Antichrist, Armageddon, and the Second Coming (With Greg Laurie)

Oh everybody pastor Greg Laurie here welcoming you to harvest at home we have a great service in store we're gonna be led and worship by the harvest worship in we're also gonna premiere an exclusive song from our good friends for king and country with the title god only knows no not the Beach Boys version their own version you're gonna love this song then I have a special message that I'll be sharing with you as a part of our new series on the last days and the title of my message is Antichrist Armageddon and the second coming of Jesus Christ so crap your phone Tech somebody right now and tell them to go to harvest org and watch this here at harvest at home let's worship together [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] like [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] let me feel if it's my sauce [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you moving in [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] promised keep right in the darkness my god [Music] see [Music] sure [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] standing waymaker promise keeper miracle worker light in the darkness that is who you are you've been listening to the harvest worship been you just heard from the lovely Brenda Lee Brown in the lovely Ricky Jackson as well and you may recognize Brenly she was a finalist on The Voice television program years ago now she has her own career as a singer-songwriter and one of the things I love about what Brenly does is not just that she records and travels and tours when she can and that will hopefully be happening for her again in the future but in the meantime she's been putting concerts on on her balcony for her neighbors and singing all kinds of songs including songs that honor the Lord so she's taken that platform God has given her and use it in a beautiful way well I'll tell you what things are starting to improve in the United States of America finally our country is opening back up again businesses are opening again and churches are opening again as well now depending on what state you live in as some have a greater occupancy than others some churches can take up to 50% others 25% here in California it's a little more stringent but I just wanted to point out that at harvest this weekend we are opening up both of our campuses and we're doing one service in each and then we'll open up more services and the days ahead so we're very excited to be getting back together and Kathy you know I think for folks out there maybe they've started their relationship with the Lord watching harvest at home maybe they were a part of a church but I'll tell you what as soon as possible I think people need to get together with other Christians and be a part of a local church tell us why that's important oh my goodness for so many reasons but the Scriptures make it clear that when we gather together in the name of the Lord that Jesus said that or two or more gather I'm there in the midst of them Jesus presence is unique and special to all of us individually but when we gather together there's something very special that happens and I know for myself when I with other believers and I am hearing the Word of God taught and I am singing and worshiping I have greater intentionality with how I do that it's great that we can do this alone in our homes but I'm really looking forward to seeing our flock our fellowship and hearing them seeing and worship together again so I've had some people come in on our social media pages oh man I'm gonna really miss harvest at home well you you don't have to miss it because we're gonna continue to do it we're gonna come to you every weekend just like we're coming to you right now with this same kind of ministry because a whole new door has opened up for us Jonathan where you know we had an online presence before but it is literally exploded in and the numbers have been nothing short of staggering to see over 50,000 people make a profession of faith and last time I mentioned every weekend was look like the dear Pentecost because then the day of Pentecost 3000 people believed but last weekend we had 3700 people so it was even larger than the day of Pentecost to see then on a weekly basis as mind-blowing so I know that you have a comment that came off yeah I think my Instagram page or yeah that's a very direct message what was yeah as you mentioned last Sunday 3,700 people we love seeing those numbers but even more than that we love hearing the stories we love hearing about the individual because each one of those numbers are people with a story with the background with struggles with pain in their life there's a reason that they gave their lives to Jesus and made that decision to follow him and so this is just one of many and we love seeing these and so if you have a story if you have made a decision to follow Jesus Christ please reach out to us you can email us you can comment on my dad's social media page we love hearing these stories they bless us and so this is one that came to us through Instagram which said this dear pastor Greg thank you for your message on worry I am 37 married with a five-year-old and I am currently undergoing chemotherapy for stage 4 colon cancer that has spread to my liver and lymph nodes I've been worrying about how my family is going to do especially my daughter is she has to walk this path I do hope people find Jesus from my story was so touched by your message that I surrendered my life and my worries to God tonight thank you for speaking to me I'm so grateful for you and your ministry I would love your prayer and healing please thank you what is her name Jonathan aim is Melissa Melissa Cathy when don't you pray for Melissa and why are you praying for her pretty for other folks out there that are ill there might be someone watching us right now that has the coronavirus or somebody that's fighting cancer or something else and let's just ask God to work I have a dear friend in Texas who is she has a respiratory problem and she is taking that hydrochloric win