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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - When All Hell Breaks Loose (Part 1) | May 3, 2026
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- 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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- Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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- And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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- Most people tend to live in survival mode,
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- Just trying to make it from one day to the next.
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- They simply don't have time to worry about far-off events
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- Over which they have no control.
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- Well, today i'm going to explain why everyone
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- Ought to be paying close attention to signs
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- Of the coming tribulation
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- Because it may be even closer than you think.
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- We're turning to daniel chapter nine
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- To look at the final seven years of earth's history.
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- My message is titled, "when all hell breaks loose,"
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- On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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- ♪ there is power in the name of jesus ♪
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- ♪ there is power in the name of jesus ♪
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- ♪ there is power in the name of jesus ♪
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- ♪ to break every chain, break every chain, break every chain ♪
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- ♪ there is power in the name of jesus ♪
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- ♪ jesus ♪
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- ♪ to break every chain, break every chain, break every chain ♪
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- ♪ there's an army rising up ♪
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- ♪ there's an army rising up ♪
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- ♪ there's an army rising up ♪
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- ♪ to break every chain, break every chain ♪
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- ♪ break every chain ♪
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- ♪ break every chain, break every chain ♪
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- ♪ break every chain ♪
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- ♪ there's an army rising up ♪
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- ♪ rising up ♪
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- ♪ there's an army rising up ♪
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- ♪ his name is jesus ♪
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- -♪ there's an army rising up ♪ -♪ come, lord, we'll meet again ♪
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- ♪ to break every chain, break every chain ♪
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- ♪ break every chain ♪
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- ♪ to break every chain, break every chain ♪
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- -♪ break every chain ♪ -♪ to break ♪
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- ♪ every chain ♪
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- ♪ oh lord, hallelujah ♪
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- ♪ music ♪
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- Wars, natural disasters, global instability,
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- Many people look at the headlines
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- And wonder if we're living in the end times.
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- About the end times," dr. robert jeffress provides
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- There will be no lasting peace in the middle of east
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- Until the prince of peace, the lord jesus christ, returns.
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- And that's the focus of our series we've been in,
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- "perfect ending: why your eternal future matters today."
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- We're examining what god's word says about the events
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- That will precede and follow history's most important event,
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- The second coming of jesus christ.
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- And the bible says, before christ returns,
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- However, to earth, he has some final business
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- To wrap up here on planet earth.
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- And that period of time in which god finishes his dealings
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- With israel and the world as a whole
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- Is a period of time we're going to look at today.
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- It's that period of time we commonly call
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- The great tribulation.
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- And it's going to be in that great tribulation
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- That the world is immersed in political chaos
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- And natural catastrophes,
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- But most of all the world will be the recipient
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- Of god's condemnation.
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- And today and next week we're going to look and see
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- What the bible says about the last seven years
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- Of earth's history that we call the great tribulation.
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- Now, the place to begin understanding the tribulation
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- Is not in the book of revelation
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- Where the tribulation is realized,
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- But in the book of daniel where it is prophesied.
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- So i want you to take your bibles today
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- And turn to daniel chapter nine.
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- What are going to happen? look at daniel 9:27.
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- "and he," talking about who is he?
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- It's a reference of the prince who is to come,
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- The antichrist, "and he will make a firm covenant
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- With the many that is israel for one week,
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- But in the middle of the week he will put a stop
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- To sacrifice and grain offering
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- And on the wing of an abominations will come one
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- Who makes desolate even until a complete destruction,
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- One that is decreed is poured out
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- On the one who makes desolate."
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- The final seven-year countdown, daniel is told,
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- Begins when this world figure known as the antichrist
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- Initiates a peace covenant with israel.
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- I'll talk about that more in a moment.
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- That's when the final seven-year countdown begins.
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- But then gabriel said, halfway through
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- After the first three and a half years,
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- Antichrist is going to turn his back on israel.
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- He's going to double cross them.
