When Will Jesus Return?

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What a day, Michael my it's
been.

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It has been a day.
You've been to Myrtle Beach and

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back.
Yeah, I've been on the road a

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lot.
I'll tell you what this was not

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today, but in the not too recent
past, I did get pulled over by a

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cop.
It's not not a good day.

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And I I take umbrage.
Umbrage.

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With what with with the
situation, I'm not happy about

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it.
I I might, I might have.

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Maybe I'll show up in court.
I probably won't.

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But you.
You.

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Maybe you shouldn't.
Maybe.

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Do you know any good lawyers?
Traffic lawyers?

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What do you say?
Do you know any good traffic

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lawyers?
I, you know, I might just

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represent myself, you know?
So do you want to describe for

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the people out there what
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Cause I've heard a little bit of
the story.

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Yeah, let let the people decide.
The good people.

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So I was in Berkeley County.
Goose Creek, right?

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Goose Creek.
I thought anything goes in

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Berkeley County.
Apparently, Apparently not.

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I.
Think I know exactly where you

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were 'cause Jill and I drove by
it last night.

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I almost took a picture and was
like does this place look

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familiar?
So I am in a I'm actually at a

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Parker's gas station.
Yeah, I'm pulling out, taking a

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left.
Right.

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There is a car.
Turns out to be an unmarked

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police officer, right?
Great is turning into the

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Parker.
'S right?

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She has her blinker on.
Right.

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And I'm assuming like she slowed
down she's.

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Slowing.
Down.

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She gave every appearance that
she was going to turn, and if

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for some reason she would have
gone straight you probably still

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could have avoided her slammed
on your brakes like zipped or

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something.
Yeah, so.

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You, you did something I think
probably everyone does.

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Everyone does it.
I I took my left turn before she

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went into the gas station.
But like you said, slowing down,

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blink her on.
No problem.

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I do that.
Lights go on.

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Failure to yield.
Yeah.

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Four points.
Yeah, and like 230.

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Is what I think so I mean, you
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I don't know that you can be
trusted on the roads.

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And, and I was like, but and and
yeah, her defense was, or her

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reasoning was what if my blinker
was just on?

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You don't, you can't just, you
can't just look at someone's

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blinker and think, you know what
they're doing?

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And I'm like, what's the point
of blinkers?

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What are we doing if we can just
she's like, well, what if I put

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on early and I was going to turn
like three turns from now?

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I'm like, well, you wouldn't.
You said that's against the law,

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like because there is actually,
well, I always, I always like go

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back because I knew the Arkansas
law exacting because, you know,

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I had to study for it.
I need to read through the South

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Carolina law.
But at least in Arkansas, yeah,

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there was a minimum and maximum
for that blinker.

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Like don't turn it on before
this number of feet.

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Don't turn it on less than this
number of feet before your turn.

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Yeah.
Also what was not playing into

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my favor was my insurance was
not readily available.

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It was like, I, I have a picture
of it now, but I had like my

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insurance app, right?
And so I was like, oh, Face ID,

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oh, my password's changed.
I have to like e-mail myself.

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So I kind of look a little bit
unprepared, but still the point

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still stands.
It's like, what am I the?

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Four points still stand.
I'm.

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Going to go protest this
hopefully.

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I don't know it has.
Your insurance gone up.

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I don't not yet that.
You've known, I don't.

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Know if it if it gets reported
after it's done in case like

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gets split off.
You know what I mean?

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It's not you haven't like pled
guilty or anything yet.

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You haven't paid the fine yet.
Not paid the fine, Yeah.

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Not I I don't know.
I got to determine in the next

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like 10 days if I'm going to
actually show up to court or I'm

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just going to pay it it.
Might be worth a call to a

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traffic cop or I'm going to
actually.

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Actually, I have a friend who he
probably doesn't listen to this

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podcast that I could contact on
behalf of you.

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He was a SLED traffic officer
and I think he does something in

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investigations now.
So he's not in some fancy, but

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he he might say, yeah.
But it's like a letter.

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That's you're not going to law,
so that's not going to.

