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00:02 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:04 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:09 >>ONE OF THE LOUDEST SOUNDS THE WORLD HAS EVER HEARD WAS THE 00:12 TERRIFIC VOLCANIC EXPLOSION OF KRAKATOA IN SOUTHWESTERN 00:15 INDONESIA IN 1883. THE BLAST WAS THE EQUIVALENT TO 00:20 ABOUT 100 MEGATONS OF TNT AND COULD BE HEARD OVER 3,000 MILES 00:25 AWAY ON ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 00:28 MORE THAN 36,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 165 COASTAL VILLAGES 00:33 DESTROYED, MOSTLY FROM THE 120-FOOT HIGH TSUNAMI THAT 00:38 ROLLED IN AT OVER 300 MILES AN HOUR. 00:41 THIS DEVASTATED EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH, HURLING HUGE CORAL 00:44 BLOCKS ASHORE. THE TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION ALSO 00:48 BLEW FIVE CUBIC MILES OF DEBRIS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, CREATING 00:52 A DUST CLOUD THAT BLOCKED SUNLIGHT, COOLED CLIMATES, 00:56 AND, FOR A FEW YEARS, PRODUCED BRILLIANT RED SUNSETS THAT WERE 01:00 SO INTENSE, PEOPLE OFTEN THOUGHT THERE WAS A FIRE ON THE HORIZON. 01:04 THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA WAS ONE OF THE LOUDEST AND MOST POWERFUL 01:08 VISIBLE EVENTS IN MODERN TIMES, BUT DID YOU KNOW THE BOOK OF 01:12 REVELATION PICTURES THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS AS EVEN LOUDER. 01:17 IT SAYS THERE'LL BE A TRUMPET AND A ROAR AND A SHOUT. 01:20 SO JOIN ME NOW AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE 01:24 REALLY SAYS ABOUT THE RETURN OF CHRIST. 01:31 >>SO, OUR STUDY TODAY IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE KING RETURNS AND 01:35 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SIGNS OF CHRIST COMING - 01:39 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A DATE FOR THE LORD'S RETURN, BUT 01:43 WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN THE 01:46 CHRISTIAN WORLD REGARDING HOW JESUS IS COMING BACK, BECAUSE 01:50 THAT IS GOING TO SET MANY PEOPLE UP FOR A MAJOR DECEPTION. 01:54 AND SO, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT. 01:55 FIRST QUESTION: WHAT SOLEMN WARNING DOES JESUS GIVE ABOUT 02:00 HIS SECOND COMING? "FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME, 02:03 SAYING, 'I AM THE CHRIST,' AND WILL DECEIVE MANY." 02:06 NOW, THAT VERSE CAN BE UNDERSTOOD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 02:08 WAYS AND STILL BE CORRECT. SOME ARE GOING TO COME AND 02:13 THEY'RE GOING TO CLAIM TO BE JESUS. 02:15 AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO COME AND SAY, 'HE IS CHRIST,' BUT 02:17 THEY'LL DECEIVE PEOPLE. MANY WILL COME, THEY COME IN HIS 02:19 NAME, THEY SAY HE'S CHRIST, AND THEN THEY DECEIVE. 02:23 AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT COME AND THEY SAY, 'I AM 02:26 CHRIST.' AND SATAN IS GOING TO IMPERSONATE JESUS IN THE LAST 02:31 DAYS AND YOU CAN ALSO READ ON, IT SAYS, "FOR THERE SHALL ARISE 02:37 FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS AND THEY WILL SHOW GREAT SIGNS 02:40 AND WONDERS." NOW, I'M NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT 02:45 KOOKS THAT SAY THAT THEY'RE JESUS. 02:49 THERE'S PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF THEM WALKING THE WORLD TODAY. 02:52 I SAW A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC REPORT ABOUT HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE 02:55 AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF WORSHIPERS AND 02:57 THEY CLAIM TO BE JESUS. YOU'VE GOT ONE IN SOUTH AMERICA, 03:01 YOU'VE GOT ONE IN EUROPE, AND OTHER PLACES AND THEY 03:05 HAVE THEIR FOLLOWERS. I MET SOMEBODY THAT CLAIMED TO 03:09 BE JESUS AND IT WAS A LITTLE UNNERVING BECAUSE I WAS LIVING 03:13 BY MYSELF IN THE MOUNTAINS IN A CAVE AND A GUY CAME HIKING UP 03:18 INTO MY CAVE YARD - I HAD A YARD - (LAUGHTER) AND - I MEAN, YOU 03:23 CAME OVER THE ROCKS AND YOU'RE IN MY YARD. 03:26 HE WAS ABOUT SIX FEET TALL. HE HAD SHOULDER-LENGTH BROWN 03:29 HAIR, HAZEL EYES, MUSTACHE AND A BEARD. 