3 18 2021 Pre Tribulation Rapture of the Church

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let's open with word of prayer our  gracious god and our father we're   so thankful for the great
salvation  that we have in our lord jesus christ  
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we're thankful that he took upon him the  penalty for our sin so we could walk away  
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scot-free not only walk away scot-free but  have righteousness imputed to our account  
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so that when we stand before god we don't do so in  our works in our righteousness in our own
efforts  
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in anything we've done we are accepted in the  beloved we stand in the perfect righteousness  
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of our lord and our savior jesus christ i  thank you for all those that have joined us  
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this evening i pray that this will be a time of  blessing a time of edification and most certainly  
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a time of education in the word of god as we look  at the word of god rightly divided from a
pauline  
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rightly dividing perspective rightly dividing even  paul's epistles to bring us into an
understanding  
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of things that from what i understand lord have  been confusing for many people for many
years  
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things they could not understand because the  language just did not seem to fit and was
forced  
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and forced the body of christ into it so i pray  tonight that our eyes our ears will be open and  
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our heart will be attentive to what saith the  scripture so i pray these things tonight in  
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that name that is above every name the name  of our lord and our savior jesus christ amen
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as you've probably seen the title the  pre-tribulation rapture of the church  
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last sunday we looked at the kingdom of god  and and the kingdom of heaven and we see that  
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the whole bible is about that okay there's uh  one person put a comment on youtube and he
said  
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no the bible is about jesus christ and of course  who could disagree with that of course the
whole  
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bible is about jesus christ that's why we  read in john 5 39 search the scriptures for  
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in them ye think he have eternal life and they  are they which testify of me so naturally the word  
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of god is about the lord jesus christ what we're  looking at is what god is doing in the earth with  
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his son the lord jesus christ so in connection  with that yes the kingdom and the second
coming  
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of jesus christ are the two most important events  in or the two most important things in the
word of  
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god i had showed you this chart on sunday morning  about the word of god and about the
kingdom and  
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we said that this radar represents the entirety  of the word of god and all the small bleeps uh
the  
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small bits of light that you see as the radar goes  around are individual places in israel's
program  
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i said that these numbers these numbers  which are very probably difficult for  
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you to see represented eternity and as we  leave eternity and we come we come into time  
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and then the first blip of light is in the  beginning god created the heavens and the earth  
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and then as we move forward uh in this we  see that way that way we move forward um  
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you know we see the different things that  happened in israel's program and then   the red blip is
the dispensation of grace where  we are today where the lord jesus christ shed his  
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blood for us and then that lighted area we said  is the kingdom itself it's the millennial reign  
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it's the thousand-year reign of jesus christ when  that ends we're at the great white throne
judgment  
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right over here and then after that is ephesians  1 10 in the fullness of times when he gathers
all  
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things both which are in heaven and which are in  earth and then it's out into eternity forever
okay  
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that section between the kingdom and eternity  is what paul called the fullness of times  
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and of course that right there is where  we have the new heavens and the new earth   for all of
eternity so your bible is not  about that little blip right there called  
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the dispensation of grace your king james  bible is about everything on both sides  
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of this blip of this of this place right here  your king james bible is about everything else  
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and that thing just showed up one day as a little  dot in the program of god and when that
program is  
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over god is going to remove us and he's going  to resume his prophetic program with israel  
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and that continues for all of eternity  after that and we get to participate  
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in the whole grand scheme of this thing by the  ones who are just saved by grace through faith  
apart from the works of the law okay so what  i want to do tonight is just speak about the  
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red blip for a while so what i'm going to do is  i'm going to use this timeline for a few moments
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we all know how the dispensation of grace began  right it began with saul of tarsus on the road  
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to damascus with the secret appearing of jesus  christ to saul of tarsus on the road to
damascus  
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somewheres right after the fall of israel  right there right and i'm pretty sure we've  
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all heard preachers say and i've said it myself  because it's true but i'm pretty sure everybody  
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who understands rightly dividing the word of  truth has said that the dispensation of grace
ends  
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i'm sorry begins with the secret appearing of  jesus christ right i mean well i think we all know  
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somebody who said that because it's true and then  the dispensation of grace begins with the
secret  
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appearing of jesus christ and the dispensation  of grace ends with the secret appearing of
jesus  
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christ because the rapture for the body of  christ has to take place before daniel's  
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70th weeks because we are not you know we're  not the only ones who are not appointed to
wrath  
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but we're not appointed to wrath for sure but even  the little flock in the tribulation period
during  
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this time frame right here they're not appointed  to wrath either wrath is for god's enemies  
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during the tribulation period i mean you look  at this verb in job a burst in job chapter 36 18  
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where job said because there is wrath beware  lest he take thee away with his stroke  
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that stroke is right there the second coming  of jesus christ that stroke right there it's  
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the second coming of jesus christ then a great  ransom cannot deliver thee okay the great
ransom  
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was available during the dispensation  of grace over here and now these people  
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in here is faith and works so salvation  is available during the tribulation period  
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for those who believe that jesus christ is the  messiah of israel just like you know before saul  
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was saved and even sometimes after he  was saved there was a day when people
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knew that had to learn that the one they crucified  was the messiah of israel okay so but this
wrath  
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this wrath is going to happen at the end of  at the end of the tribulation period and even  
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during the tribulation period but at the end of  the tribulation period okay it's going to happen  
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but i want to go back to the secret appearing of  the lord jesus christ okay the the dispensation  
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of grace begins with the secret appearing  uh at to saul of tarsus and it ends with the  
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secret appearing okay now for the past several  months you've been hearing me say several
times
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and i'm not sure that i heard any preachers ever  preach this or say that but you've heard me
say  
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that colossians chapter 3 verse 4 when  christ who is our life shall appear   then shall he also
appear with him in glory  that's the rapture for the body of christ and  
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i was going to mention something about you know  some there's a grace preacher who said you
know i  
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agree with this with this notion he said bro you  know i heard rodney say that colossians 3 4 is  
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there our rapture i agree with that notion now  why would somebody call colossians 3 4 a
notion  
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because in america the term notion never  really has a good connotation to it like a  
