We are racing towards the
global crisis at the close.
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God is going to set
up His kingdom on earth.
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Preparation for the
tribulation and the translation
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ.
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To reach every
hamlet, every village,
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every man, every
child, every person in India,
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every person in South America
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must hear these
three angels' messages.
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These are
stories that illustrate
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the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear
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we are living
in an unusual hour,
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the last grains
of sand are trickling
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through the hourglass of time
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and the door of probation
is about to swing shut.
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We are going to focus tonight
on a subject that is very hot.
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It's a hot topic.
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"God's love in
the fires of hell."
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"God's love in
the fires of hell."
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Now you might immediately ask,
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"Well, Mark, what does hell
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have to do with Bible prophecy?"
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You might be wondering that.
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Well, guess what?
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I am gonna answer
that question right away.
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Go to the Book of
Revelation and I will show you
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how this has everything
to do with Bible Prophecy.
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All right.
Revelation Chapter 14.
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Revelation 14, the heart,
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the centre of the
Book of Revelation
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that consists or composed
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of 22 inspired
chapters, 404 verses.
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This prophetic book, a
book, this prophetic book
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has something very
significant in the center of it,
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in the heart of it.
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Go with me to Revelation 14:9.
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"Then a third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice."
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Now, God uses the
symbolism of three angels
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doing a flyover planet earth
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and each of them in succession
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are yelling out their
final urgent warning messages,
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God's last call,
God's last messages of mercy
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with a what kind of voice?
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A thunderous
voice, a loud voice,
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the compelling voice to a planet
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that is wrapped in rebellion
to a planet riddled with sin,
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to a generation
that are preoccupied
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with a pursued of pleasure.
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Would you agree?
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Our generation has
attention deficit disorder
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when it comes to God's voice.
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Is that true, yes or no?
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So God is trying to grip
men and women's attention
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in the last
moments of earth's history.
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And so this, this
Third Angel's Message says,
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"If anyone worships
the beast and its image
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and receives his mark on
his forehead or on his hand,
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he himself shall also drink
of the wine or the wrath of God
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which is poured
out full strength
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into the cup of
his indignation."
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Those were the
seven last plagues
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according to
Revelation 15 and 16.
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"He shall be
tormented..." with what?
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"With fire."
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What would you call that fire?
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Hell fire. That's what this is.
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"Hell fire and brimstone
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in the presence
of the holy angels,
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in the presence of the Lamb:
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And the smoke of their torment
ascends for ever and ever.
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And they have no
rest day nor night,
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who worship the
beast and his image,
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and whoever receives
the mark of his name."
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Is the mark of the beast,
Bible prophecy, yes or no?
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It is.
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What will happen to those
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who received the
mark of the beast?
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They will go where?
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To hell fire.
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What book of the
Bible tells us that?
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The Book of Revelation.
The Book of Revelation.
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I want to show
you something else
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that's very, very powerful.
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Look here at Revelation 20:10.
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Revelation 20:10.
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What does hell fire have to do
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with end-time Bible prophecy?
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Revelation
20:10, the Bible says,
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"The devil who deceived them
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was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone,
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where the beast and
the false prophet are,
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and they shall be tormented day
and night for ever and ever."
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What does the Bible say
is the fate of the devil,
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the beast and the false prophet?
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What is their fate?
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To be thrown into what?
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Hell fire.
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What does the Bible
say about hell fire?
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Because the people who
received the mark of the beast,
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which will be the
far vast majority,
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earth's masses with
the exception of those
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who resist it and refuse it.
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How many want to be among them?
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And so the Bible
makes it very clear,
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otherwise, if you
cower under the pressure,
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if you cave-in or buckle
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under the peer
pressure of the masses,
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if you go along with
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what the
government tells you to do
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and receive this
mark of the beast,
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then you incur the wrath of God,
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you get the seven last plagues
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and ultimately go to hell,
this is what the Bible says.
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So we must understand
the subject of hell fire.
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Now, we must understand it
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in the light of God's character.
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Would you agree the
Bible is all about God
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and His dealings with man?
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It's all about His character.
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It's God's word.
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How many agree
this is God's word?
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So it's all about what God says.
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Amen.
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We are
interested in what God says,
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what God thinks, God's hearts,
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God's ways, as He relates to us.
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So this Bible is
all about His character.
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His character has been maligned,
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distorted, ridiculed,
grossly misunderstood.
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Would you agree
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God down the
centuries has gotten a bad rap?
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Would you agree there's been
a sinister campaign or smears
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against the character of God?
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Many people tonight do
not have a clear understanding
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about God's character.
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And so tonight, we want
to set the record straight
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and do it in the context
of the subject of Hell Fire.
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You know, down
through the centuries,
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preachers, prominent
preachers, popular preachers
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have notoriously tried
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to preach hell
fire and brimstone
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so graphically that,
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that the congregations
would be just riveted
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by their word pictures.
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I think about Dr Samuel Hopkins,
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a lay preacher of
the late 19th century.
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Very powerful preacher
as many would esteem him
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and it is said that
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he had a reputation of
being able to preach fire,
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hell fire so powerfully
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and the word pictures he
would use were so graphic
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that it was as
if his congregation
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and those in his audience
were able to actually feel
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the flames of hell
licking about their feet.
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Matter of fact,
here is what he said.
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"The smoke of their
torment shall ascend up forever
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in the sight of the
blessed before their eyes.
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This display of
divine character..."
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Oh, so he's saying
something about God's character
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and I sit up and I take notice.
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Oh, you're talking
about my Father in heaven,
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you're talking about my Savior,
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you're talking about God, Jesus.
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This display of
divine character and glory
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will be in favor of
the redeemed as we see it.
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And most entertaining
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and give the highest
pleasure to those who love God.
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We're talking about a prominent
preacher and he is not alone,
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he's not a solo voice.
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"Should the eternal torment..."
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By the way, the Bible does not
use that term eternal torment.
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Does it use a
torment? It absolutely does.
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"Should the eternal torment
and fires be extinguished,
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it would in a great measure...
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put an end to the happiness
and glory of the blessed."
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Works of Samuel Hopkins.
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Is this prominent preacher
of the past, was he right?
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Was he on to something that
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when we see the wicked roasting,
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toasting, and
torment, and shrieks,
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and horror and we
look at them suffering.
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We'll actually find
that a little entertaining,
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and we'll actually
take pleasure in that,
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we'll have satisfaction in that.
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And that's within the purview,
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within the context of
God's divine character.
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"One preacher said the
fires of hell are so hot
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that if a sinner
were suddenly taken out
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and plunged into the
hottest fire on the earth,
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he would freeze to death!"
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I mean, I am telling you
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preachers had a
hay day with this one.
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And so the Bible says,
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Peter said this
in the New Testament.
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1 Peter 4:17.
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What "What will
be the end of those
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who do not obey
the gospel of God?
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In other words, he was
asking, what is the destiny?
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What is the fate?
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What is the
future of the wicked?
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Well, the Bible answers that.
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But I've got a question.
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Are millions of
babies burning in hell
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as I am preaching here tonight?
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You know that millions and
millions and millions of people
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have been taught that.
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But what does the Bible say?
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What kind of God do we serve?
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1 John 4:8 says, "God is love."
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Deuteronomy 32:4, "God is just."
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Is God's love and God's
justice on collision course
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or is it in harmony
within God's character?
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How many think that
whatever is in God's heart,
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it all harmonizes?
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Now God is not willing
that any should perish.
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That's not what He wants,
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but then all
should come to repentance.
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2 Peter 3:9 and
it's very long suffering,
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but He will never force
anyone through the pearly gates.
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He will never ever use force.
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God is love. God is just.
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He does not force.
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And so many have a
distorted picture of God.
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Now, how many of you--
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If I was to
visit you in your home,
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how many of you
have family pictures
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hanging up in your house?
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How many? How many? Okay.
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How many of you
have pictures on your,
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I was gonna say in your
wallet, forget the wallet.
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How many of you have
pictures on your cell phone?
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Okay, I get my
phone out here. All right.
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How many of you got,
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how many got
pictures in your wallet,
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in your purse?
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All right, that
dates you. All right.
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Anyway, how many got
it on your cell phone?
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Anybody? Okay.
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I got my daughter Jordan.
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When I look at my daughter
Jordan here in my cell phone,
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and I look at her,
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I see more than just a picture.
