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You and I are in a series of heart -to -heart

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talks regarding the second coming of the Lord

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Jesus Christ. I could not bring you a series

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of messages that I felt was more timely, more

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important, more vital to all people everywhere

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than this series of messages we... the second

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coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, an event that

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will take place and could take place in our generation

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and not violate one portion of the Word of God.

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There is no fact in history, more clearly established

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than the fact of the first coming of the Lord

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Jesus Christ. It is not an established fact because

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God's Word says so, but it is a matter of recorded

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history. Jesus did come in bodily form. There

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was proof. that his coming was supernatural.

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It had the seal of heaven upon it. These are

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all established facts and a matter of history.

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But as his first coming did not fulfill all the

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prophecies associated with his coming, it is

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evident that there must be a coming to completely

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fulfill them. There must be a second coming.

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And it was because the religious leaders of Christ's

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day failed to distinguish between the prophecies

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that related to his first coming and those that

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related to his second coming that they rejected

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him. All the prophecies regarding his coming

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were not fulfilled at his first coming. And as

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surely as he came the first time, he will return

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to earth again. And we call it the second coming

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of the Lord Jesus Christ. He spoke of it himself.

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And oh, there's something about his own words

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that means so much to the child of God. It's

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there in the word. And remember, it's one thing

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for me to read it to you, but it makes it so

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much personal. If you'll just take your own Bible

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and read from your own Bible the words of Jesus.

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We caught it there in the 16th chapter of Matthew,

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the 27th verse. For the Son of Man shall come

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in the glory of his Father. with his angels,

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and then he shall reward every man according

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to his works. This did not happen at his first

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coming. That's the reason they didn't accept

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him as the true Messiah. That is the reason they

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didn't understand the difference between his

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first coming and his second coming. And he was

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rejected. But Jesus himself said of his second

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coming, For the Son of Man shall come in the

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glory of his Father with his angels. He's talking

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about his second coming. And then he shall reward

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every man according to his works. Oh, that familiar

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portion. That's found in the 14th chapter of

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John. In my father's house are many mansions.

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If it were not so, I would have told you. I go

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to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare

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a place for you, watch it, I will come again

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and receive you unto myself, that where I am,

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there ye may be also. And he cannot lie. It is

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impossible for him to lie. These words came directly

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from the lips of Jesus himself. He said, if it

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were not so, I would have told you. I don't have

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to lie to you. I tell you the truth. I go to

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prepare a place for you. And if... I go, and

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he did go. And if I go and prepare a place for

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you, I will come again. I will. I'll give you

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another scripture. And these are words from his

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own lips. The 21st chapter of John. If I will

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that he tarry, How long? Till I come. What is

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that to thee, follow thou me? Mm -hmm. Jesus

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said himself that he would return to earth again.

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But oh, beloved, that testimony. of that great

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event. As recorded in the first chapter of Acts,

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I have lived it and relived it a thousand times.

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You have heard me in heart -to -heart talks,

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talking about last seconds. When he looked round

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about, them and spoke of that mighty third person

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of Trinity, the Holy Spirit. He had spoken of

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the Holy Spirit prior to this moment. And he

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said, it is necessary, is expedient for you that

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I go away. I must serve in the capacity of great

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high priest. I'm leaving you. But if I go away,

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the Holy Spirit, the third person, the Trinity,

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will come unto you. And then, those last moments,

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those all -important words, ye shall receive

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power. The same power that has been demonstrated

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in my life. The same keeping power. The same

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power that is manifested and has been manifested

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in my life and through my body here on this earth

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shall be given to you through the person of the

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Holy Spirit. Ye shall receive power. After that,

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the Holy Ghost has come upon you, and ye shall

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be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem. and in

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all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost

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part of the earth. It was not that he had confidence

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in men. He knew the fickleness of human nature,

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but he had confidence in the person of the Holy

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Spirit, the one to whom he had entrusted his

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earthly life. And when he had spoken these things,

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while they beheld, he was taken up. And a cloud,

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watch this thing of a cloud. This is most important.

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He was taken up. In other words, his feet literally

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left. The Mount of Olives. He was taken up visibly.

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He was taken up in bodily form. And a cloud received

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him out of their sight. This was not a spirit

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that was leaving them. This was not the figment

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of somebody's imagination. Just a second before,

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He was speaking to them, talking to them of the

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coming of the Holy Spirit. Just days before,

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he had eaten with them the fish that had been

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prepared. He had broken bread with them. They

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had seen him. They had conversed with him. He

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had... eaten with them. He was in bodily form.

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And watch something. Do you remember what Thomas

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said after the resurrection of Jesus? Thomas

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was so dumbfounded. Thomas was so amazed. He

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could not believe that it could possibly be his

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master. He thought he was seeing things when

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Jesus came and stood in their midst. And this

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was after the resurrection of Jesus. And Thomas

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said, I can't believe that it can possibly be

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the Christ. And I won't believe until I actually,

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literally, see the marks in his hands. I was

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there when they nailed him to the cross. I saw

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the soldier with my own eyes. drive the spikes

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through his hands. I will not believe that this

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is Jesus until I have proof and the proof will

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be if I can see the scars from the spikes that

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were driven through his hands. And Jesus opened

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his hands before Thomas. And Thomas fell at his

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feet and cried aloud. He knew he had his proof.

