July 29, 2025 • 51 mins
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The sky is growing darker, the headlines more troubling, and the world increasingly chaotic – but what if these aren't just random events? What if everything unfolding on the global stage is actually pointing to something prophesied thousands of years ago?
Pastor Austin Griffiths delivers a stirring, urgent message that connects today's breaking news with ancient biblical prophecy. From the tensions between Israel and Iran to the unprecedented global conflicts (with approximately 185 wars currently raging worldwide), from widespread famines killing 25,000 people daily to the moral decay evident in our society – these aren't isolated incidents but prophetic signposts. They're all part of the signs Jesus himself outlined in Matthew 24.
Christianity has become the most persecuted religion on earth. Churches are closing at alarming rates (a net loss of 3,000 churches last year alone). People have become extraordinarily easily offended, exactly as scripture predicted. The love of many has grown cold, with believers choosing pleasure over devotion to God's house. False teachings spread like wildfire in an age of deception.
Yet within this sobering assessment comes a message of tremendous hope. For those who endure, salvation isn't just promised – it's guaranteed. Rather than cowering in fear at these end-time indicators, believers are called to "look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." The signs aren't meant to terrify us but to prepare and excite us for the imminent return of Christ.
This message is a wake-up call to stop playing church and start experiencing revival before the rapture. It's time to rekindle our passion for God's house, worship with fervor, and live with the constant expectation that today might be the day the eastern sky splits open and the trumpet sounds. Are you ready for that meeting in the air? The rehearsal is happening now in houses of authentic worship worldwide.
Don't miss this powerful prophetic message that will challenge your priorities, ignite your passion, and fill you with anticipation for Christ's return. Share this episode with someone who needs this timely reminder that Jesus is coming back soon!
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Hello, this is Austin Griffiths, the pastor of Open
Praise Fellowship HolinessChurch in Easley, South Carolina
.
Thank you for listening toHoliness Preaching Online.
Let's take these truths ofGod's Word with us and apply
these biblical doctrines to ourlives.
I know you'll enjoy this sermonfrom a holiness preacher.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
All right, he gave me a little inspiration.
I thought, well, if he did it,I could do it.
Praise God, amen.
How many loves Brother Ralstonman?
I love Brother Ralston.
Praise God, amen.
I say this with all sincerity.
I've watched his ministry andwatched this church and have
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tried to model myself after thatand no way will I ever come up
to that level.
But I appreciate the challengethat he gives us young preachers
and ministers and pastors andalways sets the bar high, him
and Sister Ralston so very much.
Tremendous friends of ours andtheir impact in the movement
with their school and theircollege as well, and all the
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things that they do to justfurther our young folks and
further the kingdom of God.
Give honor to Brother andSister Ed Ralston, love them and
appreciate them.
Brother Landon Ralston is doingwonderful.
You know what I love to go to achurch where the family's being
used, because we often see somany family members get bitter
and quit and they just go outand get out of church.
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But you know, I think it's allright to celebrate the ones that
stay, amen.
And so I give honor to amen thechildren that are here working
with Brother Ralston.
Amen, amen, praise God, andI'll move on from this, but I
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think it's incredible that youhave Brother Ed Ralston, brother
Ryan Ralston and his childrenhere, just generation to
generation, now grandchildrencoming on.
This church is in good handsand I praise God for it.
Thank you to all the cooks.
Wow, what a wonderful meal.
Every day has been awesome andwonderful.
Thank you for the wonderfulhospitality, the accommodations,
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to not only me but my familyand then to those who came from
our church.
We appreciate it so very much,love and appreciate my family.
I'm thankful my children are inchurch and serving the Lord and
they have a desire to come Now.
My children are married andthey had to take time off of
work and so they chose I didn'tmake them come, they chose to
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come to camp meeting and youknow how they make those
decisions is when they're youngyou got to take them to camp
meeting.
Amen.
I wasn't punished because Iwent to camp meeting my children
.
They wasn't punished becausethey went to camp meeting
children, they.
They wasn't punished becausethey went to camp meeting.
It was a privilege to get to goto camp meeting and so I
appreciate my family and ourchurch folks.
That's here.
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It would be really easy rightnow to just veer off and start
preaching on Pentecost and startpreaching about, you know that,
that upper room experience, andwe may get there.
I don't know where God is goingto end this service, but I do
feel like I have a word for thisservice tonight, and so let's
jump right into it and see whatthe Lord will do for us In
Matthew, chapter number 24,.
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Matthew 24,.
Give honor to all the ministrythat has graced this pulpit.
I know brother and sisterMcDonald had to move on and go
home, do some situations, butjust give high honor to Brother
and Sister McDonald.
Wasn't that great preachingthis morning?
Amen.
And then every minister thathas graced this pulpit.
I can't call every one of yournames the youth services.
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Tonight's service was wonderfuland we give you high honor for
that.
Matthew, chapter 24,.
When you have that, if youwould stand for the reverence of
the reading of God's Word.
Matthew, chapter 24,.
When you have that, if youwould stand for the reverence of
the reading of God's word.
Matthew, chapter 24, and let'sread verse number three, if you
have it, would you just say I'vegot it.
And as he set upon the Mount ofOlives, the disciples came unto
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him privately, saying tell uswhen shall these things be and
what shall be the sign of thycoming and of the end of the
world?
Tell us when shall these thingsbe and what shall be the sign
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of thy coming.
I want to talk to us for thenext few moments On the signs of
his coming.
Let's pray and ask God'sblessing upon his word tonight.
Heavenly Father, we thank youFor everything that's been
accomplished Up until this point.
Thank you, lord, for thisawesome choir that sang with
anointing.
I pray tonight, god, that youwould just arrest our hearts as
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we look into the word of theLord.
I pray, god, that you wouldsettle in this house with a
sweet presence, god of yourspirit.
And, most of all, I pray thatyou would move in these altars
tonight and we'll give youpraise for it in Jesus name.
And all of God's children saidamen.
God bless you as you're seatedin the presence of the Lord
tonight.
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If you're like me, I'm a newsjunkie.
I like to keep up with what'sgoing on and I like to stay as
relevant as I can.
And you, if you have beenkeeping up with the world events
, have noticed some significantdevelopments that's been going
on between Israel and Iran andthings that we're seeing unfold
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right now, with wars andmissiles and threats and
protests even around the world,even in our own country, really
shouldn't be a surprise to us.
It's not anything new.
It's not anything random.
This has been going on for along time, even before the
Palestine War of 1948, the sixday war of 1967,.
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Israel has been hated anddespised by its enemies From the
moment that God called Abrahamand made a covenant with his
seed.
Satan marked Israel as a target.
Pharaoh tried to crush them inEgypt, haman tried to
exterminate them, herod's triedto destroy them, hitler's tried
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to wipe them off the map.
Even Iran, since around 1979,has been trying to exterminate
them.
But I am thankful that, whilethe enemy has had his eye on
God's people, god has had hishand on his people.
Amen, and I'm thankful for thecurrent events and thankful for
everything that has beenhappening and thankful for the
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leadership that we have in ourcountry.
Amen, aren't you?
And how many knows that as longas God's on the throne, israel
will never be defeated.
Praise God.
But I'm not here just to talkabout all of that.
Really, what I've been hearingis a reoccurring theme in some
people's.
You know vocabulary.
What does this mean?
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Does this mean we're nearingthe end?
Does this mean the coming ofthe Lord is upon us?
And you know they asked thatsame question in Acts, chapter
one, in verse number six.
They said same question in Acts, chapter 1 and verse number 6.
They said is this when you willrestore the kingdom to Israel?
Is this the time?
I think it's interesting thatthe final question they asked
Jesus before he ascended back toheaven was when are you coming
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back?
How many knows that questionhas been ringing and
reverberating throughout thecorridors of time.
That's the question that reallyis on everybody's mind.
What does all of this meanprophetically?
Where's this thing going?
Where are we in the prophetictimeline?
