Participants: Danny Milenkov
Series Code: FGW
Program Code: FGW000021A
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00:26 Welcome to "The Search for Certainty."
00:28 It's good to see you all here today 00:30 and I know that we're going to enjoy this journey 00:33 into God's word. 00:34 The Search for Certainty is the series 00:36 that I believe is so important for the times 00:39 that we are living in, because we are indeed 00:41 living in very uncertain times as we are all very well aware. 00:45 Today's first message in this series is entitled, 00:50 "Living on the Edge of Eternity." 00:53 And I believe that we are indeed 00:54 living on the edge of eternity awaiting the greatest event 00:58 that is about to take place 00:59 and that is soon return of Jesus. 01:03 I want to begin by taking a look at this wonderful 01:06 and most incredible story 01:07 that we're all very well familiar, 01:09 the story of the Titanic. 01:12 The most famous ship that has ever set sailed. 01:15 The Titanic set sail back in April of 1912, 01:21 April 10, 1912 headed to New York 01:24 on its maiden voyage. 01:26 It was the most luxurious, the greatest, 01:29 the grandest ship that had ever been built 01:31 up until that time. 01:33 In fact it had a swimming pool, 01:34 the first ship to have a swimming pool on board. 01:38 And so as the Titanic set sail, 01:40 this indestructible ship that not even God himself 01:44 could sink as someone said as the, 01:47 as the Titanic set sail. 01:49 The whole world wondered 01:51 as to how quickly the Titanic would make it 01:54 from one side of the Atlantic to the other. 01:57 But as we all know, four days into the maiden voyage, 02:01 the Titanic struck an iceberg, at about 20 to 12 on April 14, 02:07 2 hours and 40 minutes later, the Titanic sunk. 02:11 Sadly 1,500 of the 2,200 02:17 individuals on board lost their lives 02:20 in this great tragedy. 02:22 This was the front page headline of the London Herald 02:26 back on April 16, 1912, 02:28 "Great loss of life, Titanic, the tragic story." 02:33 And indeed it was a tragic story. 02:36 You see, the Titanic had received many warnings 02:40 that there were icebergs ahead. 02:42 In fact, on the last day 02:44 we know of at least four warnings 02:47 that the Titanic received, 02:49 but none of those warnings were taken seriously, 02:51 and some of them were not even recorded 02:53 and relayed to those that needed to receive them. 02:57 The Titanic was going way too fast. 03:00 In the ensuing investigation 03:01 that took place in London and New York 03:03 to determine why the Titanic came to grief, 03:07 a number of things were discovered 03:10 that that helped us understand that the Titanic was not doing 03:15 what it should have been doing, is going way too quickly. 03:18 It was not taking heed to the conditions. 03:21 And sadly 1,500 individuals lost their lives. 03:27 I want to take a look at the final message 03:30 that the Titanic received 03:32 on that fateful evening on April 14. 03:36 But before we take a look at that, 03:38 I want to introduce you to three individuals 03:40 that were key individuals there on the Titanic. 03:43 We have there Joseph Ismay, 03:45 who was the owner of the Titanic. 03:47 We have Captain Edward Smith and we have Jack Phillips, 03:51 who was the radio operator, 03:53 the one who was receiving and sending messages. 03:56 Now, Joseph Ismay the owner, he wanted to set the record. 04:00 He wanted to set the record for the fastest journey 04:03 from one side of the Atlantic to the other. 04:05 This is in the days before airplanes 04:08 were commuting individuals 04:10 from one side to the other, and so, 04:12 there was the prestige and there was the, 04:15 there was the fame and honor associated 04:17 with who could get the passengers 04:19 from point A to point B in the quickest possible time. 04:22 And so instead of slowing down, he said, "full steam ahead" 04:26 although there were many warnings 04:27 that were given of icebergs ahead. 04:29 Now, Captain Edward Smith, he was under a lot of pressure 04:31 in order to comply with what the owner wanted. 04:34 And Jack Phillips on the other hand, 04:37 he was very busy sending private messages 04:41 of some of the rich and famous to those there in New York. 04:47 One of the messages that came through, 04:51 the final message was from Mr. Cyril Furmstone Evans 04:55 and this was on board the California. 04:58 Now the California was only 15 miles away from the Titanic 05:03 when the Titanic struck that iceberg. 05:05 And notice these words 05:07 that came out of the investigation 05:10 into the Titanic tragedy. 05:12 "Mr Cyril Furmstone Evans, 20, 05:15 was wireless operator aboard the California. 05:17 On the night of April 14, 1912 05:20 he warned Titanic that ice in the vicinity 05:24 had forced them to stop, 05:26 but he was rudely rebuffed by the wireless operator 05:30 of the Titanic, that is Jack Philips, 05:32 who was sending private messages 05:34 to the wireless relay station at Cape Race. 05:37 After this Evans turned in for the night 05:40 thus failing to hear 05:42 the distress signals from Titanic 05:45 which were broadcast a short while later." 05:47 You see 11:30, 10 minutes before the Titanic struck, 05:52 Evans went to bed. 05:54 Now, what was this rude rebuff 05:57 that he received from Jack Phillips? 06:00 We have the words, the exact words 06:02 that Jack Philip shared with Evans here they are, 06:06 "Shut up. Shut up. I'm busy. I'm working Cape Race." 06:12 They were the final words. 06:15 The final message, 06:16 "Shut up. Shut up. I'm working Cape Race." 06:20 Ten minutes later, the Titanic struck the iceberg. 06:23 The only ship as it turned out 06:26 that could actually do something 06:28 and save the people 06:29 on the Titanic was the California. 06:31 That was the ship that was nearest to the Titanic 06:34 and it would have taken the California 06:36 about an hour and half to get to the Titanic, 06:39 and it would have had about an hour and 10 minutes 06:41 before the Titanic sunk to try and rescue 06:44 as many people as could have been rescued. 06:46 The only ship, the only ship that could have made 06:50 a difference was told to shut up. 06:53 How sad, how tragic. 06:55 As I think of this story, 06:57 I cannot help but think of the words 07:00 that Jesus shared with us 2000 years ago. 07:03 The words that Jesus shared with the world 07:06 in connection with His second coming. 07:08 Now what will our attitude be to these messages of warning, 07:11 these messages of love. 07:14 We can make a decision today as to how we will respond. 07:18 Today we want to take a look at the words of Jesus. 