Participants: John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000078
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00:18 We pray that the Spirit of God will speak to your heart
00:22 and guide you through His Word. 00:26 We know that the Lord always has blessings in store for us, 00:29 so thank you for tuning in. 00:31 Tonight we're beginning a new topic. 00:34 The topic entitled, 00:35 "The Truth about the Millennium." 00:37 Say that word together, millennium. 00:40 A number of years ago when I was in New York City 00:42 with Pastor Doug Batchelor. 00:46 The entire series was referred 00:48 to as the Millennium of Prophecy. 00:50 And that was one word that was a tongue twister to me 00:53 for various reasons. 00:54 So I had to figure out a way to say it. 00:56 And so tonight 00:58 I will encourage you if you are also, 01:00 if your tongue also gets twisted by that, 01:02 just say millennium, instead of millennium, 01:06 you try to save in one word, it could really, 01:08 you know, all kinds of accidents could occur, 01:10 but just say millennium. 01:12 Together, millennium, 01:14 which simply means 1000 years milli, annum, 01:19 milli, annum, 1000 years. 01:22 But we're going to pray tonight and I want to just thank you 01:25 for getting your Bibles, your pens, 01:27 inviting your family and your friends 01:30 for this thoughtful study through the Word of God. 01:32 But before we do anything, I'll tell you in just a moment 01:34 where to get a copy of the lesson 01:36 and how to download that, but let's begin by 01:38 inviting the Lord's presence through prayer. 01:40 Gracious Father in heaven, we thank You 01:43 that Your Word is true. 01:45 And that always, Father, we can turn to You 01:48 and find in You the hope, the courage, the strength, 01:50 the guidance and the truth. 01:52 And so, Lord, guide us tonight 01:54 through the presence and power of Your Holy Spirit, 01:58 and may we be blessed as You expand our knowledge 02:01 in preparation for Your soon return. 02:04 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 02:08 Now just before our theme song, 02:09 want to tell you where to get a copy of the lesson. 02:11 Go to this website, ASF, 02:14 that's A Sharper Focus abbreviated, 02:16 asf.3abn.org. 02:19 Download lesson number 25, The Truth about the Millennium, 02:24 The Truth about the Millennium. 02:25 And we'll be expanding on that lesson on next week, 02:28 but tonight you'll find just about 10 questions there. 02:32 And on question 10 you'll find six blank lines. 02:35 We're going to go ahead and fill those out together. 02:37 But let's first begin with our theme song. 02:40 What's our theme song? "Victory in Jesus." 02:43 Let's sing our theme song together. 02:44 Here we are. 02:53 I heard an old, old story 02:57 How the Savior came from glory 03:01 How He gave His life on Calvary 03:04 To save a wretch like me 03:08 I heard about His groaning 03:12 Of His precious blood's atoning 03:16 Then I repented of my sin 03:20 And won the victory. 03:22 Together. 03:24 O victory in Jesus 03:27 My Savior forever 03:31 He sought me and bought me 03:35 With His redeeming blood 03:38 He loved me ere I knew Him 03:42 And all my love is due Him 03:46 He plunged me to victory 03:50 Beneath the cleansing flood 03:54 I heard about a mansion 03:57 He has built for me in glory 04:01 And I heard about The streets of gold 04:05 Beyond the crystal sea 04:09 About the angels singing 04:12 And the old redemption story 04:16 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 04:20 The song of victory 04:22 Key change. 04:24 O victory in Jesus 04:28 My Savior forever 04:31 He sought me and bought me 04:35 With His redeeming blood 04:39 He loved me ere I knew Him 04:43 And all my love is due Him 04:47 He plunged me to victory 04:50 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:54 He plunged me to victory 04:58 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:04 Amen? 05:06 What a wonderful song. 05:08 When we travel around, people have said to us, 05:11 "We love that song, Victory in Jesus. 05:14 It's become a favorite." 05:16 But it really spells why we do what we do 05:19 and how we're able to do what we do, 05:21 we have victory in? 05:23 In Jesus. 05:24 Now for those of you tuning in, if my... 05:27 I got to say this because it feels this way, 05:28 if my lip looks a little out off kilter 05:32 is because I live in Southern Illinois, 05:36 and the guys here do not know how to play basketball. 05:40 I've been trying for years to teach him, 05:41 but I keep getting the brunt of the elbow. 05:43 So tonight, ignore it 05:44 as my lip goes through a wonderful transformation. 05:47 It will look better next week, I promise you. 05:50 But why the topic of the millennium. 05:53 There are many untruths told about the millennium, 05:57 but tonight, 05:59 we're gonna tell the truth about the millennium, 06:00 ain't that right? 06:02 People have been taught 06:04 along with the secret rapture. 06:07 Many people have been taught 06:09 that with this false teaching of the secret rapture, 06:13 there is also an accompanying false teaching 06:15 about the earthly reign of Christ. 06:19 They teach that Christ is going to reign on earth 06:22 for a 1000 years. 06:25 Now one of the evidences 06:26 we covered when we talked about the Second Coming is, 06:29 this time Jesus is not coming to walk the earth. 06:33 This time He's coming to take us home. 06:35 Can you say amen to that? 06:37 He came to abide with us. 06:39 He came to walk among us, but this time 06:42 He's calling He's coming so that we could walk with Him. 06:46 Let's go to John Chapter 14, just to lay some foundation. 06:49 This is not the first question, but John Chapter 14. 06:53 Look at the promise of Jesus. 