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Do you know something about it? The only imperfect

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body that there will be in heaven will be the

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body. of Jesus. Our resurrected bodies will be

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absolutely perfect. There will be no imperfection.

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I do not believe that there will be a scar. I

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do not believe that there will be a wrinkle.

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I believe that every body will be absolutely

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perfect. when we stand in his presence. But beloved,

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if those marks were in the hands of the master

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after his resurrection, and Thomas with his own

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eyes saw the marks and they were visible to Thomas,

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Then when the body of Jesus left the Mount of

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Olives, the imprint was still in his hands. I

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am convinced that those marks will forever and

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ever remain in his hands and will constantly

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throughout all of eternity be a reminder to you

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and to me the price that Jesus paid for our redemption.

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And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven,

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as he went up, oh, I like that little word, up.

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You know why? Because Instinctively, when I talk

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to him. Instinctively, when I pray. I find myself

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looking up. Instinctively, when I praise him.

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I find myself looking up. And there's something

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about people who keep their heads down when they

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pray. Sure. We bow our head in reverence unto

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him. But, my friend, in talking to him, remember

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he's up. Uh -huh. I do not think of him as being

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someplace in the bowels of the earth. He isn't.

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When he left, where did he go? Up. Uh -huh. Sure.

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While they looked steadfastly toward heaven,

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as he went up, when he comes again, he comes

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down. What did John see when he saw the city

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of the new Jerusalem? Where was it coming from?

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It came down. And behold, two men stood by them

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in white apparel. which also said, Ye men of

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Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?

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This same Jesus. I find what he's going to do

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with this. You can't spiritualize it. It's impossible

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to spiritualize it. This same Jesus. They saw

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him in bubbly form. He was visible to their eye.

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It was not a spirit. This same Jesus, which is

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taken up from you into heaven, shall so come

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in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

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Can you know? John caught that same wonderful

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vision. And he speaks of it in the very last

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book of the Bible. the first chapter of the book

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of Revelation, the seventh verse, Behold, he

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cometh with clouds. What's that word cloud again?

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He cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see

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him, and they also which pierced him, and all

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kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.

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Do you know that it would have been absolutely,

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literally impossible for this prophecy to have

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been fulfilled 25 years ago? Why? We didn't have

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television 25 years ago. It would have been impossible

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for this thing to have been fulfilled 15 years

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ago. Television 15 years ago. It wasn't what

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it is today. It is possible in our generation

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for Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God,

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to come back in bodily form to this earth and

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for every eye to see him when he comes back because

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we have the medium of television. Oh, men think

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they're so smart. We think we've made such great

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discoveries in our time. And yet, you know, God

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just put it in our hands. God just gave us the

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knowledge of the things that he put there so

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that his own word might be fulfilled. Now come

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back. to the very same thing that I've been talking

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to you weeks ago. Go back again to Jerusalem

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when Jesus comes back to earth again in bodily

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form. Where do you think he will set foot? The

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very same spot where he took off. Exactly. Why

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do you think that through the centuries, Jerusalem

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has been destroyed or partially destroyed 25,

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26 times? And there were times when there were

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those who might have said, this is the end. This

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is the finish of Jerusalem. And yet we're coming

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to the hour when every eye will again be focused

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on Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be the principal

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city of the world in our generation. The day

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is coming when Jerusalem will again be declared

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an open city. All of these things were in the

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plan of God. All of these things were in the

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mind of the Heavenly Father, a God who never

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forgets, a God who silently said when they took

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the body of his son off of the cross, I will

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vindicate my son. I will see. that he returns,

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and when he returns to earth, he will not return

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in defeat. He will return in great glory, and

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that's exactly what he's going to do. He's coming

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back in bodily form. I promise you that. I give

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you that truth with the word of God. As my authority.

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And I saw the heaven opened. John had a preview

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of all of this. And behold a white horse. And

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he that sat upon him was called faithful and

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true. And in righteousness he doth judge and

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make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire. And

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on his head were many crowns. And he had a name

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written that no man knew but he himself. He was

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clothed with a vesture dipped in blood. Remember,

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it is the blood that maketh an atonement for

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the soul. And his name is called the word of

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God. And the armies which were in the heaven

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followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine

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linen, white and clean. Mm -hmm. Go back again

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to Acts. This same Jesus, which is taken up from

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you into heaven, shall so come in like manners

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ye have seen him go into heaven. And out of his

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mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should

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smite the nations, and he shall rule them with

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a rod of iron. And he treadeth the winepress

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of the... fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

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And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a

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name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

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He is coming back to earth again to rule. and

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rain, and for the first time in the history of

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mankind, he will give peace to this earth.