Rev. Douglas Meadows- “Signs of His Return”

The sky is growing darker, the headlines more troubling, and the world increasingly chaotic – but what if these aren't just random events? What if everything unfolding on the global stage is actually pointing to something prophesied thousands of years ago?

Pastor Austin Griffiths delivers a stirring, urgent message that connects today's breaking news with ancient biblical prophecy. From the tensions between Israel and Iran to the unprecedented global conflicts (with approximately 185 wars currently raging worldwide), from widespread famines killing 25,000 people daily to the moral decay evident in our society – these aren't isolated incidents but prophetic signposts. They're all part of the signs Jesus himself outlined in Matthew 24.

Christianity has become the most persecuted religion on earth. Churches are closing at alarming rates (a net loss of 3,000 churches last year alone). People have become extraordinarily easily offended, exactly as scripture predicted. The love of many has grown cold, with believers choosing pleasure over devotion to God's house. False teachings spread like wildfire in an age of deception.

Yet within this sobering assessment comes a message of tremendous hope. For those who endure, salvation isn't just promised – it's guaranteed. Rather than cowering in fear at these end-time indicators, believers are called to "look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near." The signs aren't meant to terrify us but to prepare and excite us for the imminent return of Christ.

This message is a wake-up call to stop playing church and start experiencing revival before the rapture. It's time to rekindle our passion for God's house, worship with fervor, and live with the constant expectation that today might be the day the eastern sky splits open and the trumpet sounds. Are you ready for that meeting in the air? The rehearsal is happening now in houses of authentic worship worldwide.

Don't miss this powerful prophetic message that will challenge your priorities, ignite your passion, and fill you with anticipation for Christ's return. Share this episode with someone who needs this timely reminder that Jesus is coming back soon!

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction and Welcome
• 9:24 Current Events and Prophecy
• 14:23 Signs of Christ's Return
• 23:41 Spirit of Deception in End Times
• 28:33 Iniquity and Coldness in Churches
• 34:30 Pleasure Over God's House
• 40:33 Good News for Enduring Saints
• 46:28 The Coming Reunion and Revival Call

Transcript

Speaker 1: 1:20

Hello, this is Austin Griffiths, the pastor of Open Praise Fellowship Holiness Church in Easley, South Carolina. Thank you for listening to Holiness Preaching Online. Let's take these truths of God's Word with us and apply these biblical doctrines to our lives. I know you'll enjoy this sermon from a holiness preacher.

Speaker 2: 1:54

All right, he gave me a little inspiration. I thought, well, if he did it, I could do it. Praise God, amen. How many loves Brother Ralston man? I love Brother Ralston. Praise God, amen. I say this with all sincerity. I've watched his ministry and watched this church and have tried to model myself after that and no way will I ever come up to that level. But I appreciate the challenge that he gives us young preachers and ministers and pastors and always sets the bar high, him and Sister Ralston so very much.

Speaker 2: 2:32

Tremendous friends of ours and their impact in the movement with their school and their college as well, and all the things that they do to just further our young folks and further the kingdom of God. Give honor to Brother and Sister Ed Ralston, love them and appreciate them. Brother Landon Ralston is doing wonderful. You know what I love to go to a church where the family's being used, because we often see so many family members get bitter and quit and they just go out and get out of church. But you know, I think it's all right to celebrate the ones that stay, amen. And so I give honor to amen the children that are here working with Brother Ralston. Amen, amen, praise God, and I'll move on from this, but I think it's incredible that you have Brother Ed Ralston, brother Ryan Ralston and his children here, just generation to generation, now grandchildren coming on. This church is in good hands and I praise God for it. Thank you to all the cooks. Wow, what a wonderful meal. Every day has been awesome and wonderful. Thank you for the wonderful hospitality, the accommodations, to not only me but my family and then to those who came from our church. We appreciate it so very much, love and appreciate my family. I'm thankful my children are in church and serving the Lord and they have a desire to come Now. My children are married and they had to take time off of work and so they chose I didn't make them come, they chose to come to camp meeting and you know how they make those decisions is when they're young you got to take them to camp meeting. Amen. I wasn't punished because I went to camp meeting my children. They wasn't punished because they went to camp meeting children, they. They wasn't punished because they went to camp meeting. It was a privilege to get to go to camp meeting and so I appreciate my family and our church folks. That's here. It would be really easy right now to just veer off and start preaching on Pentecost and start preaching about, you know that, that upper room experience, and we may get there. I don't know where God is going to end this service, but I do feel like I have a word for this service tonight, and so let's jump right into it and see what the Lord will do for us In Matthew, chapter number 24,. Matthew 24,. Give honor to all the ministry that has graced this pulpit. I know brother and sister McDonald had to move on and go home, do some situations, but just give high honor to Brother and Sister McDonald. Wasn't that great preaching this morning? Amen. And then every minister that has graced this pulpit. I can't call every one of your names the youth services. Tonight's service was wonderful and we give you high honor for that.

