OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:00:03.70\00:00:05.53 >>THIS TOPIC, THE DEVIL'S DUNGEON , IS REALLY TALKING 00:00:13.48\00:00:17.98 ABOUT A TIME WHEN SATAN IS BOUND. 00:00:18.01\00:00:21.25 SATAN IS BOUND ON THIS PLANET WITH NOBODY TO TEMPT AND 00:00:21.28\00:00:24.02 MANIPULATE AND HE HAS TO LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES 00:00:24.05\00:00:27.12 OF HIS REBELLION FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS. 00:00:27.16\00:00:29.16 >>TONIGHT OUR SUBJECT IS DEALING WITH THE TOPIC OF THE MILLENNIUM 00:00:33.66\00:00:40.44 IN THE BIBLE, SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE THOUSAND YEARS. 00:00:40.47\00:00:43.30 YOU FIND THIS IN REVELATION 20; IT'S CALLED THE DEVIL'S DUNGEON 00:00:43.34\00:00:49.28 IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO TURN WITH ME TO 00:00:49.31\00:00:52.28 REVELATION CHAPTER 20 AND WE'RE GOING TO READ THE FIRST FEW 00:00:52.31\00:00:57.55 VERSES HERE AND IT'LL GIVE US THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT WE'RE 00:00:57.59\00:01:00.72 GOING TO STUDY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY 00:01:00.76\00:01:02.72 UNDERSTANDS THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT. 00:01:02.76\00:01:05.29 SO IF YOU LOOK THERE IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, CHAPTER 20, VERSE 00:01:05.33\00:01:09.83 1, "THEN I SAW AN ANGEL COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING THE KEY 00:01:09.86\00:01:14.24 TO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND A GREAT CHAIN IN HIS HAND. 00:01:14.27\00:01:18.47 HE LAID HOLD OF THE DRAGON, THAT SERPENT OF OLD, WHO IS THE DEVIL 00:01:18.51\00:01:21.71 AND SATAN," - ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHO THE 00:01:21.74\00:01:23.88 DEVIL, SATAN, AND DRAGON ARE? - "AND BOUND HIM FOR" - HOW LONG? 00:01:23.91\00:01:28.62 - "A THOUSAND YEARS; AND HE CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT," - 00:01:28.65\00:01:34.22 WHAT IS THAT? - "AND SHUT HIM UP, AND SET A 00:01:34.26\00:01:37.63 SEAL ON HIM, SO THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE TILL 00:01:37.66\00:01:41.13 THE THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED...NOW WHEN THE THOUSAND 00:01:41.16\00:01:45.40 YEARS HAVE EXPIRED, SATAN WILL BE RELEASED FROM HIS PRISON AND 00:01:45.43\00:01:48.77 HE'LL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS THAT ARE IN THE FOUR 00:01:48.80\00:01:52.24 CORNERS OF THE EARTH, GOG AND MAGOG, TO GATHER THEM TOGETHER 00:01:52.27\00:01:55.24 TO BATTLE, WHOSE NUMBER IS AS THE SAND OF THE SEA. 00:01:55.28\00:01:58.08 THEY WENT UP ON THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH AND SURROUNDED THE 00:01:58.11\00:02:01.22 CAMP OF THE SAINTS AND THE BELOVED CITY. 00:02:01.25\00:02:03.28 AND FIRE CAME DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN AND DEVOURED THEM. 00:02:03.32\00:02:06.29 THE DEVIL, WHO DECEIVED THEM, WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE 00:02:06.32\00:02:10.43 AND BRIMSTONE WHERE THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET ARE. 00:02:10.46\00:02:13.76 AND THEY WILL BE TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER." 00:02:13.80\00:02:17.17 ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE RIGHT THERE. WITH THAT AS A 00:02:17.20\00:02:19.87 BACKGROUND FOR OUR STUDY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO QUESTION 00:02:19.90\00:02:22.17 #1 OF THE LESSON. YOU'VE GOT THE PICTURE AND LET'S LEARN ABOUT 00:02:22.20\00:02:26.07 THIS DUNGEON THAT THE DEVIL IS CONFINED TO. 00:02:26.11\00:02:30.21 QUESTION #1 IN OUR STUDY: WHAT EVENTS MARK THE BEGINNING OF 00:02:30.25\00:02:34.28 THIS ONE THOUSAND-YEAR PERIOD? SO HOW DO WE KNOW? 00:02:34.32\00:02:37.12 WHAT'S THE LANDMARKS THAT BEGIN THIS TIME PERIOD? 00:02:37.15\00:02:39.89 YOU FIND IN 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16 IT SAYS, "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF 00:02:39.92\00:02:46.39 SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT," - THE SECOND COMING OF 00:02:46.43\00:02:51.57 JESUS IS WHEN THE LORD DESCENDS AND IT SAYS - "AND THE DEAD IN 00:02:51.60\00:02:56.57 CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST." WHEREVER YOU HEAR ABOUT FIRST, 00:02:56.60\00:03:02.14 SEQUENTIALLY THAT MEANS WHAT? SOMEWHERE THERE'S A - 00:03:02.18\00:03:05.58 >>SECOND. >>A SECOND. 00:03:05.61\00:03:07.88 AND SO IT'S SAYING, 'BLESSED AND HOLY ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN THE 00:03:07.92\00:03:09.95 FIRST RESUR - YOU WANT TO BE IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION, FRIENDS. 00:03:09.98\00:03:12.49 THAT'S THE RESURRECTION OF THE SAVED. 00:03:12.52\00:03:14.76 AND THEN YOU READ IN REVELATION 20, VERSES 4 AND 5, "AND THEY 00:03:14.79\00:03:18.63 LIVED AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST FOR" - HOW LONG? 00:03:18.66\00:03:21.53 >>A THOUSAND YEARS. >>"A THOUSAND YEARS. 