Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000149A
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01:00 >>THIS PRESENTATN IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEF ADVENTURE YOU'VE GOT IN THIS 01:14 LIFE IT TO DETERMINE ETERNITY AND YET, MOST PEOPLE ARE WILLING 01:19 AND READY TO SACRIFICE ETERNITY FOR THE PASSING TEMPORARY 01:23 PLEASURES OF THIS LIFE. 01:28 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:30 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:33 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:37 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:39 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:48 >>WELCOME, AGAIN, TO THE LANDMARKS OF PROPHECY BIBLE 01:51 STUDY SERIES - AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING A SUBJECT 01:55 THAT YOU DO FIND IN THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE DEALING 01:57 WITH THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 02:00 MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE LESN TONIGHT IS TITLED THE 02:03 MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM AND IT'S BASED UPON A STORY THAT YOU FIND 02:08 IN YOUR BIBLE WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF KING SOLOMON. 02:12 NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL, THEY HAD 02:15 THEIR UPS AND DOWNS. 02:18 BUT IF YOU WERE TO PICK A POINT DURING THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL 02:21 WHEN THEY HAD THE HIGHEST GLORY, IT WOULD BE DURING THE TIME OF 02:25 KING SOLOMON - IN PARTICULAR, WHEN THE QUEEN OF SHEBA CAME - 02:29 BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT THE GOAL THAT GOD HAD FOR HIS PEOPLE 02:33 - HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO BE A NATION OF KINGS AND PRIESTS. 02:35 I WANT ALL PEOPLE TO COME TO YOU AND TO LEARN OF ME.' THE TEMPLE 02:41 HAD JUST BEEN BUILT - EVERYTHING WAS BRAND-SPANKING NEW. 02:43 SOLOMON HAD JUST BUILT HIS HOUSE. 02:46 THERE WAS GREAT WEALTH AND PROSPERITY. 02:48 THEY HAD PEACE ON ALL THEIR BORDERS AND, DURING THAT TIME, 02:52 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA HAD ABOUT THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 02:55 SHE CAME FROM A VERY WEALTHY COUNTRY DOWN SOMEWHERE NEAR 02:59 SAUDI ARABIA WITH A GREAT CARAVAN BROUGHT ANIMALS AND 03:05 GIFTS AND ALL THESE TREASURES TO SOLOMON AND ALL SHE WAS ASKING 03:08 FOR - SHE SAID, 'I WANT TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS' BECAUSE THE MOST 03:12 IMPORTANT THING TO HER WAS TRUTH AND WISDOM. 03:15 SHE PURELY WANTED TO SEE WHAT - WHO WAS THE GOD THAT SOLOMON 03:20 WORSHIPED. 03:21 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'I HAD A BREATHTAKING 03:25 EXPERIENCE'? 03:26 THAT COMES FROM THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. 03:29 AFTER SHE SAW SOLOMON'S HOUSE AND THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE 03:33 SEATING OF HIS SERVANTS AND THEIR APPAREL AND THE WEALTH OF 03:36 THE KINGDOM AND HEARD HIS ANSWERS FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS, 03:38 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE WAS NO MORE SPIRIT LEFT IN HER. 03:42 WE LEARNED WHAT THAT WORD MEANS - SHE WAS LEFT BREATHLESS. 03:46 THAT'S WHAT THE WORD 'SPIRIT' MEANS THERE. 03:48 SHE WAS LEFT - IT WAS BREATHTAKING - AND SHE SAID, 03:51 'SURELY THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD ME OF YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR 03:54 GREATNESS.' AND SO, IN THIS STORY WE SORT OF HAVE AN 03:59 ALLEGORY OF THE GLORIOUS, MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM THAT GOD IS 04:03 PREPARING FOR US. 04:05 I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS LESSON TONIGHT - USE A LITTLE 04:08 FAITH THAT - THINK BIGGER THAN JUST THE HERE AND THE NOW. 04:13 THE BIBLE HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT HEAVEN AND IT'S VERY REAL. 04:17 LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE VERSES - QUESTION #1 IN OUR LESSON: 04:21 WHAT DID JESUS PROMISE HIS PEOPLE? 