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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind where the
word is the anchor in
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uncertain times
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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and I've been waiting
for the clock to strike
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so we could get started.
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And today we're gonna return
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to my series called How Close
Are We to the End of the Age?
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It is a 10 part series which deals
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with all the signs Jesus gave us
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to let us know prophetically
where we are in time.
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And it comes with a wonderful study guide.
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And of course, I'm just really excited about my book, Signs
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You'll See Just
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Before Jesus Comes. I know that book will help you
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because it helped me when I
wrote it, it really helped me
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to identify prophetically where we are.
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And if you're wondering how
close we are to the end,
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you need to read that book
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and it would be a great gift
to give to someone else.
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And right now, we do have
a gift for you from us,
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and it is a Timeline of the End-Times.
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It's our gift. It is so
beautifully designed.
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It shows where we have been in the past,
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what prophecies are
currently being fulfilled
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and where we fit in them
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and what still needs to
take place in the future.
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And my friends, we
designed this just for you
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because we want you to see prophetically
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where we are in time.
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You can go online and
download it yourself,
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or if you want a hard copy,
call the number on the screen
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and tell us and we will
send you a hard copy.
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And please, when you reach out to us,
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we wanna know how to pray for you.
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We're praying for you anyway.
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I've already prayed for you today,
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but when we hear from you specifically
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and we know exactly what we
need to pray for, it helps us
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to be more effective in prayer.
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And I promise you that
when you call us for prayer
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or send us an email, you will
really aggressively be prayed
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for and Jesus will do
what needs to be done.
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But today we're gonna move on
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and see what is the next big sign
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that we've come close to the end of the age.
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But let's return to Matthew 24:3,
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which is the foundation for this series.
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And in Matthew 24:3, Jesus is seated on the Mount of Olives
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with his disciples.
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Behind him, across the Kedron
Valley is the beautiful
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panoramic view of the Temple Mount.
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What a prophetic setting.
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And the disciples came
to him privately saying,
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tell us when shall these things be?
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And they were talking
about end time events.
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What shall be the sign of thy coming
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and of the end of the world?
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Now, yesterday we really
covered this verse.
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I took it apart all of
these important words
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so you really understood what
the disciples were asking.
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And if you didn't see yesterday's episode, please go back
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to the archives and see it
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because you need to understand this verse.
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But they asked for a sign,
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but they were privately with Jesus.
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And when you get along with Jesus,
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he'll answer your one question
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and he'll tell you other things as well.
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And that's what happened here.
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They asked for a sign
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and Jesus gave them a
sign, the primary sign,
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and then many other signs.
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And here they are - signs 1 - 14 are:
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worldwide deception, wars, rumors of wars,
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commotions, nation against nation,
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kingdom against kingdom, famines, scarcity,
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economic woes, pestilence, diseases,
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catastrophic events, monstrous developments
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and signs from the heavens.
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But in Matthew 24:8, Jesus says,
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these are just the beginning of sorrows.
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And that word sorrows in the Greek text is the word odyne.
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It is the word for the birth pains that a woman has
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as she approaches the delivery of the baby.
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Now I'm gonna go back to the board
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because I want to give
you a graph one more time.
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I believe it's so important for you
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to understand prophetically
where we've been, where we are
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and where we are headed.
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So I'm not an artist,
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but I'm gonna do my best to demonstrate
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to you this prophetic timeline.
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So let's say this is time.
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Now remember, I'm not an artist,
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but we're beginning with the cross.
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And the cross took place in the year 33.
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The cross and the
resurrection some days later
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was Pentecost.
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And we know the Pentecost
also was in the year 33.
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And it began exactly at 9:00 AM
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or at least that's when it was announced.
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Perhaps it started a
little time before that.
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But Peter stood up
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and said, friends, it's
nine o'clock in the morning
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and the spirit of God has been poured out.
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He really told us exactly when the outpouring at Pentecost
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began and it triggered a period which in the Bible is called
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the Last Days.
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Now let's say this is
the end of the last days.
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Now we've been living in this timeframe
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for 2000 years.
