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Hello Friends,
welcome to another
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Wednesday night Bible
Study here at A Sharper Focus.
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Thank you for sitting down
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Tonight's topic is a
continuation of the truth
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about the formation
of the "Secret Rapture"
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and then, we're going to go
ahead and roll into a new topic
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"The Truth About Hell"
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what does the
Bible say about hell?
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And invite your
friends and family members
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to tune in and
watch the program with you
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and right after we
have our opening prayer
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and before our theme
song, I will let you know
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where you can get
a copy of the lesson
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but for the next hour,
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we're going to pray
for the Lord to bless us
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as we study His Word
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and we're going to invite
the Spirit of God to be with us,
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so, let's bow our
heads together as we pray.
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"Our gracious Father in heaven,
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we thank You for Your
goodness and for Your mercy
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and for Your grace
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and as we open the Word tonight,
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we pray that You'll
open our hearts and our minds
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that we not only
hear what is being said
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but we hear what the
Spirit of God is saying
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to those who are tuning in.
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If there's someone
who is new to this truth,
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we pray that Your Word
will be a lamp to their feet
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and a light to their path
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and may You receive the honor
and the glory for this message,
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in Jesus' name I pray, amen. "
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Audience: Amen.
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Now, the website
that you need to go to
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to download a
copy of the lesson...
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we're finishing
up Lesson number 23,
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but go to this
following website ASF.3abn. org
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and click on: Study Guides,
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then you can
download the lessons there,
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they are in a pdf format.
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You can download
them and follow along,
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print and write on them,
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or if you're high technical,
you can use your computer
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to just fill in the blanks.
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Also, lesson
number 24 which was one...
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which is the lesson that
we are going to start tonight:
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"The Truth About Hell... "
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what does the Bible
teach about the topic of hell?
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But before we do anything else,
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we're going to
have our theme song
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and for those of us who...
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those of you who have been
tuning in from week to week,
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we like to sing the
song because it's true,
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"There's victory
in... in Jesus. "
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Let's sing our
theme song together.
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Music...
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I heard an old, old story,
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How the Savior came from glory,
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me,
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I heard about His groaning,
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins;
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And won the victory.
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O victory in Jesus,
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My, Savior, forever.
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood;
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He loved me ere I knew Him,
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And all my love is due Him,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory.
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea;
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About the angels singing,
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And the old redemption story,
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory.
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Key Change...
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O victory in Jesus,
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My Savior, forever,
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood;
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He loved me ere I knew Him,
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And all my love is due Him,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood...
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood.
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Amen.
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Audience: Amen.
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Wonderful, wonderful...
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He's plunged
all of us to victory
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beneath the cleansing flood.
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Tonight, we are going
to continue on the topic,
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"The Formulation of
the Secret Rapture. "
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The Formulation of
the Secret Rapture.
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We only have a few
questions remaining
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in this topic
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or the truth about
the "Secret Rapture"
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and a lot of times,
people study the topic
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but do not know where the
"Secret Rapture" has come from.
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Now, if you've been following
us on our last week's study
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we did not use a lot of Bible
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but we did use
the pages of history.
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We walked down
from the formulation
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of the "Secret
Rapture" back in the year...
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oh, I think it was 1500s I
talked about Francisco Ribera
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who had begun to
study the book of Revelation
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and begin to develop the...
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the theory that was
called "Dispensationalism"
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it was later called
the "Secret Rapture"
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"The Gap Theory"
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a number of other things
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it was called "Futurism"
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we followed it
from Francisco Ribera
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and you may remember
when we talked about that
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we said that during this time...
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during the
Protestant Reformation
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Francisco Ribero
was commissioned by Rome
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to create a theory that
will take the eyes of those
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during the
Protestant Reformation
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off of the power of Rome
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and so they pointed
people way down in the future
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and today, many
people are saying that
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there's going to
be a "Secret Rapture"
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there's going
to be an Antichrist
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way down in the future,
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well, we know that's not true,
can you say, "Amen" to that?
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Audience: Amen.
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There is no such
thing as a "Secret Rapture"
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we are unfolding
and uncovering the...
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the lie about the
"Secret Rapture. "
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Now, the word
"Lie" is a strong word.
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I could use the word "untruth"
I could use the word "fable"
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but I'd rather... the word "Lie"
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because so many people
have fallen for this lie.
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There are many
sincere Christians
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that are believing that
somehow just before Jesus comes,
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they're going
to be snatched away
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and then the
tribulation is going to begin.
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Well, if you follow the Bible,
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let's just take this
picture into consideration.
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If the Bible says, "As
it was in the days of Noah
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so also will it be in the days
of the coming of the Son of man"
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consider this, "How was
it in the days of Noah?"
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Was anybody snatched away?
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Was there a second
chance after the flood
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for those who didn't get on the
boat the first time, yes or no?
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There was no second chance.
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Let's consider
the land of Egypt.
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When the people of God
were about to be delivered
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out of Egypt and the
angel came through...
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the destroying
angel... the only...
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only those who had the
blood of God on their doorpost
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and remained in the house were
safe from the destroying angel
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and the plagues fell.
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Now, were the people of God
in Egypt when the plagues fell,
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yes or no?
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Yes they were.
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How were they safe?
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By the blood of the
Lamb, what do you say?
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By the blood of the Lamb...
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not by some secret chamber
that they were hiding in...
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they were, as the
Bible says in Psalm 91,
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"the secret places...
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he that dwelleth in the
secret places of the Most High
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shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.
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And I will say of the LORD,
He is my refuge and my fortress:
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my God in Him will I trust. "
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The... the secret
place that we all have
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is the blood of the Lamb.
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That's how we are covered
during the time of tribulation
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so, there's no such thing
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and we went through the
questions very methodically,
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from Francisco Ribera
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we went to Emanuel
Lacunza or Manuel Lacunza,
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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who himself was the
keeper of the manuscripts
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that were written
by Francisco Ribera
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and we have come all the
way down to the modern times,
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and for those of you
who have remembered or...
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or have followed the
topic, you may remember
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that I talked
about a particular person
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that was one of the
largest contributors
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to the Study Notes
in many of the Bibles
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that are being sold today,
does anybody remember his name?
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Scofield... C. I. Scofield...
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Cyrus I. Scofield
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"The Scofield Study Bible"
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The Scofield Study
Bible is replete with notes
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that lead you to believe
in the "Dispensation... "
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in the "Secret Rapture"
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in "Futurism"
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in the "Gap Theory"
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that's how many Christians
today have been duped by that
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but then even
after Cyrus I. Scofield,
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another great
contributor to the...
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to the proliferation
of the "Secret Rapture"
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was a man by the name of...
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think about it... Hal Lindsey...
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"The Late Great Planet Earth. "
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Repetitively he
predicted dates that he believed
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foretold the day that the church
was going to be "snatched away"
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that the "Secret
Rapture" was going to occur
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but did it occur? Yes or no?
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It did not occur
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and then he went
on... '98... '99...
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I mean, '88...
'89... 90... 91... 92...
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and the numbers just
faded off into oblivion
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because there is
no "Secret Rapture"
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and secondly, if
it's the Second Coming,
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no man knows
the day nor the hour
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so you can't predict that
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and then we're going to
go to the next two tonight...
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we're going to go
to the next two tonight
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and so, just to go ahead
and close this section out,
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let's go to question number 14.
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Question Number 14, it
will appear on your screen
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and then, it will
also appear on our screen
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and these are historical notes
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and by the way, I mentioned...
I gave you the website...
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if you want the complete copy,
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you can also go to that
website and click on videos
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and see the entire
broadcast that's a week earlier.
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Any broadcast you miss...
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the very next
week, you can sit down...
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you can look at all the
broadcasts from Number 1
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all the way to Episode number 72
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and in the
beginning of each episode
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they'll tell you
what lesson coincides
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with that particular episode
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but let's look at Question
number 14 tonight, here it is,
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"Who made the
greatest modern impact
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teaching the Secret Rapture?"
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Who made the
greatest modern impact
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teaching the "Secret Rapture?"
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Now, let me lay the
foundation, when I...
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when I was living in California,
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my wife and I were living
in California in the North Bay.
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Brother
Hutchinson was there too,
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I was the Pastor of his
church, he was my Head Elder
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and he's now here at... I
was going to say, Fairfield...
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he's now here in
Thompsonville with us...
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when this... when this
series of books came out,
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it was as though a brush
firestorm had gripped the nation
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and people... Christians that
I felt were fairly intellectual
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and... and clearly
understanding the Bible,
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stood on the
sides of the freeways
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and the sides of the
main roadways with large signs
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inviting people to
come to their church
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to watch this movie
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and the movie was
called, "Left Behind. "
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So the greatest
modern contributor...
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here's the answer to the
impact of the "Secret Rapture"
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is a man and his Writer...
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Tim LaHaye is the Theologian
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and Jerry Jenkins is the Writer.
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They dramatized
the "Secret Rapture"
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through books and movies
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and still today a lot of
people can go to video stores
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or they go to YouTube
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and what's
amazing about this Series
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it has sold over
50 million copies.
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Tim LaHaye... the
"Left Behind Series"
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actually sold over
75 million copies...
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that as of research
a number of years ago.
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it's continuing to be sold,
I remember going to Walmart
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at the time we were
living in California,
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I forgot which store it
was but as we got to the store
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not only did they
have the large volumes
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that were the kind of thick
like the Harry Potter books,
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but I went to a
Christian bookstore
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and they had a section
there... this is amazing
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it was entitled...
where they sold books
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it was called,
"Christian Fiction"
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is that an oxymoron?
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Audience: Laughter.
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When do
Christians get into fiction?
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I thought that we were called
to tell the truth, amen...
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Audience: Amen.
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You shall know the truth
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and the truth
shall make you free.
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We are not
proponents of fiction,
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but this entire... I
was so perturbed by that...
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my wife could remember that,
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I was so perturbed by
that, I went to the person
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at the counter and I said,
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"What does that sign say?"
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I know what it said... but I
was just trying to make a point,
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"What does that sign say?"