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Get Well, I'm either going to
talk to this guy or I'm going to

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dial 999 and 999 and see what
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Is that George Sink or or

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whatever?
Am I called George Sink or

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Hawklaw or one of the ones I
always see the commercials for

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all the time?
But yeah, so I'm $230 poor once

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I pay this unless it gets
dismissed.

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So, So what I think I hear you
saying is that you need to be

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careful while you're driving
because a cop could show up at

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any time.
Imminently.

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Imminently show up, yeah.
Yeah.

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And that and that, that is a
great segue.

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That word will prove important
to this, to this conversation.

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And what, what, what would you
call the title of this podcast,

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Michael?
Well, I, I, I just have typed in

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here and I don't know that is a
good title, but it is.

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Could Jesus come back at any
time or could we know?

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Maybe a better title is could we
know when Jesus is coming back?

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Is it possible to know?
I like it.

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Well, with that, let's take it
to the next level from the

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hearts of the low country in
South Carolina.

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It's the Take Two podcast where
we take theology to the next

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level.
All right, so I'm driving home

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maybe from church, I think it
was from church and Julia, I

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guess it's OK for me to say her
name.

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Beep said said to me she was
asking some questions and Julia

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has a lot of good questions,
theological questions.

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And she was talking about Jesus
coming back and it was something

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about the tribulation.
I don't know if it was exactly

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post trip, but it was something
like if he came back at this

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time that there was like A7 year
treaty, wouldn't we know when

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he's coming back?
But the Bible says we won't

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know.
So then that couldn't be

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possible, right?
Yeah, that that that's a really

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good question because I think
you can read scripture and see

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both sides of that too.
And even, you know, I think we

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were talking a little bit before
the podcast.

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In my mind, it's like a high
school or a middle school.

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I was like, well, if I say Jesus
coming back this day, that

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automatically rules it out.
So if I don't want him to come

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like my birthday, I'll be like,
I bet he's coming on my birthday

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and then I get to celebrate my
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Or it's like, but so I think
it's a good conversation because

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we do see signs of the times,
but everyone knows the verse,

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right?
Right.

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Yeah.
So this comes, well, there's a

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couple of different places, but
Matthew 2436 is probably the

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best and well known verse.
It says, but about that day or

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hour, no one knows, not even the
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but only the Father.
And so it kind of emphasizes

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this idea that it's going to be
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We don't really know.
Yeah, I, I think that's good.

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And I think as we, we'll read a
lot of scripture as we go

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through this podcast, I think a
good way, a good thing to keep

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in mind is what's the overall
tenor of Scripture?

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Like what, what are we driving
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Because there are some details
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Another popular passage, First
Thessalonians 5, verse 2 says

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for you know very well that the
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thief in the nights.
You know, if a thief is worth

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its salt, it's it's going to be
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A good thief isn't going to be
like, Hey, you know, I'm coming.

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So you need to be prepared.
You need to be watchful that

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that kind of thing.
So I think that's a, that's a

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good place to start 'cause these
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the night.
No man knows these things.

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That's what we're thinking
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Yeah, So what I told Julia was
even and I don't have this in

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our notes, but I told her like
even looking at the context or

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the this this verse, I said, do
you think God the Son knows when

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he's coming back right now?
And she was like, yeah, I do.

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And I was like, OK, so at least
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to understand what was meant by
this verse, that at least some

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of what has happened has
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So there's been some change.
And I, I was like kind of talked

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about the kinosis.
I don't think I said the word

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kinosis.
But you know how Jesus in his

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humanity, when he's here on
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of his divine prerogatives.
And so Jesus the man at this

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point in time didn't know, but
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omniscient would would always
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But maybe Jesus the person when
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that limbling, Craig says
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He knows.
I don't know how much that gets

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you, but yeah, right, right,
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But at least in his resurrected
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knows now when he would be
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And so I was like, maybe that it
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how we might understand it.
And then I talked about, you

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know, some of the surrounding
passages, 'cause this comes up

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at the end of Matthew 24.
But if you read through Matthew

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24, Matthew 25, there's a lot
about being ready and and and

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being able to read the times.
I I think that's good.