00:03:21.56\00:03:24.00 BUT" - IT TELLS US - "THE REST OF THE DEAD DID NOT LIVE AGAIN 00:03:24.03\00:03:28.44 UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED. 00:03:28.47\00:03:31.01 THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION." NOW YOU DO NOT FIND THE WORD 00:03:31.04\00:03:34.08 'MILLENNIUM IN THE BIBLE. MILLENNIUM IS A COMPOSITE OF TWO 00:03:34.11\00:03:38.68 LATIN WORDS THAT SIMPLY MEAN 'MILLI' WHICH IS A THOUSAND AND 00:03:38.71\00:03:42.62 'ANNUM' WHICH MEANS YEARS. AND SO THE BEGINNING OF THE ONE 00:03:42.65\00:03:47.19 THOUSAND-YEAR PERIOD, IT STARTS WITH WHAT WE CALL THE FIRST 00:03:47.22\00:03:50.96 RESURRECTION AND THE END OF IT IS THE SECOND RESURRECTION. 00:03:50.99\00:03:54.73 THERE ARE TWO COMPLETE SEPARATE DISTINCT RESURRECTIONS. 00:03:54.73\00:03:58.40 I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS, IT KIND OF SURPRISED ME. 00:03:58.43\00:04:00.30 I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE RESURRECTION AT THE END OF TIME. 00:04:00.34\00:04:02.27 THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR. QUESTION #2: WHAT ELSE WILL 00:04:02.30\00:04:06.34 HAPPEN IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION? 00:04:06.37\00:04:08.81 YOU READ IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15, VERSES 51 THROUGH 00:04:08.84\00:04:12.78 53, IT SAYS, "WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE 00:04:12.81\00:04:18.29 CHANGED - IN A MOMENT...AT THE LAST TRUMPET. 00:04:18.32\00:04:22.66 FOR THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND AND ALL THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED 00:04:22.69\00:04:26.26 INCORRUPTIBLE AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED. 00:04:26.29\00:04:29.50 FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE" - IT GOES ON TO SAY - "MUST PUT ON 00:04:29.53\00:04:33.00 INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY." 00:04:33.03\00:04:37.64 JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. SOME PEOPLE WILL NEVER DIE. 00:04:37.67\00:04:42.41 THERE'S ALREADY A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER DIED - WHO ARE THEY? 00:04:42.44\00:04:45.15 THERE'S TWO. >>ENOCH AND ELIJAH. 00:04:45.18\00:04:48.55 >>ENOCH AND ELIJAH. THE BIBLE SAYS ELIJAH - ENOCH 00:04:48.58\00:04:50.45 WALKED WITH GOD AND GOD TOOK HIM. 00:04:50.49\00:04:52.19 ELIJAH WENT TO HEAVEN IN A FIERY CHARIOT. 00:04:52.22\00:04:54.12 THERE ARE GOING TO BE OTHERS WHO ARE ALIVE WHEN JESUS COMES 00:04:54.16\00:04:56.96 WHO WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE DEATH. SO WHAT HAPPENS? 00:04:56.99\00:04:59.26 WHEN THE LORD COMES DOWN, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GO THROUGH THIS 00:04:59.29\00:05:02.93 MIRACULOUS, COMPLETE, TOTAL REVITALIZATION WHERE WE'RE 00:05:02.96\00:05:07.37 TRANSFORMED AND WE GET THESE GLORIFIED ETERNAL BODIES AND IT 00:05:07.40\00:05:11.54 JUST HAPPENS IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. 00:05:11.57\00:05:14.41 THAT'S QUICKER THAN A BLINK. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS 00:05:14.44\00:05:17.58 ANSWER - IT'S IN PHILIPPIANS 3, VERSE 21. IT SAYS, "WHO WILL 00:05:17.61\00:05:23.25 CHANGE OUR VILE BODY THAT IT MIGHT BE FASHIONED LIKE UNTO HIS 00:05:23.28\00:05:27.62 GLORIOUS BODY." WHAT KIND OF BODIES DO WE GET? 00:05:27.66\00:05:31.06 DO WE TURN INTO GHOSTS OR DO WE GET GLORIFIED BODIES? 00:05:31.09\00:05:35.26 WHAT WAS JESUS' BODY LIKE WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD? 00:05:35.30\00:05:37.67 DID HE TELL THE DISCIPLES TO TOUCH HIM? 00:05:37.70\00:05:39.83 IT WAS A GLORIOUS BODY. 00:05:39.87\00:05:41.84 IT WAS A SUPERNATURAL BODY BUT IT WAS REAL AT THE SAME TIME. 00:05:41.87\00:05:44.64 THEN HE SAID, 'DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT? 00:05:44.67\00:05:46.41 I'M HUNGRY.' TWICE HE ASKED THEM TO FEED HIM. ACTUALLY, ONCE, HE 00:05:46.44\00:05:48.28 DID THE COOKING - WHEN IT WAS BY THE SEASHORE. 00:05:48.31\00:05:51.01 SO HE'S MAKING IT CLEAR - HE SAYS, 'I'M NOT AN ETHEREAL 00:05:51.05\00:05:54.82 GHOST.' YOUR GLORIFIED BODY IS A REAL BODY. 00:05:54.85\00:05:57.72 WHEN GOD MADE ADAM AND EVE, DID THEY HAVE REAL BODIES? 00:05:57.75\00:06:01.16 DID HE INTEND THEM TO LIVE FOREVER? 00:06:01.19\00:06:03.32 DOES THE BIBLE SAY, IN HEAVEN, WE'RE GOING TO PLANT VINEYARDS 00:06:03.36\00:06:06.19 AND EAT THE FRUIT OF THEM AND BUILD HOUSES AND INHABIT THEM? 00:06:06.23\00:06:08.56 AND WE'LL BE DOING REAL THINGS, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO BE 00:06:08.60\00:06:11.17 STRUMMING HARPS ON A CLOUD SOMEWHERE. 00:06:11.20\00:06:13.07 SO OUR BODIES WILL BE LIKE JESUS' GLORIFIED BODY. 00:06:13.10\00:06:16.81 AND AGAIN, 2 THESSALONIANS 2, VERSE 8, "THEN SHALL THAT WICKED 00:06:16.84\00:06:22.51 BE REVEALED, WHOM THE LORD SHALL CONSUME...WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF 00:06:22.54\00:06:28.35 HIS COMING." SO WHEN THE LORD COMES, THE DEAD 00:06:28.38\00:06:30.15 IN CHRIST THAT ARE DEAD WILL BE CAUGHT UP. 00:06:30.19\00:06:33.29 THOSE WHO ARE SAVED WILL BE TRANSFORMED AND CAUGHT UP. 00:06:33.32\00:06:36.66 AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE LEFT BEHIND? JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED 00:06:36.69\00:06:40.03 TO THE DEVIL - CONSUMED WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING. 00:06:40.06\00:06:42.63 FURTHERMORE, REVELATION 16:18, "...AND THERE WAS A GREAT 00:06:42.66\00:06:45.93 EARTHQUAKE, SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE MEN WERE UPON THE EARTH, 00:06:45.97\00:06:49.50 SO MIGHTY AN EARTHQUAKE, AND SO GREAT." 