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- He's going to break that peace covenant.
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- And through the final three and a half years,
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- There will be a time of unprecedented persecution
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- Against israel and against those who become christians
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- During the great tribulation.
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- Jesus called it, we often call it the great tribulation.
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- It's called the time of jacob or israel's distress.
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- It's called daniel's 70th week.
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- But the most common reference to this period of time
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- In both the old and the new testament is the phrase
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- "the day of the lord."
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- The day of the lord, anytime you read it in the bible,
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- Is not a day of hope, it's not a day that we look forward
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- To the return of christ.
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- The day of the lord is always, in scripture,
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- A time of judgment upon unbelievers.
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- Did you know that? it is always used that way.
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- And perhaps one of the most detailed
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- New testament explanations of this time is found
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- In 1 thessalonians chapter five.
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- Paul reveals three very important things
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- We as christians need to know about the day of the lord.
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- First of all, paul reminds us that the day
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- Of the lord follows the rapture of the church.
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- It follows the rapture of the church.
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- Guys, this is so simple
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- And yet so many people who believe the church
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- Is going through the tribulation miss this.
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- Many christians believe, as you know,
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- That the church does not escape the day of the lord.
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- We have to experience the day of god's wrath.
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- And yet all you have to do is read the scripture simply
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- To see why we're not going to be here
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- To experience god's wrath.
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- In 1 thessalonians 4:13-18,
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- Paul is talking about the rapture.
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- We've talked about that the last several weeks.
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- Look down at verse 16 of 1 thessalonians 4,
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- "for the lord himself will the sin from heaven
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- With a shout, with a voice of the archangel
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- And with a trumpet of god,
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- And the dead in christ shall rise first.
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- And then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up,"
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- (speaks in foreign language), raptured,
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- "to meet the lord in the air.
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- Thus we shall always be with the lord.
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- Therefore, comfort one another with these words."
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- Now he's talking about the rapture.
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- Then chapter five begins.
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- "now as to the times and the epics, brethren,
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- You have no need of anything to be written to you,
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- For you yourselves know full well that the day
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- Of the lord will come just like a thief in the night."
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- Now that english phrase, "now as to,"
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- It's a translation of the greek phrase
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- (dr. jeffress speaks in foreign language)
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- Paul, if you look at his writings, always uses that phrase,
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- "now concerning", or "now as to,"
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- (speaks in foreign language), it is always used
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- As a transition to introduce a new topic of discussion.
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- The day of the lord is not a part of the rapture.
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- Paul has already explained the rapture.
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- Christians are gone,
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- And now he's going to talk about the day of the lord.
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- And what does he say about the day of the lord?
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- Look at 1 thessalonians 5, verse two.
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- "for you yourselves know full well that the day
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- Of the lord will come just like a thief in the night."
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- Did you know that phrase thief in the night
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- Is never used about the rapture?
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- We use that as we're referring to the rapture? no.
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- It's the time of judgment.
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- He's saying to the world after the christians have gone,
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- The day of the lord is going to come
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- Like a thief in the night.
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- The day of the lord comes after the rapture of the church.
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- Number two, the day of the lord is a time
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- Of judgment upon unbelievers.
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- Look at verse three, "while they are saying peace
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- And safety, then destruction will come upon them.
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- And suddenly like birth pangs upon a woman with child,
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- They shall not escape."
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- And thirdly, and most importantly for you and for me today,
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- Christians do not need to fear the day of the lord.
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- We have no reason to fear the day of the lord.
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- Paul says in verse four,
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- "but you, brethren, are not in the darkness
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- That the day should overtake you like a thief."
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- I mean, could that be any more clear, folks?
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- We are not going to be in the darkness.
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- We're not going to be here for the day of the lord.
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- We don't have to fear the wrath of god
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- Because christ has experienced the wrath
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- Of god on our behalf.
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- There is no condemnation, romans 1:8 says,
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- Awaiting those who belong to christ jesus.
