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Greg Laurie - The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

June 19, 2025 | 27:40

Greg Laurie - The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - The Second Coming of Jesus Christ | June 19, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: the second coming is different from the rapture.
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  • In the rapture he comes before judgment;
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  • In the second coming he returns with judgment.
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  • The rapture is before the tribulation period; the second
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  • Coming is at the end of the tribulation period.
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  • In the rapture, he comes for his people; in the second coming,
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  • He returns with his people.
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  • In the rapture, he comes as a thief in the night; in the
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  • Second coming, every eye will see.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: the second coming of jesus is mentioned so many times
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  • In scripture.
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  • It's mentioned over 18 times in the old testament, and 300 times
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  • In the new testament.
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  • Statistically, one verse out of every 25 mentions the
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  • Lord's return.
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  • It's referred to in 27 old testament books, and 23 new
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  • Testament books.
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  • For every prophecy about the first coming of christ, there
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  • Are eight prophecies about his second coming, isn't
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  • That interesting?
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  • So it's a message that's repeated over and over
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  • In the bible.
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  • Something we should be paying attention to, something that
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  • Should affect the way that we live.
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  • And i think your very reaction to this idea that christ could
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  • Come back is a spiritual barometer as to where you
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  • Are at.
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  • If your heart leaps and you're filled with joy and you're
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  • Saying, "man, i hope it's soon," that's a good thing.
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  • If there's a sense of dread and fear, that's a bad thing.
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  • I like how john responds in the book of revelation.
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  • Jesus says, "i'm coming quickly," and john says, "amen.
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  • Come, lord jesus."
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  • That's something every believer should say, "amen.
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  • Come, lord jesus."
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  • Let's say that together right now, "amen.
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  • Come, lord jesus."
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  • Now say it like you mean it, "amen.
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  • Come, lord jesus."
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  • That's right.
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  • "thy kingdom come.
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  • Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
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  • And this is something we read about so many times.
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  • In fact, i would say the incarnation without the
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  • Coronation would be like the east without the west.
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  • The incarnation, the birth of christ, the coronation, the
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  • Second coming of christ are so important they're bookends given
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  • To us in scripture.
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  • In one of the most well-known statements in matthew 24, jesus
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  • Said, "immediately after the tribulation of those days shall
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  • The sun be darkened, the moon will not give her light; the
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  • Stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will
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  • Be shaken.
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  • Then shall appear the sign of the son of men in heaven, and
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  • All the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the son
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  • Of men coming in the clouds of heaven with power and
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  • Great glory."
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  • Not greg laurie, great glory.
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  • Though i do plan on coming back with jesus, and if that sounds
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  • Insane, hold on, i'll tell you why.
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  • Because it's not just gonna be me, it's gonna be you too.
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  • We play a part in the big picture of what is yet to come.
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  • Alright, so what are we going to do after the rapture and before
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  • The second coming?
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  • I'm glad you asked, let's read about it.
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  • Revelation 19, verse 7, "'let us be glad and rejoice and give him
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  • Glory, for the marriage of the lamb has come, and his wife has
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  • Made herself ready,' and it was granted to her to be arrayed in
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  • Fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the
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  • Righteous acts of the saints.
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  • Then he said to me,
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  • 'write this: blessed are those who are called to the marriage
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  • Supper of the lamb!'
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  • And he said, 'these are the true sayings of god.'
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  • And i fell at his feet to worship him.
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  • And he said, 'see that you do not do that!
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  • I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the
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  • Testimony of jesus.
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  • Worship god!
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  • For the testimony of jesus is the spirit of prophecy.'"
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  • The righteous linen that is mentioned here speaks of the
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  • "righteous acts of the saints," verse 8, what does this mean?
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  • First of all, let me say that when you become a christian you
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  • Become a righteous person.
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  • I stand before you today as a righteous man.
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  • You might say, "greg, i've seen you drive, i don't think
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  • You're righteous."
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  • I didn't say i always behave in a righteous way, but i am
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  • Technically and positionally a righteous person.
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  • I am a holy person.
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  • I am a saint.
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  • But you are too, all of us are.
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  • But then there are the--when we live that out.
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  • So good works don't save me, but if i'm really saved there will
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  • Be good works, there will be results.
