>>THIS PRESENTATN IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEF
ADVENTURE YOU'VE GOT IN THIS
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LIFE IT TO DETERMINE ETERNITY
AND YET, MOST PEOPLE ARE WILLING
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AND READY TO SACRIFICE ETERNITY
FOR THE PASSING TEMPORARY
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PLEASURES OF THIS LIFE.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>WELCOME, AGAIN, TO THE
LANDMARKS OF PROPHECY BIBLE
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STUDY SERIES - AND TONIGHT WE'RE
GOING TO BE STUDYING A SUBJECT
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THAT YOU DO FIND IN THE
PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE DEALING
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WITH THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE
LESN TONIGHT IS TITLED THE
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MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM AND IT'S
BASED UPON A STORY THAT YOU FIND
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IN YOUR BIBLE WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF KING SOLOMON.
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NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
HISTORY OF ISRAEL, THEY HAD
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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,
IT WOULD BE DURING THE TIME OF
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KING SOLOMON - IN PARTICULAR,
WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA CAME -
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BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT THE
GOAL 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
AND TO LEARN OF ME.' THE TEMPLE
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HAD JUST BEEN BUILT - 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 AND, DURING THAT TIME,
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THE QUEEN OF SHEBA HAD
ABOUT THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
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SHE CAME FROM A VERY WEALTHY
COUNTRY DOWN SOMEWHERE NEAR
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SAUDI ARABIA WITH A GREAT
CARAVAN BROUGHT ANIMALS AND
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GIFTS AND ALL THESE TREASURES TO
SOLOMON AND ALL SHE WAS ASKING
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FOR - SHE SAID, 'I WANT TO ASK
YOU QUESTIONS' BECAUSE THE MOST
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IMPORTANT THING TO
HER WAS TRUTH AND WISDOM.
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SHE PURELY WANTED TO SEE WHAT
- WHO WAS THE GOD THAT SOLOMON
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WORSHIPED.
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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE
EXPRESSION 'I HAD A BREATHTAKING
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EXPERIENCE'?
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THAT COMES FROM
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
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AFTER SHE SAW SOLOMON'S HOUSE
AND THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE
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SEATING OF HIS SERVANTS AND
THEIR APPAREL AND THE WEALTH OF
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THE KINGDOM 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 - 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 - AND SHE SAID,
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'SURELY THE HALF WAS NOT
TOLD ME OF YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR
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GREATNESS.' AND SO, IN
THIS STORY WE SORT OF HAVE AN
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ALLEGORY OF THE GLORIOUS,
MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM THAT GOD IS
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PREPARING FOR US.
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I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS
LESSON TONIGHT - USE A LITTLE
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FAITH THAT - THINK BIGGER
THAN JUST THE HERE AND THE NOW.
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THE BIBLE HAS A LOT TO SAY
ABOUT HEAVEN AND IT'S VERY REAL.
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LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE VERSES
- QUESTION #1 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, VERSE 2 HE SAID, "IN
MY FATHER'S HOUSE" - AND YOU CAN
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SAY IT WITH ME -
"ARE MANY" - >>MANSIONS.
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<<"MANSIONS. I GO TO
PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU"
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- AND HE SAID, "IF I GO AND
PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL
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COME AGAIN AND
RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF."
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HEBREWS 11, VERSE 16 - THE BIBLE
SAYS, "FOR HE HAS PREPARED FOR
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THEM" - WHAT? >>A CITY.
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>>"A CITY." NOW,
WHEN I THINK OF CITIES, I
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DON'T THINK, USUALLY,
GOOD THINGS. YOU KNOW WHY?
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PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH SIN
AND SELFISHNESS AND WHEREVER YOU
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HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF
PEOPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
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CONCENTRATION OF PROBLEMS.
WHERE DO YOU HAVE THE GANG
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PROBLEMS? NOT SO
MUCH OUT ON THE FARM,
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IT'S IN THE CITIES WHERE YOU'VE
GOT THE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE.
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AND CITIES IN HEAVEN WILL BE
DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIN
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PROBLEM -
THERE'S NO SELFISHNESS.
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INSTEAD OF IT 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 KIND OF HAD TO REVISE
MY THINKING ABOUT CITIES WHEN I
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READ THAT GOD HAS PREPARED A
CITY BECAUSE I USED TO RUN THE
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OTHER DIRECTION WHEN
I THOUGHT ABOUT CITIES.
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REVELATION 21, VERSE 2, "I,
JOHN, SAW THE HOLY CITY, THE NEW
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JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN
FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN."
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NOW HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE OLD
JERUSALEM AND DO YOU KNOW THE
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CITY THAT HAS PROBABLY HAD
ORE WARS FOUGHT - THAT HAS BEEN
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DEROYED AND REBUILT 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 - JERU - CITY - SHALOM -
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PEACE -
JERU-SHALOM - CITY OF PEACE.
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IT'S FIRST MENTIONED IN THE
BIBLE WITH A KING - THE FIRST
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KING OF JERUSALEM IS NOT DAVID
OR SAUL OR SOLOMON, IT'S SOMEONE
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NAMED MELCHIZADEK, WHO THE NEW
TESTAMENT TELLS US IS A TYPE OF
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CHRIST. 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
KING OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.
