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00:11 One of the most incredible natural phenomenon in the world
00:14 is lightning. 00:15 At 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, a bolt of lightning 00:18 is as hot as the surface of the sun 00:21 and one of the brightest phenomenon 00:22 we ever see here on earth. 00:24 The International Space Station has observed 00:26 that our planet is struck by lightning 00:28 more than 100 times per second. 00:31 You know, every day, 00:32 there are about 44,000 lightning storms 00:34 that occur throughout the world, 00:36 striking the earth 6000 times a minute. 00:39 The average lightning strike is about six miles long, 00:42 and travels about 30,000 times as fast as a bullet. 00:46 And the temperature of lightning 00:48 can reach 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, 00:51 that's hotter than the surface of the sun. 00:53 You know, it's actually a myth 00:55 that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. 00:57 For example, the top of the Empire State building 01:00 where I used to live in New York, 01:01 it averages over 20 strikes per year. 01:04 In one storm, it was struck six times in one evening. 01:08 One strike of lightning might contain 01:10 more than one million volts and over 200,000 amps. 01:14 And it's got enough power to lift an ocean liner six feet 01:17 into the air. 01:19 On average, thunder can only be heard 01:21 at a distance of five or six miles. 01:23 But at night, 01:25 lightning can be seen as much as 100 miles away. 01:28 You know, it's still something of a mystery 01:30 exactly what causes lightning. 01:32 But there's no mystery that Jesus said 01:34 His Second Coming is going to be like lightning 01:37 shining from the east all the way to the west. 01:40 We're gonna learn about it. 01:41 So join me now for this amazing adventure. 02:02 Well, good evening, again everyone. 02:03 And welcome to another Amazing Adventure program. 02:07 A series called Amazing Adventure, 02:09 A Journey for Life with Jesus. 02:11 And we're just delighted that you're back here. 02:13 We've been having a good time over the last, 02:15 let's see, this is our third presentation. 02:17 And we'd like to invite Pastor Doug to come forward, 02:20 as well as our singers 02:21 as we get ready to sing our theme song. 02:26 All right. 02:28 Now hopefully you all remember the words, 02:29 let's stand and we're gonna be singing together, 02:31 "Life is an Adventure." 02:38 Life is an adventure following the King 02:43 Every day with Jesus makes us want to sing 02:48 Walking in the spirit He will lead the way 02:53 With his words to guide us glowing deep inside us 02:59 Nothing can divide us following the King 03:05 Life is an adventure following the King 03:11 Every day with Jesus makes us want to sing 03:16 Conquering with kindness everywhere we go 03:21 Voices we are raising Jesus we are praising 03:27 Life is so amazing following the King 03:33 Life is so amazing following the King 03:42 All right. 03:45 Now each night I think we get a few questions that come in. 03:47 We do and we got some good questions. 03:49 It's coming from a couple of countries. 03:51 Of course, we have in US, 03:53 but we also have some from the Philippines 03:55 I understand and I think there's one from India as well. 03:57 So I think we're ready for our questions 03:59 if they want to put them on the screen. 04:01 Hi. My name is Sophie. 04:03 And I live in Tecate Baja California, Mexico. 04:07 And my question is, 04:09 is the world really going to end? 04:11 All right. 04:12 So the question from Mexico, is the world really gonna end? 04:15 Well, that ties in with our subject tonight. 04:17 It does perfectly. 04:19 Well, God had a plan when He made the world. 04:23 He made a paradise for Adam and Eve 04:25 and their descendants, 04:26 and He wanted it to last forever. 04:29 But the devil came, we learned last night 04:30 he invaded our world, he kidnapped the planet. 04:34 Jesus came, and He bought back the world, 04:37 those who accept Him. 04:39 And the Bible says, He's gonna make a new heavens 04:42 and a new earth. 04:43 So the world the way it is now will end, 04:46 but God is gonna make the world over again, 04:49 fresh, perfect, and we have a lesson 04:51 that's gonna talk about that. 04:52 But, yeah, it's this world, 04:54 the way it's going now is not gonna last. 04:56 And we'll talk about some of the signs 04:58 that the Bible gives us in our program tonight. 05:00 Okay. 05:02 And our next video question we have. 05:03 Hi. My name is Victoria. 05:05 I'm 10 years old and I'm from New Jersey. 05:07 My question is, how can I deal with my anxiety and trust God 05:10 when there's so many scary 05:11 and bad things happening in the world? 05:12 All right. 05:14 How does a person trust God 05:15 when there's so many bad things happening in the world? 05:18 Well, that would scare me. 05:19 It looks like she was driving while she asked that question. 05:23 How can you trust God? 05:26 Well, you know, it says in the Bible in Psalm 23. 05:30 "Yes, though I go through 05:32 the valley of the shadow of death, 05:34 I will fear no evil because You are with me." 05:39 God told Moses, "I will be with you. 05:41 Do not be afraid." 05:43 God told Joshua, "Be very courageous. 05:45 I am with you." 05:47 God told Jacob, "I will be with you 05:49 and bring you back to the land again." 05:51 God always keeps His promise. 05:54 What did Jesus say, when He went to heaven? 05:56 "I am with you always, even to the end of the world." 06:00 So if Jesus is with us, do we need to be afraid? 06:03 No. 06:05 You know, I grew up, I think, I told you, part of my life, 06:07 I lived in New York City 06:09 and it was a dangerous city back then, 06:10 it was probably more dangerous than it is today. 06:13 And sometimes kids would get mugged 06:16 and things get stolen, you could get robbed. 06:19 It wasn't always very safe. 06:21 But I had a big friend that went to school with me. 06:24 And when I walked to school with my big friend, 06:27 I wasn't very afraid. 06:29 Well, Jesus is 06:30 the biggest friend you can have. 06:31 You have nothing to fear 06:33 if you are with Him and He is with you. 06:34 Amen? Amen. 06:36 Our next question that we have. 06:38 Hi. I'm Lucy. 06:40 Nine years old from Philippines. 06:43 When I go to heaven, will I remain as a child? 06:49 Okay. 06:50 So the question is, 06:51 do children stay children in heaven 06:53 or what happens to them? 06:54 Do they grow up? 06:56 Well, you know, the Bible tells us 06:58 in the Book of Malachi, 07:00 it says, "That they shall go forth 07:02 and grow up as calves of the stalls." 07:05 It's talking about heaven in that verse. 07:07 And so if there's a child in this life, 07:10 when Jesus comes, if you're alive 07:12 when Jesus comes, you get a glorified eternal body, 07:15 but it will be a youthful body, and when you get to heaven, 07:17 you'll continue to learn and to grow up in heaven. 07:21 Someone might ask the question, now, grandma, when she died, 07:24 she was 99 years old, she was a little bit wrinkly. 07:28 Will grandma will be all wrinkly 07:30 when she gets to heaven in her glorified body? 07:33 I don't think so. 07:34 I think everybody's gonna have 07:35 a perfectly mature youthful body. 07:38 There'll be no effects of aging, 07:40 but children will grow up. 07:42 You know, some other verses 07:43 that we know that there's children in heaven. 