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That's a good big picture.
Be ready.

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I've got a list here that I just
pulled up while we were talking

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that what Scripture teaches be
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Preaching of the Gospels got to
go out to all the nations, great

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tribulation, false prophets,
working signs and wonders, signs

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in the heavens, salvation of
Israel there.

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There's a lot of things that
have to happen, and those things

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presumably wouldn't take place
in the next like 10 seconds,

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right?
Now Christ comes back.

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So a lot of things we've read,
you know, man of Allah says

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there's a lot of things that we
read and I term that's worth

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clarifying.
We hear this term imminent.

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What's this mean?
I think it's confusing.

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I think it has a good definition
and and there might be multiple

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words that sound they sound the
same, but they mean different

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things.
How do we break this down?

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No, I think that's good because
you'll hear a lot of people say

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I believe in the imminent return
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And I think what most people
mean by that is this word that

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is spelled IMMINENT, which means
it could happen really anytime

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or it's it it maybe not like
right now, but like it could be

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happening very.
Soon, like going back to your

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encouragement, be watchful, be
vigilant because I think some

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people do take it too far.
And maybe that is more of the

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maybe there's that lane really
heavy dispensational that maybe

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it's like, I don't know, the
thief and then that they can

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break up the events where that
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But if you're not
dispensational, you got all

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these things that can't come
before that.

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I don't know if that plays into
it too, because I think I think

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there's some variance on what
some people mean by imminent,

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whether it means it could happen
in 10 seconds or like it's

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happening, quote UN quote soon.
Whatever that means is more

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broad.
Yes, yeah.

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So imminent.
Yeah.

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So some people do or like it
could be any time.

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And they talk about like, eating
their desserts.

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I think a lot of people, a lot
of people I I remember growing

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up just hearing that and maybe
that wasn't what they meant, but

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that's what was I felt like they
were trying to say I was trying

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to look up while we were talking
to in Scripture and that good

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old NASB Michael's what what our
church uses.

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There is one use of the word
translated imminence and it's in

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Second Peter 114 and.
It's the IMINEENT.

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And Peter writes, I'm going to
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that the laying aside of my
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he's not dying in the next 30
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Whatever you know it's, but it's
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So I think, I mean, not that you
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that first, but I think that
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'cause we do read in Scripture
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The time is near.
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criticism is, well, it's been a
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get to that.
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1000 years like a day.
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elect are saved in in here.
I like that and maybe this is

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maybe different podcasts, but
you know, what's it mean this

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generation?
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These are good things to nail
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things.
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there are some eschatological
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here.
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were talking about, the imminent
return, most of the time if you

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read in a systematic theology
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imminent return, my guess is
and, and I'd be, I mean

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interested to hear back.
So pull out whatever your

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systematic theology is, but see
if it's not spelled MIMMANENT

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because that's a different word.
It means something different

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right?
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It says means an inherent or
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Referring to the imminent return
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continuous presence and nearness
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necessary timing.
So it's like in a full, like a

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bodily present.
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just this ether, but it's like
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Eminence is going to return to.
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One letter makes.
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So spelling's important.
And if you're typing and relying

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on Microsoft Word, be careful.
I couldn't give you a threat.

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You might be writing the wrong
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Yeah.
So how I came across this was

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because I had to write a letter
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SES's doctrinal statement and I
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was a post tripper so I didn't
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NENT.
And then one of them said, you

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know, look at these two
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This is common.
You know, don't feel bad.

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This is commonly misunderstood.
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is the bodily return, the
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maybe a little bit more
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return is soon qualifying that
let's look at what scripture

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says, because I think it kind of
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hits you in the face.
It's passage after passage after

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passage that, like you said,
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We don't want to say, oh,
there's these 568 signs have to

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happen.
So I'm just not going to care

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until I start sitting and you
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these passages are saying.
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start with that first thes 5
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read all of it, because we
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the first of it, but it says so
let's read the second verse on.