04:25 WHAT DID JESUS PROMISE HIS PEOPLE? 04:27 IN JOHN 14, VERSE 2 HE SAID, "IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE" - AND YOU CAN 04:33 SAY IT WITH ME - "ARE MANY" - >>MANSIONS. 04:36 <<"MANSIONS. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU" 04:40 - AND HE SAID, "IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL 04:43 COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF." 04:46 HEBREWS 11, VERSE 16 - THE BIBLE SAYS, "FOR HE HAS PREPARED FOR 04:51 THEM" - WHAT? >>A CITY. 04:54 >>"A CITY." NOW, WHEN I THINK OF CITIES, I 04:57 DON'T THINK, USUALLY, GOOD THINGS. YOU KNOW WHY? 05:02 PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH SIN AND SELFISHNESS AND WHEREVER YOU 05:06 HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A 05:09 CONCENTRATION OF PROBLEMS. WHERE DO YOU HAVE THE GANG 05:12 PROBLEMS? NOT SO MUCH OUT ON THE FARM, 05:15 IT'S IN THE CITIES WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE. 05:19 AND CITIES IN HEAVEN WILL BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIN 05:23 PROBLEM - THERE'S NO SELFISHNESS. 05:25 INSTEAD OF IT BEING A CONCENTRATION OF SELFISH PEOPLE, 05:28 IT'LL BE A CONCENTRATION OF LOVING PEOPLE. 05:30 IT'LL BE A GREAT THING THERE. 05:32 SO I KIND OF HAD TO REVISE MY THINKING ABOUT CITIES WHEN I 05:35 READ THAT GOD HAS PREPARED A CITY BECAUSE I USED TO RUN THE 05:38 OTHER DIRECTION WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT CITIES. 05:40 REVELATION 21, VERSE 2, "I, JOHN, SAW THE HOLY CITY, THE NEW 05:46 JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN." 05:52 NOW HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE OLD JERUSALEM AND DO YOU KNOW THE 05:57 CITY THAT HAS PROBABLY HAD ORE WARS FOUGHT - THAT HAS BEEN 06:01 DEROYED AND REBUILT MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD 06:03 IS A CITY CALLED THE CITY OF PEACE . 06:06 YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT JERUSALEM MEANS - JERU - CITY - SHALOM - 06:09 PEACE - JERU-SHALOM - CITY OF PEACE. 06:12 IT'S FIRST MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE WITH A KING - THE FIRST 06:16 KING OF JERUSALEM IS NOT DAVID OR SAUL OR SOLOMON, IT'S SOMEONE 06:20 NAMED MELCHIZADEK, WHO THE NEW TESTAMENT TELLS US IS A TYPE OF 06:24 CHRIST. HE WAS A KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 06:26 HE BROUGHT OUT BREAD AND WINE FOR ABRAHAM. 06:29 JESUS IS OUR KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 06:31 HE WAS CALLED THE KING OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. 06:33 JESUS IS OUR KING, HE'S OUR PRIEST, HE'S OUR KING OF 06:35 RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE BRINGS US THE BREAD AND THE 06:38 WINE - THAT'S IN THE LAST SUPPER - AND MELCHIZADEK WAS THE KING 06:42 OF A PLACE CALLED SALEM - OR PEACE. 06:45 IT PROBABLY WAS PEACEFUL BACK THEN, BUT ONCE THEY STARTED 06:48 BUILDING UP THE CITY, THERE WERE MORE - YOU WALK AROUND THE OLD 06:50 JERUSALEM TODAY AND YOU CAN SEE BULLET HOLES IN THE WALLS STILL 06:53 EVERYWHERE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED. 06:55 JUST A LITTLE CHIP - PIT MARKS FROM THE WARS THAT HAVE BEEN 06:58 FOUGHT. BUT IT'S NOT THE OLD JERUSALEM 07:01 THAT'S CING DOWN FROM HEAVEN. AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, DOUG, 07:04 YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY? 07:07 PIE-IN-THE-SKY BY AND BY - THESE STORIES ABOUT HEAVEN - YOU 07:10 CHRISTIANS NEED A CRUTCH FOR YOUR WEAKNESS. 