07:20 Today we want to take a look at the words of God's word, 07:22 and we're gonna begin by asking God 07:25 to bless our time together in His Word. 07:27 So let's just bow our heads as we pray. 07:29 Father in heaven, as we're about to open up Your word, 07:32 we pray that You will open up our hearts and our minds 07:35 that we may be willing and able to receive the messages 07:39 that you have for us in these, in these uncertain times Lord, 07:43 we are seeking for certainty from Your precious word. 07:46 So we pray that you will guide and lead us 07:49 through Your Holy Spirit in Jesus' name amen, amen. 07:53 I want to begin by taking a look at 07:56 one of the most famous sermons 07:58 that Jesus shared on the eve of His crucifixion 08:00 found there in Matthew 24. 08:03 And notice how Matthew begins his account, 08:06 Matthew 24:1, 08:08 "Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, 08:11 and His disciples came up to show Him 08:13 the buildings of the temple. 08:15 And Jesus said to them, 08:16 "Do you not see all these things? 08:18 Assuredly, I say to you, 08:20 not one stone shall be left upon another, 08:23 that shall not be thrown down." 08:24 And so Jesus here makes an incredible statement. 08:27 He told the disciples that this temple, 08:30 that is the pride of the Nation of Israel 08:34 will one day be destroyed 08:35 and not one stone will be left upon another. 08:37 Now we're gonna take a look at this story 08:39 in a future presentation, in the third presentation, 08:42 but the disciples believe 08:44 that this would bring about the end of the world, 08:46 and so notice what the disciples do 08:51 and what they say in Matthew 24:3, 08:52 we keep reading. 08:54 "Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives, 08:55 the disciples came to Him privately saying, 08:58 "Tell us when will these things be? 09:00 And what will be the sign of Your coming, 09:02 and of the end of the age?" 09:04 And Jesus answered and said to them: 09:06 "Take heed that no one deceives you. 09:08 For many will come in My name, saying, 'I'm the Christ,' 09:11 and will deceive many. 09:13 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. 09:15 See that you are not troubled, 09:17 for all these things must come to pass, 09:19 but the end is not yet. 09:21 For nation will rise against nation, 09:23 and kingdom against kingdom. 09:24 And there will be famines, pestilences, 09:27 and earthquakes in various places." 09:30 Nonsense says the skeptics. 09:32 These aren't really signs of Jesus' coming. 09:34 We've always had individuals that have claimed to be Christ. 09:37 We've always had wars and rumors of wars 09:40 and pestilences and earthquakes and famines, 09:43 these aren't signs at all. 09:46 Well, Jesus went on 09:48 and He gave us incredible conclusive evidence 09:51 of what we were to look for regarding these signs. 09:55 Notice what He went on and said in verse 8, 09:58 "All these are the beginning of sorrows." 10:02 Sorrow, that's a very interesting word 10:03 that Jesus used for sorrows. 10:06 The word for sorrows that Jesus used 10:10 is the word labor pains, labor pains or contractions. 10:15 So what here, what Jesus was saying was that 10:18 "Yes, these, these signs will be evident 10:21 all the way from, from my day all the way 10:23 till the second coming, but like labor pains 10:27 they will intensify in frequency and severity." 10:32 That is the significance of the words of Jesus. 10:38 So today, we want to take a look at these signs. 10:40 The signs of Jesus which will be visible, 10:45 that will be progressive and that will be climactic 10:49 just like those labor pains. 10:52 So the question is, can we know the exact time 10:57 of Jesus' coming? 10:58 That's a good question, isn't it? 11:00 That's a question that a lot of people want to know, 11:02 "Can we know the exact time when Jesus will come?" 11:06 Notice what Jesus said in Matthew 24:36, 11:10 "But of that day and hour no one knows, 11:13 not even the angels of heaven, but who, My Father only, 11:18 My Father only." 11:20 So we cannot know 11:21 the exact time of Jesus' coming. 11:24 Why is that? 11:25 Because human nature being human nature, 11:27 we would leave our run until when? 11:29 Until right at the very end, 11:31 and so the world would not truly be converted, 11:35 the world would not really be in love with Jesus, 11:37 the world will not be fit for the Kingdom of God, 11:41 and so heaven would be 11:42 far worse than this world ever has been. 11:45 And so Jesus says, 11:46 "You cannot know the exact day of My coming." 11:50 It's important that we are ready. 11:51 It's important that our motives are right 11:54 when it comes to the coming of Jesus 11:56 but Jesus balanced up that statement with these words. 11:59 In Matthew 24:32, Jesus said, 12:02 "Now learn this parable from the fig tree: 12:04 When its branches already become tender 12:06 and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 12:10 So you also, when you see all these things, 12:13 know that it, that is his second coming 12:16 is near even at the what, even at the doors!" 12:19 So we cannot know the exact day when Jesus will come, 12:23 but we can certainly know 12:24 when it is near even at the door, 12:26 just like a woman, she does not know 12:28 the very moment that baby will be born. 12:31 But once those labor pains begin 12:33 and they intensify, 12:35 she knows that the baby is about to be born. 12:38 She knows that it is near. 12:39 Today, right now, we are living in the time of spring 12:44 and we are seeing the, the flowers budding 12:48 and we are seeing new life. 12:50 And we know that 12:51 what time of the season is near, 12:53 summer is near. 12:54 In the same way when we see these labor pains intensifying. 12:58 When we see different world events 13:00 that we're gonna be studying 13:02 in these next three presentations 13:03 all coming together. 13:05 When we see them all climaxing at the same time 13:07 and we see all the graphs heading north exponentially, 13:11 all at the same time, that tells us 13:13 that the coming of Jesus is near even at the doors. 13:17 So let's ask some very important questions 13:20 that by God's grace we'll seek to answer. 13:22 Is the coming of Jesus "even at the door?" 13:26 How big are the contractions on planet earth? 13:29 Are they getting bigger? 13:31 And the most important question of all, 13:34 how should we respond to the signs of the times? 13:40 It doesn't matter that you and I 13:42 know the signs of the times, 13:44 if we are not ready to meet Jesus, 13:47 knowing these things will not save anybody. 13:50 The only thing that will save us 13:52 is a relationship with Jesus. 