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The Prophetic Times

May 21, 2020

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Learn about five prophetic clues that will help you understand what is happening now and what will happen in the future.

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Dr. David Jeremiah: Museums.
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Within the wallsof these institutions the signs
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our history are preservedthrough collections
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of artistic, cultural,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 seriesof events so apocalyptic,
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it will put a period behindthe world as we know it,
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and not one museum will beleft standing
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to memorialize its destruction.
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But what if we could visitsuch a place,
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a museum containing the signsof what is to come,
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exhibits and remnantsof the end times.
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What could we learn?
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How would it change the waywe live today?
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Though in truth,a museum of this kind
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will never be built,through the lens of God's Word
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our imagination can catcha glimpse of not
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what has happened,but will happen.
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Come with me on a tourof Bible prophecy
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and we will discover the signsGod has laid out in Scripture,
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signs that assure usGod has a plan for the future
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and for eternity.
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Dr. Jeremiah:On today's program,
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our tour begins as we considerhow today's headlines
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and biblical prophecy intersectas the signs of the end times
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become the signs of our time.
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Stay tuned for today's editionof "Turning Point."
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"The Prophetic Times."
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male announcer: From Memphis,Tennessee,
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this is "Turning Point"with Dr. David Jeremiah.
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Charles Billingsley:There's no God like Jehovah.
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C'mon, everybody,let me hear you sing it.
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♪ These are the days ♪♪ of Elijah declaring ♪
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♪ the Word of the Lord ♪♪ And these are the days ♪
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♪ of your servant, Moses ♪♪ righteousness ♪
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♪ being restored ♪♪ And though these are days ♪
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♪ of great trials ♪♪ of famine and darkness ♪
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♪ and sword ♪♪ still we are the voice ♪
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♪ in the desert crying ♪♪ Prepare ye the way ♪
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♪ of the Lord ♪♪ Behold he comes ♪
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♪ Riding on the clouds ♪♪ Shining like the sun ♪
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♪ At the trumpet call ♪♪ lift your voice ♪
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♪ It's the year of Jubilee ♪♪ And out of Zion's hill ♪
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♪ salvation comes ♪
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Charles: Aren't you thankfulsalvation comes only
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through the Lord Jesus Christ?
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There is no God like Jehovah.
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Let me hear you sing this.
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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Charles: You believe thattonight?
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C'mon, sing it again.
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ There's no God ♪♪ like Jehovah ♪
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♪ Behold he comes ♪♪ Riding on the clouds ♪
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♪ Shining like the sun ♪♪ At the trumpet call ♪
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♪ Lift your voice ♪♪ It's the year of Jubilee ♪
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♪ And out of Zion's hill ♪♪ salvation comes ♪♪
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announcer: Coming up on,"Turning Point."
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Dr. Jeremiah: The Bible saysyou don't have to be filled
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with anxiety.
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Let your heart be calm.
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It's all under control.
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Almighty God's stillon the throne.
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He's got his plan all laid outand he's coming back.
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Now, here is Dr. Jeremiahwith his message,
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"The Prophetic Times."
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Dr. Jeremiah: I don't haveto tell you that this has been
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about the strangest yearwe've ever had.
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Just about everywhereyou can imagine,
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we have been remindedthat life is uncertain.
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Serious people are askingeverywhere you go,
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"If these thingsare happening today
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what will be the future for mychildren and my grandchildren?"
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Well, there's only onereliable source of information
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about the future.
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Only one that has an astoundingrecord of accuracy
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and that's the Bible.
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If you wanna knowabout the future,
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there's only one placeyou can go and find
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any good information.
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Don't read the futurists;read the prophets.
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The Bible is filledwith information to help us
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navigate the uncertain coursethat is before us.
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People say,"I don't believe in prophecy,"
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but they do.
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It wasn't so long ago, was it,that you could hardly turn
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on your television,turn one channel to the next
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and every time you turnedthe channel here
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was some psychic personwilling to tell you your future.
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They even had a network called"The Psychic Network."
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And they went out of business.
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You would have thoughtthey would have known.