And I love Jesus' answer.
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He said it's not for you toknow the times or the seasons
which the father has put in hisown power.
Jesus was saying I'm not goingto tell you the exact time when
I'm coming back.
It's not for you to know theexact time or the season, but he
did tell us that he would comeas a thief in the night.
He did tell us that he wouldcome in an hour.
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That you think not.
So just because we don't knowwhen he's coming, never think
that he's not coming.
Come on now.
I think we need to revisithallelujah, the promise of
Revelation 22 and 12.
And when Jesus said and behold,I come quickly.
All of this chaos, all of thisdivision, all of this global
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unrest is pointing to somethinggreat, and that is that Jesus is
coming back.
Praise God.
The wars, the shaking ofnations, the turning of hearts,
the rise of deception it's allaligning with what scripture
told us would happen in the lastdays.
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I believe the earth is groaning.
I believe that truth is underattack.
Amen, they're not justheadlines, but they are signals
from heaven.
That prophecy is not somethingwe're just now reading about,
but it's something we're livingin.
And what does it mean?
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You're going to hear this overand over and over again tonight.
I really want to be veryredundant Amen, and to remind us
that Jesus is coming back.
What should we preach about?
What should we sing about?
What should we testify about?
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I say let's sing, preach andtestify that Jesus is coming
back.
It's not time to be asleep.
It's not time to be distracted.
It's not time to be asleep.
It's not time to be distracted.
It's not time to cool off.
It's not time to go to churchand have business as usual.
Amen, jesus is coming back.
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I hear the voice of the critic.
I hear the voice of the skepticthat says they've been saying
that for many, many years and ithasn't happened yet.
Well, I want to tell you, therewas a group of folks that
mocked Noah when he built theark.
They laughed at Noah forpreaching.
It's going to rain, the flood'scoming, god's going to destroy
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the earth.
They said you're crazy, it'llnever happen, the rain's never
going to come.
But I want you to know tonightthe rain did come, the waters
did rise, the earth wasdestroyed.
I know there was some thatnever saw it, but there was a
generation that did see it and Ifeel in my spirit that I am
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preaching to a generation that Idon't know how you're not going
to see the coming of the Lord.
I believe this generation inthis building tonight is the
generation that hears the soundof the trumpet, that sees the
skies open.
Amen.
Just because he hasn't comedoesn't mean he's not going to
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come.
Can I tell you, the same Jesusthat came in a manger, the same
Jesus that died on a cross, thesame Jesus that was buried in a
tomb, the same Jesus that rose,amen.
And ascended back to the Father.
Amen, he's coming back again.
I said he's coming back, amen.
I say we live it, we sing it tothe Father.
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Amen, he's coming back again.
I said he's coming back, amen.
I say we live it, we sing it,we preach it, we testify, we
rejoice about it that Jesus iscoming again.
How many knows?
It's our hope, it's oureverything.
Jesus is coming back Now.
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I don't want to just slow downreal and you just check out of
this.
But because he didn't tell uswhen he's coming, he did give us
some signs that he is coming.
Hallelujah.
And if I could just navigatethrough some of these,
hallelujah, and if I could justnavigate through some of these.
And I want you to make your ownjudgment To see if we are close
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to the coming of the Son of God.
He said as the days of Noah was, so shall it also be in the
coming of the Son of man.
Come on now.
If you Google the coming of theLord, you will find the last
time I did it 4.9 billion hitsin 0.51 seconds.
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It's on everybody's mind Amen.
What's all this mean?
It means Jesus is coming back.
Look at verse six.
He said and ye shall hear ofwars and rumors of wars.
You can look at the conflictsthat's going on in the world
today, some of them I alreadymentioned to you.
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You can't hardly read anythingAbout Without reading About wars
.
One article said there's 185wars or conflicts Going around
the world today, and while weare here In America and we're
experiencing Peace make noMistake about it this world is
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at war.
You say?
What does that Mean, preacher?
It means Jesus is coming back.
Come on now.
Verse 7 says, for nation shallrise against nation, kingdom
against kingdom.
There shall be famines andpestilences and earthquakes in
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diverse places.
During the 20th century, it'sestimated that 70 million people
has died of famine Every day.
25,000 people, including morethan 10,000 children.
They die from hunger.
3.1 million children they diefrom starvation every year.
I know that's hard for us tofathom.
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While we eat and enjoy the goodfood that we have this week
food that we have this week 822million people globally suffer
from hunger and are in danger ofimmediate death.
What are you trying to say,preacher?
I'm saying it's pointing to onething jesus is coming back.
Homosexuality is being accepted.
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Pornography is now a legalbusiness.
There's more marriages that endin divorce than stay together.
The abuse of children is at anall-time high.
One out of every three childrenwill be physically, emotionally
or sexually abused.
Domestic violence men abusingwomen.
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Domestic violence Men abusingwomen.
Mothers abandoning children,fathers walking away from homes,
which fulfills the scripture inTimothy that they'll be without
natural affection.
You're going to help me tonight.
What does this mean?
It means Jesus is coming back.
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The signs are pointing to oneevent Amen, god is fixing to
send his son to get the bride ofChrist in curable diseases.
Amen, all kinds of things.
Amen.
There's an expectation in theair.
It means Jesus is coming back.
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And I came to this pulpit on aThursday night to be a spiritual
, if you will, paul Revere, whenhe began to ride through the
streets shouting the British arecoming, the British are coming.
I came to come to this pulpitto tell every teenager Jesus is
coming, jesus is coming.
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I came to tell every family.
I came to tell every teenagerJesus is coming, jesus is coming
.
I came to tell every family.
I came to tell every backslider.
I want to tell every sinnerJesus is coming.
If you're going to get saved,you better get saved now.
If you're going to sell out,you better sell out now.
If you're going to get the HolyGhost, you better get the Holy
Ghost now.
Jesus is coming, jesus iscoming.
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Jesus is coming.
Jesus is coming, amen.
I want to tell you somethingthis is no time to be playing
church.
Come on, stop thinking aboutwell, when I get married, I'm
going to sell out to God.
I want to tell you somethingyou have no promise of getting
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married.
Well, when I have children,I'll get serious about being
faithful to church.
You may never have children.
Well, when I get to churchSunday, when it's just the home
folks, I'll really go to thataltar and dedicate.
I want to tell you something Ibelieve in the imminent return
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of Jesus Christ.
I may not finish this sermontonight.
I said I may not finish thissermon tonight.
I know that's.
That's kind of scary for someand if you're not saved it ought
to worry you, but if you'resaved it ought to excite you.
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I'm just a pilgrim and astranger and I'm passing through
.
Hey, folks, you want to hearsome good news.
Jesus is coming.
I said you want some good news.
Jesus is soon to return.
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Then shall they deliver you upto be afflicted and shall kill
you and ye shall be hated.
I'm talking about the signs Ofhis coming.
Okay, we don't like that verse.
We're too good, do we Then?
Shall they deliver you up to beafflicted?
Shall kill you.
You shall be hated of allnations.
For my name's sake, now listen.
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This is not the tribulation,this is persecution.
And so, according to the PewResearch group, they say that
Christians Are the world's mostPersecuted group.
Now, I know the liberal mediaWould try to get you to think
that it's a certain gender, orit's a certain gender or it's a
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certain race, but that's a lie.
The most persecuted people onplanet earth and in the world
today is Christians.
Are you going to help me?
Tonight?
Four out of every five acts ofreligious discrimination are not
directed toward Muslims,buddhists, hindus or Satanists.
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They are directed towardChristians.
Did you know there were 7,000Christians that was killed, or
over 7,000 even last year?
What are you saying, preacher?
I'm saying Jesus is coming.
You want another sign that he'scoming.
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If this don fit the americanchurch, I don't know what will.
Then shall many be offended?
Chips on her shoulder.
You can't make them happy.
Come on, are we not living inthe most offended generation
that we've ever lived in?