and she is unable to go to church we're so thankful that even though the church doors are opening we're thankful for this opportunity to pray for you out there as you reach out to us and all so that we can bring the message of hope and the gospel to you in your home so let's pray for Melissa father we pray for Melissa and for so many out there that we have heard from that are suffering you tell us that when we are sick and sickness can encompass a lot of degrees we have those like Melissa who are staring cancer in the face and a grim diagnosis but you give us hope and you give us a peace in the midst of that and you also heal those that are of broken hearts those who are grieving the loss of a loved one those who are physically or emotionally unstable or sick Lord you are there in the midst of all of this you are there who want you with the one who walk us through our sorrows for you are a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief we lift these requests to you we ask for your healing touch to be extended to my friend in Texas and to Melissa and to countless others who have physical or emotional problems Lord we pray that this message that this moment of Prayer would lift their hearts knowing that you hear us and that you are working and that you will answer us we give this all up to you and thank you that you are here in Jesus name Amen amen what we're doing here at harvest at home has caught the attention of the folks over at The Wall Street Journal and they did a feature on this in their weekend edition Jonathan if you have a copy there that's awesome here's the cover of it right there that's pretty cool so Wall Street Journal and ice and here it is so look at it they got full half page there the shot so it's pretty cool so I have a couple things we highlighted were to read this to you from the article it says this they quoted you either way mr. Lawry thinks that people are more open to faith in times of crisis quote people are listening differently than they normally do he says he compares it to the difference between how airline passengers pay attention to safety messages before takeoff and during a flight emergency if the pilot says ladies and gentlemen two of our engines are out I'm gonna listen differently the second time so my point was if you're like me and you get on the plane and they go through where the life vest is and all the things that do in case of a drop in altitude etc you know I don't listen I just note where the exits are but boy if we were in flight and Cathy you may remember years ago we were flying back from Florida and the analogy I use literally happened to us we're coming to LA and they literally said I don't believe it was an engine Glenn it was they couldn't the lights in the plane or they alert to the pilot he couldn't determine whether the landing gear was going down or not go down so literally when we're landing were what we're looking at the fire engines they're on the runway and so he told us what to do again and in case of emergency landing which was not really encouraging it's just like bend down put your head between your legs and say goodbye I mean they didn't say that was that's how I felt we were really praying but thankfully of the landing gear went down but people are listening Jason I think right now because of people are under tremendous stress I just read the other day that young people are feeling the stress even more than older people fifty percent of young people are dealing with severe anxiety and worry and depression and of course the use of antidepressants is up and and opioid use is up and liquor sales are up and suicides are up and man there's just a lot of crazy stuff but I think that this is why we need to take an opportunity like this and use it I think you were telling me a story about somebody who was using harvest at home to reach out to friends its Christi see she wrote in and she's one of these evangelists that's watching and also thinking who can I bring and so she said I am so happy for her today I'm thankful today for the 10:00 a.m. service at harvest at home I'm bringing three family members with me so that they will watch it then she says last week I invited my friend Susie to come and watch and she did and she accepted Jesus into her heart then her daughter two days prior I invited and she gave her life to Jesus Christ this lady's a machine like Christie here awesome and and this is what we get excited about is that you know we are seeing it from the pulpit to the Pew people say look it's not just for pastor Greg to do it but God has called us he's you know entrusted us with the gospel and harvest at home is reaching people because it's it's the people that are that are loving the Lord and say hey we want to reach our family members and our friends and so I just wanna say thank you Christy you know but I pray God would raise up more people to go in you know the field is white for harvest but pray for more people to go out and this is a perfect opportunity to do it and and I and I even just want to you know encourage those of you that are thinking about harvest at home and and I just want to say this this is a perfect ministry to give to to support you know thinking about there's only one thing we can do on earth and that's tell people about Jesus we can't do it we can't do this in heaven but you can do it right now you can tell people about Jesus Christ and I won't tell you we're doing that fifty thousand people gave their life to Christ but you can also have a part of that and I would encourage you the way that you can support is by giving to the ministry by supporting it financially and so if you go to harvest dot org you can go to the give tab you can give to support this work you can even see a message on your screen right now you can respond to that message to support the work of the ministry but I want to tell you this we are advancing the kingdom of God and we are seeing the loss to save we are seeing more now than ever before and we're praising God for it but how can we pray right now before we go to another song as we continue god