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He said, "Christian Fiction"
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and I said, "When did Christians
begin to sell fiction?"
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And there you had all the...
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I think it was 8 or 9 volumes
of the "Left Behind" Series,
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you remember the "Left
Behind" one... Jerry...
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Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins
and then, "Tribulation Force"
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and the movies
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and not only did they
have them in the large books
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but they had them in small
volumes... soft cover books...
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the children edition...
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they sold not only the movies
and the books but the DVDs...
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and they sold a
series of lessons
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but if anyone
would take the time
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to turn one of
those books around
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if you own one,
do this right now...
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I don't have any...
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I keep fiction like
this out of my house
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but if you would
turn the book around,
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on the back in small letters,
maybe about 4... 5... points...
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you see this
single word, "Fiction. "
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What word did I
just say? Fiction...
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now... but people
read the inside...
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they never took the
time to turn it around
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so they absorbed...
they swallowed this fiction
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and the Ministers
proliferated this,
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taught this and people thought,
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"Well, if it's coming
from the pulpits of America...
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if it's coming
from the churches...
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rostrum or from a church
period... it must be true. "
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Well, it's not true,
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go with me to the
book of 2nd Corinthians,
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I want to show you something,
the devil is artful...
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he is clever...
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and if I were
trying to deceive somebody,
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this is the...
this is what I would do.
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Go with me to 2nd
Corinthians chapter 11,
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2nd Corinthians chapter 11,
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we're going to look together
at verse 13 down to verse 15.
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Now, I'm not the devil,
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can you all say
"Amen" to that, please,
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but if I were
dealing in deception,
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I would choose a costume
that would best fit the role
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that I wanted to portray.
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If I want to pretend
to be a police officer,
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I wouldn't... I
wouldn't wear a football outfit.
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If I want to
pretend to be a cook,
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I wouldn't wear a
ballerina's outfit...
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and the devil has
found a way to hire men...
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that looked the part
of men of righteousness
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but they are not...
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and they are...
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they are those
that are peddling error.
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Look at 2nd
Corinthians chapter 11 verse 13.
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The Bible says,
"For such are... "
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what kinds of apostles?
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"False apostles... "
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what kind of
workers? "Deceitful workers
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transforming themselves
into apostles of Christ. "
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Now, pause for a second,
so they looked the part...
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that's part of the
deception, they looked the part,
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remember Little Red Riding Hood?
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Okay, that's the pun...
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that's the pun
I'm trying to make,
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and it says in verse 14,
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"And no wonder"
or, "no marvel... "
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if you're reading
the King James Version,
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"for Satan
himself transforms himself
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into an angel of light. "
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Verse 15, powerful...
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therefore, it is no
great thing if his... " what?
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"ministers also
transformed themselves
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into ministers of righteousness
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whose end will be
according to their works. "
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Pause...
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Peddling darkness...
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but look like light bearers.
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When Satan came to
Christ in the Garden of Eden...
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I mean, in the
Garden of Gethsemane,
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he didn't come
in Halloween outfit.
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Pause...
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he used to be an angel...
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he still maintained some
of his angelic properties
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now deceptive... this
angel of light came...
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that's why the name Lucifer
means the son of the morning,
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the morning
light... the morning star...
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and there are
ministers now-a-days...
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and I would say
this... and I don't have time
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to cut corners here,
00:17:05.09\00:17:06.42
Tim LaHaye is a false prophet.
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When you
proliferate 1,000s of pages
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that have nothing to do
with the revealed Word of God,
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it's a false prophet.
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Can somebody say "Amen" to that?
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Audience: Amen... amen.
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If it's not in God's
Word, don't swallow it,
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read the back of
the book, "Fiction. "
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But let's go on
and see the next person
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and this is even more modern
00:17:29.11\00:17:30.65
than Tim LaHaye
and Jerry Jenkins.
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Question number
15, question number 15,
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"Who made the last public
push for the Secret Rapture?"
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I think
everybody knows that one,
00:17:41.22\00:17:42.69
don't go to the...
don't go to the answer yet,
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I want to say some foundation,
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my wife and I
were out in California
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around the time of
this prognosticated date...
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around the time of
this false prophecy,
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people had literally
lost their sense of reason.
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There were those who had
plunged millions of dollars
00:17:57.47\00:18:01.01
into this
campaign to warn the world
00:18:01.04\00:18:03.21
that... that the church
was going to be snatched away.
00:18:03.24\00:18:06.01
As we were driving
toward the Bay Bridge
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on our way to San Francisco
leaving out of Oakland,
00:18:08.25\00:18:11.39
we saw this big
bright-lighted billboards
00:18:11.42\00:18:14.16
flashing... "The
end of the world...
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the end of the
world is near... "
00:18:15.96\00:18:17.43
"The end of the
world is near... "
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we saw it on vehicles,
we saw it in the newspaper,
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big article in
"The Times" there,
00:18:21.40\00:18:23.33
in the "Oakland Tribune"
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"San Francisco Chronicle"
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we kept a copy of that at home
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in one of our piles
of chronicled events
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and we were... we
thought to ourselves,
00:18:31.14\00:18:34.48
"Okay, he said... "
00:18:34.51\00:18:35.84
but let me just go
ahead and show it to you
00:18:35.88\00:18:38.55
because I don't want
to... I don't want to...
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I don't want to cut the
cake before I show you the cake.
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Here's the person who
made the last public push
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for the "Secret Rapture. "
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A man by the name
of... what's his name?
00:18:47.49\00:18:49.42
Harold Camping...
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Harold Camping,
Preacher and Radio Host.
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He's been out
for many, many years
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predicted the date of
the "Secret Rapture. "
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Go to the next
slide, here's what he did.
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This was
actually in San Francisco:
00:19:01.54\00:19:03.57
Judgment Day May 21, 2011
00:19:03.61\00:19:08.51
Do not be wise in thine own eyes
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FamilyRadio. com.
00:19:10.75\00:19:12.61
We were out there...
00:19:12.65\00:19:14.42
We went to Family Radio...
00:19:14.45\00:19:16.55
we went to Family Radio the day
after the prediction failed...
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we knew the
prediction was going to fail.
00:19:21.79\00:19:24.16
As a matter of fact, in a
very light-hearted kind of way
00:19:24.19\00:19:26.86
I said, "If Harold Camping
had simply asked for advice,
00:19:26.90\00:19:29.43
I would have said
to Harold Camping,
00:19:29.46\00:19:31.43
'the world is not
ending on May 21st
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because my wife and I...
our anniversary is May 22.'"
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Audience: Laughter.
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We were out there to
celebrate with Fairfield church
00:19:38.24\00:19:40.71
at their homecoming
and but somehow... some way
00:19:40.74\00:19:44.21
this prediction of the
"Secret Rapture" failed
00:19:44.25\00:19:47.72
and he went into... literally...
00:19:47.75\00:19:49.78
he... he went... he became...
00:19:49.82\00:19:51.82
not recluse...
that's a light word...
00:19:51.85\00:19:54.26
he went into hiding.
00:19:54.29\00:19:55.62
If he could have
been a... a... a...
00:19:55.66\00:19:57.26
a bug and fly away, I
think he would have done that.
00:19:57.33\00:19:59.66
Now, unfortunately,
as of this broadcast,
00:19:59.69\00:20:02.46
he's deceased and lived the
rest of his life in some shame
00:20:02.50\00:20:07.07
because millions of dollars
were poured into that campaign.
00:20:07.10\00:20:11.67
We went to the website...
we went to the place there
00:20:11.71\00:20:13.81
and I should have
included the picture there
00:20:13.84\00:20:15.18
of... and I took
a picture of the...
00:20:15.21\00:20:17.08
one of the trucks in
the back of the building
00:20:17.11\00:20:19.05
that was driving around
with this big old marquee...
00:20:19.08\00:20:21.92
"World's Ending" but
the world did not end
00:20:21.95\00:20:24.45
and the business
was closed on May 22...
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the business was closed
00:20:26.65\00:20:27.99
and the radio station
was just simply playing music
00:20:28.02\00:20:30.69
and I thought, "How shameful
00:20:30.73\00:20:32.36
that men that claim to
be students of God's Word,
00:20:32.39\00:20:35.46
will go so far as
to predict something
00:20:35.50\00:20:37.50
that's not in God's Word.
00:20:37.53\00:20:38.87
You see, here at 3ABN
and it's always been my...
00:20:38.90\00:20:41.17
my M O... Modus Operandi
that if it's not in God's Word,
00:20:41.20\00:20:45.57
I'm not going to talk about it
00:20:45.61\00:20:46.94
and if I'm going to talk about
it... I've done my homework.
00:20:46.98\00:20:50.45
You got to be... you
got to understand the devil
00:20:50.48\00:20:53.31
has been around
for 1,000s of years...
00:20:53.38\00:20:55.95
he's at the apex
of his last hurrah
00:20:55.98\00:20:58.49
and he's just looking
for ways to deceive people
00:20:58.52\00:21:01.29
and no way is even more...
no way is most effective...
00:21:01.32\00:21:06.59
let me just re-phrase that...
00:21:06.63\00:21:09.03
no way is as
effective as using religion
00:21:09.06\00:21:12.73
which should have as its
foundation... the Word of God.
00:21:12.77\00:21:17.41
Look at the next
question, Number 16,
00:21:17.44\00:21:20.31
Number 16...
00:21:20.34\00:21:21.84
here it is, "What
warning did Jesus make
00:21:21.88\00:21:26.18
concerning His Second Coming?"
00:21:26.21\00:21:28.42
We're going to go to
Matthew chapter 24 verse 4...
00:21:28.45\00:21:31.85
Matthew chapter 24 verse 4,
00:21:31.89\00:21:35.02
we're going to
look at that one first.
00:21:35.09\00:21:36.42
What warning did Jesus make
concerning His Second Coming?
00:21:36.46\00:21:40.80
You know, Matthew
chapter 24 is a chapter
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.03
that outlines events leading up
to the Second Coming of Christ,
00:21:43.06\00:21:46.07
how amazing sometimes we miss
the very first thing He said
00:21:46.10\00:21:49.20
to His disciples...
here's what he said.
