Billy Graham: Judgment and Christ's return

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by the Editors of ReligionToday

June 6, 2000

Billy Graham delivered a gospel message in Nashville last weekend -- as he has for more than 50 years.

...His body frail but his voice steady, the 81-year-old patriarch spoke to an estimated 227,000 people during a four-night campaign at Adelphia Coliseum.

...Nearly 9,000 people responded to his invitations to come down to the field and dedicate their lives to Jesus Christ, the Nashville Tennessean said. The stadium is the home of the Tennessee Titans professional football team.

...The famous evangelist warned people to prepare for God's judgment. On the final night of the rally, he spoke about the end of the world, destruction of the earth under God's judgment, and the return of Jesus Christ. Graham referred to the Bible's story of Noah, who built an ark to survive a world flood, to illustrate God's judgment of evil humanity.

..."Something has happened to our moral life - the bottom has dropped out. We need an outpouring of the Spirit of God, and we need Jesus to be lifted up so that people will be conscious only
of Him," Graham said.

..."God means business," Graham said. "He's pronounced judgment of us if we don't repent for our sins." Jesus Christ is "going to come again - that's the hope of the world. I see no other hope...."

(Amen, Billy!)