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  • So what's interesting here is it says this clothing we are
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  • Wearing are the righteous acts of us.
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  • We're showing the results of our faith.
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  • You can have works without faith, but you cannot have real
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  • Faith without works.
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  • You know, sometimes people will pray a prayer.
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  • They say they've accepted christ, but you see no visible
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  • Results in their life.
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  • This is why when we say, so many people came to faith, or made a
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  • Profession of faith at a crusade we never say they were
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  • Converted, because only god knows if they're converted.
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  • But they prayed a prayer, they walked forward, they said they
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  • Wanted to believe in jesus, now time will tell that that
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  • Conversion is real, and if the conversion is real, it will
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  • Produce results.
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  • It will produce evidence.
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  • Let me ask you a question.
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  • If you were arrested for being a christian, would there be enough
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  • Evidence to convict you?
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  • By evidence i don't mean how many christian bumper stickers
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  • Are on your vehicle, or how many bibles you have, but evidence
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  • Meaning the way you live.
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  • Can i interview your co-workers, or students that you are in
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  • Class with, or your family members, or your neighbors and
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  • Say, "does this person behave as a christian?"
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  • Evidence.
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  • The bible also calls this fruit, spiritual fruit.
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  • The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
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  • Goodness, long-suffering.
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  • There should be fruit in our life.
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  • So you might look at someone who says they're a christian, but
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  • You're saying, "you know, you say you're a christian, but i
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  • Don't know, the way you're living--why are you still
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  • Doing drugs?
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  • Why are you still getting drunk?
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  • Why are you still partying?
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  • Why are you living with your boyfriend, your girlfriend, or
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  • Whatever else it is?"
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  • And they'll say, "hey man, don't judge me.
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  • Don't judge my journey.
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  • Judge not lest you be judged."
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  • Okay, think of me as a fruit inspector.
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  • I'm looking for spiritual fruit.
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  • The bible talks about bringing forth fruit in keeping
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  • With repentance.
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  • We're all fruit inspectors.
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  • We go to the market, we look at the fruit.
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  • Now, i don't know about you, but i like nectarines, but i like
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  • 'em hard.
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  • So, i'm testing, "oh, this is good, this is a good one, this
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  • Will be good," i'm fruit inspecting.
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  • Okay, in the same way people should be able to see by your
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  • Fruit, by your actions, by your works, that you are a christian.
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  • So, the righteous acts of the saints, the way we're living,
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  • And that brings us to the judgment seat of christ.
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  • Everyone will face judgment one day, christian and
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  • Non-christian, but different kinds of judgment.
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  • For the non-believer, they will face the great white
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  • Throne judgment.
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  • We'll read about that later.
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  • We will read that small and great stand before god.
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  • The books are opened, and a book is opened, which is the book
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  • Of life.
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  • Whoever does not have their name written into the book of life is
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  • Cast into the lake of fire.
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  • That's a judgment for the non-believer.
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  • If you end up there, there's no turning back, it's the
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  • Final judgment.
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  • But then there is the judgment for christians, it's different.
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  • Think of it more as an awards ceremony, where we're rewarded
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  • For our faithful servants to the lord.
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  • Paul said in 1 corinthians 9:24, "yes, in a race everyone runs,
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  • But only one person gets the prize?
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  • So run to win!"
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  • Oh wait, win?
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  • Yes, win.
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  • I want to do the best i can do.
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  • You need to be the best version of you.
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  • I need to be the best version of me.
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  • You're not called to live the way i'm called to live, and by
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  • That i mean simply living out what that calling is
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  • Specifically, but we're all called to glorify god, and then
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  • You'll be rewarded.
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  • You will receive the award at the judgement seat of christ,
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  • And listen, whatever you've done in your faithfulness to god will
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  • Be noted.
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  • Even the smallest gesture for god's glory will not
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  • Be overlooked.
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  • Jesus said in matthew 6:4 that when you do whatever you do for
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  • God's glory, "your father who sees you in secret will one day
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  • Reward you openly."
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  • Whatever you did, even that small gesture.
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  • Jesus said in matthew 10:42, "if you give a cup of cold water to
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  • One of these little ones because he's my disciple, i tell you the
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  • Truth, you will certainly not lose your reward."
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  • So i'm faithful, and i'm receiving these rewards from
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  • God, and now it's time for our honeymoon.
