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In this episode, Ned and Joe discuss The Second Coming of John Cooper (2026).SubscribeNow on YouTubeWhere to watch?ThreadsFacebookNed's LetterboxdJoe's Letterboxd
For 1,800 years, no Christian had ever heard of the Rapture. So how did a 19th-century idea become the engine driving MAGA's end-times politics — and why does it matter for the wars being fought right now? In this episode, Pat Kahnke and Ken Napzok trace the real history of the Rapture: where it actually came from, the man who invented it, and how a doctrine that started as private comfort got turned into a political weapon. This isn't about whether you believe in the Second Coming. It's about what happens when a specific reading of end-times prophecy gives political power a theological license to crave catastrophe instead of peace.
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The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is guaranteed, yet many Christians don't understand how to prepare for one of the most written-about events in the Bible. Acclaimed author John Bevere takes us on a personal tour of his latest book; The King is Coming. He shares about why he wrote it, why he avoided this topic for years, and how every believer can engage in this life-changing journey now! A must-listen! John Bevere: The King Is Coming (https://johnbevere.com/thekingiscoming/)
Auto Transcript Note: This transcript and summary was autogenerated. It has not yet been proofread or edited by a human. Summary We are called to stand firm in the conviction that Christ is victorious and his return is certain. Drawing from Revelation 19–20, we are reminded that King Jesus will return not as a humble […] The post The Second Coming of Jesus the Conqueror and Reigning King appeared first on Calvary Community Church.
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In this study of Matthew 24, Pastor Brian Gunter examines Jesus' warning about false Christs, the Great Tribulation, and the meaning of the Greek word parousia. By tracing its use throughout the New Testament, Brian argues that Christ's "coming" in Matthew 24 refers to His bodily Second Coming at the end of history rather than merely the judgment on Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Along the way, he explores key passages that shape the debate and offers a historic Christian understanding of one of Scripture's most discussed prophecies.
In this study of Matthew 24, Pastor Brian Gunter examines Jesus' warning about false Christs, the Great Tribulation, and the meaning of the Greek word parousia.By tracing its use throughout the New Testament, Brian argues that Christ's "coming" in Matthew 24 refers to His bodily Second Coming at the end of history rather than merely the judgment on Jerusalem in A.D. 70.Along the way, he explores key passages that shape the debate and offers a historic Christian understanding of one of Scripture's most discussed prophecies.Watch all of our videos and subscribe to our channel for the latest content >HereHere
In this study of Matthew 24, Pastor Brian Gunter examines Jesus' warning about false Christs, the Great Tribulation, and the meaning of the Greek word parousia. By tracing its use throughout the New Testament, Brian argues that Christ's "coming" in Matthew 24 refers to His bodily Second Coming at the end of history rather than merely the judgment on Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Along the way, he explores key passages that shape the debate and offers a historic Christian understanding of one of Scripture's most discussed prophecies.
On Friday the 13th, 1862, a thousand armed men surrounded a muddy little fort on the Weber River, where Joseph Morris and his followers waited for the Second Coming. What followed was a three-day siege, cannon fire, disputed murders, mass arrests, and one of the strangest, bloodiest, and least-known breakaway movements in Utah history. In …
On Friday the 13th, 1862, a thousand armed men surrounded a muddy little fort on the Weber River, where Joseph Morris and his followers waited for the Second Coming. What followed was a three-day siege, cannon fire, disputed murders, mass arrests, and one of the strangest, bloodiest, and least-known breakaway movements in Utah history. In …
In this message, we'll look at a preview of Jesus' Second Coming that He provides for three of His disciples. In doing so, we'll consider what it means for us to behold the promise of Christ's future glory for the purposes of enduring through our present sufferings. Scripture: Matthew 17:1-13
Revelation 19:11-16 "The Second Coming of Jesus Christ"
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Teddy Hose was born and raised in the Unification Church, popularly known as the “Moonies” cult, led by Sun Myung Moon who believed himself to be the Second Coming of Jesus. With Teddy's parents holding high positions as early members, his family had inner circle status which he now draws from in his whistleblower work. Teddy has been featured in docuseries Explained and How to Become a Cult Leader on Netflix, and A&E's Cults and Extreme Belief, and regularly posts cult-related insights and news in his social media channels. Career-wise, Teddy is a multimedia designer with a focus on video editing, now living in Brooklyn - http://teddyhose.tv@teddyhose on Instagram and Bluesky@2dhose on TikTok@teddyhoseworks on Facebook
Join Pastors John Akana and Bob Fukui as they discuss Chapter topics within the book, The Time of The Signs by Barry Stagner.
Jesus promised that He would return, but what does that mean for us today? In this episode, we explore what Scripture teaches about Jesus' second coming, how it should shape the way we live, and how we can prepare with faith, hope, and confidence.
