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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and today I'm here with Mr.
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Joel Renner. Hey, welcome
Joel. Thank you Dad.
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It's good to be with you. You know Joel,
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every year we do one week
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of programs called Questions and Answers.
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And today we're do Questions
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and Answers with Rick Renner year 2025.
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And these are always fun
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We really pray, don't we? - Absolutely.
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Every day in our office we receive hundreds of phone calls
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And we really believe Jeremiah 33:3
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I'll show you great and mighty things.
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I know you can pray by
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But sometimes it helps
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to have somebody agreeing
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Call that to God in
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which is important, and God
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and Jesus will do what needs
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But Joel, let's get right into
the program. Are you ready?
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I'm ready. Alright, let's do what's question No.1?
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What is the rebellion spoken
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of in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. - Well reach
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for your Bible
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because we're really gonna use the Bible a lot in the
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program this week.
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And I've already got my Bible open
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to 2 Thessalonians 2:3
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because I knew Joel was
gonna ask that question.
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But I wanna begin in verse 2.
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And in verse 2, Paul says -
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That you be not soon shaken in mind
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or troubled neither by
spirit, nor by word,
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nor by letter as from us as that the day of Christ has come.
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And Joel, I just wanna pause there
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and say the subject of the rapture
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and the 2nd coming has always spooked people.
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And here we find that even when Paul was still alive,
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the Thessalonians had been wrongly told
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that the rapture happened
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You know, when I was growing up and I was a kid,
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I was terrified about the subject of the rapture.
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And by the way, recently I wrote a book called, The Rapture,
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The Antichrist, and the Tribulation: An End-Times Countdown
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and What Happens Next?
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And the reason I wrote this book is
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because of people that are afraid of this subject
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and people really get panic stricken over the subject
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of the Rapture.
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And I want to give you the RIV of this verse.
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Listen to this. Are you ready?
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The RIV, which is the Renner Interpretive Version
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of 2 Thessalonians 2:2.
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Now it's quite extensive but this is an interpretation.
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Some things will be happening right
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before his coming, that could
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But you know, look at the
world we're living in.
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I mean this is really appropriate.
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It says, I'm referring to events that will be so dramatic,
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they could really leave your head spinning: occurrences
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of such a serious nature
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that many people will end up
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intimidated and even unnerved.
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Naturally speaking,
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these events could nearly
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emotionally putting your nerves on edge
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and making you feel
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I wish I could tell you these
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to be a one shot deal,
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but when they finally get
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to keep coming and coming
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That's why you have to
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or moved by anything you see or hear.
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You need to get a grip on your mind
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and refuse to allow
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by these events.
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If you let these things get
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until you're a nervous wreck.
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That's why you have to decide beforehand
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that you're not going to give in
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and allow fright to penetrate
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and emotions until it runs your whole life.
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I think that is an amazing
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And it's so appropriate
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because today if you go to the internet,
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especially if you go to YouTube, there's all kinds of things
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that are fear driven, panic driven.
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People are saying all kinds
of things just to get people
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to click their site
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and it really puts people
into a state of fear.
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But Paul clearly told us,
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the King James Version is
a little bit more succinct.
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But it says - That you be not soon shaken in mind
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or troubled neither by
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nor by letter as from us that
the day of Christ is at hand.
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So from the very beginning,
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people have been a little panic stricken about the subjects
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of the Rapture and end-times events.
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But Joel, one reason I wrote this book called, The Rapture
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The Antichrist and The Tribulation is
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because when you know what the Bible teaches,
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it removes your fear; it removes all the panic.
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Now read your question one more time
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because now I'm gonna answer it.
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What is the rebellion spoken of in
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2 Thessalonians 2:3?
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Alright, so let's go to verse 3.
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And verse 3 continues - Let no man deceive you
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by any means for that day -
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what day - that day, the coming of the Lord -
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that day shall not come except first
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there come a falling away
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and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.
