>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 00:01:02.49\00:01:05.03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:01:05.06\00:01:09.36 >>DURING WORLD WAR II, A 29-YEAR-OLD ENGINEER NAMED 00:01:09.40\00:01:12.53 TSUTOMU YAMAGUCHI WAS ON A TRIP TO HIROSHIMA, JAPAN ON THE VERY 00:01:12.57\00:01:16.97 DAY WHEN THE U.S. DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB. 00:01:17.01\00:01:20.78 AS HE STEPPED OFF A STREET CAR, THE ATOMIC BOMB DETONATED LESS 00:01:20.81\00:01:24.01 THAN TWO MILES AWAY. ALTHOUGH THE BLAST KILLED 80,000 00:01:24.05\00:01:28.25 PEOPLE, YAMAGUCHI GOT AWAY WITH ONLY RUPTURED EARDRUMS AND 00:01:28.28\00:01:32.05 SKIN THAT WAS SUNBURNED. AFTER A PAINFUL NIGHT IN A BOMB 00:01:32.09\00:01:35.79 SHELTER, HE RETURNED HOME TO NAGASAKI, 200 MILES AWAY. 00:01:35.82\00:01:40.43 HE REPORTED FOR WORK THREE DAYS LATER AND WAS TELLING HIS BOSS 00:01:40.46\00:01:43.47 ABOUT HIS ORDEAL WHEN THE SECOND ATOMIC BLAST HIT NAGASAKI, 00:01:43.50\00:01:48.07 KILLING AN ADDITIONAL 70,000 PEOPLE. 00:01:48.10\00:01:51.57 YAMAGUCHI BECAME THE ONLY OFFICIAL SURVIVOR OF BOTH 00:01:51.61\00:01:55.48 BLASTS. AMAZINGLY, IN SPITE OF DOUBLE 00:01:55.51\00:01:58.78 RADIATION EXPOSURE, HE HAD GOOD HEALTH MOST OF HIS LIFE 00:01:58.81\00:02:02.52 AND LIVED TO AGE 93. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US 00:02:02.55\00:02:05.92 ABOUT TWO ANCIENT CITIES THAT WERE WIPED OUT BY FIRE FROM 00:02:05.95\00:02:09.12 HEAVEN, LEAVING ONLY THREE SURVIVORS. THE PEOPLE OF SODOM 00:02:09.16\00:02:13.23 AND GOMORRAH SADLY TURNED AWAY FROM THE SOURCE OF LIFE AND WERE 00:02:13.26\00:02:16.97 COMPLETELY DESTROYED. JOIN ME TODAY AS WE UNCOVER THE 00:02:17.00\00:02:21.10 BIBLE TRUTH ABOUT THE ULTIMATE JUDGEMENT DAY. 00:02:21.14\00:02:29.01 >>IN OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO BE 00:02:29.04\00:02:31.65 TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT JUDGMENT DAY. 00:02:31.68\00:02:34.58 THE BIBLE SAYS WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF 00:02:34.62\00:02:37.65 CHRIST. NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING 00:02:37.69\00:02:40.12 AT SEVERAL CHAPTERS IN THE BIBLE, PRINCIPALLY CHAPTER 20 OF 00:02:40.16\00:02:43.16 REVELATION THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS GREAT JUDGMENT DAY AND ALSO 00:02:43.19\00:02:46.90 TALKS ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM. SO, WHAT'S GOING ON 00:02:46.93\00:02:49.33 DURING THAT TIME? YOU CAN READ IN JOHN CHAPTER 14, 00:02:49.36\00:02:52.97 HE SAID, 'I WILL COME AGAIN, RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF, THAT 00:02:53.00\00:02:56.00 WHERE I AM THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.' SO WE'LL BE WITH HIM IN 00:02:56.04\00:02:59.07 THE MANSIONS THAT HE'S PREPARED IN THE NEW JERUSALEM. 00:02:59.11\00:03:02.84 AND THEN IT GOES ON IN REVELATION 20, "AND THEY LIVED 00:03:02.88\00:03:05.35 AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST A THOUSAND YEARS." 00:03:05.38\00:03:08.22 SO JUDGMENT IS GIVEN UNTO THE SAINTS AND WE LIVE AND REIGN 00:03:08.25\00:03:11.09 WITH CHRIST A THOUSAND YEARS. NUMBER 6: WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT 00:03:11.12\00:03:14.49 THE CLOSE OF THE 1,000 YEARS? YOU READ IN ZECHARIAH 14:1, 00:03:14.52\00:03:19.73 "BEHOLD THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH...AND HIS FEET SHALL 00:03:19.76\00:03:22.76 STAND IN THAT DAY UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES." - AT THE END OF THE 00:03:22.80\00:03:25.90 ONE THOUSAND YEARS JESUS IS GOING TO SAY, 'THE TIME HAS 00:03:25.93\00:03:28.34 COME. I'VE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO 00:03:28.37\00:03:31.24 DOWN AND RETURN TO MY ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THIS PLANET.' 00:03:31.27\00:03:35.18 AND HIS FEET ARE GOING TO COME DOWN, HE WILL TOUCH THE MOUNT OF 00:03:35.21\00:03:37.45 OLIVES, "WHICH IS BEFORE JERUSALEM ON THE EAST, AND THE 00:03:37.48\00:03:41.18 MOUNT OF OLIVES SHALL CLEAVE IN THE MIDST THEREOF." 00:03:41.22\00:03:42.92 - IT'S GOING TO SPLIT IN TWO AND FORM A GREAT VALLEY. 00:03:42.95\00:03:45.69 JESUS DID A LOT OF TEACHING FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. 00:03:45.72\00:03:48.42 HE PRAYED ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, 'FATHER, NOT MY WILL, 00:03:48.46\00:03:50.79 THY WILL BE DONE.' MOUNT OF OLIVES ISN'T FAR FROM BETHANY 00:03:50.83\00:03:54.63 WHERE HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN. AND SO, THIS WAS A SPECIAL PLACE 00:03:54.66\00:03:58.37 HE SPENT WITH THE APOSTLES. HE FORETOLD THE END OF THE WORLD 00:03:58.40\00:04:00.77 ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES LOOKING AT THE TEMPLE. 00:04:00.80\00:04:03.57 AND, AFTER HIS FEET TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN, THIS GREAT VALLEY 00:04:03.61\00:04:07.24 FORMS. THERE'S GOING TO BE 00:04:07.28\00:04:08.38 A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE. HE'S PREPARING THE FOUNDATION - 00:04:08.41\00:04:11.28 IT THEN TELLS US THAT THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN. 00:04:11.31\00:04:14.18 JOHN CHAPTER 21, VERSE 2 - HE SAYS, "AND I JOHN SAW THE HOLY 00:04:14.22\00:04:19.69 CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN. 00:04:19.72\00:04:23.22 PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND." 00:04:23.26\00:04:26.46 - BECAUSE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH, LIVES IN THAT CITY - 00:04:26.49\00:04:29.76 AND WHAT A GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE. 00:04:29.80\00:04:32.73 WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT TO FREE SATAN FROM HIS PRISON? 