WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.320 Real Life presents the Jack Kibs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth, 2 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:15.120 equip the saints and impact our culture. 3 00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:18.600 We're living the times of signs. 4 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.880 Now look, we are not sensationalists, meaning, oh, that's a Bible prophecy. 5 00:00:22.880 --> 00:00:24.280 Oh, that's a Bible prophecy. 6 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:25.600 Look, that's a Bible prophecy. 7 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:26.760 No, we're not doing that. 8 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:28.640 That's hyper, that's strange. 9 00:00:28.720 --> 00:00:31.880 But on the other side, we're not deniers either. 10 00:00:31.880 --> 00:00:34.840 We're not saying, oh, God's prophetic word is not prophetic at all. 11 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:36.840 It's just simply allegorical. 12 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:38.320 Oh, no, it's not. 13 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:39.080 No, you know what? 14 00:00:39.080 --> 00:00:40.360 We are, how about this? 15 00:00:40.360 --> 00:00:41.960 We're stage setters. 16 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:47.920 We are watching the world scene be set up in such a way that it's got to get our attention. 17 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:52.960 And again, from Genesis to Revelation, God's Word is spoken favorably toward all those 18 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:57.160 who are watching and waiting through the Word of God in their daily life. 19 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:06.040 You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibs.com slash podcast. 20 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:11.960 Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, 21 00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:15.200 then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. 22 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:21.800 To us, that's like saying amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen. 23 00:01:21.800 --> 00:01:25.160 Now open your hearts to what God's Word has to say to you. 24 00:01:25.160 --> 00:01:27.160 Here is Jack Hibs. 25 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:32.440 We're going to be looking at the power of God's Word today, what it means to us and the time 26 00:01:32.440 --> 00:01:34.040 in which we're living. 27 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.560 But if you step back with me two thousand years ago, you think about this for a moment, 28 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:41.080 there's a man by the name of Saul, Saul of Tarsus. 29 00:01:41.080 --> 00:01:45.880 He's a Roman-born citizen, but he's Hebrew, he's Jewish. 30 00:01:45.880 --> 00:01:52.360 And he's a man that according to the Bible was extremely zealous against Christianity. 31 00:01:52.440 --> 00:01:56.680 Even to this day, Paul the Apostle, earlier known as Saul of Tarsus, 32 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:00.200 Paul still to this day is the greatest known convert to Christianity 33 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.680 that the world has ever known. 34 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:06.680 He knew the Old Testament scriptures, unlike anybody. 35 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:10.760 And the Bible says that concerning the righteousness which is by the law, 36 00:02:10.760 --> 00:02:15.880 he was blameless, that concerning the fact that he was of the right stock, 37 00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:19.240 he was born a Hebrew of the tribe of Benjamin, 38 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.760 that he had been circumcised on the eighth day in concerning his equals, 39 00:02:22.760 --> 00:02:25.160 he was considered to be perfect. 40 00:02:25.160 --> 00:02:30.600 But all of a sudden he met Jesus on the road to Damascus, and his life was transformed. 41 00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:37.320 And that man went on to be the greatest voice for the cause of God's Word. 42 00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:41.320 And what I love about Paul, and you got to remember this church 2,000 years ago, 43 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:47.400 when Paul preached the gospel more specifically, when he came to, as he was heading to Europe, 44 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:53.880 he came to that area of Asia Minor, which is down near West, 45 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:59.240 toward Thessalonica, one of the oldest cities in the world still to this day. 46 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:04.360 And when Paul got there, nobody was believers, it was no church. 47 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:10.680 But he went there and there were synagogues, and he was a man of the synagogue. 