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886. Bible Study: Zechariah 9 (Prophecy about Jesus' First and Second Coming!) · Faith by annm2705

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Chapter 9 from the book of Zechariah.
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It's a prophecy so I'm sure we won't get everything right or
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understood, but there's a lot here and it's about the end
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times. So let's pray first.
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Dear Lord, please be with us as we read through the Scripture
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and give us wisdom, insight, open our minds, our eyes, our
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hearts, our ears to what you have to say through Zechariah
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and help us to apply this to the world, to us.
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And we ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
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So this is called judgment on Israel's enemies.
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And it's kind of interesting right now because of what is
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happening in the world. And when you see where these
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towns are, it just makes me wonder, are we seeing some of
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this right now? So anyway, I will get started.
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Chapter 9, a prophecy, The word of the Lord is against the land
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of Hadrack. Well, this area is north of
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Lebanon. And if you know what's happening
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right now, this is March 14th, 2026.
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There are missiles going back and forth from, you know,
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obviously the primary war is with Iran, between Iran and
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Israel, and the United States is participating too.
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But then the Israel is coming against all of Iran's proxies,
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such as Hezbollah, which is in this area that we're going to
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talk about right now. Obviously, in recent years,
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there has been a target against Hamas, who was running its
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operations out of the Gaza area. And now there's Hezbollah, which
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is another connection to Iran, and they all hate Israel.
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They all hate the United States too.
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There's also the Houthis, but that is not really addressed in
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this prophecy. So anyway, these are land areas
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that we're talking about and it's always helpful when we
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refer back to that. And the only reason I do that is
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because of what it says in Ephesians 6, chapter 12 where it
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talks about principalities in the heavenly realms.
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That and then also in the book of Daniel where it talks about
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in the heavenly realms, how this it's of Persia or king of Persia
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is at war with Michael who overseas Israel.
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So it's very clear. Plus, I think in the book of
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Job, it talks about that and, and then in the non biblical
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book of Enoch, it talks about how these heavenly beings have
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certain like jurisdictions over different areas.
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And throughout history in the Bible, we can see that these
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areas, these land areas tended to have the same attitude
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towards Israel repeatedly over and over again.
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So that's where my theory comes from.
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But again, it's, it's a theory and and it's just something that
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we should watch because God gave us this information from
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Zechariah. It was written down in the BC
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time and it's still here today. And it as I read through it,
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it's very clear to me that this is talking about the end times
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and nothing that has happened prior to unless it was like a
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partial fulfillment, but then ultimately it will be fulfilled
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in the very last days. So anyway, I will continue here.
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So he will OK, the word of the Lord is against the land.
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OK, that's head wreck that is north of Lebanon and will come
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to rest on Damascus, which is in Syria.
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And we should pay attention to this.
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It does say at one point, I do think I have the scripture
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called up where it says Damascus will be ruined, it'll no longer
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be a city, and that hasn't happened yet on.
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So again, just pay attention to what's going on in the world for
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the eyes of all people and all tribes of Israel are on the Lord
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and on Hemeth 2, which borders on it, and that's in Syria and
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on Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skillful.
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Well, that's Lebanon. There's a lot of things
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happening in Lebanon right now. Tyre is interesting because Tyre
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did go through some desolation period.
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It did say that Tyre will be desolate for about 70 years or
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so, and that may have been completed.
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But Tyre, there's another part of scripture where Tyre is the
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king of Tyre is it seems like it was actually referring to Satan.
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And I will read that prophecy. And again, does this support the
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theory that there are certain entities in the heavenly realms
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that oversee certain land areas? And is Satan over this area,
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right? You know, for a temporary period
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until Jesus returns and takes back that area?
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Just a question is something to think about, but it is in the
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Bible. Tyre has built herself a
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stronghold. She has heaped up silver like
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dust and gold like the dirt of the streets.
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But the Lord will take away her possessions and destroy her
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power on the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
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I thought this was interesting because this is what it says
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about Mystery Babylon too, that Mystery Babylon will be
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destroyed by fire. And it seems like in prophecy,
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the first somewhat destructive wrath that came from God was the
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flood, and he said he would never do that again.
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But the second is this fire that's going to come upon, which
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I think is probably war, which is going to come upon the whole
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earth. And the purpose of it is to
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refine the earth, refine the people who are in it.
