christ and his army.
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  • They are gonna make war against us.
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  • And some people say, "well, i'm a little uneasy about that.
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  • You mean i'm gonna be riding on horseback with jesus and
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  • Flailing the sword?
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  • I'm not sure i'm up to that.
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  • I'm not sure how well i would fare in such a battle against
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  • The world forces."
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  • No, that's not what it's gonna be like at all.
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  • Our defeat of the enemies of christ has nothing to do with
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  • Our strength or horse-riding abilities, it has to do with the
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  • Power of god.
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  • Because look at verse 15 and verse 21.
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  • How are the enemies going to be slain?
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  • "and from his mouth," christ's mouth, "comes a sharp sword, so
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  • That with it he might smite the nations, and he will rule them
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  • With a rod of iron; and he treads the wine press of the
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  • Fierce wrath of god, the almighty.
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  • And the rest were killed with the sword that came from the
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  • Mouth of him who sat upon the horse, and all the birds were
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  • Filled with their flesh."
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  • Just as god killed 183,000 assyrians with the breath of his
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  • Word, so god with a single word will destroy his enemies on
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  • That day.
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  • That's what happens at the second coming of christ.
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  • The appearance of christ, the appearance of the church, and
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  • The defeat of christ's enemies.
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  • Now, many people, as you know, believe that the second coming
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  • Of christ is the same as the rapture.
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  • Those who don't believe that there is a rapture that occurs
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  • Seven years before the second coming, believe that they are
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  • The same event.
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  • And one reason they believe that they're the same event is they
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  • Say, "well, the same words are used in the bible to describe
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  • What you think of as the rapture, but is also the
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  • Second coming."
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  • And that's true.
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  • There are three key greek words that are used to describe both
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  • The rapture and the second coming.
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  • Now, i've put them on your outline.
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  • One word is parousia.
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  • It means the coming or arrival.
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  • It's found in 1 thessalonians 4:15 about the rapture.
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  • It's also found about the second coming in matthew 24.
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  • Apokalupsis, it's a word that means unveiling the apocalypse
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  • Or the revelation.
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  • That's again used to describe both the rapture and the
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  • Second coming.
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  • Or epiphaneia, it means manifestation.
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  • It applies to both the rapture and the second coming.
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  • But let me remind you that just because two things are similar,
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  • Doesn't mean they're the same thing.
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  • You know, i think about julia, my daughter, and amy.
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  • They both have eyes, two ears, a nose, and engaging
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  • Personalities, but they're not the same people, are they?
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  • They share some similar characteristics, but they're two
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  • Very different people.
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  • Just because things are the same or share the same
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  • Characteristics doesn't mean they're the same event.
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  • It's the same thing when you get to the rapture and the
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  • Second coming.
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  • Yes, there are some common elements in both.
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  • Both involve a coming of the lord.
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  • Both involve an unveiling of christ's glory.
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  • Both unveil a manifestation, an appearance of christ.
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  • But they are two different events.
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  • Let me share with you eight ways that the rapture and the second
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  • Coming are different.
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  • Now, we don't have time to go into this in-depth.
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  • I'm gonna go quickly here.
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  • You can get the book "perfect ending" and find out more
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  • Details about this.
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  • But let me run through these with you because it's important
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  • To understand the difference between the rapture and the
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  • Second coming.
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  • Number one: no prophecies are necessary for the rapture.
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  • Did you know that?
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  • There's no prophecy that has to be fulfilled before the
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  • Rapture occurs.
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  • It could happen tonight.
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  • It could happen this afternoon.
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  • But there are many prophecies necessary for the second coming
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  • To occur.
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  • The regathering of israel in the promised land, that has
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  • Already occurred.
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  • The rebuilding of the temple, that has not yet occurred.
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  • There are many prophecies for the second coming.
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  • No prophecies for the rapture.
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  • Number two: christ appears in the air at the rapture.
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  • First thessalonians 4:17 says we'll be caught up together to
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  • Meet the lord in the air.
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  • But christ returns to earth at the second coming.
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  • Zechariah 14, verse 4 says, "and in that day his feet will
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  • Stand on the mount of olives."