00:04:32.77\00:04:36.37 WELL, SATAN'S IMPRISONED BECAUSE HE HAS NOBODY TO TEMPT OR 00:04:36.40\00:04:38.67 MANIPULATE - ALL THE WICKED ARE DEAD, RIGHT? 00:04:38.71\00:04:41.91 HE'S GOT NO ONE TO POSSESS - NO ONE TO CONTROL. 00:04:41.94\00:04:44.38 BUT WHEN JESUS COMES BACK IT SAYS, AT THE END OF THE ONE 00:04:44.41\00:04:46.85 THOUSAND YEARS, THE REST OF THE DEAD - THIRD TIME WE'RE READING 00:04:46.88\00:04:49.98 THIS - THEY DON'T LIVE AGAIN UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE 00:04:50.02\00:04:52.55 FINISHED. IF THE DEAD IN CHRIST RISE 00:04:52.59\00:04:55.32 FIRST, THEN THE REST OF THE DEAD ARE THE WICKED AND THEY RISE IN 00:04:55.36\00:04:58.33 THE SECOND RESURRECTION - ARE YOU STILL WITH ME? 00:04:58.36\00:05:01.36 THAT MEANS THEY DO LIVE AGAIN WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE 00:05:01.40\00:05:04.83 FINISHED. AND WHEN JESUS COMES DOWN, 00:05:04.87\00:05:07.70 HE CALLS THEM ALL FROM THEIR GRAVES. 00:05:07.74\00:05:10.31 "AND WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE EXPIRED, SATAN SHALL BE LOOSED 00:05:10.34\00:05:12.87 OUT OF HIS PRISON." WHAT LOOSES HIM FROM HIS PRISON? 00:05:12.91\00:05:15.34 WELL NOW THE WORLD IS KIND OF ILLUMINATED WITH THE CITY OF GOD 00:05:15.38\00:05:18.48 AND ALL THE WICKED COME FORTH FROM THEIR GRAVES. 00:05:18.51\00:05:20.65 THE BIBLE CALLS THEM 'GOG AND MAGOG'. 00:05:20.68\00:05:23.28 ALL THE NAMES IN REVELATION ARE SYMBOLS. 00:05:23.32\00:05:26.59 DOES REVELATION TALK ABOUT BALAAM? 00:05:26.62\00:05:29.16 YEAH, IT DOES. IT'S A SYMBOL. REVELATION MENTIONS JEZEBEL - 00:05:29.19\00:05:34.30 NOT THE REAL JEZEBEL, SHE'S DEAD. 00:05:34.30\00:05:36.43 IT'S TALKING ABOUT A SPIRITUAL JEZEBEL. 00:05:36.46\00:05:38.23 IT TALKS ABOUT APOLLYON AND IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THESE NAMES - IT 00:05:38.27\00:05:41.30 TALKS ABOUT EGYPT, IT TALKS ABOUT SODOM - AND WHEN IT TALKS 00:05:41.34\00:05:44.41 ABOUT GOG AND MAGOG IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE ANCIENT ENEMIES OF 00:05:44.44\00:05:47.28 GOD'S PEOPLE BECAUSE, ALL THE WICKED THROUGH THE AGES, THEY 00:05:47.31\00:05:50.38 REPRESENT THE ENEMIES OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 00:05:50.41\00:05:52.28 I'M GOING TO DROP IN A LITTLE AMAZING FACT FOR YOU HERE ABOUT 00:05:52.31\00:05:54.85 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT, NAPOLEON 00:05:54.88\00:05:58.85 WAS SWEEPING ACROSS EUROPE AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO 00:05:58.89\00:06:01.66 REUNITE THE ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE - HE WAS A BRILLIANT GENERAL - 00:06:01.69\00:06:05.59 BUT, IN THE LARGEST BATTLE IN EUROPE, BEFORE WORLD WAR I, 00:06:05.63\00:06:10.90 NAPOLEON WAS FINALLY DEFEATED BY THIS COALITION OF NATIONS AND 00:06:10.93\00:06:15.74 THEY EXILED HIM TO ELBA, THIS ISLAND. 00:06:15.77\00:06:19.54 AND HE KNEW THAT BEFORE TOO LONG THEY WERE GOING TO SEND HIM TO A 00:06:19.57\00:06:22.24 REMOTE ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC - HE - VERY CLEVER 00:06:22.28\00:06:26.08 - HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE - A BOLD AND DARING ESCAPE FROM THAT 00:06:26.11\00:06:30.32 ISLAND - GOT BACK TO FRANCE, REASSEMBLED THE FRENCH ARMY, AND 00:06:30.35\00:06:34.56 FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DAYS, HE WAS IN POWER AND HE 00:06:34.59\00:06:36.96 RALLIED THE FORCES ONE MORE TIME - EVEN THOUGH HE HAD BEEN 00:06:36.99\00:06:40.80 IMPRISONED HE COULDN'T CHANGE. SOON AS HE GOT BACK ON THE MAIN 00:06:40.83\00:06:44.37 LAND HE WENT BACK TO WAR TO BECOME KING OF THE WORLD AGAIN. 00:06:44.40\00:06:48.24 SATAN IS RELEASED TO SHOW ALL - HE USED TO BE - THINK ABOUT 00:06:48.27\00:06:51.77 THIS: SATAN WAS #4 - FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT ARE GOD - HE 00:06:51.81\00:06:57.08 WAS THE HIGHEST OF THE CREATIONS. 00:06:57.11\00:06:59.41 HE IS GOING TO BE EXECUTED NOW. HE'S GOING TO BE CAST 00:06:59.45\00:07:02.65 INTO THIS LAKE OF FIRE. BEFORE GOD DOES THAT, HE WANTS 00:07:02.68\00:07:05.75 TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL - SOME OF THOSE GOOD ANGELS HEARD LUCIFER 00:07:05.79\00:07:09.76 APPEALING TO THEM - THEY CHOOSE TO STAY LOYAL TO GOD, BUT 00:07:09.79\00:07:12.73 MAYBE THEY WERE ON THE FENCE. AND SO, GOD WANTS TO MAKE 00:07:12.76\00:07:16.53 SURE THERE'S NO QUESTION. SOON AS LUCIFER HAS AN AUDIENCE 00:07:16.56\00:07:19.57 AGAIN HE GOES RIGHT BACK TO HIS OLD WAYS. 00:07:19.60\00:07:21.97 HE CANNOT CHANGE ANY MORE THAN NAPOLEON, WHO WAS PROBABLY 00:07:22.00\00:07:25.84 INSPIRED BY THE PRIDE OF THE DEVIL. 00:07:25.87\00:07:29.34 WHAT WILL SATAN DO WHEN HE SEES THE WICKED ARE RAISED? 00:07:29.38\00:07:32.45 - IS QUESTION NUMBER 8 - IT SAYS, REVELATION 20:8 - "AND 00:07:32.48\00:07:35.82 SHALL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS" - THAT TELLS YOU WHO 00:07:35.85\00:07:38.22 GOG AND MAGOG ARE, RIGHT? THE NATIONS OF ALL THE WICKED - 00:07:38.25\00:07:41.72 "WHICH ARE IN THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH, GOG AND MAGOG." 00:07:41.76\00:07:45.59 NOW, WHEN WE ARE RESURRECTED, WE GET GLORIFIED BODIES, RIGHT? 00:07:45.63\00:07:50.10 PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, 'WHAT ABOUT THE WICKED WHEN THEY'RE 00:07:50.13\00:07:52.60 RESURRECTED, WHAT DO THEY GET?' I THINK THE LORD JUST SORT OF 00:07:52.63\00:07:56.40 PATCHES THEM TOGETHER SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY 00:07:56.44\00:07:58.54 DON'T GET ANY SPECIAL BODIES - THEY DON'T GET THE 00:07:58.57\00:08:00.54 UPGRADES THAT WE GET. THEY JUST GET A STRIPPED-DOWN 00:08:00.58\00:08:04.18 RENTAL TO GET 'EM THROUGH THE JUDGMENT EXPERIENCE. 