00:21:49.24\00:21:51.27
Let's read this one together,
are you ready? Here we go,
00:21:51.31\00:21:53.51
"Take heed that... " what?
00:21:53.54\00:21:56.14
"no one deceives you. "
00:21:56.18\00:21:58.75
Pertaining to the Second Coming,
00:21:58.78\00:22:01.02
make sure that
you're not deceived.
00:22:01.05\00:22:03.25
He goes on to say,
00:22:03.28\00:22:04.62
"False Christs and
false prophets will arise. "
00:22:04.65\00:22:06.82
As a matter of fact,
go to the very next verse,
00:22:06.86\00:22:09.16
so the answer...
"What warning did Jesus make
00:22:09.19\00:22:11.39
concerning His Second Coming?"
00:22:11.43\00:22:12.76
"Take heed that no
one deceives you. "
00:22:12.79\00:22:14.16
Be careful of deception...
00:22:14.20\00:22:16.53
deception will be rampant.
00:22:16.56\00:22:18.83
Now look at verse 27
of Matthew chapter 24,
00:22:18.87\00:22:22.00
here it is, "For as the
lightning comes from the east
00:22:22.04\00:22:28.34
and flashes to the west,
00:22:28.41\00:22:30.21
so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. "
00:22:30.25\00:22:34.48
Visible... now we went
through just before this
00:22:34.55\00:22:37.89
what the Bible says
about the "Secret Rapture"
00:22:37.92\00:22:41.22
and we talked
about the formulation
00:22:41.26\00:22:42.59
of the "Secret Rapture"
00:22:42.62\00:22:43.96
so all the texts about the
fact that He's coming audibly...
00:22:43.99\00:22:46.33
the resurrection is
going to take place...
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.33
"Our God shall come and
shall not keep silent...
00:22:48.36\00:22:50.73
a fiery stream shall issue
and come forth before Him... "
00:22:50.77\00:22:54.50
we went through all
the Scriptures in the Bible
00:22:54.54\00:22:56.54
pertaining to the
Second Coming of Christ
00:22:56.57\00:22:58.47
and we know that
when Jesus comes,
00:22:58.51\00:23:00.68
it's going to be audible...
it's going to be visible...
00:23:00.71\00:23:03.45
it's going to
be earth shaking...
00:23:03.48\00:23:05.11
it's going to be
cemetery shattering...
00:23:05.18\00:23:06.85
it's going to be
a resurrection...
00:23:06.88\00:23:08.48
the dead in Christ are
going to rise first, amen,
00:23:08.52\00:23:10.35
the islands and the mountains
are going to disappear...
00:23:10.39\00:23:12.99
men are going to be
running from the lamb
00:23:13.02\00:23:15.19
looking to the rocks
and the mountains to hide,
00:23:15.22\00:23:17.89
it's going to be
anything but secret.
00:23:17.93\00:23:19.69
Our God shall come
and shall not keep silent
00:23:19.73\00:23:23.53
and why should He?
00:23:23.57\00:23:25.20
I mean, when the Super Bowl
happens, it won't be silent,
00:23:25.23\00:23:27.54
am I right?
00:23:27.57\00:23:29.04
When the NBA Finals come,
it's not going to be silent...
00:23:29.07\00:23:31.57
any major event is not silent.
00:23:31.61\00:23:34.21
Can you imagine
going to a parade...
00:23:34.24\00:23:35.84
the Macy's Day Parade...
00:23:35.88\00:23:37.28
and there's not a
single sound to be heard.
00:23:37.31\00:23:39.38
That's not an event but
the coming of the Lord...
00:23:39.41\00:23:42.08
the greatest
event of the ages...
00:23:42.12\00:23:43.55
why would the Lord sneak back
and say, "Hey Yannick, let go...
00:23:43.59\00:23:47.36
yeah, shhhh... let's go. "
00:23:47.39\00:23:49.76
The only thing that's going to
be secret about His soon return
00:23:49.79\00:23:53.26
is the date...
00:23:53.29\00:23:55.00
no man knows the
day nor the hour...
00:23:55.03\00:23:57.60
can you say, "Amen" to that?
00:23:57.63\00:23:58.97
Audience: Amen.
00:23:59.00\00:24:00.34
So, be educated... if
you miss the entire broadcast
00:24:00.37\00:24:03.00
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website, ASF.3abn. org
00:24:03.04\00:24:07.08
download the Lesson and
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00:24:07.11\00:24:10.45
and look at the
videos, Episodes 72, 71 and 70
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and it will
cover all the details
00:24:15.72\00:24:17.19
that are before these
questions on this page
00:24:17.22\00:24:21.52
on Lesson number 23.
00:24:21.56\00:24:22.89
Now, we're going to
transition to a new study...
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a new study...
00:24:26.19\00:24:28.06
I'm excited about this,
00:24:28.10\00:24:29.53
you know, after
we did the series on
00:24:29.56\00:24:32.20
"The Righteousness of Christ"
00:24:32.23\00:24:33.70
what I've started... and
I think we started with...
00:24:33.74\00:24:36.74
I cannot remember
the very first one...
00:24:36.77\00:24:39.77
I know what's in the Sabbath,
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.48
I think we started on
"The Truth about Death"
00:24:41.51\00:24:43.38
that was the first one we
did, "The Truth About Death"
00:24:43.41\00:24:45.68
then "The Truth
About the Sabbath"
00:24:45.71\00:24:47.38
and then "The Second Coming"
00:24:47.42\00:24:49.18
then "The Secret Rapture"
00:24:49.22\00:24:50.92
now we're on "The
Truth About Hell. "
00:24:50.95\00:24:53.02
What does the
Bible teach about hell?
00:24:53.05\00:24:55.06
Now, this is a topic...
can I spend a minute on this?
00:24:55.09\00:24:58.63
Here is what I'm saying,
00:24:58.66\00:25:00.33
so much has crept
into the Christian Church
00:25:00.36\00:25:05.37
and I want to go back to the
original scenario that I used.
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Now, why do you
think the Dark Ages
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was called the Dark Ages?
00:25:10.61\00:25:11.94
What was turned
off? Someone tell me.
00:25:11.97\00:25:13.48
The light...
00:25:13.54\00:25:14.98
if you turn the
light off, it's dark...
00:25:15.01\00:25:18.38
but now get this,
00:25:18.41\00:25:20.68
don't do it... but if the lights
went off here for five seconds,
00:25:20.72\00:25:25.45
that would be tragic...
00:25:25.49\00:25:26.82
you cannot have darkness
for a television program
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but if the light was
turned off for 1,260 years,
00:25:31.59\00:25:35.93
you can come into this
room and put anything in here
00:25:35.96\00:25:40.27
and take anything out
00:25:40.30\00:25:42.17
and after 1,260
years, I'd come back here
00:25:42.20\00:25:44.84
and when the lights
are finally turned on
00:25:44.87\00:25:47.48
and think, "Now what's
in here was originally here
00:25:47.51\00:25:49.88
1,260 years ago.
00:25:49.94\00:25:52.18
During the Dark Ages,
Satan inserted into the Church
00:25:52.21\00:25:56.89
things that were
not there originally
00:25:56.92\00:25:59.99
but after so long
of darkness existing,
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after the light began to dawn,
00:26:03.12\00:26:05.19
after 1798 and the
American Bible Society
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and the Second Coming was
being preached around the world,
00:26:08.73\00:26:11.07
people began to
hear about things
00:26:11.10\00:26:12.93
that they thought
it was always there
00:26:12.97\00:26:14.74
such as, "The Secret Rapture"
00:26:14.80\00:26:17.67
the distorted view about hell...
00:26:17.71\00:26:20.58
all these things existed
00:26:20.61\00:26:22.88
and they came into the
church during the Dark Ages.
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We're going to also talk
about some of the reasons why
00:26:25.75\00:26:28.48
this doctrine was taught.
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why people thought...
00:26:30.22\00:26:31.79
why people were taught that
there's an ever-burning hell
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and how the church
used that to their advantage
00:26:35.72\00:26:40.03
to build all the
cathedrals during the Dark Ages
00:26:40.06\00:26:44.33
let me just give
you some foundation
00:26:44.37\00:26:46.43
because you know, if
we don't finish this,
00:26:46.47\00:26:47.80
we go to the next week, right?
00:26:47.84\00:26:49.54
These massive
cathedrals in Europe
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were built
primarily out of money raised
00:26:51.54\00:26:55.74
on the heels of fear.
00:26:55.78\00:26:57.21
False evidence
as appearing real.
00:26:57.25\00:26:59.88
Now, if somebody died...
00:26:59.91\00:27:01.55
let me just tell you for
example, if somebody died
00:27:01.58\00:27:03.28
and they were not baptized,
00:27:03.32\00:27:05.19
the parents or
the people were taught
00:27:05.25\00:27:07.59
that your mom is
now in purgatory,
00:27:07.62\00:27:09.92
or your dad is in purgatory,
00:27:09.96\00:27:11.39
he's going to be
there for 30 days...
00:27:11.43\00:27:14.46
if after 30
days, you don't pay me
00:27:14.50\00:27:17.47
to pray him out of purgatory,
then he's going straight to hell
00:27:17.50\00:27:23.64
where he's going to wither
and burn in the fires of hell
00:27:23.67\00:27:28.38
like a Rotisserie forever
and ever and ever and ever...
00:27:28.41\00:27:33.62
and if it was a baby that
was not baptized after birth,
00:27:33.65\00:27:38.82
it will go to "limbo"
00:27:38.85\00:27:40.69
and you got 30 days
once again to pay me
00:27:40.72\00:27:46.03
because I'm the only
one that can pray him out.
00:27:46.06\00:27:47.96
Well that money was raised
00:27:48.00\00:27:50.23
on the shoulders of people
that were filled with fear
00:27:50.27\00:27:52.63
for what will
happen to their loved ones
00:27:52.67\00:27:54.80
because of love
for their loved ones
00:27:54.84\00:27:56.94
and in the Dark Ages...