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But it says, but you brothers
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So that this day should surprise
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You are all children of the
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So he's like, it's going to come
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But you've got you've got God's
word, you've got all these

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warnings, you've got all these
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It should not surprise you.
Doesn't mean that we can nail it

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down to, you know, October 23rd
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But it should mean that, OK, we
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We see this sign happening.
This is what the word says.

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It's getting closer and closer,
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Yeah, in in that same vein, if
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book, 2nd Thessalonians 2, we
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He's talking about these
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of the Lord and he's like, no,
no, Thessalonians, you did not

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miss it.
It didn't already happen.

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They're they're a little bit
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man of lawlessness.
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Does not say Antichrist like we
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the actual word Antichrist, you
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first, second, third job.
There's only certain places

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sometimes that gets conflated,
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appear before Christ return.
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corroborate corroborates this,
this idea.

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We don't know the exact timing,
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There are signs.
And so we're encouraged to watch

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out for these.
We don't need to know every

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little detail, but we're, we're
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We're vigilance because that's
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No, that's good.
So then if you read around what

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Jesus says in Matthew 24, there
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that he gives Matthew 24 and 25.
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is this parable of the 10
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And they kind of show up.
Some of them have extra oil,

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some of them don't.
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ready.
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away and buy some oil.
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door shut and they've missed the
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And they says, you know, don't
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going to be like the the Kingdom
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Well, yeah, that that's a good
lesson right there that the

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point is be wise, that this
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that have prepared hearts.
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They kind of missed, missed the
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But of note is that does come
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So these things should be read,

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read together.
Anything else you want to you

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want to keep highlighting?
Yeah, you got Matthew 25.

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Pulled up here.
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So I do want to highlight this
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I didn't have this in my notes,
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talking about where it says no
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Matthew 24 and 36.
But just before that, like in

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the same pericope for most
people's Bibles, Matthew 32

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says, now learn.
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learn the parable from the fig
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When this branch has already
become tender and puts forth its

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leaves, you know that summer is
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So you too, when you see all
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is near right at the door.
Truly I say to you, this

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generation will not pass away
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place.
Heaven and earth will pass away,

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but my words will not pass away.
So like I said, there are some

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eschatological end times rabbit
trails you could talk here

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because I'm a partial preterist
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was fulfilled, or at least had a
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Jerusalem was destroyed in
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So that may be how you interpret
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Yeah, I think that's good.
And I think it's helpful not to

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get on a rabbit trail either.
When a prophet's prophesying, I

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like the image that, you know,
they're looking at the Rocky

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Mountains or something.
And in their view, there's this

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huge mountain range here.
But as you get closer, there

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might be a mountain that's 10
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They might not be happening at
the same time, but from their

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vantage point, it might look
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But as you get closer, you, you
can't flatten all of prophecy,

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right?
There's a lot to go with it.

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So I think, I think that's good.
If we were to look at different

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parts of Scripture, we'll just
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Some passages about stay
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First Corinthians 9, Paul writes
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Do you not know that in a race
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gets the prize?
Run in such a way as to get the

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prize.
Everyone who competes in the

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games goes into strict training.
They do it to get a crown that

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won't last, but we do it to get
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Therefore, I don't run like
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I don't fight like a boxer
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No, I strike a blow to my body
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after I have preached to others,
I myself will not be

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disqualified for the prize.
This is just showing that

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purpose.
There's intention that we,

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we're, we're on mission.
We're focused.

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It's not just like, let's just
wait.

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What happens?
We're we're engaged.

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No, that's good.
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And so I, I think most people
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this with end times because I
think they would just take it as

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normal living.
But I think that that I think

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our normal living should be in
light of all that's going to

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that has happened and it's going
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I like that because it's easy to
like isolate every, it's like,

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no, all of this is one thing and
we're it impacts.

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I like that a lot.
And that's just one of several

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passages we'll look at.
I'll kick it over to you,

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Michael, for our next one.
Yeah, so another one, Galatians

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516 through 25, a very familiar
passage.

