Valley Gospel
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Get Ready
The pendulum of end-times teaching has swung between alarmist date-setting and dismissive indifference—but what does Scripture actually say about Christ's return? In this powerful message, we cut through centuries of misguided predictions to uncover a refreshing biblical perspective on the rapture and second coming.
From medieval apocalyptic fears to modern blood moon hysteria, Christians have repeatedly been led astray by those claiming to know exactly when Jesus will return. But these failed predictions have caused many believers to either live in constant dread or completely ignore end-times teaching altogether. Neither response honors what Scripture actually teaches.
Through a careful examination of Jesus' ascension and the promise of His return "in like manner," we discover that the rapture won't be a secret, silent event but an announced reunion between Christ and His bride. The Greek word for "air" in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 places this meeting less than a mile from earth—a powerful image of our Bridegroom's eagerness to meet us.
Most importantly, this message reframes our anticipation of Christ's return from fear to joy. Rather than dreading the trumpet sound, true believers should be lifting up their heads because "your redemption draws near." When we understand the distinction between the rapture (Christ coming for His church) and the second coming (Christ returning with His church), we gain clarity about God's prophetic timeline without getting lost in speculative details.
What would change in your life if you knew Jesus was returning tomorrow? Start living ready today. Don't get distracted by worldly pursuits or compromise your walk with Christ. Look up, stay watchful, and rejoice—your Bridegroom is coming!
But not because of you, but because he is good and you will not have room to receive it. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, Woo.
Speaker 2:Hello, welcome to Valley Gospel Church. We are a non-denominational Pentecostal church located in Springdale, pennsylvania. Our sole mission is to present the living truth of a risen Lord Jesus Christ to a remnant church and a lost world. So let's go into the service recorded live at Valley Gospel Church.
Speaker 3:Last week. What it is good to see Terry back. Yes, it is. I saw him in his yard working this week so I knew everything was okay. Last week we had the opportunity to minister at Mayport Church of God and we were, and I'm sure he'll listen to the podcast. But Pastor Wayne was so cordial and respectful to both Stephanie and I. But I was introduced when they introduced me. I was introduced as an end times preacher and I guess, as opposed to a regular preacher, I guess as opposed to a regular preacher.
Speaker 3:And while I'm in agreement with that, that I am an end times preacher, my thought is shouldn't we all be end times preachers? Shouldn't every preacher? After all, jesus is coming, and if he isn't, maybe we need to rethink Christianity. First century preachers were end times preachers. So, chrissy, let's go to work.
Speaker 3:A little over a thousand years ago, this world faced some of its darkest times Worldwide apostasy, islam was growing exponentially, fear and violence had grown worldwide. People good people, church people were panic-stricken. There were terrible calamities, plagues, pestilence, viruses, wars and rumors of wars. But some of the greatest reasons for the panic, it seems to me, were signs in the moon and stars Super moons, blood moons, wolf moons, preachers. Some end time preachers were saying this is it, this is it. Jesus is coming. Jesus is coming.
Speaker 3:The mistake that was made then, and has been made many times since, is that they said it would happen in the year 1000. It grew to such proportions that people began to quit their jobs. They quit planting, they quit building family birth rates fell. The rich who could afford it all headed for Palestine to be there when the temple was rebuilt and Jesus returned. And when the year 1000 came and went and Jesus didn't come back. People returned to their jobs, their lives, their building, their planting, raising families, building businesses, a time to build and grow and prosper. Not looking for his return and the thought was, maybe he wasn't coming at all. The pendulum had swung. If you have your Bibles, turn with Chrissy, please, to Luke 21. Luke 21, beginning with the 25th verse, 21 and 25,. I'll ask you, when you get there, would you please stand for the reading of God's word this morning?
Speaker 2:And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon, and in the stars and upon the earth. Distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring men's hearts, failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth. Wow, wow, nice job, chrissy, thank you. Then look up and lift your heads, for your redemption draws nigh.
