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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,

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an in-depth, interactive study

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of the Word of God.

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I'm glad you joined us today

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as we continue a life-changing series

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of studies on the Gospel of Matthew.

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Today we're going to talk

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about "The Teachings of Jesus

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about the Last Days."

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A relevant topic,

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and I know you'll be blessed.

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So welcome to Hope Sabbath School

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and welcome to our team.

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What a great series of studies.

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I'm so thankful that the Spirit of God

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inspired a former tax collector,

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Levi Matthew, to write this account,

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and I'm excited today because

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one of our team, Tricia Lee,

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is going to be leading in our study.

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Tricia Lee, thanks for your commitment

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to the Word of God,

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and I know God is going to bless us

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in wonderful ways.

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We're just so glad

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that you're part of Hope Sabbath School,

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and when you write to us it brings joy

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to our hearts to hear
how God is blessing you.

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You can write to sshope@hopetv.org.

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You can also write a note

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on our Facebook page;

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we've got more than 150,000 followers

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on Facebook now, and it's wonderful.

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Sometimes we'll put a picture of you,

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if you send one.

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We're just part of a global family

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seeking God and wanting to be used

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to bless others with His Word.

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So thanks for writing.

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Ely writes from California.

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Anybody from California?

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Some of you have lived
in California, right?

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Okay.

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"Greetings to every Hope
Sabbath School member."

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Several of you look happy.

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"I watch your program every day.

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I learn a lot from the discussion.

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I also downloaded the app,

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and I love to watch the archives.

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I feast on the Word of God every day."

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Well, Ely, thanks for letting other

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Hope Sabbath School members know

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that if you go to our website,

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hopetv.org/hopess,

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you can not only watch programs

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in this series on the Gospel of Matthew

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that you might have missed,

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but you can watch a
multitude of past programs

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with wonderful topics

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that will be a blessing.

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If you have the app on your iPhone

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or your smartphone, you can access

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the archives there; you can watch

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all kinds of wonderful Bible studies.

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So thanks for putting in a little promo,

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Ely, for the app, and that's

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a wonderful blessing to many people.

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James writes from Ghana.

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Anyone with Ghanaian roots?

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We do have some occasionally on our team,

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don't we?

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"I enjoy your class and the contributions

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you make.

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I pick your contributions,

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and I replicate them in my class

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when I teach in my church."

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Is that good?

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(Team) Yes.

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(Derek) That's exactly
what we're hoping for.

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"Oh, how I wish I could contribute live,"

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says James.

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"Send my greetings to the
Hope Sabbath School team."

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Well, James, if you come over

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when we're filming, we'd love to have you

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as part of the program,

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but, you know, we're equally excited

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to know that you're leading a Bible study

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program there in your homeland of Ghana,

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and, along with tens of thousands

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who are downloading that outline,

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we're glad you're teaching
the Word to others.

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Benson writes from Kenya,

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and I know we've got one Kenyan.

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Eric, wave to your brother from Kenya.

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All right, a big smile for Benson

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writing from Kenya, "I
follow your programs.

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I am a Sunday School teacher."

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So Benson's teaching the Word

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in his church.

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"Please don't give up because your work

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is not in vain."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Ah, that's awesome!

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"God bless you all, amen."

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Well Benson, to know that you're a witness

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there in your church in Kenya

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brings great joy to our hearts.

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You encourage

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your other Sunday School members

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to watch Hope Sabbath School,

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and they'll learn much more about

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the Word of God, too.

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Here's one last note, actually, I've got

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a couple here; lots of people writing.

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I want to thank Jean

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for writing from Russia.

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You say, "Jean doesn't sound Russian."

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Well, Jean is from Rwanda,

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studying in Russia.

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"I greet you in the might name of
our soon-coming Savior Jesus Christ."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) "Peace be with you.

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I am Rwandese, currently living

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and studying in Russia."

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Now I want you to listen
to Jean's testimony.

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"I discovered Hope Sabbath School

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in late 2014 shortly
after I came to Russia.

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I used to go through the
Sabbath School study by myself

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because I didn't have
anyone to study with me.

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Even after I discovered
a church in the city,

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it was still difficult because all
of the services were held in"...?

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(Team) Russian.

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(Derek) "...Russian, and I just
was learning the language.

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As a response to my longings,..."

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Somebody is going to say "amen" here,

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"As a response to my longings,

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God revealed Hope Sabbath School to me,"

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) "...and I was able to be part

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of the in-depth study of
the Word of God in English.

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It blessed me so much that even though

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I've now acquired enough language skills

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to discuss the lesson in Russian,

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I still watch Hope Sabbath School,

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and I'm blessed by that.

