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00:02 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS
00:04 OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:10 >> THE GREAT BASIN BRISTLE CONE PINE IS ONE OF THE LONGEST 00:13 LIVING ORGANISMS ON EARTH. INCREDIBLY, IT CAN LIVE 00:17 MORE THAN 4,000 YEARS. IN FACT, ONE SPECIMEN, CALLED 00:21 THE METHUSELAH TREE, IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA, 00:24 IS BELIEVED TO BE OVER 4,700 YEARS OLD AND IT'S AMONG THE 00:28 OLDEST LIVING TREES ON THE PLANET. 00:31 THIS TREE WAS AROUND WHEN THE EGYPTIANS WERE BUILDING THE 00:34 PYRAMIDS. SOME OF THESE ANCIENT EVERGREENS 00:37 FOUND ON LONELY MOUNTAINTOPS HAVE WEATHERED THOUSANDS OF 00:40 YEARS OF INTENSE FREEZING WIND, POUNDING RAIN, SCORCHING SUN, 00:45 AND VIOLENT ELECTRICAL STORMS. HOW HAVE THEY MANAGED TO SURVIVE 00:48 FOR MILLENNIA OF SUCH HARSH WEATHER AND ADVERSE CONDITIONS? 00:53 THEY DO IT BY SENDING THEIR ROOTS DEEP AND WRAPPING THEM 00:55 TENACIOUSLY AROUND THE SOLID ROCK AND HANGING ON. 00:59 YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, JESUS TELLS US THAT THERE'S A TIME OF 01:02 TRIBULATION COMING JUST BEFORE HIS RETURN - AN INTENSE 01:05 FRIGHTFUL STORM OF TROUBLE UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN. 01:09 IS YOUR LIFE ANCHORED ON THE SOLID ROCK OF CHRIST? 01:13 LET'S EXPLORE TOGETHER, FROM THE BIBLE, JUST WHAT WILL HAPPEN 01:16 IN THE LAST DAYS. 01:22 >>YOU KNOW IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT THEY HAVE 01:26 SO MANY PROGRAMS NOW THAT ARE DEALING WITH 01:28 THE SUBJECT OF PREPPERS. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HAS A 01:32 PROGRAM THAT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT DOOMSDAY PREPPERS 01:36 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHAT'S COMING. 01:39 AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN RELIGIOUS. 01:42 THEY JUST SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, THEY'RE WORRIED 01:44 ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT A NATURAL DISASTER 01:48 - THEY SAY 'WHAT WILL WE DO IF AN ASTEROID STRIKES OR IF 01:51 THERE'S A TSUNAMI OR IF THERE'S A SOCIAL MELTDOWN?' 01:54 OTHERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT ARMAGEDDON AND THERE'S MORE 01:56 RELIGIOUS OVERTONES TO THEIR FEAR. 01:59 BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED - HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ABOUT 02:02 FOLKS THAT ARE PREPPERS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET READY FOR THE LAST 02:04 DAYS AND THEY'RE - THEY'RE STORING UP BUCKETS OF BEANS AND 02:08 THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SOLAR ELECTRIC AND ALL THESE THINGS 02:11 AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING. 02:13 KAREN AND I'VE HAD A CABIN IN THE HILLS FOR 40 YEARS NOW AND I 02:16 THINK 35 YEARS WE'VE BEEN OFF THE GRID AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE 02:20 THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY NEARBY. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING 02:24 THIS BECAUSE THEY THINK 'WHEN THERE IS THIS MAJOR MELTDOWN WE 02:29 SOMEHOW WILL SURVIVE.' NOW FOR YEARS FOLKS HAVE ACTED LIKE 02:33 'WELL THIS IS JUST A FRINGE GROUP THAT'S WORRIED 02:36 ABOUT THAT.' BUT IT'S NOW GOING BEYOND THAT. 02:39 I THINK IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK WALL STREET JOURNAL PUBLISHED AN 02:43 ARTICLE THAT NOW THERE IS ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THESE MEGA 02:48 MILLIONAIRES HAVE A PLAN OR A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN PROTECT 02:53 THEMSELVES IN THE EVENT OF SOME SOCIAL MELTDOWN. 02:58 YOU CAN SEE DOOMSDAY PREP FOR THE SUPER RICH. 03:03 THEY BOUGHT THESE DEACTIVATED MISSILE SILOS. 03:08 YOU'VE HEARD OF SKYSCRAPERS THAT GO UP IN THE AIR? 03:10 THESE GO DOWN IN THE GROUND AND THEY HAVE ROOMS. 03:14 AND IT'S THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR A LEVEL AND THEY ARE 03:18 SELLING OUT. BECAUSE THESE MEGA MILLIONAIRES 03:21 AND BILLIONAIRES THEY'RE BUYING SECURE SPOTS THEY'VE GOT THEIR 03:24 OWN WATER SYSTEM PURIFICATION, AIR PURIFICATION, HYDROPONIC 03:29 FARMING - THEY GOT THE SWIMMING POOL, THEY'VE GOT A THEATER 03:34 FOR 17 PEOPLE, THEY'VE GOT A PHARMACY, A JAIL AND THIS IS 03:38 ALL BEING BUILT BELOW GROUND. YOU KNOW, THEY THOUGHT, IF 03:42 ANYBODY KIND OF GETS ODD, THEY'VE GOT THE JAIL. 03:45 TILL THEY COOL OFF BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU GET COOPED UP WITH A 03:48 BUNCH OF TYPE X MILLIONAIRES ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. 