Participants: Pr. David Klinedinst
Series Code: DPR
Program Code: DPR000003A
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00:07 Heavenly Father
00:11 Lord your people are gather together in this place 00:15 Lord you know we all come from different 00:19 Walks of life, we come from different religious back grounds 00:23 But we're coming here to study Your Word tonight 00:27 Lord we recognize that your return to this earth 00:31 Is a significant teaching in the Bible so we want to ask 00:35 You give us light and understand this evening 00:39 That you would help to see what is Your Word teaches 00:43 but most of all how does it affect our lives today 00:47 so tonight our hearts our minds are open to you 00:51 this we pray in Jesus name Amen 00:55 I would like to begin asking you a question 01:00 How many of you like to travel can I see you Hand? Ok 01:03 A good many of you I like to travel as well but what I discovered 01:07 There are usual two type of travelers, the first 01:12 simply wants to their destination and they want 01:15 to do something quit and restful sun bathing 01:19 on the beach appeals or maybe taking a quit 01:24 nap lying on hammock but then on the other hand 01:27 There are those and they want get their destination and they want to something 01:31 Exciting, rock climbing on the edge of 01:36 cliff would appeal to them or maybe sky diving 01:40 out of an of an airplane at ten thousand feet in the air 01:44 may even enjoy bungee jumping off of a bridge thousands of feet 01:48 well if you're more of the adventurous type I 01:52 I got an journey for you did you know right now 01:56 now the ordinary citizen can take into journey into space 02:00 I want to introduce to company the is call Virgin 02:04 Galactic is the world's first space line 02:08 No notice a did not say air line what did i say space line 02:12 According to their website they are right now building a 02:16 Special spacecraft that will launcht he ordinary citizen into 02:20 space from their special space port in the mojave desert 02:24 you can board that special spacecraft and you 02:28 will be launched into the atmosphere at 2500 miles per hour 02:32 that is three times faster than the speed of sound 02:36 They brochure says that once you pass the carnum line 02:40 which is the boundary between earth and space 02:44 you will experience 0 gravity for the very first time. 02:48 They say that you can get out of your seat and do sommersalts in the air 02:52 you can float from one end of the room to the other and 02:56 you even throw up a grape and watch it be suspended in mid air. 03:00 the whole journey will last about 2.5 hours and you can go back 03:04 to the space port in Mojave desert and tell all 03:08 your jealous friends about the adventures jouney 03:12 you have just been on The cost for this is a measly $200,000 03:16 Now I know it sounds incredible 03:20 but it is true In fact on their web sites they are now taking the names of 03:24 People who want to be part of that very first 03:28 luanch all you have to do is put your name down and lay down a 03:32 deposit of $20,000 so now 03:36 how many of you are ready to go can I see your hands we have no 03:40 takers tonight well if you do not like the journey 03:44 I have another one you Because bible prophecy says that one day soon 03:48 Jesus Christ is going to burst through this atmosphere 03:52 He is going to come back to his word and rescue his people 03:56 and togetherthey will take a journey to the Kingdom of heaven 04:00 And the wonderful thing is that journey does not cost $200,000 04:04 You don't even have to lay down a deposit 04:08 Because if know Jesus Christ as our savior it is absolutely free 04:12 So that is what we're going to study to night the return 04:16 Of Jesus Christ because when you think about 04:21 That is greatest prophecy and the book of revelation 04:25 Because if Jesus Christ is not coming back to this earth's 04:29 none of the other prophecy is really matter that is why 04:33 the Bible calls it the Blessed Hope so three things we're going to cover 04:37 You always see on the screen number one we are going 04:41 to look at some warnings that Jesus gave about His coming 04:45 Number two we're going to look at The bible describes 04:49 the return of Jeus And number three 04:53 and most importantly How can we be ready 04:57 for his coming So let us go ahead and start with the warnings 05:01 that Jesus as gives I want you to take your bibles and I would like you to turn to 05:05 matthew chapter 24 beginning in verse 3 05:09 Matthew Cahaper 24 and we are going to start 05:13 in verse 3 Now you got to get used to bring your bibles every night 05:17 Because you ought to know by now we are definitely 05:21 Going to be using them matthew 24 05:25 And verse 3 05:29 I want you to notice The bible says now as he sat 05:33 on the mount of olives The disciples came to him privately saying 05:37 Tell us when will these things be and what will 05:41 Be the sign of your coming and the end 05:45 of the age. Jesus answered and said to them 05:49 take heed that no one does what? deceives you 05:53 Now we're going to stop their if you were here last night 05:57 we already looked at this verse so it's maybe a review for some of you 06:01 When they asked Jesus what signing should we look for 06:05 when you come before Jesus launches 06:09 into giving them Anything specific and very first thing he says 06:13 He is concerned about people being deceived did you catch that 06:17 See you may wonder why is Jesus so concerned 06:21 About people being deceived concerning the seconds, coming 06:25 I want us to think about something let us go back 06:29 In the first coming of Jesus Christ when he came as a baby 06:33 Born in a manger in bethlehem 06:37 Were people deceived when Jesus came the first time 06:41 Absolutely see they were confused because all the religious 06:45 establishment they were looking for a savior or messiah 06:49 not one who