48 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:16.120 And so he went to the synagogue and he opened up to them the scriptures for three weeks, 49 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:20.840 the Bible tells us. But he taught them church, marked this. He taught them two key doctrines. 50 00:03:21.720 --> 00:03:28.280 He was only there three to four weeks. Two key doctrines. One, your salvation is secure in Messiah, 51 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:33.720 and number two is the fact that God knows everything, in fact, Christ is coming back. 52 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:39.080 That's what he taught them. Your salvation secure, I love that. And oh, by the way, 53 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:43.800 Christ is coming back. You put those two things together, and you've got the ultimate motivation 54 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:49.000 for the believer to go about this world, and telling people about the hope that's available 55 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:54.200 to them in Christ. That's all we need. We don't need a seminary, we don't need books, we don't 56 00:03:54.200 --> 00:04:00.360 need anything else. It's nice to have them if they're right. But we have the Word of God, 57 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:04.680 we have the message of God, and the Bible says we've got the power of the Holy Spirit to do that. 58 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:10.680 And so Paul did that and began to transform the world. And it all comes down to the fact that I'm 59 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:14.280 really, if you've been hanging out here for a few weeks, you're going to say, man, that guy 60 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:18.200 quotes that verse like every week. And you're right, I do, because I'm really rubbing it in right now. 61 00:04:18.840 --> 00:04:26.200 And that is Hebrews chapter 10, verse 24 and 25. Hebrews 10, 24 and 25 says this, church, listen, 62 00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:32.520 and let us consider one another in order to stir the word in Greek is stimulate, provoke, 63 00:04:32.520 --> 00:04:40.920 challenge, to stir up love and good works. Keep your finger there. As believers, we are to be 64 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:48.360 interfacing with one another to do two things in our lives. We are to stir each other up to love. 65 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:55.560 You know, love is a verb. Love does stuff. Love is a verb. We're to love. That means we are to 66 00:04:55.560 --> 00:05:00.120 love one another and we're to love those around us. That means you love those who sat in your seat 67 00:05:00.200 --> 00:05:04.600 today. How they get your seat. You're going to love them. You're going to ask them about that 68 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:09.320 or tell them that's my seat. That's not your seat, by the way, that you didn't buy that seat. 69 00:05:09.320 --> 00:05:14.920 That's not your seat. Oh no, this is my parking spot. Not your parking spot, because we're going 70 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:20.120 to stir one another up to love. We're going to yield our seat to them and we're going to yield 71 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:24.600 our parking spot to them. And why? Because we are to love. That's what we're going to be doing. 72 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:29.320 As a church, we are to love. And then the Bible tells us that we are to stir up these good works 73 00:05:29.320 --> 00:05:34.440 meaning that our activity is this. We need to get together. Listen, I'm going somewhere with this, 74 00:05:34.440 --> 00:05:39.160 no one another enough to say, hey, you know what? We're fellow believers. We go to the same church. 75 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:43.640 Let's go, let's go shake the world up for God. Let's go do something. Let's go do some, 76 00:05:43.640 --> 00:05:47.320 let's go park, let's go to the hospital and just stand up there and pray for people. Let's go 77 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:52.680 to the local abortion clinic and pray outside and pray, pray for hope, pray for somebody. Let's 78 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:57.000 go to somebody that's shut and let's paint somebody's fan, so let's take somebody's trash out. 79 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:02.760 And listen, the early Roman Empire said Caesar even confessed these Christians they love 80 00:06:02.760 --> 00:06:08.280 one another. But that's not all that that passage says. It says that we are to verse 25, 81 00:06:08.280 --> 00:06:13.400 not forsake the assembling of ourselves together. That means we are supposed to be doing church. 82 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:21.000 But listen, he says, don't forsake the assembling of ourselves together as, listen, the manner of 83 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:28.920 some have done. That's sad. They've given up on assembling. But the Bible tells us, 84 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:35.800 but exhort one another and so much more as you see the day approaching. 