WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:01.679 Hey, everybody, we're the Bibble guys. 2 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:04.200 And if you're just tuning in recently, just know that 3 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:06.440 we are showing a little bit of reruns for a 4 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:08.640 few months, and then we'll be back bigger and better 5 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:12.320 than ever on August thirty first, because behind the scenes, 6 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:14.720 we're taking a hiatus to do some very important things. 7 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.399 Yeah, we're building building out a new studio and we've 8 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.399 got some new structure. Super excited about it. So August 9 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.399 thirty first, brand new content. But in the meantime, enjoy 10 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:25.600 some of our greatest hits. 11 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:27.399 Hey, Jeff, what time is it? 12 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:30.800 Uh, it's about two minutes after ten. 13 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:31.399 Wow. 14 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:33.799 Well, you know what, knowing the time is a good thing. 15 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.039 And today we're talking about the timing of Christ's return. 16 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:38.320 Oh wow, that's cool. 17 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:44.159 So he's Chris and I'm Jeff and we're the Bible guys. 18 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.320 Now what I didn't say, is is it two minutes 19 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:56.679 after ten in the morning or two minutes after ten? 20 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:58.759 We could be recording at night. 21 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:00.840 Oh yes, it's probably not. 22 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:06.120 Because because we are we are you know, out there man, we. 23 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:08.079 Live on the edge, that's right, we're hard workers. 24 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:09.840 Yeah. 25 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:14.319 So, so hey, today Desiree has given us a couple 26 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:18.400 of comments, just as shout outs of people who comment frequently. 27 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:21.359 So we love our listeners and it's been fun and 28 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:23.400 you know, always fun to interact with them. 29 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:24.719 So here's a couple of shot out. 30 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:26.959 These comments probably are from YouTube. 31 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.159 Or that's a great question, I would assume, so. 32 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:31.400 From one of the social media platforms. 33 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:34.799 I would assume. So somebody said there's no name given. 34 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:39.200 Actually that said, these two pastors chemistry is so unique 35 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:43.200 and great. I hope they stay blessed with great friendship 36 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:43.879 forever and ever. 37 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:45.239 Exclamation mark. 38 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.120 Oh that's so nice, too, nice, Yeah, me too, me too. 39 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.799 We're blessed with friendship for having every You're my friend. 40 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.159 That's really cool. You know what I do? I do 41 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:54.879 like uh. 42 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.799 I love the chemistry that we do have. And a 43 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:00.560 lot of people actually say, Jeff really makes fun of 44 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:03.760 you a lot, and I always respond and say, that's 45 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:04.519 because he loves me. 46 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:06.200 That's right. I make fun of everybody that I love. 47 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:07.040 Yeah, that's right. 48 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:11.479 My family at Thanksgiving, when we get together Thanksgiving or 49 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:14.520 Christmas something, it's just full on brutality the whole time, 50 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.240 and then we leave going that was so much fun. 51 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:18.800 So yeah, yeah, if I'm making funn of you. You're 52 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:19.879 part of the family for sure. 53 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:21.479 Yeah, that's great, all right. 54 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:25.719 The second ones is from Diane f and she said, 55 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:28.759 so thankful for all I hear and learned here, all 56 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.360 of the and all of the laughs and giggles, crack 57 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:31.719 me up. 58 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:34.639 Yeah, that's very nice. 59 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:35.400 Nice. 60 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:35.680 Yeah. 61 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:37.759 And by the way, that is exactly the order in 62 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:41.240 which we hope people respond. Right, Yes, I learned something. 63 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:43.960 And by the way, I like the laughs and the giggles. 64 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:44.840 That's good. 65 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:49.120 And then this last comment is by Dan. We don't 66 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:53.520 know Dan's last initial, but Dan said, not sure how 67 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:57.240 I came across this channel, but I like this content. 68 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:03.000 I'm here for it. Good conversation, good personalities, good spiritual word. 69 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:06.560 Keep doing what y'all are doing. So I guess it's 70 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:07.439 from the south. 71 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:09.599 From the south, well, good south of the Mason Dixon. 72 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:11.759 Or he's from the south and he moved up to 73 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:13.080 the north, that's right. Either one. 74 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:14.879 He used y'all, y'all, that's right. 75 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:17.680 So I lived in Atlanta for ten years and I 76 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:18.639 miss saying y'all. 77 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:19.159 I do too. 78 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:22.039 Yeah, yeah, so I lived in Texas for quite a while, 79 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.960 and yeah, yeah, it's such a good word. 80 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:28.159 It's so useful, Yes, because you can say y'all. 81 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.840 Meaning all y'all, Yeah, right, there's all y'all people, or 82 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:34.479 y'all just means you know, it's talking about you specifically, 83 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:36.560 or talking about your little group y'all. 84 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:40.400 Is just it's a great both of you, all of you. Yeah, 85 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:41.000 it's great. 