Dr. LaTonya Jones, Ed.D leads Fishers of Men World Ministries. She is also the founder of "The Altar Call Tent Revival" that brings a message of repentance to State Fairgrounds throughout the United States. Dr. LaTonya's beliefs are rooted in the Word of God toward the end that the Father may be glorified in all that she does. Dr. LaTonya is a United States Army retiree and Combat Veteran (Operation Iraqi Freedom). She has also served as a Public Official for 20+ years, managing a full-range of federal programs, contracts and Projects up to $28.7 Billion dollars with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a host of Federal Agencies. She has dedicated her life to serving in both public and private arenas. Dr. LaTonya holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Administration, a Master Degree in Business Administration, and a Doctorate degree in Education. In this podcast LaTonya Jones shares how, despite being more of an introvert, still chose to courageously obey the Lord's leading to start her ministry of "Tent Revivals" in which she is called upon to regularly share her faith in Christ with large groups of people. She also shares how, while coming to faith in Christ at age 14, she subsequently spent a few years wandering spiritually before returning wholeheartedly to Jesus, where she continues to abide by His grace. LaTonya concludes by telling how optimistic she is that, while we know things will deteriorate prior to Christ's Second Coming, she feels we are now in the midst of a great Revival and Spiritual Awakening in America. We pray it continues to grow for His glory and the saving of millions!
This is one of our podcast's most heavy and also laughter filled episodes as Chris, Paul, Jordan, and Lily break down "The Second Coming". It's a wonderful feature episode for Robert Iler (AJ) as his depression and despair hit a tragic apex, while the situation in New York festers to the point of outright hostility. It's a bleak and grim affair, but still not without The Sopranos signature dark humor and insight into the human condition. We discuss therapy, suicide, mental health, depression, gangsterism, and Lincoln Log Sandwiches. All this and so much more, right after we go hats in hand, bended knees... WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Please check us out and support us so we can keep dishing out some audio Sunday dinner for you at www.patreon.com/thesopranospodcast TheSopranosPodcast@Gmail.com
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The Commitments of Our King Jonathan Parnell Download Psalm 101,I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. 2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; 3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. 5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. 6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. 7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord. Hey, this morning I do wanna talk about your life, but it's gonna take us a few minutes to get there. That's because, first, I need to spend some time explaining how we approach a psalm like Psalm 101. I'm gonna try to explain this the best I can, but try to track with me.Psalm 101 is one of those psalms that can only be fully understood when we see where it's placed in the Book of Psalms as whole. At its most basic level, Psalm 101 is David declaring his commitments as king. He makes fourteen “I will” or “I shall” statements that are meant to lay out the kind of kingdom he intends to lead. This is how a kingdom will look when it's ruled by a king devoted to steadfast love and justice (which he mentions in verse 1). The problem, though, is that we know David did not live up to this vision. All we gotta do is read 2 Samuel Chapter 11 and we find David doing what he said he would not — and not doing what he said he would. So there's a tension built into this psalm from the start. If David is preaching this, but David failed to practice it, then what do we do with Psalm 101?Well, this is where we need to consider where the psalm is placed.Remember, in Psalms 93–100 — this section right before Psalm 101 — it's been all about the reign of the Lord. Sometimes these psalms are called the ‘enthronement psalms' or the ‘theocratic psalms' because they're about the Lord coming to rule. And as we've seen: what's really in view is the Second Coming of Christ. These psalms have been pointing to the consummation of Christ's kingdom — and that's our hope. Our hope through these psalms is final reign and rule of Christ. And that's the hope we bring to Psalm 101. Now, notice the superscript of Psalm 101 — those small caps words right above verse 1. They tell us that this is a “Psalm of David.” And it's the first Psalm of David since way back in Psalm 86. There's been a long stretch of psalms where David is not mentioned at all, and then suddenly, in the context of the Messiah's kingdom, the voice of David emerges again. But here's the thing: This is not the voice of David whose reign ended in failure; this is the voice of David's son whose reign will come in the future. Psalm 101 is ultimately the voice of the greater David — this is the voice of Christ! — and he's describing what it will be like in his kingdom. Psalm 101 gives us a window into the commitments of Jesus when he reigns over the New Jerusalem. And that's how we read Psalm 101!But now the question is: What does this have to do with my life?If this psalm is about Jesus, how does it apply to us?The answer is that, as Christians, we are the servants of Jesus. One day we're gonna gladly live in his kingdom, and until that day, for now, Jesus teaches us to pray:“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” In other words, we want the values of his future kingdom to shape our lives in the present. We want the commitments of our King to shape our commitments as his servants — and that's where I want to focus this morning. If you're still with me, here's the plan: I want to show you four commitments of Christ that we as Christians should make our own.1. Find your footing in faithful paradox. Look again at verse 1. The King says: “I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. 