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JESUS IS OUR KING, HE'S
OUR PRIEST, HE'S OUR KING OF
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RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE
BRINGS US THE BREAD AND THE
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WINE - THAT'S IN THE LAST SUPPER
- AND MELCHIZADEK WAS THE KING
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OF A PLACE
CALLED SALEM - OR PEACE.
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IT PROBABLY WAS PEACEFUL
BACK THEN, BUT ONCE THEY STARTED
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BUILDING UP THE CITY, THERE WERE
MORE - YOU WALK AROUND THE OLD
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JERUSALEM TODAY AND YOU CAN SEE
BULLET HOLES IN THE WALLS STILL
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EVERYWHERE THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED.
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JUST A LITTLE CHIP - PIT MARKS
FROM THE WARS THAT HAVE BEEN
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FOUGHT. BUT IT'S
NOT THE OLD JERUSALEM
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THAT'S CING DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, DOUG,
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YOU KNOW, HOW CAN
YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY?
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PIE-IN-THE-SKY BY AND BY -
THESE STORIES ABOUT HEAVEN - YOU
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CHRISTIANS NEED A
CRUTCH FOR YOUR WEAKNESS.
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YOU NEED TO LIVE IN THE HERE AND
NOW.' YOU KNOW, BUT THOSE SAME
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PEOPLE HAVE NO PROBLEM BELIEVING
THAT MAN CAN MAKE A SPACE CITY.
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ISN'T THAT STRANGE?
DOES ANYONE NOW DOUBT THAT WE
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CAN PUT AT LEAST A
LITTLE CITY IN SPACE?
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ISN'T THAT WHAT WE HAVE WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
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SO THE WORLD LAUGHS WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT HEAVEN BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD
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TAKES IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
GOD DOESN'T BLINK OR FLINCH WHEN
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HE TALKS ABOUT
HEAVEN. HE SAID IT'S REAL.
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SO WHEN GOD SAYS 'I'M GOING
TO BRING THIS CITY DOWN FROM
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HEAVEN' - THESE DWELLING PLACES
- PEOPLE WATCH STAR TREK AND
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THINK 'OH, COULD BE TRUE.' YOU
KNOW, THESE TREKKIES OUT THERE
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THAT BELIEVE IT. BUT
GOD SAYS IT AND 'OH, NOT SO
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SURE GOD CAN DO IT.
HOLLYWOOD CAN DO IT, BUT WE'RE
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NOT SURE ABOUT
GOD.' I THINK HE CAN.
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WHAT MORE DO WE
KNOW ABOUT THE HOLY CITY?
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WE'RGOING TO LOOK AT A NUMBER
OF DETAILS THAT TELL US ABOUT
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HEAVEN AND WHAT'S
GOING TO BE HAPPENING THERE.
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REVELATION 21, VERSE 10 AND
VERSE 12: IT SAYS, "...THE HOLY
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JERUSALEM, DESCENDING OUT
OF HEAVEN FROM GOD...HAD A WALL
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GREAT AND HIGH, AND
HAD" - WHAT? >>TWELVE GATES.
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>>"TWELVE GATES," - NOW TWELVE
IS A PERFECT MATHEMATICAL NUMBER
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REALLY FOR BUILDING.
WHY DO WE HAVE A FOOT WITH
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TWELVE INCHES?
BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
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PERFECTLY EASILY
DIVISIBLE NUMBERS.
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TWELVE IS DIVISIBLE BY 1, BY 2,
BY 3, BY 4, BY 6 - AND GOD, IN
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BUILDING THE CITY,
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?
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>>TWELVE. >>TWELVE.
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AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
THE NEW JERUSALEM HAS TWELVE
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FOUNDATIONS, TWELVE GATES - AND
YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS THE GATES
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ARE MADE OF? YOU'VE HEARD
THE EXPRESSION 'PEARLY GATES'?
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IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE
INLAID 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, IF ONE
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WALL IS 375 MILES AND IT SAYS
THE WALLS ARE 144 CUBITS OR OVER
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200 FEET THICK - NOT QUITE SURE
HOW HIGH THEY ARE - THERE'S ONE
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VERSE THAT SAYS, 'THE LENGTH,
THE BREADTH AND THE HEIGHT ARE
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THE SAME' - ONE OF THE GATES
WOULD NEED TO BE PRETTY BIG.
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THAT'D BE A PRETTY BIG PEARL.
YOU'RE SAYING, 'PASTOR DOUG, I
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CAN'T IMAGINE THAT.' DON'T
WORRY, THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN'T
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IMAGINE THE THINGS THAT GOD
HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE THAT LOVE
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HIM. 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.' THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT JESUS SAID: 'YOU
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CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE IT.' AND IF
THE PEARLS ARE THAT BIG, THINK
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ABOUT HOW BIG THE
OYSTERS HAVE TO BE IN HEAVEN.