00:27:56.97\00:27:58.41
there were a lot of other things
that were connected to this,
00:27:58.44\00:28:00.38
you may want to do some study,
00:28:00.41\00:28:02.21
here's a phrase
that can really show you
00:28:02.24\00:28:05.98
where some of this came from,
00:28:06.01\00:28:07.35
the phrase
called, "Neo-Platonism"
00:28:07.38\00:28:10.85
say that with
me, "Neo-Platonism"
00:28:10.89\00:28:14.39
let me just kind
of give you an idea,
00:28:14.42\00:28:15.76
and by the way, after we
talk about the truth about hell,
00:28:15.79\00:28:17.89
we're going to go ahead
and tackle some of the...
00:28:17.93\00:28:20.03
some of the
familiar misconceptions
00:28:20.06\00:28:21.96
like the rich man and Lazarus...
00:28:22.00\00:28:23.83
right,
00:28:23.87\00:28:25.33
about Lazarus being
dead for four days...
00:28:25.37\00:28:28.80
we're going to talk
about the thief on the cross...
00:28:28.84\00:28:31.31
we're going to talk
about those people that say
00:28:31.34\00:28:33.81
that Christ went to hell
00:28:33.84\00:28:35.18
and preached to those
who were in "spirit prison"
00:28:35.21\00:28:37.08
we're going to talk about
all that... clear that all up
00:28:37.11\00:28:39.18
because there's so much
darkness that is out there
00:28:39.21\00:28:42.42
being proliferated and
already imbibed and believed,
00:28:42.45\00:28:44.75
but tonight, let's go
ahead and lay the foundation
00:28:44.79\00:28:47.06
for the topic of hell.
00:28:47.09\00:28:48.56
I think the most important
thing that we need to know
00:28:48.59\00:28:50.69
about the topic of hell,
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.06
is in this very first question,
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.43
here it is, here
is the first question.
00:28:53.46\00:28:56.40
"What does the Bible teach
about the character of God?"
00:28:56.43\00:29:03.10
Wonderful... wonderful
passage in the Bible we find...
00:29:03.14\00:29:09.81
this should be at the
beginning of every study
00:29:09.84\00:29:12.08
particularly this one
because the teaching about hell
00:29:12.11\00:29:15.82
ignores this very...
00:29:15.85\00:29:18.32
this very property
about God's character.
00:29:18.35\00:29:20.86
Here it is on the screen,
00:29:20.89\00:29:22.22
and since it's the
first one in our new study,
00:29:22.26\00:29:24.26
we can all read this
together with some enthusiasm,
00:29:24.29\00:29:26.53
are you ready?
Here it is, together,
00:29:26.56\00:29:29.86
"He who does not
love does not know God,
00:29:29.90\00:29:33.13
for God is love. "
00:29:33.20\00:29:36.00
Now, I want you to catch that...
00:29:36.04\00:29:38.11
it didn't say, "God is lovely"
00:29:38.14\00:29:40.18
or "God can be
lovable at certain times"
00:29:40.21\00:29:42.44
or "God has a lovable attitude"
00:29:42.48\00:29:45.21
it says "God... "
what? "is love... "
00:29:45.25\00:29:47.85
so you put the two together,
00:29:47.88\00:29:49.42
you cannot
separate love from God,
00:29:49.45\00:29:50.95
you cannot separate God
from love... God is love...
00:29:50.99\00:29:53.36
in other words, there
is no love without God
00:29:53.39\00:29:55.46
and the doctrine of
hell, write the answer down,
00:29:55.49\00:29:58.06
"What does the Bible teach
about the character of God?"
00:29:58.09\00:29:59.83
God is love...
00:29:59.86\00:30:01.80
and the teaching about hell
00:30:01.83\00:30:03.40
takes out of the
picture God's love.
00:30:03.43\00:30:07.24
I've heard people say,
"How could a loving God
00:30:07.27\00:30:11.81
burn sinners forever?"
00:30:11.87\00:30:14.91
Well, tonight Friends...
00:30:14.94\00:30:17.95
I remember at a
Revelation Seminar
00:30:17.98\00:30:19.58
when I was living in Vallejo
00:30:19.61\00:30:21.28
there was a gentleman
sitting on the front row...
00:30:21.32\00:30:22.92
I'll never forget this...
00:30:22.98\00:30:24.32
and he came from
night to night...
00:30:24.35\00:30:25.69
he was from a
different Denomination,
00:30:25.72\00:30:27.06
he eventually gave
his life to the Lord...
00:30:27.09\00:30:28.46
accepted the Advent
message and was baptized...
00:30:28.49\00:30:30.93
but what he said still resonates
in my mind to this very day,
00:30:30.96\00:30:35.16
here was the reason why
he accepted the message,
00:30:35.20\00:30:37.13
he said, "When he was out
in the world taking drugs,
00:30:37.17\00:30:39.53
his friend got
killed in a drug deal
00:30:39.57\00:30:42.24
and based on
what he always thought
00:30:42.30\00:30:44.94
or what he always believed...
00:30:44.97\00:30:46.31
he believed that his
friend was in hell right now
00:30:46.34\00:30:48.61
being tormented
00:30:48.64\00:30:49.98
and he said the
very thought of it,
00:30:50.01\00:30:52.55
drove him away from
even thinking about God
00:30:52.58\00:30:56.32
but as he'd gotten older, he
came to our Revelation Seminar
00:30:56.35\00:31:00.39
and the evening when we
presented the topic on...
00:31:00.42\00:31:02.42
"What the Bible
teaches about hell... "
00:31:02.46\00:31:03.79
he came up and he said,
00:31:03.83\00:31:05.16
"For the first time
in x amount of years... "
00:31:05.19\00:31:08.33
I don't remember
how many years...
00:31:08.36\00:31:09.70
"for the first time
in x amount of years,
00:31:09.73\00:31:11.07
a burden has been lifted
from my heart about my friend"
00:31:11.10\00:31:14.50
and he told us the story...
00:31:14.54\00:31:15.94
he said, "Thank you so
much, up until tonight,
00:31:15.97\00:31:19.27
I had thought my friend
was in the fires of hell
00:31:19.31\00:31:22.54
being tormented
relentlessly by God. "
00:31:22.61\00:31:26.05
Pause...
00:31:26.08\00:31:28.72
But God is
love... God is love...
00:31:28.75\00:31:32.69
Let's go to the second question
00:31:32.72\00:31:34.19
and see what this
God of love is all about.
00:31:34.22\00:31:36.19
"What does God's love
reveal about destruction?"
00:31:36.22\00:31:41.00
Pause...
00:31:41.03\00:31:43.50
more pause...
00:31:43.53\00:31:46.40
What does God's love
reveal about destruction?
00:31:46.43\00:31:48.70
Question number 2
00:31:48.74\00:31:50.07
and let's go to 2nd
Peter chapter 3 and verse 9
00:31:50.11\00:31:53.74
if you don't have your Bibles,
00:31:53.78\00:31:55.11
the answer will
be on the screen.
00:31:55.14\00:31:56.68
2nd Peter chapter 3 and verse 9,
00:31:56.71\00:31:58.28
"What does a loving God
have to say about destruction?"
00:31:58.31\00:32:02.25
And here it is... here it is,
00:32:02.28\00:32:05.69
so wonderful...
00:32:05.72\00:32:07.06
the Apostle Peter writes,
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.76
"The Lord is not
slack concerning His promise
00:32:09.79\00:32:13.56
as some count slackness,
00:32:13.60\00:32:16.46
but is... " what?
00:32:16.50\00:32:17.97
"longsuffering toward
us... " and there's the point,
00:32:18.00\00:32:22.17
"not willing that... " what?
00:32:22.20\00:32:24.21
"any should perish
00:32:24.24\00:32:26.24
but that all should
come to repentance. "
00:32:26.27\00:32:30.71
So, let me ask the question,
does God want people to perish?
00:32:30.75\00:32:34.98
Yes or no? What does God want?
00:32:35.02\00:32:37.32
He wants men to repent.
00:32:37.35\00:32:39.45
Repentance... one of the
first steps of salvation...
00:32:39.49\00:32:42.82
Peter preached on
the day of Pentecost
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.33
and they said, "What
must we do to be saved?"
00:32:44.36\00:32:47.16
And he says,
"Repent and be baptized"
00:32:47.20\00:32:49.60
repentance...
00:32:49.63\00:32:51.33
God is not the kind of God
that wants people to perish
00:32:51.37\00:32:55.14
and by-the-way,
00:32:55.20\00:32:56.54
if you want to
understand "perish"
00:32:56.57\00:32:58.21
go to the supermarket,
go to the fruit section...
00:32:58.24\00:33:01.41
and sometimes, you see
the sign "perishable goods"
00:33:01.44\00:33:04.38
which means, if you buy an apple
00:33:04.41\00:33:06.92
and you put it in your cupboard
00:33:06.95\00:33:09.35
and don't eat it
until next year this time,
00:33:09.38\00:33:12.55
you won't enjoy it. Why?
00:33:12.59\00:33:16.79
Because it has
perishable properties.
00:33:16.83\00:33:19.73
Here's the point I want to make.
00:33:19.76\00:33:21.66
When sin entered the world,
00:33:21.70\00:33:24.97
everything had
perishable properties.
00:33:25.00\00:33:29.00
The only thing that
exists on this planet
00:33:29.04\00:33:32.97
that is imperishable or
that is immortal is nothing
00:33:33.04\00:33:40.42
only God has immortality.
00:33:40.45\00:33:44.25
Trees die...
00:33:44.29\00:33:46.32
plants die...
00:33:46.35\00:33:48.32
am I telling the truth?
00:33:48.36\00:33:49.96
The most beautiful, expensive
bunch of roses... die...
00:33:49.99\00:33:53.09
perishable...
00:33:53.13\00:33:54.93
when sin entered the world...
1st Corinthians 15 verse 22,
00:33:54.96\00:33:58.47
"As in Adam all die,
00:33:58.50\00:34:00.84
even so in Christ all
shall be made alive. "
00:34:00.87\00:34:03.67
The Lord is not
willing that any should perish
00:34:03.71\00:34:06.44
but that all
should come to repentance.
