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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse | February 26, 2026
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- Greg laurie: hi.
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- I'm greg laurie, and i'm so glad you've joined us because
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- God's word is full of promises.
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- It's alive, it's powerful, and it can change your life.
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- So let's get started.
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- ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins ♪
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- ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins ♪♪
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- Greg: here's the question.
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- Is the end really near?
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- Haven't we heard this for a long time?
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- Is armageddon actually coming?
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- Is the antichrist close to appearing?
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- Are we going to see the apocalypse in our lifetime?
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- I mean, the very word apocalypse is a powerful word.
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- It usually means something catastrophic.
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- If something's really bad, we'll say,
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- "it's so bad it's apocalyptic."
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- There is a trend right now, wild theory floating around out
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- On the internet about a zombie apocalypse, right?
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- So we use this word a lot, but actually
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- It's an interesting word.
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- It's an interchangeable word with the word revelation.
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- But what does it mean?
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- That's what i want to talk about.
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- But before we get to that in revelation chapter 6, here in
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- Revelation 5 we're going to go back to heaven for a moment
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- And see what's happening in heaven before the four horsemen
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- Are unleashed.
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- So read with me from revelation chapter 5.
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- Verse 1, john says, "i saw on the right hand of him who sat
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- On the throne a scroll written inside and on the back,
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- Sealed with seven seals.
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- And i saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
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- 'who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?'
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- And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth
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- Was able to open this scroll or look at it."
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- John writes, "so i wept much, because no one was found worthy
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- To open and read the scroll or look at it.
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- But one of the elders said to me, 'do not weep.
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- Behold, the lion of the tribe of judah, the root of david,
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- Has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.'
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- And i looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne
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- And of the four living creatures, and in the midst
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- Of the elders stood a lamb as if it had been slain,
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- Having seven horns and seven eyes,
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- Which are the seven spirits of god sent out into all the earth.
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- And then he came and took the scroll out of the right hand
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- Of him who sat on the throne.
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- Now when he had taken the scroll, the four living
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- Creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before
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- The lamb, each having a harp--"
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- So we will have harps in heaven, won't we?
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- "and golden bowls full of incense,
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- Which are the prayers of the saints.
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- And they sang a new song, saying, 'you are worthy to take
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- The scroll, to open its seals; for you were slain, and you've
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- Redeemed us to god by your blood out of every tribe
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- And tongue and people and nation.'"
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- We'll stop there.
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- So here now john is in heaven.
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- A mysterious scroll is produced.
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- It has seven seals on it.
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- Look at verse 1 of revelation 5 again.
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- "i saw on the right hand of him that sat on the throne a scroll
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- Written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals."
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- Now, we read this and we have no idea what this even means.
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- So let me explain it contextually and historically
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- And then apply it for us today.
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- What is this scroll?
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- Well, back in those days, important documents were written
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- Down on paper and rolled up in what we would call a scroll.
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- This was something that was used back in this day
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- To record wills, for instance.
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- The will of the roman emperors, vespasian and caesar augustus,
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- Were on scrolls sealed with seven seals.
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- So when you were opening this document, you would open it and
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- Break one seal, read a portion of it; then break another seal,
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- Read a little more of it; and break the other seal.
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- So this was reserved for the most important documents.
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- This is sort of be like having an encryption key
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- To a highly-classified document today.
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- So it was a seven-sealed title deed.
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- So what was it?
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- What is this mysterious scroll?
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- I believe it is a title deed of the earth.
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- This is what jesus has come to the earth for.
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- This is why he was born in the manger at bethlehem, this is why
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- He dies on the cross of calvary, and this is why he rises again
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- From the dead.
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- This is his mission; to buy back, to purchase back with
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- His blood that which was lost way back in the garden of eden.
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- When our first parents adam and eve sinned there was a curse
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- That came upon humanity, and we lost paradise
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- And all of the effects of sin came into the human race.
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- For instance, if adam and eve had not sinned,
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- We would have never grown old.
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- If adam and eve had not sinned, we would never die.