03:51 SO IT'S NOT JUST FRINGE GROUPS THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT SOME 03:56 KIND OF CATASTROPHE THAT SEEMS TO BE LOOMING ON THE HORIZON. 04:00 HEDGE FUNDS MANAGERS MULTI-MILLIONAIRES AND 04:04 BILLIONAIRES FROM SILICON VALLEY, THEY ARE MAKING 04:07 PREPARATIONS FOR WHAT THEY THINK IS GOING TO BE INEVITABLE ONE 04:11 WAY OR THE OTHER AND YOU - YOU CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 04:13 STUDY TONIGHT AND YOU'LL SEE WHY. 04:15 SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT SIGNS OF JESUS 04:19 COMING. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS 04:21 WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE PINNACLE OR THE HIGH POINT OF PROPHECY. 04:26 AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SORT OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER 04:28 METHOD THAT JUST HELPS ME STAY ON TRACK. 04:31 AND SO IT CREATES AN OUTLINE FOR OUR STUDY. 04:34 FIRST QUESTION IS: WHAT IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL TEACHINGS IN 04:37 REVELATION? NOW YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE NOTES. 04:40 WE'VE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SOME SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL THAT 04:43 YOU CAN GET TO GO ALONG WITH THESE PRESENTATIONS BUT I'M 04:47 GOING TO GIVE YOU A FEW OF THE SCRIPTURES JUST FROM REVELATION 04:50 SO YOU'LL KNOW THAT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS IS NOT AN 04:53 AFTERTHOUGHT IN THE LAST BOOK OF BIBLE - OF THE BIBLE. 04:57 FOR INSTANCE: REVELATION 1, VERSE 7 - FIRST CHAPTER - 05:00 "BEHOLD HE'S COMING WITH THE CLOUDS AND EVERY EYE WILL SEE 05:04 HIM. EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM." 05:07 - YOU CAN READ REVELATION 14:14, "I LOOKED AND BEHOLD A WHITE 05:10 CLOUD AND UPON THE CLOUD ONE SAT LIKE UNTO THE SON OF MAN HAVING 05:15 ON HIS HEAD A GOLDEN CROWN." AGAIN TALKING ABOUT 05:19 THE SECOND COMING. SOMEONE ON THE CLOUDS COMING - 05:21 JESUS IS COMING IN THE CLOUDS. YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 22, 05:25 VERSE 7 HE SAID, "BEHOLD I AM COMING QUICKLY. 05:29 BLESSED IS HE WHO KEEPS THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS 05:32 BOOK." NOW THAT'S THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE BUT WE'RE 05:35 NOT DONE YET. YOU GO TO REVELATION CHAPTER 22, 05:37 VERSE 20, "HE WHO TESTIFIES OF THESE THINGS SAYS, 'SURELY 05:41 I AM COMING' - HOW? >>QUICKLY. 05:44 >>QUICKLY. NOTICE HE'S COMING QUICKLY, QUICKLY - AND YOU'RE 05:46 PROBABLY THINKING, 'PASTOR DOUG, JOHN WROTE THAT 2000 YEARS AGO. 05:51 GOD'S IDEA OF QUICKLY AND MY IDEA OF QUICKLY ARE NOT THE 05:53 SAME.' (LAUGHTER) I MEAN WE WANT FAST FOOD. 05:56 WE THINK OUR MICROWAVES ARE TOO SLOW, RIGHT? 06:00 SO WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG? WELL STAY WITH US AND WE'LL TALK 06:03 ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. HE WHO TESTIFIED OF THESE THINGS 06:07 SAID, "'SURELY I AM COMING QUICKLY, AMEN.' 06:10 EVEN SO, COME, LORD JESUS." ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL 06:13 TEACHINGS OF THE BOOK. SO WITH THAT IN MIND THAT THE 06:16 LORD SAYS HE IS COMING AND THAT HE'S COMING QUICKLY, WHAT CAN WE 06:21 KNOW ABOUT THE TIME OF JESUS' RETURN? 06:24 NOW THIS IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL. 06:27 AND I WANT YOU TO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT I'M SHARING. 06:29 WE CAN KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE LORD COMING SOON, BUT BE VERY 06:33 CAREFUL ABOUT A GROUP THAT IS GIVING YOU A DATE FOR THE LORD'S 06:36 RETURN. MATTHEW 24, JESUS SAID, SPEAKING 06:40 OF HIS SECOND COMING, "BUT OF THAT DAY AND THAT HOUR 06:43 KNOWS" - HOW MANY PEOPLE? - "NO MAN" - NOT EVEN THE 06:47 ANGELS, BUT MY FATHER ONLY." I'M SURE JESUS IS IN HEAVEN - HE 06:51 KNOWS NOW, BUT WHEN CHRIST WAS ON THE - I MEAN, I DOUBT THAT 06:54 THE FATHER IS SAYING, 'OH, I KNOW THE DATE BUT I CAN'T TRUST 06:56 YOU WITH IT.' BUT WHEN JESUS WAS ON THE EARTH HE SAID, 'I 06:59 DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DATE. MY FATHER ONLY KNOWS IT. 07:03 SO WHEN SOMEONE STARTS TO PRESUME TO TELL YOU, 'I'VE 07:05 FIGURED IT OUT. I DID THE MATH. 07:07 I KNOW THE DAY AND THE HOUR OF JESUS' COMING' - THIS GENTLEMAN 07:11 HERE, HAROLD CAMPING, A VERY SINCERE MAN. 07:14 I DON'T QUESTION THAT. