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Robert Jeffress - Why Your Future Matters Today

April 7, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Why Your Future Matters Today
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Why Your Future Matters Today | April 7, 2026
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  • Jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress and
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  • Jeffress: perhaps you are familiar with the novel
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  • "futility" by author morgan robertson.
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  • The book tells the story of a magnificent ocean liner named
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  • The titan that strikes an iceberg in the middle of the
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  • Atlantic and sinks.
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  • Now you may think, well, that certainly sounds like the real
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  • Story of the titanic, but the novel "futility" and the
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  • Fictional ship titan is different from the titanic in
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  • Several ways.
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  • The titan, the fictional boat, is 1,800 feet long, while the
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  • Real titanic was 1,882 feet long.
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  • The titan was able to displace 66,000 tons of water, while the
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  • Real titanic was able to displace 70,000 tons of water.
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  • And yet both the titan, the fictional ship, and the titanic
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  • Were triple screw ocean liners.
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  • They both traveled 25 knots per hour, and they both carried
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  • 3,000 passengers.
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  • Now you may wonder why did morgan robertson bother to write
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  • A novel that so closely approximated the real account of
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  • The titanic, and why would he go to the trouble of just changing
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  • Minor details, including the name of the ship from titanic
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  • To titan?
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  • Why do that?
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  • Well, the answer is very clear.
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  • The real ship, the titanic, sunk on april 14th, 1912.
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  • The novel "futility" about the fictional ship the titan was
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  • Published in 1898, 14 years before the real event of
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  • The titanic.
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  • It's amazing to think that a book could so closely
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  • Approximate a real life event, that a book written more than a
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  • Decade earlier could tell with laser-like accuracy what would
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  • Happen in the future.
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  • And yet the truth is, the bible is filled with hundreds, if not
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  • Thousands of prophecies about future events.
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  • Some of those events have already come to pass, hundreds
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  • Of them, but there are many more that are yet to come.
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  • You know, the bible is a book of prophecy, and yet even though
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  • There are all kinds of prophecies in the bible about
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  • The future event of christ's second coming, it's always
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  • Amazing to me how few christians are really interested in the
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  • Topic of bible prophecy.
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  • You may be one of those christians.
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  • You may be one of those christians who yawns when you
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  • Hear about bible prophecy.
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  • You may be a christian who reaches for the bottle of
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  • Tylenol whenever you read through the bible in a year
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  • Program lands you in the book of daniel.
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  • You may be one of those christians who considers
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  • Changing churches when your pastor announces a year-long
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  • Study in the book of revelation.
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  • You may be one of those christians who, quite frankly,
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  • Would be a lot more excited if i were introducing a series today
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  • On seven secrets of a scintillating marriage instead
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  • Of a series on the second coming of christ.
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  • Why is that?
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  • Why is it many christians have such a disdain for the study
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  • Of prophecy?
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  • Billy graham said one time,
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  • "the second coming of jesus christ is the most neglected
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  • Teaching in the church today."
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  • And yet paul wrote in titus 2:13 that "the truth of
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  • Christ's coming is the blessed hope for the church."
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  • Yet in spite of that, many christians aren't interested in
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  • Bible prophecy.
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  • As i've talked to layman and pastors alike, i've discovered
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  • That there are four reasons that people object to the study of
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  • Bible prophecy.
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  • I'd like us to look at that today as we begin the series and
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  • See what the bible says about each of those objections.
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  • First of all, some people are apathetic about bible prophecy
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  • Because they say, "well, the subject is too confusing
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  • To understand."
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  • You may be one of those christians as well.
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  • A lot of christians think that you have to have a seminary
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  • Degree, or at least possess some expertise in reading tea leaves
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  • In order to understand the truth of bible prophecy.
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  • It's not that hard to understand the events that will lead to the
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  • Second coming of jesus christ.
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  • Jesus himself made it very clear to us.
