WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.120 And they that went in, went in male and female 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:10.839 of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And the 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:17.359 Lord shut him in. The other day, I was flying 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:22.780 from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles. And the captain 00:00:22.780 --> 00:00:27.519 had just announced that we were 33 ,000 feet 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:33.060 in the air. Everything was going very smoothly, 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:36.820 and it was a good flight when suddenly there 00:00:36.820 --> 00:00:43.100 was a little turbulence, and we were asked to 00:00:43.100 --> 00:00:50.619 fasten our seatbelt. When everyone became aware 00:00:50.619 --> 00:00:53.039 of the fact that there was the dearest little 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.939 old lady, evidently it was her very first flight. 00:00:57.500 --> 00:00:59.840 Perhaps she had never been on... A plane before. 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:04.239 I'm not quite sure. Anyway, she came from someplace 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:07.859 in the back of the plane. And she was walking 00:01:07.859 --> 00:01:13.799 down the aisle with her little bag in her hand 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:20.120 and her coat on. And she was walking toward the 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:23.239 front door of the plane before the stewardess 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.500 saw her. And the one sitting next to me just... 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:30.560 Looked over and smiled sweetly and says, she's 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:37.040 going to get off. But I'll tell you the dear, 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:40.319 precious little old soul didn't know that that 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:45.260 door was shut. And it wasn't going to be opened 00:01:45.260 --> 00:01:49.859 until we reached Los Angeles, believe me. The 00:01:49.859 --> 00:01:55.980 door was shut. And when God shut the door of 00:01:55.980 --> 00:02:01.519 the ark, that door was shut. In spite of all 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:03.420 of the pleading, in spite of all of the crying 00:02:03.420 --> 00:02:06.819 of those on the outside, and these things that 00:02:06.819 --> 00:02:09.219 were literally hundreds crying on the outside, 00:02:09.259 --> 00:02:13.319 saying, Oh, Noah, open the door. Open, please. 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:15.159 Don't you know us? We're your friends. We're 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:19.300 your neighbors. Don't you know us? Sure, we're 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:22.439 some of the folk to whom you preached. Please, 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:25.020 Noah, I believe that Noah was the most popular 00:02:25.020 --> 00:02:32.120 man until those waters, those floodwaters, came 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:35.819 in mighty destruction. I believe that for a few 00:02:35.819 --> 00:02:39.699 hours, Noah was the most popular man in the world. 00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:43.860 He had more friends. He had more folk who acknowledged 00:02:43.860 --> 00:02:49.169 they knew him than any living human being. Because 00:02:49.169 --> 00:02:52.189 they knew that the hour of destruction had come. 00:02:53.430 --> 00:02:59.669 But no longer could Noah help them then. For 00:02:59.669 --> 00:03:06.810 God himself had shut the door of the ark of safety. 00:03:08.050 --> 00:03:13.729 They had crossed the deadline. They might have 00:03:13.729 --> 00:03:19.430 had security. they would have had security had 00:03:19.430 --> 00:03:24.469 they listened to the word of God, the word of 00:03:24.469 --> 00:03:29.610 warning that Noah had given them. But when God 00:03:29.610 --> 00:03:36.469 shut the door of the ark, there was no longer 00:03:36.469 --> 00:03:41.629 safety and security for those on the outside. 00:03:42.430 --> 00:03:46.629 In our last little heart -to -heart talk, I spoke 00:03:46.629 --> 00:03:52.990 of three deadlines. One, that time of death. 00:03:53.569 --> 00:03:56.509 And I reminded you that all members of the human 00:03:56.509 --> 00:03:58.909 race have two things in common. Each of us was 00:03:58.909 --> 00:04:02.289 born and each of us must die. And the destiny 00:04:02.289 --> 00:04:06.349 of our soul is determined before the moment of 00:04:06.349 --> 00:04:14.169 death. We cross a deadline. All the prayers in 00:04:14.169 --> 00:04:18.560 the world All the money in the world cannot change 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:22.560 the destiny of our soul after we have crossed 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:28.699 that deadline of death. We have made our decision. 