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you know a teenager comes home from school and  you know she tells her parents that she
plans   on doing something with her friends and her  parents go where where did you get that
notion  
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what makes you think we're gonna let you do that  right a notion was like a whimsical idea it's
like  
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uh you know and he called colossians 3 4. i i  agree with that notion i mean it's pretty sad  
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when preachers have a hard time agreeing with the  king james bible because somebody else
preached on  
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it that they didn't hear before but uh you  know i gotta agree i gotta agree with that   but uh it's a
notion okay well it's not an ocean  it's not a notion okay the context of colossians  
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3 4 is if ye then be risen with christ seek those  things which are above where christ sitteth on
the  
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right hand of god set your affections on things  above not on things on the earth for ye are
dead  
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and your life is hit with christ in god and  when christ who is our life shall appear   then shall he
also appear with him in glory verse  4 is the pre-tribulation rapture of the church  
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that is the secret appearing of jesus christ okay  at the end that ends the dispensation of grace  
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as we know it today okay so if this if this  verse is the secret appearing of jesus christ  
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what is this verse first thessalonians 4 16-18  for the lord himself shall descend from heaven  
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with a shout with the voice of the archangel and  with the trump of god and the dead in christ
shall  
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rise first then we which are alive and remain  shall be caught up together with them in the  
clouds to meet the lord in the air  so shall we ever be with the lord  
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wherefore comfort one another with these  words everybody knows that verse right   well here's
the thing this is not a secret  appearing the voice of the archangel  
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with the trump of god does that sound like  a secret to you it sounds pretty noisy to me  
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if you remember last night we talked about  those in first corinthians chapter 15 those  
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who are asleep in christ right matter of fact  first corinthians 15 6 and that this is talking  
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about the resurrection and that he the lord  jesus christ was seen of above 500 brethren  
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at once of whom the greater part remain  unto this present but some are fallen asleep  
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now since not one member of the body of  christ was present at this particular event  
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then we can safely say that those who are  asleep are members of the little flock we're  
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not adding anything to this we're not taking  away anything to this it stands on its own amen  
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and then i want i want i want to show you the  verses that precede first thessalonians chapter  
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4 verses 16-17 now notice first thessalonians  4 13-15 but i would not have you to be ignorant  
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brethren concerning them which are asleep that  ye sorrow not even as others which have no
hope  
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so the word asleep as you know as i know  has always been spiritualized in the past  
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okay to make it fit in our program to make us  the ones well it just means the body's dead but  
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you're with the lord that that's true for for us  our body's dead and we're with the lord but for  
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these people they are sleeping there's no reason  to spiritualize these verses we're the people
who  
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take the bible literally right this means exactly  what it says this was written to the little flock  
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and if it wasn't for first corinthians chapter  15 verse 6 that tells us that the little flock  
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are the ones who are asleep asleep we'd be left  without an answer to these verses okay but
the  
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veil is lifted off these verses now isn't it  we know that those that are asleep lit it means  
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literally exactly what it says we don't have to  tamper with it we don't have to spiritualize it we  
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don't have to go to the greek we don't have to go  to any dictionaries we can leave the text of
the  
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king james bible exactly as it is amen verse 14  for if we believe that jesus died and rose again  
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even so them also which sleep in jesus  will god bring with him he's going to  
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bring them with him well looky here if  we believe that jesus died and rose again  
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even so them also which sleep in jesus god will  bring with him folks when a member of the
body  
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of christ dies they are not asleep in jesus  okay for me to live as christ to die is gain  
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the doctrine of sleeping after death  is a doctrine that belongs to israel
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okay verse 15 for this we say  unto you by the word of the lord  
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by the way you want to look up something  look up those words the word of the lord
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i may say this again later but the word  of the lord is not the gospel of the grace   of god the
gospel of the grace of god is  not the word of the lord okay but anyway  
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notice deuteronomy 31 16 and the lord said unto  moses behold thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers  
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and this people will rise up and go whoring he  goes on to talk about what israel is going to do  
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you know we um last sunday we you know we were  talking about the kingdom and in second
samuel  
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chapter seven with david remember this and when  thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep
with  
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thy fathers i will set up thy seed after  thee which shall proceed out of thy bowels  
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and i will establish thy his kingdom notice and  thou shalt sleep with thy father he's talking  
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about sleeping he didn't sleep and then go to  heaven old testament saints did not go to
heaven  
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okay job 7 21 and why dost thou not pardon  my transgression and take away my iniquity  
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for now shall i sleep in the dust yeah that's  a fact of life he shall sleep in the dust  
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and thou shalt seek me in the morning but i shall  not be notice psalm 13 verse 3 consider and
hear  
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me o lord my god lighten mine eyes lest i sleep  the sleep of death yeah old testament saints  
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in the new in the gospels those after the gospels  the little flock they slept now i'm not gonna
run  
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all the references that you can you could do that  yourself on sleep in the king james bible okay  
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but man and many of you are becoming very  proficient in doing word searches now and  
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some of you are getting really really good at it  okay now i just want to go back to verse 15
again  
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for this we say unto you by the word of the lord  that we which are alive and remain unto the
coming  
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of the lord shall not prevent them which are  asleep prevent them that are asleep here means  
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not precede them okay we're not gonna go before  them or not talking about us here right now
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but and
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this coming of the lord this coming of the  lord is the coming of the lord not the rapture  
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it's two different events right  there's a rapture a secret rapture   and there's the coming of the
lord  now in these verses don't forget
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forget this don't forget this these verses
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this is your rapture when christ who  is our life shall appear then shall ye   also appear with him
in glory  okay it has no details except  
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when he appears you appear with him with  him in glory okay so if this is your rapture  
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which it is for members of the body of christ  if this is your rapture what is this speaking of
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what is this speaking of well how about we  let paul tell us okay how about we let him  
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tell us what he's talking about here right  what's the context of first thessalonians  
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and even second thessalonians okay remember  remember the writer to the hebrews he said
this  
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how shall we escape if we neglect so  great salvation which at the first   began to be spoken by
the lord so there  was a salvation that was spoken of by the  
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lord of course there was matthew 24 13 he that  shall endure to the end the same shall be
saved  
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that's a salvation in the tribulation period right