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But hey, if you want to live
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if you want to live like those,
not the foolish version virgins,

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but the wise virgins, then this
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So I say to you, walk by the
Spirit and you will not gratify

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the desires of the flesh.
For the flesh desires that which

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is contrary to the Spirit, and
the Spirit which is contrary to

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the flesh.
They are in conflict with each

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other, so that you will not do
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But the fruit of the Spirit is
Lovejoy, peace, forbearance,

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kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and

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self-control.
Against such things there is no

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law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus

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have been crucified with the
flesh and its passions and

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desires.
Since they live by the Spirit,

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let us keep in step with the
Spirit.

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Ephesians 6 we're we're on the
Paul train 10 through 18.

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Here's some sections of that
familiar passage.

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Finally, be strong in the Lord
and in His mighty power.

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Put on the full armor of God so
that you can take your stand

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against the devil schemes.
Take the helmet of salvation and

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the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God, and pray in

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the Spirit on all occasions with
all kinds of prayers and

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request.
I think this lines up with these

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other verses.
These are things to equip you

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that we live in, in light of
this reality that that crisis

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coming again.
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And I just want to say if you're
listening to this and you're a

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believer, you already have all
of those different pieces of

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armor.
And I know that some sometimes

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you might read like, well, if
you didn't put on your belt the

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truth that day, you didn't have
your, you weren't wearing your

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belt.
But maybe some people's belt is

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a higher level belt than your
belt, or maybe some people's

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breastplate is a higher level
breastplate than yours.

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It's like.
A game you like?

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Level up.
You know, I mean, I didn't want

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to say it, but that's exactly
how I think of it.

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I think like if you have this
character like in Zelda and you

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level up those different, you
know, those different pieces of

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armor.
So how do I level up?

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Well, I got to know the truth
better.

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I need to be more in tune with
the peace of the gospel.

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I need to be, you know, more in
tune.

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You know, if I'm witnessing,
then I've you know, I've shod my

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feet.
If I know the word, I have a a

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stronger sword.
So all of those things makes me

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even more and more prepared
against the schemes of the

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devil.
Oh.

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Man, that that is, is really
good because I think you're

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right.
It can be taught differently

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where it's like, well, I did.
I just left it at left it at

449
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,360
home, left it in my other, you
know, pocket.

450
00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:06,120
No, you.
Got it.

451
00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:09,040
But how strong is it?
So so so so level it up.

452
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,800
That's good.
Hebrews 12/1 And two, you,

453
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:13,400
you're dogmatic on the
authorship.

454
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,960
You've got a strong, you know,
dog in this fight.

455
00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:19,120
Not I, I'm pretty dogmatic that
it's not Paul.

456
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:23,880
I don't think it's Paul.
I lean towards Apollo's,

457
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:29,920
possibly Luke, but I think the
the the writing is different

458
00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,120
enough that it's not Luke.
Now some people are like, well,

459
00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:35,920
it wasn't Paul, but someone took
Paul's sermons and put it in

460
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,320
there.
But I don't, I don't know.

461
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,560
Yeah, I, I don't, I don't have a
strong, strong view, but I love

462
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,960
it every time Hebrews just
mentioned it's like Jack Apollo,

463
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,880
like in our church, like Jack
says, you know, it's funny.

464
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,800
It's like we make the make the
rounds, which.

465
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:51,600
Came to the Apollo's thing in my
New Testament survey because it

466
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,880
it went through the authorship
and went through a lot of

467
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,240
reasons for and against each one
of them.

468
00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,600
You know, and there was some
stuff in favor of Paul because

469
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,200
it is Paul line in its content,
but it's totally written

470
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,920
different.
If you know Greek like it's,

471
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,560
it's like a high Greek.
It's not a I can't wait till.

472
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,360
We're in eternity and it's like
this guy named Jim who's like

473
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,400
never got any credit.
It's all and Paul's like God.

474
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,240
I'm like, I got to, you know,
it'll be great.

475
00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:19,480
I'm just kidding.
But also familiar passage.