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Sometimes when we are brought to our lowest point is when we
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finally turn to God. And I think that's what it's all
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the stubborn people who won't turn to God and he's going to
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have to do something really big to make people's eyes open.
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And I think that's what we are seeing building up right now
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when we look at the world and we look at the morality that the
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world is the condition of the world right now.
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We are seeing AAI don't know, a resurgence, a revival of
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Christianity to some degree, but there is definitely opposition.
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We have terms like Christian Zionists and stuff like that.
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So obviously not everyone is on the same page with us.
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And it's just there's, it's a very divided state and just like
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a state of being is what I mean. And it's just like what Jesus
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said, you know, a Kingdom divided cannot stand.
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So we're definitely divided. It looks like we're divided all
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over the world for different reasons and different areas.
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And with division like that, it's only it seems almost
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inevitable that it's going to collapse.
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And and there I don't know, anyway, I'm not going to go too
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far into that anymore. So verse 5, Ashkelon will see it
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in fear. Gaza will writhe in agony and
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Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
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Gaza will lose her king. So, you know, if this was an old
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prophecy that was that happened, you know, maybe somebody from
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ancient times was lost at this time.
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But then could it mean spiritually there is some ruler,
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king, you know, some ruler, I think a lot of times these are
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called Malik or something MELEK. And and so is God's going to
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leave lose her spiritual king that's ruling over her?
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That's kind of what I interpreted as.
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And Ashkelon will be deserted. So Ashkelon is in Israel right
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now. So that's another thing that
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that hasn't happened yet. A mongrel people will occupy
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Ashdod and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.
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That's the coast land where they lived, like Gaza area.
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So what has happened recently in that area?
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I mean, it seems like a lot of it has been decimated from war.
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I will take, I will take the blood from their mouths, the
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forbidden food from their teeth. Those who are left will belong
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to our God and become a clan in Judah.
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That's almost like a hopeful promise, right?
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And Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
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But I will encamp at my temple to guarded against marauding
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forces. Never again will an oppressor
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overrun my people. For now, I am keeping watch.
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So never again will an oppressor overrun my people.
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For now, I am keeping watch. I don't know.
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I don't know if we're about timing.
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Never again will an oppressor overrun my people.
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I know in 2023 God's people were overrun October 7th, 2023.
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And right now it seems like Israel is succeeding somewhat in
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in the war. And but we do know that there is
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going to be a time according to prophecy, where everybody
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believes they have peace, but then comes sudden destruction.
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So I don't believe we are there yet.
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So I do think all of this is like future prophecy because it
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says never again will an oppressor overrun my people.
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For now I am keeping watch. Says rejoice greatly.
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Daughter Zion shout daughter Jerusalem, see your king comes
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to you righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey on
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a colt, the foal of a donkey. I'm going to pause right there
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because a lot of people who know the Old Testament, the you know,
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the Jewish first. Well, I guess these are from the
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prophets. So this is 1 where people who
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the Jewish people, they, they know Zechariah and they've,
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they've heard of it, But do they know that this is referencing
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Jesus? And the only way they would know
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that is if they actually went to the Gospels where it was
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documented. So I'm going to go to where the
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Gospels are and it says, see, your king comes to you righteous
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and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey on a colt the full
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of a donkey. So I don't know why the Jewish
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people didn't recognize Jesus when he came into Jerusalem
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riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey, because
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Zechariah prophesied about that and he was saying rejoice,
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rejoice. Now I'm going to read what is
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documented in all four gospels just to make this point.
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So Matthew 21 verses one through 5 as they Jesus comes to
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Jerusalem as king. As they approached Jerusalem and
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came to Bethpage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent to disciples
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saying to them, go to the village ahead of you, and at
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once you will find a donkey tied there with her colt by her.
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Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you,
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say that the Lord needs them and He will send them right away.
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This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet
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in quotations. Say to daughter Zion, See, your
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king comes to you gentle and riding on a donkey and on a colt
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the foal of a donkey. The disciples went and did as
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Jesus had instructed them, and I'll read further.
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They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on
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them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their
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cloaks on the road, while the others cut branches from the
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trees and spread them on the road.
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The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed
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shouted Hosanna to the Son of David.
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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the
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highest heaven. When Jesus entered Jerusalem,
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the whole city was stirred and asked, Who is this?
