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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - David Jeremiah | June 1, 2025
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- Male announcer: through his spoken and written words,
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- Dr. david jeremiah has spiritually impacted the world.
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- Now we've gathered some of his most powerful,
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- Faith-filled insights into one book,
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- "in the words of david jeremiah."
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- Inside you'll find over 300 of his most memorable quotes,
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- Words that challenge, inspire, and encourage.
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- Dr. david jeremiah: museums.
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- Within the walls of these institutions,
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- The signs of our history are preserved
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- Through collections of artistic, cultural,
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- And scientific importance.
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- Exhibits chronicle the people, places, and events
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- That have shaped our world.
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- There is coming a series of events so apocalyptic
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- It will put a period behind the world as we know it
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- And not one museum will be left standing
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- To memorialize its destruction.
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- But what if we could visit such a place?
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- A museum containing the signs of what is to come,
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- Exhibits and remnants of the end times.
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- What could we learn?
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- How would it change the way we live today?
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- Though in truth, a museum of this kind will never be built.
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- Through the lens of god's word,
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- Our imagination can catch a glimpse
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- Of not what has happened, but will happen.
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- Come with me on a tour of bible prophecy,
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- And we will discover the signs god has laid out in scripture,
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- Signs that assure us god has a plan
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- For the future and for eternity.
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- Dr. jeremiah: on today's program,
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- We take a look at the great spiritual awakening
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- That occurs in the middle of rampant lawlessness
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- And godlessness during the end times.
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- This awakening comes from an unlikely source:
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- Jews from the 12 tribes of israel.
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- Their mission?
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- To preach the gospel of jesus christ.
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- The result?
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- Revival.
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- Stay tuned for today's edition of "turning point":
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- "the 144,000 rescued."
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- Announcer: from indianapolis, indiana,
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- This is "turning point" with dr. david jeremiah.
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- ♪ the greatest day in history ♪
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- ♪ death is beaten, you have rescued me ♪
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- ♪ sing it out ♪
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- ♪ jesus is alive ♪
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- ♪ the empty cross, the empty grave ♪
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- ♪ life eternal, you have won the day ♪
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- ♪ shout it out ♪
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- ♪ jesus is alive, he's alive ♪
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- ♪ and oh happy day, happy day ♪
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- ♪ you washed my sin away ♪
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- ♪ oh happy day, happy day ♪
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- ♪ i'll never be the same ♪
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- ♪ forever i am changed ♪
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- ♪ oh what a glorious day ♪
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- ♪ what a glorious way ♪
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- ♪ that you have saved me ♪
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- ♪ and oh what a glorious day ♪
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- ♪ what a glorious name ♪
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- ♪ oh happy day, happy day ♪
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- ♪ you washed my sin away ♪
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- ♪ oh happy day, happy day ♪
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- ♪ i'll never be the same ♪
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- ♪ forever i am changed ♪
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- [audience applauding]
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- Announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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- Dr. jeremiah: there is a wonderful truth
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- That god loves us and he's able to save us
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- And even in the midst of the stress of this world,
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- We can live a positive, christ-honoring,
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- Productive life that will bring joy to our hearts
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- And glory to his name.
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- Announcer: a timeless classic from dr. david jeremiah,
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- "the book of signs:
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- 31 undeniable prophecies of the apocalypse."
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- Drawing from decades of experience
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- As one of the world's most respected scholars
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- Of bible prophecy,
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- Dr. jeremiah brings his signature wisdom, depth,
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- And compassion to "the book of signs,"
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- His masterwork on prophecy.
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- You'll come to understand the profound implications
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- Of 31 major signs of the end times.
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- And most importantly, you will walk away with hope
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- And confidence for the future,
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- And a renewed sense of purpose for your faith today.
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- A must-have volume for anyone interested
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- In end-times theology.
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- When you support this program with a gift of any amount.
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- Also available, "the signs" set containing "the book of signs,"
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- The 31-message "signs" cd collection
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- With three correlating study guides,
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- And "the revelation prophecy chart,"
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- Plus "the prophecy interview" dvd.
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- Watch and learn as sheila walsh interviews dr. jeremiah
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- About the series of events coming in the end times.
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- ♪ hallelujah to the lord, sing holy ♪
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- ♪ he was born to save the world from sin ♪
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- ♪ glory to god in the highest ♪
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- ♪ glory to god ♪
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- ♪ hallelujah to the lord, amen ♪
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- ♪ glory to god in the highest ♪
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- ♪ peace on earth good will to men ♪
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- ♪ heavenly angels announced his arrival ♪
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- ♪ in the little town of bethlehem ♪
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- ♪ hallelujah to the lord ♪
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- ♪ sing holy ♪
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- ♪ he was born to save the world from sin ♪
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- ♪ glory to god in the highest glory ♪
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- ♪ hallelujah to the lord, amen ♪
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- ♪ glory to god in the highest glory ♪
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- ♪ peace on earth good will to men ♪
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- ♪ heavenly angels announced his arrival ♪
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- ♪ in the little town of bethlehem ♪
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- ♪ hallelujah to the lord ♪
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- ♪ sing holy ♪
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- ♪ he was born to save the world from sin ♪
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- ♪ glory to god in the highest glory ♪
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- ♪ hallelujah to the lord, amen ♪
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- ♪ hallelujah to the lord ♪
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- ♪ sing holy, he was born to save the world from sin ♪
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- ♪ glory to god in the highest glory ♪
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- ♪ hey glory ♪
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- ♪ glory to god in the highest glory ♪
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- ♪ hallelujah to the lord, amen ♪
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- ♪ amen, amen, amen ♪
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- ♪ glory to god in the highest glory ♪
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- [audience applauding]
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- Male: c'mon, y'all.
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- Sing along "get away jordan."
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- ♪ get away, get away, get away, get away ♪
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- Male: we'll need your help on this one, c'mon.
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- ♪ get away jordan ♪
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- ♪ get back, get back jordan ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ get away, get away jordan ♪
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- ♪ get away, get away chilly jordan ♪
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- ♪ get back, get back, way back jordan ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ well i promised the lord if he'd set me free ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ i'd go until i find out what the end might be ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ one day one day i was walking along ♪
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- ♪ i know i heard a voice but i saw no one ♪
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- ♪ the voice i heard sounded oh so sweet ♪
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- ♪ came down from my head to the soles of my feet ♪
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- ♪ get away jordan ♪
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- ♪ get back, get back jordan ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ get away, get away jordan ♪
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- ♪ get away, get away chilly jordan ♪
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- ♪ get back, get back, way back jordan ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ well one of these mornings and it won't be long ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ you're gonna look for me child ♪
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- ♪ but i'll be gone ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ just a few more risings and settings of the sun ♪
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- ♪ all my battles be fought and my victories won ♪
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- ♪ all the friends i used to love so dear ♪
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- ♪ they've gone on to glory and left me here ♪
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- ♪ when my feet get cold and my eyes are shut ♪
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- ♪ body's been chilled by the hand of death ♪
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- ♪ my tongue is glued to the roof of my mouth ♪
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- ♪ hands lay folded across my breast ♪
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- ♪ i won't have to worry 'bout the way i fare ♪
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- ♪ god almighty done told me he'd be right there ♪
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- ♪ to lift me up on the wings of love ♪
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- ♪ carry my soul into heaven above ♪
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- ♪ tell me jordan's deep and wide ♪
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- ♪ but i told mom i'd meet her on the other side ♪
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- ♪ get away jordan ♪
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- ♪ get back, get back jordan ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ get away, get away jordan ♪
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- ♪ get away, get away chilly jordan ♪
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- ♪ get back, get back, way back jordan ♪
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- ♪ i wanna cross over to see my lord ♪
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- ♪ my lord ♪
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- [audience applauding]
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- Announcer: david jeremiah and "turning point"
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- Or hot topics of the day.
