Sunday Evening Worship Service
by Nathan Whitley
First Apostolic Church of Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)
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Scripture: Genesis 50:25-26, Exodus 13:19, Joshua 24:32, Hebrews 11:22

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Start making your way back to your seats. Amen. Grab your Bibles. Amen. What a tremendous, tremendous time. Tremendous time we've had today. A wonderful day. What a sermon we heard. What a message we heard today from pastor on this Sunday of Easter Sunday. Can we give pastor a great big hand? Don't we love our pastor tonight? Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. A tremendous, tremendous spirit that we had today. Lots of guests. And I want to say we are so excited. I think we have at least four to get baptized in Jesus' name tonight. I think we should give Jesus some praise right now. Oh, come on. It's not the masters in here. I said somebody's going to get baptized in Jesus' name tonight. I don't want a golf clap. We should give Jesus praise that he's still bringing the dead back to life. Is this microphone on? Can y'all hear me tonight? Can y'all hear me? >> I said we're going to have four get baptized in I didn't say we're going to get baptized in Jesus name tonight. Amen. That's what we're here to do. We're not here to entertain people. We're here to see Jesus high and lifted up. And when he said he said, "When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me." And that's what he has been doing over the last several weeks. We've seen several baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. And we're thanking him for continuing to draw men unto him. Go with me to Genesis, the book of Genesis. We're going to go to I don't usually do this. Uh I usually don't go to several places in a setup uh in a sermon, but we're going to do that. Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, then New Testament, Hebrews, and you'll see why in a second. We want to say happy birthday to Jackson and Jensen Milstead. Can we give them a great big hand? Happy birthday to Jackson and Jentz. Amen. Happy birthday. And I want to say uh my mother would never do this and she would never have a microphone in her hand even if you paid her to do that. But allow me to say I'm so glad to have my mom back in the house of a Lord today. And we want to say thank you. Thank you for all the prayers. So many brought food, sent flowers, sent things to the house, sent cards, visited, and uh most importantly, you prayed. And we're thanking the Lord that she can be here today and tonight. Amen. God is good, isn't he? He is good. Genesis chapter number 50 verses 25- 26. Then we'll turn right over to Exodus. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall surely carry up my bones from hence." So Joseph died being 110 years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. Someone say, "A coffin in Egypt." Now turn over to Exodus 13. The plagues have taken place. The people are leaving. They're leaving Egypt. Look at verse 19 of chapter number 13 of Exodus. And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him. For he had straightly sworn the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away hence with you." Now, jump over into Joshua, the last chapter. I know I don't usually don't do this going from place to place. This is preaching uh phauxa for me, but just let me do it tonight. Joshua 24:32. As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Sheckchum and the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hore, the father of Sheckchum, for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph. Last one. Hebrews 11 chap chapter 11 verse 22. By faith Joseph when he died made mention of the departing of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones. Tonight I want to preach this Easter Sunday night. A coffin in Egypt. A coffin in Egypt. right where you are, I want you to lift up your hands one more time and just ask the Lord to speak to you from his word. Father, we're thankful for what you've done today and what you're going to do tonight. Lord, we're thankful for four to get baptized in the name of Jesus this evening. Lord, that you are still continuing to fulfill the promise that you are going to spread your kingdom out on this earth through the preaching of your word and we are to make disciples of all men. But Lord, let us be reminded of the empty tomb and the promise that is set before us because of that tonight. In the name of Jesus, we pray. And everyone said, "Amen." >> Now, clap your hands to Jesus one more time. I think we can do just a little bit better. I know it's Sunday and you're tired and you've