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which at the first began spoke spoken by the lord  and was confirmed unto us by them that
heard him  
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god also bearing them witness both with  signs and wonders and with diverse miracles  
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and gifts of the holy ghost according to his  own will the writer to the hebrews also said  
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this and have tasted the good word of god and the  powers of the world to come okay now i
want you  
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to notice how paul begins this letter to the  thessalonians the very first letter he wrote  
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paul said first thessalonians chapter 1 verse  5 for our gospel came not unto you in word only  
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but also in power and in the  holy ghost and in much assurance  
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as ye know what ma as ye know what manner of men  we were among you for your sake now let
me ask  
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you this ladies and gentlemen did you receive  the word in power and in the holy ghost i mean  
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i know there are denominations who think they  did there are denominations who think that
they   this happened to them and they started speaking in  tongues right but look if you're saved
right now  
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you heard that all have sinned and come short  of the glory of god you heard that jesus  
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christ had died for you that he was buried  that he rose again and all you need to do  
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is believe that and trust that and as a  gentile you were saved by grace through faith  
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and you did not experience this power in the holy  ghost amen all you did was believe and all
you  
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did was receive the the free gift of salvation  you didn't feel anything you didn't you didn't  
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have you didn't see fireworks you had none of  that going on you believed and you were saved  
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and you have the gift of eternal life that simple  right these people something happened
something  
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happened notice verse 6 and he became followers  of us and of the lord having received the
word  
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in much affliction with joy of the holy ghost  so these peer people are experiencing something  
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that you and i in the dispensation of grace  we don't experience okay now notice something  
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else about first thessalonians notice verse 8 from  you for from you sounded out the word of the
lord  
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now again notice those words the word of the  lord you know what the word of the lord is
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it's not the gospel of the grace of god and let  me put it this way also the word of the lord  
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is not the revelation of the mystery given  to saul of tarsus it's not that either okay  
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you look up those words the word of the  lord it's always associated with israel  
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and or the little flock if you understand the  little flock's involvement with the apostle paul  
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if you don't understand the little flocks  involvement with the apostle paul you're   going to think
those words the word of the lord  the grace of god the gospel of christ the gospel  
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of god oh it's all that's all the word of the  lord no it's not no it's not the word of the lord  
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is something specific in a king james bible you  know why it's not the gospel of the grace of
god  
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because it's spelt completely differently and  god doesn't waste space in a book of 66 chapters  
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okay okay for from you sounded out the word of the  lord not only in macedonia and achaea but
also in  
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every place your faith to god's word is spread  abroad so that we need not to speak anything  
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for they themselves shoe of us what manner of  entering in we had unto you and how ye turned  
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to god from idols to serve the living and true  god notice and to wait for his son from heaven
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whom he raised from the dead even jesus which  delivered us from the wrath to come let me
ask  
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you something this is the first epistle paul ever  writes almost at the beginning of the
dispensation  
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of grace at the in the transition period of the  book of acts where did these people ever hear  
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before about the wrath to come remember john the  baptist matthew chapter 3 verse 7 but
when he saw  
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many of the pharisees and sadducees come to his  baptism he said unto them o generation of
vipers  
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who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come  the wrath to come is an israel doctrine
folks and  
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there is an escape for these people from daniel's  70th week okay but here's the thing suffering  
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is waiting for these people suffering is something  that they're all going to be involved in that's  
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why paul always talks about suffering notice first  thessalonians chapter 2 verses uh one and
two for  
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yourselves brethren know our entrance in unto you  that it was not in vain but even after that we
had  
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suffered before and were shamefully entreated  as you know at philippi we were bold in our
god  
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to speak unto you the gospel of god with  much contention now i want you to notice  
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three things in verse two number one paul  suffered paul suffered now are we gonna suffer  
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everybody's gonna suffer but we're not  called to suffering these people are called  
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to suffering notice also that he was  shamefully entreated which means he was treated  
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shamefully okay they tried to shame him they  probably tried to shame him to stop what he  
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was talking about what he was speaking about  after all paul we never heard anybody talk  
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about what you're talking about now you're  the only one who's seen this aren't you paul  
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don't you know you're causing division  among the brethren paul you need to stop   what you're
doing paul because you're the  only one who's ever seen anything like this  
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let me tell you something that did not  deter paul from doing what he needed to do  
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and it does not and it will not deter me from  doing what i need to do about the word of god  
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and then the third thing i want you to notice  about verse 2 is that paul preached the gospel  
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of god the gospel of god is not the gospel of  the grace of god you know like i said last night  
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the gospel of god is the pie crust and depend  and depending on what you put inside the pie  
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crust will determine what gospel it is you put  inside the god the the pie crust of the gospel  
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of god you put the the gospel of the kingdom in  there you got the gospel to the circumcision or  
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the gospel of the circumcision and if you put in  taking the gospel of god and you put the gospel
of  
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christ in there which is the gospel of faith  then you have the gospel of the grace of god  
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faith in the death burial and resurrection  of jesus christ okay so but anyway  
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the gospel of god is what paul was preaching  okay now paul left the thessalonians but when  
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it was time to establish them after he was gone  from them you know what he did he sent
timotheus  
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our brother and minister of god our uh and  our fellow laborer in the gospel of christ  
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to establish you and to comfort you and concerning  your faith so now what about these people
okay  
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how are they going to make it into this  kingdom that they're talking about notice  
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first thessalonians 2 11 as ye know how we  exhorted and comforted and charged every one of  
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you as a father doth his children to do what that  ye would walk worthy of god who hath called
you  
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unto his kingdom and glory does that sound like  language i mean that paul would be speaking
to  
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those of you gentiles you were saved by grace  through faith you know a couple weeks ago we  
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looked at the doctrine of calling and the  body of christ are not called to anything  
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you know here are people who are called to walk  worthy because they're going into a kingdom  
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and isn't that what jesus christ told  the little flock when he was with them   luke 21 36 watch ye
therefore and pray always that  ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these  
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things that shall come to pass and to stand before  the son of man okay standing before the
son of man  
