Lord's Return. When we truly
recognize in a conscious way
that Jesus is coming back,
that we're gonna stand before
him, that we're gonna have to
give an account of our lives,
it causes us, beloved ones, to
become more like him. And
that's what we want, because
the more we become like him,
as I said, the more
fellowship, hallelujah, we
have with him. I want to begin
just setting the stage on this
first broadcast in this
series, Contemporary Signs of
the Lord's Return, by just
showing you the Lord's return
as it was first prophesied in
the Old Testament. As the time
goes on, we're gonna move into
what are, what's happening
today. What signs do we see
happening on planet Earth
right now that show us that
Jesus's return is close? But
before I do that I just want
to build faith and I just want
to create a historical,
prophetic foundation to move
from, to consider the Lord's
return from because the
reality is, is that the
Christian faith from its
inception has always held as a
doctrine that Jesus is coming
back. But in reality, probably
even most that are watching
the broadcast today, we don't
consciously often times think
about Jesus's return. And the
reason for this is several
fold. Primarily it's because
he hasn't returned yet. In
other words, he didn't return
in our parents' lifetime. He
didn't return in our great
parents' lifetime. He hasn't
returned yet in our lifetime
and so the natural mind gets
programmed into not thinking
about it, not looking for it
because they've never heard,
you know, heard that it's
happened. It hasn't happened
and it hasn't happened yet. So
we seem to be more focus on
what is truly presenting
itself in the present reality.
But I want you to know, Jesus
is about to break in to your
reality. I want you to put
your hand over your heart
right now. I want to just
encourage you if you trust me
right now, put your hand over
your heart. I want you just to
make this confession with me
because Christianity is the
great confession. We'll never
rise in our faith above our
confession. So I want you just
to confess this out loud
before God. Say, Jesus is
coming back for me. Just do
that with me. Let's just put
our hand over our hearts and
let's say together, Jesus is
coming back for me. Yes, Jesus
is coming back for you and for
me. He's coming back, beloved
ones, for his church. And so
we're gonna be focusing on
this and meditating on it
because the Scripture tells us
that if we keep our heart
focused on this, if we keep
this in front of us in our
life, if we consciously
remember that Jesus is going
to come back, that he's gonna
reward to each one according
to what he's done, it's gonna
shape the way that we live.
It's gonna make a difference
in what we choose to do, what
we choose to think, what we
choose to say. So, I want you
to first of all pause with me
and consider the fact that the
return of Jesus was prophesied
and foreshadowed in the Old
Testament in the Hebrew Bible,
in what Jewish people call the
Tanakh. I want you to go with
me now as we go to the Hebrew
Bible. I want to look first of
all together with you today,
beloved ones, at the Book of
Exodus, chapter 19. I'm gonna
be reading today from Exodus,
19, verse 10, 11 and 16
through 20. Hear the Word of
God. The grass withers and the
flowers fade but the Word of
God abides for you and for me
forever. Hear his Word: The
Lord said to Moses, Go to the
people and consecrate them
today and tomorrow, and let
them wash their garments; and
let them be ready for the
third day, for on the third
day the Lord will come down.
Get it, we're thinking about
the Lord's return. This is a
shadow of the Lord's return,
God coming down on Mount
Sinai, 3,500 years ago and
then Moses going up the
mountain to meet him. This is
a shadow of Jesus's return and
the church going up to meet
him in what we commonly call
the rapture. So once again in
Exodus, 19, we said that the
Lord told his people first of
all to get ready, to wash
themselves. And that's what
you and I need to be doing. We
need to be getting ready for
Jesus's return. We need to be
washing ourselves by his Word.
Jesus said that as we take in
his Word we're washed by it.
By confessing our sin, Jesus
said if we confess our sin
he's faithful and just to
forgive us and cleanse us of
all unrighteousness by
obedience and fellowship. So
we are doing now what the Lord
told the children of Israel to
do in preparation of meeting
him. We're getting ready to
meet the Lord by washing
ourselves and preparing our
hearts. So let me read that
again. I want you to think
about this as an Old Testament
shadow of a present day
reality of Jesus's return that
we're waiting for. The Lord
said to Moses, Go to the
people and consecrate them
today and tomorrow, and let
them wash their garments; and
let them be ready. Jesus said
to us, be ready. Behold, I
come quickly. Blessed is the
one who's obedient at the time
of my coming. So the Lord told
Moses to tell the children of
Israel to be ready for the
third day. For on the third
day the Lord will come down on
Mount Sinai, just as King
Jesus is coming down to planet
Earth. Come down on Mount
Sinai, and listen to this now,
in this sight of all the
people. The Bible says that
when Jesus returns, every eye
will see him. The Lord told
Moses here that he's gonna
come down on Mount Sinai. And
then he said, get it now, in
the sight of all the people.