Speaker 3:Wow, nice job, chrissy. Thank you. I used for a subject this morning getting ready, getting ready. Let's pray, heavenly Father. Thank you, lord. Thank you first of all that you're here in service today. Lord, we thank you that you're coming again physically. Lord, we ask you to anoint your word today. Lord, help me to do no injustice to your word. Lord, help me to say only what you would have said. It is in the name of your beloved precious August, soon coming son, we pray Amen and amen. Please be seated.
Speaker 3:I read that account that I about how society had gone from a book on church history, but it wasn't many times. It happened in 1843, william Miller's book look it up Evidence it's called Evidence of the Second Coming and it guaranteed that Jesus would return in 1843. When Jesus didn't come in 1843, mr Miller recalculated and said it would be 1846. When he didn't come in 1846, miller became the head of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and quit talking about his. More recently, just post-World War II, jesus was coming, 1947. Then 1988, sunrise, rosh Hashanah how many remember that? A couple of us were listening to that Jesus was coming. Then, 2000, new millennium, right, oh, but it's not really the new millennium until 2001. Y2k Jesus would come, didn't come. Then, 2011,. Israel's Independence Day had to come, didn't come? 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar. Oh Lord, he was coming. And who can forget the Jubilee years 2017, 2018? Huh, again, with the blood moons, the wolf moons, many others. With the blood moons, the wolf moons, many others, while we absolutely know the rapture is imminent and that means that his return is sure and it can happen at any time.
Speaker 3:Date setting is a delusion, saying it's this or that or he's coming, then. It's a tool of the devil, just as it was in 1843, 1846, 1947, 2011,. Same tool. The devil doesn't change his ways. Oh, he sharpens them, changes them for societal evolution, but they're still the same. He sharpens them, Changes them for societal evolution, but they're still the same. He still uses the same tools. And date setting of any kind is not only misleading, it's unscriptural. His coming now, because of those date setters. His coming now isn't really preached or taught much.
Speaker 3:You don't hear many messages on the rapture or on Jesus' second coming, and in today's church there's so much confusion, even without date setters. There's confusion about the rapture and the second coming. Are they the same event? No, they're not. They're two separate, distinct events separated by seven years. There's confusion about is there a rapture?
Speaker 3:Hear Christian telecasts and radio broadcasts that say we never heard of that. We never suppose that Christian ministers who say we never really heard of the rapture, we don't know if that's scriptural or not. And if there is a rapture, is it pre-trib, mid-trib or post-trib? Is it pre-trib, mid-trib or post-trib? Millennials say pre-trib, say the rapture will be followed by a thousand years of peace. The post says the kingdom is now what we're studying in our Bible study. The NAR is that it's kingdoms, now Christians, will bring the peace to the world so Jesus can come to a peaceful world and return to a peaceful existence.
Speaker 3:Many other have claimed to have it all figured out, have it all calculated, logical. They did all the math, they crunched all the numbers. But see, the Bible doesn't say count, it doesn't say calculate or figure or multiply or divide. Your Bible says be ready, be ready. But the worst thing that a church can do is ignore it Is ignore the rapture and his second coming, ignore it because of the false teaching, the fake news.
Speaker 3:I believe that I'm bringing this message this morning so we won't be shaken, so we won't be deceived, but not ignorant of his return Glory. So what does the Apostle Paul have to say about this? 2 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians 2 and 2. Well, let's back up to 1, 2 and 1. Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by, nor by letters as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed. The son of perdition be revealed. The son of perdition. All right, talking about the second coming here.
Speaker 3:But date setters say and I've been taught in the past that that exact time thing, no man knows, the day nor the hour, that exact time thing isn't about. We don't know. It's because there are all these time zones in the world, so no one knows the exact time. And the next prediction, the next date spoken or implied, whether it's by Jonathan Cahn or Hagee or Perry Stone, will be right.
