>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 00:01:00.82\00:01:03.66 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:01:03.69\00:01:11.67 >>THERE IS A LAKE OF FIRE, SO DON'T GO OUT OF HERE AND SAY, 00:01:11.70\00:01:14.20 'PASTOR DOUG DOESN'T BELIEVE IN HELL.' I DO BELIEVE IN HELL. 00:01:14.24\00:01:16.71 MY HELL IS HOTTER THAN MOST HELLS. 00:01:16.74\00:01:19.57 MY HELL IS HOTTER BECAUSE IT BURNS PEOPLE UP. 00:01:19.61\00:01:21.88 BUT THE IDEA THAT IT GOES ON FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER - 00:01:21.91\00:01:25.51 BEING TORTURED - THAT IS NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:01:25.55\00:01:31.65 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:01:31.69\00:01:34.82 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:01:34.86\00:01:37.43 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 00:01:37.46\00:01:41.03 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 00:01:41.06\00:01:43.60 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:01:43.63\00:01:53.11 >>IN OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO BE 00:01:53.14\00:01:55.74 TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT JUDGMENT DAY. 00:01:55.78\00:01:58.68 THE BIBLE SAYS WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF 00:01:58.71\00:02:01.88 CHRIST. NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING 00:02:01.92\00:02:04.35 AT SEVERAL CHAPTERS IN THE BIBLE, PRINCIPALLY CHAPTER 20 OF 00:02:04.39\00:02:07.39 REVELATION THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS GREAT JUDGMENT DAY AND ALSO 00:02:07.42\00:02:11.13 TALKS ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM. SO, WHAT'S GOING ON 00:02:11.16\00:02:13.60 DURING THAT TIME? YOU CAN READ IN JOHN CHAPTER 14, 00:02:13.63\00:02:17.20 HE SAID, 'I WILL COME AGAIN, RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF, THAT 00:02:17.23\00:02:20.24 WHERE I AM THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.' SO WE'LL BE WITH HIM IN 00:02:20.27\00:02:23.30 THE MANSIONS THAT HE'S PREPARED IN THE NEW JERUSALEM. 00:02:23.34\00:02:26.94 AND THEN IT GOES ON IN REVELATION 20, "AND THEY LIVED 00:02:26.98\00:02:29.44 AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST A THOUSAND YEARS." 00:02:29.48\00:02:32.31 SO JUDGMENT IS GIVEN UNTO THE SAINTS AND WE LIVE AND REIGN 00:02:32.35\00:02:35.18 WITH CHRIST A THOUSAND YEARS. NUMBER 6: WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT 00:02:35.22\00:02:38.59 THE CLOSE OF THE 1,000 YEARS? YOU READ IN ZECHARIAH 14:1, 00:02:38.62\00:02:43.83 "BEHOLD THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH...AND HIS FEET SHALL 00:02:43.86\00:02:46.90 STAND IN THAT DAY UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES." - AT THE END OF THE 00:02:46.93\00:02:50.00 ONE THOUSAND YEARS JESUS IS GOING TO SAY, 'THE TIME HAS 00:02:50.03\00:02:52.43 COME. I'VE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO 00:02:52.47\00:02:55.34 DOWN AND RETURN TO MY ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THIS PLANET.' 00:02:55.37\00:02:59.27 AND HIS FEET ARE GOING TO COME DOWN, HE WILL TOUCH THE MOUNT OF 00:02:59.31\00:03:01.68 OLIVES, "WHICH IS BEFORE JERUSALEM ON THE EAST, AND THE 00:03:01.71\00:03:05.41 MOUNT OF OLIVES SHALL CLEAVE IN THE MIDST THEREOF." 00:03:05.45\00:03:07.15 - IT'S GOING TO SPLIT IN TWO AND FORM A GREAT VALLEY. 00:03:07.18\00:03:09.92 JESUS DID A LOT OF TEACHING FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. 00:03:09.95\00:03:12.65 HE PRAYED ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, 'FATHER, NOT MY WILL, 00:03:12.69\00:03:15.02 THY WILL BE DONE.' MOUNT OF OLIVES ISN'T FAR FROM BETHANY 00:03:15.06\00:03:18.89 WHERE HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN. AND SO, THIS WAS A SPECIAL PLACE 00:03:18.93\00:03:22.60 HE SPENT WITH THE APOSTLES. HE FORETOLD THE END OF THE WORLD 00:03:22.63\00:03:24.93 ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES LOOKING AT THE TEMPLE. 00:03:24.97\00:03:27.67 AND, AFTER HIS FEET TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN, THIS GREAT VALLEY 00:03:27.70\00:03:31.34 FORMS. THERE'S GOING TO BE 00:03:31.37\00:03:32.47 A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE. HE'S PREPARING THE FOUNDATION - 00:03:32.51\00:03:35.38 IT THEN TELLS US THAT THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN. 00:03:35.41\00:03:38.28 JOHN CHAPTER 21, VERSE 2 - HE SAYS, "AND I JOHN SAW THE HOLY 00:03:38.31\00:03:43.79 CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN. 00:03:43.82\00:03:47.32 PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND." 00:03:47.36\00:03:50.56 - BECAUSE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH, LIVES IN THAT CITY - 00:03:50.59\00:03:53.90 AND WHAT A GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE. 00:03:53.93\00:03:56.83 WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT TO FREE SATAN FROM HIS PRISON? 00:03:56.87\00:04:00.54 WELL, SATAN'S IMPRISONED BECAUSE HE HAS NOBODY TO TEMPT OR 00:04:00.57\00:04:02.90 MANIPULATE - ALL THE WICKED ARE DEAD, RIGHT? 00:04:02.94\00:04:06.14 HE'S GOT NO ONE TO POSSESS - NO ONE TO CONTROL. 00:04:06.17\00:04:08.61 BUT WHEN JESUS COMES BACK IT SAYS, AT THE END OF THE ONE 00:04:08.64\00:04:11.08 THOUSAND YEARS, THE REST OF THE DEAD - THIRD TIME WE'RE READING 00:04:11.11\00:04:14.22 THIS - THEY DON'T LIVE AGAIN UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE 00:04:14.25\00:04:16.79 FINISHED. IF THE DEAD IN CHRIST RISE 00:04:16.82\00:04:19.55 FIRST, THEN THE REST OF THE DEAD ARE THE WICKED AND THEY RISE IN 00:04:19.59\00:04:22.56 THE SECOND RESURRECTION - ARE YOU STILL WITH ME? 00:04:22.59\00:04:25.56 THAT MEANS THEY DO LIVE AGAIN WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE 00:04:25.59\00:04:28.93 FINISHED. AND WHEN JESUS COMES DOWN, 00:04:28.96\00:04:31.80 HE CALLS THEM ALL FROM THEIR GRAVES. 