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Can America Survive (1969)
Jack Van Impe

Jack Van Impe (February 9, 1931 – January 18, 2020) was an American preacher and televangelist whose calling from God led Jack Van Impe Ministries International for over seven decades, proclaiming an eschatological message of Christ’s imminent return. Born in Freeport, Michigan, to Oscar Alphonse Van Impe and Marie Louise Piot, Belgian immigrants who worked in factories and farms, he was their only child, raised amid the Great Depression’s hardships. Converted at 12 in 1943 alongside his parents at an independent Baptist church, he graduated from high school in 1948 and earned a diploma from Detroit Bible Institute (later William Tyndale College) in 1952, launching his ministry without formal advanced theological training. Van Impe’s calling from God unfolded in the 1950s as he joined Youth for Christ, partnering with figures like Billy Graham, and began preaching across Michigan with his accordion, a skill honed with his father. Ordained in 1951, he married Rexella Mae Shelton in 1954, forming a dynamic duo that founded Jack Van Impe Ministries in 1970. His sermons, emphasizing Bible prophecy and memorization—he earned the nickname “Walking Bible” for recalling over 14,000 verses—reached millions through “Jack Van Impe Presents,” airing from 1980 on Trinity Broadcasting Network and later independently after a 2011 split over his critique of “Chrislam.” Author of works like The Coming War with Russia and producer of films like The Rapture (1997), he called believers to prepare for end-times events. Married to Rexella, with no children, he passed away at age 88 in Royal Oak, Michigan.
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Jack Van Impe emphasizes the urgent need for America to turn back to God amidst rising sin and moral decay, warning that without a revival, the nation faces imminent judgment. He cites biblical prophecies and current events to illustrate the potential for chaos and tribulation, urging listeners to accept Christ immediately for salvation. Van Impe stresses that the time for decision is now, as the coming of the Lord is near, and Christians must be prepared for the judgment of their works. He calls for a return to biblical truths and warns against the influences of secularism and immorality in society. The sermon concludes with an invitation for individuals to accept Jesus as their Savior.
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Heavenly Father, in Jesus' name, we ask you to speak to some needy, seeking, searching heart now, here in this audience and over the air, and we pray God for anyone listening who knows not the peace of God in this troubled world, that this shall be the hour they shall learn to know Him, who is life eternal, but is also the peace of God, when we have peace with God. Speak through Thy servant through lips of clarity. We pray in Jesus' name and for His sake. Amen. Jesus said in John 9, verse 4, I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day. The night cometh when no man can work. Romans 13, 12, The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. God wants men saved. He would have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2, 4. The Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3, 9. That's why we Christians are so often told to go, even as we saw this morning. Our God says in Matthew 28, 19, Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Mark 16, 15, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Luke 14, 21, Go into the streets and lanes of the city. Verse 23, Go into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in. John 15, 16, That you should go and bring forth fruit. So God wants men saved, but He wants them saved now. There's no time for delay. Too often when preachers get up in the pulpits and literally tell the crowd that they ought to get saved immediately, there are always those who walk and say, Oh, I don't agree. I believe a man ought to be given weeks, months, or even years to consider the claims of Jesus Christ. But listen, when a man stands in the pulpit and fervently admonishes you to get saved now, he's a Bible preacher. For it's the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who repeatedly reiterate the truth in this book that God wants you saved now. Job 22, 21, Acquaint now thyself with Him and be at peace. Psalm 95, 7, Today if you will hear His voice, hard not your hearts. Ecclesiastes 12, 1, Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth. Isaiah 1, 18, Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Second Corinthians 6, 2, Behold now is the accepted time. Now is the day of salvation. And in Hebrews 3, 7, 14, Twice the Holy Spirit saith, Tonight if you will hear His voice, hard not your hearts. Now why does God not want us to put it off? Why is there no time for delay? I believe that two judgments are