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So now we find that
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before the coming of the Lord, there's going
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to be a falling away. And Joel, in Greek,
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it is the word apostasia.
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It's where we get the word for apostasy.
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It's a compound of 2 words.
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The 1st word is apo which means away.
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The 2nd part of the word is histemi,
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which means to stand.
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But when you put the 2 words together, it's one
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that steps away from something.
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Now we're living in a time today when people are strangely
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trying to say that this word apostasia,
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it might describe the rapture
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of the church: when the church is going to depart.
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That is not what it means.
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You know, I love a lot of
folks who are teaching that,
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but they are categorically wrong.
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When you teach the Bible, you have to determine
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how a word is historically used.
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And this phrase of falling away, the Greek
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word apostasia, is always used
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to describe a defection.
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It is used to describe a rebellion, a mutiny -
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it is never used in a positive sense.
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It is always something
mutinous, something horrible,
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and that is how Paul uses it here.
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You have to understand that
God chose Paul to write most
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of the New Testament
because Paul was a linguist.
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Paul knew exactly how
these words were used.
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And when you come to 2 Thessalonians 2:
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3, and he uses the word apostasia,
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which here is translated as the words, falling away,
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Paul uses it historically in a correct way.
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He's describing a departure from the faith.
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And that agrees with what Paul said
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in 1 Timothy 4:1,
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where he said in the last days some are
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gonna depart from the faith.
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He's talking about the very same thing.
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But here he's describing a
worldwide mutiny that is going
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to occur in the very end of the age.
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And something else very important,
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the words falling away in Greek has a definite article:
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which means this is very, very specific.
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This is going to be a
falling away in a category
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by itself unlike any that
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Well if you look at 2000
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and Joel, I know I'm
giving you a lengthy answer
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to your question, but it's
an important question.
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There have been many times
when people have defected
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or fallen away from the faith; but
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because here you have a definite article,
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this is the falling away.
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It's not just a falling away,
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this is the apostasy, not just an apostasy,
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it's going to be unlike any other time.
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So at the very, very end
of the church age, just
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before Christ comes and just
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before the antichrist is
revealed, the world is going
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to be primed and prepared
for his manifestation.
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And notice that verse 3 calls the antichrist,
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the man of sin.
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The word sin here is really the word, anomia.
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It really would be better translated - the man
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of lawlessness.
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So it tells us the world is going
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to become a lawless place
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And when I say lawless, I don't mean
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that just chaos is gonna be
running in the streets though
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that is happening in many places,
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but it really describes a society
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that will throw off the law of God.
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They're gonna say, we've
already been there,
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we've already done that.
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We're gonna become a
new progressive people.
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We're gonna go a new direction.
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We're going to embrace new morals, new ethics, new beliefs.
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We're gonna throw away
what we used to believe
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and we're gonna become anomia,
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we're gonna become a world
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that is constructed without all those old rules -
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a place where new rules begin to govern us.
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And just when the world
has become lawless,
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that's when the man of
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In other words, the world will be primed
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and prepared for his manifestation.
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Now I want to give you
the RIV. Are you ready?
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Because the RIV of this
verse is really good.
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This is 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
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Listen to this - In light of these things, I urge you
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to refuse to allow anyone
to take advantage of you.
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For example, you won't
need a letter to tell you
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that the day of the Lord has come.
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You ought to know by now -
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now this is really what the Greek text says -
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You ought to know by now that that day can't come
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until first a worldwide insurgency, rebellion, riot,
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and mutiny against God has come about in society.
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Once that occurs, the world will then be primed,
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prepared, and ready to embrace the man
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of lawlessness.
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So when the Bible talks about rebellion
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in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, or
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a falling away, all translated
from the Greek word apostasia,
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it is a prophecy that society
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from the rule of God's word
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and from Judeo-Christian ethics;
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the world is gonna go a new way
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and this will be part of
the devil's process to prime
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and prepare the world for the man of lawlessness
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who is the antichrist.
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Wow.
How's that for an answer?