00:34:06.47\00:34:08.38
So, write the answer down,
00:34:08.41\00:34:09.74
what does God's love
reveal about destruction?
00:34:09.78\00:34:11.81
He doesn't want
anyone to perish.
00:34:11.88\00:34:13.58
That is not God's plan
00:34:13.62\00:34:15.08
by-the-way, a point
that needs to be made
00:34:15.12\00:34:17.42
and I'll share the Scripture
with you in just a moment,
00:34:17.49\00:34:19.49
hell... by-the-way was
not prepared for sinners.
00:34:19.52\00:34:22.66
Hell was prepared for
the devil and his angels.
00:34:22.69\00:34:25.76
When I read that text
years ago, I thought to myself,
00:34:25.79\00:34:30.03
then why do people want to
break in on the devil's party?
00:34:30.07\00:34:34.27
Hell was prepared for
the devil and his angels.
00:34:34.30\00:34:38.81
Hell was never prepared
00:34:38.84\00:34:40.58
for those that God
created out of love.
00:34:40.61\00:34:42.71
Hell was not prepared
for us but because of sin...
00:34:42.74\00:34:45.91
unfortunately, those
who will be destroyed...
00:34:45.95\00:34:49.48
those who'll be lost is
as of the sands of the sea,
00:34:49.52\00:34:51.65
the Bible says.
00:34:51.69\00:34:53.02
Sad, sad reality but
that's what the Word God says.
00:34:53.05\00:34:56.93
God is not willing
that any should perish
00:34:56.96\00:34:59.86
but that all
should come to repentance.
00:34:59.89\00:35:02.76
Write that down for number two.
00:35:02.80\00:35:04.90
Now let's go to Number 3,
00:35:04.93\00:35:06.27
we're going to dive into
some solid questions here,
00:35:06.30\00:35:08.00
but these are very important
to lay the foundation...
00:35:08.04\00:35:10.87
to understand God's character
about this whole ideology
00:35:10.91\00:35:13.48
about the God of love, He
doesn't want us to perish.
00:35:13.51\00:35:16.04
Somehow God gets the bad rap,
00:35:16.08\00:35:18.41
sometimes God is...
is touted as this guy
00:35:18.45\00:35:20.85
with a telescope
and a check mark...
00:35:20.88\00:35:22.98
with a telescope
and a big black marker.
00:35:23.02\00:35:25.12
"Ha, got them... " check...
"ha, caught him... " check...
00:35:25.15\00:35:29.82
God sometimes is...
is... is portrayed as this God
00:35:29.86\00:35:32.83
who just wants to...
just wants to get you
00:35:32.86\00:35:35.20
and so many people
have been turned off...
00:35:35.23\00:35:37.47
I'm... I'm trying to
think of the young man's name
00:35:37.50\00:35:39.27
Robert Ingersoll...
00:35:39.33\00:35:40.84
Robert Ingersoll
became an Atheist
00:35:40.87\00:35:43.54
because of his
dad's teaching him
00:35:43.61\00:35:46.51
that God torments babies in hell
00:35:46.54\00:35:49.41
and Robert Ingersoll
became a foremost Atheist.
00:35:49.44\00:35:51.68
Agnostic... but then Atheist...
00:35:51.71\00:35:53.52
because how could a God of love
00:35:53.55\00:35:55.45
ever do that to
an innocent child.
00:35:55.48\00:35:57.39
Let's see what the Bible says.
00:35:57.42\00:35:59.29
Number 3,
00:35:59.32\00:36:01.02
What is the only
alternative that God offers
00:36:01.06\00:36:04.99
in place of perishing?"
00:36:05.03\00:36:07.30
There's only one... there's
only one other alternative.
00:36:07.33\00:36:10.77
What does God offer?
00:36:10.80\00:36:12.37
Let's go to a text that
you may have seen before...
00:36:12.40\00:36:14.94
don't know if you have...
00:36:14.97\00:36:18.31
John 3:16... do
you need to look it up?
00:36:18.34\00:36:20.94
Can't we just quote it?
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And by-the-way, I use
the King James Version
00:36:22.34\00:36:24.21
because I think that
when each of us were born,
00:36:24.25\00:36:26.61
in the delivery room,
00:36:26.65\00:36:29.48
the doctor gave us a
little piece of paper and said,
00:36:29.52\00:36:31.99
"Read this... "
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because somehow this text is the
most quoted text of all time.
00:36:33.42\00:36:37.86
Are you ready? "For
God so loved the world,
00:36:37.89\00:36:41.00
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:36:41.03\00:36:43.93
that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish,
00:36:43.97\00:36:48.24
but have... " what?
00:36:48.27\00:36:49.70
"everlasting life. "
00:36:49.74\00:36:51.07
Now, let's pause on that.
00:36:51.11\00:36:52.44
Yes, we've
heard that text before
00:36:52.47\00:36:53.81
but have you
caught what it said?
00:36:53.88\00:36:55.31
If you believe in
God, you don't perish...
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you have what?
Everlasting life...
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so, look at the two now
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as we go and
build the foundation...
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either you perish... or
you have everlasting life.
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Now, get this,
"everlasting life" and "perish"
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can't be the same thing,
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my point is, those who
received everlasting life,
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are able to live...
how long? Someone tell me.
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Forever...
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Those who perish cannot
live long in the fires of hell.
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You'll find out tonight why...
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I know people...
their wheels are turning...
00:37:29.84\00:37:32.01
let me tell you
something about truth,
00:37:32.05\00:37:33.38
truth is so clear that
sometimes it confuses you
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if you've been in
darkness for so long.
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Somebody will be hearing that
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and I know I've been
in situations for years...
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I've sat down and
talked with people
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of different denominations
00:37:44.13\00:37:45.46
and when I'm saying that,
00:37:45.49\00:37:47.60
they can't wait
till I finish my point
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to say the very next
statement and some people say,
00:37:49.56\00:37:52.37
"But... but people
will burn forever in hell...
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they have to... "
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and I'm thinking...
00:37:56.67\00:37:58.04
I'm thinking,
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"Why do Christians want sinners
to burn in hell forever?"
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I can't understand that.
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There's some people who say,
"They will burn in hell... "
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and other people said,
00:38:11.95\00:38:13.46
"I get it, you guys
don't believe in hell... "
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well, let me make a point
tonight before I go any further,
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"We believe in hell... hotter
than the hell you believe in
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pause...
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because in our hell, ain't
nothing's going to survive. "
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In the Bible's hell, ain't
nothing's going to be leftover.
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In the hell that
you've been taught about,
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it ain't hot
enough to kill anybody.
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They're going to
be having parties...
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sipping water back and forth...
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when you think the rich man
and Lazarus is an actual account
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of something in
hell, can you imagine...
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now, get it, it's
a little warm in here
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but it's not by any
means a summer day...
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and there's no fire
around me, praise God for that.
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I'm a little thirsty
right now, but do you think...
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and we're going to get into
this later on in the next study
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just to kind of prep it,
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do you think if I was thirsty
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that you could dip
your finger in water
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while I'm in hell's
fire and quench my thirst?
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Audience: Laughter...
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And do you think that
there's going to be some kind...
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"Hey, you're okay over there?"
00:39:13.65\00:39:17.25
"Naw, I'm not doing too well. "
00:39:17.29\00:39:18.99
"How can I help you?"
00:39:19.02\00:39:20.56
"Well, since you're righteous,
do you have access to water?"
00:39:20.59\00:39:24.76
"Hold on... ah... I got it
but I can't reach over there,
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there's a great gulf
fixed between the both of us
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but if I could, I'll
dip my finger in the water
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and help you out... "
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"I appreciate it,
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kind of did some bad things
to get myself in this fire
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and I don't know how I'm
going to get out of it. "
00:39:37.51\00:39:39.37
Audience: Laughter...
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And then they teach...
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I wish I had a big
old "error mallet... "
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I just hit "error" on the head
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every time I got
a chance to do it.
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And then they
teach... this is ridiculous...
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but this is
how... what happens is...
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my dad used to teach me,
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"When you lie, you
got to keep on lying. "
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Have you known that?
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The first lie makes
room for the second lie
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and the second lie
makes room for the third lie.
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If you tell the
first lie as a preacher,
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you got to tell a
lie to back that lie up
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so here's the lie
to back up that lie.
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Not only are you going
to burn in hell forever,
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"So... what about
the resurrection?"
00:40:11.94\00:40:14.44
"Oh, well, this is
what's going to happen. "
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This is what they say
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and I actually
read this in a book,
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I don't want to
tell you the Denomination
00:40:18.61\00:40:19.95
but they say, "When Jesus comes,
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there's going to
be a resurrection
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and a brief pause... for those
who are in the fires of hell.
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They're going to get a break...
they're going to be judged
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and put right back in. "
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Audience: Laughter.
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I wish I weren't making that up,
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I have that book at home...
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I have a little orange book that
I got from a Denomination...
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from a pastor... who tried
to take me to task on that.
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So, let's put this theory
into... into... into effect...
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let's put it into action...
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let's just say,
"That's a possibility... "
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which I know it's not
but let's just think about it
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in the context
of what I just said,
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so, that means that
Cain who killed Abel
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has been in the fires of
hell... burning for... how long?
00:41:01.79\00:41:04.69
and he still ain't done yet...
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and he's going to have a
break.. that is if he's lost
00:41:07.83\00:41:11.03
at the Second Coming of
Christ, he's going to be judged
00:41:11.07\00:41:14.24
and put back in there.
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Doesn't make any sense.
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Pause...
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According to the...
according to the text
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that everyone has
been given from birth
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you either perish or
you have everlasting life.
00:41:23.65\00:41:27.55
You don't have everlasting death
00:41:27.58\00:41:29.75
in the fires of hell.
00:41:29.78\00:41:31.12
You don't have
everlasting punishment...
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you're not going to be withering
and rolling around on Rotisserie
00:41:33.62\00:41:36.56
and all those medieval
drawings that were drawn
00:41:36.62\00:41:40.00
commissioned to scare
people into submission,
00:41:40.03\00:41:43.40
to the powers of
the church of Rome...