13:54 That's the only thing that will save us. 13:57 All these signs designed to draw us to Jesus, 14:01 designed to bring us to a point of seriousness, 14:04 are designed to bring our priorities to the place 14:07 where they need to be. 14:09 And so as we take a look at these signs, 14:12 we want to take a look at how we can respond. 14:15 And I believe that this message will bring us great hope 14:17 and great certainty 14:19 in these times of uncertainty that we live in. 14:23 That is what Jesus said in Matthew 24:42-44. 14:27 Jesus said, "Watch therefore, 14:30 for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 14:33 But know this, that if the master of the house 14:36 had known what hour the thief would come, 14:38 he would have watched 14:39 and not allowed his house to be broken into. 14:41 Therefore you also what, be ready, 14:44 for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." 14:48 So the message of Jesus is clear. 14:50 Watch and be ready always. Be ready always. 14:55 And the truth is, we do not know 14:58 when our last day on planet earth will be? 15:00 Do we? 15:01 Does anyone have any idea 15:02 when they're gonna breathe their last? 15:04 No. We have no certainty. 15:06 And so Jesus says, "Be ready always." 15:10 That way, whenever it is that I come 15:13 or whenever it is that you breathe your last, 15:15 you are safe and secure in my arms 15:17 because the truth and the reality is that 15:20 the day I breathe my last, I have made my decision 15:23 for or against Jesus, 15:25 for or against eternity with Him. 15:28 And so Jesus made it clear, 15:30 "Be ready now. Be ready always. Watch and be ready." 15:35 In fact, this is not something 15:36 that Jesus shared once or twice. 15:38 Over and over again. 15:40 We don't have time to take a look at all these scriptures, 15:43 but I've just pulled out just those, 15:45 those all important points that Jesus is seeking 15:48 to encourage us to watch in Matthew 25:13. 15:52 In Mark 13:37, Jesus says, "And I say to you, 15:55 I say to all: Watch!" 15:57 In Luke 21:36, 15:59 "Watch therefore and pray always." 16:00 And then finally in the Book of Revelation, 16:02 the last book of the Bible, Revelation 16:15, Jesus, 16:06 these are the words of Jesus, 16:07 "Behold, I am coming as a thief. 16:09 Blessed is he what, watches." 16:11 So the importance of watching cannot be understated, 16:17 and Jesus shares that over and over again. 16:20 So today, we want to begin by taking a look 16:23 at Signs in the Political World, 16:25 signs you can't ignore, Signs in the Political World. 16:30 In Matthew 24:6, 16:32 let's take a look at these words 16:34 that we've just read. 16:35 "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. 16:38 See that you are not troubled, 16:39 for all these things must come to pass, 16:41 but the end is not yet. 16:43 For nation will rise against nation, 16:46 and kingdom against kingdom." 16:48 Now the truth is, ever since Cain killed his brother Abel, 16:52 conflict has been part and parcel 16:55 of this sin sick world that we live in. 16:57 There have been wars and rumors of wars 17:00 for the past 6000 years. 17:02 But the significance of Jesus' statement 17:04 and remembering the analogy that He used of labor pains. 17:08 Jesus predicted that just before His coming, 17:12 there would be conflicts on an international scale, 17:16 on a global scale such as we have 17:19 not witnessed in the history of this world, 17:22 and sure enough the last century 17:26 there were almost 200 million people 17:29 that were killed due to war and conflict. 17:33 World War I took the lives of some 20 million people 17:39 and it's called World War I because what? 17:41 World War II followed where there was more death, 17:46 and more destruction, and more loss of life. 17:49 Today, we are living in a world that is best summed up 17:53 by this front page of this Time Magazine. 17:56 I subscribe to Time Magazine 17:58 and it gives me a handle on what's happening in the world. 18:03 Don't have too much time to look at the news 18:05 or to see what is taking place and Time Magazine is, 18:08 is a good magazine, it just gives me, 18:10 gives me in a nutshell some of the key events 18:13 that are taking place, and this was the front cover 18:15 of Time Magazine back in January 12, 2009. 18:19 Notice that word, "Again, Again" 18:23 and that sums up the world that we live in. 18:25 You turn on your news, again there is another conflict 18:29 that has broken out in some part of the world. 18:32 Again, there is, there is a rumor 18:35 of another war about to brew. 18:37 There is conflict everywhere again, again and again. 18:41 Notice what the Apostle Paul said regarding our times. 18:45 So in 2 Timothy 3:1, the Apostle Paul wrote, 18:49 "But know this that in the last days 18:52 perilous times will come." 18:55 Now the last days according to scripture 18:58 began with the coming of Jesus 19:02 and would continue all the way through to, 19:04 through to the second coming of Jesus. 19:06 Now you're thinking, how does that work Danny. 19:08 The last days, I thought the last days 19:10 were right at the end, 19:11 while Jesus through His sacrifice 19:14 ushered in the last days of human history. 19:17 We could spend a lot of time on that, 19:19 but we don't have time, 19:20 but the importance of the last days 19:22 is that the last days, 19:24 just like those labor pains will intensify 19:28 until the very end of those last days 19:31 which is the coming of Jesus. 19:33 And so the Apostle Paul here speaks of the last days 19:35 and he says, "Perilous times will come." 19:38 That word there perilous, 19:39 I looked it up in the original Greek 19:43 which is what the New Testament was written in 19:46 and that word literally means 19:49 difficult, dangerous, hazardous, risky, unsafe, 19:53 treacherous, times fraught with danger. 19:57 Does that describe the times that we're living in? 19:59 Absolutely. 20:01 Today, we live in a time when we have the capability 20:05 to destroy this world a number of times over. 20:09 We know of, we know of eight countries 20:12 that have nuclear weapons. 20:15 There's a couple of others like Iran and North Korea 20:19 that we're not quite sure. 20:21 The jury's out 20:22 as to where they're at with their nuclear aspirations. 20:28 But we have the ability today, 20:31 for the first time in human history 20:33 to destroy this planet a number of times over. 20:37 We are living indeed in perilous times 20:40 unlike at any other time in human history. 20:45 These are clear signs that we are living 20:49 at the very end of time and the coming of Jesus 20:52 as He pointed out was even at the doors. 20:56 I find this statement 20:58 from the Book of Revelation fascinating, 20:59 incredible, prophetic. 21:02 Notice these words 21:04 from the Book of Revelation 11:18. 21:08 John the Revelator writes, 21:10 "The nations were angry and Your wrath has come, 21:14 and the time of the dead, that they should be judged. 