was meek and lowly 06:53 not one who was going to travel from one town to the other 06:57 paying attention to the blind and deaf and lepers 07:01 They were looking for one and one is going to be mighty warrior 07:05 Who was going to free an Israel from Roman captivity 07:09 And make them the greatest capital in the world that is the messiah that they wanted 07:13 And so when Jesus actually came because deception 07:17 and confusion and all the religious establishment 07:21 rejected Jesus ehen He came the first time 07:25 And when you realize that that is rather astounding 07:29 so Jesus knew that if the devil deceived people the first time 07:33 he is certainly going seek to do it the second time 07:37 So now the question is well how can we be deceived 07:41 While there is two ways number one we can 07:45 be deceived by being distracted in this world 07:49 you save what you mean Pastor Dave I can become 07:53 so involved in my life in this world that I may neglect my 07:57 spiritual life I can be so involved in building a business 08:01 I can become so involved and my hobbies maybe 08:05 so involved in the entertainment world that I began 08:09 to not pay attention to my relationship with Jesus Christ 08:13 Now there is nothing wrong with those things and selves it 08:18 is good to work at our business and is fine to have some hobbies 08:22 you know there are some things in the entertainment world that might 08:26 be wholesome and good, but when it gets to a point where I am so 08:30 obsessed With those things that I'm not going to church that I'm not 08:34 spending time in the Bible that are not spending time praying 08:38 and connecting with Jesus Christ that ought to be a 08:42 red flag that's something is wrong, does that make sense 08:46 when it gets to a point where i can name all my favorite players 08:50 on a local baseball team but I cannot even find 08:54 The book of Joseph and the bible something is wrong 08:58 Some of you will get that about 10 minutes from now 09:02 but that make a point to illustrate this 09:06 I'm going to share a little story Now I don't get a chance to watch a lot of TV 09:10 one of the things I do like to watch when I can is game show 09:14 by the name of Jeopardy What game show did I say? 09:18 Jeopardy How many of you have seen jeopardy I am always 09:22 amazed at the contestants on that game show 09:26 They seem to be some of the most super intelligent people you would ever meet 09:30 They seem to know anything about everything 09:34 no matter what subject they put on the board it could be a British literature 09:38 it could opera it could be biology 09:42 it could be medical sciences before Alex Trebek 09:46 is finished read the question they know the answer 09:50 but you what i have notice every once the while 09:54 thet wiil put the bible up there as one of the categories 09:58 it is shocking that some of these individuals who 10:02 know absolutely everything else cannot answer 10:06 some of the simplest question of the Bible question I know 10:10 my nine year old daughter could answer. Why 10:14 becasue we are distracted by the other things in this world 10:18 see to separately me from Jesus and devil doesnt have to 10:22 get to me murder soemone or rob a bank though that is not a good idea 10:26 All he has to do is to make me so utterly busy 10:30 that I do not have time to spend with Jesus 10:34 And the relationship deteriorates 10:38 one person offered this test to me, He said 10:42 said take your Bible and place it beside your television 10:46 remote control right there on the coffee table and see which 10:50 one you reach for the most which ever one you reach the most 10:54 that is an indication of where your heart is 10:58 That would be a hard test would not but it 11:02 the point The other way we can be deceived is through false teaching 11:06 How will Jesus come? is he going to sneak 11:10 into this world Are we going to turn CNN on one day and find 11:14 out that Jesus is over in India and He is making his way over here 11:18 Because the bible was warned us there will be false christ's 11:22 and false prophets so It is important to know what does the bible says 11:26 of earths last hour let's go 11:30 to the second warning now. It is already there in Matthew 24 11:34 let us start reading in verse 23 Matthew chapter 24 11:38 now I want to start in verse 11:42 23 know I'm going to read all the way to verse 27 11:46 The Bibels says! Then if anyone says to you, 'Look 11:50 here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it 11:54 For false christs and false prophets will rise 11:58 and show what? great signs and wonders 12:02 to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 12:06 See, I have told you beforehand. "Therefore if they 12:11 say to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out 12:14 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not 12:19 believe it. In fact the King James put it more succinctly 12:23 it says if they say he is in the secret 12:27 chamber believe it not 12:31 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west 12:35 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be 12:39 Now I got to stop there because there is a number of important things there 12:43 first of all Jesus warns us that there will 12:47 be false christ and false prophets he lets us know 12:51 it may very well be that someone will try to impersonate 12:55 the devil amy try to impersonate the coming of Jesus Christ 12:59 But what is shocking is it says these false christ and prophets 13:03 Can do signs and wonders 13:07 you say well how can that be 13:11 can you imagine how deceptive that would be for people 13:15 the majority would say oh well if they can do 13:19 miracles they must be from God. 13:23 see here is a principle not many people recognize 13:27 did you the devil can 13:31 perform miracles as well he is able 13:35 to do signs and wonders he is not more powerful than God 13:39 to give you an