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT AND ONE OF 07:16 THE FOUNDERS OF FAMILY RADIO. THEY HAVE SOME GREAT CHRISTIAN 07:19 MUSIC - BUT I THINK MOST OF US REMEMBER WHEN, A FEW YEARS AGO, 07:23 HE FORETOLD - I THINK IT WAS 2011 - THAT WAS THE SECOND OR 07:26 THIRD TIME HE PICKED A DATE FOR THE SECOND COMING. 07:28 MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF HIS DATES WAS, I THINK, 1994 OR 96 - 07:32 I DON'T REMEMBER - I WAS DOING A SEMINAR AND, AGAIN, HE HAD 07:36 PICKED THE DATE AND IT REALLY HELPED THE ATTENDANCE OF MY 07:38 SEMINAR. (LAUGHTER) BUT, OF COURSE, JESUS DIDN'T COME. 07:41 AND I'VE ALWAYS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT. 07:45 HE HAD A BIG DATE FOR MAY 11 - OR MAY 21, 2011 AND WE ACTUALLY 07:50 INTERVIEWED HIM. WE WERE ON FOX NEWS IN 07:54 SACRAMENTO BECAUSE I MADE AN OFFER - HE HAD A GREAT NETWORK 07:58 OF RADIO STATIONS; WE SAID, WE'LL GIVE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS 08:01 FOR YOUR RADIO STATIONS. YOU CAN USE NOW, BUT IF JESUS 08:03 DOESN'T COME YOU SIGN THEM OVER TO US' - AND HE DIDN'T DO IT. 08:07 (LAUGHTER) AND SINCE THEN HE'S - YEAH, HE WAS SINCERE - HE HAD A 08:12 STROKE SHORTLY AFTER JESUS DIDN'T COME. 08:14 I THINK HE WAS DEVASTATED. HE REALLY BELIEVED IT, BUT IT 08:17 MESSED UP A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 08:18 IT MADE CHRISTIANITY LOSE CREDIBILITY. 08:21 THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PEOPLE JUST 08:24 CONTINUALLY SETTING DATES AND THEN IT'S THE NEXT DATE, AND 08:26 THEN IT'S THE NEXT THING. I THINK WE NEED TO LIVE IN A 08:29 STATE OF EXPECTANCY BECAUSE, IN REALITY, AS FAR AS YOU'RE 08:33 CONCERNED, IF YOU DIE YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE 08:37 RESURRECTION AND THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 08:39 >>AMEN! >>HE COULD COME 08:40 FOR YOU VERY SOON. AND EVEN IF YOU LIVE 90 OR 100 - 08:45 200 YEARS, WHAT'S THAT COMPARED TO ETERNITY? 08:49 OUR LIVES ARE PRETTY SHORT. THE BIBLE SAYS A DAY WITH THE 08:51 LORD IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS. NOW, JESUS DID TELL US WE DON'T 08:56 KNOW THE DAY OR HOUR BUT WE CAN KNOW WHEN IT'S NEAR. 08:59 MATTHEW 24, VERSE 33, HE SAID, "WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE THINGS 09:05 KNOW THAT IT IS" - WHAT? - IT'S NEAR. 09:08 SO JESUS GAVE US SIGNS. HE SAID, 'LIFT UP YOUR HEADS 09:10 WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS.' HE WANTS US TO BE WATCHING. 09:13 FIVE TIMES IN MARK 13, WHEN JESUS TALKS ABOUT THE SECOND 09:16 COMING, HE SAYS, 'WATCH WATCH WATCH.' ACTUALLY IT'S FOUR 09:20 TIMES, BUT HE WANTS US TO BE WATCHING. 09:22 HE SAID 'LEST COMING SUDDENLY HE FINDS YOU SLEEPING.' AND THEN HE 09:26 GIVES THE PARABLE OF THE VIRGINS WAITING FOR THE BRIDEGROOM. 09:29 THEY FALL ASLEEP AND THEY'RE NOT READY. 09:31 AND SO HE WANTS US TO BE THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AND 09:34 SO WHEN YOU COME TO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND WE TALK ABOUT THE 09:37 RETURN OF THE LORD - AND THE CLOSING PROMISE IN THE BIBLE 09:41 TALKS ABOUT 'EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS,' IT IS A GOOD THING FOR 09:44 CHRISTIANS TO TALK ABOUT JESUS COMING BACK. 09:46 AMEN? >>AMEN. 09:48 >>IT'S A GOOD THING. DON'T SET DATES, BUT HE WANTS 09:50 US TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. SO, IS HE COMING SOON? 09:56 LET ME GIVE YOU A BROAD IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE SCOPE OF 09:59 HISTORY. THE BIBLE SORT OF OUTLINES 10:03 HISTORY FROM - IN THREE GREAT EPOCHS. YOU'VE GOT - FROM THE 10:07 TIME OF ADAM TO ABRAHAM IS ABOUT 2000 YEARS. 10:12 WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE FOR CREATION. 