21:17 And that You should reward 21:18 Your servants the prophets and the saints..." 21:20 Notice the context of John's words here 21:23 are very clearly the second coming of Jesus. 21:26 It's at the second coming of Jesus 21:28 that Jesus gives His rewards to His servants, 21:31 the prophets and the saints. 21:33 It's at the second coming of Jesus 21:35 that that judgment takes place. 21:40 Notice John goes on, 21:42 "And those who fear Your name, small and great. 21:46 And that You should destroy those who what, 21:48 destroy the earth." 21:50 When John wrote these words 21:52 at the end of the first century, 21:54 some 1900 years ago, these words were laughable. 21:59 The mockers and the scoffers and the skeptics, 22:02 they had a field day. 22:05 How is it possible that humans will come to the point 22:08 where they have the opportunity, 22:11 where they have the capability to destroy this world? 22:15 Could you destroy the world 1900 years ago? 22:18 Absolutely not. What did they use for warfare? 22:21 They had knives, spears, bows and arrows, 22:26 catapult possibly, horses, that's what they had for their, 22:31 for their war and for their military. 22:33 There was no way you could destroy the world with, 22:36 with such weaponry. 22:38 But nobody's laughing today, are they? 22:40 Nobody is laughing today. 22:42 For the first time in human history, 22:44 these words are fulfilled. 22:47 We today have the capability to destroy the earth. 22:52 But I thank God for His Word. I thank God for His Holy Word. 22:57 I thank God for that same Book of Revelation 23:00 where God says that humans will not destroy this world. 23:04 The Bible tells us in the Book of Revelation 23:07 that God will hold back the winds of strife. 23:10 You can read about that in Revelation Chapter 7 23:13 that God's four angels will hold back 23:15 the winds of strife. 23:17 So that humans will not come to the point 23:20 where they will destroy this world 23:22 because the coming of Jesus 23:23 will be the climax of human history. 23:25 It will be the coming of Jesus that will put an end to life 23:29 on planet earth as we know it, not man. 23:32 And so I thank God for His word 23:34 because it gives me certainty in these uncertain times. 23:37 I can go to bed knowing that all will be well. 23:42 Relatively speaking in the world 23:45 and that man will not do. 23:47 Well, man may want to do if it was left up to man alone. 23:52 I love these words from Matthew 24:35. 23:55 You'll notice that we're spending 23:57 a lot of time in Matthew 24. 23:58 This is a key chapter on the signs of Jesus' 24:00 coming along with Mark Chapter 13 and Luke 21. 24:04 Notice here what Jesus says in Matthew 24:35, 24:07 "Heaven and earth will pass away, 24:09 but My words will by no means pass away." 24:13 You can take the word of God to the bank. 24:16 We can put our certainty, our faith. 24:19 We can put our confidence in God's word, 24:22 heaven and earth will pass away, 24:25 but God's word will never pass away. 24:28 This is true, this is faithful. 24:30 You and I can have total confidence 24:33 and 100 percent certainty in God's word, 24:36 and I thank God for His Word. 24:39 Notice these words from the Book of Isaiah 40:8, 24:42 "The grass withers, the flower fades, 24:46 But the word of our God stands" for how long? 24:49 "It stands forever." 24:51 God's word stands forever, 24:54 and I thank God that we have His word. 24:58 In Luke 21:25, this is the parallel passage 25:02 to Matthew 24 as I've mentioned along with Mark Chapter 13. 25:06 Here Jesus gives us these words. 25:09 Luke here fills in a few gaps that, 25:12 that Matthew misses out on, and here we read the words 25:16 "and there shall be distress of nations, with perplexity." 25:20 And once again, this is in the context of riot 25:23 at the end of time. 25:24 This world is described by Jesus 25:27 as a time where there will be great distress and perplexity. 25:31 I looked up those words distress and perplexity, 25:35 so that all could be sure of what Jesus was saying. 25:38 Notice these words 25:40 and they're just straight out of your dictionary, 25:42 extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain. 25:46 Perplexity, the inability to deal with 25:49 or understand something. 25:50 Does that describe our time? 25:53 Does that describe the Titanic issues 25:56 that our world leaders are grappling with? 25:58 It absolutely does. 26:00 We're living in a time of great perplexity, 26:03 of great distress, and there are, 26:05 there are just too many questions 26:07 and not enough answers. 26:09 And things are becoming more and more strenuous. 26:12 Jesus went on in Luke 21:26, 26:16 "Men's hearts failing them from fear 26:20 and the expectation of those things 26:21 which are coming on the earth..." 26:23 Fear, what's another word for fear? 26:26 Terror, terror. 26:28 Anyone familiar with the word terror? 26:31 We absolutely are. 26:32 Sadly fear is part and parcel of life on planet earth today. 26:38 And notice what the dictionary defines fear as, 26:41 an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, 26:45 pain, or harm. 26:47 So you put these three words together, 26:49 distress, perplexity, and fear, 26:52 and this is a perfect summary of the world 26:55 that we live in today. 26:57 We will never forget where we were 27:00 were or what was taking place in our lives 27:03 when September 11 took place. 27:06 We are all well familiar that it was on this day 27:10 that the world changed forever. 27:13 The newspaper headlines around the world. 27:17 This world will never be the same again. 27:22 Has the world changed since September 11? 27:24 Absolutely, this world has changed dramatically. 27:30 This Time Magazine back in 2010, December 6, 27:36 was an interesting magazine because it looked to compare 27:40 what this world was like in the year 2000 27:44 as to what it was like at the end of the first decade 27:48 of the third millennium at the end of 2009. 27:52 It had many statistics of different areas of life, 27:57 and I took a look at this very interesting statistic 28:01 which I want to share with you. 28:03 Terrorist attacks around the world. 28:06 In the year 2000, 28:08 there were 423 terrorist attacks around the world 28:13 that were recorded. 28:14 Notice, in 2009, 28:17 we have 11,000 terrorist attacks 28:22 recorded around the world, 28:24 almost four and a half thousand in Iraq 28:26 and Afghanistan alone. 28:28 Now let me ask you, 28:29 have the labor pains intensified? 28:31 Absolutely, absolutely. 