we thank you Lord for the great work that you have been doing god it's been you it's not by might it's not by power but it's by your spirit and we recognize that that God you are using this means this this media to reach the multitudes the world even so god I pray you would raise up more that Lord you would bring in support that God you and move your people to be a part of the work here and so God thank you for those that give bless the givers Lord bless them tremendously and we pray God you would help us do above and beyond what we could even ask or think so we love you when we lift this to you now in Jesus name Amen [Music] [Music] there's Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] wife so exchange analyst [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh dawn [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] every one in case you just tuned in you're watching harvest at home my name is Greg Laurie you've just heard from the harvest worship band and now you're going to hear from an amazing band called for king and country Luke and Joel small bone really are the lead singers and the writers of these songs and this is a new one they've just come out with called god only knows it is a powerful song it is really connected and we have a special recording of it just for you enjoy by the way by the worldís I'm sleeping too afraid of what might show up by a demon dividing the party nobody sees nobody nobody will believe every day you try to pick up all the pieces all the mammaries is somehow they believe you fighting in the past sees the body the body will believe god only knows what's been through cattle gnomes but the same value cattle knows a skin but there's a can love the cattle [Music] No [Music] [Music] you keep a cover over every single secret so afraid of someone saw them they would leave somebody some bats my sees somebody somebody will never leave god only knows what you've been through god only knows what to say about you god only knows a skin yeah but there's a can love the cattle No [Music] there's a cow [Music] [Music] for these shapes the misunderstood and the plain moon if we could start over we could start over we could start over [Music] I love the cat only knows [Music] [Music] No [Music] [Music] god only knows where to find you cattle knows how to break through god only knows the real you but there's a kennel of the major cities virtually shut down that Street normally Packer tourists now empty as well experts say if that's happened call your daughter I'm feeling pretty bad I think this is probably the worst cold I've ever had the outbreak is spreading pandemic has now infected every part of American life from home to work and everywhere in between America has changed for now there's no question about that we would see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now coronavirus kovat 19 all that is happening in our world you know the Bible tells us that there are signs of the times we should be looking for are these days pointing to the imminent return of Jesus all right well let's grab our Bibles and turn to two passages together I'm gonna be sharing some thoughts with you out of Revelation 13 and also John 14 the title of my message is Antichrist Armageddon and the second coming let's pray Lord we ask you to speak to us now as we open your word we believe it's alive it's powerful it's life-changing and it's true your Bible your book predicts the future and so we can look at what it's about to happen and know that it's all in your hand so speak to us some scripture we pray in Jesus name we ask it amen question do you like puzzles I don't I have no interest in puzzles I have no desire to get a puzzle out and put it back together again frankly to me it seems like a waste of time in contrast to me my wife Kathy loves puzzles if we're walking along and she sees a puzzle on a table she'll sit down and start putting it together I don't understand that but you know when we look at the events of the last days of the end times like what's gonna happen when it can be like a puzzle we hear terms like tribulation period abomination of desolation Antichrist rapture second coming and we think I have no idea how this all fits together well that's what I want to talk to you about but let me just cut to the chase and say this I've read the last page of the Bible and we win in the end because God has it all under control but you see the Bible is the one book that dares to predict the future not once not twice but hundreds of times with 100% accuracy God lives in the eternal realm therefore he can look at the past and see it with clarity but he can look at the future and see it in the same way I can't even remember what happened to me six months ago I forget details but the Lord sees at all is a content UUM so when the Lord tells us what is going to happen and something like God is going out on a limb and taking a risk he's just telling us what the facts are therefore you can trust the Bible when we come to this subject of the end times or the last days now some would say you know it's not really important to study Bible prophecy no one can figure it out anyway not true I think God wants us to understand it in fact it is not God's desire to conceal but to reveal the very word revelation and we'll look at this book in a moment means unveiling God wants us to understand what's happening and I might add in the book of Revelation there is a special blessing promised revelation 1:3 to the person who reads hears and keeps the words that are written in it so if you want to be blessed it's a good thing that you're hearing me right now because we're gonna read we're gonna hear hopefully and then keep the words and a written in this book the book of Revelation and so this is something that we need to know more about listen God does not give us Bible prophecy to scare us he gives it to prepare us let me say it again we don't read these words about the end times so we're scared but brothers so we're prepared but let me just share a few things before we dig in number one your future is bright if you're a