coming soon. The first one is the judgment on earth. My friend, the Bible says in Psalm 9, verse 17, The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations who forget God. We are coming to an era in America of sin galore. My friend, there's so much sin, degradation, licentiousness, lewdness going on in our nation that if God does not judge the country I love, He will have to apologize to Solomon Gamorrah on the judgment morning. You cannot mention the name of God in schools in the Soviet Union, in Red China, nor in the United States of America, in many of the states even at this hour. God help us, we're in trouble. I was just preaching a city-wide crusade up in Keene, New Hampshire. I had Chuck Omen with me in charge of the music. You had him here just a few nights ago with his trumpet, a tremendous man on the trumpet, a man who played for the troops around the world. But we could not get into one high school out of four approached. We knew we couldn't mention the name of God or Jesus, but we said we'll put on a concert with the accordion and trumpet if all you allow us to say is we are holding meetings at the high school each night, come. But they said you can't even say that much, and we were not allowed to come and hold our meeting. The same week the award system out of New York came to the Keene high schools to distribute merits to those outstanding scholastic scholars, and the man who gave out the merits stood in front of them with hair hanging on his shoulders, a beard, and the opening statement was, the need of America at this hour is communism. And for 40 solid minutes lectured on the benefits of communism in our high schools, and not a teacher or pupil walked out. But I couldn't go in and even say God. The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations who forget God. I love America. It's the greatest country in the world in spite of all of our problems. My parents are from the land of Belgium, but I don't think there's any place like America. But I say unless we have an old-fashioned holy ghost revival that changes the scene and complexion in America, we're headed for judgment and fast. And the troublesome 60s will become the turbulent violent 70s, even as was proclaimed two days ago at the SDS convention in Flint, Michigan. Now what's ahead of us? Six major things are being planned from 1972 through 1977. Any one of them could mean the end of America as we have known it. We will take these one by one and then give you scripture verses concerning the tribulation hour. Now I'm not saying this is the tribulation hour ahead of us, but if what they say is coming, comes, then I don't see how it could be anything but the tribulation hour. Because they are prophesying, predicting, not Bible preachers, but top politicians, scientists, that horrible devastating things are just in front of us in the next few years. And it certainly sounds like the tribulation hour. And we'll go one by one down these things and down the line now, so get them carefully. 1972, the SDS students for a democratic society are planning open revolution and the overthrowing of the government of the United States of America. Just this last summer, the SDS infiltrated the factories following the rules of the progressive labor party, communistic. They were told, do not go in and perform sabotage as yet, just make friends with the workers, follow up the friendships when you go back to your colleges. And then by 1972, get these with whom you've made friends to sabotage electrical plants, water plants, everything imaginable in the USA. So much so that I'm afraid of the years 72 to 77. Now we are quoting this information from the American Business Weekly of August 1969. We can document everything we're going to say. My friend, does the Bible teach that there's an hour of violence coming? What you and I have seen in the 60s is nothing in comparison what's coming, not only to America, but on a gigantic worldwide scale. Let's look at the book. Jesus said in Matthew 24, 37, as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the son of man be as it was, so shall it be. How was it? If we can find how it was in the scriptures and then compare the present situation with past history, we'll know if the coming of the Lord is near. All one has to do to see what it was like in the days of Noah is study Genesis, the sixth chapter. And when one comes to verse 11, it says the whole world, earth filled with violence. My friend, Jesus talking about his return to this earth said in Luke 21, 25, nations in distress with perplexity. The word perplexity meaning confusion. No way out. Say, doesn't that picture the present moment? We don't know how to get out of Vietnam. We don't know what to do in many situations lest we cause world war. And Jesus Christ said there's going to be great violence for Shelby like it was in the days of Noah to the point where nations will be in such distress that they won't know how to get out of their perplexities and problems. Ah, you know what's going to happen? A great ruler must arise who calls himself the Antichrist, who will say peace, peace, and will be accepted for 42 months. He will be the one out as far as the world's problems are concerned, but he only keeps the peace with the nations of the world for 42 months, three and a half years. For when they say peace and safety, then sudden destruction. First Thessalonians 5, 3. 