85 00:06:38.440 --> 00:06:43.480 21st century right here right now, the Bible commands us whatever you do, you need to stir 86 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:49.400 each other up to love, do good things, good deeds, bless another people, and oh, by the way, 87 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:55.880 as a church, never stop meeting. Never stop me, but but but all didn't know about COVID. Never stop 88 00:06:55.880 --> 00:07:02.280 meeting. World War One, never stop meeting. World War Two, never stop meeting. Listen, World War Three, 89 00:07:02.280 --> 00:07:07.800 we don't know where it's going to happen. Don't stop meeting. Listen, the church all around the world 90 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:12.280 meets every city's who poster, but they help the park. Listen, God knows about the health department. 91 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:17.080 You must understand something. The Bible says, do not forsake the assembling together, 92 00:07:17.080 --> 00:07:23.320 and there's no little, read the fine print. Why? Because more than ever, the world around us 93 00:07:23.320 --> 00:07:29.000 needs the love and the activity of the church. We are not a company, we're not a corporation, 94 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:33.960 we are the church of the living God, and that's what we are to do. We are to love and express 95 00:07:33.960 --> 00:07:41.960 that love to everyone we need. Why? Why? What's the big motive? Because the motive, listen, 96 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:47.000 we understand clearly from Scripture, Christ Jesus could come back at any time. The 97 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.840 imminent doctrine of Christ is that he comes back for the church, and it could happen at any time. 98 00:07:51.640 --> 00:07:56.680 Regarding approaching, and the theme of that number one mark it down, approaching, notice is the 99 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:04.040 times of the signs. There's quiet in here because you think I spilled that rock. Normally it said, 100 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:11.640 are we living in the signs of the times? Yeah, but what I would like to say to you is we're 101 00:08:11.640 --> 00:08:16.600 living in the times of the signs. In other words, there are things happening on the world scene 102 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:21.560 right now in this 21st century that have never happened before, but they had to happen 103 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:26.920 biblically, and those passages of Scripture have been waiting for us to meet up with them 104 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:34.200 for millennia. You and I are living in a very, very interesting time. Regarding nations, 105 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:39.800 regarding cultures, regarding what's happening in the world, it's not an accident that you're 106 00:08:39.800 --> 00:08:43.000 alive and breathing at this moment. It's not an accident that you're here right now or that you're 107 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:49.240 tuning in right now. God knows exactly what he's doing, but I'm going to suggest to you today that 108 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:56.440 we're living the times of signs. Now, look, we are not sensationalists, meaning, oh, that's a 109 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:00.680 Bible prophecy, oh, that's a Bible prophecy, and look, that's a Bible prophecy. No, we're not 110 00:09:00.680 --> 00:09:07.240 doing that. That's hyper, that's strange. But on the other side, we're not deniers either. 111 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:13.080 We're not saying, oh, God's prophetic word is not prophetic at all. It's just simply allegorical. 112 00:09:13.880 --> 00:09:19.080 Oh, no, it's not. No, you know what? We are, how about this? We're stage setters. 113 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:26.120 We are watching the world scene be set up in such a way that it's got to get our attention. 114 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:31.560 And again, from Genesis to Revelation, God's Word is spoken favorably toward all those who 115 00:09:31.560 --> 00:09:37.960 are watching and waiting through the Word of God in their daily life, every single one of them. 116 00:09:38.920 --> 00:09:45.400 It's remarkable. So as we look around to the world scene, we consider about the signs of the 117 00:09:45.400 --> 00:09:51.080 times and the times of the signs. We see a stage set and there's props being put up. There's 118 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:57.240 placards being put in place. Lighting is being moved in. There are players, national players. There 119 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:05.160 are key trends and decisions being made in the world today. The movement toward a world 120 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:14.200 government, the movement toward a world health program, the talk right now of an international global 121 00:10:15.160 --> 00:10:22.680 a reset regarding vaccinations or economies, all being talked about. These are the opening throws. 