Hi, kids, you want
to hear an amazing fact?
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You know, after the
discovery of the New World,
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North and South America,
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a lot of Spanish and
Portuguese Conquistadors
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went searching,
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and they heard stories of
Cities of Gold, El Dorado.
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Many searched
through the jungle,
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some never came back.
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Even some of the famous
explorers like Ponce de Leon,
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who was looking for
the Fountain of Youth,
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was also looking for El
Dorado, the City of Gold.
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None of them ever
really found the City of Gold,
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but one came very close.
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And that was Francisco Pizarro.
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When he invaded the
country of the Inca Indians,
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he captured the
young King Atahualpa
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and he saw that
they were wearing
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different ornaments of gold.
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He said, "If you
bring me enough gold,
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I'll let the king go free."
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Atahualpa sent a word
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to bring the gold and
silver to the capital.
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And before long,
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the native porters
were bringing in a fortune
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to the town from all
corners of the empire,
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laying it at the
feet of the invaders.
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So they
eventually filled the room
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that was 22 feet
long by 17 feet wide,
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and about 8 feet high.
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The Spanish were stunned
and quickly accepted the offer.
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Even though the Inca
Indians were able to fill a room
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with a king's
ransom full of gold,
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it technically was
not a golden kingdom.
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But the Bible tells us
in the Book of Revelation,
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that God has
prepared a golden kingdom
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for those that love Him.
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And the most important thing
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is Jesus Himself
will be in that kingdom
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that is paved
with streets of gold,
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and you can be there.
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We're gonna tell you how,
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so get on board now and join
me for this amazing adventure.
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Good evening, boys and girls.
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Welcome again to
Amazing Adventure,
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A Journey for Life with Jesus.
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It has been such a joy for us
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to be able to be
with you this past week
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and we've been
looking at some very important
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Bible truths together.
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And unfortunately,
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we have come to the
end of our time together,
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but hopefully
this is not the end
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of your
discovery in Bible truth.
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Hopefully the things
that you have learned here,
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you'll continue
to study even more.
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Well, we're gonna start
by singing our theme song.
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Before we sing, we're
gonna invite Pastor Doug.
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I forgot to invite
Pastor Doug to come out.
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So, Pastor Doug, come on out.
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Hello!
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Good morning, Pastor Doug.
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All right, all hands on deck.
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Welcome to Amazing Adventure.
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All right, come on up.
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Let's stand as we
sing our theme song,
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Life is an Adventure.
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Life is an
adventure following the King
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Every day with Jesus
makes us want to sing
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Walking in the
spirit he will lead the way
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With his words to guide
us glowing deep inside us
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Nothing can divide
us following the King
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Life is an
adventure following the King
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Every day with Jesus
makes us want to sing
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Conquering with
kindness everywhere we go
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Voices we are
raising Jesus we are praising
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Life is so
amazing following the King
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Life is so amazing
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following the King
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Amen. Good job.
You may sit down.
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Well, we have
some Bible questions
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that have come in
from some children
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around the world.
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And you know, I
wish we had more days
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to just go through
the Bible questions,
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because we've got lots
and lots of Bible questions,
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we just don't
have time for them all.
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Yes, we want to
thank all of those
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who sent in
their Bible questions.
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We had people sending questions
all the way from Africa.
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And I guess the Seychelles...
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India. And across India.
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Europe. All over U.S.
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So we appreciate
all your good questions.
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Well, let's begin by taking
a look at our first question
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for this evening.
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Hi, Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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My name is [inaudible],
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I come from the
Seychelles Islands.
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And my question is,
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why are we a chosen generation?
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All right, a
question all the way
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from the Seychelles,
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why are we a chosen generation?
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I think he's
referring to the verse
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in the New Testament.
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Yes, where Peter says,
you are a chosen generation.
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And Peter's actually
quoting from Leviticus,
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where the Bible says
that we are a kingdom,
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a nation of kings and priests.
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And Peter says, you
are a chosen generation.
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Anyone it will...
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Back in the Old Testament,
you remember God chose Abraham
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and the descendants of
Abraham were especially blessed,
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because Jesus, the
Savior was gonna come
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through the
family tree of Abraham.
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Once Jesus came, He said, anyone
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who accepts Christ is
part of Abraham's seed,
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you become part of that
royal chosen generation,
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when you accept
Jesus you are adopted
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and grafted into
the family of God.
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Okay, and we
have another question.
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Hi, my name is [inaudible].
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I come from
Madagascar and my question is,
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why God would
like to choose Mary
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to be the mother of Jesus?
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Okay, question all
the way from Madagascar.
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Why did God choose Mary
to be the mother of Jesus?
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Well, she's actually
said to be a blessed woman
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because of her
devotion and her dedication.
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Mary was very
committed to the scriptures.
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The early training of
Jesus in the scriptures
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was at his mother's knee.
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Mary loved the Word of God.
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Jesus knew so much of
the Bible when He grew up,
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that when the devil
tempted Jesus in the wilderness,
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all three times
Jesus was tempted,
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He quoted from the Bible.
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He quoted all three times
from the Book of Deuteronomy.
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And Jesus, I think had memorized
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all of the scriptures.
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Ten percent of what Jesus said,
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He was quoting from the
Old Testament scriptures.
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I think, Mary was a young
girl who loved the Word of God.
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She had memorized
it, she was very devoted,
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she loved God.
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When the angel told her
she was gonna have a baby.
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She said, let it be
unto me according...
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Let it be unto your hand
maiden according to your word."
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And she submitted to God
and because of her devotion,
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her dedication,
her commitment to God,
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she was chosen.
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Okay, our next question.
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Hi, Pastor Doug. My
name is Seralini McNulty.
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And my Bible question is,
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why did Jesus
like to tell parables?
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All right, great question,
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why did Jesus
like to tell parables
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when He was
teaching on the earth?
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All right, I want you to
close your eyes for a minute.
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You trust me?
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Just close your eyes,
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I'm not gonna
do anything to you.
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All right, there's a monkey
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and he's climbing
up a barber's pole,
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and he cuts open a lemon
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and he puts the
lemon in his mouth
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and he bites down on the lemon
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and he holds it
there in his mouth,
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and it looks like
a big yellow smile
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on the face of the monkey,
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who just climbed
up the barber pole.
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Okay, you can
open your eyes now.
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How many of you saw
the monkey in your mind?
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You saw him climb
up the barber pole.
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What color was the barber pole?
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Red, white, blue.
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Do you know I
never told you, did I?
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But you filled in
the details in your mind.
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You saw a barber pole and
you said red, white, blue,
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which is what's
on a barber pole.
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And we think in pictures,
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we've all got a
little screen in our minds.
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And when Jesus told stories,
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you tell me your
name I may forget.
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You tell me a
story about your life.
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I'm a lot more
likely to remember.
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I remember interesting stories.
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Jesus, just like, if you
want to remember a scripture,
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you learn a song
with a scripture,
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it's easier to remember.
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A story with the scripture
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or a truth is
easier to remember.
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The Bible says
without a parable,
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He did not teach them.
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He spoke in
parables and stories.
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Some of His stories
were true, actually.
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And the Bible is a storybook.
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You know what history is?
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His story,
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it's the story of
Christ in the Bible.
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It's all these wonderful stories
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that teach the
plan of salvation.
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So Jesus used this method
to teach, because it works.
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All right, I think that's it
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for the questions
this evening, Pastor Doug.
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Thank you very much
for your Bible questions.
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Can we say thank
you, Pastor Ross.
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He's been helping
us sail this ship.
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We have a very
important study tonight,
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and I think you're gonna
find it pleasant as well.
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We're gonna be talking
about the Kingdom of Gold.
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Of course, our memory verse,
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God will wipe away
all tears from their eyes,
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there will be no more
death, or sorrow, or crying.
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Neither will
there be any more pain.
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Wouldn't you look
forward to a world
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where there's no more sadness,
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no more sorrow, no
more crying, no more pain.
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When you see someone else
cry, does it make you sad?
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Even if you don't
know their language,
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you don't know
what their story is,
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no one wants to see
someone else suffer.
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God doesn't want to see
the suffering in this world.
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You know, the
Bible tells us that.
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God, He's all
powerful, He's all knowing,
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He's ever present,
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but God is
something called Omnipathic.
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Do you know what that means?
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Omnipathic.
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Pathos, sympathy,
it means you feel.
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God feels everything you feel.
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I can say, well, I
think I know how you feel.
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But I just think
I know how you feel.
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God knows exactly
what you're feeling
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and it hurts Him when you hurt.
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That's why Jesus
said, Matthew Chapter 25,
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"And as much as you do
it to the least of these,
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you've done it to Me."
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Anything you do to make
any other creature feel better,
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it makes God feel better.
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And if you do
something to hurt somebody,
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God feels that too.
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And so God doesn't
want any more suffering.
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He wants to take us to a world
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where there's no more
pain, no more suffering,
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and it's gonna be a
glorious Kingdom of Gold.
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Now on our HMS Adventure,
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we've been going
on a little journey.
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One of my dreams growing up,
I wanted to travel the world.
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I wanted to do
archaeology and explore caves
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and explore caverns,
and look for treasure.
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Any of you ever dream
about going on a treasure hunt?
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Sometimes I'll go camping
with my boys out in the desert.
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We explore in Nevada
abandoned gold mines.
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And we've had a lot of fun
going into some big gold mines
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where there's no
one around for miles
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and all these tunnels in
these different directions,
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and we take our lights way back
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you're in the
heart of the mountain,
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it's dark, and
things are broken down,
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and there's wild
animals in the mine,
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and it's
dangerous, but it's fun.
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I don't recommend it.
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And I kept thinking
maybe there's some gold
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that they missed.
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And we've gone out in the desert
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with our metal
detectors looking for gold
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and I've gone panning for gold.
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You know, in California,
we're from Sacramento,
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they had a gold rush out there.
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And so, you know, we can dream.
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But the greatest treasure I
ever found was in God's Word.
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One of the stories about
finding treasure in the Bible,
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it's not the Bible, in history,
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that is very amazing,
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it's the story of Howard Carter,
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who was a famous Egyptologist,
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who studied the
ancient history of Egypt.
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And according to the
records, and the hieroglyphics,
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and everything
he studied, he said,
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"There is a missing King.
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We've never found
his tomb, a young king
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and we think he's buried
in the Valley of the Kings,
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but not in a pyramid,
but a tomb that goes down."
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And he started
digging where he thought it
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might be based
on the architecture
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and the other evidence.
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And he went in
search of this missing King
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and then one day
he found a tunnel,
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tunnel had been all
filled in with rocks.