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that's after jesus christ returns to the earth  and they're in the kingdom and he says you know  
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you need to watch therefore and pray always that  ye may be accounted worthy you may be
accounted  
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worthy you're gonna have to do something you're  gonna have to earn something you want
some rewards  
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you need to be accounted worthy to escape  all these things right so that's the kingdom  
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and the glory when they stand before  the son of man when jesus christ sits  
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upon the throne of his glory amen now he  goes on in first thessalonians chapter 2  
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speaking to these people who both killed the lord  jesus and their own prophets and have
persecuted  
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us and they please not god and are contrary to all  men forbidding us to speak to the gentiles
that  
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they might be saved to fill up their sins alway  for the wrath is come upon them to the
uttermost  
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and he finishes chapter 2 with these words for  what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing  
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are not even ye in the presence of  our lord jesus christ at his coming  
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at his coming for ye are our glory and joy so when  paul says in chapter 1 verse 10 that these
people  
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are going to be delivered from the wrath to  come he's speaking of the wrath to come at  
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the that at the coming of the lord jesus christ  okay that's the second coming of jesus christ  
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so that's the context of this book and that  context that context doesn't change here  
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paul never stopped talking to these people about  the only thing that they're really know at that  
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time in in this is the first epistle right the  coming of the lord jesus christ that he's speaking  
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of here is this i mean in the other verses or  right here this coming of the lord jesus christ  
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that he speaks of here is what he spoke up  throughout this book so far he has not changed  
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the subject he's still talking about the same  thing and let's look at why this is the same  
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coming as what he's spoken about about so far  okay now you should have your bibles open
here  
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and you should also find the book  of joel we're gonna go through the   book of joel in a while
okay but you'll  see here in your bibles after verse 18  
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you probably have the words like in my bible  it says chapter five right after verse 18  
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right down there is gonna say chapter five  well you need to understand chapter five  
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was not there in the original okay the  people who originally received this letter  
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would have just kept reading without stopping in  these in these early epistles the chapter
break  
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well in all all epistles really but the chapter  break when you see chapter one chapter two
chapter  
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three it makes people think that paul finished  a subject and now he's beginning something
new  
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and whenever you hear people preaching on first  first thessalonians chapter 4 where do they
stop  
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verse 18 right and because the chapter 5 is there  that's why many people stop reading at the
end of  
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chapter 4 and they don't realize that they should  just keep reading without even taking a breath
of  
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air without even pausing for air okay so we need  to understand when we read these early
epistles of  
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paul contrary to what we have been taught i'm  going to include myself in this okay because  
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i'm part of you guys what we have been taught is  that paul as he writes first thessalonians and
ii  
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thessalonians he does not have the full revelation  of the mystery he does he does not know
everything  
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that he's going to learn because he's going  to come to more visions and more revelations   of
the lord even after the epistle after this  corinthian epistles that he wrote after this  
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he says i will come to visions and revelations  of the lord he even himself acknowledges he  
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even tells you he even tells us i don't have a  lot of information right now but i know a lot  
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of information from what was going on before  okay so okay he doesn't know everything paul  
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and another thing is he did not not only did  he not have the full revelation of the mystery  
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he's still preaching the gospel of  god which is a gospel of identity  
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and he doesn't even know a thing about the  rapture at this point in his life you need  
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to understand that right now the people that  he's writing to all they know is wrath is coming  
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there's a coming the there's a kingdom coming  after that and they need to be found worthy to  
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enter into that kingdom okay they heard that  from the beginning of the lord's ministry  
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on the earth john the baptist said had warned  them to flee from the wrath to come all they  
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knew about was a kingdom was coming on the earth  and jesus christ was going to set up that
kingdom  
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and they thought that and as they're sitting here  with this epistle that paul has written to them  
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they actually think they're going into that  kingdom okay they never thought they were not  
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going to be with the lord they never thought that  in their life okay so here's what i want to do  
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i want to read we're not going to read  the whole epistle but i want to read   this the way these
people who originally received  this letter would have read it okay now notice  
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for the lord himself shall descend from heaven  with a shout with the voice of the archangel
with   the trump of god the dead in christ shall rise  first and we which are alive and remain
shall  
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be caught up together with them in the clouds to  meet the lord in the air so shall we ever be
with   the lord wherefore comfort one another with these  words but of the times and the
seasons brethren  
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you have no need that i write unto you for  yourselves know perfectly that the day of the lord  
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so cometh as the thief and the knife as a teeth  even thief in the night paul is talking about the  
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day of the lord he is not talking about a rapture  you see that continuum there if you read it the  
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way he wrote it and the way he gave it to them and  the way he sent it to them and the way they
would  
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have sat there and the way they would have read  it you're not going to stop at verse 18 of
chapter  
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four that's not what you're gonna do okay verse  three for one they shall say peace and safety  
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then southern destruction cometh upon them the  sudden destruction that cometh upon them
that's  
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the second coming of jesus christ he doesn't have  to say that to some people who are waiting
for  
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the rapture okay they don't think they're waiting  for a rapture the only thing they know as
they're  
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sitting there is that there's a prophetic program  that was prophesied and as far as they know
that  
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ain't been postponed yet they think that they're  heading into that thing okay last part of verse 3  
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as travail upon a woman with child and  they shall not escape we know about the the  
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the travail in revelation right uh chapter 12.  i'm not going to go there right now he says  
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but ye brethren are not in darkness that that  day what day the second coming of christ man  
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that day is not going to overtake you as a thief  why why would he even be thinking a rapture  
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he's talking about that day will not over  overtake you because you're gonna know  
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you don't need me to tell you the  times and the seasons you're gonna know   when that time is
coming you're gonna know it why  because they were going into daniel's 70th week
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i know i know verse 5 you're all the children of light and the  children of the day we are not of the
night nor  
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of the darkness so listen folks the little flock  are also delivered from the wrath to come okay  
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obviously gentiles are not going into  a day of wrath obviously okay but there  
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they were told by jesus christ himself that ye  may be accounted worthy to escape okay
therefore  
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let us not sleep as do others but let us watch  and be sober for they that sleep sleep in the  
