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Throughout Scripture, the second coming of Jesus is prophesied. From the prophets of old to the apostles to Jesus Himself, there are prophecies after prophecies of the second coming of Jesus. We get closer and closer to His return with every generation, yet the Messiah hasn't returned yet. So, is the return of Jesus Christ something to worry about; will it happen in our lifetime? or is the return of Jesus Christ something far off that won't happen in our lifetime? Is Jesus even coming back? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the promises of Jesus in his message, Hold Fast. Verses Used: Revelation 3:11 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 Philippians 4:1 Luke 16:16 Revelation 4:4 Revelation 4:9-10 Revelation 22:7 Matthew 22:37-40 (KJV) John 13:34-35 Revelation 22:12 Revelation 22:20 2 Peter 3:9-10 Revelation 22:17 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/special-occasion-messages/hold-fast/ The video from the Head of WHO: https://rumble.com/vrmc4o-must-watch-who-director-generals-slip-of-the-tongue.html?mref=4pvd7&mc=b2gay

If you’ve grown up in the Church, or you've been in the Church for a little while, then you've heard the phrase, What The Devil Meant For Evil, God Turns For Our Good. This phrase is often used in times of distress or grief. We use this phrase to declare that God is still on His Throne and still in control no matter what comes our way. While this is true, does the Bible actually say What The Devil Meant For Evil, God Turns For Our Good? Is this an uplifting or encouraging Bible verse? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the truth behind the phrase, What The Devil Meant For Evil, God Turns For Our Good. Verses Used: Genesis 50:20 Romans 8:28 2 Corinthians 11:24-27 1 Peter 5:8 Psalms 91:13 Psalms 91:11-12 Matthew 4:6 Genesis 3:15 1 Corinthians 2:9 James 1:12 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Philippians 4:4-7 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/theology/nuggets-of-truth/what-the-devil-meant-for-evil/

2000 years ago, Jesus was born in the city of David, the town of Bethlehem, but why? Why did the Messiah have to be born in Bethlehem? What’s so special about Bethlehem? Does it have to do with the Messiah being the descendant of David? Or maybe it was just a perfect shot to Egypt? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer in her video, Why Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem? Verses Used: 1 Kings 11:9-13 2 Chronicles 11:5-12 Jeremiah 23:5-6 Ezekiel 34:11-16 John 6:35 Matthew 2:18 Jeremiah 31:15 Genesis 21:12-13 1 Kings 11:11-13 John 1:29-30 Hebrews 9:11-28 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/theology/nuggets-of-truth/why-was-jesus-born-in-bethlehem/

After Christmas Day, we tend to move on and forget the Birth of Christ because of the rush of cleaning up the mess of the presents/gifts and preparing for the coming new year. As the year moves on, we slowly forget more and more, until December 1st comes around again, then suddenly we are all about the Birth of Christ. But is this the way it should be? Is the day after Christmas as important as Christmas Day? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the importance of the story of the Wise Men in his message, 'Tis The Season: Twas The Day After Christmas. Verses Used: Matthew 2:1–6 Matthew 2:11 (KJV) Matthew 2:16 (KJV) Daniel 5:10–12 Matthew 2:7 2 Timothy 3:5 2 Timothy 3:10–12 John 4:35–38 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/special-occasion-messages/tis-the-season-twas-the-day-after-christmas/

Winter throughout history has been associated with darkness. From Greek mythology to the Bible, winter isn’t really a time associated with peace and comfort. So, then could there be a connection to winter and the end times? And if so, what does that have to do with us, the Church? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the connection between Winter and The End Times. Verses Used: Song of Solomon 2:10-12 Matthew 24:15-22 Matthew 24:3 Matthew 24:29-31 John 8:12 John 9:5 Matthew 5:14 John 1:5 Matthew 24:36-37 Song of Solomon 2:10-12 Mark 13:32-37 Luke 21:25-28 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/theology/the-end-times/winter-and-the-end-times/

Happy Christmas Sunday! Christmas is about the promise of the Messiah being fulfilled. The prophets prophesied that the Messiah (Jesus) would receive an everlasting kingdom with eternal dominion. Every prophecy was tied into one, Immanuel. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he explains biblical mysteries in his Christmas Message, ‘Tis The Season: O Little Town of Bethlehem. Verses Used: Micah 5:2 Matthew 2:6 John 7:14 John 6:35 Joshua 19:14–16 John 1:5 John 8:12 Isaiah 9:6–7 Micah 4:8 Matthew 28:18b Genesis 49:10KJV Psalm 110:4 Hebrews 7:15–17 Exodus 28:31–32NIV Matthew 26:65 Isaiah 7:14 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/special-occasion-messages/tis-the-season-o-little-town-of-bethlehem/