1973 is the year outlined by the Communist Party at the 18th Communist Convention to do an unbelievable thing in this nation. Now the title of this article is Operation 76, which appeared in the American Liberty Newsletter, the American Flag Newsletter, the American Mercury Magazine. This is not some isolated thing that I'm talking about, this is common information. At the 18th Communist Convention it was decided that they would be able to take over the USA by 1976, setting up the communist flag in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Independence Hall, July the 4th. Hence the title, Operation 76. But wait a minute, before 1976, 1973, they hoped to have formed a world brotherhood of religions. They said in the past we have cried out to the world there is no God and murdered anyone who disagreed with us in China, in Russia. But we have come to an hour in history when we have a new core of preachers in America who say God is dead, or we don't care about God, we don't believe the Bible, and these ministers are liberals, modernists. And we have discovered that we can work hand in hand with these liberal preachers in America. For if they say God is dead and we say there is no God, what's the difference? We will establish a world brotherhood with a headquarters in Jerusalem, hopefully by 1973. Say, doesn't that sound like the coming of the Antichrist, who will sit in a temple in Jerusalem? And then they said we will set up our creed and it will be this, you no longer can believe that the Bible is inerrant or infallible, you will no longer believe in the virgin birth, the deity of Christ, or the blood atonement. If you believe in any of these things, and it's all in this pamphlet in case some of you want to get some, if you believe in any of these things you can be imprisoned or put away for mental observation. When? 1973. I'm not talking about Siberia, I'm talking about America. God help us. I don't think this can happen that quickly, I honestly don't. But the way things are moving with rapidity, I wonder, could it happen by 1973? I know it's going to happen one of these days, and it won't be hard. This same group at this present moment working hand in hand with liberal clergymen in America is working on a new Bible to replace the King James Version and Revised Standard Version in Protestant churches and the Douay Version in Catholic churches. It will take out every verse on the cross and blood. Now you think that's going to be a difficult thing for some of these churchmen? You can go to churches right in Cincinnati, any part of America now, pick up the hymn books and every song about the blood of Jesus Christ is gone. There's power in the blood, there's a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins, nothing but the blood of Jesus. They took the hymn books in the last 10 years in these liberal modernistic groups and tore out every song in the blood and made new books. If they'll take them out of the hymn books, the next step is to take them out of God's book. You see, is this hour coming? I don't know if it's coming by 73, but there is such an hour coming, and it's during the tribulation when we're gone, and if this is the time, if it's quickly approaching, and we go first, then it could be near, my friend. Listen, this Antichrist is going to be the head of a federation in this world. He sits in a temple in Jerusalem, who opposeth and exalted himself above all that is called God, so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2 Thessalonians 2, 4. Do you know I had on a radio program driving across country just about a month ago, and I was overwhelmed. They said the greatest religion in the world right now, though they won't admit it, is communism. You go to the communist countries behind the Iron Curtain, and they have pictures and statues by the thousands of the founders of the communist party. They are actually deifying man, making him a god, and they said you can't find that kind of worship of Jesus Christ in the Christian nations, and they're coming to an hour when they're trying to look to some man. Well, there's one coming, and he's going to try to do away with the message of the cross and the blood of Jesus Christ as he sits in the temple in Jerusalem. Let's continue. Revelation 13, 15. He had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause it. As many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed, and he caused