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By the way, Joel, all of that is in this
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book on the Rapture.
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I think it's very good. Thank you Joel.
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Okay, the next question.
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Who is the restrainer in scripture or do we know?
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Alright, well let's look at that.
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So as we continue in 2 Thessalonians 2,
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Paul says this in verse 6. He says -
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And now you know what withholds that he -
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the antichrist - might be revealed in his time.
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Notice it says, in his time. He's not gonna be revealed
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until..the time for him to be revealed.
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But according to verse 6, there's something
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that is withholding,
something that is postponing
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or stalling or putting on the brakes
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to stop him from being
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Now, when his time comes,
he's gonna be revealed.
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But this verse says - something is restraining him
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or withholding him.
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And then you go to verse 7 and it continues
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and says - For the mystery of
iniquity, death already work:
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only he who now lets - that's the same word,
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restraints - will let
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or will continue to restrain until he,
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the restrainer is taken out of the way.
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Well the word, let, the word restrain, in Greek,
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it's all the same word.
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It is a form of the Greek word, katecho.
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And the word kata means down
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and the word echo means to hold.
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But when you put the two words together, it means
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to hold against, to restrain, to postpone,
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to oppose, to stall, to put on the brakes.
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And according to these
verses written by Paul,
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there is some kind of a
force in the earth right now
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that's putting on the brakes, it is stalling,
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it is postponing the manifestation of the antichrist.
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The question is, who is the restrainer?
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Well, in this book I cover that question,
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and throughout 2000 years of church history,
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there have been various ideas
about who is the restrainer.
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The earliest idea, you're gonna be surprised,
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the early Christians thought it was the Roman Senate.
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They actually said, wow,
if we didn't have a Senate,
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there is no telling what
these crazy emperors would do.
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And they felt that government
was the restraining force
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to hold back evil.
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Then there was a second thought
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that it was Michael the Archangel.
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And the reason people
thought that it was Michael,
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the archangel is because if you go to Daniels 10,
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Michael, the Archangel
wrangles with principalities
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and powers. If you go to the book of Jude, you find
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that Michael the archangel is the one
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that disputes with Satan -
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over the body of Moses.
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It seems like he's always contending with evil.
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And so there were people
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who believed the restrainer was Michael the Archangel.
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Then there's another group who says, well
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the restrainer is the
preaching of the gospel
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because when you preach the
gospel it holds back evil.
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And that is absolutely the truth.
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And then there's another group who says - No,
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the restrainer is the Holy Spirit.
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In one of these days the Holy Spirit is gonna
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be removed from the earth.
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But that's wrong. That is a hundred percent wrong
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because during the tribulation, as I cover in this book,
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people are gonna get saved.
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Well, you can't get saved without the Holy Spirit.
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And if the Holy Spirit's not in the earth,
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nobody can get saved.
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So it can't be the Holy Spirit.
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But the real clincher, the real key
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is in verse 7 which says - Only he
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who now restrains will
continue to restrain until
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he be taken out of the way.
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But when you read this in Greek, it says,
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until he is removed from
the middle of everything,
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well we know the Holy Spirit's
never gonna be removed.
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We know that Michael,
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the archangel is never gonna be removed.
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Well, who's gonna be removed
from the middle of everything
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and who is in the middle of everything -
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the Church. We're everywhere. Praise God.
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We're in the entertainment world,
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we're in the judicial world,
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educational world.
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We're in every part of society: every facet of the world,
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you can find the church.
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You know, I just came out of the sports -
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the gym the other day.
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And when I came out of the gym, I was paying for my parking.
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'cause I go to the gym 3-times a week
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and there was somebody
who walked right up to me
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and said, Pastor Rick, I go to your church.
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I thought, you know, our people are everywhere in Moscow.
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And that's true of the church everywhere. We are everywhere.
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But a day is coming when the restrainer - that's us
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the church - we're gonna be taken out of the midst
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of everything, we're going to evaporate,
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we're going to be gone.