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:34.860 We have made our choice. And the destiny has 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:39.180 been sealed forever and ever. Then we come to 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:41.399 the deadline, the sin against the Holy Ghost. 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:46.949 It's called the unpardonable sin. There's no 00:04:46.949 --> 00:04:52.269 forgiveness in earth or in heaven for the man, 00:04:52.370 --> 00:04:56.670 the woman, who attributes the work of the Holy 00:04:56.670 --> 00:05:01.410 Ghost to save to the devil. It's the sin, the 00:05:01.410 --> 00:05:07.790 unpardonable sin. There is a deadline that man 00:05:07.790 --> 00:05:13.230 can cross. Now we come to the third deadline, 00:05:13.430 --> 00:05:16.720 that of the great catching up. The rapture of 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.720 the church. Oh, if you have ears to hear, please 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:25.920 listen. If you have eyes to see, please look. 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.800 If you have a mind that can comprehend, please 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:36.139 open that mind to the things of the Spirit. Lest 00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:41.220 when this tribulation come, you will be on the 00:05:41.220 --> 00:05:46.699 outside of the ark of safety. I'm going to talk 00:05:46.699 --> 00:05:49.459 very frankly to you in this little heart -to 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:52.980 -heart talk. It is a warning. Take it not from 00:05:52.980 --> 00:05:55.939 Catherine Truman. It's the word of God that I 00:05:55.939 --> 00:06:01.300 shall be bringing you. And I repeat, foolish 00:06:01.300 --> 00:06:04.639 is the man or the woman who will not listen to 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:09.060 God's word, who will not accept the word of God. 00:06:09.339 --> 00:06:14.040 It is the final word, and God will keep his word. 00:06:14.649 --> 00:06:17.990 to the crossing of every T, the dotting of every 00:06:17.990 --> 00:06:24.189 I. Critics and skeptics who in the past have 00:06:24.189 --> 00:06:29.430 brazenly criticized the idea of a literal fulfillment 00:06:29.430 --> 00:06:36.910 of sensational prophecies now humbly, solemnly 00:06:36.910 --> 00:06:47.420 bow before the eternal God wholly right. These 00:06:47.420 --> 00:06:49.480 things that are coming to pass upon the earth 00:06:49.480 --> 00:07:00.319 were in the minds of many a man impossible. It 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:03.899 just could not happen to this modern civilization. 00:07:04.819 --> 00:07:10.339 There were scores of critics, scores of skeptics. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:15.560 who have brazenly criticized the idea of a literal 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:20.560 fulfillment of Bible prophecies regarding the 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:24.620 closing days of this dispensation, or a tribulation 00:07:24.620 --> 00:07:28.560 that would come upon the earth, or the suffering 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:32.279 of mankind, such suffering as human beings have 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:36.699 never known before. But today, they have got 00:07:36.699 --> 00:07:42.850 to believe. Today, they have got to listen. For 00:07:42.850 --> 00:07:45.350 before our very eyes we are witnessing the beginning 00:07:45.350 --> 00:07:48.949 of a literal fulfillment of prophecies which 00:07:48.949 --> 00:07:52.589 unbelievers down to the ages have branded as 00:07:52.589 --> 00:07:58.790 just highly imaginative, fantastic, just figments 00:07:58.790 --> 00:08:03.410 of one's imagination. But always remember one 00:08:03.410 --> 00:08:10.039 thing. The Bible is history pre -written. and 00:08:10.039 --> 00:08:15.399 God's Word is scientifically correct. The Bible 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:20.120 is still ahead of the human race, both scientifically 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:24.800 and historically. I'm going to show you something 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:28.259 that may be very amazing to you, and I'm going 00:08:28.259 --> 00:08:29.699 to give you the Word of God from here on out. 