00:04:31.83\00:04:34.40 "AND WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE EXPIRED, SATAN SHALL BE LOOSED 00:04:34.44\00:04:36.97 OUT OF HIS PRISON." WHAT LOOSES HIM FROM HIS PRISON? 00:04:37.01\00:04:39.44 WELL NOW THE WORLD IS KIND OF ILLUMINATED WITH THE CITY OF GOD 00:04:39.47\00:04:42.58 AND ALL THE WICKED COME FORTH FROM THEIR GRAVES. 00:04:42.61\00:04:44.75 THE BIBLE CALLS THEM 'GOG AND MAGOG'. 00:04:44.78\00:04:47.38 ALL THE NAMES IN REVELATION ARE SYMBOLS. 00:04:47.42\00:04:50.69 DOES REVELATION TALK ABOUT BALAAM? 00:04:50.72\00:04:53.25 YEAH, IT DOES. IT'S A SYMBOL. REVELATION MENTIONS JEZEBEL - 00:04:53.29\00:04:58.39 NOT THE REAL JEZEBEL, SHE'S DEAD. 00:04:58.43\00:05:00.63 IT'S TALKING ABOUT A SPIRITUAL JEZEBEL. 00:05:00.66\00:05:02.46 IT TALKS ABOUT APOLLYON AND IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THESE NAMES - IT 00:05:02.50\00:05:05.53 TALKS ABOUT EGYPT, IT TALKS ABOUT SODOM - AND WHEN IT TALKS 00:05:05.57\00:05:08.64 ABOUT GOG AND MAGOG IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE ANCIENT ENEMIES OF 00:05:08.67\00:05:11.51 GOD'S PEOPLE BECAUSE, ALL THE WICKED THROUGH THE AGES, THEY 00:05:11.54\00:05:14.61 REPRESENT THE ENEMIES OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 00:05:14.64\00:05:16.51 I'M GOING TO DROP IN A LITTLE AMAZING FACT FOR YOU HERE ABOUT 00:05:16.54\00:05:19.08 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT, NAPOLEON 00:05:19.11\00:05:23.08 WAS SWEEPING ACROSS EUROPE AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO 00:05:23.12\00:05:25.75 REUNITE THE ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE - HE WAS A BRILLIANT GENERAL - 00:05:25.79\00:05:29.69 BUT, IN THE LARGEST BATTLE IN EUROPE, BEFORE WORLD WAR I, 00:05:29.72\00:05:35.00 NAPOLEON WAS FINALLY DEFEATED BY THIS COALITION OF NATIONS AND 00:05:35.03\00:05:39.83 THEY EXILED HIM TO ELBA, THIS ISLAND. 00:05:39.87\00:05:43.64 AND HE KNEW THAT BEFORE TOO LONG THEY WERE GOING TO SEND HIM TO A 00:05:43.67\00:05:46.34 REMOTE ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC - HE - VERY CLEVER 00:05:46.37\00:05:50.18 - HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE - A BOLD AND DARING ESCAPE FROM THAT 00:05:50.21\00:05:54.42 ISLAND - GOT BACK TO FRANCE, REASSEMBLED THE FRENCH ARMY, AND 00:05:54.45\00:05:58.65 FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DAYS, HE WAS IN POWER AND HE 00:05:58.69\00:06:01.12 RALLIED THE FORCES ONE MORE TIME - EVEN THOUGH HE HAD BEEN 00:06:01.16\00:06:05.03 IMPRISONED HE COULDN'T CHANGE. SOON AS HE GOT BACK ON THE MAIN 00:06:05.06\00:06:08.60 LAND HE WENT BACK TO WAR TO BECOME KING OF THE WORLD AGAIN. 00:06:08.63\00:06:12.47 SATAN IS RELEASED TO SHOW ALL - HE USED TO BE - THINK ABOUT 00:06:12.50\00:06:16.00 THIS: SATAN WAS #4 - FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT ARE GOD - HE 00:06:16.04\00:06:21.31 WAS THE HIGHEST OF THE CREATIONS. 00:06:21.34\00:06:23.65 HE IS GOING TO BE EXECUTED NOW. HE'S GOING TO BE CAST 00:06:23.68\00:06:26.75 INTO THIS LAKE OF FIRE. BEFORE GOD DOES THAT, HE WANTS 00:06:26.78\00:06:29.85 TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL - SOME OF THOSE GOOD ANGELS HEARD LUCIFER 00:06:29.88\00:06:33.86 APPEALING TO THEM - THEY CHOOSE TO STAY LOYAL TO GOD, BUT 00:06:33.89\00:06:36.83 MAYBE THEY WERE ON THE FENCE. AND SO, GOD WANTS TO MAKE 00:06:36.86\00:06:40.66 SURE THERE'S NO QUESTION. SOON AS LUCIFER HAS AN AUDIENCE 00:06:40.70\00:06:43.67 AGAIN HE GOES RIGHT BACK TO HIS OLD WAYS. 00:06:43.70\00:06:46.07 HE CANNOT CHANGE ANY MORE THAN NAPOLEON, WHO WAS PROBABLY 00:06:46.10\00:06:49.94 INSPIRED BY THE PRIDE OF THE DEVIL. 00:06:49.97\00:06:53.44 WHAT WILL SATAN DO WHEN HE SEES THE WICKED ARE RAISED? 00:06:53.48\00:06:56.54 - IS QUESTION NUMBER 8 - IT SAYS, REVELATION 20:8 - "AND 00:06:56.58\00:06:59.91 SHALL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS" - THAT TELLS YOU WHO 00:06:59.95\00:07:02.45 GOG AND MAGOG ARE, RIGHT? THE NATIONS OF ALL THE WICKED - 00:07:02.48\00:07:05.95 "WHICH ARE IN THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH, GOG AND MAGOG." 00:07:05.99\00:07:09.82 NOW, WHEN WE ARE RESURRECTED, WE GET GLORIFIED BODIES, RIGHT? 00:07:09.86\00:07:14.36 PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, 'WHAT ABOUT THE WICKED WHEN THEY'RE 00:07:14.36\00:07:16.83 RESURRECTED, WHAT DO THEY GET?' I THINK THE LORD JUST SORT OF 00:07:16.87\00:07:20.64 PATCHES THEM TOGETHER SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY 00:07:20.67\00:07:22.77 DON'T GET ANY SPECIAL BODIES - THEY DON'T GET THE 00:07:22.80\00:07:24.71 UPGRADES THAT WE GET. THEY JUST GET A STRIPPED-DOWN 00:07:24.74\00:07:28.28 RENTAL TO GET 'EM THROUGH THE JUDGMENT EXPERIENCE. 00:07:28.31\00:07:32.11 THEY PROBABLY COME OUT OF THEIR GRAVES PRETTY MUCH LIKE THEY 00:07:32.15\00:07:34.12 WENT IN. I CAN'T PROVE THAT BUT I DON'T 00:07:34.15\00:07:37.19 THINK THEY'RE GETTING ANY KIND OF GLORIFIED BODIES. 00:07:37.22\00:07:40.72 IT SAYS, "TO GATHER THEM TOGETHER TO BATTLE: THE NUMBER 00:07:40.76\00:07:43.53 OF WHOM IS AS THE SAND OF THE SEA." 00:07:43.56\00:07:45.46 YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED OVER THE 00:07:45.49\00:07:47.93 THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY - ALL ALIVE AT ONE TIME 00:07:47.96\00:07:51.47 ON THE PLANET - AND HE SEES ALL THESE FORCES - NOW, I KNOW IT'S 00:07:51.50\00:07:56.67 A SAD THOUGHT, BUT IT'S BIBLICAL. 