07:45 It tells us that 07:47 the child will play 07:48 on the hole of a venomous serpent 07:51 and it will not hurt. 07:52 There's nothing, a child will lead 07:55 a lion and a wolf in heaven. 07:57 So are there children in heaven? 07:59 Yes. There must be. 08:01 It says, children will be playing 08:02 in the streets of heaven laughing. 08:04 So the Bible definitely tells us 08:07 that there will be children in heaven, 08:09 but you won't stay children forever. 08:11 You'll continue to grow up 08:12 until you reach perfect maturity 08:14 and then you'll continue to learn and to grow 08:16 in your mind and your abilities forever. 08:19 Now, Pastor Doug, isn't it true 08:20 that there's even a verse in the Bible 08:22 that seems to indicate 08:23 that children in heaven 08:25 will age a little slower than here on this earth? 08:27 That's right. 08:28 It says a child will die at 100 years 08:31 and some people think 08:32 that means that children will die. 08:34 It actually says, 08:35 they won't even cease to be children until they're 100. 08:39 Have you read in Genesis, some of the first patriarchs 08:42 when they got married, they waited till they were 100, 08:46 before they got married. 08:47 And so you'll live forever 08:50 and so God's gonna let us grow up longer. 08:52 How many of you have had a puppy? 08:54 And you really liked it as a puppy, 08:56 but it seemed like it was just a few months 08:58 it turned into a dog. 09:00 And you wish it could have been a puppy longer. 09:04 Well, you'll get to enjoy your youth 09:06 even longer in heaven. 09:07 All right. 09:08 Well, that's it for our Bible questions for tonight. 09:10 And again, I wanna thank those 09:12 who sent in their Bible questions. 09:13 And also we're gonna be asking 09:15 some of you throughout this week 09:16 for your Bible question. 09:18 So I hope you're thinking of your question. 09:20 Right, Pastor Doug, we'll turn the time offered to you. 09:21 Thank you, very much, Pastor Ross. 09:23 And we're so glad that you're all here. 09:25 I wanna welcome our friends who may be watching 09:27 online or television and our class here, 09:31 we have an exciting presentation tonight, 09:34 at least, it's really exciting for me. 09:36 Our lesson tonight is called Journey through the Stars. 09:40 And we're gonna be talking about taking 09:41 one of the most incredible trips 09:43 in the universe. 09:45 Now we had a memory verse tonight, John 14:3. 09:49 Why don't you say that with me? 09:50 Jesus said, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, 09:57 I will come again, and receive you to myself, 10:02 that where I am, you may be also." 10:07 Jesus said, "I will come again 10:08 and take you to the places that I prepared." 10:11 You know, what that means? 10:13 You need to get ready for space travel. 10:16 Now I don't know about you, but one of my dreams... 10:21 I don't know what it is about me, 10:22 but I always wanted to fly. 10:25 My dad was a pilot, brothers were pilots, 10:30 when I was on snow skis, I always look for the jumps. 10:33 When I'm on a motorcycle or on a quad, I like jumping. 10:38 When I'm waterskiing, I jumped over the wake. 10:41 I like the feeling of flying through the air. 10:43 I've jumped out of an airplane with a parachute. 10:46 I've jumped off a mountain with a hang glider. 10:49 I love flying, but my dream, I wanna go to space. 10:54 Now there was a man, he had a dream to go to space, 10:59 Dennis Anthony Tito. 11:01 He was an engineer that made a lot of money. 11:03 He made millions and millions of dollars 11:07 through investments in the space industry. 11:09 And he went to NASA. 11:10 He said, I wanna go to space 11:12 and you can give me some training as an astronaut, 11:14 and I'll do experiments, they said, 11:15 "No," you're not a professional astronaut, 11:17 we're gonna not talk to you. 11:18 He kept saying, I wanna go to space. 11:20 I want to go to space. 11:21 They wouldn't do it. 11:23 So he went to the Russians, who he did business with. 11:27 The Russians, you know, 11:28 we share the space station with them. 11:30 The Russians are the one... 11:31 We don't have a space shuttle anymore. 11:33 You know how we get our astronauts to space. 11:35 The Russians fly them back and forth 11:37 in their Soyuz rockets. 11:39 And he went to the Russians. 11:41 He said, I will give you 11:42 $20 million for your space program 11:45 if you let me go up to the space station 11:47 for eight days 11:48 before the spaceship returns. 11:50 They said, $20 million dollars? 11:52 Okay. 11:54 He became the first tourist to space. 11:57 Now does he look happy to you? 11:58 Yes. 11:59 He had to pay $20 million for admission, 12:02 but he didn't care. 12:03 It was his dream. 12:05 Wouldn't it be wonderful 12:06 if you could buy a ticket to heaven? 12:09 Somebody bought that ticket for you, 12:11 you and I can't afford it. 12:13 You get to go on a trip not just to the space station, 12:16 but you get to go on a trip through the universe. 12:19 Now you know how big the universe is. 12:21 This man just went to the space station. 12:23 They're saying in a few years, 12:25 you probably heard of Tesla cars, Elon Musk. 12:27 He's got a company that's called SpaceX. 12:31 They're developing a rocket called the big Falcon rocket. 12:34 And that rocket, they say in about five years, 12:37 it's gonna be able to take tourists to the moon, 12:39 go around the moon and back, you can't land on the moon. 12:41 Just go around the moon once and come back. 12:45 Will that be exciting to take a trip to the moon? 12:48 And they say, they think they can fit 12:49 100 people on their rocket. 12:53 Oh, I don't know if I'd ever be able to afford it. 12:56 But I'd love to go to space. 12:58 You know, they send teachers to space, 12:59 they send all kinds of people, 13:01 if you can write letters for me to NASA, 13:03 tell them, send a pastor to space. 13:04 I'd like to be that pastor, I would love to go. 13:07 But I know, I'm gonna go someday. 13:10 You know, when you think about space, 13:13 it is so big, even those who go to the moon 13:16 or were planning a trip to Mars in a few years. 13:18 That's not very far. 13:20 You have not even left our neighborhood 13:23 when you're in our solar system because space is so huge. 13:26 We know now from the Hubble telescope, 13:28 that space is ginormous, 13:31 it's immense, it's colossal, it's big. 13:34 You know, I can't find words for it. 13:36 It's eternal. 13:38 Let me give you an example. 13:40 Right now, the most powerful telescope 13:41 we have is the Hubble telescope. 13:44 They took the Hubble telescope a few years ago. 13:47 They aimed it at a piece of the sky where it was dark. 13:50 You know, on a clear night when you look up, 13:51 you see a little cream of stars, 13:53 looks like stars sprinkled everywhere, 13:54 but you can see a few dark spots. 13:56 They said, "We wonder what will happen 13:59 if we focus a telescope 14:00 for several months 14:02 on the darkest place in the sky, 14:04 what we will see?" 14:06 And they took a picture and it was called 14:07 the Ultra Deep Field of Space. 14:12 Here's a picture of it. 14:14 It took about 90 days, 14:15 they focused the telescope up there, 14:17 and they found 10,000 galaxies, 14:23 where in a little piece of sky, 14:25 as big as a piece of rice. 14:28 Now, let me get you to think about that. 14:29 I'm gonna back at my slides. 