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And he had his
workers spent a lot of time,
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they pull all the rocks
out, they went down a corridor.
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Finally they said,
"We found the door."
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And the
incredible thing is, he said,
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"We found a door and there
is an unbroken seal of a tomb.
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Nobody has entered
this for 3,000 years."
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Now that's got to
be one of the most
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exciting stories in history,
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when an explorer
stands before a door of a tomb
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that has not been
opened in 3,000 years.
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Finally, with the
news reporters there
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and everyone watching,
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Howard Carter broke the seal
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and he made a
little opening in the door,
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they looked in and
he stuck a candle in
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and everyone
behind him are saying,
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"Do you see anything?"
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He said, there's a long pause.
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He said, "Yes, I see things.
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I see wonderful things."
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The glint of
gold was everywhere.
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He had discovered
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the missing
tomb of a young king.
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We now know him as King
Tut, the name is Tutankhamun.
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And I've been to Egypt
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and I've looked at
the treasures of King Tut,
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and it is amazing.
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You would think he was
the richest king in the world.
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He was a poor king,
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which means he
didn't even get a pyramid,
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he is buried underground.
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The kings who built the pyramids
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must have had
mountains of treasure.
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There really have been
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a few cities of gold in history,
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but they are
nothing compared to the city
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that God has prepared
for us that you can live in.
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Question one, we're
gonna go into our lesson
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talking about
God's golden kingdom.
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What is God's kingdom like?
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Is it really a Golden City?
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Let's read it from the Bible.
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It says in Hebrews 11:16,
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"God is not ashamed
to be called their God,
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for He has
prepared for them a city."
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Now I'm not too
excited about cities.
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I've lived in
cities all over the world.
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Cities are loud and
they got a lot of people,
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and there's
often a lot of crime,
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and drugs, and pollution.
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And I was born in
Los Angeles, big city,
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lived in New
York City growing up,
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Boston, Miami, London, Madrid,
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Jakarta, Bombay,
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I live in all
those, I've been to them.
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You name it, Paris. I
was in Paris this year.
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But you know where I like to go?
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I like the country.
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But the city that God's making
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is not gonna have the
problems that our cities have.
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Do you know why our
cities have so many problems?
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Because they've
got so many people,
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and people in
this world are sinful,
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but in heaven, will
there be any sinful people?
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So the cities will
be wonderful in heaven.
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Are we gonna have
police stations in heaven?
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No.
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Are we gonna have
prisons in heaven?
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No.
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They're gonna be hospitals? No.
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Any cemeteries? No.
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No, it's gonna be very
different kind of city there
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and it'll be a lot more room
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because they'll
be no golf courses.
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At least that's
what I'm hoping for.
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Bible says, "The
walls of the city
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were jasper and
the city was pure gold,
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like clear glass."
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Now I've never seen it.
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But most gold that you find
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is actually 99% is like
the purest they can get it.
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The reason gold looks yellow
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is because of
that 1% of impurity.
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They say that if you
could make gold 100% pure,
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it would almost look like glass.
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The gold that God makes
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is gonna be like
transparent glass
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because it is 100% pure.
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It goes on to say
in Revelation 21:18,
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"And the street of the
city was that of pure gold
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like transparent glass."
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Gold is an amazing substance.
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It's the most malleable
substance in the world.
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Do you know you can
take one ounce of gold
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and you can
hammer one ounce of gold
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so thin that you're
almost down to the atomic level.
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One ounce of gold can be
00:16:08.10\00:16:09.43
flattened out
with a little hammer
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so that you can
cover a tennis court
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with one ounce of gold.
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It's an amazing substance.
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Sometimes you say,
this is gold plated
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and you think gold plated.
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It doesn't take much
gold to plate something,
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because you can
make gold very thin.
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And this city is
gonna be pure gold.
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Some people are
sacrificing eternity
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for a little bit of gold here.
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You'll be able to
walk on gold in heaven.
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Sometimes people wear
the gold around their neck,
00:16:37.76\00:16:39.89
they wear the
gold on their ears,
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and they say, "I've got gold."
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In heaven gold is the asphalt,
you're gonna walk on it.
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Twelve gates,
angels look down here,
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they see people wearing jewelry
00:16:51.27\00:16:52.61
and they see each other,
why are they wearing asphalt?
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It says, "The city had 12 gates,
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which were 12 pearls,
each gate was a pearl."
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Now think about this.
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I'm gonna tell you about
the walls in just a minute,
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but the walls are ginormous.
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So if the walls are
like 144 cubits wide,
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and 375 miles around,
and you only got 12 gates,
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the city walls are as
big as the State of Oregon.
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Only 12 gates, those
gates have got to be huge
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and each gate is
made of how many pearls?
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One pearl.
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Now where's the pearl come from?
00:17:26.34\00:17:27.84
Oyster.
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If the pearls are that big,
00:17:29.28\00:17:30.61
how big are the
oysters in heaven?
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Had something to
think about, huh?
00:17:33.65\00:17:35.58
Now, I'll tell you a
true story about pearls.
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A man in Rhode
Island, a few years ago,
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his name was Alan Golash.
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He was looking through...
00:17:44.06\00:17:45.39
They had an antique store.
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They had some baskets
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of what they
called costume jewelry.
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It's a cheap jewelry
people use for dressing up.
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And he was digging through
a basket of costume jewelry
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at this antique store
and he found this brooch
00:17:54.64\00:17:58.37
and he went up to the
propriety and he said,
00:17:58.41\00:17:59.77
"How much do you
want for this brooch?"
00:17:59.81\00:18:02.14
The guy looked at
over and he said, "$14."
00:18:02.18\00:18:05.61
He said, "Thank
you. I'll take it."
00:18:05.65\00:18:08.15
But Alan had a good eye.
00:18:08.18\00:18:09.98
He knew it was
not costume jewelry.
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The brooch was an
18th century work of art
00:18:12.52\00:18:16.19
made out of two very, very rare,
00:18:16.22\00:18:19.83
they're called Quahog Pearls.
00:18:19.86\00:18:21.90
They're purple pearls,
they're genuine pearls,
00:18:21.93\00:18:24.87
and they were perfect.
00:18:24.90\00:18:26.94
And it's surrounded
with diamonds, and real gold.
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They sold it to him for $14.
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In reality, it's worth millions.
00:18:33.61\00:18:37.11
Now how do you
think the store owner felt
00:18:37.15\00:18:38.75
when he said,
00:18:38.78\00:18:40.12
"I just sold
millions of dollars for $14?"
00:18:40.15\00:18:45.55
Wouldn't he feel terrible? Yes.
00:18:45.59\00:18:47.82
I think I just
hit my head so hard,
00:18:47.86\00:18:49.26
I left the handprint on my head.
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The guy was thinking about
00:18:51.19\00:18:52.53
losing millions
of dollars for $14.
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Some people are
trading eternal life,
00:18:54.83\00:18:57.17
the pearl of great
price for even more.
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In heaven, you're
gonna have infinite riches.
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You know, astronomers tell us
00:19:04.31\00:19:07.04
that in the southern hemisphere
00:19:07.08\00:19:08.48
in the
Constellation of Centaurus,
00:19:08.51\00:19:11.61
there is a collapsed dwarf star,
00:19:11.65\00:19:15.38
that when it imploded,
00:19:15.42\00:19:17.25
it condensed the
carbon so it turned
00:19:17.29\00:19:20.02
into a one huge
crystallized carbon,
00:19:20.06\00:19:24.86
which we call a
diamond as big as the moon.
00:19:24.89\00:19:29.60
One diamond as big as the
moon, can you imagine that?
00:19:29.63\00:19:34.54
So when we say
that God has pearls
00:19:34.57\00:19:36.57
big enough to make a
gate, even atheists believe
00:19:36.60\00:19:39.57
there's diamonds out
there as big as the moon.
00:19:39.61\00:19:42.58
So can God make pearls that big?
00:19:42.61\00:19:44.71
Yes. Absolutely.
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Next question.
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What will happen
to all of the sin
00:19:48.52\00:19:50.42
and the evil that is on earth?
00:19:50.45\00:19:52.72
Bible tells us, "The
heavens will pass away
00:19:52.75\00:19:55.69
with a great
noise, when Jesus comes.
00:19:55.72\00:19:58.39
The elements will
melt with fervent heat,
00:19:58.43\00:20:02.10
the earth and the things
00:20:02.13\00:20:03.47
that are in it
will be burned up."
00:20:03.50\00:20:06.67
So when Christ comes
again, the people who are alive,
00:20:06.70\00:20:10.94
they're caught up to
meet the Lord in the air.
00:20:10.97\00:20:12.44
They're given glorified bodies,
00:20:12.47\00:20:13.81
the people who are
dead, what happens?
00:20:13.84\00:20:15.54
They're
resurrected, they're raised up,
00:20:15.58\00:20:17.45
they meet the Lord.
00:20:17.48\00:20:19.11
The wicked who are
alive are destroyed
00:20:19.15\00:20:21.22
by the brightness of His coming,
00:20:21.25\00:20:22.98
behind the angels.
00:20:23.02\00:20:24.82
When they go around the planet,
they're gonna vacuum up all.
00:20:24.85\00:20:27.46
Bible says, "He'll send forth
His angels to gather together
00:20:27.49\00:20:30.03
His elect from the
four corners of heaven
00:20:30.06\00:20:32.03
from one end of the
earth to the other."
00:20:32.06\00:20:33.80
All the good angels
are gonna gather together,
00:20:33.83\00:20:35.33
all of God's saved
00:20:35.36\00:20:36.70
were caught up to
meet Jesus in the air,
00:20:36.73\00:20:38.23
and behind the Bible says,
00:20:38.27\00:20:40.44
"The earth is
in just total chaos
00:20:40.47\00:20:41.80
and destruction."
00:20:41.84\00:20:43.17
Mountains are
swallowed up, great earthquakes
00:20:43.20\00:20:44.54
such as there's
never been before.
00:20:44.57\00:20:46.14
Heavens are on fire,
hailstones coming down,
00:20:46.17\00:20:49.01
devastation.
00:20:49.04\00:20:50.75
So world's in bad
shape, but Jesus takes us up,
00:20:50.78\00:20:54.38
and that's when you and I
00:20:54.42\00:20:55.75
go on one of the
greatest adventures,
00:20:55.78\00:20:57.12
I can't wait to do this.
00:20:57.15\00:20:59.05
Bible says, "He's gonna
take us back to the mansions
00:20:59.09\00:21:02.02
He's prepared."
00:21:02.06\00:21:03.39
We get to go on that
journey through the stars.
00:21:03.43\00:21:05.99
Talk about an adventure.