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- If adam and eve had not sinned, i would have hair right now,
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- Right?
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- So the idea is simply this; that we lost something great
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- In the garden.
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- Jesus has come to purchase it back again, but there's only
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- One way it can be done; and that is, if he comes as a lamb
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- To be slain, if he will die for the sin of the world.
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- And so when it's realized that jesus is the lamb,
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- Who was slain, who can open the scroll, there's an outbreak
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- Of praise and worship.
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- Revelation 5:9, "they sing a new song, saying, 'you're worthy
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- To take the scroll and to open its seals; for you were slain
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- And you have redeemed us to god by your blood
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- Out of every tribe, tongue, people, and nation."
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- Now, this is very important.
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- Out of every tribe, tongue, people, and nation.
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- I bring this up because sometimes the question is asked,
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- What about the person who has never heard the gospel?
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- Listen to this.
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- Ultimately, the gospel will be preached in all of the world.
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- Every tribal will hear.
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- Every tongue will hear.
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- Every race will hear.
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- Yes, even the person living in the middle of the jungle,
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- As it's sometimes presented, or the person out in
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- The middle of a desert, they're all going to hear the gospel.
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- So when we get to heaven, everyone is represented,
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- From every background.
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- And i think this is even a celebration of our distinctions,
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- Of our cultures, of our languages, of our races.
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- We're altogether at the throne of god.
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- Now we shift gears to this powerful and ominous chapter,
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- A key chapter to understanding the book of revelation,
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- Revelation chapter 6.
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- Now we're looking at the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
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- Revelation 6, verse 1, "and now i saw when the lamb opened one
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- Of the seals, they heard one of the four living creatures
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- Saying with a voice like thunder, 'come and see.'
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- And i looked, and behold, a white horse.
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- And he that sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him,
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- And he went out conquering and to conquer.
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- And when he opened the second seal, i heard the second living
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- Creature say, 'come and see.'
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- Another horse, fiery red, went out.
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- And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace
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- From the earth, and that people should kill one another;
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- And there was given to him a great sword.
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- And when he opened the third seal, i heard the third living
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- Creature say, 'come and see.'
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- And behold, a black horse,
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- And he that sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand."
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- Now notice this is all happening after these things.
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- That's how revelation 4 began.
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- After these things.
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- After what things?
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- After the things of the church.
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- We looked at the words of jesus and the seven love letters of
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- Christ to his church in revelation chapters 2 to 3.
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- When we come to chapter 4, now we're in heaven and--
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- Also in chapter 5.
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- So this is all happening after the church is removed.
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- This is important because the first horseman of the apocalypse
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- Is none other than the antichrist.
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- This is antichrist inaugurating the tribulation period.
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- Now, some get confused, think maybe this is a reference
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- To jesus christ becomes-- because he rides a white horse,
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- And we know the good guy always rides a white horse.
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- Right?
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- The old westerns, the good guy had the white hat.
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- Well, it's true that jesus comes on a white horse,
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- But this rider is not the same as the description of christ
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- In revelation 19.
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- Revelation 19, which is describing jesus returning,
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- It says, "i saw heaven open and before me was
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- A white horse whose rider is called faithful and true.
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- With justice he judges and wages war, and on his head
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- Are many crowns."
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- So here comes jesus on air horse one returning to planet earth.
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- This is different with what we're reading about here
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- In revelation 6.
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- This is not jesus christ, this is antichrist masquerading
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- As the messiah.
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- Antichrist wears a crown.
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- In contrast, jesus wears many crowns.
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- Remember jesus said, "one of the signs of the last days will be
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- Many will come in my name saying, 'i am christ.'"
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- So here is antichrist.
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- Now, the prefix anti can be translated instead of
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- As well as against.
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- So you might ask the question, is antichrist as coming
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- World leader against christ or is he offering himself
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- Instead of christ?
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- Answer? both.
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- And if you contrast the white horse and rider in revelation 19
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- With the rider here in revelation 6, there's a lot
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- Of important differences.