2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me?”Three things are happening here: First, in verse 1, he says he will sing and make music. This is glad-hearted worship. Second, in verse 2, he says he will ponder the way that is blameless, or you could say the “way of integrity.” (The word for “blameless” and “integrity” in verse 2 are the same Hebrew word.) This is something the King ponders. He gives his attention to it. We could call this careful observation.Third, he says to God, “Oh when will you come to me?” And this line might be easy to miss, but it's important. It's a statement of yearning. It's like the King has this longing in his heart that wells up and overflows, and typically in the psalms this would be a prayer for deliverance. So we could call this sorrowful longing.So put the three together: glad-hearted worship, careful observation, sorrowful longing.These are three commitments that don't seem to go together. Sometimes they might even seem at odds with each other. And yet, here they are, stacked on top of each other in the first two verses. Because, look: this is the Christian life. So much of what we're called to is a paradox. It's rejoicing and weeping, celebration and study, freedom and discipline. We're called to party with the best wine and to thirst for God like a deer pants for flowing streams. And so we gotta learn to live here, in the paradox.Which means, we have to resist the temptation to over-emphasize the parts that come easiest to us or that we just prefer the most.For some of us, it might be easy to gravitate toward celebration, but you have a hard time reflecting. Others of us might be super heady — we love study — but don't know how to rejoice. Some of us might sing loud, but our hearts don't really long for the new creation of steadfast love and justice. The King here embraces all three, and so should we. Don't flatten out the Christian life. Lean into all three of these commitments and learn to live there. Find your footing in faithful paradox. 2. Walk with integrity of heart in your home. I'll never forget when I was a junior in college, I went to my theology class one morning, and my professor, Pete Schemm, started the class with a devotional from Psalm 101. He started reading the psalm and got to verse 2: “I will walk with integrity of heart within my house.”He stopped right here, looked up at the class, and said: “One day you should be able to say this.”I remember this moment because I knew he was right, and I knew he knew the context he was speaking into. See, at this time, many of my classmates and I had been deeply influenced by the gospel-centered movement, and those were good days. We listened to a lot of Tim Keller (and it was all good). I had my own experience of a gospel awakening. I swore off legalism for good, and was convinced that salvation was profoundly by grace alone. And I still believe all of that. But at that same time, back then, there was also a little strand of antinomianism that went around. There were some college kids who cared more about ‘not being legalistic' than they did about believing the gospel … and of course, we all thought we were smart. And so Dr. Schemm read Psalm 101 and said what he said and it stuck with me. I wanted to be able to say this when I grew up: I will walk with integrity of heart within my house. Notice the three layers here:First, Layer One is “integrity” which, again, is also the idea of being blameless. This is the word that was used to describe Job in Job Chapter 1. It does not mean sinless perfection, but it means you're real. You're not fake, and you're not a scoundrel. You're a sincere person who is honest before God and man.Layer Two: Notice that it's “integrity of heart.” And the heart makes it clear that this is not about how you appear. It's not about what others think about you. But this is about who you are from your inner most being. This is who you know yourself to be when nobody else is watching but God.Layer Three: The King adds integrity of heart within my house. This is your home. This is when you are with the people closest to you who see sides of you nobody else sees. Men, this is who you are when it's just your wife and your kids. Is who you are there congruent with who you appear to be in other places? Now I'm saying the word congruent, not identical. I realize that none of y'all break the cabinet doors in my kitchen every other day. But if you did, I want my kids to recognize me in how I'd respond. This is about being the same person wherever you are, starting at home. “Integrity of heart within my house” — and if that feels like a burden to you because of past failures, don't let it be that. Rest in the forgiveness and freedom you have in Christ, and make this your ambition. It is a worthy goal, especially for us men. There is not a better gift you could give your family or your community than this. Aspire to it. Pray for it. Make this commitment of your King be your own: walk with integrity of heart within your home. 3. Set boundaries on what you allow into your life.This is verses 3–4. And notice here that the commitments turn negative. The King mentions three things that he will not do: First, he will not set before his eyes anything that is worthless. Second, he will not let the work of those who fall away cling to him. Third, verse 4, he will not know evil.We could call these boundaries. The King is building a wall against three entry points into his life. It has to do with: where he looks, with whom he associates, and what he knows.And look, we say a lot about all three of these, but for the sake of time, I'm just gonna focus on this first one: on where he looks. I think this boundary comes first on purpose. The King says:“I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless.” The Hebrew word for “worthless” is the word “Belial” — which means worthlessness or wickedness — but the word is often used as a proper noun. It's meant to be the personification of evil. That's the way we see it in the New Testament. In 2 Corinthians 6, the apostle Paul uses this word to refer to Satan himself. It's 2 Corinthians 6:15 — Paul is teaching that believers should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, and to make his point he says:“What partnership has righteousness with lawlessness?Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial?” It's a rhetorical question. The answer's none! There's an obvious boundary here — and Paul is saying that “Because this is true of Christ, it should be true of Christians.” Don't partner with Satan. That's what's at stake when it comes to what you set before your eyes. Anything that is worthless, Belial, of Satan — don't look at it. Just don't look. And the idea of looking is important. We see this in the storyline of Scripture. Looking is about perception that leads to desire that leads to behavior. That's how it started in Genesis 3. Before Eve ate the forbidden fruit … Genesis 3:6 … She “saw” it and perceived it as “good” and then she “took” it.It went exact the same way for David in 2 Samuel 11. “It happened, late one afternoon …” He “saw” a woman (from the rooftop of his house), perceived her as “good/beautiful”, and then he “took” her.The same three Hebrew words used in Genesis 3 are used in 2 Samuel 11 — saw, good, took. It starts with seeing. That's why I think this comes first here in verse 3. Your eyes are the window of your heart (where you desire), and so if you don't want it in your heart, don't set it before your eyes.Set that boundary first. And then that has an effect on the company you keep and the things that occupy your mind. Our King is committed to this, and we should be too. Set boundaries on what you allow into your life.4. Love the local church.Now how in the world do I get that? … Let me show you …Let me read verses 5–8 again:Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. 