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- Now that's the day of the lord.
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- Now the most extensive discussion of the day of the lord
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- And what happens during that time
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- Is found in revelation chapters 6 through 19.
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- This is a record of those seven years,
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- Seven final years earth's history
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- And of the catastrophes, the chaos and the condemnation
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- From god that will categorize that time.
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- Now, we're just getting revved up here,
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- But we're going to go into next week
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- And look at the specific details.
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- But this morning what i want you to see is
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- That this entire seven-year period, the day of the lord,
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- The tribulation can be outlined
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- Like a three-act drama.
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- Act one is the beginning,
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- Daniel 9:27 says there are really three acts to this thing.
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- There's what happens at the beginning
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- Of the seven-year period of time.
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- Then there's something dramatic that happens in the middle
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- After the first three and a half years.
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- And then finally, there is a conclusion to it,
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- The last three and a half years.
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- Now, this morning we only have time
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- To look at part of act one,
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- The beginning of the tribulation.
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- And the bible says three things are going to happen
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- At the beginning, at the outset of these final seven years
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- Of earth's history.
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- What are they?
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- We're going to look at one of those things this morning.
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- First of all, it will be during this time
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- That there will be the rise of the antichrist,
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- The rise of the antichrist.
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- Back in 1993 when a middle eastern peace treaty
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- Was ratified under bill clinton,
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- One popular television evangelist announced,
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- "the tribulation has begun."
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- Obviously he was wrong.
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- But why would he say such a thing?
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- Because the bible says that the mark
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- For this seven years beginning will be a peace treaty
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- That is made with israel.
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- Now how will that give rise to the antichrist?
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- This is a little bit of speculation,
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- But i think it's sanctified speculation.
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- I believe that the rapture, which precedes the tribulation,
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- I think the rapture will coincide
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- With some worldwide catastrophe
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- That will explain or try to explain
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- The disappearance of millions of christians.
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- I think it could be a giant, a natural disaster,
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- An asteroid, for example.
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- We're going to talk about that more next week.
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- It may be a nuclear exchange over some battle
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- Taking place over the middle east that is used to explain
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- The disappearance of millions of people.
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- But there is going to be such calamity in the middle east
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- During this time that the world is going to be clamoring
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- For somebody to bring an end to the standoff.
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- And i think especially it's going to be so if this war,
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- This conflict results in the shutdown
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- Of the world's oil production.
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- Think about the economic crisis that would occur
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- If there were no oil being shipped out of the middle east.
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- I think people are going to absolutely clamor for it.
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- I mean, you know, people were ready to run for the hills
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- After, you know, a few days of government shutdown.
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- They thought the world was coming to an end because of that.
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- Wait till there's a real catastrophe.
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- Wait till something really happens
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- That affects people in the pocketbook.
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- They will be clamoring for somebody to bring an end to this,
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- And that will cause the antichrist to rise to power.
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- He will be able to broker a peace settlement
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- That nobody else has been able to broker in the middle east.
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- And because of that, people will follow him.
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- They will worship him.
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- Now the bible gives us four insights,
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- Four major insights about this figure,
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- This world leader known as the antichrist, write these down.
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- First of all, he will come to power
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- After christians are removed from the earth.
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- The bible says he will come to power
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- After christians are removed from the earth.
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- Turn over one book to 2 thessalonians,
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- Chapter two verses six through nine.
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- This is so interesting to me.
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- 2 thessalonians 2 verses six to nine.
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- Paul is writing about this figure, the man of lawlessness,
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- The antichrist, and look at what he says
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- Beginning verse six.
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- "and you know what restrains him now
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- So that in his time he may be revealed,
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- For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work.
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- Only he who now restrains
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- Will do so until he is taken out of the way."
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- That is the work of antichrist is going on in the world
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- Right now of rejecting god, of persecuting god's people.
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- He's already at work, but it's being restrained.
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- Evil in the world today is being restrained.