07:12 YOU NEED TO LIVE IN THE HERE AND NOW.' YOU KNOW, BUT THOSE SAME 07:16 PEOPLE HAVE NO PROBLEM BELIEVING THAT MAN CAN MAKE A SPACE CITY. 07:20 ISN'T THAT STRANGE? DOES ANYONE NOW DOUBT THAT WE 07:23 CAN PUT AT LEAST A LITTLE CITY IN SPACE? 07:26 ISN'T THAT WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION? 07:29 SO THE WORLD LAUGHS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HEAVEN BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD 07:33 TAKES IT VERY SERIOUSLY. GOD DOESN'T BLINK OR FLINCH WHEN 07:35 HE TALKS ABOUT HEAVEN. HE SAID IT'S REAL. 07:37 SO WHEN GOD SAYS 'I'M GOING TO BRING THIS CITY DOWN FROM 07:41 HEAVEN' - THESE DWELLING PLACES - PEOPLE WATCH STAR TREK AND 07:45 THINK 'OH, COULD BE TRUE.' YOU KNOW, THESE TREKKIES OUT THERE 07:48 THAT BELIEVE IT. BUT GOD SAYS IT AND 'OH, NOT SO 07:50 SURE GOD CAN DO IT. HOLLYWOOD CAN DO IT, BUT WE'RE 07:54 NOT SURE ABOUT GOD.' I THINK HE CAN. 07:57 WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE HOLY CITY? 08:01 WE'RGOING TO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DETAILS THAT TELL US ABOUT 08:03 HEAVEN AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING THERE. 08:05 REVELATION 21, VERSE 10 AND VERSE 12: IT SAYS, "...THE HOLY 08:10 JERUSALEM, DESCENDING OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD...HAD A WALL 08:13 GREAT AND HIGH, AND HAD" - WHAT? >>TWELVE GATES. 08:17 >>"TWELVE GATES," - NOW TWELVE IS A PERFECT MATHEMATICAL NUMBER 08:22 REALLY FOR BUILDING. WHY DO WE HAVE A FOOT WITH 08:25 TWELVE INCHES? BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST 08:27 PERFECTLY EASILY DIVISIBLE NUMBERS. 08:29 TWELVE IS DIVISIBLE BY 1, BY 2, BY 3, BY 4, BY 6 - AND GOD, IN 08:37 BUILDING THE CITY, USED PERFECT ARITHMETIC. 08:41 TWELVE IS A NUMBER THAT REPRESENTS THE CHURCH. 08:44 THERE ARE A LOT OF UNUSUAL NUMBERS. 08:46 HOW MANY TRIBES OF ISRAEL? >>TWELVE. 08:48 >>TWELVE. HOW MANY APOSTLES? 08:49 >>TWELVE. >>TWELVE. 08:51 AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE NEW JERUSALEM HAS TWELVE 08:55 FOUNDATIONS, TWELVE GATES - AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS THE GATES 08:58 ARE MADE OF? YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'PEARLY GATES'? 09:01 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE INLAID WITH MOTHER OF PEARL. 09:04 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT EACH GATE IS A PEARL. 09:08 NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CITY, IF ONE 09:11 WALL IS 375 MILES AND IT SAYS THE WALLS ARE 144 CUBITS OR OVER 09:17 200 FEET THICK - NOT QUITE SURE HOW HIGH THEY ARE - THERE'S ONE 09:23 VERSE THAT SAYS, 'THE LENGTH, THE BREADTH AND THE HEIGHT ARE 09:25 THE SAME' - ONE OF THE GATES WOULD NEED TO BE PRETTY BIG. 09:29 THAT'D BE A PRETTY BIG PEARL. YOU'RE SAYING, 'PASTOR DOUG, I 09:33 CAN'T IMAGINE THAT.' DON'T WORRY, THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN'T 09:35 IMAGINE THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE THAT LOVE 09:37 HIM. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS STUDY 09:39 AND SAY, 'OH, THAT'S TOO FAR-FETCHED. 09:41 I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT.' THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JESUS SAID: 'YOU 09:42 CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE IT.' AND IF THE PEARLS ARE THAT BIG, THINK 09:46 ABOUT HOW BIG THE OYSTERS HAVE TO BE IN HEAVEN. 09:48 >>(LAUGHTER) >>RIGHT? 09:50 AND THEN YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 21:21, 09:54 "THE STREET OF THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD." 09:59 NOW I'VE HEARD THAT GOLD, IF IT WAS - IF THEY COULD MAKE GOLD 10:04 ABSOLUTELY PURE, IT WOULD BE TRANSPARENT. THAT WHAT GIVES 10:08 GOLD THE COLOR IS THE VARYING DEGREES OF IMPURITY. 