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00:02 male announcer: This presentation is brought to you 00:04 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:06 ♪♪♪ 00:10 Doug Batchelor: The Great Basin bristlecone pine is one of the 00:13 longest living organisms on earth. 00:15 Doug: Incredibly, it can live more than 4,000 years. 00:19 In fact, one specimen called the Methuselah tree in the white 00:23 mountains of California is believed to be over 4,700 years 00:27 old, and it's among the oldest living trees on the planet. 00:31 This tree was around when the Egyptians were building 00:34 the pyramids. 00:35 Some of these ancient evergreens found on lonely mountain tops 00:39 have weathered thousands of years of intense freezing wind, 00:42 pounding rain, scorching sun, and violent electrical storms. 00:47 How have they managed to survive for millennia of such harsh 00:51 weather and adverse conditions? 00:53 They do it by sending their roots deep and wrapping them 00:56 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. 01:05 An intense, frightful storm of trouble unlike anything we've 01:08 ever seen. 01:10 Is your life anchored on the solid rock of Christ? 01:13 Let's explore together from the Bible just what will happen in 01:17 the last days. 01:22 Doug: You know, one of the reasons that World War II was 01:25 won by the Allies was because of a major deception that took 01:30 place about how they were coming to Normandy. 01:35 The English managed to capture one of the enigma machines that 01:39 the Germans used to communicate, and so they already knew 01:42 something about their plans. 01:45 And then they began to send false messages to lead them to 01:49 believe that they were going to do the landing up north, when, 01:52 in reality, it was Normandy. 01:54 And so what they did, they had these plywood phony ships they 02:00 put in the water, and they had inflatable tanks in tents with 02:06 nobody in it because, you know, back then the airplanes didn't 02:09 have the same kind of photography that we have now. 02:11 The German spy planes would fly high over and saw the great, big 02:16 phony army. 02:19 And Hitler was convinced that they were going to be landing at 02:22 a different location, and they directed all of their 02:25 forces there. 02:26 And because they didn't know how they were coming, when the war 02:29 began, they were successful. 02:33 Well, you can spin that around. 02:35 It's very important for us to understand not only that Jesus 02:39 is coming but something about how He's coming or we can 02:43 be deceived. 02:45 Now, this whole series is based on Revelation 14, but I want you 02:49 to look especially right now at Revelation 14, verses 14 and 15. 02:54 "Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud 02:59 sat One like unto the Son of Man, having on His head a golden 03:02 crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. 03:05 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud 03:08 voice to Him who sat on the cloud, 'Thrust in Your sickle, 03:13 reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of 03:17 the earth is ripe.'" 03:19 He's coming to reap the earth. 03:21 He's coming in the clouds of heaven. 03:22 Now, what do they call Him? 03:24 Son of Man. 03:25 Who is that? 03:27 That was one of the most famous terms that Jesus used 03:30 for Himself. 03:32 Who would like to guess how many names Jesus goes by 03:35 in Revelation? 03:38 Someone did a count, and I think it's pretty accurate. 03:41 Thirty-seven different titles for Christ in the book 03:45 of Revelation. 03:46 He's called the first begotten of the dead, the Prince of the 03:49 kings of the earth, the faithful Witness, the Amen. 03:52 I mean, He's got so many titles that tell different facets of 03:55 His character. 03:57 And you ever notice when they introduce royalty, they got 04:00 these long titles? 04:02 Well, Jesus is the King of kings, and He's got many titles 04:05 that describe His territory and His character, and He is coming 04:09 as the conquering King, the rightful owner of this world 04:12 that He's redeemed. 04:14 Amen? 04:15 Now, you can read in Acts 1:11, knowing something about how 04:19 He came. 04:20 "Men of Galilee," the angel said when Jesus ascended up 04:23 into heaven. 04:24 "Why do you stand here gazing up into heaven? 04:27 This same JESUS," who is the Son of Man? 04:31 Jesus, "who was taken up from you into heaven, 04:35 will so come in like manner as you saw Him 04:37 go into heaven." 