28:33 You can clearly see that the distress, the fear, 28:37 the perplexity has intensified and today terrorism 28:43 is just part of life. 28:44 It's the new way of doing life. 28:47 You go to the airport, you go to the bus station, 28:50 you go to the restaurant, you go to wherever, 28:53 you fill in the blank and we have no idea 28:56 whether we will come home safely. 28:58 Terrorism today is sadly a household word, 29:02 wars and rumors of wars. 29:04 There is so much conflict. 29:05 In fact, it's become, it's become normal. 29:08 We can sit at home and eat our spaghetti, 29:12 we can eat our salad, we can eat our potatoes 29:15 and we can watch the news 29:16 and yes, there's another terrorist strike 29:18 somewhere in the Middle East or somewhere in Africa 29:20 and we're like whatever, pass me the potatoes. 29:24 We've become blasé, we've become conditioned, 29:27 we're used to it. 29:28 And unless a terrorist attack takes place 29:32 in the middle of one of our large cities here in Australia 29:35 or somewhere in the western world, 29:36 we don't even blink an eyelid. 29:38 It's just normal. It's normal. 29:42 That's the kind of world we're living in. 29:45 The refugee crisis. 29:48 Today, we have some 60 million people 29:52 that are displaced from their homes 29:54 due to war and conflict. 29:57 More so than any other time since World War II. 30:02 Today, today, this very day 40,000 people, 30:06 men, women and children will have to leave their homes 30:10 due to war and conflict. 30:12 We only see a little bit on the television, 30:14 it's not just in Europe. 30:17 It's not just coming out of the Middle East. 30:19 It's all over the world, 30:21 and so we're living in very, very difficult times. 30:24 Notice these words 30:25 from the Prime Minister of Australia 30:28 on the day before the election, 30:31 the day before the federal election. 30:33 He stated this on ABC Radio, I was driving, 30:37 and I mean, I was listening to an interview 30:39 with the Prime Minister, 30:41 and I stopped the car 30:42 and I jotted down these words that he shared, 30:45 so this is the day before the election, 30:47 July 1, 2016, "We are living in uncertain times. 30:52 We are experiencing unprecedented changes globally 30:56 at unprecedented speed." 30:58 And then he went on to state 31:00 that that's why the 23 million Australians 31:03 need to vote for my government 31:05 which will provide for security and stability 31:08 and blah, blah, blah. 31:12 He is stating, he is clearly stating 31:16 the times that we are living in. 31:18 We are indeed living in unprecedented times 31:23 of unprecedented instability. 31:29 Uncertain times, and that's why the search 31:32 for certainty begins and ends with Jesus. 31:36 The search for certainty begins and ends in God's Word. 31:41 The search for certainty begins and ends in the hope 31:44 that we have in Jesus. 31:47 It must begin there. 31:49 It must begin there, that is our only hope, 31:51 our only safety and security. 31:53 Notice this from page from Time Magazine 31:56 back in 2009 December 7, "The Decade From Hell. 32:02 Subtitle And Why the Next One will be Better. 32:06 When Time Magazine took a look at our first decade 32:09 of the new millennium, it described the first decade 32:13 of this third millennium that was supposed to be 32:15 an age of prosperity and peace for all, 32:19 as the decade from hell. 32:22 I don't know about you but this decade, 32:24 this new decade hasn't, hasn't done anything for me. 32:28 This was the front cover of Time Magazine 32:31 at the end of 2015 World War ISIS. 32:35 We've had World War I, we've had World War II. 32:38 And now we have World War ISIS. 32:42 The Apostle Paul spoke of our day 32:45 in 1 Thessalonians 5:3, "For when they say, 32:48 "Peace and safety!" 32:50 then sudden destruction comes upon them, 32:52 as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. 32:54 And they shall not escape." 32:56 Peace and safety, we are living in a time 33:00 when world leaders are seeking for peace and safety. 33:05 The United Nations, a place designed where, 33:09 where nations can come together and without war 33:13 and without conflict settle their disputes. 33:17 I find it interesting that the United Nations logo has, 33:22 has to two olive branches that circle the world. 33:26 These olive branches are symbol for what? 33:29 A symbol for peace, circling the world, 33:32 and yet we find ourselves living in a time 33:35 of less stability and less peace, 33:38 and less security and safety. 33:41 That is why the words of Jesus are the only words 33:45 that we can put our faith and trust in. 33:47 Notice these words from Jesus, in John 16:33, Jesus said, 33:52 "These things I have spoken to you, 33:54 that in Me you may have what, peace. 33:57 In the world you will have tribulation, 34:00 but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." 34:04 In Jesus alone we can have peace. 34:07 Jesus here made it abundantly clear 34:10 that in this world we will have tribulation. 34:12 In this world we will have trouble. 34:14 In this world there will be distress, 34:17 there will be perplexity, there will be fear. 34:19 But Jesus says, in Me you can have peace. 34:23 And that's the wonderful assurance 34:25 that we have that in these uncertain times, 34:28 we can have peace in Jesus Christ, in Him alone. 34:32 He is the Prince of peace the Bible tells us. 34:35 The wonderful Prince of peace, 34:38 that is why Jesus is our only hope. 34:41 That is why we have the Apostle Paul 34:44 writing these wonderful words in Titus 2:13, 34:48 "Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing 34:52 of great God and Savior Jesus Christ." 34:55 That is why the second coming is the great and grand theme 35:00 that goes from one end of scripture 35:02 all the way to the other. 35:03 It appears more than 1500 times the coming of Jesus, 35:08 that is the blessed hope. 35:09 I pray for the government. 35:11 I pray for our politicians, but our politicians 35:13 don't have what it takes 35:15 to solve the titanic problems that this world faces. 35:18 Our only hope is in Jesus. 35:20 Our only hope is in His second coming. 35:23 That's why the Apostle Paul speaks of the second coming 35:25 as the blessed hope. 35:29 Let's take a look at another sign 35:31 that Jesus gave us. 35:32 We're gonna take a look at Signs in the World of Nature. 35:37 Jesus said, "And there will be famines, 35:39 pestilences, and earthquakes in various places." 35:43 Let's begin by taking a look at famines. 35:47 Today, one billion people in the world 35:53 don't have enough to eat. 35:55 I know that's something that you and I cannot comprehend 35:58 because we like those who live in the western world 36:02 live in a land of plenty. 36:05 We have problems here because we eat too much. 36:08 Not because we don't eat enough. 36:11 But sadly, one billion people are going to bed 36:14 hungry every night. 