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Technically it is called The Last Days.
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It is a 2000 year period.
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Some people call it the Church Age.
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That's all right because certainly this is the
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age of the church.
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Some people call it the age of grace. And that is true.
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We're living in a period of God's grace.
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And by the way, when we get here
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and the 7-year tribulation begins, this age
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of grace is going to be finished
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and God's gonna begin dealing
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with the ungodly in a very severe way.
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Thank God we're living in the
age of grace, the Church Age.
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But technically it is called the Last Days.
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And it is a 2000 year period,
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2000 year period.
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And it began on the day of Pentecost.
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And it continues until
the rapture of the church.
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This is the rapture - my friends,
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the rapture is not a fantasy.
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It's really going to take
place when Jesus is going
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to come into the clouds,
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He's not gonna come to the earth but above the earth
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and he is gonna snatch
those who belong to him
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and take them to heaven for the Marriage Feast
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of Lamb and for the bema judgment seat of Christ.
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And this is a 7-year period, a 7-year period,
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which is also on the earth called the
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tribulation, the tribulation.
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Now this is a 2000 year period of time
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and when the disciples ask,
Lord, how will we know,
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when will these things be?
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What will be the sign of thy coming end
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of the end of the age?
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They're not talking
about the whole period,
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they're talking about the very
end of the age right here.
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What will be the signs to let
us know we are right here.
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Now you gotta go to Matthew 24:
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8, where Jesus uses the Greek word ouden,
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which describes the birth pains of a woman.
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And Jesus said, when you
come to the very, very end
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of the last days, when you
come to the culmination
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of this period, all these
signs will begin to take place
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and it will be like the
birth pains of a woman.
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Now, I remember when
Denise gave birth to Paul,
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who was our first son,
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and when she had her first birth pain,
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she wasn't even really
sure she had a birth pain.
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She said, Rick, I just felt
something: may, may, maybe
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that was a contraction,
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but it wasn't long until she
wasn't guessing any longer.
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She knew she was having contractions
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and they began to come
faster and faster and harder
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and harder until finally it
was one contraction on top
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of the next, on top of the
next, on top of the next,
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and she was getting ready
to deliver our 1st son.
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Now, Jesus uses this word ouden, which is the word
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for contractions or birth pains to say
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As we come to the very, very end of the age,
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the world at large will begin
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to experience occasional episodes.
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But as time gets by, there'll
be more and more and more
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and more and more and more
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and more just like a woman
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that's in contractions
getting ready to have a baby
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until it's one piled on of
the next, on top of the next,
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on top of the next, all
of these signs will begin
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to pile one on top of the other.
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And if you're my age, you
know that just 50 years ago,
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these world shattering events
that happen every day now used
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to occur once in a while and
they really made big news,
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but now there are so many of
them happening simultaneously
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that people are nearly numb to
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how earth shattering these events are.
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We've been cooked in this
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and now we're living in one contraction on top
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of the next, on top of the
nexts, on top of the next
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and it's all a sign that we're leading up to the conclusion
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of this age and the birth of the next age.
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And the end of this age is going to end
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with the rapture of the church.
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We're gonna be taken to
heaven for the Marriage Feast
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of the Lamb and the bema seed of Christ,
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or the judgment seat of Christ.
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It's gonna be glorious,
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but those seven years
on earth is gonna be a
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time of tribulation.
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And at the end of those
seven years, Christ will come
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and we will come with him in the rapture.
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He comes for us in the 2nd Coming
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or the 2nd Advent, we return with him
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and then he begins the
1000 year millennial reign.
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Now I wanna read something
to you from Acts chapter two
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because in Acts 2, the Day
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of Pentecost is taking place and Peter stands up
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and comments on what is happening.
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And he says this: listen to this,
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Acts 2:14.
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But Peter, standing up with the 11 lifted up his voice
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and said unto them - You men of Judea
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and all you that dwell in Jerusalem be this known unto you
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and hark into my words
for these are not drunken
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as you suppose, but seeing
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it is but the third hour of the day
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or nine o'clock in the
morning, then he said,
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and it shall come to pass in the last days saith God,
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I will pour out of my spirit
upon the flesh and your sons
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and your daughter shall prophesy
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and your young men shall see visions
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and your old men shall dream dreams.
