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Take your Bible and turn to Matthew 25, Matthew 25. We believe in a better day coming. A better day is coming. The Bible says so. And because we believe that, we will plug along faithfully doing the thing to God wants us to do. Now look up here on this chart. On the chart, as we’ve said before, there are different periods of pine in which God deals with people in regard to a certain responsibility. We call those dispensations are periods of the ages and God has planned the ages and laid those out.

But this is the period of time that we are living in, called the church aid, the body age. And this is where we are at this present moment. Then there’s going to be the seven-year tribulation period. Christ is going to come back to the earth. And then the Bible says that there is going to be the the Davidic Millennial Kingdom. This is going to be a thousand years long. If the Lord came back today, this is only seven years away.

That’s not far away. You’re realizing just a few short years where we could be. I mean, any moment now we could be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. And all these things begin to happen in the Rapid Succession. But We’re right here, we’re so close, we just don’t know the exact moment. I love prophecy, I teach prophecy, I’ll be teaching Daniel in Revelation, I loved it. But I do not get hung up on just prophecy because if I did, I wouldn’t get anything else done.

I wouldn’t teach people how to live in the time that you do have. You can study prophecy until you’re blue in the face and know everything about prophecy and do absolutely nothing. I want people to know why they should serve the Lord for the time that they do have. But prophecy is a motivating factor in my life and should be, I believe in everybody’s. Because we know what’s coming down the road. We know we don’t have to worry so much about if the government fails or that fail.

We know sooner or later, those things are going to happen. We know the world is going to fall apart. We know that we can see the world religions coming together, we can see the world governments coming And everything seemed to be falling apart everywhere, all over the world. So, a lot of things are all messed up. So we know that this time is coming, but wonder what it’s going to be like when it is. So there are some millennial mandates that God has put into his word that are going to take place.

Here in Matthew in chapter 24, the Bible tells us that the Lord is going to come back and power and great glory. See there in verse 30, then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Now, I believe the word tribes refers to the tribes of Israel. Though there’s a lot of people all over the earth, and this is going to take place when Christ comes back in power and great glory to the earth, and He’s going to set up the kingdom upon the earth.

And what it means is if the personal presence of Christ, He is going to be here, literally be here. very quickly in the book of Zechariah chapter 12, Zechariah and chapter 12. In chapter 12 and look there in verse 10, this is yes in the Old Testament. This is almost 500 years before Christ came, and yet it’s a prophecy about Jesus Christ, when he comes the first time, and he is considered to be the one that’s going to be pierced in his hands and his feet.

Look what he says in verse 10, and I will pour up on the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look upon me whom they Have pierced. whom they have pierced. So Jesus Christ is going to come back. Now look there in chapter 13, while you’re right there, in look in verse 6. And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? And he shall answer those of which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

He came to the house of Israel. He was rejected, crucified, dead, buried, came back again from the dead. So God says that when he came back from the dead, he ascended into heaven and he’s been up there with the Lord seated on the right hand of the Father. And the Bible says he’s going to come back here for you and I. And then he’s going to come back in order to rule and reign upon the earth. And the thing that’s so neat about it, it’s a personal thing.

He will personally be seen, revealed. You’re going to see the Lord. And I think that’s an awesome thing to know. Look at the next point. All will acknowledge Him in worship. In the Philippians chapter 2, he says that every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord to the glory of God the Father. So the world is going to recognize who He is. He will literally be here. He will be worshiped. The next point, all will know He is God, that He is the Savior and He is the King.

And there will be no doubts about it. He’s coming back. Now look at the next point. All will know that Christ died for their sins. Now this is some scripture mentioned here, but I want you to look over there in the book of Hebrews in chapter 8. Hebrews 8 and notice in Hebrews 8 what the Lord says about when he comes to rule and to reign and he had made the statement there in verse 11 and they shall not teach every man his neighbor and every man his brother saying know the Lord for all shall know me from the least to the greatest all will know him.

Now I believe that in context, up here in verse 10, where he says, and this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. Now today, a lot of people around the world have accepted Christ as their Savior, but Israel as a nation has not accepted Christ as their Messiah. But the day is coming when he comes back here and they shall see the scars in his hands and in his feet. And the Bible says, according to the book of Romans in chapter 11, that they will believe as in a day Israel will be born and that means that they will see him and know who he is and will accept him as their Messiah.