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night and they that be drunk and are drunken  in the night but let us who are of the day  
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be sober putting on the breastplate of faith and  love and foreign helmet the hope of salvation  
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for god hath not appointed us to wrath you  think that do you think god appointed the  
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little flock to wrath of course not but to  obtain salvation by our lord jesus christ  
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who died for us that whether we wake or sleep  whether we wake or sleep we should live
together  
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with him wherefore comfort yourselves together  and edify one another even as also you do
notice  
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comfort yourselves that's how he ended this  section remember wherefore comfort one
another  
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with these words and that's how he ends this  section talking about the day of the lord  
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comfort yourselves together and edify one  another okay so now one more time this  
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notice this and notice the difference with your  rapture when christ who is our life shall appear  
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then shall you also appear with him  in glory no bells no whistles this   is the secret appearing
that ends the  dispensation of the grace of god okay  
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and this this has a lot of bells this has a lot  of whistles there's nothing secret about this  
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okay this is wide open for everyone to see  every eye shall see him okay so there's  
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a huge difference here but i want to show you  the differences now okay so watch pay attention
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notice verse 16. for the lord himself  shall descend from heaven with a shout  
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with the voice of the archangel and with the trump  of god and i want you to just stop right here
for   a minute think about this when for the lord  himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout  
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what happens when the lord descends from  heaven at the end of the tribulation period  
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do you realize listen to me very carefully okay   do you realize that there's not one verse in your 
king james bible that says that jesus christ was  
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going to descend from heaven and when he reached  the clouds that he was going to turn
around  
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and go back to heaven did you know there's not  a verse in your king james bible that says that  
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when he comes down when he descends  he's coming to the earth okay  
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now just hold that thought for a moment  just hold that thought for a moment  
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in your king james bible when the  heavens open something is either going up  
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or something is either coming down for example  matthew 3 16 and jesus when he was
baptized  
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went up straightway out of the water and lo the  heavens were opened unto him and he saw the
spirit  
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of god descending like a dove and lighting upon  him so this is john baptizing the lord right
here  
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and he sees the heavens the heavens were opened  and he saw the spirit of god descending
something  
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when heaven opened something came down okay notice  this is uh john in the book of the
revelation  
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after this i looked and behold  the door was opened in heaven   and the first voice which i heard
was as it were  of a trumpet talking with me which said come up  
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hither and i will show thee things which must  which must be hereafter so this is john he's  
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caught up there spiritually right he looks down  over the day of the lord remember at the
stoning  
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of stephen acts chapter 7 verse 56 and he said  behold i see the heavens opened and the son
of  
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man standing on the right hand of god well in acts  chapter 7 what was the lord getting ready to
do  
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well the lord cometh to judge right i don't  have time to show you every verse tonight but
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yeah jacob saw angels going up and down that's  right that's john chapter two we'll get there
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but in acts chapter 7 jesus christ he said i see  heavens opened and the son of man standing on
the  
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right hand of god and jesus christ was returning  to judge but that was postponed by a little
event  
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called the dispensation of grace where a whole  new revelation was learned by mankind over a  
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period of about 30 years okay but verse 56 here  tells us that jesus christ was getting ready  
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what was he getting ready to do this is what he  was getting ready to do revelation 19 11 i saw  
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heaven open and behold the white horse and  he that sat on him was called faithful and  
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true and in righteousness he doth judge  and make war that's what jesus christ
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was coming to do see when you think of first  thessalonians chapter 4 verse 16 17 and 18 the  
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only reason you think about this about about this  happening like this or or pictures like this right
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is you're you're thinking about this because  you heard those you heard those words
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um for the lord himself shall descend from  heaven with a shout with the voice of the  
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the then we shall be caught up together with  them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air   and
so shall we ever be with the lord right  well if he's descending i want you to think  
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about think about this you should have first  thessalonians 4 open in front of you right now  
looking at those verses 16 17 and 18. for the  lord himself shall descend if he's descending  
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and they meet him in the air think about this  where was he headed he was headed to earth
folks  
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he was headed straight to the earth he was  descending heaven had opened up and he was  
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descending okay now think about this that's what  he was doing for the lord himself shall
descend  
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okay now with these thoughts in mind right  now you never had a problem you'd never had  
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a problem believing this this is what we all held  for the past 50 years at least right this picture  
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in our minds i mean this picture has been on  postcards has been on billboards has been in  
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christian magazines has been in movies rapture  movies the whole left behind series is based
on  
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this right here this is the picture that they've  portrayed and the picture you have in your head
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now let me tell you this if our departure from  this world had been based on this verse when  
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christ who is our life shall appear then  shall ye also appear with him in glory  
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guess what this vision is not what you would have  in your head because this verse is not this
event  
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that's not what this verse is so what's  going on in first thessalonians chapter 4  
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because let's face it this this this that's really  what this is about here what's going on there
okay  
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this this event right here this is  first thessalonians chapter four   it's not this event colossians 3
4.  do you understand we have a rapture  
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our rapture is before the tribulation period okay  this happens at the second coming of jesus
christ  
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so the question is what would be  the purpose of this of this event
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what would be the reason of this event okay  because people are caught into the air here  
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as jesus christ is descending from heaven on a  white horse with all his holy angels mind you
okay  
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so let me ask you again why are the  believers in the tribulation period  
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caught up to meet the lord in  the air as he's on his way down
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now you remember i had asked you to read  the book of joel right i read the book of  
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joel at least 10 times since then and you  need to have your bible in front of you  
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the open to the book of joel chapter one  i want to just show you a couple things  
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and now there are different views about the book  of joel and how it's laid out and all that i just  
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read the book i read it over and over i just kept  reading and i just kept seeing things every time
i  
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read it i saw something new okay and like i said  uh la uh yeah last night i said not one prophet  
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has the full picture of everything that transpires  at the second coming of jesus christ during
the  
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tribulation things like that you know i don't know  if you've ever heard of the circular reasoning  