476
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,160
Hebrews 12/1 and two.
Therefore, since we are

477
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,560
surrounded by such a great cloud
of witnesses, let us throw off

478
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,760
everything that hinders and
ascend that so easily entangles.

479
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,360
And let us run with perseverance
the race marked out for us,

480
00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:36,560
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the
pioneer and perfector of faith.

481
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,560
Now they're great, focusing on
Jesus as you live the Christian

482
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:40,720
life.
Yeah.

483
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,840
So one of the things I'm always
interested and I've thought

484
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,240
about like, OK, so those the
parable of the virgins, the ones

485
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,440
that were foolish ones, that
were wise, were the foolish

486
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,680
ones, Were they believers?
Yes or no, Zach?

487
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,840
Well, the foolish ones were not
good.

488
00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,360
They they missed the bridegroom,
whatever you want to say that

489
00:23:58,360 --> 00:23:59,080
means.
Right.

490
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,480
Yeah.
So I think you have to say they

491
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,760
weren't believers if you.
If you miss Yeah Christ coming,

492
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,240
you know.
That's yeah.

493
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,960
So if you're out there, you're
listening and you haven't come

494
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,280
to faith, you haven't trusted in
Christ.

495
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,720
You don't want to be like those
who were shut out of the

496
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,880
Kingdom.
Yeah.

497
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:21,320
But if you're listening, you're
most likely a Christian.

498
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,760
You're a believer.
And so you could you could go,

499
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,760
oh, well, I am already one of
the the wise.

500
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,960
I already have my extra oil.
But I think the verses that we

501
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:37,760
just read would give you some
strong persuasion arguments for,

502
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,760
you know, being on top of your
game.

503
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,320
And I would say, and I'll throw
it over to you after I say this,

504
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,880
you know, all that we've read
are kind of like the kind of the

505
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,240
outworkings.
But really it can be very

506
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,040
simplified down and you'll I've
said it a lots of times.

507
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,840
Acts 242 Be a person of the
word, be a person who

508
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,440
fellowships with other
believers, be a person of

509
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,840
prayer, be a person who exalts
Christ in the communion and

510
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,480
worship and witness.
And if you're about those

511
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,840
things, if those things are in
your life, those other things

512
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,760
are going to come about.
Yeah, it doesn't mean you have

513
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,680
to be a prophecy expert with
like this crazy map in your

514
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,600
closet and you're like, oh, like
your hair's dishevelled and

515
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,920
there's all these lines.
It's like, no, no, focus on on

516
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,520
the basics because the opposite
of that it, it, it's not good in

517
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,720
our notes here got some
consequences for spiritual

518
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,680
neglect and it, it just trickles
not, I mean, all across the

519
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,400
board.
Kind of like you're saying, if

520
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,800
you're, you know, not focused on
these things, then you're

521
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,360
spiritually weak.
That puts you in a bad position

522
00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:38,480
when it comes to things like
temptation.

523
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,640
You lose your witness
representing Christ in this

524
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:46,000
world kind of is is at stake,
disqualification.

525
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,840
You know, Paul's talking about
running this race, getting a

526
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,280
prize, and you can miss out on
some of the incentives

527
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,160
motivations we have in Scripture
because you didn't do what you

528
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,600
were were, you know, called to
do by commands in Scripture.

529
00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:02,080
And then the last one you have
here is divine discipline that

530
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,440
the Lord disciplines the one he
loves and he chastens everyone

531
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,320
he accepts as his son that there
is correction that's that's

532
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:13,440
meant for for believers.
That is very it's painful, but

533
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:18,480
necessary, right?
So kind of bring us back.

534
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,600
Could Jesus come at any time?
Yes.

535
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,960
We think that there are some
things that by prophecy have to

536
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,640
happen first.
And when those things happen, it

537
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,760
doesn't mean automatically.
Oh, well, now we know when he's

538
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,640
coming back.
So it excludes him from coming

539
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,200
back.
So I think scripture says as we

540
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,920
get closer to that day, we will
know and it OK, we're getting

541
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,880
closer.
We're getting like this is OK,

542
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,640
guys, this is really bad.
This looks just like what Jesus

543
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,880
said it it we need to be on our
guard.