04:39 They what? 04:40 They saw Him go. 04:41 Will we see Him come? 04:44 So the Bible says there in Acts chapter 1, the angel said He's 04:46 coming the same way He left. 04:47 How did He leave? Left in the clouds. 04:50 How's He coming? Coming in the clouds. 04:52 Was He real when He left? 04:54 Yeah, He said, "Touch me. 04:55 Feel me. I'm not a ghost." 04:57 He ate in front of him. He'll be real when He comes. 04:59 Did they see Him leave? 05:01 Will we see Him come? 05:04 Then will the Rapture be a secret? 05:07 See, the word "rapture," and we--I think most of us all 05:09 believe that we'll be caught up. 05:12 The question is, are people caught up separately and 05:14 secretly while the world goes on? 05:18 And that's what many people believe. 05:20 Let's find out what the Bible teaches on this, okay? 05:23 Question number two: Will Jesus come quietly when He returns? 05:26 Let's first just establish that. 05:28 When the Lord comes back, is it quiet? 05:30 Is it secret? 05:32 Let's see what the Bible says. 05:33 You'll believe the Bible, right, friends? 05:36 "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with 05:39 a SHOUT, with the voice of the archangel, and the TRUMPET 05:44 of God." 05:46 You know, I think it's interesting. 05:47 There's a story in the Old Testament, one of my favorite. 05:50 It's in Joshua chapter 2. 05:52 It's the story of Rahab the harlot, 05:54 who's mentioned three times in the New Testament. 05:58 And it tells us that Joshua was coming to Jericho. 06:02 He's entering the Promised Land. 06:04 They're claiming the Promised Land. 06:06 Do you know how to say "Jesus" in Hebrew? 06:08 Joshua. Yeshua. 06:10 Same name. Yeshua. 06:13 And they blew seven trumpets. 06:15 Are there seven trumpets in Revelation? 06:19 And the men shouted, and they blew the trumpet, 06:23 and the walls fell. 06:25 Was that a notable, visible event? 06:27 And Rahab and everybody in her house was saved. 06:31 God's going to save His church; everyone else was destroyed. 06:35 There's a judgment. 06:36 It's a little picture-- miniature Old Testament picture 06:39 of what's coming in the future, and you see that? 06:42 All right. 06:43 The Bible says in Jeremiah 25:30, "The Lord will," do what? 06:48 That's not a very good roar. 06:49 "The Lord's going to roar from 06:51 on high, and utter His voice 06:53 from His holy habitation; He 06:54 will roar," there it is again, 06:56 "mightily against His fold. 06:58 He will give a shout, for those who tread on the grapes," and by 07:02 the way, this is Old Testament. 07:04 Jeremiah, grapes. 07:06 Do you remember Revelation? 07:07 It talks about the winepress press of God's wrath that we 07:10 read about. 07:11 It's a parallel verse. 07:13 Did I tell you there are 404 verses in Revelation, 278 of 07:22 them can be found almost verbatim in the Old Testament? 07:26 If you want to understand Revelation, you need to know the 07:29 Old Testament because there's a lot of parallels there. 07:33 "The Second Coming is going to be like a thief only because it 07:36 will sneak up on those that are not ready." 07:39 The Bible says in Revelation chapter 16:15, "Behold, I am 07:42 coming as a thief." 07:44 People say, "See? 07:45 He's going to snatch away the church." 07:47 But you need to read the whole thing. 07:50 When Jesus comes like a thief to rapture the saints, and I agree. 07:54 He's coming like a thief to rapture them up. 07:56 But is it before or after the tribulation? 08:00 Let's read the whole verse. 08:01 Second Peter chapter 3, verse 10. 08:03 Write that down. 08:05 I think it's in your lesson. 08:06 "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the 08:10 which the heavens will pass away." 08:12 What happens in the day when he comes like a thief? 08:15 "The heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements 08:18 will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are 08:23 in it will be burned up." 08:25 Does life go on for seven more years when Jesus comes 08:27 like a thief? 08:29 No, clearly not. 08:31 What other physical events accompany Jesus's return? 08:34 I'm going to have to move along quickly here, so you stay 08:36 with me. 08:37 "There were noises and," what? 08:39 "THUNDERINGS, lightnings; 08:42 and there was a great," 08:43 and this is Revelation 16:18. 08:44 "There's a great EARTHQUAKE, 08:46 such a mighty and a great 08:48 earthquake as had not 08:49 occurred on the earth-- 08:50 since men are on the earth." 08:53 It is--you're talking about the big one. 08:54 That's the big one, when Jesus comes. 08:57 Who will see Jesus when He comes? 08:58 Is it a secret? 