example of that let me take you back to a story 13:43 in the old testament You remember how God called Moses 13:47 to do stand before Pharaoh and tell him to let the people of Israel 13:51 go how many people remember that story well I would hpe most hands wwould go up 13:55 when God called to do that did Moses want to go 13:59 yes or no he did not. he said Lord he is 14:03 the most poerly man in the world at lest one of them he is not going to lisen to me 14:07 he is going to ask who is this God that sent you 14:11 remember what God told him to do he told Moses to throw 14:15 down your staff In front of him and the staff will turn to a What? 14:19 a snake or a serpent lo and behold Moses stands before him 14:23 Pharaoh is not listening so he throws it down and it turns into a serpent 14:27 now I admit that would impress me 14:31 But you remember what happened next pharaoh called his magician 14:35 his sorceresr his wizards 14:39 and they did the exact same thing 14:43 now is that God working for the wizards and sorcerers 14:47 No That is that devil also doing signs and wonders 14:51 so as to deceive now what happens next is 14:55 pretty cool The bible says the Moses serpent ate up 14:59 their serpent Can someone say amen because that represents that God 15:03 is always more powerful than the devil 15:07 We need to make sure I understand that in the last days just because 15:11 someone may come along and might be able to do 15:15 what seems like Supernatural signs and wonders that is no guarantee 15:19 they are sent from God we are not to put our faith 15:23 in miracles alone we must judge 15:27 whether that person is leading us towards the word 15:31 of God and toward Jesus as long as we know the bible teaches 15:35 We do not have to worry about being deceived 15:39 Those other two warnings that Jesus gives us so here is what we are 15:43 going to do the bible gives four crystal clear facts 15:47 In describing what will be like when Jesus comes 15:51 There are so simple and so easy to understand that we 15:55 don't have to worry about being deceived by any false chrisis 15:59 any prophets or any false teaching all have to 16:03 do is let God's word speak for itself 16:07 And so let us start going through these four facts 16:11 fact number one Seems pretty elementary but the bible tells us 16:15 This will be a literal event 16:19 Take your bibles and go to Acts chapter one 16:23 verses 9 through 11 wou ant to turn to 16:27 acts chapter 1 verse 9 thtough 11 16:31 for those of you who may be watching this by video but also at home 16:35 I still want you to take out your bible follow along you'll see 16:39 the reference on the screen if you just listen to me audibly 16:43 you will retain some of the information but we learn much 16:47 more when we actually open the bible for ourselves and we visibly 16:51 read along But at what the speaker because I believe that gives 16:55 the holy spirit greater access to our hearts and our minds 16:59 So if you're already there in a chapter one. those of you in the live congregation 17:03 can I hear you say amen Acts 1 17:07 I'm going to start reading verse 9 through 11 17:11 The the bible says Now when he had spoken these 17:15 things While they watched he is taken up 17:19 and a cloud received Him out of their sight 17:24 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up 17:27 behold two men stood by them in white apparel 17:31 Who also said men of Galilee why do you stand gazing 17:36 Up into heaven this same Jesus 17:40 who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come 17:44 in what way? like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." 17:48 And now we got the brakes on right here 17:52 This is describing the ascension of Jesus 40 days 17:56 after the resurrection Now was this a real event yes or no 18:00 in deed it was in fact as Jesus was 18:04 ascending into clouds and I want you to take that 18:08 word cloud and fix it in your mind. because you are going to see it 18:12 over and over again in the verses we're going toread tonight 18:16 Because those angels said those men in white pacifically 18:20 said that this same Jesus is going to come back 18:24 in like manner now if you're going to do something like manner 18:28 What does that mean that means it means your going to do it 18:32 same way or a similar way so ig He goes up in the clouds 18:36 then how is He going to come down in the clouds 18:40 as well now let me ask you something did the 18:44 disciples to hear the ascension of Jesus Yes or no 18:48 Yes Did they see it did that they experiencing it 18:52 then it going to happen the very same way 18:56 now that may seem elementary us You may think we'll pastor Dave i knew that 19:00 But you have to understand there are groups in the world today teaching 19:04 that the return of Jesus Christ Is not a literal event 19:08 Some will oh the second coming of Jesus that is when you invite Jesus 19:12 into you heart He is not actually oming back to this earth 19:16 now I am glad that Juses wants to live in my heart are you but that is 19:20 not the same thing as the second coming of Christ 19:24 There is other groups that will say oh that is just meant to be symbolic 19:28 Jesus already came back in the early 1900s 19:32 but folks my bible tells me that Jesus Christ is coming 19:36 back in a very real way Just as he ascended into the heavens 19:40 He is coming back to save you and me so fact number 1 19:44 It is a real and literal event 19:48 But now let's go to that number 2 The bible also tell 19:52 us this is going to be visible event 19:56 so now in order to understand this we need to go the book 20:00 of Revelation let's go to Revelation chapter one 20:04 and verse seven Revelation chapter 1 20:08 and verse 7 20:12 Now as you look this up you're going to discover something chapter 20:16 One is the induction to the book of Revelation 20:20 An so before John goes into any 20:24 of the apocalyptic prophecy in this