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  • Secondly, some people object to the study of bible prophecy
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  • Because they say no one can know when christ will return.
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  • Nobody can know that.
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  • Now, let's be honest, there are many so-called bible prophecy
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  • Experts who have turned people off to the study of the end
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  • Times by making false, inaccurate predictions about
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  • When the end will come.
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  • Jesus said that throughout history there would be many
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  • False christs who would predict, "i am the one," and many will
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  • Follow him and end up in the wrong destination.
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  • The bible says, "here's what's going to happen.
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  • Here's how it's going to happen.
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  • I'm not gonna tell you when, but here's what to look for," and if
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  • We understand what to look for, we'll end up in the
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  • Right destination.
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  • Number three, some people object to bible prophecy because they
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  • Say, well, there are too many different interpretations of
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  • Prophecy for it to be that important.
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  • After all, so many good christian scholars disagree on
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  • Bible prophecy, it just can't be that important.
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  • That's true.
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  • Many of the details, secondary details of bible prophecy are up
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  • For debate, but god has clearly stated an outline of the end
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  • Time events that we need to understand.
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  • Fourthly, and perhaps most importantly, a lot of people
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  • Object to the idea of studying bible prophecy because they say
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  • Bible prophecy has nothing to do with my everyday life.
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  • Bible prophecy has nothing to do with my everyday life.
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  • Admittedly, most christians are not nearly concerned about the
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  • Future beast in revelation 13 as they are with the beast they
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  • Work for monday through friday.
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  • Did you know the bible says one day there is a major
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  • Reconstruction project coming for this entire earth?
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  • One day this entire earth is gonna be burned up and
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  • Destroyed, and there's gonna be a new heaven and a new earth.
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  • And the bible says, knowing that this great cataclysmic event is
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  • Going to occur sometime in the future, that everything we've
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  • Built our life around is gonna be burned up and destroyed, it
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  • Ought to impact how we live our everyday life.
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  • We've talked about some of the objections to studying
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  • Bible prophecy.
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  • Let me give you three positive reasons that you ought to invest
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  • Your time in this series, "perfect ending: why your
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  • Eternal future matters today."
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  • Why you and i need to understand the end time events.
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  • Number one, bible prophecy is a major theme in the bible.
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  • Bible prophecy is a major theme in the bible.
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  • In bible study, we have what we call the law of proportion.
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  • And the law of proportion simply says you can know how important
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  • The topic is to god by how much space he devotes to it in
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  • The bible.
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  • If a topic is important, god spends a lot of ink on it in
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  • The bible.
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  • If it's not important, he doesn't talk that much about it.
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  • The law of proportion.
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  • How does that apply to bible prophecy?
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  • The bible is filled with productive prophecy.
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  • In fact, 1/4 of the bible deals with prophecy.
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  • Jot this down, in the old testament, there are over 1,800
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  • References to the return of jesus christ.
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  • That's in the old testament.
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  • In the 260 chapters of the new testament, there are more than
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  • 300 references to the return of christ.
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  • That's about 1 out of every 30 verses.
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  • Of the 27 books of the new testament, 23 have the return of
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  • Christ as a prominent theme.
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  • Now this is what i find interesting.
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  • For every prophecy in the bible about the first coming of jesus
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  • Christ, there are 8 about the second coming of jesus christ.
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  • Clearly, the prominence and the proportion of the prophetic
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  • Theme and the bible shows why it's important.
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  • Number 2, why study bible prophecy?
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  • An understanding of prophecy
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  • Helps us both interpret and
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  • Apply the bible correctly.
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  • Understanding bible prophecy helps us interpret and apply the
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  • Bible correctly.
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  • Let me put this real simply for all of you.
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  • You can never understand the bible if you don't
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  • Understand prophecy.
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  • The bible makes no sense.
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  • You will not be able to interpret it correctly.
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  • You won't be able to apply it correctly unless you understand
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  • The details of christ's return.