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  • Page turn.
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  • Number 3, jesus returns to heaven with believers at the
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  • Rapture; christ returns to earth with believers at the
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  • Second coming.
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  • The rapture-- we're caught up together to meet him at the
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  • Second coming, as we saw.
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  • We're the armies that return with him to earth to set up
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  • His kingdom.
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  • Number four: the rapture is a mystery.
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  • By that, i mean it was never talked about or discussed in the
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  • Old testament.
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  • Jesus never mentioned it in the gospels.
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  • It isn't found in the epistles, and very simply because paul was
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  • The one who had the job of revealing the mystery of the
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  • Church and the end of the church age-- the rapture of the church.
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  • The rapture is a mystery, but the second coming is prophesied
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  • Both in the old and the new testaments.
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  • Hundreds and hundreds of prophecies about
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  • The second coming.
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  • Number five: after the rapture, only believers are judged.
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  • We'll talk about that judgment in a few weeks-- the bema seat,
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  • The judgment seat of christ.
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  • But at the second coming, israel and gentile unbelievers are
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  • Going to be judged.
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  • Number six: after the rapture, there is no physical change of
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  • The earth.
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  • The earth continues as is, but after the second coming, as
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  • We'll see next week, there'll be a partial renovation of
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  • The earth.
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  • Number seven: after the rapture, satan continues to work.
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  • In fact, he continues to work more feverishly than ever before
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  • Once believers are gone.
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  • After the rapture, satan continues to work.
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  • After the second coming, satan will be bound for 1,000 years.
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  • That's the millennium that we talk about next week.
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  • And finally, number eight: at the rapture, only believers will
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  • See christ.
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  • But at the second coming, everyone will see christ.
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  • Both believers and unbelievers.
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  • It's prophesied in zachariah 12:10.
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  • It's prophesied in philippians 2, verses 10 and 11.
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  • Remember, the choir sang it just a few moments ago?
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  • At the name of jesus every knee will bow of those in heaven on
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  • Earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that
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  • Jesus christ is lord to the glory of god, the father.
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  • Everyone-- believers and unbelievers-- will see the
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  • Manifestation of jesus at the second coming.
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  • "well, pastor, why is all of this important?
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  • What difference does it make if jesus is literally coming back
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  • To the world one day?"
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  • I remember when i was in high school and a member of this
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  • Church being very excited about one particular easter sunday
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  • Because on that particular easter sunday, billy graham was
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  • Coming to preach at our church, and he was going to bring the
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  • Easter message.
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  • At that time, amy and i were dating.
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  • She lived in richardson like i did, but her family went to a
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  • Church with a very, very liberal pastor.
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  • And this pastor-- i know from personal conversation with him.
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  • He didn't believe in the deity of christ.
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  • He didn't believe in the inerrancy of scripture.
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  • He didn't believe in heaven.
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  • He didn't believe in hell.
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  • He didn't believe that christ was the only way to be saved,
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  • And he didn't believe in the second coming of jesus.
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  • Kind of wonder why he was in the ministry, what message he had.
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  • But he told me one-on-one all the things he didn't believe.
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  • So on that easter sunday morning, i was in my little
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  • Volkswagen bug driving down central expressway excited about
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  • Coming to hear billy graham, and i decided to turn on the radio
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  • To listen to the sermon that amy was listening to at her church,
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  • 'cause it was broadcast as well.
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  • It was 40 years ago, but i remember that sermon like it
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  • Was yesterday.
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  • That liberal infidel pastor said this.
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  • He said, "for 2,000 years, people have been looking for and
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  • Expecting jesus to come back to earth one day.
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  • But he hasn't come yet, and he's not coming.
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  • The first time jesus comes is when he came at bethlehem.
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  • The second time he comes is when he comes into your heart."
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  • That was his sermon on the second coming.
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  • And when i heard those words, i thought about 2 peter chapter 3,
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  • In which peter said, "know this first of all, that in the last
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  • Days mockers will come with their mocking, following after
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  • Their own lusts, and saying, 'where is the promise of
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  • His coming?