Speaker 3:You notice that return of the Lord is always presented in some type of fear, some type of darkness, some frightening. Two in the field. One will be taken, one will be left. Husband and wife in bed together one will be taken, one will be left. And if you listen to Perry Stone, one plus one is two, two is the number of people in the garden and if you had a snake, that's number three. So there you got it. I don't know what you said, perry. I have no idea what you said, but if you say it fast enough, a trumpet blast. Planes crashing, trains colliding, unsaved, family and friends dying in horrible crashes and calamities and disasters and explosions. So bad, so bad.
Speaker 3:So Christians today live dreading his return, praying that there is no trumpet blast, that there is no final chime of time, no last call. That's not the message today. Our message is what does his return mean to those who love his appearing? What does it mean? What does it mean to the true Christian Call that the remnant? What does it mean To understand that? We just need to revisit quickly the ascension. The ascension is when Jesus left this planet, when he went back to death. Hallelujah, acts 1. Keep your finger in Thessalonians, we're coming back. Acts 1 and 1. No 1 and 1. No 1 and 4.
Speaker 3:And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father which saith he ye have heard of me, for John, truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost Not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him saying Lord, will thou, at this time, restore again the kingdom of Israel? And he said unto them it is not for, not for you to know the times of the seasons which the Father hath put in his power, but ye shall receive power after that. The Holy Ghost has come upon you and ye shall be my witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, which also said Ye, men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven.
Speaker 3:Jesus gathers his followers. One last message Wait for the Holy Ghost. Don't do anything. Wait for the Holy Spirit, but they witness his return to the Father in heaven. 120 are called to witness this.
Speaker 3:History says that some 500 showed up to see to the Mount of Olivet to see what was happening, what's going on. Jesus tries to explain what's happening, that he's going to the Father and you won't see me anymore. You're not going to see me again. But how could human minds comprehend that? Was he going to die again? Would he just disappear? Vaporize? An angelic escort maybe? Maybe an Elijah transport chariot of fire? The disciples didn't get it. They didn't understand what he was saying.
Speaker 3:And, in truth, jesus gathered his disciples for the ascension. In much the same way, he's gathering his disciples, his remnant, for his return. Will we get it? Will we understand, will we know what's happening? Do we understand, do we comprehend now the condition that we, as Christians, should be in or need to be in our commitment to him at this point in time? Jesus said I'm going away, but I'll be back, and if you love me, you'll rejoice. And if you love me, you'll rejoice. You won't whine about the times, how hard it is, how evil it looks, you'll rejoice Right now. Right now, today, our Lord is gathering his people, those that he has commanded to rejoice. And he is coming just as he left. He's gathering followers everywhere in Springdale, new Kensington, in Canada, in Russia, in Ukraine, in small churches, in tiny churches, in fellowships, in home studies, in mega well, some mega churches.
Speaker 3:I qualify that. And if what I'm saying is accurate, why is it happening? And what is happening here? It is Christians everywhere are responding to the call of the Holy Spirit. Not all of them, but I don't know that. I would title those Christians Responding. They've heard the midnight cry. They've heard the trumpet. They've heard the trumpet.
Speaker 3:And our lives that we keep separate from our Christianity, the wine night with the girls, the club night with the boys, just aren't that important, because we're getting ready to meet the bridegroom. We're getting ready, getting ready to meet him, despite having heard the horrible things to come, so frightening that men's heart will fail them. Judgment will fall. We're getting ready to meet the Lord. We're getting ready to meet the Lord. We're getting ready to meet him, yet we're commanded to rejoice.