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  • Just think about it.
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  • How would you ever understand the old testament, isaiah,
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  • Daniel, ezekiel, all of these major prophetic books in the old
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  • Testament, not just about the first coming, but about the
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  • Return of christ?
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  • How do you make sense of that?
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  • Or when you turn to the new testament.
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  • How do you understand the words of jesus, the sermon on the
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  • Mount, the olivet discourse, the parables, they
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  • Make no sense unless you understand about the second
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  • Coming of christ.
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  • The epistles will be a mystery to you, just like passages we
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  • Read today from 2 peter, unless you understand the end
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  • Time events.
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  • Or think about the last book of the bible, the revelation.
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  • Did you know revelation is the only book of the bible for which
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  • God promises a special blessing to everyone who reads and
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  • Understands it?
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  • But how can you make sense of the book of revelation if you
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  • Don't understand the truth of bible prophecy?
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  • Now, i could give you multiple examples of that.
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  • Let me give you two examples of where understanding prophecy
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  • Helps you both interpret and apply the bible correctly.
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  • Turn in your bibles over to isaiah 65.
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  • Isaiah 65.
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  • This is one of the best known prophecies in the old testament,
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  • In the book of isaiah.
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  • Let's look at it together.
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  • Isaiah 65, verse 20.
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  • Isaiah says, "no longer will there be in it an infant who
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  • Lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his
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  • Days, for the youth will die at the age of one hundred, and the
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  • One who does not reach the age of one hundred shall be
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  • Thought accursed."
  • 00:12:53.184 --> 00:12:55.486
  • Now he's talking about a time in which there'll be no infant
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  • Mortality, babies will not die, and people will live at least to
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  • 100 years of age.
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  • They won't die until they're at least 100 years of age.
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  • Now the question is, what period of time is isaiah talking about?
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  • Obviously he wasn't talking about his day or even today.
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  • You can't understand this unless you understand bible prophecy.
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  • When you understand bible prophecy, you'll understand that
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  • What isaiah is talking about is a special time in history we
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  • Call the millennium, the 1,000 year reign of christ on
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  • The earth.
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  • It's after the tribulation, after the second coming, when
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  • Christ will set up his kingdom on earth for 1,000 years.
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  • The earth won't be recreated at that time, that's later on, but
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  • It will be partially restored.
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  • Satan will be bound for 1,000 years, and much of the curse
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  • That infected the earth will be temporarily lifted.
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  • What i'm saying is, without understanding prophecy, the
  • 00:13:45.803 --> 00:13:48.273
  • Scripture makes no sense whatsoever.
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  • Let me give you an example of the new testament, where
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  • Understanding prophecy not only is the key to interpreting the
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  • Bible correctly, but applying it correctly.
  • 00:13:56.347 --> 00:13:58.850
  • Turn over to matthew 25.
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  • Matthew 25, this is a passage of scripture that so many people
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  • Are familiar with, even unbelievers, and sometimes they
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  • Even quote it.
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  • Matthew 25:35-40.
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  • Now these are jesus's words.
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  • Look at what he said.
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  • "'for i was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; and i was
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  • Thirsty, and you gave me drink; and i was a stranger, and you
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  • Invited me in; naked, and you clothed me;
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  • I was sick, and you visited me;
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  • I was in prison, and you came to me.'
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  • Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'lord, when did we
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  • See you hungry, and feed you, or thirsty, and give you drink?
  • 00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:39.123
  • And when did we see you a stranger, and invite you in,
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  • Or when did we see you naked, and clothe you?
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  • And when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'
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  • And the king will answer and say to them, 'truly, i say to you,
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  • To the extent that you did it to one of these my brothers, even
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  • The least of them, you did it to me.'"
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  • Now, how many times have you heard people say, "this is the
  • 00:15:01.813 --> 00:15:06.584
  • Purpose of the church.
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  • We're supposed to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit
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  • Those in prison.