10:11 AND ABOUT 14 KARAT IS ABOUT AS PURE AS WE CAN GET IT. 10:14 BUT - AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT 22 KARAT AND VARIOUS 10:18 FORMS OF GOLD - BUT HERE JOHN IS SAYING THAT THIS GOLD IS - IT'S 10:22 AS IF IT'S TRANSPARENT - IT'S THE PUREST FORM OF GOLD - IN 10:27 HEAVEN. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT 10:29 THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY AND ITS FOOD SUPPLY? 10:32 I GET SO EXCITED TALKING ABOUT THIS - THIS STUDY. 10:34 IT SAYS IN REVELATION 22, VERSE 1, "HE SHOWED ME A PURE RIVER OF 10:40 - WATER OF LIFE." ALL LIFE NEEDS WATER - ANIMAL, 10:46 PLANT, FUNGUS, MUSHROOMS, BUGS, WHATEVER IT IS - THERE'S NO LIFE 10:51 - BACTERIA CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT WATER - AND IN THIS WORLD, THE 10:56 SOURCE OF ALL LIFE IS GOING TO BE THIS WATER. JESUS SAID, 'I AM 10:59 THE WATER OF LIFE.' AND FIRST WE MUST ACCEPT THAT INTO OUR LIVES. 11:04 BUT FROM THE THRONE OF GOD FLOWS THIS RIVER. 11:07 NOW, I'VE SEEN THE NILE AND I'VE SEEN THE AMAZON AND THE 11:11 MISSISSIPPI, AND A NUMBER OF THE MAJOR RIVERS OF THE WORLD AND, 11:15 DO YOU KNOW, AT ITS MOUTH, THE AMAZON RIVER IS LIKE 50 - 100 11:18 MILES WIDE WHERE IT ENTERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 11:21 HOW BIG DO YOU THINK THIS RIVER IS? 11:24 WHEN YOU PICTURE THE RIVER THAT IRRIGATES THE WHOLE PLANET - THE 11:27 MAIN RIVER THAT'S SUPPLYING THE WATER TO THE PLANET, YOU BETTER 11:32 THINK BIG. IT IS GOING TO BE ENORMOUS. FURTHERMORE, ON EITHER 11:36 SIDE - REVELATION 22, VERSE 2 - "...ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, 11:41 WAS THERE THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH BORE TWELVE MANNER OF 11:47 FRUITS, AND YIELDED HER FRUIT EVERY MONTH: AND THE LEAVES OF 11:51 THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS." 11:54 THIS IS A TREE THAT EVERY PERSON ALIVE ON THE PLANET NEEDS TO EAT 11:59 FROM - ALL THE SAVED NEED TO EAT FROM THIS TREE. 12:02 AND I THINK THE BRANCHES NOT ONLY GROW TOGETHER ABOVE THE 12:05 TREE - ABOVE THE RIVER - I THINK THE ROOTS MAY TOUCH UNDER THE 12:08 RIVER AND THE RIVER ACTUALLY RUNS THROUGH IT - BECAUSE IT'S 12:11 ONE TREE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER. 12:13 HOW ELSE DO YOU - AND THEY'VE LOOKED AT THIS IN EVERY 12:15 TRANSLATION; IT SAYS THE SAME THING. ONE TREE ON EITHER SIDE 12:18 OF THE RIVER - THE RIVER RUNS RIGHT THROUGH IT. 12:21 IT'S A MASSIVE, MASSIVE, ORGANISM AND WE'LL ALL GATHER - 12:27 IT SAYS THE LEAVES OF THE TREES ARE FOR THE HEALING OF THE 12:29 NATIONS. WHAT'S THAT MEAN? 12:30 ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET SICK IN HEAVEN AND HAVE TO RUN TO THE 12:33 TREE AND HAVE TO RUB IT IN THEIR WOUNDS? 12:34 NO, THERE'S NO SICKNESS THERE. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THE LEAVES 12:38 OF THE TREE ARE FOR THE HEALING OF SICKNESS, IT SAYS THE LEAVES 12:41 OF THE TREE ARE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS. 12:43 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL DIVIDED IN THIS WORLD BY - THERE'S 12:46 POLITICAL DIVISIONS, CULTURAL, RACIAL, LANGUAGE DIVISIONS, BUT 12:49 WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS ONE FAMILY UNDER THE GLITTERING 12:52 LEAVES OF THAT TREE, ALL THE DIVISIONS AND DISTINCTIONS ARE 12:57 GOING TO BE HEALED AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A UNITY THERE AS WE 13:00 ALL HAVE TO REACH OUT TOGETHER AND KE FROM THAT TREE OF LIFE. 13:03 HOW WILL THE LIVING IN HEAVEN BE DIFFERENT FROM HERE ON EARTH? 13:07 ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE 13:09 VERY EXCITING: A - AND THESE ARE KIND OF A - B - C - ANSWER A: 13:13 THE EYES OF THE - >>BLIND. 13:16 >>THE BLIND WILL BE OPEN. WON'T THAT BE WONDERFUL? 13:19 SOME PEOPLE MAYBE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE 13:22 PERFECT VISION THEN. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE LIKE AN 13:24 EAGLE. YOU SEE, ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT IN 13:26 THIS LIFE IS GOING TO BE MAXIMIZED IN HEAVEN. 13:28 ALL YOUR SENSES WILL BE INFINITELY MORE ACUTE. 13:30 AND I THINK THAT THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE ENHANCED. 13:33 PEOPLE WHO'VE ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH EYESIGHT HERE ARE 13:35 GOING TO HAVE THE BEST EYESIGHT THERE. 13:37 PEOPLE WHO HAVE MAYBE STRUGGLED WITH HEARING HERE, IT SAYS THE 13:41 EARS OF THE DEAF WILL BE UNSTOPPED. 13:43 AND IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 35, VERSE 6 - ANSWER C: "THEN SHALL THE 13:51 LAME MAN LEAP AS AN HART." NOT JUST WALK A LITTLE BIT - YOU 13:56 REMEMBER WHEN PETER AND JOHN HEALED THIS CRIPPLED MAN AT THE 13:59 BEAUTIFUL GATE IN ACTS CHAPTER 3? IT SAYS HE WENT INTO THE 14:02 TEMPLE OF GOD JUMPING AND LEAPING AND PRAISING GOD. 14:06 HE WENT FROM BEING CRIPPLED TO LEAPING AND HE WAS SO EXCITED. 14:11 ALL OF YOUR SENSES - ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL BE - AND IT 14:12 SAYS, AND THE TONGUE OF THE DUMB WILL NOT JUST TALK BUT THEY WILL 14:16 SING AND THEY'LL HAVE BEAUTIFUL VOICES. 14:19 I'LL BE ABLE TO SING. OH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 14:21 ANSWER D: ISAIAH 65, VERSE 25, "AND ALL THE CREATURES THERE" - 14:27 THERE'LL BE ANIMALS THERE. HOW MANY MORE WERE THERE BEFORE 14:31 THE PROBLEMS OF MAN AND BEFORE THE FLOOD? 14:33 THERE'LL BE MANY MORE VARIETIES. AND WILL THEY HURT EACH OTHER? 14:36 NO. YOU WANT TO HEAR AN AMAZING FACT? 14:39 SEE - YOU EVER - YOU'VE HEARD OF THE WIZARD OF OZ AND THEY SING 14:44 'LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!' 14:48 WELL THESE THREE IN THIS PICTURE HERE, THEY CALL THEM BLT - BLT 14:51 STANDS FOR BEAR, LION, AND TIGER. 14:54 THEY WERE RESCUED FROM - A DRUG DEALER IN ATLANTA KEPT THEM AS 14:58 CUBS IN HIS BASEMENT. IT WAS FILTHY CONDITIONS. 15:01 THEY WERE RESCUED. THEY WERE ADOPTED BY AN ANIMAL 15:02 PARK IN GEORGIA. BECAUSE THEY WERE SO USED TO 15:05 BEING WITH EACH OTHER, THEY PUT THEM IN THE SAME ENCLOSURE AND 15:07 THEY ALL GET ALONG JUST GREAT. YOU EVER WONDER WHAT WOULD 15:11 HAPPEN IF A LION AND A TIGER AND A BEAR GOT TOGETHER? WELL, IF 15:14 THEY KNOW EACH OTHER FROM CHILDHOOD, THEY CAN DO OKAY. 15:16 AND THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE TELLS US IN ISAIAH CHAPTER - THIS IS 15:22 ANSWER E IN YOUR LESSON - ISAIAH 11, VERSE 6, "THE WOLF WILL 15:25 DWELL WITH THE LAMB AND A LITTLE CHILD WILL LEAD THEM." 15:30 YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE CHILD LEADING A LAMB, BUT A LITTLE 15:32 CHILD LEADING A LAMB AND A WOLF? AND IT SAYS THAT THE LION WILL 15:37 EAT STRAW LIKE THE OX. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER READ THAT 15:39 BOOK - IT WAS OUT YEARS AGO - ABOUT LITTLE TYKE? 15:41 ANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? RAISE YOUR HANDS - 15:43 LITTLE TYKE? THIS FAMILY HAD ADOPTED A BABY CUB. 15:48 IT'S MOTHER, ACTUALLY, WAS KILLING ALL OF HER CUBS AND SO 15:51 THEY TOOK IT AWAY FROM THE MOTHER AT THE ZOO. 15:53 THEY GAVE IT TO THIS FAMILY - THE WESTBEAUS IN NORTHERN 15:57 CALIFORNIA - AND THEY ADOPTED IT AND THEY GAVE IT MILK AND ONCE 16:02 IT GOT PAST MILK THEY TRIED TO GIVE IT MEAT - IT WOULD NOT EAT 16:04 MEAT BUT IT GRAVITATED TOWARDS GRAIN. 16:07 AND THIS LION JUST REFUSED TO EAT MEAT. 16:11 IT WOULD PLAY WITH LAMBS AND THE FAMILY PETS AND IT WOULD NEVER 16:14 BITE OR HURT ANYTHING ELSE ON THE FARM AND IT NEVER IN ITS 16:18 ENTIRE - IT GREW TO BE A MASSIVE FULL-GROWN LION - IT NEVER ATE 16:22 ANY BLOOD, ANY MEAT - IT WAS A VEGETARIAN LION. 16:26 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT STORY? YOU CAN LOOK IT UP - 16:28 LITTLE TYKE IS THE NAME OF THE BOOK. IT'S AN AMAZING STORY. 