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- ♪ he gave his life's blood ♪
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- ♪ for even me ♪
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- ♪ once i was straying ♪
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- ♪ i was straying in sin's dark valley ♪
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- ♪ and no hope within ♪
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- ♪ could i see ♪
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- ♪ they searched through heaven ♪
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- ♪ and they found--found a savior ♪
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- ♪ to save a poor lost soul ♪
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- ♪ like me ♪
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- ♪ o what a savior ♪
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- ♪ o hallelujah ♪
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- ♪ his heart was broken ♪
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- ♪ on calvary ♪
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- ♪ his hands were nail scarred ♪
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- ♪ his side was riven ♪
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- ♪ he gave his life's blood ♪
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- ♪ for even me ♪
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- ♪ death's chilly--chilly waters ♪
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- ♪ one day ♪
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- ♪ i'm gonna be crossing ♪
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- ♪ but i'll not fear ♪
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- ♪ for his hand will lead me ♪
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- ♪ gonna lead me safely o'er ♪
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- ♪ and then i'll join that chorus ♪
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- ♪ in that great city ♪
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- ♪ oh, i'm gonna sing up there ♪
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- ♪ forever ♪
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- ♪ and ever more ♪
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- ♪ yes, i will ♪
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- ♪ o what a savior ♪
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- ♪ o hallelujah ♪
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- ♪ his heart was broken ♪
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- ♪ on calvary ♪
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- ♪ his hands were nail scarred ♪
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- ♪ his side was riven ♪
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- ♪ he gave his life's blood ♪
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- ♪ jesus gave his life's blood ♪
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- ♪ for even me ♪
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- ♪ for even me ♪
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- ♪ o what a savior ♪
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- ♪ ooh ♪
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- Dr. jeremiah: everywhere i go, people want to know when they
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- Talk about the events that are happening in our world today,
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- They say something like this: "dr. jeremiah,
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- Where is this all going?"
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- And of course, that's a good question,
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- But if you know the bible, you know where it's going.
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- It goes to a good place.
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- It ends up with our hands up in the air in victory.
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- You don't have to be afraid of the future
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- If you know the future.
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- And god has given us this book so that we can be confident
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- About what is going to happen.
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- The book of revelation is a book
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- That is filled with the mercy of god
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- Along with the judgment of god.
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- Almost every place where you see god meting out the judgment
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- Upon this earth, which is deserved,
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- You don't have to look very far
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- Before there's a parentheses that shows his mercy
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- And his grace.
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- Did you know that god never, ever leaves himself
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- Without a witness, no matter how dark things might be?
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- Look at what's happening in our world today.
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- And if we're not careful,
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- We talk about all the bad things.
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- But did you know that in the darkness of this world,
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- There are many places
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- Where the light is shining very brightly?
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- And you know, the darker the night,
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- The brighter the light, amen?
- 00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:46.528
- So the book of revelation is like that.
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- And tonight, i wanna take you through a section of this book
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- And we've written a little fictional story
- 00:20:53.335 --> 00:20:56.004
- Out of the details of the bible,
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- And we've just kind of modernized it.
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- I've even given some of the people names.
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- The antichrist, who's mentioned in the book of revelation,
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- I've called him judas christopher.
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- And the false prophet, he's damon dethro.
- 00:21:06.748 --> 00:21:09.184
- So if you hear those names, those are the names
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- That i've given.
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- So the first part is a story,
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- And then when we're finished with the story,
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- There's the scripture behind the story.
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- I want you to know that the things we're gonna talk about in
- 00:21:19.494 --> 00:21:21.897
- The early part of this message are really going to happen,
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- And when i get done with my little story,
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- I'll show you in the scripture where it says that.
- 00:21:27.369 --> 00:21:30.372
- Eli jacobs plodded home from the synagogue,
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- Head bowed and shoulders sagging.
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- The orthodox jewish scholar looked older than his 56 years,
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- Especially on this day.
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- He was discouraged.
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- His once burgeoning congregation in hadera, israel,
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- Had dwindled until only 12 members remained.
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- No longer able to support a rabbi,
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- The congregation had pleaded with eli,
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- A former professor of religion
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- At jerusalem's hebrew university,
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- Just to be their lay leader and not leave them
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- Without leadership.
- 00:22:06.675 --> 00:22:09.010
- Eli couldn't argue.
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- I mean, after all, he didn't have the responsibilities
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- That came with being a husband and a father.
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- He'd always been so deeply immersed in his studies
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- That he'd never married.
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- And although he had devoted his life to judaism,
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- He often felt that somewhere along the way,
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- His religion had taken the wrong road.
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- Most jews in israel were zionists,
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- More secular than religious.
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- And although eli was deeply devoted,
- 00:22:33.869 --> 00:22:37.139
- Even his own beliefs no longer touched his heart.
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- He performed his synagogue duties with a growing sense
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- Of detachment.
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- One evening, eli sat in his study at home.
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- As usual, his radio was turned to kol hamusica,
- 00:22:50.685 --> 00:22:53.755
- Tel aviv's classical station.
- 00:22:53.755 --> 00:22:56.258
- He stared without seeing at the open torah on his desk
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- Until a stirring choral work began to penetrate his malaise.
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- He had heard the piece many times.
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- It was sir arthur sullivan's "the lost chord."
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- But tonight, its music spoke to his heart as never before.
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- The lyrics portray a weary composer sitting at his organ,
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- Letting his hands wander idly over the keys.
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- They unwittingly strike a magnificent chord of music
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- Like the sound of a great amen.
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- The chord leaps from the organ into the composer's soul,
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- And though he tries desperately to find it again, he cannot.
- 00:23:34.296 --> 00:23:39.034
- Finally, he gives up, realizing that only in heaven
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- Will he ever hear that chord again.
- 00:23:42.537 --> 00:23:46.074
- "it's my own story," eli muttered.
- 00:23:46.074 --> 00:23:48.543
- "i have often sensed something undefined that i long to know
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- Fully, but like that chord, it eludes me."
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- He closed his torah, switched off the radio, and went to bed.
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- The next morning, he sat in his usual booth at the restaurant
- 00:24:00.355 --> 00:24:02.991
- Down the street, ordering his typical breakfast,
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- And moments later,
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- He heard his name spoken in a scottish brogue.
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- He looked up to see a gray-haired man
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- Of about 60 standing beside his table.
- 00:24:12.501 --> 00:24:16.171
- "professor jacobs," the man said again.
- 00:24:16.171 --> 00:24:19.107
- Eli nodded.
- 00:24:19.107 --> 00:24:20.809
- "i am wallace duncan.
- 00:24:20.809 --> 00:24:22.377
- I am a christian pastor just sent to hadera
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- From a missionary society in edinburgh.
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- May i sit down?"
- 00:24:27.616 --> 00:24:29.751
- Eli nodded, and the scot explained his mission.
- 00:24:29.751 --> 00:24:32.487
- At present, some 75 christians lived in hadera,
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- And they had begged the missionary society for a pastor.
- 00:24:35.790 --> 00:24:39.461
- He had been sent to organize the separate house churches
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- Into a unified whole.
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- "hadera has more christians than devout jews," eli said ruefully.
- 00:24:45.767 --> 00:24:50.405
- And as the conversation continued,
- 00:24:50.405 --> 00:24:52.140
- The two men found that they had much in common.
- 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:55.076
- They both loved the same books and music.
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- They were avid fans of american baseball.
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- And an hour later, as they parted,
- 00:25:00.015 --> 00:25:02.050
- They agreed to meet again the following friday.
- 00:25:02.050 --> 00:25:05.587
- And for the next three weeks, this really strange pair
- 00:25:05.587 --> 00:25:09.391
- Met every friday for breakfast,
- 00:25:09.391 --> 00:25:11.326
- And their friendship began to grow.
- 00:25:11.326 --> 00:25:14.162
- There was something about duncan that made him easy to talk to,
- 00:25:14.162 --> 00:25:18.667
- And eli found himself pouring out his doubts about the faith
- 00:25:18.667 --> 00:25:22.103
- That he'd given his life to.
- 00:25:22.103 --> 00:25:24.372
- When he finished, he smiled ruefully,
- 00:25:24.372 --> 00:25:26.041
- "i guess i'm an orthodox jew
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- Who wonders whether he still believes in judaism."
- 00:25:27.776 --> 00:25:30.979
- Duncan remained silent for a moment,
- 00:25:30.979 --> 00:25:32.948
- His chin resting on his hands.
- 00:25:32.948 --> 00:25:35.016
- "eli, do you know much about christianity?"
- 00:25:35.016 --> 00:25:38.353
- "well, only by hearsay.
- 00:25:38.353 --> 00:25:39.988
- I've never studied it."
- 00:25:39.988 --> 00:25:41.990
- "i hope you will not find my question offensive,
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- But i must ask.
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- Would you be willing to hear how christianity fulfills
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- The majority of the jewish old testament prophecies?"
- 00:25:49.064 --> 00:25:54.235
- "you know what, i guess i'm ready to listen,"
- 00:25:54.235 --> 00:25:56.037
- Eli responded, surprising himself.
- 00:25:56.037 --> 00:25:58.773
- "very good.
- 00:25:58.773 --> 00:26:00.342
- We'll begin at breakfast next friday."
- 00:26:00.342 --> 00:26:02.577
- Well, the following friday morning,
- 00:26:02.577 --> 00:26:04.446
- Eli was full of questions,
- 00:26:04.446 --> 00:26:06.281
- And as he entered the restaurant to meet with pastor duncan,
- 00:26:06.281 --> 00:26:09.884
- His friend was not there.