00:21:06.03\00:21:08.50
I don't know about you,
but when I get to heaven,
00:21:08.53\00:21:10.40
I can't wait to go exploring.
00:21:10.43\00:21:11.77
I mean, I just might spend
the first few thousand years
00:21:11.80\00:21:14.00
thanking Jesus,
00:21:14.04\00:21:15.47
but then I'll say excuse
me, Lord, I want to go see
00:21:15.50\00:21:17.07
what You've made out there.
00:21:17.11\00:21:18.61
And I'm gonna take off
00:21:18.64\00:21:19.97
and I'm gonna
travel through space.
00:21:20.01\00:21:21.34
That'll be me right there.
No, I will need a space suit.
00:21:21.38\00:21:24.61
Will I?
00:21:24.65\00:21:26.41
You see, I've got a theory.
00:21:26.45\00:21:29.02
When God made Adam and Eve...
00:21:29.05\00:21:32.02
Aren't there a lot of
beautiful things underwater?
00:21:32.05\00:21:35.32
Mrs. Batchelor,
and I, and our boys,
00:21:35.36\00:21:37.03
we all scuba dive
and there are so many
00:21:37.06\00:21:39.96
beautiful things underwater.
00:21:40.00\00:21:41.63
We've gone in the oceans
around the world seen wonders,
00:21:41.66\00:21:43.73
it's like flying.
00:21:43.77\00:21:45.10
I like scuba diving
because you're weightless.
00:21:45.13\00:21:47.84
So you're just,
you under the water,
00:21:47.87\00:21:49.40
you get what they
call neutral buoyancy.
00:21:49.44\00:21:51.31
You adjust your
air and stuff so that
00:21:51.34\00:21:52.94
you just like you're
floating in the water,
00:21:52.97\00:21:55.14
and it's got to be warm water.
00:21:55.18\00:21:56.51
If it's cold, it's no fun.
00:21:56.54\00:21:57.91
But if you're in warm water,
and you just kind of float
00:21:57.95\00:21:59.95
and you can roll around,
00:21:59.98\00:22:01.32
look up at the sun
through the water twinkling,
00:22:01.35\00:22:03.39
you go like this,
00:22:03.42\00:22:04.75
then you swim
over to the coral reef.
00:22:04.79\00:22:06.12
And there're these clouds
00:22:06.15\00:22:07.49
of iridescent
different colored fish,
00:22:07.52\00:22:08.86
and you swim through
and they just part for you.
00:22:08.89\00:22:10.79
Then you see
the turtles going by
00:22:10.83\00:22:12.56
and you're
having a wonderful time,
00:22:12.59\00:22:13.93
and then you see
the sharks, and you go,
00:22:13.96\00:22:15.56
ahh, I gotta get out of here.
00:22:15.60\00:22:18.93
Now actually, we see sharks,
00:22:18.97\00:22:20.30
but they don't bother you
00:22:20.34\00:22:21.67
most of them in
oceans of the world.
00:22:21.70\00:22:24.34
But it's like
flying, I love flying.
00:22:24.37\00:22:26.07
I'm a pilot. I
like to fly planes.
00:22:26.11\00:22:29.58
When I'm on a
motorcycle, I want to jump.
00:22:29.61\00:22:32.01
When I'm on
skis, I want to jump.
00:22:32.05\00:22:33.38
I like that sensation of flying.
00:22:33.42\00:22:35.38
You know, I think the reason
00:22:35.42\00:22:36.75
God placed that
desire within us.
00:22:36.79\00:22:38.25
How many of you like to fly?
00:22:38.29\00:22:39.95
Any of you scared of
flying like on a plane?
00:22:39.99\00:22:41.92
No. There're a couple, yeah.
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.69
You want to keep
your feet on the ground.
00:22:44.73\00:22:47.16
But oh, I love flying.
00:22:47.20\00:22:48.53
I think God gave us that desire
00:22:48.56\00:22:49.90
because we will be able to fly.
00:22:49.93\00:22:51.90
I'll read you a verse about
that in just a few moments.
00:22:51.93\00:22:55.27
Will we need to take a spaceship
00:22:55.30\00:22:56.97
to go back to the...
00:22:57.01\00:22:59.24
Is God, is
Jesus coming in a UFO?
00:22:59.27\00:23:01.78
No. No.
00:23:01.81\00:23:03.28
So, I mean, God's
gonna have a beautiful city
00:23:03.31\00:23:07.48
that will go through space.
00:23:07.52\00:23:09.55
And then how long do we spend
00:23:09.58\00:23:10.92
with Jesus in
heaven before we come back?
00:23:10.95\00:23:12.89
A thousand years.
00:23:12.92\00:23:14.26
A thousand years, Revelation 20,
00:23:14.29\00:23:16.16
we will live and
reign with Christ in heaven.
00:23:16.19\00:23:18.89
So it's like
from the time of Adam.
00:23:18.93\00:23:21.16
You've got 2,000
years and you got Abraham.
00:23:21.20\00:23:24.53
You had 2,000
years, you got Jesus.
00:23:24.57\00:23:26.87
You got 2,000
years, and now I think
00:23:26.90\00:23:28.64
Christ gonna come pretty
soon, then we spend 7,000th year
00:23:28.67\00:23:32.64
like a Sabbath
resting with the Lord
00:23:32.67\00:23:36.08
and then at the end
of that He's gonna make
00:23:36.11\00:23:37.45
a new heavens and a new earth.
00:23:37.48\00:23:39.71
At the end of the 1,000
years, we spent 1,000 years
00:23:39.75\00:23:43.35
with Jesus in the New Jerusalem,
00:23:43.39\00:23:45.32
the City He's
prepared that Golden City,
00:23:45.35\00:23:48.59
but God did not
make Adam and Eve
00:23:48.62\00:23:50.66
to live in the city, did He?
00:23:50.69\00:23:52.76
Had Ryan's, city, did he?
00:23:52.79\00:23:55.26
No, He made them
to live in the garden.
00:23:55.30\00:23:58.77
So the Golden City is gonna
be the capital of the universe,
00:23:58.80\00:24:02.50
is gonna come down
from God out of heaven.
00:24:02.54\00:24:04.51
Think about that,
00:24:04.54\00:24:05.87
God is moving the capital
of his universe to our world.
00:24:05.91\00:24:09.98
Where's the capital of Michigan?
00:24:10.01\00:24:12.25
Lansing. Lansing.
00:24:12.28\00:24:13.82
You know, the
capital of California?
00:24:13.85\00:24:15.45
Sacramento. Sacramento.
00:24:15.48\00:24:17.35
Capital of the United
States? Washington D.C.
00:24:17.39\00:24:20.59
And what is the
capital of the world?
00:24:20.62\00:24:25.43
There is no capital.
00:24:25.46\00:24:27.00
Some people think
its New York City,
00:24:27.03\00:24:28.36
because that's where
the United Nations is.
00:24:28.40\00:24:30.27
Where is God moving the
capital of the universe?
00:24:30.30\00:24:34.10
To our planet.
00:24:34.14\00:24:35.47
How many
different unfallen worlds
00:24:35.50\00:24:36.91
does God have out there?
00:24:36.94\00:24:39.27
Lots of them.
00:24:39.31\00:24:40.78
But He is gonna move
to our world with us.
00:24:40.81\00:24:43.95
So when the New
Jerusalem comes down to earth,
00:24:43.98\00:24:46.75
Jesus comes out of the city.
00:24:46.78\00:24:49.22
His feet touch the
ground and at that point,
00:24:49.25\00:24:52.22
there is a great resurrection,
00:24:52.25\00:24:53.89
all the lost
who have ever lived,
00:24:53.92\00:24:56.79
come out of their graves.
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.96
At that point,
the Bible tells us
00:24:58.99\00:25:00.43
there is a great
white throne judgment
00:25:00.46\00:25:03.20
and you realize
there's gonna be a time then,
00:25:03.23\00:25:05.33
this is at the end
of the 1,000 years,
00:25:05.37\00:25:07.87
all of us will meet again
saved or lost, everybody there.
00:25:07.90\00:25:11.27
The good angels and
the saved are in the city,
00:25:11.31\00:25:14.34
the bad angels, and the devil,
00:25:14.38\00:25:15.71
and the lost are
outside the city.
00:25:15.74\00:25:17.51
Jesus is in the city.
00:25:17.55\00:25:19.21
And this is when
Jesus like a shepherd,
00:25:19.25\00:25:21.05
He separates the
sheep from the goats
00:25:21.08\00:25:22.68
and everybody's there.
00:25:22.72\00:25:24.25
And they'll say to the saved,
well done good and faithful
00:25:24.29\00:25:27.29
servants enter into
the joy of the Lord."
00:25:27.32\00:25:30.09
And then
they'll say to the lost,
00:25:30.13\00:25:31.46
depart from me, you cursed.
00:25:31.49\00:25:33.50
And so there'll be two groups.
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.56
There's only saved or lost.
00:25:35.60\00:25:36.93
There's no Switzerland,
there's no neutral ground.
00:25:36.97\00:25:39.17
Jesus said, you're with
me or you're against me.
00:25:39.20\00:25:42.17
You're either his friend
or you live like his enemy.
00:25:42.20\00:25:45.81
The Bible tells us
that after that judgment,
00:25:45.84\00:25:48.01
those who have rejected Jesus,
00:25:48.04\00:25:50.55
they basically
are self destructing
00:25:50.58\00:25:52.45
because of the
rejection of Christ,
00:25:52.48\00:25:54.85
they can't abide
the presence of God.
00:25:54.88\00:25:56.72
They will not be
happy in the presence of God
00:25:56.75\00:25:58.62
and God in His mercy,
00:25:58.65\00:26:00.76
it says they're
going to be destroyed.
00:26:00.79\00:26:02.66
"All who do wickedly,"
Malachi 4:1, "will be stubble.
00:26:02.69\00:26:07.56
And the day that is
coming will burn them up."
00:26:07.60\00:26:09.66
And after their judge,
00:26:09.70\00:26:11.03
fire comes down
from God out of heaven,
00:26:11.07\00:26:12.87
and it says it devours them.
00:26:12.90\00:26:14.54
Now why doesn't it hurt us?
00:26:14.57\00:26:15.94
I need two volunteers.
00:26:17.81\00:26:22.84
And you know what I want,
00:26:22.88\00:26:24.21
if I can get a
couple that are friends.
00:26:24.25\00:26:27.28
You guys, friends? We are twins.
00:26:27.32\00:26:28.82
You're twins? All right.
00:26:28.85\00:26:30.19
Come on. I can't let this pass.
