THIS
PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
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BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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THE PURPOSE OF
THIS BRIEF ADVENTURE
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YOU'VE GOT IN THIS LIFE
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IS TO DETERMINE ETERNITY
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AND YET, MOST PEOPLE ARE WILLING
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AND READY TO SACRIFICE ETERNITY
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FOR THE PASSING TEMPORARY
PLEASURES OF THIS LIFE.
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WELCOME, AGAIN,
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TO THE LANDMARKS OF
PROPHECY BIBLE STUDY SERIES,
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AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING
TO BE STUDYING A SUBJECT
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THAT YOU DO FIND IN
THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE
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DEALING WITH THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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MORE
SPECIFICALLY, THE LESSON TONIGHT
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IS TITLED "THE
MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM."
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AND IT'S BASED UPON A STORY
THAT YOU FIND IN YOUR BIBLE
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WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF KING SOLOMON.
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NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL,
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THEY HAD THEIR UPS AND DOWNS.
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BUT IF YOU WERE TO PICK A POINT
DURING THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL
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WHEN THEY HAD THE HIGHEST GLORY,
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IT WOULD BE DURING THE TIME
OF KING SOLOMON IN PARTICULAR,
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WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA CAME,
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BECAUSE IT
TELLS US THAT THE GOAL
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THAT GOD HAD FOR HIS PEOPLE,
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HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO BE
A NATION OF KINGS AND PRIESTS.
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I WANT ALL PEOPLE TO COME TO YOU
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AND TO LEARN OF ME."
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THE TEMPLE HAD JUST BEEN BUILT,
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EVERYTHING WAS
BRAND-SPANKING NEW.
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SOLOMON HAD
JUST BUILT HIS HOUSE.
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THERE WAS GREAT
WEALTH AND PROSPERITY.
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THEY HAD PEACE
ON ALL THEIR BORDERS
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AND, DURING THAT
TIME, THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
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HAD HEARD ABOUT
THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
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SHE CAME FROM A
VERY WEALTHY COUNTRY
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DOWN SOMEWHERE NEAR SAUDI ARABIA
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WITH A GREAT CARAVAN
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BROUGHT ANIMALS AND GIFTS
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AND ALL THESE
TREASURES TO SOLOMON
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AND ALL SHE WAS ASKING FOR,
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SHE SAID, "I WANT
TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS"
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BECAUSE THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO HER
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WAS TRUTH AND WISDOM.
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SHE PURELY WANTED TO SEE,
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WHO WAS THE GOD
THAT SOLOMON WORSHIPED.
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HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD THE EXPRESSION,
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"I HAD A
BREATHTAKING EXPERIENCE."
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THAT COMES FROM
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
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AFTER SHE SAW SOLOMON'S HOUSE,
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AND THE TEMPLE OF GOD,
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AND THE SEATING OF HIS SERVANTS,
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AND THEIR APPAREL,
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AND THE WEALTH OF THE KINGDOM,
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AND HEARD HIS ANSWERS
FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS,
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THE BIBLE SAYS THERE WAS
NO MORE SPIRIT LEFT IN HER.
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WE LEARNED WHAT THAT WORD MEANS.
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SHE WAS LEFT BREATHLESS.
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THAT'S WHAT THE WORD
'SPIRIT' MEANS THERE.
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SHE WAS LEFT,
IT WAS BREATHTAKING
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AND SHE SAID, "SURELY THE HALF
WAS NOT TOLD ME OF YOUR WISDOM
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AND YOUR GREATNESS."
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AND SO, IN THIS STORY
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WE SORT OF HAVE AN ALLEGORY
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OF THE GLORIOUS,
MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM
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THAT GOD IS PREPARING FOR US.
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I WANT YOU TO LISTEN
TO THIS LESSON TONIGHT,
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USE A LITTLE
FAITH THAT THINK BIGGER
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THAN JUST THE HERE AND THE NOW.
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BIBLE HAS A LOT
TO SAY ABOUT HEAVEN
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AND IT'S VERY REAL.
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LET'S LOOK AT
SOME OF THE VERSES.
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QUESTION NUMBER
ONE IN OUR LESSON.
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WHAT DID JESUS
PROMISE HIS PEOPLE?
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WHAT DID JESUS
PROMISE HIS PEOPLE?
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IN JOHN 14:2,
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HE SAID, "IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE"
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AND YOU CAN SAY IT
WITH ME "ARE MANY MANSIONS.
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I GO TO PREPARE
A PLACE FOR YOU."
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AND HE SAID, "IF I GO
AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU,
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I WILL COME AGAIN AND
RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF."
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HEBREWS 11:16,
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THE BIBLE SAYS, "FOR
HE HAS PREPARED FOR THEM"
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WHAT?
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"A CITY."
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NOW, WHEN I THINK OF CITIES,
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I DON'T THINK,
USUALLY, GOOD THINGS.
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YOU KNOW WHY?
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PEOPLE STRUGGLE
WITH SIN AND SELFISHNESS
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AND WHEREVER YOU HAVE A
CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE,
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YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
CONCENTRATION OF PROBLEMS.
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WHERE DO YOU HAVE
THE GANG PROBLEMS?
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NOT SO MUCH OUT ON THE FARM,
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IT'S IN THE CITIES
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WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE
CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE.
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AND CITIES IN
HEAVEN WILL BE DIFFERENT
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BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIN
PROBLEM, THERE'S NO SELFISHNESS.
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INSTEAD OF IT
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BEING A
CONCENTRATION OF SELFISH PEOPLE,
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IT'LL BE A
CONCENTRATION OF LOVING PEOPLE.
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IT'LL BE A GREAT THING THERE.
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SO I HAD TO KIND OF
REVISE MY THINKING ABOUT CITIES
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WHEN I READ THAT
GOD HAS PREPARED A CITY
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BECAUSE I USED TO
RUN THE OTHER DIRECTION
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WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT CITIES.
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REVELATION 21:2,
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"I, JOHN, SAW THE HOLY
CITY, THE NEW JERUSALEM,
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COMING DOWN FROM
GOD OUT OF HEAVEN."
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NOW HERE'S A PICTURE
OF THE OLD JERUSALEM,
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AND DO YOU KNOW THE CITY
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THAT'S PROBABLY
HAD MORE WARS FOUGHT
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THAT HAS BEEN
DESTROYED AND REBUILT
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MORE THAN ANY
OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD
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IS A CITY CALLED
THE CITY OF PEACE.
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S
WHAT JERUSALEM MEANS,
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JERU CITY, SHALOM PEACE,
JERU-SHALOM, CITY OF PEACE.
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IT'S FIRST MENTIONED
IN THE BIBLE WITH A KING,
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THE FIRST KING OF JERUSALEM
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IS NOT DAVID, OR
SAUL, OR SOLOMON,
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IT'S SOMEONE NAMED MELCHIZEDEK,
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WHO THE NEW TESTAMENT
TELLS US IS A TYPE OF CHRIST.
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HE WAS A KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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HE BROUGHT OUT BREAD
AND WINE FOR ABRAHAM.
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JESUS IS OUR
KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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HE WAS CALLED THE
PRIEST OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.