- 00:26:09.884 --> 00:26:11.753
- And eli noticed that patrons and cafe employees
- 00:26:11.753 --> 00:26:14.422
- Were clustered around the tv.
- 00:26:14.422 --> 00:26:17.025
- "what in the world is going on?" he said.
- 00:26:17.025 --> 00:26:19.527
- Well, one of the waitresses
- 00:26:19.527 --> 00:26:20.962
- Answered without taking her eyes
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- Off the screen: "thousands of people have disappeared
- 00:26:22.564 --> 00:26:25.600
- Out of israel, just vanished off the face of the earth.
- 00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:28.837
- They're saying that 75 people are missing from hadera."
- 00:26:28.837 --> 00:26:33.141
- "and millions upon millions have vanished around the world,"
- 00:26:33.141 --> 00:26:35.744
- A patron added.
- 00:26:35.744 --> 00:26:37.545
- "there have been disasters everywhere,
- 00:26:37.545 --> 00:26:39.414
- Two air crashes in tel aviv alone."
- 00:26:39.414 --> 00:26:42.717
- It soon became clear that all those missing were christians.
- 00:26:42.717 --> 00:26:46.454
- "so only christians have disappeared?"
- 00:26:46.454 --> 00:26:48.390
- Eli muttered, shaking his head in wonder.
- 00:26:48.390 --> 00:26:51.359
- "i have no idea what all this means, but it must say something
- 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:53.995
- About the validity of christianity."
- 00:26:53.995 --> 00:26:56.998
- In the next few weeks,
- 00:26:56.998 --> 00:26:58.433
- He began studying the old testament prophecies
- 00:26:58.433 --> 00:27:00.802
- With his synagogue members.
- 00:27:00.802 --> 00:27:02.871
- But like the ethiopian eunuch in the book of acts,
- 00:27:02.871 --> 00:27:05.507
- The people floundered without anyone to explain
- 00:27:05.507 --> 00:27:08.076
- What they were reading, and eli sank into discouragement.
- 00:27:08.076 --> 00:27:13.214
- Then he saw the headline in the newspaper,
- 00:27:13.214 --> 00:27:15.950
- "self-styled prophets create turmoil in jerusalem."
- 00:27:15.950 --> 00:27:20.555
- This was on the front page of tel aviv's newspaper,
- 00:27:20.555 --> 00:27:23.825
- And eli's pulse quickened as he read the story.
- 00:27:23.825 --> 00:27:27.429
- Apparently, two unknown street preachers,
- 00:27:27.429 --> 00:27:30.365
- Calling themselves the two witnesses,
- 00:27:30.365 --> 00:27:32.834
- Were roaming the streets and parks of jerusalem,
- 00:27:32.834 --> 00:27:35.670
- Calling jews to repent of their sins,
- 00:27:35.670 --> 00:27:38.273
- Recognize that jesus the rabbi was the true messiah,
- 00:27:38.273 --> 00:27:41.710
- And return to their ancient calling to be a holy nation.
- 00:27:41.710 --> 00:27:45.780
- Eli dropped his newspaper.
- 00:27:45.780 --> 00:27:47.916
- Maybe these guys can answer my questions.
- 00:27:47.916 --> 00:27:50.385
- And within the hour, he was on a bus to jerusalem.
- 00:27:50.385 --> 00:27:54.155
- Once he arrived, he learned that the two men,
- 00:27:54.155 --> 00:27:56.925
- The two witnesses, were in jerusalem's major park,
- 00:27:56.925 --> 00:28:01.930
- And he hailed a cab so he could see for himself.
- 00:28:01.930 --> 00:28:05.467
- The park was filled with strolling couples
- 00:28:05.467 --> 00:28:08.002
- And joggers and picnicking families
- 00:28:08.002 --> 00:28:10.138
- And the hollow pop of tennis balls.
- 00:28:10.138 --> 00:28:13.041
- Yet an odd sound reached him from the distance.
- 00:28:13.041 --> 00:28:15.844
- It was a jumble of dissonant shouts and invectives.
- 00:28:15.844 --> 00:28:19.714
- Curious, he followed the noise and he soon saw the cause.
- 00:28:19.714 --> 00:28:23.384
- An angry mob was hurling rotten fruit and raw eggs
- 00:28:23.384 --> 00:28:27.155
- As two men standing on a bench were talking.
- 00:28:27.155 --> 00:28:31.059
- And as he watched, police officers appeared
- 00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:33.728
- And dispersed the unruly crowd.
- 00:28:33.728 --> 00:28:36.564
- The two men, dressed in threadbare black suits,
- 00:28:36.564 --> 00:28:39.400
- Strode to a drinking fountain where they tried
- 00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:41.770
- To wipe off their splattered clothing, and eli followed them.
- 00:28:41.770 --> 00:28:46.474
- As he approached, the taller man said,
- 00:28:46.474 --> 00:28:49.410
- "greetings, professor eli jacobs."
- 00:28:49.410 --> 00:28:52.981
- Eli's mouth fell open.
- 00:28:52.981 --> 00:28:54.616
- "how in the world did you know who i am?"
- 00:28:54.616 --> 00:28:56.851
- "well, god told me.
- 00:28:56.851 --> 00:28:58.653
- We have known you were coming since you left hadera."
- 00:28:58.653 --> 00:29:01.990
- Eli gaped in disbelief.
- 00:29:01.990 --> 00:29:03.725
- "who on god's earth are you?"
- 00:29:03.725 --> 00:29:06.461
- And they answered, "we are two of god's prophets.
- 00:29:06.461 --> 00:29:09.597
- Come, let's find a comfortable place to talk."
- 00:29:09.597 --> 00:29:12.901
- They led him to a nearby park, and under the shade
- 00:29:12.901 --> 00:29:16.905
- Of a spreading cedar, they began to discuss.
- 00:29:16.905 --> 00:29:19.974
- At their urging, eli told of his attempts
- 00:29:19.974 --> 00:29:22.410
- To find the current meaning of the ancient prophets.
- 00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:25.580
- "have you ever read the christian book of revelation?"
- 00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:28.283
- The shorter witness asked.
- 00:29:28.283 --> 00:29:29.918
- And when eli admitted that he had not, the man said,
- 00:29:29.918 --> 00:29:31.653
- "then we will read it with you."
- 00:29:31.653 --> 00:29:34.455
- And over the next few evenings, the two witnesses showed eli
- 00:29:34.455 --> 00:29:37.392
- How jewish prophetic books such as daniel and ezekiel
- 00:29:37.392 --> 00:29:40.862
- Matched up with the apostle john's revelation.
- 00:29:40.862 --> 00:29:44.032
- They went on to compare these prophecies with world events.
- 00:29:44.032 --> 00:29:47.836
- Eli shook his head trying to take it all in.
- 00:29:47.836 --> 00:29:50.705
- "i wish i knew what we could do about it," he said.
- 00:29:50.705 --> 00:29:53.441
- "well, that we can tell you," the taller witness said.
- 00:29:53.441 --> 00:29:57.011
- "god has taken his people out of the world to focus
- 00:29:57.011 --> 00:29:59.848
- On his promise to bring his people, the jews, back to him.
- 00:29:59.848 --> 00:30:04.419
- In fact, god sent you to us because you have a role
- 00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:07.121
- To play in that plan.
- 00:30:07.121 --> 00:30:09.824
- You are to be his evangelist to all who will listen."
- 00:30:09.824 --> 00:30:14.629
- "you were not the first god has sent to us,"
- 00:30:14.629 --> 00:30:16.631
- The second witness said,
- 00:30:16.631 --> 00:30:18.366
- "and soon there will be 144,000 of you,
- 00:30:18.366 --> 00:30:22.770
- 12,000 from each of the ancient tribes of israel,
- 00:30:22.770 --> 00:30:26.374
- And you will lead a worldwide movement
- 00:30:26.374 --> 00:30:28.509
- To evangelize the world for christ before the end comes."
- 00:30:28.509 --> 00:30:32.814
- "but i'm not even a christian," eli said.
- 00:30:32.814 --> 00:30:35.717
- "well, are you ready to become one?"
- 00:30:35.717 --> 00:30:38.353
- "i am."
- 00:30:38.353 --> 00:30:39.787
- Eli's voice was sober, and he said,
- 00:30:39.787 --> 00:30:42.624
- "i believe that jesus christ is truly the son of god."
- 00:30:42.624 --> 00:30:46.694
- The two witnesses prayed with eli as he accepted christ
- 00:30:46.694 --> 00:30:49.931
- As his messiah.
- 00:30:49.931 --> 00:30:51.466
- And when they finished praying, eli asked, "what now?"