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look at some of
those medieval pictures...
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looks like little
imps and demons with forks
00:41:48.60\00:41:51.04
turning people over
in the fires of hell
00:41:51.07\00:41:53.38
and people having
no other reference...
00:41:53.41\00:41:55.64
no access to the Bible...
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believed and
swallowed that... abject fear...
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and one preacher once said,
00:41:59.61\00:42:00.95
"How am I going to get
people to accept Christ
00:42:00.98\00:42:02.98
if I don't teach hell fire?"
00:42:03.02\00:42:04.35
"Well, talk about the
love of God" amen somebody.
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Audience: Amen.
00:42:07.22\00:42:08.56
Can you imagine...
00:42:08.59\00:42:09.92
fire standing behind a
groom on a wedding day,
00:42:09.96\00:42:12.36
"Will you love her or not?"
00:42:12.39\00:42:13.73
"Yes... anything... "
00:42:13.76\00:42:15.86
that's not how God is...
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God is love...
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"For God so loved the world... "
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that's how they
say it in California,
00:42:23.51\00:42:25.01
everything is "so"
00:42:25.04\00:42:26.54
"Oh... so nice... "
00:42:26.57\00:42:28.01
"Oh, God so loved the world... "
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either you perish or
you have everlasting life.
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Now, let's go to
Question number 4...
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Question number 4,
00:42:34.42\00:42:36.55
"How does David the psalmist
reveal the end of the wicked?"
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How does he reveal that?
00:42:42.69\00:42:44.43
How does he reveal
the end of the wicked?
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How does he talk about it?
00:42:47.80\00:42:49.46
We're going to
Psalm 1 and verse 6,
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Psalm 1 and verse 6,
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just the other night I
was sharing this with my wife
00:42:53.74\00:42:56.34
not so much about
this text in particular
00:42:56.37\00:42:58.44
but... that David the Psalmist
00:42:58.47\00:43:01.28
was talking about this first
chapter of Psalms as comparison
00:43:01.31\00:43:06.31
between the
righteous and the wicked.
00:43:06.35\00:43:08.48
What a wonderful comparison
because if you're righteous,
00:43:08.52\00:43:11.49
you meditate on
God's law day and night,
00:43:11.55\00:43:14.02
on God's law day and night
00:43:14.06\00:43:15.82
and everything
you do will prosper
00:43:15.86\00:43:18.29
but he says... but
he says in verse 6,
00:43:18.33\00:43:20.70
look at this...
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.33
"For the LORD knows
the way of the righteous,
00:43:22.36\00:43:27.14
but the way of the
ungodly shall... " what?
00:43:27.17\00:43:31.47
"perish... "
00:43:31.51\00:43:32.84
there is the word
again... "perish... "
00:43:32.87\00:43:34.78
I don't know how many times
00:43:34.81\00:43:38.01
I've had to
replace my car battery
00:43:38.05\00:43:39.65
because I had my
car outside of the house
00:43:39.68\00:43:42.62
in the cold weather and hot...
in the cold weather and hot...
00:43:42.65\00:43:44.62
but I know, they need a lot of
fixing.. and I left it out there
00:43:44.95\00:43:47.19
and even though the battery
was new when I first bought it,
00:43:47.22\00:43:49.09
I took it back to
the place I bought it...
00:43:49.12\00:43:51.13
they said, "Have you
been driving this car?"
00:43:51.16\00:43:52.86
I said, "No... "
00:43:52.89\00:43:54.23
kind of... so much
needs to be done with this
00:43:54.26\00:43:57.80
like an old car
from way down in 1995...
00:43:57.83\00:43:59.87
and they said, "I
know your battery...
00:43:59.90\00:44:01.87
you haven't used it very
much, but it's... it's dead. "
00:44:01.90\00:44:04.17
Now, here's my point,
00:44:04.21\00:44:06.27
"Do I now put that battery
in another car and it works?"
00:44:06.31\00:44:09.11
Yes or no...
00:44:09.14\00:44:11.18
If it's dead it's dead...
00:44:11.21\00:44:12.91
we have a big box of batteries
behind the stage here at 3ABN.
00:44:12.95\00:44:16.62
Bad and good...
00:44:16.65\00:44:19.85
it is sad to
think but it's true...
00:44:19.89\00:44:22.12
we have more bad
batteries than good
00:44:22.16\00:44:24.29
but we don't put
the bad batteries back
00:44:24.33\00:44:27.00
in the microphones
00:44:27.03\00:44:28.36
that's why we took them
out because they're bad.
00:44:28.40\00:44:31.20
They're at the point
where they are about to perish.
00:44:31.23\00:44:33.84
David the Psalmist
made it very, very clear,
00:44:33.87\00:44:37.27
"The way of the
ungodly shall do... " what?
00:44:37.31\00:44:40.68
Perish...
00:44:40.71\00:44:42.04
but what does he mean by that?
00:44:42.08\00:44:43.41
what does he mean by that?
00:44:43.45\00:44:44.78
Let's go to the next question.
00:44:44.81\00:44:46.15
Question number 5,
00:44:46.18\00:44:47.52
"In what manner
does the Bible reveal
00:44:47.55\00:44:50.49
that the wicked will perish?"
00:44:50.55\00:44:52.02
In what manner?
00:44:52.05\00:44:53.39
"I'm going to...
I'm going to perish... "
00:44:53.42\00:44:54.76
but how? How am
I going to perish?
00:44:54.79\00:44:56.79
How will I perish?
00:44:56.83\00:44:58.86
Wow! Psalm 37 and verse 20.
00:44:58.89\00:45:03.77
Psalm 37 and verse 20.
00:45:03.83\00:45:07.50
Let's look at this,
00:45:07.54\00:45:09.00
okay, here's
what the Bible says.
00:45:09.04\00:45:11.97
David the Psalmist...
00:45:12.01\00:45:13.78
"But the wicked
shall... " what's the next word?
00:45:13.81\00:45:16.28
"Perish... "
00:45:16.31\00:45:17.65
"and the enemies
of the LORD shall...
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.75
enemies of the Lord... like
the splendor of the meadows,
00:45:19.78\00:45:24.19
shall vanish... " how?
00:45:24.22\00:45:26.52
"into smoke...
00:45:26.55\00:45:28.19
they shall... " what?
00:45:28.22\00:45:30.09
"vanish away. "
00:45:30.13\00:45:31.49
Pause...
00:45:31.53\00:45:33.46
When I was in New York City...
00:45:33.50\00:45:34.86
and we... we were not
too long out in California,
00:45:34.90\00:45:37.40
and we moved up in the
mountains to an old church...
00:45:37.43\00:45:40.34
all the church members...
00:45:40.37\00:45:42.10
one of them asked me one day,
"Do you have enough kindling?"
00:45:42.14\00:45:45.61
And me being a city boy,
00:45:46.07\00:45:48.14
I didn't want to
act... look ignorant,
00:45:48.18\00:45:49.54
I thought kindling was a
country word for kinfolk...
00:45:49.58\00:45:52.95
didn't know what kindling
was... never heard the word...
00:45:52.98\00:45:56.12
you don't talk about
"kindling" in the city,
00:45:56.18\00:45:58.29
has no applications like that...
00:45:58.32\00:46:00.96
"I... I think I do... "
00:46:00.99\00:46:02.46
I went to the store one
day in town in Weaverville,
00:46:02.49\00:46:06.46
if you're watching
from Weaverville, hello.
00:46:06.49\00:46:08.63
And I saw on the
bottom of the shelf,
00:46:08.66\00:46:11.17
all these little
pieces of thin wood
00:46:11.20\00:46:13.64
banded around with string
00:46:13.70\00:46:15.54
and the word on
the package, "Kindling"
00:46:15.57\00:46:17.97
and I thought, "That's kindling?
00:46:18.01\00:46:21.04
So, it's not a
country word for kinfolk... "
00:46:21.08\00:46:24.81
and they said,
00:46:24.85\00:46:26.18
"Well, do you know
how to start a fire?"
00:46:26.21\00:46:27.55
Well, the only way I knew
how to start a fire was...
00:46:27.58\00:46:29.68
sure I know how
to start a fire...
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.99
put some... put
some newspaper in there,
00:46:32.02\00:46:33.89
ball it up... put a whole lot
of paper in there... ball it up
00:46:33.92\00:46:36.99
and get my butane
fluid and squirt it in there
00:46:37.03\00:46:40.30
and throw a match in there...
00:46:40.33\00:46:41.86
that's how I started a fire,
00:46:41.90\00:46:43.40
don't do that...
00:46:43.47\00:46:44.80
it was a horrible explosion.
00:46:44.83\00:46:46.80
Thankfully it was
not too big a fire
00:46:46.84\00:46:49.97
because it went... wfoooooo
00:46:50.01\00:46:52.07
like gasoline would and
it burned out really quick
00:46:52.11\00:46:55.44
so one church member came over
00:46:55.48\00:46:57.25
and taught me
how to build a fire.
00:46:57.31\00:46:59.01
"Put your kindling
here... and then the other piece
00:46:59.05\00:47:03.12
and don't... look
out for Pitch Pine
00:47:03.18\00:47:04.95
and look out
for Douglas Fir... "
00:47:04.99\00:47:06.69
and I came to find... and today,
I can smell a piece of wood
00:47:06.72\00:47:10.13
and kind of remember
what tree it's connected to
00:47:10.19\00:47:12.23
but back then, I had no idea
00:47:12.26\00:47:13.63
and I tell you what though
00:47:13.66\00:47:15.00
when I put a fire
together at night,
00:47:15.03\00:47:17.47
my wife can tell you...
00:47:17.50\00:47:18.83
that fire burned all night long
00:47:18.87\00:47:22.04
but I tell you this,
00:47:22.07\00:47:23.94
whatever log I put in
there at 11 o'clock at night,
00:47:23.97\00:47:26.54
it wasn't in
there in the morning.
00:47:26.57\00:47:29.11
Into smoke... it vanished away.
00:47:29.14\00:47:31.65
Into smoke... it did what?