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- You know what's restraining the evil in the world today?
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- It's the holy spirit of god.
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- It's the holy spirit of god present in the people of god.
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- That's what's restraining evil.
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- But can you imagine as bad as this world is
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- What it's going to be like when all of the christians
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- Are removed at the rapture?
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- Can you imagine the evil that is going to be unleashed?
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- Look at verse eight,
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- "and then that lawless one will be revealed
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- Whom the lord will slay with the breath of his mouth
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- And bring to an end the appearance of his coming,
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- That is the one who's coming is in accord
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- With the activity of satan with all powers
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- And signs and wonders."
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- Right now the rule antichrist is being restrained.
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- Right now, evil is being restrained.
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- But once christians are gone, the holy spirit is removed,
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- That restraint will be over.
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- Now, antichrist does not rise to power
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- Until after the rapture,
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- But he very well could be alive right now.
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- Number three, the antichrist, the bible says,
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- Will most likely be a gentile.
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- Revelation 13, verse one says that he comes out of the sea.
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- I don't mean out of the water.
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- He's talking about the sea.
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- John uses that to refer to the world of turmoil,
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- The political world.
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- He comes out of the sea.
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- Thirdly, he will rule over a revived roman empire
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- That will apparently be in the form
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- Of a 10-nation confederacy,
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- Daniel 9, verses 26 and 27.
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- Remember how daniel refers to the destruction of jerusalem?
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- He talks about jerusalem will be destroyed
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- By the people of the prince who is to come.
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- Now who destroyed jerusalem? it was the romans.
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- So if the romans are the people who destroyed jerusalem,
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- And they are simply the people of the prince,
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- The antichrist who is yet to come,
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- This is telling us that the future antichrist,
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- His kingdom will have something to do with the roman empire.
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- As we saw in our book of daniel,
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- The bible says that there will be a 10-nation confederacy
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- That will rule over the world
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- During these final seven years,
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- But those 10 nations will ultimately give
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- Their leadership, their reign to antichrist.
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- It is a revived roman empire.
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- Daniel saw the vision of the statue
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- And the last kingdom was rome that was thought
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- To be forever destroyed but will rise again to power.
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- Daniel saw that in his visions.
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- I remember when i was in high school
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- About 10 years after the assassination of president kennedy,
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- The rumor got started,
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- I think in the "national enquirer" is where it started.
- 00:18:54.223 --> 00:18:56.992
- But the rumor was that president kennedy wasn't dead.
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- He was still alive.
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- He was on a greek island purchased by aristotle onassis,
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- He was recuperating, and he was going to come back to power
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- -and be the antichrist. -(congregation chuckles)
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- Now, where did such a story get legs
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- And carry credibility with people?
- 00:19:14.876 --> 00:19:16.411
- Well, part of that actually came from a prediction
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- In the bible that was sorely, i think, misapplied.
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- But it came from revelation 13, verse three.
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- In talking about the antichrist, it says, john says,
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- "i saw one of his heads as if it had been slain
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- And his fatal wound was healed
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- And the whole world was amazed
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- And followed after the beast."
- 00:19:35.364 --> 00:19:37.532
- Now, some people take this literally
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- And believe that the antichrist
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- Will have an assassination attempt that will injure his head
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- And he will thought to have died,
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- But then he will miraculously come back to life again.
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- That may or may not be true.
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- I think a better interpretation is,
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- He's not talking about his physical life,
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- It's talking about his kingdom that he rules over.
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- The kingdom he rules over, the roman empire,
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- Will have thought to have died.
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- You know, most people don't talk about
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- The roman empire today.
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- Rome is finished, it's over.
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- But the bible says it will be resurrected
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- In a new form, and this will be the kingdom
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- That antichrist will rule over.
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- Number four,
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- Buckle your seat belts.
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- He will oppose the people of god
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- And attempt to change the laws of god without opposition.
