{"id":34544,"date":"2025-02-13T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2025-worship-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T00:05:02","slug":"2025-goodnews","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2025-goodnews\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Lucado<\/p>\n

There\u2019s Good News<\/h3>\n

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\u201cHe will cause deceit to prosper,\u2026When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power\u201d (Daniel 8:25 NIV).<\/p>\n

Chapters 6 through 19 of Revelation describe in detail what will happen during the oppression by the Antichrist: famine, death, cosmic disturbances. The Jewish remnant will feel the full force of his anti-Semitic ire. Deception will be standard fare. I\u2019m describing the darkest chapter of human history.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ve not yet told you the good news. The tribulation? It\u2019s going to happen. Satan\u2019s henchman? He will be worse than anyone can imagine. But the wonderful news? If you are in Christ, you won\u2019t have to face him. For by the time he arrives, you will be long gone in Paradise.<\/p>\n

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The Last Trumpet<\/h3>\n

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\nChristians, upon the signal of Christ, will be transported into the presence of Christ. This rescue will be activated by the conclusion of the church age. Or, as the apostle Paul wrote, when \u201cthe full number of the Gentiles come in\u201c (Romans 11:25 RSV). The Lord will come with a loud command. At his side will be the sole figure identified in the Bible as an archangel\u2014Michael\u2014the great foe of Satan.<\/p>\n

We will hear a trumpet at the rapture. Roman soldiers learned to respond to three types of trumpets. The first prompted them to rise and strike their tents. The second announced it was time to fall into line. The last trumpet was the signal to march away. Christ will signal for us to march away\u2014either out of the grave or off the earth\u2014and \u201cwe will be with the Lord forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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