06:55 The promise of Jesus lays the foundation, 06:58 and Satan during the Dark Ages 07:02 introduced so many false doctrines 07:05 into the church, 07:06 and so many of them have taken root 07:08 on the basis of theories. 07:10 But any theory that's not supported 07:12 by the scriptures is not the truth, 07:14 ain't that right? 07:15 The truth of God's Word is the only foundation, 07:18 the only reliable source that we can turn to. 07:21 Look at John Chapter 14, and I'll begin with verse 1, 07:24 the promise of Jesus. 07:26 He said, "Let not your heart be," what? 07:29 "Troubled, you believe in God, believe also in Me. 07:33 In my Father's house are many mansions..." 07:37 Where are the mansions? 07:39 In his Father's house, not on earth? 07:42 He says, 07:43 "If it were not so, I would have told you. 07:46 I go to prepare a place for you." 07:51 He says "I," what's the next word? 07:53 "Go. I go." 07:56 And then it says in verse 3, 07:58 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, 08:00 I will come again," that's the Second Coming, 08:04 "and receive you to Myself, 08:07 that where I am." 08:10 Come on, tell me somebody, where is He? 08:12 It starts with the letter H, where is He? 08:15 Heaven, "that where I am, there you may be also." 08:20 How we're going to get there? He's going to come again. 08:23 He's not saying, I see you when you get there. 08:26 He's saying, "I will come again." 08:28 As a matter of fact, throughout His writings, 08:32 throughout His writings, 08:33 He continually said to His disciples, 08:37 "I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life." 08:41 But after He made this statement, He reiterated, 08:43 "Where I am going, you cannot come." 08:46 And one of the reasons why 08:47 we have to wait till Jesus comes back. 08:49 We also learned this 08:50 on the topic of the Second Coming, 08:52 something must take place in order that we can... 08:56 In order for us to safely be able to go to heaven. 08:59 Let's go to 1 Corinthians Chapter 15. 09:02 This is just some foundation. 09:03 Since this topic is paramount 09:05 or the next step to the Second Coming of Christ, 09:08 it's important to lay some foundation 09:10 as some reminders. 09:12 We can look at the Bible together. 09:14 1 Corinthians Chapter 15. 09:16 All right? 09:18 And we're going to look 09:20 at first verse... 09:28 Verse 20 down to verse 26. 09:33 This is foundation. 09:35 All right? 09:38 The discussion was about the resurrection. 09:40 This entire chapter is about the resurrection. 09:42 "But now," verse 20, "Christ is risen from the dead, 09:46 and has become the firstfruits of those 09:48 who have fallen asleep. 09:51 For since by man came death, by Man also came the," what? 09:55 "Resurrection of the dead." 09:56 One of the things left out in Christianity 09:58 is the resurrection. 09:59 It's kind of die and go directly to heaven. 10:01 You never hear people say, they went to hell. 10:04 Isn't that funny, every funeral you go to, 10:06 the preacher never says, he's in hell now. 10:10 Like we have the wherewithal to determine where people go. 10:15 That's only, that's the job of Christ. 10:18 Verse 22, verse 21, 10:21 "For since by man came death, by Man," capital M, 10:25 "also came the resurrection of the dead." 10:29 Verse 22, "For as in Adam," how many die? 10:32 "All die, even so in Christ," how many shall be made alive? 10:35 "All." 10:37 But here's the key, 10:38 "But each one in his own order: 10:42 Christ the firstfruits, 10:45 afterward those who are Christ's at His," what? 10:50 "At His coming. 10:51 Then comes the end," verse 24, 10:53 "when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, 10:59 when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 11:03 For He must reign 11:04 till He has put all enemies under His feet. 11:07 The last enemy that will be destroyed is," what? 11:10 "Death." Okay, that's the resurrection. 11:12 Now go to verse 51, verse 51. 11:15 Let's look at this change that must take place. 11:19 "Behold, I tell you or show you a mystery," the Bible says, 11:23 "we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be," together, 11:26 "changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, 11:31 at the last trumpet," what trumpet? 11:34 Last one. 11:36 "For the trumpet will sound, 11:38 and the dead will be raised incorruptible, 11:41 and we shall be changed. 11:44 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 11:47 and this mortal must put on immortality." 11:51 Verse 54, 11:52 "So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, 11:55 and this mortal has put on immortality, 11:58 then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: 12:01 'Death is swallowed up in victory. 12:03 O death, where is thy sting? 12:05 O grave, where is thy victory?'" 12:08 So what has to happen before we can go to heaven? 12:10 Somebody tell me. 12:12 Say it again. 12:13 We've got to be changed. 12:15 We've got to be changed. 12:16 And when does the change happen? 12:19 At the last trumpet. 12:24 That trumpet is very significant. 12:25 It lays the foundation for our first question. 12:29 You see, the change does not take place at death, 12:33 the change takes place at the coming of the Lord. 12:37 And we cannot go in this physical body 12:40 because mortal man cannot exist 12:44 in the presence of an immortal God. 12:46 By the way, I don't think people know this. 12:49 But you know, one of the reasons 12:50 why astronauts wear suits. 12:54 I'm not talking about a suit and a tie, 12:56 but multimillion dollar suits 12:58 because you cannot exist outside of earth's atmosphere. 13:01 No man can break out of earth's atmosphere. 13:03 Matter of fact, we can't exist naturally above 13:06 20 to 25,000 feet. 13:09 Really the ceiling? for a person, 13:11 if you hit about 13,000 feet, 13:13 that's about the highest you're going to be able to go 13:15 without having some oxygen assistance. 