I mean, you can't even have abusiness and refuse to sell to a
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homosexual because of religiousbeliefs, and they want to own
your business.
They call it politicalcorrectness, I call it offense.
There's folks that are offendedAmen.
We have so many folks that hashurt feelings.
They've got chips on theirshoulders, they're offended at
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everything.
They're offended at thepreacher, they're offended at
the youth pastor, they'reoffended at the church, they're
offended at the choir.
It came on now, amen.
You know what it is.
It's a sign that Jesus iscoming.
Can I tell you, if there's everbeen a day where you ought to
get rid of your offense, it'snow.
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Amen, jesus is coming back.
Amen, get rid of thatbitterness, get rid of that
grudge, amen, and get on firefor God because he's coming.
I believe I will.
I believe I will, amen.
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I don't mean to turn into pastorhere, but excuse me for about
three minutes that pastors can'thardly say anything From the
pulpit Without the congregationtaking it offensive.
I mean if you tell someone'schild that you know you can't
dress like that or you can't gothere, watch that and be used in
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our choir or church, I meanthey just get offended and quit.
I mean it's like if you look atthem wrong.
But yet here's my beef.
Amen, they can take them downand sign them up To little
league sports and old coach Cantell them what to wear.
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Old coach can tell them,hallelujah, wear.
Oh.
Coach can tell them, hallelujah, what time to be at practice
and coach can tell them how latethey're going to stay.
And coach can tell them thatyou can't do this or that and
they say yes, sir coach, yes,sir, yes, sir, coach.
And oh, by the way, they makethem call him coach Amen To wear
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in a lot of.
And oh, by the way, they makethem call him coach Amen To
where in a lot of our churches.
That's just another guy.
Well, I say that in nodisrespect.
Amen, come on now.
Hallelujah, oh, you know what itis.
It's a sign of his coming.
Woo, my, my, my, hallelujah,hallelujah, it's a sign that
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jesus is coming back.
Then he says you're going tobetray one another and you shall
hate one another.
Have you ever seen thatbackstabbing, turning on each
other generation that we haveright now, gossiping, running
each other down?
Amen Trying to climb thepolitical ladder?
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Amen, killing one another'sministries, talking behind their
back?
You ain't going to help metonight.
I want to tell you it's time westand together.
It's time we get on the samepage.
Amen, we're not enemies.
I said, we're on the same team.
You're my brother, you're mysister.
Let's stop hating each otherand let's start pulling for each
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other, hallelujah.
Come on, somebody, look around.
Come on, just take a ganderaround.
This is not your enemy, this isyour family enemy.
This is your family.
We're going to heaven together.
We're going to shout together.
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We're going to rejoice togetherwhen Jesus comes back.
I'm hastening to a close andmany false prophets shall arise
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and deceive how many.
Thank you, I got a bible.
That's why I like preaching tothis church.
We got some bible readers inthe house.
They shall deceive many.
Come on now.
I have been preaching to mychurch that the greatest, one of
the greatest tools In this endtime that Satan is using Is the
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spirit of deception.
I just want to tell you, justbecause they say it, does it
make it true?
And I may get blasted on socialmedia and it seems like all
they do is sit around and justtry to poach something.
We say Amen and just try todiscredit it.
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But can I tell you, justbecause they post it and just
because they blast, it doesn'tmean they're true.
Come on somebody.
Come on now.
I think it's time we stand fortruth.
Come on now.
I said I think it's time westand for truth.
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Amen, come on.
You know how to know truth.
Get in the Bible, come on.
Well, I got to listen to theirpodcast and I got to find out on
their websites and I gotta makesure and read up on all this so
I know what's true and what'snot true.
Can I tell you, the way to knowtruth is not get on their
websites or listen to theirpodcast, it's get in that book
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and know so much truth that whenAmen, jesus Is one of many ways
to heaven, you say oh no, no,no, no.
He is the only way to heaven.
Come on somebody.
When they say we don't believein speaking in tongues, you get
in that Bible and say, oh no, Iknow the truth.
Woo, the Holy Ghost Is stillevident by talking in tongues,
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is still evident by talking intongues.
I still believe in the power ofthe blood.
I still believe in the gifts ofthe Holy Ghost.
I believe in truth and ye shallknow the truth and the truth
shall make you free.
Thank God for truth.
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Hallelujah, this ecumenicalchurch and all roads lead to
heaven and everybody's the sameFolks.
That's not true.
We're not all the same.
Hallelujah, oh, I got to moveon.
Hallelujah, because iniquityshall abound.
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The love of many Shall wax cold.
Did you know that over 4,000churches closed Last year?
Only 1,000 of them opened.
That's a net loss of 3,000.
And these are average numbers.
I understand there's factcheckers out there.
Amen, these are just averagenumbers.
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A net loss of 3,000 churches.
Come on now.
You know what that lets me knowJesus is coming.
Amen, me know Jesus is coming.
I am trying to convince a dadwho sits in church on a
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consistent basis and you have nofire, no passion for God, to
get back on fire for God becauseJesus is coming.
Amen, jesus is coming.
I'm trying to convince somebodythat all you want to do is
fight your leadership, fightyour pastor, criticize and
critique everything that's goingon in our churches.
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Come on, there's no perfectchurch.
You know why?
Because you're there.
Come on now.
Where there's people there'sproblems, amen, come on now.
Where there's people there'sproblems, amen, come on now.
It's time to get in your church,get behind your church and stay
with your church Because Jesusis coming.
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It's time to get on fire forGod.
It's time to get full of theHoly Ghost.
It's time, amen, to be aworshiper.
It's time to get full of theHoly Ghost.
It's time to be a worshiper.
It's time to stop making yourpreacher have to push and plead
and prod every service.
It's time to get out of yourseat back on your feet, because
Jesus is coming.
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He's coming, he's coming.
I said he's coming.
He's coming, he's coming.
I said he's coming.
Amen.
Men in the last days Shall belovers Of pleasure more than
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lovers of God.
Because of that statement Ijust made, I want you to shout
real loud Jesus is coming,hallelujah.
People shall be lovers ofpleasure more than lovers of God
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.
If you don't think that's right, you just let some carnal
activity just happen to fall onSunday and see what 70% of our
members choose Church orcarnality.
I was raised in a home where Inever had to ask are we going to
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church?
Never, not one time.
I didn't go to rodeos on Sunday.
I didn't go to ball.
I never went to a rodeo anyway.
I didn't go on Monday too.
I didn't go on any day.
They ended it.
Why Come on somebody?
I didn't go.
I didn't go to the ball games.
I didn't go to the ball games,I didn't go to the proms.
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Come on somebody, hallelujah,come on now.
And especially on Sunday, me andmy dad had a deer lease and we
had a deer lease in West Plains,missouri.
It was a five and a half hourtrip.
And guess what?
Opening rifle season was alwayson Saturday.
So we would leave out Friday,go camp out on Saturday.
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On Friday night we would huntall day Saturday.
We'd come back to the cabin onSaturday afternoon, we'd hunt
Saturday night, and if we killeda deer he's going to be there a
while.
But guess what we did?
Come Saturday evening, wepacked up in our car.
But guess what we did?
Come Saturday evening, wepacked up in our car, we drove
five and a half hours back toClaremore.
We went to church Sundaymorning and Sunday night, got
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back up Monday morning andfinished the week out.
Come on, you ain't gonna help metonight.
Men shall be lovers of pleasuremore than lovers of God.
Come on, I say we get back tothe old end time scripture that
says forsake not the assemblingof ourselves together as the
manner of such is, and so muchthe more as you see the day
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approaching.
Come on, stop watching churchonline, Stop listening to Mixler
, stop missing Sunday and getback to the house of God,
because Jesus is coming.
Come on, let's fall in lovewith church again.
Let's fall in love with thelocal assembly again.
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Jesus is coming.
My God, some of you are lookingat me like I've lost my mind.
Can I tell you, if he came backon Sunday, I'd rather be in
church than the Deerwoods.