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of the book of the revelation in other words the  second coming of jesus christ is portrayed
several  
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times in the book of the revelation and each  time it's different okay the vials are different  
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the the bowls are different the trumpets are  different it's all different presentations of  
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the second coming of jesus christ repeated several  times in the book of the revelation i don't
know  
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if you ever heard that or not there's a lot of  people who agree with that there's a lot of people  
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who don't agree with that of course it's prophecy  right a lot of people don't agree with a lot of  
things people say that that that's how  bible prophecy is but the book of joel  
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does that it gives you different views of the  second coming of jesus christ okay so let me let  
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me put it this way for you like in a nutshell  because we could stay in the book of joel now  
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for several hours easy okay but as you're looking  at the book of joel okay chapter one is the  
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tribulation period that's all it is because notice  in verse 15 and as you re we're not going to
read  
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every we're not going to read the whole book of  job but as you cast your eye down there the
palmer  
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warm this the palmer warm that uh you know the  vine is dried up verse 12 the fig tree
language  
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[ __ ] this is tribulation period language when  you get to verse 15 it says the last for the day  
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for the day of the lord is at hand it's at  hand and as a destruction from the almighty  
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shall it come in other words the day of the lord  has not arrived yet you're in the tribulation  
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period in chapter one the day of the lord's not  there but it's showing you things that are going  
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on in the tribulation period israel is in a lot  of trouble because of enemies okay but the day of  
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the lord's not there yet jesus christ hasn't  left heaven okay when you get to chapter two  
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chapter two blow ye the trumpet in zion and sound  and alarm in my holy mountain let the
inhabitants  
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of the land tremble for the day of the lord cometh  for it is nigh at hand now it's closer than in  
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chapter one but it still hasn't come yet okay in  other words jesus christ has not descended yet  
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but listen carefully since it has not come yet  since the second coming of christ has not come
yet  
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in chapter 2 what is joel doing in chapter  2 well if you read it slowly in chapter 2  
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joel is telling you what it's going to be like  when he comes okay we're gonna we're gonna look  
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we're gonna look at uh the  second coming okay in a second um  
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or we'll look at chapter two in a second but  i want you to notice uh in chapter two um  
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notice in chapter two when he does come notice  when he because there's a place in chapter
two  
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where the lord leaves heaven and he comes okay  and it tells you that notice notice verse 15  
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joel 2 15 blow blow the trumpet in zion  sanctify a fast call a solemn assembly  
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gather the people sanctify the congregation  assemble the elders gather the children and  
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those that suck the breasts let the now here it  is let the bridegroom go forth out of his
chamber  
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and the bride out of her closet now he's  coming when you read down there you'll see  
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joel finishes out chapter two he doesn't go  into much detail about the second coming of  
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jesus christ but he does talk about the benefits  of him having come after that okay and then
i'm  
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not going to go into chapter three at all i'm  not going to go any further than that but it's   the
same thing happened in job so you get you  get you've got something to look forward to  
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as you read the book of joel in these reoccurring  themes as joel unfolds them for us okay
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now what's chapter two about chapter two right  verse one blow ye the trumpet in zion and  
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sound and alarm in my holy mountain let all the  inhabitants of the land tremble for the day of
the  
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lord cometh for it is nigh at hand and what job is  going to do is he's going to tell you in chapter
2  
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what the day of the lord will be like when jesus  christ returns okay what's it going to be like  
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notice it's a day of darkness  and of gloominess a day of clouds  
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and of thick darkness as the morning spread  upon the mountains a great people and strong  
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there hath not been ever the like neither  shall be any more after it even to the  
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years of many generations a fire devoureth  before them and behind them a flame burneth  
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the land is as the garden of eden before them  and behind them a desolate wilderness yea and  
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nothing shall escape them the appearance of them  is as the appearance of horses they're not
horses  
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that's the appearance of horses they're fierce  right so shall they run like the noise of chariots  
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on the tops of mountains shall they leap like the  noise of a flame a fire that devoureth the
stubble  
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as a strong people said in battle array before  their face the people shall be much pained all  
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faces gather blackness they shall run like mighty  men they shall climb the wall like men of war
they  
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shall march everyone on his ways they shall not  break their ranks neither shall one throw this  
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is what it's gonna be like in the day of the lord  okay this is what it's going to be like they shall  
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not break their ranks neither shall one thrust  another they shall walk everyone in his path and  
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one they shall when they fall upon the sword  they're not going to be wounded you know why
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i'm going to tell you why in a minute they shall  run to and fro in the city they shall run upon the  
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wall they shall climb up on the houses they shall  enter in at the windows like a thief that's how  
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the day of the lord comes right like a thief  the earth shall quake before them the heavens  
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shall tremble the sun and the moon shall be dark  and the sun shall withdraw their shining
notice  
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and the lord shall utter his voice before his  army that was the lord's army that you just saw  
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right there okay that's not the enemy army that's  the lord's army okay for his camp is very
great  
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for he is strong that executeth his word for  the day of the lord is great and very terrible  
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who can abide you know what ruckman says  i have a commentary ruckman here on the   book
of joel you know what he says he says that  this army is um with these supernatural bodies  
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supernatural abilities is the body of christ with  their glorified bodies that's what he says that is  
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and of course we know that that cannot be the  body of christ with their glorified bodies
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who are they who are they
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these are the lord these are now this is my  understanding okay this is my understanding
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nobody has to agree with me okay but  this is my understanding that this  
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army that we just read about these are  the people who as the lord is descending  
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in first thessalonians that's the second coming  of christ the day of the lord is what he's called  
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paul calls it in the next three verses after that  these people are the ones who are caught up to  
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meet the lord in the air okay and what happens to  them what happens to these people right
because  
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here they are for the lord himself shall descend  from heaven we know when the lord descends
from   heaven he's descending at the second coming  of jesus christ and he's coming with the
shout  
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and with the voice of the archangel we talked  about that yesterday revelation chapter 10 verse  
7 and the mystery of god when the seventh angel  sounded revelation 11 15 we talked about
yesterday  
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the seventh angel sounded and then the  kingdoms of our lord became the kingdoms of our  
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uh the kingdoms of uh of the uh whatever  became the kingdoms of our christ right  
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so what happens to them when jesus christ  appears in the clouds of heaven like this verse  