00:26:30.22\00:26:33.49
Oh, be happy for them.
00:26:33.52\00:26:35.56
And what's your name?
00:26:35.59\00:26:36.93
Kendall. Kendall.
00:26:36.96\00:26:38.29
Landon.
00:26:38.33\00:26:39.66
Kendall and Landon, all
right, hang on a second here.
00:26:39.69\00:26:42.30
All right, don't be a spoiler.
00:26:50.94\00:26:54.71
So you guys trust each other?
00:26:54.74\00:26:58.18
Yes. No.
00:26:58.21\00:26:59.55
Yes.
00:26:59.58\00:27:00.92
I don't want to
push my luck here.
00:27:05.95\00:27:09.79
Some people tell me
00:27:09.82\00:27:11.16
this is what my head looks like.
00:27:11.19\00:27:15.46
All right, you
will hold that for me.
00:27:15.50\00:27:17.83
Just hold it by the end there.
00:27:17.87\00:27:20.94
And stand where
people can see you here.
00:27:20.97\00:27:24.47
Come over, you guys can
stand side by side here.
00:27:24.51\00:27:26.64
You want to light that for
me? I think it's gonna pop...
00:27:26.68\00:27:29.34
Yeah, what do you
think? Is it gonna pop?
00:27:29.38\00:27:31.88
Yes. If it doesn't, I'll scream.
00:27:31.91\00:27:33.45
You're gonna
scream, you can scream.
00:27:33.48\00:27:34.82
It's all right.
00:27:34.85\00:27:36.18
Go ahead and push and
squeeze that real tight.
00:27:36.22\00:27:38.72
Put it underneath the balloon.
I'm just, it's an experiment.
00:27:38.75\00:27:40.82
In the interest of science
let's find out what happens.
00:27:40.86\00:27:45.69
Go ahead.
00:27:45.73\00:27:47.83
You got there,
click it again and see?
00:27:47.86\00:27:49.83
Go ahead. Go for it, be brave.
00:27:49.86\00:27:52.53
Most people live
through it. Wait.
00:27:52.57\00:27:55.84
You gotta put it on there.
00:27:55.87\00:27:57.21
Okay, you're brother
and sister now, right?
00:28:01.74\00:28:05.38
Do you guys trust each other?
00:28:05.41\00:28:07.65
Yeah, I see that. All right.
00:28:07.68\00:28:09.58
Yeah, that's a lit
balloon for special effects.
00:28:09.62\00:28:12.35
Okay. Do you trust your brother?
00:28:12.39\00:28:16.22
I guess. You think so.
00:28:16.26\00:28:17.59
Okay, why don't you
sit just on the step there?
00:28:17.63\00:28:18.96
You can just sit, put your
feet on the first step there.
00:28:18.99\00:28:22.03
Okay.
00:28:22.06\00:28:24.93
Go there, hold that by the...
00:28:24.97\00:28:27.77
I want you to go and
sit down, have a seat.
00:28:27.80\00:28:30.51
Hold that over
your sister's head.
00:28:30.54\00:28:33.74
Don't shake it now.
00:28:33.78\00:28:35.11
Why didn't it pop?
00:28:50.33\00:28:53.90
All right, thank you very much.
00:28:53.93\00:28:55.26
You want to thank them?
00:28:55.30\00:28:57.27
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Why could Shadrach, Meshach,
00:30:01.96\00:30:03.80
and Abednego walk
through a fiery furnace
00:30:03.83\00:30:06.03
without being burned?
00:30:06.07\00:30:08.27
Jesus said, "When
you go through the fire,
00:30:08.30\00:30:10.07
I will be with you
00:30:10.11\00:30:11.44
and the flame will
not kindled upon you."
00:30:11.47\00:30:15.04
He says, "When you
go through the waters,
00:30:15.08\00:30:16.48
I'll be with you."
00:30:16.51\00:30:17.85
If you've got the
Holy Spirit in you,
00:30:17.88\00:30:21.25
the presence of God,
00:30:21.28\00:30:22.88
you know, the Bible
says, the presence of God
00:30:22.92\00:30:24.72
is a consuming fire.
00:30:24.75\00:30:26.09
But why aren't
the righteous burn?
00:30:26.12\00:30:27.62
If God appeared to us right now,
00:30:27.66\00:30:29.52
we could not stand
it, it would destroy us.
00:30:29.56\00:30:31.33
When God gave
00:30:31.36\00:30:32.69
the Ten
Commandments to the Israel,
00:30:32.73\00:30:34.06
they told Moses, don't
let God talk to us anymore.
00:30:34.10\00:30:37.17
It'll kill us.
00:30:37.20\00:30:38.53
You speak to God and
tell us what He says,
00:30:38.57\00:30:41.40
but we don't want to
speak to Him anymore,
00:30:41.44\00:30:43.00
because the glory
of God terrified them.
00:30:43.04\00:30:45.77
When Isaiah saw
the glory of God,
00:30:45.81\00:30:47.58
he fell down and said,
"Woe is me, I am undone."
00:30:47.61\00:30:52.35
When John saw the Spirit
of God or presence of God,
00:30:52.38\00:30:55.98
when Daniel saw
the presence of God,
00:30:56.02\00:30:58.39
the glory was too much
and these were holy men.
00:30:58.42\00:31:01.42
So what Jesus does
is, He makes us holy,
00:31:01.46\00:31:05.43
He makes us
pure, and through that
00:31:05.46\00:31:07.73
we are able to
abide the presence of God
00:31:07.76\00:31:10.33
and the glory of
God will not hurt us.
00:31:10.37\00:31:12.53
But the world and all the wicked
00:31:12.57\00:31:13.90
will be destroyed.
00:31:13.94\00:31:15.27
You know, fire is a good
means for cleaning things.
00:31:15.30\00:31:17.97
All around the planet,
00:31:18.01\00:31:19.94
God is going to
purify the earth.
00:31:19.97\00:31:22.64
But what does God
promise to do next?
00:31:22.68\00:31:25.55
You read in 2 Peter Chapter 3,
"We, according to His promise,
00:31:25.58\00:31:30.49
look for," what?
00:31:30.52\00:31:32.45
"A new heavens and a new earth
00:31:32.49\00:31:35.52
where in dwells righteousness,
for the first heavens
00:31:35.56\00:31:38.73
and the first
earth had passed away."
00:31:38.76\00:31:42.60
Now what did God
have us in original plan?
00:31:42.63\00:31:45.60
Did God plan for us to live
in the city or in the garden?
00:31:49.74\00:31:51.91
Garden.
00:31:51.94\00:31:53.27
Did God plan for man
to die or live forever?
00:31:53.31\00:31:55.48
Live forever.
00:31:55.51\00:31:56.85
Did He want us to
feel pain or no pain?
00:31:56.88\00:31:58.61
No pain.
00:31:58.65\00:31:59.98
The devil messed up God's plan.
00:32:00.02\00:32:01.95
Did the devil mess
up God's plan forever?
00:32:01.98\00:32:04.79
No.
00:32:04.82\00:32:06.39
Or is He going to bring
things back the way they were?
00:32:06.42\00:32:10.13
God is gonna restore everything
to its original condition.
00:32:10.16\00:32:12.59
All right, I
need somebody. Yeah.
00:32:12.63\00:32:18.10
Let me, I will come around here.
00:32:18.13\00:32:21.50
Okay, your friends are
telling me to pick you.
00:32:21.54\00:32:23.10
Come on, you. Come on up here.
00:32:23.14\00:32:26.81
You don't know anybody.
00:32:26.84\00:32:28.51
What's your
name? What's your name?
00:32:28.54\00:32:31.88
Julian. Julian,
you know what that is?
00:32:31.91\00:32:34.78
Come here, come here.
You don't know what that is?
00:32:38.75\00:32:40.16
Who knows what
that is? Boomerang.
00:32:40.19\00:32:42.72
Boomerang, I'll let you,
00:32:42.76\00:32:44.09
well trained you
raise your hands.
00:32:44.13\00:32:46.13
That's very good.
00:32:46.16\00:32:47.66
You know what a
boomerang is for?
00:32:47.70\00:32:49.36
You throw and it
will come back at you.
00:32:49.40\00:32:50.87
Yeah, if you know
what you're doing,
00:32:50.90\00:32:52.23
most boomerangs that they
sell in the tourist stores
00:32:52.27\00:32:54.70
are not made right.
00:32:54.74\00:32:56.07
It's got to be made
00:32:56.10\00:32:57.44
with the right
angle or it won't work.
00:32:57.47\00:32:58.81
But Mrs. Batchelor
and I were in Australia
00:32:58.84\00:33:00.38
where an actual
native was throwing one
00:33:00.41\00:33:02.41
and it was going around...
00:33:02.44\00:33:05.18
It came back and he caught it.
00:33:05.21\00:33:06.82
So they really do
work if they're made right.
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.68
This is a real boomerang.
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.42
You know, the
whole thing is we learned
00:33:11.45\00:33:14.09
from the Bible
the boomerang effect.
00:33:14.12\00:33:17.36
It's what goes
around, comes around.
00:33:17.39\00:33:19.63
What that means
is you do unto others
00:33:19.66\00:33:21.93
as you would
have them do unto you.
00:33:21.96\00:33:24.53
What you give, you will get.
00:33:24.57\00:33:27.20
Says if you give
generously to others,
00:33:27.24\00:33:30.01
they will give to you.
00:33:30.04\00:33:31.71
Good measure, press down,
shaken together, running over.
00:33:31.74\00:33:36.34
If you dig a
pit to trap someone,
00:33:36.38\00:33:37.91
you'll fall in your own pit.
00:33:37.95\00:33:40.22
Haman was hung on the gallows
00:33:40.25\00:33:41.58
that he built for
Mordecai, boomerang.
00:33:41.62\00:33:44.52
But it's also true
that God's original plan
00:33:44.55\00:33:48.42
is gonna be completed.
00:33:48.46\00:33:50.16
God originally
had a perfect plan
00:33:50.19\00:33:52.09
for humanity and the planet
and He's gonna finish His plan.
00:33:52.13\00:33:55.63
We've taken a
little boomerang journey
00:33:55.66\00:33:58.17
through the plan of salvation,
00:33:58.20\00:33:59.53
so the whole world
would see that God is good.
00:33:59.57\00:34:01.70
But God is gonna come
back to His original plan,
00:34:01.74\00:34:03.77
except it's gonna be
what you call an upgrade.
00:34:03.81\00:34:07.21
It's even
better than He planned.
00:34:07.24\00:34:09.21
You can take that with you.
Let's give him a hand there.
00:34:09.24\00:34:11.45
Thank you.
