Sermon
Beginning of God’s Wrath
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Hello and welcome everybody. Welcome YouTube to my live stream.
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For this lunchtime live stream, we're going to be talking
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about the beginning of God's wrath. Now, the Bible is
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very clear what completes God's wrath. We're going to talk
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about the beginning of God's wrath. So we're going to
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pick this up in Romans chapter 1, verses 18 and 19.
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It's very clear. It's very plain. So, The rest of
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this chapter goes into great length to describe these things,
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but we're going to keep this simple and short and
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go from here right to Matthew 22 and 25 where
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he lays down the law, so to speak. So, for
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the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
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ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in
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unrighteousness Because what may be known of God is manifest
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in them, for God has shown it to them. You
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must be born again. You must be baptized in the
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Holy Spirit. This is not talking about who the church
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wants it to be talking about. That's not what they want.
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So let's go to Matthew chapter 22. And we're going
Matthew 22 chapter mention
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to read this opening parable here, the first 14 verses.
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Take note, the Lord Jesus Christ never makes his arrival.
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The wedding is never described here. The wedding never takes place.
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And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables
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and said, the kingdom of God is like a certain
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king who arranged a marriage for his son and sent
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out his servants to call those who were invited to
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the wedding and they were not willing to come. Again,
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he sent out another servant saying, tell those who are invited, see,
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I have prepared my dinner, my oxen, my fatted cattle
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are killed and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.
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But they made light of it and went their ways,
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went to his own farm, another to his own business,
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and the rest were seized. His servants treated them spitefully
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and killed them. Let's move to the shade, shall we?
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Getting a little hot here standing in the direct sunlight.
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So let's switch it up. No big deal here for
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Maranatha Ministries. Verse 7. But when the king heard about it,
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so take note, this is talking about God the Father.
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This is categorically God the Father. But when the king
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heard about it, he was furious and he sent out
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his armies, destroyed those murderers and burned up their cities.
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Then he said to his servants, the wedding is ready,
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but those who were invited were not worthy. Therefore, go
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into the highways, and as many as you find, invite
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to the wedding. Take note. Up until this point, he's
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talking about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Yes,
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he is. He has obliterated them and their city. Jesus
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Christ was telling the truth. So anyway, verse 10. So
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those servants went out into the highways and gathered together
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all whom they could find, both good and bad. See?
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So here you're talking about the tares and the wheat.
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You're talking about the sheep and the goats. And the
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wedding hall was filled with guests. But when the king
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came in to see the guests, He saw a man
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there who did not have on a wedding garment. You see,
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our wedding garments are the righteous acts of the saints.
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You must be born again. You must be filled with
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the Holy Spirit and put to death your habitual sinning.
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You need to be free of all your psychological addictions
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and all your physical addictions. before you can be born again.
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Let's continue. So he said to him, Friend, how did
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you come in here without a wedding garment? And he
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was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, Bind him,
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hand and foot. Take him away and cast him into
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the outer darkness. He's going into the great tribulation. There
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will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for many are called,
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but few are chosen. The chosen have been born again.
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They've been filled with the Holy Spirit. Now take note.
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Those of you that have been born again, you're embedded
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inside of these congregations full of people there without any
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wedding vows. Take note. Did the wedding ever happen? Did
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the return of Christ ever come? No. This is talking
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about during the Great Tribulation. But during the Great Tribulation,
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those of us who did have on wedding garments we
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are there in this protected place that God has prepared
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for us just like he's called it his barn he's
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going to call it his barn in other parables but
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he calls it his sheepfold he calls it his pasture
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that's where you're going to be during the great tribulation
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not in heaven no prophet ever said you were going
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to go to heaven no prophet so With this in mind,
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do we have confirmation of this? Where is this guy at? Okay,
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they threw him outside, right? So he's right outside the
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door in the darkness. You're supposed to know that in
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chapter 20, there in chapter 25, he does the same
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exact thing. Yes, he does. So the parable of the
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wise and foolish versions. Remember, the... Latin word here for
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wise is discretus. Only those who are discreet. Only those
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who are wise. What is the root word for discreet?