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I see, I see
spunk, I see personality,
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I see, I see memories,
I see, I hear her voice,
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I think of her
character and so forth.
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And, what kind of picture
do you have of God on you?
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Every one of us is
caring in their heart,
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they can look at it every
now and then a picture of God.
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Now think about it.
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Many preachers are
confused on this subject.
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Revelation 13:6,
here is Bible prophecy.
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"The antichrist,
one of the dark deeds,
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would blaspheme his name."
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Name denotes character.
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Remember when Jacob's
name was changed from Jacob
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which meant deceiver
or supplanter to Israel,
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one who is prevailed
with God would overcome.
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Genesis 32, it
meant a character change.
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The Bible makes it very
clear that God's name is holy,
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His character is holy
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and the antichrist has distorted
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the character of
God by twisting truth
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about the character of God.
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That's why you shall know
the truth of God's character
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and it will set you free
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from the sinister
lies of the antichrist,
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the dragon and
the false prophet.
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Amen. John 8:32.
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So the Bible says
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the antichrist would
cast truth down to the ground,
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according to Daniel 8:12.
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So, "Who knows how
many are skeptics, scoffers,
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infidels, agnostics,
atheists, unbelievers..."
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I am trying to be thorough.
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"Antagonists,
unsaved, depressed, discouraged
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because they were
taught lies about hell fire!"
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And I know that's
a big hefty question.
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But you think about it.
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How many people
right now are in jail
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because they are
bitter against God?
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How many are out
in the bar right now
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because they have a
negative view about God?
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How many people out there
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would never set a
foot in their church
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because they want
nothing to do with this God
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who would burn
people for zillions of years
00:14:02.97\00:14:07.58
and just keep it right on going?
00:14:07.61\00:14:10.35
Do you see how
many have been turn off?
00:14:10.38\00:14:14.48
So the Bible teaches hell fire,
but let's be clear about this.
00:14:14.52\00:14:19.35
Jesus is our Redeemer.
00:14:19.39\00:14:22.56
That's a main
focal point tonight.
00:14:22.59\00:14:24.19
Let's say it together.
00:14:24.23\00:14:25.59
Jesus is our Redeemer.
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There are so
many different names,
00:14:28.60\00:14:31.10
titles that are given to Jesus.
00:14:31.13\00:14:33.44
Lamb of God, Light of
the world, Alpha, Omega,
00:14:33.47\00:14:37.61
chiefest among
10,000, all together lovely,
00:14:37.64\00:14:40.48
and some of these are
descriptions and so forth.
00:14:40.51\00:14:43.11
Savior, right, Michael
00:14:43.14\00:14:45.95
and a host of other names
are given to the Lord Himself.
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And so He wept over Jerusalem.
00:14:49.85\00:14:55.22
I want you to think about that.
00:14:55.26\00:14:57.43
Jesus has feelings.
00:14:57.46\00:15:00.83
The Bible says in Isaiah 63:9.
00:15:00.86\00:15:04.07
The Bible says,
00:15:04.10\00:15:05.43
"In all their
affliction, He was afflicted."
00:15:05.47\00:15:09.87
How many of you have feelings?
00:15:09.90\00:15:12.14
And let me ask you this.
00:15:12.17\00:15:13.88
When you have a loved
one that is suffering,
00:15:13.91\00:15:16.28
does it affect you?
00:15:16.31\00:15:18.21
Think about our
loving Father in heaven
00:15:18.25\00:15:21.42
and his Son Jesus
and the Holy Spirit.
00:15:21.45\00:15:23.79
Do you know the Bible says
you can read the Holy Spirit?
00:15:23.82\00:15:26.65
What does that mean? You
can rule the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit is not an it,
00:15:29.82\00:15:32.56
but a person that has
personality and feelings.
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If you are going through a
personal crises in your life,
00:15:36.33\00:15:39.27
if you are facing
financial challenges,
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if you are
suffering from health problem,
00:15:41.60\00:15:43.81
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:15:43.84\00:15:46.17
if you have a special
concern for your children?
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Whatever your need maybe
00:15:48.68\00:15:50.01
give us a call and
we will pray with you.
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For your prayer requests,
call us at 1-855-336-FREE.
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"If the Son sets you
free, you are free indeed."
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John 8:36.
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Jesus wept over the imminent
destruction of Jerusalem.
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Luke 19:31.
00:16:07.76\00:16:09.70
Jesus wept over Jerusalem.
00:16:09.73\00:16:13.60
So would you
agree, He doesn't find
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entertaining the
prospect of the unsaved
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being in hell fire?
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That's not something
that He looks forward to
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or would find that entertaining
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or be within
His divine character
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to celebrate that.
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It's rather what
the Bible teaches
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is the wicked will be thrust
in a hell fire, then what?
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We'll get to that in a moment.
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"The Son of man is not
come to destroy men's lives..."
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but to do what?
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Why did He come here?
00:16:42.86\00:16:44.93
Luke 9:56, "To save people."
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What does it say in John 3:16?
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You know that verse, but
let's go to the next verse.
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"For God did not send
his Son into the world
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to condemn the world,
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but that the world
through Him might be saved."
00:16:56.85\00:17:00.08
That's why Jesus came
down here and that's John 3:17.
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And then Phillip
said, "Show us the Father,"
00:17:04.19\00:17:07.39
and Jesus said, "If you see me,
00:17:07.42\00:17:11.69
you see the
character of the Father
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and besides Jesus was
God in the flesh, John 1:14.
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The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us
00:17:21.00\00:17:23.30
and the word was God
and the word was with God.
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Now that's John 1.
00:17:25.84\00:17:28.01
So Jesus came to
set the record straight
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about the character of God
00:17:31.35\00:17:33.52
and that truth is
what liberates us.
00:17:33.55\00:17:36.82
Whatever your view is
of your Father in heaven,
00:17:36.85\00:17:40.82
it impacts every
dimension, every facet,
00:17:40.86\00:17:44.23
every fiber of being is impacted
00:17:44.26\00:17:48.00
by your perspective
00:17:48.03\00:17:49.53
and your view of
your Father in heaven.
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That's why Jesus loved
to talk about his Father
00:17:52.77\00:17:55.74
and that's why He said,
00:17:55.77\00:17:57.11
"When you pray, say our Father."
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That's what when He was gonna--
00:17:59.97\00:18:01.61
when He was about
to ascend to heaven,
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you remember He told Thomas
and He told His disciples,
00:18:04.15\00:18:07.15
"I am gonna go to
my God and your God
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to my Father and your Father.
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My God and your God.
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That's why Jesus prayed
to the Father and He says,
00:18:14.39\00:18:17.49
"Use My name and
pray to the Father."
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You have a loving Father.
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He is just.
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So what does the Bible say?
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Well, can I take
a little excursion,
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"Out of the mouth of babes,
thou hast ordained praise?"
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Can I translate that?
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Listen to the children
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because sometimes
they have more truth
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than the adults have.
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Did you know
00:18:43.45\00:18:44.79
that research tells
us that children laugh--
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I think it's been told,
00:18:48.62\00:18:49.96
may be Pastor Rester knows this.
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Children laugh
over 200 times a day.
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If you have kids, you
know, it's probably that
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and then some,
depending on the day.
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Guess, how many
times the adults laugh?
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About 12 or 13 times.
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So would you agree, you
better hang around kids,
00:19:08.64\00:19:10.68
otherwise--
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All right. Anyway.
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My daughter, once in a while,
she'll come to me at my desk
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and I am there with my computer
00:19:17.89\00:19:19.55
and sometimes I am getting
my PowerPoint presentations
00:19:19.59\00:19:21.86
together and so forth
00:19:21.89\00:19:23.22
and she will say, "Daddy, daddy,
00:19:23.26\00:19:24.76
I want to make some PowerPoints,
00:19:24.79\00:19:26.29
I want to make some PowerPoints.
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So I'll say, all right.
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And so we get together
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and she picks
what pictures she wants
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and then she tells
me, she dictates to me
00:19:32.67\00:19:35.70
what she wants to say
with each of these pictures.
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And I just want
to share with you
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a few of the pictures
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that she picked
for the most part
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and things that she said
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and only just a
small little adjustments,
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some other times just
so it could make sense,
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but about 85% of it
it's just, just her,
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whatever the grammar is
00:19:54.86\00:19:56.32
and I just want
to read this to you
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and I want you to
be armed with this
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as we continue in this topic.
