Dr. Robert Jeffress

Robert Jeffress - Jesus: The Subject of Prophecy

March 3, 2025 | S25:E105

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Jesus: The Subject of Prophecy | March 3, 2025

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♪♪♪
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Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church of
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Dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory" with
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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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When most people think about jesus, they picture him as he
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Appeared in his first coming, a gentle teacher, a compassionate
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Healer, and a loving savior.
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But the bible tells us there's much more to the story.
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Today we're beginning a fascinating new study on the end
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Times that reveals the complete picture of jesus christ and his
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Triumphant return in the last days.
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My message is titled, "jesus: the subject of prophecy,"
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On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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♪ all the colors of the rainbow, ♪
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♪ all the voices of the wind, ♪
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♪ every dream that reaches out, ♪
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♪ that reaches out to find where love begins, ♪
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♪ every word of every story, ♪
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♪ every star in every sky, ♪
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♪ every corner of creation lives to testify. ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live, ♪
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♪ i will testify to love. ♪
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♪ i'll be a witness in the silences ♪
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♪ when words are not enough. ♪
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♪ with every breath i take, ♪
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♪ i will give thanks to god above. ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live, ♪
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♪ i will testify to love. ♪
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♪ from the mountains to the valleys, ♪
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♪ from the rivers to the sea ♪
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♪ every hand that reaches out, ♪
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♪ every hand that reaches out to offer peace ♪
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♪ every simple act of mercy, ♪
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♪ every step to kingdom come, ♪
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♪ all the hope in every heart ♪
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♪ will speak what love has done. ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live, ♪
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♪ i will testify to love. ♪
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♪ i'll be a witness in the silences ♪
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♪ when words are not enough. ♪
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♪ with every breath i take, ♪
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♪ i will give thanks to god above. ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live, ♪
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♪ i will testify to love. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ i'll testify, testify for as long as i shall live. ♪
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♪ testify, testify. ♪
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♪ i just can't help but testify, ♪
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♪ testify, testify. ♪
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♪ all of creation, testify ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live, ♪
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♪ i will testify to love. ♪
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♪ i'll be a witness in the silences ♪
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♪ with every breath i take, ♪
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♪ i will give thanks to god above. ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live, ♪
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♪ i will testify to love. ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live, ♪
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♪ i will testify to love. ♪
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♪ i'll be a witness in the silences ♪
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♪ when words are not enough. ♪
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♪ with every breath i take, ♪
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♪ i will give thanks to god above. ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live, ♪
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♪ i will testify to love. ♪
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♪ testify, testify, ♪
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♪ for as long as i shall live. ♪♪
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Female: whoo!
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[congregation applauding]
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Announcer: jesus is the most talked about person in human
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History, but we can't fully grasp who jesus is until we
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Understand both his first and his second coming.
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In his powerful new book, "jesus revealed in the end times,"
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Dr. robert jeffress unveils the glorious return of our savior.
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Learn what his triumphant return means for your life today.
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Request your copy of "jesus revealed in the end times" when
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You give a generous gift to support the ministry of "pathway
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To victory."
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Jeffress: what comes to your mind when you hear the name
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"jesus christ"?
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For millions of americans, they think of the face of
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Jonathan roumie.
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Now let's be clear, jonathan roumie did not come from heaven
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To earth.
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He came from hell to earth.
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Well, to be more specific, hell's kitchen, new york, where
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He was born in 1974.
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As a young man, he wanted nothing more than to be
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A well-known actor.
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As a young adult, he went to hollywood, had little
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Success there.
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When he was down to his last $20 he knelt down and prayed that
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God would miraculously intervene in his life.
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Two months later, he was selected to play the lead
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Character, jesus christ, in the hit series, "the chosen."
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People think about jonathan roumie when they think
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About jesus.
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Roumie said about his character, "jesus is the only character who
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I would hope to stay in character as all the time."
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He said he had some challenges, though, playing jesus.
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He said people come up to meet him and are expecting
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A spiritual encounter.
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He said, "that can be hard to live up to.
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I am not jesus."
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Jesus is the most portrayed person in human history.
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There is absolutely no way to calculate all the books that
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Have been written about him, the paintings that have tried to
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Depict him, the actors who have portrayed him.