- 00:30:51.466 --> 00:30:55.236
- "come tomorrow and we'll tell you."
- 00:30:55.236 --> 00:30:58.172
- That night in his hotel room, eli jacobs dreamed
- 00:30:58.172 --> 00:31:01.442
- Of vague distant chords from a breathtaking song.
- 00:31:01.442 --> 00:31:05.914
- Though he could not remember the melody after he awoke,
- 00:31:05.914 --> 00:31:08.650
- He knew he had just heard a lost chord like the one
- 00:31:08.650 --> 00:31:11.753
- That had so tantalized the composer sullivan.
- 00:31:11.753 --> 00:31:15.123
- Its elusive echoes filled him with unspeakable joy.
- 00:31:15.123 --> 00:31:20.161
- When eli arrived at the park that afternoon,
- 00:31:20.161 --> 00:31:22.297
- An even more clamorous mob surrounded the two witnesses.
- 00:31:22.297 --> 00:31:25.466
- And as he approached, the rioters began to pelt
- 00:31:25.466 --> 00:31:27.769
- The speakers as before, this time not with eggs,
- 00:31:27.769 --> 00:31:31.940
- This time with stones.
- 00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:34.676
- Though the air swarmed with rocks being hurled
- 00:31:34.676 --> 00:31:36.744
- At short range, the witnesses stood unscathed.
- 00:31:36.744 --> 00:31:40.148
- Finally, the frustrated crowd just gave up and went away.
- 00:31:40.148 --> 00:31:44.118
- "what just happened?" eli cried.
- 00:31:44.118 --> 00:31:45.987
- "how is it possible that none of those stones hit you?"
- 00:31:45.987 --> 00:31:50.591
- "god has promised to protect us," they said,
- 00:31:50.591 --> 00:31:52.927
- "from harm until our task is complete,
- 00:31:52.927 --> 00:31:55.797
- Which brings us to the reason we asked you to return."
- 00:31:55.797 --> 00:31:59.300
- Eli sat on a bench as the two witnesses
- 00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:01.102
- Began their explanation: "as you go out into the world
- 00:32:01.102 --> 00:32:04.939
- Many will reject your message.
- 00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:07.241
- When people hear that the plagues and the earthquakes
- 00:32:07.241 --> 00:32:09.911
- And the contamination now beginning to cover the earth
- 00:32:09.911 --> 00:32:12.747
- Are god's warnings, they will take out their anger on you."
- 00:32:12.747 --> 00:32:18.052
- "well, that's not very pleasant to hear," eli said,
- 00:32:18.052 --> 00:32:20.788
- "but it will be worth it if our nation returns to her calling."
- 00:32:20.788 --> 00:32:24.592
- "that's absolutely right," the taller witness said,
- 00:32:24.592 --> 00:32:26.894
- "the good news is that god has sealed and secured you
- 00:32:26.894 --> 00:32:30.231
- For this purpose."
- 00:32:30.231 --> 00:32:31.899
- And soon there were 144,000 evangelists preaching
- 00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:36.738
- Across the globe, and in their wake came intense persecution.
- 00:32:36.738 --> 00:32:41.342
- When the disasters foretold by the two witnesses
- 00:32:41.342 --> 00:32:43.778
- Began to descend upon the unrepentant world,
- 00:32:43.778 --> 00:32:47.582
- People blamed messianic jews for the calamities.
- 00:32:47.582 --> 00:32:51.452
- But because the lord had sealed these preachers,
- 00:32:51.452 --> 00:32:54.288
- They were able to persevere unscathed.
- 00:32:54.288 --> 00:32:58.726
- Three and a half years after the rapture,
- 00:32:58.726 --> 00:33:01.095
- The world was rocked by new traumas
- 00:33:01.095 --> 00:33:03.364
- From an unprecedented reign of terror against the jews.
- 00:33:03.364 --> 00:33:06.434
- Natural disasters increased exponentially all over the world
- 00:33:06.434 --> 00:33:10.338
- Causing widespread death and unprecedented misery.
- 00:33:10.338 --> 00:33:14.709
- Eli and the rest of the worldwide network
- 00:33:14.709 --> 00:33:17.345
- Of 144,000 evangelists,
- 00:33:17.345 --> 00:33:19.847
- Now sure they were in a race against time,
- 00:33:19.847 --> 00:33:22.850
- Spent every waking hour calling people to repentance.
- 00:33:22.850 --> 00:33:27.355
- Heartening successes were interspersed
- 00:33:27.355 --> 00:33:29.557
- With violent rejections, but the many
- 00:33:29.557 --> 00:33:32.193
- They had led to the faith became shining beacons
- 00:33:32.193 --> 00:33:35.296
- Of love and holiness,
- 00:33:35.296 --> 00:33:37.131
- And many became diligent champions of the good news.
- 00:33:37.131 --> 00:33:41.936
- Now, that's a fictional account that introduces the subject that
- 00:33:41.936 --> 00:33:46.307
- We've all heard somebody talk about, the 144,000 witnesses.
- 00:33:46.307 --> 00:33:51.913
- And i'm not going to go through the litany of what everybody
- 00:33:51.913 --> 00:33:54.449
- Thinks those people mean because there's only one meaning
- 00:33:54.449 --> 00:33:58.286
- And it's given to us very plainly in the bible.
- 00:33:58.286 --> 00:34:01.489
- During the tribulation period, which happens
- 00:34:01.489 --> 00:34:03.558
- Right after the church is taken to heaven,
- 00:34:03.558 --> 00:34:06.127
- The antichrist is going to work to consolidate his power
- 00:34:06.127 --> 00:34:09.330
- And he's going to do everything he can do
- 00:34:09.330 --> 00:34:11.165
- To take israel down.
- 00:34:11.165 --> 00:34:13.501
- While he is crushing those who refuse to bow before his statue,
- 00:34:13.501 --> 00:34:17.738
- The greatest spiritual awakening of all time
- 00:34:17.738 --> 00:34:20.341
- Is gonna take place on this earth.
- 00:34:20.341 --> 00:34:22.844
- And this awakening will come through the ministry
- 00:34:22.844 --> 00:34:26.180
- Of the 144,000 sealed jewish evangelists.
- 00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:31.853
- Perhaps if you go to an evangelical church,
- 00:34:31.853 --> 00:34:33.855
- You may have heard your pastor or some visiting teacher say
- 00:34:33.855 --> 00:34:37.525
- That before jesus christ comes back to this earth,
- 00:34:37.525 --> 00:34:40.428
- There's going to be a great revival,
- 00:34:40.428 --> 00:34:42.930
- And people are going to come back to the lord.
- 00:34:42.930 --> 00:34:45.566
- Now, all of us wishes that would happen,
- 00:34:45.566 --> 00:34:47.435
- And perhaps it will in a small way,
- 00:34:47.435 --> 00:34:49.337
- But there is no indication in the scripture
- 00:34:49.337 --> 00:34:51.706
- That we should expect such a thing.
- 00:34:51.706 --> 00:34:53.674
- In fact, the bible teaches us the exact opposite.
- 00:34:53.674 --> 00:34:57.145
- The bible says that before the lord returns to take us
- 00:34:57.145 --> 00:34:59.981
- To heaven, there's going to be a falling away from the faith.
- 00:34:59.981 --> 00:35:03.784
- And if you look at the statistics for mainline churches
- 00:35:03.784 --> 00:35:06.721
- Today, it seems like maybe we're in the beginning of that
- 00:35:06.721 --> 00:35:09.891
- Because a lot of people who used to go to church,
- 00:35:09.891 --> 00:35:12.260
- A lot of people who used to be religious have pushed away,
- 00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:15.496
- And churches are struggling.
- 00:35:15.496 --> 00:35:17.865
- Just as discouraging as it is to see what's happening
- 00:35:17.865 --> 00:35:20.234
- In the world today with the faith,
- 00:35:20.234 --> 00:35:22.436
- Except for some shining lights that god has raised up,
- 00:35:22.436 --> 00:35:25.840
- After the rapture, the bible says,
- 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:27.575
- During the tribulation, we are going to have the greatest
- 00:35:27.575 --> 00:35:29.844
- Revival that's ever happened on planet earth.
- 00:35:29.844 --> 00:35:32.813
- And it's all going to come because of this group of men
- 00:35:32.813 --> 00:35:37.685
- Called the 144,000 witnesses.
- 00:35:37.685 --> 00:35:41.322
- Now, i didn't make this story up.
- 00:35:41.322 --> 00:35:43.090
- I know it sounds rather fantastic,
- 00:35:43.090 --> 00:35:44.959
- But i want you to know that it comes right from the bible.