13:19 That's why when you fly planes, 13:21 many of the single engine planes, 13:22 they could go above that ceiling, 13:24 but most pilots stay below that ceiling 13:26 because they could fly 13:27 without any assistance of oxygen. 13:30 So that's why most of the dual engine planes, 13:32 even the dual engine prop planes are designed 13:34 with oxygen masks. 13:36 When you go above 13,000 feet, you better have breathing 13:39 from some other apparatus. 13:41 Matter of fact, when you fly to St. Louis out at Cape Air, 13:43 you don't go above 13,000 feet. You know why? 13:46 There are no mountains. 13:48 You can fly at 2,000 feet on the way to St. Louis, 13:51 there's nothing to hit. 13:53 But when you're in California, 13:54 you got to have something to hold you above that altitude, 13:57 if you decide to go over Mount Lassen or over mount, 14:02 the other one, Mount Shasta. 14:04 So let's go ahead and begin with the most important event. 14:07 Question number one. 14:08 Question number one. 14:10 Here it is. 14:13 What event marks the beginning of the millennium? 14:17 What event marks the beginning of the millennium? 14:22 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4. 14:25 And you theologians know where I'm headed. 14:27 But we need to go there anyway 14:28 because some people don't know where I'm headed. 14:31 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. 14:38 All right? 14:44 And the Bible reads, 14:47 "For the Lord Himself 14:49 will descend from heaven with a," what? "Shout, 14:53 with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. 14:59 And the dead in Christ will rise first." 15:01 Don't go to the next slide yet, 15:03 just come away from the slide for a brief moment. 15:05 What's going to happen when Jesus descends? 15:07 What is He going to blow? 15:09 Now that trumpet is not that Jesus needs a trumpet, 15:12 but His voice, the voice of the archangel, 15:15 and with the trump of God, the loud command of the Lord, 15:21 and you'll find out as a result of what happens, 15:23 you'll find out what that command is all about. 15:26 Matter of fact, when Jesus said to Lazarus, come forth, 15:28 that was the trump of God, 15:30 but He specified everybody else relax Lazarus, come forth. 15:34 Amen? 15:36 Because if He just said, "Come forth." 15:38 Man, I tell you, 15:40 there would have been quite an uproar in Jerusalem. 15:43 The Jews would have had 15:45 no reason to doubt His Messiahship. 15:47 But when He brought Lazarus forth 15:49 in John Chapter 11, 15:50 they determined from that day that they must kill Jesus. 15:52 Now why? 15:54 Because Jesus debunked this idea 15:58 that man could be raised 15:59 without the assistance of Christ. 16:02 And the reason He came in and rose 16:04 Lazarus after four days is because 16:06 they believe something now known as Neoplatonism 16:09 that taught that the soul tried to get back into the body 16:13 for three days. 16:14 And if it was successful, they came back to life. 16:16 Look it up, Neoplatonism. 16:18 Jesus came after four days, not because He can't count. 16:23 But after four days, like Martha said, 16:26 "By now, Lord, he starting to rot. 16:30 Don't even, please don't ask him to come out now." 16:34 But, if the Lord calls you forth, 16:36 He never calls you forth 16:38 and leave you in a rotting condition. 16:41 So let's go to the very next verse. 16:42 What's going to happen as a result 16:44 of this trumpet of God, 16:45 as a result of the voice of the archangel? 16:47 Here it says, 16:48 "Then we who are alive and remain shall be," what? 16:54 "Caught up together with them in the clouds to do," what? 17:00 "To meet the Lord in the air. 17:03 And thus shall we always be with the Lord." 17:06 When do we meet Jesus? 17:08 Come on, somebody tell me. 17:10 When? 17:12 After the last trump, at a Second Coming. 17:14 A point that I must reiterate, 17:16 we did this in the topic of the Second Coming. 17:18 We did this in the topic about death. 17:20 But you know what they said, repetition is a good teacher. 17:24 We don't meet Jesus face to face until He descends, 17:29 then the resurrection happens, then we are caught up to meet. 17:34 What two words did I say? To meet. 17:36 You don't meet Him at death. 17:38 Matter of fact the saints who died, 17:40 they didn't die hoping to meet Jesus right away. 17:44 They died, they gave their lives 17:47 so that they could obtain a better resurrection. 17:51 They didn't die for a better journey. 17:54 They said, we want the better resurrection. 17:56 We'll find out what resurrection that is. 17:58 So on question number one. 18:00 What event marks the beginning of the millennium? 18:03 The Second Coming/Resurrection. 18:06 Second Coming/Resurrection. 18:08 That's what marks the beginning of the millennium. 18:12 Second Coming, Resurrection. 18:13 And you can also add 18:14 something else that marks 18:16 the beginning of the millennium, 18:17 we finally meet Jesus. 18:19 Amen, somebody? 18:20 We finally meet Jesus. 18:21 We've been talking about 18:23 we've been living for His glory, 18:24 but we finally meet Him face to face. 18:26 What a wonderful day that's going to be. 18:29 Now let's go to Revelation Chapter 20. 18:32 Revelation Chapter 20. 18:33 Revelation Chapter 20 is the millennium chapter. 18:37 Right, the word millennium doesn't appear in the Bible, 18:39 just like the word rapture does not appear. 18:42 But the word rapture 18:43 simply comes from a word that means, 18:45 it comes from the Greek word, Parousia, 18:48 which simply means to be snatched away. 18:50 But it doesn't mean to disappear. 18:53 It never teaches that it means to be snatched away. 18:55 The Lord in His own power 18:57 is going to pull us like by divine magnets, 19:02 where He's going to suspend gravity for the saints. 19:05 What do you all say? Amen. Amen. 19:07 And we're going to rise to meet the Lord, 19:09 and then He's going to give us oxygen masks 19:12 better than the astronauts ever had. 19:14 You know why we're not going to need oxygen mask? 19:17 Somebody tell me, come on, talk to me. 19:18 Somebody tell me, why won't we need it? 19:21 Thank you. We will be immortal. 19:25 We will no longer be mortal, we will put on immortality. 19:30 That's why it says, when this corruptible, 19:32 this thing that's dying and decaying, 19:33 when it becomes incorruptible, 19:35 longer susceptible to decay and breaking down, 19:39 we also put on immortality. 19:42 Mortal will be replaced with immortality. 19:46 So if you can die, 19:48 there is no environment in which you are going to die. 19:51 So we could soar through space for our seven day journey 19:55 to be with the Lord in the air. 19:56 Amen? 19:58 To be with the Lord in His Kingdom. 19:59 Now, Revelation Chapter 20. 20:01 I know you're all there. 20:02 I'm on my way, relax. 20:06 Okay, Revelation 20:4, here it is. 20:09 "And I saw thrones," 20:11 the Bible says, 20:13 "and they sat on them, 20:16 and judgment was committed to them." 20:20 Something people didn't know the saints would do 20:22 when they're in heaven, judgment was committed to them. 20:24 I'll tell you about that in a moment. 20:26 "Then I saw the souls of those who had been," what? 20:29 "Beheaded for their witness 20:32 to Jesus and for the Word of God, 20:35 who had not worshiped the beast or his image, 20:39 and had not received his mark 20:42 on their foreheads or on their hands. 20:46 And they lived and reigned with Christ for," how long? 20:50 "A thousand years." 20:51 Now I want to discuss another point of reiteration here. 20:54 Christ doesn't live and reign with us. 20:57 We live and reign where? 20:59 With Him. 21:00 We live and reign with Christ a 1000 years. 21:05 Something else that is important to emphasize here. 21:08 When the Bible says, 21:10 judgment is given to the saints. 21:12 During the 1000 years, 21:14 the records of all those who have not made the kingdom 21:17 will be reviewed by the saints. 21:21 Paul the Apostle says 21:23 that we are worthy to judge in small matters, 21:26 because Paul the Apostle says, 21:28 "Don't you know that one day you will judge angels? 21:31 And if you're going to judge angels one day, 21:33 why not in small earthly matters?" 21:36 So when somebody says, "Don't judge me," 21:39 tap him on the shoulder. 21:41 I'm not condemning you, 21:43 but surely by your fruits I'll know you. 21:46 That's the only judgment God has given to us. 21:48 Not to tell them what's going to happen, 21:50 not to point them to heaven or hell, 21:52 not to decide 21:53 what their destination is going to be. 21:56 But by their fruits, you'll be able to know. 21:58 When you go to the fruit supermarket, 22:01 somebody says, this is an apple, 22:03 and it feels like an orange. 22:04 You got to judge whether or not that is an apple 22:06 or whether not that is an orange. 22:07 That's judgment. 22:09 That's the ability to judge between one and the other. 22:12 So during the 1000 years, what's going to happen here? 22:15 Let's write this, write this down. 22:17 Revelation 20:4. 22:19 What did they do? 22:21 What did they do? 22:24 What happens? 22:26 And where are the saints? 22:27 They live and reign with Christ. 22:30 They live and reign with Christ. 22:34 That's another event that marks the beginning 22:36 of the millennium. 22:37 The saints live and reign with Christ. 22:40 He doesn't reign with us, we reign with Him. 22:44 And until the 1000 years are done, 22:50 Jesus will not again touch this earth. 22:55 All right? 22:57 It's important to note that because there's so many 22:59 untruths out there about what happens. 23:01 There are people actually, there are many false religions 23:04 and there are many true... 23:06 Sorry, let me use a different phrase. 23:09 There are many non religions, and there are many religions 23:14 that are preparing for the reign of Christ on earth. 23:18 That's why the Middle East is such a focus. 23:20 They want, the one wants the temple, 23:22 the Jews want the Temple Mount back 23:24 the Arabs don't want to give it back. 23:26 Because they're both preparing for the coming of either 23:30 Mohammad or the Messiah. 23:34 And they are waiting for Him to reign in Jerusalem. 23:36 Let me give you a bulletin. 23:38 He's not going to reign in Jerusalem. 23:39 He's going to reign in the New Jerusalem. 23:43 Amen for that. 23:44 Look at Revelation Chapter 21. 23:46 Very quickly, Revelation Chapter 21. 23:48 The Bible makes it so clear. 23:51 It makes it so clear, Revelation Chapter 21. 23:54 This is at the end of the 1000 years. 23:55 We're kind of running ahead of ourselves, 23:57 but you'll see this again next week. 23:59 Revelation 21:1, 24:01 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 24:04 the first heaven and the earth first earth had passed away, 24:07 and there was no more sea." 24:09 The inference of that is, man is no longer separated. 24:12 "Then I, John, saw the holy city," 24:14 what Jerusalem? 24:16 "New Jerusalem, 24:19 coming down out of heaven," Where's it coming from? 24:24 "Out of heaven from God, 24:28 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." 24:34 Clearly, and just the bulletin, 24:37 sometimes we say the church is the Lamb's wife. 24:43 The church is the bride of a..." 24:45 Knows that's not true. 24:48 The church is not the bride. 24:49 The church is pictured in that relationship. 24:52 Husband loves your wife, 24:53 love your wives as Christ loved the church. 24:55 That's the relationship setting. 24:57 But let's look at Revelation 21:9-10. 25:01 Just this is kind of extra, no charge, 25:05 extra, something very important to understand. 