6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. 7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord. All of a sudden this becomes one of those Don't-try-this-at-home psalms. What is going on here? And how are we supposed to apply this to our lives?Well, in verse 5 the King goes from talking about his personal commitments to talking about policy commitments. He describes what it will look like in his kingdom, and who's gonna be in it. This is a kingdom ruled by steadfast love and justice — the faithful are saved; the wicked are judged. And Jesus talks this way about the coming New Jerusalem. This is in Revelation 22, the last chapter in the whole Bible:“Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” (vv. 14–15)In other words, in the New Jerusalem — the heavenly city that Jesus is bringing here — some people get to be in the city, and others don't.Just a fact. The future, final kingdom of Christ is not for everybody … and we know this: heaven is only for those Jesus died for … That's what it means to have your robes washed in Revelation 22! It means Jesus died for you and you trust him and he's forgiven you for all your sins and you are blameless in him. Heaven is for you. That future city under the reign of Christ is for you. That's what verses 5–8 are pointing to. Jesus is committed to building that kingdom and bringing it here. But get this: until the day Jesus brings his kingdom here, he's already gathering its citizens now. The embassy of that future kingdom in this world is the local church. That's who we are. We are a little truth-telling outpost here of the kingdom of Christ. Just like Jesus is the head of his kingdom, Jesus is the head of his church. And if you're gonna be involved with his kingdom in the future, be involved with his church today. But don't just be involved with the local church — love the local church.Love the local church, not because she's perfect, but because she's precious to our King.In North Carolina, where I'm from, you only need a state-issued license plate for the back of your vehicle. You don't need one for the front, which means: That little spot on the front of vehicles becomes an opportunity for people to put all kinds of tacky messaging. You just put your own plate there — it's like a bumper sticker, but it's more official because it's on the front.And look, my late Mema had her own plate on the front of her car. This was her message of choice. She had a plate that said: “Not perfect, but forgiven.” That's the first thing you saw anywhere my Mema went. And for the longest time it bothered me because my Mema was a godly woman. She really walked with Jesus, and I thought, people are gonna see that sign on her car and think she's a terrible person. They're gonna think: What kind of excuse is that lady making? That grandma must be a crook …But then I realized that she was profoundly right, and that message wasn't about her, it was about the church. She had been part of the local church for decades, long enough to know that the church is not perfect … but we are forgiven. We are loved by our King. I hope you know that. Our King loves his church, and we should too.Look, I know that some of us have church-hurt in our background. People in the church, leaders in the church, have done wrong and it's caused a lot of pain, and even to this day, you have some resistance to the church. I get it. I just want you to know, one day Jesus is gonna make his church radiant, but he loves his church now, imperfect as she is, and he wants you to love her too.This is one of his commitments.Psalm 101 shows us four commitments of Christ that we as Christians should make our own:Find your footing in faithful paradox.Walk with integrity of heart within your home.Set boundaries on what you allow into your life.Love the local church.And that what brings us to the Table. The TableHey, if you're here this morning and you're not a Christian, I want to invite you now to believe in Jesus. Turn from your sin and trust in Jesus, and he will save you. You can do that right now.The Lord's Table is a ritual for a Christians — we come here together each week to remember the death of Jesus for us and give him thanks. Brothers and sisters, for all who trust in Jesus, let us eat and drink and rest in the salvation of our King.
Send us Fan MailThe world feels like it's accelerating, and not always in a good way. Wars flare up, families strain, truth gets treated like a preference, and technology races ahead faster than our ability to process it. When you feel that tension, it's easy to ask, “Are these the signs of the Second Coming?” I take that question head-on, and I frame the signs the way the Savior does: not as a code to crack for a date, but as an invitation to prepare with faith.I walk through several major “signs of the times” with a gospel lens, including the Restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the gathering of Israel through missionary work and the covenant path, increasing wickedness and the rising cost of standing for eternal truth, and “wars and rumors of wars” that show up both in nations and inside our own souls. We also talk about natural disasters, the earth “groaning,” and why crisis can either harden us or turn us toward Christ. And because we live in an age of information overload and AI-generated confusion, I highlight spiritual deception and why personal revelation and discernment aren't optional anymore.Finally, I share one of the most hopeful signs happening quietly across the world: temples. Temples aren't just buildings, they're a call to become a covenant people ready to meet the Lord. If you've been watching headlines more than you've been watching your heart, this is your reset. Subscribe, share this with a friend who feels anxious about the future, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway: what helps you feel spiritually ready today?Support the showYou can reach me anytime at email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.comInstagram @toddtalks_ig