09:00 The Bible says, "Then shall the sign of the Son of Man appear in 09:04 heaven, and then," how many? 09:06 "ALL the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see 09:09 the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven." 09:12 "They will see Him coming." 09:14 What does it say? 09:15 "They will see Him coming." 09:16 Who? 09:18 "ALL, with power and great glory." 09:20 And He sends forth His angels to gather together His elect from 09:23 the four corners of the earth, meaning north, south, east, 09:25 and west. 09:26 Everyone a lot--now someone's going to ask the question, 09:29 "Pastor Doug, the world is round. 09:32 How can everybody in the world see Him come at the same time?" 09:35 Doesn't say "at the same time." 09:37 The day He comes, He's going to sweep around the world, the dead 09:40 will be raised and they're caught up to meet the Lord, and 09:42 the righteous are raptured up to meet the Lord, and He takes them 09:44 back to glory. 09:46 But everyone's going to see Him that day when he comes, right? 09:49 You know, in the next 24 hours, the whole world is going to see 09:51 the sun up in the heavens, right? 09:54 This is--that shouldn't confuse you. 09:57 Who will be with Jesus when He returns in the clouds? 09:59 I should really emphasize "how many?" 10:02 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all of the holy 10:07 ANGELS with Him, then He'll sit on the throne of His glory." 10:12 First Thessalonians 3:13, "At the coming of the Lord Jesus 10:15 with all of His saints." 10:17 Don't miss that. "All." 10:19 It says He's revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 10:23 coming in the glory of the Father. 10:25 "When He," Jesus, "opened the seventh seal, there's silence in 10:29 heaven for half an hour." 10:30 Now, that's Revelation 8:1. 10:31 What does that mean? 10:33 This explains it: if Jesus comes in the glory of the Father with 10:37 all the angels, would it--who'd be making any noise in heaven? 10:42 Who'd be singing in heaven? 10:43 Why is there silence in heaven? 10:46 Now, it says "for about the space of half an hour." 10:49 In prophetic terminology, a day is a year. 10:52 We'll get to this later, but we'll show you. 10:54 And so, when you break it down, a half an hour prophetically is 10:58 about seven days. 11:00 So the time that Jesus takes to come and to rapture up the 11:04 church and take them on a parade through glory and bring them 11:07 back to heaven, there's silence in heaven for seven days because 11:10 there's no one there. 11:12 Christ and all the angels have come like a victorious parade to 11:15 rescue His redeemed. 11:17 That's why there's silence in heaven. 11:20 What will happen to the righteous at Christ's return? 11:23 "The Lord Himself will descend 11:25 from heaven with a shout, 11:26 with the voice of the archangel, 11:28 with the trumpet of God. 11:29 And the dead in Christ 11:31 will RISE first." 11:33 You know, there's two resurrections, Jesus said. 11:36 There's a resurrection of the just and the resurrection of 11:39 the unjust. 11:40 There's the first resurrection. 11:42 It says in Revelation 20, "The rest of the dead do not come 11:45 forth until the thousand years are finished." 11:46 That's your second resurrection. 11:48 The dead in Christ rise first, and we are caught up to meet Him 11:52 in the air. 11:54 And so, you've got a resurrection happening. 11:56 "Then we who are alive and remain," by the way, this is 11:58 1 Thessalonians 4. 11:59 You can read 16 on through the end of the chapter. 12:03 "We shall be," what? 12:05 "CAUGHT UP together with them in the clouds." 12:08 We go up together with them to meet the Lord in the air. 12:12 This is the Rapture. 12:14 The Rapture means to be carried away. 12:17 Thus, we shall always be with the Lord. 12:20 Can you say amen? 12:21 He's going to come send His angels together. 12:24 How's it going to happen? 12:25 First Corinthians 15:52, "In a moment, in the twinkling of an 12:28 eye, at the last trumpet. 12:30 For the trumpet will sound, 12:31 and the dead will be raised 12:33 incorruptible, and we 12:34 will be CHANGED." 12:36 So when the Lord comes, you know, some of us here, you may 12:38 not need to die. 12:41 And I know years ago, I thought, "Oh, I'm in. 12:46 The Lord's going to come before I get old." 12:50 But a day with the Lord is like a thousand years I've learned. 12:53 But I think we're living in that generation where if God doesn't 12:56 come soon, there won't be much left. 12:59 And it's exciting to think--I'd like to live and remain and be 13:02 translated, be transformed without ever tasting death. 