00:34:11.48\00:34:12.81
That's you gotta keep,
that's a real boomerang.
00:34:12.85\00:34:14.18
Yeah. Thank you.
00:34:14.22\00:34:15.55
You're welcome.
Thank you for thanking me.
00:34:15.58\00:34:19.35
You know,
sometimes Pastor Doug travels
00:34:19.39\00:34:21.59
and I have a rented car,
00:34:21.62\00:34:23.39
I reserve a car and I
get there and they say,
00:34:23.43\00:34:25.93
"Oh, there's a
convention in town.
00:34:25.96\00:34:27.93
I'm sorry, your economy car,
your midsize car you rented,
00:34:27.96\00:34:31.53
they're all gone."
00:34:31.57\00:34:33.03
And I go, "Oh, no."
00:34:33.07\00:34:35.50
And they said, "But don't worry.
00:34:35.54\00:34:37.61
We're gonna give you
one of the executive cars."
00:34:37.64\00:34:40.34
You get an upgrade.
00:34:40.38\00:34:42.31
Do you know God is gonna give
our whole planet an upgrade,
00:34:42.34\00:34:44.65
not only is He gonna
accomplish His original plan,
00:34:44.68\00:34:47.48
it is gonna be better.
00:34:47.52\00:34:49.58
And I remember one time
00:34:49.62\00:34:50.95
driving out of the car
rental place and they said,
00:34:50.99\00:34:53.32
"We don't have your car
00:34:53.36\00:34:54.69
because all the others are gone,
00:34:54.72\00:34:56.06
but we're giving you a
Cadillac for the same price."
00:34:56.09\00:34:59.83
I thought, wow,
I felt pretty good
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.06
until I had to
pull into the church
00:35:02.10\00:35:03.43
where I was preaching.
00:35:03.47\00:35:04.80
I thought, oh man,
they're gonna all see me
00:35:04.83\00:35:06.17
driving this car.
00:35:06.20\00:35:07.54
What are they gonna think?
00:35:07.57\00:35:08.90
Amazing Facts is
spending money on Cadillacs.
00:35:08.94\00:35:11.57
But God's gonna
give us an upgrade.
00:35:11.61\00:35:13.34
Number four,
will this Golden City
00:35:13.38\00:35:16.31
be in heaven or be on earth?
00:35:16.34\00:35:18.31
What was His original plan?
00:35:18.35\00:35:20.42
People say, "You die
and you go to heaven,"
00:35:20.45\00:35:22.05
but us living in heaven
forever was never God's plan.
00:35:22.08\00:35:26.15
Blessed are the meek,
they will inherit what?
00:35:26.19\00:35:29.49
The earth. The earth.
00:35:29.52\00:35:31.29
God is gonna restore the earth.
00:35:31.33\00:35:33.40
He's gonna give you a new body
00:35:33.43\00:35:34.86
and He's gonna
make the planet new.
00:35:34.90\00:35:36.83
You remember we
studied last night,
00:35:36.87\00:35:38.20
what was our subject last night?
00:35:38.23\00:35:40.37
We talked about baptism.
00:35:40.40\00:35:41.94
The Bible says
before you're born again,
00:35:41.97\00:35:44.97
you need to be
born of the water,
00:35:45.01\00:35:46.34
born of the spirit.
00:35:46.37\00:35:47.71
You know, our planet
was born of the water,
00:35:47.74\00:35:50.28
it was washed in
water in the Days of Noah.
00:35:50.31\00:35:52.61
It's gonna be washed in fire
00:35:52.65\00:35:53.98
when Jesus comes back and then
00:35:54.02\00:35:55.35
God's gonna make a new earth.
00:35:55.38\00:35:56.72
You must be baptized
in the water and the fire,
00:35:56.75\00:35:58.59
water and spirit baptism.
00:35:58.62\00:36:00.42
Children of Israel,
when they came out of Egypt,
00:36:00.46\00:36:03.43
went through the sea,
00:36:03.46\00:36:05.03
pillar of fire
into the Promised Land.
00:36:05.06\00:36:07.86
So we kind of need both.
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.56
Our world is gonna go
through the same thing.
00:36:09.60\00:36:12.10
The meek will inherit the earth.
00:36:12.13\00:36:13.94
"I, John, saw the holy
city, the New Jerusalem,
00:36:13.97\00:36:17.34
coming down from
God out of heaven
00:36:17.37\00:36:19.24
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband."
00:36:19.27\00:36:21.54
Now, when the New
Jerusalem comes down,
00:36:21.58\00:36:25.01
does God need a
special city spaceship?
00:36:25.05\00:36:27.22
No.
00:36:27.25\00:36:29.48
Can God make a city
that goes through space?
00:36:29.52\00:36:32.02
Yes.
00:36:32.05\00:36:33.39
People believe right now that
man can build a city in space.
00:36:33.42\00:36:37.03
Don't we have an
international space station?
00:36:37.06\00:36:40.50
God's city must be a
real big good example
00:36:40.53\00:36:42.73
of that much, much bigger.
00:36:42.76\00:36:44.30
But, obviously God
can do it, we know that.
00:36:44.33\00:36:47.87
Now when you think of
heaven, when you say you know
00:36:47.90\00:36:49.80
I want to go to heaven.
00:36:49.84\00:36:51.17
What do you think of?
00:36:51.21\00:36:52.54
You know what a lot
of the world thinks of
00:36:52.57\00:36:53.91
when they think of heaven.
00:36:53.94\00:36:55.28
They see all these medieval
paintings like naked babies
00:36:55.31\00:36:58.05
on clouds playing
harps and they think,
00:36:58.08\00:37:02.28
I don't know if I
want to go to heaven.
00:37:02.32\00:37:03.79
I don't want to sit as
a naked baby on a cloud
00:37:03.82\00:37:06.12
and play a harp, be a cherub.
00:37:06.15\00:37:08.92
And they say that
wouldn't be very much fun.
00:37:08.96\00:37:12.36
But is that what we're gonna do?
00:37:12.39\00:37:13.73
No.
00:37:13.76\00:37:15.10
Are we doing
real things in heaven?
00:37:15.13\00:37:17.87
What is the most wonderful thing
00:37:17.90\00:37:19.50
about God's new
kingdom that He's gonna make?
00:37:19.53\00:37:22.84
When you think about heaven,
00:37:22.87\00:37:25.37
what do you think is
the most exciting thing?
00:37:25.41\00:37:26.98
Some people say, "I
can't wait to slide down
00:37:32.01\00:37:34.48
the neck of a giraffe."
00:37:34.52\00:37:35.85
Other say, "I
want to pet a lion."
00:37:35.88\00:37:37.65
Or people say, you know,
"I want to be able to fly,"
00:37:37.69\00:37:41.16
and like I just said.
00:37:41.19\00:37:43.09
The most exciting
thing really, trust me,
00:37:43.12\00:37:45.69
way more than anything else
00:37:45.73\00:37:47.36
is being in the presence of God.
00:37:47.40\00:37:50.97
It will be just overwhelming,
unimaginable bliss.
00:37:51.00\00:37:54.90
When we talk about
heaven, the Bible says,
00:37:54.94\00:37:56.71
"Your eye has not
seen, your ear has not heard,
00:37:56.74\00:37:59.01
neither has your imagination
even conceived the things
00:37:59.04\00:38:02.41
that God has prepared
for those that love Him."
00:38:02.44\00:38:06.18
We will be in
the presence of God.
00:38:06.21\00:38:08.02
"I heard a loud voice
from heaven saying, 'Behold,
00:38:08.05\00:38:10.15
the tabernacle, the
house of God is with men.'"
00:38:10.19\00:38:13.92
Can you imagine
having God as a neighbor?
00:38:13.96\00:38:16.46
"And He will dwell with them,
00:38:16.49\00:38:18.76
and they himself
will be His people.
00:38:18.79\00:38:21.33
God Himself will be
with them and be their God."
00:38:21.36\00:38:24.93
You want to hear
an incredible story
00:38:24.97\00:38:27.10
about Clancy, cute dog.
00:38:27.14\00:38:29.74
His family are
called the Millers.
00:38:29.77\00:38:31.94
They lived in
Buffalo, New York, true story.
00:38:31.97\00:38:34.34
I'm just giving
them an anonymous name.
00:38:34.38\00:38:36.75
They had a dog. His
real name was Clancy.
00:38:36.78\00:38:39.41
They got him as a puppy,
they had him for six months
00:38:39.45\00:38:41.62
and then father had a job change
00:38:41.65\00:38:44.09
and he had to move
to Michigan, Indiana.
00:38:44.12\00:38:46.35
I know it's a city
called Michigan, Indiana,
00:38:46.39\00:38:49.69
which was 370 miles away.
00:38:49.72\00:38:52.39
But because of the move
00:38:52.43\00:38:54.06
and because the puppy was
still only six months old,
00:38:54.10\00:38:56.50
they said, you know,
00:38:56.53\00:38:57.87
we'll give Clancy to a neighbor,
00:38:57.90\00:38:59.23
but Clancy had become very
attached his first six months
00:38:59.27\00:39:01.37
all he knew is his family.
00:39:01.40\00:39:02.74
He loved the Miller Family.
00:39:02.77\00:39:04.57
So they gave
Clancy to the neighbor
00:39:04.61\00:39:05.97
in Buffalo, New York,
00:39:06.01\00:39:07.34
and then they moved
to Michigan, Indiana.
00:39:07.38\00:39:10.68
Six months later, even
though he had never traveled,
00:39:10.71\00:39:16.35
Clancy showed up scratching
00:39:16.38\00:39:18.12
on their screen
door in Michigan,
00:39:18.15\00:39:20.06
Indiana, 372 miles away.
00:39:20.09\00:39:23.53
Wow! He's now a year old.
00:39:23.56\00:39:27.33
He was thin, he looked tired,
his fur was a little dirty,
00:39:27.36\00:39:32.03
his paws look raw.
00:39:32.07\00:39:34.00
But somehow for six
months he had tracked them,
00:39:34.04\00:39:37.37
they don't know how,
they wish he could talk
00:39:37.41\00:39:39.87
and tell them what
in the world happened.
00:39:39.91\00:39:43.04
But he escaped
the neighbor's yard
00:39:43.08\00:39:44.58
and all he could think about,
he didn't care about the house.
00:39:44.61\00:39:48.35
All he could think
about was the family he loved.
00:39:48.38\00:39:50.45
He wanted to be with them.