122 00:10:23.400 --> 00:10:28.440 We're living in amazing days. Now listen to this. You might say today, I don't need to know this stuff. 123 00:10:29.160 --> 00:10:33.880 Be careful. It's in the Bible 27 to 31% of it's in here for a reason. 124 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:39.800 Number one, listen, Matthew chapter 24, verse one, Matthew 24, verse one, 125 00:10:41.560 --> 00:10:45.960 the Bible says, then Jesus went out and departed from the temple. He had been teaching there 126 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:51.560 earlier if you read the previous chapters and his disciples came up to him to show him the buildings 127 00:10:51.560 --> 00:10:57.560 of the temple. And Jesus said to them, do you not see all these things? Surely I say to you, 128 00:10:57.560 --> 00:11:03.160 not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down. Church, that's it. 129 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:06.680 If you're Jewish and you're the disciples and you're standing there looking at one of the wonders 130 00:11:06.680 --> 00:11:13.000 of the world and they're saying, Jesus is amazing. This is where we meet God. And Jesus says, 131 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:18.520 take a good look because it's all going to come down. Now they didn't like what he said. 132 00:11:19.880 --> 00:11:26.440 But in the year 70 AD under General Titus, it all came down. Not one stone was left upon another. 133 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:31.000 Verse three, now as he sat on the mount of all those the disciples came to him privately saying 134 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:37.400 or asking three questions. Tell us when will these things be? Number two, what will be the sign of 135 00:11:37.400 --> 00:11:43.560 your coming and three of the end of the world or the end of the age? And Jesus said to them, now you 136 00:11:43.560 --> 00:11:54.680 listen to this. Jesus said to them, indicators, signs. Listen, I have an awesome antique barometer at 137 00:11:54.680 --> 00:12:03.400 home. It's beautiful. It's from the late 1800s. It's spectacular and it works perfectly. All the 138 00:12:03.400 --> 00:12:08.200 weather that we've been having lately, can you believe we had weather? In California, it rained. 139 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:13.400 We saw clouds. What are those things? And then it rained and then in some areas it snowed down 140 00:12:13.400 --> 00:12:18.840 to a thousand feet. We had lightning and thunder. My mom used to tell me growing up because she was 141 00:12:18.920 --> 00:12:23.480 born and raised in Hawaii. She is what they were told. That's what told her is that when you see 142 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:31.720 lightning, that's the scoreboard of heaven and thunder is the angel's bowling. Look, I don't think 143 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:37.480 there's bowling in heaven or scoreboards. But when I saw that, those big flashes of light, I thought, 144 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:43.800 man, that's amazing. And I remembered my mom's voice. Well, listen, the fact of the matter is when 145 00:12:43.800 --> 00:12:52.360 the Bible tells us that these things are coming. There's indicators. The storm came. The barometer 146 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:57.800 dropped dramatically. We knew something was up because the barometer fell so greatly before there's 147 00:12:57.800 --> 00:13:03.000 ever a cloud in the sky, indicators. And you keep that in mind right now because, listen, in verse 148 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:09.240 four of Matthew 24, Jesus said to them, take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in my 149 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:14.760 name saying, I am Messiah or Christ and will deceive many. Jesus said, here's an indicator. By 150 00:13:14.760 --> 00:13:20.440 the way, if you're not a believer, listen up. This is awesome. Jesus said, as you get deeper into 151 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:26.360 the end time events, these are some of the things that you'll see. These are some of the things that 152 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:31.800 will indicate the times of the signs or the signs of the times. It's the fact that there'll be great 153 00:13:31.800 --> 00:13:37.560 deceivers in a religious or spiritual context pulling people away, not only from the Word of God, 154 00:13:37.560 --> 00:13:43.000 but there will be false messiahs that will rise up. Jesus said that church 2,000 years ago, 155 00:13:43.800 --> 00:13:51.000 remarkable. Next, verse six, chapter 24, and you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that 156 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:57.320 you're not troubled. For all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Wars and 157 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:06.440 rumors of wars, constantly growing. Verse seven, he says, for nation will rise against nation. 