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\nfamily.
\nWe come together to remember our<\/p>\n
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\nLord, now we’re looking in the <\/p>\n
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\nadult section session.
\nWe’re looking at the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist coming in clouds and that
\nconjures up, all kinds of images<\/p>\n
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\nin our minds.
\nDoesn’t it that there’s a sum <\/p>\n
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\ncertain Grandeur and Beauty
\nabout that phrase? <\/p>\n
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\nMajesty comes to mind, it also
\nconveys. <\/p>\n
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\nIt also expresses that the
\nswiftness and the visibility of <\/p>\n
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\nthe return of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the way that he establishes
\nGod’s kingdom and it’s going to <\/p>\n
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\nbe remarkable.
\nIt’s going to be a truly <\/p>\n
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\nearth-shattering moment.
\nWhen the Lord Jesus Christ does <\/p>\n
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\nreturn in the kingdom of God, is
\nestablished that the world will <\/p>\n
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\nlook upon in awe and amazement
\nWell, over the course of the <\/p>\n
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\nweekend.
\nWe considering how ugly these <\/p>\n
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\nextraordinary meetings of the
\nLord Jesus Christ in clouds and <\/p>\n
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\nit seems that a long time ago
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\nBut we started off yesterday
\nmorning, thinking about the <\/p>\n
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\nLord, Jesus ascending into
\nheaven, and that remarkable <\/p>\n
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\nmoment when he meets his his
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\ntime.
\nAnd then we thought a little bit<\/p>\n
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\ndidn’t worry about the Lord.
\nJesus Christ coming back and <\/p>\n
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\nreveal himself to his brethren
\nin Judah and then displaying <\/p>\n
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\nhimself in all glory to the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
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\nI just we’ve been looking at
\nthese meetings, these crucial <\/p>\n
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\nmeetings of the Lord.
\nJesus Christ says, there’s been <\/p>\n
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\none big meeting hasn’t there
\nthat we’ve not really thought <\/p>\n
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\nabout.
\nYes. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s the meeting that you
\nand I have with the Lord Jesus, <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s what we want to look at
\nin our excitation this morning. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we begin our excitation by
\nasking you this question. <\/p>\n
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\nHave you ever really imagined
\ncoming face to face with the <\/p>\n
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\nLord Jesus Christ?
\nAnd we come this morning, don’t <\/p>\n
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\nway to remember our absent Lord
\nin the bread and in the wine. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we know that when the Lord
\nJesus Christ does return, he’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be the judge of the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
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\nPerhaps some of us feel a little
\nfearful. <\/p>\n
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\nOf that moment.
\nFear not little flock. <\/p>\n
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\nFor it is your father’s, good.
\nPleasure to give you the <\/p>\n
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\nkingdom.
\nYes, of course, the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ is going to be the
\njudge of the earth and he’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to rain supremely in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nFor brothers and sisters in
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\nHe also died for you and me.
\nAnd in the Kingdom, he still <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to Bear the marks in his
\nhands and his side. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s going to be this
\neternal display of his <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifice.
\nHe sacrificial, love for you. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd for me, and in that image
\nthat I’m trying to paint in your<\/p>\n
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\nmind, we begin our excitation
\nthis morning by knowing that <\/p>\n
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\nthere is nothing nothing to
\nfear. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, let’s open up our Bibles
\nthen and we’ve had that short <\/p>\n
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\npassage read together.
\nIn the first of Thessalonians, <\/p>\n
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\nin chapter 4, what I want to do,
\nthen I want to live and breathe <\/p>\n
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\nI want us to think about meeting<\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nI want us to anticipate that <\/p>\n
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\nI want us to prepare ourselves <\/p>\n
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\nfor the coming of the Lord.
\nSo we read these words, then in <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 4, the first epistle,
\nVerse 16. <\/p>\n
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\nFor the Lord himself shall
\ndescend from heaven with a shout<\/p>\n
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\nwith a voice of the Archangel
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\nwe’ve been looking at with
\nbrother Johnny and the dead in <\/p>\n
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\nChrist shall rise first.