00:06:49.54\00:06:52.84 THIS IS GOING TO BE A 15 ON THE RICHTER SCALE BECAUSE IT SAYS 00:06:52.87\00:06:56.38 ISLANDS ARE SWALLOWED UP AND THE MOUNTAINS ARE SHAKEN 00:06:56.41\00:06:59.35 OUT OF THEIR FOUNDATIONS. ALRIGHT, AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, 00:06:59.38\00:07:02.98 "AND EVERY ISLAND FLED AWAY, AND THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT FOUND. 00:07:03.02\00:07:07.72 AND THERE FELL UPON MEN A GREAT" - WHAT? 00:07:07.76\00:07:11.16 - "A GREAT HAIL OUT OF HEAVEN, EVERY STONE ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF 00:07:11.19\00:07:15.33 A TALENT:" - NOW SEE THAT PICTURE, THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO'S 00:07:15.36\00:07:19.10 HOLDING WALNUT-SIDED HAIL. I DID AN AMAZING FACT ONE TIME 00:07:19.13\00:07:22.37 TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE LARGEST HAIL EVER RECORDED. 00:07:22.40\00:07:25.27 IN BANGLADESH THEY HAD SOFTBALL-SIZED HAIL. 00:07:25.31\00:07:29.34 NOW THAT CAN KILL YOU, BUT STILL, THAT'S NOT 75 POUNDS. 00:07:29.38\00:07:34.32 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE WORLD BEING PUMMELED BY THAT KIND OF HAIL? 00:07:34.35\00:07:38.59 NOW, WHEN ALL THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, WITH THE COMING OF 00:07:38.62\00:07:41.32 JESUS, THIS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A PERIOD WHERE 00:07:41.36\00:07:45.16 SATAN IS BOUND. 00:07:45.19\00:07:46.43 REVELATION 20, VERSES 1 AND 2, "AND...AN ANGEL...LAID HOLD ON 00:07:46.46\00:07:51.40 THE DRAGON, THAT OLD SERPENT, WHICH IS THE DEVIL, AND SATAN, 00:07:51.43\00:07:55.27 AND BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS." NOW, HOW DO YOU BIND A DEVIL? 00:07:55.30\00:08:01.24 I MEAN, SAMSON, THEY TIED HIM UP WITH ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF 00:08:01.28\00:08:03.95 ROPES AND HE JUST BROKE THE ROPES. YOU WONDER, IS SATAN 00:08:03.98\00:08:05.91 STRONGER THAN SAMSON? HOW DO YOU TIE UP A DEVIL? 00:08:05.95\00:08:09.62 IF WE KNEW HOW, WE'D ALL WANT TO DO IT, WOULDN'T WE? 00:08:09.65\00:08:13.05 SATAN IS NOT BEING BOUND BY ROPES, IT'S THE CHAIN THAT'S 00:08:13.09\00:08:17.03 BEING REFERRED TO - IT SAYS, "THE ANGEL HAD A GREAT CHAIN IN 00:08:17.06\00:08:20.26 HIS HAND." IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CHAIN OF 00:08:20.30\00:08:21.93 CIRCUMSTANCES. NOW, THAT BOTTOMLESS PIT IS A 00:08:21.96\00:08:26.03 VERY INTERESTING WORD AND THIS IS WHAT THROWS PEOPLE. 00:08:26.07\00:08:29.90 IT COMES FROM A GREEK WORD THAT YOU FIND OTHER PLACES 00:08:29.94\00:08:32.21 IN THE BIBLE. 00:08:32.24\00:08:34.14 YOU EVER HEARD THE WORD 'ABYSS'? 00:08:34.18\00:08:35.51 IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD 'ABUSSOS'. 00:08:36.75\00:08:37.71 IT SOUNDS SIMILAR, RIGHT? 00:08:37.75\00:08:41.95 THAT WORD 'ABUSSOS', IT MEANS THE DEVIL IS CHAINED WHERE HE 00:08:41.98\00:08:45.85 CANNOT DO ANYTHING. IT'S ISOLATION FOR HIM. 00:08:45.89\00:08:49.49 THE SAME WORD IS USED IN LUKE CHAPTER 8, VERSE 31. 00:08:49.52\00:08:53.96 YOU REMEMBER, THERE'S THIS MAN WHO'S POSSESSED WITH A LEGION OF 00:08:54.00\00:08:57.13 DEMONS AND THE DEMONS SAY TO JESUS, 'DO NOT CAST US OUT INTO 00:08:57.17\00:09:01.80 THE' - SAME EXACT WORD - 'ABUSSOS.' DEMONS AND THE DEVIL 00:09:01.84\00:09:07.01 DO NOT WANT TO BE CAST INTO NOTHINGNESS. 00:09:07.04\00:09:09.48 THE DEVIL WANTS TO POSSESS SOMEBODY. 00:09:09.51\00:09:12.21 HE WILL POSSESS A SERPENT. THE DEVILS IN THIS STORY 00:09:12.25\00:09:14.42 POSSESSED PIGS - WELL, POSSESSED PEOPLE - THEY WANT TO TEMPT. 00:09:14.45\00:09:18.42 THE DEVIL'S A WORKAHOLIC - WITH NOTHING TO DO IT'S TORTURE FOR 00:09:18.45\00:09:21.82 HIM. AND SO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT IS THIS PLANET. 00:09:21.86\00:09:26.36 FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS SATAN IS GOING TO BE BOUND DOWN HERE IN 00:09:26.39\00:09:31.33 DARKNESS, WITH HIS DEMONS, WITH NO HUMANS ALIVE, WHY? 00:09:31.37\00:09:37.54 BECAUSE WHEN JESUS COMES BACK, WHAT DIRECTION DO THE DEAD IN 00:09:37.57\00:09:40.48 CHRIST GO? UP. THE LIVING SAINTS ARE 00:09:40.51\00:09:44.41 TRANSFORMED AND IN WHAT DIRECTION 00:09:44.45\00:09:45.45 DO THEY GO? WE WILL BE CAUGHT UP. 00:09:45.48\00:09:48.22 REMEMBER, JESUS SAID, 'I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. 00:09:48.25\00:09:50.39 I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF THAT WHERE I AM, 00:09:50.42\00:09:53.29 YE MAY BE.' SO WE'RE ALL GOING BACK TO THE MANSIONS 00:09:53.32\00:09:55.29 HE'S PREPARED WHEN HE COMES, RIGHT? 00:09:55.32\00:09:58.03 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WICKED WHO ARE ALIVE WHEN HE COMES? 00:09:58.06\00:10:01.06 THE DEVIL AND ALL - THE DEVIL'S GOING TO RUN FROM HIS PRESENCE. 