14:31 Here's a picture of a galaxy, when you look at night, 14:32 and you see that galaxy is some barrel galaxy, 14:34 one of them. 14:36 It looks like a star. 14:38 It actually has 200 billion suns, 14:43 not million, 14:44 200 billion approximately stars are in that one dot. 14:48 We used to think that was one star. 14:50 It was actually a cluster, a spiral of 200 billion. 14:55 And it looks like if you fired a bullet in the middle of it, 14:57 you'd hit something, it is so big, 14:59 and those planets are so far apart, 15:00 that if you fired a bullet right in the middle, 15:02 you probably never hit anything. 15:04 Space is so huge, 15:07 you know, they're building the telescope now. 15:08 It's called the James Webb telescope. 15:12 The shield of the telescope is as big as a tennis court. 15:16 It's gonna have the biggest mirror, 15:18 it's gonna be 100 times more powerful. 15:21 I think it'll be in operation about 2023, 15:24 100 times more powerful than the Hubble telescope. 15:27 When you aim the telescope up and you see some of the nebula, 15:31 beautiful colors and things up in space, they got this one, 15:33 it's one of my favorite. 15:35 They call it the God's Eye Nebula. 15:38 Can you tell why? 15:39 Doesn't that look a little bit like an eye? 15:41 It's almost like God's up there 15:43 with one eye looking down on us. 15:45 But He is looking at us all the time. 15:46 Huh? 15:48 How many of you would like to be able to go through space? 15:50 Have you ever sung that song Before Rock of Ages? 15:54 There's a verse in there, it says, 15:55 "When I go to worlds unknown, 15:59 see thee on thy judgment throne." 16:01 We'll get to soar through space. 16:02 Bible says, "We will mount up with wings like eagles, 16:06 we'll be able to fly." 16:08 And you won't need a spacesuit. 16:11 And you'll be able to fly faster than the speed of light, 16:14 and light goes 186,000 miles a second. 16:18 Well, I'm excited about, but the most important thing 16:20 about going to space, 16:22 it's not just all the wonders we'll see, 16:24 it's the one that we will see, Jesus. 16:29 So Jesus promised He's coming back. 16:31 Let's look at question number one. 16:33 Will Jesus really come back to earth again, 16:36 and take us through the stars to heaven? 16:39 That's His promise to us. 16:41 "In my Father's house are many mansions: 16:44 I go to prepare a place for you." 16:46 How many of you have a place prepared by God? 16:49 He's got one for each one of you. 16:51 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, 16:54 I will come again." 16:56 Now you know why He said, "Again?" 16:58 Because Jesus came once already, didn't He? 17:00 He came as our sacrifice. 17:02 He's coming next time as our King. 17:04 "I will come again, and receive you to myself, 17:07 that where I am, you may be also." 17:09 You know, how the Bible ends? 17:11 The Bible ends with a promise. 17:12 He says, "Behold, I'm coming quickly, 17:15 and my reward is with me, 17:17 to give to every man according as his work will be." 17:21 Here's the important thing I want to impress tonight 17:23 it's in this question. 17:25 How will Jesus come the second time? 17:30 Why do we need to understand how Jesus will come? 17:34 Do you know when Jesus came the first time, 17:36 there were prophecies in the Bible 17:37 that told all about His first coming, 17:40 but most people were not ready for His first coming 17:43 because they misunderstood the prophecies. 17:46 When the wise men came riding 17:48 on their camels and donkeys into Jerusalem, 17:50 they said, "Where is He that is born king of the Jews?" 17:53 You would have thought the Jewish nation 17:54 would have been all excited and looking for Him. 17:56 They were all... 17:59 The Messiah, their Savior came, 18:01 and most of the nation was unaware, 18:03 just a few shepherds. 18:05 And Simon in the temple 18:06 and a few people were looking for His coming 18:09 because the devil had deceived them about 18:11 how He was coming. 18:13 You see, the Bible tells us 18:15 Jesus would come the first time like a lamb, 18:18 the second time like a lion. 18:21 They thought He was coming the first time like a lion, 18:24 and the second time like a lamb. 18:27 He came as a sacrifice quietly, meekly, the first time. 18:31 He's coming like a conquering King 18:33 the second time. 18:34 They got the prophecies mixed up, 18:35 and so they were deceived, 18:37 and many of them were not ready, 18:38 and many were lost, 18:40 because they didn't understand how He was coming. 18:44 So do you wanna know something about 18:46 how the Lord's coming? 18:48 You need to know because the devil 18:49 is gonna deceive a lot of people. 18:51 When Jesus was brought up into heaven, 18:54 He spoke to the disciples from the Mount of Olives, 18:56 He blessed them, 18:58 told them go preach the gospel to the world, 19:00 and while they watched He was taken up, 19:03 and the clouds received Him out of their sight. 19:06 The Bible says, "And behold, 19:08 two men stood by them in white apparel." 19:10 That's Acts 1:17. 19:12 Who were these two men? 19:13 Angels. Angels. 19:15 "Who said, 'Men of Galilee, 19:16 why do you stand gazing up into heaven?' 19:18 " When Jesus went up in the clouds, 19:19 they just stood there. 19:21 And they kept looking and looking. 19:23 And the angels were suddenly there and they say, 19:25 "Why do you keep gazing up into the heavens? 19:27 This same Jesus, 19:29 who was taken up from you into heaven, 19:31 will come as you saw Him go." 19:34 He was real when He left, 19:35 He's gonna be real when He come. 19:36 He left in the clouds, He's gonna come in the clouds. 19:41 It's clouds of glory and angels. 19:45 Will we be able to see Jesus when He comes? 19:48 Or is Christ coming secretly? 19:52 Now this is why it's so important to understand, 19:55 some churches teach 19:56 that when Jesus comes it's going to be a secret. 19:59 That you'll be driving down the road with grandma, 20:02 and if grandma's a Christian and maybe you're not, 20:05 grandma disappear, 20:06 then your car's gonna run off the road. 20:08 Or if you're in an airplane and the pilot's a Christian 20:11 and some people aren't, the pilot disappears 20:13 and the planes gonna start going on autopilot. 20:17 They think that people are just gonna disappear. 20:18 Now I believe, they call this the rapture, 20:21 but they're usually talking about the secret rapture, 20:23 rapture means that will be caught up 20:25 by the power of the Lord. 20:27 But the rapture is not going to be a secret, 20:29 people are gonna see it. 20:31 It says in the Bible, "Therefore if they say to you, 20:34 'He is in the desert!' 20:36 do not go out, or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' 20:39 do not believe it." 20:40 For the Bible says, 20:42 "As lightning comes from the east 20:44 and flashes to the west, 20:45 so will the coming of the Son of Man be." 20:48 I need a volunteer. 20:50 Okay, let's see here. 20:53 I can come back down here. 20:54 I know, I don't wanna ignore the guys on the front 20:56 but I feel like I'm missing out... 20:58 All right. Young lady, you right here. 20:59 Yeah. Yeah. 21:01 Well, I'll take two. Let's get a boy from over here. 21:02 I can come up. 21:04 You haven't been up, okay. 21:06 Since you asked, ask and you'll receive. 21:08 Look in the chest there and one of you look, 21:10 just get one thing. 21:12 You're gonna see something looks like a black radar gun. 21:15 You wanna get that? 21:16 Pull that out, bring it over here. 21:18 Don't worry about shutting it. That's okay. 21:20 All right. 21:23 Now, why don't you close your eyes? 21:30 All right. Do you trust me? 21:31 Mm-Hmm. 21:33 You see something? 