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says revelation 1 7 behold he cometh with clouds  and every eye shall see him and they also
which  
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pierced him and all kinders of the earth shall  well because of him what happens to those
people  
1:00:12
when he appears who are caught up together with  them in the clouds to meet the lord in the
air  
1:00:18
do you believe your bible i'm going to show  you a verse right now you have to believe your  
1:00:23
bible okay if you don't believe your bible  you're going to have a hard time right here  
1:00:29
first john is written to those people  in the tribulation period right  
1:00:34
first john 3 2 beloved now are we the sons of  god and it doth not yet appear what we shall be  
1:00:42
but we know that when he shall appear  the second coming we shall be like him  
1:00:50
for we shall see him as he is so  what happens well when those people  
1:00:57
in the tribulation period who are believers in in  israel's messiah well when jesus christ returns  
1:01:05
as he's returning he calls them up to meet  him in the air in the clouds that's where  
1:01:12
they get their glorified bodies according to  what we saw in joel chapter 2 and they will  
1:01:18
be performing incredible feats incredible  feats that happens at this event right here  
1:01:25
this happens at the end of the tribulation period  now let me ask you this now let me ask you
this  
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did you ever think about these verses second  thessalonians chapter 1 and to you who are  
1:01:40
troubled rest with us when the lord jesus shall  be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels  
1:01:48
now this is the second epistle paul writes to them  and he's still talking about the day of the
lord  
1:01:55
the second coming of jesus  christ right you think about that  
1:02:00
in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know  not god and that obey not the gospel of our
lord  
1:02:06
jesus christ the gospel of our lord jesus christ  not the gospel of the grace of god okay because  
1:02:12
if there were obeying the gospel of the grace of  god they're saved eternally but here's people
who  
1:02:17
don't obey the gospel and they're taking flaming  fire taking vengeance on them that obey not
the  
1:02:23
gospel of our lord jesus christ so this gospel  is not the gospel of the grace of god right  
1:02:31
but for some reason everybody wants to preach  today you know everything paul talked about
was  
1:02:38
the gospel of the grace of god and he had  the full revelation of the mystery when he   was
talking about it and that's just not true  what's going to happen to these people verse 9  
1:02:47
who shall be punished with everlasting destruction  from the presence of the lord because they
didn't  
1:02:53
obey the gospel of the lord jesus christ and  from the glory of his power when he shall come  
1:02:59
look when he shall come to be glorified in his  saints and be admired in all them that believe  
1:03:07
because our testimony among you was believed in  that day so here we are in 2nd
thessalonians again  
1:03:17
and this is the second coming of jesus christ  at the end of the tribulation period right
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so remember this in first thessalonians he  told them that they're going to be caught up  
1:03:32
first lesson was 4 16 17 and they're going to be  caught up to meet him in the air meet the lord  
1:03:37
in the clouds right so they already know that they  already know that that event is going to
happen to  
1:03:46
them okay now with that in mind did you ever think  about the first verse of 2 thessalonians
chapter 2  
1:03:58
now we beseech you brethren by the coming  of our lord jesus christ that's the second  
1:04:04
coming of jesus christ heaven heaven  opens jesus christ starts his descent  
1:04:11
by our gathering together unto him do you think  that maybe paul is talking about the same
event  
1:04:20
at the end of the tribulation period  as he was talking about in first   thessalonians chapter 4 16
17-18 do you think  our gathering together unto him could be
1:04:34
caught up with him in the lord to me the lord in  the air so shall we ever be with the lord which  
1:04:40
which way do you think they're going after  if jesus christ is descending he's coming to   the
earth do you think he's making a u-turn and  taking them to heaven no they get their glorified  
1:04:50
body and they coming down they're coming down  to perform and fulfill what was spoken of in  
1:04:56
joel chapter 2 that mighty army the lord in his  army of people who have received glorified
bodies
1:05:06
when he shall appear we shall be like  him for we shall see him as he is  
1:05:13
so he says this now we beseech you brethren  by the coming of our lord jesus christ   sounds so
casual doesn't it and by our  gathering together unto him that ye  
1:05:23
be not soon shaken in mind or troubled neither  by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us  
1:05:30
as that the day of christ is at hand this day of  christ that's not the rapture it's not the rapture  
1:05:37
it's the day of christ it's the day they're  talking about that he just got done talking   about that
he's returning and inflaming fire  taking vengeance on them that no not god
1:05:48
paul says let let no man deceive you by any  means that day the day of christ shall not  
1:05:54
come except there come are falling away  first and that man of sin be revealed   so if this day
happens after the man of sin is  revealed which is halfway through the tribulation  
1:06:04
period it's halfway through daniel's 70th week  it's halfway through the time of jacob's trouble  
1:06:11
then that day cannot be the rapture  because this thing this day happens   after the man of sin is
revealed who  is this man of sin the son of perdition  
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who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that  is called god or that is worshipped so that he
as  
1:06:28
god sitteth in the temple of god halfway through  the tribulation period showing himself that he  
1:06:34
is god remember ye not that when i was yet with  you i told you these things and now you know
what  
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withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time  for the mystery of iniquity doth already work
only  
1:06:48
he who now letteth will let he who now restrains  will restrain until he be taken out of the way  
1:06:55
and then shall that wicked be revealed whom  the lord shall consume with the spirit of his  
1:07:01
mouth and shall destroy with the brightness  of his comings talk about the second coming   of
jesus christ all the way through first  thessalonians ii thessalonians talking about  
1:07:09
the second coming of jesus christ talking about  the day of the lord okay how that the rapture  
1:07:15
was ever inserted into there i'll tell you how  it happened it was inserted into there because  
1:07:22
people thought that paul had the full revelation  of the knowledge of the mystery and they
thought  
1:07:29
they could take the full knowledge of the  revelation of the mystery and insert it into   first and
second thessalonians and thereby doing  the same thing the denominations do when they take  
1:07:39
the revelation of the mystery and they insert  inserted into the four gospels that's not right  
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and inserting the full revelation of the mystery  into first and second thessalonians when paul
is  
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talking about the second coming of christ the  day of the lord it wasn't the right thing to do
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even him whose coming is after the working of  satan with all power and signs and lying
wonders  
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and and with and with all deceivableness  of unrighteousness in them that perish  
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because they receive not the love of the truth  that they might be saved and for this cause god  
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shall send them strong delusion that they should  believe a lie that's in the tribulation period  
that they all might be damned who believe not the  truth but had pleasure and unrighteousness
but we  
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are bound to give thanks all way to god for  you brethren be loved of the lord because god  
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hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation  through sanctification of the spirit and belief  
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of the truth i got news for you folks that's  not how you're saved you're not saved through  
sanctification of the spirit and belief of the  truth no you're saved by the gospel of the grace  
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of god you're a sinner you need a savior jesus  christ died for you he was buried he rose again  
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believe that you get saved none of this stuff  right here none of this stuff is for you we're  
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unto he called you now see here's people who are  called we're not called by the gospel you're
not  
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called by the gospel folks i'm sorry to tell you  that but you're not but these people are called  
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by our gospel at that time of the revelation  of the gospel that paul had the gospel of god  
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why to the obtaining of the glory of our lord  jesus christ that's the glory in the millennial  
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kingdom therefore brethren stand fast and hold the  traditions hold the ordinances which you've
been  
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taught by whether by word or by our epistle you  see what he's saying if you want to participate  
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in this day you want to participate in this  glory hold the traditions man hold the traditions
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you don't have those traditions that you  need to hold on to not one of them okay
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now our lord jesus christ himself and god even  our father which hath loved us and had given
us  
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everlasting consolation and good hope through  grace yeah there's grace there's grace to help  
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in the time of need notice verse 17 comfort  your hearts establish you in every good word  
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and work in every good word and work why why works  because they're going to be getting
rewarded for  
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going through daniel's 70th week and you want to  know something it's not their fault that
they're  
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going through daniel's 70th week the little flock  in in the first chapters of the book of acts are  
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not the ones who rejected jesus christ the leaders  of israel are the ones who rejected jesus