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  • We are never more like jesus than when we do these things"?
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  • Haven't you heard that before?
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  • There are many churches that build their whole mission around
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  • These verses right here.
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  • Now listen to me carefully before you fire off the email
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  • To me.
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  • Yes, we are to show concern for the poor, no doubt about that.
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  • But that is not the primary mission of the church.
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  • The church is not a sanctified relief agency, okay?
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  • When you think about it, every other organization in the world,
  • 00:15:43.421 --> 00:15:46.557
  • First and foremost being government itself, is concerned
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  • With meeting the physical needs of people.
  • 00:15:50.028 --> 00:15:53.431
  • Only the church of jesus christ has been charged with the
  • 00:15:53.431 --> 00:15:56.401
  • Responsibility of meeting the spiritual needs of people.
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  • The body ends, the spirit goes on forever and ever.
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  • We are called to care for people's spirits, not to be a
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  • Sanctified relief agency.
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  • You say, well, then how do you interpret these words of jesus?
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  • How do we apply them?
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  • If that's not the correct application, you'll never
  • 00:16:12.750 --> 00:16:15.386
  • Understand what jesus was talking about unless you
  • 00:16:15.386 --> 00:16:17.722
  • Understand bible prophecy.
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  • Instead of ripping these verses out of context to make them say
  • 00:16:19.390 --> 00:16:22.794
  • What they don't say, understand the context.
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  • Jesus is talking about the end times.
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  • He's prophesying about what's gonna happen.
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  • The tribulation has just occurred when anybody who
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  • Follows christ will have been persecuted, many of them will
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  • Have been martyred.
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  • The son of god has come back to earth at his second coming.
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  • He's about to inaugurate his millennial kingdom on earth, and
  • 00:16:40.078 --> 00:16:43.514
  • This comes in the context that he has just judged the righteous
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  • And the unrighteous.
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  • When you ministered to these brothers of mine, who are the
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  • Brothers of christ?
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  • It's talking about his followers during the tribulation.
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  • Those who were persecuted by the antichrist, both jews and
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  • Gentiles alike.
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  • When you saw these brothers of mine being persecuted and
  • 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:05.837
  • Ministered to them, it was as if you were doing it to me.
  • 00:17:05.837 --> 00:17:10.308
  • See, during the tribulation time, the way people will
  • 00:17:10.308 --> 00:17:12.810
  • Demonstrate their salvation, not earn their salvation, how they
  • 00:17:12.810 --> 00:17:16.514
  • Demonstrate their salvation is by coming to the aid of christ
  • 00:17:16.514 --> 00:17:20.918
  • Followers during that time who are under the
  • 00:17:20.918 --> 00:17:22.920
  • Antichrist persecution.
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  • They don't earn their salvation by meeting the physical needs.
  • 00:17:25.323 --> 00:17:28.259
  • They prove that they are a christ follower by ministering
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  • To christ's servants, his brothers, and that's what he's
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  • Talking about here.
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  • You can never understand that until you understand the context
  • 00:17:35.133 --> 00:17:38.269
  • Of bible prophecy.
  • 00:17:38.269 --> 00:17:40.271
  • Bible prophecy is the key to interpreting the
  • 00:17:40.271 --> 00:17:43.541
  • Bible correctly.
  • 00:17:43.541 --> 00:17:45.409
  • Thirdly, and most importantly, an understanding of bible
  • 00:17:45.409 --> 00:17:49.080
  • Prophecy motivates us toward godly living.
  • 00:17:49.080 --> 00:17:52.750
  • An understanding of bible prophecy motivates us toward
  • 00:17:52.750 --> 00:17:55.820
  • Godly living.
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  • Listen to this.
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  • God never divorces bible prophecy from
  • 00:17:58.523 --> 00:18:01.959
  • Practical application.
