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The Timeline of the End Times

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November 8, 2020

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Ed Young: The church should bethe most creative entity in
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the world.
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The church is where it happens.
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The church is where we findpurpose, and meaning, and power.
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The church is the living,breathing body of Christ.
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Wisdom though is seeing lifethrough the perspective of God.
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You've never locked eyes withsomeone that Jesus did not
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die for.
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Ed: Thanks so much for watching"Ed Young Television."
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You know, the next 30 minutes, Ibelieve, can change the course
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of your life.
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So, sit back and lean in,because I believe God is going
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to do some amazing things inyour life and in mine.
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Ed: The book of Revelation is avery compelling yet
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confusing book.
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If someone says, "Oh, Iunderstand Revelation," you're
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talking to someone who doesn't,because it's mysterious, it's
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factual, yet it's veryallegorical, very symbolic, and
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it's hard to know exactly what'sgonna take place.
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That's why I've been doing sortof a panoramic photograph of
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the book.
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I love the panoramic feature onmy phone, yet it's sad to say I
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rarely use it, and it'sdifficult when you scroll
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through pictures to actuallyappreciate the panoramic view.
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But I still like saying, "Oh,yeah, I've got the panoramic
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feature on my phone," and mostpeople do.
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When it comes to the book ofRevelation, it's critical that
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those of us who are believers,and I know we have others who
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are not believers, but it'scritical for those of us who are
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believers to understand thefact, and I've been talkin'
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about this a lot, that we win,that's huge, and the book of
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Revelation talks about that, andnumber two, that we will get
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blessed when we study the bookof Revelation.
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It doesn't say when weunderstand it, the Bible says
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when we study it, when we readit.
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As I alluded to in one of thesessions, I took theology in
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seminary from a gentleman by thename of Dr. L. Russ Bush, and
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Dr. Bush talked about thetheology, the beauty of
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children's books.
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And he used children's books,because children's books usually
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end, "And they lived happilyever after."
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They usually end with that sortof ending.
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And Dr. Bush said we're made forthat ending.
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We're made, everyone is made, tolive happily ever after.
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You know those batteries,Eveready, I love those things.
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I like that name, Eveready.
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Are you ready for everlastinglife?
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All of us are going to live, theBible says, every single person
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will exist either in one of twoplaces.
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Either we'll live togetherforever with Jesus, or we'll
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live apart from Jesus.
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With Jesus is a place calledheaven, apart from Jesus,
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there's a place called hell.
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And invariably, people alwayssay, "Well I have problems
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with God.
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How could a good God hurl man tohell?"
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God doesn't hurl or slam dunkanyone to hell, we make
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that choice.
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As we've learned through thebook of Revelation, hell was not
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designed for man, hell wasdesigned for the devil and
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the demons.
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So, if someone goes to hell,sadly because our church is so
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massive, we have so many peoplewatching, so many people
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involved, I'm sure some of youwill end up going to hell,
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you'll go against God's agenda.
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But because of the fact that wehave a choice, God says to you,
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and he says to me, at the end ofthe life, at the end of our
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existence, "Hey, you know what?
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You wanted to keep distance fromme on planet earth, and you did
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that, you did a good job, youwill have that in
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eternity, hell."
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So, hell is real.
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Hell is real.
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People ask me sometimes, "Do youbelieve in hell?"
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Hell, yes, I believe in hell,because hell is a real
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place, too.
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Do I know exactly what hell'sgonna be like?
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No, but it's away from thepresence of God.
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I heard someone say one time,"Hell is a place where you can
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do anything and everythingyou've always wanted to
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do alone."
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The Bible calls it a place of"Weeping and gnashing of teeth."
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That's utter remorse, that'sforever, talking about Eveready,
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forever, you're just, "Ugh."
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You had an opportunity to giveyour life to Christ, but you
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blew it.
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You let intellect get in theway.
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You let philosophy get in theway.