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I pray that you keep serving,
letting people know

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about the Word of God and that you

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might even broadcast
in different languages

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to reach many unreached
places for Christ."

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Well, Jean, I want to ask you to pray

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because we are moving forward 
with closed captioning,

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and we are looking for the opportunity

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for volunteer translators in a multitude

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of different languages so that people

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who don't have English as their language,

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even a major second language,

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will be able to watch and
read the closed captioning

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because, you know this
Gospel of the KIngdom

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is going to go the whole World,

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and then Jesus will come back,

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isn't that right?

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) So thank you for
being a witness there

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while you're studying in Russia.

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One last note from Alexander in Zimbabwe.

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Anyone from Zimbabwe?

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Simiso, hold your hand up
and wave to your brother,

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and we'll get that on the screen,

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all the way from Zimbabwe.

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"Greetings, Hope Sabbath School team."

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(Team) Greetings!

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(Derek) "I'm blessed to be watching

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Hope Sabbath School in Harare,

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capital of Zimbabwe.

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I really enjoy the discussions;

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they're so interactive and informative.

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May God bless you, the entire
Hope Sabbath School team,

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for spreading the Word of God."

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Well, you say that's a lot of emails

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coming from around the world,

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and, you know, we are just so glad

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that we can be part of a global family.

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And we're going to sing together now

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as a global family,

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and then Tricia Lee's going to lead us

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in a powerful study of the Word of God,

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"The Teachings of Jesus
about the Last Days,"

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but were singing now, Psalm 148.

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I hope you've learned it for this series,

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"Praise Him in the Heights."

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♪ music ♪

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(Derek) You know, I've got a feeling

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when we're done with this series,

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we're going to be singing
this in our sleep,

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but what a great Psalm to sing,

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"Praise Him in the Heights,"

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and, Tricia Lee, as you lead our
study today, I know we'll have a lot

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to praise Jesus for as He gives
us hope for the last days.

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.

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Let us pray.

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Dear Lord, we need your Holy Spirit

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to help us to understand the times

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that we're living in.

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We need your Holy Spirit to help
us understand Your Word to us

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about the Last Days.

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Please bless this study,

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in Christ's name we pray, amen.

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(Derek, Team) Amen.

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(Tricia Lee) I am so excited that God

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has not left us in the dark about
what to expect will happen

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in the Last Days.

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Some people are very anxious
or nervous about the things

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that happen at the end of time.

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Some people have heard rumors or
strange stories of the apocalypse

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or even science fiction zombies,

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but God's Word reveals
to us what to expect.

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So as we study together, let's just
thank God that He has not left us

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in darkness about what
will come in the Last Days.

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(Derek, Team) Amen.

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(Tricia Lee) Let us turn our study

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to the Book of Matthew chapter 23.

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Before we hear what Jesus
teaches about the Last Days,

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first we find our study right
after the Triumphal Entry.

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Jesus has entered Jerusalem, and
He has met the religious leaders,

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and unfortunately they are filled
with envy and anger towards Him,

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and with a sorrowful heart He beings
to pronounce series of woes to them.

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Woe means misery or trouble to come,

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bad things that are happening, so 
He's warning them about the condition

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of their hard hearts and what that means.

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So let's see first, before
we talk about the last days,

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what Christ says to the religious
leaders and to the people at the time

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about these woes, this miserable
condition that they are unfortunately now

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finding themselves in
because they've rejected Him.

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Let's start in Matthew chapter 23.

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I'll ask Gary if he would
please read for us

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Matthew chapter 23, verses 1 through 12.

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(Gary) Okay, I'll be reading
from the New King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen.

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So before addressing the
Scribes and Pharisees,

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Christ first addresses the people,

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and He actually gives them some warnings.

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Nicole, would you summarize for us

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what has Christ warned the people
about in the verses we just read.

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(Nicole) Sure, I'm thinking back
to humility again and not being

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caught up in names and being
in certain places in society,

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and so I think He is warning
against being kind of hypocrites,

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you know, saying one thing out of
your mouth, but acting and living

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a way that's not reflecting
what you're saying.

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So I think this whole kind of 12 verses
talks about hypocrisy and warning

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against living a life that
you're not actually living.

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(Tricia Lee) That's correct.

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Let's keep reading now 
in verses 13 through 15,

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where now Jesus is speaking directly

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to the religious leaders and
pronounces these woes upon them.

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Olric, will you please read
Matthew chapter 23:13-15?

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(Olric) Yes, I'll be reading
from the King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Wow, wow, strong words

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from Jesus here.