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:33.960 If you have a pencil and paper, take down some 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:35.559 of these scriptures I'm going to give to you. 00:08:35.779 --> 00:08:39.429 This is God's Word. These are some of the things 00:08:39.429 --> 00:08:43.049 that are taking place right now, today, before 00:08:43.049 --> 00:08:47.710 our very eyes. In this generation in which you 00:08:47.710 --> 00:08:50.830 and I live, some of the very things that I shall 00:08:50.830 --> 00:08:54.370 be giving you from the Word of God, you will 00:08:54.370 --> 00:08:58.029 see taking place as you turn on your television 00:08:58.029 --> 00:09:01.269 sets and you hear your news commentators and 00:09:01.269 --> 00:09:05.590 you see before your very eyes the things that 00:09:05.590 --> 00:09:09.950 are happening this hour. That little book of 00:09:09.950 --> 00:09:14.070 Joel. Oh, one of these days, I want to give a 00:09:14.070 --> 00:09:18.110 series of heart -to -heart talks. Just from that 00:09:18.110 --> 00:09:23.710 little book of Joel. Because it's, um, we have 00:09:23.710 --> 00:09:27.230 there the entire picture of the closing of the 00:09:27.230 --> 00:09:29.289 times of the Gentiles. The day in which you and 00:09:29.289 --> 00:09:32.850 I are living. I want to give you a couple of 00:09:32.850 --> 00:09:36.210 scriptures right now from that little book of 00:09:36.210 --> 00:09:41.059 Joel. And remember, The Bible is history pre 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:47.559 -written. And remember that the Bible is scientifically 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:55.399 correct. The Bible is still ahead of science. 00:09:55.799 --> 00:10:01.080 It is still ahead of the human race. All right. 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:05.519 The second chapter of Joel. The third verse. 00:10:06.990 --> 00:10:10.549 And you must keep the Word of God in its context. 00:10:11.250 --> 00:10:16.149 For this little book of Joel is a picture of 00:10:16.149 --> 00:10:21.429 this end time, the time of the end of the Gentiles. 00:10:22.210 --> 00:10:25.190 It is the very day in which you and I are living. 00:10:26.929 --> 00:10:33.669 A fire devours before them, and behind them a 00:10:33.669 --> 00:10:38.730 flame burneth. The land is as the garden of Eden 00:10:38.730 --> 00:10:43.049 before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness, 00:10:43.370 --> 00:10:54.429 yea, and nothing shall escape. Liquid fire. Nuclear 00:10:54.429 --> 00:11:03.250 warfare. A fire devoureth before them. Behind 00:11:03.250 --> 00:11:08.759 them a flame burneth. The land is at the Garden 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:12.919 of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:20.379 wilderness, and nothing shall escape them. You 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:23.759 know, we think we are so highly scientific, we 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:25.580 call this the modern age, but would you believe 00:11:25.580 --> 00:11:29.220 it, that way back there through the prophet, 00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:36.110 the Holy Spirit, gave a very definite picture 00:11:36.110 --> 00:11:41.149 of bombing planes, the fifth verse of the second 00:11:41.149 --> 00:11:44.549 chapter of Joel. And how could he have described 00:11:44.549 --> 00:11:49.690 it better than he did describe it? Like the noise 00:11:49.690 --> 00:11:53.250 of chariots on the tops of the mountains, shall 00:11:53.250 --> 00:11:58.250 they leap. Like the noise of a flame of fire 00:11:58.250 --> 00:12:03.090 that devoureth the stubble. as a strong people 00:12:03.090 --> 00:12:07.669 set in battle array. That's the Word of God. 00:12:08.330 --> 00:12:12.110 Long before there was a 20th century. Long before 00:12:12.110 --> 00:12:16.269 we had modern warfare. Long before we ever had 00:12:16.269 --> 00:12:21.710 jet planes. Now, here in the Word of God, the 00:12:21.710 --> 00:12:25.990 Old Testament, we have a picture of the jet -propelled 00:12:25.990 --> 00:12:32.480 planes. Like... Chariots on the tops of the mountains, 00:12:32.860 --> 00:12:39.840 shall they leap. Have you ever watched a jet 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:42.620 -propelled plane? Oh, we think we're so modern. 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:47.659 We think that we're so intelligent. Why, the 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:51.440 Holy Spirit, looking down to the telescope of 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:55.740 time, talked about the jet -propelled planes. 00:12:58.169 --> 00:13:01.690 we have in this generation, long before it had 00:13:01.690 --> 00:13:07.110 ever entered into the human mind. Like chariots 00:13:07.110 --> 00:13:11.269 on the tops of the mountains shall they leap. 00:13:12.929 --> 00:13:16.950 All right. Still my little book of Joel. Old 00:13:16.950 --> 00:13:20.190 Testament. But we have not taken any of this 00:13:20.190 --> 00:13:22.710 out of context. So remember this little book 00:13:22.710 --> 00:13:27.600 of Joel. is a picture of the end time, the times 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:29.879 of the Gentiles, the day in which you and I are 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:35.519 living. I'm reading now the 10th verse. And the 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:40.320 earth shall quake before them, the heaven shall 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:44.220 tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, 00:13:44.419 --> 00:13:49.840 and the stars shall withdraw their shining. With 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:55.539 a picture of powerful explosives. You say, Miss 00:13:55.539 --> 00:13:57.340 Cooman, where in the world are you getting this? 00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:01.039 From the little book of Joel in the Old Testament. 