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One pastor I know saidthat he doesn't ever preach
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on prophecy because, he said,"Prophecy distracts people
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from the present."
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An astute colleaguedeftly responded,
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"Well, then,there's an awful lot
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of distractions in the Bible."
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There are 300 propheciesin the Bible concerning
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the First Coming of Christbut there are 3 times
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that many propheciesin the Bible concerning
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the Second Coming of Christ.
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If Almighty God prophesiedhis First Coming over here
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and now time has passedand we can trace what happened
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and we say, "You know,everything he said
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would happen happened."
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And now he's prophesyinganother Coming
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with the same kind of verbiagein the same prophets,
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what do you think he will do?
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I think he'll fulfill them,don't you?
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I think the things that he sayswill happen will happen.
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And, oh, my friends,how many truths
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there are in the Word of Godabout the days in which
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we are living and the timewhich is yet to come.
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If you want to know whatin the world is going on,
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you have to turn to the Biblefor some answers.
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Have you ever asked yourselfthis question: Why am I
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on this earthat this particular time?
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Did you know that Almighty Godcould have dropped you down
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along the landscape of historyany place he wanted?
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But he put you here.
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He put you here for now.
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God wants you here for now.
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So don't complain about nothaving lived in a different time
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or wish you could livein some future time.
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Embrace the fact that Godhas given you this time
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and then find out everythingyou can about how to live
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this time in the Holy Spiritpower that he wants to give you.
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So where are we?
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What's happening?
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Well, let me just say firstof all, we're living in the
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generation of the rebirthof the nation of Israel.
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When I was 7 years old,something happened in our world
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that has forever changedthe landscape going forward.
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It almost happened offthe radar screen as far as
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many people are concerned.
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It was 1948 so you do the mathand you'll figure out
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how old I am.
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It was 1948 and the nationof Israel was born.
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And the significanceof Israel's re-emergence
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in her ancient homelandis critical to us because,
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in order for all ofthe other end time prophecies
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to happen, Israel has to beat home in her own land.
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And so now the beginningof the regathering of the nation
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of Israel has happened.
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Israel today is exhibit Ain the line-up
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of convincing evidencesthat the Bible prophecies
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concerning the futureare going to be fulfilled.
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Here after all these years isthis little nation
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confounding everyonewith their military ability and
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their commitment to survival.
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The little nation of Israelis 1/19 the size of California,
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not even as big as New Jersey,and yet here it is,
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God's special plan,God's special place,
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just as God said it would be,arising in the end time
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to be present so thatall the prophecies that
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surround it could take place.
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Not only do you havethe rebirth of Israel
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as a nation,but you have the redistribution
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of wealth through oil.
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After the 1948 refoundingof the nation of Israel
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in her ancient homeland,even Bible-believing Christians
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often wondered what would drawthe attention and animosity
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of the whole worldto that little nation.
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I remember thinking,"You know, I read the Bible
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and the Bible saysit's all gonna end
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over there in Israel.
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I mean,it doesn't make any sense,
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this little tiny nation."
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Then all of a sudden,everybody began to realize
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it's the oil.
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The Bible says God is gonna puta hook in the jaws
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of the nations and I believethat hook is the oil.
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Oil in the Middle East will belike a magnet drawing all of
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the nations to that focal pointfor the final war that will
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take place on this earth.
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So, we have the rebirthof Israel in our lifetime.
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We have the redistributionof wealth in our lifetime.
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And then, keep your eyeson Europe,
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the realignment of Europeas well.
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In Europe today,we are seeing the fulfillment
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of a prophecy that many folksdon't even know about.
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Did you know thatin the book of Daniel,
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in the 2nd andin the 9th chapter,
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Daniel saw the opportunityto interpret
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a couple of dreams?
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These two dreams, basically,are about one thing.
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They're about the historyof the world from Daniel's time
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until Almighty God sets uphis kingdom on this earth.
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Literally, what the prophecyis saying, men and women,
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is this.