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"God will come soon.
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You have to pray every
time you have trouble."
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And she's five, almost six.
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"All week Jesus
wants to take care of you.
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God will love
you and God is love.
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You want to take
care of your daddy."
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I love that one.
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"The Faithful God is loving you.
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Okay. We'll move on.
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'The Bible is special for you.
00:20:24.09\00:20:25.72
Jesus made the
sun and the stars.
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The Bible is always good for you
00:20:27.52\00:20:28.99
and it will keep you safe.
00:20:29.02\00:20:30.46
You will be in heaven with God.
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You are God's child.
00:20:33.40\00:20:34.86
I am the Son of God of heaven.
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I give you my
special gifts that I have
00:20:36.73\00:20:38.97
and you are my
Creation of the world.
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The butterflies come
to eat from the flowers.
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God made them.
God has His power.
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He keeps it. He
made the butterfly fly.
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Love is for God.
And God loves you.
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He takes care of you.
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And He loves you very
much and gives you kisses.'
00:20:52.75\00:20:55.92
Now you got to keep in mind,
00:20:55.95\00:20:57.29
there seems to be a
repetition of a theme.
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It's like, they all relate.
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And ''Jesus loves me
for the Bible tells me so."
00:21:01.66\00:21:05.46
Matter of fact, on one
occasion as I was driving along,
00:21:05.49\00:21:07.76
she was at the back
seat in her car seat.
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This was maybe a year or so ago,
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maybe year and half.
00:21:12.33\00:21:13.67
And she had a
little Bible there,
00:21:13.70\00:21:15.04
and she had it open and I said,
00:21:15.07\00:21:17.17
"Oh, What are you doing?"
"I am reading the Bible."
00:21:17.21\00:21:19.17
"Yeah, what are
you reading there?"
00:21:19.21\00:21:20.91
"It says--" "What does it says?"
00:21:20.94\00:21:22.44
"It says Jesus loves you."
00:21:22.48\00:21:25.25
Okay. All right. Here it is.
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"Jesus loves to take care of us.
00:21:26.65\00:21:28.52
Don't worry God is with us.
00:21:28.55\00:21:30.15
God is the spirit of the Lord.
00:21:30.19\00:21:31.75
You know God is with you.
00:21:31.79\00:21:33.29
We love God. We
like to be with God.
00:21:33.32\00:21:35.52
It's so much to
talk about of Jesus.
00:21:35.56\00:21:38.13
Jesus is a beautiful man.
00:21:38.16\00:21:40.93
Jesus died for your sins.
00:21:40.96\00:21:42.80
And Jesus loves you very much.
00:21:42.83\00:21:44.30
Jesus wants to take care of you.
00:21:44.33\00:21:46.10
He always watches over you.
00:21:46.13\00:21:50.17
Love is a great love.
00:21:50.21\00:21:51.71
You are God's
creation. And you love God.
00:21:51.74\00:21:53.78
God knows you love
Him. And we love Him too.
00:21:53.81\00:21:56.95
God made
everything in this country.
00:21:56.98\00:21:58.68
You know God loves you.
00:21:58.71\00:22:00.05
God loves you always."
00:22:00.08\00:22:01.45
I am sorry. I am not
getting tired of this.
00:22:01.48\00:22:03.02
Anyway, "He watches over you.
00:22:03.05\00:22:04.95
And He watches over
you when you're sleeping.
00:22:04.99\00:22:07.02
He takes care of us.
00:22:07.06\00:22:08.39
You don't need to worry
because God is here with us."
00:22:08.42\00:22:10.93
How many of you agree, we
just got to listen to this
00:22:10.96\00:22:12.93
a few hours and
then it will sink in.
00:22:12.96\00:22:14.76
You know what? You
don't have to worry.
00:22:14.80\00:22:16.43
You can sleep
like a child sleeps.
00:22:16.46\00:22:18.77
"Jesus loves you.
00:22:18.80\00:22:20.17
He likes children.
00:22:20.20\00:22:21.54
He loves you very much.
00:22:21.57\00:22:22.90
We have to do
what He tells us to do.
00:22:22.94\00:22:26.11
What does the
Bible really teach about
00:22:26.14\00:22:27.84
the fate of the lost?
00:22:27.88\00:22:30.31
When is hell fire?
00:22:30.35\00:22:31.68
We know there is a
hell fire. When is it?
00:22:31.71\00:22:33.88
Jesus gave a parable
00:22:33.92\00:22:35.65
and he made this
very, very crystal clear.
00:22:35.68\00:22:38.45
"As therefore the
tares are gathered
00:22:38.49\00:22:40.46
and burned in the fire,
00:22:40.49\00:22:41.82
so shall it be in
the end of this world.
00:22:41.86\00:22:44.13
The Son of man shall
send forth his angels,
00:22:44.16\00:22:46.29
and they shall
gather out of his kingdom
00:22:46.33\00:22:47.80
all things that offend,
00:22:47.83\00:22:49.16
and them which do iniquity.
00:22:49.20\00:22:50.60
And shall cast them
into a furnace of fire,
00:22:50.63\00:22:53.03
there shall be wailing
and gnashing of teeth."
00:22:53.07\00:22:55.90
Will there be a hell fire? When?
00:22:55.94\00:22:58.94
At the end of this world.
00:22:58.97\00:23:01.04
Jesus said in John 12:48.
00:23:01.08\00:23:03.75
Read it together with me.
00:23:03.78\00:23:05.11
"He that rejecteth me,
and receiveth not my words,
00:23:05.15\00:23:08.55
hath one that judgeth him:
the word that I have spoken,
00:23:08.58\00:23:11.92
the same shall judge him..."
00:23:11.95\00:23:13.29
when? "On the Last Day."
00:23:13.32\00:23:15.56
That's the
executive phase of judgment.
00:23:15.59\00:23:18.13
John 12:48.
00:23:18.16\00:23:20.20
Now I got a question for you.
00:23:20.23\00:23:21.56
Are the wicked being punished
00:23:21.60\00:23:24.93
in hell right now?
00:23:24.97\00:23:28.57
What does the Bible say?
00:23:28.60\00:23:30.07
It's gonna be at
the end of this world.
00:23:30.11\00:23:31.44
And what did Peter
say in 2 Peter 2:9?
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Let's read it
together. Let's go.
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"The Lord knoweth how to deliver
00:23:36.38\00:23:38.58
the godly out of temptations,
00:23:38.61\00:23:40.38
and to reserve the
unjust unto the day of judgment
00:23:40.42\00:23:43.69
to be punished."
00:23:43.72\00:23:45.05
Will the wicked be
punished? They will.
00:23:45.09\00:23:47.56
Their days are
numbered. It will happen.
00:23:47.59\00:23:49.99
They will be
thrust into hell fire.
00:23:50.03\00:23:52.16
They will suffer
excruciating pain.
00:23:52.19\00:23:55.60
According to the Bible,
it will be like torment.
00:23:55.63\00:23:57.93
But the Bible says
here that right now
00:23:57.97\00:24:00.80
they are being
reserved somewhere
00:24:00.84\00:24:03.44
until the day of judgment.
00:24:03.47\00:24:05.67
The question is, where
are they being reserved?
00:24:05.71\00:24:09.34
Where are the dead now?
00:24:09.38\00:24:11.31
Take your Bible and
let's go to the Book of John,
00:24:11.35\00:24:13.31
my favorite book in the Bible.
00:24:13.35\00:24:14.92
By the way, who wrote
the Book of Revelation?
00:24:14.95\00:24:17.89
John, that's right.
00:24:17.92\00:24:19.39
And also he wrote,
three little epistles,
00:24:19.42\00:24:22.46
1, 2 and 3 John.
00:24:22.49\00:24:23.83
Okay.
00:24:23.86\00:24:25.19
So John-- we're
going here to John 5:28.
00:24:25.23\00:24:29.36
We read words are
in red who is speaking.
00:24:29.40\00:24:32.60
"Jesus, do not marvel at
this: for the hour is coming,
00:24:32.63\00:24:35.84
in the which all who are..."
00:24:35.87\00:24:37.24
Where are the dead,
00:24:37.27\00:24:38.61
both righteous
and the unrighteous,
00:24:38.64\00:24:39.97
where are the dead?