it all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in the right hand or forehead, that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark or the name of the beast, all the number of his name. Here is wisdom, let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it's the number of a man, and his number is six hundred three score and six. What? Six six six. I got a little concerned when Dr. Rollins got up here and said post office box six six. I'm glad he stopped there and didn't go on, you know. And you know you're going to have to have a number when this man sits in that temple in Jerusalem called the Antichrist or the substitute of Christ on earth. And he won't let you worship Christ, he won't allow you to believe in the cross, he won't allow you to accept the teaching of the blood. How do I know? Because there are going to be great numbers saved in the tribulation hour. Revelation 7, 14. These are they that have come out of a great tribulation and have washed their robes white. We are already gone, but these are multitudes, multitudes saved during that horrible tribulation hour. But millions will be killed because of one thing. They talked about the blood of Jesus. Revelation 20, verse 4. I saw the souls of them that were beheaded. Why? For the witness of Jesus and for the word of God which had not worshiped the beast nor his image. They're going to put them to death. Why? Because they honored Christ in the Bible, the very thing this movement is trying to do away with, by 73. Only three, three and a half years away. Wouldn't it be something if that three and a half years from now, 42 months took place and we have to be gone 42 months before it happens? And so Jesus came right at the beginning of 1970. We're near that hour, beloved. 1974 is the hour when Mr. John Sinclair, leader of the white militants out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, now in prison for selling marijuana and heroin, says we are going to have open sexual intercourse on every street corner of America where thousands and thousands can watch. I'm going to tell you something, young people. I want every teenager listening to hear carefully what I'm about to say. This thing is so filthy, degraded, licentious, dirty, stinking, rotten, that I've had to cross words out so I won't even slip. Full of filthy four-letter words, but passed out to thousands of 15 and 16 year olds as they come out of the high schools in Detroit. This is the white panther statement, that they are going to have open sex on every street corner anyone can watch in the next five years, deadline 1974. And they say our main means of producing all this immorality is rock music, commonly called rock and roll. May I say something, young man, young lady, if you love Jesus Christ, go home and smash those crummy records. Get rid of the Beatles and the Herman's Hermits and the rest of that crowd. I feel that the rottenest music that's ever come out of the pit of hell is rock and roll. If you're a Christian, listen, do you love this book? Sing a new song unto Him. Psalm 33 3. He's put a new song in my mouth. Praise to my God. Psalm 40 verse 3. Be filled with the Spirit. Speak unto yourselves in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. Ephesians 5 18. Teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3 16. Is any among you happy? Let them sing psalms to the Lord. James 5 13. Now let me read this statement. Don't get mad at the preacher. Brother, in the book of Acts, Paul got the music magicians together and they burned their magic books. I wish we'd do that with our records. I'd like to have a record smashing party here at Landmark Baptist before it's all over with all the young people saying, I'm through with this trash. Now, if you won't listen to me, listen to the man who's the head of the largest, one of the largest rock groups in Michigan, who's now in prison, who is the leader of the White Panthers. You're going to hear more about this group as they're working with the Black Panthers. Our program is cultural revolution through a total assault on the culture, which makes use of every tool, every energy, every media we can get our collective hands on. For the first time in America, there is a generation of visionary, maniac, white mother country, dope fiend, rock and roll freaks who are ready to get down and kick out the jams, all the jams. They have eight, ten points. Number two, total assault on the culture by any means necessary, including rock, dope, and sexual intercourse in the streets. Number eight, free all prisoners everywhere. They are our brothers. Our program of rock and roll, dope, and sex in the streets is a program of total freedom for everyone. We are totally committed to carrying out our program. We breathe revolution. We are LSD-driven maniacs in the universe. We'll do anything we can to drive people crazy out of their heads into their bodies. I'm reading