03:34 AND I'M FRIENDLY, I SAT DOWN, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT. 03:37 IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERSATION HE ASKED ME IF I WAS A BELIEVER. 03:40 I SAID, 'WELL, YEAH, I JUST READ THE BIBLE. 03:42 I JUST ACCEPTED JESUS.' AND HE SAID, 'I AM JESUS.' (LAUGHTER) 03:48 AND I WASN'T SURE I HEARD HIM RIGHT AND HE SAYS, 'I AM JESUS.' 03:54 AND THEN I THOUGHT, 'WELL I'VE GOT SOME SPANISH FRIENDS NAMED 03:57 JESUS. I SAID, 'YOU MEAN YOUR NAME IS JESUS? (LAUGHTER) 04:00 HE SAID, 'NO, I AM JESUS.' AND THAT WAS A LITTLE TROUBLING 04:06 BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'THIS GUY'S CRAZY AND I'M UP HERE IN 04:10 THE MOUNTAINS BY MYSELF.' AND THEN I THOUGHT, 'WELL, I DON'T 04:12 WANT TO CALL HIM CRAZY BECAUSE WHAT IF HE IS JESUS? 04:14 I'D LIKE TO KNOW. I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.' 04:17 AND SO, I STARTED SAYING, 'WELL, NOW, DOESN'T IT SAY IN THE BIBLE 04:22 WHEN YOU COME, LIKE EVERY EYE'S GOING TO SEE YOU 04:24 COMING IN THE CLOUDS?' (LAUGHTER) HE SAID, 'THAT'S HOW 04:27 I'M COMING FOR THE WORLD AT LARGE, BUT I'M COMING FOR 04:29 CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FIRST.' AND HE HAD AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. 04:33 HE WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT ME AS A DISCIPLE. 04:35 (LAUGHTER) AND SO, I HUMORED HIM FOR A FEW DAYS - YOU KNOW, NICE 04:41 AND, YOU KNOW, HE STAYED WITH ME. 04:43 HE ATE ALL MY FOOD. HE WAS A SLOB. 04:46 HE DIDN'T CLEAN ANYTHING UP. AND, FINALLY, I HAD TO 04:48 EVICT JESUS FROM MY CAVE. (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) A FEW DAYS 04:54 LATER I SAW HIM IN TOWN AND HE HAD FOUND AN APOSTLE. 04:57 HE WAS WALKING AROUND - AND I FELT MUCH BETTER BECAUSE ABOUT 05:01 TWO WEEKS LATER, I SAW HIM AGAIN. 05:02 HE HAD GOTTEN IN A FIGHT WITH SOMEBODY AND THEY KNOCKED OUT 05:04 HIS FRONT TOOTH AND WE ALL KNOW JESUS HAS ALL HIS TEETH, SO THAT 05:08 SETTLED IT FOR ME. (LAUGHTER) I FELT MUCH BETTER AT THAT POINT. 05:14 SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THOSE KOOKY PEOPLE, BUT WHEN SATAN 05:19 IMPERSONATES CHRIST, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COMPELLING AND 05:24 THERE'LL BE AN EMOTIONAL POWER AND THERE'LL BE SIGNS AND 05:26 WONDERS AND HE'LL QUOTE THE BIBLE. 05:32 WHAT'LL PREVENT THE RIGHTEOUS FROM BEING DECEIVED? 05:35 YOU READ IN ISAIAH 8, VERSE 20 - IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BIBLE - 05:39 ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY, IF THEY SPEAK 05:42 NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, THERE'S NO LIGHT IN THEM. 05:46 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUDGE EVERYTHING BY THE WORD OF GOD. 05:49 THAT'S WHY I'VE TOLD YOU THAT WE NEED TO REALLY KNOW OUR BIBLES 05:52 BECAUSE JESUS TELLS US THAT THE DECEPTION IS GOING TO BE SO 05:55 COMPELLING THAT, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, EVEN THE VERY ELECT 05:58 WOULD BE DECEIVED. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE 06:01 CAREFULLY ROOTED IN WHAT WE BELIEVE. WELL, IF YOU HEARD THAT 06:06 THERE WAS SOMEBODY OUT THERE AND THEY'RE CLAIMING TO BE JESUS, 06:08 WOULD IT BE SAFE TO GO AND SEE THEM? 06:10 >>NO. >>WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY? 06:12 HE SAYS IN MATTHEW 24, VERSES 26, "WHEREFORE, IF THEY SAY UNTO 06:16 YOU, 'BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE DESERT.' GO NOT FORTH." 06:20 DON'T EVEN LOOK. 