25:08 "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls 25:11 filled with the seven last plagues 25:13 came to me and talked with me saying, 25:15 'Come, 25:17 I will show you the bride, 25:20 the lamb's wife,' 25:24 and he carried me away in the spirit 25:26 to a great and high mountain 25:29 and showed me the great city," the what? 25:33 "Holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God." 25:38 Let me go and put this together. 25:40 We're the guests at the wedding. 25:43 Come on, say amen. 25:45 We're the guests at the wedding 25:47 and what are the two categories of the guests right now? 25:51 Five are wise, five are foolish. 25:56 Okay, they all slumbered, slumber is that, 25:58 they all slept. 25:59 But five are wise and five are foolish. 26:02 At midnight the call was made, "Behold, the bridegroom cometh, 26:06 go ye out to meet him." 26:07 Now to be very, very clear. 26:09 A kingdom without the saints is an empty kingdom. 26:13 We will be in the New Jerusalem 26:16 with the lamb as he delivers the kingdom to His Father. 26:19 He's really delivering the redeemed to His Father. 26:22 We are in the kingdom 26:23 and the New Jerusalem fill with the saints 26:25 represent that full picture of the bride, the Lamb's wife. 26:30 That was just extra. 26:31 All right, question number two, is that all we up to now? 26:34 Just number two? 26:35 Got to move faster than that. 26:37 Question number two, here it is. 26:40 In what category does the Bible place 26:43 the resurrection of the saints? 26:45 In what category does the Bible place 26:48 the resurrection of the saints? 26:52 Revelation 20:5. 26:54 We just read verse 4, 26:55 where they live and reign with Christ a 1000 years. 26:57 What does the Bible say about this 26:59 and which one of these resurrections is it? 27:02 Since we're in Revelation, 27:04 I'll just go to the screen right away. 27:05 Revelation 20:5 says, 27:08 "But the rest of the dead 27:10 did not live again until the," what? 27:13 "Thousand years were finished. 27:15 This is the first resurrection." 27:19 So now if there's a first, 27:20 what you naturally have at least? 27:22 You have at least the second. 27:26 Not gonna be a third, 27:27 but you'll have at least the second. 27:29 Now I could add some different components in there, 27:32 but really 27:35 don't want to add that in 27:37 because those who crucified Jesus, 27:40 He made an appointment. 27:42 Okay? 27:44 It's not a happy appointment. 27:47 When they adjured Him to tell about his Messiahship. 27:51 I adjure you, "Are you the Son of God." 27:55 "I am. 27:56 And you will see Me coming in the clouds of heaven 28:00 with power and great glory." 28:02 In Revelation 1:7 makes it very clear, 28:04 "Behold, he cometh with clouds and every eye will see Him, 28:08 even those that pierced Him. 28:10 And then all the tribes of the earth will mourn." 28:13 So when He comes, 28:16 there's going to be a special resurrection 28:18 for those who crucified Him. 28:20 Now get this, 28:22 to come forth from the grave 28:23 to see Him no longer with a crown of thorns, 28:26 but a crown of glory. 28:28 Then they are destroyed 28:29 by the brightness of His coming. 28:31 After it's very clear to them that that is the guy 28:35 who made an appointment with us. 28:37 Truly, He is the Son of God. 28:41 Destroyed by the brightness of His coming, 28:43 then they come forth in the... 28:45 They have a special resurrection, 28:48 not a first resurrection, a special resurrection, 28:51 because the first resurrection is for the righteous. 28:55 This is a special appointment, 28:56 because the Bible will tell you in just a moment, 28:58 why it's not a first resurrection, 29:01 but it's an appointment that Jesus set 2000 years ago. 29:04 Then they are destroyed by the brightness of His coming 29:07 only to come forth again in the second resurrection 29:10 to receive their judgment for the rejection 29:12 of the Messiah. 29:13 Sad reality. Sad reality. 29:15 So here, 29:17 what is this resurrection called? 29:18 What category does the Bible place 29:19 the resurrection of the saints? 29:21 In what? 29:22 First resurrection, write that down. 29:24 The first resurrection. 29:28 Now, let's go to question number three. 29:31 Question number three. 29:33 You know, one of the best methods 29:34 of teaching the Bible is question and answer, 29:36 question and answer. 29:38 That's one of the best methods because the question resonates, 29:42 the answer comes from God's Word. 29:44 All right? 29:46 Question number three. 29:47 Here's the question. 29:49 What is the advantage 29:51 in being in the first resurrection? 29:53 What is the advantage 29:55 in being in the first resurrection? 29:57 I have the saying 29:58 and I want to see if I get it right. 30:01 Born once died twice, 30:05 born twice, you might die once. 30:09 See because if you stay alive till Jesus comes, 30:12 you'll never die. 30:13 You won't receive any, 30:15 you won't need to be resurrected. 30:16 So if you're born twice, you might die once. 30:20 But if you're born once, you will die twice. 30:24 Born once, that means the physical birth, 30:26 you don't accept Jesus, 30:28 you'll be destroyed when He comes, 30:29 and you come forth in the second resurrection 30:31 for the second death. 30:33 But if you are born again, born twice, 30:36 the natural birth and the spiritual birth, 30:38 you may die once, 30:39 but you will have that resurrection, 30:41 the first resurrection. 30:43 Amen? 30:44 So you got to make sure that you're born again. 30:47 Here's the answer. 30:48 What's the advantage in being in the first resurrection? 30:50 Revelation 20:6. 30:53 The Bible reads as follows, 30:55 "Blessed and holy 30:58 is he who has part in first resurrection." 