13:06 And all of a sudden, you go from this body, and proof, you get 13:09 a glorified, immortal, perfect body 13:12 caught up to meet the Lord in the air. 13:14 How wonderful will that be? 13:16 "And He'll send His angels with the sound of a great trumpet, 13:18 and they will gather together His elect from the four winds of 13:22 the--from four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." 13:26 So as He sweeps around the world, the graves of the 13:30 righteous are opened, and they are resurrected with 13:32 glorified bodies. 13:33 And if they've died and they've, you know, been cremated, He'll 13:36 reassemble--whatever He has to do, and they're going to be 13:38 caught up to meet Him in the air. 13:41 So, considering what we've just looked at--and we've just given 13:44 you a few scriptures. 13:46 We'd be here all night if I gave you all the scriptures. 13:49 Have we learned that the coming of Jesus is literal? 13:53 Personal? 13:54 It says that He Himself is coming. 13:56 Visible? 13:58 Is it audible? 14:00 Trumpet, a roar, shout. 14:03 Is it vitalizing? 14:04 A resurrection. 14:06 Is it glorious? 14:07 All the angels like lightning. 14:08 It's climatic. 14:10 Does it sound like a secret to you? 14:12 No. 14:14 What solemn warning did Jesus give about His Second Coming? 14:17 Now, this is why this is so important. 14:20 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and 14:25 will DECEIVE many." 14:27 Jesus said, Matthew 24, "FALSE Christs and FALSE prophets will 14:31 rise and show great signs and wonders and DECEIVE, if 14:35 possible, even the very elect." 14:37 If the very elect God-saved people are almost deceived, then 14:41 how convincing are the deceptions? 14:43 That's why you've got to know what's going to keep us from 14:45 being deceived. 14:47 You've got to know what the Bible says, friends. 14:49 Therefore, if they say He's in the desert, do not go forth. 14:53 If He's--boy, what a prime time for Him to suddenly appear in 14:56 Jerusalem right now on the verge of a terrible conflict. 15:01 Just before the Second Coming, Satan, disguise as Jesus, and 15:04 his demons will pour out a mass deception on the world in their 15:08 final attempt to confuse the church and to deceive people. 15:13 You don't have to be deceived. 15:15 So how can I be sure that I'm not deceived in the last days? 15:20 The Bible says the Bible is the answer. 15:24 "To the law and to the testimony! 15:27 If they do not speak according to this Word--" the Bible is 15:29 called the law and the prophets. 15:31 That's an Old Testament--they called it--Jesus called it the 15:33 law and the prophets. 15:34 Sometimes he says "the law and the prophets," and "Moses." 15:37 Sometimes he says "Moses and the prophets," but it's talking 15:39 about the Word of God. 15:41 What keeps us from being deceived? 15:44 How did Jesus meet every temptation? 15:46 The Bible. 15:47 You need to know your Bible because the devil reads 15:48 the Bible. 15:50 Amen. 15:51 "To the law and the testimony! 15:52 If they do not speak according to this WORD, it is because 15:54 there is no light in them." 15:57 Christ says, "Look, I have told you beforehand." 16:00 He says, "I am warning you in My Words so you will not 16:03 be deceived." 16:04 He wants us to know what's coming. 16:06 What can we know about Jesus coming? 16:11 And you notice what it says about "when," not just "how," 16:13 but now we're talking a little bit about when he's coming. 16:17 Well, for one thing, you read in Matthew 24, verse 33, "So also, 16:22 when you see all these things," what things? 16:24 The signs that He gives. 16:26 "Know that it is NEAR." 16:27 Can we know when his coming is near? 16:30 "Even at the doors." 16:32 But what do we need to be careful to avoid? 16:36 "But of that day and that hour KNOWS no one." 16:41 Nobody knows. 16:42 "Not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only." 16:46 No one knows the day or the hour. 16:48 Setting dates is not God's will. 16:50 But notice again, He says in Luke 21, verse 28, similar to 16:53 Matthew 24, "Now when these things begin to happen, look up, 16:58 lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near." 17:02 Can we tell when it is near? 17:05 The Bible compares the signs of Christ coming to a woman having 17:08 a baby. 17:10 It's birth pangs. 17:12 And father of five children, I know something about how that 17:17 all works. 17:18 And, you know, mama gets big, and at first she starts having 17:22 some contractions. 17:23 It's just warm-up. 17:25 Don't get excited. 