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The the crowds answered, This is Jesus the prophet from Nazareth
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in Galilee. So then we'll go to the Gospel
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of Mark and read what he said about this.
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As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethpage and Bethany at
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the Mount of Aloes, Jesus sent two of his disciples saying to
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them, go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it,
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you will find a cult tied there which no one has ever ridden.
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Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks why are you doing
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it, say the Lord needs it and we'll send it back here shortly.
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They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied it
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at a doorway, tied at a doorway. As they united it, some people
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standing there said, What are you doing untying that colt?
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They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them
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go. When they brought the colt to
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Jesus and threw their coats cloaks over it, he sat on it.
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Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread
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branches they had cut in the fields.
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Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted Hosanna.
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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
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Blessed is the coming King of our Father, David Hosanna.
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In the highest, Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the
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temple courts. He looked around at everything,
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but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the
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12. That's the end of the account in
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Mark. Now we'll read what Luke said
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about this and that starts in Luke chapter 19 verse 28.
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After Jesus had said this, he went ahead going up to
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Jerusalem. As he approached Bethpage and
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Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent 2 two
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of his disciples saying to them, go to the village ahead of you.
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As you enter it, you will find a colt tied there which no one has
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ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
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If anyone asks you why are you untying it, say the Lord needs
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it. Those who were sent ahead went
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and found it just as he had told them.
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As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them why are
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you untying the colt? They replied the Lord needs it.
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They brought it to Jesus through their cloaks on the colt and put
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Jesus on it as he went along. The people spread their cloaks
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on the Road Rd. When he came near the place
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where the road goes down to the Mount of Olives.
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The whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in
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loud voices for all the miracles they had seen.
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Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord, peace in
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heaven and glory in the highest. Some of the Pharisees in the
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crowd said to Jesus, Teacher, rebuke your disciples, I tell
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you, he replied, If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.
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As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it
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and said, If you even you had only known on this day what
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would bring you peace, but now it is hidden from your eyes.
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The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an
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embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on
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every side. They will dash you to the
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ground, you and the children within your walls.
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They will not leave one stone on another because you did not
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recognize the time of God's coming to you.
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That is really eye opening because that so clearly says, I
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mean explains everything. So then we will read one more
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from John chapter 12 verses 12 through 19 how John tells this.
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The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival
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heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
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They took palm branches and went out to meet him shouting
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Hosanna. Blessed is he who comes in the
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name of the Lord. Blessed is the king of Israel.
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Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it as it is written.
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Do not be afraid, daughter. Zion, see your is coming.
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Seated on a donkey's colt. At first, his disciples did not
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understand all of this. Only after Jesus was glorified
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did they realize that these things had happened, that these
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things had been written about Him, and that these things had
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been done to Him. Now the crowd that was with him
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when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the
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dead, continued to spread the word.
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Many people, because they had heard that he had performed the
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sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisee said to one
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another, see, this is getting us nowhere.
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Look how the whole world has gone after him.
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There was some jealousy from the Pharisees about Jesus.
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So anyway, the point is that Zechariah wrote this thousands,
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hundreds of years ago at that point and it was written in
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advance of Jesus, but Jesus fulfilled it.
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There were 4 witnesses who said this.
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Like there was Matthew, there was John, and there was Mark
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who? Well Matthew and John were
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probably the eyewitnesses. Mark probably heard about it
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through Peter, who was his close friend.
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And then Luke interviewed many, many, many witnesses.
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He was a doctor and he was writing his gospel for I think
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it was like Theophilus or something like that.
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I may have the name wrong. But anyway, he, he was kind of
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like an investigative journalist and went out and spoke to people
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who had witnessed it. So he found evidence of all
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these things. So you can see from each one of
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these stories, there's a little bit, it's the same story, but a
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little bit of different detail, which further supports the truth
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of this. And each person told this story
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or retold the story from their own perspective, what they saw,
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what they witnessed and how they saw it.
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But the story primarily is consistent.
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And so this is another further evidence of the the truth that's
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found in the Bible. So let's go to verse 10.
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I will take away the Chariots from Ephraim and the war horses
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from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken.
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He will proclaim peace to the nations.