Speaker 2: 5:10

Matthew, chapter 24,. When you have that, if you would stand for the reverence of the reading of God's Word. Matthew, chapter 24,. When you have that, if you would stand for the reverence of the reading of God's word. Matthew, chapter 24, and let's read verse number three, if you have it, would you just say I've got it. And as he set 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? Tell us when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of thy coming. I want to talk to us for the next few moments On the signs of his coming. Let's pray and ask God's blessing upon his word tonight. Heavenly Father, we thank you For everything that's been accomplished Up until this point. Thank you, lord, for this awesome choir that sang with anointing. I pray tonight, god, that you would just arrest our hearts as we look into the word of the Lord. I pray, god, that you would settle in this house with a sweet presence, god of your spirit. And, most of all, I pray that you would move in these altars tonight and we'll give you praise for it in Jesus name. And all of God's children said amen. God bless you as you're seated in the presence of the Lord tonight.

Speaker 2: 6:32

If you're like me, I'm a news junkie. I like to keep up with what's going on and I like to stay as relevant as I can. And you, if you have been keeping up with the world events, have noticed some significant developments that's been going on between Israel and Iran and things that we're seeing unfold right now, with wars and missiles and threats and protests even around the world, even in our own country, really shouldn't be a surprise to us. It's not anything new. It's not anything random. This has been going on for a long time, even before the Palestine War of 1948, the six day war of 1967,.

Speaker 2: 7:18

Israel has been hated and despised by its enemies From the moment that God called Abraham and made a covenant with his seed. Satan marked Israel as a target. Pharaoh tried to crush them in Egypt, haman tried to exterminate them, herod's tried to destroy them, hitler's tried to wipe them off the map. Even Iran, since around 1979, has been trying to exterminate them. But I am thankful that, while the enemy has had his eye on God's people, god has had his hand on his people. Amen, and I'm thankful for the current events and thankful for everything that has been happening and thankful for the leadership that we have in our country. Amen, aren't you? And how many knows that as long as God's on the throne, israel will never be defeated. Praise God.

Speaker 2: 8:13

But I'm not here just to talk about all of that. Really, what I've been hearing is a reoccurring theme in some people's. You know vocabulary. What does this mean? Does this mean we're nearing the end? Does this mean the coming of the Lord is upon us? And you know they asked that same question in Acts, chapter one, in verse number six. They said same question in Acts, chapter 1 and verse number 6. They said is this when you will restore the kingdom to Israel? Is this the time? I think it's interesting that the final question they asked Jesus before he ascended back to heaven was when are you coming back? How many knows that question has been ringing and reverberating throughout the corridors of time. That's the question that really is on everybody's mind.

Speaker 2: 8:58

What does all of this mean prophetically? Where's this thing going? Where are we in the prophetic timeline? And I love Jesus' answer. He said it's not for you to know the times or the seasons which the father has put in his own power. Jesus was saying I'm not going to tell you the exact time when I'm coming back. It's not for you to know the exact time or the season, but he did tell us that he would come as a thief in the night. He did tell us that he would come in an hour. That you think not. So just because we don't know when he's coming, never think that he's not coming. Come on now. I think we need to revisit hallelujah, the promise of Revelation 22 and 12. And when Jesus said and behold, I come quickly.

Speaker 2: 9:50

All of this chaos, all of this division, all of this global unrest is pointing to something great, and that is that Jesus is coming back. Praise God. The wars, the shaking of nations, the turning of hearts, the rise of deception it's all aligning with what scripture told us would happen in the last days. I believe the earth is groaning. I believe that truth is under attack. Amen, they're not just headlines, but they are signals from heaven. That prophecy is not something we're just now reading about, but it's something we're living in. And what does it mean? You're going to hear this over and over and over again tonight. I really want to be very redundant Amen, and to remind us that Jesus is coming back. What should we preach about? What should we sing about? What should we testify about? I say let's sing, preach and testify that Jesus is coming back. It's not time to be asleep. It's not time to be distracted. It's not time to be asleep. It's not time to be distracted. It's not time to cool off. It's not time to go to church and have business as usual. Amen, jesus is coming back.