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And yet what all of these depictions about jesus have in
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Common is they all seem to center on the first coming
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Of jesus.
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Jesus as he appeared when he was here on earth.
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But what about now?
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What does jesus look like as he sits at the right hand of god
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The father?
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What will jesus be like in the end-times?
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The fact is you can't understand the totality of who jesus is
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Until you understand both his first and his second comings.
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And when you understand who jesus will be when he comes in
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The end, that is the answer to the most basic questions we have
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In life.
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Questions like: what is my purpose?
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How can i have a relationship with god?
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And what does the future hold for me?
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It's that last question that is perhaps the most relevant to
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People here and are watching this broadcast.
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What is the future for me?
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The world begins and ends with jesus christ, and so do
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You and i.
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And that leads to the first truth i want us to understand as
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We begin this series, "jesus revealed in the end times."
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The first truth is this: the focus of prophecy is a person
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Rather than an event.
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The focus of prophecy is a person rather than event.
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You know, that can bring relief to us when we understand who
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Jesus really is.
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Remember, in his first coming, the majority of people rejected
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Him because he didn't meet their expectations of what they were
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Looking for in a messiah.
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And so the average israelite was confused about who jesus was.
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The religious leaders took advantage of that.
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They rejected jesus and said, "if you really want to know god,
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Keep our laws, keep our endless list of rules and regulations."
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And to those people, listen to what jesus said, familiar words
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From matthew 11:28 to 30: "come to me, all who are weary and
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Heavy laden, and i will give you rest.
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Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for i am gentle and
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Humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
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He said, "if you want rest, if you are weary, you're crushed
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Down with burdens, come to me.
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I--understand who i am."
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There is rest in knowing who jesus is, and that leads to
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A second truth: the purpose of prophecy.
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What is the purpose?
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Why does god spend so much time talking about prophecy?
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You know, i think about 1 thessalonians 4, verse 13.
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Paul is introducing the subject of the rapture, and he said to
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The thessalonians: "for we do not want you to be ignorant,"
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Unaware, "about those who sleep in christ," those who have died
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Before the rapture or the return.
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There's no premium on being ignorant about the end-times,
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You know.
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There's some people who say, "well, i don't bother about
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The end-times.
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I just leave all that to god, you know, i'm not premillennial
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Or postmillennial.
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I'm just panmillennial.
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I believe it will all pan out in the end."
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Well, that's real cute, but it's really ignorant, and there's no
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Premium on ignorance in the bible.
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God did want us--does want us to understand the end-times.
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That's why he gives so much space to it, but it's more than
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Something to fill our heads.
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It needs to fill our heart.
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Understanding the end-times ought to change the way we live.
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And that leads to the purpose of bible prophecy.
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There are two things that should fill our hearts because of our
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Understanding of jesus in the end-times.
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First of all, our hearts ought to be overflowing with hope.
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God gave us this truth to give us hope.
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Somebody has said man can go 40 days without food.
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He can go 8 days without water.
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He can go 4 minutes without oxygen, but he will only last
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A few seconds without hope.
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We all need hope, and hope is in short supply these days.
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We need hope.
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Hope, what is it?
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It's a desire for something we don't already have.
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In romans 8, verses 24 and 25, paul writes: "who hopes for what
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He already has?
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But if we hope for what we do not have, we wait for
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It patiently."
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God wants to fill us with hope, and we don't find hope just in
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Events, but in the person who controlled those events,
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Jesus christ.
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Secondly, a study of prophecy and jesus in the end-times
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Should fill our hearts with a desire for holiness.
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Holiness.
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The fact that jesus is coming back again ought to fill us with
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A desire to obey god, to please god, to follow him in every part
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Of our life.
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Quick 60-second review.
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Remember the bible uses two phrases to describe the end
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Of time.
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There is the phrase, "the last days."
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The last days.
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The bible talks about the last days, and technically, the last
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Days are that time between christ's first coming and his
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Second coming.
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Ever since jesus ascended back into heaven more than 2,000
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Years ago, we have been living in the last days, anticipating
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His second coming.
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The bible uses that term in several places: acts 2:17,
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On the day of pentecost when the followers of jesus had been
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Baptized with the holy spirit, remember, peter preached to the
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Crowd on the southern steps of jerusalem and said, "this is
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An anticipation.
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This is a fulfillment of what the bible says."