follower of Jesus Christ your future is bright if you're a Christian your best days are still ahead of you why because heaven is the future destination of every follower of Jesus and if you don't know if you're going to heaven yet I'll tell you how in a few moments but I love the promise God gives to the nation Israel and I think in principle it applies to every believer when he says in Jeremiah 29:11 I know the thoughts that I think toward you says the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you a future and a hope no matter what you're going to right now God has a future and a hope set out for you so remember that God loves you your future is bright and your future is good God can even take bad things and bring good despite them we know that the Bible says and he can cause all things to work together for good to those that love him another called according to his purpose listen this coronavirus has been very hard more than a hundred thousand people have tragically lost their lives to it in the United States of America our economy has been shut down people are depressed and filled with anxiety but we're starting to open up again but having said all that good can come despite the coronavirus one thing that is very good is seeing thousands of people come to believe in Jesus Christ like we have seen here at harvest at home so God can take the hardships you're going through and be glorified through them and I would also add your future is promised to you by God there's one thing you can know about the Lord he keeps his promises waymaker promised keeper light in the darkness that's who God is he will keep his promises that he has made to you there are thousands of promises that God makes to his people in the Bible it's a little bit like gift cards do you have any unused gift cards and a drawer somewhere I do you know people give me gift cards to random places like liver world oh we're not gonna use a gift card for liver world know that I made that one up but sometimes places you don't frequent you have a gift card for it and there are billions of dollars of gift cards that are unused sitting in the drawers and wallets and cars of people all around the United States and it can be that way with the promises of God we have thousands of promises that are left unclaimed I encourage you to claim the promises and here's a big one the Lord Himself has promised that he will return again john 14 jesus says this let not your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me in my father's house are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again says Jesus I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am you may be also and where I go you know and the way you know so when Jesus says let not your heart be troubled it's a word that can be translated agitated or stressed out so Jesus is saying listen to me stressed out people I'm coming back again and I keep my promises as the Bible reminds us don't panic it's organic Oh actually the Bible doesn't say that but the idea is God is in control so don't worry don't freak out the Lord is going to come back at the appointed moment now we're doing a little series here on the last days and I asked the question in my last message is that coronavirus a sign of the end times in a broad sense the answer to that question is yes what we see happening around us today with a modern-day plague or pandemic like Ovid 19 is a fulfillment of an endtime prophecy yes but it's more of the foreshadowing of what is to come later you might say that coronavirus and other signs of the times happening around us at the moment are setting the stage for the end times listen to this I pointed this out my last message the next event on the prophetic calendar is the rapture of the church and that is when the Lord comes for his people and were caught up in a moment and the twinkling of an eye to meet the Lord in the air that is a moment when we receive our new resurrection bodies that is the moment when we are reunited with loved ones who have died in faith and have preceded us to heaven so I told you that there's a lot of events that we may not understand there's a chronology to them here's a graphic to straight what I'm talking about again the next event is the rapture of the church following the rapture we have this mysterious character that I'm gonna be talking about a bit in this message that we know is the Antichrist he's also called the Beast he's also called the son of perdition he inaugurates a seven-year period of time called the Great Tribulation Period and I Christ initially emerges on the scene as a man of peace a man with global solutions but at the halfway point of the Tribulation Period he reveals his true colors and then for the remainder of the tribulation we have a lot of amazing things happening including God's judgment falling on the earth everything culminates and what we call the Battle of Armageddon fought and the valley of Megiddo and that is when the second coming of Christ takes place he returns to the earth to establish his kingdom and following the second coming of Christ we have the Millennium Millenium is a word that simply means 1,000 there is the 1000 year reign of Christ and finally we have the New Jerusalem coming down to the earth and effectively heaven and earth become one and I'll talk about that more on my message next time that I'm titling there's a new world coming so let's dive into this mysterious character the Antichrist who is he exactly well first of all he is sent by Satan himself he is an imitator consider this the word anti or the prefix anti not only means against and certainly the Antichrist is against Christ but else also means instead of he's a false Christ remember in Matthew 24 as Jesus is answering the question what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age he said many will come in my name saying I am he I am the Messiah that's who the Antichrist is he's a false messiah and some will even believe he is the Messiah he's a cheap imitation and there's always cheap imitations out there aren't there if something is good there'll