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  • The wedding is complete, where are we going for our honeymoon?
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  • Where did you go for your honeymoon?
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  • I went to disneyland, literally.
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  • So kathy and i told you we had a hippie wedding that cost
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  • Like $12.
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  • And someone gave us two free tickets to disneyland, and we
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  • Had a really funky little hotel room not far from it.
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  • And i remember going to the enchanted tiki room.
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  • You laugh, we've been married 50 years, maybe there's something
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  • To it, i don't know.
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  • But, you know, those things don't really matter, but the
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  • Reality is we all had a honeymoon of some kind, and now
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  • Here's our honeymoon.
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  • Where are we going?
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  • Niagara falls?
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  • Hawaii?
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  • Actually, we're coming back to the refurbished planet earth,
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  • Following our bridegroom, jesus christ, because at the rapture
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  • God gave us a first class round-trip ticket.
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  • Let's read about it, revelation 19, verse 11.
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  • "now i saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse.
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  • He that sat on him was called faithful and true, and in
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  • Righteousness he judges and makes war.
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  • His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on his head were
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  • Many crowns.
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  • He had a name written that no one knew except himself.
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  • He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and his name is
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  • Called the word of god.
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  • And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and
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  • Clean, followed him on white horses."
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  • We'll stop there.
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  • Look at verse 11, he's called faithful and true.
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  • God is faithful and true.
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  • This is in contrast to the devil, who is not faithful, and
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  • He lies.
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  • Speaking of satan, jesus said in john 8:44, "he's a murderer from
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  • The beginning, not holding to the truth, there's no truth
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  • In him.
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  • And when he lies, he speaks his native language, for he's a liar
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  • And he's the father of lies."
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  • So, our god is faithful and true, and god keeps
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  • His promises.
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  • Whenever you see a rainbow, it's a reminder god keeps
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  • His promises.
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  • He's promised to be with us or at times of trial.
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  • He's promised to give us a peace that passes all
  • 00:12:01.196 --> 00:12:03.832
  • Human understanding.
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  • He's promised to give us eternal life.
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  • And he has promised to come again.
  • 00:12:07.969 --> 00:12:11.039
  • Again, he says in john 14, "i will come again."
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  • Greg: you know if i get a text on my phone that says, cathe,
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  • Lauren--oh, hi, how are you?
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  • Cathe: hi. greg: i'm talking to you,
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  • And i'm recording a video for people.
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  • So how are you?
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  • Cathe: i'm fine.
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  • Greg: why do you not answer when i call you sometimes?
  • 00:12:36.464 --> 00:12:39.100
  • Cathe: i was working on my podcast.
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  • Greg: okay, thank you. love you.
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  • Cathe: okay, bye.
  • 00:12:46.674 --> 00:12:49.077
  • Greg: wait, she didn't say love.
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  • Okay, so that's a conversation with my wife.
  • 00:12:51.379 --> 00:12:54.082
  • Obviously it was spontaneous.
  • 00:12:54.082 --> 00:12:56.251
  • But when my wife calls me, i see her name on the screen,
  • 00:12:56.251 --> 00:13:00.321
  • I answer--clearly when she sees my name,
  • 00:13:00.321 --> 00:13:02.924
  • She doesn't always answer by her own admission,
  • 00:13:02.924 --> 00:13:06.294
  • Which you have now seen.
  • 00:13:06.294 --> 00:13:07.629
  • But that's because of relationship, you see.
  • 00:13:07.629 --> 00:13:10.198
  • And when we come into a relationship with god,
  • 00:13:10.198 --> 00:13:12.400
  • Understand that you have access into his presence all day
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  • And all night long, 24-7, as they say.
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  • If my son calls, if a member of my family calls and grandkid
  • 00:13:20.041 --> 00:13:23.478
  • Says, hey, papa, can you come get me or do this?
  • 00:13:23.478 --> 00:13:26.314
  • I will make time in my schedule to do things with them.
  • 00:13:26.314 --> 00:13:29.083
  • It's relationship.
  • 00:13:29.083 --> 00:13:30.885
  • And prayer is the privilege of every follower of jesus christ.
  • 00:13:30.885 --> 00:13:34.856
  • With that in mind: why don't we pray more?
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  • I don't know the answer.