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And on my servants, on my handmaidens,
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I will pour out in those days upon my spirit
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and they shall prophesy.
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And then in verse 19, he says,
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and I will show wonders in heaven above
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and signs in the earth beneath
blood and vapor of smoke
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and fire, and the sun shall
be turned into darkness
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and the moon into blood before that great
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and notable day of the Lord.
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Well that's describing
this period right here
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because the tribulation is also called the
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great day of the Lord.
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So...Peter describes the day
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of Pentecost all the way
to the end of this age.
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But all the things that Jesus described
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and what we are experiencing
right now are part
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of the contractions are
the birth pain signaling
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that we're really coming very
close to the end of the age.
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But now we're going to see sign No.15:
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sign No.15 that Jesus gave us that we're close to the end
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of the age is - Worldwide Persecution.
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Now where you live, you may
not think about people dying
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for their faith because you have religious rights
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and religious liberties.
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I know that even in the western world today, there's a lot
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of pressure on Christians.
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But in other parts of the world,
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people are still suffering for their faith.
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In fact, right now,
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more than 200 million Christians are suffering
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to some degree for their faith.
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But listen to pages 117, 120
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and 124 in my book, Signs
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You'll See Just
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Before Jesus Comes; it says, These are serious days.
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We must never overlook the fact that approximately 75%
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of the world right now lives in situations
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that are precarious for believers.
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In fact, it is only a
small fraction of the world
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that knows no Christian persecution.
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According to the United States, Government
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of State, Christians in more than 60 countries
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face persecution from their government
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or surrounding neighbors simply
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because of their belief in Jesus Christ.
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The US Department of State
confirms this statistic
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that believers in more than 60 nations
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of the world face persecution
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because of their Christian faith.
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More than 200 million Christians are suffering
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from some kind of persecution for their faith.
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And by definition,
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these persecutions include harassments pressures, hardness
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of life and hostility,
and oftentimes violence
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and even leading to death
simply for calling oneself.
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a Christian. Types
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of persecution range from pressures from family
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and community to government
imposed afflictions
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and to violent acts carried
out by terrorist groups.
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And the Bible prophesies
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that persecution in some form will come
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to the church worldwide at
the very end of the age.
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Jesus himself said it would
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and it is time for the Christian community to be wide awake
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and united in order to spiritually withstand the powers
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of wickedness that will attempt to modify the church
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and nullify its effectiveness.
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It the last of the last
days. Wow, that is amazing.
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But let's see what Jesus
said about worldwide
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persecution at the end of the age.
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Let's go to Matthew 24:9, which says,
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They shall deliver you up to be afflicted.
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I wanna show you this word afflicted.
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Now I'm going to be showing you a lot
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of words are gonna be
scattered all over the board.
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The word afflicted - this is a very important word.
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The word afflicted is the Greek word, thlipsis.
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If you wanna write this in English,
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it would be spelled like this.
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This word, thlipsus, is very, very important.
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It is a Greek word which describes a heavy
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pressure situation.
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It was first used to describe an act
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of torture whereby they
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with ropes, lay him on his back
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and tell him to reject his
faith or to admit a crime.
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they would lower a big stone down on top of him
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and then they would say, again, recant or reject your faith.
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If he refused, they would keep lowering it
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and lowering it until finally, thlipsus,
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he would feel the full pressure of it up on him.
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they would cut the rope,
the stone would fall
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and it would crush him.
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or debilitating situation.
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It pictures affliction, tribulation, trouble,
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great pressure, crushing pressure, suffocating pressure,
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a horribly tight life threatening squeeze.
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of pressure is going to come
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to believers all over the world.
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And in fact in Matthew 24:9
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and 10, he then added that they will kill you.
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What does that mean? Kill?
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Well, the word kill
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is a Greek word apokteino.
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Oh, this is a terrible, terrible word.