36:16 That is those who manage to make it through the day. 36:20 Some 20,000 people die every single day 36:23 due to hunger related diseases, 36:26 and most of them as you're aware are children. 36:30 Jesus talked about pestilences. 36:32 What are pestilences? 36:34 Well, pestilences are strange and overwhelming diseases 36:39 that affect huge population masses. 36:43 One pestilence that we've had 36:45 and some of you may be familiar with it 36:47 was the Black Death or the Black Plague 36:50 that swept through Europe 36:53 where, where some 75 to 200 million people 36:57 lost their lives during those years in the 1400s 37:02 when the Black Plague just, just took the lives 37:06 of millions and millions and millions of people. 37:09 We are living now in a time where a pestilence 37:14 of such significance could sweep the world 37:19 in a matter of hours literally 37:21 with the way that we travel today. 37:24 You know, you can be from one side of the world 37:26 to the other side of the world in a day, isn't that right? 37:28 In 24 hours, and so disease today 37:31 can spread like at no other time in human history. 37:36 The Zika Virus, we're familiar with that currently, 37:40 but there have been many others, 37:41 and who knows what's going to take place tomorrow. 37:44 Who knows what virus will be on the radar tomorrow, 37:48 or next week, or next month. 37:51 It's a mysterious illness with devastating effects. 37:54 Is the next public health crisis 37:56 in your backyard who knows? 37:58 Who knows? 37:59 That's the uncertain world that we live in. 38:03 But once again, I thank God that in His word, 38:07 we can have peace and security. 38:09 In His word, we can have hope. 38:12 In His word, no matter what happens around us as we, 38:15 as we look at the words of Jesus earlier, 38:17 we can have peace. 38:19 We can have peace in these uncertain times. 38:23 This was an article that I stumbled across 38:26 as I was doing a little bit of research 38:28 in this area entitled, it was from National Geographic 38:31 back in 2015 January 14, 38:35 Mass Animal Die-Offs are on the Rise, 38:38 Killing Billions and Raising Questions. 38:41 And then the subtitle there, "Huge animal die-offs 38:44 along with disease outbreaks and other population stresses, 38:47 are happening more often. 38:50 We're not to be surprised because Jesus gave us 38:53 that analogy of labor pains. 38:56 And so we had to expect 38:57 that just before the coming of Jesus, 39:00 there will be more disease, there will be more war, 39:04 there will be more famine, 39:06 there will be more of all these signs 39:09 that Jesus gave to us before His coming. 39:12 So we're not to be surprised, 39:14 because these things are all designed 39:16 to help us realize that the coming of Jesus is near. 39:20 This was a very concerning, Time Magazine front cover, 39:26 A World Without Bees back in 2013, August 19, 39:31 A World Without Bees. 39:33 The price we'll pay if we don't figure out 39:36 what's killing the honeybee. 39:37 Are you aware that, that we're losing 39:39 millions and millions and possibly billions of bees? 39:43 They have been wiped out. 39:44 I have a brother-in-law who operates a large farm 39:51 there in Queensland, 39:52 he grows berries and raspberries and figs, 39:55 and he was sharing with me just the other day, 39:57 that he is having to pay more and more for the bees 40:01 that are being placed there on his farm 40:02 that he has to pay for in order to pollinate his fruit. 40:08 He's having to pay more and more 40:10 because there is less and less to go around, 40:13 and so imagine a world without bees. 40:17 Well, I can't imagine a world without bees, 40:19 we'd be in a whole heap of trouble, isn't that right? 40:21 The bees are the very foundation 40:24 for our food supply as we are all well aware. 40:28 The Apostle Paul in the Book of Romans 40:30 summed up this world in his day, 40:33 let alone in our day. 40:35 Romans 8:22, "For we know that the whole creation groans 40:39 and labors with birth pangs together until now." 40:44 The Apostle Paul here is saying that 40:46 all of creation is laboring. 40:48 He's using those same words that Jesus used of labor pains. 40:51 He's using the same words that the Apostle Paul used 40:55 when he spoke of the time of the end 40:58 when this world will experience 41:00 labor pains such it has never experienced before. 41:04 The whole world, the whole creation is groaning, 41:08 and as we take a look at this world 41:11 whether it be, whether it be the environment, 41:14 whether it be some of the things 41:15 taking place in the natural world, 41:17 natural disasters in whatever sphere of life, 41:20 as we take a look at, 41:22 we can we can see that things are not right 41:23 and this world is groaning. 41:26 Climate change, we're all familiar 41:28 with climate change, and yes, 41:29 there are those that believe that climate change is manmade 41:34 as in we have a lot that we have contributed 41:37 towards the rise in temperature 41:40 and the rise in natural disasters. 41:42 Then there are those that are saying, 41:44 "Well, it's just, it's just the way it is 41:46 and we don't really have too much." 41:49 I do know that today this world is experiencing distress 41:53 on a scale that it is not, not seen in a long, long time. 41:59 The Secretary General Ban Ki-moon 42:02 of the United Nations 42:04 speaking of climate change, he said that, 42:07 "Humanity has never faced a greater challenge." 42:11 And it's true. 42:13 The last 15 years, some of you will be aware of this, 42:15 for the last 15 years, 42:16 each year has been the hottest on record. 42:18 You remember hearing that? We hear that every year. 42:21 We hear that every year since records began in 1880. 42:24 This is what... 42:26 This is what the scientists are telling us, 42:28 the weather people since 1880, 42:32 from the year 2001 all the way to today, 42:36 every year has been getting hotter and hotter 42:39 and hotter and hotter, 42:41 and last year was the hottest on record 15 years in a row. 42:47 In fact, I saw an article just recently 42:50 that in the Middle East temperatures were reaching 42:52 60 degrees Celsius. 42:55 Now for our viewers that are, that are watching 42:59 and they only deal with Fahrenheit, 43:00 I'm not quite sure what that is, 43:02 I should have probably found that out earlier, 43:04 it's probably up around 120 or somewhere there 130, 43:06 I don't know 125, 60 degrees Celsius 43:10 and it's, and it's, it's at the point 43:13 where humans cannot exist in that kind of heat. 43:16 We struggle with 40 degrees, let alone 60 degrees. 43:21 Then just a few days ago, I looked at, 43:25 I looked at an article 43:26 that was speaking of these devastating floods 43:29 that were taking place there in the United States. 