Speaker 2: 11:26

I hear the voice of the critic. I hear the voice of the skeptic that says they've been saying that for many, many years and it hasn't happened yet. Well, I want to tell you, there was a group of folks that mocked Noah when he built the ark. They laughed at Noah for preaching. It's going to rain, the flood's coming, god's going to destroy the earth. They said you're crazy, it'll never happen, the rain's never going to come. But I want you to know tonight the rain did come, the waters did rise, the earth was destroyed. I know there was some that never saw it, but there was a generation that did see it and I feel in my spirit that I am preaching to a generation that I don't know how you're not going to see the coming of the Lord. I believe this generation in this building tonight is the generation that hears the sound of the trumpet, that sees the skies open. Amen.

Speaker 2: 12:30

Just because he hasn't come doesn't mean he's not going to come. Can I tell you, the same Jesus that came in a manger, the same Jesus that died on a cross, the same Jesus that was buried in a tomb, the same Jesus that rose, amen. And ascended back to the Father. Amen, he's coming back again. I said he's coming back, amen. I say we live it, we sing it to the Father. Amen, he's coming back again. I said he's coming back, amen. I say we live it, we sing it, we preach it, we testify, we rejoice about it that Jesus is coming again. How many knows? It's our hope, it's our everything. Jesus is coming back Now.

Speaker 2: 13:15

I don't want to just slow down real and you just check out of this. But because he didn't tell us when he's coming, he did give us some signs that he is coming. Hallelujah. And if I could just navigate through some of these, hallelujah, and if I could just navigate through some of these. And I want you to make your own judgment To see if we are close to the coming of the Son of God. He said as the days of Noah was, so shall it also be in the coming of the Son of man. Come on now. If you Google the coming of the Lord, you will find the last time I did it 4.9 billion hits in 0.51 seconds. It's on everybody's mind Amen. What's all this mean? It means Jesus is coming back.

Speaker 2: 14:06

Look at verse six. He said and ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. You can look at the conflicts that's going on in the world today, some of them I already mentioned to you. You can't hardly read anything About Without reading About wars. One article said there's 185 wars or conflicts Going around the world today, and while we are here In America and we're experiencing Peace make no Mistake about it this world is at war. You say? What does that Mean, preacher? It means Jesus is coming back. Come on now.

Speaker 2: 14:53

Verse 7 says, for nation shall rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom. There shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places. During the 20th century, it's estimated that 70 million people has died of famine Every day. 25,000 people, including more than 10,000 children. They die from hunger. 3.1 million children they die from starvation every year. I know that's hard for us to fathom. While we eat and enjoy the good food that we have this week food that we have this week 822 million people globally suffer from hunger and are in danger of immediate death.

Speaker 2: 15:41

What are you trying to say, preacher? I'm saying it's pointing to one thing jesus is coming back. Homosexuality is being accepted. Pornography is now a legal business. There's more marriages that end in divorce than stay together. The abuse of children is at an all-time high. One out of every three children will be physically, emotionally or sexually abused. Domestic violence men abusing women. Domestic violence Men abusing women. Mothers abandoning children, fathers walking away from homes, which fulfills the scripture in Timothy that they'll be without natural affection. You're going to help me tonight. What does this mean? It means Jesus is coming back. The signs are pointing to one event Amen, god is fixing to send his son to get the bride of Christ in curable diseases. Amen, all kinds of things. Amen. There's an expectation in the air. It means Jesus is coming back.

Speaker 2: 16:54

And I came to this pulpit on a Thursday night to be a spiritual, if you will, paul Revere, when he began to ride through the streets shouting the British are coming, the British are coming. I came to come to this pulpit to tell every teenager Jesus is coming, jesus is coming. I came to tell every family. I came to tell every teenager Jesus is coming, jesus is coming. I came to tell every family. I came to tell every backslider. I want to tell every sinner Jesus is coming. If you're going to get saved, you better get saved now. If you're going to sell out, you better sell out now. If you're going to get the Holy Ghost, you better get the Holy Ghost now. Jesus is coming, jesus is coming. Jesus is coming. Jesus is coming, amen.