I'd rather be in church thansomewhere else.
Come on, let's go to church.
I was glad when they said untome, let us go unto the house of
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the Lord.
Okay, I can see this ain'tgoing over real good for some of
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you.
So that's the bad news.
But here's the good news.
The signs are heavy, theheadlines are heartbreaking, the
world's getting darker by theday.
But don't stop reading the text.
Somebody asked me did you bringyour shouting shoes?
Every pair of shoes, shoutingshoes?
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But I feel something in my feetright now.
Hallelujah, because I heard himsay that when all these things,
hallelujah, the wars, the rumorsof wars, he said, but he that
endures to the end, the sameshall be saved.
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Apparently, you don't know whatthat word saved means.
That word saved means rescued,delivered, preserved, made whole
, brought through safely.
So he that endures to the endshall be rescued, shall be
brought through you ain'thelping me shall be delivered.
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Come on, somebody.
Can I tell you, if you just keepon keeping on, if you just keep
on loving, if you just keep onkeeping on, if you just keep on
loving Jesus, if you just keepon shouting, if you just keep on
rejoicing, you will be saved.
For I heard him say when yousee these things come to pass,
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don't go off in a cornersomewhere, don't go buy out the
water bottles at Walmart, don'tgo build a bunker underground.
But when you see these thingscome to pass, look up, lift up
your head.
Your redemption, draw a knife.
I got good news for you wegetting out of here.
I got good news for you wegetting out of here.
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I got good news for you he'scoming back.
For a church that's shouting,that's rejoicing, that's
celebrating.
Hey, church, one of these dayswe gonna be leaving.
Thank you, why not?
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Why not shout?
Come on somebody.
I said why not shout Over thereturn of Jesus Christ?
We came in this thing shouting,and when the day of Pentecost
was fully come, it was all inone place and one accord.
And suddenly there came a soundfrom heaven.
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We came in shouting, we fixingto go out, shouting for the Lord
himself.
Shout the sin from heaven witha shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and the trump of God,and the dead in Christ are
going to rise first.
Then we which are alive andremain shall be caught up
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together with them in the clouds, and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.
You want some good news?
Behold, I show you a mystery.
We shall not all sleep, but weshall all be changed In a moment
, in a twinkling of an eye, atthe last trump.
For the trump shall sound andthe dead shall be raised
incorruptible.
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And when the dead shall beraised incorruptible, then shall
this mortality Put onimmortality and then shall be
broken past the sand that iswritten oh death, where is thy
victory?
Oh grave, where is thy sting?
Amen, I just come with somegood news.
Jesus is coming.
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I said Jesus is coming.
Let's shout about it, let'srejoice about it.
Let's rejoice about it, let'spreach it, sing it, live it and
walk it.
Jesus is coming back.
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You have heard of fearlesslittle Moses in the bulrush.
You have heard of fearlessDavid and his sling.
You have heard the story toldof dreaming Joseph and of Jonah
and the well we often sing.
There are many, many others inthat Bible.
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I would like to meet them all.
I do declare.
But by and by, the Lord willsurely let us meet them at that
meeting in the air.
Oh, there is going to be ameeting in the air, in that
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sweet, sweet by and by well, I'mgoing to meet you, meet you
over there In that home beyondthe sky.
Well, such singing you willhear, never heard by mortal ears
.
It will be glorious.
I do declare, by and by, theLord will surely let us meet
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them At that meeting in the air.
It's going to happen.
It's going to happen.
I said it's going to happen,just as sure as I'm standing up
here.
It's going to happen.
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There, the doubters will bemissing altogether, for the
skeptics will be absent on thatday because they missed it.
There will never be a sermonpreached to sinners, for the
house refused to heed the call.
There, the saints will have aseal upon their forehead,
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dressed in raiment none butransom ones can wear.
All who have the weddinggarment will be present.
Somebody ought to rejoice.
Somebody ought to celebrate.
Come on, somebody ought to lifthim up.
Hey folks, jesus is coming,come on, jesus is coming.
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If you really believe thatright now, I couldn't keep you
quiet.
If you really believe that inthe next 30 seconds, hallelujah,
the eastern sky could splitopen.
The trumpet could soundHallelujah, the dead in Christ
Are going to rise first,hallelujah.
I think we'd have church Likewe never had church.
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I think some cold backsliderWould get out of their seat, run
to an altar and say I want Godagain, I want revival, I want to
move to the Holy Ghost BecauseJesus is coming.
Hey folks, this could to theHoly Ghost Because Jesus is
coming.
Hey folks, this could be thelast service, this could be the
last camp meeting and if it is,let's have church.
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I said if it is, let's haverevival.
Because Jesus is coming.
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Come on, praise him like he's onhis way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Come on.
I said praise him like he's onhis way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Praise him like he's on his way.
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Come on, praise him like thetrumpet's about to sound.
Come on, praise him likeGabriel's moistening his lips.
Come on, praise him likeGabriel's fixing to blow the
trumpet.
Come on, praise him like thenext second you could be waking
up in heaven.
Come on, praise him like thetrumpet.
Come on, praise him Like thenext second you could be waking
up in heaven.
Come on, praise him.
It's really going to happen.
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Come on, I said it's reallygoing to happen.
It's not a fairy tale, it's nota story that's told.
It's really going to happen.
Speaker 3 (41:47):
The trumpet's going to sound.
I said the trumpet's going tosound.
Speaker 2 (42:09):
I'd like to be standing by the grave sign of a
loved one when the trumpetsounds and the graves burst open
.
Woo, hey, I said we're going tohave a reunion.
I said there's going to be acelebration.
Woo, I said there's going to berejoicing.
I said there's going to berejoicing.
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You might as well praise himnow.
You might as well rejoice now.
Jesus is coming.
Thank you, come on, you oughtto praise him.
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Come on, there ought to be someshouting.
There ought to be somerejoicing.
There ought to be somecelebration.
Hallelujah, come on, look up,lift up your head.
Your redemption draweth nigh,for he that endures To the end,
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the same Shall be saved.
Come on, one of these timesit's not going to be this
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brother blowing the trumpet.
One of these times it's notgoing to be this gentleman, it's
going to be Gabriel.
It's going to be the real thing.
But tonight it's weddingrehearsal.
I said tonight.
I said it's wedding rehearsal.
We're just getting warmed up.
I'm just warming up.
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Hallelujah, come on.
Preacher, preacher, jesus iscoming.
Come on, sunday school teacher,jesus is coming.
Thank you, come on, we fix tohave an altar service.
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If you think we can't have analtar service with preaching
about the coming of the Lord.
Come on, you're not very deep.
Somebody could get the HolyGhost tonight, come on.
Come on, hallelujah, come on.
You want another end time verse?
Do you want one more end timeverse?
He said In the last days, saithGod, I will pour out my spirit
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upon all flesh.
Your sons, your daughters shallprophesy, your young men shall
dream dreams, your old men shallsee visions, and upon thy
handmaidens.
Come on, I will pour out of thyspirit in those days.
Can I tell you Pentecost is anend time message.
I said Pentecost is a revivalmessage.
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Come on, somebody.
Somebody could get the HolyGhost before he comes.
Somebody could get healedbefore he comes.
Somebody could get deliveredbefore he comes.
Come on, somebody.
He's not coming back for achurch that's checking their
clock, looking around Sayingwhen this is going to be done.
Is this altar service aboutover?
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No, he's coming back for achurch.
Who's got her hands in the air?
Who's got her voice raised?
Who's having revival?
Come on, let's have revival.
Come on, it's Thursday nightcamp meeting, let's having
revival.
Come on, let's have revival.
Come on, it's Thursday nightcamp meeting, let's have revival
.
If you can't shout here, youprobably ain't going to shout
there, you might as well goahead.
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Whoo, hallelujah, hallelujah,come on.
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If you see somebody prayingnext to you, come on, lay your
hands on them.