00:07:56.71\00:07:59.07 WHO'S GOT THE BIGGER ARMY? >>SATAN. 00:07:59.11\00:08:01.91 >>CHRIST OR SATAN? NOW THINK ABOUT THIS: YOU'VE GOT 00:08:01.94\00:08:05.41 JESUS AND ALL THE GOOD ANGELS - THE GOOD ANGELS OUTNUMBER THE 00:08:05.45\00:08:08.08 BAD - AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SATAN, ALL THE BAD ANGELS, 00:08:08.12\00:08:11.02 AND THE WICKED. THE WICKED OUTNUMBER THE GOOD - 00:08:11.05\00:08:13.82 BROAD IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION. 00:08:13.86\00:08:16.02 SO THEY COVER THE EARTH LIKE A CLOUD AND THAT MEANS EVERYBODY 00:08:16.06\00:08:20.03 IN THIS ROOM, WE'RE GOING TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN SOME DAY - 00:08:20.06\00:08:22.73 I HOPE YOU'RE IN THE CITY - 00:08:22.76\00:08:24.17 >>AMEN. >>WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 00:08:24.20\00:08:26.37 AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, "AND THOU SHALT COME UP AGAINST MY PEOPLE 00:08:26.40\00:08:30.44 OF ISRAEL, AS A CLOUD TO COVER THE LAND." 00:08:30.47\00:08:34.24 SO THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY COVER THE LAND. 00:08:34.28\00:08:35.88 IT'S LIKE A CLOUD. AT THIS CRUCIAL MOMENT, 00:08:35.91\00:08:38.58 WHAT STOPS EVERYTHING? NOW SATAN IS LOOSED FROM HIS 00:08:38.61\00:08:42.72 PRISON, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE DOES WHEN HE'S LOOSED? 00:08:42.75\00:08:44.95 HE RALLIES ALL THE WICKED AND HE SAYS, 'THERE'S MORE OF US THAN 00:08:44.99\00:08:48.02 THERE ARE OF THEM.' YOU READ IN EZEKIEL IT SAYS THEY GATHER 00:08:48.06\00:08:50.96 TOGETHER. READ IN ZECHARIAH, 'AGAINST THE 00:08:50.99\00:08:53.60 CITY OF GOD TO ATTACK THE CITY OF GOD.' AND IT SAYS THEY'RE 00:08:53.63\00:08:58.40 LOOSED FROM THEIR PRISON FOR A SEASON. 00:08:58.43\00:09:00.20 HOW LONG IS THAT TIME? I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S LONG 00:09:00.24\00:09:02.97 ENOUGH FOR THEM TO ORGANIZE HIS ARMIES. 00:09:03.00\00:09:06.14 AND SATAN'S GOING TO SAY, 'THAT'S OUR CITY.' AND EVEN 00:09:06.17\00:09:08.11 THOUGH HE'S FALLEN, HE STILL LOOKS LIKE A GLORIOUS BEING. 00:09:08.14\00:09:11.11 HE SAID, 'THAT'S THE ENEMY. THAT BELONGS TO ME. 00:09:11.15\00:09:14.15 HE'S TAKEN IT AND HE'S GOING TO RALLY THEM ALL WITH HIM.' 00:09:14.18\00:09:16.72 BECAUSE, WHAT ELSE? IT'S THEIR LAST HOPE. 00:09:16.75\00:09:19.15 AND, IN DESPERATION, INSTEAD OF REPENTING, THEY TRY TO ATTACK 00:09:19.19\00:09:21.59 GOD'S CITY. BUT, BEFORE THEY CAN LAUNCH 00:09:21.62\00:09:24.53 THEIR ATTACK, JESUS SAYS, 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.' 00:09:24.56\00:09:28.23 >>AMEN. >>THIS IS THE 00:09:28.26\00:09:29.83 GREAT JUDGMENT DAY. NOW, WHEN I TALK ABOUT JUDGMENT 00:09:29.86\00:09:34.24 IT REALLY ALL HAPPENS IN THREE PHASES. 00:09:34.27\00:09:37.97 YOU'VE GOT A JUDGMENT THAT TAKES PLACE BEFORE JESUS COMES - THOSE 00:09:38.01\00:09:41.04 THAT TAKE THE NAME OF CHRIST, THEIR NAMES ARE ENTERED INTO THE 00:09:41.08\00:09:43.68 BOOK OF LIFE - 'HE THAT HAS THE SON HAS LIFE' - AND WE ARE 00:09:43.71\00:09:48.55 JUDGED BASED ON THE MERITS OF CHRIST. 00:09:48.58\00:09:51.89 THE BIBLE KNOWS - THE BIBLE TELLS US GOD KNOWS, BEFORE HE 00:09:51.92\00:09:54.42 COMES, WHO'S SAVED BECAUSE, WHEN HE COMES, HE'S DISPENSING 00:09:54.46\00:09:57.39 REWARDS, RIGHT? HE'LL GIVE TO EVERY MAN 00:09:57.43\00:09:59.83 ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS WHEN HE COMES. 00:09:59.86\00:10:01.73 HE KNOWS WHO'S SAVED OR LOST. THEN THERE'S THE JUDGMENT DURING 00:10:01.76\00:10:04.77 THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS WHERE WE PARTICIPATE IN ASKING QUESTIONS 00:10:04.80\00:10:08.70 AND UNDERSTANDING WHY GOD JUDGED AS HE DID. 00:10:08.74\00:10:13.34 WE'RE AFFIRMING THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD. 00:10:13.38\00:10:15.54 THEN THE FINAL EXECUTIVE PART OF THE JUDGMENT IS THE WHITE THRONE 00:10:15.58\00:10:18.95 JUDGMENT THAT HAPPENS NOW, AT THE END OF THE ONE THOUSAND 00:10:18.98\00:10:21.52 YEARS WHEN ALL THE WICKED ARE THERE BEFORE THE LORD. 00:10:21.55\00:10:26.45 CHRIST, ON HIS GREAT WHITE THRONE, IS EXALTED ABOVE THE 00:10:26.49\00:10:29.56 CITY WHERE EVERYBODY SEES HIM. AND THE GLORY OF CHRIST IS 00:10:29.59\00:10:33.96 GOING TO BE OVERWHELMING. AND, YOU CAN READ HERE IN - IT 00:10:34.00\00:10:36.70 SAYS, "AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE, AND HIM THAT SAT ON IT. 00:10:36.73\00:10:41.00 AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN 00:10:41.04\00:10:44.04 IN THE BOOKS, ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS." 00:10:44.07\00:10:47.28 THIS FINAL JUDGMENT, IS IT WHERE EVERYONE LINES UP IN A BIG LINE 00:10:47.31\00:10:50.85 LIKE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND YOU'RE ALL KIND OF 00:10:50.88\00:10:54.12 WAITING AND THEY SAY, 'NEXT CASE'? 