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You let your own sovereignty getin the way, and you missed it.
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It's like you're playing golf,and you're on the 18th, and you
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know if you make this putt,you're gonna win a couple of
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hundred dollars, because you andyour golfing buddies, you know,
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gamble a bit on the golf course.
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And you push it to the right,you go, "Ahh ha ha," like that.
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Or maybe you're fishing, whichis a biblical sport, and you set
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the hook on a big bass, and hejumps out of the water, and
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you're like, "Oh, it's apersonal best, it's a
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13-pounder," and he shakes thebucket head, and the worm just
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dribbles out of his mouth.
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"Ugh," you know, or you go, "I'mgonna invest in that," so you
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put some money in that, "Oh,it's a slam dunk," and your
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friends go, "I'm tellin' you,you'll make a lot of money," and
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the stock goes, ugh.
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That's gnashing of teeth.
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That's gnashing of teeth.
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But this is a forever feeling ofgnashing of teeth, of weeping.
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The Bible says in Ecclesiasteschapter 3 verse 11 that God has
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set eternity in our hearts.
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Have you ever wondered why welike all these movies?
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And of course, we like moviesthat have a good ending, "And
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they lived happily ever after."
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We like books, you know, thathave a good ending.
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How many times have you, I'vedone this, I've been watching a
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movie, it's so intense, I willsometimes fast forward and watch
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the end and go, "Whew."
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Or if I'm reading a book, I'lldo the same thing.
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Ooh, you know, you like that,but when something does not have
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a good ending, it's like, "Ugh,"it just kinda sets me off.
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So, God wants all of us to livehappily ever after, and ever
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after is a long, long time.
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So, the question that the bookof Revelation answers, and you
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know, we've done the song, "TheRevelation Song" it talks about
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what was, and what is, and whatis to come.
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Well, that's straight from thebook of Revelation, and that
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outlines the book of Revelation.
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Chapter 1, chapter 2, and 3, andchapter 4 and following.
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So, what is to come is chapter4, and following, so I want to
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give you what most scholars,most people that have walked
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with God for a long time, Iwanna give you a basic timeline
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for the end of time.
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God has set eternity in ourHearts.
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This is what, generallyspeaking, panoramic, you know,
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shot of what it's going to looklike.
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This is not definitive.
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I mean, there are somesubtleties that some people
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would debate, but again, I'mhitting the high points that
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people would go, "All right,yeah, that's in the book
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of Revelation."
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Here's how it plays out.
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Remember though, Revelation islike a forest.
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It can mess you up, there's somany trees.
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Don't get so caught up inlooking at the trees, "Oh,
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there's a sequoia tree.
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Oh, there's a pine tree, there'sa dogwood."
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Don't get so focused in on thetrees that you miss the forest.
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That's what people do.
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That's how they get jacked upwhen they study Revelation.
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Remember, revelation is aboutthe end.
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It's supposed to be mysterious,yet there's a lot
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of applications.
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Let's talk about some of thethings.
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And you'll notice this on youroutline, the first thing I want
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to talk to you about is therapture of the church.
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The rapture of the church.
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Now, the Scripture talks aboutthis.
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Let me jump over a little bit toanother book, 1 Thessalonians
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chapter 4, another book thatdeals with eschatology, the
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study of last things, verses 16and 18.
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It says, "For the Lord himselfwill come down from heaven with
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a loud command."
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It's gonna be loud.
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Not quiet, a loud command.
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"With the voice of the archangel
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and with the trumpetcall of God,"
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[trumpet noise]
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"And the dead in Christ willrise first."
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Why will the dead in Christ risefirst?
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They need a six foot head start.
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After that,
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after that, we who are stillalive, okay, and are left, we'll
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be caught up together with themin the clouds.
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And the word "clouds" there,write the word "glory."
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Anytime the Bible uses clouds,referring to Jesus, it's talking
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about glory.