worked all day, but I think somebody should give Jesus some praise today. I think somebody should give Jesus some praise today on Easter. I said he's alive and he's alive in me. I should give him a living praise tonight. Why don't you just thank him for his word? Thank him for his promises. Oh yes. A coffin. A coffin in Egypt. Now, if you were to write about the life of Joseph, if you were to write about the life of Joseph, what would be the one thing you would choose to write about? If you were the writer, if you were a writer and you were going to write about the life of of Joseph, what would you write about? Would it be that he was loved by his father Jacob? Would it be that Jacob made him a coat of many colors? Would you write that Joseph dreamed amazing dreams or that his brothers hated him, rejected him and sold him to the Ishelites? Would you write about how they dipped his coat in blood of a blood, the blood of an animal and broke their father's heart? If you were to write about Joseph, would you write about how great he was in Egypt and how he served Piper? Would you write about how he was tempted by Piper's wife, but refused her temptations? Would you write about how he was falsely accused and thrown into prison, yet the Lord made him successful even in the prison? If you were to write about Joseph, would you write about how he interpreted dreams in prison, then correctly interpreted Pharaoh's dream, preserved Egypt and the surrounding nations through a terrible famine, and then he revealed himself to his brothers, the brothers who hated him and rejected him and threw him in a pit, and how he forgave them and brought his entire family to Egypt to care for them. If you were to write about Joseph, maybe you would pick one of those things because he had a an amazing amazing life. Joseph lived a life that was faithful and amazing. If anyone deserve to be mentioned in Hebrews 11, what we call the hall of faith, it was certainly Joseph. He was a faithful witness of God's goodness and power. And he deserves to be listed among the heroes of faith. But if you were the writer of Hebrews and you're writing about the heroes of faith of the OLD TESTAMENT, WOULDN'T YOU choose one of those events from Joseph's life? But that's not what the writer of Hebrews decided to write about when he came to Joseph's name. This is what he said. By faith, Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones. In the Old Testament, there may not be a clearer example of Jesus Christ than Joseph. Loved by his father, hated by his brothers, rejected by his brothers, threw him into a pent, leaving him for dead, thinking that he was dead, sent to save a heathen people. marries a gentile bride, reveals himself to his brothers, forgives them, and preserves them through tribulation. >> That's in your Bible. IF THERE'S A picture of Jesus in the Old Testament, you'd probably pick Joseph. But when when the writer of Hebrews decided to talk about Joseph, he didn't pick his coat. He didn't talk about how he was loved of his father. He didn't talk about how he preserved Israel and he preserved the Gentiles. That's not what he said when he came to Joseph's life. The pinnacle moment, THE CLIMAX OF JOSEPH'S LIFE that he decided TO WRITE ABOUT WAS HIS bones in a coffin in Egypt. My God have mercy. I'm feeling it already. This is what the writer of Hebrews said. He said, "THIS IS WHAT I WANT. This is the example we're going to choose from Joseph's amazing life. I'm taking you to his deathbed and to a coffin in Egypt. Now, how did Joseph get there in the first place? Joseph ended up in Egypt because his brother slowed sold him into slavery through the grace and the providence and the provision of the Lord. He survived betrayal, false accusation, years in a prison cell. And God gave him the ability to interpret dreams. He correctly interpreted Pharaoh's dream. Pharaoh made him second in command in all of Egypt. But at the end of Joseph's life, he had one request. He told his family, he told his sons, "GOD IS GOING TO VISIT OUR people one of these days. One of these days, our Lord IS GOING TO COME BACK AND VISIT HIS PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING, BUT WHEN HE DOES, COME GET MY bones out of that tomb. I >> I WANT YOU TO HEAR SOMETHING. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE COAT, MY GOD, HAVE MERCY. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE COAT THAT MY FATHER MADE ME. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE COAT THAT MY BROTHERS DIPPED IN BLOOD. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE COAT THAT PHARAOH PUT AROUND MY SHOULDERS. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE CROWN THAT HE PUT ON MY HEAD. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE RING THAT HE PUT ON MY FINGER. THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. BECAUSE ONE OF THESE DAYS, OUR GOD IS GOING TO VISIT US. AND WHEN HE DOES, I WANT YOU TO GET MY OLD DRIED UP BONES OUT OF THAT TOMB. AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE ME OUT OF HERE with Did anybody come to COME TO HAVE CHURCH TONIGHT? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESURRECTION THIS MORNING, BUT I'VE COME TO TELL YOU, GOD IS GOING TO VISIT HIS PEOPLE. >> Isn't it amazing that Genesis opens up with life and it ends with death, but it's on the lips of a dying man. Woo! My God, that he says, "This is not the end. There's resurrection coming. There's a visitation coming. There's a promise coming. And when he comes, and he's coming one of these days, don't you leave me here. EGYPT IS NOT MY HOME. IT'S NOT YOUR HOME. I'M TELLING YOU, OUR GOD AND SAVIOR IS GOING TO VISIT US ONE MORE TIME. AND WHEN HE DOES, I'M GOING TO BE SINGING, "THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME. I'M JUST A PASSING THROUGH. MY HOME IS SOMEWHERE LAID UP BEYOND THE BLUE." I'M TELLING YOU, HE'S COMING BACK. YES, THERE'S AN EMPTY TOMB, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HE'S COMING BACK FOR HIS PEOPLE. >> Somebody say, "Yeah." >> I come to have church tonight. >> I KNOW IT'S SUNDAY NIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR LORD'S COMING BACK ONE OF THESE DAYS. I'VE COME TO TELL SOMEBODY THAT IF HE CAN leave a tomb EMPTY IN JERUSALEM, HE'S COMING BACK FOR US ONE OF THESE DAYS. Let's walk through this very quickly. Chapter 50 of Genesis, verse 25, he says he took a oath with the children of Israel, rejected by his brothers, sold into slavery. He forgave them when he revealed them when he revealed himself unto them. But here was this. Even though Joseph never got to see them outside of Egypt again, he knew you are my people. He's on his deathbed and his successful years, his prosperous years, his blessing years were in Egypt. BUT ON HIS DEATHBED, HE LOOKED AROUND AT HIS CHILDREN AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN and his great GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN IN THE FUTURE and he said, "Listen, these aren't my people. >> I KNOW I PRESERVE THEM. I KNOW I RESCUED THEM. I know that they love me here right now. But you are my people. >> You, you Jacob's sons, YOU JACOB'S DAUGHTERS, YOU REFIANS, you're my people. I know they're going to want there's going to be a DAY WHERE THEY DON'T LIKE YOU. THERE'S GOING TO BE A DAY WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT YOU WITH A SIDE EYE. I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK DOWN THEIR NOSE AT YOU. BUT I WANT YOU TO know those aren't my people. I KNOW I GOT BLESSED THROUGH THEM. I KNOW THEY BUILT ME A HOME. I KNOW THEY BUILT ME A PALACE. I KNOW THEY CHERISH ME AND WHAT I DID FOR THEM. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WANT TO CHOOSE YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS. AND WHEN GOD COMES TO VISIT HIS PEOPLE, I WANT YOU TO BRING ME ON OUT OF HERE, TOO. I DON'T EVEN WANT MY BONES TO STAY HERE. WHY? BECAUSE EGYPT IS NOT MY I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE WORLD IS NOT MY HOME. I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PLACE. PETER SAID WE'RE PILGRIMS. WE'RE EXILES. YES, WE'RE HERE FOR A MOMENT. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE AND BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA IS NOT MY HOME. I'M JUST PASSING THROUGH HERE FOR A MOMENT. AND WHEN THE LORD VISITS HIS PEOPLE, ONE MORE TIME, >> get me out of here. >> I want to be known with you people. >> JOSEPH KNEW THAT popularity in Egypt was fleeting. THEY WOULD FORGET ABOUT HIM AS SOON AS HE DIED. You can build me a statue here in Egypt. That's fine. Get my bones out of here. I don't care when it is. I don't care how long my how long my bones have been in that tomb. Get me out of here. Even if I don't get to experience in my own life, get me out of here. Can I tell somebody here right now? You better love the people of God right here, right? If you don't LET THE PEOPLE OF GOD HERE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND eternity with them? >> Y'all ain't going to help me preach tonight. I'LL PREACH ANYWAY. I'M TELLING YOU, I WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH GOD'S PEOPLE. YOU ARE MY PEOPLE. THIS IS GOD'S PEOPLE. I WANT TO BE A PART OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NAME. I WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU. THE WORLD MIGHT HATE US. THE WORLD MIGHT DESPISE US. THEY MIGHT THINK WE'RE WEIRDOS AND EXILES, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I