00:10:01.10\00:10:04.73 ALL THE WICKED ARE DESTROYED BY THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING. 00:10:04.77\00:10:07.60 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ALIVE ON THE PLANET AT THAT POINT? 00:10:07.64\00:10:10.54 >>ZERO. >>NOBODY. 00:10:10.57\00:10:11.97 WHO DOES THE DEVIL HAVE TO TEMPT, HIM AND HIS DEMONS? 00:10:12.01\00:10:14.51 THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHAINED ON THIS DARK PLANET. 00:10:14.54\00:10:17.31 QUESTION #3: IN WHAT CONDITION WILL THE EARTH BE LEFT AFTER 00:10:17.35\00:10:22.65 THIS DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE AND HAILSTORM THAT BEGIN THE ONE 00:10:22.68\00:10:26.39 THOUSAND YEARS? LET'S LET THE BIBLE EXPLAIN ITSELF. 00:10:26.42\00:10:30.89 ISAIAH 24, VERSE 19, "THE LORD MAKETH THE EARTH EMPTY, 00:10:30.93\00:10:40.20 AND MAKETH IT WASTE, AND TURNETH IT UPSIDE DOWN." 00:10:40.24\00:10:44.74 THE EARTH IS UTTERLY BROKEN DOWN. 00:10:44.77\00:10:48.68 HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE EARTH? IT'S EMPTY. 00:10:48.71\00:10:50.75 READ NOW IN JEREMIAH 4, VERSE 23, "I BEHELD THE EARTH, AND, 00:10:50.78\00:10:56.45 LO, IT WAS WITHOUT FORM, AND - >>VOID. 00:10:56.48\00:10:59.15 >>VOID. NOW, YOU READ THAT YOU MIGHT 00:10:59.19\00:11:00.59 THINK, 'OH, HE'S TALKING ABOUT CREATION.' BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME 00:11:00.62\00:11:02.89 WORDING, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. KEEP READING, 00:11:02.92\00:11:06.06 "I BEHELD...AND THE HEAVENS, AND THEY HAD NO LIGHT. 00:11:06.09\00:11:09.23 I BEHELD THE MOUNTAINS, AND, LO, THEY TREMBLED, AND...THERE WAS 00:11:09.26\00:11:12.90 NO MAN, ALL THE BIRDS OF HEAVEN WERE FLED...THE FRUITFUL PLACE 00:11:12.93\00:11:19.21 WAS A WILDERNESS, AND ALL THE CITIES THEREOF WERE BROKEN DOWN 00:11:19.24\00:11:25.78 AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, AND BY HIS FIERCE ANGER." 00:11:25.81\00:11:29.52 WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF ISRAEL AFTER NEBUCHADNEZZAR CAME 00:11:29.55\00:11:32.45 AND LEFT? DESOLATE - CITIES BROKEN DOWN. 00:11:32.49\00:11:35.42 DIDN'T WE JUST READ THAT? READ JEREMIAH 25, VERSE 33, "AND 00:11:35.46\00:11:41.43 THE SLAIN OF THE LORD SHALL BE AT THAT DAY FROM ONE END OF THE 00:11:41.46\00:11:47.74 EARTH EVEN UNTO THE OTHER END OF THE EARTH:" - IS THAT CLEAR? 00:11:47.77\00:11:51.94 - "THEY SHALL NOT BE LAMENTED, NEITHER GATHERED, NOR BURIED;" 00:11:51.97\00:11:57.71 WHY IS THERE NOBODY TO GATHER THEM OR TO BURY THEM? 00:11:57.75\00:12:02.08 BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY ALIVE. 00:12:02.12\00:12:03.62 MALE ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING 00:12:05.49\00:12:07.19 FREE RESOURCE. 00:12:07.22\00:12:08.66 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, 00:12:08.69\00:12:11.03 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMPUTER 00:12:11.06\00:12:13.19 OR MOBILE DEVICE. 00:12:13.23\00:12:14.93 TO GET YOUR COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT, 00:12:14.96\00:12:17.00 SIMPLY CALL US AND ASK FOR THE OFFER NUMBER SHOWN ON YOUR 00:12:17.03\00:12:20.00 SCREEN, OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS AND DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY 00:12:20.04\00:12:24.51 AND BE SURE TO SELECT A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OPTION 00:12:24.54\00:12:26.81 ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 00:12:26.84\00:12:28.31 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD 00:12:28.34\00:12:31.25 WITH "AMAZING FACTS" WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT, 00:12:31.28\00:12:34.35 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 00:12:34.38\00:12:37.22 >> MANY DEAR CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT THE SECRET RAPTURE 00:12:39.55\00:12:45.53 TAKES PLACE SEVEN YEARS BEFORE JESUS 00:12:45.56\00:12:48.33 ACTUALLY TOUCHES THE EARTH. 00:12:48.36\00:12:50.77 THEY GO BACK TO HEAVEN. 00:12:50.80\00:12:52.03 GREAT TRIBULATION - PEOPLE STILL ALIVE ON EARTH DURING THE 00:12:52.07\00:12:54.84 TRIBULATION - THEN AT THE END OF THAT TIME JESUS COMES DOWN AND 00:12:54.87\00:12:57.44 THE MILLENNIAL REIGN IS HERE ON EARTH AND THEN AT THE END OF 00:12:57.47\00:13:01.54 THAT MILLENNIAL REIGN, THE WICKED ARE SLAIN AND WE JUST 00:13:01.58\00:13:03.88 OCCUPY THE EARTH. IN THAT SCENARIO, WHERE IS THE 00:13:03.91\00:13:07.78 EARTH COMPLETELY VACATED FROM ALL LIFE? 00:13:07.82\00:13:12.39 IT DOESN'T FIT. IT NEVER HAPPENS. 00:13:12.42\00:13:14.92 IT DOESN'T FIT THE SCHEME IN THE BIBLE OF WHAT IT'S DESCRIBING. 00:13:14.96\00:13:18.33 AND SO THIS IS WHAT PROTESTANTS USED TO BELIEVE FOR ABOUT 1,500 00:13:18.36\00:13:22.33 YEARS, AND IT'S GETTING ECLIPSED BY HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTIONS NOW. 00:13:22.36\00:13:26.87 IT TELLS US THAT THE SLAIN OF THE LORD COVER THE EARTH. 00:13:26.90\00:13:29.10 THERE IS NO MAN. I TURNED THE EARTH UPSIDE DOWN - 00:13:29.14\00:13:30.91 IT'S UTTERLY EMPTY - THE CITIES ARE ALL BROKEN DOWN. 00:13:30.94\00:13:33.58 THEY'VE ALL FLED FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD BY HIS 00:13:33.61\00:13:35.74 FIERCE ANGER. THERE'S NO ONE TO LAMENT OR TO BURY THEM OR MOURN. 