'HEY, TURN ON CHANNEL 13 - JESUS 06:23 HAS JUST APPEARED IN JERUSALEM.' I WOULDN'T EVEN TURN IT ON 06:28 BECAUSE THE DEVIL CAN HYPNOTIZE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HYPNOTIZE 06:31 A PERSON WITH THEIR AUDIO AND THEIR VISUAL NERVES. 06:36 THE OPTIC AND THE AUDITORY NERVES AND TELEVISION KIND OF 06:40 REACHES BOTH. AND NOW THEY'VE GOT TV 06:44 IT'S LIKE HIGH RESOLUTION. THEY'RE GETTING 3D - I MEAN, 06:47 IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POWERFUL. DON'T DO IT. 06:50 WHAT CAN WE KNOW ABOUT THE TIME OF JESUS' RETURN? 06:55 NOW, I'M GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS QUESTION SO JUST 06:56 GET COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE A FEW THINGS CLEAR: 07:00 FIRST OF ALL, REGARDING A SPECIFIC TIME OF HIS COMING, 07:03 JESUS COULD NOT BE MISUNDERSTOOD: "BUT OF THAT DAY 07:07 AND THAT HOUR KNOWETH NO MAN." THAT SHOULD SETTLE 07:10 IT FOR EVERYBODY. SO, IF SOMEONE COMES TO YOU AND 07:13 THEY SAY, 'WELL, I KNOW MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT NEAR THE 07:15 END WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT. 07:16 AND I'VE DONE SOME CALCULATING AND I DON'T KNOW THE DAY AND THE 07:19 HOUR, BUT I KNOW THE MONTH.' AND I'VE HEARD ALL KINDS OF STRANGE 07:23 THINGS. WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO PICK THE DAY? 07:28 WOULD YOU WAIT 'TIL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET READY? 07:30 HE SAID HE'S COMING BACK. HE COULD COME FOR YOU TOMORROW. 07:33 BECAUSE IF YOU DIE, YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE 07:37 RESURRECTION AND SO WE NEED TO BE READY HOW OFTEN? 07:39 >>ALWAYS. >>JESUS SAID, 'BE READY ALWAYS 07:42 LEST THAT DAY OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF.' 07:45 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OVERTAKEN AS A THIEF ALREADY. 07:49 AND SO, WE NEED TO BE READY. 07:51 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER HAROLD CAMPING - FAMILY RADIO - I 07:56 TALKED TO HIM ONCE OR TWICE ON THE RADIO. 07:58 MATTER OF FACT, AMAZING FACTS INTERVIEWED HIM NOT TOO LONG 08:01 BEFORE HE DIED, BECAUSE HE WAS SETTING A DATE. 08:03 AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE WAS SINCERE, BUT HE WAS WRONG. 08:07 A LOT OF PEOPLE GAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD - THEY INVESTED IN HIS 08:10 MINISTRY TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT JESUS WAS COMING. 08:12 WHAT WAS IT, MAY 21, 2011? AND, OF COURSE, 08:16 IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THAT WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD 08:18 TIME HE HAD PREDICTED THE DAY AND THE HOUR OF 08:20 THE LORD'S COMING. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? 08:22 I'VE GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU. EVERY PASTOR AND EVANGELIST THAT 08:26 HAS PICKED THE DATE FOR THE LORD'S COMING HAS 08:29 BEEN WRONG SO FAR. (LAUGHTER) YOU REALIZE THAT? 08:32 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DATES THAT HAVE PASSED. 08:34 AND SO, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD. 08:37 BUT WHILE WE DON'T KNOW THE DAY AND THE HOUR, CAN WE KNOW WHEN 08:40 IT'S NEAR? >>AMEN. 08:42 >>YES. >>JESUS IS PRETTY CLEAR. 08:43 MATTHEW 24, VERSE 33, "WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE THINGS, KNOW THAT 08:49 IT IS NEAR, EVEN AT THE DOORS." THERE ARE GOING TO BE SIGNS 08:52 WHERE WE CAN KNOW THAT IT IS NEAR. 08:54 AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE SIGNS? 08:57 WELL, THERE'S QUITE A FEW. FIRST OF ALL, JESUS SAYS, IN 08:58 MATTHEW 24, THERE'LL BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. 09:05 WELL, WE'VE HAD WARS ALL THROUGH HISTORY AND CERTAINLY, NOW, 09:09 WE'VE GOT RUMORS OF WAR. DO YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE 09:12 AMAZING FACT FOR YOU, THAT THE WORLD SPENDS OVER 100 MILLION 09:18 DOLLARS AN HOUR ON SOLDIERS, AMMUNITION, AND WAR MACHINES? 