00:08:04.21\00:08:08.02 THEY PROBABLY COME OUT OF THEIR GRAVES PRETTY MUCH LIKE THEY 00:08:08.05\00:08:10.02 WENT IN. I CAN'T PROVE THAT BUT I DON'T 00:08:10.05\00:08:13.09 THINK THEY'RE GETTING ANY KIND OF GLORIFIED BODIES. 00:08:13.12\00:08:16.62 IT SAYS, "TO GATHER THEM TOGETHER TO BATTLE: THE NUMBER 00:08:16.66\00:08:19.43 OF WHOM IS AS THE SAND OF THE SEA." 00:08:19.46\00:08:21.33 YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED OVER THE 00:08:21.36\00:08:23.80 THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY - ALL ALIVE AT ONE TIME 00:08:23.83\00:08:27.37 ON THE PLANET - AND HE SEES ALL THESE FORCES - NOW, I KNOW IT'S 00:08:27.40\00:08:32.57 A SAD THOUGHT, BUT IT'S BIBLICAL. 00:08:32.61\00:08:34.98 WHO'S GOT THE BIGGER ARMY? >>SATAN. 00:08:35.01\00:08:37.68 >>CHRIST OR SATAN? NOW THINK ABOUT THIS: YOU'VE GOT 00:08:37.71\00:08:41.18 JESUS AND ALL THE GOOD ANGELS - THE GOOD ANGELS OUTNUMBER THE 00:08:41.22\00:08:43.85 BAD - AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SATAN, ALL THE BAD ANGELS, 00:08:43.89\00:08:46.79 AND THE WICKED. THE WICKED OUTNUMBER THE GOOD - 00:08:46.82\00:08:49.59 BROAD IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION. 00:08:49.62\00:08:51.79 SO THEY COVER THE EARTH LIKE A CLOUD AND THAT MEANS EVERYBODY 00:08:51.83\00:08:55.76 IN THIS ROOM, WE'RE GOING TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN SOME DAY - 00:08:55.80\00:08:58.50 I HOPE YOU'RE IN THE CITY - 00:08:58.53\00:08:59.93 >>AMEN. >>WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 00:09:00.04\00:09:02.27 AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, "AND THOU SHALT COME UP AGAINST MY PEOPLE 00:09:02.30\00:09:06.34 OF ISRAEL, AS A CLOUD TO COVER THE LAND." 00:09:06.37\00:09:10.15 SO THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY COVER THE LAND. 00:09:10.18\00:09:11.78 IT'S LIKE A CLOUD. AT THIS CRUCIAL MOMENT, 00:09:11.81\00:09:14.48 WHAT STOPS EVERYTHING? NOW SATAN IS LOOSED FROM HIS 00:09:14.52\00:09:18.62 PRISON, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE DOES WHEN HE'S LOOSED? 00:09:18.65\00:09:20.86 HE RALLIES ALL THE WICKED AND HE SAYS, 'THERE'S MORE OF US THAN 00:09:20.89\00:09:23.93 THERE ARE OF THEM.' YOU READ IN EZEKIEL IT SAYS THEY GATHER 00:09:23.96\00:09:26.86 TOGETHER. READ IN ZECHARIAH, 'AGAINST THE 00:09:26.90\00:09:29.46 CITY OF GOD TO ATTACK THE CITY OF GOD.' AND IT SAYS THEY'RE 00:09:29.50\00:09:34.30 LOOSED FROM THEIR PRISON FOR A SEASON. 00:09:34.34\00:09:36.04 HOW LONG IS THAT TIME? I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S LONG 00:09:36.07\00:09:38.74 ENOUGH FOR THEM TO ORGANIZE HIS ARMIES. 00:09:38.77\00:09:41.91 AND SATAN'S GOING TO SAY, 'THAT'S OUR CITY.' AND EVEN 00:09:41.94\00:09:43.88 THOUGH HE'S FALLEN, HE STILL LOOKS LIKE A GLORIOUS BEING. 00:09:43.91\00:09:46.88 HE SAID, 'THAT'S THE ENEMY. THAT BELONGS TO ME. 00:09:46.92\00:09:49.92 HE'S TAKEN IT AND HE'S GOING TO RALLY THEM ALL WITH HIM.' 00:09:49.95\00:09:52.49 BECAUSE, WHAT ELSE? IT'S THEIR LAST HOPE. 00:09:52.52\00:09:54.92 AND, IN DESPERATION, INSTEAD OF REPENTING, THEY TRY TO ATTACK 00:09:54.96\00:09:57.36 GOD'S CITY. BUT, BEFORE THEY CAN LAUNCH 00:09:57.39\00:10:00.30 THEIR ATTACK, JESUS SAYS, 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.' 00:10:00.33\00:10:04.00 >>AMEN. >>THIS IS THE 00:10:04.03\00:10:05.60 GREAT JUDGMENT DAY. NOW, WHEN I TALK ABOUT JUDGMENT 00:10:05.63\00:10:10.01 IT REALLY ALL HAPPENS IN THREE PHASES. 00:10:10.04\00:10:13.74 YOU'VE GOT A JUDGMENT THAT TAKES PLACE BEFORE JESUS COMES - THOSE 00:10:13.78\00:10:16.81 THAT TAKE THE NAME OF CHRIST, THEIR NAMES ARE ENTERED INTO THE 00:10:16.85\00:10:19.45 BOOK OF LIFE - 'HE THAT HAS THE SON HAS LIFE' - AND WE ARE 00:10:19.48\00:10:24.32 JUDGED BASED ON THE MERITS OF CHRIST. 00:10:24.35\00:10:27.66 THE BIBLE KNOWS - THE BIBLE TELLS US GOD KNOWS, BEFORE HE 00:10:27.69\00:10:30.19 COMES, WHO'S SAVED BECAUSE, WHEN HE COMES, HE'S DISPENSING 00:10:30.23\00:10:33.16 REWARDS, RIGHT? HE'LL GIVE TO EVERY MAN 00:10:33.19\00:10:35.56 ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS WHEN HE COMES. 00:10:35.60\00:10:37.50 HE KNOWS WHO'S SAVED OR LOST. THEN THERE'S THE JUDGMENT DURING 00:10:37.53\00:10:40.54 THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS WHERE WE PARTICIPATE IN ASKING QUESTIONS 00:10:40.57\00:10:44.47 AND UNDERSTANDING WHY GOD JUDGED AS HE DID. 00:10:44.51\00:10:49.11 WE'RE AFFIRMING THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD. 00:10:49.14\00:10:51.31 THEN THE FINAL EXECUTIVE PART OF THE JUDGMENT IS THE WHITE THRONE 00:10:51.35\00:10:54.72 JUDGMENT THAT HAPPENS NOW, AT THE END OF THE ONE THOUSAND 00:10:54.75\00:10:57.29 YEARS WHEN ALL THE WICKED ARE THERE BEFORE THE LORD. 00:10:57.32\00:11:02.36 CHRIST, ON HIS GREAT WHITE THRONE, IS EXALTED ABOVE THE 00:11:02.39\00:11:05.46 CITY WHERE EVERYBODY SEES HIM. AND THE GLORY OF CHRIST IS 00:11:05.49\00:11:09.83 GOING TO BE OVERWHELMING. AND, YOU CAN READ HERE IN - IT 00:11:09.86\00:11:12.60 SAYS, "AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE, AND HIM THAT SAT ON IT. 00:11:12.63\00:11:16.91 AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN 00:11:16.94\00:11:19.94 IN THE BOOKS, ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS." 00:11:19.97\00:11:23.18 THIS FINAL JUDGMENT, IS IT WHERE EVERYONE LINES UP IN A BIG LINE 00:11:23.21\00:11:26.75 LIKE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND YOU'RE ALL KIND OF 00:11:26.78\00:11:30.02 WAITING AND THEY SAY, 'NEXT CASE'? 