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Jonathan, would you summarize for us

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what is the rebuke that Jesus is giving
to the Scribes and Pharisees here?

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(Jonathan) It seems like
He is just [undermining]

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their whole approach to religion.

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They had set up all these rules and
set up all these different things,

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and He's calling their bluff.

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It's like, "You talk about My Kingdom,

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but you don't actually want people in;

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you don't actually invite people
to really live these things out.

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It's more this external thing for you."

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(Tricia Lee) Strong
rebukes, but there is more.

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Juliana, will you continue reading for
us Matthew 23, verses 16 through 24?

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(Juliana) Sure, and I will be reading
from the New King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Wow, wow.

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Simiso, summarize for what is Jesus
rebuking the religious leaders.

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(Simiso) I think Jesus is rebuking

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the religious leaders to
be genuine and authentic

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and be all rounded in terms of what

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Scripture requires of them.

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(Tricia Lee) That's correct.

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When we look at verses 21 and
22, it seems as though they have

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a lack of reverence for
the things that are holy.

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They're not really reverencing
what God is saying.

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What do we see in verse 24

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about the tithing of mint and anise?

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Olric, what is Christ telling
them or rebuking them for?

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(Olric) They had this
teaching back then that they

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were not to eat anything unclean, and
the gnat would be an unclean animal.

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So they will take time to make sure

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that the water does not contain

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any of these little bugs, but, you know,

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He is saying, "Your hypocrisy

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is so evident; you take time to pay tithe

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and cummin and this stuff.

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You're being outwardly religious,

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but inwardly you're not there because

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things like faith and mercy, love,

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that you don't have.

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You take time to look
at these little things,

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but there are bigger things
that you're not doing."

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(Tricia Lee) Have you
ever heard the phrase,

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"the letter of the law but
not the spirit of the law,"

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being able to keep
certain requirements

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but not really having and
living the love to motivate it?

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Let's keep reading.

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There's some more rebukes
that Jesus gives them.

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Jason, would you read for us
Matthew 23, verses 25 through 36.

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(Jason) I'll be reading from
the New King James Version.

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Matthew chapter 23, verses
25 through 36, says:

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(Tricia Lee) Wow, these
are some strong words.

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I can't even imagine calling
someone a viper or a snake.

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It's hard to even picture Jesus doing it.

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You can imagine Him with tears in His eyes

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telling those people that he loved

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those scathing rebukes.

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Why do you think the rebukes of Jesus

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were so harsh?

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Why was He speaking to them so severely?

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Nathan.

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(Nathan) I think we can read this in two
different ways, but we should read it

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thinking of Jesus with tears
in His eyes and in His voice.

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When you look at the next verse that
follows, verse 37 in Matthew 23.

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Can I read it from the New King
James Version, where He says:

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I mean, the pain in His voice; He's
longing for them to be saved, and He says,

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"You're not willing to come to it."

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It reminds me of, I think in Isaiah, God
speaking through the prophet says,

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"All day long I stood with My
arms open wide to a stiff-necked

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and rebellious people," -- Here
He is calling you to salvation,

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and you're turning away, not just
turning away but rebelling against Him.

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(Tricia Lee) And it's sad; it's sad.

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In a previous study, we've talked about
the choices that we all have to make,

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and that God wants us to choose Him,

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but we do have the free
will to choose otherwise.

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(Derek) You know, I'm thinking,

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Tricia Lee, I really appreciate what
Nathan said about the love of Jesus.

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And there were some Pharisees,

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Nicodemus was a Pharisee

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and also a member of the Sanhedrin,

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who did repent.

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(Tricia Lee) Yes, praise God.

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(Derek) So you know, if Jesus was

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just kind of harsh and kind of fighting

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with the weapons of this world

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or acting like they acted,

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they'd have an excuse,

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but I think He is speaking
with love in His heart.

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And, praise God, some of
the Scribes and Pharisees

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said, "We need to repent;

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we need to turn our lives around."

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.

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Reading through this passage,

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something was very interesting,

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and I'd like to ask the
class this question:

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How could He say that the guilt of all
the righteous blood, all the martyrs

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would fall on this generation?

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What does that mean?

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How are they guilty of all these things?

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They're just living their little lives;

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how is it that He can say that the
blood of all the righteous from Abel

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to Zechariah would fall
on this generation?

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Any idea what was the significance
of that statement, Missy?

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(Missy) All throughout the generations,

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God has sent prophets,

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throughout all ages,

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but along with the prophets
were the dissenters

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who chose not to listen to them,
and not only that, to oppose them

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and even kill the prophets.

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And they have the same spirit,

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so this is why they would carry the guilt.