00:24:40.01\00:24:41.48
"In the graves
will hear His voice."
00:24:41.51\00:24:45.38
The Bible says, Jesus says,
00:24:45.41\00:24:47.35
"Come forth those
who have done good,
00:24:47.38\00:24:50.39
to the resurrection of life."
00:24:50.42\00:24:51.75
That's when Jesus comes again.
00:24:51.79\00:24:54.06
"And those who have done evil,
00:24:54.09\00:24:56.06
to the
resurrection of condemnation."
00:24:56.09\00:24:58.86
That is at the
end of the millennium
00:24:58.89\00:25:01.46
and we'll get into that
in our subsequent message.
00:25:01.50\00:25:03.87
But the Bible makes it clear.
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.40
There are two
distinct resurrections.
00:25:05.43\00:25:08.67
There's a pleasant
awakening and a rude awakening.
00:25:08.70\00:25:11.67
Would you agree,
there is a vast difference?
00:25:11.71\00:25:13.78
And according to
Jesus, the Bible says,
00:25:13.81\00:25:16.14
Both the righteous, I repeat,
and the unrighteous are where?
00:25:16.18\00:25:19.21
Where are they?
They're in the graves.
00:25:19.25\00:25:21.28
That's where they
are being reserved.
00:25:21.32\00:25:23.52
And that is what
Job said as well.
00:25:23.55\00:25:26.19
"Where are the wicked dead?"
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Job 21:30, 32.
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"The wicked are
brought to the grave
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and shall remain..."
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where?
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"In the tomb." The Bible says.
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So therefore, are you ready,
can I have a drum roll please?
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No one is in hell now!
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Say that with me.
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No one is in hell now!
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You say, "Mark, this is
conjuring up some questions."
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Good.
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It's good to
question what you believe
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because truth can
handle questions and scrutiny.
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Can you say amen?
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So what does the Bible
teach about what happens
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when a man dies?
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You say, " Mark, I
thought if a person is wicked,
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they're gonna go right to hell."
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They will go to hell,
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but the Bible says at
the end of this world.
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The Bible says,
first they go to the grave
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and then ultimately
they will go to hell fire.
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So we need to
have a snapshot review
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about the state of the
dead that we covered last night.
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What happens when a man dies?
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So therefore, how
did God create man
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which is the reverse of death?
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Genesis 2:7.
Let's go there together.
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Genesis 2:7.
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I give you a
moment to locate that.
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Genesis 2:7.
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I bet you're
being able to navigate
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through scriptures
with the greater ease
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as we've been together for
what, one and half weeks or so.
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Genesis 2:7.
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"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
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and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of..."
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what?
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The breath of life, and
man became a living soul."
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So the Bible
makes it very clear.
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Dust + Breath = Living Soul,
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Body + Breath = a Living Soul.
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So what is another word
for this "Breath of Life"?
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We compare scripture with
scripture, line upon line,
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precept upon precept,
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in order to arrive
to a safe conclusion
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of what is truth.
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"All the while
my breath is in me
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and the spirit of
God is in my nostrils."
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What's in your nostrils?
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The Spirit of God equals breath.
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The Breath of Life. Job 27:3.
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So what happens when a man dies?
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Ecclesiastes 12:7.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7.
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We've looked this up last night.
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Let's look at it again.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7.
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The Bible says,
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"Then the dust will
return to the earth as it was,
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and the spirit will
return to God who gave it."
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So what goes back
to God when you die,
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a soul or a spirit?
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Spirit, that's right. Very good.
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The spirit goes
back to God who gave it.
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What is that spirit?
It's in your nostrils.
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It's the what?
The breath of life.
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How many-- I think I can
hear the wheels turning there
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and see the
lights going on here now.
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So the Bible makes
it clear, I repeat.
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"Then shall the dust
return to the earth as it was,
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and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it."
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I repeat the question.
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What goes back
to God when you die,
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the soul or the spirit?
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The spirit, rather
you are a living soul.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7.
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So "His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to the earth,
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and in that
very day his thoughts
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what, they cease, they perish."
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Psalms 146:4.
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So what returns to God at death?
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Everybody say it,
"The spirit!" Very good.
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So Dust +
Spirit = a Living soul.
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Now how did Jesus view death?
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You remember His
friend Lazarus died,
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and you remember He said,
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"Our friend Lazarus sleepeth,"
but then He had to clarify.
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"Lazarus is dead."
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Now, that's not
what they wanted to hear
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as many people who
lose their loved one,
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they don't want to hear
that, but it's the truth.
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It's the truth.
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But the good news
is that He told them,
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"I am the
resurrection and the life."
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And He said,
"Lazarus, come down."
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No, that's not what He said.
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He said, "Lazarus, come forth."
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Now there's two
things about that.
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Number one, number one,
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He raised a dead man.
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And if He could
raise the dead man,
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you have no fear,
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He has conquered the grave.
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Can you say amen?
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Number two,
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He had-- His word
is so authoritative
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and so powerful
and so penetrating
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that the dead
would hear the voice
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even though they're
dead when He speaks.
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If he didn't specify,
"Lazarus, come forth."
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He just said, "Come forth,"
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all the dead would
have come forth and say,
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"Ho, hey, here I am.
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You say I never thought
about that, well, now you know.
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All right.
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Let's think about it.
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"The dead know not anything."
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Now what part of
that don't we understand?
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Ecclesiastes 9:5.
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You say, "Mark, this is
new," but it's in the Bible
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and if it's in
the Bible, we want it
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and if it's not in the
Bible, we don't want it.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5.
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You say, but I
thought the righteous dead
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are in heaven praising the Lord.
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No, "The dead
praise not the Lord,"
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Psalms115:17.
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If anyone would be in
heaven praising the Lord
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and strumming his heart,
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it would be David, if
indeed a righteous man.
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When he dies
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goes right
immediately to be with the Lord,
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certainly David, who was
known for praising the Lord
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would be in
heaven praising the Lord,
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but the Bible says
on the day of Pentecost,
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Peter declared,
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"David is not ascended
into the heavens," Acts 2:34.
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So say this with me, all right.
Let's have another drum roll.
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"The dead are dead."
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Now a child can understand that.
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You see, but can we find a
hope that goes beyond the grave?
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Oh, yes. We can.
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But we first must understand
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there is no such
thing as an immortal soul.
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That would be a false hope.
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You see, the Bible
makes it very clear.
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The soul is used in
the Bible 1600 times
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and it's always
talking about a real person
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and it's never talking
about something that exists
00:32:06.22\00:32:09.36
apart from the body.
00:32:09.39\00:32:11.33
There is no such
thing as disembodied soul
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or immortal soul.
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This is terminology
that is foreign to scripture.
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And so in Acts 2:41,
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there were 3,000 souls
that joined the church.
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Indeed, what
happens when a man dies?
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You can think of the
body being a light bulb
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and the breath being electricity
00:32:31.98\00:32:34.78
and you connect the two
and you have illumination,
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you connect the two and
you have a living person.
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Disconnect the light
bulb from the electricity
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and the lights go out.
00:32:44.49\00:32:46.03
So what happens
when a person dies?
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The lights go out.
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The body is still there?
00:32:49.60\00:32:51.47
Let's say the electricity
goes back to God, so to speak,
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the breath goes back to God.
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But how many are thankful
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that He is gonna call you
forth from the dusty grave
00:32:57.11\00:32:59.77
and you're gonna
come bursting forth
00:32:59.81\00:33:01.68
and you're gonna
go to be with the Lord
00:33:01.71\00:33:03.38
when Jesus comes again.
00:33:03.41\00:33:04.95
Can you say amen?
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Now the Bible never says,
00:33:06.35\00:33:07.92
the soul
returns to God at death.
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You won't find
that in the scriptures.
00:33:09.75\00:33:11.82
Matter of fact, the
concept of a disembodied soul
00:33:11.85\00:33:15.56
and the immortality of the
soul was a belief of the Greeks,
00:33:15.59\00:33:19.33
taught by Plato.
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And so there is
silence of the grave,
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all through scripture there's
the silence of the grave.
00:33:24.73\00:33:28.10
These different
individuals here on the screen
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are individuals
that were resurrected
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and had nothing to say
00:33:33.07\00:33:34.91
about what
happened after they die.