21:35 I just saw a yellow. 21:37 You saw yellow. 21:38 Your eyes were closed, how did you see it? 21:40 Because it went through my eyelids. 21:42 It's so bright you can see it through your eyelids? 21:43 Yeah. 21:45 Now I'm not sure if I can see again. 21:47 Now I can't see again. 21:49 All right, you want to take that and try it? 21:51 Try it for your friends out, see if they... 21:53 You guys all close your eyes. 21:55 You can get them in the face. 21:56 Try and get everybody. 21:58 Yeah. 21:59 Go, yeah. 22:01 Try it, let the camera see it. 22:03 Go ahead, this group over here. 22:05 Can you all see it? Yeah. 22:06 Oh, now she's holding it down so it's strobing. 22:09 That was fun. 22:10 This is a hunting light. 22:12 This is a mild one. 22:14 They've got them that are so bright 22:16 that if you put your hands over your eyes, 22:20 and you close your eyes, you can still see it. 22:23 Did you guys know that 22:25 when there's real bright lightning? 22:27 Any of you ever been in a lightning storm 22:28 and you're little scared? 22:30 Yes. 22:31 And you close your eyes, 22:33 and you can put your head under your blanket, 22:35 and can you still tell when the lightning flashes? 22:38 Yes. 22:39 It's so bright, the brightest light 22:41 that they had back then was lightning. 22:43 And Jesus said, when He comes again, 22:45 it'll be like lightning. 22:47 What kind of lightning? 22:48 It's the lightning that shines from the east to the west. 22:53 Did you all see that? 22:55 Yeah. 22:57 The coming of the Lord is gonna be that bright. 22:59 Thank you, very much. Let's give them a hand. 23:01 Great, I appreciate that. 23:04 Hi, friends, 23:05 you know, the most important decision 23:07 a young person can make is that decision 23:09 to follow Jesus and begin that amazing adventure to eternity. 23:13 That's why we're so excited to tell you about 23:15 the new Amazing Adventure programs that are available. 23:18 During these nearly 10 hours of exciting 23:21 high definition programs, 23:22 the young people will do science experiments, 23:24 learn about history, nature, encounter some wild animals, 23:28 and most of all, they'll learn about Jesus 23:30 from the Word of God. 23:32 What's really neat 23:34 is there's a beautifully illustrated Bible Study Guide 23:36 to go along with each of the video presentations. 23:40 These beautiful illustrated study guides 23:42 are full of pictures, and puzzles, and Bible stories. 23:45 They'll lead your kids through 23:46 an incredible journey with Jesus 23:48 while they learn about Bible doctrines 23:50 like heaven, hell, 23:51 and how to be ready for Jesus coming. 23:54 And for me, the most exciting thing 23:56 is this new Amazing Adventure series 23:58 goes along with the Amazing Facts 24:00 Adventure Bible. 24:01 And this is a Bible, I'll tell you, 24:02 it's full of studies, illustrations, puzzles, 24:06 special tools that make studying the Bible, 24:09 fun and interesting. 24:10 This new Amazing Adventure series is the best ever. 24:13 The Bible, the study guides, 24:15 the DVDs are all designed 24:17 to lead your young person on a Journey 24:19 for Life with Jesus. 24:21 To find out more how you can get yours, 24:23 call the number on your screen 24:25 or contact us at afbookstore.com. 24:34 It says, He's coming with the clouds. 24:36 We already talked about that. How many people will see Him? 24:40 Is it just a few people there already 24:42 or will everybody see Him when He's ready? 24:47 So Jesus comes again it'll be bright, 24:51 every eye will see Him, 24:53 not only will every eye see Him... 24:57 I need a volunteer. 25:00 All right. 25:01 Let me see, I'll get two again. I'll come down. 25:06 All right. 25:07 So you come up here, there you go. 25:09 You can, come on. 25:16 Well, what's your name? 25:18 Couldn't hear you. Annabelle. 25:19 Annabelle. And you are? 25:21 Enoch. Enoch, right. 25:22 Enoch, see if you can find something from the ocean 25:24 in the treasure chest there. 25:28 Okay. 25:30 Now, you know what this is? 25:32 Shell. 25:33 Yeah, I found this by accident driving once on an island. 25:36 I won't tell you where. 25:38 And what do they say 25:39 when you put your ear to a shell, 25:41 what's supposed to happen? 25:42 You can hear the ocean. 25:44 Can you hear the ocean? 25:46 You do hear the ocean, yeah. 25:47 You hear kind of an echo when you listen to that, okay? 25:51 You wanna hear? 25:52 See if you can hear something. 25:55 Can you hear hum a little bit, right? 25:58 Okay, now I want you to plug your ears. 26:01 Come on over here. No, I don't bite very hard. 26:04 All right. 26:05 This is not just an ordinary shell. 26:09 Put your fingers in your ears. 26:18 Did you hear that? 26:19 Now cover both of your ears again, 26:21 you come over here, she doesn't mind. 26:22 You put your hands over her ears, also, 26:25 you get double coverage. 26:27 These are little noise cancelling headphones. 26:33 Did you hear that? All right. 26:35 You know not only will you see when Jesus comes, 26:38 the Bible says, you gonna hear when Jesus comes. 26:41 Yeah, I didn't know there was a trumpet also. 26:43 All right, thank you very much. Let's give them a hand. 26:46 Okay. 26:52 Let's look at this next verse here. 26:55 It says, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven 26:57 with a shout." 26:59 What? 27:01 I wonder how loud if we all shouted together 27:05 at the same time, if I asked you to all say, 27:08 "Amen," when I count to three, 27:11 I wonder if they'd hear next door 27:13 where the adults are meeting. 27:15 Let's try then. 27:16 All right. You got to do it one time. 27:19 When I say it, one time, I just wanna hear amen. 27:23 I'll count to three. Okay? 27:25 Amen. 27:26 And then you got to be real quiet afterward. 27:27 Ready? 27:29 Here, this is your chance. 27:30 One, two, three. 27:33 Amen! 27:40 Okay. 27:42 So now was that loud? 27:43 Yeah. 27:45 Okay. 27:47 Now settle down. 27:48 Now the Bible says, "The Lord is coming." 27:51 Do you think you're louder than the Lord? 27:53 No! 27:54 When the Lord comes with a shout 27:56 and with a trumpet, will people know? 27:58 Yes! 28:00 When it's as bright as lightning from side to side, 28:02 everyone will know. 28:03 Remember, when Jesus came, 28:05 the first time He came as a baby, 28:06 He came like what? 28:07 A lamb. 28:09 Quietly, meekly, at night in a manger, 28:13 almost nobody knew. 28:15 When He comes a second time, He's coming like a lion, 28:18 like a king with a shout, with a trumpet, 28:22 with light, it is not a secret. 28:24 Now why does the devil want 28:26 people to think He's coming quietly? 28:28 Because Satan is going to impersonate 28:31 Jesus' Second Coming. 28:35 If you know that Jesus is coming in the clouds, 28:37 Satan's not gonna impersonate that. 28:39 If you know He's coming with lightning from the sky to sky 28:42 with a shout and all the angels. 28:44 He won't be able to come. 28:45 But you might be thinking, Pastor Doug, 28:48 doesn't the Bible say that Jesus is coming like a thief? 28:51 It does. 28:53 Some people think He comes like a thief. 28:55 He steals away all the saved people. 28:58 And then life goes on for seven more years. 29:01 But let's read what the Bible says, 29:03 when it says He's coming like a thief. 29:05 2 Peter 3:10, 29:07 "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." 29:12 Now what happens on the day when the Lord comes? 