book I want you to notice one of 20:28 first things he said Revelation chapter 1 20:32 verse 7 The bible says 20:36 Behold, He is coming with What? 20:40 clouds there you see those clouds again And every eye 20:44 will see Him, even they who pierced Him And all 20:48 the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even 20:52 so, Amen. we got to stop their there is a lot that verse 20:56 The fact that there in revelation is something will 21:00 always be very special to me here is way 21:04 you may remember Pastor Mark mentioning that I used to work for an international 21:08 ministry called Christian record services it was a 21:12 ministry based in Lincoln Nebraska that provides services 21:16 for people who are blind and who are visual impaired 21:20 now I worked there for almost 6 years when walk inside 21:24 their office right there in the lobby you'll 21:28 see this huge mural their wall depicting 21:32 the return of Jesus Christ and this very verse 21:36 Revelation 1-7 there that every eye shall see Him 21:40 and what the artist was don he a has painted 21:44 blind people looking up into the face of Jesus 21:48 people who had seeing eye dogs by their side 21:52 people who had white canes men and women with dark glasses 21:56 throwing them to the aside for now for first time 22:00 They can see the face of Jesus and the first thing 22:04 they see is Jesus coming in the clouds of glory 22:08 Can you say amen to that that will be a glorious day and not just people 22:12 who are blind but for all of us as well 22:16 The other thing I want us to notice is how import and John 22:20 make this because long before John ever talks 22:25 about seven churches and seven seals you want us to know that Jesus is coming soon 22:29 Long before he ever mention seven trumpets and seven last plagues 22:34 he wants us to know that Jesus is coming soon 22:38 Long before he write about ani-christ or the mark of the beast 22:42 He wants us to understand Jesus is coming soon 22:46 because that is the focal point of the book of revelation 22:50 if he is not coming that other stuff really doesn't 22:54 matter so I want us to notice why John puts this in the very 22:58 first chapter of this apocalyptic book 23:02 but then something that goes into a bit of detail 23:06 John specifically writes 23:10 every eye shall see him 23:14 He is telling us that when Jesus comes 23:18 We are going to notice it 23:22 Every living eye is going to see it when 23:26 this event happens we are not going to need to turn on CNN 23:30 or CBS and hear a news report Oh Jesus is 23:34 over in this side of the world He is make his way over our time 23:38 zone Revelation says every eye is going to see him 23:42 now sometimes people are going to ask the question well how 23:46 is that going to be if the world is round and we have all these time zones how 23:50 are we all going to see him at the same time well to be honest in my 23:54 finite human mind I dont know all i 23:58 know is that if Jesus the one who created this world, 24:02 If God is the one who created time I reckon 24:06 he will know how to do it in away that every eye will see him can you say amen 24:10 you see that how we take God's word by faith. 24:14 In fact this reminds me of something when I worked for that organization 24:18 Christian Record i used to travel a lot so i 24:22 would go and speak at many churches pastors retreats and 24:26 talk to them about the ministry resourcesthat are available 24:30 For the blind and for the visually impaired and remember when ever 24:34 I would come home from traveling that I would go to our door 24:38 and the We lived in was split level house you know what I mean 24:42 You would walk in you either go down stairs to the lower level or you would go up 24:46 the main living area well my youngest daughter 24:50 Emily She was probably one or two years old at the time 24:54 Whenever she would hear me, coming to the door 24:58 the key jiggling through the lock she cimb over to the gate that we had 25:02 by the stairs she would put her hands on top left her eye 25:06 And see who is coming through the door and when she would see my face she'd get so 25:10 excited she would say daddy daddy is home 25:14 you that just melted my heart you know 25:18 I wonder maybe going to be just a little bit like that 25:22 for us when Jesus comes that for those who have 25:26 gone through All the trial's all the heartache 25:30 All the pain and tribulations that sometimes this world has to offer 25:34 That when we finally seen Jesus face 25:38 we finally realize that we're not going to live in this messed up world anymore 25:42 When we realize that the plan salvation is being fulfilled 25:46 Perhaps we will look up in the sky and we'll be as happy to see Jesus 25:50 face s my daughter was to see mine face when 25:54 I would come hoem from work the bible says he wants us 25:58 to be like little children Eager to see the face of Jesus 26:02 can you say Amen but you know 26:06 the bible also tells us that not everyone 26:10 It's going to be happy when Jesus comes 26:14 I would like very much to be able to skip 26:18 this next passage gut you know God tells 26:22 me that I need to preach thw whole counsel of the Word God 26:26 I'm not to just pick and choose thins make me popular or that 26:30 might make people like me. It nice to have good bubbly brook 26:34 sermons that make us fell us wonderful the bible is very encouraging book 26:38 But but they are also times when God love us enough 26:42 hit us between the eyes to get our attention 26:46 beacuse if we are being distracted by in this world sometimes 26:50 Jesus has to drastic tings to be able to wake us up 26:54 and this next verse is probably one of the 26:58 saddest verses that are in the bible I want you to notice what it 27:02 says This one I have written on the screen for you it's 27:06 Matthew 24 and verse 30 27:10 I want you to notice what the bible says this is Jesus speaking 27:31 