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His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the river to the
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ends of the earth. This is always, this is
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interesting to me just because of that chant that was going out
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about the river to the sea. And it's actually, you know,
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taken originally from the Bible. But this is like Jesus is going
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to rule this whole land from the river and to the ends of the
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earth. So I think the river was
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referred to that as the Euphrates river to the ends of
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the earth. So this is future.
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Obviously Jesus did come. He died on the cross, but he
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will return again. And so Jesus is the one who will
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finally proclaim peace. Unfortunately, according to
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Bible prophecy, there is someone who comes, many actually false
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messiahs that come before Jesus and there will be one
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significant one who will claim peace and people will be
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deceived by it. We know right now that the Jews
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are looking for the Messiah and they don't believe he is a
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deity. They just believe he is like a
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prophet or somebody good. So they are looking for this
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Messiah and think this Messiah is very close and also that this
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Messiah will rebuild the temple and, and there's going to be
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peace and there's going to be all these nations.
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So they are completely set up for deception and that's
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something that's coming in the future.
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Then you also have the Muslims, the Arab, the Muslims who
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believe that their Mahdi is coming and their Mahdi matches
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the description of the Antichrist.
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When you study that what the Christians know as the
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Antichrist, which all of this is kind of, you know, confusing
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because, you know, how could Jewish people ever submit to a
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Muslim Antichrist? And but then the IT gets even
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more confusing and you know, like Satan is the author of
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confusion. So like the Muslim people are
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looking for their Mahdi, but then they have this they do have
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an Antichrist they call the Dijol and and so it and then
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they say Jesus comes also, but then submits to their Mahdi.
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Well, we know Jesus does not submit to their Mahdi.
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So, you know, it just could be a whole part of the deception.
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I don't know if the future lawless one, this, this fake
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Messiah, this one who claims to be God on on the Temple Mount
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area. I don't know if he's going to be
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Israelite, if he's going to be from the tribe of Dan, maybe
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he's going to be like a mixture of Muslim and, and in Israel.
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I, I just don't know. I mean, I don't, I don't know
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what they, what is actually going to come about.
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But whatever does happen, it's going to be, it's going to
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create confusion. There's going to be a lot of
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people who believe that this person comes in peace and this
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person is somebody significant, but it it won't be, there's
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going to be sudden destruction because as soon as this person
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claims to be God, the Bible prophecy says those who are in
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Jerusalem should flee to the mountains.
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So everybody's going to think it's he's all great until that
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happens. And and we just really should be
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watchful about that because that's unfulfilled prophecy, but
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that happens before Jesus returns.
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So it's really clear in Scripture and a lot of people
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are thinking that they're not going to see that.
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But the way Jesus talked about it in Matthew 24, if you read
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verse by verse in sequence of how he says these things will
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unfold, we're going to see the lawless 1 before he returns.
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Whoever, you know, I think maybe we might be that that
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generation, but you know, maybe it's going to be a future one.
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Whoever's present at that time is going to see the lawless 1
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before he before Jesus returns. So verse 11 As for you, because
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of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners
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from the waterless pit. Return to your fortresses, you
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prisoners of hope. Even now I announce that I will
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restore twice as much to you. Now this is being spoken of to
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Jerusalem and this is just God's compassion like it.
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The story basically is how people, all of us really turn
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away from God. We follow our own desires.
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We don't have God as our priority.
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We forget God. We, you know, it's, it's only
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after something really bad happens to us do we turn to God
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often. And that's not for everybody,
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but that's a majority of the people and it's a majority of
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what has written about in the Bible.
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And it just happens over and over and over again.
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People are turning away from God, but he is so loving.
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I mean, so many things that says there's no greater that love
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than to lay one's life down for another, which is what Jesus did
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on the cross for all of us so that we could have the ability
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to enter the Kingdom of God. And and that is, you know why
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Jesus says he is the way, the truth and the life.
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And no one comes to the Father except through him.
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So Jesus is instrumental. And Jesus also said that no one
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can enter the Kingdom of God unless they are born again.
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So you have to receive the Holy Spirit like Jesus died on the
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cross. You also have to receive the
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Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit is given to
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you when Jesus knows that your heart is truly repentant because
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you can't just ask. I mean, Jesus knows whether
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you're sincere or not in wanting to get right with God,
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essentially. And Jesus will give you the Holy
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Spirit if you are repentant. If you've turned away from your
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sins doesn't mean that you've cleaned up your ACT because
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Jesus, I mean, Jesus came for the sinners.