00:33:34.94\00:33:36.75
Widow's son was
resurrected by Elijah,
00:33:36.78\00:33:39.68
Shunammite's son
resurrected by Elisha,
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Jairus' daughter
resurrected by Jesus,
00:33:42.32\00:33:44.39
widow's son
resurrected by Jesus,
00:33:44.42\00:33:46.82
Lazarus resurrected by
Jesus, special resurrection
00:33:46.86\00:33:50.09
there when
Jesus was resurrected,
00:33:50.13\00:33:53.03
there was a
resurrection at that time,
00:33:53.06\00:33:54.96
Dorcus resurrected by Peter,
00:33:55.00\00:33:57.17
Eutychus resurrected
by Paul and guess what?
00:33:57.20\00:34:01.44
They had nothing to say about
what happened after they died.
00:34:01.47\00:34:04.41
What happened when Jesus died?
00:34:04.44\00:34:06.37
"And the graves were opened,
and many bodies of the saints
00:34:06.41\00:34:09.81
who had fallen
asleep were raised
00:34:09.84\00:34:12.65
when Jesus was raised."
00:34:12.68\00:34:14.48
So no glowing dramatic testimony
00:34:14.52\00:34:18.25
of the glories
and bliss of heaven
00:34:18.29\00:34:20.99
or the agonies or
torment of hell after dying.
00:34:21.02\00:34:23.83
You won't see
that in the scriptures.
00:34:23.86\00:34:26.29
So the righteous dead,
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the righteous dead are
not in heaven right now,
00:34:29.06\00:34:31.67
but sleeping in
the arms of Jesus
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as it were
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in their graves.
00:34:36.81\00:34:38.44
And so what about
the thief on the cross?
00:34:38.47\00:34:42.54
The Bible says,
"Verily verily I say unto thee,
00:34:42.58\00:34:45.35
Today you shall be
with me in paradise."
00:34:45.38\00:34:48.08
But the comma should go
after the word, 'today'.
00:34:48.12\00:34:51.02
So it says, "Verily,
verily I say to you today,
00:34:51.05\00:34:55.52
you will be
with me in paradise."
00:34:55.56\00:34:57.83
You say but how do you know
00:34:57.86\00:34:59.19
the comma is in the wrong place?
00:34:59.23\00:35:00.76
Because punctuation
came in after a long time,
00:35:00.80\00:35:04.00
after the Bible was written
00:35:04.03\00:35:05.67
and this is the only case
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.54
that I am aware of
that makes any difference
00:35:07.57\00:35:09.97
where there is a misplace comma.
00:35:10.01\00:35:12.41
You say, well, Mark,
00:35:12.44\00:35:13.78
how can you be absolutely
sure it's in the wrong place?"
00:35:13.81\00:35:16.24
Because in John 20:17,
00:35:16.28\00:35:19.08
"Did Jesus go to
paradise that day on Friday?"
00:35:19.11\00:35:21.88
No.
00:35:21.92\00:35:23.25
On Sunday morning He told Mary,
00:35:23.28\00:35:25.12
"I have not yet
ascended to My Father."
00:35:25.15\00:35:28.22
So let me tell you something.
00:35:28.26\00:35:29.96
He told the thief on the cross
00:35:29.99\00:35:31.53
that eventually
He is telling him,
00:35:31.56\00:35:32.96
"Today, as I'm dying
here, I'm telling you,
00:35:32.99\00:35:35.00
I'm gonna give you assurance
00:35:35.03\00:35:36.36
that you will be
with me in paradise."
00:35:36.40\00:35:39.20
How many agree
He says that to us?
00:35:39.23\00:35:41.34
You will be with
Him in paradise. When?
00:35:41.37\00:35:43.77
"Let not your heart be troubled,
00:35:43.81\00:35:46.07
you believe in
God, believe also in me.
00:35:46.11\00:35:48.74
In my Father's
house, are many mansions:
00:35:48.78\00:35:50.68
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:35:50.71\00:35:52.25
I go to prepare a place for you.
00:35:52.28\00:35:54.08
And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
00:35:54.12\00:35:55.92
I will come again,
00:35:55.95\00:35:57.59
and receive you unto myself,
00:35:57.62\00:36:00.42
that where I am,
there ye may be also."
00:36:00.46\00:36:02.52
John 14:1-3.
00:36:02.56\00:36:04.23
So what is Jesus saying?
00:36:04.26\00:36:06.16
He's saying, "I
will receive you,
00:36:06.19\00:36:08.56
when I come again."
00:36:08.60\00:36:09.93
Is this making sense?
00:36:09.96\00:36:11.30
And so the Bible
makes that crystal clear.
00:36:11.33\00:36:13.70
So when are we going to
be present with the Lord
00:36:13.74\00:36:16.24
and absent from this body?
00:36:16.27\00:36:17.77
When Jesus comes
00:36:17.81\00:36:19.27
we'll be absent from
this corruptible mortal body
00:36:19.31\00:36:23.24
and be present with the Lord
00:36:23.28\00:36:24.81
with the brand new glorified
immortal, incorruptible body.
00:36:24.85\00:36:29.25
How many are looking
forward to getting a new model?
00:36:29.28\00:36:32.12
Amen. All right.
00:36:32.15\00:36:33.56
2 Corinthians 5, 6 and 8.
00:36:33.59\00:36:35.76
And so in what condition
00:36:35.79\00:36:37.13
will we be
present with the Lord?
00:36:37.16\00:36:39.06
Philippians 3:21.
00:36:39.09\00:36:40.43
"Who will
transform our lowly body
00:36:40.46\00:36:42.30
that it will be
conformed to his glorious body."
00:36:42.33\00:36:45.00
Elijah, Enoch, Moses and Jesus
00:36:45.03\00:36:48.84
ascended into heaven bodily.
00:36:48.87\00:36:52.41
Not in dis...
some disembodied soul.
00:36:52.44\00:36:55.31
Now, here is the clue.
00:36:55.34\00:36:56.68
"Where did the false
teaching of Limbo come from?
00:36:56.71\00:36:58.71
Came from the
Roman papal system.
00:37:00.55\00:37:03.69
Where did the false
teaching of purgatory come from?
00:37:03.72\00:37:07.76
Came from the
Roman papal system.
00:37:07.79\00:37:10.33
Where did the distortion
of hell fire come from?
00:37:10.36\00:37:14.00
Well, that actually came
from mythology, Greek mythology
00:37:14.03\00:37:17.93
and so forth, but
it was embraced by
00:37:17.97\00:37:21.27
and Christianized in
the Roman papal apostasy.
00:37:21.30\00:37:24.84
So what will happen to
the wicked in hellfire?
00:37:24.87\00:37:28.84
Eternal death.
00:37:28.88\00:37:30.61
"For God so loved the world,
00:37:30.65\00:37:32.05
that He gave His
only begotten Son
00:37:32.08\00:37:33.55
that whoever believes in Him
00:37:33.58\00:37:35.38
shall not perish
00:37:35.42\00:37:39.59
but have everlasting life."
00:37:39.62\00:37:41.72
So the opposite
of everlasting life
00:37:41.76\00:37:43.99
is not everlasting life in hell.
00:37:44.03\00:37:47.40
The opposite of everlasting life
00:37:47.43\00:37:49.10
according to the
most familiar scripture
00:37:49.13\00:37:50.93
in all of the Bible
00:37:50.97\00:37:53.20
is the wicked are gonna perish,
00:37:53.23\00:37:56.74
put out of existence,
00:37:56.77\00:37:58.27
obliterated, reduced to ashes.
00:37:58.31\00:38:01.08
That is the second death.
00:38:01.11\00:38:02.61
Look at Revelation 21:8.
00:38:02.64\00:38:04.51
It says, "What
does the Bible call,"
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.25
this is the Book of Revelation.
00:38:06.28\00:38:07.62
You want Bible prophecy?
00:38:07.65\00:38:09.02
Here is some Bible prophecy.
00:38:09.05\00:38:10.82
"What does the Bible call
00:38:10.85\00:38:12.19
the destruction of
the wicked in hellfire?"
00:38:12.22\00:38:13.89
The Book of
Revelation 21:8 says,
00:38:13.92\00:38:17.19
"The second death from which
there will be no resurrection."
00:38:17.23\00:38:22.56
You see, everybody is gonna die
unless Jesus comes very soon.