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  • But we ought to, shouldn't we?
  • 00:13:38.226 --> 00:13:40.395
  • You know, how do you become a child of god?
  • 00:13:40.395 --> 00:13:42.597
  • Well, you're not born a christian.
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  • You have to be born again.
  • 00:13:44.098 --> 00:13:46.467
  • Sometimes people say, we're all god's children.
  • 00:13:46.467 --> 00:13:48.903
  • Nice sentiment, not actually true.
  • 00:13:48.903 --> 00:13:51.639
  • We're all created by god.
  • 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:53.975
  • We're all loved by god, but the way you become a child of god
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  • Is through belief in jesus.
  • 00:13:58.413 --> 00:14:01.282
  • The bible says, for as many as received him,
  • 00:14:01.282 --> 00:14:03.785
  • He gave them the power to become sons of god.
  • 00:14:03.785 --> 00:14:07.655
  • So when you receive christ into your life as your savior
  • 00:14:07.655 --> 00:14:10.525
  • And lord, you're now his child and you have access
  • 00:14:10.525 --> 00:14:13.361
  • Into his presence 24-7.
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  • And he'll always answer your call.
  • 00:14:16.698 --> 00:14:19.567
  • Greg: here's a few things you need to know about the second
  • 00:14:23.805 --> 00:14:26.608
  • Coming of jesus if you're taking notes, number one: the second
  • 00:14:26.608 --> 00:14:31.012
  • Coming of jesus will be public and it will be seen by all.
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  • It will be public and it will be seen by all.
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  • There won't be any mistaking it when it happens.
  • 00:14:38.753 --> 00:14:40.822
  • You might say, "was that a really bad storm?"
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  • It's a second coming.
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  • You'll know it.
  • 00:14:44.125 --> 00:14:45.660
  • Jesus said, "as the lightning shines from the east to the
  • 00:14:45.660 --> 00:14:48.096
  • West, so will the coming of the son of man be."
  • 00:14:48.096 --> 00:14:51.900
  • Number two: the second coming of christ will be accompanied by
  • 00:14:51.900 --> 00:14:56.237
  • Sadness and weeping.
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  • It's a happy day for heaven, it's a sad day for earth.
  • 00:14:58.339 --> 00:15:02.510
  • Israel will mourn as they realize that jesus was indeed
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  • Their long awaited messiah.
  • 00:15:06.781 --> 00:15:09.150
  • Zechariah 12:10 says, "they will look on him whom they have
  • 00:15:09.150 --> 00:15:12.954
  • Pierced and they will mourn for him as for an only son.
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  • They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who
  • 00:15:16.925 --> 00:15:20.995
  • Has died, and he will bring righteous retribution
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  • And vengeance."
  • 00:15:24.098 --> 00:15:25.600
  • Let me contrast the rapture and the second coming one more time
  • 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:30.338
  • So you know the difference.
  • 00:15:30.338 --> 00:15:33.341
  • The second coming is different from the rapture.
  • 00:15:33.341 --> 00:15:36.277
  • In the rapture he comes before judgment; in the second coming
  • 00:15:36.277 --> 00:15:40.615
  • He returns with judgment.
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  • The rapture's before the tribulation period; the second
  • 00:15:43.351 --> 00:15:46.587
  • Coming is at the end of the tribulation period.
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  • In the rapture, he comes for his people; in the second coming, he
  • 00:15:49.924 --> 00:15:54.796
  • Returns with his people.
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  • In the rapture, he comes as a thief in the night; in the
  • 00:15:56.631 --> 00:16:01.169
  • Second coming, every eye will see--everyone will see.
  • 00:16:01.169 --> 00:16:05.340
  • Look at verse 11, "he rides a white horse."
  • 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:09.143
  • Contrast to this to what we call palm sunday, or the triumphal
  • 00:16:09.143 --> 00:16:15.216
  • Entry of christ into jerusalem.
  • 00:16:15.216 --> 00:16:17.552
  • Remember when he rode the donkey into the city, and the people
  • 00:16:17.552 --> 00:16:21.022
  • Laid palm branches down, and they said, "hosanna to the son
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  • Of david."
  • 00:16:24.359 --> 00:16:25.693
  • The word hosanna means save now.