christ  
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okay now the little flock the remnant according to  election is there's going to be a whole new
group  
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in the tribulation period but these people going  through the tribulation period are going
through  
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a living hell that's the kind of tribulation  they're going to they're going to get rewarded or  
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they're going to suffer loss okay one or  the other so to sum this up in a nutshell  
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our rapture our rapture happens  before the day of their trouble  
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their rapture where they get their glorified  bodies and don't forget old testament saints  
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right those the dead in christ those people are in  christ not because they look forward to the
cross  
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but because they believe god's message okay those  in christ and then they which are alive and
remain  
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go next right so when he appears they  appear with him in glory and they become  
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like him and when he shall appear he's they  first john 3 2 so they shall be like him  
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then he doesn't turn around after they are like  him and take them to heaven because that's
where  
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we are we've already been there seven years later  so what does he keep doing for the lord
himself  
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shall descend from heaven he keeps descending  now he's got his army with him and he's
coming  
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down with the armies plural the armies of heaven  and we see in joel chapter two what they do
right  
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now with this exegesis of first and second  thessalonians based on the knowledge that at that  
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time paul did not know everything that he was  ever going to know so based on the knowledge
of  
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what paul had at that time it makes perfect  sense at least it makes perfect sense to me  
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that we did not have to go to the greek we did not  have to spiritualize any verses we left the
text  
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of the king james bible exactly as it was on the  pages as we see it and we just believe the
words  
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on the page the way they they were that's  all we did tonight can you see that  
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can you see this picture because you need to  understand folks first first thessalonians  
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and second thessalonians are  the first epistles paul wrote   and we could say he was a fledgling
apostle right  there right he had a job to do and his job was to  
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make those who had rejected their messiah his  job was to make them see you kill the wrong
guy  
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you killed the wrong guy amen so we  are in a pre-tribulation rapture and  
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this event is also pre-tribulation  that's the whole thing about this   but if scripture did not give us
other  other verses about what happens to them  
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so that we can take different pieces of the puzzle  and bring them together well then we
wouldn't know  
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what was going on but if we can like learning  that the little flock was part of paul's ministry  
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completely revolutionized my understanding  of the king james bible and i know there   are
people who are not going to see  it because they don't want to see it  
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because they sit with you know commentary from  this guy and you know you know transcripts
from  
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certain notes over here and and they got a ruckman  uh commentary over there and they go oh
well those  
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guys didn't talk about this so brother rodney must  be wrong and that's what they do you know
they're  
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not looking at the king james bible and saying  you know what uh that may be what that was
saying  
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that may just be what that was saying amen so  that's that's my understanding now of first  
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and second thessalonians that they're all about  the second coming of jesus christ and there's  
not even a rule there's not even room to like  split two verses apart and and inter interject  
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between some verses the revelation of the mystery  as paul received it as he kept going amen
so  
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of course it's the first time you heard  it it's the first time i ever preached is  
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the first time i ever saw it myself oh anyway  that was my study for tonight and uh actually  
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i thought it was going to take longer but i did  talk fast right i probably talked way too fast  
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but that's that's that's my story and i'm sticking  with it that's that's what i believe the king  
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james bible is teaching us about this and you  know the beauty of everything we just looked at  
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it does not take away your pre-tribulation rapture  it doesn't take it away it leaves it as the
secret  
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that it is it truly is colossians 3 4 truly is  a secret appearing and a secret vanishing he  
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appears we appear with him in glory that's that's  the revelation of the mystery for you and me  
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well we just looked at tonight that's a revelation  for them beyond what the prophets taught  
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but it's a revelation amen so amen  oh what a savior brother larry
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yeah that's why i said wow in the shower when when i told you last week or the  whatever yeah
like before last monday  
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my wife heard me say wow in the shower i had  just seen the scenario with all these verses  
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just like that it was like wow
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and i was laughing and then when i  told my wife she went like that so
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oh what a savior
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no hope within good i see
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they searched
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to save
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me
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his heart was broken
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jeff if you're there
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get rid of rapture saint please
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you're the one who's got his  sign looking like burger king
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but an insult to the lord crossing
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his hands
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safely oh
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hello
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his heart was broken
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on calvary's
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he gave his lives
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yeah whatever they want to do they can do i'm  really not worried about what they verify me  
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as they verified paul as a nut case too so i'm  really really not concerned about that one second  
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but anyway folks um been a long day  for me and um i'm gonna let you go  
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and uh remember you're blessed with all spiritual  blessings in heavenly places christ jesus
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um
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one second
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okay anyway thank you for joining us this  evening and hopefully we'll see you on  
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sunday morning if remember if you don't know  jesus christ as your savior that today we live  
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in the dispensation of grace where anyone  can be saved by simply believing understand  
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that you know where we all sin where else sin  separates all men from god but jesus christ died  
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he was buried he rose again and by simple faith in  what he did in his death burial and
resurrection  
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just trusting that for the forgiveness of our  sins god gives us the free gift of eternal life so  
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that's all we need to do there's nothing else  amen so if you want to do that tonight is a good  
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night to do that just let your heart rest let your  faith rest on what he did at calvary and that's it  
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there's nothing you have to do you can't pay  for it you can't earn it you don't deserve it  
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it's a free gift that god gives to us amen so  let's just pray our gracious god and our father  
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we're thankful this evening for the great  salvation that we have in our lord jesus christ
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we're thankful for the the cross the death  the burial of jesus christ what he did
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thank you for the gift of eternal life   thank you for those that have joined  us this evening by way
of internet  
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pray that the the words of this message will  be forged upon the tablets of their heart  
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i pray these things in that  name that is above every name   the name of our lord and our  savior
jesus christ amen amen