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He, he came for all the people who are in a messed up
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situation. He doesn't expect us to clean up
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our act. That was something that delayed
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me getting baptized personally because I thought, well, I
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really need to clean up my ACT first before I do this and, you
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know, not be a hypocrite anymore, which I think the
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intention of that is really important because it's really
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the Holy Spirit who enables us to overcome our sinful ways
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Through what the Bible refers to are through what I guess
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Christianity refers to as sanctification, where the Holy
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Spirit actually changes our life.
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So you're going to have a before and after picture when the Holy
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Spirit comes into your life, you're going to see a change and
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you will reflect more closely. You're not going to be perfect
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still, but it's a process of of sanctification, of purification
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over the time until Jesus returns.
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And at that point we will instantly be changed and have
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immortal bodies. Now God will not allow someone
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to have an immortal body unless they are purified, so purified
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by his own spirit. It's not something that we have
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to do. But the point is, that's why I
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say that's when it happens, when Jesus returns, because we're
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given immortal bodies and God wouldn't give evil immortal
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bodies. So we have to have the Holy
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Spirit in us. Just like Jesus said, you must
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be born again. You need the Holy Spirit and in
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order to get the Holy Spirit you need to be fully true, truly
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repentant in your ways. You need to at least want to,
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but rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to be able to
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overcome sin. I think a lot of people are
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deceived by churches. Just say that they use one verse
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in the Bible or maybe a couple verses that said all you have to
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do is believe because people quote that all the time and that
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is true. You do have to believe, but if
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it was only believe, then there's a couple verses that
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that kind of like deflate that when it says that you know that
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the demons believe in shudder, like even the demons believe in
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shudder. So that the demons are not going
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to be there, evil is not going to be there.
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And then why would Jesus say that you need the Holy Spirit?
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He's the one who put his life down for us, who gave everything
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for us. So if it was only his death on
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the cross and us believing that he was the Son of God, then why
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would Jesus say that in order to enter the Kingdom of God, you
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must be born of the Spirit? And then the other thing is like
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when people get baptized, that doesn't necessarily mean they
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receive the Holy Spirit, but some of them received the Holy
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Spirit before they were baptized.
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Some received it at baptism and some received it after baptism.
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And there are of that found in Scripture in the book of Acts
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about the different times that people have.
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So I think God kind of he, he's looking at our hearts like where
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is our heart? Because we can, we can fool
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ourselves and say I'm going to go through this religious right
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and claim to be a believer, but has our heart really changed?
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Has our posture changed toward Christ?
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Do we? I think it's easier for people
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to say they believe in Jesus, but what is that response to
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what Jesus said? Jesus showed us the greatest
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love of all by laying his life on the down on the cross like he
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willingly did that for us. It wasn't he wasn't captured and
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hung on the cross against his will.
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He knew that was coming up and he did it so that he could be
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the the the final sacrifice that's required for us for
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purification. Because Hebrews tells us without
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the shedding of blood, there is no atonement for sin.
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And so that's why Jesus had to do it because he was is the Son
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of God that you know, no one else was purified.
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No one is good but God. Jesus is good because he is the
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Son of God. So that was why he was the only
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acceptable sacrifice and he had to say and all throughout the
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Bible it says I will save you. I will save you when the Lord is
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talking. So none of us can save
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ourselves. It's only through God.
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So anyway, going back, I know I kind of went off on a side
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topic, but I will go back to verse 13.
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I will bend Judah as I bend my bow and fill it with Ephraim.
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I will rouse your son Zion against your son's Greece and
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make you like a warrior's sword. Now this one, you have to go
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back to the Hebrew and I just think that Greece, we think of
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that. Like for me personally, I think
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about Greece and, and, and just I don't think that's really
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relevant because this is talking about the ancient times and the
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area is, I mean, this was a translation problem in my
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opinion. The actual Hebrew word is Yevon,
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YAVEN or JAVEN. And it referred to an area that
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that encompassed the Mediterranean cities like the
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the area, the land around the Mediterranean Sea.
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But it also a calm, it was part like Anatolia, which is modern
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day Turkey. And so when you hear Greece, you
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don't think about Turkey, or at least I don't.
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And, and I do think that this Turkey is very significant here.