WOULD RATHER BE ASSOCIATED WITH GOD'S PEOPLE. >> He's going to visit you. And I want to be with you even if I'm dead. Get me out of here. I don't want my dead bones staying in Egypt. He said, "Here's the promise. God will surely visit you." Joseph knew that one day God was going to visit Israel. He had a living hope that God would come and deliver them. God was not going to leave them in Egypt forever because Egypt was not the promise given to Abraham. THAT'S TEMPORARY. THAT'S TEMPORARY. THAT IS NOT FOREVER. THAT'S NOT THE AIM. And that's not the goal. THAT'S NOT THE PROMISE. THE PROMISE IS NOT EGYPT. THE PROMISE is Canaan. And for 400 plus years, JOSEPH'S BONES IN A COFFIN IN EGYPT PREACHED ABOUT another coming of the Lord. WHEN THAT GENERATION WHEN MANASSEH AND Ephraim died and their children begin to take over AND ANOTHER GEN FOUR GENER OR four centuries pass and they're now in slavery. Guess what was preaching in a coffin in Egypt for 400 years those bones were preaching? God's going to visit his people. God's going to fulfill his promise. God's going to come get us out of here. When the WHEN THE WHIPS WERE ON their back, those bones are preaching, "This world is not our home. Egypt is not our home." Just remember, THERE'S A PROMISE WITH ABRAHAM. THERE'S A PROMISE WITH ISAAC. THERE'S A PROMISE WITH JACOB. WHEN THE LEAKS and the onions BEGIN TO GET STALE, THOSE BONES KEPT PREACHING. ONE OF THESE DAYS, GOD'S GOING TO GET VISIT HIS PEOPLE. I'M JUST TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, BUT GOD'S GOING TO VISIT HIS PEOPLE. I KNOW IT'S ROUGH RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS NOT OUR PROMISE. THIS IS NOT THE FULFILLMENT. THERE'S MORE COMING. I'M TELLING YOU, THOSE BONES PREACHED FOR FOUR CENTURIES. AND THEN WHEN ONE DAY THE LORD SHOWED UP THROUGH PLAGUES, THE LORD SHOWED UP THROUGH A PROPHET NAMED MOSES. AND HERE COME THE LORD. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, A PROMISE WAS FULFILLED. I'VE COME TO TELL SOMEBODY TODAY, I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING BACK, BUT HE IS COMING BACK. I KNOW OUR WORLD'S GETTING DARKER, BUT THERE'S AN EMPTY TOMB IN JERUSALEM SOMEWHERE SAYING, "I'M COMING BACK. I'M COMING BACK. THIS WORLD'S NOT MY HOME. THIS IS NOT THE END. THIS IS NOT THE PROMISE. Come on. Bigger bank accounts, BETTER HOMES, MORE CARS, MORE PROMOTIONS IS NOT THE PROMISE. THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME. THE LORD IS GOING TO VISIT US AND HE'S GOING TO COME GET US OUT OF HERE. >> Don't This is what Joseph was saying and I'm saying it to us right now. Don't get comfortable. Don't start thinking this is what heaven looks like. It's not. There is a movement that says that this is heaven. This is not heaven. Heaven doesn't have 20 million abortions. You can sit there if YOU WANT TO. I'M TELLING THIS IS NOT HEAVEN. DON'T YOU GET I KNOW WE'RE COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M TELLING YOU THERE'S GOING TO BE A DAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE STARTS TO LOOK WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A PHARAOH THAT KNEW NOT JOSEPH IN OUR GENERATION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE >> TRIBULATION AND PERSECUTION'S COMING. BUT YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN EMPTY TOMB PREACHING OF ANOTHER COMING. DON'T YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THIS WORLD. HE'S COMING BACK AND THIS IS NOT OUR FINAL DESTINATION. IF ANYBODY BELIEVES THERE, WON'T YOU CLAP YOUR HANDS? WON'T YOU LIFT UP YOUR VOICE? I'm looking FOR HIM. I'M LOOKING FOR HIM. I'M LOOKING FOR HIM. >> BEHOLD, he's coming with clouds. Every eye shall How can every eye see him? We We've got news in a second. How How could every eye see that the Lord's coming back? We're all plugged in. Somebody's going to be recording it. Somebody's going to be seeing it. You better be ready. >> You can be in a classroom. YOU CAN BE ON THE JOB. YOU CAN BE ON A BALL FIELD. You can be in the garden. It doesn't matter WHERE YOU ARE. EVERY EYE IS GOING TO SEE HIM COME BACK JUST LIKE HE DID IN EGYPT. THEY KNEW THERE'S A GOD IN ISRAEL COMING FOR HIS PEOPLE. AND THIS WORLD WILL KNOW THERE'S A GOD COMING FOR HIS PEOPLE. >> For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. When is he coming? It could come tonight. You better be ready. He could come tonight for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout. It's not going to be some quiet thing. There is going to be a shout and the voice of the archangel and the trump of God. AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? The dead in Christ shall rise first. I think there's some in this room. >> I'M TALKING ABOUT SOME