00:10:54.15\00:10:55.72 AND ONE BY ONE WE ALL COME AND - I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE THAT. 00:10:55.75\00:10:59.95 AT PENTECOST, WHEN THE LORD FILLED 3,000 PEOPLE WITH THE 00:11:00.06\00:11:02.69 HOLY SPIRIT, WAS IT ONE AT A TIME OR WAS IT ALL AT ONCE? 00:11:02.72\00:11:05.63 SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVE JUDGMENT, BUT EACH PERSON - AND 00:11:05.66\00:11:10.10 IT MAY TAKE A WHILE - EACH PERSON WILL HAVE THEIR LIFE IN 00:11:10.13\00:11:13.07 REVIEW IN THE HEAVENS. THEY WILL SEE A PANORAMA OF 00:11:13.10\00:11:18.01 CHRIST'S SACRIFICE AND ALL GOD DID TO TRY TO SAVE THEM. 00:11:18.04\00:11:22.11 AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OPENED - WE'RE GOING TO SEE 00:11:22.14\00:11:24.38 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE OF OUR 00:11:24.41\00:11:27.65 INFLUENCE. IF YOU'RE SAVED, HOPEFULLY 00:11:27.68\00:11:30.89 YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE INSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE 00:11:30.92\00:11:33.39 OF YOUR INFLUENCE. AND SO, IT'S NOT JUST THAT 00:11:33.42\00:11:36.12 YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUDGED FOR YOUR DEEDS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 00:11:36.16\00:11:37.86 JUDGED FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO OTHERS. 00:11:37.89\00:11:40.96 YOUR EXAMPLE IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:11:40.96\00:11:42.80 IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU DO FOR YOU, EVERY ONE OF US IS 00:11:42.83\00:11:45.63 INFLUENCING OTHERS FOR OR AGAINST GOD. AMEN? 00:11:45.67\00:11:50.04 SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD INFLUENCE. 00:11:50.07\00:11:51.61 SO CHRIST IS UP THERE AND EVERYBODY SEES THE GLORY. 00:11:51.64\00:11:55.71 WHAT HAPPENS THEN WHEN THEY SEE THE GLORY OF GOD? 00:11:55.74\00:11:58.65 YOU'VE READ THAT VERSE IN ROMANS CHAPTER 14, VERSE 11, "AS I 00:11:58.68\00:12:02.92 LIVE, SAITH THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY 00:12:02.95\00:12:07.42 TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO GOD. THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY 00:12:07.46\00:12:11.96 KNEE SHOULD BOW, OF THINGS IN HEAVEN, AND THINGS ON THE EARTH, 00:12:11.99\00:12:16.20 AND THINGS UNDER THE EARTH;" - EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BOW BEFORE 00:12:16.23\00:12:18.67 GOD, EVEN LUCIFER, AT SOME POINT, IS GOING 00:12:18.70\00:12:21.57 TO THEN FALL DOWN. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO 00:12:21.60\00:12:23.07 DECLARE 'GOD IS GOOD. I HAVE BEEN WRONG.' HE'LL BE 00:12:23.10\00:12:27.14 OVERWHELMED WITH THE SENSE OF HIS OWN SIN. 00:12:27.18\00:12:31.71 YOU KNOW WHAT JUDAS DID BEFORE HE KILLED HIMSELF? 00:12:31.75\00:12:33.88 HE WENT INTO THE TEMPLE AND HE SAID, 'I HAVE BETRAYED INNOCENT 00:12:33.92\00:12:37.19 BLOOD.' AND HE WENT OUT AND HUNG HIMSELF. 00:12:37.22\00:12:39.72 SATAN, FROM HIS PROUD LIPS WILL BE FORCED A CONFESSION THAT HE 00:12:39.75\00:12:44.43 WAS THE AUTHOR OF THIS WHOLE REBELLION. 00:12:44.46\00:12:48.26 EVERY KNEE IS GOING TO BOW. EVERY - PEOPLE WHO ARE ATHEISTS 00:12:48.30\00:12:52.13 AND SAID 'THERE IS NO GOD' - EVERY KNEE WILL BOW. 00:12:52.17\00:12:54.67 I'D JUST AS SOON BOW TO JESUS NOW - 00:12:54.70\00:12:57.24 >>AMEN. >>AND BE READY FOR WHEN HE COMES 00:12:57.27\00:13:00.51 - >>AMEN. >>AND NOT BE A REBEL AS 00:13:00.54\00:13:02.48 WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. "AND THAT EVERY TONGUE SHOULD 00:13:02.51\00:13:05.71 CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE 00:13:05.75\00:13:09.48 FATHER." AMEN? >>AMEN. 00:13:09.52\00:13:11.49 >>AND YOU READ IN REVELATION 19, "I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OF MUCH 00:13:11.52\00:13:15.92 PEOPLE IN HEAVEN, SAYING...TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ARE HIS 00:13:15.96\00:13:19.43 JUDGMENTS." NOTICE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? 00:13:19.46\00:13:21.06 EVERYONE IN HEAVEN IS SAYING THEY ARE AFFIRMING GOD'S 00:13:21.10\00:13:25.10 JUDGMENT. SO WHO IS THE JUDGE? ULTIMATELY IT'S GOD, AND 00:13:25.13\00:13:29.24 EVERYBODY WILL DECLARE GOD IS JUST. 00:13:29.27\00:13:31.04 GOD IS GOOD. HIS JUDGMENTS ARE FAIR. 00:13:31.07\00:13:34.34 >>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS, IN JUST A MOMENT WE'LL RETURN FOR 00:13:34.38\00:13:37.41 THE COMPLETION OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 00:13:37.45\00:13:40.15 EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, VIRTUALLY EVERY BIBLE WRITER 00:13:40.18\00:13:44.35 REFERS TO THE GREAT JUDGMENT DAY. 00:13:44.39\00:13:47.12 PAUL SAYS WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF 00:13:47.16\00:13:50.53 CHRIST. IN LIGHT OF OUR COUNTLESS SINS, 00:13:50.56\00:13:53.63 THE THOUGHT OF FACING LIFE'S RECORD BEFORE A HOLY GOD CAN 00:13:53.66\00:13:56.77 STRIKE TERROR INTO THE HEART OF EVERY MAN. 00:13:56.80\00:13:59.43 BUT JESUS TELLS US THERE'S A WAY TO FACE THE JUDGMENT WITH 00:13:59.47\00:14:03.07 COMPLETE PEACE. WE'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS 00:14:03.10\00:14:05.71 BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED RESOURCE WITH YOU THAT EXPLAINS, THROUGH 00:14:05.74\00:14:08.91 SCRIPTURE, WHO PRESIDES AT THIS JUDGMENT, WHO'S THE DEFENSE 00:14:08.94\00:14:12.25 ATTORNEY, THE ACCUSER, THE SUPREME JUDGE, AND, MOST 00:14:12.28\00:14:15.82 IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO ESCAPE BEING CONDEMNED. 00:14:15.85\00:14:19.25 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND 00:14:19.29\00:14:22.29 ASK FOR OFFER #132 OR VISIT US AT OFFERS.AFTV.ORG. 00:14:22.32\00:14:29.06 LET'S GET BACK TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 00:14:29.10\00:14:31.77 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD. 00:14:31.80\00:14:35.14 >>WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? THEN IT TELLS US THIS IS THE 00:14:35.17\00:14:39.54 FINAL PHASE OF WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. 