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>>(LAUGHTER) >>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 - IF THEY COULD MAKE GOLD
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ABSOLUTELY PURE, IT WOULD
BE TRANSPARENT. THAT WHAT GIVES
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GOLD THE COLOR 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,
THEY'VE GOT 22 KARAT AND VARIOUS
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FORMS OF GOLD - BUT HERE JOHN IS
SAYING THAT THIS GOLD IS - IT'S
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AS IF IT'S TRANSPARENT - IT'S
THE PUREST FORM OF GOLD - IN
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HEAVEN. WHAT DOES
THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT
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THE CITY'S WATER
SUPPLY AND ITS FOOD SUPPLY?
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I GET SO EXCITED
TALKING ABOUT THIS - THIS STUDY.
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IT SAYS IN REVELATION 22, VERSE
1, "HE SHOWED ME A PURE RIVER OF
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- WATER OF LIFE." ALL
LIFE NEEDS WATER - ANIMAL,
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PLANT, FUNGUS, MUSHROOMS, BUGS,
WHATEVER IT IS - THERE'S NO LIFE
00:10:46.88\00:10:51.08
- BACTERIA CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT
WATER - AND IN THIS WORLD, THE
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SOURCE OF ALL LIFE IS GOING TO
BE THIS WATER. JESUS SAID, 'I AM
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THE WATER OF LIFE.' AND FIRST WE
MUST ACCEPT THAT INTO OUR LIVES.
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BUT FROM THE THRONE
OF GOD FLOWS THIS RIVER.
00:11:04.39\00:11:07.66
NOW, I'VE SEEN THE NILE AND
I'VE SEEN THE AMAZON AND THE
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MISSISSIPPI, AND A NUMBER OF THE
MAJOR RIVERS OF THE WORLD AND,
00:11:11.40\00:11:15.27
DO YOU KNOW, AT ITS MOUTH, THE
AMAZON RIVER IS LIKE 50 - 100
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MILES WIDE WHERE IT
ENTERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
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HOW BIG DO YOU
THINK THIS RIVER IS?
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WHEN YOU PICTURE THE RIVER THAT
IRRIGATES THE WHOLE PLANET - THE
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MAIN RIVER THAT'S SUPPLYING THE
WATER TO THE PLANET, YOU BETTER
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THINK BIG. IT IS GOING TO BE
ENORMOUS. FURTHERMORE, ON EITHER
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SIDE - REVELATION 22, VERSE 2 -
"...ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER,
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WAS THERE THE TREE OF LIFE,
WHICH BORE TWELVE MANNER OF
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FRUITS, AND YIELDED HER FRUIT
EVERY MONTH: AND THE LEAVES OF
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THE TREE WERE FOR THE
HEALING OF THE NATIONS."
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THIS IS A TREE THAT EVERY PERSON
ALIVE ON THE PLANET NEEDS TO EAT
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FROM - ALL THE SAVED
NEED TO EAT FROM THIS TREE.
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AND I THINK THE BRANCHES
NOT ONLY GROW TOGETHER ABOVE THE
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TREE - ABOVE THE RIVER - I THINK
THE ROOTS MAY TOUCH UNDER THE
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RIVER AND THE RIVER ACTUALLY
RUNS THROUGH IT - BECAUSE IT'S
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ONE TREE ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.
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HOW ELSE DO YOU - AND
THEY'VE LOOKED AT THIS IN EVERY
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TRANSLATION; IT SAYS THE SAME
THING. ONE TREE ON EITHER SIDE
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OF THE RIVER - THE
RIVER RUNS RIGHT THROUGH IT.
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IT'S A MASSIVE, MASSIVE,
ORGANISM AND WE'LL ALL GATHER -
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IT SAYS THE LEAVES OF THE
TREES ARE FOR THE HEALING OF THE
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NATIONS. WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
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ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET SICK
IN HEAVEN AND HAVE TO RUN TO THE
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TREE AND HAVE TO
RUB IT IN THEIR WOUNDS?
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NO, THERE'S NO SICKNESS THERE.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THE LEAVES
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OF THE TREE ARE FOR THE HEALING
OF SICKNESS, IT SAYS THE LEAVES
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OF THE TREE ARE FOR
THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS.
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YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL DIVIDED
IN THIS WORLD BY - THERE'S
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POLITICAL DIVISIONS, CULTURAL,
RACIAL, LANGUAGE DIVISIONS, BUT
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WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS
ONE FAMILY UNDER THE GLITTERING
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LEAVES OF THAT TREE, ALL THE
DIVISIONS AND DISTINCTIONS ARE
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GOING TO BE HEALED AND THERE'S
GOING TO BE A UNITY THERE AS WE
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ALL HAVE TO REACH OUT TOGETHER
AND KE FROM THAT TREE OF LIFE.
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HOW WILL THE LIVING IN HEAVEN
BE DIFFERENT FROM HERE ON EARTH?
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ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO
THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE
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VERY EXCITING: A - AND THESE ARE
KIND OF A - B - C - ANSWER A:
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THE EYES OF THE - >>BLIND.
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>>THE BLIND WILL BE
OPEN. WON'T THAT BE WONDERFUL?
