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Real Life presents the Jack Hibbs Podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim

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truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. Friends listen, this is the God

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who has made every prophetic promise that has been fulfilled exactly accurate

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and it's for the world to know, it's for you to know. So what can we assume? That the

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exact same God that has fulfilled those prophecies are fulfilling prophecies

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today and shall fulfill them to come.

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You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast.

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Today if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled

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Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs.

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Well welcome to this program. We're going to be looking at a very very key doctrine of the Bible

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that is one which is relating to all of our lives. Here's the amazing thing about it.

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Is the fact that God has written the future down in advance. It's called Bible prophecy.

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But even if you're not a believer, even if you don't believe in God, the fact of the matter is

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your life is being affected by what God has declared. And ultimately of course that's exactly

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the end game. Is it not that God has got a plan and his plan is being lived out. And now you might

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say Pastor Jack that is your opinion and I'm going to counter right back to you and say oh no it's

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not. And here's the reason why. God has written down over thousands and thousands of years.

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What would happen to us in our time. Not only our time I mean by man's time in the frame or the

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book ends of what we call humanity. The Bible is absolutely a time piece that has been communicated

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to us. Listen that can be tested. And that test is done when you examine Bible prophecy.

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Listen to this. There are no other books of religious writings or authorship

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that describe or define or tell you about what's going to happen in the future than the Bible.

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All other books come up short or worse than that they make false prophecies. But as we look today in

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our study and our time together we're going to be looking at what's driving all of the things that's

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transpired in the world around us right now. We see things taking place with what Jesus said a time

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that there would be wars and rumors of wars. Jesus said that an arrow like that would just precede

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his second coming to the earth. That there'd be a time of wars and we're seeing wars right now.

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We're seeing the rumors of wars. We hear and see the events of the Russian Ukrainian war. We see

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that China is now testing the unification of the nations to see if they're really committed for

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a global security and safety because China is threatening that very posture and position by its

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neighbors and threatening those that are around them. And then what about the areas in the Middle East

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where we see Syria and Iran threatening the existence of Israel? We could do this on and on because

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those are great famous nations and international nations that are worrying and speaking of rumors of

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wars. But that doesn't even take into account the fact that there are sort of speak state wars and

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tribal wars taking place in South America or in Africa. The fact of the matter is what's driving

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all this is an end time scenario that again God told us about that would be a time of lawlessness

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and of wars. And we're going to look at some of those things right now together if you would.

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And I want you to think about this. The number one thing in our message today is this whole issue

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of morality. What's going on with morality? All around the world at the exact same time there is

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a deconstruction of morality. Now you might say well nobody can legislate morality. That's not

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exactly true. Or you can say well my morality is my morality and it doesn't matter what I believe

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or what I do. That's not exactly true. As humans as the human species that God has placed here on

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earth what someone else does directly affects you or indirectly affects you. We're in the family

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of God. And in this world and in this life there is this thing called morality. And the morality

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issue is this. How do you view things and what are the value that you place upon certain things?

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For example even the atheist who claims there's no God. He or she they have a morality.

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They've got a morality lens that they view life through and they make a determination.

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And so when we talk about what's driving the last days in the end times and God's great end time

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plans and game plans is the fact that we are actually traveling down a course that has been

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prewritten by God. And if we know our Bibles we can know what's coming next that we might be

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a prepared people. Now I want to be careful when I say that. We don't know the day of the hour

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of Jesus's return. But we do know that he's given us enough indications that it to cause us to get

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excited about his coming and to prepare our lives about his coming. And I think he really means

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for us as believers to take that challenge and to go tell the world the gospel that it's all

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about Jesus Christ who died in the cross for your sins in mine and that he rose again from the dead

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for your justification and mine. And that hope in him brings us eternal life. Then when we say to him

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Lord I do believe that you died in the cross for my sins and that you rose again from the dead and

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I want you in my life what are we admitting? We are admitting the ultimate morality that God's

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morality is perfect but I'm imperfect. God's morality says I love you but there's a great

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gulf between you and I that must be bridged. So you and I look around this world and we see man

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making up reality today like never before. Man's making up his own rules. And the Bible says about

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us doing that that what a man decides and what he determines to do in his own mind leads to death

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leads to destruction. And that's what we're seeing today. Listen I want to read you a verse in the

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Bible. You ask yourself is this true regarding morality in our day? I read 2000 years ago the

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Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Rome for this reason God gave him up to vile passions that is

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that they exchanged the truth of God for the lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than