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- The antichrist in what we just read here carries a bow
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- Without arrows; jesus christ has a mighty sword.
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- Antichrist wears a victor's crown, singular;
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- Jesus christ wears many crowns.
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- Antichrist initiates war; jesus comes with his armies
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- At the battle of armageddon and ends war.
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- Antichrist inaugurates the great tribulation period;
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- Jesus christ ends the great tribulation period.
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- Now, just as mysterious as the word apocalypse
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- Is the word antichrist.
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- Who is this person?
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- Is it an actual human being?
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- Answer? yes.
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- He has many aliases.
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- In the bible he's called the man of sin, the son of perdition,
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- The little horn, the wicked one, the prince who is to come,
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- The one who makes desolate, and of course the beast,
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- But we pretty much know him as the antichrist.
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- He's not who you may expect.
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- He is going to be suave.
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- He's going to be intelligent, engaging, magnetic,
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- And charismatic; but it's all a mask hiding who he really is,
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- The most evil man who ever lived.
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- If satan were to have a son, this is him.
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- The only man that i could even compare to the antichrist
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- Would be judas iscariot.
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- The bible even tells us that satan entered judas' heart.
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- But there are over 100 passages in the bible that detail
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- The origin, nationality, career, character, kingdom,
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- And the final doom of the antichrist.
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- Now, sometimes the question is asked, is the antichrist alive
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- Right now?
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- No one can say with any certainty.
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- In a newsweek poll that was done, 19% of americans said
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- They believe antichrist is on earth right now.
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- In a us news and world report article, 49% of americans said
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- They believe that there'll be an antichrist sometime
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- In the future.
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- But we don't know.
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- We don't know if he's alive now, but let me say this.
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- He could be.
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- We know that when he emerges on the scene, he'll come
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- At economically hard times.
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- He'll do what no other president, prime minister, king,
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- Or world leader has ever done.
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- He'll bring economic stability and global peace.
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- He'll be hailed as the greatest peacemaker that ever lived,
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- And this is going to be interesting because the bible
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- Says in daniel 8:25, "through peace he will deceive many."
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- We all long for global peace.
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- We want there to be no war.
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- Here comes a man inaugurating the tribulation period
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- With peaceful solutions, with economic solutions.
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- We don't even know how evil he is until a little bit later
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- In the tribulation period.
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- By the way, i think it's completely futile and pointless
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- To try to figure out who the antichrist is because if you
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- Figured out who the antichrist is, that means
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- You miss the rapture.
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- So don't waste your time.
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- As i've said before; don't spend your time looking
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- For antichrist, spend your time looking for jesus christ.
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- Because the bible says when you see these things begin
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- To happen look up, for your redemption is drawing near.
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- So notice also it says in verse 2, his crown is given to him.
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- This reminds us that even this evil man needs permission
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- From god to do his evil work.
- 00:13:50.239 --> 00:13:54.376
- Remember in the book of job how the angels came to present
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- Themselves before the lord and satan was among them?
- 00:13:57.646 --> 00:14:01.517
- Remember, satan's a fallen angel.
- 00:14:01.517 --> 00:14:04.420
- And god was bragging on job saying, "have you considered
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- My servant job, a perfect and upright man, one that fears god
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- And shuns evil?"
- 00:14:10.626 --> 00:14:12.461
- And satan pushes back, says, "why do you think job fears you?
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- He fears you because you blessed him."
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- And in effect he says, "let me have a little time with him.
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- Let me have access into his life."
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- And god gives him a limited permission in the life of job
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- And a series of calamities befall him.
- 00:14:27.776 --> 00:14:31.313
- But just remember the devil always has to ask permission,
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- And god will not let you be tested above which you are able.
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- Now we come to horse number two.
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- We can call him the war horse.
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- Revelation 6:3, "he opened the second seal.
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- I heard this second living creature saying, 'come and see.'
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- Another horse, fiery red, went out.
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- And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from
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- The earth and that people should kill one another,
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- And there was given to him a great sword."
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- So now antichrist is showing his true colors.