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"In the clouds to meet the Lordin the air" So, this is gonna be
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crazy, isn't it?
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"We will be with him forever.
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Therefore encourage each otherwith these words."
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This is not a doggy downer studyof Revelation like, "Oh, no, all
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this mayhem and madness."
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No, it should be anencouragement.
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It should be like, "Whoa," andit's not just about informing
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you, I want God, and he's gonnado it, and he's doin' it now, to
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conform you into the image ofChrist.
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When will the rapture takeplace?
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In other words, the twinkling ofan eye, the Bible says.
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And that was measured by somescientist, or some physicist, or
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whatever, it's one-onethousandth of a second.
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Boom, we're out of here.
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The instantaneous snatching awayof those of us in Christ.
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So, those of us who arebelievers, one day, boom, we're
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out of here, Jack.
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Conversations will end inmid-sentence.
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And a big Triple Seven's flying,the pilot will look over to the
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co-pilot, all he'll see is aseat.
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A mother will walk into thenursery to pick up the newborn,
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the newborn will be gone.
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A boardroom will be half-full.
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People will go from here tothere, from here to there.
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And what's gonna be funny is tosee everyone on planet earth try
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to explain what's happened.
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It will be absolutely hilarious.
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All of the blogs, and all of theposts, and all the snapchats,
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and all of the talking heads,blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
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blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,blah.
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But they will not understand therapture of the church.
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Then you have the seven-yeartribulation.
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Three-and-a-half years of peace,three-and-a-half years
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of craziness.
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The antichrist will emerge, andpeople will say, "Well, maybe
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it's one of the presidents."
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No, no disrespect, they're notsmart enough, good looking
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enough, or articulate enough tobe the antichrist.
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I don't believe that.
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But someone's gonna rise up, oneworld government, one world
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currency, we'll have the mark ofthe beast, some sort of a chip.
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Already I have chips in myanimals, and you can track them,
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and it's scary how, you know,we're tracked by everybody from
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the IRS to the NSA, to whoever,whatever, it's nuts.
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So, we're right there.
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All that's gonna be takingplace.
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Then, at the end of seven years,Jesus will come back with all
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of us.
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And when he comes back with allof us, you've got the giant war.
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You've got Armageddon.
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And it'll happen in the valleyof Megiddo.
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You know, I've been right there,I've seen it.
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Napoleon called this battle sitethe most natural battle site in
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the world.
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Blood will run three feet deep.
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It's gonna be just absolutelyepic.
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It's gonna be mayhem, crazy.
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And then, of course, you havethe 1.000-year reign, new heaven
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and new earth.
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Then Satan is finally throwninto the fire.
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We all say, "Hell, yes, he'sgoin' to hell, that's where
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he belongs."
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And that is the name of that.
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So, that's a basic timeline.
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You've got people, differenttheologians, a lot of bright
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people, some arepre-millennialist, others are
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post-millennialist, others arepan-millennialist.
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It all will pan out in the end.
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Others are pre-trib, post-trib,all millennialists, don't worry
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about it.
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The good news is, we win.
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The good news is, he's comingback.
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And I believe that we'll be outof here before all this happens.
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But you can imagine, you removeGod, you remove the church from
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the world, oh, yeah, oh, yeah,oh, yeah, utter and
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complete mayhem.
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Ed: I just want to say again ahuge thanks for your generosity
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and for you partnering with us.
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No matter where you are, nomatter what age or stage you
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find yourself in life, we havetools.
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We have books, we have resourcesto help you in this endeavor.
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So, if you're not a part of ourfamily here, we'll love for you
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to become a part.
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You can see what to do on thescreen.
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So again, thanks for yourgenerosity, and let's go back to
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the message.
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Ed: So, what will happen?
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Basically, here's what's gonnahappen.
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Things that have been out ofplace will be back in place.
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All of us have a certain placefor things, even though some of
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us are a messy.