00:11:30.05\00:11:31.62 AND ONE BY ONE WE ALL COME AND - I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE THAT. 00:11:31.65\00:11:35.86 AT PENTECOST, WHEN THE LORD FILLED 3,000 PEOPLE WITH THE 00:11:35.89\00:11:38.46 HOLY SPIRIT, WAS IT ONE AT A TIME OR WAS IT ALL AT ONCE? 00:11:38.49\00:11:41.36 SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVE JUDGMENT, BUT EACH PERSON - AND 00:11:41.40\00:11:45.87 IT MAY TAKE A WHILE - EACH PERSON WILL HAVE THEIR LIFE IN 00:11:45.90\00:11:48.84 REVIEW IN THE HEAVENS. THEY WILL SEE A PANORAMA OF 00:11:48.87\00:11:53.78 CHRIST'S SACRIFICE AND ALL GOD DID TO TRY TO SAVE THEM. 00:11:53.81\00:11:57.88 AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OPENED - WE'RE GOING TO SEE 00:11:57.91\00:12:00.22 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE OF OUR 00:12:00.25\00:12:03.55 INFLUENCE. IF YOU'RE SAVED, HOPEFULLY 00:12:03.59\00:12:06.79 YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE INSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE 00:12:06.82\00:12:09.29 OF YOUR INFLUENCE. AND SO, IT'S NOT JUST THAT 00:12:09.32\00:12:12.03 YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUDGED FOR YOUR DEEDS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 00:12:12.06\00:12:13.76 JUDGED FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO OTHERS. 00:12:13.80\00:12:16.83 YOUR EXAMPLE IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:12:16.87\00:12:18.70 IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU DO FOR YOU, EVERY ONE OF US IS 00:12:18.73\00:12:21.54 INFLUENCING OTHERS FOR OR AGAINST GOD. AMEN? 00:12:21.57\00:12:25.94 SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD INFLUENCE. 00:12:25.97\00:12:27.51 SO CHRIST IS UP THERE AND EVERYBODY SEES THE GLORY. 00:12:27.54\00:12:31.61 WHAT HAPPENS THEN WHEN THEY SEE THE GLORY OF GOD? 00:12:31.65\00:12:34.55 YOU'VE READ THAT VERSE IN ROMANS CHAPTER 14, VERSE 11, "AS I 00:12:34.58\00:12:38.69 LIVE, SAITH THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY 00:12:38.72\00:12:43.19 TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO GOD. THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY 00:12:43.22\00:12:47.73 KNEE SHOULD BOW, OF THINGS IN HEAVEN, AND THINGS ON THE EARTH, 00:12:47.76\00:12:51.97 AND THINGS UNDER THE EARTH;" - EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BOW BEFORE 00:12:52.00\00:12:54.44 GOD, EVEN LUCIFER, AT SOME POINT, IS GOING 00:12:54.47\00:12:57.34 TO THEN FALL DOWN. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO 00:12:57.37\00:12:58.84 DECLARE 'GOD IS GOOD. I HAVE BEEN WRONG.' HE'LL BE 00:12:58.87\00:13:03.04 OVERWHELMED WITH THE SENSE OF HIS OWN SIN. 00:13:03.08\00:13:07.62 YOU KNOW WHAT JUDAS DID BEFORE HE KILLED HIMSELF? 00:13:07.65\00:13:09.78 HE WENT INTO THE TEMPLE AND HE SAID, 'I HAVE BETRAYED INNOCENT 00:13:09.82\00:13:13.09 BLOOD.' AND HE WENT OUT AND HUNG HIMSELF. 00:13:13.12\00:13:15.62 SATAN, FROM HIS PROUD LIPS WILL BE FORCED A CONFESSION THAT HE 00:13:15.66\00:13:20.33 WAS THE AUTHOR OF THIS WHOLE REBELLION. 00:13:20.36\00:13:24.17 EVERY KNEE IS GOING TO BOW. EVERY - PEOPLE WHO ARE ATHEISTS 00:13:24.20\00:13:28.04 AND SAID 'THERE IS NO GOD' - EVERY KNEE WILL BOW. 00:13:28.07\00:13:30.57 I'D JUST AS SOON BOW TO JESUS NOW - 00:13:30.61\00:13:33.14 >>AMEN. >>AND BE READY FOR WHEN HE COMES 00:13:33.17\00:13:36.34 - >>AMEN. >>AND NOT BE A REBEL AS 00:13:36.38\00:13:38.25 WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. "AND THAT EVERY TONGUE SHOULD 00:13:38.28\00:13:41.48 CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE 00:13:41.52\00:13:45.25 FATHER." AMEN? >>AMEN. 00:13:45.29\00:13:47.26 >>AND YOU READ IN REVELATION 19, "I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OF MUCH 00:13:47.29\00:13:51.69 PEOPLE IN HEAVEN, SAYING...TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ARE HIS 00:13:51.73\00:13:55.16 JUDGMENTS." NOTICE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? 00:13:55.20\00:13:56.83 EVERYONE IN HEAVEN IS SAYING THEY ARE AFFIRMING GOD'S 00:13:56.87\00:14:00.94 JUDGMENT. SO WHO IS THE JUDGE? ULTIMATELY IT'S GOD, AND 00:14:00.97\00:14:05.14 EVERYBODY WILL DECLARE GOD IS JUST. 00:14:05.17\00:14:06.94 GOD IS GOOD. HIS JUDGMENTS ARE FAIR. 00:14:06.98\00:14:10.28 >>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS, WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT 00:14:10.31\00:14:13.01 WITH THE REST OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 00:14:13.05\00:14:15.32 >>HAVE YOU READ WHAT THE BIBLE ACTUALLY SAYS ABOUT THE LAST-DAY 00:14:15.35\00:14:18.22 EVENTS? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE SIGNS 00:14:18.25\00:14:20.79 OF THE SECOND COMING, LAST PLAGUES, AND THE FINAL JUDGMENT? 00:14:20.82\00:14:24.83 ANYONE WHO'S EVEN GLANCING AT THE HEADLINES TODAY PROBABLY 00:14:24.86\00:14:28.73 WONDERS IF OUR WORLD IS PLUNGING TOWARDS ARMAGEDDON, BUT I WANT 00:14:28.76\00:14:32.43 TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVEN IN THE FACE OF ALL THAT'S HAPPENING, 00:14:32.47\00:14:36.24 YOU CAN STILL LIVE WITH PEACE AND ASSURANCE FOR YOUR FUTURE. 00:14:36.27\00:14:39.91 WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW HOW? AMAZING FACTS WANTS TO SHARE 00:14:39.94\00:14:42.91 WITH YOU THE FINAL EVENTS OF PROPHECY MAGAZINE. 