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Only that one who has that relationship of father

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and child to God, only that one who is born again,

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born into the body of Christ, whose sins are

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covered with the blood, has security. The only

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person in the whole world who has peace of mind

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and peace of soul is that one who is a Christian.

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That one who's been born again. That one who's

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been born into the body of Christ. I began our

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heart -to -heart talk yesterday, and I told you

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at that time that the rapture would be the most

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startling event of this age, this dispensation,

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this generation. It will take place in just the

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twinkling of an eye. It'll take place at the

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same time. all over the world. No nation will

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be excluded. It will take place at the same time

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all over the earth. The Bible says, The shout

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of the Lord, the voice of the archangel, the

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trump of God. And you'll remember that yesterday

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I said, I did not know Everyone, the unregenerated

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as well as those who have been born again, would

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hear the trump of God, would hear the voice of

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the archangel. It may be only as the sound of

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mighty thunder when the saint of God hears the

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trump of God because You will remember that.

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I reminded you that one day when God the Father

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spoke to Jesus in a voice that Jesus understood,

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but the people who stood by mistook it for thunder.

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It could be the same when the trump of God is

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sounded. Anyway, one thing I'm dead sure of.

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I'm going to be ready, and I pray to God you

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will be ready. At that time, there'll be no graves

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so deep, no pyramids, no mausoleums so thick,

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but the sound shall reach their depths, and the

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dead in Christ shall hear the cry, Awake, awake,

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my saints, awake, arise from the dead. It's that

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glorious morning that you've been waiting for.

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The morning of the first resurrection. Oh, it's

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thrilling just to think of it. Now then, on the

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morning of that glorious day, I believe that

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the air be filled with the spirit of the dead

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in Christ who come back to earth to get their

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bodies raised and glorified. And remember, Our

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bodies will be exactly like the body that Jesus

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had after he was raised from the dead. And it

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was a body. It was a physical body. Don't tell

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me that it was a spirit that appeared to the

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disciples after the resurrection. It wasn't.

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They saw Jesus in bodily form. Literally. After

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the resurrection of Jesus, when Jesus appeared

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unto the disciples, he was in bodily form, so

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much so that when Thomas expressed his doubt,

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Jesus stood before him and said, All right, if

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you doubt, see my hands. Thrust your own hand

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into my side. It was not a spirit. who appeared

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unto them as he partook of the fish, the bread

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after his resurrection. Those who were standing

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by when he ascended into glory saw a body ascended,

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not a spirit, but a bodily, one in bodily form.

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And in that moment, the morning of the first

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great resurrection, our bodies shall take form

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in exactly the same way that Jesus ascended in

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bodily form. Oh, that's glorious. You know, I

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have sat for hours. Sometimes it's about the

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only time that I do have to think about these

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things really and take time to concentrate on

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these things because I'm so busy getting ready

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for that time. But how often I've sat in the

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plane and maybe the pilot has just announced

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that we are now flying 31 ,000 feet, 32 ,000

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feet, 30... 4 ,000 feet and I've looked out of

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the plane window and I thought, oh, think of

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that glorious moment. Think of that hour. No

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more sorrow, no more heartache. Oh, my goodness

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alive. And I've looked up because I know that

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heaven is up. When Jesus left at the time of

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his ascension, he went up. And you know, as I

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look out of the plane window and look up, do

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you realize that our astronauts can only go just

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so high and no higher? Do you know that someplace

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up there, someplace way up there, because heaven

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is up, God has a great no trespassing sign. But

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the saints of God, men and women from all walks

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of life, those who have been born in the body

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of Christ, those who have been redeemed with

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the blood of the Son of the Living God, will

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go beyond that no trespassing sign into the very

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presence of God the Father, into the very presence

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of Jesus Christ the Son. And on the morning of

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that glorious day, the air will be filled with

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those who died in Christ, who come back to earth

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to get their bodies raised and glorified. Now,

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what are the cemeteries? What are the country

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churchyards? Will look like plowed fields and

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the monuments and the grave slabs? will be overturned

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and what the cemeteries will look like, I don't

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know. I cannot tell you. I only know that there

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will be a literal bodily resurrection of the

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dead. I don't know whether the saints who died

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in Christ will just slip out of their graves

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without disturbing the earth as Christ arose

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and left the... tomb without breaking the seal

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because you'll remember that the angel rolling

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away the stone simply to show that the tomb is

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empty. That's the word of God. Whether anything

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else was touched, it doesn't tell us. But I have

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a feeling, just my own personal feeling. You

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don't have to accept it. But I would just like

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to believe. that they're one mile out of Concordia,

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Missouri, in that little graveyard, that what

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is a big tombstone now, and it has the word Kuhlman

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on it, K -U -H -L -M -A -N, and then there's

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a marker, Joseph Kuhlman, and then there's a

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marker, Emma Kuhlman. I would... just love to

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believe that in that moment of the first resurrection,

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that old Missouri soil would just tremble, just

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shake a bit. And a split second after that resurrection,

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there would be a great big hole. And the old

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marker that's there now, and it says Joseph Kuhlman,

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will be shattered to bits. Because my papa's

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body isn't going to be there. It just isn't going

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to be there. It'll be as empty as the tomb was

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empty at the time of the resurrection of Jesus.