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There's a book called "Are You AMessy?"
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Did you know that?
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"Are You A Messy."
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And some people are messy,that's okay, but you know, even
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if you're a messy, it's notcalled you're messy, a messy.
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If you are a messy, thingsstill, I mean, you want to have
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a certain place for things.
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Even messies have places forthings, even though
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they're messy.
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Some people are obsessivecompulsive, and they like things
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just, I mean, you know, all theshirts and the shoes and
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whatever, everything in order.
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But we know that certain things,right, have their place in life.
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I believe again that desire wasgiven to us by God.
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So, when this happens, thingswill be back in place.
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The church will be back where itshould be, the bride of
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Christ, right?
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The devil will be where heshould be, boom, in hell, and
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Jesus will be on the throne,King of kings and Lord of lords.
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That's something that we need tosee.
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But I don't know, as I lookaround the world today, I see so
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much and so many things thatpoint to the rapture of the
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church, I really do.
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I think about, like, drug usage.
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Drug arrests are up,like, over 400%
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since 1970, drugs.
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You think about sexualpromiscuity, 20 million new
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cases of sexually-transmitteddiseases are reported each and
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every year.
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Out-of-wedlock births, deathsfrom SUVs.
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That's probably true, too.
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Deaths from STDs, that'sunbelievable, it really,
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really is.
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And you think about thepolitical climate.
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I mean, who are you gonna votefor?
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It's almost like would I ratherget shot or stabbed, you know?
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So, a theft, thank you, a theftoccurs every 14-that was good.
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A theft occurs every 14.6seconds.
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Increased violence, you have allthese people running around, all
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these people from ISIS and AlQaeda, and doin' this and that,
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and they're all about murder,all about this, and yet the
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Muslim leaders will not evencome up and denounce them.
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I mean, evil is rampant in ourworld today.
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And our own leaders, they justkinda let it happen.
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They just let it go.
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So, the end times, I believe, isdefinitely approaching.
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As we look, we see the stage isset for a charismatic
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world leader.
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The stage is set for a one worldreligion, one world currency.
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The stage is set for the mark ofthe Beast.
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So, here are some things,because of this, that I need to
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apply and take home from this.
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So, I've got the rapture, I meanrapture, okay, what does that
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mean to me?
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I've got the tribulation.
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Okay, what does that mean to me?
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I've got the second coming ofJesus, you know, I've got the
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thousand years, and then I'vegot the the final judgment.
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Well, what does that mean to me?
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Several things, it should leadto hope.
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We want hope in this world.
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We have hope in Christ.
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Because we have our eternitysecure, we have hope in Christ.
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And the Bible tells you and methat even those of us who are
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Christ followers will be judged.
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Now, I'm not talkin' aboutheaven or hell, if you're a
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believer, you're goin' toheaven.
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But the Bible does say we'll beheld accountable regarding what
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we did with the opportunities,with the avenues, with the
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abilities that God has given us.
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So, there will be tears inheaven.
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When we are judged, everythingin our lives will be laid bare.
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It's like they'll be on thesegiant screens.
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Every thought, every act ofanger, every moment of greed,
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materialism, envy, lust,everything will be right there
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in front of the brilliant blazeof God's glory.
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So, that should motivate you meto go, "Wow."
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And we're not perfect, but wow,what am I doing with my talent?
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What am I doing with myresources?
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What am I doing with my ability?
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God will look at some and go,"You had such a leadership gift,
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but you squandered it.
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Man, I gave you so manyopportunities to make money, yet
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you spent it on yourself, andthis and that, and here
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Fellowship was doing this, andgrowing, and building, and you
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didn't step up, what?
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Here your neighbor was lost andon their way to hell, and I put
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you with 'em, you know, I hadyour paths intersect.
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What did you do with it?"
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Yes, it should cause a urgency,right?
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It should cause us to do thatand, then to also realize, too,
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when we think about thistimeline, those without Jesus
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will go to hell.