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JESUS IS OUR
KING, HE'S OUR PRIEST,
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HE'S OUR KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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HE BRINGS US THE
BREAD AND THE WINE,
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THAT'S IN THE LAST SUPPER.
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AND MELCHIZEDEK
WAS THE KING OF A PLACE
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CALLED SALEM OR PEACE.
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PROBABLY WAS PEACEFUL BACK THEN,
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BUT ONCE THEY
STARTED BUILDING UP THE CITY,
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THERE WERE MORE...
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YOU WALK AROUND
THE OLD JERUSALEM TODAY
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AND YOU CAN SEE
BULLET HOLES IN THE WALLS,
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IN THE BUILDINGS
STILL EVERYWHERE,
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THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED.
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JUST A LITTLE CHIP PIT MARKS
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FROM THE WARS
THAT HAVE BEEN FOUGHT.
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BUT IT'S NOT THE OLD JERUSALEM
THAT'S COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
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AND SOME PEOPLE
SAY, "OH, DOUG, YOU KNOW,
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HOW CAN YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY?
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PIE IN THE SKY BY
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AND BY, THESE
STORIES ABOUT HEAVEN,
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YOU CHRISTIANS NEED...
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IT'S JUST A
CRUTCH FOR YOUR WEAKNESS.
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YOU NEED TO LIVE
IN THE HERE AND NOW.
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YOU KNOW, BUT THOSE
SAME PEOPLE HAVE NO PROBLEM
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BELIEVING THAT MAN
CAN MAKE A SPACE CITY.
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ISN'T THAT STRANGE?
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DOES ANYONE NOW DOUBT THAT
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WE CAN PUT AT LEAST
A LITTLE CITY IN SPACE?
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ISN'T THAT WHAT WE HAVE
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WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
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SO THE WORLD LAUGHS
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HEAVEN
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BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD
TAKES IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
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GOD DOESN'T BLINK OR FLINCH
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HEAVEN.
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HE SAID IT'S REAL.
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SO WHEN GOD SAYS,
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"I'M GOING TO BRING
THIS CITY DOWN FROM HEAVEN"
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THESE DWELLING PLACES.
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PEOPLE WATCH STAR TREK AND
THINK, "OH, COULD BE TRUE."
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YOU KNOW, ALL THESE TREKKIES
OUT THERE THAT BELIEVE IT.
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BUT GOD SAYS IT AND SO,
"OH, NOT SO SURE GOD CAN DO IT.
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HOLLYWOOD CAN DO IT, BUT
WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT GOD."
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I THINK HE CAN.
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WHAT MORE DO WE
KNOW ABOUT THE HOLY CITY?
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WE'RE GOING TO LOOK
AT A NUMBER OF DETAILS
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THAT TELL US ABOUT HEAVEN
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AND WHAT'S GOING
TO BE HAPPENING THERE.
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REVELATION 21:10 AND 12,
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IT SAYS, "THE HOLY JERUSALEM,
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DESCENDING OUT
OF HEAVEN FROM GOD,
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HAD A WALL GREAT
AND HIGH, AND HAD" WHAT?
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"TWELVE GATES."
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NOW 12 IS A
PERFECT MATHEMATICAL NUMBER
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REALLY FOR BUILDING.
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WHY DO WE HAVE A
FOOT WITH 12 INCHES?
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BECAUSE IT'S ONE
OF THE MOST PERFECTLY
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EASILY DIVISIBLE NUMBERS.
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TWELVE IS DIVISIBLE BY
1, BY 2, BY 3, BY 4, BY 6
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AND GOD, IN BUILDING THE CITY,
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USED PERFECT ARITHMETIC.
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TWELVE IS A NUMBER
THAT REPRESENTS THE CHURCH.
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THERE ARE A LOT
OF UNUSUAL NUMBERS.
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HOW MANY TRIBES
OF ISRAEL? TWELVE.
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TWELVE. HOW MANY
APOSTLES? TWELVE.
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TWELVE.
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AND THE BIBLE TELLS US
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THAT THE NEW
JERUSALEM HAS 12 FOUNDATIONS,
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12 GATES
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AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT
SAYS THE GATES ARE MADE OF?
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YOU'VE HEARD THE
EXPRESSION 'PEARLY GATES'?
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IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THEY'RE INLAID
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WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
EACH GATE IS A PEARL.
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NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CITY,
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IF ONE WALL IS
375 MILES AND IT SAYS
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THE WALLS ARE 144 CUBITS
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OR OVER 200 FEET THICK,
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NOT QUITE SURE
HOW HIGH THEY ARE.
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THERE'S ONE VERSE
THAT SAYS, "THE LENGTH,
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THE BREADTH AND THE
HEIGHT ARE THE SAME."
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ONE OF THE GATES
WOULD NEED TO BE PRETTY BIG.
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THAT'D BE A PRETTY BIG PEARL.
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YOU'RE SAYING, "PASTOR
DOUG, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT."
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DON'T WORRY, THE BIBLE SAYS
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE THINGS
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THAT GOD HAS PREPARED
FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM.
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SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS STUDY
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AND SAY, "OH,
THAT'S TOO FAR-FETCHED.
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I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT."
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THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JESUS SAID,
"YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE IT."
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AND IF THE PEARLS WERE THAT BIG,
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THINK ABOUT HOW BIG THE
OYSTERS HAVE TO BE IN HEAVEN.
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RIGHT?
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AND THEN YOU CAN
READ IN REVELATION 21:21,
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"THE STREET OF THE
CITY WAS PURE GOLD."
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NOW I'VE HEARD
THAT GOLD, IF IT WAS,
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IF THEY COULD MAKE
GOLD ABSOLUTELY PURE,
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IT WOULD BE TRANSPARENT.
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THAT WHAT GIVES GOLD THE COLOR
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IS THE VARYING
DEGREES OF IMPURITY.
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AND ABOUT 14 KARAT IS
ABOUT AS PURE AS WE CAN GET IT.
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BUT AND THEN, YOU
KNOW, WE'VE GOT 22 KARAT
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AND VARIOUS FORMS OF GOLD,
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BUT HERE JOHN IS
SAYING THIS GOLD IS,
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IT'S AS IF IT'S TRANSPARENT,
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IT'S THE PUREST
FORM OF GOLD IN HEAVEN.
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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY
ABOUT THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY
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AND ITS FOOD SUPPLY?
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I GET SO EXCITED
TALKING ABOUT THIS STUDY.
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IT SAYS IN REVELATION 22:1,
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"HE SHOWED ME A PURE
RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE."
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ALL LIFE NEEDS WATER,
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ANIMAL, PLANT,
FUNGUS, MUSHROOMS, BUGS,
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WHATEVER IT IS, THERE'S NO LIFE.
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BACTERIA CANNOT
LIVE WITHOUT WATER.
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AND IN THIS WORLD,
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THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
IS GOING TO BE THIS WATER.
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JESUS SAID, 'I AM
THE WATER OF LIFE."
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AND FIRST WE MUST
ACCEPT THAT INTO OUR LIVES.
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BUT FROM THE THRONE
OF GOD FLOWS THIS RIVER.