his English and grammar. Now I want you young people to get this. For Jesus' sake, if you're a Christian, your body's the temple of the Holy Ghost. First Corinthians 3.16. Keep it clean. Here's what this man says rock music can do. You ought to know. He's the man who says we're going to have open sex in every street corner. Here is how we're going to do it. Don't miss this statement. Rock and roll music is the main weapon of our attack for open sex on every street corner in the next five years because it is the most effective thing we have. Rock started in Russia as a plan to corrupt the morals of teenagers in America, and brother, they're doing it. That's why we had a million illegitimate babies last year. That's why another million had to get married. Just before I left home, the Detroit Free Press carried an article concerning 400 mothers 15 and 16 years of age with illegitimate babies, and they said that rock music just stirs us and excites us and had much to do with our illegitimate babies. God help us. It's rock music. Look, you don't think it's going to happen in the next five years? Here is the North Carolina newspapers, but it appeared in many across the nation. In the last 12 weeks, we have had four rock concerts where they stripped their bodies and went into open sex, not caring who watched. It's almost too filthy to read, but let's be honest with the facts. Weekend festivals cause shocks as the youths do their thing. Despite nude sunbathing and swimming and a heavier dose of drug-taking, crowds appeared for the most part peaceful. But at the Isle of Wight, a boy and girl stripped naked jumped into a sea of foam that had been loosed from pressurized containers as a play area engaged in sexual intercourse. No move was made to stop them as thousands stared in disbelief and others clapped and screamed, this is the greatest. At the New Orleans Rock Festival, Prairieville, Louisiana, a couple that had been dancing heatedly shucked their clothing, began simulating intercourse, then actually engaged in it. Onlookers pressing forward to watch kept police from stopping as thousands applauded. Can you imagine anything as vile and dirty? And this is the USA. This is in Louisiana, New Orleans, and other areas where the Word of God has been so powerful in bygone years. The biggest problem at the Texas Pop Festival, Louisville, Texas, which drew 40,000 music enthusiasts, came from motorists who stopped to gawk at nude swimming and open sex. In Tonito, Washington, 10,000 youths did their thing and again sex, sex, sex. The heavy beat blaring from the bandstands set many couples to dancing and stripping their bodies. This wasn't just a regular program. Notice in every case it's where rock, rock, rock music is used. But there's a special beat there. And I want to say right now to you, if you know and love Jesus Christ, I love good music. I love music like John sings. I love music with a beat. I'm not square, but there's a special beat in rock. And there are special meanings in this. As Art Linkletter said as he wept, as he stood before many members of the senate, he said, I don't blame it just on drugs, that my girl is dead. I blame it on this rock music, for there's a hidden message in much of it that you mothers and fathers don't even understand. Sing a new song unto Him. And this is just in the last 12 weeks, and this is the planned goal across America by 74. Listen, if thousands begin to perform open sex on streets where everyone can watch by 74, then America's finished, my friend. How about it? Has the days of Noah were so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be, Matthew 24, 37. How was it? Back to Genesis 6, it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and they took them wives, plural. Verse 5, every imagination of the thoughts of men's hearts was only evil continually. Verse 10, the whole world corrupt before God. In Noah's day, it was sex, sex, sex. That's all they could eat, that's all they could think. Corruption. Oh, God looked down on the scene and said, my spirit will not always strive, and God's looking down on the scene and knows what's going on now, and God's going to send judgment. If we do not have a revival that changes America in the next five years, and all these things happen, you can count on it, judgment's going to fall. 1975, President Richard Nixon, Senator Stennis, according to U.S. News and World Report, are afraid of the SS-9s being prepared 24 hours a day in Red Russia now. This article tells about it. You see, the SS-9s are not defensive weapons, but offensive. Not to protect themselves, but to start war for a first strike Pearl Harbor type of thing. Russia's billing them around the clock while everybody's protesting everything our government's trying to do to defend our nation. I hate war, but I believe that the Bible teaches we ought to protect ourselves. But oh, they're worried about the year 1975, for that's when they feel Russia may let loose with the SS-9s for a surprise hydrogen war. You know, my Bible says that that last great war before Armageddon is one of fire. A fire goeth before them, Psalm 97, 3. The Lord will come with fire, Isaiah 66, 15. The flaming flame shall not be quenched, Ezekiel 20, 47. A fire devours before them who the northern army, Joel 2, verse 3. The whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy, Zephaniah 1, 18. The day cometh that shall burn as an oven, Malachi 4, 1. A third part of the trees burned, all green grass burned, Revelation 8, 7. Men scorched with a great heat, Revelation 16, 8. 