00:38:22.60\00:38:26.13
How many want to be
alive when Jesus comes?
00:38:26.17\00:38:28.00
Amen.
00:38:28.04\00:38:29.70
Now one way or the
other, if you're righteous,
00:38:29.74\00:38:32.14
you will be
alive when Jesus comes.
00:38:32.17\00:38:34.51
You might have
been laid to rest,
00:38:34.54\00:38:36.48
but you will be
getting up when He comes.
00:38:36.51\00:38:38.41
Amen? You won't miss it.
00:38:38.45\00:38:40.48
But listen,
00:38:40.52\00:38:41.88
every person is
gonna die at least once
00:38:41.92\00:38:44.89
unless you are
alive when Jesus comes,
00:38:44.92\00:38:47.79
but the wicked
are gonna die twice.
00:38:47.82\00:38:50.09
How many agree, there's
many wicked people in the grave?
00:38:50.13\00:38:51.96
They are gonna come forth
00:38:51.99\00:38:53.33
at the great white
throne of judgment.
00:38:53.36\00:38:54.70
Bible makes that clear.
00:38:54.73\00:38:56.06
They're gonna be
judged and caste in hell fire.
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.63
That's the second death.
00:38:57.67\00:38:59.33
But the wicked are not,
00:38:59.37\00:39:00.70
are the righteous are
not gonna go to hell fire.
00:39:00.74\00:39:02.30
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00:39:02.34\00:39:04.61
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00:39:04.64\00:39:08.48
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00:39:08.51\00:39:11.91
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00:39:11.95\00:39:15.65
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00:39:15.68\00:39:19.12
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The Bible makes it
very crystal clear.
00:40:07.14\00:40:09.44
What is the end result of sin?
00:40:09.47\00:40:11.87
Read it together with me.
00:40:11.91\00:40:13.24
"The wages of sin is
eternal life in hell."
00:40:13.27\00:40:17.15
Let's read it again.
"The wages of sin is death."
00:40:19.81\00:40:23.32
What kind of death,
00:40:23.35\00:40:24.69
do you think
this is talking about?
00:40:24.72\00:40:26.42
It's eternal death.
00:40:26.45\00:40:28.16
"But the gift of God,"
00:40:28.19\00:40:29.52
I mean that's
the ultimate death.
00:40:29.56\00:40:31.76
"The gift of God
00:40:31.79\00:40:33.13
is eternal life through
Jesus Christ, our Lord."
00:40:33.16\00:40:36.10
So if you don't
get eternal life,
00:40:36.13\00:40:37.73
you get eternal--
not eternal dying,
00:40:37.77\00:40:40.80
not eternal
suffering but eternal death.
00:40:40.84\00:40:43.47
Oh, yes.
00:40:43.51\00:40:44.84
Suffering up to the
point of annihilation.
00:40:44.87\00:40:47.88
Roman 6:23.
00:40:47.91\00:40:49.71
Now listen carefully.
00:40:49.74\00:40:51.08
The wicked do not receive
eternal life in hell fire!
00:40:51.11\00:40:56.99
They don't get that.
00:40:57.02\00:40:58.75
You know this has made
of the news, this argument,
00:40:58.79\00:41:02.66
this no pun
intended, heated debate
00:41:02.69\00:41:05.09
about hell fire in an article,
00:41:05.13\00:41:08.66
front cover story used,
00:41:08.70\00:41:10.03
U.S. News & World
Report a number of years ago.
00:41:10.07\00:41:12.77
"The Second Death.
00:41:12.80\00:41:14.14
Some theologians say
that the end of the wicked
00:41:14.17\00:41:16.60
is destruction,
not eternal suffering."
00:41:16.64\00:41:18.77
U.S. News & World
Report, Jan 31, 2000.
00:41:18.81\00:41:22.38
In another words
there is some disagreement
00:41:22.41\00:41:24.65
going back and forth,
00:41:24.68\00:41:26.18
but I subscribe
00:41:26.21\00:41:27.95
to what many
theologians believe as well,
00:41:27.98\00:41:31.15
that the fate of the
wicked is utter destruction
00:41:31.19\00:41:34.72
because that is biblical.
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.93
Now, Jesus tasted the
second death, didn't He?
00:41:36.96\00:41:40.00
He said, "My God, My God,
why have You forsaken Me?"
00:41:40.03\00:41:42.63
He was tasting
that second death.
00:41:42.66\00:41:44.93
Jesus suffered in torment.
00:41:44.97\00:41:46.60
How many agree, on the
cross it was torment for Him?
00:41:46.63\00:41:49.07
He was getting a little taste
00:41:49.10\00:41:50.74
of the separation
00:41:50.77\00:41:52.11
that the wicked are gonna feel
00:41:52.14\00:41:53.48
when they are
separated from God.
00:41:53.51\00:41:55.44
How many agree, the wicked,
00:41:55.48\00:41:56.81
when they are
thrust in the hell fire,
00:41:56.85\00:41:58.31
they have been
completely separated from God?
00:41:58.35\00:42:01.52
And would you
agree there is no life
00:42:01.55\00:42:03.49
being separated from God,
00:42:03.52\00:42:05.25
right?
00:42:05.29\00:42:06.62
And so Jesus suffered
in torment on the cross,
00:42:06.65\00:42:08.82
but then He died.
00:42:08.86\00:42:10.19
So the wicked will suffer,
00:42:10.23\00:42:11.73
but then
ultimately they will die.
00:42:11.76\00:42:13.66
So do we have an
immortal soul? The answer is no.
00:42:13.70\00:42:17.90
God ''only hath immortality.''
00:42:17.93\00:42:19.63
Man is "mortal."
00:42:19.67\00:42:21.00
We ''seek for immortality.''
00:42:21.04\00:42:22.37
"The soul that
sinneth, it shall die."
00:42:22.40\00:42:25.37
Ezekiel 18:20.
00:42:25.41\00:42:27.41
So the good news is,
00:42:27.44\00:42:28.78
we receive
immortality not when we die,
00:42:28.81\00:42:32.81
but when Jesus comes again.
00:42:32.85\00:42:35.42
Otherwise it's
very anticlimactic.
00:42:35.45\00:42:37.99
If it's true, if it
was true, the righteous--
00:42:38.02\00:42:40.39
When they die,
00:42:40.42\00:42:41.82
they go immediately
to be with the Lord,
00:42:41.86\00:42:43.49
I've got two problems with that.
00:42:43.53\00:42:44.99
Number one, would you want
your loved ones up in heaven
00:42:45.03\00:42:48.46
watching you make mistakes?
00:42:48.50\00:42:49.93
You're supposed to say no.
00:42:52.27\00:42:53.67
Secondly, if
they are up in heaven
00:42:56.00\00:43:00.28
and there comes the
second coming of Christ.
00:43:00.31\00:43:03.18
All right, go down now
00:43:03.21\00:43:05.31
and there's gonna be the
resurrection of the bodies.
00:43:05.35\00:43:07.02
All right. Time to go
down there and get your body.
00:43:07.05\00:43:10.35
Isn't that like a
little anticlimactic?
00:43:10.39\00:43:13.25
No, the Bible makes it
very, very crystal clear
00:43:13.29\00:43:15.96
that you
receive an immortal body
00:43:15.99\00:43:18.36
and you receive
immortality when Jesus comes
00:43:18.39\00:43:21.06
with His rewards
at His soon return.
00:43:21.10\00:43:23.16
'The soul that sinneth,"
00:43:23.20\00:43:24.93
that includes
everyone except Jesus,
00:43:24.97\00:43:26.97
"the soul that
sinneth, it shall die."
00:43:27.00\00:43:29.74
But remember Jesus took all
of His sin upon us, didn't He?
00:43:29.77\00:43:32.97
And He tasted the
second death, He died,
00:43:33.01\00:43:34.91
but because He was
holy, He was resurrected.
00:43:34.94\00:43:37.71
No such thing
as an undying soul.
00:43:37.75\00:43:41.95
Now here is positive proof
that when a wicked person dies,
00:43:41.98\00:43:46.12
they are not thrust
into hell right away.