31:01 Let's read the rest together, 31:02 "Over such the second death has no power, 31:08 but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, 31:12 and shall reign with Him," how long? 31:14 "A thousand years." 31:17 So if you're in the first resurrection, 31:19 you're not only blessed and you're holy but death. 31:23 What's the death? 31:24 Has no power over the saints. Why? 31:28 Because if you put on immortality, 31:30 death is like, 31:31 it's like a mosquito hitting a window. 31:34 Just not going to penetrate all day long. 31:38 Never going to make a dent. 31:41 Death has no power over the saints. 31:44 So if you put the answer, 31:45 what is the advantage in being in the first resurrection? 31:48 Death has no power. 31:50 Death has no power. 31:53 And you want to put death has no power over me. 31:56 Personalize it. 31:58 Death has no power over me. 31:59 Let's make that personal. 32:02 A number of other reasons there, 32:04 but we put this in the earlier section, 32:05 you'll reign with Christ, you will reign with Him. 32:09 And the added benefits will be priests 32:12 and praise the Lord, a holy nation, 32:14 a royal priesthood, 32:15 as Peter the Apostle made so clear. 32:18 You'll see what that royal priesthood 32:19 is really all about, because you'll be reigning. 32:21 You know, there are many kings in our world, 32:23 there are lot of nations that still have kings, 32:25 lot of countries that still have kings, 32:27 and there are lords many, 32:29 but Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. 32:35 And you got to understand that in the context 32:38 of like Great Britain, 32:40 you know, the king, king. 32:43 Elvis was the king of rock and roll. 32:45 James Brown was the king of soul. 32:48 Jesus is the king of all that. Amen? 32:50 Not a rock and roll and not of soul, 32:52 but He's the King of kings. 32:54 So you may even say, I'm a king, He said, 32:57 that means nothing. 32:58 I'm the King of kings. 33:01 That means there is no name higher than My name. 33:05 Praise God for that kind of connection. 33:07 Now ask yourself the question, 33:09 to whom would you rather be connected? 33:12 If you know you have that kind of benefit, 33:13 that kind of eternal benefit, that kind of advantage, 33:16 never dying again. 33:18 I don't know, I don't understand 33:19 when a person is... 33:21 When the appeal goes forward to accept Jesus 33:24 so that you can have eternal life. 33:26 It always puzzles me that people sit there like, 33:30 why would I want to live forever. 33:33 I really want to burn in the fires of hell. 33:35 And they don't think that way. 33:37 But because they are so connected to the world, 33:40 they can't fathom the disconnect, 33:43 and the joys that will come in hereafter. 33:46 And I'll be honest with you, I am a gadgetarian. 33:49 I like gadgets, 33:51 we have a lot of guys that love the iPad, the new, 33:53 we're waiting for whatever Mac has to come out with a new, 33:56 that's just who we are. 33:58 But Mac or Apple cannot create anything 34:01 better than what the Lord is going to reveal 34:03 to us in eternity. 34:04 Can you say amen to that? 34:07 I mean, we won't need internet. 34:12 We won't need airplanes. 34:15 We won't need any of that. 34:17 I mean, if mankind could create these things 34:20 in such an advanced setting, what can God create? 34:23 And that's only, men are creating these things 34:25 with maybe one seventh of their brain in operation. 34:28 Wow. 34:29 And if you combine 34:31 all the brains of all men alive, 34:32 is still can't equal half of God's brain. 34:37 You guys get that on Tuesday. 34:39 Okay, praise God for that. 34:41 All right, here we go to number four. 34:43 So what answer did you put down? 34:45 What is the advantage? 34:47 Death has no power. 34:48 Death has no power. 34:50 We long for that day 34:51 when there will be no more funerals, 34:54 even so come Lord Jesus. 34:56 Question number four. 34:58 How does the Bible describe the two resurrections? 35:02 How does the Bible describe the two resurrections? 35:04 John 5:28-29. 35:08 John 5:28-29. 35:10 There are two resurrections. 35:13 Somehow people don't know this, you know, 35:16 and it really makes it very clear 35:18 that these two resurrections 35:20 mark two definitive times in history. 35:22 You saw that in Revelation Chapter 20, 35:24 "Blessed and holy 35:26 is he who was part in the first resurrection." 35:28 And then it says, 35:30 "The rest of the dead live not again 35:32 till the thousand years are finished." 35:35 Now let's look at John 5:28-29. Are you ready? 35:38 Here it is. 35:40 "Do not marvel at this," 35:42 or as the King James Version says, 35:43 "Marvel not at this, 35:45 for the hour is coming in which," 35:48 what's the next word together? 35:50 "All who are in the graves, not in heaven, 35:57 will hear His voice and come forth." 36:01 Next, 36:02 "Those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, 36:07 those who have done? evil, 36:09 to the resurrection of condemnation," 36:12 or as the King James Version, 36:13 "the resurrection of damnation," 36:15 they will be assigned to the flame. 36:19 But the righteous coming forth in the first resurrection, 36:21 the first resurrection, then, 36:23 if we were to give a title to the first resurrection, 36:26 it would be the resurrection of life. 36:31 So would that be the better resurrection? 36:33 Yes or no? That's the better resurrection. 36:35 You come forth to life eternal. 36:37 As Paul says, 36:38 mortality will be swallowed up by life, 36:41 this mortal body. 36:43 So when you read that passage about absent from the body, 36:45 present with the Lord, 36:47 you got to put that in the right context. 36:48 That was not what Paul was talking about. 36:50 He says, "In this tent, we groan being burdened." 36:53 Let me ask you a question. 36:54 How many of you have burdens? 