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(Tricia Lee) I think you're right, Missy.

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Let's turn to Luke chapter 24,

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and we'll see that the Bible supports

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what you just said, Missy.

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Luke chapter 24,

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and, Eric, would you read for us Luke
chapter 24, verses 25 through 27?

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(Eric) I'm reading from the
New Living Translation,

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Luke 24:25-27, and it says:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, that's right, Missy.

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All the prophets were all
given the same message,

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the Gospel of Jesus that was
to come, the Messiah to come,

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they were all testifying to Him,

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so every generation, when they kept
rejecting the prophets that were sent

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to them, they were rejecting Christ,

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and ultimately when that generation
rejected Christ, they were rejecting

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the entire message that had been sent
to them time after time after time.

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Jonathan?

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(Jonathan) Just the fact that not
only did they reject the sayings

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that were entrusted to them, now
they came with greater power.

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I mean, like, when you have
Christ doing all these miracles,

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so if they reject Christ, who is
the fulfillment and testimony

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and perfect representation of
everything they were given,

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they in essence have rejected it and
killed everything else before them.

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(Derek) But, you know, we have no excuse

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because we have Jesus,

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and yet, you know, one of the things
I've noticed teaching about Jesus,

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there are many young people who
grow up in a Christian home

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who have never read the Book of
Matthew or Mark or Luke or John.

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They have the testimony of Jesus Himself,

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and yet a lot of times we
act like it doesn't exist.

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(Tricia Lee) That would be
the rebuke to our generation.

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(Derek) I think it would be.

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(Tricia Lee) The rebuke to our generation

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is that we have this Word that has
survived generation after generation,

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we know that it's been
preserved through time

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exactly as it was spoken through
the prophets and written down,

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we know the life of Christ, and so here
we are today with such grace, such mercy,

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and if we still choose not to accept
God, then that's the rebuke that we have

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on ourselves.

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We're going to keep reading now,

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and we're going to transition
now to Matthew chapter 24

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and get into the real heart of our study.

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We're going to now see that Jesus leaves
the Temple, again, tears in His eyes.

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Thank you Nathan, and I believe
He had tears in His eyes, too.

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Sad that the people were doubting
Him and not believing Him,

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and now we're going to
see another conversation

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that He and the disciples get into
that leads us to this amazing prophecy

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about the destruction of Jerusalem
as well as the Last Day events.

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We're going to read in Matthew chapter 24.

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I'm going to ask Nicole if she
would start reading for us

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Matthew 24, verses 1 through 14.

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(Nicole) Matthew 24, verses 1 through 14,

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I'm reading from the New
International Version,

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and it says:

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(Tricia Lee) Nicole,
would you pause there?

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I have a question for the group.

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What do you think they mean by that?

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The "end of the age?"

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My New King James Version
says, the "end of the age."

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Does anyone's Bible say
something different?

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Anyone have "end of the world?"

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(Olric) What was happening here,

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they were equating whatever destruction

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would come to Jerusalem
with the end of the world.

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So they put the two events together

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because this is how they
saw it in their own minds.

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That's why they asked Jesus
the question in that manner.

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(Missy) It was a dual prophecy.

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It was talking about two separate events,

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but they run parallel to each other.

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(Derek) Well, I think Olric's right,

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that they thought, "That must be the end

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of the world, if every stone in this
Temple of God is going to be torn down."

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We know that it's not going
to be the end of the world,

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it's only 40 years later in 70 A.D.

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it will be fulfilled, but
I think in their minds,

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as Olric said, they're thinking that
must be one and the same thing

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as the end of all things.

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(Tricia Lee) Yes, one thing's for certain,

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if we have questions on what that means

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we're going to find out
as we keep reading,

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but certainly as we listen to
what's going to be read to us

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as we continue in chapter 24.

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The end of the age - it
was something drastic.

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The end of the world is
what you described, Olric,

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and that's the context that the
disciples had in asking this question,

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what is the site of this big,
grand, finale, if you would.

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So Nicole, please keep reading for us.

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(Nicole) I'm reading from
verse 4 of Matthew 24.

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It says:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.

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Missy, you were right that
this is dual prophecy,

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so we're going to continue reading

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and skip down to verses 21 through 28

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about the prophecy regarding
the last days and the end times.

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I'm going to ask Alex if he would
read for us verses 21 through 28.

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(Alex) Sure, and I'll be reading
from the King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen.

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One last set of verses,

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Nancy, would you please read
verses 32 and 33 for us?

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(Nancy) Okay, and this is
from Matthew 24, verse 32

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in the New King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, at the doors.