86 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.520 And by the way, thank you. 87 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:45.759 Dan, And I actually love the fact that you said, 88 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.800 not sure I came across this channel, which means you know, 89 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:52.319 you stumbled upon us somehow and you're continuing to listen 90 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:53.800 and watch and comment and interact. 91 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:55.719 So Dan, we appreciate you, buddy. 92 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:59.159 So hey, if you're on YouTube, or if you're tracking 93 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:03.800 along on Spotify or Apple, you know, the iTunes podcast 94 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:08.400 or whatever, subscribe. Trust me, it would help us so 95 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.879 much if you describe. We almost have a thousand subscribers 96 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.319 on YouTube. Once we get to a thousand subscribers, it 97 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:17.279 gives us a lot more control over the page. We're 98 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.639 almost there, would you please If you're a listener, we 99 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:21.920 know there's about three hundred of you that listen almost 100 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.000 every day that have not yet subscribed, So please click 101 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:28.240 that little subscribe bell in the corner. Subscribe. It'll help 102 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.319 us so much. Let's just get that done. But then 103 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:34.360 leave comments and share these things. What happens is the 104 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:37.560 algorithms that's paying attention to this thing push us out 105 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.720 to other people and maybe we'll find another Dan this 106 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.839 week because you shared or liked or made a comment. 107 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.399 So that really would help a lot if you'd script 108 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:47.079 you that for us. Thank you. 109 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:48.959 It is important, So please do that for us. 110 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:51.360 That's amazing. Well, thank you, guys, you're so nice. I 111 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:54.560 just I'm still always amazed people listen. Yeah, me too, Yeah, yeah, 112 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:55.439 it's amazing. 113 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:58.279 Well, today we're talking about the timing of christ return, 114 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.399 and we did actually mention this on Day one, which 115 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:04.079 was two days ago. We talked about, you know how 116 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:06.720 nobody can really know, but there are so many more 117 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:10.519 specifics about his coming, you know how it talks about 118 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:14.240 just in different parts of the scripture, not just in Revelation, 119 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:17.160 but also you know, Jesus talking about it, Luke writing 120 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:18.680 about it, Paul mentioning it. 121 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:20.199 Right, So we're gonna look at those. 122 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.680 So I had a conversation with a guy one time 123 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:26.680 a couple of years ago, and he was like, I know, 124 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.879 I'm within months of when Jesus is going to come back, 125 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:31.600 and I says, so, you know, the Bible says you 126 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:33.680 can't know. He said, I know, that's what the Bible says, 127 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:36.199 but I really do think you can know. And I'm like, 128 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:39.839 you're a Bible student, and he goes, yes, the Bible 129 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:40.839 says you can't know. 130 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:43.000 I know, but I think you can know. 131 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:46.600 And I'm like, how how are you using the Bible 132 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:49.240 to prove something when the Bible is so emphatic. So 133 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:52.399 we decided to take essentially two chunks of two days 134 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:55.399 saying you can't know, and we're just using more and 135 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:57.399 more and more. How many times does Jesus have to 136 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:00.000 tell you you can't know before you finally agree? 137 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:01.560 I guess it's. 138 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:03.319 So ironical, isn't it. He's like, I love the Bible 139 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:06.040 so much. I don't care what the Bible says, but 140 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:06.959 I love it so much. 141 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:07.800 I don't think I know. 142 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:08.160 I know. 143 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:11.000 And so hey, this next thing. So we're talking about 144 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:16.600 the timing, yes of the return of Jesus. And you know, 145 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:19.759 there's maybe more TNT packed into this topic than just 146 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:22.600 about any other, particularly with regard to the idea of 147 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:24.639 a rapture in general, which we're going to be talking 148 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.120 about but so again we already mentioned this. Old Christians 149 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.560 a argue about the details pre post mid Ah Rite whatever, 150 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:34.120 but the new Christians man alive. They just look up, 151 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:36.519 and that's we need to get back to the wonder 152 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:39.600 and enthusiasm and confidence in Jesus that we had when 153 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:41.439 we were brand new Christians and maybe not. 154 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:45.800 Be so dogmatic, you know, on it. So hey, here's 155 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:46.439 a few ideas. 156 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:50.040 One is, Jesus is coming back suddenly, Matthew twenty four 157 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.959 to forty four. Jesus said, you also must be ready 158 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.360 all the time, for the Son of Man will come 159 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:56.439 when least expected. 