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Thank you. But the voice of angels from heaven

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did answer right before... The name was changed,

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the streets no longer rhymed. Hushed were the

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glad hosannas, the little children sighed. The

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sun grew dark with mystery, the morn was cold

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and chilled. I saw the holy city beside the tideless

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sea. The light of God was on its streets. I would

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not have been here. Oh, Jimmy. Never lose that

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anointing. Never, never lose it. Never. There's

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nothing like it. Nothing else matters, not really.

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Nothing else. Christ dying for me means that

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I have a new song to sing. The song says, my

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heart is thrilled to think that he loved me so

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much he died for me. That's what this new Jerusalem

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is all about. The fact that it's all over. Now

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we look forward to his coming in, carrying us

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on. I saw one hanging on a tree In agony and

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blood He fixed his languished eyes on me Oh,

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can it be upon a tree the Savior died for me?

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My soul is thrilled and my heart is filled to

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think. conscience felt and owned the guilt and

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plunged me in despair I saw my sins his blood

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had spilled and helped to nail him there a second

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look he gave which said I free forgive this blood

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is for thy ransom paid I die that thou mayest

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live O can it be upon a tree the same is filled

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to think he died for me to think he died for

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me to think died for me kingdoms are falling

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empires are dissolving nations are tottering

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upon their foundations, and God's sun is slowly

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setting in the western skies of human destiny.

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It will not be long now. The king is at hand.

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The redeemer of the ages is at the door. It is

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the end of the day of the management of man.

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It is the beginning. of the management of God

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and of his Christ. It is the hour of liberation

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for a world which has been brought captive and

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into subjection by its own lust and the deceitfulness

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of its own heart. And the only thing which prevents

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it from being blown into annihilation by an eternal

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atomic bomb of divine wrath is the love of God

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for fallen humanity. And the grace of God, which

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is so eternal that we are lost in the contemplation

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of its magnitude. Our Heavenly Father must certainly

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have loved this world of his creation. To send

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once again his only begotten son to take over

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the reins of government and to guide it to its

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eternal destiny. Oh, with what love. He must

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have loved it. To send him back again after his

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last advent was mocked by hatred and climaxed

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with a death of shame. on the cross. Yes, my

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friend, God's landed lease is about over. He

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has loaned us his mercy from generation to generation.

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Every passing century has been crowned with the

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product of his long suffering. He has given us

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our crops, our seasons, our days, and our nights.

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He has lent least his sun to shine upon the just

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and upon the unjust. He has lent least his rain

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to water the earth and to bring it forth with

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bud and blossoms unto the time of the harvest.

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He has lent at least us the energies, the mysteries

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of life, so that the little grain of corn that

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we entrust to the loving embrace of Mother Nature

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comes back to us multiplied a hundredfold. What

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have we done to deserve it? What have we given

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him back in return? lend a lease is now being

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withdrawn and whether we like it or not the great

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day of his wrath has come and who shall be able

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to stand but the day of the lord will come as

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a thief in the night in the which the heavens

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shall pass away with a great noise and the elements

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shall melt with fervent heat the earth also and

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the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,

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what manner of persons ought ye to be? That's

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from God's Word. Tis been his grace. Great is

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his mercy. Great was the price that was paid

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for man's salvation. But the day of reckoning

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is not far away. The day of the Lord is at hand.

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I give you the scripture. 1 Thessalonians. the

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fifth chapter. But of the times and the seasons,

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brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

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For yourselves know perfectly that the day of

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the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. And

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when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden

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destruction cometh upon them as travail upon

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a woman with child. And they shall not escape.

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But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that

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day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all

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the children of light, and the children of the

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day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness.

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Therefore let us not sleep, as do others. But

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let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep,

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sleep in the night. And they that be drunken

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are drunken in the night. But let us who are

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of the day be sober. Putting on the breastplate

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of faith and love. And for an helmet. the hope

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of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to

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wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus

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Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake

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or sleep, we shall live together with Him. Oh,

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such mercy! Such grace, such love. Who can fathom

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the mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ? Where would

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we be this very hour were it not for his grace,

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his great grace, his great mercy? Who loved us

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while we were yet sinners? Who can fathom the

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love of God? Let me ask you. Has there ever lived

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a man who could fathom the love of God? I have

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loved thee with an everlasting love. And even

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this very hour, while the door of salvation is

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still open, the spirit says calm. Jesus stands

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with open arms saying, come, it is not too late.

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And in this moment, wherever you are, whoever

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you are, look up with absolute sincerity and

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say, dear Jesus, out of my bondage, sorrow, and

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night, I accept your love, your mercy. Forgive

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me. Hear this simple prayer for Jesus' sake.

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Amen.