00:43:46.15\00:43:49.32
Jesus said "When a
person goes to hell,
00:43:49.36\00:43:52.23
'thy whole body
cast into hell.' "
00:43:52.26\00:43:55.76
Now if you want to have
one major singular verse
00:43:55.80\00:43:59.40
that leaps from the Bible,
00:43:59.43\00:44:01.10
that helps to
refute the argument
00:44:01.14\00:44:03.30
that the wicked are
just gonna roast and toast
00:44:03.34\00:44:05.41
for zillions of years in
some disembodied soul form.
00:44:05.44\00:44:09.51
I am here to tell you,
this scripture puts it to rest.
00:44:09.54\00:44:13.52
This scripture
refutes those false teachings.
00:44:13.55\00:44:16.79
"Thy whole body cast into hell."
00:44:16.82\00:44:19.72
Well, if that is true
00:44:19.75\00:44:21.09
then I've got a
question for you.
00:44:21.12\00:44:22.46
Are the wicked then,
00:44:22.49\00:44:24.99
who have died,
are they in hell now?
00:44:25.03\00:44:27.76
No because when
they do go there,
00:44:27.80\00:44:29.66
their whole body is going.
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.13
Is that clear,
yes or no? All right.
00:44:31.17\00:44:33.84
So therefore, no
one is in hell now.
00:44:33.87\00:44:38.17
No one, because
when they do go there,
00:44:38.21\00:44:40.24
their whole body is going there.
00:44:40.28\00:44:42.81
And preachers who are teaching
00:44:42.84\00:44:44.21
that the wicked
are in hell right now,
00:44:44.25\00:44:46.25
they are not saying
their bodies are there,
00:44:46.28\00:44:48.55
they are saying their
disembodied souls are there.
00:44:48.58\00:44:51.12
That's Greek mythology.
00:44:51.15\00:44:52.75
That's false teachings
that come from the papal power.
00:44:52.79\00:44:56.62
So the Bible never says
00:44:56.66\00:44:58.86
that the soul
exists apart from the body.
00:44:58.89\00:45:01.03
No.
00:45:01.06\00:45:02.40
The Bible never says
that the soul returns to God.
00:45:02.43\00:45:05.43
What returns to God?
00:45:05.47\00:45:07.67
The spirit, very
good, which is the breath.
00:45:07.70\00:45:10.01
So will the fire
eventually go out?
00:45:10.04\00:45:12.94
The meek are going
to inherit the earth.
00:45:12.97\00:45:16.68
We're not going to
inherit a planet that's on fire.
00:45:16.71\00:45:19.85
We're gonna inherit the earth.
00:45:19.88\00:45:22.22
The meek shall
inherit the earth,
00:45:22.68\00:45:24.49
but it's gonna be
the earth made new
00:45:24.52\00:45:26.96
according to 2
Peter 3, Matthew 5:5.
00:45:26.99\00:45:30.23
Now think about it.
00:45:30.26\00:45:31.66
Are you ready to
do some thinking?
00:45:31.69\00:45:33.16
I know it's dangerous to think.
00:45:33.19\00:45:36.56
Who is the only one
00:45:36.60\00:45:38.57
who could keep a
man burning in hell fire
00:45:38.60\00:45:40.97
for zillion's of
years and infinity beyond?
00:45:41.00\00:45:43.24
Who is the only
one that can do that?
00:45:43.27\00:45:45.11
God.
00:45:45.14\00:45:47.68
So, another words,
00:45:47.71\00:45:49.11
if God was to
keep their life going,
00:45:49.14\00:45:52.51
there must be something
in the character of God
00:45:53.45\00:45:56.25
that finds that, that
is necessary to do that.
00:45:56.28\00:46:01.42
Because the devil
can't keep their life going,
00:46:01.46\00:46:03.93
they can't keep
their own life going,
00:46:03.96\00:46:06.03
it would have to be God
that is keeping them going
00:46:06.06\00:46:09.16
suffering for zillion's of years
00:46:09.20\00:46:11.13
and that it must be
within the heart of God
00:46:11.17\00:46:13.10
that, that is
necessary to do that.
00:46:13.13\00:46:17.61
So we're just-- Would you agree
00:46:17.64\00:46:18.97
it has everything to do
with the character of God
00:46:19.01\00:46:20.38
and that has to do
00:46:20.41\00:46:21.74
with the antichrist
versus the true Christ?
00:46:21.78\00:46:24.35
Christ came to set
the record straight
00:46:24.38\00:46:25.98
about the character of God.
00:46:26.01\00:46:27.35
And the antichrist,
00:46:27.38\00:46:28.72
this is prophecy
distorts the character of God.
00:46:28.75\00:46:31.99
And it has everything to
do with the mark of the beast
00:46:32.02\00:46:35.19
because those who
receive the mark of the beast
00:46:35.22\00:46:36.93
will go to hell fire.
00:46:36.96\00:46:38.83
And so listen,
00:46:38.86\00:46:40.43
would it be just for God
to keep an unsaved person
00:46:40.46\00:46:45.17
burning,
suffering in hell endlessly.
00:46:45.20\00:46:48.97
Let's say there's a 17 year old,
00:46:49.00\00:46:50.87
you know, haven't
accepted Christ quite yet.
00:46:50.91\00:46:53.31
He was thinking about it.
00:46:53.34\00:46:55.08
He gets in a car
accident, he dies.
00:46:55.11\00:46:59.71
And the Lord says, sorry.
00:46:59.75\00:47:01.28
I have to keep you, I am
gonna keep you suffering."
00:47:01.32\00:47:05.55
You say God keeping him--
00:47:05.59\00:47:07.06
God would have to be
the one keeping it going.
00:47:07.09\00:47:09.72
I am sorry. I've
got to do this to you.
00:47:09.76\00:47:11.13
I got to keep it going.
00:47:11.16\00:47:14.36
Would not God want to put an end
00:47:14.40\00:47:15.96
to sin and
suffering once and for all?
00:47:16.00\00:47:18.13
Don't you think
that God's interest
00:47:18.17\00:47:20.64
is to put an end to it all?
00:47:20.67\00:47:23.30
"Would heaven be heaven
00:47:26.71\00:47:29.08
if you knew that
somewhere in the vast universe
00:47:29.64\00:47:32.28
or worse yet somewhere
in the center of the earth,
00:47:32.31\00:47:34.78
your unsaved loved ones
were agonizing and suffering
00:47:34.82\00:47:37.65
beyond words in hell fire?"
00:47:37.69\00:47:39.45
For zillions of years,
00:47:39.49\00:47:40.82
fast forward zillions of years,
00:47:40.86\00:47:42.59
some of your loved
ones, they are still burning.
00:47:42.62\00:47:44.46
And you always had that
in the back of your head
00:47:44.99\00:47:46.33
that they're still,
they're just burning
00:47:46.36\00:47:48.00
they are there.
00:47:48.03\00:47:49.36
I don't know about
you, but that would really
00:47:49.40\00:47:50.77
cause me to lose
my appetite in heaven.
00:47:50.80\00:47:54.87
Now I get a question for you.
00:47:54.90\00:47:56.94
Would you want to see
a serial killer tortured
00:47:56.97\00:48:00.28
for a week in
the electrical chair
00:48:00.31\00:48:02.24
to receive the reward of the--
00:48:02.28\00:48:03.78
or receive the reward
of the death sentence?
00:48:03.81\00:48:07.95
I think that most people
00:48:07.98\00:48:09.92
would never want
to watch somebody,
00:48:09.95\00:48:13.89
you know, being
jolted for a week
00:48:13.92\00:48:15.82
in the electric chair,
00:48:15.86\00:48:17.19
we would agree,
00:48:17.23\00:48:18.56
"Put him out of existence,
just let him get the sentence."
00:48:18.59\00:48:23.16
Are you more just than God?
00:48:23.20\00:48:25.83
Where is eternal
torment in the Bible?
00:48:25.87\00:48:28.30
It's not there.
00:48:28.34\00:48:30.21
It's not there.
00:48:30.24\00:48:31.74
So when and how will
hell fire be kindled?
00:48:31.77\00:48:34.58
"The rest of the dead--"
00:48:34.61\00:48:35.94
referring to
the wicked who died,
00:48:35.98\00:48:37.31
"lived not again
00:48:37.35\00:48:38.68
until the thousand
years were finished."
00:48:38.71\00:48:40.05
So they will be resurrected
after the millennium.
00:48:40.08\00:48:41.58
Revelation 20:5.
00:48:41.62\00:48:43.15
So the Bible makes that clear.