43:32 And I spoke of these floods 43:34 as one in a thousand year flood. 43:37 The only problem with that one in a thousand year flood 43:40 is that we're beginning to hear that more and more often. 43:43 Isn't that right? 43:44 It used to be one in a decade. 43:46 Then one in a century flood. 43:49 Now it's what? 43:50 One in a one thousand year flood. 43:54 It's just happening more and more and more. 43:59 Today, I do know one thing, 44:02 regardless of what the climate change debate 44:06 may center on. 44:09 Regardless of what one group says 44:12 or one group doesn't say. 44:13 I do know that we are indeed destroying our environment. 44:17 When I look at our waterways, when I look at our seas, 44:21 when I look at our rivers, when I look at out... 44:23 Well, when I, when I smell out air 44:26 especially in our large cities, 44:28 I can tell that something is not right. 44:30 We are indeed destroying our environment. 44:33 What did the Book of Revelation say, 44:36 "And that you should destroy those who destroy the earth." 44:38 We are doing a great 44:40 and grand job in destroying our environment. 44:42 We ought to be looking after this environment. 44:45 This world was given to us, not to, not to use and abuse, 44:49 but this world was given to us by God for us to take care of. 44:54 We are, we are to be carers, 44:58 we are to take care of this world 45:00 that God has given to us. 45:04 But God is one day preparing a new world, 45:07 He's preparing a new world. 45:09 You see regardless of how well we take care of this world, 45:13 the truth is that this world will never ever be 45:16 what God designed it to be. 45:18 I love these words in the Book of Revelation 21:1, 45:21 at the end of the Bible, 45:23 "Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth," writes John. 45:26 "For the first heaven and the first earth 45:28 had passed away. 45:29 Also there was no more sea." 45:31 Aren't you looking forward to that day 45:33 when God will create a new heaven and a new earth? 45:37 Yes, we need to take care of this world, 45:39 but this world sadly cannot be fixed up by humans. 45:46 No matter how hard we try and we ought to do all we can, 45:49 but this world needs God to intervene 45:53 to create a new heaven and a new earth. 45:55 Let's take a look at 45:57 what Jesus had to say regarding earthquakes. 46:00 Now, I find it interesting that Jesus chose earthquakes 46:05 and He focused His attention on earthquakes. 46:07 He could have looked at floods, 46:09 He could have looked at cyclones, 46:11 He could have looked at hurricanes, 46:14 He could have looked at a number of fires. 46:17 He could have looked at a number 46:19 of other disasters that that destroy... 46:22 That destroyed buildings and destroy, 46:25 destroy things around us 46:26 and take life but He focused on earthquakes. 46:30 I've been asking myself why earthquakes, 46:32 and I came to the conclusion that the reason why 46:34 Jesus spoke of earthquakes is earthquakes 46:37 that is the only, 46:39 that is the only natural disaster 46:41 that you have no warning for. 46:42 Have you ever thought about that? 46:44 That's the only natural disaster 46:45 you have no warning for. 46:47 If there's a fire coming, you have some time. 46:49 Even if there is a... 46:51 If there's a flood coming, 46:52 there's been lots of rain or so on and so forth. 46:54 If there's a cyclone, if there's a hurricane brewing, 46:57 you have some warning, you have time to prepare. 47:00 But an earthquake is the only natural disaster 47:02 you have no time to prepare. 47:04 You have to be ready right now. 47:08 Earthquakes, they claim the lives 47:13 of more people than any other natural disaster 47:16 because of the horrible destruction 47:18 that follows an earthquake. 47:20 Now, when it comes to earthquakes, 47:21 I want to take a look at 47:24 what's been happening in the world, 47:26 especially in the past 100 years. 47:30 Because you see when it comes to earthquakes, 47:33 the skeptics and the scoffers will simply say, earthquakes, 47:36 they're not really signs at all. 47:39 You can't say that 200 years ago, 47:41 there were like five earthquakes recorded 47:43 and this year there were 20,000 earthquakes record 47:46 because today we have the technology, 47:48 today we have these fancy-dancy apparatus that can, 47:52 that can pick up an earthquake even if it's tiny 47:57 that no one else can pick up. 47:58 But these instruments can pick it up 48:00 even though a human being may not be able to pick it up, 48:02 and so that's fair enough. 48:04 So I thought, yeah, that's true. 48:05 So I decided that I was going 48:08 to take a look at great earthquakes. 48:10 You see, I spent some time in New Zealand. 48:12 Anyone here from New Zealand? 48:14 Yes, I know there are some people from New Zealand. 48:17 New Zealand by the way 48:18 is the most beautiful country in the world. 48:21 And I lived there for six years, 48:23 I had a wonderful time there, 48:25 one of our children were born there, 48:27 and a beautiful place, 48:28 Kiwis are just the most friendly, 48:30 the most beautiful people in the world. 48:31 If there's any Kiwis out there watching, 48:33 you are just the most beautiful people in the world. 48:35 Although I'm Australian and I was born here, 48:37 but I just love the Kiwis, 48:39 and if it wasn't for their horrible beaches 48:42 especially where I live and the cold weather 48:44 and being so far away from home and family, 48:47 I would live there for the rest of my life. 48:49 But anyway, I'm in New Zealand 48:51 and I became well acquainted with earthquakes. 48:55 Sadly, as we're well aware 48:57 New Zealand suffered a horrific earthquake 48:59 a few years ago, 49:01 where 100 something 150, 60 people 49:03 lost their lives there in Christchurch. 49:05 And I remember the first earthquake 49:07 that hit whilst we were living in Palmerston north, 49:10 towards the bottom end of the North Island, 49:13 just north of Wellington, 49:14 and it was the middle of the day 49:16 and this earthquake hit and my wife was in the kitchen, 49:20 I was just there in the, in the laundry 49:23 and everything started to shake. 49:25 I've never been in an earthquake before, 49:26 everything started to shake 49:28 and my wife comes out from the kitchen towards me 49:31 and she gives me such an enormous hug 49:34 such as she's never given me before in our whole life. 49:38 And I was like, "Oh, thank you for the earthquake, Lord." 49:45 As I thought about earthquakes, 49:48 I decided I was going to take a look at 49:51 what Jesus had to say about earthquake. 49:52 You've seen Luke 21:11, 49:57 Jesus said, "There will be what? 50:00 Great earthquakes in various places." 