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:08.940 The earth shall quake before them. Here's a picture 00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:14.480 of powerful explosives. The heavens shall tremble, 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:18.279 the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:22.720 shall withdraw their shining. Still with me? 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:28.240 All right, we talk about the atomic bomb. And 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:32.899 believe me, every intelligent living person is 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:38.720 scared stiff of nuclear warfare, of the atomic 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:43.320 bomb. That is the reason that leaders of our 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:47.539 nation are trying to keep a level head. That 00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:52.740 is the reason our men in high positions in Washington, 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:57.100 D .C., are trying to keep calm and keep a level 00:14:57.100 --> 00:15:02.159 head. They know the power of the atomic bomb. 00:15:02.419 --> 00:15:06.399 They know the utter destruction that can be caused 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:13.399 by nuclear warfare. Would you believe me if I 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:16.700 told you that in the book of Revelation, the 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:21.840 16th chapter, the 9th verse, The word of God 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:25.779 speaks of the destruction caused by the atomic 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:31.620 bomb, by nuclear warfare. And it's going to happen. 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:37.059 It's going to happen. And I read from the word 00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:42.940 of God. And men were scorched with great heat 00:15:42.940 --> 00:15:49.059 and blasphemed the name of God. Why in the world? 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:53.120 We would blaspheme the name of God when we have 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:57.620 brought this judgment upon ourselves. Man has 00:15:57.620 --> 00:16:01.679 outsmarted himself. God has had nothing to do 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:06.279 with it. Man will bring on his own destruction. 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:12.480 Man will bring on his own annihilation. Man has 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:19.220 literally outsmarted himself. And men were scorched 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:23.960 with great heat and blasphemed God. Is that all? 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:27.220 No. Keep on reading. And I'm reading from the 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:29.519 16th chapter of the book of the Revelation. Now 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:35.419 the 18th verse. And there were voices and thunders 00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:39.600 and lightnings. And there was a great earthquake. 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:43.860 And the great city was divided into three parts. 00:16:44.429 --> 00:16:50.490 the cities of the nations fell and every island 00:16:50.490 --> 00:16:56.330 fled away and the mountains were not found i 00:16:56.330 --> 00:16:59.289 continue the eighteenth chapter of the book of 00:16:59.289 --> 00:17:02.850 the revelation and the merchants of these things 00:17:02.850 --> 00:17:08.130 which were made rich by her shall stand afar 00:17:08.130 --> 00:17:11.309 off for the fear of her torment, weeping and 00:17:11.309 --> 00:17:18.890 wailing and saying, Alas, alas, that great city, 00:17:19.170 --> 00:17:24.170 for in one hour so great riches is come to naught. 