29:14 "In which the heavens pass away with a great," 29:17 there's that "noise" again, 29:19 "and the elements melt with fervent heat 29:22 and both the earth and the works 29:24 that are in that are burned up." 29:26 Does it sound to you, when Jesus comes like a thief? 29:28 Does it sound like life goes on? 29:30 No. 29:32 The whole world's burned up when He comes like a thief. 29:34 So when people tell you 29:35 Jesus is gonna take some folks away secretly, 29:37 the Bible doesn't teach that. 29:39 You're not gonna read about the Second Coming 29:41 in the newspaper the next day. 29:43 You're not gonna have a friend call you on the phone and say, 29:46 "Hey, did you hear?" 29:48 Or they gonna text you, and say, "Did you catch that? 29:49 Well, our Jesus just came." 29:52 No. 29:53 When He comes, the whole world will know. 29:56 Who is gonna be with Jesus when He comes? 30:00 Matthew 25. 30:01 Let me read it to you. 30:03 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory," 30:05 and how many angels? 30:07 "All the holy angels with Him." 30:10 You know, the Bible tells us 30:11 that there were one or two angels 30:13 at the resurrection. 30:14 One angel threw away the stone, 30:15 two angels appeared to the ladies. 30:17 But the power of that angel scared a bunch of guards, 30:20 they fell down like they were dead 30:22 from the glory of one angel. 30:24 Can you imagine? 30:25 You know, the Bible tells us that one angel of the Lord 30:27 went out to the Assyrian army. 30:29 One angel killed 185,000 enemies 30:34 in one night, one angel. 30:36 Can you imagine when the Lord comes 30:37 with billions of angels, how bright that will be? 30:41 It says, "He will send His angels 30:43 with the sound of a great trumpet," 30:44 there's that trumpet again, 30:45 "and they will gather together His elect from the four winds," 30:48 that means north, south, east, west. 30:51 "From the four winds of heaven, 30:53 from one end of heaven to the other." 30:55 Bible says, 30:56 "When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven 30:59 with His mighty angels in flaming fire." 31:02 This is 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 31:05 "Taking vengeance on those who do not know God, 31:08 and on those who do not obey." 31:09 What's gonna happen to those who don't obey? 31:12 Those angels are gonna also come and take vengeance. 31:15 If you're not saved, taking vengeance on those 31:18 who do not obey our Lord Jesus Christ. 31:22 And so you need to be ready, 31:23 as I mentioned that one angel 31:26 scared all of those soldiers at the resurrection. 31:29 Jesus said, 1 Thessalonians 4:16. 31:32 "For the Lord Himself," Paul actually writes this, 31:35 "For the Lord Himself 31:36 will descend from heaven with a shout, 31:38 with the voice of the archangel, 31:40 with the trumpet of God." 31:41 And what else happens when He comes? 31:44 There's a resurrection, everything is happening 31:46 when He comes at one time. 31:48 "The dead in Christ will rise first. 31:51 Then we who are alive, and if you're young, 31:53 when Jesus comes and you're alive, 31:55 you get a glorified body, a young body. 31:58 We who are alive and remain will be caught up together 32:00 with Him in the clouds. 32:02 So you're gonna get to go through 32:03 the stars in the clouds, 32:05 to meet the Lord in the air," that's His clouds of angels, 32:08 "and thus we will always be with the Lord. 32:11 Now, tell me if it looks like it's a secret to you? 32:14 The Bible says, one, His coming is literal. 32:18 He left, He was real, He was talking to Him. 32:20 The angel said He's coming the same way. 32:23 He left, He was personal, they knew Him. 32:27 Some people say Jesus came spiritually. 32:29 It's such a spiritual, it's very physical. 32:31 He was visible, 32:33 He will be visible when He comes. 32:34 He left in the clouds, He's coming in the clouds. 32:36 It was audible, 32:38 they could hear Him speak when He left. 32:40 He's coming with a shout and a trumpet, 32:42 the Bible says, in a roar. 32:44 It's physical. 32:46 The Bible says, there's an earthquake 32:47 when Jesus comes. 32:48 Every island and mountain is gonna be swallowed up 32:52 and shaken. 32:53 It's gonna be vitalizing, 32:54 there's a resurrection when He comes. 32:57 It's gonna be glorious. 32:58 Angels are full of... 32:59 These heavens are full of light and angels and glory, 33:02 it's like lightning, and it's going to be climatic, 33:05 it's a great climax of history. 33:06 It's called the day of the Lord. 33:09 So if you hear these stories about Jesus coming secretly 33:12 and snatching away a few people, 33:14 that's what the devil wants folks to think. 33:16 So they won't be ready when the real thing happens 33:19 because Satan plans on impersonating Jesus' coming. 33:23 You see, many churches teach, they believe Jesus is coming. 33:28 But they say, "Yeah, it's gonna be secret rapture." 33:30 I know this man and his wife's a Christian. 33:33 She believes that Jesus is coming secretly. 33:36 And the life is gonna go on for seven more years 33:38 and he'll get another chance. 33:41 Well, there is no second chance. 33:44 The devil wants people to think don't get ready now. 33:47 If all the Christians disappear, 33:49 then you'll know the Bible's true 33:50 and then you get ready. 33:51 The devil's trying to trick a lot of folks. 33:53 That man says, "Well, if my wife disappears, 33:55 then I guess she's telling the truth. 33:57 Then I'll get ready." 33:59 But you see, it'll be too late them. 34:01 So the devil's trying to deceive a lot of the world, 34:04 even in the church about how He's coming. 34:06 We know He is coming. 34:08 He promised He'd come the first time 34:09 as our sacrifice, and He did, didn't He? 34:12 Let me tell you something, just, 34:14 I think you'll find interesting. 34:16 God made Adam, just about 6000 years ago. 34:20 And then you've got 6000 years approximately 34:25 from the time of Adam to where we are, 34:27 when you look at the ages in the Bible. 34:29 Then God says, "We're going to spend 1000 years 34:32 living and reigning with Jesus during the millennium." 34:34 Millennium means 1000 years. 34:37 And then Peter says, 34:38 "A day with the Lord is like 1000 years." 34:40 So it's like you've got Adam back here, 34:43 and you've got 1000, 2000, Abraham, 34:49 3000, 4000, Jesus was born, 34:53 5000, 6000, 34:55 and then we have 1000 year Sabbath with the Lord. 34:59 It's 2000 years from Adam to Abraham, 35:03 2000 years from Abraham to Jesus, 35:06 and it's probably pretty close to 2000 years 35:08 from Jesus' first coming to a second coming. 35:10 We are living on Friday evening of the Second Coming. 35:16 His coming is very near 35:18 and He's got a big plan for your life. 35:19 And He wants you to surrender your hearts to Him. 35:22 So you can do His will for your life. 35:24 He won't force you, you must invite Him to come in. 35:28 So will everybody go with Jesus to heaven when He comes? 35:31 No. 35:32 Very sad, but no. 35:33 Most people don't go. 35:35 I wish it was the majority, but Jesus said, 35:38 "Strait is the gate and narrow is the way 35:40 that leads to life and a few there be that find it." 35:44 Broad is the way and wide is the gate 35:47 that goes to destruction. 35:49 A lot of people want to go down that road to destruction, 35:52 many there are, people they don't wanna... 35:56 They're waiting, they say, "Oh, later, I'll turn to Jesus. 35:58 I want to do what my friends are gonna do." 36:00 You need to make your own decision. 