00:39:50.49\00:39:51.82
They open the door
incredulous, in disbelief,
00:39:51.85\00:39:54.86
Clancy looked up at them,
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.32
whimpered a little
bit, walked inside,
00:39:56.36\00:39:58.06
and laid down on
a familiar carpet
00:39:58.09\00:39:59.73
he used to lay on
when he was a puppy.
00:39:59.76\00:40:03.67
He wanted to be with his family.
00:40:03.70\00:40:06.90
Why should we
want to be in heaven?
00:40:06.94\00:40:09.47
Because we want
to be with Jesus,
00:40:09.50\00:40:11.24
it's who we love.
00:40:11.27\00:40:13.21
It's not what we want.
00:40:13.24\00:40:14.58
It's who we want
00:40:14.61\00:40:15.94
that's gonna
make the difference.
00:40:15.98\00:40:17.31
"The Throne of God and
of the lamb will be in it,
00:40:17.35\00:40:19.88
and they will see his face."
00:40:19.91\00:40:21.32
That's a wonderful thing.
00:40:21.35\00:40:22.78
And then it says,
"Those who wait on the Lord
00:40:22.82\00:40:24.99
will renew their strength.
00:40:25.02\00:40:26.86
They will mount up
with wings like eagles."
00:40:26.89\00:40:31.46
Have you wondered if
you'll fly in heaven?
00:40:31.49\00:40:34.16
Here's a verse,
00:40:34.20\00:40:37.47
you'll be able to run
00:40:37.50\00:40:38.83
and not be weary,
walk and not faint.
00:40:38.87\00:40:41.37
Furthermore, what
other wonderful things
00:40:41.40\00:40:43.71
does God have
planned for His new kingdom?
00:40:43.74\00:40:46.21
Question six.
00:40:46.24\00:40:48.34
New heavens and a new earth,
and there was no more sea.
00:40:48.38\00:40:53.92
Now, it's not because
there's no more water.
00:40:53.95\00:40:55.48
When we say sea,
00:40:55.52\00:40:56.85
we're thinking of
the salty briny water.
00:40:56.89\00:40:58.75
There'll be no big expanse
00:40:58.79\00:41:00.39
of salty water
to separate people.
00:41:00.42\00:41:02.16
There will be water because
there's a crystal fountain
00:41:02.19\00:41:04.79
that flows from
the Throne of God.
00:41:04.83\00:41:07.03
The Bible says, "Even
the most deserted place
00:41:07.06\00:41:09.80
will blossom like
the rose in heaven
00:41:09.83\00:41:12.60
and there'll be no more curse."
00:41:12.63\00:41:15.27
All right, I need to
bring somebody up here.
00:41:15.30\00:41:18.44
I'm gonna come around here.
00:41:18.47\00:41:19.84
Pastor Doug, can
we please come up?
00:41:19.87\00:41:24.51
Okay, there you.
00:41:24.55\00:41:25.88
Here your
friends have elected you.
00:41:25.91\00:41:27.25
Come on up,
what's your name? Rachel.
00:41:27.28\00:41:28.62
Rachel, I have got a
daughter named Rachel.
00:41:28.65\00:41:30.92
How do you
spell it? R-A-C-H-E-L.
00:41:30.95\00:41:33.46
Yeah, it's like my little girl.
00:41:33.49\00:41:35.06
Look behind the
captain's wheel here
00:41:35.09\00:41:36.76
and see what you find.
00:41:36.79\00:41:39.03
Behind the wheel,
keep going. There you go.
00:41:39.06\00:41:41.20
It's kind of heavy, see
if you can pick that up.
00:41:41.23\00:41:43.30
Bring it out here for
us. Oh, it's a little heavy.
00:41:43.33\00:41:45.30
Get your hand under it too.
00:41:45.33\00:41:46.94
Get a hand under it,
because I know that's heavier.
00:41:46.97\00:41:49.67
And what are
these? What are these?
00:41:49.70\00:41:51.47
Flowers.
00:41:51.51\00:41:52.84
Hey, why don't
you set them up here,
00:41:52.87\00:41:54.21
cause it gonna be a
little easier for you.
00:41:54.24\00:41:57.38
What kind of flowers?
00:41:57.41\00:42:00.52
You know what
they are? Smell them.
00:42:00.55\00:42:05.22
Rose. Roses.
00:42:05.25\00:42:07.16
Now let me see here.
00:42:07.19\00:42:09.92
Why do you have to
be careful with roses?
00:42:13.23\00:42:15.46
They can have thorns.
They can have thorns on.
00:42:15.50\00:42:17.73
Now I clipped all the
thorns off of this one.
00:42:17.77\00:42:20.24
Why are there thorns on roses?
00:42:20.27\00:42:23.74
You remember because of
sin in the Garden of Eden.
00:42:23.77\00:42:26.81
It's said that the land
00:42:26.84\00:42:29.28
will bring forth thorns
and thistles because of sin.
00:42:29.31\00:42:32.28
You know, they've
got a special variety
00:42:32.31\00:42:34.48
of thorns right now.
00:42:34.52\00:42:35.85
Do you notice that
you don't really find
00:42:35.88\00:42:37.22
any thorns on this one?
00:42:37.25\00:42:38.62
They're pretty safe.
00:42:38.65\00:42:39.99
I looked it over, but
I want to grab that one,
00:42:40.02\00:42:42.12
it could draw blood.
00:42:42.16\00:42:43.49
And isn't that sad you
got something so beautiful,
00:42:43.53\00:42:46.36
but it could hurt you.
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.90
So you can look at the thorns
and you can look at the roses,
00:42:48.93\00:42:51.63
but in heaven will
there be any more thorns?
00:42:51.67\00:42:53.23
No.
00:42:53.27\00:42:54.60
Bible says there
will be no more curse.
00:42:54.64\00:42:56.10
The effects of the curse people
will not sweat when they work,
00:42:56.14\00:43:01.24
you know, God
said to Adam and Eve
00:43:01.28\00:43:02.71
because of your sin.
00:43:02.74\00:43:04.08
You can keep that
Rachel, that's for you.
00:43:04.11\00:43:05.45
That one is safe.
Thank you very much.
00:43:05.48\00:43:10.82
No more curse.
00:43:10.85\00:43:13.42
In the middle of the street
00:43:13.46\00:43:14.79
and on either side of the river.
00:43:14.82\00:43:16.83
Now what river is this?
00:43:16.86\00:43:19.09
It's a river clear as crystal
00:43:19.13\00:43:21.03
that flows from
the Throne of God
00:43:21.06\00:43:23.63
and on either side
of that one huge river.
00:43:23.67\00:43:26.00
Now when you
think about a river,
00:43:26.03\00:43:27.37
don't think little river.
00:43:27.40\00:43:28.74
Think bigger
than the Mississippi.
00:43:28.77\00:43:31.27
You know, the Amazon
River is like 20 miles
00:43:31.31\00:43:33.68
across at the mouth.
00:43:33.71\00:43:35.68
Can you imagine one river
coming from the Throne of God
00:43:35.71\00:43:37.85
that's 50 miles across,
00:43:37.88\00:43:39.45
clear river going
like a great big cataract
00:43:39.48\00:43:42.28
from the Throne of God,
irrigating the whole planet.
00:43:42.32\00:43:45.05
From the Garden of Eden,
00:43:45.09\00:43:46.42
four rivers came out
of the Garden of Eden
00:43:46.45\00:43:47.82
is what the Bible says.
00:43:47.86\00:43:49.69
One of them was Euphrates,
and I don't remember them,
00:43:49.72\00:43:53.43
Chidekel, forget
what the others are.
00:43:53.46\00:43:55.70
Anyway, they have these
beautiful crystal clear rivers
00:43:55.73\00:43:59.37
that were flowing and
it says, and there's a tree
00:43:59.40\00:44:03.47
that grows on either
side of the river, evidently,
00:44:03.51\00:44:05.21
because it's one tree on
either side of the river.
00:44:05.24\00:44:07.48
That must be a big tree.
00:44:07.51\00:44:09.01
If the river is 50 miles wide,
00:44:09.04\00:44:11.98
how many people are
gonna eat from this tree?
00:44:12.01\00:44:13.75
All.
00:44:13.78\00:44:15.28
All the people that are saved
are gonna eat from that tree.
00:44:15.32\00:44:18.45
And it says, it
will have its fruit
00:44:18.49\00:44:20.92
12 different kinds of fruit
yielding its fruit every month.
00:44:20.96\00:44:25.76
So we're gonna
have a food supply
00:44:25.79\00:44:27.63
and a water supply.
00:44:27.66\00:44:29.33
Will the water be polluted? No.
00:44:29.36\00:44:32.33
No.
00:44:32.37\00:44:33.70
Everything is
gonna be perfectly pure
00:44:33.74\00:44:36.20
in the Kingdom of God.
00:44:36.24\00:44:37.67
And the Bible tells us
the streets of the city
00:44:37.71\00:44:40.04
will be full of
boys and girls playing.
00:44:40.08\00:44:43.91
So is it okay to play?
00:44:43.95\00:44:45.85
People think oh, I'm Christian,
I'm not allowed to have fun.
00:44:45.88\00:44:50.12
But are there gonna
be children in heaven?
00:44:50.15\00:44:51.92
Yes.
00:44:51.95\00:44:53.29
And does God
want us to enjoy life
00:44:53.32\00:44:54.99
and have abundant life?
00:44:55.02\00:44:56.46
Yeah, there'll be
pure, innocent things
00:44:56.49\00:44:58.99
that children will be able to do
00:44:59.03\00:45:00.60
and this to me as I
think a wonderful part.
00:45:00.63\00:45:02.70
It tells us, "The wolf and
the lamb will feed together
00:45:02.73\00:45:07.40
and the lion will
eat straw like an ox."
00:45:07.44\00:45:11.81
And the Bible says, "A
little child will lead them
00:45:11.84\00:45:14.51
and a cow and a
bear will graze."
00:45:14.54\00:45:17.21
In heaven, the lion and the lamb
00:45:17.25\00:45:20.32
will be able to
sit down together.
00:45:20.35\00:45:22.38
I don't know if
it'll work in this world,
00:45:22.42\00:45:23.75
but we brought a lion.
00:45:23.79\00:45:27.36
I'm not sure who
our lion tamer is,
00:45:27.39\00:45:29.89
but wherever that lion
is, here comes the lion.
00:45:29.92\00:45:32.49
I didn't say how
big the lion was.
00:45:41.54\00:45:45.37
Yeah, we were in South
Africa a couple years ago.
00:45:45.41\00:45:48.24
Pastor Ross will
tell you Mrs. Batchelor
00:45:48.28\00:45:50.58
was attacked by a lion.
00:45:50.61\00:45:52.55
It is absolutely true.