36:57 Huh? Do we all have burdens? 36:59 Every one of us has burdens. 37:00 And Paul says, 37:02 "As long as you're in this tent, 37:04 you're going to have problems." 37:06 And he said, "I would rather be absent from this body 37:10 and I'll be present with the Lord," right? 37:12 Who would not rather that? 37:14 But he said, "It's going to happen 37:16 when mortality is swallowed up by life." 37:22 Don't just stop at that verse, read the whole thing, 37:24 and you'll get the full picture. 37:26 Praise God. 37:27 God's Word is never a misguided word. 37:30 It always makes it clear. 37:31 So how does the Bible describe the two resurrections? 37:34 The first one is the resurrection of life. 37:37 Second one, resurrection of condemnation. 37:40 You don't want to be in that second one. 37:41 And God has made every provision 37:44 that we all can escape 37:47 the second resurrection. 37:49 Think about it for a moment, 37:50 the second resurrection is going to be horrible. 37:53 They're going to be people that will come forth 37:55 in the second resurrection and I surmise, 37:57 and you'll find out why I came to this conclusion. 38:01 Satan is going to make some of them think 38:03 that this is the first resurrection. 38:05 For a brief moment, 38:07 they're going to come forth from their graves. 38:08 For a brief moment, I believe this is totally, 38:11 I have no scriptural support for that. 38:14 But they will think, "Oh, 38:16 finally, we're back to life," 38:20 only to look around and start saying, 38:21 "Wait a minute, 38:23 wait a minute." 38:26 I'm still coughing, I die with a cold. 38:29 Wait a minute, and everything around them. 38:34 And then all of a sudden, 38:35 they go and look in front of them. 38:38 And they're going to see the New Jerusalem 38:41 and these transparent walls, 38:43 and they're going to see some folk on the inside 38:46 and then realize it's not them, then the sad reality. 38:51 I believe that's where it's going to be 38:53 weeping and gnashing of teeth. 38:55 I believe that's where they're going to realize 38:58 what they have lost. 39:00 You know, it's like, I told you the story. 39:02 Mine was small compared to the future. 39:05 But I was so bad once, I had to. 39:08 My mom had a birthday party for me. 39:12 But I had to stay in my room 39:14 and look down the hall to the kitchen 39:16 where everybody was having a piece of my birthday cake, 39:20 singing happy birthday to John, and I'm down the hallway. 39:25 And she told me, "You think you're bad? 39:29 All right. 39:31 I got a spanking and punishment." 39:34 Did you think I did it again? Come on, help me out. 39:35 Do you think I did? 39:37 Because I knew she's meant what she said. 39:39 I was not about to have another birthday party. 39:42 Now she gave me a piece of cake later on, 39:44 but after all the guests had left. 39:46 Part of the joy of the birthday party 39:47 is to be out there with all my friends 39:49 who are out there singing birthday, 39:50 happy birthday down the hall. 39:53 No, stay in your room, 39:56 but you could, just go and see him. 39:57 There he is right over there, sing to him. 40:01 And it hurt worse than the whipping. 40:04 I want to say, just beat me somewhat, 40:06 I'll do anything you want, but please let me come out. 40:11 It's gonna be worse. 40:13 It's going to be so bad that I am not. 40:18 I am not by God's grace going to be in that number. 40:20 Can somebody else join me on that? 40:23 Wow, this is powerful. 40:26 Number five. 40:27 Number five. 40:29 What happens to the wicked alive at the second coming? 40:34 What happens to the wicked alive at the second coming? 40:37 Just for the space, 40:38 I didn't have a whole lot of space up. 40:39 What happens to the wicked 40:41 that are alive at the Second Coming 40:43 is really the question. 40:44 What happens to the wicked alive at the second coming? 40:49 All right. 40:50 I'll give you a text that you probably haven't really seen 40:53 before in its entirety. 40:55 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8. 40:58 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8. 41:03 Here it is. 41:04 Here it is. 41:07 Okay? 41:09 The Word of God says, 41:11 "Since it is a righteous thing with God 41:15 to repay with tribulation those who trouble you..." 41:18 Come on, somebody say amen. 41:20 God's gonna, God is going to pay. 41:23 "Since it is a righteous thing with God 41:24 to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 41:28 and to give you who are troubled," what? 41:31 "Rest with us 41:33 when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven 41:37 with His mighty angels, 41:39 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those 41:42 who do not know God, 41:45 and on those who do not obey the gospel 41:48 of our Lord Jesus Christ." 41:51 So how else does the Bible describe God's judgment 41:54 on the wicked? 41:56 What's God gonna do? 41:57 What's God gonna do? 42:01 What's he gonna to do? 42:03 He's gonna give to them everlasting destruction, 42:07 taking vengeance with flaming fire, 42:10 with flaming fire, 42:12 taking vengeance on those who do not know God. 42:16 Now, you may think that's unjust, 42:18 they don't know me. 42:20 Well, you know what? 42:21 It's not that they don't know Him. 42:23 They didn't want to know Him. 42:24 Let me add another component here 42:26 because when you read Matthew 7:21-23, 42:29 the Lord says, there are those that involved. 42:30 Let's go there. 42:32 Because this do not know Him is powerful. 42:34 Whoa, it is powerful. 42:35 Slow down, 42:37 Lord is pouring stuff in my head, 42:39 and it's connecting very fast. 42:41 Got to give you what the Lord 42:43 has just reminding me in His Word. 42:44 You know what? 42:46 I believe whenever we open the Bible, 42:47 the Holy Spirit is excited. 