Sermon
The Arrival
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Make, and I'm so glad that you can join me.
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It's greatly appreciated.
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So we're going to be talking today about the Greek
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word for the arrival. We're going to have to get
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into the Greek and the mechanics of it. So God
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bless everybody. Matthew Miller here from Maranatha Ministries. It's good
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to be with you, and I'm so glad once again,
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greatly appreciated.
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That you could join me on my live stream.
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So, the Greek word we're going to be talking about
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properly can only be translated as the arrival, and that
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is the Greek word parousia. Parousia, you have to roll
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the R, but in English, of course, we would call
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that parousia.
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So let's take a listen to this.
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And I strongly, strongly encourage all of you to get
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familiar with Blue Letter Bible, because this will teach you
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how to pronounce these Greek words, but Let's take a
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listen to it. Strong's G, 3952.
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Parousia. Parousia. See, you have to roll the R. Parousia.
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But anyway, we in English say parousia. This is a
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present participle of... Now listen, write these down in the
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Strong's Concordant. This, what we're talking about.
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Is G... 3952.
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This is the present participle of G3918. So when we
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take a look at that, let's understand that this is
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a compound where it means to be with.
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So the first part of the compound word is para,
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and it means with or by, at.
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Let's say it's a location. This word means you're at
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that location. If it's talking about a person, you're with
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that person. And then the Greek word G1510, which is Emi,
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which is, well, I am that I am.
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It means to exist. So literally speaking, this.
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Means to be with, and this is the present participle
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of it, It means to be with now.
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To be with now.
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This is what the Greek word parousia means. Parousia, that's
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what it means. It is the present participle of to
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be with or to be at. This throws the preterist
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into great consternation.
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Why is that?
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Because the preterist reject the millennial reign of Christ.
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They reject it. They do not.
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Hold to the word when it says there will be
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a literal millennial reign of Christ. This, because it's in
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the present participle form, comes outright and disproves and dispels
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this theological myth of preterism. Jesus Christ will arrive. He
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will be with you, present participle. He will be with you. So,
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very important that you understand this is why this word
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is used in Matthew chapter 24, verse 3.
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Let's read that. Let's read that. From the New King
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James Version.
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Now, as he sat on the Mount of Olives, his
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disciples came to him privately saying, tell us, when will
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these things be?
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And what will be the sign of your parousia and
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the end of the age? So take note.
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In Greek, this is very exacting. This verse is extremely exacting.
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This is saying that all... All thoughts of a pre-tribulational
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rapture are false.
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It dispels that. It does it categorically and systematically so.
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It says, what will be the sign of your coming?
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What will be the sign?
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So they're asking him, we know there's going to be
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a sign that happens before your arrival. So what will
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the sign be that we know you're coming? Later on
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in this chapter, he tells you, It will be the
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sign of the Son of Man, which the whole world
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will see. Even the dispensationalists and the preterists, they're going
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to see his coming. So this means to see, to arrive.
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So it states here in the next phrase that at
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his parousia in Greek.
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That is the end of the age. That's when he'll judge.
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So this is outright rejecting any thoughts or hints of
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a partial, cowardly pre-tribulation rapture. It dispels that. So, this
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is why many dispensationalists and preterists will avoid the Greek
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in this verse like the plague. They'll avoid it like
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the plague. So, that being the case, when you look
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at every time this instance is in the Scripture, we
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even talked about before that this word is used with
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in 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 8. They're used in conjunction
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with each other. So this is how you know. The
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sign they will see, the sign of the Son of
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the coming man, is his epiphany when he appears in
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the heavens. And so this is categorically saying, in conjunction
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with this word, that you're going to see him coming
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and he will get.
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Brighter and brighter and brighter and brighter and brighter.
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And he's so bright, at his parousia, his arrival, that brightness,
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lamb blast, the false prophet.
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And the beast. This is what it's saying.
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So, we're going to categorically see this down later in
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chapter 24 of verse 27. Jesus Christ categorically states this again.
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There's no partial pre-trib rapture Jesus Christ isn't a coward.
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He doesn't see the abomination of desolation and turn his
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tail and run back to heaven.
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That's not what happens. This is what he says.
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He says, as for lightning comes from the east and
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flashes to the west, so will the coming of the
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Son of Man be. So here, rejecting any notion of
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a secret, partial return of Christ.
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No such thing. That is a theological myth.
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It is also a theological myth that Jesus Christ will
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not return and rule and reign and be with us.
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Remember, parousia is the present participle form of the word
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in Greek, paraeme, to be with or to be at. So,
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it's amazing how when you know.