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- First he comes off like a good guy riding on a white horse,
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- Wearing a crown, bringing peace, but now we see his real agenda.
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- A red horse, fiery red, would be a literal translation.
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- Remember later in revelation 12:3 we read a description of
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- Satan as being a great fiery, red dragon, and that reminds us
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- That satan is behind the wars and struggles on this planet.
- 00:15:34.343 --> 00:15:39.915
- Jesus said of satan he comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
- 00:15:39.915 --> 00:15:45.120
- But again, notice the difference between jesus christ
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- And antichrist.
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- At the coming of jesus christ, we have peace on earth.
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- That was the announcement to the shepherds keeping watch
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- Over their fox by night.
- 00:15:56.231 --> 00:15:57.633
- "glory to god in the highest and peace on earth among men
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- With whom god is well-pleased."
- 00:16:00.602 --> 00:16:02.871
- But antichrist comes along to take peace from the earth.
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- We read that he has a sword, and the greek word here for sword
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- Speaks of the short stabbing sword that a roman soldier
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- Would use in close combat.
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- It was also used as a weapon by assassins.
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- It speaks of something that is sudden and unexpected.
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- Again, he comes first as a man of peace, but actually he's
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- A man of war and now he's going to bring the misery and havoc.
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- That is part of his plan.
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- Following the white horse and the red horse, we have the pale
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- Horse and the black horse.
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- Death, plagues, and misery follows.
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- This is the great tribulation period.
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- The first half of it, the first 3 1/2 years begin peacefully.
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- The second half of it, antichrist pursues his agenda
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- And the judgment of god ultimately falls on the planet.
- 00:16:59.962 --> 00:17:04.266
- By the way, god takes no pleasure in bringing judgment.
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- That's why even during the tribulation period,
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- The lord gives opportunity for people to repent.
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- We read that he sends his angel in the heavens, preaching
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- The everlasting gospel and warning people to not take
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- The mark of the beast.
- 00:17:25.654 --> 00:17:27.089
- That's why it's so crazy when people get hung up thinking,
- 00:17:27.089 --> 00:17:30.859
- "oh, if i take the vaccine for covid-19, is that the mark
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- Of the beast?"
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- No, it isn't.
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- 'cause when the beast is here, when antichrist is revealed,
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- You're going to know it.
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- You're going to know he's that coming world leader.
- 00:17:44.006 --> 00:17:46.508
- And if you're a christian you shouldn't be around to know it
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- Any way, and i'll tell you why i believe that in just a moment.
- 00:17:48.977 --> 00:17:52.381
- So this is not something we have to be worried about.
- 00:17:52.381 --> 00:17:55.284
- But the angels are telling us not to take in the mark
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- Of the beast and proclaiming the gospel, and i call this
- 00:17:58.253 --> 00:18:01.223
- An angelic mop-up operation.
- 00:18:01.223 --> 00:18:03.959
- The angels will reach the ones we missed, flying through the
- 00:18:03.959 --> 00:18:07.196
- Heavens proclaiming the gospel.
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- We also read of two powerful witnesses that will be raised up
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- In the tribulation period.
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- They'll perform miracles, calling fire down from heaven,
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- Stopping the rain.
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- Some believe these two witnesses may be moses and elijah.
- 00:18:21.977 --> 00:18:25.914
- Then we read of another 144,000 people who are called by god
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- To preach the gospel.
- 00:18:32.888 --> 00:18:35.023
- We know that these are jewish people.
- 00:18:35.023 --> 00:18:37.793
- No, they're not jehovah's witnesses.
- 00:18:37.793 --> 00:18:39.728
- It's very clear that they're from the 12 tribes of israel.
- 00:18:39.728 --> 00:18:44.066
- So these are jewish people that have embraced jesus
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- As their messiah.
- 00:18:47.503 --> 00:18:48.971
- So it's like 144,000 kosher billy grahams proclaiming
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- The gospel.