but notice the one pharse in that 27:35 verse It says the tribes of the earth 27:39 will mourn That means there going to be a group 27:43 of people who greatly disturb when 27:47 They see Jesus coming because they realize 27:51 they're not ready For the first time maybe they will realize 27:55 All the stories of Jesus were true 27:59 they will realize for the first time this bible is not a book of fables 28:03 maybe they will realize all these years 28:07 God spirit tried to woo their hearts and they rejected it 28:11 and now as Jesus is coming probation is over 28:15 time is no more and they are lost 28:19 so Jesus describes that they will mourn in ways 28:23 that are indescribable in fact 28:27 the book of revelatio picks up on this package and actually 28:31 describesit in a much more vivid way I want you to go back to 28:35 to the boot of Revelation and I want to read to you how John describes 28:39 this Revelation chapter 6 and 28:43 verses 14 through 17 now I want to give you a minute 28:47 to be able to look that up because I you to follow a long with me 28:51 it really not important what I says it's only important what God says 28:55 Revelation 6 and we are going to start in verse 14 28:59 Now chatper 6 talks about the 7 seals 29:03 I'm not going to get into that tonight, we are going to spend a whole hour on the 7 29:07 seal a little bit later in this seminar but just for tonight 29:11 you will notice that these verse talk about the sixth seal which 29:15 involves the return of Jesu Christ I want you know how John 29:19 graphically describes this scene revelation 29:23 6 verse 14 The bible says 29:27 Then the sky receded as a 29:31 scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island 29:35 was moved out of its place. And the Kings above the earth 29:39 the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, 29:43 every slave and every free man hid themselves 29:47 in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and they said to the 29:51 all on us and to do What? 29:55 hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne 29:59 and from the wrath of the Lamb!For the great day of His wrath 30:03 has come, and who is able to stand?" 30:07 Now notice how Revelation describes it 30:12 it says the sky comes apart like scroll that mountains 30:16 and islands are moved out of their places 30:21 to picture-groups of people who are actually running away 30:26 from the face of Jesus. I mean, they run to the mountains 30:30 and the rocks. They call for them to fall on us and to hide us from his face 30:34 Can you imagine how that's gonna make Jesus feel? 30:40 To see people that he loves, running away from him. 30:44 To see people that he created, 30:48 People that he prepared for them a place in Heaven 30:52 People he tried so desperately 30:56 to save and get their attention. 30:58 But now they're running away from his face 31:02 Because they're not ready 31:06 I truly believe that's gonna bring tears to the face of Jesus 31:10 because the Bible says he doesn't desire 31:14 Anyone to be perished He wants all to come to repentance 31:18 But the truth is we have a free will And each person 31:22 has a own choice to make Whether it's one way, or the other 31:25 You know what's sobering to think about 31:30 Some of those individuals who are running the face of Jesus 31:34 are probably those who call them self's professed chrsitians. 31:38 You say what? well think about it 31:41 God has not set any of us up to the judge 31:44 of each other But I think we realize that just 31:48 because a person calls themselves a of disciple of Jesus doesn't 31:52 necessarily mean they are just see because I set in the pew 31:56 doesn't necessarily mean I have given my whole heart to 32:01 Jesus Christ these may be people who went to church 32:04 but but never developed a saving born again relationship 32:08 with Jesus maybe they went to church sipmly because 32:13 that what their family does or maybe they when there that's 32:17 where their firends go or maybe it is a place to go to come up 32:21 good business contacts or business deals. 32:25 But they never had the time to know Jesus 32:29 personally. And now the event that should bring them 32:33 the greatest joy brings them the most bitter 32:37 sorrow. See it is interesting 32:41 two great groups looking at the same event. One group 32:45 is filled with rejoicing to see Jesus face the other is 32:49 watching the same event and to them it's a day of wrath 32:53 you see when Jesus comes there are two reactions 32:57 I'm either going to be rejoicing or I'm going be mourning 33:01 and so the big question is what 33:05 will be my reaction when Jesus comes 33:09 my prayer is that everyone in this room tonight will be rejoicing 33:13 to see his face but let us 33:17 go to fact number 3 not only is it literal event 33:21 not only does the Bible describe that we are going see it happen 33:25 but you'll find the scriptures describe it is an audible 33:29 event let us take our bible's go back to the words of Jesus 33:33 now. You want to got to matthew chapter 24 33:37 and verse 31. You might say will now pastor dave we have been 33:41 tis book and now this book you are taking me all over the bible. my answer 33:45 is exactly that is my purpose to do that. Matthew 24 33:49 and we want to go to verse 31 I want you to know how 33:53 Jesus describe His coming you know when you think about it 33:57 it is an if anybody knows how Jesus is going to come I reckon 34:01 it would be Jesus Can you say amen? Matthew 24 34:05 verse 31 The Bible says, " 34:09 and he will send his angels with a great sound of 34:13 of a what? trumpet. And they will gather together 34:17 his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to 34:21 the other. Now I know that is pretty much just one sentence 34:25 but we need to look at that a little more in depth 34:29 notice it says that when Jesus comes what's going to be blowing 34:33 a trumpets now I dont know