  • 00:18:01.959 --> 00:18:03.661
  • Nowhere in the bible is there that divorce between bible
  • 00:18:03.661 --> 00:18:07.231
  • Prophecy and practical application.
  • 00:18:07.231 --> 00:18:10.401
  • Turn over to 2 peter chapter 3 for a moment.
  • 00:18:10.401 --> 00:18:13.337
  • The passage we read a few minutes ago.
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  • Peter is describing the end of the world, the destruction
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  • Of the present heaven and earth before the creation of the new
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  • Heaven and earth in revelation 21 and 22.
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  • Look at what peter describes in 2 peter 3:10.
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  • "but the day of the lord will come like a thief in which the
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  • Heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements will be
  • 00:18:31.856 --> 00:18:35.126
  • Destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be
  • 00:18:35.126 --> 00:18:38.596
  • Burned up."
  • 00:18:38.596 --> 00:18:40.698
  • But then notice the application in verses 11 and 12.
  • 00:18:40.698 --> 00:18:44.268
  • "since all these things are to be destroyed in this way,"
  • 00:18:44.268 --> 00:18:49.540
  • Here's the application.
  • 00:18:49.540 --> 00:18:51.509
  • "what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct
  • 00:18:51.509 --> 00:18:55.846
  • And godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day
  • 00:18:55.846 --> 00:19:01.252
  • Of god."
  • 00:19:01.252 --> 00:19:04.488
  • The fact that the end is coming, whether it's the end of the
  • 00:19:04.488 --> 00:19:08.492
  • World or the end of your life, the fact that the end is coming
  • 00:19:08.492 --> 00:19:12.496
  • Soon ought to be in the forefront of your mind, day
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  • And night.
  • 00:19:16.634 --> 00:19:18.302
  • The fact that you and i are soon going to meet god.
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  • Do you know it's gonna come very soon?
  • 00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:24.108
  • When we meet god, either when he comes or we go, but sooner or
  • 00:19:24.108 --> 00:19:27.278
  • Later we're gonna face him.
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  • It's gonna be sooner.
  • 00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:30.014
  • The fact that we're all going to face god to give an account of
  • 00:19:30.014 --> 00:19:32.550
  • Our lives ought to be a powerful incentive for living an obedient
  • 00:19:32.550 --> 00:19:37.622
  • And consistent life now.
  • 00:19:37.622 --> 00:19:41.692
  • Bible prophecy, when properly understood, is a powerful
  • 00:19:41.692 --> 00:19:45.596
  • Motivation to holy conduct and godliness.
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  • Billy graham in his book, "world aflame," tells a true story
  • 00:19:50.101 --> 00:19:54.839
  • From the life of president dwight d. eisenhower.
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  • President eisenhower one august was vacationing in
  • 00:19:58.943 --> 00:20:02.280
  • Denver, colorado.
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  • And one morning, the president opened up the local newspaper,
  • 00:20:03.614 --> 00:20:06.117
  • The denver newspaper, and there was an open letter to him that
  • 00:20:06.117 --> 00:20:10.154
  • Was published from a 6-year-old boy named paul haley, who was
  • 00:20:10.154 --> 00:20:14.558
  • Dying of cancer.
  • 00:20:14.558 --> 00:20:16.460
  • And paul haley expressed in that letter a desire for president
  • 00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:19.897
  • Eisenhower to visit with him while he was in denver.
  • 00:20:19.897 --> 00:20:23.567
  • So in one of those acts of kindness of a president long
  • 00:20:23.567 --> 00:20:26.637
  • Remembered after his speeches have been forgotten, president
  • 00:20:26.637 --> 00:20:29.073
  • Eisenhower decided he was going to go visit paul haley.
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  • He announced it to his staff.
  • 00:20:31.976 --> 00:20:33.311
  • They all got into the processional and got into the
  • 00:20:33.311 --> 00:20:35.446
  • Limousine, and off they went to the haley home.
  • 00:20:35.446 --> 00:20:38.082
  • They arrived in front of the home.