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NOW, I'VE SEEN THE NILE,
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I'VE SEEN THE
AMAZON AND THE MISSISSIPPI,
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AND A NUMBER OF THE
MAJOR RIVERS OF THE WORLD
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AND, DO YOU KNOW, AT ITS MOUTH,
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THE AMAZON RIVER IS
LIKE 50 OR 100 MILES WIDE
00:10:01.10\00:10:03.97
WHERE IT ENTERS
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
00:10:03.97\00:10:06.10
HOW BIG DO YOU
THINK THIS RIVER IS?
00:10:06.10\00:10:08.80
WHEN YOU PICTURE THE RIVER
00:10:08.80\00:10:10.04
THAT IRRIGATES THE WHOLE PLANET,
00:10:10.04\00:10:13.04
THE MAIN RIVER,
00:10:13.04\00:10:14.14
THAT'S SUPPLYING
THE WATER TO THE PLANET,
00:10:14.14\00:10:16.44
YOU BETTER THINK BIG.
00:10:16.44\00:10:17.95
IT IS GOING TO BE ENORMOUS.
00:10:17.95\00:10:19.51
FURTHERMORE, ON
EITHER SIDE, REVELATION 22: 2
00:10:19.51\00:10:24.42
"ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
RIVER, WAS THE TREE OF LIFE,
00:10:24.42\00:10:29.46
WHICH BEAR 12
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT.
00:10:29.46\00:10:33.19
IT YIELDS HER FRUIT EVERY MONTH,
00:10:33.19\00:10:34.86
AND THE LEAVES OF THE TREE
00:10:34.86\00:10:36.93
WERE FOR THE
HEALING OF THE NATIONS."
00:10:36.93\00:10:40.44
THIS IS A TREE THAT EVERY PERSON
00:10:40.44\00:10:42.47
ALIVE ON THE
PLANET NEEDS TO EAT FROM.
00:10:42.47\00:10:45.14
ALL THE SAVED NEED
TO EAT FROM THIS TREE.
00:10:45.14\00:10:47.41
AND I THINK THAT THE BRANCHES
00:10:47.41\00:10:48.74
NOT ONLY GROW TOGETHER
00:10:48.74\00:10:49.84
ABOVE THE TREE, ABOVE THE RIVER,
00:10:49.84\00:10:51.65
I THINK THE ROOTS
MAY TOUCH UNDER THE RIVER
00:10:51.65\00:10:53.38
AND THE RIVER
ACTUALLY RUNS THROUGH IT
00:10:53.38\00:10:55.35
BECAUSE IT'S ONE TREE ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.
00:10:55.35\00:10:57.32
HOW ELSE DO YOU,
00:10:57.32\00:10:58.35
AND THEY'VE LOOKED AT
THIS IN EVERY TRANSLATION,
00:10:58.35\00:11:00.12
IT SAYS THE SAME THING.
00:11:00.12\00:11:01.79
ONE TREE ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER,
00:11:01.79\00:11:04.96
THE RIVER RUNS RIGHT THROUGH IT.
00:11:04.96\00:11:06.66
IT'S A MASSIVE,
MASSIVE ORGANISM,
00:11:06.66\00:11:10.67
AND WE'LL ALL GATHER,
00:11:10.67\00:11:11.87
IT SAYS THE LEAVES OF THE TREE
00:11:11.87\00:11:12.90
ARE FOR THE
HEALING OF THE NATIONS.
00:11:12.90\00:11:14.17
WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
00:11:14.17\00:11:15.44
ARE PEOPLE GOING
TO GET SICK IN HEAVEN?
00:11:15.44\00:11:16.87
HAVE TO RUN TO THE TREE
AND RUB IT IN THEIR WOUNDS?
00:11:16.87\00:11:19.84
NO, THERE'S NO SICKNESS THERE.
00:11:19.84\00:11:22.04
IT DOESN'T SAY
THE LEAVES OF THE TREE
00:11:22.04\00:11:23.38
ARE FOR THE HEALING OF SICKNESS.
00:11:23.38\00:11:25.18
IT SAYS THE LEAVES OF THE TREE
00:11:25.18\00:11:26.31
ARE FOR THE
HEALING OF THE NATIONS.
00:11:26.31\00:11:28.68
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL
DIVIDED IN THIS WORLD BY...
00:11:28.68\00:11:30.79
THERE'S POLITICAL
DIVISIONS, CULTURAL, RACIAL,
00:11:30.79\00:11:32.79
LANGUAGE DIVISIONS,
00:11:32.79\00:11:34.52
BUT WHEN WE COME
TOGETHER AS ONE FAMILY
00:11:34.52\00:11:36.22
UNDER THE
GLITTERING LEAVES OF THAT TREE,
00:11:36.22\00:11:38.93
ALL THE
DIVISIONS AND DISTINCTIONS
00:11:38.93\00:11:41.76
ARE GOING TO BE HEALED
00:11:41.76\00:11:42.83
AND THERE'S GOING
TO BE A UNITY THERE
00:11:42.83\00:11:44.23
AS WE ALL HAVE TO
REACH OUT TOGETHER
00:11:44.23\00:11:46.57
AND TAKE FROM THAT TREE OF LIFE.
00:11:46.57\00:11:48.07
DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS.
00:11:49.64\00:11:50.74
IN JUST A MOMENT WE'LL
RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
00:11:50.74\00:11:54.74
IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME,
00:11:54.74\00:11:56.11
YOU'RE RELUCTANT TO
TURN ON THE EVENING NEWS
00:11:56.11\00:11:58.38
AND TO HEAR ABOUT
THE NEVER ENDING EVIL,
00:11:58.38\00:12:00.52
SUFFERING, AND
MISERY IN OUR WORLD.
00:12:00.52\00:12:02.72
WE ALL LONG FOR WORLD
OF PEACE, SECURITY AND JOY,
00:12:02.72\00:12:05.89
WHERE YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CONSTANTLY WORRY
00:12:05.89\00:12:07.39
ABOUT DEATH AND DYING.
00:12:07.39\00:12:09.09
BUT IS SUCH A
LIFE EVEN POSSIBLE?
00:12:09.09\00:12:11.59
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
00:12:11.59\00:12:12.89
AND IT'S NOT JUST
SOME FANTASY, IT'S REAL.
00:12:12.89\00:12:15.50
AND WHAT'S MORE,
00:12:15.50\00:12:16.60
YOU CAN BE ASSURED A
PLACE IN THAT KINGDOM.
00:12:16.60\00:12:19.40
THAT'S WHY AMAZING FACTS
00:12:19.40\00:12:20.74
WANTS TO SEND YOU A
SPECIAL FREE RESOURCE
00:12:20.74\00:12:23.10
CALLED,
"HEAVEN, IS IT FOR REAL?"
00:12:23.10\00:12:26.21
NOT ONLY DOES IT
SHOW FROM THE BIBLE
00:12:26.21\00:12:27.81
WHAT HEAVEN WILL BE LIKE.
00:12:27.81\00:12:29.34
YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO
BE SURE, YOU'RE THERE.
00:12:29.34\00:12:31.31
IT EVEN ANSWERS SOME
OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS
00:12:31.31\00:12:33.42
ABOUT HEAVEN,
00:12:33.42\00:12:34.45
SUCH AS, WILL WE
RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER IN HEAVEN?