00:13:35.78\00:13:39.18 THEY'RE ALL GONE. BUT WE'RE LIVING AND REIGNING WITH CHRIST. 00:13:39.21\00:13:42.75 SATAN IS BOUND ON THIS PLANET. YOU KNOW, IN THE GREEK OLD 00:13:42.78\00:13:48.22 TESTAMENT - IT'S THE SAME OLD TESTAMENT AS HEBREW EXCEPT IT'S 00:13:48.26\00:13:51.06 IN GREEK - CALLED THE SEPTUAGINT. 00:13:51.09\00:13:53.76 WHEN IT SAYS THE EARTH IS VOID, IT USES THE WORD 'ABUSSOS'. 00:13:53.80\00:13:59.43 IT CALLS THIS PLANET THE SAME THING AND THAT VERSE IN JEREMIAH 00:13:59.47\00:14:03.94 USES THE WORD 'ABUSSOS' - THE EARTH WAS AN ABYSS. 00:14:03.97\00:14:06.98 SATAN IS BOUND ON THIS PLANET WITH NOBODY TO TEMPT AND 00:14:07.01\00:14:09.68 MANIPULATE AND HE HAS TO LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES 00:14:09.71\00:14:13.01 OF HIS REBELLION FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS. 00:14:13.05\00:14:16.55 THAT'S A LONG PRISON SENTENCE. 00:14:16.58\00:14:20.12 ALRIGHT, QUESTION #4: WHERE WILL THE SAINTS BE DURING THE ONE 00:14:20.16\00:14:23.49 THOUSAND YEARS AND WHAT WILL THEY BE DOING? 00:14:23.53\00:14:26.26 ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO HEAVEN. 00:14:26.29\00:14:27.66 IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTIER PICTURE. 00:14:27.73\00:14:29.66 JOHN 14, VERSE 3, JESUS SAID, "I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU 00:14:29.70\00:14:35.04 TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE ALSO." 00:14:35.07\00:14:42.14 REVELATION 20, VERSE 4 - WHAT ARE WE DOING IN HEAVEN 00:14:42.18\00:14:45.18 WHEN IT SAYS WE LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST? 00:14:45.21\00:14:46.92 IT TELLS US IN THE BIBLE. 00:14:46.95\00:14:48.28 "I SAW THRONES AND THEY SAT UPON THEM AND JUDGEMENT WAS GIVEN 00:14:48.32\00:14:53.05 UNTO THEM AND THEY LIVED AND THEY REIGNED WITH CHRIST A 00:14:53.09\00:14:56.73 THOUSAND YEARS." NOW WHAT DOES JUDGMENT MEAN? 00:14:56.76\00:14:59.39 DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE UP THERE GOING 'INNOCENT. 00:14:59.43\00:15:01.80 GUILTY. INNOCENT. GUILTY.' WHO ARE WE JUDGING? 00:15:01.83\00:15:06.07 KEEP READING, IT TELLS US. 1 CORINTHIANS - THIS IS PAUL - 00:15:06.10\00:15:10.94 CHAPTER 6, VERSE 2, "DO YE NOT KNOW" - AND VERSE 3 - "DO YE NOT 00:15:10.97\00:15:15.14 KNOW THAT THE SAINTS SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD?" 00:15:15.18\00:15:20.32 YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AS CHRISTIANS, GOING TO BE PERSECUTED 00:15:20.35\00:15:22.38 BY THE WORLD. WE'RE GOING TO BE JUDGED. 00:15:22.42\00:15:24.45 THERE'LL BE A DEATH DECREE ON US - BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, JESUS 00:15:24.49\00:15:27.36 IS GOING TO COME AND RESCUE US AND THE TABLES ARE GOING 00:15:27.39\00:15:30.36 TO TURN. THAT MEANS PAUL WILL SOMEDAY BE 00:15:30.39\00:15:35.10 SITTING IN JUDGMENT OF NERO, WHO DECLARED THAT PAUL SHOULD BE 00:15:35.13\00:15:39.03 BEHEADED. WON'T THAT BE INTERESTING? 00:15:39.07\00:15:42.87 SO GOD IS JUST. ALRIGHT, QUESTION #5: WHAT WILL 00:15:42.90\00:15:46.37 HAPPEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS? SEVERAL THINGS: 00:15:46.41\00:15:50.88 "BEHOLD" - IT SAYS - AND NOW I'M IN ZECHARIAH 14, VERSES 1, 4, 5, 00:15:50.91\00:15:55.38 AND 9 - "BEHOLD, THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH...AND HIS FEET SHALL 00:15:55.42\00:16:00.89 STAND IN THAT DAY UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, WHICH IS BEFORE 00:16:00.92\00:16:06.63 JERUSALEM ON THE EAST, AND" - IT SAYS - "THE MOUNT OF OLIVES 00:16:06.66\00:16:11.00 SHALL CLEAVE IN THE MIDST THEREOF." 00:16:11.03\00:16:14.57 THE NIGHT WE STUDIED THE SECOND COMING - IF ANYBODY COMES ALONG 00:16:14.60\00:16:16.67 AND THEY SAY, 'I'M JESUS' - IF HIS FEET ARE TOUCHING THE 00:16:16.71\00:16:20.08 GROUND, HE'S NOT JESUS, BECAUSE WHEN JESUS' FEET TOUCH THE 00:16:20.11\00:16:23.14 GROUND, HE'S COMING TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES AND IT'S GOING TO 00:16:23.18\00:16:25.18 SPLIT AND FORM A GREAT VALLEY. NOW WHY DOES THAT HAPPEN? 00:16:25.21\00:16:29.38 REVELATION 21, VERSE 2 - IT'S IN YOUR LESSON - "AND I JOHN SAW 00:16:29.42\00:16:34.92 THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF 00:16:34.96\00:16:39.89 HEAVEN, PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND." 00:16:39.93\00:16:43.50 THIS IS A GREAT MARRIAGE SUPPER WHERE FINALLY THE END OF THAT 00:16:43.53\00:16:46.80 SEVEN THOUSAND-YEAR PERIOD TAKES PLACE. THIS ALL HAPPENS AT THE 00:16:46.84\00:16:50.04 END OF THAT ONE THOUSAND YEARS - THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN. 00:16:50.07\00:16:54.41 THAT IS THE GOOD JERUSALEM - CITY OF PEACE. 00:16:54.44\00:16:58.95 ALRIGHT, SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TO NOW FREE 00:16:58.98\00:17:02.82 SATAN FROM HIS PRISON? YOU READ IN REVELATION CHAPTER 00:17:02.85\00:17:08.32 20, VERSE 5 - WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS BUT WE'RE GOING TO READ 00:17:08.36\00:17:11.46 IT AGAIN: "BUT THE REST OF THE DEAD LIVED NOT AGAIN UNTIL THE 00:17:11.49\00:17:15.90 THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED." WHAT DOES THAT IMPLY? 