\nThen we which are alive and <\/p>\n
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\nremain shall be caught up
\ntogether with them in the <\/p>\n
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\nclouds, to meet the Lord in the
\nair. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so, shall we ever be with
\nthe Lord? <\/p>\n
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\nWherefore Comfort.
\nOne another, with these words? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, the first question is, did
\nyou spot it? <\/p>\n
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\nDid you spot where we are?
\nWell, of course you did. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s there in. 17 then we which
\nare alive and remain and the <\/p>\n
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\nidea of that expression is, is
\nthe idea that we are tiny in <\/p>\n
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\ninsignificant, we are a
\nminuscule fraction of the men <\/p>\n
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\nand women who have obeyed God’s
\nword and are awaiting the return<\/p>\n
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\nof the Lord Jesus Christ.
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\nthing to think about, isn’t it?
\nIt. <\/p>\n
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\nWe represent the minority in
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\nIt’s almost as if. in picture
\nform that you can see a jar and <\/p>\n
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\nthe jar is full and the jar has
\na sticker on and it says the <\/p>\n
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\nkingdom of God and it’s full Yet
\na full yet though, it’s full of <\/p>\n
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\nfew, more grains have been
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\nAnd somehow God can ensure that
\nthose extra grains. <\/p>\n
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\nCan get sealed up in the jar and
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\nincredible privilege that we <\/p>\n
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\npeople that we are the minority.
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\nmaster.
\nBut it tells us here, doesn’t it<\/p>\n
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\nverse 15 shall not prevent or
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\nyour read, those words or come
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\nSo in other words, then we’re
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\nThey will become acutely aware,
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\nResurrection.
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\nHe says, thy dead men shall live
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\nshall they arise awake and sing?
\nYe that dwell in the dust for <\/p>\n
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\nthy Jew is as the Jew of hers
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\nSo my question is, what is the <\/p>\n
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\nthat the Lord Jesus Christ has
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\nAs they stand at the side of
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\nIsaiah tells us that they Sing.
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\nthat the Lord has returned.
\nThat they’re their bodies and <\/p>\n
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\ntheir limbs will be
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\ntheir memories restored, and
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\nbreathing creatures.
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\nAnd so many we looked at Daniel
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\nwomen of ancient years.
\nThey died a natural death. <\/p>\n
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\nCertainly they died in the
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\nThey were consumed by lions or
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\nSo how are they restored?
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\nAnd so what we’re seeing here is
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\nsays there in verse 16, the dead
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\nSo there’s an emphasis there, we
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\nThere’s a, there’s a wonderful
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\nLet’s not think that they are <\/p>\n
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\ndisadvantaged in any way.
\nWe talk a lot about being alive <\/p>\n
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\nat the return of the Lord Jesus
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\nprivilege.
\nTo see chop, Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
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\nreturn.
\nBut it does also, this this <\/p>\n
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\nwonderful blessing that rests
\nwith those that sleep. there’s a<\/p>\n
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\nthere’s a day of reunions fast
\napproaching a day when husband <\/p>\n
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\nand wives mothers and daughters
\nFathers and Sons friends and <\/p>\n
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\nfamily will be reunited, it will
\nbe a glorious moment. <\/p>\n
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\nA morning that is unheralded.
\nWhen there is so much <\/p>\n
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\ncelebration.
\nThat they have been restored. <\/p>\n
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\nand for many of us here, if not
\nall of us, well, we find it <\/p>\n
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\ndifficult to remember faces and
\nvoices of long gone in our <\/p>\n
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\nmemories.
\nThose people will be restored. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were once again walk this
\nEarth. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were live.
\nThey will breathe. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they will sink.
\nThey will sing, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsystems and it is a breathtaking
\nmoment in history. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then we read in verse 17,
\nthen we which are alive and <\/p>\n
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\nremain shall be caught up
\ntogether with them in the <\/p>\n
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\nclouds.
\nNow, what I want to do, I just <\/p>\n
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\nwant to draw your attention to a
\nGreek word here and you’ll find <\/p>\n
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\nit helpful.