09:26 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT? 09:29 100 MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR ON INTERNATIONAL MILITARY 09:35 EXPENDITURES. THE BIBLE SAYS THERE'LL BE 09:38 POLITICAL INSTABILITY - PEOPLE'S HEARTS WILL BE FAILING FOR FEAR 09:43 - THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING. AND WE SEE THAT NOW. 09:46 THERE'S JUST SO MUCH VOLATILITY AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND 09:50 PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THERE HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS. 09:56 JESUS SAID THERE'LL BE PESTILENCE - THAT'S PLAGUES - 09:59 AND VARIOUS KINDS OF DISEASE. AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE EBOLA 10:03 CRISIS THAT THEY HAD A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 10:05 BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, REALLY, WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO BE 10:09 CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO A PLAGUE IS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE 10:14 AS A FLU. DO YOU KNOW THAT DURING WORLD 10:17 WAR I, WHAT KILLED THE MOST PEOPLE WAS NOT THE BATTLES - AND 10:24 THEY WERE BRUTAL - OF WORLD WAR 1, IT WAS THE 1918 FLU EPIDEMIC 10:28 THAT KILLED 40 MILLION PEOPLE THAT YEAR. 10:33 AND, RIGHT NOW, THEY SAY THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER 10:36 STRAIN OF THAT THAT IS RESISTANT TO [TREATMENT] AND THE ABILITY 10:40 FOR US TO SPREAD THAT WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL - YOU GET 10:43 ON AN AIRPLANE IN A TIN CAN WITH ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE AND IT'S 10:47 HARD NOT TO PICK SOMETHING UP AND TO TRANSMIT IT EVERYWHERE. 10:52 I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS, I'M JUST SAYING THESE 10:54 ARE SOME OF THE SIGNS. HE SAID THERE'LL BE PLAGUES, 10:57 THERE'LL BE NATURAL DISASTERS. BETWEEN 2004 AND 2014 18 - AND 11:04 THIS IS FROM THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - 18 11:07 EARTHQUAKES WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OR MORE RATTLED SUBDUCTION 11:12 ZONES AROUND THE GLOBE. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 265 PERCENT OVER 11:18 THE AVERAGE RATE OF THE PREVIOUS CENTURY." AND SO, THEY'RE SEEING 11:23 AN ACCELERATION OF THE PROBLEMS. NOW, BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER, 11:25 LET ME TELL WHY THESE SIGNS MATTER. 11:29 WE'VE ALWAYS HAD WARS. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN PLAGUES - 11:32 YOU HAD THE BLACK DEATH - YOU'VE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. 11:35 THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS WITH EARTHQUAKES AND NATURAL 11:38 DISASTERS, BUT THE LORD SAID IT'LL BE LABOR PAINS. 11:44 PAUL REFERS TO IT AS THE WHOLE CREATION GROANS AND TRAVAILS - 11:48 IT COMPARES IT TO A BIRTH. NOW, WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN - 11:54 SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN - I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS. 11:58 WIFE SAYS, 'I'M FEELING SOME PAIN.' YOU RUSH HER OFF TO THE 12:03 HOSPITAL AND HE LISTENS AND SAYS, 'HOW FAR APART ARE THEY?' 12:06 'ABOUT A DAY OR TWO.' HE SAYS, 'OH, GO BACK HOME. 12:09 THOSE ARE BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTIONS. 12:12 THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. YOUR BODY'S JUST GETTING WARMED 12:14 UP.' BUT, EVENTUALLY, THOSE PAINS WILL START COMING AND 12:19 HE'LL SAY, 'HOW FAR APART ARE THEY? HOW SEVERE ARE THEY? AS 12:23 THEY INCREASE IN FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY, YOU KNOW THERE'S 12:27 GOING TO BE A BIRTH EVENTUALLY. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE 12:31 WORLD CANNOT BE DENIED THAT WITH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS THERE IS 12:34 AN INCREASE IN FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY THAT TELLS US THAT 12:39 THE COMING OF THE LORD IS GOING TO BE SOON. 12:43 DOUG: DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS, IN JUST A MOMENT, 12:45 WE'LL RETURN FOR THE REST OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 12:49 ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPHETIC SIGNS OF CHRIST'S 12:52 RETURN AND JUST HOW CLOSE WE REALLY ARE TO THE MOST 12:55 EXTRAORDINARY COSMIC EVENT IN HISTORY? 12:58 WILL WE BE SUDDENLY AND SECRETLY RAPTURED AS 13:01 MILLIONS ARE LEFT BEHIND? 13:03 OR WILL JESUS'S RETURN BE AS LOUD AND BRIGHT AS LIGHTENING 13:07 FROM SKY TO SKY? 13:09 WELL, THERE MIGHT BE A MILLION DIFFERENT THEORIES OUT THERE, 13:11 BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE BIBLE TRUTH, 13:14 AND JESUS PROMISES IF WE SEEK, WE WILL FIND. 13:18 THAT'S WHY AMAZING FACTS WANTS YOU TO HAVE THE ROCK-SOLID FACTS 13:21 ON THIS SUBJECT WITH OUR NEWEST BIBLE RESOURCE. 13:25 IT'S CALLED "THE DAY OF THE LORD." 13:27 THIS COLORFUL, FULLY-ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE CONTAINS EVERY 13:31 FASCINATING FACT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHEN, 13:34 WHERE, AND HOW OF JESUS'S SOON RETURN. 13:37 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN 13:40 AND ASK FOR OFFER # 825, OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. 13:44 AND AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, 13:47 BE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 13:49 LET'S RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 13:52 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 13:56 >>ANOTHER PROBLEM IS JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 13:59 HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILDLIFE SPECIES, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 14:02 SAYS, HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE PAST 40 YEARS. 14:04 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? 14:05 HALF OF THE WILDLIFE SPECIES HAVE BEEN LOST IN 40 YEARS. 14:10 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE'LL BE VIOLENCE IN THE LAST DAYS. 14:14 HE SAID, 'AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, WHERE PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS 14:18 AND THEIR HEARTS WERE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY AND VIOLENCE FILLED 14:21 THE LAND.' EVERY DAY, MORE AMERICAN YOUTH DIE IN GANG 14:25 VIOLENCE THAN FIGHTING IN FOREIGN WARS. 14:28 THAT STATISTIC HAS BEEN TRUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 14:30 JESUS SAID, 'AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF LOT, SO WILL IT BE IN 14:34 THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN SHALL RETURN.' - MEANING 14:36 THERE'LL BE TREMENDOUS IMMORALITY. 14:39 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOME OF YOU THAT HEARD THERE'S A WEBSITE 14:42 THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO HAVE AN AFFAIR. 14:45 THEY SAY, 'LIFE IS SHORT. HAVE AN AFFAIR.' YOU NOTICE THE 14:48 GIRL HAS GOT A WEDDING RING ON? AND SOMEONE BREACHED THEIR 14:51 DATABASE - THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE 56 MILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY 14:56 - THAT'S PRETTY SAD. AND THEY WERE GOING TO RELEASE 15:00 IT ALL IF THEY DIDN'T BRING DOWN THEIR SITE. THEY DIDN'T BRING 15:03 DOWN THEIR SITE AND A LOT OF THESE VERY PERSONAL DETAILS OF 15:07 PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN EITHER HAVING AFFAIRS OR CONTEMPLATING 15:10 AFFAIRS. 