00:17:15.93\00:17:19.07 AFTER THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE FINISHED, WHAT HAPPENS? 00:17:19.10\00:17:22.00 THEY LIVE AGAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE WE READ? 00:17:22.04\00:17:24.47 AFTER THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE FINISHED, SATAN IS LOOSED FROM 00:17:24.51\00:17:26.64 HIS PRISON. WHAT IS IT THAT LOOSES SATAN FROM HIS PRISON? 00:17:26.68\00:17:30.75 ALL THE WICKED DEAD WHO HAVE EVER LIVED ARE GOING TO COME 00:17:30.78\00:17:34.55 BACK TO LIFE. HE'S NOW GOT THIS VAST ARMY 00:17:34.58\00:17:38.05 AGAIN THAT'S ALWAYS LISTENED TO HIM BEFORE. 00:17:38.09\00:17:40.56 THEY'RE READY AND ABLE TO LISTEN TO HIM AGAIN. 00:17:40.59\00:17:43.26 SO, WHAT WILL SATAN DO WHEN THE WICKED ARE RAISED? 00:17:43.29\00:17:47.03 REVELATION 20, VERSES 8 AND 9 - IT SAYS HE "SHALL GO OUT TO 00:17:47.03\00:17:52.73 DECEIVE THE NATIONS WHICH ARE IN THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH, 00:17:52.77\00:17:56.94 GOG AND MAGOG, TO GATHER THEM TOGETHER TO BATTLE: THE NUMBER 00:17:56.97\00:18:02.94 OF WHOM IS AS THE SAND OF THE SEA." 00:18:02.98\00:18:06.41 - AND IT GOES ON TO SAY - "AND THEY WENT UP ON THE BREADTH OF 00:18:06.45\00:18:09.48 THE EARTH, AND COMPASSED THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS ABOUT, AND 00:18:09.52\00:18:13.76 THE BELOVED CITY." EZEKIEL TALKS ABOUT GOG AND 00:18:13.79\00:18:17.46 MAGOG COMING AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 00:18:17.49\00:18:20.33 GOG AND MAGOG, YOU READ IN GENESIS, THEY ARE SOME OF THE 00:18:20.36\00:18:23.33 ANCESTORS OF THE TRIBES THAT FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL. 00:18:23.37\00:18:28.24 THEY REPRESENT THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL. 00:18:28.27\00:18:30.57 GOG - MAGOG MEANS 'FROM THE MATRIX, OR THE CHILDREN OF GOG.' 00:18:30.61\00:18:36.14 GOG WAS A WARLIKE NATION THAT FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL; MAGOG 00:18:36.18\00:18:39.95 MEANT 'AND THE CHILDREN OF GOG.' SO - I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, 00:18:39.98\00:18:44.65 IT'S RUSSIA AND CHINA.' AND REVELATION IS NOT TALKING 00:18:44.69\00:18:49.59 ABOUT THOSE KIND OF BATTLES OF NATIONS. 00:18:49.62\00:18:51.76 IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, CHRIST 00:18:51.79\00:18:53.83 AND SATAN, THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM AND THOSE WHO DON'T. 00:18:53.86\00:18:56.80 IN REVELATION IT TALKS ABOUT BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, 00:18:56.83\00:19:01.74 AND HER DAUGHTERS. GOG AND MAGOG. 00:19:01.77\00:19:05.94 YOU'VE GOT THE WICKED AND THEIR CHILDREN IT TALKS ABOUT AND 00:19:05.97\00:19:08.14 THAT'S ALL THAT IT'S SAYING. 00:19:08.18\00:19:09.41 IT SAYS, 'THEY COVER THE EARTH LIKE A CLOUD.' CAN YOU IMAGINE 00:19:09.44\00:19:13.88 JUST THE SWARMS OF HUMANITY ALL OVER THE PLANET. 00:19:13.92\00:19:17.59 AND THOSE IN THE CITY - IT'S GOING TO LOOK PRETTY OMINOUS 00:19:17.62\00:19:20.56 FOR US. QUESTION #6: AT THIS CRUCIAL 00:19:20.59\00:19:24.29 MOMENT, WHAT WILL STOP EVERYTHING? 00:19:24.33\00:19:28.96 REVELATION 20, VERSES 11 AND 12, "AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE, 00:19:29.00\00:19:34.34 AND HIM THAT SAT ON IT...AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE 00:19:34.37\00:19:39.57 THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS, ACCORDING TO THEIR 00:19:39.61\00:19:42.78 WORKS." WHO ARE THE DEAD THAT ARE BEING 00:19:42.81\00:19:45.78 JUDGED AT THIS JUDGMENT? THAT'S THE WICKED. 00:19:45.81\00:19:49.15 THEY'RE DEAD SPIRITUALLY. 00:19:49.18\00:19:50.29 JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU HAVE THE SON YOU HAVE LIFE. 00:19:50.32\00:19:51.89 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SON, YOU DO NOT HAVE LIFE.' AND SO, 00:19:51.92\00:19:54.36 DURING THAT TIME, WHEN THEY PREPARED TO LAUNCH THIS ASSAULT 00:19:54.39\00:19:58.36 ON THE CITY OF GOD, JESUS IS EXALTED ABOVE THE CITY, THIS 00:19:58.39\00:20:02.80 BATTLE IS PAUSED, THE LORD WILL MAKE EVERY PERSON'S LIFE TO PASS 00:20:02.83\00:20:08.44 BEFORE THEM IN THE HEAVENS, WHERE ALL CAN SEE. 00:20:08.47\00:20:11.81 ABOVE THE NEW JERUSALEM THEY'LL SEE JESUS COMING INTO THE WORLD. 00:20:11.84\00:20:15.48 THEY'LL SEE HIS PERFECT LIFE. THEY'LL SEE THAT HE TAUGHT 00:20:15.51\00:20:19.31 EVERYBODY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO BE SAVED. 00:20:19.35\00:20:21.88 THEY'LL SEE JESUS' SUFFERINGS AT THE HANDS OF LUCIFER AND THE WAY 00:20:21.92\00:20:25.35 THAT THE DEVIL WAS SO FILLED WITH THIS LOVE FOR POWER AND 00:20:25.39\00:20:29.02 JESUS WAS SO FILLED WITH THE POWER OF LOVE. 00:20:29.06\00:20:31.53 WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? 