\nI’m sure I certainly found it <\/p>\n
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\nhelpful.
\nWe are going to be caught up <\/p>\n
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\ntogether.
\nYou see that? <\/p>\n
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\nThat that Greek word.
\nThey’re caught up is the Greek <\/p>\n
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\nword.
\nHot Paisa. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you may have in your
\ntranslations there, something <\/p>\n
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\nthat expresses the idea to seize
\nor to capture to snatch away. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what we’re being told here by
\nPaul, is that those who are <\/p>\n
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\nliving something, is going to
\ntake them away, I want you to <\/p>\n
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\ntry and imagine that picture
\nthat we are going to be taken. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are going to be removed now.
\nPerhaps that causes us a little <\/p>\n
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\nbit of concern, and what I want
\nto do, I want to provide a <\/p>\n
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\nhelpful application that have a
\nlook at Acts chapter 8. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you’ll know the same.
\nWell, this is Philip and the <\/p>\n
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\nEthiopian eunuch and this is
\nwhere the word is used. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you’re not seeing this
\nbefore, it’s just with putting a<\/p>\n
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\nlittle Bible reference in your
\nmargin so that you can remember.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is a good example and Acts
\nchapter 8, then we see there in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 39, having baptized the
\nYuna, we read these words And <\/p>\n
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\nwhen they were come out of the
\nwater, the spirit of the lord <\/p>\n
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\ncaught away filler that the
\neunuch saw him, no more. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he went on his way
\nrejoicing, but Philip was <\/p>\n
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\nfounded as at us and passing
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\nAnd here Jesus.
\nThen he, he talks about his <\/p>\n
338
\n00:22:57,800 –> 00:23:03,900
\nappearance when he returns to
\nEarth from heaven and they’re <\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:03,900 –> 00:23:06,900
\nvery dramatic words.
\nAs you would expect picking up <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:06,900 –> 00:23:10,000
\nin verse 27, for the son of man.
\nHe says, so we’ve got this thing<\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:10,000 –> 00:23:13,700
\nright away for the son of man
\nshall come in the glory of his <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:13,700 –> 00:23:17,800
\nfather, with his angels, That’s
\ninteresting for those of us in <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:17,800 –> 00:23:19,400
\nthe adult session.
\nThat’s not with the Saints, is <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:19,400 –> 00:23:20,700
\nit?
\nThis is slightly different. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:20,700 –> 00:23:24,500
\nThis is with the angels and then
\nhe shall reward. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:24,500 –> 00:23:27,500
\nEvery man according to his work
\nand then he goes on to say <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:27,500 –> 00:23:31,300
\nverily, I say unto you there be
\nsome standing here which shall <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:31,300 –> 00:23:34,500
\nnot taste of death, till they
\nsee the son of man coming in his<\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:34,500 –> 00:23:36,300
\nkingdom.
\nAnd we would understand that <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:36,300 –> 00:23:42,600
\nfinal verse as Preparing them
\nfor the Transfiguration and <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:42,600 –> 00:23:44,800
\nPeter, James, and John would be
\nthere on a high mountain. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:44,800 –> 00:23:48,000
\nThey would see Jesus in all his
\nglorious Beauty. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:48,400 –> 00:23:52,500
\nAnd in a way, they were seeing
\nthe son of man coming in clouds <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:52,800 –> 00:23:55,600
\nbecause there was a cloud upon
\nthe mount and a voice that went <\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:55,600 –> 00:23:57,400
\nforth.
\nThis is my beloved Son. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:57,400 –> 00:24:01,500
\nHear ye him.
\nYou can see that Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:01,500 –> 00:24:07,300
\nwas transfigured in Matthew 17
\nverse 2. but coming back to <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:07,300 –> 00:24:14,300
\nverse 27, the son of man shall
\ncome in glory with his Angel. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:14,400 –> 00:24:17,000
\nSo I want your sister to think
\nabout that that the Practical <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:17,000 –> 00:24:19,800
\nreality, that Jesus Christ is
\ngoing to return to the Earth <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:20,100 –> 00:24:24,600
\nwith angel wings.