  • 00:16:25.693 --> 00:16:28.296
  • They didn't understand what scripture was saying, they
  • 00:16:28.296 --> 00:16:30.898
  • Thought he was coming as a military messiah to overthrow
  • 00:16:30.898 --> 00:16:34.602
  • The tyranny of rome.
  • 00:16:34.602 --> 00:16:35.937
  • They didn't understand he was coming to die for the sin of
  • 00:16:35.937 --> 00:16:38.606
  • The world.
  • 00:16:38.606 --> 00:16:39.974
  • So they're saying, "save now.
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  • Do it now."
  • 00:16:41.309 --> 00:16:42.643
  • But those same crowds that were saying, "hail him, hail him,"
  • 00:16:42.643 --> 00:16:47.281
  • Would soon be saying, "nail him, nail him."
  • 00:16:47.281 --> 00:16:50.752
  • When they cried out, "crucify him!
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  • Let his blood be upon us and upon our children."
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  • The first time christ came, he came riding a lowly donkey.
  • 00:16:57.191 --> 00:17:01.162
  • When he comes again, he rides a white stallion, interesting.
  • 00:17:01.162 --> 00:17:04.899
  • In revelation 6 we have the four horsemen of the apocalypse, as
  • 00:17:04.899 --> 00:17:10.805
  • It's sometimes called.
  • 00:17:10.805 --> 00:17:12.140
  • And the first one is a white horse.
  • 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:14.409
  • The rider comes on a white horse wearing a crown, some have
  • 00:17:14.409 --> 00:17:17.845
  • Thought this is about the second coming, no, it's about
  • 00:17:17.845 --> 00:17:20.548
  • The imitator.
  • 00:17:20.548 --> 00:17:21.883
  • Remember, antichrist--anti not only means against, it means
  • 00:17:21.883 --> 00:17:25.586
  • Instead of.
  • 00:17:25.586 --> 00:17:26.921
  • So he comes as a false christ, but following him comes death
  • 00:17:26.921 --> 00:17:30.558
  • And war and all these horrible things, that's what
  • 00:17:30.558 --> 00:17:33.061
  • Antichrist brings.
  • 00:17:33.061 --> 00:17:34.796
  • So he is an imitation christ riding a white horse.
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  • He has one crown, jesus comes with many crowns.
  • 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:42.370
  • So here's christ returning, this is air horse one.
  • 00:17:42.370 --> 00:17:48.342
  • Get it?
  • 00:17:48.342 --> 00:17:50.378
  • Okay, now people often wonder, "what did jesus look like?"
  • 00:17:50.378 --> 00:17:55.383
  • Don't you find it interesting that there's no description of
  • 00:17:55.383 --> 00:17:58.986
  • The physical appearance of jesus christ.
  • 00:17:58.986 --> 00:18:02.490
  • Not a single one.
  • 00:18:02.490 --> 00:18:03.991
  • Couldn't someone have said what his height was or what color his
  • 00:18:03.991 --> 00:18:06.928
  • Hair was or what color his eyes were?
  • 00:18:06.928 --> 00:18:09.263
  • Nothing in the bible.
  • 00:18:09.263 --> 00:18:11.132
  • But we have this interesting description of him that's
  • 00:18:11.132 --> 00:18:14.869
  • Largely symbolic, here in revelation 19:12.
  • 00:18:14.869 --> 00:18:17.939
  • "his eyes were a flame of fire, and on his head were
  • 00:18:17.939 --> 00:18:22.276
  • Many crowns.
  • 00:18:22.276 --> 00:18:23.611
  • And he had a name written that no one knew, except he himself."
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  • Three things stand out: the eyes, the head, and the robe.
  • 00:18:27.048 --> 00:18:31.219
  • First there are his eyes, they're like a flame of fire.
  • 00:18:31.219 --> 00:18:35.556
  • You know, some people when you meet them they refuse to make
  • 00:18:35.556 --> 00:18:38.059
  • Eye contact.
  • 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:40.495
  • You know people like that?
  • 00:18:40.495 --> 00:18:42.463
  • And some people look straight into your eyes.
  • 00:18:42.463 --> 00:18:45.466
  • It said the eyes are the window of the soul.
  • 00:18:45.466 --> 00:18:48.035
  • You know, imagine what it would have been like to look into the
  • 00:18:48.035 --> 00:18:50.438
  • Eyes of jesus.