16:30 ANSWER F: IT SAYS, 'THE DESERT SHALL BLOSSOM LIKE THE ROSE.' 16:38 YOU CAN FIND THE MOST DESOLATE PLACES IN THE WORLD NOW AND 16:41 THERE'LL BE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN THERE. 16:45 YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE PLACES THAT ARE JUST - THEY LOOK LIKE 16:48 THEY'RE SCORCHED EARTH, BUT NOT IN HEAVEN. 16:50 THE BEAUTIFUL PLACES WILL BE INFINITELY MORE BEAUTIFUL AND 16:53 THE DESERTS WILL STILL BE BEAUTIFUL. 16:56 BUT THE COLORS THAT YOU SEE NOW ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE 17:00 COLORS - IF WE COULD BE TAKEN IN VISION RIGHT NOW TO HEAVEN - IF 17:02 WE COULD ENDURE IT - IF WE COULD HANDLE THE GLORY OF IT ALL AND 17:05 HOW SPECTACULAR IT IS. IF YOU COULD HEAR THE STRAINS OF 17:09 ANGELS SINGING - IF YOU COULD TASTE HOW MUCH BETTER - 17:13 INFINITELY MORE DELICIOUS THE FOOD IS GOING TO BE - WHATEVER 17:17 YOUR SENSES ARE, MULTIPLY THAT A HUNDRED TIMES. 17:21 EVERYTHING HAS BECOME DULL IN THIS LIFE, BECAUSE OF SIN. 17:24 IT'S ALL GOING TO BE ENHANCED AND IT WILL BE THAT WAY FOR 17:27 ETERNITY. FURTHERMORE - ANSWER G - ISAIAH 17:31 33, VERSE 24, "THE INHABITANT SHALL NOT SAY, 'I AM SICK.'" 17:37 NOBODY WILL BE SICK THERE. WON'T THAT BE WONDERFUL? 17:42 DON'T HAVE TO EVER WORRY ABOUT YOUR HEALTH PLAN IN HEAVEN - 17:45 OR YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE. ANSWER H: REVELATION 21, VERSE 17:51 4, "THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW, NOR 17:56 CRYING, FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY." 18:00 WHAT YOU GET THERE, YOU GET FOREVER AND YOU NEVER HAVEO BE 18:04 AFRAID OF LOSING IT AGAIN. AND YET, PEOPLE ARE - THEY'RE 18:09 RELUCTANT. THEY HESITATE BEING WILLING TO 18:12 GIVE THEIR HEARTS TO JESUS AND TO FOLLOW HIM. 18:15 QUESTION #6: WHAT KIND OF BODIES WILL THE SAINTS HAVE IN THE 18:17 KINGDOM? ARE WE GOING TO BE GHOSTS FLOATING AROUND? 18:21 PHILIPPIANS 3, VERSES 20 AND 21, "THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO WILL 18:26 CHANGE OUR VILE BODY THAT IT MIGHT BE FASHIONED LIKE UNTO HIS 18:31 GLORIOUS BODY." THE LORD IS GOING TO GIVE US A 18:35 GLORIOUS BODY. WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD, WAS HE REAL? 18:40 >>YES. >>YOU REMEMBER? 18:42 HE CAME FORTH FROM THE GRAVE, HE APPEARED TO THE DISCIPLES, AND 18:45 THERE IN THE UPPER ROOM HE TOLD THEM LUKE 24, VERSE 39, HE SAID, 18:50 "BEHOLD MY HANDS AND MY FEET, THAT IT IS I, MYSELF. 18:55 HANDLE ME AND SEE FOR A SPIRIT HATH NOT FLESH AND BONES AS YOU 19:02 SEE ME HAVE." WHAT IS HE SAYING? HE'S SAYING, 'I AM NOT A GHOST.' 19:06 AND THEN HE ATE IN FRONT OF THEM TO PROVE THAT HE WAS REAL. 19:09 WHAT KIND OF BODIES WILL WE HAVE? 19:11 REAL BODIES, BUT WE GET FOUR DIMENSIONS. 19:15 SEE, RIGHT NOW WE GET THREE DIMENSIONS. 19:16 AFTER ADAM AND EVE SINNED, THEY LOST A WHOLE DIMENSION - THE 19:20 SPIRITUAL DIMENSION. THAT WILL BE RESTORED AND WE 19:22 WILL HAVE THESE GLORIFIED, ETERNAL BODIES. 19:25 WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE ANGELS. 19:27 WE'LL SEE GOD, SO WE'LL BE IN TUNE WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD AT 19:30 THAT POINT - THE GOOD SPIRITS - THE ANGELS. 19:33 WHAT OTHER ENCOURAGING PROMISES ARE FOUND IN GOD'S WORD 19:36 REGARDING THIS MAGNIFICENT KINGDOM? 19:39 IT SAYS IN ACTS CHAPTER 3, VERSES 20 AND 21, "AND THAT HE 19:44 MAY SEND JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS PREACHED TO YOU BEFORE...UNTIL 19:49 THE TIMES OF THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS." 19:54 THAT MEANS EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE RESTORED. 