Speaker 3:Let me just say this, let me back up a little bit. You know Christians that lead two separate lives, that have that worldly life that cling on to the world, whether it's, regardless of what it is. But we cling on to the world with everything and maybe you're thinking well, there he goes with that legalism here. Can't do this, can't do that. You can do whatever you want, you can do whatever you choose to do. But why do you want to compromise your position, so close to Jesus coming back? Why do you want to do that? We're commanded to rejoice, not to fear, but to rejoice. The Bible says that the powers of heaven will be shaken when we begin to see these things come to pass. But he said that's the time to look up. Your redemption draws, lift your head. Your redemption draweth nigh. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice. If I had a PowerPoint message, I gotta be honest with you, I don't even know what a PowerPoint message is, but if I had a PowerPoint, this would be it.
Speaker 3:This same Jesus, translated and transfigured from the Mount of Olivet in full view of his followers, without sin unto salvation, shall return the second time. And why is that important? Why is that important to know and understand that? Because Mary gave birth to flesh and blood. Right, flesh and blood was spiked to a cross. Flesh and blood rose from the grave. Not an apparition, flesh and blood. Thomas put his hand in Jesus' side into flesh and blood. Flesh and blood ascended to the Father from the Mount of all the bats. Jesus didn't vaporize. Flesh and blood was lifted on a cloud out of their sight. And what a sight that was. What a sight that must have been. I wish I could have been there. But I don't want to miss this. But I wish I could have been there A glorified body radiating in resurrection power, garments sparkling white, unfurling in the breeze. As he ascended back to his father, face upturned, looking toward home I'm coming home, dad Coming home. Until he was out of their sight and they couldn't see him anymore. His followers saw the whole thing, eyes fixed on him, staring into the sky. Just a moment and he was gone. That is the ascension. 1 Thessalonians, 4. And 13. Now we're going to talk. That was the ascension.
Speaker 3:To understand the rapture, we need to understand the ascension. This is the rapture. We need to understand the ascension. This is the rapture. But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow, not even as others which have no hope, for if we believe that jesus died and rose again, even so, them also would sleep in. Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you, by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep, for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words the redeemed of the Lord will see him descend, just as the redeemed saw him ascend, and his coming will be revealed to his bride. To his bride, not Tuesday August 21st at 930. It will be revealed to his bride.
Speaker 3:It's like hearing the bells on an ice cream truck while it's still at the top of your road. Huh, you can't see it yet, but I hear the bells. I know what to do. I need to get my dime ready, I need to get it ready, but first I'm ready, I need to get it ready. But first, but first, the trumpet, the last call, the last call, a Christian awakening, a call to believers everywhere to pull it together.
Speaker 3:It's time to let go of the trash. It's time to let go of the stuff that you hold on like onto, like grim death, to forsake the things of this world and hold fast the truth of this gospel. I believe that's happening right now, not to everybody, not to everybody. Some are going to reject it, some are going to go. Yeah, but this is really important. Yeah, but I can't let go of this. The voice, the voice of my beloved, is he that knocketh my? I can't see Colette. I need to see her when I say these things. The voice of my beloved is he that knocketh. I heard Arabelle a while back tell Stephanie regarding her relationship and our 48 years of marriage and she said when I hear the truck pull into gravel after 48 years, I still get excited. He's not coming to say do this or do that, or get me this, or run and get that. My beloved's home.
Speaker 3:You and I, you and I are the bride of Christ and we sense his coming, we sense his return. You know, in ancient times, on the, on the wedding day, the groom was announced a mile or more before before the bride was called out to him and it says behold the bridegroom comes. Behold, the bridegroom comes. That's the rapture. He will come quickly and we will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. My, the Greek word in air. Rise up to meet him in the air. Greek word for air is A-E-R and it means a specific atmospheric level Less than a mile from earth. Less than a mile from earth. So Jesus will descend from heaven and the bride is going to know that he's coming. We know he's on his way. We're going to see him on his way to just under a mile and we will rise under that mile to meet him in the air.