Speaker 2: 17:39

I want to tell you something this is no time to be playing church. Come on, stop thinking about well, when I get married, I'm going to sell out to God. I want to tell you something you have no promise of getting married. Well, when I have children, I'll get serious about being faithful to church. You may never have children. Well, when I get to church Sunday, when it's just the home folks, I'll really go to that altar and dedicate.

Speaker 2: 18:15

I want to tell you something I believe in the imminent return of Jesus Christ. I may not finish this sermon tonight. I said I may not finish this sermon tonight. I know that's. That's kind of scary for some and if you're not saved it ought to worry you, but if you're saved it ought to excite you. I'm just a pilgrim and a stranger and I'm passing through.

Speaker 2: 18:49

Hey, folks, you want to hear some good news.

Speaker 2: 19:00

Jesus is coming.

Speaker 2: 19:01

I said you want some good news.

Speaker 2: 19:03

Jesus is soon to return.

Speaker 2: 19:13

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and ye shall be hated. I'm talking about the signs Of his coming. Okay, we don't like that verse. We're too good, do we Then? Shall they deliver you up to be afflicted? Shall kill you. You shall be hated of all nations. For my name's sake, now listen. This is not the tribulation, this is persecution.

Speaker 2: 19:39

And so, according to the Pew Research group, they say that Christians Are the world's most Persecuted group. Now, I know the liberal media Would try to get you to think that it's a certain gender, or it's a certain gender or it's a certain race, but that's a lie. The most persecuted people on planet earth and in the world today is Christians. Are you going to help me? Tonight? Four out of every five acts of religious discrimination are not directed toward Muslims, buddhists, hindus or Satanists. They are directed toward Christians. Did you know there were 7,000 Christians that was killed, or over 7,000 even last year?

Speaker 2: 20:26

What are you saying, preacher? I'm saying Jesus is coming. You want another sign that he's coming. If this don fit the american church, I don't know what will. Then shall many be offended? Chips on her shoulder. You can't make them happy. Come on, are we not living in the most offended generation that we've ever lived in? I mean, you can't even have a business and refuse to sell to a homosexual because of religious beliefs, and they want to own your business. They call it political correctness, I call it offense. There's folks that are offended Amen. We have so many folks that has hurt feelings. They've got chips on their shoulders, they're offended at everything. They're offended at the preacher, they're offended at the youth pastor, they're offended at the church, they're offended at the choir. It came on now, amen. You know what it is. It's a sign that Jesus is coming. Can I tell you, if there's ever been a day where you ought to get rid of your offense, it's now. Amen, jesus is coming back. Amen, get rid of that bitterness, get rid of that grudge, amen, and get on fire for God because he's coming. I believe I will. I believe I will, amen.

Speaker 2: 22:05

I don't mean to turn into pastor here, but excuse me for about three minutes that pastors can't hardly say anything From the pulpit Without the congregation taking it offensive. I mean if you tell someone's child that you know you can't dress like that or you can't go there, watch that and be used in our choir or church, I mean they just get offended and quit. I mean it's like if you look at them wrong. But yet here's my beef. Amen, they can take them down and sign them up To little league sports and old coach Can tell them what to wear. Old coach can tell them, hallelujah, wear. Oh. Coach can tell them, hallelujah, what time to be at practice and coach can tell them how late they're going to stay. And coach can tell them that you can't do this or that and they say yes, sir coach, yes, sir, yes, sir, coach. And oh, by the way, they make them call him coach Amen To wear in a lot of. And oh, by the way, they make them call him coach Amen To where in a lot of our churches. That's just another guy. Well, I say that in no disrespect.

Speaker 2: 23:21

Amen, come on now.

Speaker 2: 23:22

Hallelujah, oh, you know what it is.

Speaker 2: 23:27

It's a sign of his coming.

Speaker 2: 23:30

Woo, my, my, my, hallelujah, hallelujah, it's a sign that jesus is coming back. Then he says you're going to betray one another and you shall hate one another. Have you ever seen that backstabbing, turning on each other generation that we have right now, gossiping, running each other down? Amen Trying to climb the political ladder? Amen, killing one another's ministries, talking behind their back? You ain't going to help me tonight.

Speaker 2: 24:02

I want to tell you it's time we stand together. It's time we get on the same page. Amen, we're not enemies. I said, we're on the same team. You're my brother, you're my sister. Let's stop hating each other and let's start pulling for each other, hallelujah. Come on, somebody, look around. Come on, just take a gander around. This is not your enemy, this is your family enemy. This is your family. We're going to heaven together. We're going to shout together. We're going to rejoice together when Jesus comes back.