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If you're taking notes in English,
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you would spell it like this.
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Apokteino, it describes butchery - butchery.
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Now, you may not know any Christians in your neighborhood
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being butchered for their faith,
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but my friends Christians are
being butchered today all over
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the world, there's a lot of slaughter
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of believers in Africa in
the Middle East, my friends,
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this is happening right now.
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And in fact, this word, apokteino, means to slaughter,
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to massacre, to butcher, to ruthlessly kill or to torture.
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It is outright slaughter
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and it can also indicate a death sentence.
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Many believers around the
world today really are living
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under a death sentence.
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We've already seen 200
million believers are
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suffering around the world.
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But then in Matthew 24:9
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& 10, Jesus added - You'll be hated of all nations
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for my name's sake. The word hated is also very important
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so let's look at it.
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The word hated, in Greek, it is the word, miseo,
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spelled like this in English,
it would be like this.
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This word miseo is repeated twice in Matthew 24.
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And this word describes hate:
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it means to abhor it is to find something utterly repulsive.
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It is a deep-seated animosity.
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It pictures intense hatred
repugnant towards something
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to find something objectionable
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or something that causes one to feel disgusted in repulsion.
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It is a deep seated aversion.
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It is not just a case of dislike, it is a case
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of actual hatred.
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And Jesus now uses this word, miseo, to describe a repugnant
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that the end of the age society is going to have
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for Christians.
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They won't just dislike them,
they will actually be a hatred
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that bruise in society against
Christians all over the world
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at the end of the age.
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And then Jesus says, many
will be offended, offended.
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Well, what does that mean, offended. The word offended
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my goodness - these words are so indicative
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of the age which we're living in right now.
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It is the Greek word, skandalidzo.
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In English, you would spell it like
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this, but guess what?
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It's where we get the word for a scandal.
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And here we find that
at the end of the age,
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the lost world will become
so negative about Christians,
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that they will find
Christians to be objectionable
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and even scandalous.
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How dare you say Jesus is the only way.
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How dare you say there is only one gender?
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How dare you be so
bigoted and narrow-minded?
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They will find Christians
simply to be scandalous.
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And Jesus prophesied this, but that's not all.
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In Matthew 24:10, he continued to say
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and they will betray one another.
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The word betray is also very important.
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It is the Greek word paradidomi.
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Now if you wanna write that down in English,
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it would be like this, paradidomi.
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The word didomi means to give the word: para means
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along, put it together,
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it means to hand over or to deliver.
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But wait, that's not all.
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In Matthew 24:10, he says, again, they will hate each other.
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The word hate is again this word mesieo.
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It means absolute hatred.
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They will find Christians to be repulsive and objectionable,
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and in fact, they will find them to be so objectionable
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that Luke 21:12 says, they will deliver you
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to the synagogues.
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You say, what in the
world does this synagogue
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have to do with anything?
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Well, in the 1st Century when Jesus was speaking in all
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the local communities, the synagogue also served
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as the local court for the legal system.
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So when Jesus says
they're gonna deliver you
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to the synagogues,
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he was actually saying
they're gonna turn you
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over to the legal system.
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And here Jesus prophesied the weaponizing
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of the legal system
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at the very end of the age.
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He says they're gonna put you in prison.
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And then in Luke 21:13, he says,
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and this - that is, this situation of persecution shall turn
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to you for a testimony.
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This is going to be your opportunity to speak of Jesus.
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And then in Luke 21:14
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and 15, Jesus tells us - Settle it
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therefore in your hearts not to meditate
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before what you'll answer
for I will give you a mouth
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and wisdom, which all your
adversaries shall not be able
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to gainsay nor resist.
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But as we wrap it up today, I want you to see
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what Jesus said about worldwide persecution: is already a
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reality and it's a sign that we're coming very close
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to the end of the age. Right now,
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200 million Christians are suffering worldwide
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right now.
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We've gotta pray fervently for our brothers
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and sisters in Christ that are in jeopardy.
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We've gotta do everything we can that is possible
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to help them: whether that's sowing finances to help them
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or whether it's praying for them.