So Jesus Christ is coming back it will be personal and Israel will believe and so Israel as a nation you won’t have to worry about during the millennial reign I believe that they will know the Lord. Now we do believe that there are those who are not saved on the tribulation period, but I believe there’s a possibility many will be saved on the tribulation period. And so people who come through the tribulation period and have a regular normal body are going to go into the millennium and they will still have children and there’s children that still must trust the Lord as their Savior.

So we believe that He is going to be here is going to be a personal thing. Look very quickly in Jeremiah 31. Just look back here in Jeremiah. Jeremiah 31. Jeremiah 31. And look at verse 33. Verse 33, just a couple verses down through here, but I want you to see that in verse 33, but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. So this is what we were reading over there in the book of Hebrews Because it’s a quote from the Old Testament.

After those days saith the Lord, I will put my law into their inward part and write it in their hearts and will be their God and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man is neighbor and every man is brother, say, and know the Lord, but they shall all know me. You Well, this is what the Lord has been after all these years. He wants Israel to know who he is. And then when Israel admits this is the Messiah, this is the Lord, then the Bible says there be a judgment of the nations, which will take place when Christ comes back.

And then these individuals who from various nations believe on the Lord will go into the kingdom. And those who do not know the Lord will be cast into the lake of fire. that’s Matthew chapter 25. So this day is coming and it says, this is his word, this is his ordinate, he says, as long as there’s a son in the moon, which is mentioned by there in verse 35, if you can’t change that, this is going to take place.

It will happen, God’s word is true. Look at number two on your notes there. Every school, university, and seminary will be a Christian university school or seminate. It will be Christian. Because you see that’s the only kind that God’s going to tolerate. All the universities, all the colleges, all of them, they will not teach anything contrary to what this book teaches. That day is coming. Because he says, all shall know me. Everybody’s going to worship him. That day is coming.

So everyone will teach correct theology. See, you and I have the opportunity seeking to do that in this old, dark age in which we live when we have to put up with the old devil. The Lord’s not here in physical body. But one day he will actually be here. They will see him. They’ll see King David and the Bible says they’ll come from the east and the west and they’ll dangle their feet and through the waters where they’ve become Isaac and Jacob.

Well anyway something like that Matthew chapter eight So we are looking forward to the day when Christ comes back and we’re going to be with him Then you’ll notice every gospel message teaches salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone Wanna be something? Every preacher will preach the same message Every gospel message will be correct because the Lord will not tolerate any body teaching anything contrary. You’re talking about somebody who’s going to rule with a rod of iron?

That’s the Lord. And you see he is setting up his kingdom. He’s already chosen his pad and he says that the disciples are going to be over the 12 tribes of Israel and he told them when he had their Passover he says you will not drink with me again until we drink it anew in the kingdom. So this is what he’s talking about. So the time is coming. Look at the next statement. Number three, the provision in nature and there will be worldwide productivity.

And you can read Isaiah 35 verses 1 through 7 where it simply talks about the desert shall blossom as arose. It’s talking about how everything is just going to be magnificent. And I believe it will be like it was in the Garden of Eden. to be wonderful to have lived at that time, but that time has come in again. It will be for a thousand years. And the thing is, it will have a glorified body. We won’t get tired.

Now, if when we get there, we’ll have glorified bodies. There’ll be other people that will be here, and they won’t have glorified bodies. What if you had been born during this period of time, and everybody’s trying to tell you what took place? You would have probably a very difficult time believing all of that. Even though there’s Jesus there, he got the scars in his hands and his feet, you probably would have a difficult time believing the story that they would tell you.

And tell you this is how all of this happened and you would probably deny it. And so you’re just making it all up, none of that’s true. And you’d be surprised. You see, how do you know that that could be? because at the end of this period of time, the Old Devil is going to deceive the world again. And multitude, I believe, are going to turn against the Lord. And that’s when fire comes down from God out of heaven and takes care of that.

Take your Bible and turn there to the book of Romans in chapter 8. Romans and chapter 8. And you’ll notice that God is going to lift the curse from off the earth. Here in the book of Romans in chapter eight, look what he says there in verse 19, in verse 19, he says, for the earnest expectation of the creature of the creation waited for the manifestation of the sons of God, for the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who have subjected the same and hope, because the creation itself.

Also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation growneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And so it’s waiting for that day when the Bible says Christ is going to come back and set up his kingdom upon the earth. When that curse has been delivered from the earth and the earth will once again produce the way God intended it to when he created the heavens and the earth.