Speaker 3:And you know, looking at that futuristically is one thing, is one thing. But what will it be? Moments or days before that happens, before he appears? You know, now we sense him in worship, like we did this morning, in the word, in our study, in the word in our study. Sometimes his presence seems so strong, so close. It seems that he's in the room or in the car or in the truck with you, or in the pew sitting beside you. Sometimes his glory is so powerful that we can't stand. What's it going to be like in those moments or hours before he returns, when he draws us so close, so close as his physical appearance approaches. Physical appearance approaches. That presence will intensify as the day approaches, as the day gets closer.
Speaker 3:Won't want to miss church. Yeah, I got a lot today, but I got to get there. We'll encourage one another. Jesus is coming. I'm facing Jesus is coming. Hold on, hold on. He's coming. We'll be standing steadfast and strong Preachers will be preaching the kingdom, more concerned with kingdom business than their job as a pastor or a minister, looking for the king. And when he appears, we will see him as he is, because we shall be like him. Glory those that make up the church, the bride. There's no fear about his return. While we don't know the exact time, it will not be a surprise. It will. Oh, I didn't see that coming. You'll see that coming, amen. It will not shock those that are ready. Why won't it shock them? Because they're expecting him.
Speaker 3:The mantra, I think it's found in Luke 19. It says occupy till he comes, and I understand the message behind that, but it's interpreted so much in the church today as hunkering down or just, you know, go, lock yourself away until he comes. And it's not. It's not. It's getting ready. Getting ready, it's preparation for the king To not be wrapped up in self-ambition or worldly dreams.
Speaker 3:To those who look for him shall he appear the second time, unto salvation, without sin. Not to atone for sin, this time, but to triumph over it. Glory, this time he will not be ridiculed, he will not be mocked, he will not be scourged, no one will dare touch his beard. Glory, this time he will not be a lamb led to slaughter or crucified, or a sheep to his shearers. This time he comes back as commander in chief of the Revelation army, in full battle gear. Glory, gleaming sword garments, dazzling white. Leader of leaders, general of generals, king of kings and Lord of lords. Glory, his vestures are crimson red because they've been saturated with blood.
Speaker 3:This same Jesus who quietly left this planet 2,000 years ago with barely a whimper, will return with a shout, with barely a whimper, will return with a shout, a shout in view of every Christian that knows him as Lord, every Christian that truly knows him as Lord. Not quietly, not in secret, the shout will be at least heard by every believer, I'm convinced of that, every born again, blood-bought believer, from every time and every age, the apostles, the saints of old, the old time believers, your grandfather, your grandmother, your husband, your wife is going to hear the trumpet and see the host of angels. Hear the cry of the archangel. Jesus is here. The bridegroom comes. What are you worried about? He's here. He's coming for you, son of man, the triumphant one, our king, our deliverer, our Lord, our savior, our kinsman, redeemer, alpha, omega, beginning and end. The bridegroom comes. The bridegroom comes.
Speaker 3:Bible school, that said, while he believed in the rapture, he believed that it was going to be a very personal and quiet Christian event, and I listened to that. I heard that, but let's talk about that for a minute. The dead in Christ will rise first. The dead in Christ will rise first. That puts a whole new light on it right there. The dead in Christ will rise first. Private event Urns popping tops, coffins opening up, mausoleums crashing Chrissy's locket's going to start pulling her up ahead of time and the thunderous, thunderous ovation of all those corpses receiving glorified bodies, quiet Rising to meet the glorified Christ, quiet Rising to meet the glorified Christ. And we which are alive and remain, being applauded by those resurrected glorified body wearing corpses, amen, amen body wearing corpses, amen, being applauded by that throng of people.
Speaker 3:How quiet, how quiet could you be? How quiet could you be? How quiet are you going to be, kevin, when you see Patty somewhere in transit? How quiet are you going to be? How quiet is Colette going to be when Eddie wants to know where his sword is? How quiet are you going to be? Oh no, we can't talk. Hallelujah.