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And that's what we're taught about the rapture
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of the church in 1 Thessalonians 4:17
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and 18; we really are going to be evacuated instantly.
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We're gonna be snatched,
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we're gonna be removed from
the middle of everything.
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And when we are removed, that
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is when the antichrist shows up.
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You know how I know that?
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How? The next verse; look at it. The next verse says
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and then. In Greek it says -
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and then, in that very precise moment
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that wicked one shall be revealed.
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And in Greek the words wicked
one has a definite article.
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So he's not just a wicked one,
he is the wicked one. Wicked
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like no one has ever been wicked.
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And the word revealed is a form of the Greek, apokalupto.
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The word apo, means away. The word kalupto, means to veil.
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You put the two words together:
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it means in that precise moment when -
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when the church is removed - in that very moment,
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and not until,
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but when the church is evacuate, then at
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that precise moment the curtains are gonna be pulled back
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and the wicked one is going to appear center stage.
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Now Joel, I wanna read this to you from the RIV.
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Are you ready for this? Get ready because this is amazing.
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The RIV of 2 Thessalonians 2:6
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and 7, listen to this - Now, in light
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of everything I've told you
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before, you ought to be well aware by now
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that there is a supernatural force at work
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preventing the materialization of this person
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and the disclosure of his identity.
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This restraining force I'm
referring to is so strong
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that it's currently putting on the brakes
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and holding back the unveiling
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of this wicked person stalling
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and postponing his manifestation.
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But when the right moment comes,
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this evil one will no longer be withheld
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and he will emerge on the world scene.
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The screen that's been hiding his true identity
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and guarding him from worldview will suddenly be pulled back
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and evaporate
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and he will step out on center stage to let everyone know
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who he is.
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Is that amazing? Amazing. That is amazing.
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But the church is the great restrainer.
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I also cover that in
this book. Oh, I'm Joel.
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I'm just enjoying this time so much.
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I'm too, I'm paying so much attention.
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These are very full answers.
Joel, thank you for asking.
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What's the next question?
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Will Christians be around when the antichrist appears?
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And will we be able to recognize him? We will not be here.
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And the mark of the beast is gonna be given only
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after the antichrist appears.
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And since we'll be gone, it means we don't need
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to worry about the mark of the beast.
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This is another example of
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how good teaching gives you peace.
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For example, during the pandemic, I heard people say, well,
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I'm afraid to take the vaccine
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because it might be the mark of the beast.
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Well, perhaps you didn't want to take the
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vaccine for other reasons.
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I respect whatever reason you had.
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But the vaccine was not
the mark of the beast
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and the mark of the beast
is not gonna be given
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as long as the church is here.
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It is not gonna take place. That will be issued
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by the antichrist.
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And the antichrist is only gonna show up
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after the church has been evacuated, then
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that wicked one shall be revealed.
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And all of his activities, including the mark of the beast,
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will all occur after the church is gone.
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Which means you don't need to worry
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about somebody giving you the mark
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of the beast if you are an authentic Christian
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because you won't be here
when that takes place.
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Joel, can you believe we're out time?
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Wow, we didn't get through all
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of our questions, but we were invited.
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Thank you so much for being
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with me and thank you for asking.
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Did you enjoy this? - Absolutely. - Praise God.
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I hope you enjoyed it.
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But Joel, and I'll be
back in just a moment
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and we are gonna pray for you.
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Hey friends, my name is Rick Renner
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and somebody has asked: What is the judgment seat of Christ?
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Well, it's referred to multiple times in the New Testament,
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but we read about it very specifically in 2 Corinthians
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5:10, which says, For we must all appear
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before the judgment seat of Christ.
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And notice it doesn't say - we must all grovel
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before the judgment seat of Christ.
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It's going to be a moment
when we stand upright.
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And the judgment seat
of Christ is not a place
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where we're going to be reminded of all of our past sins.
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The word, judgment seat is the Greek word, bema.
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It really was a place where rewards were given.