This week on Youth Group Chronicles, Sam is joined by Cory Asbury for one of the wildest church stories we've ever heard—a late-night encounter involving a mysterious "Jesus dude" that had an entire church unsure of what was going to happen next. Along the way, you'll hear about a lock-in interrupted by an unexpected visitor wandering through the church, a middle schooler's fiery attempt at improving a Pop-Tart, a camp speaker whose illustration brought actual police officers to the scene, a sleepwalking student who created absolute chaos on retreat, a youth game that nearly ended in arrests, and several other stories that prove youth ministry is never boring. From hilarious misunderstandings to moments that left leaders questioning everything, this episode is packed with the kind of unforgettable stories only youth ministry can produce.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric talks with John Bevere about his new book The King Is Coming: It's Time To Prepare For The Return Of Christ. John explains why he avoided teaching on the Second Coming for decades, why he now believes Christians must recover urgency, holiness, repentance, and readiness, and why he sees signs of a coming Great Awakening, especially among young believers.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World
It's time for a restoration, or rather, re-adeption. In 1470, Warwick the Kingmaker seizes his moment and slings Henry VI back onto the English throne. It's fair to say the Lancastrian king doesn't quite get the significance of this moment. He's described by one chronicler as being nothing more than ‘a stuffed wool sack lifted by its ears'. But Henry makes one pliable puppet for Warwick, who makes himself the king's lieutenant — basically England's decision maker in chief. Lining up behind Warwick are a cast of characters who are more than happy to see England wobble, not least the French King Louis XI. But beneath Henry VI's return is a tremor that won't settle. There's an ex-king on the loose, and Edward IV is going to do everything he can to avenge his usurpation. – As always, Dan's royal favourites can chime in anytime on the royal court on Patreon at patreon.com/thisishistory. And don't forget to listen to this season's accompanying bonus episodes for this miniseries, where Dan and Producer Al discuss the weaknesses of Edward IV's early rule, what Henry VI's ‘re-adeption' actually meant, and why Warwick was able to cobble together a coalition that toppled the newly-minted royal House of York. – A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices –– Presented by Dan Jones Producer - Alan Weedon Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman Executive Producer - Louisa Field Executive Producer - Dan Jones Production Manager - Jen Mistri Production Coordinator - Eric Ryan Head of Content - Chris Skinner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The end times timeline does not terminate with man building a better world, repairing the damage of sin, or finally learning how to govern himself. It ends with the present heaven and earth fleeing away from the face of the One seated on the Great White Throne. Revelation 20 shows the final collapse of Adam's ruined world system, followed by the judgment of every lost soul who rejected the light God gave them. From that fearful scene, the prophetic timeline begins to unfold in reverse: the Great White Throne requires the end of the Millennium, the Millennium requires the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the Second Coming requires the completion of the time of Jacob's trouble, and the Tribulation requires the removal of the blood-bought Church before the wrath of God is poured out.“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” Matthew 24:3 (KJB)That is why the Bible believer is not waiting for the end of the world; we are waiting for the Lord from heaven. The next event for the body of Christ is not the mark of the beast, the rise of Antichrist, or the opening of the seals in Revelation 6, but the blessed hope of Titus 2:13 and the catching away of the Church in 1 Thessalonians 4. When you start at the end and work backward, the rightly divided timeline becomes clear. God will judge this world, restore Israel, reign from Jerusalem, destroy the final rebellion, judge the lost dead, dissolve the first creation, and make all things new. But before that final chain of events begins in earnest, the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and the Church will be gone. Today we look at the end times prophetic timeline in reverse!YOU ARE INVITED: Come and be a part of our live and in-person Sunday Service starting at 11:00AM at the Bible Believers Church at the Bookstore in Palatka, Florida.
What Worship Is Jonathan Parnell Download Psalm 100,Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!2 Serve the Lord with gladness!Come into his presence with singing!3 Know that the Lord, he is God!It is he who made us, and we are his;we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,and his courts with praise!Give thanks to him; bless his name!5 For the Lord is good;his steadfast love endures forever,and his faithfulness to all generations.Last Sunday, my family and I had the joy to worship with Kenny Ortiz and his family at Horizon City Church in Orlando. For those of you who don't know Kenny, he was a pastor here at Cities before we sent him out to Florida a few years ago to plant Horizon City. And it was so good to see him and spend a little time with him — and we had a funny moment together …Each of my kids had new backpacks they were toting around, and Kenny had the same kind — I think it's pronounced ‘Os-pree.' It's a backpack for hiking. Well, they have straps that buckle across the front, and my kids figured out right away that there's a whistle attached to the buckle. It's kind of discreet, but the kids figured it out, and so they, of course, were walking around blowing this whistle. Pastor Kenny sees this, realizes he has the same kind of backpack, with that same buckle, and that same whistle, and he says: “Hey, I never knew what that was!” And of course he starts blowing the whistle too. There was a lot of whistling going on! It was a funny moment!And Kenny made this a great moment. Because he thought it was incredible that he had this thing for so long, that was literally right under his nose, and he didn't know what it was. We've probably all been there before about something, but look, one thing I hope we never say that about is worship. This thing we do together on Sundays, and what we're called to do in all of life — we need to know what it is.Because being a worshiper is most fundamentally who we are as humans. Being a worshiper of Jesus is most fundamentally who we are as disciples of Jesus.Our worship of Jesus is the most important action we ever do as humans — so we should understand what we're doing when we worship.Psalm 100 helps us here.Today we're gonna look closely at Psalm 100, and I want to show you three truths about what worship is.The first is this:1. Worship is a declaration of our allegiance. We're gonna see this right away in verse 2, but before we get there, let me remind you about the context: Going back to Psalm 93, we're in a section of psalms all about the reign of the Lord, or the final coming of the Lord in judgment and salvation. And we established (back in Psalm 97) that what's in view here is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. These psalms are talking about the end of the world when Jesus returns in