- 00:18:54.610 --> 00:18:55.944
- So you combine that with the angelic message in the heavens,
- 00:18:55.944 --> 00:18:58.413
- You combine that with a witness of the two prophets, that we'll
- 00:18:58.413 --> 00:19:01.950
- Get into later, and you realize god is going out of his way.
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- God is bending over backwards to help people to repent
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- Of their sin so they don't have to face this judgment.
- 00:19:10.392 --> 00:19:13.896
- The lord says, "i take no pleasure in the death
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- Of the wicked."
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- That's why he sent jesus to die on the cross for our sin.
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- Antichrist, why has he not been revealed yet?
- 00:19:24.973 --> 00:19:29.311
- The only thing holding him back is the presence of the church
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- On the earth.
- 00:19:34.483 --> 00:19:35.817
- Here's a very important verse: 2 thessalonians 2:7.
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- Says, "the mystery of lawlessness is already at work.
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- Only he who now restraints will do so until he is taken
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- Out of the way, then the lawless one will be revealed."
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- That's antichrist.
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- "whom the lord will consume with a breath of his mouth
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- And destroy with the brightness of his coming."
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- Who is the one that is now restraining?
- 00:20:01.343 --> 00:20:03.779
- Sometimes people say, "well, it's the holy spirit
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- Who's restraining.
- 00:20:06.949 --> 00:20:08.617
- And when the holy spirit is removed from the earth,
- 00:20:08.617 --> 00:20:11.119
- Then antichrist will be revealed."
- 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:13.021
- But the holy spirit is not going to be removed from the earth,
- 00:20:13.021 --> 00:20:16.425
- And the reason for that is people are coming to christ
- 00:20:16.425 --> 00:20:19.494
- During this tribulation period.
- 00:20:19.494 --> 00:20:21.530
- In fact, some of the greatest spiritual awakenings and
- 00:20:21.530 --> 00:20:23.932
- Revivals are going to happen during the tribulation period,
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- And the bible is clear in pointing out that no one
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- Can come to christ unless the holy spirit draws him.
- 00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:33.775
- Right?
- 00:20:33.775 --> 00:20:35.210
- So it's not the holy spirit that's taken from the earth,
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- It's the holy spirit working through the church.
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- He who now restraints speaks of this spirit working
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- Through you and me.
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- Listen to this.
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- The reason things aren't worse right now is because believers,
- 00:20:48.290 --> 00:20:53.028
- Followers of jesus are the restraining force on the planet
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- Keeping things at bay.
- 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:00.569
- I mean, imagine how bad it will get when we're caught up
- 00:21:00.569 --> 00:21:04.439
- Suddenly and thousands, even millions, of christians
- 00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:07.843
- Disappear, how all hell could break loose, no more restraints,
- 00:21:07.843 --> 00:21:12.414
- No more people pushing back, no more people protesting it.
- 00:21:12.414 --> 00:21:17.085
- "we can just do whatever we want," non-believers will think,
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- And they will.
- 00:21:20.455 --> 00:21:22.624
- So what are we to do in the light of this teaching of the
- 00:21:22.624 --> 00:21:26.261
- Imminent return of the lord?
- 00:21:26.261 --> 00:21:28.297
- Hey, jesus told us we're to be both salt and light
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- In our world.
- 00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:33.302
- Salt and light.
- 00:21:33.302 --> 00:21:35.070
- He says, "you're the salt of the earth.
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- You're the light of the world."
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- So what does that mean?
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- Well, salt back in the 1st century was used
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- As a preservative.
- 00:21:42.244 --> 00:21:44.246
- They didn't have refrigerators like we have today,
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- So they would rub salt in their meat and it would last longer.
- 00:21:46.615 --> 00:21:51.253
- Our modern equivalent would be something like beef jerky,
- 00:21:51.253 --> 00:21:53.689
- Right?
- 00:21:53.689 --> 00:21:55.023
- So we're a restraining force.
- 00:21:55.023 --> 00:21:56.591
- You know, we go and we permeate, we make a difference.
- 00:21:56.591 --> 00:21:59.328
- But another thing that salt does is it stimulates thirst.