00:17:25.569 --> 00:17:33.710 I repeat, for in one hour so great riches is 00:17:33.710 --> 00:17:38.769 come to naught. and cried when they saw the smoke 00:17:38.769 --> 00:17:42.569 of her burning. And they cast dust on their heads 00:17:42.569 --> 00:17:48.630 and cried, weeping and wailing. This is not just 00:17:48.630 --> 00:17:52.670 a figment of my imagination. This is the very 00:17:52.670 --> 00:17:56.130 word of God. That's the reason I repeat. There 00:17:56.130 --> 00:18:01.589 was a time when critics and skeptics brazenly 00:18:01.930 --> 00:18:05.369 criticized the idea of a literal fulfillment 00:18:05.369 --> 00:18:08.970 of these sensational prophecies. But not any 00:18:08.970 --> 00:18:13.809 longer. Not today. For the day before our very 00:18:13.809 --> 00:18:17.430 eyes, we are witnessing the beginning of a literal 00:18:17.430 --> 00:18:20.809 fulfillment of prophecies which unbelievers, 00:18:20.829 --> 00:18:25.309 down to the ages, branded as just imaginative, 00:18:25.309 --> 00:18:31.450 fantastic, unbelievable. They could never take 00:18:31.450 --> 00:18:38.809 place. Today, they are scared stiff. Moving with 00:18:38.809 --> 00:18:44.789 caution. Admonishing leaders of our nations to 00:18:44.789 --> 00:18:52.190 be calm. Be careful in their decisions. For in 00:18:52.190 --> 00:18:57.769 one hour, an entire city can be destroyed. And 00:18:57.769 --> 00:19:02.759 God's word said, that one city will be destroyed 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:09.579 in one hour when judgment strikes this generation. 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:13.839 Are you still with me? All right. I'm giving 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:16.759 you the word of God. You dare not take issue 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:20.099 with the word of God. Do you want to know what 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:24.420 the future holds for the unbelieving, the unregenerated, 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:30.529 the one who closes his ears to the gospel? who 00:19:30.529 --> 00:19:35.450 closes his mind to the word of warning, the ninth 00:19:35.450 --> 00:19:39.930 chapter, the book of Revelation, we see here 00:19:39.930 --> 00:19:43.869 that one -third of the human race will be killed. 00:19:44.829 --> 00:19:49.650 By these three, now remember, I'm not quoting 00:19:49.650 --> 00:19:52.549 from some scientific book. I'm quoting from the 00:19:52.549 --> 00:19:58.650 Bible. By these three was the third part of men 00:19:58.650 --> 00:20:05.029 killed. By the fire, by the smoke, and by the 00:20:05.029 --> 00:20:12.289 brimstone. And brimstone is sulfur. And in the 00:20:12.289 --> 00:20:16.069 original week, sulfur is used extensively in 00:20:16.069 --> 00:20:21.609 the manufacture of explosives. By these three, 00:20:21.690 --> 00:20:25.769 the Bible says, was the third part of men killed 00:20:25.769 --> 00:20:30.829 by fire, by the smoke, and by the brimstone. 00:20:32.930 --> 00:20:36.589 All right. You're going to see now the great 00:20:36.589 --> 00:20:41.529 destruction caused by nuclear warfare when it's 00:20:41.529 --> 00:20:46.430 dropped in the ocean. A great mountain burning 00:20:46.430 --> 00:20:50.990 with fire was cast into the sea, and the third 00:20:50.990 --> 00:20:54.670 part of the sea became blood, and the third part 00:20:54.670 --> 00:20:57.450 of the creatures which were in the sea and had 00:20:57.450 --> 00:21:02.049 life died. and the third part of the ships were 00:21:02.049 --> 00:21:07.789 destroyed. No wonder in the New Testament, speaking 00:21:07.789 --> 00:21:14.710 of this day, the word says men's hearts failing 00:21:14.710 --> 00:21:17.650 them for fear and for looking after those things 00:21:17.650 --> 00:21:20.650 which are coming on the earth. For the powers 00:21:20.650 --> 00:21:28.200 of the heavens shall be shaken. Oh, sure. There 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:30.960 shall come in the last days scoffers walking 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:33.599 out of their own lusts and saying, where is the 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:37.259 promise of his coming? But God is going to keep 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:40.460 his word, and sudden destruction is coming upon 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:47.680 the earth. Sudden destruction. But before the 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:52.319 great day of tribulation, God has made a way 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:54.579 of escape for his own, for the church, for his 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:58.539 bride, the body of Christ. that you and I may 00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:03.200 be worthy to escape this great tribulation. As 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:07.380 surely as there was the ark of safety for Noah, 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:12.480 so surely has he made a way of escape for his 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:17.140 own through the rapture of the church. When the 00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:22.119 Holy Spirit leaves, he's going to take the church, 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:25.480 the believers, those born into the body of Christ, 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:32.019 with him. Be sure that you are in the arc of 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:34.960 safety before that.