what a heavenly trumpet sounds like 34:37 but i do know what an earthly one sounds like 34:41 see when I was a kid the school I went to 34:45 they offered music lessons and my mother who always wanted 34:49 a little boy who took piano lessens encouraged me 34:54 to sign up so I did and so for two years i learned to play 34:58 the piano. But you know when a boy is about 9 or 10 35:02 years old do you think he woud rather stay in the house and practice 35:06 for an hour or go and play with his friens What do you think 35:10 I wanted to go out and play with my friends so practicing piano 35:14 all these piano lessons didnt last long I quit 35:18 much to the dismay of my mother in fact she still brings it up today sometimes 35:22 but a couple years later my school was offering 35:26 music lessons again and this time somebody 35:30 introduced me to A different instrument and you can probably guess what 35:34 that is what do you think? Ii would be the trumpet And 35:38 so i compared the two instrument on one hand this 35:42 instrument has 88 keys on the other hand 35:46 the trumpet has 3 buttons which on is going to easer 35:50 to play so I chose the instrument with 3 buttons. 35:54 Now of course no one told me you could make 100 different sounds 35:58 by the way you blow into the mouth piece but then trumpet lessons 36:02 now I don't if you realize it if depends if you have taken 36:06 music lessons but when you the play piano it's not 36:10 it is not always obvious if you miss a note there are so many keys and you got 10 fingers 36:14 ten that you can put on those keys ,unless you're and music teacher you can 36:18 miss a few notes and most people wouldn't realize it, but with 36:22 the trumpet if you miss a note on the trumpet 36:26 it is obvious and you cannot hide it 36:30 because that squeaking squealing sound is about a annoying 36:34 as when you put finder nails across caulk board so when 36:38 I would go hame and practice I grew up int he inner city 36:42 and so we lived in what's called row homes how many people here 36:46 know what a row home is can I see your hands ok we've got aome faulks 36:50 Row homes mean they are all in a row there is no space between them 36:54 the house have adjoining walls so if the 36:58 family on the other side of the wall is having an argument about something 37:02 you can hear it.So you can imagine that when I was practicing 37:06 my trumpet the family in the other house probably 37:10 knew it and when it came to a point where i decided to quit 37:14 the trumpet as well i would imagine the people next door were 37:18 quite glad that I did but see here is the point. If an earthly 37:22 trumpet is loud what is a heavenly trumpet sound like 37:26 that means the angels are gonna be blowing the heavenly trumpet 37:30 to announce the coming of the king of kings 37:34 and bible prophecy tells me that those trumpets are so loud 37:38 that they will even wake the dead 37:42 Let me read it to you in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 37:46 Now this I have written on the screen for you of course your welcome to 37:50 to look it up in your bibles as well you may be asking well 37:54 if this prophecy seminar how coming you are going to all these different books in the bible 37:58 well you may remember on the one of the important principle I 38:02 exampled in the book of Revelation half of the 38:06 half of the of the content of Revelation is found in other parts of the bible 38:10 so if we want to understand the issued and symbols in Revelation 38:14 we have to understand other parts of bible first 38:18 so the first couple weeks we're just be building foundation 38:22 and when we start to dig heavenly into the book of Revelation 38:26 trust me it will much more understandable and you will be glad 38:30 glad we took time to build this foundation so 1 Thessalonians 38:34 chapter 4 verse 16 the bible says 39:19 now i cannot tell you how many times i have 39:23 read those verses at a funeral to a grieving family 39:27 and i would best pastor mark has done the same thing 39:31 but notice what those verses they say. The Lord himself is coming witha shout 39:35 the voice of the archangel resoantes thorughout the globe 39:39 the trumpet of God echoes throughout this planet 39:44 and the Bible says it actually pierces the walls of the graves. 39:48 just like the voice of Jesus pierced the tomb of Lazarus 39:52 the dead in Chrsit will rise that day they are going 39:56 to meet Lord in the air and those of us who are alive when Jesus comes 40:00 we also rise to meeet him in the air and the says Bible 40:04 thus shall we ever be with the Lord 40:08 but now i wanna ask you something 40:12 do you understand how magnificent 40:16 that day will be to think that loved ones who 40:20 have been separated by death will be reunited again 40:24 How many people have sat at a funeral 40:28 Or how many people have sat by the bedside 40:32 of someone whose life was ebbing away And they just 40:36 weren't quite ready to let go in the grief was overwhelming 40:40 You see bible prophecy tells me 40:44 they will only be gone for a little while because bible prophecy 40:48 tells me that a day of being reunited is coming 40:52 that on that day we are given the gift of enteral live 40:56 immortality brothers and sisters are united 41:00 Grandparents and grandchildren are reunited 41:04 To bring his home, I wnat to tell you a true story 41:08 When worked over at christian record services that ministry 41:12 Lincoln Nebraska One of my colleagues was a man by the name of 41:16 Keith now Keith was good friend of mine He had a son 41:20 in his early twenties his name was Brad now 41:24 Brad had just married his girlfriend Valerie so they were a young 41:28 newly wedded couple Now they had just graduated from seminary 41:32 And we're getting ready to give their lives in service to Lord 41:36 And so the first call they took thier very first assignment they 41:40 chose to the