\nAnd we need to be very practical<\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:24,600 –> 00:24:27,000
\nabout that.
\nThere’s going to come a moment <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:27,000 –> 00:24:30,000
\nin time when the final Embrace
\nbetween Father and Son takes <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:30,000 –> 00:24:33,900
\nplace in heaven.
\nAnd the final words are shared <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:33,900 –> 00:24:40,200
\nbetween the father and son and
\nthen Jesus is on his way, it’s <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:40,200 –> 00:24:43,200
\ngoing to be like that.
\nJesus is on his way and he’s <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:43,200 –> 00:24:46,600
\ngoing to be asked, or did we
\nread in verse 27, with a host of<\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:46,600 –> 00:24:49,500
\nangel?
\nWell, haven’t we seen that a <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:49,508 –> 00:24:52,200
\nlittle earlier, our host of
\nangels, took him up into heaven <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:52,200 –> 00:24:56,300
\nin Acts chapter 1, perhaps it’s
\nthe very same Angels, 2,000 <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:56,300 –> 00:25:00,300
\nyears later that come with him
\npersonally to the Earth. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:01,700 –> 00:25:05,900
\nIs that love?
\nBut what do these angels do? <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:07,300 –> 00:25:09,100
\nReward.
\nEvery man according to his <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:09,100 –> 00:25:10,700
\nworks.
\nSo practically then what we’re <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:10,700 –> 00:25:14,000
\nhaving here is Jesus Christ
\nreturns with a host of angels, <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:14,000 –> 00:25:16,700
\nperhaps the same angels that he
\nascended into heaven and then <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:16,700 –> 00:25:20,000
\nthose angels are sent around the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:21,500 –> 00:25:25,000
\nTogether at the same as to take
\nthem to judgment. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:26,800 –> 00:25:31,700
\nSo that immortality can be
\nground. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:33,100 –> 00:25:35,100
\nAnd in that Gathering, it’s both
\nthe living and the dead. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:35,100 –> 00:25:37,800
\nWe’re just read about in 1
\nThessalonians chapter 4 and so I<\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:37,800 –> 00:25:40,700
\nwant you just to Picture This.
\nI asked you the question is this<\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:40,700 –> 00:25:43,600
\nthe same theme Jesus Christ in
\nclouds and he’s isn’t it? <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:44,700 –> 00:25:49,600
\nBecause these angels as they
\ntake the Saints to be with the <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:49,600 –> 00:25:55,500
\nLord Jesus Christ, they are
\ntaking these Saints as it were <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:55,800 –> 00:26:00,900
\nin clouds.
\nIt’s a an Angelic group of <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:00,900 –> 00:26:05,800
\nclouds that take and transport
\nthe Saints men and women like <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:05,800 –> 00:26:08,400
\nyou and I to meet with the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:08,400 –> 00:26:12,100
\nIs that a lovely picture?
\nAnd it will be interesting to <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:12,108 –> 00:26:14,700
\nyou’ll be like the harp a so you
\nwon’t visibly. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:14,700 –> 00:26:17,700
\nSee the clouds in the sky.
\nThey’re going to be instantly <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:17,700 –> 00:26:22,100
\ntaken but figuratively.
\nYou’ve got a heaven full of <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:22,100 –> 00:26:26,000
\nthese clowns.
\nCovering the four corners of the<\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:26,000 –> 00:26:29,100
\nEarth or heading to the nation
\nof Israel. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:29,100 –> 00:26:31,000
\nCan you visualize?
\nIt isn’t it? <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:31,000 –> 00:26:33,400
\nExciting and there’s another
\nlovely connection. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:33,400 –> 00:26:37,900
\nBecause remember, it was the
\ncloud that guided Israel to the <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:37,900 –> 00:26:41,700
\npromised land where God,
\nresided, and similarly, you’ve <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:41,700 –> 00:26:46,300
\ngot this cloud of angels, taking
\nnewest rail to be with the Son <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:46,300 –> 00:26:51,200
\nof God in the lamb.