1976 is the year they plan to take over America. 73, put away for imprisonment those who preach the blood. 76, the takeover of America. Setting up the communist flag in Philadelphia on July 4th. God says in Ezekiel 38, 39, verse 2, Behold, I'm against thee, O Gog, the wrath prince of Moscow unto Boston. I'll turn you back and leave but the sixth part of thee. So don't worry about Russia taking over America. They won't. I'm not worried about that. You know what I am worried about? We've got enough stupid ignoramuses, idiots running around in this country with Vietcong flags right now. They tried to pull it up just a few weeks ago at the Washington march. Brother, I don't know how loyal Americans can stand there and watch somebody pull up the Vietcong flag. And I'm afraid of what can happen internally. I'm not worried about Russia or China, but the takeover of communism from the Communist Party USA, you see. You say, oh, they're in enough. It only took a handful to cause the Bolshevik revolution in Russia, and Russia was the nation with some of the godliest Christians in Europe. They were the fundamentalists in Russia. Did you know that? You can still pick out Russian Christians, Baptists, because of their holy living. But the Bolsheviks took over. Sad, serious years ahead. Now 1977 is the year Red China will be ready to hit any part of America with missiles and hydrogens. And according to this article, Washington DC is afraid of Red China because Red China says we will then have one billion people. The population of the United States of America right now, 200 million. Red China has five times what we have. And Red China says we will give four times the population of America, 800 million, in death, to rule the world under the banner of Lenin and Marx. 800 million. Four times the people we have in our nation, dead, and they're willing to give that many. Well, my friend, I know this. When that hour comes, it can only be the tribulation hour. Alas, for that day is great so that none is like it. Jeremiah 30 verse 7, there shall be a time of trouble such as never was. Daniel 12, 1. Jesus said in Matthew 24, 21, for then shall be great tribulation such as never was since the beginning of the world. By these three was the third part of men killed, Revelation 9, 18. My friend, if these events do happen, I'm not setting dates. Don't say the preacher said this was going to happen. This is the world speaking to you. I read their articles. But if these things do happen, I believe it's the tribulation hour. What else could it be? And if it is, we won't be here. Hallelujah. As I hear all these rumblings, I'm not frightened, petrified, disturbed, frustrated. I just sing a song saying, praise the Lord. Jesus is coming soon, and we shall see Him face to face. You see, we Christians won't go through the wrath of the tribulation. I'll keep you from, not through, from the hour of temptation which comes upon all the world. Where? Revelation 3.10. What's going to happen? The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, with the trumpet of God. The dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. First Corinthians 15, 51, I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep be dead, but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump, for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible. You know what General Electric tells us? The twinkling of an eye is eleven one hundredths of a second. Eleven one hundredths of a second, and the Lord calls us, and brother without spaceships and the rest, we zoom away. I hope it's some morning when they're headed for the moon, and we whiz by and say, hi fellas. I'm no longer listening or looking for signs, I'm listening for sounds, the trumpet of the Lord. Quickly now as we close, the second judgment takes place in heaven. It's called the judgment seat of Christ. I want to talk to you Christians just for a couple of minutes. You know as I travel America, I hear a lot of Christians saying, oh praise the Lord. What? Jesus is coming soon, the signs are here. Brother, if I live the way some of you Christians live, if I rob God of the tithe that belongs to Him, if I never went out on visitation work, if I had never won a soul to Jesus Christ, I'd be petrified when I heard