  • 00:18:50.438 --> 00:18:52.306
  • On one occasion he called matthew, the tax collector, and
  • 00:18:52.306 --> 00:18:55.710
  • We read, "jesus looked at him," but it could be better
  • 00:18:55.710 --> 00:18:58.779
  • Translated, "jesus looked right through him.
  • 00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:02.016
  • 'matthew,' he says "follow me," he looks right through matthew.
  • 00:19:02.016 --> 00:19:06.053
  • And he follows christ right there on the spot.
  • 00:19:06.053 --> 00:19:10.024
  • There is nothing that god does not see.
  • 00:19:10.024 --> 00:19:12.193
  • Hebrews 4:13 says, "there is no creature hidden from his sight,
  • 00:19:12.193 --> 00:19:16.264
  • All things are naked and open to the eyes of him to whom we must
  • 00:19:16.264 --> 00:19:20.468
  • Give an account."
  • 00:19:20.468 --> 00:19:21.802
  • Then there is his head. he wears many crowns.
  • 00:19:21.802 --> 00:19:24.105
  • Why does he wear many crowns?
  • 00:19:24.105 --> 00:19:25.673
  • Because he rules over all kingdoms.
  • 00:19:25.673 --> 00:19:28.809
  • He is our sovereign, all-powerful, all-knowing ruler.
  • 00:19:28.809 --> 00:19:32.613
  • He is also our loving, compassionate, forgiving savior.
  • 00:19:32.613 --> 00:19:36.918
  • Then we have his robe, verse 13.
  • 00:19:36.918 --> 00:19:39.353
  • "it's clothed or dipped in blood, and his name is called
  • 00:19:39.353 --> 00:19:42.423
  • The word of god."
  • 00:19:42.423 --> 00:19:43.758
  • The word dipped means spattered, spattered in blood.
  • 00:19:43.758 --> 00:19:46.894
  • The first time he came, they crucified him.
  • 00:19:46.894 --> 00:19:49.730
  • He shed his blood for the sin of the world.
  • 00:19:49.730 --> 00:19:51.499
  • He shed his blood for you, and for me.
  • 00:19:51.499 --> 00:19:55.036
  • As paul said, "he loved me and gave himself for me."
  • 00:19:55.036 --> 00:19:59.240
  • So he shed his blood for us.
  • 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:01.442
  • Now we come to the moment when he returns.
  • 00:20:01.442 --> 00:20:04.779
  • Notice jesus is not alone, he is followed by a large army.
  • 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:10.151
  • Verse 14, "and the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen,
  • 00:20:10.151 --> 00:20:14.322
  • White and clean, followed him on white horses."
  • 00:20:14.322 --> 00:20:17.124
  • Oh, cool.
  • 00:20:17.124 --> 00:20:18.459
  • I like white horses.
  • 00:20:18.459 --> 00:20:19.894
  • Who are these armies?
  • 00:20:19.894 --> 00:20:22.697
  • They're you, and they're me.
  • 00:20:22.697 --> 00:20:24.599
  • You say, "but why?"
  • 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:26.167
  • Enoch said, "behold, the lord comes with ten thousands of his
  • 00:20:26.167 --> 00:20:29.403
  • Saints, to execute judgment," in jude 14.
  • 00:20:29.403 --> 00:20:32.840
  • But who are these saints?
  • 00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:34.175
  • Colossians 3:4 gives us the answer.
  • 00:20:34.175 --> 00:20:36.244
  • "when christ who is our life shall appear, we shall appear
  • 00:20:36.244 --> 00:20:40.147
  • With him in glory."
  • 00:20:40.147 --> 00:20:42.216
  • Right? you'll be there.
  • 00:20:42.216 --> 00:20:44.452
  • So you're coming back with the lord.
  • 00:20:44.452 --> 00:20:46.420
  • Notice this massive army of saints and angels have no
  • 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:49.557
  • Weapons, we don't need them.
  • 00:20:49.557 --> 00:20:51.092
  • He does it all with the word.
  • 00:20:51.092 --> 00:20:52.426
  • Verse 15, "out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, and with it he
  • 00:20:52.426 --> 00:20:56.163
  • Would strike the nations.