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the creator. So what's driving for example the green deal this renewable energy look I'm all about

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defending the environment but we are looking at a world system right now you guys if you know

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the prophets of that doctrine this is a religion to them. Now as a Christian I should be the best

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custodian of this planet but I don't worship this planet. So regarding morality I appreciate what

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God has created but the biblical morality messages I worship God I do not descend into a morality

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of worshiping creation that makes me an idol worshiper. Why would you go out and hug your Mercedes

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Benz or hug your TV or whatever it is and say oh thank you of mighty TV or mighty Mercedes Benz

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you would never do such a silly thing. You might say boy didn't those engineers at that

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manufacturing plant have a great idea? It's not what's around you it speaks of what's behind it

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and what we're trying to say to you in this program is God is behind the times in which we live and

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he's announcing to us that we better be very careful where we place the value of our moral rudder

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because the world is declining in its morality and then on top of it the world is saying hey I

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just made this up I think it's okay to do this thing this is what I want to do it's my reality

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it's my morality and you can't judge me on this we're living in the world where every man is doing

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what is right in their own eyes but that way is against God so I don't think I need to go any

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further on that if you think about it the question is though where's your morality is your morality

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one that's based on the Bible and on God or is it some sort of humanistic system Jesus also said

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that there'd be a time of great escalation as we would see these things declining and deconstructing

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morality faith love peace would decline but we'd see this great increase at the same time certain

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key things and one of those things number one that Jesus warned about is deception now man I

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got to tell you deception I used to think as a good Bible student that I could just about pick out

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any deception that's out there because God's word was in my heart and I could see what was going

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and it was very clear look I know my Bible now more than ever I've lived longer now more than

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ever but would you agree with me that the level of deception now is so hard to detect and it's

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exactly what Jesus said that there'd be a time that if it were possible even God's very

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elect would be deceived by the way read the fine print hallelujah for this Jesus said if it

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were possible even the very elect would be deceived that means the very elect will not be deceived

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but those who are not his elect most certainly will be deceived so as we see all that's going on

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we see this tremendous escalation in deception we can read more about that at leisure Matthew chapter 24

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but also we see great calamities taking place natural disasters perpetration at the hands

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of man and coming out of the wickedness of a man's heart calamities we see that in Matthew chapter 24

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verse 7 Jesus also warned us that there'd be a time of great listen to this offenses and betrayal

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and hatred is that true do you see that happening today a time of hatred a time of betrayal

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and offenses Jesus said in Matthew chapter 24 verse 10 that there'd be a time when people would

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actually turn on one another and that they would hate one another and it's very strange because if

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you're like me you're doing your life you're living your life and you turn on the TV or you're

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looking at this interview and it's all this stuff about hate and about racism and about

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a division and you know what I'm starting to discern a little bit of deception veiled and cloaked

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in a way that is breeding calamity what do I mean by this I see the media the way that it is

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stoking the flames stoking the ideas nobody walks around looking for a calamity you are not

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going to leave this program today and go look and see about how you can hate people but you can

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turn on news programs and broadcast where there the commentator is just stoking the issue why is

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this happening because Jesus said there'd be days like this so don't be deceived calamities will

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there's going to be a time when we'll experience these things of great great biblical revelation that

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God has told us about another thing that we can keep in mind is that there's going to be the

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devaluation of human life tragically this is happening terribly all around the world today abortion

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is probably the greatest bold in your face display of the devaluing of human life there's no way

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to spin it friends you may believe in a woman's right to choose but by the way I do too I believe a

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man and a woman they have the right to choose but when a man and a woman have the right to choose

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who they'll have sex with and then science takes over and a baby is conceived in a millisecond of time

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when the sperm meets the egg you've got a miraculous explosion of life you have got DNA

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working or dain by God what does man do about it boy this is really inconvenient how could you

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get pregnant now excuse me it's pure science it's an act of God but what we do is we step in in our

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human superiority and in our human want and we commit murder abortion is murder and we see a great

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devaluing of life listen if somebody is pro choice meaning that they're pro taking a baby's life

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then I wouldn't trust them with your wallet I wouldn't trust them with your kids I wouldn't trust

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them with your dog because they have an unusual view of value so the truth is that what God does is

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He gives us life and Jesus said there's going to come a time that there's going to be a great

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devaluing of life Jesus said in Matthew chapter 24 as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be

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at the coming of the Son of Man the Bible tells us the days of Noah is very violent very dangerous