We've all read the prophecy of the coming Christ. We've read how He, Jesus, will be called Immanuel (which means God with us). We know the verses by memory, but do we fully understand them? Do we truly understand what the prophecy of Jesus being called Immanuel means? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scriptures for answers in her video, Immanuel: God With Us. Verses Used: Matthew 1:20-23 Romans 5:9-11 John 14:16-17 1 Corinthians 6:19 1 Timothy 2:5 Hebrews 10:19-22 Hebrews 4:14-16 Ephesians 2:4-7 Revelation 21:3 Acts 4:12 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/theology/nuggets-of-truth/immanuel-god-with-us/

The shepherds are a large part of the Nativity Story, but the real question is, why were they chosen? Why did the angel specifically go to the shepherds? Was it because the coming Messiah is the Good Shepherd, or is there more to the story? How did the Shepherds know where to find Jesus? Join Rev. Kenny Yates as he searches through Scripture to find the reason the shepherds were chosen in his video, The Mystery of The Shepherds. Verses Used: Luke 2:1-20 Genesis 49:10 Micah 5:2 Mark 14:14 Luke 22:11 Genesis 12:1–3 Ezekiel 16:4 Micah 4:8 Genesis 35:21 Luke 2:34–35 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/theology/nuggets-of-truth/the-mystery-of-the-shepherds/

Christmas is the season of hope and good news. The joy of the birth of the Son of God, but do we take the time to share the good news of Christ? Is it even important for us to share the good news of Christ? Isn’t it the pastor’s job to preach and teach the Gospel? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he shares the importance of the Great Commission in his message, ‘Tis The Season: Our Christmas Mandate. Verses Used: Luke 2:8–20 Luke 2:10b-12 Luke 2:15–16 Luke 2:17–18 John 1:35–42 Mark 16:15 Romans 10:14–15 Luke 2:12 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/special-occasion-messages/tis-the-season-our-christmas-mandate/

The birth of Jesus Christ is an undeniable historical event. Though Christ's birth, in itself, is undeniable, His sinlessness is often brought into question. So, was Jesus born sinless? And if He was born sinless, how is that possible? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answer in our video, Was Jesus Born Without Sin? Verses Used: Hebrews 4:15 1 John 3:5 Genesis 3:6-7 Romans 5:12 Genesis 5:3 1 Corinthians 15:45 Luke 1:34-35 Genesis 3:15 Romans 3:21-25 1 Timothy 2:14 Luke 4:1 Hebrews 4:14-16 1 Timothy 2:5-6 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/theology/nuggets-of-truth/was-jesus-born-without-sin/

We’ve all heard the phrase, the Immaculate Conception. In fact, we’ve probably used it in a sentence or even an argument, but do we really know what it is? According to the Catholic belief, Mary was born without sin, but is this true? Was Mary kept from sin because God favored her? Does Romans 3:23 have exceptions, including Mary? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the truth behind these claims in her video, The Immaculate Conception. Verses Used: Luke 1:28-33 Esther 4:13-14 Romans 3:23 Romans 1:20 Luke 1:46-47 Acts 4:12 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/theology/nuggets-of-truth/the-immaculate-conception/

Christmas time has become a hectic time of shopping, lights, and decorating. Often times it's easy to get caught up in the rush of everything that we forget the true meaning of Christmas. We forget that Christmas is the season of giving and rejoicing for Christ (our ultimate Christmas gift) came 2000 years ago to give us the hope of Salvation in Him. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he dives deeper into the true meaning of the Christmas season in his message, 'Tis The Season: Christmas is Giving. Verses Used: Matthew 1:18–23 Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 9:6–7 2 Corinthians 8:3–5 Proverbs 11:30b Luke 10:41b–42 John 3:16 John 10:27–30 Romans 8:31–39 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/special-occasion-messages/tis-the-season-christmas-is-giving/

In John 14:28, Jesus declares that He must return to His Father for His Father is greater than Him. This single verse records Jesus declaring the Father to be greater than He seems to completely destroy the Trinity argument since Jesus would be beneath the Father, which would mean He isn’t equal to God. Is that what Jesus was saying? Is the Father greater than Jesus? If so, is Jesus God, or is He just a man? Does that then mean that there is no Trinity? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to explain Jesus’ words, “The Father is Greater Than I” in John 14:28. Verses Used: John 14:28 John 8:28-29 John 8:54 Matthew 24:35-36 1 Corinthians 14:33 Mark 4:10-12 2 Corinthians 3:14 John 1 Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:26-27 Deuteronomy 6:4 Matthew 12:29-30 James 2:19 Hebrews 5:11-14 Philippians 2:5-11 Revelation 2:8 Revelation 3:7 Revelation 22:12-13 Revelation 5:5-6 Revelation 5:1-5 Acts 4:11-12 Revelation 19:11-13 John 1:14 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/theology/nuggets-of-truth/the-father-is-greater-than-i/