19:57 NOW HERE'S A QUESTION, FRIENDS, HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO BE IN 20:01 THAT KINGDOM AND FOLLOW JESUS THERE, THEN? 20:05 IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW HIM THERE THEN, YOU MUST FIRST 20:07 FOLLOW HIM HERE NOW. THAT'S IT. 20:10 THOSE THAT FOLLOW HIM HERE NOW WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM THERE 20:15 THEN. YOU CAN'T MAKE UP YOUR MIND AT THE LAST MOMENT. 20:17 YOU WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN AFTER PROBATION CLOSES, GOD'S CALLING 20:20 YOU NOW. WILL SAD OR PAINFUL MEMORIES 20:23 FROM THIS LIFE TROUBLE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN? 20:26 ANSWER: ISAIAH 65, VERSE 17, IT SAYS, "...THE FORMER SHALL 20:31 NOT BE REMEMBERED OR COME TO MIND." 20:36 WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FORM - I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, 20:39 EVEN WHEN I'M STANDING HERE I CAN THINK ABOUT THINGS - 20:42 WHENEVER I THINK OF I JUST CRINGE. 20:44 'OH, DID I SAY THAT? DID I DO THAT? 20:46 OH!' OR PAINFUL THINGS YOU'VE 20:48 EXPERIENCED YOU WISH YOU COULD FORGET. 20:50 SOME PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE AND THINGS THAT JUST 20:52 HAVE CAUSED ALL KINDS OF STRESS - SOLDIERS - AND YOU THINK, 20:57 'WILL I HAVE THOSE TERRIBLE MEMORIES FOREVER?' 21:00 GOD SAYS HE'LL HEAL US. L THE BEAUTY AND THE GLORY AND 21:04 THE SPLENDOR AND THE WONDER AND THE PLEASURES OF HEAVEN WILL 21:07 ECLIPSE AND DISPLACE ALL THE PAINFUL MEMORIES OF THIS LIFE 21:11 AND THERE'LL BE PLEASURES AT HIS RIGHT HAND FOREVERMORE. 21:16 WHAT OTHER THRILLING PROMISES DOES GOD GIVE US REGARDING HIS 21:20 COMING KINGDOM? A NUMBER OF THINGS HERE WE'RE 21:23 GOING TO LOOK AT. ANSWER A: IN ISAIAH 35, VERSE 10 21:27 IT SAYS, "AND THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD SHALL...COME TO ZION 21:31 WITH SINGING, WITH EVERLASTING JOY..." GOD IS A LOVING 21:37 HEAVENLY FATHER AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD 21:39 THING - NO GOOD THING - FROM THOSE THAT WALK UPRIGHTLY. 21:43 HE WILL NOT WANT TO KEEP ANYTHING GOOD FROM YOU. 21:45 AT HIS RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE, BUT YOU'LL NEVER 21:48 FIND THE PLEASURE UNLESS YOU DO IT GOD'S WAY. 21:50 OH, BY THE WAY, I JUST JUMPED AHEAD TO OUR NEXT VERSE. 21:54 THIS IS MY WIFE'S FAVORITE VERSE - PSALM 16, VERSE 11, "AT YOUR 21:58 RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE." 22:01 PLEASURE IS NOT A BAD THING. GOD WANTS YOU TO ENJOY PLEASURE. 22:03 HE GAVE YOU ALL THE SENSE. HE WANTS YOU TO BE BLESSED BY 22:06 YOUR FOOD. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORLD WE 22:09 SPIN IT AROUND BACKWARDS. WE THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO 22:13 FOR THE PHYSICAL SELFISH PLEASURES FIRST AND THEN WE 22:17 SUFFER WITH THE HANGOVER ALL DAY. 22:20 ANSWER C: ZECHARIAH 8:5, "THE STREETS OF THE CITY SHALL BE 22:26 FULL OF BOYS AND GIRLS PLAYING IN ITS STREETS." 22:30 YOU KNOW, HERE IN SOME OF OUR CITIES WE'RE PRETTY SCARED. 22:32 MY MOTHER USED TO LET MY BROTHER AND I PLAY ON 42ND AND BROADWAY 22:35 - IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE NOW - BUT IN HEAVEN WILL THERE BE ANYTHING 22:40 TO BE AFRAID OF? YOU'LL TELL YOUR CHILDREN, 'GO 22:43 PLAY IN THE STREET. GO PLAY IN THE GOLDEN STREETS.' 22:46 THEY'LL HAVE NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF OUT THERE, RIGHT? 22:48 NO ONE'S GOING TO HURT THEM. ANSWER D: ISAIAH 40, VERSE 31, 22:53 IT SAYS, "THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY, THEY SHALL WALK AND 22:58 NOT FAINT." THEY'LL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE 23:01 - WILL WE BE ABLE TO FLY? YEAH. 23:03 IT TALKS ABOUT - YOU KNOW THAT SONG ROCK OF AGES ? 23:08 'I'LL SOAR TO WORLDS UNKNOWN - OF COURSE, THAT'S A SONG, BUT I 23:12 BELIEVE - IT SAYS WE'LL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES 23:15 - I BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO FLY. 23:17 WHAT IS THE HIGHEST REWARD OF GOD'S NEW KINGDOM? 