00:14:39.57\00:14:42.81 THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON KIND OF STARTS BEFORE JESUS GETS 00:14:42.84\00:14:44.88 HERE AND IT FINISHES AFTERWARDS. 00:14:44.91\00:14:47.68 THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON IS NOT CHINA AND RUSSIA AND ISRAEL AND 00:14:47.72\00:14:51.69 - GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. 00:14:51.72\00:14:55.72 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STORY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ABOUT GIDEON. 00:14:55.76\00:15:00.40 GIDEON WAS SURROUNDED BY A THREE-FOLD UNION: THE 00:15:00.43\00:15:04.63 AMALEKITES, THE EDOMITES, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST, THEY ALL 00:15:04.67\00:15:08.04 CAME LIKE - THEY COVERED THE EARTH LIKE A CLOUD. 00:15:08.07\00:15:10.91 THEY DEVOURED THE LAND LIKE LOCUSTS AND GOD SAID TO GIDEON, 00:15:10.94\00:15:14.51 'I'M GOING TO GO WITH YOU AND ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR 300 MEN. 00:15:14.54\00:15:18.75 AND THERE, IN THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO, GIDEON, THROUGH THE 00:15:18.78\00:15:22.35 POWER OF GOD AND HIS SPIRIT, THEY HAVE COMPLETE VICTORY OVER 00:15:22.38\00:15:25.85 THESE SUPERIOR FORCES. YOU SEE, THAT SCENARIO HAPPENS 00:15:25.89\00:15:28.89 SEVERAL TIMES IN THE BIBLE, EXCEPT IN REVELATION IT'S THE 00:15:28.92\00:15:31.79 BEAST, THE DRAGON, AND THE FALSE PROPHET - ANOTHER THREE-FOLD 00:15:31.83\00:15:34.00 UNION - COME AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF GOD - THEY'RE COMING AGAINST 00:15:34.03\00:15:37.23 THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT, BUT THEY'RE DEFEATED. 00:15:37.27\00:15:42.20 AND THIS IS WHERE JESUS, YOU SEE HIM, SOMETIMES, PICTURED AND 00:15:42.24\00:15:44.77 CONQUERING ON HIS HORSE AND HE THEN SENDS JUDGMENT ON THE 00:15:44.81\00:15:48.51 WICKED. IT SAYS IN REVELATION 20, VERSE 00:15:48.54\00:15:50.88 9, FIRE COMES DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN AND DEVOURS THEM. 00:15:50.91\00:15:56.69 NOW WHAT DOES IT SAY HAPPENS TO HIM? 00:15:56.72\00:15:58.45 DEVOURS THEM. WHOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN 00:15:58.49\00:16:02.26 THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. 00:16:02.29\00:16:06.36 THERE'S NO THIRD OPTION. EVERYBODY IS EITHER - WE'RE IN 00:16:06.39\00:16:09.16 HEAVEN - YOUR NAME IS IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, OR YOU FOLLOW THE 00:16:09.20\00:16:12.17 DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. 00:16:12.20\00:16:15.00 NOW, THE BIG QUESTION IS - PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND THE LAKE OF 00:16:15.04\00:16:18.37 FIRE. LET'S TALK, FOR JUST A MINUTE, ABOUT HELL. 00:16:18.41\00:16:21.71 YOU READ IN REVELATION 20, VERSE 14, IT SAYS, "THIS IS THE SECOND 00:16:21.74\00:16:25.61 DEATH." I HEARD A PASTOR SAY, ONE TIME, 00:16:25.65\00:16:28.28 'IF YOU'RE ONLY BORN ONCE, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE TWICE. 00:16:28.32\00:16:34.52 IF YOU'RE BORN TWICE, YOU ONLY DIE ONCE.' 00:16:34.56\00:16:39.43 YOU SEE, CHRISTIANS, YOU MIGHT DIE, BUT THEN YOU 00:16:39.46\00:16:41.60 RESURRECT AND YOU DON'T DIE THE SECOND DEATH. 00:16:41.63\00:16:44.20 THE WICKED, IF YOU'RE ONLY BORN ONE TIME AND YOU'RE NOT BORN 00:16:44.23\00:16:46.70 AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE THE SECOND DEATH. 00:16:46.74\00:16:50.54 LET'S TALK FOR JUST A MINUTE ABOUT HELL, IS THAT OKAY? 00:16:50.57\00:16:53.38 THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT IS VASTLY MISUNDERSTOOD AND A LOT OF 00:16:53.41\00:16:57.55 PEOPLE HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM GOD BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE, 00:16:57.58\00:17:00.35 MEDIEVAL MYTHS THAT HAVE BEEN PERPETRATED THAT ARE UNBIBLICAL. 00:17:00.38\00:17:05.85 I USED TO THINK GOD WAS A SADIST - SOMEONE'S LOST - YOU GOT SOME 00:17:05.89\00:17:09.22 TEENAGER WHO'S PAST THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY BUT HE DOESN'T 00:17:09.26\00:17:12.13 ACCEPT JESUS AND SO HE GOES TO THE SAME LAKE OF FIRE AS ADOLF 00:17:12.16\00:17:15.50 HITLER AND HE BURNS FOR ZILLIONS OF YEARS. 00:17:15.53\00:17:18.37 AND A MILLION YEARS AFTER BROILING AND BOILING AND 00:17:18.40\00:17:21.04 SHRIEKING in AGONY, MOMENT AFTER MOMENT, HE STICKS HIS HEAD 00:17:21.07\00:17:26.98 UP OUT OF THE SULPHUR AND BRIMSTONE AND SAYS, 'GOD HOW 00:17:27.01\00:17:29.18 LONG?' AND GOD PUSHES HIM UNDER AND 00:17:29.21\00:17:30.71 SAYS, 'YOU HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED YET.' (LAUGHTER) THAT'S THE 00:17:30.75\00:17:33.98 PICTURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE OF GOD AND THAT'S 00:17:34.02\00:17:37.55 WHAT'S BEEN TAUGHT. IT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:17:37.59\00:17:40.82 LET ME QUICKLY TELL YOU WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:17:40.86\00:17:43.06 MALACHI CHAPTER 4, 'BEHOLD THE DAY COMES THAT WILL BURN AS AN 00:17:43.09\00:17:45.83 OVEN AND ALL THE PROUD AND ALL THAT DO WICKEDLY WILL BE 00:17:45.86\00:17:48.80 STUBBLE.' THE DAY THAT COMES WILL BURN THEM UP. 00:17:48.83\00:17:51.87 THE BIBLE SAYS THE WICKED ARE DEVOURED. 00:17:51.90\00:17:54.00 THE WICKED ARE CONSUMED. YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOICES: HE THAT 00:17:54.04\00:17:56.87 HAS THE SON HAS LIFE; HE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SON 00:17:56.91\00:17:59.07 DOES NOT HAVE LIFE. WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM MAY NOT 00:17:59.11\00:18:02.21 PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 00:18:02.24\00:18:04.68 YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO PERISH OR HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 00:18:04.71\00:18:06.88 GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE, HE SAID, 'IF YOU DISOBEY YOU DIE; IF YOU 00:18:06.92\00:18:10.92 BELIEVE YOU LIVE.' BUT THE DEVIL IS SAYING, 'NO, NO, YOU'VE GOT 00:18:10.95\00:18:15.39 EVERLASTING LIFE NO MATTER WHAT. YOU'RE IMMORTAL.' 