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SOME PEOPLE MAYBE WHO HAVE NEVER
SEEN THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE
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PERFECT VISION THEN.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE LIKE AN
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EAGLE. YOU SEE,
ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT IN
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THIS LIFE IS GOING TO
BE MAXIMIZED IN HEAVEN.
00:13:26.27\00:13:28.20
ALL YOUR SENSES WILL
BE INFINITELY MORE ACUTE.
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AND I THINK THAT
THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE ENHANCED.
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PEOPLE WHO'VE ALWAYS
STRUGGLED WITH EYESIGHT HERE ARE
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GOING TO HAVE THE
BEST EYESIGHT THERE.
00:13:35.94\00:13:37.65
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MAYBE STRUGGLED
WITH HEARING HERE, IT SAYS THE
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EARS OF THE DEAF
WILL BE UNSTOPPED.
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AND IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 35, VERSE
6 - ANSWER C: "THEN SHALL THE
00:13:43.92\00:13:51.03
LAME MAN LEAP AS AN HART."
NOT JUST WALK A LITTLE BIT - YOU
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REMEMBER WHEN PETER AND JOHN
HEALED THIS CRIPPLED MAN AT THE
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BEAUTIFUL GATE IN ACTS CHAPTER
3? IT SAYS HE WENT INTO THE
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TEMPLE OF GOD JUMPING
AND LEAPING AND PRAISING GOD.
00:14:02.87\00:14:06.34
HE WENT FROM BEING CRIPPLED TO
LEAPING AND HE WAS SO EXCITED.
00:14:06.37\00:14:11.45
ALL OF YOUR SENSES - ALL OF
THESE THINGS WILL BE - AND IT
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SAYS, AND THE TONGUE OF THE DUMB
WILL NOT JUST TALK BUT THEY WILL
00:14:12.98\00:14:16.05
SING AND THEY'LL
HAVE BEAUTIFUL VOICES.
00:14:16.08\00:14:19.92
I'LL BE ABLE TO SING. OH,
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
00:14:19.95\00:14:21.89
ANSWER D: ISAIAH 65, VERSE 25,
"AND ALL THE CREATURES THERE" -
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THERE'LL BE ANIMALS THERE.
HOW MANY MORE WERE THERE BEFORE
00:14:27.30\00:14:31.10
THE PROBLEMS OF MAN
AND BEFORE THE FLOOD?
00:14:31.13\00:14:33.77
THERE'LL BE MANY MORE VARIETIES.
AND WILL THEY HURT EACH OTHER?
00:14:33.80\00:14:36.37
NO. YOU WANT TO
HEAR AN AMAZING FACT?
00:14:36.40\00:14:39.21
SEE - YOU EVER - YOU'VE HEARD OF
THE WIZARD OF OZ AND THEY SING
00:14:39.24\00:14:44.75
'LIONS AND TIGERS
AND BEARS, OH MY!'
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WELL THESE THREE IN THIS PICTURE
HERE, THEY CALL THEM BLT - BLT
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STANDS FOR
BEAR, LION, AND TIGER.
00:14:51.15\00:14:54.19
THEY WERE RESCUED FROM - A DRUG
DEALER IN ATLANTA KEPT THEM AS
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CUBS IN HIS BASEMENT.
IT WAS FILTHY CONDITIONS.
00:14:58.86\00:15:01.10
THEY WERE RESCUED. THEY
WERE ADOPTED BY AN ANIMAL
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PARK IN GEORGIA.
BECAUSE THEY WERE SO USED TO
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BEING WITH EACH OTHER, THEY PUT
THEM IN THE SAME ENCLOSURE AND
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THEY ALL GET ALONG JUST GREAT.
YOU EVER WONDER WHAT WOULD
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HAPPEN IF A LION AND A TIGER AND
A BEAR GOT TOGETHER? WELL, IF
00:15:11.04\00:15:14.14
THEY KNOW EACH OTHER FROM
CHILDHOOD, THEY CAN DO OKAY.
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AND THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE TELLS
US IN ISAIAH CHAPTER - THIS IS
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ANSWER E IN YOUR LESSON - ISAIAH
11, VERSE 6, "THE WOLF WILL
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DWELL WITH THE LAMB AND A
LITTLE CHILD WILL LEAD THEM."
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YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE CHILD
LEADING A LAMB, BUT A LITTLE
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CHILD LEADING A LAMB AND A WOLF?
AND IT SAYS THAT THE LION WILL
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EAT STRAW LIKE THE OX.
HOW MANY OF YOU EVER READ THAT
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BOOK - IT WAS OUT YEARS
AGO - ABOUT LITTLE TYKE?
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ANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT? RAISE YOUR HANDS -
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LITTLE TYKE? THIS
FAMILY HAD ADOPTED A BABY CUB.
00:15:43.94\00:15:48.68
IT'S MOTHER, ACTUALLY, WAS
KILLING ALL OF HER CUBS AND SO
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THEY TOOK IT AWAY
FROM THE MOTHER AT THE ZOO.
