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- PANIC!
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- Let someone shout "FIRE!" in a crowded building, and immediately people act
- like animals as they trample each other to reach the doors.
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- Let a rumor start that there will be a shortage of sugar or oil or any
- product, and immediately panic buying results. People stockpile all they can
- get with no thought of the needs of others.
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- Rich panic. Poor panic. Cultured, educated people panic. No one is immune when
- faced with a situation which threatens his life and welfare.
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- One of these days such a tremendous panic will occur that "... the kings of
- the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and
- the mighty men, and every bond man, and every free man, hid themselves in the
- dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks,
- Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and
- from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath is come; and who
- shall be able to stand? (Revelation 6:15-17)
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- Who is the Lamp? What is the great day of his wrath?
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- In olden days lambs were often used for sacrifice. So this name was given to
- Jesus Christ. He came to earth once as a sacrifice. He lived a life of love,
- humility, and service, and then gave his life for man's sin.
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- But Jesus Christ is God Himself. And instead of being honored and accepted,
- His name is blasphemed. His laws are ridiculed. His rightful claims are
- denied. His loved is spurned. His offer of salvation is rejected.
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- One day He is coming back in power and majesty. The first time He came to
- save. The second time to judge! When will He come? Possibly today or next week
- or centuries from now. No one knows. But He will come.
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- It will be a terrible day for those who have rejected Him. They will panic!
- They will cry to the mountains, "Fall on us!"
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- Countless millions, however, will rejoice to see their Savior and Friend.
- These have accepted His death as the payment for their sins. They acknowledge
- Him as Lord. They obey His commandments and honor His name.
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- To which group do you belong? Only in this life can you choose. There is no
- second chance. Today is the day of salvation. Today may be your last day! Flee
- from the wrath to come!
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- But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my
- Father only.
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- But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking,
- marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
- and knew not until the flood came, and took them away; so shall also the
- coming of the Son of man be.
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- Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other
- left.
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- Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this,
- that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come,
- he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
- Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man
- cometh.
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- (Matthew 24: 36-44)
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