17:26 You know, usually first time they run to the hospital 17:27 every time and doctor sends them home. 17:29 They have these Braxton Hicks contractions, and the body is 17:33 just getting ready for liftoff. 17:35 Doesn't mean anything. 17:36 You might have weeks. 17:37 And--but then, as the time gets closer, you start noticing, 17:41 "Ooh, another one. 17:44 Ooh, another one." 17:45 You call the doctor, you know what he's going to say? 17:47 "How far apart are they? 17:49 Don't bother me. I got to go golfing. 17:51 You got plenty of time, especially if it's the 17:53 first one." 17:55 But then, as--you know what happens? 17:57 As they increase in frequency and intensity, you know soon 18:03 you're going to have a baby. 18:06 We've always had wars and rumors of wars. 18:09 There have been earthquakes. 18:10 There's always been problems in the world. 18:13 But when you have world wars and world pandemics and an increase 18:18 in natural disasters, you're seeing the birth pangs getting 18:21 closer and closer together, and studies support that. 18:26 Let's look at what some of those signs are. 18:28 One of the signs you look, for instance, in Daniel 12, verse 4. 18:32 "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until 18:35 the time of the end; many will run to and fro," the time of the 18:39 end, what happens? 18:40 "Knowledge will be increased." 18:42 Now, has something happened to human knowledge in the last 18:45 hundred years? 18:46 It is extraordinary. 18:48 You realize for the first 6,000 years of human history, people 18:50 got around on foot or horses, right? 18:54 If you wanted to telephone somebody, you went over to 18:56 their house. 18:58 That's how we communicated. 19:00 Number 10: will there be an opportunity to repent during 19:04 the Second Coming? 19:06 No, it's like a sign out in front of the Baptist church. 19:09 It said, "Repent now, and avoid the rush." 19:13 Because the Bible tells us in Revelation that when they see 19:16 Jesus coming, all the tribes of the earth will mourn. 19:20 It'll be too late then. 19:22 Someone was talking to a rabbi, and they said, "When is the best 19:25 time to repent?" 19:27 The rabbi said, "The last day of your life." 19:30 And he said, "Well, what if I don't know when the last day of 19:32 my life is?" 19:33 He said, "Exactly. 19:36 Do it now." 19:38 You know, whenever the Bible calls a person, Jesus said, 19:41 "Today, if you hear His voice." 19:44 Now is the acceptable time. 19:46 He says, "Come down quickly," He said to Zacchaeus. 19:49 He calls us to Him. 19:50 There's an urgency to come to Him. 19:54 So there will be no extra probationary time. 19:58 The secret Rapture doctrine teaches that after the church is 20:02 raptured, that those who maybe were not ready will then get 20:07 another seven years. 20:09 They'll have to go through the Tribulation, but then they can 20:11 maybe repent and be saved again. 20:14 And then they've got the righteous reigning over the 20:16 wicked for a thousand years, and that just seems 20:17 really strange to me. 20:19 Righteous with immortal, glorified bodies reigning over 20:21 the wicked that are dying? 20:23 It's really bizarre. 20:25 The Bible tells us that when we enter that 1,000 years, there is 20:30 no more sin and suffering for God's people. 20:33 So study this prayerfully and carefully. 20:36 I want you to be ready. 20:38 What will happen to the wicked when Christ returns? 20:41 "That lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will 20:44 CONSUME with the breath of His mouth and DESTROY with the 20:48 brightness of His coming." 20:50 When does the Antichrist get destroyed? 20:53 Brightness of His coming. 20:55 He doesn't get 3 1/2 years to sit in the temple. 20:57 The coming of the Lord destroys him. 20:59 Is that clear? 21:02 You know, on a--if you take a flashlight out into the woods at 21:09 night and you turn over a log and turn on the light, all the 21:15 cockroaches sort of run from the light, but the moths will come 21:20 to the light. 21:22 The coming of the Lord is going to be kind of like that, and 21:26 there's going to be the saved; they're going to come to Christ, 21:30 and then you're going to have the lost that are going to run 21:32 like cockroaches. 21:33 So what do you want to be, a butterfly or a cockroach? 21:37 Ever think of it that way? 21:39 Do you want to welcome His coming, or are you going to run 21:41 from the brilliance of His coming? 21:43 "The rest were KILLED with the sword which proceeded from the 21:47 mouth of Him who sat on the throne--on his horse." 21:49 So, first of all, is Jesus going to have a sword in His mouth 21:52 when He comes? 