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  • For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it
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  • Was from the beginning of creation.'"
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  • People today mock the idea of christ coming.
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  • "oh, those christians.
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  • They believe that forever."
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  • Peter says it'll be that way in the last days.
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  • But verse 8 he says, "do not let this one fact escape your
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  • Notice, beloved, that with the lord one day is a thousand
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  • Years, and a thousand years is one day.
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  • The lord is not slow about his promise, as some count slowness,
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  • But he is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish
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  • But all to come to repentance."
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  • The only reason christ hasn't come yet is because he's giving
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  • You an opportunity to repent.
  • 00:13:31.367 --> 00:13:34.103
  • But he is coming one day, make no mistake about it.
  • 00:13:34.103 --> 00:13:37.506
  • Why is it important to believe in a literal, visible physical
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  • Return of jesus christ?
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  • Let me mention three reasons why is christ coming back to this
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  • World again one day.
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  • First of all, christ is coming back to fulfill the prophecies
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  • Of the bible.
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  • There are over 1,800 prophecies in the old testament about the
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  • Second coming of jesus christ.
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  • You can't turn a page of the new testament without reading over
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  • And over again, "christ is coming.
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  • Christ is coming.
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  • Christ is coming."
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  • If christ does not return as he promised he was going to return,
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  • Then it means you'll have hundreds of prophecies in the
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  • Bible unfulfilled, and if there are prophecies that are
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  • Unfulfilled, it means the bible cannot be trusted.
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  • Jesus is coming back again to, first of all, fulfill the
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  • Prophecies of the bible.
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  • Secondly, he is coming back to judge unbelievers and to judge
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  • The sinful world.
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  • The bible says christ is coming back to judge this fallen world.
  • 00:14:32.995 --> 00:14:37.533
  • In isaiah 11, verse 4, the prophet said, "but with
  • 00:14:37.533 --> 00:14:40.803
  • Righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness
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  • For the afflicted of the earth; and he will strike the earth
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  • With the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he
  • 00:14:48.143 --> 00:14:51.380
  • Will slay the wicked."
  • 00:14:51.380 --> 00:14:53.582
  • Why is christ coming back again?
  • 00:14:53.582 --> 00:14:55.684
  • To fulfill the prophecies of the bible, to judge unbelievers, but
  • 00:14:55.684 --> 00:14:59.254
  • Thirdly, and most importantly, christ is coming back again to
  • 00:14:59.254 --> 00:15:03.359
  • Reclaim the earth.
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  • In genesis 3, we read the story about how sin came into this
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  • World and the paradise god created was lost.
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  • But it was only temporarily lost.
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  • Now, listen to me.
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  • Don't start folding up anything.
  • 00:15:20.709 --> 00:15:25.848
  • If there is no second coming, if there is only a rapture in which
  • 00:15:25.848 --> 00:15:30.986
  • God snatches away believers to live with him in heaven and
  • 00:15:30.986 --> 00:15:34.857
  • Leaves the earth as it is, that would be like god saying to
  • 00:15:34.857 --> 00:15:39.328
  • Satan, "okay, satan, you won.
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  • I'll take believers up here with me in heaven, and you can stay
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  • Here on earth.
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  • I'll stay in my corner of the universe if you stay down there
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  • In your corner of the world."
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  • Now, do you think god's gonna let that happen?
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  • Of course not.
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  • God created this world perfectly, and the bible says
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  • One day he's coming back to reclaim what is rightfully his.
  • 00:16:04.586 --> 00:16:10.659
  • That's why the second coming is important.
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  • It is a time for christ to reclaim and recreate the
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  • Sin-filled world.
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  • I remember reading the story about a group of seminary
  • 00:16:19.068 --> 00:16:21.437
  • Students who were playing basketball.
  • 00:16:21.437 --> 00:16:23.639
  • After they finished their basketball game, they were going
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  • To the shower and one of the seminary students noticed a
  • 00:16:26.909 --> 00:16:31.113
  • Janitor sitting on the bleachers waiting for them to finish up so
  • 00:16:31.113 --> 00:16:34.483
  • He could clean up.