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So let's talk about these amazing,
amazing Scriptures, amazing prophecy,

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Jesus letting us know what to expect

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in the last days.

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What signs of the last days do
you see even today taking place?

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Olric.

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(Olric) Wars, rumors of wars, you
have nation rising against nation,

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and it's becoming more prevalent,

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but not just more prevalent,

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but they're using more
sophisticated weapons

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for their warfare,

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and it doesn't, you
know, seem to be ending.

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(Tricia Lee) OKay, Juliana.

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(Juliana) Olric mentions
things that are involving man,

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but I think that the
Earth is also groaning.

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We're seeing more and
more earthquakes.

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I think of what happened
not that long ago in Nepal,

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and there's also been things in Mexico

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and in Africa and just all over the world.

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We have earthquakes, we have famines.

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There's things happening in rivers,

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that animals are dying,

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and the environment...it's groaning;

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it's asking for Christ to come back.

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(Tricia Lee) Alex.

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(Alex) I think there are many
false prophets now, too.

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Just more and more all the time I
see preachers and pastors coming

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out with these end-time preachings
and end-time things, and even a lot

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of our friends are really
getting into these things,

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"Here, check out this message," and such.

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And it's like, wow, if I didn't know the
truth, this would be so easy to believe.

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You know, how they point things out in the
world, but it's so easy to be deceived.

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(Tricia Lee) Jonathan.

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(Jonathan) I think it's interesting to
look at the things He chooses and how

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He lays them out.

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I feel like in some sense He kind of
picks the things, not so much that we can

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calculate the end of time, but more to
say, okay, what do we need to look at

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because, I mean, a lot of the things
He lays out happen throughout history.

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The church was persecuted, you have
earthquakes, I mean, that's been happening

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for a lot of time.

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And certainly He does say things
that get close to the end of time,

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but I think also He's just saying for
the disciples and for us in general

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a way to look at the world and to
have our hearts...and how to respond

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to the things that happen.

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So I think it's kind of, "how to
live in the context of My Coming."

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(Derek) And I think the positive thing

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is the Gospel is going
to go to the whole world,

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and then the end's going to come.

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(Tricia Lee) Yes.

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(Derek) You know, I think the joy we have

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as a little team, Hope Sabbath School,

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is that we're a little part of that,

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and technology even in the lifetime

99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999
of many of our viewers,

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there's been a revolution
in terms of communication.

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And, of course, the Enemy's
wanting to use that,

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as Alex said, to promote false ideas

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and just idolatry,

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but I believe God's going to use that

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by His Spirit, too.

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We're on the brink of where the Message

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can go rapidly around the world.

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(Tricia Lee) Amen.

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Alex, you mentioned the false
christs that come in the last days,

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what's our safeguard against

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the deception of a false christ, or

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let's talk some more about
what does that look like,

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a false christ or someone that's
coming in the name of Christ, Olric.

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(Olric) I've looked through
the Old Testament,

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and I've seen some scenarios where

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false messages were
brought to God's people.

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We see in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve

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with the Devil tempting
them with false words.

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Even in the case of in a
previous study we did Jeremiah,

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we see Jeremiah being countered there by
an individual by the name of Hananiah.

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The problem with these false christs,

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false teachers, they propel messages

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that seem to distract God's people

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from God's way of doing things, the way

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God had commanded.

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And the way to counter this,

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as we will see from the Word of God,

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is through the truth
like Isaiah 8, verse 20.

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(Tricia Lee) Let's go there.

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Let's go there, Isaiah 8, verse 20,

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and Olric, will you read that for us?

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(Olric) Isaiah 8, verse 20,

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reading from the King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Wow.

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So what I heard you say, Olric, is

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there may not just be
manifestations of people

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saying that they
are a false messiah

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to physically "follow me," but even
teachings of false Christianity

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that can also be a way to deceive people

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in the last days.

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(Derek) Right, and I think Alex made a really important point

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when he said, "I could follow what some of my friends are saying

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if I didn't study the Word."

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Because these people, they do signs and wonders, it says,

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and they're religious;

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they're false christs and false prophets,

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so they speak about maybe needing

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to be close to God, and, you know,

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it all sounds good,

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but it's false.

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So, you know, we shouldn't
try to [point out],

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"Oh, is that false;" we should be focusing

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on the true and on Jesus
who is the true Christ,

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because when we see the false

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we will immediately recognize

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that it isn't the truth.

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(Tricia Lee) There's another promise
that Jesus Himself has made

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to His believers, and
I'm going to ask Missy

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if she would read for us John
chapter 10, verses 27 and 28.

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John chapter 10:27, 28.