00:48:43.18\00:48:44.52
The wicked are resurrected
after the millennium.
00:48:44.55\00:48:46.42
"So shall it be in
the end of this world.
00:48:46.45\00:48:48.26
The Son of man shall cast
them into a furnace of fire."
00:48:48.29\00:48:50.56
Matthew 13.
00:48:50.59\00:48:51.93
It's, when
everyone thundered out,
00:48:51.96\00:48:54.23
the end of this world.
00:48:54.26\00:48:55.66
Yell it out with me.
00:48:55.70\00:48:57.03
The end of this world.
00:48:57.07\00:48:58.97
So take your
Bible and turn with me
00:48:59.00\00:49:00.97
to the book of--
What book are we going to?
00:49:01.00\00:49:03.37
The Book of Revelation.
00:49:03.41\00:49:04.74
What book everybody?
00:49:04.77\00:49:06.11
Revelation.
00:49:06.14\00:49:07.48
In this Bible prophecy seminar,
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we're going to the
Book of Revelation.
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All right. Revelation 20:9.
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In the context
of the millennium,
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we got a whole message coming up
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that deals with the
millennium in detail.
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Revelation 20:9.
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The Bible says that
after the millennium,
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after the thousand years
when the wicked are resurrected
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in the
resurrection of condemnation,
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the second resurrection
specified in John 5:28-29.
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"Then they," the wicked,
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"went up on the
breath of the earth
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and surrounded
the camp of the saints
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and of the beloved city--"
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That's New Jerusalem.
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"And fire came down
from God out of heaven--"
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And what did it do?
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"And devoured them."
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Now when something is devoured--
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Let's say, how many
of you have a pet dog?
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All right.
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Let's say you're really hungry.
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You come home from
work, you're famous,
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you get a sandwich
and some soup together
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and some chips or whatever
and let's throw in a carrot.
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All right. Anyway.
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You're sitting down
there and you're eating
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and you see your
dog's pleading eyes
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but you are famous,
you devour your food.
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What do you leave for the dog?
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Nothing this time.
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You're gonna have
to go to your dog food.
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Devour means nothing left.
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Devour.
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When I come over your
house and we eat together
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and you devour your food.
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How much did you
leave on the plate?
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Nothing.
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What's gonna
happen to the wicked?
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They're devoured.
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That's what the
scriptures teach.
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So where is hell fire?
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Right here on planet earth.
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So it must go out
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because the meek are
going to inherit the earth.
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"If the righteous
will be recompensed
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on the earth,
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How much more the
wicked and the sinner."
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Proverbs 11:31.
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So how big and how
hot will hell fire be?
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"The day of the Lord
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will come as a
thief in the night,
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in the which the
heavens shall pass away
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with a great noise,
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and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat,
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the earth also
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and the works that are
therein shall be burned up."
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2 Peter 3:10.
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So what will be left
when the fire goes out?
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"Ashes."
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"Everything reduced to
ashes on the face of the earth."
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Malachi 4:1-3.
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You say, "But Mark, what
about unquenchable fire?"
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No problem there.
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What is unquenchable fire mean?
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It means, it's a fire
that you can't put out
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until it puts you out
if you're among the wicked,
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which you will not
be by the grace of God.
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"But if you will
not hearken unto me
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to hallow the Sabbath day,
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and not to bear a burden,
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even entering in at
the gates of Jerusalem
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on the Sabbath day,
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then will I kindle a
fire in the gates thereof,
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and it shall devour
the palaces of Jerusalem,
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and it shall not be quenched."
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I've been over to Jerusalem.
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Guess what?
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I know it's a hot spot,
but Jerusalem is not on fire.
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So what does that mean?
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Jeremiah 17:27.
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It means Jerusalem was destroyed
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by an unquenchable fire.
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They couldn't put it out
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until they did what
God wanted it to do.
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And so it is the
fate of the wicked.
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The fire must go out
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because God is going to
make the earth brand new.
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And so mark, the Bible
says everlasting punishment.
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The punishment of
the wicked is death,
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not everlasting punishing.
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It's punishment.
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It's an eternal punishment.
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What's the eternal punishment?
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Put out of existence.
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How long? Eternally.
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Eternal punishment.
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And so eternal
punishment equals eternal death,
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not eternal dying,
meaning eternal punishing.
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Oh, there is a big difference.
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So what about eternal fire?
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"Even as Sodom and Gomorrha,
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and the cities
about them in like manner,
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giving themselves
over to fornication,
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and going after strange flesh,
are set forth for an example,
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suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire."
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Jude 7.
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Now, you remember
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Sodom and
Gomorrha went up in flames.
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It was an eternal fire.
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I've been over to The Dead Sea.
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They believe that
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Sodom and Gomorrha
is underneath that.
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It's not on fire.
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So what does it
mean, eternal fire?
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What is eternal about the fire?
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2 Peter 2:6 makes it very clear.
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It's not literal
but figuratively,
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it talks about eternal fire.
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"And turning the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrha--"
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into What?
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"Ashes, condemned
them to destruction,
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making them an example to those
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who afterward
would live ungodly."
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2 Peter 2:6.
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So eternal fire
equals eternal results.
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Very plain and
clear from scripture.
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And so what about the
term forever and ever?
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"And the devil
that deceived them
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was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone,
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where the beast and
the false prophet are,
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and shall be
tormented day and night
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for ever and ever."
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Revelation 20:10.
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Did you know
that forever can mean
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a definite period of time?
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The term forever can
mean a period of time
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limited or unlimited.
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It is used 56 times
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in connection with
things that have already ended.
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For example,
Hannah devoted Samuel
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to serve the Lord forever
or as long as He shall live.
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It's synonymous there.
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Jonah said that
he was in the whale
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three days and three nights.
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But he also said, he
went into the water there
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and he was in there forever.
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Another words, as
long as is it lasted.
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Well, you use
the same terminology.
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I was in that
Walmart line forever.
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I see you made it out.
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So there are some things
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that are
figurative and not literal.
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For example, "The
trees went forth on a time
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to anoint a king over them,
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and they said unto them
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under the olive
tree, Reign over us.
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But the olive tree
said," tree is talking.
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"Unto them that
Should I leave my fatness,
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wherewith by me
they honor God and man,
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and go to be
promoted over the trees?"
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And the tree
said-- Do you hear that?
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The Bile says trees talk.
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Take it literally, leave here
and let me tell you something.
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Those that are
green will love you.
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You can go around preaching,
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you know, I learned
in the prophecy seminar
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that trees talk.
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No, this is figurative.
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"And the trees
said to the fig tree,
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Come now, and reign over us.
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But the fig tree
said unto them--"
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So in another words
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there are some
parables in the Bible
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that are
figurative and not literal.
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So would you agree
whatever the Bible says?
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Whatever the Bible says,
like the rich man and Lazarus,
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and you can look at
material on that as well.
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It's to be taken figuratively.
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Figuratively.
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"The Bible makes it very clear.
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Abraham's bosom
is symbolic of heaven
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but is not literally heaven.
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People in hell can't
talk to those in heaven.
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The dead are in their grave.
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"The rich man
was in bodily form,
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yet we know that at death
the body doesn't go anywhere."
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"Men are rewarded
at the Second Coming,
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not at death."
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The lost are punished in hell.
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At the end of the
world, not when they die.
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The point of the story.
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There the rich man and Lazarus
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is that parables
cannot be taken literally,
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but like the
wedding garment parable
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and the talking trees parable.
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So in conclusion--
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Would you like some
overwhelming evidence
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that the wicked are obliterated?
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Here on the screen you see.
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Oh, just a handful of scriptures
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to make it clear the
wicked are obliterate.
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So therefore in closing,
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what is God's real
purpose in hellfire?
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To put an end of sin
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and those who
want to hold on to it.
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That's why.
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They would
destroy themselves anyway
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The wicked will
not be happy in heaven.
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The eternal hell
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would perpetuate
sin and suffering.
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Affliction will not
rise up the second time.
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When we go to heaven,
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there will be no
more death anywhere,
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nor no sorrow anywhere.
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No crying from some
place in there, nowhere.
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How many agree,
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heaven and
eternity will be perfect?
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Although sudden
and alarming changes
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are sweeping across the globe,
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you and your
family can be prepared
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to face the
future with confidence.
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