- 00:35:44.959 --> 00:35:47.662
- So i'm gonna put these verses up on the screen
- 00:35:47.662 --> 00:35:49.630
- And i'm gonna move quickly
- 00:35:49.630 --> 00:35:51.132
- Through this little presentation.
- 00:35:51.132 --> 00:35:53.100
- I want you to know that god's plan for the future is etched
- 00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:57.038
- In the incredibly authoritative and inspired scriptures.
- 00:35:57.038 --> 00:36:03.211
- Do i know what's gonna happen in the tribulation period?
- 00:36:03.211 --> 00:36:06.414
- Not everything, but here's one thing i do know.
- 00:36:06.414 --> 00:36:10.218
- There's gonna be a great religious revival.
- 00:36:10.218 --> 00:36:13.788
- Now, the bible tells us in revelation 7
- 00:36:13.788 --> 00:36:17.658
- And in revelation 14 that there are going
- 00:36:17.658 --> 00:36:20.728
- To be 144,000 witnesses selected from the 12 tribes of israel.
- 00:36:20.728 --> 00:36:26.500
- Revelation 7:4: "i heard the number of those who were sealed.
- 00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:30.605
- One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes
- 00:36:30.605 --> 00:36:34.375
- Of the children of israel were sealed."
- 00:36:34.375 --> 00:36:36.677
- Now, the matter of who these witnesses are
- 00:36:36.677 --> 00:36:38.813
- Is not left up for us to wonder.
- 00:36:38.813 --> 00:36:41.115
- I've heard some of the fantastic ideas that people have had
- 00:36:41.115 --> 00:36:44.452
- About who these people are.
- 00:36:44.452 --> 00:36:45.920
- But if you go to the book of revelation,
- 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.722
- It actually lists every tribe of israel,
- 00:36:47.722 --> 00:36:51.459
- And after it, it says, "and 12,000 from this tribe."
- 00:36:51.459 --> 00:36:55.496
- And then it lists the next one, "and 12,000 from this tribe."
- 00:36:55.496 --> 00:36:58.699
- All 12 tribes, the bible says, out of those old,
- 00:36:58.699 --> 00:37:01.235
- Historic jewish tribes,
- 00:37:01.235 --> 00:37:03.504
- 12,000 witnesses will be selected.
- 00:37:03.504 --> 00:37:06.207
- And they are going to be used of god in a marvelous way
- 00:37:06.207 --> 00:37:10.144
- In this revival.
- 00:37:10.144 --> 00:37:11.846
- Throughout the scripture, the number 12
- 00:37:11.846 --> 00:37:13.981
- Is consistently associated with the nation of israel.
- 00:37:13.981 --> 00:37:17.351
- The jewish high priest wore a breastplate
- 00:37:17.351 --> 00:37:19.654
- Bearing 12 precious stones.
- 00:37:19.654 --> 00:37:22.857
- On the table of shewbread in the temple were 12 holy loaves.
- 00:37:22.857 --> 00:37:27.228
- In the city of jerusalem, there are 12 gates,
- 00:37:27.228 --> 00:37:30.298
- And matthew 19:28 tells that one day the 12 apostles
- 00:37:30.298 --> 00:37:34.802
- Will sit on the 12 thrones judging the 12 tribes of israel.
- 00:37:34.802 --> 00:37:39.073
- Twelve is a good number for the jews.
- 00:37:39.073 --> 00:37:41.542
- It's a great number for israel.
- 00:37:41.542 --> 00:37:44.078
- They're selected from the 12 tribes,
- 00:37:44.078 --> 00:37:46.147
- And the bible says these witnesses
- 00:37:46.147 --> 00:37:48.416
- Are going to be sealed on their foreheads.
- 00:37:48.416 --> 00:37:51.619
- Now, i used to try to explain that, and nobody understood,
- 00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:55.056
- But now that everybody's got a tattoo,
- 00:37:55.056 --> 00:37:56.824
- It's pretty easy for people to understand this.
- 00:37:56.824 --> 00:37:59.026
- In fact, my question is, by that time, will there be any room
- 00:37:59.026 --> 00:38:01.862
- Left on the human body for the seal to be placed?
- 00:38:01.862 --> 00:38:06.567
- And i'm joking, of course.
- 00:38:06.567 --> 00:38:08.436
- But the bible says these 144,000 witnesses
- 00:38:08.436 --> 00:38:11.539
- Are gonna have a special mark on their forehead.
- 00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:15.076
- It says in verses 2 and 3: "i saw another angel
- 00:38:15.076 --> 00:38:17.812
- Ascending from the east, having the seal of the living god.
- 00:38:17.812 --> 00:38:21.749
- And he cried with a loud voice, 'do not harm the earth
- 00:38:21.749 --> 00:38:25.453
- Or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the servants
- 00:38:25.453 --> 00:38:29.690
- Of our god on their foreheads.'"
- 00:38:29.690 --> 00:38:32.693
- And in revelation 7, it doesn't tell us what that seal says,
- 00:38:32.693 --> 00:38:37.598
- But in chapter 14 in verse 1, we read these words:
- 00:38:37.598 --> 00:38:41.669
- "his father's name will be written on their foreheads."
- 00:38:41.669 --> 00:38:46.173
- So maybe adonai or the father's name will be on their forehead.
- 00:38:46.173 --> 00:38:49.910
- Everyone who is a special witness during that period
- 00:38:49.910 --> 00:38:53.347
- Of time will be marked.
- 00:38:53.347 --> 00:38:56.250
- And the seal of the living god won't just be a mark
- 00:38:56.250 --> 00:38:59.220
- On the outside of their body, but it will be a reminder
- 00:38:59.220 --> 00:39:02.790
- Of the presence of the spirit of god within these men.
- 00:39:02.790 --> 00:39:06.494
- They will have an incredible power to communicate the truth.
- 00:39:06.494 --> 00:39:09.797
- In fact, i'd like to think about, have you ever been
- 00:39:09.797 --> 00:39:12.533
- With a very excited, energized jewish man?
- 00:39:12.533 --> 00:39:17.438
- If you ever go to israel, you will come away with a great
- 00:39:17.438 --> 00:39:20.141
- Appreciation for their vigor and their excitement about life.
- 00:39:20.141 --> 00:39:24.078
- Just imagine turning 144,000 of these guys loose on this earth
- 00:39:24.078 --> 00:39:28.516
- With the gospel of jesus christ and the power of the holy spirit
- 00:39:28.516 --> 00:39:31.986
- In them and their purpose is just to preach the word of god
- 00:39:31.986 --> 00:39:34.188
- Until people hear it and respond.
- 00:39:34.188 --> 00:39:37.725
- And the bible says in joel chapter 2
- 00:39:37.725 --> 00:39:40.227
- That "it shall come to pass that i will pour out my spirit;
- 00:39:40.227 --> 00:39:43.731
- And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
- 00:39:43.731 --> 00:39:46.667
- And your old men will dream dreams,
- 00:39:46.667 --> 00:39:49.370
- And your young men shall see visions.
- 00:39:49.370 --> 00:39:51.405
- And on my menservants i will pour out my spirit
- 00:39:51.405 --> 00:39:54.842
- In those days."
- 00:39:54.842 --> 00:39:56.977
- These witnesses are selected from the 12 tribes of israel.
- 00:39:56.977 --> 00:40:00.848
- They're sealed on their foreheads,
- 00:40:00.848 --> 00:40:02.683
- And they're the servants of the living god.
- 00:40:02.683 --> 00:40:05.453
- And the bible says they're also separated to god.
- 00:40:05.453 --> 00:40:07.988
- That means they have a special calling from the lord.
- 00:40:07.988 --> 00:40:11.559
- Revelation 14:4 says: "these are the ones who were not defiled
- 00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:15.796
- With women, for they are virgins."
- 00:40:15.796 --> 00:40:18.332
- Now, a lot of people have tried to spiritualize that and talk
- 00:40:18.332 --> 00:40:21.135
- About the fact that they had not committed spiritual adultery,
- 00:40:21.135 --> 00:40:24.371
- But that's reading way too much into the text.
- 00:40:24.371 --> 00:40:27.475
- I believe these men will be celibates
- 00:40:27.475 --> 00:40:29.743
- Who just run around the earth preaching the gospel.
- 00:40:29.743 --> 00:40:32.680
- And frankly, when you learn about what goes on in the
- 00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:34.715
- Tribulation, there won't be any time for family for these guys.
- 00:40:34.715 --> 00:40:38.552
- They'll be on a journey and on a mission,
- 00:40:38.552 --> 00:40:40.588
- And it will be a full-time task.