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The exacting nature of the Greek, This is why the Bible,
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God's holy word is written in Greek. It's because there
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is no more of a complicated language. It literally says
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exactly what it means. It's not a garbage language like English.
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It is exacting in its nature. So here we go
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down some more verses in 37 of Matthew chapter 24.
Matthew 24 chapter mention
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But as the days of Noah were, So will the
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coming of the Santa Maria.
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So will the Parousia. What is this categorically stating? It
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is stating when the wave hit. That's what it's saying.
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Remember when all of the fountains of the deep burst
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force and the rain started pouring down at the same time?
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This is what the coming of the Santa. This is
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what it's saying. The Parousia is the arrival. No, no,
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not before. No, when the flood hit. This is what
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Jesus Christ is categorically and systematically telling you. That the
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arrival of that flood is just like his arrival. So,
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very important that we know that. Let's jump down to
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verse 39.
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Because there again, two verses later, he says parousia again.
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He says it again. And did not know until the
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flood came. See?
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This verse is proving what I just said about the
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other verse. And did not know until the flood came
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and took them all away. So will the coming of
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the Son of Man be. So when the flood hit, okay,
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God is letting you know that the flood was like
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a tsunami and obliterated them. Yes, the rain did fall,
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but the fountains of the deep burst forth. A massive
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tsunami hit them. Jesus Christ is literally telling you, my
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arrival will be just like the flood hitting.
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And indeed it will be.
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Because the sword from his mouth will obliterate them just
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like the flood did.
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This is literally categorical. Very easy to teach in a classroom.
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It's like, once you're taught this, once you look at it,
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once I've put this on the whiteboard or the chalkboard
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back in the old days before we had whiteboard, it's
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very easy.
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You just categorically see, okay, this is the way it is.
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It's much like looking at an experience. when you look
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at the Greek. The Greek is so exacting in what
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it says.
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So, let's do some more verses. So, jumping over to
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1 Corinthians chapter 15.
1 Corinthians 15 chapter mention
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Here we go again.
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The dispensationalists falsely say that the rapture occurs some different
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time than the resurrection. This, of course, is categorically false
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as they're literally inverting what 1 Corinthians chapter 15 says.
1 Corinthians 15 chapter mention
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1 Corinthians chapter 15 categorically and systematically states the rapture
1 Corinthians 15 chapter mention
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cannot happen first. The resurrection of the dead. Remember, that's
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why rapture was never used. The word rapture is never
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used by a biblical scholar.
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Who knows the Greek. The proper word to use Is resurrection.
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There's two resurrections. There's the first resurrection of the righteous.
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And the second resurrection. Of the unrighteous. Which occurs after
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the millennial reign of Christ. After.
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Satan has been let loose from the abyss. And he
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gathers together Gog and Magog. And God the Father obliterates them.
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Now these are.
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Categorical truths. Straight from Ezekiel chapter 39. And of course
Ezekiel 39 chapter mention
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Revelation chapter 20.
Revelation 20 chapter mention
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You just.
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Exegetically speaking, if you're talking about some other narrative, you're
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actually referencing a theological myth. These verses have categorically stated
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the case. So, 1 Corinthians 15, verse 23. But each
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one in his own order, Christ the firstfruits, afterward those
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who are Christ at his parousia, not pre-trib rapture.
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What did it say?
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So, when you read all the verses in the context
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and really don't have time to do that, and you
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need to learn to self-edify, you go.
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To 1 Corinthians chapter 15.
1 Corinthians 15 chapter mention
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Read the whole chapter. It's very categorical. No, the pre-trib
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rapture does not happen before the first resurrection. It is
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the first resurrection. So it's important that you're able to put.
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Put everything in its proper place. Now you know what
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the epiphany is, the appearing.
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Boom.
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He's going to appear like a supernova. He's going to
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appear just like what the Magi saw in his first advent.
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Not just we, those who are born again, the whole planet.
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And those who have not been born again, once they
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see him.
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It triggers the prophecy. All the nations will mourn, including
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the Judaists even from David's own family that have not
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been born again.
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They will mourn when they see his epiphany. When he
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breaks through the upper atmosphere, this is his arrival. This
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all happens at his arrival, not some pre-tribulation event. And
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when it happens, he sets up his kingdom here. He
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sets up his kingdom here. Preterism is a myth. It's
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a theological myth. So, we have 1 Thessalonians 2. Verse 19.
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For what is our hope or joy or crown of
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rejoicing is it not even you in the presence of
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our Lord Jesus Christ? When? At a pre-trib rapture? No.