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And it is a bit scary for some to
think that you could be deceived

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by false teachers and false miracles

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and false people to lead us astray,

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but I thank God that He has
this promise recorded for us.

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(Derek) Amen.

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(Missy) I'm reading from the
New International Version:

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(Derek) Amen.

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(Tricia Lee, Team) Amen.

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(Tricia Lee) We are safe
in the hands of Jesus.

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"My sheep hear my voice...
and they will follow."

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Thank you for reading that
Scripture in Isaiah, Olric.

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If there is a message or a person that's
not speaking according to the Word of God,

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then that's an alarm for us,

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but He's also promised
that He will keep us,

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that we will recognize His voice, and
I believe there are so many examples

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in the Bible of the Lord
revealing Himself to His people,

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literally leading His people through
the wilderness by day and by night,

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and so even in the midst of strong
deception in the last days,

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if we keep our eyes on Jesus,
He will see us through.

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Simiso, let's read another
promise from the Lord

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on why we shouldn't be afraid

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and should not be discouraged.

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Simiso, would you read John
chapter 14, verses 1 through 3.

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Why we should not be afraid
of these last day events.

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(Simiso) John 14, verses 1 through 3,

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and I'm reading from the
New King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen.

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So the last days are a necessary step

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in the process of getting us closer

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to going Home.

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Jesus is coming back to take us Home

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to be with Him, and as
scary as last day events,

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wars and earthquakes and pestilence

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and family members betraying
one another, may sound,

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God has promised to keep us

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and the promise is that when He returns

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He is going to take us Home with Him.

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(Derek, Tricia Lee) Praise God.

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(Tricia Lee) Missy mentioned earlier

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that there was a dual prophecy,

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that the disciples were thinking

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about the destruction of Jerusalem,

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and Jesus answered their question

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about when those things
would take place as well.

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Let's read the verses
where Jesus describes

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the destruction of Jerusalem.

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Eric, would you read for us Matthew

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chapter 24, verses 15 through 20?

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(Eric) I'm reading from
the New Living Translation,

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and it says:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.

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Gary, we talked a bit earlier about
it being difficult for the disciples

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to think about the destruction of
Jerusalem to happen at any other time

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than at the end of the world.

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Why was that?

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Why did they connect the two together?

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(Gary) I guess how they related

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to the Temple, their mission;

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they're the people of God.

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They couldn't get past the fact that

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if this is not going to
be in existence anymore,

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than that must mean everything
must be falling apart.

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(Derek) You know, I think they're trusting

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in the building rather than in God.

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And before we judge them and go,

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"That's really foolish," I think we could

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trust in our institutions,

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we could trust in our organization,

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and the truth of the matter is,

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before this is all over,

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a lot of those things could collapse.

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(Tricia Lee) That's true, it's true.

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(Derek) And all we have is
to hold on to our Savior,

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you know, because we know
that He's going through.

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He's going to take us
through to the very end.

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But lest we be too hard on them, I think

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they associated confidence in God,

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now it's the building,

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and pretty soon God's kind of set aside,

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and they're just trusting
in their structures.

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(Tricia Lee) You're absolutely right.

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We're going to have to let go
of a lot of ideas that we have,

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things that we hold dear,

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to accept Jesus and in His return.

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Juliana, would you read for us.

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Let's turn to Philippians chapter 3:7-8,

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and we'll hear an account of someone

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who had to let go of some
things they held dear.

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Philippians chapter 3, verses 7 and 8.

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(Juliana) I'm reading from
the New King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen!

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What we didn't read is that previously

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we're hearing an account of having
confidence in self and being able

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to keep the Law and being
of the stock of Israel,

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all the things that I'm sure the disciples

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are very proud of in thinking about

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the institution and the Temple.

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They had to let those things go,

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and surely we will have to
let some things go, as well,

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to accept Christ.

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We talked in a previous study
about falling on the Rock,

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submitting to Christ

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and learning to count the things of
God as gain and learning how to let go.

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Let's keep reading in Matthew chapter 24.

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Not only does Jesus tell
us what to look for

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in His coming, but He gives
us a description of His coming,

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and certainly this is key because

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we're watching and we're waiting,

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and we want to be ready when He comes,

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and we want to know what we're looking for

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when He comes.

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So, Nathan, would you please read for us

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Matthew 24, verses 27 through 31?

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(Nathan) All right, I'll be reading
from the New King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen! Amen.

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What are some of the characteristics

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and aspects of Jesus' coming?

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What do we learn from this passage?

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(Nicole) Everyone will
see Him when He comes.

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(Tricia Lee) It's visible.