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That what is happening in Europetoday, this reorganization
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of Europe, 27 nations nowin the European Coalition,
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their own coins calledthe Eurodollar,
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this reconnectionof all the old nations
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of the Roman empire,are fulfilling the prophecies
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of Daniel and pretty soon theywill have their own president.
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They already havetheir own constitution.
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They tell us that this is nowthe most powerful bloc
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of nations in the world,equaling almost the power and
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dominance of the United States.
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You say, "Pastor Jeremiah,what is the significance
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of Europe?
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Why is that important?"It's important for this reason.
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The Bible says thatin the end time there is
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going to be a rulerwho comes upon this earth.
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He will rule the whole world.
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He will be the rulerof the whole world.
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I thought at one timethat would be impossible.
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It's becoming moreand more possible all the time,
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is it not?
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Through all of our technology,through all the things
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we're able to do.
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The Bible says he willabrogate power to himself and
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he will rule the whole world.
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Now, what the Scripture saysis this: this world ruler
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will come out of the reunitedEuropean Coalition.
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In other words,out of the old Roman empire,
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revived in the last time,this ruler will emerge.
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He will come from there.
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He's not gonna comefrom the United States.
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The Bible says thatthe Antichrist
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will not be revealeduntil after the Rapture.
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So if you think you know whohe is, you've been left behind.
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[audience laughing]
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The Bible says thatall these things are happening
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and they're preparing the wayfor an event, listen to me now,
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that could happen tonight.
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The Bible speaks of a momentin time and it's called
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the Rapture.
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The Rapture is an event that isyet to happen on this earth
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and the Bible speaks of it in1 Thessalonians chapter 4:
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"I do not want youto be ignorant, brethren,
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concerning thosewho have fallen asleep,
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lest you sorrow as otherswho have no hope.
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For if we believe thatJesus died and rose again,
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even so God will bring with Himthose that sleep in Jesus.
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For this we say to youby the word of the Lord,
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that we who are aliveand remain until the coming
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of the Lord will by no meansprecede those who are asleep.
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For the Lord Himselfshall descend from heaven
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with a shout,with the voice of an archangel,
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and the trumpet of God.
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And the dead in Christwill rise first.
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And we who are alive and remainshall be caught up together
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with them in the clouds to meetthe Lord in the air.
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And thus we shall always bewith the Lord.
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Therefore comfort," encourage,"one another with these words."
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Now Paul wrote this to a churchin Thessalonica
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for one specific reason.
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Listen carefully.
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Almost everybody who was therein the church at the time
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believed that Jesuswas coming back.
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They had been taught thatand they accepted it as true.
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But what they didn't understandwas this.
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They had godly parents andgrandparents and sisters and
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brothers and some of them,children, who also had trusted
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Christ but they had diedand their bodies had been buried
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in the ground.
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And the Thessalonians wantedto know, "What about them?
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What happens to them?"And so Paul begins
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his little verse by saying,"I would not have you
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to be ignorant, brethren,concerning those
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who have fallen asleep."
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You all know that fallen asleepmeans died.
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That's what you say abouta Christian who dies.
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He falls asleep.
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Paul addresses thisto the ignorant brethren.
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Somebody said that's the largestcongregation in the whole world:
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the ignorant brethren.
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I don't know if that's trueor not.
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But these brethren were a bitignorant about what was going
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to happen to their loved ones.
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And so, Paul wrote this letterand he said,
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"Let me setthis all straight for you."
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And he gave thema crystal-clear outline.
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First, he said,"I want you to know that one day
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there's gonna be a return.
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One day the Lord Jesus is gonnacome out of the skies and he's
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gonna come into the heavens."
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And the Bible says he will comewith a shout and the voice
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of an archangeland the trump of God.
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He's not gonna send his angels.
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It won't be the Holy Spirit.
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It's not gonna beJohn the Baptist.
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The Lord himself will return.
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And then Paul madethis astounding statement
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and he said,"You're worried about
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those who have already died.
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Don't worry about them."
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For he said,"The dead in Christ,"
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once again, those are notthe people sitting in the
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third row of your church, guys.
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I want you to know the deadin Christ are not the people
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that fall asleep on Sunday.