  • 00:20:56.163 --> 00:20:58.232
  • And he himself will rule them with a rod of iron."
  • 00:20:58.232 --> 00:21:03.037
  • So now we come to the final judgment of the beast, and the
  • 00:21:03.037 --> 00:21:06.774
  • False prophet, go to revelation 19:20.
  • 00:21:06.774 --> 00:21:09.310
  • "then the beast," that's the antichrist, "was captured, with
  • 00:21:09.310 --> 00:21:12.980
  • Him the false prophet," that's his religious sidekick that
  • 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:17.852
  • Works in cooperation with antichrist, "who worked signs in
  • 00:21:17.852 --> 00:21:23.591
  • His presence, and deceived those who received the mark of the
  • 00:21:23.591 --> 00:21:26.527
  • Beast and worshiped his image.
  • 00:21:26.527 --> 00:21:28.029
  • They were cast alive into the lake of fire burning
  • 00:21:28.029 --> 00:21:31.866
  • With brimstone."
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  • I want to add one little detail i forgot.
  • 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:35.569
  • Look at verse 19. "as i saw the beast, and the kings of the
  • 00:21:35.569 --> 00:21:39.106
  • Earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war
  • 00:21:39.106 --> 00:21:41.776
  • Against him who sat on the horse and against his army."
  • 00:21:41.776 --> 00:21:45.413
  • So, before i tell you what happens to the antichrist and
  • 00:21:45.413 --> 00:21:48.416
  • The false prophet, look at what they're doing.
  • 00:21:48.416 --> 00:21:50.685
  • Here's christ returning in all of his glory.
  • 00:21:50.685 --> 00:21:54.221
  • King of kings, lord of lords.
  • 00:21:54.221 --> 00:21:56.691
  • And what do they do?
  • 00:21:56.691 --> 00:21:58.025
  • Verse 19.
  • 00:21:58.025 --> 00:21:59.360
  • They make war against him.
  • 00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:03.631
  • This just reminds us of that simple truth: sin makes
  • 00:22:03.631 --> 00:22:06.867
  • You stupid.
  • 00:22:06.867 --> 00:22:09.970
  • And when you live in a pattern and a lifestyle of sin, your
  • 00:22:09.970 --> 00:22:13.040
  • Heart will become irreparably hardened, and you can go beyond
  • 00:22:13.040 --> 00:22:16.811
  • The point of no return.
  • 00:22:16.811 --> 00:22:18.813
  • Did you know there's a point of no return?
  • 00:22:18.813 --> 00:22:21.949
  • "are you saying there's a point where god would no longer
  • 00:22:21.949 --> 00:22:24.218
  • Forgive me?"
  • 00:22:24.218 --> 00:22:25.553
  • What i'm really saying is there will come a point where you no
  • 00:22:25.553 --> 00:22:27.988
  • Longer want to be forgiven.
  • 00:22:27.988 --> 00:22:30.591
  • And this is why the bible says, "harden not your heart if you
  • 00:22:30.591 --> 00:22:33.260
  • Can hear his voice."
  • 00:22:33.260 --> 00:22:34.862
  • So here's the lord himself, returning in glory, antichrist
  • 00:22:34.862 --> 00:22:38.466
  • Is trying to stop him, how ridiculous that is.
  • 00:22:38.466 --> 00:22:41.502
  • Now they face their final judgment.
  • 00:22:41.502 --> 00:22:43.971
  • They are immediately judged.
  • 00:22:43.971 --> 00:22:46.173
  • They are so wicked, they are sent directly to the lake
  • 00:22:46.173 --> 00:22:49.610
  • Of fire.
  • 00:22:49.610 --> 00:22:50.945
  • They go straight to hell.
  • 00:22:50.945 --> 00:22:52.613
  • And by the way, they're the first to arrive there.
  • 00:22:52.613 --> 00:22:55.416
  • What a dubious distinction.
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  • First in hell, here you go.
  • 00:22:57.952 --> 00:23:00.287
  • Hell was not made for people.
  • 00:23:00.287 --> 00:23:02.923
  • Jesus said, "hell was made for the devil and his angels."
  • 00:23:02.923 --> 00:23:06.627
  • As wicked as they were, the lord takes no pleasure in this, but
  • 00:23:06.627 --> 00:23:11.332
  • Justice needs to be given out.