Come on, come on, let's have analtar call tonight.
Come on, let's have an altarcall tonight.
Come on, let's have an altarcall right now.
Come on, let's have an altarcall right now.
Come on, come on.
This ain't a message Just tostir our emotions for 10 minutes
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and then we go eat Chick-fil-A.
This is a message for us tohave revival.
Come on.
This is a call for us to haverevival.
Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah,hallelujah.
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It's for me, it's for you, foryour children, their children
too.
Come on, that's an end timemessage, the entire message.
Speaker 4 (48:52):
This is Pastor Philip Steele from Pentecostal
Lighthouse in Pekin, Illinois,and one of the contributing
members of the HBO team.
We're so glad that you joinedus today.
We pray that you've beenblessed, encouraged and uplifted
through this message.
May you continue to walkvictoriously in the hope of his
calling.
God bless.
Hello, this is Austin Griffiths, the pastor of Open
Praise Fellowship HolinessChurch in Easley, South Carolina
.
Thank you for listening toHoliness Preaching Online.
Let's take these truths ofGod's Word with us and apply
these biblical doctrines to ourlives.
I know you'll enjoy this sermonfrom a holiness preacher.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
All right, he gave me a little inspiration.
I thought, well, if he did it,I could do it.
Praise God, amen.
How many loves Brother Ralstonman?
I love Brother Ralston.
Praise God, amen.
I say this with all sincerity.
I've watched his ministry andwatched this church and have
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tried to model myself after thatand no way will I ever come up
to that level.
But I appreciate the challengethat he gives us young preachers
and ministers and pastors andalways sets the bar high, him
and Sister Ralston so very much.
Tremendous friends of ours andtheir impact in the movement
with their school and theircollege as well, and all the
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things that they do to justfurther our young folks and
further the kingdom of God.
Give honor to Brother andSister Ed Ralston, love them and
appreciate them.
Brother Landon Ralston is doingwonderful.
You know what I love to go to achurch where the family's being
used, because we often see somany family members get bitter
and quit and they just go outand get out of church.
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But you know, I think it's allright to celebrate the ones that
stay, amen.
And so I give honor to amen thechildren that are here working
with Brother Ralston.
Amen, amen, praise God, andI'll move on from this, but I
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think it's incredible that youhave Brother Ed Ralston, brother
Ryan Ralston and his childrenhere, just generation to
generation, now grandchildrencoming on.
This church is in good handsand I praise God for it.
Thank you to all the cooks.
Wow, what a wonderful meal.
Every day has been awesome andwonderful.
Thank you for the wonderfulhospitality, the accommodations,
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to not only me but my familyand then to those who came from
our church.
We appreciate it so very much,love and appreciate my family.
I'm thankful my children are inchurch and serving the Lord and
they have a desire to come Now.
My children are married andthey had to take time off of
work and so they chose I didn'tmake them come, they chose to
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come to camp meeting and youknow how they make those
decisions is when they're youngyou got to take them to camp
meeting.
Amen.
I wasn't punished because Iwent to camp meeting my children
.
They wasn't punished becausethey went to camp meeting
children, they.
They wasn't punished becausethey went to camp meeting.
It was a privilege to get to goto camp meeting and so I
appreciate my family and ourchurch folks.
That's here.
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It would be really easy rightnow to just veer off and start
preaching on Pentecost and startpreaching about, you know that,
that upper room experience, andwe may get there.
I don't know where God is goingto end this service, but I do
feel like I have a word for thisservice tonight, and so let's
jump right into it and see whatthe Lord will do for us In
Matthew, chapter number 24,.
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Matthew 24,.
Give honor to all the ministrythat has graced this pulpit.
I know brother and sisterMcDonald had to move on and go
home, do some situations, butjust give high honor to Brother
and Sister McDonald.
Wasn't that great preachingthis morning?
Amen.
And then every minister thathas graced this pulpit.
I can't call every one of yournames the youth services.
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Tonight's service was wonderfuland we give you high honor for
that.
Matthew, chapter 24,.
When you have that, if youwould stand for the reverence of
the reading of God's Word.
Matthew, chapter 24,.
When you have that, if youwould stand for the reverence of
the reading of God's word.
Matthew, chapter 24, and let'sread verse number three, if you
have it, would you just say I'vegot it.
And as he set upon the Mount ofOlives, the disciples came unto
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him privately, saying tell uswhen shall these things be and
what shall be the sign of thycoming and of the end of the
world?
Tell us when shall these thingsbe and what shall be the sign
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of thy coming.
I want to talk to us for thenext few moments On the signs of
his coming.
Let's pray and ask God'sblessing upon his word tonight.
Heavenly Father, we thank youFor everything that's been
accomplished Up until this point.
Thank you, lord, for thisawesome choir that sang with
anointing.
I pray tonight, god, that youwould just arrest our hearts as
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we look into the word of theLord.
I pray, god, that you wouldsettle in this house with a
sweet presence, god of yourspirit.
And, most of all, I pray thatyou would move in these altars
tonight and we'll give youpraise for it in Jesus name.
And all of God's children saidamen.
God bless you as you're seatedin the presence of the Lord
tonight.
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If you're like me, I'm a newsjunkie.
I like to keep up with what'sgoing on and I like to stay as
relevant as I can.
And you, if you have beenkeeping up with the world events
, have noticed some significantdevelopments that's been going
on between Israel and Iran andthings that we're seeing unfold
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right now, with wars andmissiles and threats and
protests even around the world,even in our own country, really
shouldn't be a surprise to us.
It's not anything new.
It's not anything random.
This has been going on for along time, even before the
Palestine War of 1948, the sixday war of 1967,.
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Israel has been hated anddespised by its enemies From the
moment that God called Abrahamand made a covenant with his
seed.
Satan marked Israel as a target.
Pharaoh tried to crush them inEgypt, haman tried to
exterminate them, herod's triedto destroy them, hitler's tried
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to wipe them off the map.
Even Iran, since around 1979,has been trying to exterminate
them.
But I am thankful that, whilethe enemy has had his eye on
God's people, god has had hishand on his people.
Amen, and I'm thankful for thecurrent events and thankful for
everything that has beenhappening and thankful for the
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leadership that we have in ourcountry.
Amen, aren't you?
And how many knows that as longas God's on the throne, israel
will never be defeated.
Praise God.
But I'm not here just to talkabout all of that.
Really, what I've been hearingis a reoccurring theme in some
people's.
You know vocabulary.
What does this mean?
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Does this mean we're nearingthe end?
Does this mean the coming ofthe Lord is upon us?
And you know they asked thatsame question in Acts, chapter
one, in verse number six.
They said same question in Acts, chapter 1 and verse number 6.
They said is this when you willrestore the kingdom to Israel?
Is this the time?
I think it's interesting thatthe final question they asked
Jesus before he ascended back toheaven was when are you coming
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back?
How many knows that questionhas been ringing and
reverberating throughout thecorridors of time.
That's the question that reallyis on everybody's mind.
What does all of this meanprophetically?
Where's this thing going?
Where are we in the prophetictimeline?
And I love Jesus' answer.
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He said it's not for you toknow the times or the seasons
which the father has put in hisown power.
Jesus was saying I'm not goingto tell you the exact time when
I'm coming back.
It's not for you to know theexact time or the season, but he
did tell us that he would comeas a thief in the night.
He did tell us that he wouldcome in an hour.
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That you think not.
So just because we don't knowwhen he's coming, never think
that he's not coming.
Come on now.
I think we need to revisithallelujah, the promise of
Revelation 22 and 12.
And when Jesus said and behold,I come quickly.
All of this chaos, all of thisdivision, all of this global
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unrest is pointing to somethinggreat, and that is that Jesus is
coming back.
Praise God.
The wars, the shaking ofnations, the turning of hearts,
the rise of deception it's allaligning with what scripture
told us would happen in the lastdays.
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I believe the earth is groaning.
I believe that truth is underattack.