50:02 So I decided to take a look at the great earthquakes, 50:05 the earthquakes that you don't need a fancy-dancy 50:08 bit of equipment to tell you that 50:09 there's an earthquake going on. 50:12 But that, you know an earthquake is going on, 50:15 it's a huge earthquake. 50:16 I decided to take a look at the mega titanic earthquakes 50:21 in the last 100 years. 50:22 So I went to the United States Geological Society website, 50:28 they're the official earthquake monitoring station. 50:32 And I punched in great earthquakes 50:36 in the past 100 years, 50:37 from the year 1900 up until our day. 50:41 And I discovered that 50:42 there have been 17 great earthquakes 50:46 8.5 on the Richter scale and greater 50:48 that have taken place from 1900-1912. 50:52 Notice, from 1900-1999, 50:57 so for the last 100 years, for the, 50:59 in the 20th century, 51:01 we had 11 earthquakes measuring 8.5 and greater. 51:06 From 2000-2012 we had 6, 51:09 so one in every ten years in the last century 51:13 and so far up until 2012 we've had one every two years. 51:19 Now, that tells me 51:20 that the labor pains are intensifying. 51:22 Notice 9.0 and greater. 51:26 Between 1900-1999 we had three. 51:29 Thus far in the last 12 years, we've had 2, great earthquakes. 51:35 This is a sure sign, a sure sign 51:38 that Jesus is on His way. 51:41 Notice what Jesus said in Luke 21:28, 51:43 "Now when these things begin to happen, 51:45 look up and lift up your heads, because what, 51:48 your redemption is drawing near." 51:51 When you see all these things taking place, 51:53 when you see earthquakes, when you see commotion, 51:55 when you see all the graphs heading north, 51:59 then you know that my coming is near even at the doors. 52:04 So it's not a time for us to be down and discouraged. 52:07 It's not a time for us to look at one another. 52:09 No, it's a time now for us to look up 52:12 because our redemption is drawing near. 52:15 Jesus is about to come. 52:17 Those labor pains are about to come to the very end. 52:20 The baby is about to be born. 52:23 And in fact, this is what 2 Peter 3:13 says, 52:27 "Nevertheless we, according to His promise, 52:30 look for a new heavens and a new thing 52:32 which righteousness dwells." 52:34 This is the great and grand promise 52:36 that God has for those that put their faith 52:38 and trust in Him. 52:39 There is a new heaven and a new earth 52:41 in which righteousness dwells. 52:43 There will no longer be any more pain 52:45 and suffering and sorrow, that will be gone forever more. 52:48 But righteousness that which is right, 52:51 that which is part of God's plan, 52:53 that which is part of God's will, 52:54 that which is part of God's original design for us 52:57 will be ushered in righteousness, 52:59 everlasting righteousness. 53:01 I love this promise at the back of the Bible 53:04 in Revelation 21:4, "And God will wipe away what, 53:09 every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more death, 53:12 nor sorrow, nor crying. 53:14 There shall be no more pain, for the former things 53:17 have passed away." 53:18 Don't you long for that day? 53:20 Don't you long for the day when they will be no more war, 53:22 there will be no more pain, 53:24 there will be no more hungry children, 53:26 there will be no more families having to leave their homes 53:28 because of all the pain and the suffering, 53:31 and the war and the conflict that is raging around them. 53:34 There will be no more earthquakes. 53:38 No more, no more, 53:40 the former things have passed away. 53:46 I love this story I'm about to share with you. 53:51 This story that tells us 53:53 how close we are to the coming of Jesus 53:56 and what we can learn from the story of Tillie Smith. 54:00 Tillie Smith, Tillie Smith along with her family 54:06 left England back in 2004 to head to warmer parts 54:12 to enjoy their Christmas holidays. 54:15 And Tillie along with mom and dad 54:17 and a seven year old sister, went to Phuket 54:21 there in Thailand 54:22 to enjoy and celebrate Christmas together 54:25 on those beautiful sandy beaches 54:27 and enjoy that beautiful warm water 54:29 and that warm climate. 54:32 Tillie Smith is a hero, a eleven year old Tillie Smith 54:36 back then she was eleven in 2004 she is a hero. 54:41 She had the opportunity of meeting 54:43 the president of the United States of America, 54:45 at the time President Bill Clinton. 54:48 Why is she a hero? 54:50 Why did Tillie Smith meet the president 54:53 of the most powerful nation on earth? 54:55 You see on Boxing Day, 2004 as Tillie Smith was playing 55:01 there on the sand with her sister, 55:04 she all of a sudden noticed the water beginning to recede 55:09 there at the beach that they were on, 55:11 there were bubbles, the boats were bobbing up and down 55:13 and immediately Tillie Smith remembered 55:16 what her geography teacher had taught her 55:19 and her classmates two weeks before 55:21 signs before a tsunami strikes. 55:24 She saw all the signs and immediately she recognized 55:29 that a tsunami was on its way. 55:30 She went to her mother and father and she told him, 55:32 mom and dad, there is a tsunami coming. 55:35 Whilst, whilst the rest of the beach goers 55:38 were fascinated by what was taking place 55:41 and were out there busy collecting shells 55:43 and everything that had been left behind 55:46 as the water receded. 55:48 Tillie Smith was calling for a warning. 55:52 Her parents took her seriously thank God, 55:54 they gave the warning to the lifeguards, 55:56 they evacuated every single person 55:59 within a matter of minutes. 56:00 And that was one of the only beaches, 56:02 one of the very few beaches 56:05 where not one person lost their lives. 56:08 Tillie Smith gave the warning, she saw the signs, 56:12 she gave the warning and through her act of bravery, 56:16 she saved 100 people, she saved a 100 people. 56:21 Jesus has given us warnings there in His word. 56:24 He wants us to be ready. 56:26 Not just us to be ready, 56:27 He wants us to prepare others to be ready also. 56:30 Would you like to be ready for the coming of Jesus? 56:32 Would you like to be like Tillie Smith 56:34 and encourage others to be ready for the coming of Jesus? 56:38 If that's your desire, 56:39 why don't you join me as we pray. 56:41 Father in heaven, we just want 56:42 to thank You so much for Your word. 56:44 We want to thank You so much for the promises You've given. 56:47 Thank you for the signs You have given 56:49 because You love us and You want us to be ready. 56:51 Bless us now as we, as we continue this journey 56:55 with you Lord, keep us close to You always 56:58 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. |
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