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At his parousia, at his arrival.
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See, this is why the dispensationalists say, for the pre-trib,
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he really don't come.
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It's a partial coming. He only partially comes. He sticks
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his head through the clouds.
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He sees the abomination of desolation and a false prophet
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and gets scared and snatches you up and goes back
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to heaven.
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No, that's not what happens. You get relocated just like
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all the.
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Hundreds of verses say that you're relocated by the angels
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to this place that God has prepared. And it's at
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that place that you will live and will be sanctified.
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Your body, your mind, and your soul will be sanctified there.
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1 Thessalonians 5, verse 23. That's where that happens. It
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doesn't happen in heaven. It happens here on earth under
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the pillar of the presence. So, 1 Thessalonians 3, verse 13.
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So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness
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before our God and Father, When?
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At the partial? No, no, no, no.
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At the parousia of the Lord Jesus Christ with all
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his saints. Okay, why did it say that? Because the
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rapture happens after the resurrection. Yes, he's going to bring
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with him all of the.
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Saints who have died before the birth pangs began.
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And they are in paradise. He brings them with him.
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The Bible categorically, the Greek categorically gives this revenant group.
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And there's three revenant groups. What's revenant?
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Don't have time to get into that. I've done other
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videos about it.
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This revenant group, the word declares to be those who
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are asleep in Jesus. So, 1 Thessalonians 4, verse 15.
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For this we say to you by the word. By
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the word, by the word of the Lord. That we
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are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord
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will by no means precede those who are what? I
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just told you. Asleep. Those who are asleep in Jesus.
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Because they get resurrected first. The resurrection happens before. Therefore it,
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and this happens at this, 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verse
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15 just told you categorically This is at his parousia.
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There is no preacher of rapture. No such thing. Okay?
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Jesus Christ plainly told you in other places, the angels
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will gather you to his.
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Barn on earth.
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God don't have barns in heaven. And those who practice iniquity,
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he bundles them up in bundles. That's the mark of
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the beast, 666. Okay, so 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 1. Now, brethren,
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concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus, concerning the parousia,
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the arrival, concerning the arrival, there is no partial return.
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There's the arrival, the parousia in Greek. Now, brethren, concerning
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the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering
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together to him, We ask you. So, now we're two
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to part. I said that seven verses later in 2
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Thessalonians 2, verse 8.
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The two words put together.
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Epiphany, once you see him, once you see him, the
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parousia is in. Nothing, nothing can stop him because he
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has been coronated the God of creation. God the Father
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is the God of the spiritual dimension. He stays in heaven. Remember,
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there's two dimensions. Thus saith the Word in Genesis chapter
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1 verse 1.
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There's two dimensions. Two dimensions.
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So, 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 8 and 9. Parousia
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is in both of them.
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And then the lawlessness will be revealed, whom the Lord
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will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy
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with the brightness epiphany of his parousia. Verse 9.
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The coming of the lawless one is accorded with the
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work of Satan with all power, signs, and lying wonders. So,
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take note. It is saying that the man of lawlessness
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is going to be revealed to and his coming is
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in conjunction with these things. So, this is why these
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verses plainly say, if you think there's a pre-tribulational rapture
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and you're never going to see the great apostasy and
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the man of lawlessness, you're adhering to theological myths. Those
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are all myths. The Word does not say that. I'm
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being very categorical with you and relaying.
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To you the existential truth.
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These things are not, they can't be wavered to the
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left or the right. If you move from the left
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or the right of what this Greek is saying, you
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have ventured into myths.
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We're talking about the word. So, take note.
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James chapter 5 verse 7. Therefore be patient, brethren, until
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the coming of the Lord, until the parousia.
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Uh-oh. If the resurrection happens first, that's at the end.
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That's at the end. That's at the arrival. That's what
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James chapter 5, verse 7 is saying. So let me continue.
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See how the former waits for the precious fruit of
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the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the
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early and latter rain.
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Here's a triggering event.
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You're going to get the latter rain before it is parousia.
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Therefore, this must happen during the tribulation. It must. So, wow,
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we could just go on and on and on and
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on and on. We're going to read 2 Peter 1,
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verse 16. Because remember, this is going to describe to
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you what a theological myth is like dispensationalism and preterism.
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It's going to come right out in the Greek and
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tell you what it is. For we did not follow
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cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the
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power and the parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. But
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were eyewitnesses to his majesty.
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This establishes that they say they were witness to his
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first advent.