So anyway, it’s something that we’re looking forward to. Never know when it’s going to take place, but it could be very soon. Look at the next point. There will be a perfect environment for man. In the book of Isaiah, chapter 11, it kind of starts off talking about, you know, when Jesus Christ, who is that righteous branch that we talked about not long ago. When He comes, there’s going to be a perfect judgment that He’s going to have a fund, the Europe.

But I got that where I’m going to bring it out just a little bit differently in just a minute. But look at the next point, there will be peace among animals. Look in Isaiah chapter 11, Isaiah chapter 11. See, there’s so many things that’s going to happen. It’s going to be a great time. Be wonderful to be here. And all the things that we worry about now, it’s going to come to pass. That’s one of the greatest promises in the Bible.

came to pass and it will pass. See in chapter 11, which a lot of Kingdom talk is mentioned in chapter 11 and I covered this not long ago by verse 1 about Jesus Christ who was the offspring of David that yet come from the root of Jesse and then you go down through here and it kind of mentions some of these things here and you’ll notice there in verse 6, the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb and the leopard shall lie down with the kid and the cat and the young lion and the fatling together and they let the child shall lead them.

Well, would you trust your little child be out there playing with the lion? But this is what’s going to take place because see the curse is going to be moved. There’s a good possibility that all of these man-eating lions and tigers at one time they liked the grass, but things changed. And then he says in verse seven, and the cow and the bear shall feed. Their young one shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

And the second child shall play on the whole of the aspen. The wean child shall put his hand on the cuckatrous den. These shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. People all over the earth will know the Lord. And God is going to set everything up because He is coming to rule. But now, because people don’t believe that the Bible is true.

So of course they don’t believe that the rapture is going to take place. They don’t believe that tribulation is coming. So they keep painting the picture of a utopia. Everything’s going to get better and better. And all the politicians and legislators, they’re all working trying to pass laws to produce the harm in it that we need, and they have peace on the earth, and everybody has health insurance, and everybody has a full tummy, and everybody is happy, and everything is just, what’s going to be glorious because, see, they think they can legislate that in that practice.

That it’ll happen because that’s what they want. So they don’t know how God will cause it. So they have to take it upon themselves, their own wisdom. And so by the time man gets through with all of his great wisdom, all he will produce when God allows them to do whatever they want to do, all they’re going to have is seven year tribulation period that Christ says, this is the worst period of time in all the world. So that you and I know that during this period of time, if it’s going to be that bad, we know it’s going to start getting bad before it happens.

So look at the world today. Do you actually believe that, let’s say for example, the present administration, that they all get together and they really pray to the Lord for wisdom on making the right decisions based upon what the Word of God says? You don’t believe that? Because they don’t. They’re just going by their own wisdom and they’re trying to play it as they go and they wait for the next crisis to try to make some decisions, try to get out of that.

Then they would have done the crisis. And a lot of crises see are manufactured so that they can pass more legislation. And every time they pass more legislation, it’s more laws that take away the rights and the freedom of the people about something you can’t do. And they always have to have more money. True, have you noticed that? Well, where are they going to get it? Well, besides just printing it, and every time they print money, all they’re doing is making the money that you do have worth less.

That’s what calls it’s worthless, because it’s worth less than it is. So every time they print more money, that’s not backed by anything, it just means that the money you have isn’t worth anything. That’s why before when you could go to a grocery store and you could come home with a dollar filled with a couple bags of groceries, now the same two bags of groceries can cost you a hundred bucks. What is the groceries you have now worth a hundred dollars?

No, it’s still only worth about a dollar. And so therefore, all those other dollars in there is because it’s just worth less. you could buy a car for $1,500 brand new, and now that car weight costs you $30,000, $40,000, the car’s not worth anymore. You’re not paying anymore. It’s just the money you have and it’s worth anything, so you have to have more up in the try to make something of value. And it only has the value based upon your confidence in it.

And the day will come when people will say, I don’t have any confidence, and all of a sudden, And you have no value. And all of a sudden it’s like a big old balloon, you just blow it up and all of a sudden it pops. It’s all gone. That’s what happens to the housing market, the stop market, that’s what happens to everything. It’s all based upon, so there’s no real value. So anyway, we know that this time is coming.

There’s going to be a curse and God has promised this is what will take place. Now look at number four. for the people. In Jeremiah 31 and verse 12 it says there will be no poverty. Everybody. There will be no more sorrow because see you don’t have to worry about anything. All your needs are going to be met. Everything is going to produce like an ought to. And that there’s going to be just compensation for labor. There will be no disease.