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(Nicole) Yes, we will see Him.

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(Tricia Lee) So it looks like
there are a lot of angels.

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You can't miss the whole
angels of the Heavenly Host.

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What else do we learn?

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(Olric) The trumpet sound.

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(Tricia Lee) So it's loud; it's audible.

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Okay, what else have we learned here?

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(Jason) There will be
some signs of the heavens

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that precede the coming,

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particularly with the
sun, moon, and stars.

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(Tricia Lee) Anything else?

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(Derek) And it's dramatic.

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(Tricia Lee) Yes.

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(Derek) It's not just, "Oh, I think

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I see something."

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(Tricia Lee) Yes.

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(Derek) It's like lightening from the east

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all the way to the west,

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and I think that's important, because,

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you know, Jesus talks about,
is this secret or is it...

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I think it's a surprise, even for those

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of us who are looking for His coming,

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when it actually happens.

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If it happened in the
middle of this broadcast,

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you know I'd use my favorite Hebrew word,

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Hallelujah, but I would be surprised

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because I thought we were going to finish

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the program, right?

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Yeah, but it's not secret.

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It's not secret;

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it's visible, audible, but it's dramatic

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like lightening from the east to the west.

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(Tricia Lee) My version of the Bible

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says that "the powers of the
heavens will be shaken."

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I can't even imagine what that's like,

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but I feel like we won't miss when

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the heavens are shaking.

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This is a dramatic, dramatic occurence.

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We'll all see it.

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We will not miss it.

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What else can we learn
about Jesus' coming?

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Let's turn over to
1 Thessalonians chapter 4

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where there's another description of
some of the what that takes place

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and the how that takes place

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when Jesus comes.

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1 Thessalonians chapter 4,
verses 15 through 17.

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I'll ask Gary to read that for us.

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(Gary) Sure, and I'll be reading
from the New King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) What else is happening

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at the coming of Jesus?

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We're not going to miss
any of these things.

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I heard again, the loud shout,

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the Lord Himself is coming,

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the Archangel.

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I can imagine the Archangel
and the Lord are shouting.

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This is going to be a loud shout.

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What else do we see?

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(Nathan) In verse 15, we read that
there would be a resurrection.

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(Tricia Lee) Yes, hard to miss!

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(Nathan) We're not going to Heaven

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without the ones...I think probably
the Thessalonians were writing to Paul

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and saying, "What about our loved
ones who have fallen asleep in Jesus?

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Are we going to go to Heaven when Jesus
comes, and we leave them behind?"

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He says, "No, before we go, they're
going to be raised from the Earth."

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So that's something that we
won't really miss, will we?

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(Tricia Lee) No, we won't.

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(Nathan) It's hard to miss that.

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(Derek) I think growing up I thought the
loud shout was like, "Yo!" you know?

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But I think the shout
is, "Awake!" you know,

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because the Scripture speaks about
awake, you who sleep in the dust.

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It's like, "Lazarus, come forth!"

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when Jesus raises Lazarus.

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So it's not just, "Yo!" you know?

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It's a shout that will conquer death;

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it will defeat death.

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(Tricia Lee) Iv'e even
imagined to myself sometimes,

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like, "Honey, I'm home!"

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We're the Bride and He's coming, right?

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With excitement, He's here.

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Let's not forget, though, why Jesus

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was so sad in rebuking the Pharisees

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and the Scribes and the religious leaders

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in Jerusalem who had rejected Him.

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It was because He realized

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that at His coming there
will be no second chance,

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that things are final.

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Our destinies will be decided
by Christ the Judge,

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and that's why He had
those tears in His eyes,

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because He knew their
salvation was on the line.

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Let's look at some verses

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again in Matthew chapter 24

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because there are some who believe
that there is a second chance,

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that when Jesus comes again there's
another chance to get things right.

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But we will learn that it really is
the end of time, the end of the age,

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the end of the world,

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and how important it is for us to make
our choice and our decision for Him now

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and today.

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Olric, will you read for us
Matthew 24, verses 36 through 42?

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36 through 42.

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(Olric) Reading from
the King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, thank you.

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Particularly verses 40 and 41,

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there are some that believe that there is
something called the "Secret Rapture,"

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that the Lord will come at one point and
take some chosen people away secretly,

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and others will not know, and that those
who are left behind have a second chance

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for some period of time to get
things right before He comes again.

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But what we've learned so far and
what these texts are describing to us

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is...Well, the first thing we can say
about the women is that they are

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kind of going along in
their everyday lives, right?

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They are going along, it's
business as usual, right?

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They are at the mill,
is that where they are?