- 00:40:40.588 --> 00:40:42.790
- When we understand the pressures of the tribulation period,
- 00:40:42.790 --> 00:40:45.993
- It's easy to comprehend why these preachers
- 00:40:45.993 --> 00:40:47.995
- Would have a difficult married life.
- 00:40:47.995 --> 00:40:50.798
- And the bible says they're strong in their faith.
- 00:40:50.798 --> 00:40:53.400
- Revelation 14 says: "these are the ones who follow the lamb,
- 00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:57.371
- And in their mouth was found no deceit,
- 00:40:57.371 --> 00:40:59.940
- For they are without fault before the throne of god."
- 00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:03.410
- You know, the bible tells us that the effective,
- 00:41:03.410 --> 00:41:05.779
- Fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
- 00:41:05.779 --> 00:41:11.118
- In other words, it accomplishes a lot.
- 00:41:11.118 --> 00:41:13.354
- These men will be fervent, they will be righteous,
- 00:41:13.354 --> 00:41:17.057
- And they will preach with a kind of zeal that we seldom see
- 00:41:17.057 --> 00:41:21.662
- In our world anymore today.
- 00:41:21.662 --> 00:41:23.964
- Most of you are old enough to remember with me
- 00:41:23.964 --> 00:41:28.035
- Some of the earlier days in our faith
- 00:41:28.035 --> 00:41:30.471
- When we would have evangelists come to our church
- 00:41:30.471 --> 00:41:33.307
- And some of them weren't quiet.
- 00:41:33.307 --> 00:41:35.776
- They came with a zeal and excitement
- 00:41:35.776 --> 00:41:37.845
- And i wished as a little boy, my daddy was a preacher,
- 00:41:37.845 --> 00:41:40.080
- I'd go and sit on the front row
- 00:41:40.080 --> 00:41:41.682
- And watch these guys.
- 00:41:41.682 --> 00:41:43.384
- Some of them took props into the pulpit
- 00:41:43.384 --> 00:41:44.952
- To illustrate their messages,
- 00:41:44.952 --> 00:41:46.587
- And some of them were really frightening to me.
- 00:41:46.587 --> 00:41:48.522
- I remember hearing a story about a little boy who went to one
- 00:41:48.522 --> 00:41:51.025
- Of these evangelistic crusades that was held in an old,
- 00:41:51.025 --> 00:41:54.562
- Very formal church where the pulpit was surrounded
- 00:41:54.562 --> 00:41:58.098
- By a little white fence.
- 00:41:58.098 --> 00:41:59.733
- It was up at the top and this little boy watched this preacher
- 00:41:59.733 --> 00:42:01.802
- Going crazy up there preaching and he turned to his mom
- 00:42:01.802 --> 00:42:04.405
- And he said, "mommy, what are we gonna do
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- If he gets out of there?"
- 00:42:05.906 --> 00:42:07.274
- And that's the way it was for me growing up.
- 00:42:07.274 --> 00:42:09.143
- A lot of these preachers were pretty vibrant.
- 00:42:09.143 --> 00:42:11.612
- You haven't seen anything until you see 144,000 men
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- Who are righteous, without fault,
- 00:42:15.983 --> 00:42:18.419
- Preaching the gospel of jesus christ
- 00:42:18.419 --> 00:42:20.554
- To men and women who will be so desperate to hear them
- 00:42:20.554 --> 00:42:23.357
- Because of what's happened on the earth during that time.
- 00:42:23.357 --> 00:42:26.694
- They are also spared from the coming judgment.
- 00:42:26.694 --> 00:42:30.564
- Notice it says: "do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees
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- Until we have sealed the servants of our god
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- On their foreheads."
- 00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:41.108
- In other words, these men will not be able to be taken out.
- 00:42:41.108 --> 00:42:45.879
- There will certainly be an anger against them
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- Because of their preaching,
- 00:42:47.982 --> 00:42:49.550
- But the bible says nobody will be able to touch them
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- Because almighty god is gonna have his arms
- 00:42:51.518 --> 00:42:53.320
- Wrapped around them.
- 00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:54.655
- You know, it's an interesting thing that even today
- 00:42:54.655 --> 00:42:56.790
- We can practice that, can we not?
- 00:42:56.790 --> 00:42:58.792
- I'm gonna tell you a little secret.
- 00:42:58.792 --> 00:43:01.195
- When i first started to travel as a young pastor,
- 00:43:01.195 --> 00:43:03.897
- My kids were little.
- 00:43:03.897 --> 00:43:05.699
- I used to get on airplanes flying out
- 00:43:05.699 --> 00:43:08.135
- Of fort wayne, indiana, and have a little pang of fear
- 00:43:08.135 --> 00:43:11.305
- That would come into my heart.
- 00:43:11.305 --> 00:43:13.007
- I don't think it was-- i wasn't afraid to die.
- 00:43:13.007 --> 00:43:15.075
- I wasn't anxious to die, but i wasn't afraid to.
- 00:43:15.075 --> 00:43:17.544
- But i had great fear for my kids,
- 00:43:17.544 --> 00:43:20.047
- For my wife and my little children.
- 00:43:20.047 --> 00:43:22.950
- And one day, an older pastor came to me and he gave me
- 00:43:22.950 --> 00:43:25.919
- This little saying, and i wrote it in my bible,
- 00:43:25.919 --> 00:43:27.988
- And here's what it says:
- 00:43:27.988 --> 00:43:29.590
- "god's man in the center of god's will is immortal
- 00:43:29.590 --> 00:43:33.861
- Until god is done with him."
- 00:43:33.861 --> 00:43:36.096
- And i never forgot that.
- 00:43:36.096 --> 00:43:37.831
- But that doesn't mean you should be presumptuous.
- 00:43:37.831 --> 00:43:39.733
- Listen, you know, a lot of people will hear that
- 00:43:39.733 --> 00:43:42.403
- And they'll say, "oh, i can just do whatever i want."
- 00:43:42.403 --> 00:43:44.738
- There's an old preacher friend of mine that's in heaven now,
- 00:43:44.738 --> 00:43:48.175
- J. vernon mcgee.
- 00:43:48.175 --> 00:43:49.677
- He used to tell a story about a guy in his church who came up
- 00:43:49.677 --> 00:43:51.679
- To him one day and said to him, "you know what?
- 00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:53.947
- I'm so confident in god's sovereign provision for me that
- 00:43:53.947 --> 00:43:58.385
- If my time had not come, i could walk right out in the middle
- 00:43:58.385 --> 00:44:01.655
- To this intersection down here in la,
- 00:44:01.655 --> 00:44:03.857
- Right in front of this busy corner,
- 00:44:03.857 --> 00:44:05.492
- And if my time had not come, i'd be okay."
- 00:44:05.492 --> 00:44:08.262
- And old mcgee said to the boy, "if you walk down into the
- 00:44:08.262 --> 00:44:11.331
- Middle of that intersection at noon tomorrow, i promise you,
- 00:44:11.331 --> 00:44:14.468
- Your time has come."
- 00:44:14.468 --> 00:44:16.003
- We need to understand that, don't we?
- 00:44:16.003 --> 00:44:17.604
- Because there's a fine line between being confident
- 00:44:17.604 --> 00:44:19.707
- In god's provision and then being overconfident
- 00:44:19.707 --> 00:44:22.342
- And being foolish.
- 00:44:22.342 --> 00:44:23.744
- I'm not jumping out of airplanes these days,
- 00:44:23.744 --> 00:44:25.813
- But i'm trusting god to take care of me.
- 00:44:25.813 --> 00:44:27.948
- And these witnesses are gonna have that kind of protection
- 00:44:27.948 --> 00:44:30.951
- From almighty god.
- 00:44:30.951 --> 00:44:32.419
- He's gonna care for them until their work is done.
- 00:44:32.419 --> 00:44:36.390
- And the bible says also that in the midst of the tribulation,
- 00:44:36.390 --> 00:44:40.327
- While everything else is happening around them,
- 00:44:40.327 --> 00:44:42.429
- Listen to verse 1: "and i looked, and behold,
- 00:44:42.429 --> 00:44:45.399
- A lamb standing on mount zion,
- 00:44:45.399 --> 00:44:47.167
- And with him one hundred and forty-four thousand."
- 00:44:47.167 --> 00:44:49.703
- Listen to this, very interesting.
- 00:44:49.703 --> 00:44:51.472
- At the beginning of the story of these witnesses,
- 00:44:51.472 --> 00:44:53.674
- We are told there are 144,000.
- 00:44:53.674 --> 00:44:57.511
- When you get all the way to the end,
- 00:44:57.511 --> 00:44:59.213
- You see these witnesses in heaven.
- 00:44:59.213 --> 00:45:00.981
- Their job is done.
- 00:45:00.981 --> 00:45:02.583
- They're finished with their work on this earth.