23:22 OH, THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART. 23:24 IT TELLS US IN REVELATION 21, VERSE 3, "GOD HIMSELF WILL BE 23:29 WITH THEM." WON'T THAT BE SOMETHING? 23:32 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 'FROM ONE NEW MOON TO ANOTHER AND ONE 23:36 SABBATH TO ANOTHER SHALL ALL FLESH COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE 23:39 ME.' WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORSHIP BEFORE JESUS. 23:41 HE'LL BE THE PREACHER AND NOBODY WILL FALL ASLEEP DURING THE 23:44 SERMON WHEN HE'S PREACHING, RIGHT? 23:46 AND WE'LL KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS GOOD AND TRUE. 23:51 GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH HIM - WE'LL SEE HIM. 23:55 WHAT WILL EXCLUDE PEOPLE FROM GOD'S HEAVENLY KINGDOM? 23:58 THIS IS WHERE IT GETS SERIOUS. REVELATION 21, VERSE 27, "THERE 24:03 SHALL IN NO WISE " - THAT MEANS 'IN NO WAY' - "ENTER INTO IT ANY 24:07 THING THAT DEFILETH" - THAT MEANS THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING 24:13 DEFILING OR SINFUL, IT DOESN'T GO IN. 24:15 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT SATAN WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN FOR SINNING. 24:18 HEAVEN IS A PURE PLACE - IT'S THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 24:22 WE MUST BE PURIFIED NOW AND PREPARED, THROUGH THE BLOOD 24:26 OF CHRIST, TO LIVE IN THAT KINGDOM. 24:28 SO YOU CAN'T WAIT TILL JESUS COMES TO TRANSFORM US, NOW IS 24:33 THE TIME FOR US TO BECOME NEW CREATURES. 24:35 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT TODAY IS THE DAY. 24:38 THE LORD CAN GIVE YOU A NEW HEART. 24:40 OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY WHEN YOU'RE CONVERTED. 24:43 ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW. IT'S OFTEN CALLED 'THE NEW 24:45 BIRTH' AND WE NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN NOW. 24:48 REVELATION 21:7, "HE THAT" - >>OVERCOMETH. 24:54 >>"HE THAT OVERCOMETH" - THAT'S THE KING JAMES WAY OF SAYING 'HE 24:57 THAT OVERCOMES.' SEVEN TIMES IT SAYS, IN REVELATION CHAPTERS 2 25:01 AND 3 'TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES. TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES.' 25:04 OVERCOMING WHAT? WE'RE ALL HELD CAPTIVE BY OUR 25:08 SINS AND THROUGH THE POWER OF CHRIST WE CAN BE TRANSFORMED AND 25:12 BE NEW CREATURES. IT IS POSSIBLE. 25:15 ALL THINGS CAN HAPPEN THROUGH PRAYER. 25:19 YOU SPEND TIME WITH JESUS, YOU FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS, YOU 25:23 THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND IT STARTS TO BECOME PART OF YOU. 25:28 WHAT DID JESUS SAY IS THE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS IN THIS LIFE 25:31 AND IN THE LIFE TO COME? 25:33 MATTHEW CHAPTER 6:33 - YOU KNOW THIS, IT'S WHERE WE STARTED - 25:38 "SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND 25:44 ALL THESE OTHER THINGS WILL BE ADDED." 25:47 SOLOMON, WHEN HE LOVED THE LORD, HE PRAYED, 'LORD, GIVE ME 25:50 WISDOM.' HE PRAYED FOR GOD'S KINGDOM. HE PRAYED FOR GOD'S 25:53 RIGHTEOUSNESS. GOD SAID, 'BECAUSE YOU SOUGHT THIS FIRST, 25:55 I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING ELSE. 25:58 I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE WISDOM, I'LL GIVE YOU LONG LIFE, 26:00 I'LL GIVE YOU PROSRITY, BUT SEEK FIRST MY KINGDOM. 26:03 AND THAT WAS THE KEY - AND IT'S STILL THE KEY TODAY. 26:06 IF YOU MAKE GOD - KNOWING GOD AND SHARING GOD - LIVING FOR HIM 26:10 - LIVING FOR OTHERS - YOUR PRIORITY, HE'S OFFERING YOU THAT 26:14 WONDERFUL KINGDOM. >>STAY TUNED. 26:18 PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FREE 26:21 OFFER. 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