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Now, the Bible says that everyknee will bow, every tongue will
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confess that Jesus is Lord.
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What does that mean?
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Well, the last scene, that thosewho are away from God will have
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before they go to hell is thatof Jesus on his throne.
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But then it'll be too late.
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No deal making, no secondchance, no wheeling and dealing,
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no my bad, no well, now I gotall my philosophical
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questions answered.
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Well, now I said--no, no, no,no, no.
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Oh, I believe my biology teacherat A&M, or University of Miami,
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too late.
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It's too late.
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That's why urgency, butChristians, we should be the
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most positive, energetic,hopeful people around.
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So, this should lead to hope.
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Number two, it should help ussee the temporal versus
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the eternal.
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Obviously, matter matters, we'rehere and we're in, and we're
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around this temporal place, andyes, one day, there's gonna be a
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new heaven and a new earth andall that, yet we should have one
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eye on the temporal, and theother eye on the eternal.
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It's like I said the other day,you know, did you guys see the
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National Championship?
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One of the best games I've everseen in my life.
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The guy that scored and the guythat passed the pass to the guy
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that scored, they did abrilliant job of clock
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management, all the way down tothe end.
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The time was melting off, heflipped the pass over to the
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guy, the guy shot it, and whenthe ball was in the air,
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literally, when it went throughthe net, game was over.
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Perfect time management, clockmanagement.
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That is what we have to have.
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The clock is ticking.
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The time is melting.
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Don't so concentrate on theclock that you forget to play.
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Still take your shot, still doyour stuff.
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So, we need to think about that.
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We need to think about, okay,when I face God, and I'm talkin'
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to believers now, when he judgesme, and I love how people say,
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"Don't judge me, man."
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We can't judge anyone, we're notGod.
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People say that because theydon't like their stuff, you
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know, being confronted, theirsin being pointed out.
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That has nothing to do withjudgment, they're
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just convicted.
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"Don't judge me."
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So, we need to think about thejudgment seat of God.
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How we have this time ofaccountability, this time before
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God, so we need to do the bestwith what God has given us.
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And look at what God has givenus.
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Amazing, amazing, amazing, sothe temporal versus the eternal.
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Everybody's gonna live forever,that's why we wanna take as many
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people possible with us toheaven, period, at
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Fellowship Church.
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Number three, I wanna challengeyou, and this series should make
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me challenged, this timelineshould make everyone really have
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the energy to pray for others.
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We should pray for believers,and also, we should pray for
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those people who don't knowChrist personally.
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Pray those high-risk prayers.
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In our prayer journals, weshould have names all the time,
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people that we see who don'tknow the Lord.
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When God puts someone on yourheart, pray for them.
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When you see someone, pray forthem.
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And as you pray for them,situations, opportunities will
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happen, and we pray because, Imean, we're, I mean, the clock
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is melting down.
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And the last thing that I wannasuggest is, I pray that this
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changes your life and mine, andchanges the course of
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Fellowship Church.
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It should be about change.
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Information is great, but thisis about transformation.
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We do all of this becauseeverybody is living in eternity.
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We do all of this because heavenis real and hell is real.
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That's why we do what we do.
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And that's why we have such anurgency.
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Jesus is coming back.
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Things that are out of placewill be put back in place.
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We'll live forever and ever, butremember, what you're doing now
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affects your forever.
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As our heads are bowed and eyesare closed, Father, thank you
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for this message.
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Thank you for the fact that wecan study your word.
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Thank you for this amazing bookof the reveal, and I ask God
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that those of us who arebelievers have a new faith, a
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new vigor, a new focus, a newvision, because of
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your timeline.
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I pray for those here who havenever received you, that you
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would make the decision, thatyou would take the step to say,
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"Jesus, take control of mylife."
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We ask all these things inChrist's name, amen.
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Ed: Thank you so much forwatching "Ed Young Television."
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