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You see? They literally put the body of Jesus

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in that tomb. It was a physical body. But when

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the women came the next morning weeping, The

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angel said, he is not here. He is not here. I'd

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like all the people of Concordia, Missouri. I'd

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like everybody in Lafayette County to know that

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Joe Kuhlman is no longer there. His body is not

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there. I'd like to think at that glorious first

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resurrection. That glorious morning, that glorious

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day, whether it's night or day or mid -noon,

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it'll still be a glorious day. That when the

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dead in Christ shall rise, in that little cemetery

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there will be left a hole, and that marker will

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be shattered into a thousand pieces that read,

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Emma Coon. Because the bodies of Papa and Mama

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will no longer be there. But I say to you again,

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that's what I would like, but the Bible doesn't

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tell us. Whether the cemeteries and whether the

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country churchyards will look like plowed fields,

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I don't know. The Bible doesn't tell us. If the

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dead slip out of their places without disturbing

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the soil, then the first resurrection will be

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secret and probably unknown to the world. But

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it will not be so with the living saints who

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are translated. Because they'll be gone. Think

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of the turmoil. Think of the commotion. Think

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of the headlines. The news commentators. Think

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of the screaming. Think of the cry. Think of

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the fright. That's the reason I say to you, the

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rapture will be the most startling event of this

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age. Nothing that has ever happened in the world

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will be more startling or cause a greater upheaval

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than the rapture of the church. And I believe

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with every atom of my being that this will be

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the next great world event. I believe that because

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there's nothing more left in the Word of God

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that has to be fulfilled before this event takes

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place. Mm -hmm. If it's night on our side of

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the globe when the rapture occurs, then the community

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will awake in the morning to find all the real

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Christians gone. They disappeared in the night.

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Imagine. An old codger who's called his wife

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everything under the sun because she's a Christian.

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She's taken her stand. She believes the word

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of God. She's been born again. She's tried to

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tell him. She's tried to warn him. She's tried

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to show him in the word of God where these things

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will happen. He's just been too busy. Too busy

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making a living. Too busy with the material things

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of life. All their married life. She's been right

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there by his side. But he awakens. Mary isn't

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there. Anne isn't there. He waits. She isn't

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there. Morning comes. There's no one to get breakfast.

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Where is she? It's so unlike her. And this will

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happen to thousands and thousands of households.

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Imagine the excitement. Imagine the turmoil.

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And it's going to be exactly like that. I believe

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that Many may hear the sound of the midnight

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cry because the Bible speaks of the midnight

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cry. Behold, the bridegroom cometh. And Jesus

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is our bridegroom. And those of us who have been

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born in the body of Christ, we are likened in

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the Word of God as being the bride. We have not

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yet had the great wedding supper of the Lamb.

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You know, we were having a rehearsal, and I will

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tell you, if you've never attended one of our

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communion services, you have really missed a

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blessed time. The last time we were having rehearsal

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because the men serve the cup and the broken

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bread in our ministry. and the Sunday before

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when we were having the rehearsal and the men

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were on the platform, and I just stopped and

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I said, you know, men, this could be, this could

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easily be the last communion service because

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I feel we're so near the great catching up. It

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could be. And then, you know, I said, the next,

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Great Supper will be the wedding supper of the

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Lamb. But I believe that's going to be a sit

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-down occasion. And you men won't have to work.

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You'll be seated at the great table. The great

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wedding supper of the Lamb. You won't be serving.

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I believe the angels will be serving you. I'll

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be right there. And it's exactly what it'll be

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like if Jesus likens himself to the bridegroom

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and those of us who have been born into the body

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of Christ, born into his church, and we are the

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bride of Christ. And the bridegroom comes. for

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his bride and the wedding supper of the Lamb.

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You know, when we have communion, that takes

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about, well, maybe an hour and a half or two

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hours because there's so many to be served. Do

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you realize that it's going to take, for sure,

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Seven years for the great wedding supper of the

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Lamb? You say, now, Miss Grooman, aren't you

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being carried away a little bit? No. If I'm being

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carried away a bit, then the Word of God is too

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far out. Because we're going to have the wedding

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supper of the Lamb during the seven years that

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they're having the great... tribulation here

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on this earth because you see immediately following

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the rapture of the church we begin the seven

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years when God keeps his earthly covenants with

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an earthly people the Jews and the tribulation

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will go on for seven years And while all of this

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suffering, while all of this famine and turmoil

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takes place here on earth, when all the forces

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of hell will be turned loose and Antichrist rules

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and reigns, at the same time, there will be taking

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place in heaven. the wedding supper of the Lamb.

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When literally the bride and the bridegroom married.

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Oh, that's thrilling. That's the word. That's

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the word of God. Somebody says, maybe I better

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start reading the Bible. I think that would be

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a wonderful idea because everything I'm telling

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you is scriptural. I think that's one reason

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that so many people are beginning to get their

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eyes open. That's the reason that people are

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writing to me and saying, please tell us more

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of the rapture. We've never heard of it before.

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We've gone to church all of our lives. But no

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one has ever preached it to us before. And yet,

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what I'm telling you is as much a part of the

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Word of God. is as true, is as definite as ye

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must be born again. It's the word. It's his word.

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Behold the bridegroom coming. Some may think

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it's only thunder. They'll turn over for another

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nap. But in the morning they'll find the bedroom

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door locked with the key on the inside. Just

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as it was locked before retiring, they closed

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the loved one who occupied the room with them,

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lying where they were taken off. Husbands will

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wake up to find that Christian wives are gone.

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Wives will wake up to find that Christian husbands

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are gone. That, my friend, will be the most startling

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event of this age.