Prepare for the Really Big One! (Captioned)
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WELL GOOD MORNING! HOW ARE
YOU GUYS THIS MORNING? [GOOD]
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS STORY
IS TRUE OR NOT BECAUSE IT'S
NOT IN THE BIBLE. YOU KNOW WE
ONLY KNOW THAT THE THINGS IN
THE BIBLE ARE TRUE. IF WE
READ THINGS IN THE NEWSPAPER
OR HEAR IT ON THE RADIO, WE'RE
NOT SURE. BUT I READ ON THE
INTERNET A VERY INTERESTING
STORY THE OTHER DAY AND I'M
GONNA SHARE IT WITH YOU.
THIS ROMAN SOLDIER WAS GOING
THROUGH
MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT AND
PALESTINE
AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT JUDAISM ...
OF COURSE CHRISTIANITY DIDN'T
EVEN EXIST BECAUSE IT WAS
31 A.D.
AND AS HE WAS GOING HE WROTE A
MEMOIR.
AND HE WROTE ABOUT A SANDSTORM
HE SAW IN MESOPOTAMIA.
AND HE ALSO WROTE ABOUT A
GREAT TEACHER
THAT HE SAW IN PALESTINE.
AND HE SAID: I SAW THIS MAN
AND GREAT CROWDS WERE
FOLLOWING HIM AND HE WAS A
HIGHLY RESPECTED TEACHER. AND
HIS NAME WAS
JESUS OF NAZARETH. AND HE
WENT TO THE HOUSE OF
ELISHEBA AND HE TOOK A
STILLBORN
CHILD OF THIS WOMAN
AND RAISED IT TO LIFE. HE
PRAYED IN ARAMAIC
TO GOD AND THEN HE RAISED IT
TO LIFE
AND GAVE IT BACK TO HIS
MOTHER, KICKING AND SCREAMING,
A HEALTHY YOUNG CHILD. ISN'T
THAT AMAZING?
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT STORY'S
TRUE OR NOT.
IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE. BUT IT
WAS WRITTEN BY A MAN NAMED
MARCUS VELLEIUS PATERCULUS AND
HE IS KNOWN
AS AN ACCURATE WRITER OF
THINGS FROM OTHER WRITINGS
AND THEY JUST FOUND THIS
MANUSCRIPT. IT WAS UNKNOWN
AND THEY FOUND IT JUST ABOUT A
MONTH OR TWO AGO IN THE
VATICAN ARCHIVES. SOMEBODY
WAS GOING THROUGH AND FOUND
IT. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? BUT,
YOU KNOW WHAT'S MORE
AMAZING IS THAT EVERYTHING
WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE IS TRUE.
AND WE KNOW
THAT THE GREAT ONE IS COMING.
THE GREAT DAY
OF GOD'S JUDGMENT.
NOW MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE, UM,
IN THE SCHOOLS ...
DO YOU PREPARE FOR 'THE BIG
ONE'?
THE GREAT SHAKEOUT?
DID YOU DO A DRILL IN SCHOOL?
OKAY, PRETEND YOU HAVE DESKS
HERE, OKAY? AND WE'RE GONNA
SAY: "EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKE!"
WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT DO YOU
DO? DO IT! DO IT!
C'MON, DO IT! WHAT DO YOU DO?
OKAY, YOU DROP,
YOU COVER, YOU HOLD. OKAY?
ALRIGHT, NOW ... IT'S THE BIG
ONE! IT'S
THE LAST DAY! THE LORD IS
BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
WHAT DO YOU DO? [LAUGHTER AS
WILLIAM THROWS HIS HEAD BACK]
WHAT DO YOU DO?
JESUS SAYS IN LUKE, HE SAYS:
LOOK UP!
WHEN THESE THINGS ARE TAKING
PLACE, WHEN THE WORLD IS
FALLING APART, THE STARS ARE
FALLING FROM THE SKY, THE
MOON'S TURNING TO BLOOD, THE
EARTH IS SHAKING, AND
THE SEA IS EVAPORATING, THE
SKY'S FLEEING FROM GOD'S
PRESENCE. THE EARTH IS JUST
COMING TO A COMPLETE END AND
THE LORD IS BREAKING THROUGH
THE CLOUDS. WHAT ARE WE TO DO?
OTHERS ARE GONNA BE FEARING.
THEY'RE GONNA BE HIDING IN
CAVES. THEY'RE GONNA BE
RUNNING FROM THE LORD, BUT HE
SAYS: LIFT UP YOUR HEADS FOR
YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NEAR.
WE LIFT UP OUR HEADS BECAUSE
THE ONE WHO
REDEEMED US, JESUS OUR LORD,
IS COMING BACK AND
HE'S OUR SAVIOR. SO WE DON'T
HAVE TO FEAR THE LAST DAY,
DO WE? AND THE REASON WHY WE
DON'T HAVE TO FEAR IT
BECAUSE JESUS IS OUR REDEEMER.
HE'S THE ONE WHO BOUGHT US
BACK OUT OF SLAVERY FOR SINS.
HE PAID FOR THAT
WITH HIS OWN BLOOD. HE
RANSOMED US
FROM THE DEVIL, FROM DEATH,
FROM ETERNAL DESTRUCTION.
AND HE MADE US HIS OWN
CHILDREN. SO ...
WHENEVER YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT
GREAT DAY,
THE GREAT SHAKEOUT,
AND THE EARTHQUAKE IS A SIGN
OF THE END TIMES, TOO,
REMEMBER THAT THE LORD IS
GONNA COME BACK ... HE'S THE
GREAT ONE ON THAT GREAT DAY.
THE FINAL DAY OF OUR LORD.
AND WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT EACH DAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. YOU CAN GO BACK TO
YOUR SEATS AND WE'LL CONTINUE
WITH THE SINGING OF THE NEXT
HYMN, HYMN NUMBER: 208.