10:15 AMAZING FACTS SPENT A LOT OF TIME DEVELOPING A BIBLE 10:17 CHRONOLOGY TIMELINE JUST ADDING UP THE AGES IN THE BIBLE JUST TO 10:21 KNOW WHEN, YOU KNOW, DAVID LIVED IN RELATION TO SAMSON AND THOSE 10:24 THINGS, AND WHEN IT GOT BACK TO THE TIME OF ADAM AND CREATION, 10:27 YOU COULD JUST MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS AND EVEN IF YOU KNEW THE 10:30 DATE THAT WOULD NOT BE THE WAY TO PICK A DAY FOR THE SECOND 10:33 COMING. JUST LOOKING AT THE 10:35 SCOPE OF HISTORY. ADAM WAS BORN - YOU DON'T REALLY 10:38 SAY BORN, HE WAS CREATED - ABOUT 4004 B.C., SOMEWHERE 10:42 AROUND THERE. 2000 YEARS LATER ABRAHAM'S BORN. 10:47 FOR THE FIRST 2000 YEARS GOD SHARES THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE 10:50 PATRIARCHS. THEY WERE NOT JEWS. THEY WERE PEOPLE LIKE ADAM AND 10:54 SETH AND NOAH - METHUSELAH - SO FORTH - ENOCH - GODLY PEOPLE. 10:59 AND THEN FROM THE TIME OF ABRAHAM, THEN GOD SHARED THE 11:02 GOSPEL FOR ANOTHER 2000 YEARS ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE HEBREW 11:07 PEOPLE - THE JEWISH PEOPLE - AND JESUS WAS BORN ABOUT 4 B.C. 11:12 NOW I KNOW THAT CONFUSES PEOPLE. THEY SAY, 'I THOUGHT JESUS WAS 11:15 BORN ZERO.' AND THAT'S WHY WE SAY, YOU KNOW, 4 B.C. 11:19 IS BEFORE CHRIST. WHEN THEY DEVELOPED THAT DATING 11:21 METHOD, THEY DID AN EDUCATED GUESS ABOUT WHEN THEY 11:24 THOUGHT JESUS WAS BORN. THEY FIXED THAT AS THE YEAR 11:26 ZERO, THEN YEARS LATER THEY FOUND OUT THAT KING HEROD 11:30 THE GREAT DIED ABOUT 2 B.C. WE KNOW HE'S THE ONE WHO TRIED 11:34 TO KILL ALL THE BABIES IN BETHLEHEM. 11:35 JESUS MUST HAVE BEEN ALIVE THEN. WE REALIZED JESUS WAS 11:38 BAPTIZED IN 27 A.D. HE WAS BAPTIZED ON HIS 30TH 11:43 BIRTHDAY, THE BIBLE SAYS. YOU COUNT BACKWARDS AND WE 11:46 REALIZE THEY GOT THAT A.D. B.C. DATING METHOD WRONG - 11:49 ABOUT 4 YEARS. BUT - SO THEN YOU'VE GOT 2000 11:53 YEARS FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM, 2000 YEARS FROM ABRAHAM TO CHRIST. 11:57 THEN, FOR THE NEXT 2000 YEARS, WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR DAY - THE 12:02 GOSPEL'S BEING PREACHED THROUGH SPIRITUAL ISRAEL - OR THE 12:04 CHURCH. AND THEN, AFTER YOU GET FROM 12:08 THAT - AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE LIVING NOW IN THE SPACE AGE - 12:11 YOU KNOW WE'RE LIVING RIGHT NOW EXACTLY 2000 YEARS 12:13 FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS. WE'RE LIVING 2000 YEARS FROM 12:17 BETWEEN WHEN HE WAS BORN AND WHEN HE DIED. 12:20 AND SO IT IS AN INTERESTING TIME IN HISTORY. 12:24 AND THEN YOU READ IN REVELATION CHAPTER 20, IT TALKS ABOUT A 12:27 THOUSAND-YEAR PERIOD AT THE END OF THIS SIX THOUSAND YEAR OF 12:30 BIBLE HISTORY - TALKING ABOUT THE BIBLE AGES - FOR A TOTAL OF 12:34 7000, WHICH IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING NUMBER. 12:37 YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS 'A DAY WITH THE LORD IS LIKE A THOUSAND 12:40 YEARS AND A THOUSAND YEARS LIKE A DAY.' GOD SEEMS TO WORK ON A 12:43 PATTERN IN THE BIBLE WHERE YOU WORK SIX DAYS AND YOU REST ONE. 12:46 AND HERE YOU'VE GOT LIKE SIX THOUSAND YEARS FOR THE PLAN OF 12:49 SALVATION. HERE WE ARE NEAR THE END OF THAT 12:51 PERIOD AND THEN A THOUSAND YEARS - IT SAYS THE SAINTS LIVE AND 12:53 REIGN WITH CHRIST - IT'S ALMOST LIKE A THOUSAND-YEAR 12:55 SABBATH, IF YOU WILL. SO JUST KIND OF GIVE THIS TO YOU 12:59 IN - IN YOUR MIND HERE I'LL PUT A CHART UP HERE YOU'VE GOT THESE 13:03 THREE EPOCHS YOU GET 2000 YEARS OF THE PATRIARCHS, 2000 YEARS 13:08 OF THE JEWS, 2000 YEARS OF THE CHURCH - OR SPIRITUAL ISRAEL - 13:12 THEN A THOUSAND YEARS WHERE WE LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST. 13:15 WE'RE LIVING RIGHT AT THAT TIME THAT WOULD BE OF GREAT INTEREST. 13:20 I FRANKLY THINK THAT WE'RE LIVING IN THE GENERATION THAT'S 13:23 GOING TO SEE THE CULMINATION OF ALL THAT'S BEEN FORETOLD. 13:26 I KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING. 13:27 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU PASTORS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT JESUS COMING 13:31 AGAIN NOW FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND IT HASN'T COME YET.' 13:36 WHEN HE DOES COME YOU'LL THINK IT'S TOO SOON. 13:40 AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ONE OF THESE DAYS ONE OF US IS GOING 13:42 TO BE RIGHT. HE IS GOING TO COME. 13:46 >> DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS. 13:48 IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'LL RETURN FOR THE 13:49 REST OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 13:52 ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPHETIC SIGNS OF CHRIST'S 13:55 RETURN AND JUST HOW CLOSE WE REALLY ARE TO THE MOST 13:58 EXTRAORDINARY COSMIC EVENT IN HISTORY? 