There is a way that seems right to us, but it leads to death. When we go based solely on our own feelings and on our own thoughts and opinions, instead of going based solely on Scripture, we veer off the path that God has set before us. We miss the Truth that sets us free. We miss the path to everlasting life. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the Truth in his message, Striving For Holiness. Verses Used: 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 Hebrews 12:14 Proverbs 4:24 Philippians 4:8 Exodus 20:7 Romans 12:1–2NIV 2 Corinthians 6:17–18 1 John 1:9 John 8:36 2 Corinthians 5:17 Galatians 3:1a Proverbs 14:12 1 Samuel 2:25b Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/weekly-messages/striving-for-holiness/

In our society today, it can be difficult to find something to be thankful for. With sin running rampant and selfish actions causing harm to so many, being thankful or grateful seems to be at the bottom of so many's to-do lists. And from the surface, it makes sense, but is that what God had in mind for us? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he explains God's true desire for all of our lives in his Thanksgiving Day message, Thankful and Grateful. Verses Used: Psalms 118:24KJV Psalms 50:14–15 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Psalms 50:22–23 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/special-occasion-messages/thankful-and-grateful/

In 1947, Roswell Army Air Field officers allegedly recovered United States Army Air Forces balloon debris from a ranch near Corona, New Mexico, while others believe that the debris involved a flying saucer. This is still believed by many people to this day who are all deemed conspiracy theorists. Prior to recent years, these conspiracists were deemed as crazy, and it was insane to believe in such a thing as aliens. Today, things have changed. It's no longer crazy to believe in aliens; it's now narcissistic to believe that earth is the only planet with life. Why have things changed? Is there actual proof of aliens? What about in the Bible? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he searches through the Bible for answers in his video, Church Under Attack Pt. 5: The Alien Agenda? Verses Used: Psalms 14:1 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/church-under-attack/the-alien-agenda/

In the Church today, many of us have lost the Spirit of Discernment. We can no longer discern the signs or the times, and instead of seeking that discernment, we shrug it off. Some say no one can know the mind of God and move on. While others don’t believe it’s up to them to witness, teach, or warn another soul, so it doesn’t matter anyway. But is this how the body of Christ is to think and behave? Are we called out of the world to just stay to ourselves, or is there more to the call of us Christians? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes in his heart-wrenching message, Watchman What Time of the Night? Verses Used: Isaiah 21:11–12 Luke 19:40 John 9:4 1 Peter 4:7 Revelation 6:9–11 Matthew 24:9–11 Matthew 24:20–21 Jeremiah 6:17 Ezekiel 34:1–4 Isaiah 56:10–11 Joel 3:14–16 Psalms 30:5 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/weekly-messages/watchman-what-time-of-the-night/

Scientists claim that we are a small insignificant planet in a small insignificant galaxy spiraling through an ever-expanding Universe. So, where does that leave us? Why would God create man in His own image, die for all of mankind, and seemingly create everything for us if we are so insignificant? How do these Scientific facts compare with Biblical facts? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he compares Scripture and science to understand our place in the Universe in his video, Church Under Attack Pt. 4: The Religion of Science. Verses Used: Matthew 16:18 Psalm 104:5–9 Hebrews 1:1-3 Acts 17:28 Genesis 1:14–18KJV Isaiah 44:24 Psalm 19:1–6 Psalm 102:25 Isaiah 11:12 Luke 21:28 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/church-under-attack/the-religion-of-science/

Over the years, our society has evolved culturally. Things that were once unheard of have become normalized today. Even the Law has evolved, if you will, into the New and better Covenant. So, does that leave wiggle room for all that our culture has embraced? Does the Bible and the things of God evolve with our culture? Or do some things just not change for us? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the Truth behind the argument to be seemingly destroying the Church today in his message, Resettling the Settled. Verses Used: Ephesians 5:11–14 Leviticus 18:20–23 Leviticus 20:13 1 Timothy 1:8–11 Romans 1:27 1 Corinthians 6:9 James 4:4 Romans 12:1–2 Numbers 22-24 Numbers 22:18–19 2 Peter 2:15–16 Hebrews 1:1–2 John 3:16 Ephesians 1:13–14 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/weekly-messages/resettling-the-settled/