Speaker 3:Just 5,000 feet above the earth, Convoys Jesus sends out from that place, one mile in the air. He sends out convoys of angels to every part of the world. Do you know why? So not one child is left behind, not one. And as that convoy goes out and cheers go up, the bridegroom comes. Our bridegroom comes, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Speaker 3:Where's that? I don't know. I'll be honest with you. I don't care. Wherever Jesus is, that's heaven. Wherever Jesus is, that's heaven. Do you know? He desires us to be with him. Look it up.
Speaker 3:It's in John 17. He said I will that you've given me to be with. I will, those that you've given me to be with me. That's what Jesus said. I will. It's his will that those that God has given him that they're with me. That's what Jesus said I will. It's his will that those that God has given him that they're with him.
Speaker 3:Don't worry about date setters, don't worry about blood moons or books. Look at every moment and listen at every moment for the trumpet to sound. Leave the date setting and time to the Father. He's got it. He's in, live every day like he's coming in. An hour, that's all, and be ready Until that hour. We're to be about the Father's business.
Speaker 3:I have the after side. Can I finish this? I don't want to stretch it into a two part. I have the second part of this kind of ready, because after the church is removed at the rapture, well, let's look at 2 Thessalonians, 2. 2 and 6. Taken out of the way, and then shall the wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.
Speaker 3:The restraint, the restraint that's keeping this world livable, the restraint, those that hinder and prevent the actual advancement of Antichrist and his satanic kingdom, that which restrains, it's the Holy Spirit working through the church of the living God. It's Christians, it's you and I that are spirit-filled. We know that that power of lawlessness is already in the world but can't be revealed because the church, more accurately, born-again, sold-out believers, the remnant, are holding him back, empowered by the Holy Spirit of promise as the tribulation, by the Holy Spirit of promise as the tribulation comes closer, the physical revealing of Antichrist himself will come at somewhere in the early part of the tribulation. Most say it's at the midpoint where he will declare himself to be God in the temple in Jerusalem, himself to be God in the temple in Jerusalem, and it will seem as if this rebellion has won and Antichrist is in power, the devil victorious. But the ultimate doom of evil is absolute and sure.
Speaker 3:Jesus comes back. This time he arrives with the armies of heaven. In other words, at the rapture he comes for his bride. At the second coming he comes with his bride, hallelujah. He comes with the church at his side Revelation 19.
Speaker 3:I just want to quickly sixth bowl, the sixth bowl judgment, revelation 19, and we'll get into this much deeper in our revelation study. Revelate revelation 19 and 11. And I saw heavens open and behold a white horse. He that sat on him was called faithful and true 11. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood and his name is called the Word of God and the armies which were in heaven, followed him upon white horses clothed in fine linen, white and clean, and out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword that with it he should smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron. And he treadeth the winepress in the fierceness of the wrath of all mighty God, and he hath on his vestures and on his thigh a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. That's the sixth bold judgment At the end of the conflict, armageddon.
Speaker 3:The beast and false prophet are thrown into the are conquered, satan is cast into the bottomless pit where he is chained for a thousand years. So begins the millennial reign of Jesus Christ. He will rule from Jerusalem. We will all be with him. We will be under his supervision, we all. I always tease Barry he's going to be his top cop during that millennial reign. I love you, but you can't bring that here. Amen. Righteousness will be restored and we, the church, those who were ready, those who were ready, will rule with him, enforcing his laws of justice and goodness for a thousand years on this earth.
Speaker 3:At the end of this thousand years, satan is released for a time, or a season. Now, why would he do that? Why would you? You got him locked up, keep him there. That's a message for a different time. But Satan's released to deceive one last time.
Speaker 3:Revelation 20 and 21 says he will never reappear. Then the white throne judgment, where all of humanity, all of humanity will stand, living and dead, will stand before God, and the verdicts are read over and over and over. Depart from me you, worker of iniquity. I never knew you. Defenses will be brought up, but I preached the gospel, I was in the choir, I was on the board at Church of God, I was. Depart from me, worker of iniquity. I never knew you. And all of sinful humanity will be cast into the lake of fire. And I'll close. I will close with this, verse 21.