00:14:42.94\00:14:46.35 IT FEATURES 32 PAGES OF CAPTIVATING, COLORFUL, AND 00:14:46.38\00:14:50.02 BIBLICALLY ACCURATE INFORMATION. THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND SHARING 00:14:50.05\00:14:53.82 RESOURCE COVERS THE SEVEN KEY EVENTS OF THE LAST DAYS AND 00:14:53.86\00:14:57.93 IT UNVEILS THE ASTONISHING PREDICTIONS ABOUT OUR PLANET'S 00:14:57.96\00:15:00.86 FINAL DAYS AND HOW YOU CAN BE READY FOR THEM. 00:15:00.90\00:15:04.23 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN AND 00:15:04.27\00:15:07.47 ASK FOR OFFER #856 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. 00:15:07.50\00:15:11.74 AND, AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, 00:15:11.77\00:15:14.34 BE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 00:15:14.38\00:15:16.44 >>LET'S RETURN, NOW, TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 00:15:16.48\00:15:19.48 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 00:15:19.51\00:15:23.45 >>WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? THEN IT TELLS US THIS IS THE 00:15:23.49\00:15:27.86 FINAL PHASE OF WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. 00:15:27.89\00:15:30.63 THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON KIND OF STARTS BEFORE JESUS GETS 00:15:30.66\00:15:32.69 HERE AND IT FINISHES AFTERWARDS. 00:15:32.73\00:15:35.46 THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON IS NOT CHINA AND RUSSIA AND ISRAEL AND 00:15:35.50\00:15:39.47 - GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. 00:15:39.50\00:15:43.51 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STORY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ABOUT GIDEON. 00:15:43.54\00:15:48.11 GIDEON WAS SURROUNDED BY A THREE-FOLD UNION: THE 00:15:48.14\00:15:52.31 AMALEKITES, THE EDOMITES, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST, THEY ALL 00:15:52.35\00:15:55.72 CAME LIKE - THEY COVERED THE EARTH LIKE A CLOUD. 00:15:55.75\00:15:58.59 THEY DEVOURED THE LAND LIKE LOCUSTS AND GOD SAID TO GIDEON, 00:15:58.62\00:16:02.32 'I'M GOING TO GO WITH YOU AND ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR 300 MEN. 00:16:02.36\00:16:06.56 AND THERE, IN THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO, GIDEON, THROUGH THE 00:16:06.59\00:16:10.13 POWER OF GOD AND HIS SPIRIT, THEY HAVE COMPLETE VICTORY OVER 00:16:10.17\00:16:13.64 THESE SUPERIOR FORCES. YOU SEE, THAT SCENARIO HAPPENS 00:16:13.67\00:16:16.67 SEVERAL TIMES IN THE BIBLE, EXCEPT IN REVELATION IT'S THE 00:16:16.71\00:16:19.57 BEAST, THE DRAGON, AND THE FALSE PROPHET - ANOTHER THREE-FOLD 00:16:19.61\00:16:21.81 UNION - COME AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF GOD - THEY'RE COMING AGAINST 00:16:21.84\00:16:25.05 THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT, BUT THEY'RE DEFEATED. 00:16:25.08\00:16:30.02 AND THIS IS WHERE JESUS, YOU SEE HIM, SOMETIMES, PICTURED AND 00:16:30.05\00:16:32.59 CONQUERING ON HIS HORSE AND HE THEN SENDS JUDGMENT ON THE 00:16:32.62\00:16:36.32 WICKED. IT SAYS IN REVELATION 20, VERSE 00:16:36.36\00:16:38.69 9, FIRE COMES DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN AND DEVOURS THEM. 00:16:38.73\00:16:44.47 NOW WHAT DOES IT SAY HAPPENS TO HIM? 00:16:44.50\00:16:46.23 DEVOURS THEM. WHOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN 00:16:46.27\00:16:49.90 THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. 00:16:49.94\00:16:54.01 THERE'S NO THIRD OPTION. EVERYBODY IS EITHER - WE'RE IN 00:16:54.04\00:16:56.85 HEAVEN - YOUR NAME IS IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, OR YOU FOLLOW THE 00:16:56.88\00:16:59.85 DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. 00:16:59.88\00:17:02.82 NOW, THE BIG QUESTION IS - PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND THE LAKE OF 00:17:02.85\00:17:06.19 FIRE. LET'S TALK, FOR JUST A MINUTE, ABOUT HELL. 00:17:06.22\00:17:09.52 YOU READ IN REVELATION 20, VERSE 14, IT SAYS, "THIS IS THE SECOND 00:17:09.56\00:17:13.43 DEATH." I HEARD A PASTOR SAY, ONE TIME, 00:17:13.46\00:17:16.06 'IF YOU'RE ONLY BORN ONCE, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE TWICE. 00:17:16.10\00:17:22.30 IF YOU'RE BORN TWICE, YOU ONLY DIE ONCE.' 00:17:22.34\00:17:27.21 YOU SEE, CHRISTIANS, YOU MIGHT DIE, BUT THEN YOU 00:17:27.24\00:17:29.41 RESURRECT AND YOU DON'T DIE THE SECOND DEATH. 00:17:29.44\00:17:32.01 THE WICKED, IF YOU'RE ONLY BORN ONE TIME AND YOU'RE NOT BORN 00:17:32.05\00:17:34.52 AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE THE SECOND DEATH. 00:17:34.55\00:17:38.35 LET'S TALK FOR JUST A MINUTE ABOUT HELL, IS THAT OKAY? 00:17:38.39\00:17:41.19 THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT IS VASTLY MISUNDERSTOOD AND A LOT OF 00:17:41.22\00:17:45.36 PEOPLE HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM GOD BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE, 00:17:45.39\00:17:48.06 MEDIEVAL MYTHS THAT HAVE BEEN PERPETRATED THAT ARE UNBIBLICAL. 00:17:48.10\00:17:53.50 I USED TO THINK GOD WAS A SADIST - SOMEONE'S LOST - YOU GOT SOME 00:17:53.54\00:17:56.87 TEENAGER WHO'S PAST THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY BUT HE DOESN'T 00:17:56.91\00:17:59.77 ACCEPT JESUS AND SO HE GOES TO THE SAME LAKE OF FIRE AS ADOLF 00:17:59.81\00:18:03.31 HITLER AND HE BURNS FOR ZILLIONS OF YEARS. 