00:47:31.71\00:47:33.95
Vanished away.
00:47:33.98\00:47:35.52
Lot of people
think that somehow...
00:47:35.55\00:47:37.95
there's something about us
00:47:37.99\00:47:40.12
that can be exposed to
the devastating fires of God
00:47:40.16\00:47:44.69
and still survive.
00:47:44.73\00:47:46.33
I don't know of anybody
on earth that survived a fire
00:47:46.36\00:47:49.90
unless they got out of it.
00:47:49.93\00:47:51.27
As a matter of fact, if
you want to test this theory
00:47:51.30\00:47:53.57
I don't suggest you do,
00:47:53.64\00:47:54.97
as a matter of fact,
let me make a point here
00:47:55.00\00:47:56.54
like they do at the disclaimers,
00:47:56.60\00:47:57.94
"Don't try this at home... "
00:47:57.97\00:47:59.31
but if you decide...
if you want to test how...
00:47:59.34\00:48:02.54
how... how eternal you are
00:48:02.61\00:48:04.21
and how indestructible you are,
00:48:04.25\00:48:05.91
light the stove and
put your finger there,
00:48:05.95\00:48:08.28
I guarantee you, give
yourself a few seconds,
00:48:08.32\00:48:10.59
you'll realize that
you are very mortal.
00:48:10.62\00:48:12.35
Amen, somebody...
00:48:12.42\00:48:13.76
Audience: Amen.
00:48:13.79\00:48:15.12
Nothing mortal about...
nothing immortal about us
00:48:15.16\00:48:17.49
until we put on immortality
at the Second Coming,
00:48:17.53\00:48:20.23
we studied that already,
00:48:20.30\00:48:21.76
we will put on immortality
00:48:21.80\00:48:23.16
but there's
nothing about us immortal
00:48:23.23\00:48:25.40
so how will we
endure the fires of hell?
00:48:25.43\00:48:27.37
We would not... that's
why David the Psalmist says,
00:48:27.40\00:48:29.84
"Into smoke
they... " not "it... "
00:48:29.87\00:48:32.71
but "they shall vanish away. "
00:48:32.77\00:48:35.54
"What happened to
all the firewood we had?"
00:48:35.58\00:48:37.98
"It's gone... "
00:48:38.01\00:48:39.35
"Well, how did it go?"
00:48:39.38\00:48:40.72
"Didn't you see the smoke
going through the chimney?"
00:48:40.75\00:48:42.08
Into smoke it vanished away.
00:48:42.12\00:48:43.72
That's what the Bible says
00:48:43.75\00:48:45.52
so put that down
on Question number 5,
00:48:45.55\00:48:48.76
"In what manner does the Bible
reveal the wicked will perish?"
00:48:48.79\00:48:50.89
They'll vanish away into smoke.
00:48:50.93\00:48:52.73
Smoke... they'll
go up in smoke...
00:48:52.76\00:48:54.56
people have said that,
00:48:54.60\00:48:55.93
"Man! all my money
went up in smoke. "
00:48:55.96\00:48:57.33
"My house went up in smoke. "
00:48:57.37\00:48:58.93
In this case, anybody
put into the Lake of Fire
00:48:58.97\00:49:03.17
will go up in smoke, amen.
00:49:03.20\00:49:05.97
Now, what I like about
studying this topic is,
00:49:06.01\00:49:08.98
it doesn't apply to me,
come on somebody say, "Amen. "
00:49:09.01\00:49:11.08
Audience: Amen.
00:49:11.11\00:49:12.45
I'm not in that category
00:49:12.48\00:49:14.12
and I'm determined by
God's grace to stay out of it.
00:49:14.15\00:49:16.95
Here is the next question...
00:49:16.99\00:49:18.72
here is the next
question, Question number 7...
00:49:18.75\00:49:21.92
Question number 7...
00:49:21.96\00:49:23.29
sorry, Question
number 6, sorry...
00:49:23.32\00:49:25.43
"Will the wicked continue to
exist after their destruction?"
00:49:25.46\00:49:33.03
will they continue to
exist after their destruction?
00:49:33.07\00:49:36.64
Now, those of you who
are theologically sound,
00:49:36.67\00:49:38.37
you know the answer is "No"
00:49:38.41\00:49:39.97
but it's not that simple.
00:49:40.01\00:49:41.34
I don't want your answer,
00:49:41.38\00:49:42.71
I want the Bible's
answer, is that all right?
00:49:42.74\00:49:44.15
Psalm 37 and verse 10 is
where you'll find the answer.
00:49:44.18\00:49:47.22
"Will the wicked continue to
exist after their destruction?"
00:49:47.25\00:49:50.69
Now, that seems really
weird to ask that question
00:49:50.72\00:49:53.05
but here is the
reason I ask that question
00:49:53.09\00:49:55.06
because somehow in
the minds of some people
00:49:55.09\00:49:57.03
they think that they will.
00:49:57.06\00:49:58.39
I mean, get this, where is he?
00:49:58.43\00:50:00.96
I've never gone to
a funeral, by the way,
00:50:01.00\00:50:02.76
where the preacher
said, "He's in hell now. "
00:50:02.80\00:50:04.53
Have you noticed that?
00:50:04.57\00:50:05.90
If they don't
believe in the resurrection,
00:50:05.93\00:50:08.57
they always say, "He's
in heaven he's looking down"
00:50:08.60\00:50:10.71
but nobody has ever said,
"He's in hell, looking up. "
00:50:10.74\00:50:12.47
Audience: Laughter.
00:50:12.51\00:50:14.04
No one ever said that
00:50:14.08\00:50:15.58
but
00:50:15.61\00:50:19.78
the point I was going to
make has just vanished away.
00:50:19.81\00:50:22.48
Audience: Laughter.
00:50:22.52\00:50:24.62
Let's read the text
and it will come back.
00:50:24.65\00:50:26.02
Here it is...
00:50:26.05\00:50:27.39
Psalm 37 verse 10,
"For yet a little while
00:50:27.42\00:50:33.50
and the wicked shall be...
" come on, say it together,
00:50:33.53\00:50:36.56
"no more... "
00:50:36.60\00:50:38.33
"indeed, you will look
carefully for his place... "
00:50:38.37\00:50:43.54
what's going to happen?
00:50:43.57\00:50:44.94
"but it shall be... " what?
00:50:44.97\00:50:46.51
"no more. "
00:50:46.57\00:50:48.11
"Where did Hitler live before?"
00:50:48.14\00:50:50.61
"I don't know. "
00:50:50.65\00:50:52.35
"Is Hitler still there?"
00:50:52.38\00:50:53.72
"Ah ah... he gone... " Amen.
00:50:53.75\00:50:57.29
Any sinner that
has not accepted Christ
00:50:57.32\00:50:59.79
will fall under the
category of "perish. "
00:50:59.82\00:51:02.26
John 3:16...
00:51:02.32\00:51:03.66
they will not fall into the
category of "everlasting life. "
00:51:03.69\00:51:06.49
You don't have everlasting...
there are no immortal sinners.
00:51:06.53\00:51:09.53
You got to catch that,
00:51:09.56\00:51:10.90
that's one of the reasons why as
soon as Adam and Eve sinned...
00:51:10.93\00:51:13.50
my wife and I are
on the same page...
00:51:13.54\00:51:15.10
we read the Study together,
as soon as Adam and Eve sinned,
00:51:15.14\00:51:19.01
the Lord sent an Angel to
bar the way to the Tree of Life
00:51:19.04\00:51:22.84
lest they partake of it
and eat and live forever.
00:51:22.88\00:51:25.61
He made sure that
there will be no such thing
00:51:25.65\00:51:28.35
as an immortal sinner, amen.
00:51:28.38\00:51:30.09
Audience: Amen.
00:51:30.15\00:51:31.65
Can you imagine the
devil being around forever?
00:51:31.69\00:51:33.72
Can you imagine
Hitler being around forever?
00:51:33.76\00:51:35.76
And the antediluvian giants...
00:51:35.79\00:51:37.53
Lord have mercy if sin were
ever allowed to reign forever,
00:51:37.56\00:51:41.30
there'll be no
hope for any of us
00:51:41.33\00:51:42.70
but to God be the glory,
00:51:42.73\00:51:44.50
Jesus prevailed over
the grave, what do you say?
00:51:44.53\00:51:46.63
Audience: Amen.
00:51:46.67\00:51:48.00
But you look around for
their place... not what...
00:51:48.04\00:51:50.07
you won't glance,
you'll carefully look,
00:51:50.11\00:51:52.24
"Weren't they
around here somewhere?
00:51:52.27\00:51:54.14
I thought it was...
what block he's...?"
00:51:54.18\00:51:55.98
He ain't there anymore
because in the new earth,
00:51:56.01\00:51:59.15
only the meek
will inherit the earth,
00:51:59.18\00:52:01.05
what do you say?
00:52:01.08\00:52:02.68
There'll be no
sinners in the New Earth,
00:52:02.72\00:52:04.05
there ain't going to
be any barbed-wire fences
00:52:04.09\00:52:05.49
in my neighborhood,
00:52:05.52\00:52:06.86
I don't have to lock my
door to my golden mansion,
00:52:06.89\00:52:09.49
come on say "Amen" somebody.
00:52:09.52\00:52:10.93
Audience: Amen.
00:52:10.96\00:52:12.29
I don't want to... "Man, this
is a really nice neighborhood
00:52:12.33\00:52:14.36
that Jesus built for me,
00:52:14.40\00:52:15.80
any drug dealers
around here?" Ah ah...
00:52:15.83\00:52:18.13
Nothing will enter in that to
defile it, Revelation chapter 22
00:52:18.17\00:52:22.37
nothing's going in there
00:52:22.40\00:52:23.87
because it is not going
to survive the fires of hell.
00:52:23.91\00:52:26.14
So, let's put the answer down,
00:52:26.17\00:52:27.54
"Will the wicked continue to
exist after their destruction?"
00:52:27.58\00:52:31.05
What's the answer? No more...
00:52:31.08\00:52:32.61
you won't find them...
you won't find their place.