00:18:15.42\00:18:17.46 YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO BURN FOREVER OR YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO 00:18:17.49\00:18:18.86 HEAVEN. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY THAT. 00:18:18.89\00:18:20.60 THE BIBLE SAYS GOD AND GOD ONLY HAS IMMORTALITY. 00:18:20.63\00:18:23.73 SHOW ME WHERE IT SAYS PEOPLE HAVE IMMORTALITY IN THE BIBLE. 00:18:23.77\00:18:27.74 I'M BEING QUIET. DOESN'T SAY IT. IT SAYS WHEN CHRIST COMES THEN 00:18:27.77\00:18:33.14 THIS MORTAL PUTS ON IMMORTALITY. BUT WE DIE. 00:18:33.17\00:18:36.71 THE IDEA THAT GOD IS GOING TO IMMORTALIZE SIN - THE BIBLE SAYS 00:18:36.75\00:18:39.38 THERE'S NO MORE SIN, THERE'S NO MORE PAIN - IF THERE'S NO MORE 00:18:39.41\00:18:42.58 PAIN - REVELATION SAYS NO MORE PAIN. 00:18:42.62\00:18:44.52 HOW CAN GOD SAY ALL THINGS ARE NEW IF YOU'VE GOT SINNERS 00:18:44.55\00:18:46.96 IMMORTALIZED IN SOME TORTURE CHAMBER FOREVER AND EVER? 00:18:46.99\00:18:51.43 AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THAT - THINKING PEOPLE SAY, 00:18:51.46\00:18:54.23 'THERE'S NO JUSTICE IN THERE AT ALL TO TORMENT THE OBJECTS OF 00:18:54.30\00:18:58.63 YOUR CREATION THROUGH ALL ETERNITY FOR THE SINS OF A 00:18:58.67\00:19:03.17 FRACTION OF A SECOND.' THIS HAS BEEN USED BY THE CHURCH IN THE 00:19:03.20\00:19:07.78 DARK AGES TO SCARE PEOPLE. GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU COMING 00:19:07.81\00:19:11.18 BECAUSE OF FIRE INSURANCE, HE WANTS YOU TO COME TO HIM 00:19:11.21\00:19:14.58 BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM. >>AMEN. 00:19:14.62\00:19:16.69 >>THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. NOW, THERE ARE SOME 00:19:16.72\00:19:19.55 DIFFICULT VERSES. IT SAYS, 'ETERNAL FIRE' - CALLS 00:19:19.59\00:19:24.36 IT ETERNAL FIRE BECAUSE WHAT THE FIRE DOES IS ETERNAL. 00:19:24.39\00:19:27.46 AND IT CALLS IT EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT - THE PUNISHMENT 00:19:27.50\00:19:30.43 LASTS FOR HOW LONG? >>FOREVER. 00:19:30.47\00:19:32.20 >>FOREVER. THE BIBLE SAYS THE WICKED ARE 00:19:32.23\00:19:34.34 GOING TO BE TREATED LIKE SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 00:19:34.37\00:19:36.24 WERE SODOM AND GOMORRAH BURNT? ARE THEY STILL BURNING? NO. 00:19:36.27\00:19:39.74 THEY WERE CONSUMED. HE SAYS, 'TURNING THEM INTO 00:19:39.77\00:19:41.84 ASHES AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE UNGODLY.' WHAT HAPPENED 00:19:41.88\00:19:45.55 TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH? BURNT UP. DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 00:19:45.58\00:19:49.72 SUFFER DIFFERENT LENGTHS OF TIME BASED ON WHAT THEY DESERVE. 00:19:49.75\00:19:53.29 THERE IS A LAKE OF FIRE SO DON'T GO OUT OF HERE AND SAY, 'PASTOR 00:19:53.32\00:19:55.52 DOUG DOESN'T BELIEVE IN HELL.' I DO BELIEVE IN HELL. 00:19:55.56\00:19:58.13 MY HELL IS HOTTER THAN MOST HELLS. 00:19:58.16\00:20:00.26 MY HELL IS HOTTER BECAUSE IT BURNS PEOPLE UP. 00:20:00.30\00:20:02.66 OTHERS JUST SIMMER FOREVER AND EVER. 00:20:02.70\00:20:05.67 SO I DO BELIEVE IN HELL. BIBLE DOES SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE 00:20:05.70\00:20:09.57 GOING TO BE PUNISHED ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY DESERVE. 00:20:09.60\00:20:12.17 BUT THE IDEA THAT IT GOES ON FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER - 00:20:12.21\00:20:16.54 BEING TORTURED - THAT IS NOT WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. 00:20:16.58\00:20:20.52 GOD SAYS HE'S GOING TO MAKE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH 00:20:20.55\00:20:23.12 WHEREIN DWELLS RIGHTEOUSNESS. ALL THINGS ARE GOING 00:20:23.15\00:20:25.19 TO BE MADE NEW. SO QUICKLY, LET'S 00:20:25.22\00:20:27.16 REVIEW THE MILLENNIUM. YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST 00:20:27.19\00:20:29.46 RESURRECTION STARTS IT AND THE SECOND COMING; A THOUSAND YEARS 00:20:29.49\00:20:33.33 WE LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST DURING THE - THE MILLENNIUM. 00:20:33.36\00:20:37.67 SECOND RESURRECTION THE HOLY CITY DESCENDS. 00:20:37.70\00:20:41.00 AND SO, DURING THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS, WE'RE LIVING AND REIGNING 00:20:41.04\00:20:43.67 WITH CHRIST AND THERE'S A JUDGMENT. 00:20:43.71\00:20:45.47 BUT READ IN ISAIAH 65:17, "FOR, BEHOLD, I CREATE NEW HEAVENS AND 00:20:45.51\00:20:51.38 A NEW EARTH." WHY DOES IT SAY 'NEW HEAVEN'? 00:20:51.41\00:20:54.15 THE WORD 'HEAVEN' THERE IS AN ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE EARTH. 00:20:54.18\00:20:57.95 IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A NEW DWELLING PLACE. 00:20:57.99\00:21:00.19 HEBREWS HAD THREE WORDS FOR HEAVEN - HEAVEN HAD THREE 00:21:00.22\00:21:02.79 LEVELS, I SHOULD SAY. YOU'VE GOT THE AIR AROUND THE 00:21:02.82\00:21:06.49 PLANET WHERE THE BIRDS FLY AND THE CLOUDS FLOAT. 