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And so I will rouse your sons Zion or Israel against your sons
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Greece or Yevon or or Turkey. So pay attention to that.
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What if Turkey gets involved with everything that's going on
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today right now here? It says verse 14.
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Then the Lord will appear over them.
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His arrow will flash like lightning.
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The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet.
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He will March in the storms of the South, and the Lord Almighty
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will shield them. They will destroy and overcome
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with sling stones. They will drink and roar as with
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wine. They will be like a bowl used
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for sprinkling the corners of the altar.
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That is like a sacrifice. That's what they used to do.
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They used to take the blood of the sacrifice and sprinkle it
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all over the altar to purify it. And so it, you know, it seems
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like God is going to be with Zion, God is going to be with
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Israel. So anyone who says they aren't a
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Zionist, that means, are you saying if you say you're not a
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Zionist, does that mean that you reject the Bible?
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Because God talks about Zion all the time over here in the Bible.
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And if we say that, it's a little bit scary grounds like I
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don't want to be against God. So I think we should really pay
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attention to some of this rhetoric and get grounded in the
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word of God. The Lord their God will save his
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people on that day. So I think the day of the Lord,
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on that day the Lord their God will save his people as a
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shepherd saves his flock. Jesus is also called the
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shepherd, the Good Shepherd. They will sparkle in his land
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like jewels in a crown. How attractive and beautiful
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they will be. Grain will make the young men
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thrive and new wine the young women.
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And that's the end of Chapter 9. So this, if you look at anything
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that talks about the the second coming, there is lightning,
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there is Thunder, there's an earthquake.
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There's it's going to be a, you know, a very significant event
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that happens. And, and this clearly talks
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about Jesus and talks about the second coming and that Jesus
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will be with Zion when all of the enemies come against them.
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And, and apparently that's going to be Turkey.
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And then you look at Daniel's prophecy about the kings of the
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north and the South and the goat represents Turkey.
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Again, that's another translation, you know, challenge
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there because it says Greece, but it's, you know, really kind
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of part of Turkey in the ancient times.
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So and, and kind of right now, Turkey's not really happy with
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Iran because Iran has been shooting some missiles there.
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And at first they're like, OK, you did it once, but you got to
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stop it. So there's a little bit of
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tension there. And then there's the Kurds, who
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Turkey is not in agreement with and they are, you know, getting
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involved as well. So I think, you know, just see,
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you know, does the the north, the, you know, the north and the
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South kings that are talked about in Daniel?
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I don't know if it's Chapter 7 or 8.
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I can't remember what chapter it is.
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But do they represent Turkey and Iran?
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Perhaps they do, perhaps they don't, but it really seems like
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it they could when you read some of the description of what
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happens because it's like it the the goat or Turkey, you know, is
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the one who comes against Iran. And we'll just have to see how
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all of this unfolds. But certainly time to pay
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attention to what's happening in the Middle East.
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And most importantly, it's time today, if you haven't already,
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to reconcile with God and to to repent and, and to just do in
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your own words. I mean, God wants your, your
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heart. He doesn't.
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There's not like a formula or anything that goes along with
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it. But in your own words, talk to
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God and let him know where you are in life and that you want to
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be reconciled with him. If you are not, ask for his
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forgiveness and then turn away from it and ask Jesus for the
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Holy Spirit to help and to start to change your life because it
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will happen. So it's a very simple process.
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Jesus took care of the hardest thing that none of us could do,
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and it's available to all people.
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It doesn't matter what country you're in that this salvation
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through Jesus is available to everyone in the entire world.
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It's just a matter of whether you believe Jesus is the Son of
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God and that he died on the cross for us and you need to
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repent and receive the Holy Spirit.
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So that's the simple way to reconcile with God and to be
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able to be in the Kingdom of God in the future.
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So if you haven't done it already, I would do it now
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because war is very uncertain. I mean, that usually surprises
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people when there are deaths in a war.
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And you don't want to be taken by surprise, because if you
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haven't reconciled with God and your life is taken, that leaves
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your destination in question. I mean, God is the ultimate
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decider of what he does in that decision.
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But as far as what Scripture says, it doesn't sound very
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hopeful if you're against God and die in that manner.
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So I wouldn't risk it because eternity is forever and I don't
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think that's something you want to play around with Anyway.
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