15:13 OVER POPULATION - IT TOOK ABOUT 5,000 YEARS TO GET THE FIRST 15:17 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, THEN IT ONLY TOOK 130 YEARS TO 15:20 GET THE SECOND BILLION. THEN IT TOOK 30 YEARS TO GET THE 15:23 THIRD BILLION, 15 YEARS TO GET THE FOURTH BILLION. 15:26 I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE 3 BILLION. 15:28 NOW THEY'RE PUSHING TOWARDS 8 BILLION PEOPLE. 15:32 YOU KNOW, FOR ME ALSO, ONE OF THE AMAZING SIGNS THAT JESUS IS 15:35 COMING SOON IS FOUND IN DANIEL CHAPTER 12. 15:39 IT SAYS, 'BUT YOU, DANIEL, SHUT UP THE WORDS, AND SEAL THE BOOK 15:42 UNTIL THE TIME OF THE END; MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO," - AND 15:47 PEOPLE ARE RUNNING TO AND FRO: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 15:50 SAID, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING FAR FROM 15:54 HOME MORE THAN EVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY." 15:57 AND THEY'RE JUST - THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL - AS MUCH 16:01 AS WE COMPLAIN, IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. 16:03 ALL THE PLANES ARE FULL THAT I'M ON. AND HE SAID, GOING BACK TO 16:07 DANIEL, "KNOWLEDGE WILL INCREASE." 16:10 LOOK AT THE EXPLOSION OF KNOWLEDGE. NOW, YOU CAN HAVE A 16:12 LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND NO WISDOM. WISDOM IS KNOWING WHAT 16:16 TO DO WITH KNOWLEDGE. YOU CAN HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND MAKE 16:18 AN ATOMIC BOMB AND NOT HAVE THE WISDOM TO NOT USE IT. 16:21 SO, MAN HAS CERTAINLY GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE. 16:25 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE HADRON ACCELERATOR - I 16:28 THINK THAT WAS ON THE SCREEN JUST A MOMENT AGO. 16:30 IT'S THE LARGEST SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT IN THE WORLD. 16:34 17-MILE TUNNEL UNDERNEATH FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND - 500-FEET BELOW 16:41 GROUND - 10,000 SCIENTISTS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ISOLATE AND 16:46 DISCOVER WHAT THEY CALL 'THE HIGGS BOSON' - THE GOD 16:49 PARTICLE. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 16:52 THE UNIVERSE WAS DEVELOPED AND THEY SPENT ALL THIS MONEY TO TRY 16:56 AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES EVERYTHING COME FROM? 17:01 AND, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE AMAZING 17:03 INVENTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST CENTURY. 17:06 SOME OF YOU HERE, YOU GREW UP WITH KEROSENE LIGHTS. 17:10 AND THERE'S STILL PEOPLE HERE WHO REMEMBER WHEN YOU RODE A 17:13 HORSE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. LOOK AT HOW THE WORLD 17:16 HAS CHANGED IN ONE GENERATION. BUT, FOR ME, THE MOST AMAZING 17:20 SIGN IS IN MATTHEW 24, VERSE 14. >>AMEN. 17:24 >>JESUS SAID, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED 17:27 IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO THE NATIONS AND THEN THE 17:32 END WILL COME." THE END MIGHT COME? 17:35 >>WILL. >>HE SAID THE END SHALL COME - 17:37 IT WILL COME. IS THE GOSPEL BEING PREACHED 17:40 IN ALL THE WORLD? >>YES. 17:41 >>NEVER BEFORE - I MEAN, EVEN AS I SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THIS IS GOING 17:44 UP BY SATELLITE, IT'S ON AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT SATELLITE 17:48 NETWORKS, IT'S GOING THROUGH THE INTERNET. 17:50 THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING IN NEW GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA AND 17:53 NORWAY AND JUST ALL OVER THE PLANET. 17:57 IN CHINA AMAZING FACTS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE FIRST 18:02 CHRISTIAN MINISTRY OF ANY DENOMINATION TO DO A PUBLIC 18:07 EVANGELISTIC MEETING IN CHINA - >>AMEN! 18:10 >>SINCE - IN THE LAST 59 YEARS - AND WE VIDEOTAPED IT AND HOPE 18:15 CHINA DID IT AND IT'S BEING BROADCAST AROUND CHINA - IT WAS 18:17 TRANSLATED. SO THE GOSPEL IS GOING AROUND THE WORLD. 