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THEY GAVE IT TO THIS FAMILY
- THE WESTBEAUS IN NORTHERN
00:15:53.62\00:15:56.99
CALIFORNIA - AND THEY ADOPTED IT
AND THEY GAVE IT MILK AND ONCE
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IT GOT PAST MILK THEY TRIED TO
GIVE IT MEAT - IT WOULD NOT EAT
00:16:02.52\00:16:04.66
MEAT BUT IT
GRAVITATED TOWARDS GRAIN.
00:16:04.69\00:16:07.73
AND THIS LION JUST
REFUSED TO EAT MEAT.
00:16:07.76\00:16:11.13
IT WOULD PLAY WITH LAMBS AND THE
FAMILY PETS AND IT WOULD NEVER
00:16:11.17\00:16:14.37
BITE OR HURT ANYTHING ELSE
ON THE FARM AND IT NEVER IN ITS
00:16:14.40\00:16:18.01
ENTIRE - IT GREW TO BE A MASSIVE
FULL-GROWN LION - IT NEVER ATE
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ANY BLOOD, ANY MEAT -
IT WAS A VEGETARIAN LION.
00:16:22.21\00:16:26.25
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD
THAT STORY? YOU CAN LOOK IT UP -
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LITTLE TYKE IS THE NAME OF
THE BOOK. IT'S AN AMAZING STORY.
00:16:28.98\00:16:30.79
ANSWER F: IT SAYS, 'THE DESERT
SHALL BLOSSOM LIKE THE ROSE.'
00:16:30.82\00:16:38.19
YOU CAN FIND THE MOST DESOLATE
PLACES IN THE WORLD NOW AND
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THERE'LL BE A
BEAUTIFUL GARDEN THERE.
00:16:41.83\00:16:45.50
YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE PLACES
THAT ARE JUST - THEY LOOK LIKE
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THEY'RE SCORCHED
EARTH, BUT NOT IN HEAVEN.
00:16:48.40\00:16:50.44
THE BEAUTIFUL PLACES WILL BE
INFINITELY MORE BEAUTIFUL AND
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THE DESERTS WILL
STILL BE BEAUTIFUL.
00:16:53.11\00:16:56.01
BUT THE COLORS THAT YOU SEE
NOW ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE
00:16:56.04\00:16:59.95
COLORS - IF WE COULD BE TAKEN IN
VISION RIGHT NOW TO HEAVEN - IF
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WE COULD ENDURE IT - IF WE COULD
HANDLE THE GLORY OF IT ALL AND
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HOW SPECTACULAR IT IS. IF
YOU COULD HEAR THE STRAINS OF
00:17:05.99\00:17:09.52
ANGELS SINGING - IF YOU
COULD TASTE HOW MUCH BETTER -
00:17:09.56\00:17:13.23
INFINITELY MORE DELICIOUS THE
FOOD IS GOING TO BE - WHATEVER
00:17:13.26\00:17:17.83
YOUR SENSES ARE,
MULTIPLY THAT A HUNDRED TIMES.
00:17:17.87\00:17:21.37
EVERYTHING HAS BECOME DULL
IN THIS LIFE, BECAUSE OF SIN.
00:17:21.40\00:17:24.31
IT'S ALL GOING TO BE ENHANCED
AND IT WILL BE THAT WAY FOR
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ETERNITY.
FURTHERMORE - ANSWER G - ISAIAH
00:17:27.64\00:17:31.35
33, VERSE 24, "THE INHABITANT
SHALL NOT SAY, 'I AM SICK.'"
00:17:31.38\00:17:37.95
NOBODY WILL BE SICK
THERE. WON'T THAT BE WONDERFUL?
00:17:37.99\00:17:42.52
DON'T HAVE TO EVER WORRY ABOUT
YOUR HEALTH PLAN IN HEAVEN -
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OR YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
ANSWER H: REVELATION 21, VERSE
00:17:45.99\00:17:51.30
4, "THERE SHALL BE NO
MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW, NOR
00:17:51.33\00:17:56.91
CRYING, FOR THE FORMER
THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY."
00:17:56.94\00:18:00.11
WHAT YOU GET THERE, YOU GET
FOREVER AND YOU NEVER HAVEO BE
00:18:00.14\00:18:04.25
AFRAID OF LOSING IT AGAIN.
AND YET, PEOPLE ARE - THEY'RE
00:18:04.28\00:18:09.58
RELUCTANT. THEY
HESITATE BEING WILLING TO
00:18:09.62\00:18:12.09
GIVE THEIR HEARTS TO
JESUS AND TO FOLLOW HIM.
00:18:12.12\00:18:15.09
QUESTION #6: WHAT KIND OF BODIES
WILL THE SAINTS HAVE IN THE
00:18:15.12\00:18:17.96
KINGDOM? ARE WE GOING TO
BE GHOSTS FLOATING AROUND?
00:18:17.99\00:18:21.70
PHILIPPIANS 3, VERSES 20 AND 21,
"THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO WILL
00:18:21.73\00:18:26.37
CHANGE OUR VILE BODY THAT IT
MIGHT BE FASHIONED LIKE UNTO HIS
00:18:26.40\00:18:31.44
GLORIOUS BODY." THE
LORD IS GOING TO GIVE US A
00:18:31.47\00:18:35.84
GLORIOUS BODY. WHEN JESUS
ROSE FROM THE DEAD, WAS HE REAL?