158 00:14:07.560 --> 00:14:11.320 Those of you who are Bibleson, she should mark this right now, the word nation is the word 159 00:14:11.800 --> 00:14:18.840 ethnos in Greek. Jesus said, ethnos will rise up against warring against ethnos. It's where we 160 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:24.680 get the word ethnicity or ethnic groups. Jesus said, one of the indicators of the last days is that 161 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:31.160 ethnicities will divide from one another and they will war against each other. You know what? 162 00:14:31.160 --> 00:14:36.760 Not only is that happening, but the world that you and I live in, it's stoking the flames of 163 00:14:36.760 --> 00:14:43.800 that. It's as though we are helping on a course to destroy ourselves as a culture. And of course, 164 00:14:43.800 --> 00:14:49.400 we are a culture without God as a destructive culture. But it's amazing to me that the news media, 165 00:14:49.400 --> 00:14:57.560 the print media, radio, songs, movies, stoking the angst that white should hate blacks, black 166 00:14:57.560 --> 00:15:05.480 should hate Hispanics, reds versus fill in the blank. Remarkable. You guys know by now, I don't 167 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:10.520 hold anything from you, so I'm probably getting trouble about this when I get home, but this morning 168 00:15:10.520 --> 00:15:19.400 I was getting ready to come here. And clearly, our bathtub, our granddaughter on Saturday had 169 00:15:19.400 --> 00:15:24.280 used our bathtub. How do I know? Because there are a bunch of toys left in the bathtub. 170 00:15:26.680 --> 00:15:32.520 And it made me think, because I knew this verse. I had this verse here in my notes a few days ago, 171 00:15:32.520 --> 00:15:36.280 but I looked at what I saw in the bathtub. Do you know what I saw in the bathtub? I saw teacups, 172 00:15:36.280 --> 00:15:44.280 I saw little chairs and little tables. And I saw little combs. And I saw a white Barbie. I saw 173 00:15:44.280 --> 00:15:50.680 what is either a Hispanic or Polynesian Barbie. And I saw a black Barbie. And how do you know, 174 00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:56.440 they're all naked in the bathtub. And it blessed my heart because I thought, you know what's so 175 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:00.440 cool about that? My granddaughter, she has no knowledge that this one's white, that this one's 176 00:16:00.520 --> 00:16:05.880 Polynesian or Hispanic or this one's black. It was the United Nations in my bathtub right there. 177 00:16:06.680 --> 00:16:12.840 It was awesome. But Jesus said in the last days, you'll have an indicator. And the indicator will 178 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:17.720 be, ethnic groups will war against ethnic groups. You know why that's true? Because there's no Jesus 179 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:22.840 in your heart. That's why that's true. When there's no Jesus in your heart, you parse yourselves 180 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:28.520 up, you divide, you get into little clicks and groups and God hates that. Hello, take a picture, 181 00:16:28.520 --> 00:16:35.480 go look at book of Revelation. The Bible says in heaven, there are those from every kindred tribe, 182 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:41.000 tongue and nations of the earth in heaven. That is awesome. So listen, if you're a racist or if you 183 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:45.880 want to be like that, you're not going to enjoy heaven. You're not going to have to be happy there. 184 00:16:45.880 --> 00:16:51.960 Well, where's my section? Can you imagine? They open up the door and there's flames and 185 00:16:52.040 --> 00:16:59.240 fire coming. Here's your section. Look, the gospel asked you. You want smoking or non-smoking? 186 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:05.640 It's right there. No, we need to be careful about that. But Jesus said, watch out, racism is going 187 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:10.680 to be on the great increase. It'd be one of the signs of the times. He said in verse seven, 188 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:17.400 and kingdom will be against kingdom. Basilia against Basilia. These are politicals versus 189 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:24.040 politicals. That's what we're more accustomed to when we think of nations, right? But it's kingdoms. 190 00:17:24.040 --> 00:17:30.360 Political rules will war against political rules, thus political wars. Verse seven continues. 191 00:17:30.360 --> 00:17:36.760 This is amazing. Jesus said, there'll be famines. There'll be pestilence and curable viruses and 192 00:17:36.760 --> 00:17:42.120 diseases. Earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. He says, 193 00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:46.440 he's going to get worse. He said this at the beginning. See, you glad to come to church today, 194 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:56.920 right? Big encouragement. COVID was his warm up. Think of it. I'm glad Jesus told me all this stuff. 