544
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,200
And so then we talked about some
of the spiritual ways that we

545
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,800
can be ready for his return.
But are there some practical

546
00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,640
ways that we can be ready?
Like, are there some practical

547
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,320
things that we should do to
prepare ourselves for that

548
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,760
tribulation or that that time
when he's coming back?

549
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,640
That's good because I think you
can miss the point and just be

550
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,800
like, yeah, just like so focused
on this end time stuff.

551
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,480
But yeah, you're missing the
practical stuff that's going to

552
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,760
lend itself to you'll be, you'll
be ready.

553
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,240
I like that a lot.
No more practical book in

554
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,840
Scripture than Proverbs.
You know Proverbs 6/6 through 8

555
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,880
says go to the ants, you
sluggard consider its ways and

556
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,800
be wise.
It has no commander, no overseer

557
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,560
or ruler, yet it stores its
provisions in summer and gathers

558
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,840
its food at harvest.
Look at look at nature.

559
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,080
You know the Ant the way way it
works that that is some good

560
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,560
wisdom.
Let's walk in some of that and

561
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,040
and that's a practical way to
live godly.

562
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,200
Yeah, and I'm not saying you
have to listen to this podcast

563
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,520
and go become the extreme
prepper.

564
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,760
Yeah.
But if you have resources that

565
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,920
you're kind of wasting away on
trivial stuff, then maybe you

566
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,120
should do some prepping.
Maybe you should lay some of

567
00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:01,360
those resources aside.
Maybe, you know, you should, you

568
00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:04,480
should be ready for a world
economy that's against you

569
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,920
'cause I think, you know, that's
what's coming.

570
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,760
But you know, you know, we've
had, I've had this, you know,

571
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,160
discussion in my own mind and
with Jill, like, OK, we spend

572
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,120
quite a bit on private Christian
education.

573
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,280
Should we save some of that
money?

574
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:20,000
It's a.
Great question.

575
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,040
I was thinking about asking our
next guests something very

576
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:23,320
similar.
That's a good question.

577
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,960
And buy some, buy some food, you
know, or buy some bulletproof

578
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:30,880
vest or build a bunker, You
know, what are some of those

579
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,720
practical things that Proverbs
might call?

580
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:37,160
And I think what's right for one
person maybe not right for the,

581
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,200
you know, maybe something else
is right for another person.

582
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,840
And depends on the, you know,
how much resources God has given

583
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,280
you.
And God has given you a lot.

584
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,720
Maybe you lay aside some for
your brothers and sisters in

585
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,840
Christ, who God hasn't given as
much, you know, for that day.

586
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,680
Yeah, that's a good, that's a
good thing to ponder.

587
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,160
And you know, looking at this
proverb, you know, I think of

588
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,200
ants.
By the same token, it's like

589
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,960
they're preparing, they're
storing.

590
00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,360
And I don't know a lot about
ants.

591
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,200
I could be wrong.
Are they like at the end of

592
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,880
eight years, they've got like
all this stuff they're never

593
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,760
going to use ever.
And they've got like, the other

594
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,840
extreme is you can go too far,
you know, like, like there's

595
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:10,960
both sides of it.
And I think you're right.

596
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,760
It's not a right answer, but
it's it's wrong if you're not

597
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:14,960
considering it in the
livescript.

598
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,840
It's like you need to be
intentional so that that's

599
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,320
really good.
One Timothy 5/8 says anyone who

600
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,360
does not provide for their
relatives and especially for

601
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:27,240
their own household has denied
the faith and is worse than an

602
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,400
unbeliever.
So another another of this

603
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,320
practical things like, hey you,
we have a responsibility to take

604
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,040
care of our own and that's the
here and now.

605
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,920
And it's also looking towards
the future.

606
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,400
The Proverbs of the New
Testament, James chapter 2

607
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,600
verses 14 through 17 says What
good is it, my brothers and

608
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,720
sisters?
If someone claims to have faith

609
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,240
but has no deeds, Can such faith
save them?