00:45:52.58\00:45:56.02
Of course, lion
was about this big,
00:45:56.05\00:45:58.69
but it did attack
her, it bit her legs.
00:45:58.72\00:46:00.56
So I love to tell people,
00:46:00.59\00:46:01.92
Mrs. Batchelor was
attacked by a lion, little lion.
00:46:01.96\00:46:05.79
But she came away with a bruise.
00:46:05.83\00:46:08.66
So the little kit
he seems calm enough,
00:46:08.70\00:46:11.17
I wonder how the
lamb is gonna do.
00:46:11.20\00:46:12.80
Are we ready for our lamb?
00:46:12.83\00:46:14.17
So here we have
the lion and the lamb.
00:46:21.14\00:46:24.38
Now in heaven, in this world,
00:46:24.41\00:46:26.58
we had to get a small lion
00:46:26.61\00:46:27.95
or it might try
and eat the lamb.
00:46:27.98\00:46:30.99
In heaven, the lions
will eat the lamb, but...
00:46:31.02\00:46:36.52
No, here the lions eat the lamb,
00:46:36.56\00:46:38.26
but in heaven I think the
little lion is scared too.
00:46:38.29\00:46:43.90
Two kids can come up here.
00:46:43.93\00:46:46.37
You got cowboy
boots on, come on up.
00:46:46.40\00:46:49.10
You look like you could gentle,
00:46:49.14\00:46:50.91
you can go pet
the lamb real quick,
00:46:50.94\00:46:52.64
gently and we'll
get one from the aisle,
00:46:52.67\00:46:55.14
you can come up.
00:46:55.18\00:46:56.58
Come on, come here.
00:46:56.61\00:46:59.28
And you can both pet
the lion and pet the lamb.
00:46:59.31\00:47:02.05
How did you end up here?
00:47:11.26\00:47:13.16
I don't remember picking you.
00:47:13.19\00:47:14.53
Well, you go back to your seat?
00:47:14.56\00:47:16.26
No, no, no go sit
down. Go sit down.
00:47:16.30\00:47:18.30
I need to play...
No, you can't do that.
00:47:18.33\00:47:23.14
Is there a policeman
here who can fine him?
00:47:23.17\00:47:27.51
So thank you very much.
00:47:27.54\00:47:28.88
Hey, I was gonna
give you guys something,
00:47:28.91\00:47:30.25
come on back for
coming up and participating.
00:47:30.28\00:47:32.28
We'll give them a hand.
00:47:32.31\00:47:34.32
You know what this is?
This is a water purifier.
00:47:34.35\00:47:39.19
You can...
00:47:39.22\00:47:40.56
This is like the crystal water
comes from the Throne of God.
00:47:40.59\00:47:42.72
You can put this in water
00:47:42.76\00:47:44.09
and you might have some question
00:47:44.13\00:47:45.46
about they put these
out around the world.
00:47:45.49\00:47:47.06
You suck on it,
it's called a LifeStraw,
00:47:47.10\00:47:48.90
it purifies the water.
00:47:48.93\00:47:50.30
So if you're out
hiking, you're on an adventure,
00:47:50.33\00:47:52.63
you see a creek you don't
know if the water is clear.
00:47:52.67\00:47:54.90
You can suck on
this and drink it,
00:47:54.94\00:47:56.27
it'll purify the water.
00:47:56.30\00:47:57.84
All right,
let's give them a hand
00:47:57.87\00:47:59.21
and say thank you very much.
00:47:59.24\00:48:00.58
All right, the lion
will lay down with a lamb
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and it says they will not hurt.
00:48:08.65\00:48:10.25
"The nursing child will
play by the cobra's hole."
00:48:10.29\00:48:14.02
All right, now I want you
to be perfectly honest with me.
00:48:14.06\00:48:17.29
Anyone here that
is six years old?
00:48:17.33\00:48:19.46
Six year old? No.
00:48:22.60\00:48:23.97
Six. Anyone five?
00:48:24.00\00:48:28.00
All right, if
you're a six year old,
00:48:28.04\00:48:29.37
come on, six year old.
00:48:29.40\00:48:30.74
If you're six, come up here.
00:48:30.77\00:48:32.27
One, six year old, you're six?
00:48:32.31\00:48:33.71
Okay, come on up here.
00:48:33.74\00:48:35.08
Now you know what
that verse says there.
00:48:39.71\00:48:41.62
It says a
nursing child will play
00:48:41.65\00:48:43.49
by the cobra's hole.
00:48:43.52\00:48:44.85
You know what a
cobra is? Cobra is...
00:48:44.89\00:48:47.52
Well here.
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Would that scare you? No.
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.13
Will children play
with snakes in heaven?
00:48:57.47\00:48:59.87
Yes.
00:48:59.90\00:49:01.24
And it says they will not hurt
00:49:01.27\00:49:02.90
or destroy in
all my holy mountain.
00:49:02.94\00:49:05.34
So you get to
pet snakes in heaven,
00:49:05.37\00:49:06.71
you're not gonna...
00:49:06.74\00:49:08.08
Your mom won't even be afraid.
00:49:08.11\00:49:09.44
Okay, you can
take that with you.
00:49:09.48\00:49:13.25
"They shall not hurt
00:49:13.28\00:49:14.62
or destroy in all
of my holy mountain,"
00:49:14.65\00:49:17.45
says the Lord.
00:49:17.49\00:49:18.82
You want to hear a great story.
00:49:18.85\00:49:20.19
You may have heard this story,
true story by little Tyke.
00:49:20.22\00:49:23.83
There was a small African lion
00:49:23.86\00:49:27.33
that was rejected by his mother.
00:49:27.36\00:49:28.70
The mother in the zoo
had a really bad attitude.
00:49:28.73\00:49:31.33
She killed all of her cubs
and one time she gave birth,
00:49:31.37\00:49:34.57
and she was getting
ready to kill this cub
00:49:34.60\00:49:36.47
and someone
reached through the cage
00:49:36.50\00:49:37.84
and they rescued the cub.
00:49:37.87\00:49:39.74
And this poor little Tyke
00:49:39.77\00:49:41.44
nearly got killed by his mother.
00:49:41.48\00:49:43.58
And they gave
little Tyke to a family
00:49:43.61\00:49:46.25
that had a ranch with
a lot of strange animals
00:49:46.28\00:49:49.55
in Oregon or
near Seattle rather,
00:49:49.58\00:49:53.22
and the Westbow Family.
00:49:53.25\00:49:56.16
And they took Tyke
and they give it milk
00:49:56.19\00:49:58.26
and they tried to nurse it back.
00:49:58.29\00:49:59.73
It started gaining
strength and like most lions,
00:49:59.76\00:50:02.23
they've been
tried to give it some,
00:50:02.26\00:50:03.60
you know, ground
beef or something.
00:50:03.63\00:50:05.13
They could not get
it to eat any meat.
00:50:05.17\00:50:09.00
And they thought,
well lion's natural food,
00:50:09.04\00:50:11.24
it's gotta eat meat.
00:50:11.27\00:50:12.77
So they kept
putting meat in front of it,
00:50:12.81\00:50:14.68
it turned up
its nose in disgust.
00:50:14.71\00:50:17.48
It would eat
vegetables, it would eat fruits,
00:50:17.51\00:50:20.92
it would eat cornmeal,
00:50:20.95\00:50:22.32
it would eat
grain with great relish.
00:50:22.35\00:50:24.52
People said, you're gonna have
to teach that cat to eat meat.
00:50:24.55\00:50:26.96
And they try and put a
little blood in this milk,
00:50:26.99\00:50:28.52
it wouldn't touch it,
00:50:28.56\00:50:29.89
it smelled it wanted
nothing to do with it.
00:50:29.92\00:50:32.89
So they kept
feeding it vegetables,
00:50:32.93\00:50:34.46
and fruits, and
grains, and things like that
00:50:34.50\00:50:36.67
and lion just kept
getting bigger and bigger,
00:50:36.70\00:50:38.43
so that's the impossible.
00:50:38.47\00:50:40.57
And they kept
trying to sneak at meat.
00:50:40.60\00:50:42.94
They tried to color the meat
00:50:42.97\00:50:45.11
with different
flavors and things,
00:50:45.14\00:50:46.94
and if it was meat
lion always knew it,
00:50:46.98\00:50:49.24
would not touch it.
00:50:49.28\00:50:50.61
It was a vegetarian lion.
00:50:50.65\00:50:53.78
And the Westbows didn't
know what to think of this
00:50:53.82\00:50:55.48
until someone showed them
00:50:55.52\00:50:56.85
the verse in
the Bible that says,
00:50:56.89\00:50:58.22
the lion will
eat straw like the ox
00:50:58.25\00:50:59.99
and all the lions in the
Garden of Eden were vegetarians
00:51:00.02\00:51:02.66
and they will be
vegetarians in heaven.
00:51:02.69\00:51:04.76
They felt much better.
00:51:04.79\00:51:06.49
They just kept feeding
little Tyke a vegetarian diet
00:51:06.53\00:51:09.20
and it got along great
with all the other animals.
00:51:09.23\00:51:11.70
There you see a picture of
it lying down with the lamb.
00:51:11.73\00:51:14.04
You could see
that they're trying
00:51:14.07\00:51:15.40
to handle little
Type some meat there,
00:51:15.44\00:51:16.84
and he's turning up his nose.
00:51:16.87\00:51:18.51
He wouldn't have
anything to do with meat.
00:51:18.54\00:51:20.68
In heaven, yes, you'll be
able to go up to the lions
00:51:20.71\00:51:24.11
and some of the
wolf and the lamb,
00:51:24.15\00:51:27.32
who are natural enemies
00:51:27.35\00:51:28.68
in this life are
gonna be friends.
00:51:28.72\00:51:30.69
And you know what?
00:51:30.72\00:51:32.12
Not only will the
animals be vegetarians,
00:51:32.15\00:51:34.12
you're gonna be vegetarian
there too, aren't you?
00:51:34.16\00:51:35.92
Yes.
00:51:35.96\00:51:37.29
You might want to
start practicing now.
00:51:37.33\00:51:39.83
What are some of
the other blessings
00:51:39.86\00:51:41.36
of heaven?
00:51:41.40\00:51:43.00
It says, "We will
receive the crown of life,
00:51:43.03\00:51:46.07
which the Lord has
promised to those who love Him."
00:51:46.10\00:51:49.84
God is gonna let all of those
00:51:49.87\00:51:52.14
who love him can
get this beautiful crown
00:51:52.17\00:51:54.28
and we will cast our
crowns at Jesus' feet.