00:12:34.45\00:12:37.35
AND WHAT KIND OF
BODIES WILL WE HAVE?
00:12:37.35\00:12:39.15
FLESH OR SPIRIT?
00:12:39.15\00:12:40.62
FRIENDS, WITH ALL THE
BAD NEWS IN THE WORLD TODAY,
00:12:40.62\00:12:43.36
YOU'RE GONNA REALLY ENJOY
00:12:43.36\00:12:44.73
DISCOVERING ALL
THE WONDERFUL THINGS
00:12:44.73\00:12:46.63
GOD HAS IN STORE
FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM.
00:12:46.63\00:12:49.00
TO GET YOUR FREE COPY,
00:12:49.00\00:12:50.23
CALL THE PHONE
NUMBER ON THE SCREEN
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AND ASK FOR OFFER NUMBER
189, OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS.
00:12:52.03\00:12:55.94
AND AFTER YOU READ
THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE,
00:12:55.94\00:12:58.24
MAKE SURE AND
SHARE THE ENCOURAGEMENT
00:12:58.24\00:13:00.11
WITH A FRIEND.
00:13:00.11\00:13:01.34
WELL, LET'S GET BACK
NOW TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION
00:13:01.34\00:13:03.71
AND LEARN SOME
MORE AMAZING FACTS
00:13:03.71\00:13:05.28
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
00:13:05.28\00:13:06.31
HOW WILL THE LIVING IN HEAVEN
00:13:07.75\00:13:09.22
BE DIFFERENT FROM HERE ON EARTH?
00:13:09.22\00:13:11.29
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING
TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS
00:13:11.29\00:13:12.95
THAT ARE VERY EXCITING.
00:13:12.95\00:13:14.39
A, AND THESE
ARE KIND OF A, B, C.
00:13:14.39\00:13:16.76
ANSWER A: THE EYES OF
THE BLIND WILL BE OPEN.
00:13:16.76\00:13:21.70
WON'T THAT BE WONDERFUL?
00:13:21.70\00:13:22.73
SOME PEOPLE MAYBE
WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN,
00:13:22.73\00:13:24.70
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO
HAVE PERFECT VISION THEN.
00:13:24.70\00:13:26.97
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
SEE LIKE AN EAGLE.
00:13:26.97\00:13:28.77
SEE, ANYTHING
YOU'VE GOT IN THIS LIFE
00:13:28.77\00:13:30.27
IS GOING TO BE
MAXIMIZED IN HEAVEN.
00:13:30.27\00:13:31.97
ALL YOUR SENSES WILL
BE INFINITELY MORE ACUTE.
00:13:31.97\00:13:35.08
AND I THINK THAT
THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE ENHANCED.
00:13:35.08\00:13:37.61
PEOPLE WHO'VE ALWAYS
STRUGGLED WITH EYESIGHT HERE
00:13:37.61\00:13:39.55
ARE GOING TO HAVE
THE BEST EYESIGHT THERE.
00:13:39.55\00:13:41.82
PEOPLE MAYBE WHO HAVE
STRUGGLED WITH HEARING HERE,
00:13:41.82\00:13:44.65
IT SAYS THE EARS OF
THE DEAF WILL BE UNSTOPPED.
00:13:44.65\00:13:47.86
AND IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 35: 6,
00:13:47.86\00:13:52.96
ANSWER C: "THEN SHALL
THE LAME MAN LEAP AS A HART."
00:13:52.96\00:13:58.07
NOT JUST WALK A LITTLE BIT.
00:13:58.07\00:13:59.57
YOU REMEMBER WHEN PETER
00:13:59.57\00:14:00.74
AND JOHN HEALED
THIS CRIPPLED MAN
00:14:00.74\00:14:03.34
AT THE BEAUTIFUL
GATE IN ACTS CHAPTER 3?
00:14:03.34\00:14:05.91
IT SAYS, HE WENT
INTO THE TEMPLE OF GOD,
00:14:05.91\00:14:07.91
JUMPING, AND
LEAPING, AND PRAISING GOD.
00:14:07.91\00:14:10.11
HE WENT FROM BEING
CRIPPLED TO LEAPING
00:14:10.11\00:14:13.15
AND HE WAS SO EXCITED.
00:14:13.15\00:14:14.72
ALL OF YOUR SENSES, ALL
OF THESE THINGS WILL BE,
00:14:14.72\00:14:16.72
AND THEN IT SAYS,
00:14:16.72\00:14:17.85
AND THE TONGUE OF THE
DUMB WILL NOT JUST TALK
00:14:17.85\00:14:20.06
BUT THEY WILL SING
00:14:20.06\00:14:22.06
AND THEY'LL HAVE
BEAUTIFUL VOICES.
00:14:22.06\00:14:23.36
I'LL BE ABLE TO SING.
00:14:23.36\00:14:24.43
OH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
00:14:24.43\00:14:26.33
ANSWER D: ISAIAH 65:25,
00:14:26.33\00:14:29.50
"AND ALL THE CREATURES THERE,"
00:14:29.50\00:14:31.00
THERE'LL BE ANIMALS THERE.
00:14:31.00\00:14:33.40
HOW MANY MORE WERE THERE
BEFORE THE PROBLEMS OF MAN
00:14:33.40\00:14:36.44
AND BEFORE THE FLOOD?
00:14:36.44\00:14:37.71
THERE'LL BE MANY MORE VARIETIES.
00:14:37.71\00:14:38.97
AND WILL THEY
HURT EACH OTHER? NO.
00:14:38.97\00:14:41.91
YOU WANT TO
HEAR AN AMAZING FACT?
00:14:41.91\00:14:44.78
SEE, YOU EVER...
00:14:44.78\00:14:46.88
YOU'VE HEARD OF THE WIZARD OF OZ
00:14:46.88\00:14:48.35
AND THEY SING "LIONS AND
TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!'
00:14:48.35\00:14:52.82
WELL THESE THREE
IN THIS PICTURE HERE,
00:14:52.82\00:14:54.12
THEY CALL THEM BLT.
00:14:54.12\00:14:55.66
BLT STANDS FOR
BEAR, LION, AND TIGER.
00:14:55.66\00:14:59.36
THEY WERE RESCUED FROM
A DRUG DEALER IN ATLANTA,
00:14:59.36\00:15:02.03
KEPT THEM AS
CUBS IN HIS BASEMENT.
00:15:02.03\00:15:03.80
IT WAS A FILTHY
CONDITION. THEY WERE RESCUED.
00:15:03.80\00:15:05.53
THEY WERE ADOPTED BY
AN ANIMAL PARK IN GEORGIA.
00:15:05.53\00:15:08.17
BECAUSE THEY WERE SO
USED TO BEING WITH EACH OTHER,
00:15:08.17\00:15:10.54
THEY PUT THEM IN
THE SAME ENCLOSURE
00:15:10.54\00:15:12.24
AND THEY ALL GET
ALONG JUST GREAT.
00:15:12.24\00:15:14.31
YOU EVER WONDER
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
00:15:14.31\00:15:15.41
IF A LION AND A TIGER
AND A BEAR GOT TOGETHER?