- 00:21:59.328 --> 00:22:03.398
- And i think when you're walking with jesus as you ought to,
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- You will stimulate in others a thirst for god.
- 00:22:05.734 --> 00:22:10.072
- When they're around you, they'll see something in you
- 00:22:10.072 --> 00:22:12.074
- That they want.
- 00:22:12.074 --> 00:22:13.875
- Why is it that stolen food always tastes better?
- 00:22:13.875 --> 00:22:17.045
- You ever notice that?
- 00:22:17.045 --> 00:22:18.613
- You're in a restaurant, somebody orders a burger and fries,
- 00:22:18.613 --> 00:22:21.149
- And you say, "i'll just have a salad."
- 00:22:21.149 --> 00:22:23.352
- You know, and you're eating your little salad, and then you say,
- 00:22:23.352 --> 00:22:25.787
- "can i have one of your fries?"
- 00:22:25.787 --> 00:22:27.356
- And they say yes.
- 00:22:27.356 --> 00:22:28.690
- And then that fry turns out to be the greatest french fry
- 00:22:28.690 --> 00:22:31.026
- You've ever eaten in your life.
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- It--there's something about watching someone enjoy a meal
- 00:22:33.195 --> 00:22:36.231
- That makes you want to have the same meal, and there's something
- 00:22:36.231 --> 00:22:39.101
- About watching a christian walk with god that makes
- 00:22:39.101 --> 00:22:42.037
- A non-believer say, "i want what you have."
- 00:22:42.037 --> 00:22:45.273
- Case in point, remember when paul and silas were thrown into
- 00:22:45.273 --> 00:22:48.110
- Prison for preaching the gospel?
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- Their backs are ripped open with a roman whip, their feet,
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- Their legs were fastened in stocks in a dungeon, and we read
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- At midnight paul and silas began to sing praises to god.
- 00:23:00.021 --> 00:23:04.526
- Not long after that, an earthquake came
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- And the roman jailer thought he was in big trouble
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- Because all of his prisoners would escape.
- 00:23:10.165 --> 00:23:12.634
- But they didn't run away, and paul said, "we're still here.
- 00:23:12.634 --> 00:23:16.071
- Don't harm yourself."
- 00:23:16.071 --> 00:23:17.839
- And that man, that hardened roman jailer said, "sirs,
- 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:21.743
- What must i do to be saved?"
- 00:23:21.743 --> 00:23:23.845
- He saw something in paul and silas that he wanted so badly,
- 00:23:23.845 --> 00:23:27.849
- And i just pray that you and i could be like that.
- 00:23:27.849 --> 00:23:30.585
- We could be salt in our culture, we could be light in our culture
- 00:23:30.585 --> 00:23:34.389
- And draw people to christ.
- 00:23:34.389 --> 00:23:41.096
- Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart and you have seen
- 00:23:45.233 --> 00:23:49.204
- Your need for jesus christ.
- 00:23:49.204 --> 00:23:52.007
- Jesus christ is the son of god who came from heaven
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- To this earth.
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- He was born in a manger.
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- He died in a cross.
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- He rose again from the dead.
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- Why?
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- Because he loves you, and he wants a relationship with you.
- 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:06.655
- Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
- 00:24:06.655 --> 00:24:08.723
- I don't want to be a religious person.
- 00:24:08.723 --> 00:24:10.725
- I don't think you want to be one either.
- 00:24:10.725 --> 00:24:12.627
- I'm talking about relationship with god.
- 00:24:12.627 --> 00:24:16.064
- Jesus, who died and rose again, stands at the door of your life
- 00:24:16.064 --> 00:24:20.635
- And he knocks, and he says if you'll hear his voice and open
- 00:24:20.635 --> 00:24:23.738
- The door he will come in.
- 00:24:23.738 --> 00:24:25.674
- Question, have you asked jesus christ to come and live
- 00:24:25.674 --> 00:24:28.677
- Inside of you?
- 00:24:28.677 --> 00:24:30.011
- You might say, "well, i think so.
- 00:24:30.011 --> 00:24:31.346
- I'm not sure."