00:20:31.56\00:20:33.26 AFTER GOD SHOWS THE ISSUES - SHOWS PEOPLE THEIR SINS - SHOWS 00:20:33.29\00:20:37.97 HIS GOODNESS, EVERYONE BOWS DOWN AND THEY SAY, 'JESUS IS LORD.' - 00:20:38.00\00:20:42.50 EVEN THE DEVIL WILL FINALLY BE CONSTRAINED BY THE JUSTICE OF 00:20:42.54\00:20:45.37 GOD TO BOW DOWN AND DECLARE THAT JESUS IS LORD. 00:20:45.41\00:20:48.48 IT'LL BE HARDER FOR HIM THAN ANYONE. 00:20:48.51\00:20:50.98 AND, AT THAT POINT, THE DEVIL JUMPS BACK TO HIS FEET AND HE 00:20:51.01\00:20:54.12 SAID, 'IT'S OUR LAST CHANCE. TAKE THE CITY.' 00:20:54.15\00:20:57.72 THEY COME AGAINST THE CITY OF GOD. IT TELLS US IN REVELATION 00:20:57.75\00:21:00.62 20, VERSE 9, AT THAT POINT GOD HAS NO ALTERNATIVE, DOES HE? 00:21:00.66\00:21:05.69 FIRE COMES DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN AND DEVOURS THEM. 00:21:05.73\00:21:09.90 AGAIN, REVELATION 20, VERSE 15 - AND IT TELLS US "WHOSOEVER WAS 00:21:09.93\00:21:14.90 NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF 00:21:14.94\00:21:20.68 FIRE." AS THAT FIRE RAINS DOWN AROUND 00:21:20.71\00:21:23.28 THE NEW JERUSALEM - THE NEW JERUSALEM'S GOT BIG WALLS, IT'S 00:21:23.31\00:21:26.28 SAFE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MOLTEN OUTSIDE THE CITY, EVERYONE 00:21:26.31\00:21:29.22 INSIDE IS SAFE. AND ALL THE WICKED ARE GOING TO 00:21:29.25\00:21:33.79 BE PUNISHED ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY DESERVE AND ANYONE NOT 00:21:33.82\00:21:36.96 FOUND IN THE BOOK OF LIFE IS THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. 00:21:36.99\00:21:40.40 THE BIBLE SAYS THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. 00:21:40.43\00:21:43.53 SO, QUICKLY, AND THAT'S, BY THE WAY, REVELATION 20, VERSE 14. 00:21:43.57\00:21:47.14 LET'S REVIEW WHAT HAPPENS NOW - TO MARK OUT THE MILLENNIUM. 00:21:47.17\00:21:50.91 WE'LL JUST PUT A LITTLE CHART UP ON THE SCREEN TO GIVE YOU THE 00:21:50.94\00:21:52.77 QUICK PICTURE OF HOW DO YOU SEPARATE THIS PERIOD OF TIME. 00:21:52.81\00:21:56.71 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS YOU HAVE THE 00:21:56.75\00:21:59.01 FIRST RESURRECTION AND THE SECOND COMING, RIGHT? 00:21:59.05\00:22:01.72 AND THEN, AT THE END, IT'S THE SECOND RESURRECTION 00:22:01.75\00:22:04.45 AND THE HOLY CITY COMES DOWN. DURING THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS, 00:22:04.49\00:22:08.66 THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN HEAVEN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BOOKS, 00:22:08.69\00:22:10.93 WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, WE'RE JUDGING - SO THAT WHEN THE 00:22:10.96\00:22:13.73 JUDGMENT HAPPENS, WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT SAYING, 'TRUE AND 00:22:13.76\00:22:16.67 RIGHTEOUS ARE HIS JUDGMENTS.' AND THEN, AFTER THE ONE THOUSAND 00:22:16.70\00:22:20.74 YEARS, FIRE COMES DOWN, THERE - IT'S CALLED 'THE EXECUTIVE PART' 00:22:20.77\00:22:24.81 OF THE JUDGEMENT - WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE THEIR PENALTIES. 00:22:24.84\00:22:29.28 AFTER THE FIRE GOES OUT, WHAT WILL GOD DO FOR HIS PEOPLE AT 00:22:29.31\00:22:33.58 THAT TIME? DO WE CONTINUE TREADING ON ASHES 00:22:33.62\00:22:37.02 OR DOES THE BIBLE SAY - ISAIAH 65:17 - "BEHOLD, I CREATE A NEW 00:22:37.05\00:22:43.49 HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH" WHEREIN DWELLS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 00:22:43.53\00:22:48.53 WE WILL GET TO SEE HIM MAKING THIS NEW HEAVEN AND THIS NEW 00:22:48.56\00:22:51.73 EARTH, AMEN? WON'T THAT BE EXCITING? AND THEN READ ALSO, 00:22:51.77\00:22:55.00 REVELATION 21, VERSE 1, "AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A 00:22:55.04\00:22:59.44 NEW EARTH: FOR THE FIRST HEAVEN AND THE FIRST EARTH WERE PASSED 00:22:59.47\00:23:02.64 AWAY." AND THE LORD WANTS YOU IN THAT CITY, FRIENDS. 00:23:02.68\00:23:07.15 2 PETER 3, VERSE 13, "BUT WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK 00:23:07.18\00:23:11.95 FOR NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, WHEREIN DWELLS RIGHTEOUSNESS." 00:23:11.99\00:23:17.26 BLESSED ARE THE MEEK, THEY WILL INHERIT THE EARTH - WE WILL GET 00:23:17.29\00:23:20.50 TO WATCH JESUS MAKING THE WORLD ALL OVER AGAIN, EVEN MORE 00:23:20.53\00:23:24.50 BEAUTIFUL THAN BEFORE, BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO GIVE US AN 00:23:24.53\00:23:26.43 UPGRADE. GOD, HIMSELF, WILL DWELL WITH US, AMEN? WHERE WILL 00:23:26.47\00:23:31.01 GOD AND THE RIGHTEOUS FINALLY LIVE? REVELATION 21, VERSE 3, 00:23:31.04\00:23:35.78 "BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN, AND HE WILL DWELL 00:23:35.81\00:23:42.65 WITH THEM." GOD IS GOING TO LIVE WITH US. 00:23:42.68\00:23:46.86 INSTEAD OF THIS JUST BEING ANOTHER WORLD, THE LORD IS 00:23:46.89\00:23:49.52 MOVING THE CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE TO THIS PLANET AND 00:23:49.56\00:23:52.63 THAT'S WHY WE WILL REIGN WITH CHRIST. 00:23:52.66\00:23:55.23 WON'T THAT BE WONDERFUL, FRIENDS? 00:23:55.26\00:23:57.23 >>AMEN. >>AT THIS POINT, ALL OF THIS IS 00:23:57.27\00:24:00.30 BEHIND US. THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH. 00:24:00.34\00:24:03.41 THE QUESTION IS WHERE WILL WE BE? 00:24:03.44\00:24:07.41 THE LORD HAS BROUGHT YOU TO THESE MEETINGS - YOU'RE WATCHING 00:24:07.44\00:24:09.41 NOW - YOU'RE HERE NOW BECAUSE HE WANTS YOU TO ACCEPT HIS GIFT OF 00:24:09.44\00:24:12.98 EVERLASTING LIFE THAT HE'S OFFERING. 