14:02 WILL WE BE SUDDENLY AND SECRETLY RAPTURED AS 14:04 MILLIONS ARE LEFT BEHIND? 14:06 OR WILL JESUS'S RETURN BE AS LOUD AND BRIGHT AS LIGHTNING 14:10 FROM SKY TO SKY? 14:12 WELL, THERE MIGHT BE A MILLION DIFFERENT THEORIES OUT THERE, 14:14 BUT THERE'S ONLY BIBLE TRUTH, AND JESUS PROMISES 14:18 IF WE SEEK, WE WILL FIND. 14:21 THAT'S WHY AMAZING FACTS WANTS YOU TO HAVE THE ROCK-SOLID FACTS 14:24 ON THIS SUBJECT WITH OUR NEWEST BIBLE RESOURCE. 14:28 IT'S CALLED, "THE DAY OF THE LORD." 14:30 THIS COLORFUL, FULLY-ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE CONTAINS EVERY 14:34 FASCINATING FACT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHEN, 14:37 WHERE, AND HOW OF JESUS'S SOON RETURN. 14:40 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND 14:43 ASK FOR OFFER #825, OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. 14:47 AND AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, 14:50 BE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 14:52 LET'S RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 14:55 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 14:59 >>KEEP IN MIND GOD TOLD ABRAHAM 15:02 THAT THROUGH HIS DESCENDANTS THE MESSIAH WOULD COME. 15:05 EVERY JEWISH GIRL HOPED THAT SHE WOULD BE THE MOTHER 15:07 OF THE MESSIAH. 100 YEARS WENT BY 200 YEARS WENT BY. 15:13 THEY KEPT SAYING 'HE'S COMING HE'S COMING.' 'THE MESSIAH IS 15:15 COMING.' 500 YEARS WENT BY - 1000 YEARS WENT BY AND THEY 15:20 STARTED LOSING FAITH. 'YEAH, THEY SAY THE MESSIAH IS 15:22 COMING.' FINALLY WHEN JESUS DID COME, 2000 YEARS 15:25 LATER WERE THEY READY? >>NO. 15:28 >>COULD THAT HAPPEN AGAIN? >>YES. 15:30 >>THEY WERE ON THAT TIME. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SIGNS 15:33 OF THE NEARNESS OF CHRIST? THERE'S OUR QUESTION 15:37 NUMBER THREE. NOW, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR BIBLES 15:39 - I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BROUGHT A BIBLE WITH YOU BUT 15:40 I'LL READ IT TO YOU. IF YOU GO TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 15:44 JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING: "YOU WILL 15:48 HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT TROUBLED. 15:52 ALL THESE THINGS MUST COME TO PASS." 15:54 HE SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE WAR BUT A WAR IS NOT A SIGN - 15:56 THERE'S BEEN WARS ALL ALONG - "THE END IS NOT YET. 15:59 NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM AND 16:03 THERE WILL BE FAMINES AND PESTILENCE" - THOSE ARE PLAGUES 16:05 - "AND EARTHQUAKES IN VARIOUS PLACES. 16:08 ALL THESE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS THEN THEY WILL 16:11 DELIVER YOU UP TO TRIBULATION AND KILL YOU AND YOU'LL BE HATED 16:14 OF ALL NATIONS FOR MY NAME'S SAKE AND MANY WILL BE OFFENDED 16:18 AND BETRAY ONE ANOTHER AND MANY WILL HATE ONE ANOTHER. 16:20 MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL RISE AND DECEIVE MANY AND BECAUSE 16:24 LAWLESSNESS WILL ABOUND THE LOVE OF MANY WILL GROW COLD." 16:27 - AND HEAR ITS PROMISES - "BUT HE THAT ENDURES TO THE END WILL 16:29 BE SAVED." - HE SAID, 'DON'T LOSE PATIENCE' 16:34 - EVEN REVELATION SAYS 'HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS.' WHY 16:38 DO YOU THINK WE NEED PATIENCE? HE'S COMING SOON AND SOME PEOPLE 16:41 ARE SAYING, 'AW, IS HE EVER GOING TO COME?' 16:44 HOLD ON. HE'S COMING AGAIN. SO NOW LET'S TAKE APART SOME OF 16:47 THE SIGNS THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT TALKING ABOUT THE 16:50 SIGNS OF THE END. TALKED ABOUT WARS AND RUMORS OF 16:52 WARS - POLITICAL INSTABILITY. DO WE HAVE THAT IN 16:56 THE WORLD TODAY? >>YEP. 16:58 >>YEAH, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE NEWS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. 17:01 NOT ONLY IS NORTH KOREA CONTINUING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE 17:04 AND TEST THE DISTANCE IT CAN DELIVER BALLISTIC MISSILES, BUT 17:08 IRAN IS NOW TESTING MISSILES AND THEY'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR 17:11 THERE'S SOME COUNTRIES THEY DON'T LIKE VERY MUCH. 17:14 WE'RE ONE OF THEM. ISRAEL'S ANOTHER. 