00:18:03.35\00:18:06.18 AND A MILLION YEARS AFTER BROILING AND BOILING AND 00:18:06.21\00:18:08.85 SHRIEKING in AGONY, MOMENT AFTER MOMENT, HE STICKS HIS HEAD 00:18:08.88\00:18:14.79 UP OUT OF THE SULPHUR AND BRIMSTONE AND SAYS, 'GOD HOW 00:18:14.82\00:18:16.99 LONG?' AND GOD PUSHES HIM UNDER AND 00:18:17.03\00:18:18.53 SAYS, 'YOU HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED YET.' (LAUGHTER) THAT'S THE 00:18:18.56\00:18:21.76 PICTURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE OF GOD AND THAT'S 00:18:21.80\00:18:25.33 WHAT'S BEEN TAUGHT. IT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:18:25.37\00:18:28.60 LET ME QUICKLY TELL YOU WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:18:28.64\00:18:30.84 MALACHI CHAPTER 4, 'BEHOLD THE DAY COMES THAT WILL BURN AS AN 00:18:30.87\00:18:33.61 OVEN AND ALL THE PROUD AND ALL THAT DO WICKEDLY WILL BE 00:18:33.64\00:18:36.61 STUBBLE.' THE DAY THAT COMES WILL BURN THEM UP. 00:18:36.64\00:18:39.68 THE BIBLE SAYS THE WICKED ARE DEVOURED. 00:18:39.71\00:18:41.82 THE WICKED ARE CONSUMED. YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOICES: HE THAT 00:18:41.85\00:18:44.69 HAS THE SON HAS LIFE; HE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SON 00:18:44.72\00:18:46.89 DOES NOT HAVE LIFE. WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM MAY NOT 00:18:46.92\00:18:49.89 PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 00:18:49.92\00:18:52.36 YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO PERISH OR HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 00:18:52.39\00:18:54.56 GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE, HE SAID, 'IF YOU DISOBEY YOU DIE; IF YOU 00:18:54.56\00:18:58.57 BELIEVE YOU LIVE.' BUT THE DEVIL IS SAYING, 'NO, NO, YOU'VE GOT 00:18:58.60\00:19:03.17 EVERLASTING LIFE NO MATTER WHAT. YOU'RE IMMORTAL.' 00:19:03.20\00:19:05.24 YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO BURN FOREVER OR YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO 00:19:05.27\00:19:06.64 HEAVEN. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY THAT. 00:19:06.68\00:19:08.38 THE BIBLE SAYS GOD AND GOD ONLY HAS IMMORTALITY. 00:19:08.41\00:19:11.55 SHOW ME WHERE IT SAYS PEOPLE HAVE IMMORTALITY IN THE BIBLE. 00:19:11.58\00:19:15.55 I'M BEING QUIET. DOESN'T SAY IT. IT SAYS WHEN CHRIST COMES THEN 00:19:15.58\00:19:20.96 THIS MORTAL PUTS ON IMMORTALITY. BUT WE DIE. 00:19:20.99\00:19:24.53 THE IDEA THAT GOD IS GOING TO IMMORTALIZE SIN - THE BIBLE SAYS 00:19:24.56\00:19:27.20 THERE'S NO MORE SIN, THERE'S NO MORE PAIN - IF THERE'S NO MORE 00:19:27.23\00:19:30.37 PAIN - REVELATION SAYS NO MORE PAIN. 00:19:30.40\00:19:32.30 HOW CAN GOD SAY ALL THINGS ARE NEW IF YOU'VE GOT SINNERS 00:19:32.33\00:19:34.74 IMMORTALIZED IN SOME TORTURE CHAMBER FOREVER AND EVER? 00:19:34.77\00:19:39.21 AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THAT - THINKING PEOPLE SAY, 00:19:39.24\00:19:42.04 'THERE'S NO JUSTICE IN THERE AT ALL TO TORMENT THE OBJECTS OF 00:19:42.08\00:19:46.45 YOUR CREATION THROUGH ALL ETERNITY FOR THE SINS OF A 00:19:46.48\00:19:50.85 FRACTION OF A SECOND.' THIS HAS BEEN USED BY THE CHURCH IN THE 00:19:50.89\00:19:55.46 DARK AGES TO SCARE PEOPLE. GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU COMING 00:19:55.49\00:19:58.86 BECAUSE OF FIRE INSURANCE, HE WANTS YOU TO COME TO HIM 00:19:58.89\00:20:02.23 BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM. >>AMEN. 00:20:02.26\00:20:04.33 >>THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. NOW, THERE ARE SOME 00:20:04.37\00:20:07.20 DIFFICULT VERSES. IT SAYS, 'ETERNAL FIRE' - CALLS 00:20:07.24\00:20:12.01 IT ETERNAL FIRE BECAUSE WHAT THE FIRE DOES IS ETERNAL. 00:20:12.04\00:20:15.11 AND IT CALLS IT EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT - THE PUNISHMENT 00:20:15.14\00:20:18.11 LASTS FOR HOW LONG? >>FOREVER. 00:20:18.15\00:20:19.88 >>FOREVER. THE BIBLE SAYS THE WICKED ARE 00:20:19.91\00:20:22.02 GOING TO BE TREATED LIKE SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 00:20:22.05\00:20:23.92 WERE SODOM AND GOMORRAH BURNT? ARE THEY STILL BURNING? NO. 00:20:23.95\00:20:27.42 THEY WERE CONSUMED. HE SAYS, 'TURNING THEM INTO 00:20:27.46\00:20:29.52 ASHES AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE UNGODLY.' WHAT HAPPENED 00:20:29.56\00:20:33.23 TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH? BURNT UP. DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 00:20:33.26\00:20:37.37 SUFFER DIFFERENT LENGTHS OF TIME BASED ON WHAT THEY DESERVE. 00:20:37.40\00:20:40.94 THERE IS A LAKE OF FIRE SO DON'T GO OUT OF HERE AND SAY, 'PASTOR 00:20:40.97\00:20:43.17 DOUG DOESN'T BELIEVE IN HELL.' I DO BELIEVE IN HELL. 00:20:43.20\00:20:45.77 MY HELL IS HOTTER THAN MOST HELLS. 00:20:45.81\00:20:47.91 MY HELL IS HOTTER BECAUSE IT BURNS PEOPLE UP. 00:20:47.94\00:20:50.35 OTHERS JUST SIMMER FOREVER AND EVER. 00:20:50.38\00:20:53.35 SO I DO BELIEVE IN HELL. BIBLE DOES SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE 00:20:53.38\00:20:57.25 GOING TO BE PUNISHED ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY DESERVE. 00:20:57.29\00:20:59.85 BUT THE IDEA THAT IT GOES ON FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER - 00:20:59.89\00:21:04.36 BEING TORTURED - THAT IS NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:21:04.39\00:21:08.30 GOD SAYS HE'S GOING TO MAKE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH 00:21:08.33\00:21:10.90 WHEREIN DWELLS RIGHTEOUSNESS. ALL THINGS ARE GOING 00:21:10.93\00:21:12.97 TO BE MADE NEW. SO QUICKLY, LET'S 00:21:13.00\00:21:14.94 REVIEW THE MILLENNIUM. YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST 00:21:14.97\00:21:17.24 RESURRECTION STARTS IT AND THE SECOND COMING; A THOUSAND YEARS 00:21:17.27\00:21:21.11 WE LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST DURING THE - THE MILLENNIUM. 00:21:21.14\00:21:25.48 SECOND RESURRECTION THE HOLY CITY DESCENDS. 00:21:25.51\00:21:28.82 AND SO, DURING THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS, WE'RE LIVING AND REIGNING 00:21:28.85\00:21:31.49 WITH CHRIST AND THERE'S A JUDGMENT. 