Jesus is coming back for you.
The whole earth will see his
glory. The Bible tells us that
every eye will see him.
Everyone on planet Earth will
see him when he comes. Jesus
said it's like lightning when
it flashes from the sky.
Everybody sees it from the
east to the west. But this
lightning, the lightning of
King Jesus himself returning,
will encompass, beloved one,
the whole earth.
The Lord
continues here in verse 16: So
it came about on the third
day, when it was morning,
that there were thunder and
lightning flashes and a thick
cloud upon the mountain, and
get this now, a very loud
trumpet sound. So what
announced God's descending on
top of Mount Sinai? A very
loud, the Scripture just said,
trumpet sound. In the say way
the Bible says concerning
Jesus, he'll be revealed from
heaven with the voice of the
angels, get it now, and the
trump. Just like in Exodus,
19, Jesus will be revealed
with the trump of God. Let's
continue on: so that all the
people who were in the camp
trembled. When Moses was
revealing this, and it says,
and Moses brought the people
out of the camp, and I love
this next phrase. Moses
brought the people out of the
camp, get this now, beloved
one, to meet God. You're gonna
meet God. You are gonna meet
the Maker. You are gonna meet
the one that created the
heavens and the earth. You're
gonna meet the one, and the
Scripture says about this one
you're gonna meet, that the
whole earth is full of his
glory. It's crazy the way
people deny that God exists. I
mean, this is just a bit of a
tangent for a second. I'm just
focusing on this concept here
that we're gonna meet God. And
yet what the world today says
there's no God. This was just
created from some big bang.
This can be explained by
chemicals. This can be
explained by some type of
cosmic reaction that happened
in outer space. This is so
preposterous, that is so
ridiculous. The Bible says
professing to be wise they
became fools. And that's
exactly what happened. How do
you explain the big bang?
Where did the big bang come
from? It had to start
somewhere and the only
explanation is Genesis, 1:1,
in the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
There had to be a first cause.
The first cause is God, the
one that exists that has no
cause. You know, I was
recently in Africa and I
was in the African wild late
at night. And everywhere
I looked, I mean I was
surrounded by eyes, all the
animals, the gazelle, the,
the, I mean, the giraffe, the
lions, the cheetahs, the
wildebeests, the jackals, I
mean, thousands and thousands
of eyes were all over the
jungle. And then I looked up
into the sky and the stars,
beloved ones, they were
literally flashing, literally
flashing. The whole sky was
lit with the brilliant glory
of God. And I thought, this is
just amazing. This is the most
spectacular picture I've ever
seen of what the Bible says
when the Scripture tells us
that the whole earth is full
of his glory. The whole earth
was full of his glory, all the
animals, the wild life,
beloved, the cheetahs, the
zebras, the, all of it, and
the sky just shining, and
illuminating, and twinkling
with the stars and the
luminaries. And I thought to
myself, no wonder almost
everybody I've ever met in
Africa knows there's a God.
Almost everybody that I met in
Africa fears God. They might
not all have a personal
relationship with Jesus, but
they know there's a God
because they're surrounded by
his glory. We're gonna meet
him. And so the Scripture
continues, that Moses brought
them to the base of the
mountain, get it now, to meet
God. You're gonna meet him.
Every thought you've ever
thunk, he knows. Jesus said,
every idle word that's been
spoken from our mouth, we'll
have to give an account for.
Every accusation we've brought
against people, every
judgment, every thought of
hatred, every thought of
bitterness, every though of
unforgiveness, it's all gonna
be exposed. Jesus said, what
was hidden in the darkness, he
said, it's gonna be exposed
and shouted from the rooftops.
Nothing beloved, God, beloved
ones, is gonna be left un, un,
you know, it's all gonna be
brought into his light. Jesus
is coming back. We're gonna
meet him just like we see
the children of Israel were
brought to the base of the
mountain to meet him. Notice
what happens next. They stood
at the base of the mountain.
Continuing in verse 18 now:
Now Mount Sinai was all in
smoke because the Lord
descended upon it in fire; and
its smoke ascended like the
smoke of a furnace, and
the whole mountain quaked
violently. When the sound of
the trumpet grew louder and
louder, Moses spoke and God
answered him with thunder. The
Lord, get this now, came down
on Mount Sinai, to the top of
the mountain; and the Lord
called to Moses to the top of
the mountain and Moses went
up. Get it, God comes down.
All the Israelites see him.
God calls Moses and Moses
ascends up the mountain to
meet God. That's what's gonna
happen, beloved, when Jesus
comes back. We're all gonna
see him and his own are gonna
be called up to be with him
just as Moses was called up to
be with him at the top of the
mountain. I want you to know,
Jesus is coming back for you.