Amen, they're not justheadlines, but they are signals
from heaven.
That prophecy is not somethingwe're just now reading about,
but it's something we're livingin.
And what does it mean?
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You're going to hear this overand over and over again tonight.
I really want to be veryredundant Amen, and to remind us
that Jesus is coming back.
What should we preach about?
What should we sing about?
What should we testify about?
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I say let's sing, preach andtestify that Jesus is coming
back.
It's not time to be asleep.
It's not time to be distracted.
It's not time to be asleep.
It's not time to be distracted.
It's not time to cool off.
It's not time to go to churchand have business as usual.
Amen, jesus is coming back.
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I hear the voice of the critic.
I hear the voice of the skepticthat says they've been saying
that for many, many years and ithasn't happened yet.
Well, I want to tell you, therewas a group of folks that
mocked Noah when he built theark.
They laughed at Noah forpreaching.
It's going to rain, the flood'scoming, god's going to destroy
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the earth.
They said you're crazy, it'llnever happen, the rain's never
going to come.
But I want you to know tonightthe rain did come, the waters
did rise, the earth wasdestroyed.
I know there was some thatnever saw it, but there was a
generation that did see it and Ifeel in my spirit that I am
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preaching to a generation that Idon't know how you're not going
to see the coming of the Lord.
I believe this generation inthis building tonight is the
generation that hears the soundof the trumpet, that sees the
skies open.
Amen.
Just because he hasn't comedoesn't mean he's not going to
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come.
Can I tell you, the same Jesusthat came in a manger, the same
Jesus that died on a cross, thesame Jesus that was buried in a
tomb, the same Jesus that rose,amen.
And ascended back to the Father.
Amen, he's coming back again.
I said he's coming back, amen.
I say we live it, we sing it tothe Father.
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Amen, he's coming back again.
I said he's coming back, amen.
I say we live it, we sing it,we preach it, we testify, we
rejoice about it that Jesus iscoming again.
How many knows?
It's our hope, it's oureverything.
Jesus is coming back Now.
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I don't want to just slow downreal and you just check out of
this.
But because he didn't tell uswhen he's coming, he did give us
some signs that he is coming.
Hallelujah.
And if I could just navigatethrough some of these,
hallelujah, and if I could justnavigate through some of these.
And I want you to make your ownjudgment To see if we are close
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to the coming of the Son of God.
He said as the days of Noah was, so shall it also be in the
coming of the Son of man.
Come on now.
If you Google the coming of theLord, you will find the last
time I did it 4.9 billion hitsin 0.51 seconds.
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It's on everybody's mind Amen.
What's all this mean?
It means Jesus is coming back.
Look at verse six.
He said and ye shall hear ofwars and rumors of wars.
You can look at the conflictsthat's going on in the world
today, some of them I alreadymentioned to you.
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You can't hardly read anythingAbout Without reading About wars
.
One article said there's 185wars or conflicts Going around
the world today, and while weare here In America and we're
experiencing Peace make noMistake about it this world is
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at war.
You say?
What does that Mean, preacher?
It means Jesus is coming back.
Come on now.
Verse 7 says, for nation shallrise against nation, kingdom
against kingdom.
There shall be famines andpestilences and earthquakes in
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diverse places.
During the 20th century, it'sestimated that 70 million people
has died of famine Every day.
25,000 people, including morethan 10,000 children.
They die from hunger.
3.1 million children they diefrom starvation every year.
I know that's hard for us tofathom.
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While we eat and enjoy the goodfood that we have this week
food that we have this week 822million people globally suffer
from hunger and are in danger ofimmediate death.
What are you trying to say,preacher?
I'm saying it's pointing to onething jesus is coming back.
Homosexuality is being accepted.
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Pornography is now a legalbusiness.
There's more marriages that endin divorce than stay together.
The abuse of children is at anall-time high.
One out of every three childrenwill be physically, emotionally
or sexually abused.
Domestic violence men abusingwomen.
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Domestic violence Men abusingwomen.
Mothers abandoning children,fathers walking away from homes,
which fulfills the scripture inTimothy that they'll be without
natural affection.
You're going to help me tonight.
What does this mean?
It means Jesus is coming back.
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The signs are pointing to oneevent Amen, god is fixing to
send his son to get the bride ofChrist in curable diseases.
Amen, all kinds of things.
Amen.
There's an expectation in theair.
It means Jesus is coming back.
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And I came to this pulpit on aThursday night to be a spiritual
, if you will, paul Revere, whenhe began to ride through the
streets shouting the British arecoming, the British are coming.
I came to come to this pulpitto tell every teenager Jesus is
coming, jesus is coming.
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I came to tell every family.
I came to tell every teenagerJesus is coming, jesus is coming
.
I came to tell every family.
I came to tell every backslider.
I want to tell every sinnerJesus is coming.
If you're going to get saved,you better get saved now.
If you're going to sell out,you better sell out now.
If you're going to get the HolyGhost, you better get the Holy
Ghost now.
Jesus is coming, jesus iscoming.
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Jesus is coming.
Jesus is coming, amen.
I want to tell you somethingthis is no time to be playing
church.
Come on, stop thinking aboutwell, when I get married, I'm
going to sell out to God.
I want to tell you somethingyou have no promise of getting
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married.
Well, when I have children,I'll get serious about being
faithful to church.
You may never have children.
Well, when I get to churchSunday, when it's just the home
folks, I'll really go to thataltar and dedicate.
I want to tell you something Ibelieve in the imminent return
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of Jesus Christ.
I may not finish this sermontonight.
I said I may not finish thissermon tonight.
I know that's.
That's kind of scary for someand if you're not saved it ought
to worry you, but if you'resaved it ought to excite you.
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I'm just a pilgrim and astranger and I'm passing through
.
Hey, folks, you want to hearsome good news.
Jesus is coming.
I said you want some good news.
Jesus is soon to return.
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Then shall they deliver you upto be afflicted and shall kill
you and ye shall be hated.
I'm talking about the signs Ofhis coming.
Okay, we don't like that verse.
We're too good, do we Then?
Shall they deliver you up to beafflicted?
Shall kill you.
You shall be hated of allnations.
For my name's sake, now listen.
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This is not the tribulation,this is persecution.
And so, according to the PewResearch group, they say that
Christians Are the world's mostPersecuted group.
Now, I know the liberal mediaWould try to get you to think
that it's a certain gender, orit's a certain gender or it's a
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certain race, but that's a lie.
The most persecuted people onplanet earth and in the world
today is Christians.
Are you going to help me?
Tonight?
Four out of every five acts ofreligious discrimination are not
directed toward Muslims,buddhists, hindus or Satanists.
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They are directed towardChristians.
Did you know there were 7,000Christians that was killed, or
over 7,000 even last year?
What are you saying, preacher?
I'm saying Jesus is coming.
You want another sign that he'scoming.
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If this don fit the americanchurch, I don't know what will.
Then shall many be offended?
Chips on her shoulder.
You can't make them happy.
Come on, are we not living inthe most offended generation
that we've ever lived in?
I mean, you can't even have abusiness and refuse to sell to a
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homosexual because of religiousbeliefs, and they want to own
your business.
They call it politicalcorrectness, I call it offense.
There's folks that are offendedAmen.
We have so many folks that hashurt feelings.
They've got chips on theirshoulders, they're offended at
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everything.
They're offended at thepreacher, they're offended at
the youth pastor, they'reoffended at the church, they're
offended at the choir.
It came on now, amen.
You know what it is.
It's a sign that Jesus iscoming.
Can I tell you, if there's everbeen a day where you ought to
get rid of your offense, it'snow.
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Amen, jesus is coming back.
Amen, get rid of thatbitterness, get rid of that
grudge, amen, and get on firefor God because he's coming.
I believe I will.
I believe I will, amen.
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I don't mean to turn into pastorhere, but excuse me for about
three minutes that pastors can'thardly say anything From the
pulpit Without the congregationtaking it offensive.