- 00:45:02.583 --> 00:45:04.184
- And you know what the bible says?
- 00:45:04.184 --> 00:45:05.819
- There's not 143,999 of them.
- 00:45:05.819 --> 00:45:09.857
- There's 144,000 of them.
- 00:45:09.857 --> 00:45:13.460
- All of them go through the tribulation,
- 00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:15.963
- And not one of them is lost.
- 00:45:15.963 --> 00:45:18.699
- This is an amazing story about how god is going to provide the
- 00:45:18.699 --> 00:45:22.870
- Message of hope and salvation during a very dark time
- 00:45:22.870 --> 00:45:26.573
- On this earth.
- 00:45:26.573 --> 00:45:28.408
- And do you know how successful they're gonna be?
- 00:45:28.408 --> 00:45:30.978
- Listen to this report filed by john in the 7th chapter
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- Of revelation:
- 00:45:35.849 --> 00:45:37.718
- "after these things i looked, and behold, a great multitude
- 00:45:37.718 --> 00:45:43.590
- Which no one could number, of all nations and tribes
- 00:45:43.590 --> 00:45:47.928
- And peoples and tongues, standing before the throne
- 00:45:47.928 --> 00:45:52.065
- And before the lamb, clothed with white robes,
- 00:45:52.065 --> 00:45:55.169
- And palm branches in their hands."
- 00:45:55.169 --> 00:45:57.504
- What a wonderful picture that is.
- 00:45:57.504 --> 00:45:59.940
- Listen, the bible says so many people are gonna
- 00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:03.510
- Come to christ during that time that you don't even have any way
- 00:46:03.510 --> 00:46:06.847
- To number them.
- 00:46:06.847 --> 00:46:08.549
- Great multitude which no one can number, and they represent
- 00:46:08.549 --> 00:46:12.286
- All of the nations and the tribes and the peoples
- 00:46:12.286 --> 00:46:14.588
- And the tongues from all over the earth,
- 00:46:14.588 --> 00:46:17.057
- The harvest from the great revival
- 00:46:17.057 --> 00:46:20.160
- Of the 144,000 witnesses.
- 00:46:20.160 --> 00:46:24.498
- And that is going to be something, you know,
- 00:46:24.498 --> 00:46:27.568
- That we'll be able to observe in heaven.
- 00:46:27.568 --> 00:46:31.104
- This is, i believe, the fulfillment of this promise
- 00:46:31.104 --> 00:46:34.441
- Of jesus given in his olivet discourse.
- 00:46:34.441 --> 00:46:37.845
- Jesus said, "the gospel of the kingdom will be preached
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- In all the world as a witness to all the nations,
- 00:46:42.015 --> 00:46:46.220
- And then the end will come."
- 00:46:46.220 --> 00:46:48.388
- Ladies and gentlemen, one of these days,
- 00:46:48.388 --> 00:46:50.791
- There's going to be this massive spiritual return to god
- 00:46:50.791 --> 00:46:54.862
- During one of the darkest times on planet earth.
- 00:46:54.862 --> 00:46:59.166
- And the bible tells us that when they are finally finished
- 00:46:59.166 --> 00:47:02.936
- With their task, they're going to be taken to heaven.
- 00:47:02.936 --> 00:47:07.407
- And the bible gives us a picture that every musician
- 00:47:07.407 --> 00:47:11.712
- I've ever shared this with seems to get excited about.
- 00:47:11.712 --> 00:47:15.582
- They're singing a new song when they get to heaven.
- 00:47:15.582 --> 00:47:18.218
- Listen to this: "and i looked, and behold, a lamb standing on
- 00:47:18.218 --> 00:47:23.056
- Mount zion, and with him one hundred and forty-four thousand,
- 00:47:23.056 --> 00:47:26.526
- Having his father's name written on their foreheads.
- 00:47:26.526 --> 00:47:29.329
- And i heard the sound of harpists playing their harps.
- 00:47:29.329 --> 00:47:33.567
- And they sang as it were a song before the throne,
- 00:47:33.567 --> 00:47:36.403
- Before the four living creatures and the elders.
- 00:47:36.403 --> 00:47:38.872
- And no one could learn that song except the hundred and
- 00:47:38.872 --> 00:47:41.708
- Forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth."
- 00:47:41.708 --> 00:47:44.611
- John says he looks and he sees in heaven,
- 00:47:44.611 --> 00:47:46.513
- Prophetic, this picture.
- 00:47:46.513 --> 00:47:48.749
- All of these 144,000 witnesses who've been preserved and have
- 00:47:48.749 --> 00:47:52.886
- Spent their whole life preaching the gospel during
- 00:47:52.886 --> 00:47:55.656
- The tribulation period, they're now all in heaven.
- 00:47:55.656 --> 00:47:57.958
- And the bible says they're gathered around the throne
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- And they're singing.
- 00:48:00.394 --> 00:48:01.962
- This choir has 144,000 men in it.
- 00:48:01.962 --> 00:48:05.065
- It's the biggest glee club i've ever read about
- 00:48:05.065 --> 00:48:08.402
- Anyplace in the world.
- 00:48:08.402 --> 00:48:10.237
- And they're going to sing together.
- 00:48:10.237 --> 00:48:12.105
- And the bible says no one else can sing this song except them
- 00:48:12.105 --> 00:48:16.476
- Because they're the only ones who have experienced
- 00:48:16.476 --> 00:48:19.346
- What they've experienced.
- 00:48:19.346 --> 00:48:20.948
- And the song is the result of the joy in their hearts
- 00:48:20.948 --> 00:48:24.217
- Having gone through this terrible period
- 00:48:24.217 --> 00:48:26.286
- Watching god's hand of mercy snatch people out
- 00:48:26.286 --> 00:48:30.057
- And bring them to heaven.
- 00:48:30.057 --> 00:48:31.992
- They're gonna be so excited.
- 00:48:31.992 --> 00:48:33.994
- Years ago, i learned about this, and some of you
- 00:48:33.994 --> 00:48:36.196
- Probably already know about it, but i'll refresh you.
- 00:48:36.196 --> 00:48:39.266
- The american grammy award-winning composer
- 00:48:39.266 --> 00:48:42.202
- Eric whitacre gives us a little taste
- 00:48:42.202 --> 00:48:45.172
- Of what this choir is going to sound like.
- 00:48:45.172 --> 00:48:48.108
- Whitacre is best known for his virtual choir in which people
- 00:48:48.108 --> 00:48:52.612
- From all around the world record their voices singing one or more
- 00:48:52.612 --> 00:48:56.817
- Parts of a song, and then he takes the best tracks from all
- 00:48:56.817 --> 00:49:00.620
- Of these that are sent to him and blends them together
- 00:49:00.620 --> 00:49:03.457
- Into one astonishingly beautiful recorded choir.
- 00:49:03.457 --> 00:49:07.394
- And he posts the results on youtube.
- 00:49:07.394 --> 00:49:10.731
- Whitacre's virtual choir 1.0 features 185 singers
- 00:49:10.731 --> 00:49:15.936
- From 12 different countries.
- 00:49:15.936 --> 00:49:18.772
- His most recent effort, virtual choir 3.0,
- 00:49:18.772 --> 00:49:22.175
- Combined 3,746 submissions from 73 countries,
- 00:49:22.175 --> 00:49:29.016
- And it was released in april of 2012.
- 00:49:29.016 --> 00:49:32.419
- The choir has been called the choir as big as the internet
- 00:49:32.419 --> 00:49:37.290
- And the world's most beautiful choir.
- 00:49:37.290 --> 00:49:40.027
- But i want to tell you something.
- 00:49:40.027 --> 00:49:41.428
- One day, there's gonna be a choir better than anything
- 00:49:41.428 --> 00:49:44.531
- Whitacre ever thought about.
- 00:49:44.531 --> 00:49:46.566
- Twelve thousand singers from every jewish tribe gathered
- 00:49:46.566 --> 00:49:50.737
- Together around the throne singing praise to almighty god.
- 00:49:50.737 --> 00:49:56.276
- That's the story of the 144,000 witnesses.
- 00:49:56.276 --> 00:50:01.982
- And men and women,
- 00:50:01.982 --> 00:50:03.450
- As devastating as this period will be,
- 00:50:03.450 --> 00:50:06.553
- The thing that i carry away from this
- 00:50:06.553 --> 00:50:09.156
- Is that god never removes his hand from this earth.
- 00:50:09.156 --> 00:50:13.060
- I hear people say, "do you think god has given up on america?"
- 00:50:13.060 --> 00:50:16.963
- I don't think that's the right question.
- 00:50:16.963 --> 00:50:18.799
- I think the question is, "has america given up on god?"