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The dead in Christare the people who have died
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and are buried.
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And Paul says, "Now, listen,the Lord is gonna come back
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but before he comes after you,he's gonna get all of those
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who have already diedand they're gonna rise up
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from the groundand there's gonna be
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a resurrection."
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And then he says afterthe resurrection happens,
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after all thosewho have died in Christ
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have been raised upand they go up
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to the heavens with the Lord,the Bible says and then those
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of us who are alive and remain,in other words, we haven't died
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and the Lord has come back.
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We're gonna be caught uptogether with them to be
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with the Lord and so shallwe ever be with him.
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Listen to me, men and women,there's coming a day when
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there's going to be a shoutand the voice of an archangel
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and the trumpet of Godand only believers will hear it
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and the Bible saysall of the graves
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that had been occupiedby those who are Christians
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will be opened and their bodieswill be resurrected and go up
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to meet the Lord.
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And on their way up,all of their bodies
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will be reformed and remadeas a resurrection body.
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And as soon as that happens,all of us who are still walking
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around on planet earthand I plan to be here,
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the Lord willing, I thinkhe's gonna come that soon.
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I tell everybody I'm not lookingfor the undertaker, I'm looking
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for the uppertaker, amen?
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So I wanna go up.
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Then we're gonna be caught upto be with the Lord
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and then the Bible says:"Together with our loved ones
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who died before we did,we're gonna be ushered
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into the presence of heavenand there we will be forever."
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That's what we haveto look forward to.
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I hope that's what you haveto look forward to.
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If you know Jesus Christ,that's your future,
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plain and simple.
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One of these days, the Lord'scoming back and if you know him,
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you will be taken to heavento be with him.
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We say we believe this.
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But do we?
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If you knew Jesus was comingtomorrow night, what would
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your tomorrow look like?
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And people say, "Well, you know,the Bible says he's coming back.
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I don't know what to do.
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What should I do, Pastor?"Read the words of prophecy.
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First of all, the Bible sayswe're to stay centered
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on Christ.
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Over in Colossians it says:"Since we have been risen
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with Christ, we're to set ouraffection on things above,
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not on things below."
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As we wait for Jesusto come back, we're to set
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our affection upon him.
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And the Bible says we're to stayconfident in God's Word,
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committed to itwith all of our hearts.
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We're to understand thatthe only thing we have
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that will help usin these difficult days
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and prepare us for the timeto come is the Word of God.
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The commitmentto the Word of God.
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Stay centered in Christ.
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Stay committed to the Word.
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And here's one I wanna talkabout for just a moment:
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stay compassionate towardother people.
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Men and women,these are difficult times.
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These are the times that wereprophesied we would experience
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before the Lord's return.
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But here is the opportunityfor us to shine like
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we have never shined before.
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You know, it grieves mewhen I come into a city
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like this city,and you don't have to be
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in a city very longbefore you start hearing
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a little bit of this anda little bit of that and,
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"Well, this is--these people aren't
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getting alongwith these people there."
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You know what?
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The time is come for usto put all that aside.
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We are Christiansand the body of Christ needs
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to come together.
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Really, doesn't have anythingto do with the color of our skin
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or our ethnicityor where we came from
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or what--how we speak.
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It has to do with our faithin Jesus Christ.
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And the Bible tells us thatin these days
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before Christ comes back,we need to reach out and
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join hands with other believersand then we need to spread
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our hands out wideand help people
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who need our help.
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Let this be the finest hourfor the church instead
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of the hour when peoplelook at us as a bunch
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of stingy people who closeeverything around us and try
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to wait for the storm to pass.
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You know what?
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Almighty God has put us wherewe are at this particular time,
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as I said at the beginning,because he has called us
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to this time and to this place.
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And there are many other thingsthat we're told to do.
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We're told to stay connectedto the church,
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did you know that?
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The Bible says: "Forsake notthe assembling of yourselves
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together as the mannerof some is,
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but so much the more as you seethe day approaching."
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What does that mean?
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It means as you realize Jesus iscoming back, you need to get
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together with God's peoplemore than you used to.