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What does that mean? It means to divide, to separate.
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Look up the etymology. Yes it does. Verse 1 of
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Matthew chapter 25, he's going to do it again. And
Matthew 25 chapter mention
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That person without the wedding garments that got cast outside
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the door, guess who joins him? Guess who joins him?
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There's going to be. Wait for it. Wait for it.
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Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten
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virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet
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the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise and five
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were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and
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took no oil with them. But the wise took oil
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in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom
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was delayed, they slumbered and slept. At midnight the cry
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was heard, Behold, the bridegroom is coming. Go out to
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meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
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And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some
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of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But
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the wise answered, saying, No, lest there should not be
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enough for us and for you. but rather go to
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those who sell and buy for yourselves. So literally these
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five virgins said, no, you can't take my garments. I've
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made my garments ready for Christ. You haven't. Yeah, that's
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what he's saying. Verse 10. And while they went to buy,
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the bridegroom came, and those who were ready with him
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to the wedding, and the door was shut. and the
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door was shut. This is a series of events. But
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he answered and said, Assuredly, I say to you, I
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do not know you. Watch therefore, for you neither know
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the day nor the hour in which the Son of
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Man is coming. So take note. This makes it categorically
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clear You're going to be in this protected place, just
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like the Old Testament says, just like Isaiah says, get
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into your closet for about a little while. How long
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is a little while? Three and a half years, 1,260 days.
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It's 42 months. So take note, the door was shut.
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And while these foolish virgins, these five foolish virgins are
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out there, what are we going to do? Guess who
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gets kicked out to join them? The tares. The goats.
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The tares and the goats booted out, and guess who's
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out there waiting for them? The five foolish virgins. This
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is what it always says. The wrath of God begins
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at the Great Relation. Now, this is categorically the truth.
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We know, of course, when the wrath of God is complete.
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That picks up in Revelation chapter 15, verse 1. And
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I saw another sign in heaven, great marvelous seven angels
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having the seven last plagues, for with them the rapture.
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of God is complete. So when does Jesus Christ return?
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He returns after the seventh bowl judgment. Yes, he does.
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That's Armageddon. The return of Jesus Christ is the wrath
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of God. Yes, it is. That's what the Bible says.
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I mean, we can go over all these other verses
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about the wrath of God, but take note. We're going
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to prove this. So, Revelation chapter 19, verse 15, this
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is the return of Christ. This is where the wrath
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of God is finished. He says, Out of his mouth
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goes a sharp sword, and with it he will strike
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the nations, and he himself will rule them with a
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rod of iron. He himself treads the winepress of the fierceness,
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of the wrath of God Almighty. So do not be misled.
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You are going to be relocated to a secure location,
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which God Himself has prepared for you. You can find
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this all over the Old Testament. You are being taken
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to the pillar of the presence. This is categorically what
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the Greek is saying in Revelation chapter 7, verses 9
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through 17. That's what it categorically states in the Greek. So,
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you always hear this about, you know, well, the wrath
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of God is not till the end, till the end,
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but when does it begin? When does it begin? Both
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parables of the wedding feast, both of them, you never
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see the return of Christ happen, ever. You never see it, ever.
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When he is coming, you are taking it to the
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banquet hall. So here, he calls his barn, Remember, he
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calls it his barn. The angels will gather you to
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his barn. The tares, the goats, the people without wedding garments,
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and the foolish virgins, they'll be bound up into 666.
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And at the return of Christ, they will be thrown
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into fire. So, I do hope you enjoyed. I do
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hope you were edified. And if you've been born again,
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If you have any encouraging words or prayers, please put
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those in the comments. Please like and subscribe to the channel.
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Until next time, God bless.