00:21:06.53\00:21:10.10 YOU HAVE THE PART OF THE COSMOS WHERE THE STARS HANG, THEN YOU 00:21:10.13\00:21:15.47 HAVE THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD THAT WAS CALLED THE THIRD 00:21:15.50\00:21:17.77 HEAVEN. PAUL TALKS ABOUT A MAN CAUGHT 00:21:17.81\00:21:20.14 UP TO THE THIRD HEAVEN. AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THE VERSE 00:21:20.18\00:21:23.21 IS ABOUT THE SEVENTH HEAVEN? IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE. 00:21:23.24\00:21:26.82 GOOD, JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE. 00:21:26.85\00:21:27.98 (LAUGHTER) SO GOD'S MAKING A NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH. 00:21:28.02\00:21:31.82 REVELATION 21, "AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH: FOR THE 00:21:31.85\00:21:35.86 FIRST HEAVEN AND THE FIRST EARTH WERE PASSED AWAY." 00:21:35.89\00:21:38.89 AND GOD SAID HE IS GOING TO MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. 00:21:38.93\00:21:41.93 IT SAYS, "WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS 00:21:41.96\00:21:44.93 AND A NEW EARTH WHEREIN DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS." 00:21:44.97\00:21:48.64 AND, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE PROMISE, 'BLESSED ARE THE MEEK, 00:21:48.67\00:21:51.31 THEY WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.' I'M JUMPING AHEAD OF MYSELF 00:21:51.34\00:21:53.74 HERE. QUESTION NUMBER 13: WHERE WILL 00:21:53.78\00:21:56.21 GOD AND THE RIGHTEOUS FINALLY LIVE? 00:21:56.24\00:21:58.55 WHEN THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN, AFTER THAT GREAT WHITE 00:21:58.58\00:22:02.12 THRONE JUDGMENT, GOD WILL RAIN FIRE DOWN UPON THE WICKED 00:22:02.15\00:22:05.72 OUTSIDE THE CITY. THEY'RE ALL PUNISHED ACCORDING 00:22:05.75\00:22:08.66 TO WHAT THEY DESERVE. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THAT FIRE 00:22:08.69\00:22:12.16 RAINS DOWN ON THE EARTH. IT'S NOT - HELL IS NOT A TORTURE 00:22:12.19\00:22:14.73 CHAMBER DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH SOMEWHERE; THE 00:22:14.76\00:22:18.20 BIBLE DOESN'T TEACH THAT. IT SAYS THAT GOD HIMSELF 00:22:18.23\00:22:21.04 WILL DWELL WITH US. YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 21:3 - WHAT 00:22:21.07\00:22:24.57 A BEAUTIFUL PROMISE. "BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS 00:22:24.61\00:22:28.18 WITH MEN, AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM." HE WILL BE THEIR GOD AND 00:22:28.21\00:22:32.58 THEY WILL BE HIS PEOPLE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS 00:22:32.61\00:22:33.75 WE WILL SEE HIS FACE. >>AMEN. 00:22:33.78\00:22:36.22 >>AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GLORIFIED BODIES. 00:22:36.25\00:22:39.72 WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EAT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE - TWELVE 00:22:39.75\00:22:42.42 DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT TWELVE TIMES A YEAR. 00:22:42.46\00:22:45.16 THAT'S BETTER THAN BASKIN ROBBINS 31 FLAVORS. 00:22:45.19\00:22:47.36 AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE - WE'LL GATHER TOGETHER - NO MORE 00:22:47.40\00:22:49.83 PAIN, NO MORE POLICE STATIONS, NO MORE SICKNESS, NO MORE DEATH, 00:22:49.86\00:22:53.34 NO MORE SUFFERING. AND IT IS REAL, FRIENDS. 00:22:53.37\00:22:55.90 THIS PAIN AND MISERY IN OUR WORLD WAS NEVER GOD'S PLAN. 00:22:55.94\00:22:58.97 HE'S GOING TO RESTORE THINGS TO HIS ORIGINAL PLAN. 00:22:59.01\00:23:02.38 "BLESSED ARE THE MEEK; FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH." 00:23:02.41\00:23:04.85 WHERE DO WE ULTIMATELY LIVE? NOT IN HEAVEN. 00:23:04.88\00:23:07.88 THE NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN TO EARTH. 00:23:07.92\00:23:10.15 GOD HAS MADE A CITY HOME FOR YOU, BUT YOU CAN GO FORTH FROM 00:23:10.19\00:23:13.66 THE NEW JERUSALEM. IT SAYS YOU WILL TREAD ON THE 00:23:13.69\00:23:15.62 WICKED FOR THEIR ASHES UNDER THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET. 00:23:15.66\00:23:18.23 IT WON'T BE ASHES, THERE'LL BE BEAUTIFUL CARPETS OF LIVING 00:23:18.26\00:23:20.23 GRASS. BUT YOU'LL PLANT VINEYARDS AND EAT THE FRUIT. 00:23:20.26\00:23:24.03 YOU WILL BUILD HOUSES. WE'LL DO EXCITING THINGS. 00:23:24.07\00:23:26.70 WE'LL SOAR TO WORLDS UNKNOWN. ANYONE KNOW WHERE THAT VERSE IS? 00:23:26.74\00:23:31.71 ITS IN 'ROCK OF AGES,' IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE - BUT IT'S A GREAT 00:23:31.74\00:23:33.61 VERSE. (LAUGHTER) WE'LL GO TO WORLDS 00:23:33.64\00:23:35.98 UNKNOWN. WE'LL BE ABLE TO FLY. 00:23:36.01\00:23:38.51 IT DOES SAY, IN THE BIBLE, WE WILL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE 00:23:38.55\00:23:40.98 EAGLES, WE'LL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY, WE'LL WALK AND NOT FAINT. 00:23:41.02\00:23:44.42 THIS IS VERY REAL. BOY, I TELL YOU, THE OLDER I 00:23:44.45\00:23:46.92 GET, THE MORE HEAVEN SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. 00:23:46.96\00:23:48.79 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) BECAUSE I CAN TELL - I WANT TO TRADE THIS ONE 00:23:48.82\00:23:51.86 IN ON A NEWER MODEL, AMEN? >>AMEN. 00:23:51.89\00:23:54.73 >>THE LORD IS GOING TO GIVE US AN UPGRADE. 00:23:54.73\00:23:58.03 THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU ACCEPT JESUS' OFFER OF ETERNAL LIFE? 00:23:58.07\00:24:03.24 >>AMEN. >>AND A PLACE IN THAT KINGDOM. 00:24:03.27\00:24:06.01 I HEARD A STORY, YEARS AGO, ABOUT THIS KING IN PERSIA. 