OF Y'ALL WHO DON'T WORSHIP NO MATTER WHAT THE SONG IS. THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE. BUT I WANT TO BE SOME OF THE ONES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HIS APPEARING. I WANT TO BE LISTEN, IF YOU CAN'T WORSHIP HIM HERE NOW, YOU WON'T WORSHIP HIM IN ETERNITY. I'D RATHER BE READY RIGHT NOW. I'D RATHER GIVE HIM A PRAISE RIGHT NOW. >> I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE DEAD. I WANT TO BE OF A LIVING CHURCH. COME ON, SOMEBODY. >> THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST. THEN WE WHICH REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT up to meet him. He's coming back. He's coming back. Are you ready? Are you ready? Y'all ain't even ready for church at 6:30. Where is this coming from? I'll tell you where it's coming from. I'm trying to tell y'all he's coming. And we better wake up around here. WE BETTER WAKE UP AROUND HERE. Some of us have been playing church for far too long. SO LISTEN, IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CHURCH OF THE FIRST FRIGID AIR, YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT. BUT I WANT TO BE A PART OF A CHURCH THAT'S ON FIRE. I WANT TO BE A PART OF A CHURCH THAT'S READY. I WANT TO BE A PART OF A CHURCH THAT SAYS MARINATHA, THE LORD'S COMING. THE LORD'S COMING. I WANT TO BE READY. THE LORD'S COMING. THE LORD'S COMING. IF YOU HAVEN'T REPENTED, YOU BETTER DO IT TONIGHT. IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN BAPTIZED, YOU BETTER DO IT TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE HOLY GHOST, YOU BETTER DO IT TONIGHT. Get ready. I don't want to be a part of a dead church. I want to be a part of a living church. He is going to visit us and he's going to be getting those who are ready for him, looking for his appearing. But he said, "Listen, listen. He's going to meet us. He's going to visit us." But you know what he's doing right now? He's preparing a place for us. You see, Canaan wasn't ready for Israel. So God was preparing it while he prepared them. And when the day of the Canaanites had fully come and judgment was coming, God looked at Israel said, "I need a prophet. I need somebody to get my people ready. Moses, go tell Pharaoh, let my people go because this is not their home." And not only that, they cried out. Listen to me now. I know there's a lot of moving pieces right now. Let me have your attention. When they cried out, the Lord heard their prayer. Exodus chapter number one. You know what our issue is right now? We have comfort over crying. And God might have to send a little CO shutdowns to wake us up a little bit. You know, that was six years ago. And there were people six years ago, I just can't wait to get back in the house of God. When they open them doors, I'm going to be there. I hadn't seen them since. Oh, if I could just get back there, I'll never miss ever again. If I could just get back there, I I'll be the first Y'all see them? I hadn't seen them since. >> Man, brother Willie, you sound like What do I I sound like Nate Willie tonight, don't I? It's time for us to wake up. >> We need to start praying. We need It needs to get so bad around here, we start saying, "Lord, when are you coming back?" We're going to pray one of these days. Well, I'll just make you mad. I've done that already for 15, 16 years now. I'll just keep on doing it. I know that I'm the bull in the china shop around here. I know that. But I It's time for me to knock some plates over. If you won't pray now, let me say like the prophet Jeremiah said it. If you can't walk with a horseman, what makes you think you're going to run when the horseman came? If you CAN'T IF YOU CAN'T IF YOU WHEN THE WHEN the chariots if you if you can't live for him right now while it's easy, what in your brain makes you think you're going to live for him when there's persecution AND TRIBULATION? I'D RATHER PRAY NOW THAN TRY TO LEARN HOW TO PRAY DURING TRIBULATION. I'D RATHER HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT, MAN. BROTHER N, YOU'RE KNOCKING OVER ALL THE PLATES. GOOD. WE NEED SOMEBODY TO KNOCK SOME PLATES OFF AROUND HERE. SOME OF US NEED TO REALIZE AND SHAKE OUT OF TRADITION AND SHAKE OUT OF OUR COMFORT AND REALIZE THIS IS A HEAVEN AND A HELL ISSUE. WE'RE PLAYING WITH ETERNITY AND THE LORD'S COMING BACK. >> You better get ready. He's coming back, y'all. All right. I don't care if you are or not. You better get ready. Some of us are playing around too much. Some of us are playing patty cake with Jesus and holding hands and winking at the devil. You better understand he's coming back. >> And let's let me say this while I've already made you all upset. I'll give my heart to Jesus when I'm on my deathbed. You are not promised a deathbed salvation. And let me just say this. If you think you're going to give YOUR HEART TO HIM ON YOUR DEATHBED, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE YOUR HEART TO HIM WHILE you're alive? >> Y'all, I feel boldness in this house. IF YOU'RE AWAY, YOU'RE NOT PRO. YOU COULD DIE IN A CAR CRASH TONIGHT. YOU BETTER GET READY. YOU MIGHT DIE OF CANCER IN 4 DAYS. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET READY. I WOULDN'T WAIT. I WOULDN'T PUT IT OFF. I'D RUN TO AN ALTAR RIGHT NOW AND SAY, "LORD, SAVE ME. GET ME READY FOR YOUR COMING. Stand to your feet. I'm I'm telling you, he's coming." There's always going to be those who say, "Where is the sign of his appearing?" They said that in Peter's day. He said, "He's coming." That was 2,000 years ago. How much closer are we today? You see, resurrection Sunday is not just about celebrating our risen savior on one day. The empty tomb is preaching that if I can do this, I'll come again. I'm going to prepare a place for you that where I am, you may be also. You see, you want a place in heaven, but you've not given him a place in your heart. I'm going to say that again. I want I want I want I want a mansion in heaven. Why don't you give him the best place, and that is your heart? You see, if you won't give him your heart, there's no place for you in heaven. I know this is not going to make me popular. I have not been popular here in 16 years. That's fine. But I'm just going to tell you something. You better get ready. You better get ready. He's coming. And he's going to do it just like that. Can you imagine? The plagues come. Egypt is frantic. Israel's grabbing all of the the treasures. The Egyptians are loading them up. Get out of here. Go. Look what I got. Got my neighbors gold earrings and gold headdress. Look what I got. Crowd's going crazy. And here's Moses going, "Could someone point me to Joseph's tomb?" I mean, the crowd's going crazy. They're running. They're getting out of there. They're excited. Egyptians are crying. And here's Moses. I'm just trying to get to Joseph's bones. I get to see Moses rolling back that stone. Joseph, the Lord's here. Just like he said, JOSEPH, YOU SAID 400 YEARS ago that the Lord was going to visit his people and we're getting out of here. You're not going to believe this, Joe. You should see the chaos out here. Let me see. Let me see. Let me see. No, not it. Nope. Not it. Nope. Not it. Nope. Not it. Here they are. Let me grab these old bones. We're getting out of here, Joseph. I know you didn't get to see it in your day, but it's happened in mine. There's some saints that's passed away. There's some saints that passed away. They didn't see it in their day, but we might see it in ours. Joe, we're get everybody's got treasures. Everybody's got sacks of gold and gems and and gemstones and all kinds of possessions. And here comes Moses with a bag OF BONES. WHAT'S THAT, MOSES? A promise fulfilled. >> What do you got? DID YOU GET GOLD, MOSES? NO. I got a saint that believed. My God have mercy. I got a saint that believed. DID YOU GET JOSEPH'S COAT? I didn't get his coat. DID YOU GET JOSEPH'S CROWN? I DIDN'T GET HIS CROWN. WHAT DID YOU GET? I GOT HIS BONES. How would he know? Because he told us it would happen. And I'm getting out of here. Here goes Moses with his bones. Get ready. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Moses gets to the edge of Canaan, sees it from a far off. Lord, can I go? Can I go see it myself? Lord said, "No, Moses, you didn't. You don't get a cross over, but the next generation's going to be able to. Lord, I I got something here. I got Joseph's bones. I know I'm not going to see it, but can this saint see it? And God said, "Hand it over to Joshua?" And Joshua gets those bag of bones and crosses over into Canaan. Everybody's like, "Hey, what are you doing, Joseph?" Or, "What are you doing, Joshua? I I've got a saint's bones here. How's he going to know? Because I know. He didn't see it in his day, but I seen it in mine. And a promise made with the Lord is going to be kept. And so he goes over into Canaan and buries Joseph's bones there. Here is your rest, Joseph. You can finally rest now, Joseph. I know Egypt wasn't your home. And you told us that the Lord was going to come back. And I'm here to tell you, JOSEPH, THAT I'VE GOT ANOTHER GENERATION. And some of your grandkids, some of your great great grandkids, Joseph, are here with me. Ephraim and Manasseh are here with us. And we're HERE BECAUSE YOU TOLD US THE LORD WAS GOING TO I'M TELLING YOU, IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN IN THIS GENERATION, BUT HE'S GOING TO COME IN ONE GENERATION. AND I WANT TO BE READY. AND I WANT you to be ready.