  • 00:23:11.332 --> 00:23:14.235
  • Now they face this judgment, and john is taking this all in.
  • 00:23:14.235 --> 00:23:18.439
  • Now remember what's happening, how did this all come about,
  • 00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:21.375
  • This book of revelation?
  • 00:23:21.375 --> 00:23:23.411
  • So john the apostle, according to church tradition, was
  • 00:23:23.411 --> 00:23:27.448
  • Arrested for preaching the gospel; he's an old man now.
  • 00:23:27.448 --> 00:23:30.918
  • And tradition tells us they put him in a pot of boiling oil, but
  • 00:23:30.918 --> 00:23:35.189
  • He wouldn't cook.
  • 00:23:35.189 --> 00:23:36.991
  • They said, "let's just banish this guy.
  • 00:23:36.991 --> 00:23:38.459
  • We'll banish him to the island of patmos.
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  • We'll never hear from him again."
  • 00:23:40.761 --> 00:23:43.030
  • Uh-huh.
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  • And while he's there banished on that distant island, jesus
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  • Himself comes to john and effectively puts him in what we
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  • Might describe as a spiritual time machine, and catapults him
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  • Into the future, and he sees all the things that we're
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  • Reading about.
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  • So here is john taking it in, the angel is revealing it to
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  • Him, and john is so amazed.
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  • Verse 10, "i fell at his feet to worship him.
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  • And he said, don't do that!
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  • I'm your fellow servant, and of your brothers, who have the
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  • Testimony of jesus."
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  • Listen, "worship god!
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  • For the testimony of jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
  • 00:24:14.128 --> 00:24:18.532
  • What is the point of prophecy?
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  • To dazzle us, to entertain us, to educate us?
  • 00:24:21.802 --> 00:24:24.939
  • Not really.
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  • The real purpose of prophecy, that is the study of end-times
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  • Events, is to reveal jesus to us.
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  • And as i talk about this topic, if it doesn't cause me to grow
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  • In my love for the lord, i've effectively missed the point.
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  • This is the bottom line of life: it's to know, and to see, and to
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  • Love jesus christ.
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  • Let me close with this: judgment is coming to every person.
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  • If you are a christian, you will stand at the judgment seat of
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  • Christ, don't panic.
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  • That's when rewards are given out.
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  • But live a faithful and godly life so some rewards will be
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  • Given to you.
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  • But if you are a non-believer, you will stand at the great
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  • White throne judgment, and there's no second chance
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  • After that.
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  • That's why you want to decide now what you are going to do.
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  • You decide in this life where you will spend the after life.
  • 00:25:18.425 --> 00:25:25.466
  • Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie.
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  • I've got some good news for you.
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  • God loves you, and god has a plan for your life.
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  • Here's the problem: we're separated from god by our sin,
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  • Because we've all broken his commandments.
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  • But the good news is, is 2,000 years ago god sent his son jesus
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  • Christ to die on the cross for your sin, and then to rise again
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  • From the dead.
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  • The same jesus who died and rose is alive and ready to come into
  • 00:25:52.226 --> 00:25:56.297
  • Your life right now.
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  • Would you like your sin forgiven?
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  • Would you like to know that when you die, you will go to heaven?
  • 00:26:00.167 --> 00:26:03.103
  • If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now.
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  • Just say, "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe
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  • You're the savior who died on the cross for my sin.
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  • I turn from my sin now, and i choose to follow you from this
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  • Moment forward."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If you did, god in heaven has
  • 00:26:21.288 --> 00:26:23.190
  • Heard you, and i want to send
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  • You a new testament
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  • To start reading.
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  • Greg: greg laurie here.
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  • You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
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  • Unexpected people in unexpected places with an
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  • Unexpected message.
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  • And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
  • 00:26:38.672 --> 00:26:43.077
  • Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
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  • Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across the
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  • Country through this television program, they also help us to
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  • Bring hope to people in their biggest need, whether through
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  • Our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together we've
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  • Been able to minister to so many people devastated by the fires
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  • In lahaina on the island of maui.
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  • And also, your support has helped us partner to bring
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  • Medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
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  • So i'm asking you today to continue to support this
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  • Ministry so we can do everything possible to fulfill the
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  • Great commission.
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  • Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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  • Thank you and god bless you.
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