18:22 WE GET INTERNET - WE GET E-MAIL FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY'RE 18:25 WATCHING OUR PROGRAM IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES - THEY SAY, 'I 18:27 CAN'T TELL YOU MY NAME BECAUSE IF THIS GOT OUT MY LIFE COULD BE 18:31 IN DANGER.' BUT THEY'RE WATCHING. THE GOSPEL IS GOING IN 18:34 ALL THE WORLD. >>AMEN. 18:36 >>AND SO, THAT'S WHY I THINK JESUS IS COMING. 18:38 HE DIDN'T SAY EVERYBODY WOULD BELIEVE, HE SAID, 'AS A WITNESS 18:40 TO ALL NATIONS, THEN THE END WILL COME.' SO ARE WE GETTING 18:46 READY FOR JESUS' COMING? >>AMEN. 18:48 >>WHAT WILL THE ANGELS DO AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS? 18:53 THE BIBLE SAYS HE WILL SEND HIS ANGELS AND THEY WILL GATHER 18:56 TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN - THAT MEANS 19:00 NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST - AND THEY'LL BRING THEM TO THE LORD - 19:05 THEY'RE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THE LORD. 19:07 NOW, SINCE WE'RE LIVING JUST BEFORE THE SECOND COMING, HOW 19:11 SHOULD WE RELATE TO THIS SOLEMN AND GLORIOUS EVENT? 19:15 HE SAYS, 'THEREFORE BE READY, FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR YOU THINK 19:20 NOT, THE SON OF MAN IS COMING.' I DID A PROGRAM LIKE THIS BACK 19:24 IN 1999 AND THERE WAS MILLENNIAL FEVER AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT THE 19:29 WORLD WAS GOING TO END WITH Y2K. ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? 19:33 >>YES. >>THAT WAS THE MOTHER 19:34 OF ALL FALSE ALARMS. AND I KNEW PEOPLE SOLD 19:38 EVERYTHING AND MOVED UP INTO MONTANA AND, YOU KNOW, LIVED ON 19:41 GARBANZO BEANS OR WHATEVER AND THEY JUST CUT UP THEIR CREDIT 19:44 CARDS AND SAID, 'WE'VE GOT TO GET OFF THE GRID. 19:45 THE WORLD IS GOING TO END WITH Y2K. 19:48 EVERYONE THOUGHT, '2000, SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.' 19:52 YOU CAN LISTEN TO MY OLD TAPE, I SAID, 'I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING 19:54 TO HAPPEN NOW.' 'WHY?' 'BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR 19:56 IT NOW.' (LAUGHTER) JESUS SAID, 'AS SUCH AN HOUR AS YOU THINK 19:59 NOT.' AND WHO'S HE TALKING TO? THE CHURCH. 20:03 YOU NOTICE THAT WHEN JESUS TELLS PARABLES ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING 20:07 HE SAID, 'BEFORE IT HAPPENS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING.' 20:12 THERE WERE TEN VIRGINS - FIVE WISE, FIVE FOOLISH - 20:17 ALL ASLEEP, RIGHT? >>RIGHT. 20:20 >>AND THEN THE BRIDEGROOM SHOUTED THAT HE'S COMING - 20:22 THEY HAD TO WAKE UP. JESUS SAID, 'IF THAT EVIL 20:25 SERVANT SAYS IN HIS HEART, 'MY LORD DELAYS HIS COMING.'' - 20:28 EVEN IF HE SAYS IT IN HIS HEART - AND WE'RE ASLEEP AT THAT 20:33 CRITICAL MOMENT. WHAT WERE THE DISCIPLES 20:35 DOING JUST BEFORE THE CROSS? >>SLEEPING. 20:37 >>HE SAID, 'PRAY WITH ME.' THEY WENT TO SLEEP. 20:39 ON THE MOUNTAIN WHEN MOSES AND ELIJAH APPEAR AND GOD SPEAKS, 20:42 THE DISCIPLES FELL ASLEEP. SO JESUS SAID, MARK 20:47 CHAPTER 13, "WATCH. WATCH. WATCH." HOW DO YOU WATCH? 20:52 YOU HAVE TO BE SOBER. YOU HAVE TO BE VIGILANT. 20:54 YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING YOURSELF TO 20:58 DOZE OFF. DO YOU HAVE A 21:00 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS? ARE YOU SPENDING 21:02 REGULAR TIME WITH HIM? DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO. 21:05 MAKE A NOTE, SET IT ON YOUR COMPUTER, HAVE AN ALARM GO OFF. 21:08 BUT IF YOU TAKE TIME TO PRAY, IF YOU TAKE TIME TO READ HIS WORD, 21:13 IF YOU TAKE TIME - SHARE YOUR FAITH. 21:15 AND YOU NEED TO BE STUDYING. KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 21:20 BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO ANYONE WHO ASKS YOU 21:23 THE REASON FOR THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU WITH MEEKNESS AND FEAR. 21:25 SO HOW WILL PEOPLE BE REWARDED AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS? 21:30 THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO GROUPS. 