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And he quotes an old testament verse that says: "and it shall
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Be in the last days that i will pour out my spirit on
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All mankind."
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The second phrase, "the end times," that's the other phrase
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Used to describe the last period on earth, the end-times.
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You find it in matthew 24, verse 3.
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Remember, jesus was on the
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Mount of olives with his disciples, and as he was sitting
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There, the disciples came to him saying, "lord, tell us, when
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Will these things happen?
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And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of
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The age?"
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Jesus skipped over answering the when.
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He would say later in matthew 24:36: "it's not for you to know
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The time or the epics.
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You're not in that business."
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But he did say, "you need to understand the events."
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And jesus began his description of the end-times, starting with
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The tribulation, and going through the second coming and
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Ending with the millennial kingdom, the establishment of
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Christ's kingdom on earth.
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So let's look at some of the roles that we're going to
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Examine and study in depth that the end-times reveal
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About jesus.
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First of all, jesus as messiah.
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In the end-times, we see jesus as messiah.
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Now we refer to jesus as jesus christ.
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It's funny how many people think jesus is his first name and
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Christ is his last name.
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No, that's not it.
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Christ, christos, means messiah, the anointed one.
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And jesus, when he came the first time, he was the
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Long-awaited messiah.
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He was born in human form, he grew up, he taught many things,
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He was followed by some, rejected by most, he was
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Betrayed, crucified, risen from the dead, and he ascended back
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Into heaven.
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That was all in his first coming.
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When jesus came the first time, most people rejected him, but
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When he comes the second time, all will follow him.
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We're living in that time between the first and the
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Second coming of christ.
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It's a period of time that paul referred to in romans 11:25.
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He said, "for i do not want you--" he was talking to
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Jews here.
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"i don't want you to be uninformed of this mystery--so
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That you will not be wise in your own estimation--that
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A partial hardening has come to israel until the fullness of the
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Gentiles has come in."
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Because israel rejected christ at his first coming, god
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Temporarily put israel on the shelf.
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They are still his chosen people.
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Will god desert his people?
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Never.
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As we watch the unfolding chaos in the middle east, we need to
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Remember that to be on israel's side is to be on the right side
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Of history and the right side of god.
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Nevertheless, god has temporarily set aside israel and
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Opened this time for gentiles to participate in the abrahamic
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Covenant in a different way, but to participate in it.
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We call this age the age of the church.
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The age of the church will end with the rapture of the church,
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And the final 7 years of god's dealing with israel will
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Commence, and they will eventually see jesus as
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The messiah.
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Secondly, we'll look at jesus as prophet.
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Jesus also made many prophecies about the future.
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Some of them have been fulfilled, some are yet
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To be fulfilled.
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But because of all of the amazing things that have already
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Come true that jesus prophesied, we can have confidence that
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Those things that haven't come true will come true.
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That's what we're gonna look at in this message about what has
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Come true that jesus prophesied, what is yet to be fulfilled.
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Thirdly, we're going to look at jesus as a lamb.
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It's a constant image in both the old and new testaments.
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Remember in the old testament under the sacrificial system,
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Lambs were stand-in sacrifices.
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There was nothing about the blood of a lamb that could wash
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Away sins, but it all pointed to the true lamb of god,
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Jesus christ, who would come.
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Remember in john 1:29 when john the baptizer saw jesus for the
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First time, he said, "behold the lamb of god who takes away the
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Sins of the earth."
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It took a perfect lamb, jesus himself, to take away our sins.
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Interestingly, another john, john the apostle, also uses the
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Image of a lamb in the last book of the bible, the book
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Of revelation.
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Fourth, we'll look at jesus as conqueror.
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You know, the reason so many people missed jesus at his first
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Coming is he didn't check all the boxes.
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They wanted a conquering messiah who would overthrow whom they
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Thought was their greatest enemy: rome.
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And when he didn't overthrow the roman empire, they were
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Disappointed and rejected him.
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What they missed was when jesus came the first time he conquered
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Our greatest enemies, sin and death, by his death on the cross
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And his resurrection from the dead.
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But jesus still has some unfinished business on
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Planet earth.
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When he comes again as conqueror, he will come as the
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One who conquer satan.
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We have the victory.
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It's already been accomplished through jesus christ.