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Grinding at the mill, and so exactly
what Pastor Derek described

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about, we could be filming one
of these Sabbath School lessons,

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and the Lord could come.

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We're going about our
lives; it's a surprise.

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It catches us suddenly, and that's
the shock that can be with two people

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working at a mill or two
people sleeping in bed.

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Yes.

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(Olric) Notice what is being said here.

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In this passage, Jesus is not
saying that you should not work.

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This is daily work that they are doing.

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The problem is, is that these
two passages, 40 and 41,

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are in the context of Jesus saying that,

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"My coming will be a
surprise," not a secret,

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just a surprise,

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because it will be loud,

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it will be visible.

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But the surprise is, it will come at
a time when people least expect it

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because many folks, as He's saying here,

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will be going about their daily work...

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(Tricia Lee) Eating, drinking.

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(Olric) ...doing all this stuff
without getting themselves ready.

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(Derek) You know, there are
many sincere Christians

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who may believe in a Secret
Rapture of the saints

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and then another chance,

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and certainly we may not have
everything right about Scripture,

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and we know if we love Jesus, and
we've accepted His salvation,

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that whenever He comes
we'll be ready, right?

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So we're not saved by
correct understanding.

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The danger is that people would put off

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until tomorrow the commitment
they need to make today

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and say, "Well, maybe when they
go I can make another chance,"

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and that's, of course, the deception

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because the Bible say,
"Today, if you hear His voice,

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do not harden your heart."

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.

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Well, let's read another
Scripture one chapter over,

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Matthew chapter 25,
verses 31 through 34,

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and I will ask Simiso to read that for us,

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Matthew 25:31-34.

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It will give us a little bit more insight

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about what happens when the Lord comes

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and this idea of being taken.

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(Simiso) Matthew 25:31-34, I'm reading
from the New King James Version:

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.

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When Jesus comes, His
coming is not a secret.

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It may be a surprise to some who
are going about their everyday lives

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not watching, not being ready,

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but it's His judgment that determines

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who's on the left, who's on the right,

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who's taken to be with
Him when He returns.

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Again, Jesus knew this, and that's why

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He pleaded and begged because He knew

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that the choices we make today,

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the choices they made in that day,

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were what would determine

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whether they would be on the right hand

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or on the left hand,

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whether they'd be taken
back Home with Him.

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(Derek) And those who are left...

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I think this is really important;

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you've been emphasizing
the need for a decision.

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We read that where the body is,

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there the vultures will gather.

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As we study Scripture,

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those who are left are
not left to continue on,

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but they are destroyed by the
brightness of Christ's coming,

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and that's why we need to
make our decision today.

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.

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Well, let's wrap up our study

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in learning what it means
to watch and be ready

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and how we should act when we
know that the Lord is coming.

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Jason, would you read for us

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verses 42 through 51 of Matthew 24?

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(Jason) I'll be reading from
the New King James Version,

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Matthew chapter 24, verses 42 through 51:

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(Tricia Lee) Oh, mercy.

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Olric, quickly, how can we be
ready for Jesus' Second Coming?

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(Olric) Simple, get ourselves ready

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spiritually first through our
commitment to Jesus Christ,

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and use that commitment to reach others.

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(Tricia Lee) Amen, amen.

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Thank you for this wonderful study,

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and let's continue to thank God that He
reveals to us the things that will come

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in the future through His Word, amen.

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(Derek) Thank you, Tricia Lee.

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What an amazing study,

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and thank you for joining us
for Hope Sabbath School today.

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Jesus wants you to be ready.

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He wants you to know peace and joy today,

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even in the midst of the
difficulties around you.

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I want to pray that you'd
make that commitment today,

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just as Olric said, today,

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that you'll trust Christ as your Savior

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while we have this wonderful opportunity.

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Let's pray.

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Our Father in Heaven, we
don't want to take for granted

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the great privilege of
learning the truth about Jesus

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and accepting Him as our Savior

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while there is still time.

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I pray for each one who
hears this prayer today,

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that we may make our
calling and election sure

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by trusting Jesus as our
Savior and soon-coming King.

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And, God, I thank you
that you'll also use us

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to share that Good Word, that Word of hope

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with those around us,

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in Jesus' name, amen.

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) While we're looking
for that glorious appearing,

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we'll see Him come, we'll hear Him,

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we'll hear a shout that
will wake the dead.

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It's going to be a glorious reunion.

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Won't you determine today

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that you'll be part of the
Redeemed for all eternity,

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and won't you also make the commitment

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that Jesus wants you to
share that Good News

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so that others can be with
us on that glorious day.

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Go out,

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make a difference to the
lives of those around you.

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