I want you to put your hand
over your heart with me again.
I want you to confess this.
If we believe in our heart and
confess it with our mouth,
something happens in our
lives. Say it with me, Jesus
is coming back for me. Father
God, I ask you to release
grace right now to everyone
that's listening to my voice
through this broadcast.
Father, I ask that you would
release a supernatural grace
to each heart, that all of us,
Father, would become aware in
a way that's stronger than
ever before, that you're
coming back quickly and we're
gonna face you. Do you know
that the last thing that Jesus
said to us in the Bible? Do
you know his last words to you
in the Book of Revelation are
behold, I'm coming quickly.
I'm coming soon. That's the
last thing that Jesus says to
us in the Word of God. It's
the last word he spoke that's
recorded in Scripture. He
said, behold, I come quickly.
You see, God wants to wake you
up today and he wants to wake
me up to consciously live with
a supernatural awareness that
he's coming back soon. Do you
know that the apostles lived
with an expectation that he
would come back in their life?
The apostles that wrote the
New Testament lived with the
expectation that Jesus would
return for them while they
were still living on planet
earth. Why? Because this is
the type of mindset, it's the
type of heart condition that
the Lord wants his saints to
have for all the ages to come.
Why has he not returned yet?
The Bible tells us that the
reason he's not returned yet
is because there are still
people that are his that he's
gonna save that don't know him
yet. See the Bible says God's
not slack in fulfilling his
promise but he's patient
toward you, not willing for
any to perish. The only reason
he hasn't returned yet is
because all those that are
destined for salvation,
beloved, have not yet come
into a saving relationship
with him. I want you to know
Jesus is coming back soon for
you and me and we only have a
short time left to prepare for
that and to earn a reward. You
see, Jesus said in Revelation,
he said, behold, I come
quickly and my reward is
with me to give to each one
according to what he has done.
Jesus said, not a cup of cold
water that's given to someone
because of him, will go
unrewarded. Everything that
you do for Jesus, is gonna be
rewarded by him in his return.
It's gonna be awesome. And so
this was just the introductory
message today to set the stage
for this series. In the next
weeks I'm gonna be teaching on
what is happening on planet
Earth right now that tells us
that Jesus's coming is nigh.
You're gonna be amazed when
I show you things that were
written close to 3,000 years
ago that have told us that
these things when you see them
happening on planet Earth,
know that God's return is
soon. Daniel gave us signs of
the Lord's day, the return of
the Lord. We're gonna look in
the New Testament. We're gonna
see that there are very
specific signs. I'm not just
gonna be going over the signs
that many of you have heard
before. Many of us have heard
about the earthquakes, and the
Tsunamis, and the pestilence.
We've heard about those
things. Those are very real
and very true. But I'm going
to be going with you in the
weeks ahead, beloved, I'm
gonna show you some obscure
signs that are happening on
planet Earth today that no one
has ever talked about, many
of you have never heard,
contemporary signs of Jesus's
return. I want you to get your
notebook out in the weeks
ahead. I want you to get your
pen out. I want you to tell
other people about the
broadcast. I want this to
spread like wild fire because
Jesus wants to prepare his
church for his return. Father
God, we love you today. We
need you today. We want to be
ready for your return. Father
God, we want to be those that
reap from you a hundredfold at
your coming. You said that
some would bear fruit
thirtyfold, some fiftyfold,
some a hundredfold. Father, I
know that I want to have a
hundredfold fruit when you
return. And Father, I pray
that you would get me and get
all of us to the place in our
life where nothing matters to
us more than you; Father God,
that you would be first in
everything that we think,
everything that we say; Father
God, that we would even bring
our feelings into the
subjection of your Holy
Spirit. I want to leave you
with this challenge today,
beloved one, you're saying to
me, many of you, yes, yes, I
want to be ready for Jesus's
return. You're saying Jesus,
I want to be prepared. I want
to give you a specific
application, beloved one, as
we close this broadcast that
will really help you move
toward being ready for King
Jesus's return. Here's what
I'm asking you to do. Watch
your words. Jesus said, every
idle word that you and I speak
we're gonna give an account
for. You know that our words
control the destiny of our
life? And when you choose to
speak only those things that
are healing, only those things
that are edifying, when you
refuse to get into criticism,
when you refuse to get into
judgment, when you refuse to
get into accusation, keep your
mouth shut and only speak
words of life. It will change
your heart and you'll be ready
for what the Bible calls the
day of the Lord. So Father, as
we close today, I just want to
tell you, we love you, we
bless you, and we're making a
covenant with you today to
only speak that which is
pleasing to you and a fragrant
aroma so that we can be ready
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