00:21:31.52\00:21:33.29 BUT READ IN ISAIAH 65:17, "FOR, BEHOLD, I CREATE NEW HEAVENS AND 00:21:33.32\00:21:39.19 A NEW EARTH." WHY DOES IT SAY 'NEW HEAVEN'? 00:21:39.23\00:21:41.93 THE WORD 'HEAVEN' THERE IS AN ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE EARTH. 00:21:41.96\00:21:45.73 IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A NEW DWELLING PLACE. 00:21:45.77\00:21:47.90 HEBREWS HAD THREE WORDS FOR HEAVEN - HEAVEN HAD THREE 00:21:47.94\00:21:50.44 LEVELS, I SHOULD SAY. YOU'VE GOT THE AIR AROUND THE 00:21:50.47\00:21:54.14 PLANET WHERE THE BIRDS FLY AND THE CLOUDS FLOAT. 00:21:54.18\00:21:57.78 YOU HAVE THE PART OF THE COSMOS WHERE THE STARS HANG, THEN YOU 00:21:57.81\00:22:03.28 HAVE THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD THAT WAS CALLED THE THIRD 00:22:03.32\00:22:05.59 HEAVEN. PAUL TALKS ABOUT A MAN CAUGHT 00:22:05.62\00:22:07.96 UP TO THE THIRD HEAVEN. AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THE VERSE 00:22:07.99\00:22:11.03 IS ABOUT THE SEVENTH HEAVEN? IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE. 00:22:11.06\00:22:14.60 GOOD, JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE. 00:22:14.63\00:22:15.76 (LAUGHTER) SO GOD'S MAKING A NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH. 00:22:15.80\00:22:19.60 REVELATION 21, "AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH: FOR THE 00:22:19.63\00:22:23.64 FIRST HEAVEN AND THE FIRST EARTH WERE PASSED AWAY." 00:22:23.67\00:22:26.68 AND GOD SAID HE IS GOING TO MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. 00:22:26.71\00:22:29.74 IT SAYS, "WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS 00:22:29.78\00:22:32.75 AND A NEW EARTH WHEREIN DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS." 00:22:32.78\00:22:36.45 AND, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE PROMISE, 'BLESSED ARE THE MEEK, 00:22:36.48\00:22:39.12 THEY WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.' I'M JUMPING AHEAD OF MYSELF 00:22:39.15\00:22:41.56 HERE. QUESTION NUMBER 13: WHERE WILL 00:22:41.59\00:22:44.03 GOD AND THE RIGHTEOUS FINALLY LIVE? 00:22:44.06\00:22:46.36 WHEN THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN, AFTER THAT GREAT WHITE 00:22:46.39\00:22:49.83 THRONE JUDGMENT, GOD WILL RAIN FIRE DOWN UPON THE WICKED 00:22:49.86\00:22:53.37 OUTSIDE THE CITY. THEY'RE ALL PUNISHED ACCORDING 00:22:53.40\00:22:56.30 TO WHAT THEY DESERVE. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THAT FIRE 00:22:56.34\00:22:59.81 RAINS DOWN ON THE EARTH. IT'S NOT - HELL IS NOT A TORTURE 00:22:59.84\00:23:02.54 CHAMBER DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH SOMEWHERE; THE 00:23:02.58\00:23:06.01 BIBLE DOESN'T TEACH THAT. IT SAYS THAT GOD HIMSELF 00:23:06.05\00:23:08.85 WILL DWELL WITH US. YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 21:3 - WHAT 00:23:08.88\00:23:12.39 A BEAUTIFUL PROMISE. "BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS 00:23:12.42\00:23:15.99 WITH MEN, AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM." HE WILL BE THEIR GOD AND 00:23:16.02\00:23:20.40 THEY WILL BE HIS PEOPLE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS 00:23:20.43\00:23:21.53 WE WILL SEE HIS FACE. >>AMEN. 00:23:21.56\00:23:24.00 >>AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GLORIFIED BODIES. 00:23:24.03\00:23:27.50 WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EAT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE - TWELVE 00:23:27.54\00:23:30.21 DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT TWELVE TIMES A YEAR. 00:23:30.24\00:23:32.94 THAT'S BETTER THAN BASKIN ROBBINS 31 FLAVORS. 00:23:32.97\00:23:35.14 AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE - WE'LL GATHER TOGETHER - NO MORE 00:23:35.18\00:23:37.65 PAIN, NO MORE POLICE STATIONS, NO MORE SICKNESS, NO MORE DEATH, 00:23:37.68\00:23:41.15 NO MORE SUFFERING. AND IT IS REAL, FRIENDS. 00:23:41.18\00:23:43.72 THIS PAIN AND MISERY IN OUR WORLD WAS NEVER GOD'S PLAN. 00:23:43.75\00:23:46.79 HE'S GOING TO RESTORE THINGS TO HIS ORIGINAL PLAN. 00:23:46.82\00:23:50.13 "BLESSED ARE THE MEEK; FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH." 00:23:50.16\00:23:52.53 WHERE DO WE ULTIMATELY LIVE? NOT IN HEAVEN. 00:23:52.56\00:23:55.53 THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN TO EARTH. 00:23:55.56\00:23:57.80 GOD HAS MADE A CITY HOME FOR YOU, BUT YOU CAN GO FORTH FROM 00:23:57.83\00:24:01.37 THE NEW JERUSALEM. IT SAYS YOU WILL TREAD ON THE 00:24:01.40\00:24:03.41 WICKED FOR THEIR ASHES UNDER THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET. 00:24:03.44\00:24:06.01 IT WON'T BE ASHES, THERE'LL BE BEAUTIFUL CARPETS OF LIVING 00:24:06.04\00:24:08.01 GRASS. BUT YOU'LL PLANT VINEYARDS AND EAT THE FRUIT. 00:24:08.04\00:24:11.85 YOU WILL BUILD HOUSES. WE'LL DO EXCITING THINGS. 00:24:11.88\00:24:14.52 WE'LL SOAR TO WORLDS UNKNOWN. ANYONE KNOW WHERE THAT VERSE IS? 00:24:14.55\00:24:19.52 ITS IN 'ROCK OF AGES,' IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE - BUT IT'S A GREAT 00:24:19.55\00:24:21.42 VERSE. (LAUGHTER) WE'LL GO TO WORLDS 00:24:21.46\00:24:23.79 UNKNOWN. WE'LL BE ABLE TO FLY. 00:24:23.83\00:24:26.33 IT DOES SAY, IN THE BIBLE, WE WILL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE 00:24:26.36\00:24:28.76 EAGLES, WE'LL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY, WE'LL WALK AND NOT FAINT. 00:24:28.80\00:24:32.20 THIS IS VERY REAL. BOY, I TELL YOU, THE OLDER I 00:24:32.23\00:24:34.70 GET, THE MORE HEAVEN SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. 