36:02 Jesus said, "That the wicked will declare, 36:05 for the rocks, they'll pray for the rocks 36:07 and the mountains to fall on them 36:08 and hide them from the face of Him 36:10 who sits on the throne. 36:13 They're gonna run from the glory of His coming. 36:15 With the breath of his lips He will slay the wicked. 36:18 I used to play a game when I lived in New York City, 36:21 sometimes we had problems with cockroaches. 36:24 They're all over the city, 36:25 and I've been to some countries. 36:27 The cockroaches come out in the day 36:28 or they come out in the night. 36:30 Night. 36:31 And so my friends and I, 36:32 we would sneak into a room at night 36:35 and we turn on the lights 36:37 and we see the cockroaches everywhere 36:38 and we try to surround them. 36:40 If we shine the light at them, they all run from the light. 36:43 But what happens at night 36:45 if you shine a light in the summer up in the sky, 36:49 cockroaches run from the light on the ground, 36:51 but as you shined it in the sky, 36:52 the moths will come to the light. 36:55 Same light, 36:59 but some are cockroaches and some are moths. 37:01 When Jesus comes, the cockroaches are gonna run, 37:05 and the moths are gonna come. 37:08 Are you gonna want to be excited about Jesus' coming? 37:10 You can be a month, you're gonna go to the light, 37:12 you'll be happy. 37:13 Those who have sin in their hearts, 37:15 they're gonna run. 37:16 Jesus said, "Behold, I come quickly, 37:19 and My reward is with Me to give to every man 37:22 according as his works will be." 37:24 Everyone's gonna be judged when He comes. 37:27 Now, what are some of the signs of Jesus' coming 37:28 that He gives us? 37:30 I'm gonna go through several signs here. 37:31 Now listen. 37:32 You wanna know how soon He's coming? 37:34 No man knows the exact date of His coming. 37:36 If someone says, I've got the date of His coming. 37:38 I know the year of His coming. 37:39 I'd stay away from that person. 37:41 The Bible is very clear 37:42 that nobody knows the day and the hour of Jesus' coming. 37:46 Christ said when He sat on the Mount of Olives, 37:48 the disciples came to Him privately, 37:50 they said, "Tell us, 37:52 what will be the signs of Your coming 37:55 and the end of the world, the end of the age? 37:59 And so the answer to that is, 38:01 I'm gonna give you several answers now. 38:03 A, there'll be false prophets, 38:06 Jesus calls them wolves in sheep's clothing. 38:09 You cannot believe everybody out there that says 38:12 they're preacher, they're not all teaching from the Bible. 38:15 So you need to be on your guard. 38:17 Christ said, "There'll be many false prophets, 38:20 they'll rise and they will deceive many." 38:23 You know, what an illusion is, an optical illusion? 38:25 Yes. 38:26 I want you to look at what I got on the screen here. 38:27 You see that box with the intersecting lines. 38:30 How many of you can see the black dots? 38:36 To know, there actually are no black dots up there, 38:38 but if you stare at that long enough, 38:39 you'll think that the white dots 38:41 are surrounded by black dots, but they are not there. 38:44 It's an optical illusion. 38:45 Can the devil create illusions? 38:47 Yes. 38:49 You got to be very careful what you watch on television, 38:53 and what you watch on your phones or your iPads. 38:57 You know, how you hypnotize a person? 39:00 Through the optic nerve, 39:01 that's the eyes in the auditory nerve, 39:03 that's the ears. 39:05 Through a certain rhythms and suggestions, 39:07 the devil can hypnotize people. 39:10 And so you got to be careful what you're watching 39:12 because sometimes the devil can create illusions 39:15 and he can deceive people. 39:17 The Bible says, "They'll be many false christs 39:19 through history, they've been several people 39:21 that said they were Jesus." 39:23 I'll tell you a quick story. 39:25 Jesus says, Matthew 24, 39:27 "If they say He's in the desert, 39:29 go not forth." 39:31 I lived in the desert, 39:33 in a cave by myself up in the mountains. 39:37 Some of you heard my story right first night. 39:41 I live like that for about a year and a half. 39:44 One day while I was in my cave yard 39:46 doing something, 39:47 a hiker came into my yard. 39:50 He was a man about six feet tall, 39:53 he had hair down to his shoulders, 39:55 he's about 30 years old, 39:57 he had a beard, a good looking man. 40:00 I said, "Hi." 40:01 I thought he was just a hiker on the trail. 40:02 And I said, "Hi, what's your name?" 40:04 He said, "I'm Jesus." 40:06 I said, "Oh, you mean like Jesus?" 40:10 You know, I've met some people... 40:12 I've got some Spanish friends 40:13 and they named their kids Jesus. 40:15 But that's how you say Jesus. 40:17 He said, "No, no. 40:18 I am Jesus." 40:19 Well, I had just been reading the Bible. 40:21 I just had come to the Lord, I was a baby Christian. 40:25 I said, "You mean, like, 40:27 you're saying that you're Jesus, 40:29 Jesus?" 40:31 "Yes." 40:33 I said, "I was a little scared," 40:36 because I thought, 40:37 I'm up here alone in the mountains, 40:38 that somebody that says, "They're Jesus," 40:40 they probably crazy. 40:41 And then I thought, he looks a little like Jesus, 40:46 at least, the pictures I see. 40:48 I thought, well, if he is Jesus, 40:50 I don't wanna be rude 40:51 because that would really be bad. 40:53 If I said, oh, Jesus, you're a liar. 40:55 And he really was Jesus. 40:56 I mean, I didn't know what to think. 40:58 And so I said, "But, I thought in the Bible, 41:02 it said, that when you come, everybody's gonna see you, 41:06 and it's going to be like lightning." 41:08 He said, "Well, that's when I come 41:09 for everybody in the world, but I'm coming 41:12 for certain special people privately." 41:17 And he seemed to know his Bible. 41:19 Whenever I'd say something, 41:20 he said, well, the Bible says this about... 41:22 And he was quoting and misquoting the Bible. 41:24 I didn't know the Bible that well back then. 41:27 And he stayed with me. 41:29 And I thought, well, 41:31 I know this is gonna be very interesting. 41:32 He doesn't seem like he's gonna hurt me, 41:35 but he said, he was Jesus. 41:36 And so I stayed with him 41:37 and I talked to him about the Bible, 41:39 and I asked him questions, 41:40 but he stayed with me for three days, 41:42 he ate all of my food. 41:44 He didn't do any work and help me around the cave. 41:47 So finally, I had to kick Jesus out. 41:49 Say, look, you gotta go. 41:51 A few days later, I saw him down in town. 41:55 And he had found someone that was following him around, 41:57 this tall hippy, he said, "Oh, this is Jesus." 42:01 I said, "Oh, no." 42:04 And then a few days later, I saw him 42:05 and he was missing one of his teeth 42:07 because he had gotten in a fight 42:09 and someone knocked out one of his teeth, 42:10 I thought, I feel so much better. 42:12 Because I know Jesus has all of his teeth. 42:14 And that for me was proof that he was not Jesus. 42:18 But this was one person 42:19 who probably used too many drugs, 42:20 he was not well, but there's gonna be some people 42:22 in the last days that are gonna say, 42:24 "They're Jesus," 42:25 They're gonna be very convincing. 42:28 The devil can appear as an angel of light 42:31 and deceive people. 42:33 Hi, friends, 42:35 you know, the most important decision 42:36 a young person can make 42:37 is that decision to follow Jesus and begin 42:40 that amazing adventure to eternity. 42:42 That's why we're so excited to tell you about 42:44 the new Amazing Adventure programs that are available. 