always be the imitators I have a lot of people that pretend to be me on social media I see fake Greg Laurie Facebook pages fake Greg Laurie Instagram pages fake Greg Laurie a Twitter accounts and and what these people do is they'll go out as me take photos off of my accounts and act like they're me and then the establish a dialog with people and then start soliciting money or other things so always look for the blue check to make sure it's really me but there's always the fake versions out there the Antichrist is a fake Jesus Christ did you hear the story about the guy who bought his wife a beautiful diamond ring for Christmas a friend here said well you bought her a diamond ring I thought she wanted one of those forty four-wheel-drive vehicles and this friend said well she did but where am I gonna find a fake G yet anyway okay so Antichrist is a false Christ an imitation of the real Jesus just as God has his son Jesus the devil in effect has his son as well Antichrist will be history's vilest embodiment of sin and rebellion he be worse than Adolf Hitler worse than Joseph Stalin worse than Mouse a tongue worse than any of them he'll be in dwelt by Satan himself now he's not gonna be what you may expect it's not like he's gonna be dressed head to toe in black with glowing red eyes and the Darth Vadar theme song playing behind him when he walks into a room he'll be the very opposite he'll be suave he'll be intelligent charming engaging magnetic charismatic listen to this he's gonna solve the Middle East peace puzzle and actually get the Arab nations and the Jewish people to live together in harmony for a short period of time be declared the greatest peace maker of all time they'll probably give him the Nobel Peace Prize but then he's gonna do something that will really surprise many he will rebuilt the Jewish temple so the Third Temple will finally be built and this brings us to the middle of this time we call the Tribulation Period because then Antichrist is gonna do what is called the abomination of desolation by the way when Jesus talked about that in Matthew 24 he says when you see the abomination of desolation let the reader understand see again God wants us to understand Bible prophecy because there's that detail at it let the reader understand basically the Antichrist is going to an erect an image of himself in the rebuilt temple and domen worship from the people so now he's showing who he really is you know it's an interesting thing about Antichrist US News and World Report magazine article pointed out that 49% of Americans believe there will be an antichrist sometime in the future not Christians just Americans almost half of Americans think there will be an antichrist 19 percent of Americans polled believe the Antichrist is alive right now now I know what some of you are thinking Greg why do we need to talk about him why even give a passing thought to someone as evil as the Antichrist answer because there are over a hundred passages in the Bible that detailed the career nationality character Kingdom and final tomb of Antichrist he has discussed at length in the Book of Daniel and the book of Thessalonians and in the book of Revelation so we need to understand what his agenda is and what he is attempting to do but just remember this as dark as this period of time will be God is sovereign over all history world history is his story let me say it another way history is his story so God is sovereign and God is in control and you do not have to be afraid all right let's read a little bit about this curious character called Antichrist in Revelation 13 verse 1 John writes now John was banished to the island of Patmos for preaching the gospel and Jesus came to him and gave him a vision it says though John was put into a spiritual time machine and catapulted into the future I don't know if it was a DeLorean or not but seriously he saw the future and he describes what he saw in this great book revelation he writes in Revelation 13 verse 1 I saw a beast rising up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns and on his horns ten crowns and on his head's a blasphemous name now the Beast I saw was like a leopard his feet were like the feet of a bear his mouth was like the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power throne and great Authority and I saw one of his heads where it's mortally wounded and his deadly wound was healed and all the world marveled and followed the Beast and they worshipped the dragon who gave authority to the Beast and they worshipped the Beast saying who is like the Beast and who will make war with him Wow interesting scene so here we have the Antichrist emerging and he is again defying God and attempting to take the place of Christ and it says in verse 20 is a blasphemous name he'll be a great orator a great communicator but he's coming in opposition to God probably not at first at first he'll seem very conciliatory at first he'll seem like a wonderful person but then his true agenda will be revealed and he will specifically target followers of Jesus Christ's revelation 13:7 says it was granted to him to make war with the Saints and to over come them and he also is going to dominate the whoa a revelation 13:7 says authority was given to him over every tribe tongue and nation but again I emphasize the way he fools people is through peace the Bible says through peace he will deceive many but then people will realize how evil he actually is he'll be the devil's son as I already pointed out I read an interesting article online the other day about the drummer for the thrash band death angel the man's name is Wil Carroll and he got kovat 19 so his tour was canceled and he was sent to the hospital and he was put into a medically induced coma so while he was in the coma of this drummer for this rock band had a vision of hell and he saw himself in Hell being tormented in fact when he woke up from his coma he asked the nurse he had tubes connected to him he asked her am I still in hell and after this harrowing experience he came to this conclusion and I quote asked for my personal life and