  • 00:16:34.483 --> 00:16:35.884
  • As a seminary student walked past the janitor, he saw that he
  • 00:16:35.884 --> 00:16:38.787
  • Was reading a bible.
  • 00:16:38.787 --> 00:16:40.589
  • So he said to the janitor, "what are you reading?"
  • 00:16:40.589 --> 00:16:43.725
  • The janitor said, "i'm reading the book of revelation."
  • 00:16:43.725 --> 00:16:47.396
  • The seminary student was studying the book of revelation.
  • 00:16:47.396 --> 00:16:50.399
  • He knew how complicated it was, and so he said in his most
  • 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:54.103
  • Condescending tone, "well, tell me, do you understand what
  • 00:16:54.103 --> 00:16:58.540
  • It means?"
  • 00:16:58.540 --> 00:17:00.342
  • The janitor looked up and said, "yes, sir.
  • 00:17:00.342 --> 00:17:02.511
  • I understand what it means.
  • 00:17:02.511 --> 00:17:04.713
  • It means jesus is gonna win."
  • 00:17:04.713 --> 00:17:12.054
  • One day, jesus is gonna win.
  • 00:17:12.054 --> 00:17:15.057
  • But let's be honest, as we look at the world today, it doesn't
  • 00:17:15.057 --> 00:17:17.693
  • Look like jesus is winning, does it?
  • 00:17:17.693 --> 00:17:21.029
  • We see in the world around us, or perhaps just in our own
  • 00:17:21.029 --> 00:17:24.266
  • World, a world that's filled with sadness, with disease, with
  • 00:17:24.266 --> 00:17:33.475
  • Broken relationships, and with death.
  • 00:17:33.475 --> 00:17:38.447
  • What we feel and what we see is very, very real, but it's also
  • 00:17:38.447 --> 00:17:43.218
  • Very, very temporary.
  • 00:17:43.218 --> 00:17:45.654
  • The bible says one day jesus is going to win.
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  • One day, jesus is coming back again to reclaim and recreate
  • 00:17:50.225 --> 00:17:55.230
  • That which has been lost.
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  • The apostle john looked forward to that day.
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  • He saw it before him in revelation 11, verse 15.
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  • He said, "and the seventh angel sounded; and there arose a loud
  • 00:18:04.373 --> 00:18:09.811
  • Choruses of voices, saying, 'the kingdom of this world has now
  • 00:18:09.811 --> 00:18:14.616
  • Become the kingdom of god and of his christ; and he shall reign
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  • Forever and ever.'"
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  • Amen!
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  • Amen.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ for the lord god omnipotent reigneth. ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ for the lord god omnipotent reigneth. ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
  • 00:19:06.735 --> 00:19:09.438
  • ♪ for the lord god omnipotent reigneth. ♪
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  • ♪ for the lord god omnipotent reigneth. ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ for the lord god omnipotent reigneth. ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ the kingdom of this world ♪
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  • ♪ is become the kingdom of our lord, ♪
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  • ♪ and of his christ, ♪
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  • ♪ and of his christ; ♪
  • 00:19:52.681 --> 00:19:55.150
  • ♪ and he shall reign ♪
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  • ♪ for ever and ever. ♪
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  • ♪ and he shall reign ♪
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  • ♪ for ever and ever. ♪
  • 00:20:02.824 --> 00:20:06.695
  • ♪ and he shall reign ♪
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  • ♪ for ever and ever. ♪
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  • ♪ and he shall reign ♪
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  • ♪ for ever and ever. ♪
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  • ♪ king of kings, ♪
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  • ♪ and lord of lords. ♪
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  • ♪ king of kings, ♪
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  • ♪ and lord of lords. ♪
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  • ♪ king of kings, ♪
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  • ♪ and lord of lords. ♪
  • 00:20:53.442 --> 00:20:58.213
  • ♪ king of kings, ♪
  • 00:20:58.213 --> 00:20:59.848
  • ♪ and lord of lords, ♪
  • 00:20:59.848 --> 00:21:01.817
  • ♪ and he shall reign. ♪
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  • ♪ and he shall reign for ever and ever. ♪
  • 00:21:06.822 --> 00:21:13.061
  • ♪ king of kings! ♪
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  • ♪ and lord of lords! ♪
  • 00:21:17.532 --> 00:21:22.204
  • ♪ and he shall reign for ever and ever. ♪
  • 00:21:22.204 --> 00:21:29.244
  • ♪ king of kings! ♪
  • 00:21:29.244 --> 00:21:31.680
  • ♪ and lord of lords! ♪
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  • ♪ king of kings! ♪
  • 00:21:33.982 --> 00:21:36.184
  • ♪ and lord of lords! ♪
  • 00:21:36.184 --> 00:21:38.587
  • ♪ and he shall reign, ♪
  • 00:21:38.587 --> 00:21:41.456
  • ♪ shall reign for ever and ever. ♪
  • 00:21:41.456 --> 00:21:45.594
  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
  • 00:21:50.232 --> 00:21:52.367
  • ♪ hallelujah! hallelujah! ♪
  • 00:21:52.434 --> 00:21:55.404
  • ♪ hallelujah! ♪♪