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And a day is coming to my future
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and your future when each of us are gonna stand before Jesus
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and he will reward us according to
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how we obeyed him in this life.
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And this life is a prequalification period for
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what we're gonna do in all of eternity.
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But one day we really will stand
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before the judgment seat of Christ.
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We won't grovel there,
we're gonna stand upright
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and Jesus will reward
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or go online to renner.org
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to order Renner products at
a special holiday discount.
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Call or go online now.
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Hey, this is Rick Renner
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and I'm standing inside the Partner Care Department
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of our ministry and this is where the action takes place.
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Thousands of phone calls every day
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and every month come into this
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from people reaching out to us.
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And this is my precious
mother who is in heaven
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and she established this
part of the ministry.
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But these are the principles we are dedicated
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to:
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* To feed the entire flock God has brought to this ministry.
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* To strengthen those who are diseased in any area
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of their lives. * To bring healing to those in need
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of any type of healing. * To bind up those
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who are broken in any area of their lives.
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* To bring back those that have been driven away.
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* To reach the lost, and to take the gospel
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and the trusted teaching of the Bible to the ends
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of the earth. * To shepherd the flock that God has caused
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to hear the voice of this ministry
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and to help them grow in their relationship with Christ
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and become powerful Bible-based believers equipped
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for these last days.
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and * To thank and minister
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to partners whose sacrificial gifts have enabled this
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ministry to fulfill its call around the world.
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And we are very committed
to these principles.
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And if you're a partner,
you know we're very
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serious about that.
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But hey, right now we're trying to pay off this facility.
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So would you please become a part
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of the Ministry Expansion Giving Team
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so we can pay off this facility
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and then keep taking the gospel to the ends of the earth
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and my friends together, we can do this.
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And I want to say "thank you" so much.
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Well, Joel and I have had
a good time with each other
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and with you today. Joel, hasn't this been wonderful?
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Very wonderful: Full answers, very complete, enlightening.
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Thank you. - I look forward to this every year.
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And I want you to order the whole series,
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which is called - Questions And Answers with Rick Renner.
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And it comes with a study guide
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because everything in this
series we're putting in the
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study guide for you.
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This is all for you.
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And right now, everything on our website
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that is a Renner product is remarkably discounted,
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That is amazing. - It really is.
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And there's a lot of product
to look at. - Oh my goodness.
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It is just loaded with so
many teaching materials
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and we want you to take advantage of it.
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And we also want you to let
us know how to pray for you.
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So if you have a specific prayer need,
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just call the number
that is on the screen.
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And by the way, write it
down. Save that number.
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Maybe one day you won't be watching TV,
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but you'll have a prayer need
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and you wish you had
somebody to pray with you.
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We'll keep that number.
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You can call that number
any hour of the day.
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My friends, we are
waiting to hear from you.
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We will pray for you.
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Or if you wish, send us an email
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and as soon as we hear from you,
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we're gonna really release our faith
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and Jesus is gonna marvelously
do what needs to be done.
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But Joel and I wanna
pray for you right now.
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Are you ready, Joel?
Absolutely. Let's pray.
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Father, we thank you in the name of Jesus
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that today we had this time in the Word.
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We thank you that Ecclesiastes 8:4 really says,
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"Where the word of a king is
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there is power" and there is
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so much power in the word of God.
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There so much peace in the
word of God, we embrace it
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and we thank you that you've
called us as the church
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to be a restraining
force to hold back evil.
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We thank you for this in
Jesus' wonderful name - Amen.
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Alright, well Joel, when
we come back tomorrow,
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we're gonna move to the
next group of questions.
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Are you ready? I'm ready.
It's gonna be good.
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So we'll see you tomorrow. Don't miss it.
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But remember, Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word
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of a king is, there is power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent of my sin and
receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen. Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel
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of Jesus Christ through every available media avenue
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to the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Discover the many ways you can
help us make a difference in
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lives around the world with the word of God.
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We invite you to partner with
us in teaching, strengthening
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.