42:48 During these nearly 10 hours of exciting 42:50 high definition programs, 42:52 the young people will do science experiments, 42:54 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the DVDs are all designed 43:46 to lead your young person on a Journey 43:49 for Life with Jesus. 43:50 To find out more how you can get yours, 43:53 call the number on your screen 43:54 or contact us at afbookstore.com. 44:04 Bible says, 44:05 "Not only will there be false christs, 44:06 there's gonna be wars and disasters." 44:08 Do we have war in the world today? 44:10 Yes. 44:11 Are there natural disasters? Yes. 44:13 Even in America, we've had some terrible floods this year. 44:16 There's different earthquakes that are happening. 44:17 They had volcanoes destroying, they got mudslides, 44:20 they're having famine and floods 44:22 and it seems like these things are happening more. 44:27 Some of you have any little brothers or sisters. 44:30 Yeah. 44:31 Do any of you remember when mom was pregnant 44:33 with little brother or little sister? 44:35 Do you know what happens, when a mom's gonna have a baby, 44:38 of course, the baby starts to grow out, 44:39 she gets bed and then she starts to walk 44:41 a little funny. 44:43 And then when and sometimes she's got aches and pains, 44:46 her back hurts and sometimes she feels contractions 44:48 and baby kicking or something, you know, those little pains. 44:52 But then one day she'll say to the dad, 44:54 "Ow, you better get me to the doctor. 44:57 This is really hurting, I'm having a contraction." 45:01 And dad's driving real fast to get to the doctor 45:03 and she's going, "Ow," 45:05 and they call the doctor from the car and they say, 45:08 "My wife's in labor, get ready." 45:10 The doctor will say, 45:11 "How far apart are the contractions?" 45:14 Because as the pains get closer together, 45:17 and as they get more intense, 45:19 soon you got a baby, that's how it happens. 45:23 You know, the Bible talks about second coming that way. 45:25 It says that as we get near... 45:27 There always been wars, 45:28 they have always been rumors of wars, 45:30 there's always been natural disasters. 45:31 But as we get near the end, in the last century, 45:34 we had two World Wars, that never happened before. 45:37 Now we have nuclear weapons. 45:39 Now we're having terrible disasters 45:41 like the tsunami where they had 250,000 people died. 45:45 The earthquake in Haiti, where, 45:47 I think, it was like 300,000 people... 45:49 They're just terrible tragedies that are happening in the world 45:53 that tells us that Jesus is coming soon. 45:58 One of the other signs of Christ's coming again? 46:01 Knowledge will increase. 46:04 Oh, man, I got this cell phone. 46:07 It's a really smart smartphone. 46:11 And I can't believe everything it does, 46:13 it's taken me a while to learn. 46:15 But I mean, I just press a button and I'll say, 46:17 "Google, 46:19 how many stars are in the galaxy?" 46:20 I did this today? 46:21 How many stars are in the galaxy? 46:23 There are 200 billion to 250 billion... 46:27 I ask it any question in the world, 46:29 it's like, I've got all the knowledge. 46:30 It tells me where I am. It's got a light on it. 46:32 It's got a camera on, it's got a video player on it. 46:35 I can do 1000 different things with this with a little box. 46:39 If I have the Apostle Paul here today, 46:43 and I showed him my smartphone, 46:45 he'd think it was demon possessed. 46:48 He would say, "What's that?" 46:51 I mean, really think about it. 46:53 Has knowledge increased a lot in the last generation? 46:56 Yes. 46:57 My grandfather was born in New York City at home, 47:00 by kerosene light. 47:02 When he was born in New York City, 47:03 they drove horses around New York City. 47:06 Look at how much things have changed in one lifetime. 47:10 You're living in one of the most exciting times 47:12 in the world's history. 47:13 The Bible says in the Book of Daniel 12:4, 47:17 "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, 47:19 and seal the book until the time of the end, 47:22 for many will run to and fro, and knowledge will increase." 47:27 People running to and fro, 47:29 are people traveling faster today than before? 47:31 Yes. 47:33 You know, a few years ago, 47:34 if you wanted to get from New York to California, 47:38 you had to go by foot or horseback, 47:40 it could take you months. 47:42 And then they started to get a train 47:43 and it would take you days. 47:46 And you get a car, you can do it even quicker. 47:49 Now you can hop on a plane, 47:50 you know, the Boeing has just developed a plane 47:53 that's gonna go about 3000 miles an hour. 47:58 People are gonna be able to go from New York to London 48:01 in two hours. 48:04 It's just incredible, 48:05 what's happening with technology. 48:07 Look at all the inventions in the last few years. 48:09 In one century, airplane, automobile, radio, television, 48:14 smartphone, computer, nuclear power, lasers, 48:16 penicillin, solar panels, moon landing, hearing aids, 48:20 I need pretty soon, pacemakers, microwaves, 48:24 DNA, air conditioning, I mean, all these things, 48:28 the world has changed so much in one lifetime. 48:31 You know, for me, one of the greatest proofs, 48:33 hey, listen, listen, you gonna want to get this. 48:36 Some of the greatest proof that Jesus is coming soon 48:39 is the next thing that Christ says here, 48:41 Matthew 24:14. 48:43 "And this gospel of the kingdom 48:45 will be preached in all the world 48:47 for a witness to all nations, and then the end will come." 48:51 You know, right now through the internet, 48:54 these programs are being watched 48:55 all over the world. 48:57 Through television, 48:59 3ABN's got satellites all over the world. 49:03 That through radio, through the printed page, 49:08 from missionaries, there's hardly a place. 49:12 Mrs. Batchelor and I went with some of our media team 49:15 that's here now, we went to New Guinea, 49:18 150,000 people came 49:22 and we couldn't believe it, but how did they know? 49:25 They had smartphones. 49:27 They were texting each other. 49:29 Even on a fairly poor country like New Guinea, 49:34 all over the place, 49:35 people are hearing the message of the gospel. 49:38 Another thing sign to the end, 49:40 Bible says, selfishness would increase. 49:42 Paul says, 2 Timothy, 49:44 now, there's no selfishness in your family, right? 49:47 "Know this that in the last days," 49:49 this is 2 Timothy 3:1, 2, 4. 49:52 "Men will be lovers of themselves, 49:53 lovers of money, lovers of pleasure 49:55 more than God," 49:57 that's happening in the world today. 49:59 Jesus said, "The love of many would grow cold 50:03 because lawlessness abounds." 50:05 People watch these killer video games 50:07 and then young people go out and get guns 50:09 and they shoot their friends at school. 50:11 And they shoot teachers and they just for no reason, 50:14 because you know what the Bible says, when Christ... 50:17 Christ said, "When Jesus comes again, 50:19 it will be like the days of Noah." 50:21 You know, what it says about the days of Noah? 50:23 Violence, the world is full of violence, 50:27 and people involved in a lot of senseless violence. 50:30 More people die in gang fighting in Chicago 50:34 than die overseas in the military, 50:36 from day to day. 50:38 It says, children would be disobedient to their parents. 50:42 I know you obey your parents. 50:44 Unthankful, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, 50:49 without self control, brutal, 50:51 these are signs of the last days. 50:54 So here's the important question. 