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We'll look at jesus as conqueror.
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And that leads to his other role to talk about, and that is jesus
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As king.
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After the battle of armageddon, jesus will come to earth to set
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Up that literal kingdom on earth with its seat in jerusalem, and
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God will fulfill all of his promises to believing israel and
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To the church as well.
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Interestingly, during that perfect time when satan is bound
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For 1,000 years, people are enjoying the just and perfect
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Reign of jesus, not everybody born during that time will
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Pledge allegiance to king jesus.
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Some will actually choose to rebel against jesus.
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And that will mean the end of the world because it will be too
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Late and that leads to the role of jesus as judge.
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Jesus as judge.
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We don't like to think of jesus as a judge in our culture today.
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Do you know the most popular verse on the internet right now?
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It's not john 3:16, that used to be the most popular verse
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Of the bible.
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Now it's matthew 7:1: "judge not, lest ye be judged."
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Unbelievers and misguided christians love to use that
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Verse as a way to justify any evil they want to commit.
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No, god does judge us.
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Jesus is coming as a judge.
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In 1--or 2 timothy chapter 4, a chapter i read every saturday
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Night to get ready to preach on sunday, paul tells timothy to
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Preach the word in season and out of season because jesus is
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Coming to judge the living and the dead.
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And that leads to jesus as lord.
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Jesus as lord.
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After the last echo of the gavel has sounded and everyone has
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Received their rewards or just punishment, jesus will reign
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Over a new heaven and a new earth.
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"i saw a new heaven and a new earth," john said, "for the
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First heaven and earth will have passed away, and god will wipe
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Away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any
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Death, or mourning, or crying, or pain; for the first things
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Will have passed away."
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There's one other role that, frankly, i've never seen anybody
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Cover before, but i think we need to talk about, and that is
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Jesus as a friend.
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Jesus as our friend.
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You remember back in 2008, it seems so long ago, when sarah
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Palin, the governor of alaska, was running for vice president,
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And "saturday night live" loved to do these parodies of her, and
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In one skit they had tina fey, who was playing sarah palin,
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Saying supposedly, "i can see russia from my house."
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And she didn't actually say that in real life, but it was
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Close enough.
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"i can see russia from my house," so everybody laughed
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About that.
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And the fact is you could not see russia from alaska without
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Some very powerful binoculars.
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You know, god has given us a powerful set of
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Spiritual binoculars.
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It's called the bible.
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Think of all you can see through the bible.
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You can look through your spiritual binoculars and you can
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See the future.
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You can see the rapture, the second coming, the millennium,
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The new heaven, the new earth, and in those binoculars, you
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Can't tell how far they may be away or how close they may be,
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But you can see all of those events.
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But looming over those events in the forefront, is the person of
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Jesus christ, the one who says, "i am the alpha and the omega,
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I'm the beginning and the end.
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I'm the one who holds your past, your present, and your future in
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My hands."
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And that realization that jesus who knows the future has planned
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The future, that realization of who jesus is, ought to fill our
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Hearts with unending hope, and an unending desire for holiness,
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As we prepare to enter into the end-times.
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♪♪♪
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Jeffress: the bible's teaching about christ's return should
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Fill us with hope and anticipation, not fear, and i
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Pray today's message has encouraged you to live with your
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Eyes focused on jesus, the one who holds our future.
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Now before we wrap up today's program, i wanna share
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A touching note i received from shannon.
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Shannon writes, "i listen to your message every morning on
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The radio.
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I'm so grateful i learn so much more from listening and hearing
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Your message.
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The way you preach just opens so much to knowing more
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About jesus."
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Well, thank you, shannon, for those kind and
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Encouraging words.
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The anointed one.
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We'll discover how he fulfills the threefold office of prophet,
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Priest, and king, and we'll also learn why his role as messiah is
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Crucial for both his first coming and his glorious return.
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Jeffress: jesus didn't spend a lot of time on the cross.
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He died for our sins.
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He was buried.
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He rose again on the third day.
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He ascended into heaven and guess what?
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He's coming back again one day.
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And that's why, quite frankly, you could have an image of jesus
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Wearing a crown that would have just as been as accurate as
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Jesus on a cross.
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Robert Jeffress - Jesus: The Subject of Prophecy

March 3, 2025 | S25:E105

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