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  (CLIP) COMING GREAT TRIBULATION AND HEAVENLY JOYS
  by Chuck Smith
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Summary: This sermon discusses the bleak future the earth faces with a
time of great tribulation like never before, followed by God's
cataclysmic judgment. However, it emphasizes the hope of Jesus Christ's
glorious return and the establishment of God's kingdom, bringing an era
of righteousness, no more death, sorrow, pain, or suffering. The message
highlights the transformation where the former things pass away, and
everything becomes new, with the promise of joy and restoration for the
nation of Israel despite the darkness and desolation.

Duration: 1:42 Topics: "Hope in Christ", "Restoration and Renewal"
Scripture References: Revelation 21:4, Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 35:5, Joel 2:31, Ezekiel 36:24, Isaiah 60:1

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This sermon discusses the bleak future the earth faces with a time of
great tribulation like never before, followed by God's cataclysmic
judgment. However, it emphasizes the hope of Jesus Christ's glorious
return and the establishment of God's kingdom, bringing an era of
righteousness, no more death, sorrow, pain, or suffering. The message
highlights the transformation where the former things pass away, and
everything becomes new, with the promise of joy and restoration for the
nation of Israel despite the darkness and desolation.

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CONTENT
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The earth, the world, is facing a very bleak future. There's gonna be a
time of great tribulation come upon this earth such as the earth has
never seen before or will ever see again. In all of history, there has
never been a time of such desolation and devastation, death and
destruction as is to come upon the earth in the future.

The Bible speaks a lot about these days of God's cataclysmic judgment
that are coming. But the Lord doesn't end the story there. This will be
followed by the glorious return of Jesus Christ and the establishing of
the kingdom of God and righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters
do cover the sea and there'll be no more death, there'll be no more
sorrow, there'll be no more pain, no more suffering.

The former things will pass away, everything becomes new. The blind will
see the glory of the Lord, the mute will sing his praises, the deaf
shall hear and the lame shall leap for joy. The glorious day of the Lord
that is going to come but before it comes, there's gonna be darkness and
desolation.

And so with the nation of Israel, they're coming the darkness and the
desolation but yet God is going to bring them back into the land and the
day of glory and blessing yet awaits these people.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/CyysR0_iRv4.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/chuck-smith/clip-coming-great-tribulation-and-heavenly-joys/
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