  • 00:20:38.082 --> 00:20:39.617
  • President eisenhower bounded out of the motorcade.
  • 00:20:39.617 --> 00:20:42.320
  • He went up to the front door, knocked on it.
  • 00:20:42.320 --> 00:20:45.690
  • The door opened and there was paul haley's father, donald
  • 00:20:45.690 --> 00:20:49.327
  • Haley, standing there.
  • 00:20:49.327 --> 00:20:50.661
  • Can you imagine the surprise of opening the front door and
  • 00:20:50.661 --> 00:20:53.097
  • Seeing the president of the united states?
  • 00:20:53.097 --> 00:20:56.400
  • Donald haley wasn't dressed for the occasion though.
  • 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:59.337
  • He hadn't shaved for a day.
  • 00:20:59.337 --> 00:21:01.339
  • He wore some old jeans, a faded t-shirt.
  • 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:05.142
  • Little paul haley was standing behind him and kind of
  • 00:21:05.142 --> 00:21:07.545
  • Peeked around.
  • 00:21:07.545 --> 00:21:08.979
  • The president looked at him and said, "paul, i'm
  • 00:21:08.979 --> 00:21:11.482
  • President eisenhower.
  • 00:21:11.482 --> 00:21:13.384
  • I understand you wanted to visit with me."
  • 00:21:13.384 --> 00:21:16.287
  • So he put out his hand and paul haley shook his hand, and they
  • 00:21:16.287 --> 00:21:21.392
  • Went outside for a walk up and down the sidewalk, they
  • 00:21:21.392 --> 00:21:23.928
  • Talked together.
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  • When eisenhower was finished, he said goodbye, got in his
  • 00:21:25.763 --> 00:21:28.933
  • Limousine, and off he went.
  • 00:21:28.933 --> 00:21:31.802
  • For years afterwards, the haley talked about that unique act of
  • 00:21:31.802 --> 00:21:35.306
  • Kindness of president eisenhower.
  • 00:21:35.306 --> 00:21:38.275
  • They were all thrilled about the day's events.
  • 00:21:38.275 --> 00:21:41.879
  • Well, almost all of them.
  • 00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:44.048
  • There was one member of the haley family who wasn't that
  • 00:21:44.048 --> 00:21:46.450
  • Thrilled about the presidential visit.
  • 00:21:46.450 --> 00:21:48.619
  • It was the father, don haley.
  • 00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:51.389
  • In a newspaper interview, don haley lamented about that
  • 00:21:51.389 --> 00:21:55.693
  • Day's events.
  • 00:21:55.693 --> 00:21:57.061
  • He said, "just think about it.
  • 00:21:57.061 --> 00:21:58.863
  • An unshaven face, faded blue jeans, a soiled t-shirt.
  • 00:21:58.863 --> 00:22:04.402
  • What a way to meet the president of the united states."
  • 00:22:04.402 --> 00:22:11.709
  • I can tell you something that's going to be even
  • 00:22:11.709 --> 00:22:13.377
  • More embarrassing.
  • 00:22:13.377 --> 00:22:15.746
  • One day the bible says suddenly, unexpectedly, the trumpet is
  • 00:22:15.746 --> 00:22:20.284
  • Gonna sound.
  • 00:22:20.284 --> 00:22:21.719
  • The clouds are gonna part, and we're going to see the king of
  • 00:22:21.719 --> 00:22:24.955
  • Kings and lord of lords.
  • 00:22:24.955 --> 00:22:27.825
  • And yet many christians are gonna be embarrassed by their
  • 00:22:27.825 --> 00:22:31.762
  • Spiritual appearance on that day.