21:54 No, it's a symbol for the Word of God in His mouth. 21:56 They're slain. 21:57 The Bible says they're all judged by the Word. 21:59 They've been warned. 22:01 Number 12: what is the primary purpose for the Second Coming? 22:06 Why is Jesus coming? 22:07 To get even with the wicked? 22:09 No. 22:10 He said, "I go to prepare a place for you. 22:13 And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will RECEIVE you to 22:16 myself; that where I am, you may be also." 22:20 He wants us to be with Him more than anything else. 22:24 The whole purpose of the plan of salvation--for the joy that was 22:27 set before Him--He endured the cross so you could be with Him. 22:32 He desperately wants you to be saved, and it breaks His heart 22:36 for those that don't get ready. 22:39 Since we're living just before 22:40 the Second Coming, how should we 22:43 relate to this glorious event? 22:45 See if we can time things so we 22:46 repent on the last day to get 22:49 ready then, or does the Bible 22:51 say, "Therefore also be READY." 22:56 When could you be ready for the Second Coming? 23:00 By the time we have closing prayer. 23:02 If you tell the Lord, you here, you who are watching. 23:06 If you tell the Lord and say, "Lord, I want to be ready. 23:09 I don't know how to do it, but I believe that you're going to 23:11 make it possible." 23:12 And you give yourself to Him, He will get you ready. 23:15 Do you believe it, friends? 23:17 Jesus is coming very soon in the clouds, and he wants you to be 23:22 ready to meet Him. 23:24 Interesting story from history. 23:25 I think many of us recall that when Pearl Harbor happened and 23:30 when second World War began, America entered the war, we had 23:34 a lot of troops that were stationed in the Philippines, 23:37 and they just were not prepared for this attack. 23:41 And thousands of troops, British and English, were trapped 23:45 in Corregidor. 23:46 Roosevelt told MacArthur, "You need to get out while you can. 23:51 You're one of the most important generals." 23:54 He managed to barely escape, and before he left, he said, 23:57 literally, "I shall come again." 24:02 A lot of those troops, they fought to the bitter end, and it 24:04 was the biggest surrender in American history aside from the 24:08 Civil War. 24:09 Two more years went by and there was a lot of fighting, and true 24:15 to his word, MacArthur then strode ashore in the Philippines 24:18 with 270,000 soldiers fighting, and they took it back, and they 24:24 liberated the troops that survived. 24:27 If he would keep that promise and say, "I will come again. 24:31 I haven't forgotten about you." 24:34 Would Jesus leave when He said, "I shall come again." 24:37 Do you believe Him? 24:38 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, 24:40 believe in Me. 24:41 In My Father's house are many mansions. 24:43 I will come again." 24:45 He wants you to be ready, friends. 24:48 Do you want to be ready? 24:49 ♪♪♪ 24:53 Doug: Are you familiar with the prophetic signs of Christ's 24:55 return and just how close we really are to the most 24:59 extraordinary cosmic event in history? 25:02 Will we be suddenly and secretly raptured as millions are left 25:05 behind, or will Jesus's return be as loud and bright as 25:10 lightning from sky to sky? 25:12 Well, there might be a million different theories out there, 25:15 but there's only one Bible truth. 25:17 And Jesus promises if we seek, we will find. 25:21 That's why "Amazing Facts" wants you to have the rock-solid facts 25:25 on this subject with our newest Bible resource. 25:28 It's called "The Day of the Lord." 25:31 This colorful, fully illustrated magazine contains every 25:34 fascinating fact you need to know about the when, where, and 25:38 how of Jesus's soon return. 25:41 To get your free copy, call the phone number on the screen and 25:44 ask for offer number 825, or visit the web address. 25:48 And after you read this incredible resource, be sure and 25:51 share it with a friend. 25:53 ♪♪♪ 25:59 Doug: Friend, God came to earth 2,000 years ago in the form of 26:03 a man. 26:04 His name was Jesus. 26:06 He came for three reasons: to show us what God is like, 26:10 to show us how to live, and finally, to die for our sins 26:14 that we might be forgiven. 26:16 But this only works if you choose to accept Him as your 26:18 personal Savior, confess you're sorry for your sins, and invite 26:23 Him to be the Lord of your life. 26:25 His arms are open wide. 26:27 Why don't you ask Him now? 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