610
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,240
Suppose a brother or a sister is
without clothes and daily food.

611
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,160
If one of you says to them, go
in peace, keep warm, be well

612
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,240
fed, but does nothing about
their physical needs, what good

613
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,240
is it?
In the same way, faith by

614
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,440
itself, if it is not accompanied
by action, is dead.

615
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,480
Very practical.
Have some action.

616
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:06,720
Yep.
Yep, Yep.

617
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:12,120
And then going back to Matthew
25, Jesus kind of is closing out

618
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,440
some of this, maybe actually the
end.

619
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,600
Let me just see here if there's
anything else after it.

620
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:18,960
Yeah.
So this is basically towards the

621
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,920
end of the chapter.
It says for I was hungry and you

622
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,320
gave me something to eat.
I was thirsty and you gave me

623
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,800
something to drink.
I was a stranger and you invited

624
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,280
me in.
I need to close.

625
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,520
And you clothed me.
I was sick and you looked after

626
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:31,480
me.
I was in prison.

627
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,480
You came to visit me and then
skipping down to verses says

628
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,720
truly I say to you, whatever you
did for one of the least of

629
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,080
these brothers and sisters of
mine, you did for me.

630
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,440
So again, those practical acts
of kindness and especially

631
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,600
towards those who are in the
household of faith.

632
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,880
I think that's what this this
passage is highlighting, that we

633
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:52,320
should be motivated by our love
for Christ and for our brothers

634
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,720
and sisters in Christ to, you
know, take some of those

635
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,840
practical actions to, to help
folks out.

636
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:02,000
No, I love this because you
know, you can, I, I said this,

637
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,880
but it's like, you can just beat
your head like, and I think it's

638
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,680
good to think through the
eschatology, but I like that

639
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,040
this is just like, boom, easy
stuff to do.

640
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:14,360
So summing it all up, some
practical implications #1 is

641
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,920
live responsibly.
You've got a family, God's given

642
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,680
you a family.
You've got responsibilities and

643
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,360
duties.
Just just live that out.

644
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:21,800
Do those.
Don't neglect those.

645
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,640
That's bad to just push those to
the side.

646
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,360
That's good.
And then be generous if God has

647
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,560
given you a lot of resources,
you know, looked for practical

648
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,200
ways that you can help brothers
and sisters in Christ.

649
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,560
And maybe it's around the world.
It's not necessarily, you know,

650
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,480
America, because a lot of people
in America, even the poorest in

651
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,360
America, have a lot better than
the poorest, the richest in

652
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,080
other countries.
I'm get involved in community,

653
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,280
rolling the same minds,
encourage, support other other

654
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,360
believers and there's a million
ways you can do that.

655
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,440
Yeah.
And lastly, most important, stay

656
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:57,280
spiritually alert.
Put in those practical, fun,

657
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,680
foundational things that two
Acts 242 make sure you're

658
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:05,040
walking by the Spirit, level up
that armor, and live out what

659
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,960
Christ has you to live.
So we'll put it all together,

660
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,040
true or false.
I did have a dream last night,

661
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:17,080
Michael and I felt, I feel like
December 25th, Jesus birthday,

662
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:18,920
he's going to come back again
this year.

663
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:19,920
Do you think that's going to
happen?

664
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,680
It could probably, I mean, my
understanding of Scripture is

665
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,920
that there's some seven-year.
Peace treaty.

666
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,520
That kind of kicks off a great
tribulation.

667
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,600
The 1st 3 1/2 years are not as
bad the last.

668
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,600
I mean they're.
Bad, especially for believers.

669
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,120
But then they get worse and the
great tribulation at the end.

670
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:46,840
So I mean, I don't want to say
no, but probably what.

671
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,760
What do you think?
I'm I'm I'm right there, right

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there with you.
Don't trust any of my If I ever

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come here with a dream, just be
suspect.

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I dream.
I don't dream often but when I

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do it's weird and it makes.
No sense.

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So yeah, All right.
Anything else to add?

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That's a high guy.
All right, that is our take.

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Thanks for listening to Take 2.
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