Wouldn’t that be wonderful? No deformity or birth defects. Look here in Isaiah 35. You need to look at this verse. Isaiah chapter 35. Isaiah 35. And look there in verse three. But now you’ll see up in verse one, when it talks about the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. And in that number three, strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that of a fearful heart be strong fear not behold your God will come with vengeance even God with a Reconpet he will come and save you then the eyes of the blind shall be open the ears of the deaf shall be unstubbed Then he says in verse six then shall the layman leap as a heart and the tongue of the dumb sing for in the wilderness shall waters Break out streams in the desert But you’re talking about some things that

God says is going to take place and how it’s going to be. And it says that during this period of time, this is going to be an Obamacare by a mile. You have the great physician right here. And he says, when he rules, you don’t have to worry about any of the diseases of the Egyptians being placed upon you. He’s going to take care of it. So all these things are mentioned in the Word of God. In Isaiah 65 we talk about how that people are going to live to be a ripe old age.

You’re talking about living to be, you know, eight, nine hundred years old. Some probably if they’re born here, we’ll believe they’re a thousand years old. Just like they did in the Old Testament. So that day is coming. But see you and I will have glorified bodies. We won’t get tired. We won’t get sick. We won’t have anything to go on. He says, you will be like the Lord. He was able to go through solid doors closed, they could appear and disappear at will.

I thought, man, that’s going to be fun. But the Lord is coming and the Lord is coming soon. And He’s made all these wonderful promises about these mandates the way it’s going to be because God is ruling. Do you know the perfect role that we’re going to have? It’s going to be a theocracy, that’s for sure. everybody will learn from one book and everybody will teach the book and everybody will you know you don’t have to worry about the cults none of those things because he says he will be here and he will rule and he will rule with a rod of iron.

Now look down here in the number five provisions for the nations there will be worldwide peace Because he promised that. There will be a world wide submission to Christ and then he’s promised that. Remember just when he’s in verse 6 and the government shall be upon his shoulders and he shall be called the wonderful council, the mighty God the everlasting Father of Prince of Peace and so on. Well, you’re talking about someone who’s going to rule and reign upon this earth and it’s going to be his government.

He’s in charge. He will rule. So we will have everybody in submission to this one world government. And the last point down there, there will be one world religion. Take your Bible and we were just a minute ago, but just look at it real quick in the book of Zechariah, Zechariah chapter 14. Zechariah 14. And I want you to look there in verse nine, look in verse nine. In verse nine it says, this is on page 979 in an old school field.

He said in verse 9, and the Lord shall be king over all the earth, all the earth. In that day there shall be one Lord and His name one. Now look over there in verse 16, and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the king because the Lord Jesus Christ will be here in person and they’ll be going to Jerusalem to worship.

And it says to worship the king the L.O.R.D. Lord of hosts and to keep the feast of tabernacles. This is what’s going to be done. So do we believe that Christ is going to come back? By sure we do. And we’re going to set up the kingdom just like he said. See if he He did this like he said, and he’s going to do this like he said, is there a good possibility that this will happen just like he said?

And if this is true, and we don’t have a lot of time, this is why we should do what we can with our lives while we can. Because any day now we could disappear here and appear at the judgment seat of Christ. And God says that we’re going to be judged for the rewards. That’s a rewarding stand where God’s going to reward you for your faithfulness to Him. So see, it doesn’t matter what anybody else does. It doesn’t matter what anybody else says.

Your faithfulness is not tied to somebody else’s faithfulness. God’s going to reward you for what you do. Don’t say, well, I have a, I’ve talked to some people sometimes. I had a great uncle and he was a preacher. What’s that got to do with anything? And now tell me, you know, what you just don’t know. My mother went to church all her life.

Okay. I’m not talking about your mama. I’m not talking about your dear old aunt Susie. You, what are you doing? What are you doing for the cause of Christ? If Christ came back, what have you done to help see that the gospel got out to preach to others. That’s what’s important. You’ve been listening to Bibleline, a teaching ministry of Calvary Community Church in Tampa, Florida with Dr. Ralph Arnold. We pray that you are blessed by today’s message. If you have enjoyed our commitment to the clear gospel of Jesus Christ, you can reach Bibleline and pledge your support to keep us on the air in your area by dialing tool free, 1-800-576-3771.

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