160 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:59.319 Yeah. So, so not only do we not know, but 161 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:00.560 it's when we don't know. 162 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:05.160 That's what that's unexpected, the unexpected. So nobody's gonna expect 163 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:09.680 it exactly. So there's nobody gonna go and nobody's gonna 164 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:14.519 be right. So uh so, obviously the thrust, the main 165 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:16.480 point of this sentiment is that. 166 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:17.759 We should be ready all the time. 167 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:18.240 Yeah. 168 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.560 Right. Remember that old d C Talk song what was 169 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:23.199 it called? Just was it called be ready? 170 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:24.399 Be Ready? Yeah? 171 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:27.240 Yeah, and it's it's a new song, had people get ready? Right, 172 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:30.079 there's that there's that old Motown song people get ready. 173 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.319 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I like to d C talk 174 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:35.800 one better, but we must all be ready. But the 175 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:39.040 idea is is that I believe, uh you know somebody 176 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:40.800 I heard this. You know it's been said a thousand 177 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.160 times in all generations. But you should live every day 178 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.759 as if Jesus is coming today, because if you know, 179 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:50.279 it's that whole Tim McGrath song, Live like you were 180 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:50.920 dying it. 181 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:51.759 Say what would you do? 182 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.759 I go, you know, Scott diving right well, on the 183 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.439 spiritual side of things, what if Jesus were coming. 184 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:00.279 Today, who would you tell? How did you live your life? 185 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:01.639 How would you spend your minutes? 186 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:02.480 Right? 187 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:04.600 And would you say the things that should be said. 188 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:07.279 If you were convinced he was coming back and knowing 189 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:10.920 it's unexpected, that question that you asked, who would you tell? 190 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:12.160 I think is incredibly important. 191 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:12.480 Yeah. 192 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:15.560 And by the way, that's enough for our listeners to 193 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:18.279 walk away with just that thought, yeah, and say like, 194 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:21.240 if I live with that thought just today, this will 195 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:22.120 have been worth my time. 196 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:22.399 Yeah. 197 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:25.959 Yeah, So Luke seventeen, he says, yes, it'll be business 198 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.720 as usual right up to the day when the Son 199 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:29.600 of Man is revealed. 200 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:30.360 Right. 201 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.159 So this idea of being unexpected, it doesn't have to 202 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:36.480 be scary. We keep highlighting this idea. Jesus isn't coming 203 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:39.320 to scare us. He's coming to save us. So just 204 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.320 because it's unexpected doesn't mean it's scary. The other one 205 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:45.399 would be soon. Jesus is coming soon a matter of 206 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.679 fact and revelation twenty twenty or twenty two, verse seven. 207 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:51.120 This is how we know he's coming soon, because he says, look, 208 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:55.240 I'm coming soon. There it is blessed are those who 209 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.200 obey the words of prophecy written in this book. As 210 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:59.679 we says, so it's coming soon, and it's basically we 211 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:02.399 should be living with an expectancy. So we don't know 212 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:04.159 when it's going to be a surprise, but. 213 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.600 We should have an expectancy that it's going to be soon. 214 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:08.480 And then there's plenty of scriptures. 215 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:10.799 Actually we're going to burn through these, but we do 216 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:14.480 think it's important to read the support of why it's 217 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:17.720 supposed to be a secret. So Jesus says, and Paul 218 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:22.360 says that his coming is a secret. I'm going to 219 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:25.320 read Matthew twenty four. However, no one knows the day 220 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:27.960 or hour when these things will happen, not even the 221 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.279 angels in heaven or the Son capital s himself. 222 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:33.840 Only the Father knows. 223 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:38.720 So he's just really clear that God the Father, who 224 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.200 by the way, has the will for our lives, he's 225 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.960 the one that sets in motion. Even today he seems 226 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:48.200 to have that role in our lives. God the Father 227 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:50.279 is the one that sets the will and has the 228 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:53.960 will for us. And it's the same with his revelation 229 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:54.879 when it's coming. 230 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:55.200 That's right. 231 00:09:56.480 --> 00:10:00.399 Any Acts, we've already read this verse. But Acts six 232 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.080 and seven says, so when the apostles of Jesus, they 233 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.000 kept asking him, Lord, has the time come for you 234 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.720 to free Israel or story kingdom? And he replied, the 235 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:10.559 Father alone has the authority to set those dates in 236 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:14.000 times they're not for you to know. So, hey, it's 237 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.600 a secret basically. 238 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:17.080 So let me read first this salone. 239 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:20.519 In Chapter five, verses one through three, Paul says, this, now, 240 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:23.279 concerning how and when all these things will happen, dear 241 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.000 brothers and sisters, we don't really need to write you, 242 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:29.080 for you know quite well that the day of the 243 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:32.519 Lord's return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the 244 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.759 night when people are saying everything is peaceful, and secure. 