missionaries over in Korea and they decided 41:44 to work at and English language institute so that they could teach English 41:48 to the people that was an avenue for them to make friends 41:52 And be able to share the gospel of Jesus Christ 41:56 but you know they were not there for more than a couple of months 42:00 And Valerie started to get sick and no one new why 42:04 now at first we thought it might be a common cold for maybe even 42:08 just the flu But you know as the weeks went on 42:13 instead of getting better she actual grew worse 42:17 None of the doctors knew what was going on 42:21 They finally came to a point where she had to be flown back to the states 42:25 And she went to a hospital in Tennessee to be examined and what They discovered 42:29 she had a very serious form of cancer 42:33 already in its late stages 42:37 and Nothing could be done 42:41 Right away people started prayer chains 42:45 groups of people Around the world petition to God 42:49 Churches began to pray I remember this was going all over the Internet 42:53 for reasons I did understand 42:57 For reasons I can fully explain 43:01 Despite prayers Valerie died in any way 43:05 and Brad is hart broken 43:09 You see all of us have probably gone to experience is where we 43:13 wondered why God I do not understand 43:17 Why God did you let this newly wedded couple 43:21 In the early twenties giving their lives to ministry and now brad 43:25 he is a widower his wife is gone 43:29 It is not fair it's not just 43:33 Why God the truth is on this earth 43:37 We may never know why but what bible prophecy 43:41 promised us that on that day when Jesus comes 43:45 All wrongs will be made right cand you say amen 43:49 On the day when He comes, will be reunited and perhaps the answers 43:53 We could not get on this earth we can get directly 43:57 the mouth of Jesus himself how many 44:01 us are looking forward to seeing someone that we lost 44:05 I mean I'm looking for to see my grandma 44:09 she died probably when she 96 or 97 I would go to house 44:13 every Thursday night when my parents would go grocery shopping 44:17 they would drop me off I'd play with the dog I'play with the cat 44:20 until is found out that I was allergic to the cat 44:24 but then She would take me to Jim and Nena pizza shop across the street 44:28 And we would eat pizza together I can remember grandma 44:32 She would share bible verse with as a little child 44:36 really She was one of the God women I think I 44:40 have every meet I'm looking forward that even 44:44 though lot of Alzheimer's took her away from us 44:48 I'm looking forward to the day at the resurrection where we can be reunited again 44:52 And on that day we can say what Paul wrote long ago 44:56 Oh death Where is your sting Oh grave where 45:00 is your victory But thanks be to God 45:04 who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord can you say amen 45:08 to that I'm forward to be able utter those words not because I'm good 45:12 not because we any power in us but because have our faith 45:16 in Jesus Christ our Lord and our Savior 45:20 now so far as we have looked these things up this a summary of 45:24 what the bible tells us When Jesus comes we see Him 45:28 in the clouds, it happens power and great glory, 45:32 Trunpets are blowing, Tribes of the earth are mourning 45:36 The Lord descend with a shout, the voice of the arcangel is heard 45:40 The dead are resurrected and meet the Lord in the air 45:44 the sky recedes as scroll mountain and island are moved out of there place. 45:48 I do not know about you but I think it would be hard 45:52 to miss that don't you think And so here is what I want to invite you to do 45:56 Even though there is many different doctrines floating around about the coming of Jesus Christ 46:00 You just take those doctrines and compare them to the bible says 46:04 Because when you take the bible and will 46:08 help you to flow through all the different teachings that are in the world today 46:13 becase then I do not have to focus on what a preacher says 46:17 even this preacher I don't have focus on jst wht a church says 46:21 I don't have to focus on what the biggest church in town 46:25 All I have to do is open up the word of God and let 46:29 the scripture speak for themselves it's 46:33 inportant that we do that because I do not know much 46:37 But I know in 16 years of ministry truth is never decided 46:41 Based on what the majority says truth 46:45 Truth is never decided based on how many book a person may have 46:49 sold. truth is not even decide on a board meeting when 46:53 they vote on something, truth is always settle by the 46:57 word of God because the word God is above preachers 47:01 the word God is even above churches and word of God 47:05 is above tradition this is the supreme 47:09 authority in the christians life and if we take time to read it 47:13 and to study it we need not worry aboue being 47:17 deceived lastrly we have fact number four 47:21 facts number four syas that coming of Jesus 47:25 is a glorious event notcie what Jesus 47:29 says in Matthew 16 evrse 27. The Bible says 47:45 See when Jesus comes then the reward is given not based on our 47:48 behavior becasue we are not saved by works 47:52 now our behavior does indicate who we are allowing 47:56 to rule in our hearts but we are saved through what Jesus did on the cross of calvary 48:00 but see when he comes there is osmething amazing in this verse there are two things 48:05 in the glory who? His Father now think about this 48:09 has anyone ever seen the full Glory 48:13 of God the Father ? No least not any human being 48:17 closest one was who do your remember? Moses 48:21 The Bible says that when Moses into Sinai to get the 10 commandments 48:25 when he came down what did the people notice about his face 48:30 it glow so bright that the couldn't stand to be around him 48:34 they told hime please wear a veil and then God told him listen you can't see