Throughout history, the Devil has set the same trap for us over and over again, only changing his bait to fit the times, and we keep falling for it. He hides the evil in plain sight, knowing that we will overlook it if it is seemingly innocent enough, but Paul tells us that we are not unaware of the Devil’s schemes. He has made the Spirit of Discernment available to us; we need only ask. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he sets us on the path to discernment in his message, Deception Pt. 2: The Devil’s in the Details. Verses Used: 2 Corinthians 2:11 2 Timothy 3:4b Revelation 21:8 Exodus 7:10–12 Luke 11:24–26 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/weekly-messages/deception-pt-2/

Here in the West, the Church is still relatively free. We don’t live in fear that we will be beaten, jailed, or murdered if the wrong people find out we’re Christians. Instead, it’s our beliefs that are under attack. We’re afraid to believe everything in the Bible because we don’t want to seem ignorant or straight-up stupid to the World. Why is that? Because though we are not persecuted physically, our beliefs are under attack. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he warns us against the dangerous rewriting of Scripture known as the Gap Theory that is sweeping through the Church today in his video, Church Under Attack Pt. 3: Beguiled By Science. Verses Used: Matthew 16:18 Genesis 1:1-2 Genesis 2:1-3 2 Peter 3:5–7 Matthew 19:4 Mark 10:6 Romans 5:12–14 Genesis 1:5 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/church-under-attack/beguiled-by-science/

Throughout the years, movies and tv shows have become darker and darker. Even more so in our children’s movies that are now filled with demons, incantations, conjurings, curses, spells, witchcraft, and more. Is this something that should alarm the Church, or is that just progress because this is the way the culture is going? Is freedom to take part in witchcraft and magic something the Church should back and/or support, or should we make a stand against these changes? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he sheds some light on this controversial subject in his message, Deception Pt. 1: Falling Asleep. Verses Used: 2 Corinthians 11:12-15 Proverbs 14:12 Mark 10:18 Romans 3:10–18 Romans 3:23 Deuteronomy 18:9–12 Leviticus 19:31 2 Corinthians 6:14–18 Proverbs 6:27–28 Malachi 3:6 Hebrews 13:8 Isaiah 55:6–7 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/weekly-messages/deception-pt-1/

So many people love to have their ears tickled. They love to hear what they want to hear, over hearing the Truth. Because of this, they are so easily manipulated. But what about the flatterers? Are there consequences to flattery? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he presents a hard pill to swallow in his message, Flattery, Lies, and Consequences Pt. 2: Pay Back Ain’t No Beach Trip. Verses Used: Deuteronomy 32:35 Hebrews 10:30 Daniel 6:19–24 Philippians 1:21 1 Corinthians 1:18 Romans 1:16–17 Daniel 6:11 1 Corinthians 3:13–15 Daniel 6:12–13 Daniel 6:14 Daniel 6:15–18 2 Timothy 1:12b Daniel 3:16–18 Daniel 6:24 Hebrews 10:31 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/weekly-messages/flattery-lies-and-consequences-pt-2/

In today's world, Christianity has been mixed with other religions, specifically Catholicism (the Catholic Church). Even when asked what religion someone is, they tell you either Catholic or Christian. This now begs the question, is Catholicism Christianity? Are Catholics Christians? Or are they wolves in sheep's clothing? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he searches through historical documents and Scripture to find the answer to these questions and more in his video, Church Under Attack Pt. 2: Beware of the Wolves. Verses Used: Matthew 16:18b Matthew 7:15 1 Timothy 2:5–6 Matthew 28:19–20 Acts 20:29-31a Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/church-under-attack/beware-of-the-wolves/

In today’s world, we often lean towards having our ears tickled by flattering tongues. The Truth has become rarer and rarer in these last couple of years. Feelings have become our main focus instead of facts. The world has tried to convince us that this is progress, but is it? Is having our egos stroked and flattery better than the Truth? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the deceitful tricks of the world in his message, Flattery, Lies, and Consequences Pt. 1: Beware of Flattering Lips. Verses Used: Daniel 6:6–9 Daniel 5:31 Daniel 6:1–2 Daniel 6:5 Daniel 6:7 Proverbs 29:5 Proverbs 26:28 Psalms 78:36–37 Psalms 12:2–3 Job 32:21–22 Romans 16:18b Matthew 10:16 Our Website: https://www.holdtohope.org/weekly-messages/flattery-lies-and-consequences-pt-1/