00:15:15.41\00:15:17.91
WELL, IF THEY KNOW
EACH OTHER FROM CHILDHOOD,
00:15:17.91\00:15:19.31
THEY CAN DO OKAY.
00:15:19.31\00:15:21.42
AND THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE
TELLS US IN ISAIAH CHAPTER...
00:15:21.42\00:15:24.92
AND THIS IS ANSWER E IN
YOUR LESSON ISAIAH 11:6,
00:15:24.92\00:15:28.72
"THE WOLF WILL
DWELL WITH THE LAMB,
00:15:28.72\00:15:31.83
AND A LITTLE
CHILD WILL LEAD THEM."
00:15:31.83\00:15:33.83
YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE
CHILD LEADING A LAMB,
00:15:33.83\00:15:35.13
BUT A LITTLE CHILD
LEADING A LAMB AND A WOLF?
00:15:35.13\00:15:39.00
AND IT SAYS THAT THE LION
WILL EAT STRAW LIKE THE OX.
00:15:39.00\00:15:42.57
HOW MANY OF YOU
EVER READ THAT BOOK,
00:15:42.57\00:15:43.81
IT WAS OUT YEARS
AGO ABOUT LITTLE TYKE?
00:15:43.81\00:15:45.77
ANY OF YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:15:45.77\00:15:46.84
RAISE YOUR HANDS, LITTLE TYKE?
00:15:46.84\00:15:48.68
THIS FAMILY HAD
ADOPTED A BABY CUB.
00:15:48.68\00:15:53.52
ITS MOTHER ACTUALLY
WAS KILLING ALL OF HER CUBS
00:15:53.52\00:15:55.22
AND SO THEY TOOK IT AWAY
FROM THE MOTHER AT THE ZOO.
00:15:55.22\00:15:57.75
THEY GAVE IT TO THIS FAMILY
00:15:57.75\00:15:58.95
THE WESTBEAUS IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,
00:15:58.95\00:16:01.42
AND THEY ADOPTED IT,
AND THEY GAVE IT MILK.
00:16:01.42\00:16:06.16
AND ONCE IT GOT PAST MILK,
THEY TRIED TO GIVE IT MEAT,
00:16:06.16\00:16:07.93
IT WOULD NOT EAT MEAT,
00:16:07.93\00:16:10.00
BUT IT GRAVITATED TOWARDS GRAIN.
00:16:10.00\00:16:12.67
AND THIS LION JUST
REFUSED TO EAT MEAT.
00:16:12.67\00:16:15.50
IT WOULD PLAY WITH
LAMBS AND THE FAMILY PETS
00:16:15.50\00:16:18.64
AND IT WOULD NEVER BITE
00:16:18.64\00:16:19.71
OR HURT
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE FARM
00:16:19.71\00:16:21.91
AND IT NEVER IN ITS ENTIRE...
00:16:21.91\00:16:23.01
IT GREW TO BE A
MASSIVE FULL-GROWN LION,
00:16:23.01\00:16:26.25
IT NEVER ATE ANY BLOOD,
00:16:26.25\00:16:27.65
ANY MEAT, IT WAS
A VEGETARIAN LION.
00:16:27.65\00:16:30.92
HOW MANY OF YOU
HAVE HEARD THAT STORY?
00:16:30.92\00:16:31.95
YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, LITTLE TYKE
00:16:31.95\00:16:33.02
IS THE NAME OF THE BOOK.
00:16:33.02\00:16:34.09
IT'S AN AMAZING STORY.
00:16:34.09\00:16:35.66
ANSWER F:
00:16:35.66\00:16:37.46
IT SAYS, "THE DESERT
SHALL BLOSSOM LIKE THE ROSE."
00:16:37.46\00:16:42.30
YOU CAN FIND THE
MOST DESOLATE PLACES
00:16:42.30\00:16:45.23
IN THE WORLD NOW
00:16:45.23\00:16:46.70
AND THERE'LL BE A
BEAUTIFUL GARDEN THERE.
00:16:46.70\00:16:49.47
YOU KNOW, NOW WE
HAVE PLACES THAT ARE JUST,
00:16:49.47\00:16:50.87
THEY LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE SCORCHED EARTH,
00:16:50.87\00:16:52.97
BUT NOT IN HEAVEN.
00:16:52.97\00:16:54.68
THE BEAUTIFUL PLACES
00:16:54.68\00:16:56.01
WILL BE
INFINITELY MORE BEAUTIFUL
00:16:56.01\00:16:57.88
AND THE DESERTS
WILL STILL BE BEAUTIFUL.
00:16:57.88\00:17:00.25
BUT THE COLORS THAT YOU SEE NOW
00:17:00.25\00:17:02.85
ARE NOTHING
COMPARED TO THE COLORS.
00:17:02.85\00:17:04.75
IF WE COULD BE TAKEN IN
VISION RIGHT NOW TO HEAVEN,
00:17:04.75\00:17:07.59
IF WE COULD ENDURE IT,
00:17:07.59\00:17:08.62
IF WE COULD HANDLE
THE GLORY OF IT ALL
00:17:08.62\00:17:10.39
AND HOW SPECTACULAR IT IS.
00:17:10.39\00:17:12.49
IF YOU COULD HEAR THE
STRAINS OF ANGELS SINGING.
00:17:12.49\00:17:15.30
IF YOU COULD
TASTE HOW MUCH BETTER,
00:17:15.30\00:17:17.50
INFINITELY MORE DELICIOUS
THE FOOD IS GOING TO BE.
00:17:17.50\00:17:21.60
WHATEVER YOUR SENSES ARE,
MULTIPLY THAT A HUNDRED TIMES.
00:17:21.60\00:17:25.37
EVERYTHING HAS BECOME DULL
IN THIS LIFE BECAUSE OF SIN.
00:17:25.37\00:17:29.48
IT'S ALL GOING TO BE ENHANCED
00:17:29.48\00:17:30.65
AND IT WILL BE
THAT WAY FOR ETERNITY.
00:17:30.65\00:17:33.21
FURTHERMORE,
ANSWER G: ISAIAH 33:24,
00:17:33.21\00:17:38.09
"THE INHABITANT SHALL
NOT SAY, 'I AM SICK.'"
00:17:38.09\00:17:42.86
NOBODY WILL BE SICK THERE.
00:17:42.86\00:17:45.23
WON'T THAT BE WONDERFUL?
00:17:45.23\00:17:46.39
DON'T HAVE TO EVER WORRY
ABOUT YOUR HEALTH PLAN IN HEAVEN
00:17:46.39\00:17:49.66
OR YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
00:17:49.66\00:17:52.43
ANSWER H: REVELATION 21:4,
00:17:52.43\00:17:56.04
"THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH,
00:17:56.04\00:17:59.31
NEITHER SORROW, NOR CRYING,
00:17:59.31\00:18:02.31
FOR THE FORMER
THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY."
00:18:02.31\00:18:05.15
WHAT YOU GET
THERE, YOU GET FOREVER
00:18:05.15\00:18:07.08
AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO BE
AFRAID OF LOSING IT AGAIN.