Speaker 3:Wow, and I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and there was no more sea. And I, john, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying behold, the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. And God this is we quote this part all the time right, and God shall wipe away all the tears from their eyes. There shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said Behold, I make all things new. And he saith unto me Write, for these words are true and faithful. I'll stop right there. Thank you so much for listening.
Speaker 4:Thank you for listening to this week's podcast. We pray it was an encouragement and a blessing to you. You can contact us at Valley Gospel Church, 1069 Butler Logan Road, Springdale, Pennsylvania, 15144. We invite you to listen to this week's worship service that follows and tune in for next week's podcast.
Speaker 1:Up to the walls of Jericho. He marched with spirit and hand. A gong below that, ram horned and Joshua cried cause the battle ain't in my hands. Up there, the lamar Sheep horns began to blow, the trumpets began to sound. Oh, joshua shouted Glory. And the walls came a tumbling down. Well, glory, glory, oh, hallelujah. Yes, lord came a tumbling down.
Speaker 1:Oh, yes, lord, I lay, yes, oh, oh, oh, glory, glory, oh, hallelujah. Oh, since I laid my, I laid my burdens down, give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name, make known among the nations what he has done. Oh, let's continue to praise him. Church, give him all the glory. Yes, lord, thank you Jesus, thank you Lord. Thank you Jesus.
Speaker 1:Well, gone at last. They're gone at last. They're gone at last. Praise God, my sins, they're gone at last, hallelujah. I had, alone, a streak of them, bad, bad times. But my sins, they're gone at last.
Speaker 1:Well, glory, glory, oh, hallelujah. Since I laid, I laid my burdens down. Well, glory to glory, oh, hallelujah. Oh, since I laid my, I laid my burdens down, we've got a right to shout. We've got a right to sing. We've got a right to raise our hands and praise Jesus' name. We've got a right to shout. Yes, we do. We've got a right to sing Hallelujah. We've got a right to praise Jesus.
Speaker 1:Glory, glory, oh, hallelujah, oh, since I lay, I laid my burdens down. Thank you, lord, oh well, glory, glory, oh, hallelujah. Yes, lord, oh, since I laid my, I laid my burdens down, I love to sing your praise, lord. I love the sound of your name. Yes, it fills me with peace, washes over me like the sweet, gentle rain. I love to sing your praise, lord. It brings the victory. Praise, lord, it brings the victory.
Speaker 1:No matter what I face, through all of my days, I love to sing your praise. I love to sing your praise, lord, sing his praise, oh. I just love your name, jesus. Yes, it fills me with peace, washes over me like a sweet, gentle rain. I love to sing your praise, lord. It brings me victory, no matter what I face. Through all of my days, I'd like to sing your praise, because your love is better than life. My lips will glorify you. I will praise you for as long as I live and in your name, I will lift up my hands.
Speaker 1:Well, stop, god Almighty. Let me tell you the news. My head's been wet with the midnight news. I've been down on my bended knees, talking to the man from Galilee. My God spoke, and he spoke so sweet. I thought I heard the shuffle of angels' feet. He put one hand up upon my head, great God, almighty. Let me tell you what he said Glory, glory, oh, hallelujah. Oh, since I lay mine, I laid my hands down. Well, glory, glory, oh, hallelujah. Oh, since I laid my, I laid my vans down. Sing it one more time Well, glory, glory, oh hallelujah. Yes, lord. Oh, since I laid my burdens down, give Him all the praise. Oh, glory, glory, hallelujah, hallelujah. Oh, glory, glory, hallelujah. Oh, since I laid my, I laid my burdens down. Oh, since I laid my, I laid my bones down. Oh, since I laid my, I laid my bones down. Yes, lord, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, yes, lord.