00:24:06.04\00:24:11.35 AND HE HAD A LAW IN HIS KINGDOM - HE HAD A HAREM - AND THE LAW 00:24:11.38\00:24:16.95 WAS THAT NO MAN WAS TO EVER ENTER THE HAREM OTHER THAN THE 00:24:16.99\00:24:22.09 SULTAN - THE KING. AND HE HAD HIS EUNUCHS AND HE 00:24:22.12\00:24:25.19 HAD PEOPLE THAT TOOK CARE OF THE HAREM, BUT THERE WAS THE 00:24:25.23\00:24:27.40 QUARTERS OF THE WOMEN AND THE WIVES AND NO MAN WAS 00:24:27.46\00:24:29.56 SUPPOSED TO GO IN. THE CROWN PRINCE WAS A LITTLE 00:24:29.60\00:24:32.03 ARROGANT AND HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, THAT LAW DOESN'T APPLY TO ME 00:24:32.07\00:24:35.54 BECAUSE I'M THE KING'S SON. I CAN GO WHEREVER I WANT TO 00:24:35.57\00:24:38.37 GO.' AND ONE DAY HE JUST WENT MARCHING OFF INTO THE KING'S 00:24:38.41\00:24:41.88 HAREM, TO THE HORROR OF ALL THE ATTENDANTS AND EVERYBODY THERE 00:24:41.91\00:24:45.61 AND IT HIT THE HEADLINES AND EVERYONE WAS WONDERING, 00:24:45.65\00:24:50.05 'WHAT WILL THE KING DO?' BECAUSE THE KING HAD A LAW THAT 00:24:50.09\00:24:52.45 SAID IF ANY MAN DARES TO GO INTO THE HAREM, HIS EYES 00:24:52.49\00:24:55.62 WILL BE PUT OUT. >>WOW. 00:24:55.66\00:24:58.59 >>NOW THE KING'S GOT TO MAKE A DECISION. 00:24:58.63\00:25:02.10 HE IS A JUST KING AND HE'S A LOVING FATHER. 00:25:02.13\00:25:07.04 HE DOESN'T WANT TO BLIND HIS SON, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEND 00:25:07.07\00:25:10.11 THE WRONG MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU DO? 00:25:10.14\00:25:13.98 AS THE STORY GOES, THE KING TOOK OUT ONE OF HIS SON'S EYES AND HE 00:25:14.01\00:25:19.01 TOOK OUT ONE OF HIS OWN - SO THEY COULD STILL SEE. 00:25:19.05\00:25:23.75 BUT, YOU KNOW, JESUS HAS GONE THE SECOND MILE. 00:25:23.79\00:25:27.52 HE DIDN'T SAY, 'LOOK, I'LL SHARE IN YOUR PUNISHMENT.' HE SAID, 'I 00:25:27.56\00:25:32.36 WILL TAKE THE WHOLE PUNISHMENT.' EVERYTHING THAT YOU DESERVE FOR 00:25:32.39\00:25:37.27 YOUR LIFE OF SIN - WE DESERVE DEATH - THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS 00:25:37.30\00:25:40.87 DEATH. JESUS SAID, 'I WILL TAKE YOUR PENALTY. 00:25:40.90\00:25:43.84 I AM GOING TO TAKE YOUR WEAKNESS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 00:25:43.87\00:25:46.14 MY STRENGTH. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR SIN, I 00:25:46.17\00:25:48.58 WILL GIVE YOU MY RIGHTEOUSNESS. I'LL TAKE THE DEATH THAT YOU 00:25:48.61\00:25:51.31 DESERVE AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE LIFE THAT I DESERVE.' 00:25:51.35\00:25:54.98 HE SAID, 'I AM GOING TO MAKE A TOTAL TRADE WITH YOU. 00:25:55.02\00:25:58.25 THE BIBLE IS FULL OF STORIES OF GOD TAKING PEOPLE FROM THE 00:25:58.29\00:26:01.49 PRISON AND HE BRINGS THEM TO THE PALACE AND HE DOES IT IN ONE 00:26:01.52\00:26:03.63 DAY. IT'S WHAT HE DID FOR JOSEPH - 00:26:03.66\00:26:06.06 FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE. DANIEL WENT FROM BEING A 00:26:06.09\00:26:08.83 PRISONER TO BEING PRIME MINISTER. 00:26:08.86\00:26:10.57 ESTHER WENT FROM BEING AN ORPHAN CAPTIVE TO BEING QUEEN. 00:26:10.60\00:26:13.90 THE BIBLE IS FULL OF THESE STORIES. 00:26:13.94\00:26:16.60 THE EXODUS - THEY WENT FROM SLAVERY TO THE PROMISED LAND. 00:26:16.64\00:26:19.97 IT'S ALL THERE TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO FOR YOU. 00:26:20.01\00:26:23.61 WE GO FROM THIS WORLD WHERE WE'RE SLAVES TO SIN. 00:26:23.65\00:26:26.18 AND JESUS SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO LIVE AND REIGN WITH ME IN 00:26:26.21\00:26:28.15 HEAVENLY PLACES. >>AMEN. 00:26:28.18\00:26:31.32 >>BUT THE QUESTION IS: WILL YOU ACCEPT IT? 00:26:31.35\00:26:34.22 THE LORD LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE'S GIVING YOU FREEDOM. 00:26:34.26\00:26:37.93 AND I COULD TALK ABOUT IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. 00:26:37.96\00:26:42.23 BUT, UNTIL YOU FINALLY SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO STOP TRYING 00:26:42.26\00:26:46.63 TO DO IT ON MY OWN. I AM GOING TO SURRENDER MY LIFE TO GOD. 00:26:46.67\00:26:50.07 I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THE SACRIFICE THAT JESUS MADE. 00:26:50.11\00:26:52.97 ON THE CROSS, WHEN HE WAS UP THERE, IT'S AS THOUGH YOU WERE 00:26:53.01\00:26:55.91 THE ONLY ONE THAT SINNED. HE LOVED YOU THAT MUCH. 00:26:55.94\00:26:58.21 IF YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD REBELLED AND DONE ALL THE NASTY 00:26:58.25\00:27:01.48 THINGS THAT YOU AND I HAVE DONE, HE SAID, 'I WILL TAKE THE 00:27:01.52\00:27:04.45 PENALTY AND THE SHAME AND THE GUILT FOR ALL OF THAT BECAUSE I 00:27:04.49\00:27:06.89 LOVE YOU THAT MUCH, SO THAT YOU COULD BE WITH ME.' HE SAYS, 00:27:06.92\00:27:09.86 'LORD, FATHER, THE JOY THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.' 00:27:09.89\00:27:13.83 DO YOU WANT TO BE WITH HIM IN PARADISE? 00:27:13.86\00:27:15.56 >>AMEN. >>WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW GOD'S 00:27:15.60\00:27:19.20 PLAN FOR OUR BROKEN WORLD, AS REVEALED IN BIBLE PROPHECY? 00:27:19.23\00:27:23.41 WANT PRACTICAL, TRUSTED SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR BIGGEST 00:27:23.44\00:27:25.91 CHALLENGES? FRESHLY UPDATED AND REDESIGNED, 00:27:25.94\00:27:29.84 AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY GUIDES PROVIDE 27 BIBLE-BASED TOPICAL 00:27:29.88\00:27:33.95 LESSONS WITH BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS AND STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS THAT 00:27:33.98\00:27:37.59 ARE ENLIGHTENING, ENCOURAGING, AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 00:27:37.62\00:27:40.79 EACH STUDY GUIDE LEADS YOU TOWARD REAL, RELEVANT BIBLE 00:27:40.82\00:27:43.36 ANSWERS FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN YOUR LIFE: HOW CAN 00:27:43.39\00:27:47.13 I HAVE HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIPS? WHEN AND HOW WILL 00:27:47.13\00:27:49.76 JESUS COME AGAIN? 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