I mean if you tell someone'schild that you know you can't
dress like that or you can't gothere, watch that and be used in
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our choir or church, I meanthey just get offended and quit.
I mean it's like if you look atthem wrong.
But yet here's my beef.
Amen, they can take them downand sign them up To little
league sports and old coach Cantell them what to wear.
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Old coach can tell them,hallelujah, wear.
Oh.
Coach can tell them, hallelujah, what time to be at practice
and coach can tell them how latethey're going to stay.
And coach can tell them thatyou can't do this or that and
they say yes, sir coach, yes,sir, yes, sir, coach.
And oh, by the way, they makethem call him coach Amen To wear
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in a lot of.
And oh, by the way, they makethem call him coach Amen To
where in a lot of our churches.
That's just another guy.
Well, I say that in nodisrespect.
Amen, come on now.
Hallelujah, oh, you know what itis.
It's a sign of his coming.
Woo, my, my, my, hallelujah,hallelujah, it's a sign that
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jesus is coming back.
Then he says you're going tobetray one another and you shall
hate one another.
Have you ever seen thatbackstabbing, turning on each
other generation that we haveright now, gossiping, running
each other down?
Amen Trying to climb thepolitical ladder?
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Amen, killing one another'sministries, talking behind their
back?
You ain't going to help metonight.
I want to tell you it's time westand together.
It's time we get on the samepage.
Amen, we're not enemies.
I said, we're on the same team.
You're my brother, you're mysister.
Let's stop hating each otherand let's start pulling for each
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other, hallelujah.
Come on, somebody, look around.
Come on, just take a ganderaround.
This is not your enemy, this isyour family enemy.
This is your family.
We're going to heaven together.
We're going to shout together.
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We're going to rejoice togetherwhen Jesus comes back.
I'm hastening to a close andmany false prophets shall arise
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and deceive how many.
Thank you, I got a bible.
That's why I like preaching tothis church.
We got some bible readers inthe house.
They shall deceive many.
Come on now.
I have been preaching to mychurch that the greatest, one of
the greatest tools In this endtime that Satan is using Is the
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spirit of deception.
I just want to tell you, justbecause they say it, does it
make it true?
And I may get blasted on socialmedia and it seems like all
they do is sit around and justtry to poach something.
We say Amen and just try todiscredit it.
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But can I tell you, justbecause they post it and just
because they blast, it doesn'tmean they're true.
Come on somebody.
Come on now.
I think it's time we stand fortruth.
Come on now.
I said I think it's time westand for truth.
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Amen, come on.
You know how to know truth.
Get in the Bible, come on.
Well, I got to listen to theirpodcast and I got to find out on
their websites and I gotta makesure and read up on all this so
I know what's true and what'snot true.
Can I tell you, the way to knowtruth is not get on their
websites or listen to theirpodcast, it's get in that book
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and know so much truth that whenAmen, jesus Is one of many ways
to heaven, you say oh no, no,no, no.
He is the only way to heaven.
Come on somebody.
When they say we don't believein speaking in tongues, you get
in that Bible and say, oh no, Iknow the truth.
Woo, the Holy Ghost Is stillevident by talking in tongues,
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is still evident by talking intongues.
I still believe in the power ofthe blood.
I still believe in the gifts ofthe Holy Ghost.
I believe in truth and ye shallknow the truth and the truth
shall make you free.
Thank God for truth.
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Hallelujah, this ecumenicalchurch and all roads lead to
heaven and everybody's the sameFolks.
That's not true.
We're not all the same.
Hallelujah, oh, I got to moveon.
Hallelujah, because iniquityshall abound.
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The love of many Shall wax cold.
Did you know that over 4,000churches closed Last year?
Only 1,000 of them opened.
That's a net loss of 3,000.
And these are average numbers.
I understand there's factcheckers out there.
Amen, these are just averagenumbers.
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A net loss of 3,000 churches.
Come on now.
You know what that lets me knowJesus is coming.
Amen, me know Jesus is coming.
I am trying to convince a dadwho sits in church on a
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consistent basis and you have nofire, no passion for God, to
get back on fire for God becauseJesus is coming.
Amen, jesus is coming.
I'm trying to convince somebodythat all you want to do is
fight your leadership, fightyour pastor, criticize and
critique everything that's goingon in our churches.
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Come on, there's no perfectchurch.
You know why?
Because you're there.
Come on now.
Where there's people there'sproblems, amen, come on now.
Where there's people there'sproblems, amen, come on now.
It's time to get in your church,get behind your church and stay
with your church Because Jesusis coming.
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It's time to get on fire forGod.
It's time to get full of theHoly Ghost.
It's time, amen, to be aworshiper.
It's time to get full of theHoly Ghost.
It's time to be a worshiper.
It's time to stop making yourpreacher have to push and plead
and prod every service.
It's time to get out of yourseat back on your feet, because
Jesus is coming.
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He's coming, he's coming.
I said he's coming.
He's coming, he's coming.
I said he's coming.
Amen.
Men in the last days Shall belovers Of pleasure more than
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lovers of God.
Because of that statement Ijust made, I want you to shout
real loud Jesus is coming,hallelujah.
People shall be lovers ofpleasure more than lovers of God
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.
If you don't think that's right, you just let some carnal
activity just happen to fall onSunday and see what 70% of our
members choose Church orcarnality.
I was raised in a home where Inever had to ask are we going to
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church?
Never, not one time.
I didn't go to rodeos on Sunday.
I didn't go to ball.
I never went to a rodeo anyway.
I didn't go on Monday too.
I didn't go on any day.
They ended it.
Why Come on somebody?
I didn't go.
I didn't go to the ball games.
I didn't go to the ball games,I didn't go to the proms.
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Come on somebody, hallelujah,come on now.
And especially on Sunday, me andmy dad had a deer lease and we
had a deer lease in West Plains,missouri.
It was a five and a half hourtrip.
And guess what?
Opening rifle season was alwayson Saturday.
So we would leave out Friday,go camp out on Saturday.
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On Friday night we would huntall day Saturday.
We'd come back to the cabin onSaturday afternoon, we'd hunt
Saturday night, and if we killeda deer he's going to be there a
while.
But guess what we did?
Come Saturday evening, wepacked up in our car.
But guess what we did?
Come Saturday evening, wepacked up in our car, we drove
five and a half hours back toClaremore.
We went to church Sundaymorning and Sunday night, got
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back up Monday morning andfinished the week out.
Come on, you ain't gonna help metonight.
Men shall be lovers of pleasuremore than lovers of God.
Come on, I say we get back tothe old end time scripture that
says forsake not the assemblingof ourselves together as the
manner of such is, and so muchthe more as you see the day
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approaching.
Come on, stop watching churchonline, Stop listening to Mixler
, stop missing Sunday and getback to the house of God,
because Jesus is coming.
Come on, let's fall in lovewith church again.
Let's fall in love with thelocal assembly again.
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Jesus is coming.
My God, some of you are lookingat me like I've lost my mind.
Can I tell you, if he came backon Sunday, I'd rather be in
church than the Deerwoods.
I'd rather be in church thansomewhere else.
Come on, let's go to church.
I was glad when they said untome, let us go unto the house of
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the Lord.
Okay, I can see this ain'tgoing over real good for some of
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you.
So that's the bad news.
But here's the good news.
The signs are heavy, theheadlines are heartbreaking, the
world's getting darker by theday.
But don't stop reading the text.
Somebody asked me did you bringyour shouting shoes?
Every pair of shoes, shoutingshoes?
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But I feel something in my feetright now.
Hallelujah, because I heard himsay that when all these things,
hallelujah, the wars, the rumorsof wars, he said, but he that
endures to the end, the sameshall be saved.
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Apparently, you don't know whatthat word saved means.
That word saved means rescued,delivered, preserved, made whole
, brought through safely.
So he that endures to the endshall be rescued, shall be
brought through you ain'thelping me shall be delivered.