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That's why it's called Advent. But that's not a Greek word.
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Advent is not a Greek word. This is why it's
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common knowledge there's only.
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Two advents of Christ.
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And here the word is telling you his first advent
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was of course his ministry. The second advent is what
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it is. And you cannot hide it and it is
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not sacred. At his arrival all the aforementioned verses come true.
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All of them. Not some of them. All of them.
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So 2 Peter 3, verse 12. Looking for the hastening
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and the parousia of the day of God, because of
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which the heavens will be dissolved, being a fire, and
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the elements will melt with fervent heat. This is telling
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you that there's going to be an arrival of God
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the Father.
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You know when this happens. This happens after the millennial
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reign of Christ. after the battle of Gog and Magog,
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matter of fact, Ezekiel chapter 39 categorically states that he's
Ezekiel 39 chapter mention
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here for seven full years before he recreates the heavens
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and the earth. Yes, it does. All you have to
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do is not ask anybody. Go read and believe Ezekiel
Ezekiel 39 chapter mention
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chapter 39.
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He comes right out and tells you that for seven
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years after Gog and Magog, Jesus Christ will be sitting
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on his throne in Jerusalem and the pillar of the
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presence will be here in his new temple. That new
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temple is Ezekiel.
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Of course, what's the next chapter? Yeah, Ezekiel 40 through 48.
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Is all about this new place where God the Father
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is at while Jesus is on his throne in Jerusalem.
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You have to read it and believe it. You have
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to read it and believe it. So, good stuff.
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One thing for sure, we need to take a look
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at 1 John 2 and.
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Verse 38. Because we have here a very important truth
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that people need to look at and you just need
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to accept this is the categorical truth. Okay? This is
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how it is.
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And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears,
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we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him
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at his parousia.
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Not pre-trib rapture. So, I hope that through this video
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and the prior video, the epiphany, I hope you're able
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to dispel all of.
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These cunningly devised fables that are packaged and are in
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fact theological myths, like dispensationalism, like preterism. The next fellowship
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I do is going to be on this very thing,
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the narrow gate closing. This is categorically going to be about, well,
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It is time to renew the covenant. How do you
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renew the covenant? You must be born again. You must
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be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Thus saith the Word.
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Thus saith the Word. In Matthew chapter 26, verses 26
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through 29.
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Thus saith the Word, praise God.
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Going with it is Hebrews chapter 10, same verses, 26
Hebrews 10 chapter mention
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through 29.
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You must be born again. Water baptism, don't cut it.
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Water baptism does not say the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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You must be born again. So you need to prepare
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yourself for these coming things. If Jesus Christ was crucified
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in 30 AD, these things are coming at breakneck speed.
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I hope you all are enjoying my two witnesses that
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I have here with these two birds that are literally
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right there.
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Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord for the bird song.
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Praise the Lord. I don't know if they're agreeing with
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me or what. Praise the Lord. Anyway, there's two of them.
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They're not three.
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I mean, I can literally almost reach out and grab
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them right there. Anyway, for those that you've been born again,
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this message is for you. If you're a baptized, if
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you're a water baptized churchgoer, you know, I mean, you know, harm.
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I'm not trying to make your situation worse by making
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you emotional and upset. So I'm not telling you you
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have to repent or anything else.
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Please, please go your way.
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Those of you that's been born again, if you have
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any encouraging words or prayers, please put those in the comments.
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And please like and share the video. And please subscribe
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to the channel as we are preparing. the world for
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what is to come we're preparing the world for what
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is to come this is the mandate once you've been
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born again because John chapter 16 verses 12 through 15
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Jesus Christ tells you what happens once you've been born
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again the Holy Spirit will show you what is to
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come and this is what I'm trying to do This
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is my ministry.
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It's no longer my ministry. To preach. To. Those that
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haven't been born again. It's.
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The only thing I can do for them. Is try
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to encourage them. To get into God's word.
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Because once you're in the word. The spirit can move.
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Why?
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Because the Bible. God's holy word is inspired. It's inerrant.
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And it's infallible. So because it's inspired. Because the Holy
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Spirit wrote it. If you saturate yourself with it. And
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throw away all your commentaries. All your books. All your videos. DVD.
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If you throw away all that garbage.
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And just get resources to study the Bible.
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And study the.
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Word in Greek. And the word in Hebrew. Your psyche
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can be healed. From that dispensational scarring. Your psyche can
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be healed. From that preterized scarring. Get into the word.
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Get into the word. That the spirit might move.
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Till next time ladies and gentlemen. God bless and God speed.