my face 48:38 I'll hide you in cleft of the rock I'll let you see my back 48:42 Moses was the closest I wonder 48:46 what it will be like When Jesus comes with a the full 48:50 unveiled Glory of God the Father 48:54 in addition to that He is not only coming with the glory of His Father 48:58 who else does it say? oh come on you can tell me 49:02 The angels now there is a story in the old testament 49:06 about how Assyria would encamp count against Israel 49:10 Assyria was an enemy of God people Israel and they 49:14 came to attack them and to protect Israel the Old Testament 49:18 says that God sent one angel one 49:22 single solitary angel into the 49:26 camp of the assyrians and he slow 185,000 49:30 Assyrian Soldiers Now if one angel 49:34 can do that what is it going be like when Jesus comes 49:38 with millions of His Glories angels alone with Glory 49:42 God the Father that is going to be the most stupendous 49:46 event this the most fantastic thing world has 49:50 seen and Bible Prophecy says it is coming 49:54 one day every soon 49:58 here is our summary of what we have learned tonight Number 1 the return of Jesus is 50:02 real literal event secondly it is visible event 50:06 number 3 it is an audible event and finally number 4 50:10 What else is it? It is a glorious event 50:14 here is the real question, you may say Pator 50:18 Dave I'm so glad to know this but is that all I need to know? 50:22 The answer is no, it's 50:26 it's good to know how that Jesus will come because it keeps from being confused 50:30 or deceived but he the truth is just knowing 50:34 that information intellectually isn't going to save me. 50:39 Jesus boils it down to one simply 50:43 statement, Notice what he says Matthew 24 verse 44 50:47 The Bible says 51:01 you see the real question is am I 51:05 ready Jesus says He will come in an hour when we don't 51:09 expect him doesn't mean that Jesus is try to surprise us 51:13 what does mean God knows we will 51:17 tend to be so busy and distracted that we 51:22 wouldn't that we be paying attention and Jesus tell us 51:26 the most important thing is to have the assurance and 51:30 confidence in heart that I'm ready when Jesus comes 51:34 not because I think I'm a perfect righteous person, but 51:38 but because I have put my faith in what Jesus has done on the 51:42 cross because when I except Jesus as my savior 51:46 you understand the perfect live that Jesus lived that 51:50 counts for you in the record book in heaven 51:54 Revelation says there is a record of all of our lives that is almost scary to think about 51:58 but the gospel tell us that when accept Jesus the 52:03 perfect life that he lived is put in our 52:07 record book so God looks record of your life 52:12 He doesn't see your sin your short comings your mistakes He sees 52:16 Perfect life of Jesus that is now counting for you 52:20 do you understand what that means that means when He looks at you 52:25 He sees someone who is perfect not because you 52:29 really are but because Jesus rigthness has been give 52:33 to you He has taken your unrightness and 52:38 took guilt and shame and responsibility when He 52:42 died on the Cross of Calvary That is what it means 52:47 to take Jesus savory a substitute and 52:51 you say pastor Dave how can I 52:55 be ready for Jesus to come the best to be ready 53:00 is to simply nurture your spiritual life 53:04 and spend time with Jesus every single day 53:08 and word of God the daily devotional life is one of the most 53:12 important things for the christian and that is why that's why 53:16 the devil wants to keep us so busy that is why daniel 12:4 53:20 says we will be running to and fro because the Devil wants us away 53:24 from from spending time with Jesus in his word in 53:28 prayer because the more I open up this book and spend time 53:32 it holy spirit is able to transform my heart 53:36 and my mind and after weeks and months 53:40 pretty soon the holy spirit makes changes 53:44 in me that I could never make in myself 53:48 so when we go home tonight I would to encourage ask 53:52 your self and my self these three question are you 54:09 If we can't answer yes to those question the we need to go 54:13 home and get on our knees and say Lord Jesus 54:17 is there anything stand between me if there is anything 54:21 keeping me from confident assurance Lord show 54:25 me what it is Lord help me to give my 54:29 heart to you fully and freely and unconditionally 54:33 because Jesus says he will never leave us 54:37 He never will forsake us all He invites us to do is 54:41 come as sinful as we are with allthe mistakes 54:45 we have made He invites us to come and give us 54:49 the assurance of salvation. Tonight 54:53 is it your desire to say Lord I wanna be with you in Kingdom 54:57 Heaven is it your desire to spend eternity 55:01 with Jesus? would you pray with me. 55:05 Heavenly Father, Lord we are thankfull 55:09 for this marvelous truth in your Word that you have not 55:13 abandon us in this world you have not left us a lone 55:17 Heavenly Father we pray that you would give each one of us 55:21 that assurance and confidence that we are right with you 55:25 in fact every head bowed and every eyed closed just now 55:29 if you would simply like say Lord Jesus I do want 55:33 be with you in the Kingdom of Heaven Lord I want you to say me 55:37 would you slip up your hand right now every heed is bowed 55:41 every eye is closed my eyes only one's that is open 55:45 and you just raise your hands so the Lord can see it 55:49 you are not perfect you are saying Lord I desire that you save me I want to 55:53 be with You in the Kingdom of Heaven just slip up your hand that God may see that 55:57 Father you see any hands that are raised 56:01 we pray as leave here today You them the peace 56:05 that passes all understanding knowing that Jesus 56:10 is there Savior this ask and pray in His precious name 56:14 Amen |
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