final judgment for his enemies and salvation for his people. And our response on that day as his people, as those saved by Jesus, will be worship — it'll be praise, thanksgiving, gladness, joy, singing — all the happy words we see in these psalms. That's what we're gonna do together with all of creation. Psalm 100 is right in line with this theme we've been seeing.In Psalm 100, the reader is commanded to worship God now with seven different imperatives. I'm gonna read all of them, starting in verse 1, but follow with me and see if you can spot them:Verse 1: Make a joyful noiseVerse 2: Serve the LordCome into his presence (v. 2b)Verse 3: Know that the Lord, he is God!Verse 4: Enter his gatesGive thanks to him (v. 4b)Bless his name (v. 4c)There's no doubt this whole psalm is about worship, but I want to call special attention to verse 2, that first line: “Serve the Lord with gladness!”What does that word “serve” mean?What Does It Mean to Serve?The word for “serve” is interesting because it can literally mean to work and serve as a servant, and it can mean to worship. And in a lot of cases, it has a double sense. To worship God is to serve God, to be submitted to him, to swear allegiance to him. That's what's intended most times when this word is used in the Old Testament. And it was Israel's biggest problem. Their problem was who they served. For example, in the Book of Deuteronomy, first, God is very clear. He says, Chapter 6, verse 13:“take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. You shall not go after other gods …”Then he says, Chapter 8, verse 19:“And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.”11:16,“Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them…”So one thing we know for sure here is that worship must mean more than an experience a few times a month on Sundays. Instead, worship is about an all-of-life allegiance, and it is a choice. It's a choice between two options: You either serve other little-g gods (bad idea), or you serve Yahweh, the one true God. Those are your choices.Those are the choices that Joshua set before the people of Israel in the Book of Joshua, Chapter 24. This is an epic scene in the Old Testament. Joshua gathered all of Israel, and he addressed all the people. He reminded them of their history and all that God has done for them from the calling of Abraham to the rescue from Egypt to the possession of the Promised Land, and he said, to all the people: “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord …” (v. 14) He said:“choose this day whom you will serve … But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (v. 15)It was an amazing moment. Joshua is saying, Me and my house are devoted to the one true God! My allegiance is to him — it's to Yahweh alone. That's what it means to serve the Lord, and that's what Psalm 100, verse 2 is getting at. To worship God, to serve him, is to declare your allegiance to him. It is about loyalty to our true King!A Daily ChoiceAnd we basically have that choice every morning when we wake up … Imagine, when you wake up, that Joshua says to you, personally: Hey, choose this day whom you will serve. Who's it gonna be? …And don't rush the moment . …Of course we know the right answer, but really think about it: at the end of the day if you were to assess your time and your energy, and what you give your best attention to, and what motivates you, who are you serving? Is it comfort? Reputation? Success? Power? Money? Who's it gonna be? To whom is your highest allegiance?Look, when it comes to worship, the real contrast throughout the storyline of Scripture is not worship versus non-worship, but it's who you worship: either you will serve the Lord or you will serve something else.Church, serve the Lord.And that is one reason Sundays are the best day of the week. Worship is more than a Sunday experience, but man, Sundays are important. Because on Sunday, the first day of the week, is the day that launches us into the next six days. We come together to say to God, before one another, “As for me, I will serve the Lord.”And of course we serve him with gladness. Let's not act like it's a hard choice. The way of Jesus is the only way. He alone has the words of life! We are gladly all in with Jesus. Worship is a declaration of our allegiance.2. Worship is congruent to our existence. We see this in verse 3. This is actually the center of the psalm — the center of the seven imperatives. The psalmist says, verse 3: Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.This is very straightforward. Get this: we worship God because he made us.This logic is repeated in all the great Confessions. I love how the 1689 London Confession puts it. This is Chapter 2, paragraph 2. The Confession says: God is most holy in all His counsels, in all His works, and in all His commands; to Him is due from angels and men, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience, as creatures they owe unto the Creator, and whatever He is further pleased to require of them.What it means to be a creature is that our Creator has the authority to require our worship. Because: God is God; we are not God; God made us.Resistance to CreaturelinessAnd look: the spirit of the age hates this fact. The mindset of the world, people of the world, hate the fact that they are made. They can't stand it. Because they worship the Self. We've talked about this recently: that in our sin, humans want to be their own gods. They want control over reality — even if it means murdering their pre-born children or mutilating their own bodies. They want to be gods to themselves. And the best explanation I've ever read of this is by the late theologian John Webster. He describes the essence of sin as the despising of our creatureliness. He writes:“To be a creature is to have one's being in relation to God, for ‘to be' is ‘to be in relation' to the creator, and only so to have life and to act. To be a sinner is to repudiate this relation, and so absolutely to imperil one's life by seeking to transcend creatureliness and become one's own origin and one's own end.” (Webster, Holiness, 84)The people of this world, dead in their sins, hate that they are creatures — and we know what this is like. It used to be all of us!In sin, you try to do everything you can to pretend you are not creature, you try so hard to be you're own god … but the problem is that there was a time when you did not exist. You did not exist, and then, when you did come into existence, you had nothing to do with it. That's what it means to be made.Have you ever thought about that?The Wonder of Being MadeI was thinking about this last week. We were having family dinner, and it was a beautiful moment together, it just hit me. I said: Y'all there was a time when none of us existed. …We had no existence at all. We were simply not. But then, we did exist. We do exist. We're here right now. Because we were made!And so what do we do