00:18:35.88\00:18:40.05
>>YES. >>YOU REMEMBER?
00:18:40.08\00:18:42.15
HE CAME FORTH FROM THE GRAVE, HE
APPEARED TO THE DISCIPLES, AND
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THERE IN THE UPPER ROOM HE TOLD
THEM LUKE 24, VERSE 39, HE SAID,
00:18:45.69\00:18:50.53
"BEHOLD MY HANDS AND MY
FEET, THAT IT IS I, MYSELF.
00:18:50.56\00:18:55.06
HANDLE ME AND SEE FOR A SPIRIT
HATH NOT FLESH AND BONES AS YOU
00:18:55.10\00:19:02.54
SEE ME HAVE." WHAT IS HE SAYING?
HE'S SAYING, 'I AM NOT A GHOST.'
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AND THEN HE ATE IN FRONT OF
THEM TO PROVE THAT HE WAS REAL.
00:19:06.81\00:19:09.78
WHAT KIND OF
BODIES WILL WE HAVE?
00:19:09.81\00:19:11.78
REAL BODIES, BUT WE
GET FOUR DIMENSIONS.
00:19:11.81\00:19:15.05
SEE, RIGHT NOW WE
GET THREE DIMENSIONS.
00:19:15.08\00:19:16.92
AFTER ADAM AND EVE SINNED, THEY
LOST A WHOLE DIMENSION - THE
00:19:16.95\00:19:20.86
SPIRITUAL DIMENSION.
THAT WILL BE RESTORED AND WE
00:19:20.89\00:19:22.92
WILL HAVE THESE
GLORIFIED, ETERNAL BODIES.
00:19:22.96\00:19:25.16
WE'LL BE ABLE TO
TALK TO THE ANGELS.
00:19:25.19\00:19:27.13
WE'LL SEE GOD, SO WE'LL BE
IN TUNE WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD AT
00:19:27.13\00:19:30.53
THAT POINT - THE
GOOD SPIRITS - THE ANGELS.
00:19:30.57\00:19:32.97
WHAT OTHER ENCOURAGING
PROMISES ARE FOUND IN GOD'S WORD
00:19:33.00\00:19:36.24
REGARDING THIS
MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM?
00:19:36.27\00:19:39.47
IT SAYS IN ACTS CHAPTER 3,
VERSES 20 AND 21, "AND THAT HE
00:19:39.51\00:19:44.15
MAY SEND JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS
PREACHED TO YOU BEFORE...UNTIL
00:19:44.18\00:19:49.65
THE TIMES OF THE
RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS."
00:19:49.68\00:19:54.42
THAT MEANS EVERYTHING
IS GOING TO BE RESTORED.
00:19:54.46\00:19:57.36
NOW HERE'S A QUESTION, FRIENDS,
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO BE IN
00:19:57.39\00:20:01.53
THAT KINGDOM AND
FOLLOW JESUS THERE, THEN?
00:20:01.56\00:20:05.20
IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW
HIM THERE THEN, YOU MUST FIRST
00:20:05.23\00:20:07.64
FOLLOW HIM HERE NOW. THAT'S IT.
00:20:07.67\00:20:10.81
THOSE THAT FOLLOW HIM HERE NOW
WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM THERE
00:20:10.84\00:20:15.01
THEN. YOU CAN'T MAKE UP
YOUR MIND AT THE LAST MOMENT.
00:20:15.04\00:20:17.05
YOU WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN AFTER
PROBATION CLOSES, GOD'S CALLING
00:20:17.08\00:20:20.68
YOU NOW. WILL SAD
OR PAINFUL MEMORIES
00:20:20.72\00:20:23.69
FROM THIS LIFE
TROUBLE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN?
00:20:23.72\00:20:26.86
ANSWER: ISAIAH 65, VERSE 17,
IT SAYS, "...THE FORMER SHALL
00:20:26.89\00:20:31.59
NOT BE
REMEMBERED OR COME TO MIND."
00:20:31.63\00:20:36.43
WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE
FORM - I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
00:20:36.46\00:20:39.90
EVEN WHEN I'M STANDING
HERE I CAN THINK ABOUT THINGS -
00:20:39.93\00:20:42.80
WHENEVER I THINK
OF I JUST CRINGE.
00:20:42.84\00:20:44.24
'OH, DID I SAY
THAT? DID I DO THAT?
00:20:44.27\00:20:45.97
OH!' OR PAINFUL THINGS YOU'VE
00:20:46.01\00:20:48.21
EXPERIENCED YOU
WISH YOU COULD FORGET.
00:20:48.24\00:20:49.98
SOME PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED
VIOLENCE AND THINGS THAT JUST
00:20:50.01\00:20:52.65
HAVE CAUSED ALL KINDS OF STRESS
- SOLDIERS - AND YOU THINK,
00:20:52.68\00:20:57.65
'WILL I HAVE THOSE
TERRIBLE MEMORIES FOREVER?'