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  • [congregation applauding]
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  • Jeffress: well, as we continue this important series on the
  • 00:22:18.093 --> 00:22:21.229
  • End times called "perfect ending," my hope is that you'll
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  • Begin to see god's plan, not as some mysterious unknown, but as
  • 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:29.604
  • A source of comfort and hope.
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  • God has given us a vivid picture of the future, and when we take
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  • The time to examine his word, those events come into focus
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  • For us.
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  • Now, before we wrap up today's program, let me just say thank
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  • Announcer: with everything happening in our world today.
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  • Jeffress: the end-time events are going to be
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  • It's going to consist of economic turmoil.
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  • There'll be wars, there'll be unprecedented persecution.
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  • But fortunately christians don't have to fear that period
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  • Jeffress: people today mock the idea of christ coming again.
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  • They say, "you've been waiting for 2,000 years, isn't it time
  • 00:25:03.725 --> 00:25:07.629
  • To give up?"
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  • Well, christ will return just as he promised.
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  • The only reason he hasn't come yet is because he's giving us an
  • 00:25:12.601 --> 00:25:16.571
  • Opportunity to repent.
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  • And i hope today's message has clearly convinced you why
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  • Christ's second coming is so important to our lives today.
  • 00:25:22.677 --> 00:25:26.815
  • Well, next to the rapture, no prophetic event has caused more
  • 00:25:26.815 --> 00:25:30.785
  • Controversy among bible scholars than the subject of
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  • The millennium.
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  • Will christ actually rule over a renovated earth for 1,000 years
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  • And fulfill his promise to believing israel?
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next in our
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  • Series "perfect ending."
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  • Jeffress: why is it god doesn't create a world where peace and
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  • Freedom from conflict and perfect righteousness reign?
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  • We know from reading genesis 1 and 2 that at one time such a
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  • World did exist, but sin destroyed that world.
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  • Sin caused that paradise to be lost.
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  • But it hasn't been lost forever.
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  • Announcer: set your dvr and join us next time for the message
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  • "heaven on earth," here on "pathway to victory."
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  • Announcer: join us on the "pathway to victory" cruise to
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  • Alaska, june 13 through 20, 2026.
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  • Jeffress: let me paint a picture for you.
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  • You're standing on the deck of a beautiful cruise ship, coffee in
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  • Hand, watching a glacier calve into the pristine waters while
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  • Bald eagles circle overhead.
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  • That's going to be us this coming june.
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  • You've got to see alaska with your own eyes to believe it.
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  • Announcer: seven days of pure luxury where every meal is
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  • Prepared for you.
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  • The world-class service means you never have to think about
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  • The details.
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  • Instead, you can focus on casual conversations with like-minded
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  • Christians, laughing, telling stories, while surrounded by
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  • God's breathtaking creation.
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  • Jeffress: this is purposeful travel at its finest, refreshing
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  • Your soul in god's stunning cathedral of natural wonders.
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