the experience of what I went through I don't think Satan's quite as cool as I used to yeah Satan is not cool Antichrist isn't cool they're evil and I think sometimes in life we get pulled into evil things because the devil is very good at packaging this where's he's great at making bad things look good he's also adept at making good things seem bad and so we sort of buy what he's offering and we get pulled into it hook line and sinker and then he chooses up and he spits us out oh look how exciting drugs can look drinking can look partying can look sexual experimentation can look and then fast-forward a few years and you have an addict you have an alcoholic you have a person with some kind of venereal disease or other issues and they realize how empty it all is and that's what the world is gonna realize Antichrist will come as the greatest thing since sliced bread and then he'll show who he really is and maybe some of you have been misled by the devil you've been taking advantage of he's chewed you up and spit you out you've come to the end of your rope there's someone watching me right now that has even thought about taking their own life there's someone watching me right now who has attempted to take their own life and I want you to know no matter how bad things are for you right now there is a God in heaven who loves you and the Lord is an expert at putting broken things back together and I'll tell you how to come into a relationship with him in just a few moments another thing I would point out Antichrist will establish global control through a cashless society Revelation 13:7 says no one will be able to buy her cell except the one who has the mark and the name of the Beast and this is the number of his name let him that hath understanding calculate the number of the beast for it's a number of a man and at six-six-six just about everybody understands this number or at least they know of this number I don't think they understand it but this is the mark of the beast if you google the number 666 you'll find 543 million results and probably 543 million ideas of what it all means but here's what the scripture is saying Antichrist will introduce a cashless society requiring people to take a mark no one will be able to buy or sell without this mark now there are some alarming trends happening in tech right now that cause some to say is this going to be the mark of the beast with all of our track and trace technology well we know where people are in controlling their lives and how you can do commerce and transactions exclusively online now it and the rise of globalism we can see the foreshocks of it but let me emphasize again don't waste your time looking for the Antichrist in fact let me add this if you have figured out who the Antichrist is that's bad news because he can be revealed until the church has removed so if you know who the Antichrist is newsflash you just missed the rapture so let's not waste our time pursuing these things these are future events the mark is future it's not in our past and it's not yet in our present it will be a visible literal mark that will be on the right hand or forehead and one will have to declare their allegiance to the Antichrist to receive it you would not get it accidentally in fact the Bible even tells us in Revelation that there is an angel warning people not to take the mark of the beast and so all of this culminates this Great Tribulation Period let's go back to our graph again everything's building up in the time of the tribulation the last SAR seven years to the battles of Armageddon and this is what happens next revelation 19 verses 11 to 14 John writes I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse and he that sat on him was called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and makes war his eyes were like a flame of fire and on his head were many crowns he had a name written that no one can name except himself and he was clothed with a robe dipped in blood and his name is called the Word of God and the armies in heaven clothed in fine linen white and clean followed him on white horses this is the description of the second coming of Jesus Christ this folks is air horse one right the Lord is coming back to Planet Earth to establish his kingdom and everyone will know so someone let's say was that the second coming or just a really bad storm oh no you'll know it's a second coming Jesus said as a lightning shines from the east to the west so also will the coming of the Son of Man be the return of Jesus Christ will be accompanied by sadness and weeping yes it's a happy day for heaven but it's a sad day earth specifically Israel will mourn as they realize Jesus was their Messiah all along Zechariah 12:10 says a port a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David on the people of Jerusalem and the lick on him whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only Son they will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who had died him they had pierced you remember Jesus died by being crucified on a cross all the wrongs in the world are going to be made right justice will finally be meted out now I think it's very important to stop for a moment and contrast the rapture and the second coming because sometimes people confuse these two events so let me put them side by side and explain it the rapture is when Jesus comes before judgment the Second Coming is when he returns with judgment in the rapture he comes as a thief in the night and the second coming every eye will see him the rapture he comes for his people in the second coming he returns again with his people I've got good news for you maybe some of you have wished you could take a trip to Israel well you're gonna have that Holy Land experience but you're not going to do it in a bus you're gonna do it with the Lord Himself because we read that he returns with these armies and we're told over in Jude 14 that the Lord will come with ten thousands of his Saints to execute judgment who are these Saints that return with Christ back to the earth the answer is Colossians 3 it says when Christ who is our life shall appear then we shall appear with him in glory good news folks were coming back and riding horses - I heard about a preacher that got a horse but instead of using secular terms like giddy up and woe he decided to substitute praise the Lord for giddy up and hallelujah for a while so the preacher got in this horse and he said praise the Lord no horse trotted off praise the Lord he said again now the horse is in a full gallop praise the Lord the horse is going at full steam he's having a great time but he realizes the horse is headed toward the edge of a cliff the preachers saying wait what's a word first stop whoa horse is still going Oh No thank you Jesus horse is getting toward the edge of the cliff now hallelujah and the horse stops right at the edge of the cliff of Hugh's little pebbles are going over the side - preacher wipes his face since this Shh praise the Lord you went over the side right you get the joke okay but seriously though we're gonna come back with Jesus this is very exciting I want you to think about the first coming of our Lord and the second coming of our Lord when Jesus first came of course he was a little baby wrapped in strips of cloth in a manger when he comes back again he'll be clothed royally in a robe dipped in blood at his first coming he was surrounded by animals and Shepherds at his second coming he'll be accompanied by saints and angels at his first coming the door of the end was closed to him at his second coming the door of the heavens will be open to him in the first coming he was a Lamb of God taking away the sins of the world and the second coming he's the ferocious lion of the tribe of Judah bringing judgment to the earth and this is that moment that the Bible speaks of when it says every eye will see and every tongue will confess and every knee will bow saying Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father summation Jesus is coming remember when we were kids and we played hide-and-seek you would count to 20 then he would shout out ready or not here I come and he would go look for other people the Lord is effectively saying ready or not here I come let me ask you are you ready what if Jesus came back today now he would not come back in the second coming today because as we already discovered that's at the end of the Tribulation Period right but he could come in the rapture of the church for his followers today tonight tomorrow would you be ready or would you be left behind well that is entirely up to you you see as I said before you will either get right or get left and I don't mean that politically when I say get right you will either get right with God or you will be left behind some of you have chased after the things this world offers and you've ended up so empty you know it's interesting Antichrist is not just speaking of a figure a man that will come on the scene but the Bible talks about those who are Antichrist and their lifestyles and these are people that don't have time for Jesus Christ are these that are people that put other things or people in the place of Jesus Christ so here's the choice before you you were either following Jesus Christ or Antichrist Jesus said you're for me or against me when I heard those words years ago as a young teenager I looked around at the Christians that I was with in a little Bible study on the front lawn of my high school campus and the preacher who was named Lonnie said you're either for Jesus or against him look at the other kids and I thought well I'm I'm not one of them does that mean that I'm against God that was a very frightening thought to me and I was but that was also the day I gave my life to Jesus and when I say gave my life to Jesus I simply mean that was a day I said to God I believe what I read and what I know I want to know you come into my life and he did don't come into your life as well in the beginning of this message I talked about puzzles I talked about how my wife likes to put them together right so one day she was putting a puzzle together and it was completed and I was upstairs and she goes out Greg I said what she said I'm missing a piece of the puzzle help me find it so I came downstairs and sure enough she had completed this entire puzzle and there was one piece missing so we're on our hands and knees and we're crawling around on the floor trying to find that we finally found it under the chair the missing piece and she put it in place life can be like that you check all the boxes you reach all your goals you know if I just complete my education I know I'll be happy and you say well if I if I just get that dream job I know I'll be happy well if I just find the right person to marry I know I'll be happy then you say if I could just find another person to marry I know I'll be happy well if we had kids that would complete us well if I could retire that would be the ultimate goal and on you go in life never quite finding what you're looking for it's like a puzzle you're putting together and guess what there's a piece missing but it's not under a chair it's in the hand of God God holds the missing piece and you know what it is let me restate it do you know who it is it's Jesus that's who you're looking for that's who you want and that is who you need Jesus Christ coming into your life and forgiving you of your sin yes he was born in a manger in Bethlehem but why so we could go shopping and give gifts to each other no he was born to die that we might live that little baby came on a rescue mission from heaven to go to a cross and die for your sin in mind then to rise again from the dead and he promises he'll come again and I ask you right now have you asked him to come into your life you see there was no room for him in the end I wonder if there's room for him in your heart I wonder if there's room for him in your life you can have a relationship with God listen folks we live in this Kerry world and it's gonna get worse and it's gonna get darker but if you if you of your faith in Jesus Christ you do not have to be afraid remember Jesus said let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid you believe in god believe also on me and my father's house are many mansions that where we're not so I would have told you if I go I'll come again and receive you unto myself and where I go you know and the way you know Thomas one of his disciples was there and he said we don't know where you're going and we don't know the way and Jesus said in response I am the way the truth and the life and no man comes of the Father but by me the only way to get to heaven is through Jesus Christ God's Son who died in the cross for you God's son who stands at the door of your life right now in Knox it says if you'll hear his voice and open the door he will come in in a moment we're gonna pray I'm going to ask you what 3,700 people did last weekend here at harvest at home what over 50,000 people have done in the last 10 or 11 weeks or so I'm gonna ask you to pray and ask Jesus to come into your life and after we're done praying I'm gonna ask you to click that banner on your screen indicating that you prayed with me or call the number on your screen but first we need to pray so I'm gonna lead you in a prayer and if you want Christ to come into your life if you want him to forgive you of your sin if you want to know that you will go to heaven when you die if you want to be ready for the Lord's return I want you to pray this prayer with me right now you can pray it out loud if you like you can pray it quietly in your heart if you like but pray Jesus is just a prayer away pray this after me if you would Lord Jesus I know that I'm a sinner but I believe that you are the Savior who died on the cross for me and rose again from the dead now I choose to follow you Lord from this moment forward thank you for hearing this prayer in answering this prayer in Jesus name I pray amen listen there's nothing magical about the prayer I led you in it's a simple prayer based on Scripture but I want you to know if you prayed that prayer in minute Christ Himself has come to live inside of you you will never be alone in life again and you can know now if you prayed that prayer in minute that you will go to heaven when you die and you're ready for the Lord's return so we're gonna have a special song from our worship group and I'm gonna ask you that just prayed that prayer with me to call the number on the screen or click the banner on the screen indicating that you have asked the Lord to come into your life and then I'll return in a moment with some closing words so any of you right now that have prayed their prayer please let us know because we want to send you a special gift it's the new believers Bible it looks like the one I'm holding right here this is a New Testament and the New Living Translation with hundreds of notes that I wrote that will encourage you in this commitment or recommitment you've made to follow Jesus I'll rush one of these to you so click that banner call that number let us hear from you as we have this next song [Music] come to Jesus to him [Music] interests [Music] [Music] that's a beautiful old song from the church some of you probably have heard it before the Lord is calling you to himself for calling you back to himself Jesus says don't be afraid only believe you should be afraid of what's happening in our culture today there's a devil out there that means you harm and wants to destroy you but there's a savior it's far more powerful we'll come and live in your life and protect you and guide you forgive you of your sin and give you the absolute assurance that you will go to heaven one day but you have to ask him into your life you need to surrender to Him brenly's gonna sing this chorus I surrender all one more time anybody else that wants Jesus Christ to come into their life I want you to click that banner on the screen call that number so we can talk with you right now anybody else make your commitment to Christ [Music] for say [Music] to [Music] I want to see congratulations to all of you that have prayed that prayer made this commitment to follow Christ I look forward to seeing you next weekend for harvest at home as we continue our series on the end times and the title of my message will be there's a new world coming have a great day and evening and may the Lord bless you and keep you and may his face shine upon you and give you peace hey wasn't it an amazing message from pastor gray and we just want to tell you as pastor Greg already said we want to give you a Bible if you committed your life to follow Jesus Christ listen if you responded to that message on the screen by saying hey I want to get right with the Lord we're gonna send you a Bible please don't leave here without us really giving you this gift it's free of charge because we believe this that not only should you come to Christ but we want you to walk forward with the Lord we want you to have a life that honors him and being used by him and so please let us give you this if you committed your life to Jesus because we believe that well the best is yet to come that the Lord is going to do an amazing work in your life and today it all starts and so we're glad that you've joined us here at harvest at home but even Christian I think hey you've heard the message I think there's still probably people that still need to hear you know what you just heard yes and earlier before the service I mentioned about sharing your stories don't be shy we want to hear from you we want to know how the Lord's been working in your life during this time we also want to know just how harvest at home has impacted your life so please go to harvest org and share your story and maybe you'll hear your story soon on harvest at home and last but not least we also want to let you know that we have a packed schedule here at harvest at home we have services all day every day and that's just us making sure that we're here for you to encourage you and to just give you just a beautiful word for the day with so much going on so with that said we thank you so much for tuning in today 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Length: 76min 49sec (4609 seconds)

Published: Sun May 31 2020