as those who are made? We worship our Maker! It just make sense!The worship of God is congruent to the basic truth that he created us.And here are two very practical things we do with this — First is for parents, for moms and Dads (and since it's Father's Day, I mean this especially for Dads.) Here it is: 1) Teach your children that they are made. When Elizabeth was a toddler and just learning to talk, Melissa and I did a little catechism with her, and one of the first questions was, “Who made you?” Except we didn't ask that way. We would say it like this: “Elizabeth, who made you?” And she would say, “God!”And recently I asked all of my kids that question, and they all got the answer right. They all said God.And look, I know I'm not a perfect dad, and I'd never claim to be, but I feel pretty good about this one. Parents, we can all do it. Teach your children that God made them. And their eye color, and their hair color, and their skin color — it's all wonderful because God did it. And second, for all of us …2) Be amazed that God made you. It is so good to be made! It is so good that God is God; we are not; and God made us! And yes, we owe him everything — like the 1689 says, to Him is due whatsoever worship, service, or obedience he requires. But remember, the worship we owe him is not drudgery for us, but it's actually what satisfies the deepest longings of our soul. It's why we were made! It's why we exist!Psalm 100, verse 3: “It is God who made us and we are his!” Worship is congruent to our existence.3. Worship is grounded in the character of God. This is verse 5. And it's the verse that grounds everything said in verses 1–4. It's the ultimate reason why we … make a joyful noise, and serve the Lord, and come into his presence, and know that he is God, and enter his gates, and give him thanks, and bless his name.The reason we worship God is “for” — verse 5 — or because:the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.We worship God because he is worthy of worship, and his worthiness is evident in his character.That is what this verse is saying, and the grammatical construction makes that clear: Worship God because of his character — and in particular, because of his goodness.And we see this construction and this reason show up over and over again from Psalm 100 onward. Now we're gonna see this, but let me go ahead and tell you:Psalms 106 and 107 start the same way: “Oh give thanks to the Lord ... for he is good.”Psalm 117:3, “Extol him, all peoples ... for great is his steadfast love toward us.”Psalm 118:1, “Oh give thanks to the Lord ... for he is good.”Psalm 135:3 “Praise the Lord ... for the Lord is good.Psalm 136:1 “Give thanks to the Lord ... for he is good.”And then in Psalm 136 the psalmist repeats 26 times that God's steadfast love endures forever.Church, look, the Lord is good; his steadfast love really does endure forever. That's why we worship him. It's because of who he is, and who he is is good.Even in the Valley?But you might say: “Pastor, it doesn't seem that way for me right now.”Maybe you're going through a season of suffering. Maybe you've been battling discouragement and disappointment, and you feel stuck. You're just in the pit and you don't know what to do. You certainly don't ‘feel' the goodness of God where you are, and yet you hear this call to worship God for his goodness — and we just need some help here. I want you to know that even in the valley — in your valley, in your pit — God is still good, and you can worship him. In fact, your praise from the pit has a unique glory and sweetness to it that honors God more, shames the devil, and baffles the world.And I was trying to think here of some historical examples — like who are the saints in church history who have modeled this for us? There are many.But then it occurred to me: God has given us examples within our own church. The Examples God Has Given UsI think about Jen Jacobs, who died in 2022 at 38 years old. She had been diagnosed with cancer and fought hard, and I remember being at her house one day with a small group of people surrounding her, trying to bring encouragement. And Jen couldn't even open her eyes, but she wanted to sing the song “Good, Good Father.” And we did: we all sat there and sang “You're a good good Father, that's who you are!”And then I think about Kayla Rigney, our dear sister who died two years ago at 35 years old. She also battled cancer, and used to help lead worship on Sunday mornings. And one Sunday, the last Sunday she ever sang up here, she stood right there, half her hair was gone, and she led us in singing:I love You, LordFor Your mercy never failed meAnd all my days, I've been held in Your handsFrom the moment that I wake upUntil I lay my headOh, I will sing of the goodness of GodChurch, do we realize the examples God has given us? … right under our nose.And then of course I think of our dear sister Jean Swenson, who for decades was bound to a wheelchair after being paralyzed from the neck down. Jean modeled for years that we don't measure the goodness of God by our circumstances, but that our circumstances must be interpreted through the goodness of God. We start there! We start with: God is good.And because God is good, he therefore must have good purposes in hard things. Jean was an example for us of what her friend, Joni Erickson Tada, has been saying for over fifty years: “God permits what he hates to accomplish what he loves.”And that is his goodness. And church, we're gonna worship him because he's good. No matter where we are. And what God has done to prove his goodness is that he sent his only Son here. While we were sinners, when we deserved nothing but his wrath, God showed us his love in that Jesus died for us. Jesus took our sins upon himself. He suffered in our place. He defeated sin and death, and he has given us himself. We are united to him by faith. We are forgiven and free. Heaven is our home. Eternal joy is our future. Church, we can worship him now. And that's how we're gonna close. I get that there are some moments in life when we might say, about certain things, “Hey, I never knew what that was!” But Cities Church is not gonna say that about worship:Worship is a declaration of our allegiance.Worship is congruent to our existence.Worship is grounded in the character of God. And at this Table, this morning, we worship him. The TableEach week this Table directs our hearts to the cross of Christ where God's goodness displayed. If you're not a Christian, this is a moment for you to believe. Right now, wherever you are, turn from your sin and trust in Christ. Ask Jesus to save you, and he will save you. That is our story as Christians, and that is who this ritual meal is for. This is a soul-reviving cordial where we remember the goodness of God to us through the cross of Jesus Christ.Brothers and sisters, we who trust in Jesus, let us eat and drink together, and give him thanks.