- 00:50:18.799 --> 00:50:22.636
- You know, that's the question.
- 00:50:22.636 --> 00:50:24.938
- I can answer the first one with assurance.
- 00:50:24.938 --> 00:50:26.807
- Almighty god has not given up on our nation, and it could well be
- 00:50:26.807 --> 00:50:30.877
- That before the lord returns to take those who have put
- 00:50:30.877 --> 00:50:33.313
- Their trust in him to heaven, he will pour out his spirit
- 00:50:33.313 --> 00:50:36.216
- Once again on this nation.
- 00:50:36.216 --> 00:50:37.984
- Maybe we'll have a fourth great awakening in america.
- 00:50:37.984 --> 00:50:40.654
- I would love to be a part of that and to see god do that,
- 00:50:40.654 --> 00:50:43.490
- And it could happen.
- 00:50:43.490 --> 00:50:45.659
- But listen, one of these days, this world as we know it is
- 00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:51.031
- Going to come to an end, and the tribulation will happen.
- 00:50:51.031 --> 00:50:55.836
- And during that tribulation, when there is so much evil,
- 00:50:55.836 --> 00:50:58.972
- God will still be reaching out and begging people
- 00:50:58.972 --> 00:51:03.410
- To come to him and receive his grace.
- 00:51:03.410 --> 00:51:06.580
- Now, as we think about all of this and we try to ask
- 00:51:06.580 --> 00:51:09.549
- Ourselves, "so what does that mean to me today?"
- 00:51:09.549 --> 00:51:13.453
- Listen, i'm sure that throughout the whole world today,
- 00:51:13.453 --> 00:51:16.623
- There's more than 144,000 people who are preaching the gospel.
- 00:51:16.623 --> 00:51:20.694
- We got our own 144,000 witnesses, don't we?
- 00:51:20.694 --> 00:51:24.197
- The problem is we don't have as much tribulation
- 00:51:24.197 --> 00:51:26.766
- As they have then, and so we're not as prone to listen
- 00:51:26.766 --> 00:51:29.636
- As they will be prone to listen then.
- 00:51:29.636 --> 00:51:32.139
- Here's the deal, you guys.
- 00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:33.974
- If you don't know jesus christ, more than likely almighty god
- 00:51:33.974 --> 00:51:38.545
- Has sent somebody into your life to tell you about him.
- 00:51:38.545 --> 00:51:41.615
- God has sent some witness into your life, somebody for you to
- 00:51:41.615 --> 00:51:44.818
- Know, somebody for you to watch, somebody for you to listen to.
- 00:51:44.818 --> 00:51:48.788
- And that witness is a gift from god to you
- 00:51:48.788 --> 00:51:51.992
- So that you can receive god's grace in your life.
- 00:51:51.992 --> 00:51:55.729
- And don't think about ever pushing that witness away.
- 00:51:55.729 --> 00:52:00.433
- That's god's grace to you.
- 00:52:00.433 --> 00:52:02.602
- I believe that you are here tonight because god wants you to
- 00:52:02.602 --> 00:52:05.238
- Hear the gospel once more, that christ died on the cross for you
- 00:52:05.238 --> 00:52:09.342
- To pay the penalty for all of your sin,
- 00:52:09.342 --> 00:52:11.444
- And he just asks you to receive him as your savior.
- 00:52:11.444 --> 00:52:14.814
- That's the message of the gospel.
- 00:52:14.814 --> 00:52:21.388
- I know for sure i won't be a part
- 00:52:21.388 --> 00:52:23.223
- Of the 144,000 witnesses in the future.
- 00:52:23.223 --> 00:52:26.693
- I just want to be one of god's witnesses in the present.
- 00:52:26.693 --> 00:52:30.030
- I'm asking god to give me a sense of urgency about the years
- 00:52:30.030 --> 00:52:33.066
- That still lie before me that will help me tell people
- 00:52:33.066 --> 00:52:36.303
- About jesus as i've never told them before.
- 00:52:36.303 --> 00:52:39.506
- The message of the gospel is the best good news there ever was.
- 00:52:39.506 --> 00:52:42.943
- In this world which is going to hell in a handbasket, there is a
- 00:52:42.943 --> 00:52:47.180
- Wonderful truth that god loves us and he's able to save us.
- 00:52:47.180 --> 00:52:51.384
- And even in the midst of the stress of this world,
- 00:52:51.384 --> 00:52:54.321
- We can live a positive, christ-honoring, productive life
- 00:52:54.321 --> 00:52:59.492
- That will bring joy to our hearts and glory to his name.
- 00:52:59.492 --> 00:53:02.796
- So let me ask you this question tonight: are you a christian?
- 00:53:02.796 --> 00:53:07.234
- Have you received the witness of the gospel that's been shared
- 00:53:07.234 --> 00:53:10.136
- With you either tonight or perhaps even before tonight?
- 00:53:10.136 --> 00:53:14.674
- If you were to die tonight and stand before god,
- 00:53:14.674 --> 00:53:17.210
- And he would look you in the eyes and say to you,
- 00:53:17.210 --> 00:53:19.779
- "why should i let you into my heaven," what would you say?
- 00:53:19.779 --> 00:53:24.851
- Don't give any silliness about how good of a person
- 00:53:24.851 --> 00:53:28.555
- You've been.
- 00:53:28.555 --> 00:53:30.290
- That won't matter,
- 00:53:30.290 --> 00:53:32.058
- Because you don't get into heaven by how good you are.
- 00:53:32.058 --> 00:53:33.793
- If that were the case, none of us would ever be good enough.
- 00:53:33.793 --> 00:53:36.096
- Here's some news everybody should write down.
- 00:53:36.096 --> 00:53:38.098
- Almighty god doesn't grade on the curve.
- 00:53:38.098 --> 00:53:40.166
- Are you okay with that?
- 00:53:40.166 --> 00:53:41.835
- He grades on a straight percentage basis.
- 00:53:41.835 --> 00:53:43.670
- You gotta get 100% on the test or you don't get in.
- 00:53:43.670 --> 00:53:46.873
- You say, "well, nobody can do that."
- 00:53:46.873 --> 00:53:48.575
- You got it.
- 00:53:48.575 --> 00:53:50.510
- And that's why jesus came and died on the cross.
- 00:53:50.510 --> 00:53:52.479
- And i like to say, he took the test for all of us, didn't he?
- 00:53:52.479 --> 00:53:55.882
- He took the test for all of us.
- 00:53:55.882 --> 00:54:00.820
- And all he asks you to do, my friend, tonight is to accept
- 00:54:00.820 --> 00:54:04.324
- What he did on the cross as your only hope of heaven
- 00:54:04.324 --> 00:54:07.794
- And ask jesus christ to forgive you, and he will do it.
- 00:54:07.794 --> 00:54:12.299
- He's never, ever turned anyone away in all of history,
- 00:54:12.299 --> 00:54:16.870
- And you aren't gonna be the first.
- 00:54:16.870 --> 00:54:18.838
- No matter what you've done or how far you may feel
- 00:54:18.838 --> 00:54:21.107
- You are away from god tonight, i'm here to tell you
- 00:54:21.107 --> 00:54:24.210
- That god loves you and that christ died for you.
- 00:54:24.210 --> 00:54:27.447
- And if you will open your heart to receive him, he will come and
- 00:54:27.447 --> 00:54:30.784
- Set up his throne in the throne room of your heart and give you
- 00:54:30.784 --> 00:54:34.721
- Guidance and direction for the rest of your life.
- 00:54:34.721 --> 00:54:37.390
- The most important decision you will ever make
- 00:54:37.390 --> 00:54:40.260
- Is to make jesus christ your savior and lord.
- 00:54:40.260 --> 00:54:43.863
- Announcer: dr. jeremiah will return to close today's program
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- Right after this.
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- Announcer: thank you for watching today.
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- Announcer: and now, with one last word for today's program,
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- Here is dr. jeremiah.
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- Dr. jeremiah: america has witnessed some powerful
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- Evangelists throughout the years, like billy graham,
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- D.l. moody, billy sunday, and luis palau.
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- Can you imagine having 144,000 inspired evangelists
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- Unleashed on the world all at once?
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- Well, that's what will happen during the coming
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- 7-year tribulation.
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- The 144,000 will powerfully preach the gospel in the future.
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- But if you don't know christ, why not accept him
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- As your savior today?
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- If you do, you will be caught up in the rapture
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- Announcer: next time on "turning point."
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- Dr. jeremiah: so many of our churches people
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- Are not coming to christ.
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- This is the day and age as we prepare for this time
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- That's coming in the future when we as god's people
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- Ought to be on fire with the gospel of jesus christ.
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