21:31 THE LORD SAYS, 'BEHOLD, I COME AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME TO GIVE 21:35 TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORKS SHALL BE." 21:39 WHAT WILL THE RIGHTEOUS SAY WHEN JESUS COMES? 21:43 "LO, THIS IS OUR GOD. WE HAVE WAITED FOR HIM 21:46 AND HE WILL SAVE US." DO YOU LIVE FOR THE LORD? 21:49 ARE YOU WAITING FOR HIM? >>YES. 21:51 >>YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, A CAPTAIN, SCOTT O'GRADY, WAS 21:57 FLYING OVER BOSNIA DURING THE WAR THERE, AND HIS JET WAS SHOT 22:03 DOWN. AND HE PARACHUTED OFF 22:06 INTO ENEMY TERRITORY. AND HE KNEW THAT IF HE WAS 22:11 CAPTURED THAT - THEY HAD BEEN DOING BOMB RUNS AND THAT HE 22:15 WOULD BE EITHER KILLED OR TORTURED OR BOTH. 22:17 AND SO HE HAD TO HIDE. CUT LOOSE HIS PARACHUTE, WENT 22:23 UNDER SOME BUSHES - HE KNEW WHEN HE WAS SHOT DOWN THAT OTHERS SAW 22:26 HIS PARACHUTE COME DOWN AND HE WAS HIDING UNDER BUSHES. 22:30 HE PUT HIS CAMOUFLAGE GLOVES OVER HIS FACE. 22:32 HE SAW PEOPLE WALKING RIGHT BY THE BUSHES. 22:36 HE HEARD THE SOLDIERS WITH GUNS TALKING AND WALKING AROUND HIM 22:40 AND HE HAD TO STAY PERFECTLY STILL. FOR SIX DAYS HE HID, 22:45 TERRIFIED - HE'D TRY TO SLEEP AND STAY STILL DURING THE DAY. 22:50 ABOUT MIDNIGHT - HE'D GET UP DURING THE NIGHT AND HE'D RUN - 22:55 TRY AND GET FURTHER AND FURTHER AND TRY AND GET OUT IN 22:57 THE WILDERNESS - DIDN'T EVEN RADIO FOR A FEW DAYS BECAUSE HE 23:00 KNEW THEY'D BE LISTENING FOR HIS RADIO FREQUENCY. 23:03 AND HE CAUGHT RAINWATER IN A SPONGE AND ATE BUGS AND PUT ALL 23:08 OF HIS TRAINING INTO PRACTICE. 23:11 YOU CAN READ, WHERE HE SAID IN THIS TIME MAGAZINE A PILOT'S 23:14 STORY , "I PRAYED TO GOD AND ASKED HIM FOR A LOT OF THINGS 23:19 AND HE DELIVERED ME THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME." 23:21 O'GRADY TOLD TIME IN AN INTERVIEW. 23:23 "WHEN I PRAYED FOR RAIN HE GAVE ME RAIN. 23:25 ONE TIME I PRAYED, 'LORD, LET ME HAVE AT LEAST SOMEONE KNOW I'M 23:29 ALIVE AND MAYBE COME RESCUE ME.' AND GUESS WHAT? THAT NIGHT 23:33 T.O." - THAT'S A FELLOW F-16 PILOT, THOMAS O. HANFORD - "CAME 23:37 UP ON THE RADIO." AT THAT MOMENT O'GRADY KNEW HIS ORDEAL WAS 23:40 COMING TO AN END. >>AMEN. 23:42 >>WHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT THEY HAD A FIX ON HIM. 23:48 THEY KNEW HE WAS SHOT DOWN AND THEY MOBILIZED THE ENTIRE U.S. 23:53 AIR FORCE, MARINES - NATO WAS ALL PREOCCUPIED WITH RESCUING 24:00 ONE SOLDIER. THAT'S HOW MUCH ONE SOLDIER MEANS. 24:04 AND WHEN THEY FINALLY CAME AND HE HAD TO RUN UP ON THIS HILL - 24:07 HE KNEW THEY HAD JUST A VERY SHORT TIME - THE MARINES CAME IN 24:10 WITH THE HELICOPTERS - THEY SAW HIS SMOKE - THEY LANDED AND THEY 24:14 PICKED HIM UP AND HE WAS SO THANKFUL TO BE CAUGHT UP AND 24:19 SAVED FROM ENEMY TERRITORY. WELL, WE'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR 24:23 6,000 YEARS, HAS JESUS FORGOTTEN ABOUT US? 24:27 >>NO. >>WE'RE IN ENEMY TERRITORY. 24:30 IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE A CITIZEN OF ANOTHER KINGDOM, 24:32 AMEN? >>AMEN. 24:34 >>AND HE IS NOT GOING TO NEGLECT HIS PROMISE. 24:37 CHRIST HAS TOLD US VERY PLAINLY, 'IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY 24:41 MANSIONS. IF IT WAS NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. 24:44 I WILL COME AGAIN.' >>AMEN. 24:47 >>HE CAME THE FIRST TIME JUST LIKE HE PROMISED. 24:50 HE'S GOING TO COME THE SECOND TIME. 24:52 DO YOU BELIEVE IT, FRIENDS? >>YES. 24:53 >>AMEN. >>AND HE WANTS TO TAKE US BACK 24:55 TO A WORLD WHERE THERE IS NO MORE PAIN OR SORROW 24:57 OR SUFFERING. 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