00:18:07.08\00:18:11.72
AND YET, PEOPLE
ARE, THEY'RE RELUCTANT.
00:18:11.72\00:18:15.29
THEY HESITATE BEING WILLING
TO GIVE THEIR HEARTS TO JESUS
00:18:15.29\00:18:18.36
AND TO FOLLOW HIM.
00:18:18.36\00:18:19.39
NUMBER 6: WHAT KIND OF BODIES
00:18:19.39\00:18:21.30
WILL THE SAINTS
HAVE IN THE KINGDOM?
00:18:21.30\00:18:23.57
ARE WE GOING TO BE
GHOSTS FLOATING AROUND?
00:18:23.57\00:18:26.13
PHILIPPIANS 3:20 AND 21,
00:18:26.13\00:18:28.87
"THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,
00:18:28.87\00:18:30.47
WHO WILL CHANGE OUR VILE BODY
00:18:30.47\00:18:33.27
THAT IT MIGHT BE FASHIONED
LIKE UNTO HIS GLORIOUS BODY."
00:18:33.27\00:18:38.91
THE LORD IS GOING TO
GIVE US A GLORIOUS BODY.
00:18:38.91\00:18:42.55
WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM
THE DEAD, WAS HE REAL?
00:18:42.55\00:18:45.52
YOU REMEMBER?
00:18:45.52\00:18:46.76
HE CAME FORTH FROM THE GRAVE,
HE APPEARED TO THE DISCIPLES,
00:18:46.76\00:18:49.82
AND THERE IN THE
UPPER ROOM HE TOLD THEM,
00:18:49.82\00:18:51.53
LUKE 24:39, HE SAID,
00:18:51.53\00:18:54.23
"BEHOLD MY HANDS AND MY FEET,
00:18:54.23\00:18:57.43
THAT IT IS I, MYSELF.
00:18:57.43\00:18:59.43
HANDLE ME AND SEE,
00:18:59.43\00:19:01.40
FOR A SPIRIT HATH
NOT FLESH AND BONES
00:19:01.40\00:19:06.44
AS YOU SEE ME HAVE."
00:19:06.44\00:19:08.31
WHAT IS HE SAYING?
00:19:08.31\00:19:09.34
HE'S SAYING, "I AM NOT A GHOST."
00:19:09.34\00:19:11.25
AND THEN HE ATE IN FRONT OF THEM
00:19:11.25\00:19:12.51
TO PROVE THAT HE WAS REAL.
00:19:12.51\00:19:14.38
WHAT KIND OF
BODIES WILL WE HAVE?
00:19:14.38\00:19:16.25
REAL BODIES, BUT WE
GET FOUR DIMENSIONS.
00:19:16.25\00:19:19.32
SEE, RIGHT NOW WE
LIVE IN THREE DIMENSIONS.
00:19:19.32\00:19:21.49
AFTER ADAM AND EVE SINNED,
00:19:21.49\00:19:23.26
THEY LOST A WHOLE DIMENSION,
THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION.
00:19:23.26\00:19:25.83
THAT WILL BE RESTORED
00:19:25.83\00:19:27.00
AND WE WILL
HAVE THESE GLORIFIED,
00:19:27.00\00:19:28.33
ETERNAL BODIES.
00:19:28.33\00:19:29.43
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO
THE ANGELS, WE'LL SEE GOD,
00:19:29.43\00:19:32.47
SO WE'LL BE IN TUNE
00:19:32.47\00:19:33.77
WITH THE SPIRIT
WORLD AT THAT POINT,
00:19:33.77\00:19:35.64
THE GOOD SPIRITS, THE ANGELS.
00:19:35.64\00:19:37.84
WHAT OTHER ENCOURAGING
PROMISES ARE FOUND IN GOD'S WORD
00:19:37.84\00:19:41.24
REGARDING THIS
MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM?
00:19:41.24\00:19:44.05
IT SAYS IN ACTS 3:20 AND 21,
00:19:44.05\00:19:47.95
"AND HE WILL SEND JESUS CHRIST,
00:19:47.95\00:19:50.89
WHOM THE HEAVENS MUST RECEIVE
00:19:50.89\00:19:53.05
UNTIL THE TIMES
OF THE RESTITUTION
00:19:53.05\00:19:56.29
OF ALL THINGS."
00:19:56.29\00:19:58.86
THAT MEANS EVERYTHING
IS GOING TO BE RESTORED.
00:19:58.86\00:20:01.90
NOW HERE'S A QUESTION, FRIENDS.
00:20:01.90\00:20:04.43
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT
TO BE IN THAT KINGDOM
00:20:04.43\00:20:06.53
AND FOLLOW JESUS THERE, THEN?
00:20:06.53\00:20:09.34
IF YOU'RE GOING
TO FOLLOW HIM THERE
00:20:09.34\00:20:10.84
THEN, YOU MUST
FIRST FOLLOW HIM HERE NOW.
00:20:10.84\00:20:14.01
THAT'S IT.
00:20:14.01\00:20:15.41
THOSE THAT FOLLOW HIM HERE NOW
00:20:15.41\00:20:18.01
WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM THERE
00:20:18.01\00:20:19.15
THEN, YOU CAN'T MAKE UP
YOUR MIND AT THE LAST MOMENT.
00:20:19.15\00:20:21.08
YOU WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN
00:20:21.08\00:20:22.78
AFTER PROBATION
CLOSES, GOD'S CALLING YOU NOW.
00:20:22.78\00:20:26.39
WILL SAD OR PAINFUL
MEMORIES FROM THIS LIFE
00:20:26.39\00:20:29.39
TROUBLE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN?
00:20:29.39\00:20:31.63
ANSWER: ISAIAH 65:17,
00:20:31.63\00:20:34.83
IT SAYS, "THE FORMER THINGS
00:20:34.83\00:20:36.70
WILL NOT BE
REMEMBERED NOR COME INTO MIND."
00:20:36.70\00:20:40.67
WE WON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THE FORM.
00:20:40.67\00:20:43.04
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
EVEN WHILE I'M STANDING HERE,
00:20:43.04\00:20:45.74
I CAN THINK OF
THINGS THAT I JUST,
00:20:45.74\00:20:46.94
WHENEVER I THINK
OF I JUST CRINGE.
00:20:46.94\00:20:48.11
"OH, DID I SAY
THAT? DID I DO THAT? OH!"
00:20:48.11\00:20:51.25
OR PAINFUL THINGS
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED
00:20:51.25\00:20:52.68
YOU WISH YOU COULD FORGET.
00:20:52.68\00:20:53.85
SOME PEOPLE HAVE
EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE
00:20:53.85\00:20:56.22
AND THINGS THAT JUST HAVE CAUSED
00:20:56.22\00:20:58.79
ALL KINDS OF STRESS,
00:20:58.79\00:20:59.82
SOLDIERS, AND YOU THINK,
00:20:59.82\00:21:01.92
"WILL I HAVE THOSE
TERRIBLE MEMORIES FOREVER?"
00:21:01.92\00:21:05.06
GOD SAYS, HE'LL HEAL US.