00:24:34.74\00:24:36.57 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) BECAUSE I CAN TELL - I WANT TO TRADE THIS ONE 00:24:36.60\00:24:39.64 IN ON A NEWER MODEL, AMEN? >>AMEN. 00:24:39.67\00:24:42.51 >>THE LORD IS GOING TO GIVE US AN UPGRADE. 00:24:42.54\00:24:45.85 THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU ACCEPT JESUS' OFFER OF ETERNAL LIFE? 00:24:45.88\00:24:50.92 >>AMEN. >>AND A PLACE IN THAT KINGDOM. 00:24:50.95\00:24:53.69 I HEARD A STORY, YEARS AGO, ABOUT THIS KING IN PERSIA. 00:24:53.72\00:24:59.03 AND HE HAD A LAW IN HIS KINGDOM - HE HAD A HAREM - AND THE LAW 00:24:59.06\00:25:04.73 WAS THAT NO MAN WAS TO EVER ENTER THE HAREM OTHER THAN THE 00:25:04.77\00:25:09.87 SULTAN - THE KING. AND HE HAD HIS EUNUCHS AND HE 00:25:09.90\00:25:12.97 HAD PEOPLE THAT TOOK CARE OF THE HAREM, BUT THERE WAS THE 00:25:13.01\00:25:15.21 QUARTERS OF THE WOMEN AND THE WIVES AND NO MAN WAS 00:25:15.24\00:25:17.38 SUPPOSED TO GO IN. THE CROWN PRINCE WAS A LITTLE 00:25:17.41\00:25:19.85 ARROGANT AND HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, THAT LAW DOESN'T APPLY TO ME 00:25:19.88\00:25:23.35 BECAUSE I'M THE KING'S SON. I CAN GO WHEREVER I WANT TO 00:25:23.39\00:25:26.19 GO.' AND ONE DAY HE JUST WENT MARCHING OFF INTO THE KING'S 00:25:26.22\00:25:29.69 HAREM, TO THE HORROR OF ALL THE ATTENDANTS AND EVERYBODY THERE 00:25:29.72\00:25:33.43 AND IT HIT THE HEADLINES AND EVERYONE WAS WONDERING, 00:25:33.46\00:25:37.83 'WHAT WILL THE KING DO?' BECAUSE THE KING HAD A LAW THAT 00:25:37.87\00:25:40.24 SAID IF ANY MAN DARES TO GO INTO THE HAREM, HIS EYES 00:25:40.27\00:25:43.41 WILL BE PUT OUT. >>WOW. 00:25:43.44\00:25:46.37 >>NOW THE KING'S GOT TO MAKE A DECISION. 00:25:46.41\00:25:49.84 HE IS A JUST KING AND HE'S A LOVING FATHER. 00:25:49.88\00:25:54.72 HE DOESN'T WANT TO BLIND HIS SON, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEND 00:25:54.75\00:25:57.79 THE WRONG MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU DO? 00:25:57.82\00:26:01.72 AS THE STORY GOES, THE KING TOOK OUT ONE OF HIS SON'S EYES AND HE 00:26:01.76\00:26:06.83 TOOK OUT ONE OF HIS OWN - SO THEY COULD STILL SEE. 00:26:06.86\00:26:11.53 BUT, YOU KNOW, JESUS HAS GONE THE SECOND MILE. 00:26:11.57\00:26:15.30 HE DIDN'T SAY, 'LOOK, I'LL SHARE IN YOUR PUNISHMENT.' HE SAID, 'I 00:26:15.34\00:26:20.14 WILL TAKE THE WHOLE PUNISHMENT.' EVERYTHING THAT YOU DESERVE FOR 00:26:20.18\00:26:25.08 YOUR LIFE OF SIN - WE DESERVE DEATH - THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS 00:26:25.11\00:26:28.68 DEATH. JESUS SAID, 'I WILL TAKE YOUR PENALTY. 00:26:28.72\00:26:31.65 I AM GOING TO TAKE YOUR WEAKNESS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 00:26:31.69\00:26:33.96 MY STRENGTH. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR SIN, I 00:26:33.99\00:26:36.39 WILL GIVE YOU MY RIGHTEOUSNESS. I'LL TAKE THE DEATH THAT YOU 00:26:36.42\00:26:39.13 DESERVE AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE LIFE THAT I DESERVE.' 00:26:39.16\00:26:42.76 HE SAID, 'I AM GOING TO MAKE A TOTAL TRADE WITH YOU. 00:26:42.80\00:26:46.03 THE BIBLE IS FULL OF STORIES OF GOD TAKING PEOPLE FROM THE 00:26:46.07\00:26:49.20 PRISON AND HE BRINGS THEM TO THE PALACE AND HE DOES IT IN ONE 00:26:49.24\00:26:51.27 DAY. IT'S WHAT HE DID FOR JOSEPH - 00:26:51.31\00:26:53.71 FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE. DANIEL WENT FROM BEING A 00:26:53.74\00:26:56.51 PRISONER TO BEING PRIME MINISTER. 00:26:56.54\00:26:58.25 ESTHER WENT FROM BEING AN ORPHAN CAPTIVE TO BEING QUEEN. 00:26:58.28\00:27:01.65 THE BIBLE IS FULL OF THESE STORIES. 00:27:01.68\00:27:04.42 THE EXODUS - THEY WENT FROM SLAVERY TO THE PROMISED LAND. 00:27:04.45\00:27:07.79 IT'S ALL THERE TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO FOR YOU. 00:27:07.82\00:27:11.43 WE GO FROM THIS WORLD WHERE WE'RE SLAVES TO SIN. 00:27:11.46\00:27:14.00 AND JESUS SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO LIVE AND REIGN WITH ME IN 00:27:14.00\00:27:15.93 HEAVENLY PLACES. >>AMEN. 00:27:15.96\00:27:19.10 >>BUT THE QUESTION IS: WILL YOU ACCEPT IT? 00:27:19.13\00:27:22.00 THE LORD LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE'S GIVING YOU FREEDOM. 00:27:22.04\00:27:25.71 AND I COULD TALK ABOUT IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. 00:27:25.74\00:27:30.05 BUT, UNTIL YOU FINALLY SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO STOP TRYING 00:27:30.08\00:27:34.45 TO DO IT ON MY OWN. I AM GOING TO SURRENDER MY LIFE TO GOD. 00:27:34.48\00:27:37.89 I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THE SACRIFICE THAT JESUS MADE. 00:27:37.92\00:27:40.79 ON THE CROSS, WHEN HE WAS UP THERE, IT'S AS THOUGH YOU WERE 00:27:40.82\00:27:43.73 THE ONLY ONE THAT SINNED. HE LOVED YOU THAT MUCH. 00:27:43.76\00:27:46.03 IF YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD REBELLED AND DONE ALL THE NASTY 00:27:46.06\00:27:49.20 THINGS THAT YOU AND I HAVE DONE, HE SAID, 'I WILL TAKE THE 00:27:49.23\00:27:52.10 PENALTY AND THE SHAME AND THE GUILT FOR ALL OF THAT BECAUSE I 00:27:52.13\00:27:54.54 LOVE YOU THAT MUCH, SO THAT YOU COULD BE WITH ME.' HE SAYS, 00:27:54.57\00:27:57.51 'LORD, FATHER, THE JOY THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.' 00:27:57.54\00:28:01.54 DO YOU WANT TO BE WITH HIM IN PARADISE? 00:28:01.58\00:28:06.88 >>WANT TO KNOW GOD'S PLAN FOR OUR WORLD AND SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR 00:28:06.92\00:28:09.55 LIFE'S CHALLENGES? 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