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My friends, this is our
opportunity to intercede
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that God will intervene on their behalf,
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but you can't escape this
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because Jesus said it's gonna come
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to the whole world at the end of the age.
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I'll be back in just a moment and I'm going to pray for you.
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How close are we to the end?
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It's a question people have
been asking for 2000 years,
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but as Christians, we have access to the answer.
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In his new series,
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How Close Are We to The End? -
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Rick Renner dives into Jesus' prophetic teachings
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of the End-Times to break down the signs that we need
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to be looking out for.
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In this 10 part series, you will learn -
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Where the current days fit on the End-Times Timeline: How
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where we stand today.
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Hey, this is Rick Renner,
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and right now I'm standing
in the reception area
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of the Tulsa Ministry Headquarters
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and this building is just so wonderful.
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You know the Bible tells us in Proverbs 10:21, the lips
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of the righteous feed many.
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And I know that is our assignment.
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God has called us to feed many
people the trusted teaching
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of the Bible.
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And together with you
and all of our partners,
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we really are taking the trusted teaching of the word of God
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to the very ends of the earth.
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Right now, we've paid off
about 82% of this facility
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and that is just wonderful.
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And my friends, we can
only do it with your help.
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So thank you if you're
already part of the team,
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and if not yet part of the
team, please join us as a part
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of the giving team to
pay off this facility
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so we can be finished with it
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and use these funds to
take the gospel further
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to other places across the world.
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Today we've seen that the 15th
sign that we've come close
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to the end of the age is
worldwide persecution.
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In Hebrews 13:3,
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we are specifically
instructed to remember those
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that are in bonds as if we
were in bonds with them.
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We cannot forget fellow brothers
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and sisters that are
suffering for their faith.
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We need to be interceding for them
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and praying that they'll
be filled with the power
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of the Holy Spirit to witness
boldly right where they are
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and to pray that we will
have the same courage when
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and if persecution comes to us.
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But Jesus said, worldwide
persecution is a sign
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that you've come to the end of the age.
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This is so important for us to understand
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and that's why I'm teaching this series,
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which is called, How Close Are We to the End.
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It's why I'm telling you about my book called, Signs
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You'll See Just Before Jesus Comes - my friends,
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I believe these resources are so important for you
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or for someone that you love.
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But hey, you can find out about all of these by going online
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or calling us.
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And remember, we wanna pray for you,
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so let us know how to pray.
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And Father, we thank you for
the power of the Holy Spirit
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that gives us courage to face
our times in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Well, I'll see
you in the next episode.
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We're gonna start right here,
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but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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"Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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Hey friends, my wife
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and I are coming to the United States
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to hold some wonderful meetings
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and I want to tell you about them,
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but please be sure to go to our website
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to affirm all these times and dates
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because sometimes things change.
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On Friday, January 16th, we're
coming to Bradonden, Florida
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to the Happy Gospel Church,
to a Friends in Ministry
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with Roberts Liardon Meeting.
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Then on Sunday, January 18th, we are coming to Newark,
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Texas to Eagle Mountain International Church to be
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with Pastors George and Terri Pearsons
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and the whole church. On January 25th, we're coming
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to Green Mountain Falls, CO, to Legacy Church to be
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with Pastors Jeremy and Sarah Pearsons.
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On Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January 30th, 31st
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and February 1st, we're coming to Mesa, Arizona,
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Vida Church to be with Pastors Ben
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and Kara Diaz. On Sunday, February 8th, we're coming
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to Southfield, Michigan to be at Word of Faith
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with Bishop Keith and Pastor Deborah Butler.
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On Sunday, February 15th, we're coming to Tulsa, Oklahoma
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to be at Millennial Church with Pastors Paul
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and Karen Brady.
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And on Saturday and Sunday, February 21st
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and 22nd, we're coming to Midland, NC,
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to Encounter Church to be with Bishop Alan
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and Tera DiDio -
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and friend, I want to invite you to come to one
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of these meetings.
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We're waiting to see you there.
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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. If you just prayed
the prayer of salvation
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with us, would you please
let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.