00:24:13.01\00:24:14.88 HE HAS A SPECIAL PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE THAT HE CAN ONLY MOBILIZE 00:24:14.92\00:24:18.39 AND ACTIVATE WHEN HE RETURNS AND WHEN YOU SURRENDER 00:24:18.42\00:24:22.56 YOUR LIFE TO HIM. IT BEGINS NOW. 00:24:22.59\00:24:25.43 WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT, FRIENDS? 00:24:25.46\00:24:28.73 YOU CAN HAVE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO FEAR ALL THE 00:24:28.76\00:24:30.97 PAIN AND THE DARKNESS IN THIS WORLD IF WE GIVE OUR LIVES TO 00:24:31.00\00:24:33.74 JESUS. (MUSIC) 00:24:33.77\00:24:37.77 MALE ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING 00:24:39.11\00:24:40.81 FREE RESOURCE. 00:24:40.84\00:24:42.28 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, 00:24:42.31\00:24:44.65 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMPUTER 00:24:44.68\00:24:46.82 OR MOBILE DEVICE. 00:24:46.85\00:24:49.05 TO GET YOUR DIGITAL COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT, 00:24:49.08\00:24:51.69 SIMPLY TEXT THE KEYWORD ON YOUR SCREEN TO 40544 00:24:51.72\00:24:55.82 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN 00:24:55.86\00:24:58.63 AND BE SURE TO SELECT A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OPTION 00:24:58.66\00:25:00.96 ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 00:25:01.00\00:25:02.43 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD 00:25:02.46\00:25:05.37 WITH "AMAZING FACTS" WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT, 00:25:05.40\00:25:08.64 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 00:25:08.67\00:25:11.51 い 00:25:13.17\00:25:23.18 い 00:25:23.92\00:25:33.83 い 00:25:34.40\00:25:44.41 い 00:25:45.11\00:25:54.75 い 00:25:55.28\00:26:05.13 い 00:26:05.23\00:26:08.06 >> DOUG: HOW MANY OF YOU WISH YOU COULD GET A NEW START? 00:26:10.40\00:26:12.03 I'D LIKE TO LIVE MY LIFE OVER KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW. 00:26:12.07\00:26:14.37 I DON'T WANT TO START OVER JUST TO MAKE ALL THE SAME MISTAKES. 00:26:14.40\00:26:16.81 I WANT TO HAVE MY MEMORIES SO I DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES, 00:26:16.84\00:26:19.77 BUT YOU DO GET A NEW BEGINNING. 00:26:19.81\00:26:21.84 YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE, THAT FEELING OF ALL YOUR SINS 00:26:21.88\00:26:24.48 BEING WASHED AWAY BECAUSE GOD PROMISES IT. 00:26:24.51\00:26:27.08 ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL CONCEPT? 00:26:27.12\00:26:28.98 MALE ANNOUNCER: I WAS THIRSTY, AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK. 00:26:29.02\00:26:38.93 IN AS MUCH AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, 00:26:38.96\00:26:41.86 MY BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME. 00:26:41.90\00:26:45.90 い 00:26:46.00\00:26:51.24 ANNOUNCER: WHAT IF YOU COULD KNOW THE FUTURE? 00:26:53.58\00:26:57.48 WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 00:26:57.51\00:26:59.55 WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? 00:26:59.58\00:27:02.12 TO SEE THE FUTURE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE PAST. 00:27:02.15\00:27:06.52 MALE: ALEXANDER THE GREAT BECOMES KING WHEN HE'S ONLY 18, 00:27:06.55\00:27:09.16 BUT HE'S A MILITARY PRODIGY. 00:27:09.19\00:27:12.09 MALE: A HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS IN ADVANCE, 00:27:12.13\00:27:14.03 CYRUS HAD BEEN NAMED. 00:27:14.10\00:27:16.06 NEBUCHADNEZZAR BUILT THE CITY AS A SHOWCASE 00:27:17.63\00:27:19.93 TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. 00:27:19.97\00:27:21.47 MALE: ROME WAS VIOLENT. 00:27:22.47\00:27:24.97 THEY WERE RUTHLESS. THEY WERE DETERMINED. 00:27:25.01\00:27:27.38 ANNOUNCER: THIS INTRIGUING DOCUMENTARY HOSTED BY PASTOR 00:27:30.11\00:27:32.61 DOUG BATCHELOR EXPLORES THE MOST STRIKING BIBLE PROPHECIES THAT 00:27:32.65\00:27:36.75 HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY FULFILLED THROUGHOUT HISTORY. 00:27:36.79\00:27:41.36 "KINGDOMS IN TIME", AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE 00:27:41.39\00:27:44.93 THROUGH THE BIBLE'S MOST AMAZING FULFILLED PROPHECIES. 00:27:44.96\00:27:48.56 ARE YOU READY? 00:27:48.60\00:27:50.43 い 00:27:50.47\00:27:57.94 ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S FREE OFFER. 00:27:57.97\00:27:59.91 IT'S SURE TO BE A BLESSING. 00:27:59.94\00:28:01.91 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE TAKE THE GOSPEL OF 00:28:01.94\00:28:05.05 JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD. 00:28:05.08\00:28:07.32 WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US NEXT WEEK AS WE DELVE DEEP INTO THE WORD 00:28:07.35\00:28:10.65 OF GOD TO EXPLORE MORE AMAZING FACTS. 00:28:10.69\00:28:13.69 い 00:28:13.72\00:28:23.67 い 00:28:23.70\00:28:25.50 ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS 00:28:25.53\00:28:27.44 OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:28:27.47\00:28:29.54