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Notes: Discussing End Times Events
Thursday, September 25, 2014 — 7:00 p.m.
Pastor Greg and Don Stewart Discuss End Times Events
SPEAKER:
Greg Laurie
SPECIAL GUEST:
Don Stewart
WORSHIP TEAM:
Harvest Worship Band
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Pastor Greg is interviewing Don Stewart and is accepting questions via text to be answered during the interview.
Why does Don believe that we are living in the last days? He says so many things have come together as predicted in scripture that are happening in front of our eyes right now.
7 Signs:
- Israel is a nation
- Israel will build a 3rd temple
- Israel will be attacked by 7 nations coalition in Ezekiel 38 and 39
- Who is absent from the attack from Israel, no boarding states are in the scenario
- There is no super power in the world today
- No world leader today
- The rise of modern technology
Commentators of the last 2000 years have been predicting the things that are happening today.
We have just started a war against this ISIS group, they are talking about how all of these groups are Islamic. All these groups believe Islam will take over the world one day.
Greg is not saying that all Muslims embrace this. Many around the world do believe this to be true.
Greg says there is a big vacuum with God being taken from us, and these groups are trying to slide in and fill this void.
Greg is talking about how there is all kinds of events talked about in the end times.
The Rapture of the church, first the dead are brought to life, second the ones who are alive will be caught up in the air.
2 Corinthians 5:8 (NKJV) 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Some people believe we will have a body, some think we will just be spirits. We don’t know that for sure.
1 Corinthians 15:50-58 (NKJV) 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”[a]
55 “O Death, where is your sting?[b]
O Hades, where is your victory?”[c]
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
The Anti-Christ will be an unsuspecting person, as scripture says, through peace he will deceive many.
Daniel 11:12 (NKJV) 12 When he has taken away the multitude, his heart will be lifted up; and he will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.
Matthew 24:21 (NKJV) 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
What is the attack of Magog? First Gog is the leader, Magog is an area. Persia is an ally of Magog.
Pastor Chuck Smith told them a story of how he told Israeli generals that they need to worry about Iran, and those general laughed at him back in the 70s or 80s. That is not the case today.
Israel will be attacked from all directions.
What is the Rapture? 1 Thessalonians 4:17 (NKJV) 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
7 Theories are out there about the rapture. Don Stewart is completely convinced that the rapture is going to be pre-tribulation.
They said that anyones belief in these theories are non-essential points. Meaning many have different beliefs and this argument should not split the church. These are all theories, only God knows the answers for sure.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 (NKJV) 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 (NKJV) 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 7:14 (NKJV) 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
1 Corinthians 15:51 NKJV—Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed
Many people want to be saved at the 11th hour but loose their live at the 10th hour, don’t be that person.
They are talking about how the Kings of the East will have an army of 200,000,000 which is not even the amount of people that were on the earth when the prophecy was written.
America is not in Bible prophecy. We do not know exactly why.
There is two comings of the Lord, at the rapture and when He comes to set up his kingdom.
Matthew 25 says Jesus will come back and judge.
Sin doesn’t make since, it is illogical and irrational.
Revelation 20:5 (NKJV) 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Hebrews 9:27 (NKJV) 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
Sin has to be paid for, either we let Jesus pay for our sin, or we must pay for our sin.
Satan always is waiting in the wings looking to produce the Anti-Christ
How does a person prepare themselves for the rapture? 1 John 5:13 (NKJV) 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
Jesus died in our place for our sins. Be ready for the rapture and accept that fact.
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