00:20:57.69\00:21:00.56
GOD SAYS HE'LL HEAL US. L
THE BEAUTY AND THE GLORY AND
00:21:00.59\00:21:04.36
THE SPLENDOR AND THE WONDER
AND THE PLEASURES OF HEAVEN WILL
00:21:04.39\00:21:07.56
ECLIPSE AND DISPLACE ALL THE
PAINFUL MEMORIES OF THIS LIFE
00:21:07.60\00:21:11.20
AND THERE'LL BE PLEASURES
AT HIS RIGHT HAND FOREVERMORE.
00:21:11.23\00:21:16.64
WHAT OTHER THRILLING PROMISES
DOES GOD GIVE US REGARDING HIS
00:21:16.67\00:21:20.71
COMING KINGDOM? A
NUMBER OF THINGS HERE WE'RE
00:21:20.74\00:21:23.48
GOING TO LOOK AT. ANSWER
A: IN ISAIAH 35, VERSE 10
00:21:23.51\00:21:27.58
IT SAYS, "AND THE RANSOMED
OF THE LORD SHALL...COME TO ZION
00:21:27.62\00:21:31.19
WITH SINGING, WITH EVERLASTING
JOY..." GOD IS A LOVING
00:21:31.22\00:21:36.99
HEAVENLY FATHER AND THE BIBLE
SAYS HE WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD
00:21:37.03\00:21:39.49
THING - NO GOOD THING -
FROM THOSE THAT WALK UPRIGHTLY.
00:21:39.53\00:21:43.30
HE WILL NOT WANT TO
KEEP ANYTHING GOOD FROM YOU.
00:21:43.33\00:21:45.80
AT HIS RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES
FOREVERMORE, BUT YOU'LL NEVER
00:21:45.83\00:21:48.34
FIND THE PLEASURE
UNLESS YOU DO IT GOD'S WAY.
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.51
OH, BY THE WAY, I JUST
JUMPED AHEAD TO OUR NEXT VERSE.
00:21:50.54\00:21:54.44
THIS IS MY WIFE'S FAVORITE VERSE
- PSALM 16, VERSE 11, "AT YOUR
00:21:54.48\00:21:58.51
RIGHT HAND ARE
PLEASURES FOREVERMORE."
00:21:58.55\00:22:01.42
PLEASURE IS NOT A BAD THING.
GOD WANTS YOU TO ENJOY PLEASURE.
00:22:01.45\00:22:03.89
HE GAVE YOU ALL THE SENSE.
HE WANTS YOU TO BE BLESSED BY
00:22:03.92\00:22:06.05
YOUR FOOD. BUT, YOU
KNOW, IN THE WORLD WE
00:22:06.09\00:22:09.96
SPIN IT AROUND BACKWARDS.
WE THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO
00:22:09.99\00:22:13.46
FOR THE PHYSICAL SELFISH
PLEASURES FIRST AND THEN WE
00:22:13.50\00:22:17.50
SUFFER WITH THE
HANGOVER ALL DAY.
00:22:17.53\00:22:20.37
ANSWER C: ZECHARIAH 8:5, "THE
STREETS OF THE CITY SHALL BE
00:22:20.40\00:22:26.54
FULL OF BOYS AND GIRLS
PLAYING IN ITS STREETS."
00:22:26.57\00:22:30.28
YOU KNOW, HERE IN SOME OF
OUR CITIES WE'RE PRETTY SCARED.
00:22:30.31\00:22:32.45
MY MOTHER USED TO LET MY BROTHER
AND I PLAY ON 42ND AND BROADWAY
00:22:32.48\00:22:35.42
- IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE NOW - BUT
IN HEAVEN WILL THERE BE ANYTHING
00:22:35.45\00:22:40.76
TO BE AFRAID OF?
YOU'LL TELL YOUR CHILDREN, 'GO
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.39
PLAY IN THE STREET. GO
PLAY IN THE GOLDEN STREETS.'
00:22:43.43\00:22:46.46
THEY'LL HAVE NOTHING TO BE
AFRAID OF OUT THERE, RIGHT?
00:22:46.49\00:22:48.86
NO ONE'S GOING TO HURT THEM.
ANSWER D: ISAIAH 40, VERSE 31,
00:22:48.90\00:22:53.70
IT SAYS, "THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT
BE WEARY, THEY SHALL WALK AND
00:22:53.74\00:22:58.91
NOT FAINT." THEY'LL
MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE
00:22:58.94\00:23:01.54
- WILL WE BE ABLE TO FLY? YEAH.
00:23:01.58\00:23:03.51
IT TALKS ABOUT - YOU
KNOW THAT SONG ROCK OF AGES ?
00:23:03.55\00:23:08.85
'I'LL SOAR TO WORLDS UNKNOWN -
OF COURSE, THAT'S A SONG, BUT I
00:23:08.88\00:23:12.89
BELIEVE - IT SAYS WE'LL
MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES
00:23:12.92\00:23:15.89
- I BELIEVE
WE'LL BE ABLE TO FLY.
00:23:15.92\00:23:17.83
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST
REWARD OF GOD'S NEW KINGDOM?