50:56 How do I get ready for Jesus' coming? 50:59 How many of you want to be ready? 51:01 You want to know how to be ready? 51:03 You can get ready tonight. 51:05 Do any of you know that 51:07 you're going to be alive in a week? 51:09 You probably will. 51:10 But you know, sometimes things happen. 51:13 Life is a gift. 51:16 And you need to make a decision to say, 51:18 "I'm not gonna wait until I'm older." 51:20 Today, Jesus said, "When you hear His voice, 51:23 you open the door of your heart." 51:25 Christ said, "I stand at the door and I knock. 51:28 If anyone hears My voice..." 51:30 He's not only knocking, His voice, He's calling, 51:33 "And opens the door, I will come in." 51:35 Do you remember what we learned earlier? 51:38 Does Jesus force His way in 51:39 or do you need to invite Him in? 51:42 You need to invite Him in. 51:44 He wants you to open the door. 51:46 And He says, "If you open the door, 51:47 as many as received Him, 51:51 to them He gives power to become children of God, 51:54 those who believe in His name." 51:56 It's that simple. 51:58 If you say, "Lord, I am sorry for my sins." 52:02 And you confess and repent of your sins. 52:03 Tell the Lord, you're sorry, pray to Him, 52:06 say, "Will You forgive me?" 52:07 He promises, He will. 52:09 The Bible says, "If you confess your sins, 52:11 He's faithful and just to forgive all your sins 52:14 and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness." 52:16 And then, He'll cleanse you from all, 52:19 He promises to forgive you, you have a gift 52:22 of everlasting life at that point. 52:24 Now, Christ said, He'd come back again, 52:26 can we believe Him? 52:27 Yes. 52:29 You know, one of my favorite stories 52:30 from history is about Sir Ernest Shackleton. 52:34 He was a famous Arctic explorer from England. 52:37 And he wanted to be the first one 52:39 to take a team of men 52:41 and completely cross the Antarctic South Pole. 52:44 And he ran an ad in an English paper, 52:46 and it said, "Men wanted for a hazardous journey. 52:50 Low wages, bitter cold, 52:54 long hours of complete darkness. 52:57 Safe return doubtful." 52:59 In other words, you may not survive. 53:01 "Honor and recognition in the event of success." 53:05 According to the story I heard, 53:07 he was flooded with applications of young men 53:09 that wanted to do something like that, 53:11 risk their life for a noble cause. 53:14 So he got a very careful crew together. 53:17 He made sure they were all well trained. 53:19 And they took the ship called the Endurance 53:21 and they went down to the South Pole, 53:23 and as they began to get ready to cross the South Pole, 53:25 the ship got trapped in ice, and the men all had to unload. 53:30 And they couldn't go anywhere, there's no radios back then, 53:33 they were stuck, they were marooned, 53:35 and then soon the ship got crushed in the ice. 53:39 So they took the lifeboats off. 53:41 They had to paddle the lifeboats 53:43 and take them to the nearest island 53:45 because Antarctic was just ice, they had to get off the ice. 53:48 They took the gear and all that they could 53:49 and they went to an island called Elephant Island, 53:52 and they were stranded there. 53:53 No one knew they were there. 53:54 They were starving, it was winter, it was cold, 53:56 they were wet, they were sick. 53:59 And Shackleton thought, we're gonna die 54:00 if we stay here, I need to get help. 54:03 So he took five or six men that were still well, 54:06 this is actually a photograph they took that day, 54:08 they took a photographer with them. 54:10 They got in that little bitty boat 54:11 that you see there. 54:13 They crossed 800 miles of ocean, 54:16 they had no GPS 54:18 to go to the nearest whaling station 54:20 where they knew there would be some other people. 54:23 Shackleton told his men, he said, "I will come again." 54:28 And he went and he risked his life, 54:30 and they made it to the whaling station, 54:32 even though he was hungry and sick and cold. 54:36 He told the whaling boat you've got to leave right now, 54:37 and I'm going with you because 54:39 I promised them I would come back. 54:40 They said, we'll go get them, we know where they are, 54:42 you stay here and rest. 54:43 He said, "No, I promised that I would come back." 54:45 He got on the boat. 54:46 He went back with them and he rescued all of his men. 54:50 Is Jesus gonna keep His promise? 54:53 He said, "I've gone to prepare a place for you. 54:55 I will come again and receive you to Myself." 54:58 Jesus is definitely coming again. 55:00 This world is definitely going to end. 55:03 You can see it, the pollution, the overpopulation, 55:08 the threat of war, 55:09 man keeps making nuclear weapons 55:11 and history shows us 55:12 man has never made a weapon he did not use. 55:14 I'm not trying to frighten you. 55:16 But you need to be aware 55:17 that this world is not gonna last forever. 55:20 And the Lord brought you here tonight 55:22 or you're watching right now 55:23 because He wants you to be ready. 55:25 Jesus said, "Look, I wanna prepare 55:26 a place for you." 55:28 But you must first give Him a place in your heart, 55:31 if you prepare a place for Him in your heart. 55:33 Say, "Lord, come into my heart, I'm gonna open the door, 55:37 then You can take that journey through the stars." 55:40 There's only two kinds of people 55:41 when Jesus comes, what are they? 55:43 Cockroaches and butterflies or moths. 55:47 You get to make up your mind what you wanna be. 55:50 If you invite the Lord and He says, 55:51 "I'll make you a new creature, I'll give you power, 55:53 I have a special exciting plan." 55:56 And you will have an amazing adventure with Jesus, 55:59 when you invite Him into your heart. 56:01 How many of you want to do that? 56:59 Hi, friends, 57:01 you know, the most important decision 57:02 a young person can make 57:04 is that decision to follow Jesus 57:05 and begin that amazing adventure to eternity. 57:08 That's why we're so excited to tell you about 57:10 the new Amazing Adventure programs 57:12 that are available. 57:14 During these nearly 10 hours 57:15 of exciting high definition programs, 57:18 the young people will do science experiments, 57:20 learn about history, nature, encounter some wild animals, 57:23 and most of all, they'll learn about Jesus 57:26 from the Word of God. 57:28 What's really neat 57:29 is there's a beautifully illustrated Bible Study Guide 57:31 to go along with each of the video presentations. 57:35 These beautiful illustrated study guides 57:37 are full of pictures, and puzzles, and Bible stories. 57:40 They'll lead your kids through 57:41 an incredible journey with Jesus 57:43 while they learn about Bible doctrines 57:45 like heaven, hell, 57:46 and how to be ready for Jesus coming. 57:50 And for me, the most exciting thing 57:51 is this new Amazing Adventure series 57:53 goes along with the Amazing Facts 57:55 Adventure Bible. 57:56 And this is a Bible, I'll tell you, 57:58 it's full of studies, illustrations, puzzles, 58:02 special tools that make studying the Bible, 58:04 fun and interesting. 58:06 This new Amazing Adventure series 58:07 is the best ever. 58:09 The Bible, the study guides, 58:10 the DVDs are all designed 58:12 to lead your young person 58:14 on a Journey for Life with Jesus. 58:17 To find out more how you can get yours, 58:19 call the number on your screen 58:21 or contact us at afbookstore.com. |
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