00:21:05.06\00:21:07.03
ALL THE BEAUTY, AND THE GLORY,
00:21:07.03\00:21:08.43
AND THE
SPLENDOR, AND THE WONDER,
00:21:08.43\00:21:09.86
AND THE PLEASURES
OF HEAVEN WILL ECLIPSE
00:21:09.86\00:21:12.67
AND DISPLACE ALL
THE PAINFUL MEMORIES
00:21:12.67\00:21:15.07
OF THIS LIFE
00:21:15.07\00:21:16.81
AND THERE'LL BE PLEASURES
AT HIS RIGHT HAND FOREVERMORE.
00:21:16.81\00:21:21.18
WHAT OTHER THRILLING PROMISES
00:21:21.18\00:21:23.38
DOES GOD GIVE US
REGARDING HIS COMING KINGDOM?
00:21:23.38\00:21:26.55
A NUMBER OF THINGS
HERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT.
00:21:26.55\00:21:28.35
ANSWER A: IN ISAIAH 35:10,
00:21:28.35\00:21:32.39
IT SAYS, "THE
RANSOMED OF THE LORD
00:21:32.39\00:21:34.09
SHALL COME TO ZION WITH
SONGS AND EVERLASTING JOY."
00:21:34.09\00:21:40.33
GOD IS A LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER
00:21:40.33\00:21:41.93
AND THE BIBLE SAYS, HE
WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING,
00:21:41.93\00:21:45.30
NO GOOD THING FROM
THOSE THAT WALK UPRIGHTLY.
00:21:45.30\00:21:47.70
HE WILL NOT WANT TO
KEEP ANYTHING GOOD FROM YOU.
00:21:47.70\00:21:50.04
AT HIS RIGHT HAND ARE
PLEASURES FOREVERMORE,
00:21:50.04\00:21:51.91
BUT YOU'LL NEVER
FIND THE PLEASURE
00:21:51.91\00:21:53.44
UNLESS YOU DO IT GOD'S WAY.
00:21:53.44\00:21:55.44
OH, BY THE WAY,
00:21:55.44\00:21:57.05
I JUST JUMPED
AHEAD TO OUR NEXT VERSE.
00:21:57.05\00:21:58.38
THIS IS MY
WIFE'S FAVORITE VERSE,
00:21:58.38\00:21:59.55
PSALM 16:11,
00:21:59.55\00:22:02.32
"AT HIS RIGHT HAND ARE
PLEASURES FOREVERMORE."
00:22:02.32\00:22:05.42
PLEASURE IS NOT A BAD THING.
00:22:05.42\00:22:06.82
GOD WANTS YOU TO ENJOY PLEASURE.
00:22:06.82\00:22:08.22
HE GAVE YOU ALL THE SENSE.
00:22:08.22\00:22:09.39
HE WANTS YOU TO BE
BLESSED BY YOUR FOOD.
00:22:09.39\00:22:12.33
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORLD
WE SPIN IT AROUND BACKWARDS.
00:22:12.33\00:22:16.97
WE THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO
00:22:16.97\00:22:19.07
FOR THE PHYSICAL
SELFISH PLEASURES FIRST
00:22:19.07\00:22:22.10
AND THEN WE SUFFER
WITH THE HANGOVER ALL DAY.
00:22:22.10\00:22:26.01
ANSWER C: ZECHARIAH
8:5, "THE STREETS OF THE CITY
00:22:26.01\00:22:30.25
WILL BE FULL OF BOYS AND GIRLS
PLAYING IN THE STREETS THERE."
00:22:30.25\00:22:34.48
YOU KNOW, HERE IN
SOME OF OUR CITIES,
00:22:34.48\00:22:36.35
WE'RE PRETTY SCARED.
00:22:36.35\00:22:37.55
MY MOTHER USED TO
LET MY BROTHER AND I
00:22:37.55\00:22:38.89
PLAY ON 42ND IN BROADWAY,
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE NOW.
00:22:38.89\00:22:43.06
BUT IN HEAVEN,
00:22:43.06\00:22:44.36
WILL THERE BE
ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID OF?
00:22:44.36\00:22:46.46
YOU'LL TELL YOUR CHILDREN,
"GO PLAY IN THE STREET.
00:22:46.46\00:22:49.16
GO PLAY IN THE GOLDEN STREETS."
00:22:49.16\00:22:50.97
THEY'LL HAVE NOTHING TO BE
AFRAID OF OUT THERE, RIGHT?
00:22:50.97\00:22:52.87
NO ONE'S GOING TO HURT THEM.
00:22:52.87\00:22:54.37
ANSWER D: ISAIAH 40:31,
00:22:54.37\00:22:58.57
IT SAYS, "THEY WILL
RUN AND NOT BE WEARY,
00:22:58.57\00:23:01.98
THEY WILL WALK AND NOT FAINT.
00:23:01.98\00:23:04.48
THEY'LL MOUNT UP
WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES."
00:23:04.48\00:23:05.75
WILL WE BE ABLE TO FLY?
00:23:05.75\00:23:08.18
YEAH.
00:23:08.18\00:23:09.38
IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, THAT SONG, ROCK OF AGES?
00:23:09.38\00:23:13.42
"I'LL SOAR TO WORLDS UNKNOWN,"
OF COURSE, THAT'S A SONG.
00:23:13.42\00:23:17.63
BUT I BELIEVE, IT SAYS,
00:23:17.63\00:23:19.03
WE'LL MOUNT UP
WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES,
00:23:19.03\00:23:20.50
I BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO FLY.
00:23:20.50\00:23:23.20
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST
REWARD OF GOD'S NEW KINGDOM?
00:23:23.20\00:23:27.20
OH, THIS IS THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL PART.
00:23:27.20\00:23:29.04
IT TELLS US IN REVELATION 21:3,
00:23:29.04\00:23:31.67
"GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM."
00:23:31.67\00:23:35.38
WON'T THAT BE SOMETHING?
00:23:35.38\00:23:37.35
THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT "FROM ONE NEW MOON
00:23:37.35\00:23:39.78
TO ANOTHER AND
ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER
00:23:39.78\00:23:41.28
SHALL ALL FLESH COME
TO WORSHIP BEFORE ME."
00:23:41.28\00:23:44.22
WE'LL BE ABLE TO
WORSHIP BEFORE JESUS.
00:23:44.22\00:23:45.75
HE'LL BE THE PREACHER
00:23:45.75\00:23:46.82
AND NOBODY WILL FALL
ASLEEP DURING THE SERMON
00:23:46.82\00:23:49.46
WHEN HE'S PREACHING, RIGHT?
00:23:49.46\00:23:52.76
AND WE'LL KNOW THAT EVERYTHING
HE SAYS IS GOOD AND TRUE.
00:23:52.76\00:23:56.93
GOD HIMSELF WILL BE
WITH HIM, WE'LL SEE HIM.
00:23:56.93\00:23:59.93
WHAT WILL EXCLUDE PEOPLE
FROM GOD'S HEAVENLY KINGDOM?
00:23:59.93\00:24:02.87
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS SERIOUS.
00:24:02.87\00:24:04.97
REVELATION 21:27,
00:24:04.97\00:24:08.48
"THERE SHALL IN NO
WISE," THAT MEANS IN NO WAY,
00:24:08.48\00:24:11.15
"ENTER INTO IT
ANYTHING THAT DEFILES."