00:51:54.31\00:51:57.28
Not only do we get crowns,
00:51:57.31\00:51:59.01
we get these
glorious robes of light,
00:51:59.05\00:52:01.58
that the Lord is gonna
give us, His white robes.
00:52:01.62\00:52:04.35
The Bible says,
"The eyes of the blind
00:52:04.39\00:52:06.42
will be opened and the ears..."
00:52:06.45\00:52:08.32
I'm sorry.
00:52:08.36\00:52:09.69
The eyes of the
blind will be opened
00:52:09.72\00:52:11.06
and the ears of the
deaf will be unstopped."
00:52:11.09\00:52:12.93
The lame, someone
who's disabled that limps,
00:52:12.96\00:52:15.06
that can't walk,
they'll be able to leap.
00:52:15.10\00:52:17.13
The dumb will sing.
00:52:17.17\00:52:18.50
People who can't speak
now, they're gonna sing.
00:52:18.53\00:52:19.87
God's gonna
compensate in heaven.
00:52:19.90\00:52:22.40
You know what I mean by that.
00:52:22.44\00:52:24.41
If you can't sing here,
00:52:24.44\00:52:25.77
you're gonna sing
beautifully there.
00:52:25.81\00:52:27.74
If you can't see here,
00:52:27.78\00:52:29.11
you're gonna see
like an eagle there.
00:52:29.14\00:52:30.88
If you have a
trouble smelling now,
00:52:30.91\00:52:32.25
you'll smell
like a basset hound.
00:52:32.28\00:52:34.38
Of course, you don't want
to smell like a basset hound.
00:52:34.42\00:52:36.15
You know, what I mean by that?
00:52:36.18\00:52:37.95
But you could
smell with your nose
00:52:37.99\00:52:39.82
like a basset hound.
00:52:39.85\00:52:41.96
In heaven, you're
not gonna recognize
00:52:41.99\00:52:44.39
we gonna have long flowing hair
00:52:44.43\00:52:46.59
as it can go
down, like Samson, huh.
00:52:46.63\00:52:51.40
The lame, the
disabled person will leap,
00:52:51.43\00:52:53.37
the dumb shall sing.
00:52:53.40\00:52:55.64
And God is gonna just give us
00:52:55.67\00:52:57.44
all these
supernatural abilities.
00:52:57.47\00:52:59.87
What will not be in
heaven and in the new earth?
00:52:59.91\00:53:04.01
Bible tells us well,
there's no pain, no tears,
00:53:04.05\00:53:08.58
"God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes
00:53:08.62\00:53:11.15
and there will
be no more death."
00:53:11.19\00:53:13.69
Oh, that'll be so
nice. How long will you live?
00:53:13.72\00:53:17.13
A million years go by
00:53:17.16\00:53:19.06
and you're gonna
invite me over for a birthday.
00:53:19.09\00:53:21.50
And so, I'll bring it
back for my next birthday
00:53:21.53\00:53:23.57
in another million
years, because a million years.
00:53:23.60\00:53:25.33
Can you imagine if
you live a zillion years,
00:53:25.37\00:53:26.80
every million years,
00:53:26.84\00:53:28.17
it's gonna seem
like you have birthday
00:53:28.20\00:53:29.54
every million years.
00:53:29.57\00:53:30.91
It'd be too frequent.
00:53:30.94\00:53:32.57
Can you imagine
living for eternity?
00:53:32.61\00:53:34.54
It never ends.
00:53:34.58\00:53:35.91
You'll never have to
be afraid of the future
00:53:35.94\00:53:38.21
and you'll have
glorified powerful bodies.
00:53:38.25\00:53:41.15
You'll continue to grow.
00:53:41.18\00:53:42.58
Malachi Chapter 4 says,
"We'll go forth and grow up."
00:53:42.62\00:53:45.39
If you're a
child, when Jesus comes
00:53:45.42\00:53:46.76
you're not gonna
stay a child forever,
00:53:46.79\00:53:48.82
just grow more slowly.
00:53:48.86\00:53:50.19
No more sorrow or crying.
00:53:50.23\00:53:52.66
Neither will
there be any more pain.
00:53:52.69\00:53:54.30
God will wipe away
all tears from our eyes.
00:53:54.33\00:53:56.63
What else will not be in heaven?
00:53:56.67\00:53:59.77
That's very important.
00:53:59.80\00:54:01.30
There will by no means enter
into it anything that defiles,
00:54:01.34\00:54:06.24
or an abomination, or a lie.
00:54:06.27\00:54:09.28
God must cleanse us
from sin and make us holy.
00:54:09.31\00:54:12.91
So it says there's nothing
that comes in that will defile.
00:54:12.95\00:54:15.18
What is gonna set us free?
00:54:15.22\00:54:17.49
Jesus and His Word,
the key is in the Bible.
00:54:17.52\00:54:21.72
Now, does Jesus want
me to be in that kingdom?
00:54:21.76\00:54:25.99
You think that Jesus made heaven
00:54:26.03\00:54:29.16
and it's like, well, if
they make it, they make it,
00:54:29.20\00:54:31.43
but if they don't, they don't.
00:54:31.47\00:54:33.90
How much does the
Lord want you to be there?
00:54:33.94\00:54:37.01
He gave His life
for you to be there.
00:54:37.04\00:54:39.64
He said, "I go to
prepare a place for you.
00:54:39.67\00:54:43.41
In my Father's house,
there're many mansions,
00:54:43.45\00:54:45.11
there's room for you."
00:54:45.15\00:54:47.02
You want to
hear a sad story? No.
00:54:47.05\00:54:49.52
Yeah, well, let me tell you.
00:54:49.55\00:54:52.45
Gonna tell you anyway.
00:54:52.49\00:54:54.69
There's a man
named Walker McCune.
00:54:54.72\00:54:56.83
He's an oil millionaire.
00:54:56.86\00:54:59.16
He married a
beautiful young bride,
00:54:59.19\00:55:00.53
he loved very much.
00:55:00.56\00:55:02.63
So he went to Paradise Valley,
00:55:02.66\00:55:04.60
Arizona and he
built her a mansion.
00:55:04.63\00:55:07.54
Now Mrs. Batchelor
00:55:07.57\00:55:08.90
and I live in a house
with about 2,000 square feet.
00:55:08.94\00:55:11.77
He built a house for his wife
00:55:11.81\00:55:13.17
with 53,000 square foot mansion.
00:55:13.21\00:55:18.95
It had a theater in the
house with 150 seats in it,
00:55:18.98\00:55:24.29
had a skating rink in the house,
00:55:24.32\00:55:27.36
had an Olympic
swimming pool in the house,
00:55:27.39\00:55:30.39
that's just a big
beautiful mansion.
00:55:30.43\00:55:34.20
Do you think that
anybody would want?
00:55:34.23\00:55:36.53
She walked in and
looked around said,
00:55:36.56\00:55:38.50
"I don't like it. I
don't want to live here."
00:55:38.53\00:55:41.04
It broke his heart.
00:55:41.07\00:55:43.04
He built this
incredible mansion,
00:55:43.07\00:55:44.61
because he loved her so much.
00:55:44.64\00:55:45.97
He wanted to be so happy.
00:55:46.01\00:55:47.34
She turned up her
nose and walked away
00:55:47.38\00:55:48.71
and never moved in.
00:55:48.74\00:55:50.25
It's kinda sad.
00:55:50.28\00:55:51.61
Though there
might be other reasons.
00:55:51.65\00:55:52.98
Maybe she didn't like Arizona,
00:55:53.01\00:55:54.58
maybe she wanted
something smaller.
00:55:54.62\00:55:56.05
It's hard to clean a
53,000 square foot house.
00:55:56.08\00:56:01.29
But you know, somebody's
paid an enormous price
00:56:01.32\00:56:04.96
so that you could
be in their kingdom.
00:56:04.99\00:56:07.60
Jesus has bought
a mansion for you
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.46
and He made it.
00:56:09.50\00:56:10.83
He knows you're gonna like it.
00:56:10.87\00:56:12.33
You need to trust
Him, because He knows you,
00:56:12.37\00:56:14.00
it's gonna be
perfectly designed for you.
00:56:14.04\00:56:15.90
You'll not only have a
city home that Jesus made,
00:56:15.94\00:56:18.17
you get to build a country home.
00:56:18.21\00:56:20.04
The Bible says
that we will go forth,
00:56:20.08\00:56:21.74
we will build
houses and inhabit them.
00:56:21.78\00:56:24.15
We will plant vineyards
and eat the fruit of them,
00:56:24.18\00:56:26.51
and My elect shall long
enjoy the work of their hands.
00:56:26.55\00:56:30.02
You will love what's
there in the kingdom.
00:56:30.05\00:56:33.39
Jesus said, "I stand
at the door and knock
00:56:33.42\00:56:37.39
and if anyone hears My
voice and open the door,
00:56:37.43\00:56:40.16
I will come into them."
00:56:40.20\00:56:41.66
He has prepared a place for us.
00:56:41.70\00:56:44.13
Do you believe that God has
that place prepared for you?
00:56:44.17\00:56:47.87
Do you?
00:56:47.90\00:56:49.24
He says, "I go to
prepare a place for you.
00:56:49.27\00:56:51.77
"If you believe in
Jesus, trust in His Word.
00:56:51.81\00:56:54.11
In His Word is the
key that will set you free
00:56:54.14\00:56:56.14
and unlock the chains,
00:56:56.18\00:56:58.45
and if you have faith
all things are possible
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to those who believe.
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You know, the
most important decision
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a young person can
make is that decision
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to follow Jesus and begin
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that amazing
adventure to eternity.
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That's why we're so excited
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to tell you
about the new Amazing
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Adventure programs
that are available.
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During these nearly 10 hours
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of exciting high
definition programs,
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the young people will
do science experiments,
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learn about history, nature,
encounter some wild animals,
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and most of all,
00:57:52.67\00:57:54.00
they'll learn about
Jesus from the Word of God.
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There's a beautifully
illustrated Bible Study Guide
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to go along with each
of the video presentations.
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These beautiful
illustrated study guides
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are full of pictures, and
puzzles, and Bible stories.
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They'll lead your kids
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through an
incredible journey with Jesus.
00:58:08.45\00:58:10.45
And for me, the
most exciting thing
00:58:10.49\00:58:12.12
is this new Amazing
Adventure series goes along
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with the Amazing
Facts Adventure Bible.
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The Bible, the study guides,
00:58:17.06\00:58:18.76
the DVDs are all designed
to lead your young person
00:58:18.79\00:58:22.26
on a Journey
for Life with Jesus.
00:58:22.30\00:58:24.67
Call the number on your screen
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or contact us
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