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- Daniel seven, verse 25 says, talking about antichrist,
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- "he will speak out against the most high
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- And he will wear down the saints of the highest one,
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- And he will intend to make alterations in times and in law,
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- And they will be given into his hand for a time,
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- Times and half a time."
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- That's a year plus two years plus a half a year,
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- Three and a half years, the last severe time
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- Of the antichrist rule.
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- What is he saying here about antichrist?
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- This world dictator will be one, first of all,
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- Who attempts to change the laws of god.
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- Not only that, he will begin a time
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- Of persecution against god's people.
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- He will seek to, quote, wear down the saints.
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- Not only that, this future world leader
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- Will be able to usurp the most basic rights of people,
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- The freedom of worship, the freedom of religion,
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- The freedom of commerce, as we'll see next time,
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- And there's no opposition to it.
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- And i ask myself, how does that happen?
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- How do people just give into
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- The usurpation of our most basic freedoms?
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- I believe that before the antichrist comes,
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- People will be so conditioned to giving up their rights.
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- They will have given up so many rights
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- That it'll be very easy for the antichrist to come in
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- And take over with no opposition.
- 00:21:53.835 --> 00:21:57.272
- Not only that, the bible says
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- That this future dictator will wear down the saints of god,
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- He will persecute israel and the people of god,
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- And again, no opposition.
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- How do you explain that?
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- Because the fact is the world will have been conditioned
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- By that time to be not just apathetic
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- About the persecution of christians, but even sympathetic
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- To the persecution of christians
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- Who are now labeled as extremists.
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- People will follow the government line.
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- "yeah, these people are not helping us. they're hurting us.
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- They need to be diminished,
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- They need to be marginalized.
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- They need to be prohibited from saying what they're saying."
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- That's something that we're seeing right now.
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- There's already begun a persecution of christians
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- In our country by our own government,
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- And people are silent about it, absolutely silent.
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- What we're talking about in the future
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- Is already happening right now.
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- We're seeing the beginning, the laying of the groundwork
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- For this future time in which antichrist
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- Will rule without any opposition.
- 00:23:07.008 --> 00:23:09.811
- And what will he do will all of this power
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- That he acquires relatively easy?
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- As we're going to see next week,
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- He will unleash an unprecedented time
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- Of attack against israel
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- And those who become christians
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- During this time, we call the great tribulation.
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- ♪ music ♪
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- It's clear that the world stage is set
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- For the antichrist to reign.
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- We don't know his name,
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- But we certainly understand his character.
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- And the antichrist reign is drawing nearer with every hour
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- Of every day, yet jesus has given each of us
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- A very clear mission to go forth and spread
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- The life-saving truth of the gospel
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- And "the complete perfect ending teaching" series
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- On both cd and dvd.
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- The end time events are going to be very frightening.
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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
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- That period of time.
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- Your generous support of pathway to victory
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- Helps us proclaim the hope of christ's return
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- Through television, radio, and online streaming
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- To people across the country and around the world.
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- Together, we are piercing the darkness
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- With the light of god's word.
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- Jesus christ is coming again,
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- But before christ returns, he has some final business
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- To wrap up here on planet earth.
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- That period of time in which god finishes his dealings
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- With israel and the world as a whole
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- Is that period of time we commonly call
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- The great tribulation.
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- But gratefully, christians don't have to fear this season
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- Because jesus has already experienced the wrath of god
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- On our behalf.
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- Well, today we've set the stage for the final seven years
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- Of earth's history.
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- And next time we'll begin to delve into the specific details
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- And the purpose of this horrific event
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- Known as the tribulation.
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- Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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- In our series, "perfect ending."
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- It is the time that we often call the great tribulation.
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- It will be a time of natural catastrophes,
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- Political chaos, but most of all,
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- The distinguishing characteristic of this period of time
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- Will be god's unrelenting judgment against unbelievers.
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- Set your dvr and join us next time for the message,
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- "the beginning of the end" here on "pathway to victory."
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