17:16 I MEAN RIGHT NOW IT'S - IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST IS A 17:20 POWDER KEG. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, MAN HAS 17:23 NEVER MADE A WEAPON HE DID NOT USE. 17:25 THAT'S A HISTORICAL FACT. AND YOU JUST WONDER, AT ONE 17:29 POINT, IS SOMEBODY GOING TO GET A HOLD OF A FORBIDDEN NUCLEAR 17:32 WEAPON FROM THE COLD WAR OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 17:35 YOU KNOW REVELATION TELLS US THAT GOD HAS HIS ANGELS HOLDING 17:39 BACK THE WINDS OF STRIFE SO THAT THE GOSPEL CAN GO FORWARD. 17:43 I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT'S GIVING US THIS WINDOW OF PEACE 17:46 IS THAT THE LORD IS HOLDING BACK THE WINDS OF STRIFE TO GIVE US 17:50 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WHILE TIME REMAINS. 17:53 WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. I SAW AN INTERESTING FACT. 17:57 YOU KNOW THE WORLD SPENDS OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AN 18:00 HOUR ON SOLDIERS, AMMUNITION, AND WAR MACHINES. 18:06 AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMERICAN MILITARY WHAT IT COSTS EVERY 18:08 HOUR AND THE - RUSSIA AND CHINA AND THESE - A HUNDRED MILLION 18:11 DOLLARS AN HOUR IS SPENT ON PREPARING FOR THESE. 18:15 NOT ONLY WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS, THE BIBLE TALKED ABOUT 18:17 EARTHQUAKES IN VARIOUS PLACES - NOT ONLY EARTHQUAKES - 18:21 EARTHQUAKE - THE ONE THERE IN 2004 TRIGGERED THE TSUNAMI. 18:25 AND 250,000 PEOPLE PERISHED. AND EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING, ON 18:32 THE WEST COAST, WHEN IS THE BIG ONE GOING TO COME? 18:35 AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME TERRIBLE CATASTROPHES 18:37 WITH EARTHQUAKES. I SAW A FACT THAT CAME FROM THE 18:40 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE 18:44 INFORMATION CENTER THAT, BETWEEN 2004 AND 2014, 18 EARTHQUAKES 18:50 WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OR MORE RATTLED SUBDUCTION 18:53 ZONES AROUND THE GLOBE. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 265 18:57 PERCENT OVER THE AVERAGE RATE OF THE PREVIOUS CENTURY. 19:01 NOW WHILE I TALK ABOUT SIGNS LIKE WAR AND RUMOR OF WAR AND 19:05 PLAGUES AND EARTHQUAKES, KEEP IN MIND THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 19:10 THESE THINGS. WHAT THE LORD IS TALKING ABOUT 19:13 IS WHEN THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY INCREASES. 19:19 WHEN KAREN AND I HAD CHILDREN AND SHE WAS GREAT WITH CHILD 19:24 EVERY NOW AND THEN SHE'D GET A LABOR PAIN. 19:26 I THINK THEY CALL THE EARLY ONES BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTIONS OR 19:30 SOMETHING. AND YOU KNOW YOUR REACTION COULD 19:33 BE, 'OH, I'M FEELING SOMETHING - WE'LL RUN FOR THE DOCTOR.' AND 19:37 THEY'LL OFTEN SMILE AND SEND YOU HOME AND SAY, 'FIRST ONE? 19:40 RELAX, YOU'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO.' AND, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THAT 19:43 NINTH MONTH THEY ARE READY TO BE DELIVERED. 19:47 THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT BABY. BUT WHEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE 19:51 PAINS BEGIN COME CLOSER TOGETHER WITH MORE FREQUENCY AND THEY 19:56 BECOME MORE INTENSE, THEN YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A BABY. 20:03 AND, AS YOU NEAR THE END OF TIME, YOU'LL SEE THE SIGNS THAT 20:07 JESUS TALKED ABOUT - WARS WELL LAST CENTURY WE HAD TWO WORLD 20:11 WARS. AND IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE'RE 20:13 ON THE BRINK OF A THIRD, THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING. 20:15 THAT'S NOT A NORMAL WAR. IT'S A WORLD WAR AND NUCLEAR 20:19 WEAPONS AND ATOMIC BOMBS - AND THE INTENSITY OF THESE THINGS, 20:24 INCLUDING THE EARTHQUAKES AND NATURAL DISASTERS. 20:26 IT SEEMS LIKE THEY INCREASE AND INTENSIFY. 20:29 SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. 20:31 PLAGUES, PESTILENCE - JESUS TALKED ABOUT. 