00:52:32.65\00:52:35.58
You won't find them
00:52:35.62\00:52:37.49
and you won't
find where they lived.
00:52:37.52\00:52:39.12
As a matter of fact, I
remember that thought...
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.19
it was a sad story
about a few months ago,
00:52:41.22\00:52:43.12
maybe even a year ago,
00:52:43.16\00:52:44.49
remember they found
the three young girls
00:52:44.53\00:52:46.39
that had been missing for about
ten years... remember that?
00:52:46.43\00:52:49.33
Now, get this... this
is... this is powerful...
00:52:49.36\00:52:53.67
are you ready?
00:52:53.70\00:52:55.04
The guy that killed
them... where is he?
00:52:55.07\00:52:57.87
You will look for his
place and it will be no more...
00:52:57.91\00:53:01.44
not only is he no more
but even his place is no more.
00:53:01.48\00:53:04.98
That's what the Bible is saying.
00:53:05.01\00:53:06.78
God doesn't even want
the trace of sin to exist.
00:53:06.82\00:53:11.22
He's getting rid of the
place and the perpetrator, amen.
00:53:11.25\00:53:14.52
Root and branch...
00:53:14.56\00:53:16.66
That's how God is
00:53:16.69\00:53:18.73
because we want to live
in peace, what do you say?
00:53:18.76\00:53:21.50
I don't want to get
to heaven worrying about,
00:53:21.56\00:53:23.67
"Oh no, did you hear
who made it up here?"
00:53:23.70\00:53:25.80
"Who?"
00:53:25.83\00:53:28.40
"Isn't that that guy
with that bad temper?"
00:53:28.44\00:53:30.71
"He's up here...
three blocks over... "
00:53:30.77\00:53:32.97
Audience: Laughter.
00:53:33.01\00:53:35.14
That's not going to happen.
00:53:35.18\00:53:37.65
It sounds kind of
hilarious but the Lord...
00:53:37.68\00:53:40.92
we make... see...
00:53:40.95\00:53:42.28
we are making
decisions now for eternal life
00:53:42.32\00:53:44.95
and secondly, God
is not going to have
00:53:44.99\00:53:47.82
some hole in the new
earth where people are going,
00:53:47.86\00:53:50.63
ah... ah... ah... ah...
00:53:50.66\00:53:53.29
and you go and
look over and say,
00:53:53.33\00:53:54.76
"Yeah, there he is,
still in the fires of hell,
00:53:54.80\00:53:57.63
he shouldn't have done
that... here's some water. "
00:53:57.67\00:54:00.44
Because I asked somebody once,
00:54:00.47\00:54:02.54
this sounds cynical but I
want to make a point here,
00:54:02.57\00:54:04.64
I asked somebody once,
00:54:04.67\00:54:06.01
"Okay, if you believe that
hell is going to burn forever,
00:54:06.04\00:54:08.18
where is it going to burn?"
00:54:08.21\00:54:09.91
And they say, "Down there... "
00:54:09.94\00:54:11.61
"You mean, down there?
00:54:11.65\00:54:12.98
Down there is up
there for the people
00:54:13.01\00:54:14.62
on the other
side of the planet. "
00:54:14.65\00:54:16.22
Where is it going to burn?
00:54:16.25\00:54:17.59
Oh, I look for a new
heaven and a new earth
00:54:17.62\00:54:23.32
in which righteousness dwells.
00:54:23.36\00:54:26.80
The former things shall not be
remembered nor come into mind,
00:54:26.83\00:54:31.93
affliction shall not
rise up a second time
00:54:31.97\00:54:35.77
man! what a
night... amen somebody...
00:54:35.80\00:54:37.31
Audience: Amen.
00:54:37.34\00:54:38.67
We're not going to worry
about this in the new earth
00:54:38.71\00:54:40.04
destruction is sure...
00:54:40.08\00:54:42.14
but you don't
have to be destroyed
00:54:42.18\00:54:43.51
if you don't know the Lord...
00:54:43.55\00:54:44.88
you don't have to
be in this bad scene,
00:54:44.91\00:54:46.31
you can accept the
Lord and have eternal life,
00:54:46.35\00:54:48.85
everlasting life...
00:54:48.88\00:54:50.22
that's who Jesus is...
00:54:50.25\00:54:51.59
let's go to the next one,
00:54:51.62\00:54:52.95
I think we'll make a few
more before the night is done.
00:54:52.99\00:54:54.82
Number 7... number 7...
00:54:54.86\00:54:57.46
"What does the
Bible... what does the...
00:54:57.49\00:55:00.40
what does the Bible describe
00:55:00.43\00:55:01.96
as the means of
destroying the wicked?"
00:55:02.00\00:55:04.53
What does the Bible
describe as the means
00:55:04.57\00:55:07.07
of destroying the wicked?
00:55:07.10\00:55:08.50
Let's see what
it says, all right,
00:55:08.54\00:55:11.41
well, I'll tell you...
00:55:11.44\00:55:14.14
you know what I
like about this topic?
00:55:14.18\00:55:15.51
Some people say...
00:55:15.54\00:55:16.88
I remember I was
in the Virgin Islands
00:55:16.91\00:55:18.31
and I talked to... in
St. Thomas visiting there,
00:55:18.35\00:55:20.82
and I talked to a
guy there and he said,
00:55:20.85\00:55:22.22
"You know, whenever
you guys talk about hell,
00:55:22.25\00:55:24.62
you always... you
always avoid these verses... "
00:55:24.65\00:55:26.86
I said, "We don't avoid
any verses in the Bible. "
00:55:26.89\00:55:29.06
"Yeah, I don't
hear it very much... "
00:55:29.09\00:55:31.39
I said, "Because you may
be not be listening clearly
00:55:31.43\00:55:33.46
but we don't avoid
any verses in the Bible"
00:55:33.50\00:55:34.83
and these are the
verses he said that we avoid,
00:55:34.86\00:55:37.03
I don't avoid
anything, so what's the answer,
00:55:37.07\00:55:39.00
"What does the Bible describe
00:55:39.03\00:55:40.37
as the means of
destroying the wicked?"
00:55:40.40\00:55:41.80
Here it is,
Revelation chapter 14 verse 10.
00:55:41.84\00:55:43.41
I'm going to leave you
with a cliffhanger this week
00:55:43.47\00:55:45.54
so you can come back next week.
00:55:45.57\00:55:46.91
The Bible says, "He himself
shall also drink of the wine
00:55:46.94\00:55:51.78
of the wrath of God,
00:55:51.81\00:55:53.15
which is poured
out... " how strong?
00:55:53.18\00:55:55.25
"full strength into
the cup of His indignation.
00:55:55.28\00:55:59.75
He shall be
tormented... " with what?
00:55:59.79\00:56:03.02
"fire" and what else?
00:56:03.06\00:56:05.29
"brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels
00:56:05.33\00:56:08.96
and in the
presence of the Lamb. "
00:56:09.03\00:56:10.60
Amen...
00:56:10.67\00:56:12.03
Fire and brimstone...
00:56:12.07\00:56:15.04
you don't know what that is?
00:56:15.07\00:56:16.40
Go to Hawaii and
get a helicopter ride
00:56:16.44\00:56:17.97
over the top of a volcano,
00:56:18.04\00:56:19.37
make sure it's a good altitude.
00:56:19.41\00:56:20.74
Fire and brimstone...
00:56:20.78\00:56:22.54
as the waters
came up from the earth
00:56:22.58\00:56:24.71
and destroyed those who
were here... in the flood
00:56:24.75\00:56:26.45
and the waters came down...
00:56:26.48\00:56:27.82
fire will come up
and fire will come down.
00:56:27.85\00:56:31.49
Read 1st Peter... we'll
talk about that next week.
00:56:31.52\00:56:33.49
The same earth that
was destroyed by water
00:56:33.52\00:56:36.79
fire is now... is now
held in reserve for fire
00:56:36.83\00:56:40.66
and by-the-way,
just to encourage you,
00:56:40.70\00:56:43.00
it's not burning
tonight, hallelujah.
00:56:43.03\00:56:45.17
Audience: Amen.
00:56:45.20\00:56:46.53
Nobody downstairs burning.
00:56:46.57\00:56:47.90
It says... Question
number 8... very quickly...
00:56:47.94\00:56:51.61
"How does the Bible describe
the intensity of their torment?"
00:56:51.64\00:56:56.01
This is the cliffhanger...
you have to come back...
00:56:56.04\00:56:57.88
very quickly now...
00:56:57.91\00:56:59.35
"and the smoke of their torment
ascended forever and ever
00:56:59.41\00:57:02.95
and they have no
rest day or night
00:57:02.98\00:57:04.89
who worship the
beast and his image
00:57:04.95\00:57:06.82
and whoever receives
the mark of his name. "
00:57:06.86\00:57:09.69
Now, next week you're
going to see that text,
00:57:09.72\00:57:12.59
but get this, "the
smoke of their torment
00:57:12.63\00:57:15.46
will ascend up forever and ever
00:57:15.53\00:57:17.77
and they'll have no
rest day or night. "
00:57:17.80\00:57:19.67
What does the Bible
mean about forever and ever?
00:57:19.70\00:57:24.11
What does the Bible
mean about their torment?
00:57:24.14\00:57:25.61
What does it mean that
they have no rest day or night
00:57:25.64\00:57:28.41
when they are plunged into
the fires of God's destruction,
00:57:28.44\00:57:32.71
you'll find out
00:57:32.75\00:57:34.08
but keep this in mind
as you wait for next week
00:57:34.12\00:57:36.75
there is no such
thing as an eternal sinner
00:57:36.79\00:57:39.49
hallelujah, somebody...
00:57:39.52\00:57:40.86
Audience: Amen.
00:57:40.89\00:57:42.22
The wages of sin is death
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but the gift of
God is eternal life
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through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Only the righteous
will receive eternal life...
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not the wicked...
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and here's the point,
you cannot burn forever
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unless you live forever.
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If it doesn't
make sense, Friends,
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keep studying God's Word
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for one day, it will
come into a sharper focus.
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God bless you.
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