00:23:17.86\00:23:22.06
OH, THIS IS THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL PART.
00:23:22.10\00:23:24.33
IT TELLS US IN REVELATION 21,
VERSE 3, "GOD HIMSELF WILL BE
00:23:24.37\00:23:29.04
WITH THEM." WON'T
THAT BE SOMETHING?
00:23:29.07\00:23:32.27
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 'FROM
ONE NEW MOON TO ANOTHER AND ONE
00:23:32.31\00:23:36.54
SABBATH TO ANOTHER SHALL
ALL FLESH COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE
00:23:36.58\00:23:39.11
ME.' WE'LL BE ABLE
TO WORSHIP BEFORE JESUS.
00:23:39.15\00:23:41.72
HE'LL BE THE PREACHER AND NOBODY
WILL FALL ASLEEP DURING THE
00:23:41.75\00:23:44.12
SERMON WHEN HE'S
PREACHING, RIGHT?
00:23:44.15\00:23:46.79
AND WE'LL KNOW THAT EVERYTHING
HE SAYS IS GOOD AND TRUE.
00:23:46.82\00:23:51.86
GOD HIMSELF WILL BE
WITH HIM - WE'LL SEE HIM.
00:23:51.89\00:23:54.96
WHAT WILL EXCLUDE PEOPLE
FROM GOD'S HEAVENLY KINGDOM?
00:23:55.00\00:23:58.37
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS SERIOUS.
REVELATION 21, VERSE 27, "THERE
00:23:58.40\00:24:03.84
SHALL IN NO WISE " - THAT MEANS
'IN NO WAY' - "ENTER INTO IT ANY
00:24:03.87\00:24:07.81
THING THAT DEFILETH" - THAT
MEANS THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING
00:24:07.84\00:24:13.18
DEFILING OR
SINFUL, IT DOESN'T GO IN.
00:24:13.21\00:24:15.32
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT SATAN WAS
CAST OUT OF HEAVEN FOR SINNING.
00:24:15.35\00:24:18.55
HEAVEN IS A PURE PLACE -
IT'S THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:24:18.59\00:24:22.32
WE MUST BE PURIFIED NOW
AND PREPARED, THROUGH THE BLOOD
00:24:22.36\00:24:26.39
OF CHRIST, TO
LIVE IN THAT KINGDOM.
00:24:26.43\00:24:28.63
SO YOU CAN'T WAIT TILL JESUS
COMES TO TRANSFORM US, NOW IS
00:24:28.66\00:24:32.97
THE TIME FOR US TO
BECOME NEW CREATURES.
00:24:33.00\00:24:35.84
THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT TODAY IS THE DAY.
00:24:35.87\00:24:38.77
THE LORD CAN
GIVE YOU A NEW HEART.
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OLD THINGS ARE PASSED
AWAY WHEN YOU'RE CONVERTED.
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ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.
IT'S OFTEN CALLED 'THE NEW
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BIRTH' AND WE NEED
TO BE BORN AGAIN NOW.
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REVELATION 21:7, "HE
THAT" - >>OVERCOMETH.
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>>"HE THAT OVERCOMETH" - THAT'S
THE KING JAMES WAY OF SAYING 'HE
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THAT OVERCOMES.' SEVEN TIMES IT
SAYS, IN REVELATION CHAPTERS 2
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AND 3 'TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES.
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES.'
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OVERCOMING WHAT? WE'RE
ALL HELD CAPTIVE BY OUR
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SINS AND THROUGH THE POWER OF
CHRIST WE CAN BE TRANSFORMED AND
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BE NEW
CREATURES. IT IS POSSIBLE.
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ALL THINGS CAN
HAPPEN THROUGH PRAYER.
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YOU SPEND TIME WITH JESUS,
YOU FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS, YOU
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THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND
IT STARTS TO BECOME PART OF YOU.
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WHAT DID JESUS SAY IS THE
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS IN THIS LIFE
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AND IN THE LIFE TO COME?
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 6:33 - YOU KNOW
THIS, IT'S WHERE WE STARTED -
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"SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM
OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
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ALL THESE OTHER
THINGS WILL BE ADDED."
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SOLOMON, WHEN HE LOVED THE
LORD, HE PRAYED, 'LORD, GIVE ME
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WISDOM.' HE PRAYED FOR GOD'S
KINGDOM. HE PRAYED FOR GOD'S
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RIGHTEOUSNESS. GOD SAID,
'BECAUSE YOU SOUGHT THIS FIRST,
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I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU EVERYTHING ELSE.
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I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE
WISDOM, I'LL GIVE YOU LONG LIFE,
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I'LL GIVE YOU PROSRITY,
BUT SEEK FIRST MY KINGDOM.
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AND THAT WAS THE KEY -
AND IT'S STILL THE KEY TODAY.
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IF YOU MAKE GOD - KNOWING GOD
AND SHARING GOD - LIVING FOR HIM
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- LIVING FOR OTHERS - YOUR
PRIORITY, HE'S OFFERING YOU THAT
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WONDERFUL KINGDOM. >>STAY TUNED.
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