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What I do know is the Biblesays this is not a time for us
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to be scatteringas God's people;
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this is a time for us to begathering as God's people.
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Listen to me.
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There are only two timesin the New Testament
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where this expression"gathering" is used.
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Once, it's used for Christiansgathering in the church,
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and once it's used for whenwe gather together
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with the Lord in his Coming.
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And I'm convincedthat both are equally important.
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God is looking forward to thetime when we gather with him
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but, in the meantime,while we're waiting
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for the return of Christ,we need to be gathering
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with one another.
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Let me just give youone last one.
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I'd like to preach on all ofthem, but I don't have time.
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The Bible says that as we'relooking for the Lord's return,
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we should stay calmin our spirit.
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It's not a time for anxietyand panic.
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Did you know there wasanother time
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in the New Testamentwhen the disciples were filled
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with anxiety?
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They'd begun to hear the rumorsthat Jesus was going
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to leave them.
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Jesus was all they knew.
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He said he was gonna leaveand go to a place
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and they didn't knowwhere it was and Jesus said
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how could he tell 'em?
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And they were filled with fearand filled with anxiety and then
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Jesus said these words to them.
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He said, "Let not your heartsbe troubled.
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You believe in God,believe also in me.
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In my Father's house are manymansions; and if it weren't so,
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I would have told you.
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Listen,I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and prepare a placefor you, I will come again
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and receive you unto myself;that where I am,
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there you may be also."
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The Bible says you don't haveto be filled with anxiety.
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Let your heart be calm.
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It's all under control.
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Almighty God's stillon the throne.
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He's got his plan all laid outand he's coming back.
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And the best newsin that passage of Scripture,
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my friends, is this.
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God loves you and he wants youto be where he is.
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He is doing all of this for us.
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Listen to the verse again.
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"Let not your heart be troubled.
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You believe in God,believe also in me.
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In my Father's house are manymansions; if it were not so,
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I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and prepare a placefor you, I will come again
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and receive you unto myself;that where I am,
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there you may be also."
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God is interested in you.
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He wants you in heaven.
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And that's why he's doingall of this.
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You say, "Well, Pastor,I'm young and I have
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lots of plansand I got some things
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I wanna do before thisand I've got plenty of time."
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No, you don't.
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You have no guaranteeof a tomorrow.
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If you were to die tonightand stand before Almighty God
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and he were to say to you,"Why should I let you
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into my heaven?"what would you say?
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And if you cannot saywith certainty,
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"Lord God, I cometo your heaven tonight with
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the assurance that I belong herebecause I have trusted
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Jesus Christ, your Son,as my Savior."
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If you don't know that, do todaywhat you're gonna be thankful
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you've done whenyou stand before the Lord.
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Give your heart to Jesus Christ.
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You will look back upon thismoment as the greatest moment
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in your life.
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It will change you fromthe inside and make you
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a new creature.
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announcer: And now,with one last word
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for today's program,here is Dr. Jeremiah.
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Dr. Jeremiah: At the endof my message,
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I listed five ways to defendyourself against
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the uncertainties of this world:stay calm in your spirit,
00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:19.951
stay connected to your church,stay compassionate
00:26:19.985 --> 00:26:23.455
toward others,stay committed to God's Word,
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and most important of all,stay centered in Christ.
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But to live in Christ,you must first believe
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in Christ.
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To help you understandwhat it means to believe
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and live for Jesus Christ,please allow me to send you
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two free gifts from"Turning Point."
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One is our booklet called,"Your Greatest Turning Point"
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and the other isour monthly devotional magazine
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called "Turning Points."
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We will gladly send them bothto you, free of charge,
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if you will contact us hereat Turning Point today.
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announcer: Next time on,"Turning Point."
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Dr. Jeremiah: We have becomeindifferent to the fact
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that we have a real enemy.
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His name is Satanand he is organized to the hilt
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and his demons cover the earthwith their presence.
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announcer: Join Dr. Jeremiahnext time for his message,
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"The Great DeceiverWho Seeks to Destroy,"
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here on "Turning Point."
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♪♪♪
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