195 00:17:56.920 --> 00:18:02.120 I'm glad that Isaiah told me this stuff. I'm glad Ezekiel told me what he said. When God tells 196 00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:07.560 us stuff in advance, it's called Bible prophecy. It should bring you comfort. It should really bring you 197 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:16.040 God. Look, I want to know what's coming up. I mentioned it a few weeks ago, but I'll use it in a 198 00:18:16.040 --> 00:18:20.120 different context. This thing about, you know, why do I need to know this and why this and why that? 199 00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:23.880 Because we need to know where we're going and we need to know what's ahead. That's why God has 200 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:28.440 given us this word. And the fact is that it's so simple to us. We just need to translate it over. 201 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:32.440 When you and I are going down the road, and now our apps are so cool, they're telling us everything. 202 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:36.920 I've gotten now an app like you probably, by the way, it's created by the IDF. I don't know if you 203 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:42.200 know this or not. Have you heard of the app Ways? It's, it was created by the IDF in Israel, 204 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:48.040 regarding Gaza. And, but anyway, that's another story. But when you have Ways and you're driving 205 00:18:48.040 --> 00:18:55.160 along and it says, Debury up ahead, three miles. It also says, police officer. A mile ahead on the left. 206 00:18:56.120 --> 00:19:02.760 For you sinners. But it tells you what's coming. Don't you appreciate that? 207 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:10.680 Here's the app for life. This is it right here. Tells you what's coming up. 208 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:19.640 Tells you what's next. And we need that. Jesus said in Luke, chapter 21, verse 25, Luke 21, 25. 209 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:24.120 Jesus said, regarding the end times, there will be signs in the sun and in the moon and the stars. 210 00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:31.240 And on the earth, distress among nations. Listen to this with perplexity. The word perplexity in 211 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:35.080 Greek means nations will have no way out of dilemmas. There's no way out. 212 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:43.880 The sea in the ways roaring. Now listen, think COVID right now. Think, listen, men's hearts will 213 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:52.200 fail them for fear. And the expectation of those things which are coming upon the earth for the 214 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:59.160 powers of the heavens will be shaken. Listen, I don't mean to be little anything. 215 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.000 But according to God's prophetic plan, COVID may not even appear in the radar. 216 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.600 A blip at best. 217 00:20:14.040 --> 00:20:17.480 There are things coming to this Christ-rejecting world that are cataclysmic. 218 00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:28.680 The world is as it were shaking. And there's almost a violence to it just in and of itself. 219 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:35.320 But Jesus said there's a time coming when men's hearts will fail them for fear. They look around, 220 00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:38.680 they'll see the headline news and they'll begin to get palpitations, stress. 221 00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:44.920 And maybe heart attacks. Their hearts will fail them because of fear. 222 00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:49.720 And all around the world today, it's almost embarrassing to be a human right now. 223 00:20:52.280 --> 00:20:58.440 We buckled. I'm convinced that if we didn't have the media platforms that are available 224 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:02.520 to pound us with constant propaganda, we would have fared much better. 225 00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:08.520 But people are bound in fear that you see people crippled by fear. 226 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.480 This is just the beginning, Jesus said. 227 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:15.400 So what's your point? My point is listen, Christ comes into your life. 228 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:18.920 He takes away the fear of death. He gives you a reason to live. 229 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:22.920 And listen, listen, if he can handle the grave and make it empty, 230 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:25.720 he can take care of anything else that comes into your life. 231 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:31.240 We need to stop fearing. 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