that Jesus was coming soon. Because as soon as we see Him, we must give account of our lives. Did you know that? Some of you folks say, oh boy look at the sign, and this one, and this one, they're all here, Christ is coming, and you never do anything for the Lord. You're going to be ashamed when you see Him. You see, the Bible teaches that the judgment of a Christian's works, not his salvation, his service takes place at the coming of the Lord. D.L. Moody hasn't been judged yet, nor Billy Sunday, nor St. Augustine, nor any Christian who's died. Oh there were the Lord, but the judgment hasn't taken place for works yet. When does that take place? The Lord shall come in the glory of His Father with the holy angels, and then He shall reward every man. Matthew 16, 27. We shall be recompensed, rewarded, when hath the resurrection of the just. Luke 14, 14. Behold, I come quickly, my reward is with me. Revelation 22, 12. It's when He comes. It won't be long, it could be in the next few weeks, months, that you'll see Jesus. Give account of all your life, Christian. We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one of us may receive the things done in His body according to that which He hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5, 10. Good or bad, good or bad. Every one of us, Christians, shall give account of himself to God. Romans 14, 12. Not your wife, not your husband, not your children, of yourself. So don't blame it on anyone else. Oh, hallelujah, He's coming soon. Wait a minute, there are going to be millions of Christians looking into the face of Jesus, so embarrassed, ashamed, red-faced, that they won't even be able to lift their heads. Little children, abide in Him, that when He shall appear, that's His coming, we may have confidence and not be ashamed. Ashamed when? Before Him at the presence of His coming. Ashamed. Do you know there's going to be tremendous weeping in heaven? I've heard messages there'll be no crying in heaven. Who said so? Revelation 21 forces, God shall wipe away all tears. He can't wipe them away until they're shed. And chronologically, Revelation 21 is after the millennium. The people of the Lord have been in the presence of the Lord for over a thousand years, and they're weeping because they wasted their lives here. They were so busy with homes, furnishings, making money, television, pleasure, friends. Snowstorms bothered them, rain bothered them. They couldn't serve God as they should. Excuses. And they're going to weep for a long time over their wasted lives. Get rid of your excuses and make a reservation for heaven and Christ for eternity. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, meet our needs in this last moment. We pray in Jesus' name. While heads are bowed, eyes are closed, if you would like to receive the Lord, you say, Jack, the truth has been preached. I'm coming to the Savior tonight. Would you right at this moment pray, Lord Jesus, come into my heart. Would you pray it? In your own way, in your own words, would you say, I know I'm a sinner. Jesus died on the cross for me. Lord, come into my heart. All right, let's come, shall we? Anywhere in this auditorium as God speaks, will you step out as we sing it? Will you come? God speaks to your heart. Amen.
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Jack Van Impe (February 9, 1931 – January 18, 2020) was an American preacher and televangelist whose calling from God led Jack Van Impe Ministries International for over seven decades, proclaiming an eschatological message of Christ’s imminent return. Born in Freeport, Michigan, to Oscar Alphonse Van Impe and Marie Louise Piot, Belgian immigrants who worked in factories and farms, he was their only child, raised amid the Great Depression’s hardships. Converted at 12 in 1943 alongside his parents at an independent Baptist church, he graduated from high school in 1948 and earned a diploma from Detroit Bible Institute (later William Tyndale College) in 1952, launching his ministry without formal advanced theological training. Van Impe’s calling from God unfolded in the 1950s as he joined Youth for Christ, partnering with figures like Billy Graham, and began preaching across Michigan with his accordion, a skill honed with his father. Ordained in 1951, he married Rexella Mae Shelton in 1954, forming a dynamic duo that founded Jack Van Impe Ministries in 1970. His sermons, emphasizing Bible prophecy and memorization—he earned the nickname “Walking Bible” for recalling over 14,000 verses—reached millions through “Jack Van Impe Presents,” airing from 1980 on Trinity Broadcasting Network and later independently after a 2011 split over his critique of “Chrislam.” Author of works like The Coming War with Russia and producer of films like The Rapture (1997), he called believers to prepare for end-times events. Married to Rexella, with no children, he passed away at age 88 in Royal Oak, Michigan.