\nSo there’s some lovely lovely <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:51,200 –> 00:26:58,900
\nconnections there.
\nSo, just stand and and gaze at <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:58,900 –> 00:27:04,700
\nthose clouds, being transported
\nacross the heavens. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:06,100 –> 00:27:10,300
\nI think a little bit about that,
\nthe Angels, taking the Saints to<\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:10,300 –> 00:27:13,500
\nbe with the Lord Jesus Christ as
\nGod’s representative. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:14,100 –> 00:27:17,800
\nHaven’t we seen that a little
\nearlier, as I mentioned, it’s <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:17,800 –> 00:27:19,800
\nthe angels that took Jesus to
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:19,900 –> 00:27:21,600
\nBut why did the Angels take
\nJesus to Heaven? <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:21,600 –> 00:27:23,600
\nWell, there’s there’s a number
\nof reasons. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:25,000 –> 00:27:27,200
\nBut we know concerning Jacob’s
\nLadder that. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:27,200 –> 00:27:32,000
\nIt was the angels that knew
\nwhere God lived where Heaven was<\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:32,100 –> 00:27:35,600
\nJesus hadn’t been there, the
\nAngels needed to take the Lord <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:35,600 –> 00:27:39,200
\nJesus Christ and they they were
\ndelighted and they celebrated <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:39,200 –> 00:27:41,900
\nthe fact that they could take
\nsomeone for the first time in <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:41,900 –> 00:27:49,800
\nall history, back to heaven.
\nBut that acts 1 then becomes a <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:49,900 –> 00:27:54,000
\npattern of blueprint.
\nJesus was taken by angels to a <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:54,000 –> 00:27:57,900
\nplace that he didn’t know to be
\nin the presence of God. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:58,200 –> 00:28:05,200
\nI’m way too will be taken in a
\ncloud of angels so a place that <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:05,200 –> 00:28:08,900
\nwe don’t know, we might have our
\nsuspicions where the Judgment <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:08,900 –> 00:28:13,500
\nseat is going to take place, but
\nnone of us now, we too will be <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:13,500 –> 00:28:18,500
\ntaken in a cloud of angel.
\nTo come in the presence. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:19,500 –> 00:28:20,900
\nOf the Lord.
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:20,900 –> 00:28:24,000
\nIsn’t that lovely?
\nSo then it becomes a pattern, <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:24,000 –> 00:28:28,500
\ner, a template of greater things
\nto come, and it’s quite a <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:28,508 –> 00:28:31,700
\nthought, isn’t it?
\nThe living in the Dead all going<\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:31,700 –> 00:28:35,200
\ntogether, so as you look around
\ntoday, we’re all going together,<\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:35,200 –> 00:28:37,600
\nhe thought about that.
\nIt’s not just a swannack <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:37,600 –> 00:28:39,400
\nweekend, we’re going to share
\ntogether, we’re going to be <\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:39,400 –> 00:28:44,100
\ntransported together.
\nBut but not only us but all the <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:44,100 –> 00:28:48,100
\nbrothers and sisters today who
\ncome together and remember the <\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:48,100 –> 00:28:50,300
\nabsolute Lord.
\nThey too are going on a journey <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:50,300 –> 00:28:54,800
\nwith us and not only them, but
\nall the faithful Bible <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:54,800 –> 00:28:59,000
\ncharacters have faith.
\nThey too will be on the journey,<\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:59,500 –> 00:29:03,800
\nAbraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and
\nthe prophets, the disciples, the<\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:03,800 –> 00:29:07,300
\napostles, John the Baptist he
\never thought about that. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:08,200 –> 00:29:13,500
\nWe’re all be taken together, so
\nbe with the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:17,600 –> 00:29:19,600
\nIt’s a it’s a powerful thought,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:19,600 –> 00:29:23,500
\nThat’s when we come and we
\nreflect upon Our Lives. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:25,000 –> 00:29:30,500
\nDave, such as this.
\nAnd in all the preparations of <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:30,500 –> 00:29:34,800
\nlife.