245 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.639 Then disaster will fall on them, and suddenly as a 246 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:43.240 pregnant woman's labor pain begins and there will be no escape. 247 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.440 And again I've already mentioned this so many times. Paul 248 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:48.840 is the master of Visila aid, chief in the night 249 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:51.919 labor pains, chief in the night labor pains. And he's 250 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:56.080 trying to compare it to something that happens unexpectedly. Nobody 251 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.480 expects a thief, right, and nobody you know, and a 252 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:00.679 woman not that I know this is coming soon. 253 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.399 Yeah, yeah, but that labor main hits. 254 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:03.879 Man, Oh my goodness, it's a surprise. 255 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:04.720 It's a surprise. 256 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:09.879 But here this is really I think one of the 257 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.559 we keep coming back to the same thing. He doesn't 258 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.720 tell as he sings, are scared us. He's telling us 259 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.440 he things to say, I'm coming back to save you. 260 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:19.720 And Titus chapter two kind of blends those two ideas 261 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:21.919 verse eleven through thirteen. It says, for the grace of 262 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:25.360 God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people, and 263 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:28.360 we're instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. 264 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:30.559 And we should live in this evil world with wisdom 265 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.840 and righteousness and devotion to God while we look forward 266 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:36.960 with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of 267 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:39.799 our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ will be revealed. 268 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:43.240 So we're looking forward to that day. We want to 269 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:45.679 live godly lives today. We want to walk away from 270 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:48.559 sinful pleasures today. We want to live in righteousness and 271 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:52.360 walk in wisdom today, while we're looking forward to this 272 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:54.440 hope of when Jesus is going to be revealed. 273 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:57.320 You know, I think we have some time I can 274 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.720 share this. Yeah, I think honestly, have you ever met 275 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:06.039 somebody who they believe in heaven so much that they 276 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:09.960 are completely content with this life being over because they 277 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:11.000 know that the next. 278 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:11.919 Life is better? 279 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:14.799 Yeah, And they believe in heaven so much that they 280 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:17.320 have no doubt. And so, I mean, it's one thing 281 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:19.919 to say, of course I look forward to heaven, but I. 282 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.480 Want to live as long as I can, right right. 283 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:24.000 You know, I believe in heaven, but I just have 284 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:25.399 so much life to live and I want to see 285 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:27.840 my grandkids and all these different things. And of course 286 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.200 you know I have those sentiments too, But I just 287 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:32.240 admire and look up to you so much. The people 288 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:34.960 who think heaven is so real and so much better 289 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:37.080 that they're just like Jesus. 290 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:37.320 Just come back. 291 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:39.840 Now, what's one of the blessings of aging? You know, 292 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.120 most people don't think of aging as being a blessing, 293 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:46.159 but so often the older you get, the pain of 294 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:51.360 life becomes greater. Oftentimes, you know, you have more people 295 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:53.679 in heaven than still here on earth. They've already gone 296 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.799 ahead of you. Your body starting to run out of gas. 297 00:12:57.279 --> 00:13:01.000 Life becomes more and more difficult, and you remember what 298 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.000 it was like to have all of your faculties and 299 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.600 all of your abilities, and then you know, the Bible 300 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:09.240 says God's going to make everything new in heaven, so 301 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:11.879 everybody you love is there, or more of the people 302 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:14.559 that you love are there, and you're running out of 303 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:16.840 gas here and to begin looking forward to that, I 304 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:19.399 think that that's one of the blessings of getting older. 305 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:23.240 And by the way, so we have a member on 306 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:25.320 our staff, Debbie, her mother in law. 307 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:25.639 Past. 308 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.360 We both went to the funeral and it was one 309 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.440 of those funerals where you couldn't get much of a 310 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:34.879 better funeral in that she was ninety one and then 311 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:37.879 also she had lived a super godly life. And so 312 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:42.200 one of the things that I said was Debbie said well, 313 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:45.200 you know, the funeral is maybe kind of small because 314 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:48.240 this person's not going to show, and this person's old, 315 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.639 and this person's old. And I wrote back and said, 316 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:52.600 as a person who's done a lot of funerals and 317 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:55.799 been part of one hundreds, just know that this is 318 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:59.639 actually unusual and it's such a privilege. So the signs 319 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:03.440 of a phenomenal funeral are these that when most of 320 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:05.919 the people who show up don't know that person, they 321 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.279 just know the kids, oh right. And the people who 322 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:11.159 show up, they're sort of there. They don't even necessarily 323 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:13.519 know the ceased, they're just there to support the kids. 324 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:15.799 Right. That means that they've lived a. 325 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.639 Long time, yes, right, ninety one, which means everybody she 326 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:20.759 knows is gone just about. 