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Come on, somebody.
Can I tell you, if you just keepon keeping on, if you just keep
on loving, if you just keep onkeeping on, if you just keep on
loving Jesus, if you just keepon shouting, if you just keep on
rejoicing, you will be saved.
For I heard him say when yousee these things come to pass,
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don't go off in a cornersomewhere, don't go buy out the
water bottles at Walmart, don'tgo build a bunker underground.
But when you see these thingscome to pass, look up, lift up
your head.
Your redemption, draw a knife.
I got good news for you wegetting out of here.
I got good news for you wegetting out of here.
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I got good news for you he'scoming back.
For a church that's shouting,that's rejoicing, that's
celebrating.
Hey, church, one of these dayswe gonna be leaving.
Thank you, why not?
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Why not shout?
Come on somebody.
I said why not shout Over thereturn of Jesus Christ?
We came in this thing shouting,and when the day of Pentecost
was fully come, it was all inone place and one accord.
And suddenly there came a soundfrom heaven.
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We came in shouting, we fixingto go out, shouting for the Lord
himself.
Shout the sin from heaven witha shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and the trump of God,and the dead in Christ are
going to rise first.
Then we which are alive andremain shall be caught up
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together with them in the clouds, and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.
You want some good news?
Behold, I show you a mystery.
We shall not all sleep, but weshall all be changed In a moment
, in a twinkling of an eye, atthe last trump.
For the trump shall sound andthe dead shall be raised
incorruptible.
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And when the dead shall beraised incorruptible, then shall
this mortality Put onimmortality and then shall be
broken past the sand that iswritten oh death, where is thy
victory?
Oh grave, where is thy sting?
Amen, I just come with somegood news.
Jesus is coming.
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I said Jesus is coming.
Let's shout about it, let'srejoice about it.
Let's rejoice about it, let'spreach it, sing it, live it and
walk it.
Jesus is coming back.
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You have heard of fearlesslittle Moses in the bulrush.
You have heard of fearlessDavid and his sling.
You have heard the story toldof dreaming Joseph and of Jonah
and the well we often sing.
There are many, many others inthat Bible.
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I would like to meet them all.
I do declare.
But by and by, the Lord willsurely let us meet them at that
meeting in the air.
Oh, there is going to be ameeting in the air, in that
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sweet, sweet by and by well, I'mgoing to meet you, meet you
over there In that home beyondthe sky.
Well, such singing you willhear, never heard by mortal ears
.
It will be glorious.
I do declare, by and by, theLord will surely let us meet
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them At that meeting in the air.
It's going to happen.
It's going to happen.
I said it's going to happen,just as sure as I'm standing up
here.
It's going to happen.
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There, the doubters will bemissing altogether, for the
skeptics will be absent on thatday because they missed it.
There will never be a sermonpreached to sinners, for the
house refused to heed the call.
There, the saints will have aseal upon their forehead,
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dressed in raiment none butransom ones can wear.
All who have the weddinggarment will be present.
Somebody ought to rejoice.
Somebody ought to celebrate.
Come on, somebody ought to lifthim up.
Hey folks, jesus is coming,come on, jesus is coming.
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If you really believe thatright now, I couldn't keep you
quiet.
If you really believe that inthe next 30 seconds, hallelujah,
the eastern sky could splitopen.
The trumpet could soundHallelujah, the dead in Christ
Are going to rise first,hallelujah.
I think we'd have church Likewe never had church.
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I think some cold backsliderWould get out of their seat, run
to an altar and say I want Godagain, I want revival, I want to
move to the Holy Ghost BecauseJesus is coming.
Hey folks, this could to theHoly Ghost Because Jesus is
coming.
Hey folks, this could be thelast service, this could be the
last camp meeting and if it is,let's have church.
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I said if it is, let's haverevival.
Because Jesus is coming.
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Come on, praise him like he's onhis way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Come on.
I said praise him like he's onhis way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Come on, praise him like he'son his way.
Praise him like he's on his way.
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Come on, praise him like thetrumpet's about to sound.
Come on, praise him likeGabriel's moistening his lips.
Come on, praise him likeGabriel's fixing to blow the
trumpet.
Come on, praise him like thenext second you could be waking
up in heaven.
Come on, praise him like thetrumpet.
Come on, praise him Like thenext second you could be waking
up in heaven.
Come on, praise him.
It's really going to happen.
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Come on, I said it's reallygoing to happen.
It's not a fairy tale, it's nota story that's told.
It's really going to happen.
Speaker 3 (41:47):
The trumpet's going to sound.
I said the trumpet's going tosound.
Speaker 2 (42:09):
I'd like to be standing by the grave sign of a
loved one when the trumpetsounds and the graves burst open
.
Woo, hey, I said we're going tohave a reunion.
I said there's going to be acelebration.
Woo, I said there's going to berejoicing.
I said there's going to berejoicing.
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You might as well praise himnow.
You might as well rejoice now.
Jesus is coming.
Thank you, come on, you oughtto praise him.
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Come on, there ought to be someshouting.
There ought to be somerejoicing.
There ought to be somecelebration.
Hallelujah, come on, look up,lift up your head.
Your redemption draweth nigh,for he that endures To the end,
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the same Shall be saved.
Come on, one of these timesit's not going to be this
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brother blowing the trumpet.
One of these times it's notgoing to be this gentleman, it's
going to be Gabriel.
It's going to be the real thing.
But tonight it's weddingrehearsal.
I said tonight.
I said it's wedding rehearsal.
We're just getting warmed up.
I'm just warming up.
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Hallelujah, come on.
Preacher, preacher, jesus iscoming.
Come on, sunday school teacher,jesus is coming.
Thank you, come on, we fix tohave an altar service.
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If you think we can't have analtar service with preaching
about the coming of the Lord.
Come on, you're not very deep.
Somebody could get the HolyGhost tonight, come on.
Come on, hallelujah, come on.
You want another end time verse?
Do you want one more end timeverse?
He said In the last days, saithGod, I will pour out my spirit
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upon all flesh.
Your sons, your daughters shallprophesy, your young men shall
dream dreams, your old men shallsee visions, and upon thy
handmaidens.
Come on, I will pour out of thyspirit in those days.
Can I tell you Pentecost is anend time message.
I said Pentecost is a revivalmessage.
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Come on, somebody.
Somebody could get the HolyGhost before he comes.
Somebody could get healedbefore he comes.
Somebody could get deliveredbefore he comes.
Come on, somebody.
He's not coming back for achurch that's checking their
clock, looking around Sayingwhen this is going to be done.
Is this altar service aboutover?
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No, he's coming back for achurch.
Who's got her hands in the air?
Who's got her voice raised?
Who's having revival?
Come on, let's have revival.
Come on, it's Thursday nightcamp meeting, let's having
revival.
Come on, let's have revival.
Come on, it's Thursday nightcamp meeting, let's have revival
.
If you can't shout here, youprobably ain't going to shout
there, you might as well goahead.
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Whoo, hallelujah, hallelujah,come on.
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If you see somebody prayingnext to you, come on, lay your
hands on them.
Come on, come on, let's have analtar call tonight.
Come on, let's have an altarcall tonight.
Come on, let's have an altarcall right now.
Come on, let's have an altarcall right now.
Come on, come on.
This ain't a message Just tostir our emotions for 10 minutes
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and then we go eat Chick-fil-A.
This is a message for us tohave revival.
Come on.
This is a call for us to haverevival.
Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah,hallelujah.
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It's for me, it's for you, foryour children, their children
too.
Come on, that's an end timemessage, the entire message.
Speaker 4 (48:52):
This is Pastor Philip Steele from Pentecostal
Lighthouse in Pekin, Illinois,and one of the contributing
members of the HBO team.
We're so glad that you joinedus today.
We pray that you've beenblessed, encouraged and uplifted
through this message.
May you continue to walkvictoriously in the hope of his
calling.
God bless.
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