\nOur whole life, our whole <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:34,800 –> 00:29:39,500
\nexists.
\nIt is preparing us for One <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:40,100 –> 00:29:45,000
\nSingular meat.
\nEver thought about that. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:46,500 –> 00:29:50,500
\nYour whole life everything, the
\nups, and downs, the highs, and <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:50,500 –> 00:29:55,200
\nthe lows, they’re preparing you
\nand me for just one. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:57,200 –> 00:30:01,000
\nWith the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nFace to face. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:02,200 –> 00:30:06,100
\nAnd just imagine coming.
\nFace-to-face with you or Lord. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:07,700 –> 00:30:11,900
\nAnd you look upon him and he’s
\ndistinctive right away because <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:11,900 –> 00:30:14,600
\nyou see the marks in his hands
\nand his feet. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:16,500 –> 00:30:19,100
\nHe still carries the hole in his
\nside. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:21,100 –> 00:30:23,200
\nAre you carry those marks in the
\nKingdom? <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:24,500 –> 00:30:25,500
\nThat’s quite a thought, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:25,500 –> 00:30:27,900
\nHe will carry those marks in the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:27,900 –> 00:30:34,400
\nHe will be the only Immortal
\nbeing that carries marks into <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:34,700 –> 00:30:39,400
\nthe kingdom.
\nAs we reflect upon the Bread and<\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:39,400 –> 00:30:43,300
\nWine as we stare at the table.
\nHave you ever thought that is <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:43,300 –> 00:30:46,200
\nour Memorial and brother John
\nmentioned in his opening <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:46,200 –> 00:30:48,500
\nremarks?
\nThat this is a feast for <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:48,700 –> 00:30:51,800
\nforgetfulness.
\nWhat a lovely thought that is. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:54,400 –> 00:30:57,400
\nThey’ll be no forgetting who
\nJesus Christ is and what he did <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:57,400 –> 00:31:01,100
\nin the Kingdom as we stare at
\nthe bread and the wine. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:02,200 –> 00:31:04,800
\nAnd as we glanced at the Lord,
\nJesus Christ to the kingdom. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:05,700 –> 00:31:11,900
\nIt will be a constant Memorial.
\nOf what he did with the marks in<\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:11,900 –> 00:31:16,300
\nhis hands and his feelings.
\nBut he was the lamb slain from <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:16,300 –> 00:31:18,800
\nthe foundation of the world,
\nthat that’s quite a thought. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:21,400 –> 00:31:24,500
\nBut imagine coming face-to-face
\nwith him. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:25,300 –> 00:31:27,800
\nAnd he says those words to us,
\nwell done, there will be <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:27,800 –> 00:31:31,100
\nfaithful servant enter thou into
\nthe joy of thy Lord and <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:31,100 –> 00:31:35,500
\nsomething, we all want to hear
\nand then we come to his right <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:35,500 –> 00:31:39,000
\nside and perhaps our Guardian,
\nAngel gives us a hug and <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:39,000 –> 00:31:43,200
\nembrace, and we look to Jesus
\nand we see his face and he shows<\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:43,200 –> 00:31:47,300
\nus a radiant smile.
\nThat’s what we’re all looking <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:47,300 –> 00:31:52,300
\nforward to Isn’t It.
\nUltimately, we will receive our <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:52,300 –> 00:31:56,500
\nhearts desires, the words of
\nhim, 405 say, shall we be with <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:56,500 –> 00:31:59,200
\nhim in that day?
\nWe make the answer now, can we <\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:59,200 –> 00:32:02,300
\njust finally come to 1
\nThessalonians 4? <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:06,200 –> 00:32:09,200
\nOne person alone is chapter 4
\nand it’s still I for listening <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:10,400 –> 00:32:12,000
\nthat’s in this sequence of
\nevents. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:12,000 –> 00:32:16,600
\nThese dramatic events that talk
\nabout how the living and the <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:16,600 –> 00:32:18,600
\ndead.
\nAll are taken to meet the Lord <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:18,600 –> 00:32:21,100
\nJesus Christ.