  • 00:22:31.762 --> 00:22:34.465
  • Many christians, when the lord returns, are gonna find that
  • 00:22:34.465 --> 00:22:36.901
  • They have clothed themselves in the faded and soiled garments of
  • 00:22:36.901 --> 00:22:41.005
  • Immorality, materialism, personal ambition, rather than
  • 00:22:41.005 --> 00:22:47.678
  • Having clothed themselves in the pure linen garments of
  • 00:22:47.678 --> 00:22:50.548
  • Righteousness described in revelation 19:8.
  • 00:22:50.548 --> 00:22:55.619
  • Let me ask you a very, very personal question.
  • 00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:59.089
  • If the lord were to return today, or if you were to meet
  • 00:22:59.089 --> 00:23:01.659
  • Him in death, would you be ashamed of your spiritual
  • 00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:06.597
  • Appearance, of the appearance of your life right now?
  • 00:23:06.597 --> 00:23:11.235
  • If so, i pray these next weeks as we study bible prophecy
  • 00:23:11.235 --> 00:23:16.941
  • That this series will be a motivation for you to start
  • 00:23:16.941 --> 00:23:20.177
  • Clothing yourselves in holy conduct and godliness as we
  • 00:23:20.177 --> 00:23:26.383
  • Prepare for the soon and certain return of christ.
  • 00:23:26.383 --> 00:23:31.322
  • Jeffress: the day of the lord is drawing near and
  • 00:23:35.292 --> 00:23:38.162
  • God has given us this brief window of opportunity
  • 00:23:38.162 --> 00:23:41.031
  • To prepare.
  • 00:23:41.031 --> 00:23:42.366
  • Will you be ready?
  • 00:23:42.366 --> 00:23:43.868
  • Unfortunately, the contemporary church doesn't always do a great
  • 00:23:43.868 --> 00:23:47.371
  • Job of communicating the relevance of the end times.
  • 00:23:47.371 --> 00:23:51.275
  • Many people, even pastors, find the topic of bible
  • 00:23:51.275 --> 00:23:54.979
  • Prophecy intimidating.
  • 00:23:54.979 --> 00:23:57.081
  • Recently i heard from a student on the west coast who said
  • 00:23:57.081 --> 00:24:00.851
  • "pastor jeffress, unfortunately the churches in my city
  • 00:24:00.851 --> 00:24:04.522
  • Delivered a watered-down version of christian doctrine.
  • 00:24:04.522 --> 00:24:08.359
  • They don't teach solid theology.
  • 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:10.528
  • In fact, they deviate from it.
  • 00:24:10.528 --> 00:24:12.930
  • So thanks for teaching the truth of the bible on pathway
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  • To victory."
  • 00:24:15.833 --> 00:24:17.167
  • And then he described how he's using our materials in a small
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  • Group at church.
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  • So thank you again for your generosity.
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory" in just a moment.
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  • Announcer: with everything happening in our world today.
  • 00:24:45.729 --> 00:24:48.632
  • It's natural to wonder, are we living in the end times?
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  • In his brand new book "ask dr. jeffress about the end times,"
  • 00:24:52.970 --> 00:24:57.074
  • Dr. robert jeffress answers the 20 questions people ask the
  • 00:24:57.074 --> 00:25:00.477
  • Most about the future.
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  • Jeffress: in my 40+ years as a pastor, i've answered countless
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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: i hope today's study has convinced you that
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  • Understanding god's timeline for the future is essential because
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  • When you understand prophecy, you're equipped to interpret and
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  • Apply the bible correctly and you're motivated to live a godly
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  • Well, to truly grasp bible prophecy, we need to understand
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  • God's chosen people, and next time i'm gonna show you how
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  • Prophecy always begins and ends with israel.
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  • Jeffress: you know, if you want to understand
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  • The bible, you want to understand bible prophecy, the
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  • Place to begin is not at the end in the book of revelation.
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  • It's not in the middle in ezekiel and daniel.
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  • The way to understand prophecy is to start at the beginning.
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  • In fact, the word genesis literally means beginnings.
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  • And in genesis, we find the beginning of everything.
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