327 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.919 Yeah, her husband's in heaven. 328 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:23.120 And then and then the other. 329 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.240 One was the godly legacy part, which by far is 330 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:26.000 the most important. 331 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:26.519 Right. 332 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:28.600 So when you have that much of a godly legacy 333 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:31.399 and that much age, it's just a wonderful thought to 334 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:36.360 think she's now in heaven with everybody, well, with most. 335 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:38.440 Of the people that she lived life with that are 336 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:39.080 gone before her. 337 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.799 So along that theme, then you know, we tend to 338 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:45.240 be afraid of death when you think of were afraid 339 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.879 of dying. But that person who has the hope of 340 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.000 heaven doesn't have to be afraid of dying. It's just 341 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:53.159 it's a transition from this life to that is met 342 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:56.519 fact is a promotion if we really believe in heaven, 343 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:58.480 which we're going to unpack heaven next week in a 344 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:00.759 way that I think you were going to lie. When 345 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.919 you get convinced of how incredible heaven is, you don't 346 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:06.759 look at death as a horrible thing or an ending 347 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:09.799 of something. It's a promotion to the next, to the better, 348 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:13.000 to the perfection that the God has for us. But 349 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:15.360 you have to remember how often does he have to 350 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:16.440 remind us don't be afraid. 351 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.320 We already read it. 352 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:21.240 But Revelation, chapter one, verse seventeen, John says, when I 353 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.919 saw him, I fell at his feet as if I 354 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:25.200 were dead. But he laid his right hand on me 355 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:28.200 and said, don't be afraid. I'm the first and the last. 356 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.240 I'm the living one. I died, but look, I'm alive 357 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:33.840 forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death 358 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:35.480 and the grave. The reason why we don't have to 359 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:37.480 be afraid is because He's on our side and he 360 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:39.639 has the keys to that prison of death and the grave. 361 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:42.480 He's already got him, he's already solved it. And so 362 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:44.720 he just says, don't be afraid. And this is one 363 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:47.360 of God's recurring themes. The things we're going to talk 364 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.200 about over the next couple days are scary, but he says, 365 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.320 you don't have to be afraid because I have the keys. 366 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:56.960 Yeah, and that's a good scary because if being scared 367 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:01.840 propels you to believe God or to term to God, right, 368 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:03.879 because there are times in our lives where we have 369 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:08.120 to understand, like Jesus is both intimidating and powerful and 370 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:13.480 just and judges as he is good and fair and 371 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:17.360 loving and gives grace. So there's both sides of the coin, 372 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:20.000 you know. That's why he says, don't be afraid. I 373 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:23.120 love how he talks about himself. I am the first, 374 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:27.320 in the last right, the majesty of that moment, and 375 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:29.720 yet the right hand on the shoulder says, don't be 376 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:31.399 afraid because. 377 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:33.919 I know you right, I have died for you. You know. 378 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:38.200 By the way, one of the songs by New Song 379 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.279 have you ever heard? 380 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:39.480 This? 381 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.039 One's with Me? 382 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:43.720 So the lyrics are like I was dreaming about heaven 383 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.120 standing in those pearly gates. We were all there, and 384 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:50.039 I was so scared in the presence of one so great. 385 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:54.639 And then he says is something about I was so afraid, 386 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:56.320 and I want, I want to go turn around. I 387 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:59.320 felt I felt so very unworthy and and I was 388 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:02.720 so afraid, and I turned to go. But then I 389 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:05.480 heard someone say, Father, this. 390 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.000 One's with me. 391 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:09.319 He's part of the family. He's one of the reasons 392 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:13.279 I died on Calvary. So Father welcome him in. I 393 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:16.519 paid the price for him. Father of Father, this one's 394 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:18.640 with me. Yeah, And I just I think about that, 395 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.279 and I think that's agree. That's that's what this scripture 396 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:23.119 is that you just read right as he puts the 397 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.079 right hand on and says, don't be afraid. 398 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:25.799 He's with me. 399 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.599 Yeah, you don't have to be afraid because God's intimidating, 400 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:31.119 but he's for you. 401 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.480