Speaker 2: 24:54

I'm hastening to a close and many false prophets shall arise and deceive how many. Thank you, I got a bible. That's why I like preaching to this church. We got some bible readers in the house. They shall deceive many. Come on now. I have been preaching to my church that the greatest, one of the greatest tools In this end time that Satan is using Is the spirit of deception.

Speaker 2: 25:27

I just want to tell you, just because they say it, does it make it true? And I may get blasted on social media and it seems like all they do is sit around and just try to poach something. We say Amen and just try to discredit it. But can I tell you, just because they post it and just because they blast, it doesn't mean they're true. Come on somebody. Come on now.

Speaker 2: 26:01

I think it's time we stand for truth. Come on now. I said I think it's time we stand for truth. Amen, come on. You know how to know truth. Get in the Bible, come on. Well, I got to listen to their podcast and I got to find out on their websites and I gotta make sure and read up on all this so I know what's true and what's not true. Can I tell you, the way to know truth is not get on their websites or listen to their podcast, it's get in that book and know so much truth that when Amen, jesus Is one of many ways to heaven, you say oh no, no, no, no. He is the only way to heaven. Come on somebody.

Speaker 2: 26:41

When they say we don't believe in speaking in tongues, you get in that Bible and say, oh no, I know the truth. Woo, the Holy Ghost Is still evident by talking in tongues, is still evident by talking in tongues. I still believe in the power of the blood. I still believe in the gifts of the Holy Ghost. I believe in truth and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Thank God for truth.

Speaker 2: 27:22

Hallelujah, this ecumenical church and all roads lead to heaven and everybody's the same Folks. That's not true. We're not all the same. Hallelujah, oh, I got to move on. Hallelujah, because iniquity shall abound. The love of many Shall wax cold.

Speaker 2: 27:49

Did you know that over 4,000 churches closed Last year? Only 1,000 of them opened. That's a net loss of 3,000. And these are average numbers. I understand there's fact checkers out there. Amen, these are just average numbers. A net loss of 3,000 churches. Come on now. You know what that lets me know Jesus is coming. Amen, me know Jesus is coming.

Speaker 2: 28:22

I am trying to convince a dad who sits in church on a consistent basis and you have no fire, no passion for God, to get back on fire for God because Jesus is coming. Amen, jesus is coming. I'm trying to convince somebody that all you want to do is fight your leadership, fight your pastor, criticize and critique everything that's going on in our churches. Come on, there's no perfect church. You know why? Because you're there. Come on now. Where there's people there's problems, amen, come on now. Where there's people there's problems, amen, come on now.

Speaker 2: 28:57

It's time to get in your church, get behind your church and stay with your church Because Jesus is coming. It's time to get on fire for God. It's time to get full of the Holy Ghost. It's time, amen, to be a worshiper. It's time to get full of the Holy Ghost. It's time to be a worshiper. It's time to stop making your preacher have to push and plead and prod every service. It's time to get out of your seat back on your feet, because Jesus is coming. He's coming, he's coming. I said he's coming. He's coming, he's coming. I said he's coming. Amen.

Speaker 2: 29:44

Men in the last days Shall be lovers Of pleasure more than lovers of God. Because of that statement I just made, I want you to shout real loud Jesus is coming, hallelujah. People shall be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. If you don't think that's right, you just let some carnal activity just happen to fall on Sunday and see what 70% of our members choose Church or carnality.

Speaker 2: 30:34

I was raised in a home where I never had to ask are we going to church? Never, not one time. I didn't go to rodeos on Sunday. I didn't go to ball. I never went to a rodeo anyway. I didn't go on Monday too. I didn't go on any day. They ended it. Why Come on somebody? I didn't go. I didn't go to the ball games. I didn't go to the ball games, I didn't go to the proms. Come on somebody, hallelujah, come on now.

Speaker 2: 31:04

And especially on Sunday, me and my dad had a deer lease and we had a deer lease in West Plains, missouri. It was a five and a half hour trip. And guess what? Opening rifle season was always on Saturday. So we would leave out Friday, go camp out on Saturday. On Friday night we would hunt all day Saturday. We'd come back to the cabin on Saturday afternoon, we'd hunt Saturday night, and if we killed a deer he's going to be there a while. But guess what we did? Come Saturday evening, we packed up in our car. But guess what we did? Come Saturday evening, we packed up in our car, we drove five and a half hours back to Claremore. We went to church Sunday morning and Sunday night, got back up Monday morning and finished the week out.