\nIt says those words, they’re the<\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:21,100 –> 00:32:25,900
\nend of verse 17 and so shall we
\never be with the Lord? <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:25,900 –> 00:32:29,700
\nThis this momentary encounter
\nthat we have with the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:29,700 –> 00:32:33,500
\nChrist face to face becomes
\nEverlasting fellowship and this <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:33,500 –> 00:32:36,400
\nis how Paul sums it up.
\nSo shall we ever be With the <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:36,400 –> 00:32:37,800
\nLord ever.
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:37,800 –> 00:32:39,900
\nWhat a wonderful world that is
\never. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:41,800 –> 00:32:44,900
\nNo longer will we be separated
\nfrom the Lord? <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:44,900 –> 00:32:48,200
\nJesus Christ through space or
\ntime or sin. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:48,900 –> 00:32:53,400
\nBut forever think about that
\nforever in his glorious <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:53,400 –> 00:32:58,200
\npresence, fellowshipping, the
\nLord Jesus Christ for all <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:58,200 –> 00:33:05,100
\neternity This is our home.
\nThis is why we’re here this <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:05,100 –> 00:33:10,600
\nmorning.
\nI saw them. as we think about <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:10,600 –> 00:33:13,800
\nthe bread and the wine, think
\nabout the Lord, Jesus Christ who<\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:13,808 –> 00:33:18,600
\nwas taken up into heaven with a,
\nwith a cloud of angels who was <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:18,600 –> 00:33:25,500
\nthe son of man who stored in the
\npresence of the Almighty God. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:25,500 –> 00:33:32,200
\nThe Ancient of Days who was
\ngiven dominion and glory and <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:32,200 –> 00:33:36,600
\nKingdom and he’s going to come
\nback and he’s going to gather us<\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:36,900 –> 00:33:39,600
\nand he wants to see us and he
\nwants to embrace us and he wants<\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:39,600 –> 00:33:43,500
\nto live with us forever more.
\nHow are you feeling with those <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:43,500 –> 00:33:50,000
\nthoughts?
\nLet’s just finish with these <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:50,000 –> 00:33:51,500
\nthoughts.
\nThen brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:54,100 –> 00:33:59,300
\nJesus said, some of you will see
\nthe son of man coming in clouds <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:59,300 –> 00:34:03,300
\nand it was the moment of
\ntransfiguration, Peter, James, <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:03,300 –> 00:34:07,000
\nand John saw them.
\nSon of man, coming in clouds in <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:07,000 –> 00:34:09,699
\nMatthew chapter 17.
\nAnd when they saw the son of man<\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:09,699 –> 00:34:12,800
\ncoming in clouds, they hit the
\nfloor. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:14,500 –> 00:34:21,800
\nThey were absolutely terrified.
\nAnd there’s something altogether<\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:22,900 –> 00:34:25,500
\nchange.
\nNo longer was Jesus, this all <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:25,500 –> 00:34:29,199
\nglorious and radiant, one he
\nsteps out of his glory and he <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:29,199 –> 00:34:34,300
\ncomes over to his three
\ndisciples and he says all rise. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:36,199 –> 00:34:40,900
\nFemales.
\nAnd that’s why I want to leave <\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:40,900 –> 00:34:43,000
\nwith you this morning brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:43,500 –> 00:34:46,699
\nWe will all have this meeting
\nwith the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:47,300 –> 00:34:50,699
\nBut we’re going to be met by the
\none who loves us. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:52,199 –> 00:34:57,200
\nWho has died for us and we
\nremember him now, in the bread <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:57,400 –> 00:35:01,500
\nand in the Wind.
\nAnd in that very, very special <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:01,500 –> 00:35:08,900
\nday as we read here.
\nSo shall we ever be with the <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:08,900 –> 00:35:01,500
\nLord?
\nAnd in that very, very special <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:01,500 –> 00:35:08,900
\nday as we read here.
\nSo shall we ever be with the <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:08,900 –> 00:35:09,300
\nLord?\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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