- 00:24:31.346 --> 00:24:32.681
- Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle
- 00:24:32.681 --> 00:24:34.249
- Of the night, do you think you would be aware of it?
- 00:24:34.249 --> 00:24:37.252
- I'm sure you would.
- 00:24:37.252 --> 00:24:38.854
- And in the same way, if christ has come to live inside of you,
- 00:24:38.854 --> 00:24:41.857
- You will know.
- 00:24:41.857 --> 00:24:43.191
- And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in yet.
- 00:24:43.191 --> 00:24:46.628
- He's just a prayer away.
- 00:24:46.628 --> 00:24:48.563
- All you need to do is say, "jesus, i want this relationship
- 00:24:48.563 --> 00:24:51.700
- With you.
- 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:53.034
- I want you to forgive me of my sin.
- 00:24:53.034 --> 00:24:54.703
- I want to go to heaven when i die."
- 00:24:54.703 --> 00:24:56.905
- Would you like to do that?
- 00:24:56.905 --> 00:24:58.306
- Would you like christ to come into your life?
- 00:24:58.306 --> 00:25:00.909
- If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me?
- 00:25:00.909 --> 00:25:03.912
- You can pray it out loud or you can pray it in the quietness of
- 00:25:03.912 --> 00:25:07.349
- Your heart, but this is a prayer where you're asking jesus christ
- 00:25:07.349 --> 00:25:10.886
- To be your savior and lord.
- 00:25:10.886 --> 00:25:13.221
- Pray this with me now: "lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner,
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- But i know that you're the savior who died on the cross
- 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:21.730
- For my sin and rose again from the dead.
- 00:25:21.730 --> 00:25:24.432
- Now come into my life.
- 00:25:24.432 --> 00:25:26.868
- I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
- 00:25:26.868 --> 00:25:31.072
- Thank you for hearing this prayer
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- And answering this prayer.
- 00:25:33.275 --> 00:25:35.410
- In jesus's name, amen."
- 00:25:35.410 --> 00:25:38.179
- Did you just pray that prayer with me?
- 00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:40.415
- If so, i want you to know in the authority of scripture
- 00:25:40.415 --> 00:25:43.218
- That christ himself has come to live inside of you.
- 00:25:43.218 --> 00:25:46.588
- And let me be the first to say to you congratulations and
- 00:25:46.588 --> 00:25:50.825
- Welcome to the family of god.
- 00:25:50.825 --> 00:25:54.629
- Greg: you know, we say to a new believer, "start reading the
- 00:25:58.800 --> 00:26:02.337
- Bible," but they don't know where to start, do they?
- 00:26:02.337 --> 00:26:05.407
- So, we have a special edition of the bible called
- 00:26:05.407 --> 00:26:09.311
- The new believer's bible.
- 00:26:09.311 --> 00:26:11.279
- I wrote thousands of notes for it, and i sort of see it as what
- 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:15.917
- I would do if i was sitting down with a person over a cup of
- 00:26:15.917 --> 00:26:18.987
- Coffee and explaining the basics of the christian life to them.
- 00:26:18.987 --> 00:26:23.825
- There's over 10 million copies of this bible in print, but
- 00:26:23.825 --> 00:26:27.596
- Here's the exciting news:
- 00:26:27.596 --> 00:26:29.564
- We have personally given out 700,000 of these at no charge to
- 00:26:29.564 --> 00:26:34.769
- People to help them in their spiritual journey.
- 00:26:34.769 --> 00:26:38.740
- So we need your help to keep doing this.
- 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:41.676
- So, let's invest in the spiritual future of people that
- 00:26:41.676 --> 00:26:45.680
- Are going to come to christ, who will get a copy of
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- The new believer's bible for themselves.
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- Female announcer: jesus says that where two or three are
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- Gathered in my name, there i am in the midst of them.
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- We are all different.
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- We have different interests, different personalities,
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- Different upbringings, and different ways we do life,
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- But here, we have a deep connection,
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- And you are welcome here.
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- This is harvest.
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