20:34 I THINK DON'T WE ALL SHUDDER FROM THE TERRIBLE IMAGES THAT WE 20:37 SAW COMING FROM WEST AFRICA WITH THE EBOLA BREAK OUT RECENTLY BUT 20:42 THAT'S NOT THE WORST PLAGUE. LITTLE MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS 20:45 AGO IN 19 - I GUESS A LITTLE LESS THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO - 20:48 IN 1917 - 1918 THEY HAD THE - AN INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC AND YOU KNOW 20:55 THAT IT KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN WORLD WAR I? 20:57 ABOUT 40 MILLION PEOPLE DIED FROM A STRAIN OF THE FLU. 21:03 AND NOW, WITH ALL THE ANTIBIOTICS, SCIENCE IS TELLING 21:06 US THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF A VERY RESISTANT STRAIN - A SUPER 21:11 BUG COULD BE SPREAD VERY QUICKLY CAUSE - I TRAVEL A LOT; YOU GET 21:16 ON THESE AIRPLANES ALL IT TAKES IS ONE SICK PERSON COUGHING IT'S 21:18 PUMPED THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM AND BOY, THE AIRLINE 21:22 INDUSTRY AROUND THE WORLD IS A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO SPREAD THE 21:25 VIRUS AROUND THE WORLD. AND SO, GOVERNMENTS ARE AWARE OF 21:29 THAT AND THEY ARE VERY CAREFULLY GUARDING - YOU REMEMBER, WITH 21:32 THE EBOLA - PEOPLE FLYING - THEY WERE SCREENING EVERYBODY BECAUSE 21:34 THEY COULD SEE HOW QUICKLY THIS COULD SPREAD. AGAIN, IT'S JUST 21:37 THE GRACE OF GOD THAT'S HOLDING THESE THINGS BACK RIGHT NOW. 21:41 ONE OF THE SIGNS JESUS GIVES OF THE LAST DAYS IS VIOLENCE. 21:45 CHRIST SAID, 'AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, AND AS IT WAS IN 21:49 THE DAYS OF LOT, SO WILL IT BE IN THE DAYS WHEN THE SON OF MAN 21:52 RETURNS.' WHAT WAS IT LIKE BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH? 21:55 YOU READ IN GENESIS CHAPTER 6, 'THE THOUGHTS OF MEN'S HEARTS 21:59 WERE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY AND VIOLENCE FILLED THE LAND.' THE 22:04 BIBLE TELLS US THAT IT GRIEVED THE LORD IN HIS HEART THAT HE'D 22:07 EVEN MADE MAN. AND SO YOU CONSIDER THAT. 22:11 DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF VIOLENCE IN THE WORLD TODAY? 22:14 HERE'S AN INTERESTING FACT. EVERY DAY MORE AMERICAN YOUTH 22:17 DIE IN GANG VIOLENCE THAN FIGHTING IN FOREIGN WARS. 22:22 I UNDERSTAND THAT 2016 IN CHICAGO THERE WERE OVER 22:25 718 MURDERS. THAT'S MORE PEOPLE BEING 22:32 MURDERED IN ONE U.S. CITY. THAN OUR SOLDIERS WERE SLAIN IN 22:37 THE LAST SIX YEARS FIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. VIOLENCE. 22:43 ONE OF THE SIGNS OF THE LAST DAYS. 22:44 AND, IF YOU DON'T MIND MY JUST SAYING HERE, I DON'T THINK IT 22:48 SHOULD SURPRISE US WHEN - IF YOU SCAN THROUGH THE TELEVISION, 22:51 YOU'RE GOING TO FIND PEOPLE ARE ENTERTAINED BY VIOLENCE. 22:54 AND IF WE'RE ENTERTAINED BY VIOLENCE WE TEND TO REPRODUCE - 22:58 ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY SEE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS 23:00 OF MURDERS AS THEY GROW UP AND YOU SORT OF BECOME 23:02 CALLOUS AND INDIFFERENT. AND THEY SEE ALL THIS SHOOTING 23:06 ON TELEVISION AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN 23:08 A REAL GUN AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO A LIFE AND FICTION. 23:12 AND THERE'S JUST THIS COLD INDIFFERENCE. IMMORALITY. 23:19 PORN - I SAW STUDY NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT - IT'S KIND OF 23:25 SHOCKING. 12 PERCENT OF ALL INTERNET 23:28 WEBSITES ARE PORNOGRAPHIC - AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF 23:32 WEBSITES - TWELVE PERCENT. THIRTY FIVE PERCENT OF ALL 23:35 INTERNET DOWNLOADS ARE PORNOGRAPHIC IN CONTENT. 23:39 25 PERCENT OF ONLINE SEARCH ENGINE REQUESTS ARE RELATED TO 23:43 SEX. FORTY MILLION AMERICANS CONSIDER 23:46 THEMSELVES REGULAR VISITORS TO PORN SITES. 23:48 THE AVERAGE AGE FOR THE FIRST EXPOSURE TO PORN IS 11 YEARS OLD 23:52 - AVERAGE AGE. IT'S JUST SATURATING OUR SOCIETY 23:58 AND THINGS THAT WERE ONCE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, IMMORAL 24:01 IT'S JUST BECOMING A WAY OF LIFE. 24:04 PEOPLE ARE BECOMING CALLOUSED TO PURITY THAT GOD IS CALLING US 24:07 TO. AND YOU KNOW I JUST CAN'T RUSH 24:10 BY THIS WITHOUT MENTIONING SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE ALL 24:12 AWARE OF, THAT THE BIBLE SAYS 'AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF SODOM, 24:17 SO SHALL IT BE IN THE DAYS WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES' - AND I'M, 24:20 FRANKLY, VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'VE BECOME FUZZY ON THE 24:24 DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE. 24:28 OVERPOPULATION. 