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we also know this that there's going to be an escalation of wars as we as we talked about earlier

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there's going to be racism we talked about that threats but I'm talking about it in the sense of a

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geopolitical increase there's going to be a great increase of all these things happening

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at the same time it's interesting to me that we've all gone through the COVID experience it's

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the first time in human history that the entire world at one time has gone through the dynamics

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of these last two and a half years of something that has united us all for good batter ugly

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but all the world went through it why what's going on it's an indicator that you and I are living

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in the days that God has an end game plan for and of course that plan is to not bring you to despair

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it's to bring you to hope we also know that the scripture teaches us that you and I can have an

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accurate understanding enough of the last days that should bring us encouragement listen to this

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from the prophet Isaiah friends listen almost three thousand years ago Isaiah told us and Isaiah

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chapter 46 verses nine and ten that he is God that he is the one who is called forth the future

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in advance that he's the one who knows the end from the beginning that there is no God like him

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and there'll be no God after him not that God has an ending he's laying it down I'm the only one

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that can tell you the future in advance this is the God of the Bible friends listen this is the

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God who has made every prophetic promise that has been fulfilled exactly accurate and it's

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further world to know it's for you to know so what can we assume that the exact same God that is

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fulfilled those prophecies are fulfilling prophecies today and shall fulfill them to come and

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perhaps this might sound most alarming to you but please don't let it be I do not think

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that we are ever going to return to what we would call normal now I know as humans we love normal

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don't bump the boat don't rock this ship we are creatures of habit and I understand that we why

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why do we like that there's safety in predictability so hear me out if you don't know what God's word

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says everything that's going to be happening will be unpredictable to you and terrifying to you

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right if you know that God's word anticipates what's coming then you won't be terrified your boat

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won't be rocking we all just witnessed that in these last couple of years those who knew their God

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stood firm they were comforted they didn't worry those who didn't have a God they were terrified

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many people today are still terrified we don't need to be afraid you don't need to be afraid

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we need to take strength and confidence and peace knowing that God's ultimate endgame

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is to bring you to the throne room of God's glory in heaven above you say Jack come on man that's

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pie in the sky talk no you listen Jesus said I'm going to go to the cross I'm going to be crucified

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and on the third day I'll be resurrected from the dead did that happen you can't deny it because

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not only did his disciples report on it but those guys all ran away terrified they weren't like

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some strong heroes about it they eventually came out because it was such an overwhelming truth

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number two all of Jesus's enemies who tried to keep it from happening lost and they reported on

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it the Roman Empire reported on it and to this day here's the best part of all to this day

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Jesus Christ transforms lives he changes minds he takes people who are broken

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and he makes them know you cannot deny that I don't know where you are in what part of the world

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that you're hearing this but there's a great chance that wherever you are there's a Christian

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you can find a Christ follower and see that their life has changed if you know any Christians go

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up and ask him hey what was your life like before you accepted Jesus let them tell you but I've

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got news for you friend this doesn't have to end in calamity it doesn't have to end in deception

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it doesn't have to end in some catastrophic horrible ending that would terrify you

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no it can end fantastic why because the very God of the Bible has announced to us that he who has

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prophesied in his word has written to us the end from the beginning so as we now today in this day

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of beginning what do we want to do we want to look to the Bible and find out how it ends

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right don't you want to know seems like every year at the end of December all of the tabloids

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and all of the new stands have the prophecies for the next year by this guy and this other person

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and in her vision and this guy's dream and by the way they all of them every year always include

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the fact that Elvis Presley is going to be cited again and all this stuff and the way it goes

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nothing ever happens and yet here's the Bible the Bible is just standing there like this like a rock

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it's never going to change his word is true and you don't have to be moved so friends anchor

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yourself to the word of God because I got I got news for you there's a countdown taking place

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we may not be able to see the clock but it's in heaven and it's ticking and we know it for a fact

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those of us who know his Bible because we see what's going on in the middle east we see what's

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going on among nations we see the wars and rumors of wars we see the tragic racism that shouldn't

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be happening we see the tragic walllessness unchecked that shouldn't be happening but according

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to God Jesus said there'd be days just like this that would preempt the final days of his

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physical return that's the second coming of Christ but friends I got better news than that

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the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ is going to return the atmosphere for his church it's called

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the rapture and he's coming to pick up his people before judgment falls upon this earth judgment

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from heaven God is going to send judgment but he's promised this in his word to all those who trust

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him to put their faith in him that he'll deliver you from the wrath to come

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