00:24:11.15\00:24:15.85
THAT MEANS THAT IF THERE'S
ANYTHING DEFILING OR SINFUL,
00:24:15.85\00:24:18.49
IT DOESN'T GO IN.
00:24:18.49\00:24:20.02
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT SATAN
00:24:20.02\00:24:21.29
WAS CAST OUT OF
HEAVEN FOR SINNING.
00:24:21.29\00:24:24.33
HEAVEN IS A PURE PLACE,
IT'S THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:24:24.33\00:24:27.10
WE MUST BE PURIFIED NOW
00:24:27.10\00:24:28.83
AND PREPARED
THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST,
00:24:28.83\00:24:31.77
TO LIVE IN THAT KINGDOM.
00:24:31.77\00:24:33.27
SO WE CAN'T
WAIT TILL JESUS COMES
00:24:33.27\00:24:35.87
FOR HIM TO TRANSFORM US.
00:24:35.87\00:24:37.67
NOW IS THE TIME FOR US
TO BECOME NEW CREATURES.
00:24:37.67\00:24:40.78
THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT TODAY IS THE DAY.
00:24:40.78\00:24:43.48
THE LORD CAN
GIVE YOU A NEW HEART.
00:24:43.48\00:24:45.85
OLD THINGS ARE PASSED
AWAY WHEN YOU'RE CONVERTED,
00:24:45.85\00:24:47.52
ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.
00:24:47.52\00:24:49.15
IT'S OFTEN
CALLED "THE NEW BIRTH,"
00:24:49.15\00:24:51.32
AND WE NEED TO
BE BORN AGAIN NOW.
00:24:51.32\00:24:53.99
REVELATION 21:7,
"HE THAT OVERCOMETH,"
00:24:53.99\00:24:59.89
THAT'S THE KING
JAMES WAY OF SAYING,
00:24:59.89\00:25:01.80
"HE THAT OVERCOMES."
00:25:01.80\00:25:03.13
SEVEN TIMES IT SAYS, IN
REVELATION CHAPTER 2 AND 3
00:25:03.13\00:25:07.07
"TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES.
00:25:07.07\00:25:08.20
TO HIM THAT
OVERCOMES." OVERCOMING WHAT?
00:25:08.20\00:25:11.44
WE'RE ALL HELD
CAPTIVE BY OUR SINS,
00:25:11.44\00:25:13.58
AND THROUGH THE POWER OF CHRIST
00:25:13.58\00:25:15.71
WE CAN BE TRANSFORMED
AND BE NEW CREATURES.
00:25:15.71\00:25:18.91
IT IS POSSIBLE.
00:25:18.91\00:25:21.02
ALL THINGS CAN
HAPPEN THROUGH PRAYER.
00:25:21.02\00:25:24.79
YOU SPEND TIME WITH JESUS,
YOU FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS,
00:25:24.79\00:25:27.92
YOU THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS
00:25:27.92\00:25:29.26
AND IT STARTS TO
BECOME PART OF YOU.
00:25:29.26\00:25:33.26
WHAT DID JESUS SAY IS
THE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
00:25:33.26\00:25:35.73
IN THIS LIFE
00:25:35.73\00:25:36.97
AND IN THE LIFE TO COME?
00:25:36.97\00:25:39.13
MATTHEW 6:33,
00:25:39.13\00:25:41.04
YOU KNOW THIS,
IT'S WHERE WE STARTED.
00:25:41.04\00:25:43.30
"SEEK YE FIRST
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
00:25:43.30\00:25:47.28
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,
00:25:47.28\00:25:48.91
AND ALL THESE OTHER
THINGS WILL BE ADDED."
00:25:48.91\00:25:51.81
SOLOMON, WHEN HE LOVED THE LORD,
00:25:51.81\00:25:53.52
HE PRAYED,
"LORD, GIVE ME WISDOM."
00:25:53.52\00:25:55.52
HE PRAYED FOR GOD'S KINGDOM.
00:25:55.52\00:25:56.79
HE PRAYED FOR
GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:25:56.79\00:25:58.52
GOD SAID, "BECAUSE
YOU SOUGHT THIS FIRST,
00:25:58.52\00:26:01.39
I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU EVERYTHING ELSE.
00:26:01.39\00:26:02.72
I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU THE WISDOM,
00:26:02.72\00:26:03.73
I'LL GIVE YOU LONG LIFE,
I'LL GIVE YOU PROSPERITY,
00:26:03.73\00:26:06.06
BUT SEEK FIRST MY KINGDOM."
00:26:06.06\00:26:07.56
AND THAT WAS THE KEY,
00:26:07.56\00:26:09.06
AND IT'S STILL THE KEY TODAY.
00:26:09.06\00:26:10.77
IF YOU MAKE GOD,
KNOWING GOD AND SHARING GOD,
00:26:10.77\00:26:14.30
LIVING FOR HIM,
00:26:14.30\00:26:15.77
LIVING FOR OTHERS YOUR PRIORITY,
00:26:15.77\00:26:18.41
HE'S OFFERING YOU
THAT WONDERFUL KINGDOM.
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.14
DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S
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00:26:50.64\00:26:53.21
WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT
00:26:53.21\00:26:55.11
AND MOST IMPORTANT
TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
00:26:55.11\00:26:57.81
WHAT IF YOU
COULD KNOW THE FUTURE?
00:27:12.03\00:27:15.83
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
00:27:15.83\00:27:18.03
WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
00:27:18.03\00:27:20.57
TO SEE THE FUTURE, YOU
MUST UNDERSTAND THE PAST.
00:27:20.57\00:27:24.81
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
BECOMES KING WHEN HE'S ONLY 18.
00:27:24.81\00:27:27.54
BUT HE'S A MILITARY PRODIGY.
00:27:27.54\00:27:30.35
HUNDRED AND
FIFTY YEARS IN ADVANCE,
00:27:30.35\00:27:32.65
CYRUS HAD BEEN NAMED.
00:27:32.65\00:27:35.65
ROME WAS VIOLENT,
THEY WERE RUTHLESS,
00:27:35.65\00:27:39.19
THEY WERE DETERMINED.
00:27:39.19\00:27:40.62
THIS INTRIGUING DOCUMENTARY
HOSTED BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR
00:27:40.62\00:27:44.73
EXPLORES THE MOST
STRIKING BIBLE PROPHECIES
00:27:44.73\00:27:47.66
THAT HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY
FULFILLED THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
00:27:47.66\00:27:51.00
KINGDOMS IN TIME.
00:27:51.00\00:27:54.07
ARE YOU READY?
00:27:54.07\00:27:55.47
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00:28:04.61\00:28:06.41
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00:28:06.41\00:28:08.42
AS WE TAKE THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD.
00:28:08.42\00:28:11.75
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US NEXT WEEK
00:28:11.75\00:28:13.32
AS WE DELVE DEEP
INTO THE WORD OF GOD
00:28:13.32\00:28:15.76
TO EXPLORE MORE AMAZING FACTS.
00:28:15.76\00:28:17.99
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