Speaker 2: 31:47

Come on, you ain't gonna help me tonight. Men shall be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. Come on, I say we get back to the old end time scripture that says forsake not the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of such is, and so much the more as you see the day approaching. Come on, stop watching church online, Stop listening to Mixler, stop missing Sunday and get back to the house of God, because Jesus is coming. Come on, let's fall in love with church again. Let's fall in love with the local assembly again. Jesus is coming.

Speaker 2: 32:32

My God, some of you are looking at me like I've lost my mind. Can I tell you, if he came back on Sunday, I'd rather be in church than the Deerwoods. I'd rather be in church than somewhere else. Come on, let's go to church. I was glad when they said unto me, let us go unto the house of the Lord. Okay, I can see this ain't going over real good for some of you. So that's the bad news. But here's the good news. The signs are heavy, the headlines are heartbreaking, the world's getting darker by the day. But don't stop reading the text. Somebody asked me did you bring your shouting shoes? Every pair of shoes, shouting shoes? But I feel something in my feet right now.

Speaker 2: 33:41

Hallelujah, because I heard him say that when all these things, hallelujah, the wars, the rumors of wars, he said, but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved. Apparently, you don't know what that word saved means. That word saved means rescued, delivered, preserved, made whole, brought through safely. So he that endures to the end shall be rescued, shall be brought through you ain't helping me shall be delivered. Come on, somebody.

Speaker 2: 34:32

Can I tell you, if you just keep on keeping on, if you just keep on loving, if you just keep on keeping on, if you just keep on loving Jesus, if you just keep on shouting, if you just keep on rejoicing, you will be saved. For I heard him say when you see these things come to pass, don't go off in a corner somewhere, don't go buy out the water bottles at Walmart, don't go build a bunker underground. But when you see these things come to pass, look up, lift up your head. Your redemption, draw a knife. I got good news for you we getting out of here. I got good news for you we getting out of here. I got good news for you he's coming back.

Speaker 2: 35:41

For a church that's shouting, that's rejoicing, that's celebrating. Hey, church, one of these days we gonna be leaving. Thank you, why not? Why not shout? Come on somebody. I said why not shout Over the return of Jesus Christ?

Speaker 2: 36:39

We came in this thing shouting, and when the day of Pentecost was fully come, it was all in one place and one accord. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven. We came in shouting, we fixing to go out, shouting for the Lord himself. Shout the sin from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God, and the dead in Christ are going to rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. You want some good news? Behold, I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. For the trump shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible. And when the dead shall be raised incorruptible, then shall this mortality Put on immortality and then shall be broken past the sand that is written oh death, where is thy victory? Oh grave, where is thy sting? Amen, I just come with some good news. Jesus is coming. I said Jesus is coming. Let's shout about it, let's rejoice about it. Let's rejoice about it, let's preach it, sing it, live it and walk it. Jesus is coming back.

Speaker 2: 38:26

You have heard of fearless little Moses in the bulrush. You have heard of fearless David and his sling. You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph and of Jonah and the well we often sing. There are many, many others in that Bible. I would like to meet them all. I do declare. But by and by, the Lord will surely let us meet them at that meeting in the air. Oh, there is going to be a meeting in the air, in that sweet, sweet by and by well, I'm going to meet you, meet you over there In that home beyond the sky. Well, such singing you will hear, never heard by mortal ears. It will be glorious. I do declare, by and by, the Lord will surely let us meet them At that meeting in the air. It's going to happen. It's going to happen. I said it's going to happen, just as sure as I'm standing up here. It's going to happen.

Speaker 2: 39:59

There, the doubters will be missing altogether, for the skeptics will be absent on that day because they missed it. There will never be a sermon preached to sinners, for the house refused to heed the call. There, the saints will have a seal upon their forehead, dressed in raiment none but ransom ones can wear. All who have the wedding garment will be present. Somebody ought to rejoice. Somebody ought to celebrate. Come on, somebody ought to lift him up. Hey folks, jesus is coming, come on, jesus is coming. If you really believe that right now, I couldn't keep you quiet. If you really believe that in the next 30 seconds, hallelujah, the eastern sky could split open. The trumpet could sound Hallelujah, the dead in Christ Are going to rise first, hallelujah. I think we'd have church Like we never had church. I think some cold backslider Would get out of their seat, run to an altar and say I want God again, I want revival, I want to move to the Holy Ghost Because Jesus is coming. Hey folks, this could to the Holy Ghost Because Jesus is coming. Hey folks, this could be the last service, this could be the last camp meeting and if it is, let's have church. I said if it is, let's have revival. Because Jesus is coming.