24:31 YOU KNOW I SAW A STUDY - I ACTUALLY LOOKED IT UP TO CHECK 24:35 MY FACTS TODAY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE BORDERING ON, 24:38 YOU KNOW, SEVEN AND A HALF BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 24:41 IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY FIVE THOUSAND YEARS - I THINK IT WAS 24:45 1829 - THE WORLD GOT THE FIRST BILLION PEOPLE - 5000 YEARS TO 24:50 GET 1 BILLION. THEN IT WAS ABOUT 123 YEARS 24:53 AFTER THAT JUST 123 YEAR TO GET THE SECOND BILLION. 24:57 THEN ABOUT 30 YEARS AFTER THAT TO GET THE THIRD BILLION. 25:00 I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE ONLY 3 BILLION PEOPLE AND I'M NOT 25:03 THAT OLD - IN THE WORLD - AND IN MY LIFE THE WORLD POPULATION HAS 25:08 MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 3 BILLION TO 7 SOMETHING BILLION. 25:13 THERE'S ACTUALLY A WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO AND IT WILL CLOCK FOR 25:16 YOU HOW PEOPLE ARE BEING BORN - HOW QUICKLY - IT'S KIND OF 25:18 STAGGERING TO JUST SIT THERE AND LOOK THAT - HOW MANY PEOPLE - 90 25:22 MILLION PEOPLE ARE BEING ADDED TO THE WORLD'S POPULATION EVERY 25:25 YEAR - 90 MILLION PEOPLE - THAT'S INCLUDING THE ONES YOU 25:29 DEDUCT FOR DEATH 90 MILLION NEW PEOPLE DRAWING ON THE RESOURCES 25:34 OF THE PLANET. KAREN AND I'VE BEEN TO CHINA A FEW TIMES. 25:38 LET ME TELL YOU THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CHINA. 25:41 I REMEMBER IN SHANGHAI - I GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY - 25:43 THAT'S A BUSY CITY AND IT'S A VERY POPULATED CITY, BUT I GOT 25:49 TO CHINA I FEEL LIKE I WAS DRIVING THROUGH NEW YORK CITY 25:52 DOWNTOWN FOR AN HOUR AND IT NEVER STOPPED - LIKE 24 MILLION 25:56 PEOPLE - THIS ONE CITY BUT IT'S GROWING. AND THIS JUST TELLS US 26:02 IT CAN'T LAST FOREVER. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID 'EXCEPT 26:05 THOSE DAYS BE SHORTENED NO FLESH WOULD BE SAVED; BUT FOR THE 26:08 ELECT'S SAKE THOSE D'AYS WILL BE SHORTENED. 26:10 IN OTHER WORDS, IF HE DID NOT COME ON TIME AND IF HE DOESN'T 26:12 CUT IT SHORT, NOBODY WOULD SURVIVE. 26:14 >>AMEN. >>SO THE LORD HAS TO COME SOON 26:17 OR THERE'LL BE NOTHING TO COME FOR. 26:19 AND ANOTHER REASON I THINK IS COMING SOON IS EVERYBODY IS 26:22 GOING TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS COMING WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD JUST 26:25 SORT OF BEGINS TO SWALLOW ITSELF. 26:27 BUT IT MAY BE A LITTLE BEFORE THAT BECAUSE HE SAID IN SUCH 26:30 AN HOUR YOU THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN IS COMING. 26:33 [MUSIC] 26:38 DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING FREE RESOURCE. 26:41 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, 26:43 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT 26:45 TO YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. 26:47 TO GET YOUR DIGITAL COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT, 26:50 SIMPLY TEXT THE KEY WORD ON YOUR SCREEN TO 40544 OR VISIT 26:55 THE WEB ADDRESS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN. 26:57 AND BE SURE TO SELECT THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OPTION 26:59 ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 27:01 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD 27:04 WITH AMAZING FACTS WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT. 27:07 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 27:11 ANNOUNCER: WHAT IF YOU COULD KNOW THE FUTURE? 27:14 WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 27:16 WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? 27:18 TO SEE THE FUTURE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE PAST. 27:24 THIS INTRIGUING DOCUMENTARY, HOSTED BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR, 27:28 EXPLORES THE MOST STRIKING BIBLE PROPHECIES THAT HAVE BEEN 27:31 DRAMATICALLY FULFILLED THROUGHOUT HISTORY. 27:34 "KINGDOMS IN TIME." 27:36 FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT KINGDOMSINTIME.COM. 27:41 >> DID YOU KNOW AMAZING FACTS HAS A FREE BIBLE SCHOOL THAT 27:44 YOU CAN DO FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME? 27:46 IT INCLUDES 27 STUDY LESSONS TO AID IN YOUR STUDY OF GOD'S WORD. 27:50 SIGN UP TODAY BY CALLING 1-844-215-7000. 27:55 THAT'S 1-844-215-7000. 28:04 >>DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST 28:05 TODAY'S FREE OFFER. 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