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Do you read Sutter Cane? Really? Name three albums! Sorry? He's a fictional novelist who is in contact with the Elder Gods who wish to retake the Earth and subject us to their dark dominion? Someone should make a movie about that. They did?! It's called IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, and it's a stone-cold John Carpenter classic that we're covering this week with the help of TikTok's own Mandi Bossard! Along the way, we dig into the extremely Hollywood backstory of the script, explore what Sutter Cane's actual pathway to a Second Coming is, consider the astronomical cigarette budget for the movie, and dig into whether we're watching the movie or if we're watching the movie-within-the-movie! All this, plus Poison bassists, woman-written-by-man, spoil Backrooms hallways, H.P. Lovecraft roasts, ball-and-chains, and a very tentacle-filled edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure! This episode is a real page-turner, so check it out!! Part of the BLEAV Network.Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon! Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!! Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!! Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today!Join the new Discord Server Convo here! Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch! Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group! Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky Check out the films we've covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely source—ancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29?v=20251111
Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely source—ancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29?v=20251111
Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely source—ancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29?v=20251111
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If a book promises to give you the heart of God while quietly replacing His words with someone else's, that's not a translation. It's a trap. And the trap has a paper trail.ABOUT THIS EPISODE:The Passion Translation has been endorsed by some of the most influential voices in the charismatic world. Bill Johnson called it the best thing to happen to Bible translation in his lifetime. It's been sold in Bethel's bookstore, read in prayer rooms, and handed to new believers across the movement.David Fish and JonMark Baker of the Minor Prophets Podcast spent weeks comparing the Passion Translation, line by line, against its claimed sources. What they found isn't a matter of interpretation. It's documented.Where Brian Simmons departs from the Greek text, and claims an "Aramaic" source, the renderings don't match the Peshitta, the actual Syriac New Testament. They match the Mirror Bible, The Message, and other fringe paraphrases. Fish found over 300 instances in Paul's epistles alone. Simmons also claimed co-translator credentials on a Kuna New Testament. Ethnos 360, the mission that ran the project, says he was NEVER a Bible translator. The organization's own personnel said so on record.The second half of this episode goes deeper: into Simmons' theology. In his own words, in multiple recordings, he redefines the second coming of Christ as an unveiling of a glorified end-times people rather than a bodily return. He calls the physical second coming "not in the Bible." He says, directly: "Christ is no longer a person. He is now a body, a corporate expression." That's not a slip. That's a system, and it has a name: Manifested Sons of God theology has a long history in the fringe of the charismatic world, and Brian Simmons is teaching it from the platform the movement handed him.Join us to hear the evidence for yourself as fellow continuationists examine the paper trail.0:00 – Introduction3:55 – Plagiarism Discovery Explained5:53 – Examples of Copied Verses8:16 – Why Simmons Changed Text12:07 – Lessening Judgment: John 1513:29 – Is Simmons a Universalist?16:46 – Simmons' Fabricated Credentials18:44 – Ethnos360 Exposes Simmons20:01 – Manifested Sons Theology37:21 – "I Know When Jesus Returns"57:58 – "I Am My Lover" Clip1:06:35 – "Christ Is No Longer A Person"1:14:26 – Closing ThoughtsRESOURCES MENTIONED:- The Minor Prophets/Mike Winger episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9--owgBjtA- Andrew Chapman's Research: https://theriveroflife.com/category/the-passion-anti-translation/- Mike Winger's Research on The Passion Translation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHuv-ISp_iIw1WL8zaEm86L8 and https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHvXha4rjCj1Po0WLQc_jGGW- Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament — G.K. Beale https://a.co/d/09nG966Z- Typology-Understanding the Bible's Promise-Shaped Patterns: How Old Testament Expectations are Fulfilled in Christ - James Hamilton https://a.co/d/01jQgVDWPETITION:Sign the petition to request YouVersion remove the Passion Translation: https://www.change.org/p/an-appeal-to-youversion-to-remove-the-passion-translation/psf/membership-ask?experience=member&allow_actions=trueSubscribe to The Remnant Radio newsletter and receive our FREE introduction to spiritual gifts eBook. Plus, get access to: discounts, news about upcoming shows, courses and conferences - and more. Subscribe now at TheRemnantRadio.com. Support the showABOUT THE REMNANT RADIO: The Remnant Radio exists to equip believers who are hungry for the radical middle of both Word and Spirit. Subscribe for twice-weekly content on theology, church history and the gifts of the Spirit.
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Could we actually be the final generation? In this episode, Tony and John Bevere dive deep into the biblical, historical, and prophetic markers that point to a critical timeline between 2026 and 2075. From the ancient calculations of the Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls to the modern state of the global church, we explore the urgent reality of the season we are living in. John Bevere is a respected minister, bestselling author, and co-founder of Messenger International, whose decades of teaching have deeply shaped the global Christian community. With more than 40 years in ministry and over 25 books to his name, John brings a weighty, Scripture-centered perspective to one of the most avoided and misunderstood topics in the church today: the return of Jesus Christ. Together, Tony and John discuss John's new book, "The King Is Coming", and why studying the second coming should not produce fear, laziness, or arguments, but urgency, holiness, and a deeper love for Jesus. John explains why believers must see Christ's return not merely as an end-times event, but as the long-awaited wedding of the ages between the Bridegroom and His bride.Please pray for Tony's wife, Lindsay, as she battles breast cancer. Your prayers make a difference!If you're able, consider helping the Merkel family with medical expenses by donating to Lindsay's GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/b8f76890