Speaker 2: 41:58

Come on, praise him like he's on his way. Come on, praise him like he's on his way. Come on, praise him like he's on his way. Come on. I said praise him like he's on his way. Come on, praise him like he's on his way. Come on, praise him like he's on his way. Come on, praise him like he's on his way. Praise him like he's on his way. Come on, praise him like the trumpet's about to sound. Come on, praise him like Gabriel's moistening his lips. Come on, praise him like Gabriel's fixing to blow the trumpet. Come on, praise him like the next second you could be waking up in heaven. Come on, praise him like the trumpet. Come on, praise him Like the next second you could be waking up in heaven. Come on, praise him. It's really going to happen. Come on, I said it's really going to happen. It's not a fairy tale, it's not a story that's told. It's really going to happen.

Speaker 3: 42:57

The trumpet's going to sound. I said the trumpet's going to sound.

Speaker 2: 43:19

I'd like to be standing by the grave sign of a loved one when the trumpet sounds and the graves burst open. Woo, hey, I said we're going to have a reunion. I said there's going to be a celebration. Woo, I said there's going to be rejoicing. I said there's going to be rejoicing. You might as well praise him now. You might as well rejoice now. Jesus is coming. Thank you, come on, you ought to praise him. Come on, there ought to be some shouting. There ought to be some rejoicing. There ought to be some celebration. Hallelujah, come on, look up, lift up your head. Your redemption draweth nigh, for he that endures To the end, the same Shall be saved. Come on, one of these times it's not going to be this brother blowing the trumpet. One of these times it's not going to be this gentleman, it's going to be Gabriel. It's going to be the real thing.

Speaker 2: 45:21

But tonight it's wedding rehearsal. I said tonight. I said it's wedding rehearsal. We're just getting warmed up. I'm just warming up. Hallelujah, come on. Preacher, preacher, jesus is coming. Come on, sunday school teacher, jesus is coming. Thank you, come on, we fix to have an altar service.

Speaker 2: 46:37

If you think we can't have an altar service with preaching about the coming of the Lord. Come on, you're not very deep. Somebody could get the Holy Ghost tonight, come on. Come on, hallelujah, come on. You want another end time verse? Do you want one more end time verse? He said In the last days, saith God, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. Your sons, your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall dream dreams, your old men shall see visions, and upon thy handmaidens. Come on, I will pour out of thy spirit in those days. Can I tell you Pentecost is an end time message. I said Pentecost is a revival message. Come on, somebody. Somebody could get the Holy Ghost before he comes. Somebody could get healed before he comes. Somebody could get delivered before he comes. Come on, somebody. He's not coming back for a church that's checking their clock, looking around Saying when this is going to be done. Is this altar service about over? No, he's coming back for a church.

Speaker 2: 47:47

Who's got her hands in the air? Who's got her voice raised? Who's having revival? Come on, let's have revival. Come on, it's Thursday night camp meeting, let's having revival. Come on, let's have revival. Come on, it's Thursday night camp meeting, let's have revival. If you can't shout here, you probably ain't going to shout there, you might as well go ahead. Whoo, hallelujah, hallelujah, come on. If you see somebody praying next to you, come on, lay your hands on them. Come on, come on, let's have an altar call tonight. Come on, let's have an altar call tonight. Come on, let's have an altar call right now. Come on, let's have an altar call right now. Come on, come on. This ain't a message Just to stir our emotions for 10 minutes and then we go eat Chick-fil-A. This is a message for us to have revival. Come on. This is a call for us to have revival. Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. It's for me, it's for you, for your children, their children too. Come on, that's an end time message, the entire message.

Speaker 4: 50:02

This is Pastor Philip Steele from Pentecostal Lighthouse in Pekin, Illinois, and one of the contributing members of the HBO team. We're so glad that you joined us today. We pray that you've been blessed, encouraged and uplifted through this message. May you continue to walk victoriously in the hope of his calling. God bless.