42:49 What do you say? 42:51 Because he's now actively participating 42:53 in furnishing through us 42:55 the knowledge of those that will listen, 42:57 to those that are listening. 42:59 Here's why you have to keep in mind 43:00 that your works are not enough. 43:02 Because he says, 43:04 "Taking vengeance on those who," do not what? 43:07 Who do not what? 43:08 "Who do not know God." 43:10 Look at Matthew 7:21. 43:12 "Not everyone who says to me, 43:13 'Lord, Lord' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, 43:15 but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. 43:18 Many will say to Me in that day, 43:21 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? 43:25 Cast out demons or devils in your name, 43:28 and done many wonders or wonderful works 43:31 in your name?' 43:32 And then I will declare to them," together? 43:35 "I never knew you. 43:38 Depart from Me, 43:39 you who practice lawlessness or worketh iniquity.'" 43:44 You see, iniquity, you know what iniquity is? 43:46 Cherished sin, that sin that people refuse to give up. 43:49 They would rather and here's what's happening. 43:51 He's saying, they're doing good works. 43:54 They're prophesying, 43:56 they're doing many wonderful works, 43:58 even casting out demons. 44:00 So let me ask a question because some people say, 44:03 why is it that we can't cast out demons? 44:05 You can cast out demons and not even know God. 44:10 But doesn't mean, you know Him, 44:11 but he just said that, am I right? 44:13 So casting out demons 44:15 is not evidence that you know God, 44:17 sometimes, and this is how Satan works. 44:19 Let me just give you the example of that, 44:21 because I want you to understand the context. 44:23 Those who are truly imbued by the Spirit of God 44:26 can do that. 44:27 But sometimes to make you think that God is in this, 44:31 Satan will possess somebody and cause his servant 44:34 to make it appear as though he cast out a demon, 44:37 but he's working in conjunction with them to make you think 44:41 they've got the power to cast out demons. 44:43 Evidently, that's the case, 44:44 because these people that did not know God 44:47 cast out demons in his name. 44:51 And the Lord said, "You did that, 44:53 but I don't know you." 44:55 That's one way. 44:57 So here's the point. 44:58 Don't just get involved in works, 45:00 have a personal relationship with Jesus, right? 45:04 Let's look at another one. 45:05 1 John 2:3-4. 45:09 Yes, Lord, I'm going to show it to him. 45:12 1 John 2:3-4, 45:14 because lot of people say they know the Lord 45:17 and some people, 45:18 how could you tell me I don't know the Lord. 45:20 Well on the authority of God's Word, look at this. 45:24 1 John 2:3-4. 45:27 Here's the key before we read the verse, 45:29 it is important that you know that you know the Lord, right? 45:34 If I say, I know, Cynthia. 45:39 I could be just making that statement. 45:42 But Cynthia might say, "I don't know him." 45:46 So how I know that I know Cynthia as people would, 45:48 "How do you know Cynthia?" 45:50 Well, her husband is and our children's names are 45:53 and she's a member of my church, 45:55 and she's always at prayer meeting, we talk. 45:57 I give enough evidences, but then she said, 45:59 "Well, I know him." 46:02 There is a connection on both sides. 46:05 Look at what the Lord says. 46:07 You must know that you know Christ. 46:09 Don't leave that up to your works. 46:11 Here's how you know you know Him. 46:13 Verse 3. 46:14 Now, 46:16 by this, we know that we know Him. 46:21 If we do what? Keep... 46:24 If we do what, come on speak, if we do what? 46:26 Keep His commandments. 46:28 Check verse 4 even more concentrated. 46:32 He who says, "I know Him 46:34 and does not keep His commandments is a," what? 46:37 "Liar, and the truth is not in him. 46:40 Bulletin. 46:44 That's a powerful text. 46:45 And don't get upset at me. 46:47 I'm just repeating what the Word of God says. 46:49 So there are a lot of preachers that say, I know God, 46:52 I ain't keeping those commandments 46:53 because they've been nailed to the cross. 46:55 Lord didn't say that. 46:57 He didn't say, "They got nailed to the cross." 46:58 He said, "This is Your responsibility." 47:01 1 Corinthians 7:19. 47:04 Go there with me, 1 Corinthians 7:19. 47:07 1 Corinthians 7:19. 47:10 Okay. 47:11 It's amazing. 47:13 It's amazing what the Bible can communicate. 47:18 Because the Jews had the same problem. 47:20 They said, "You've got to be circumcised 47:22 to be saved." 47:23 And there's some people that will say 47:25 because you keep the commandments, 47:26 you believe in, you know, keeping all the laws. 47:28 That's not true. 47:29 The circumcision law done away with, 47:31 the Lord wants a heart that has been circumcised, 47:35 remove the fleshy and allow the spiritual rain. 47:38 Look at what the Lord said to the Jews 47:39 through the Apostle Paul. 47:41 He said, "Circumcision is nothing 47:43 and uncircumcision is nothing, 47:45 but keeping the Commandments of God 47:47 is what matters. 47:49 Amen? 47:50 So are you about all those side things, 47:53 but what matters is keeping the commandments of God. 47:56 So when you say you know God, 47:58 "If you love me," finish it with me now, 48:00 "keep My Commandments." 48:01 John 14:15. 48:03 Let's go to question number six. 48:05 Question number six. 48:07 Question number six. 48:10 All right, and I did, 48:12 we did answer number five, didn't we? 48:13 Okay, number six, here we go. 48:15 How else does the Bible describe 48:19 God's judgments on the wicked? 48:21 How else does the Bible describe that? 48:24 How else does the Bible describe that? 48:26 2 Thessalonians 2:8 48:29 is where we are headed right now. 48:32 2 Thessalonians 2:8. 48:36 Okay. 48:39 And the Bible reads as follows. 48:40 So the Bible reveals, 48:43 "And then the lawless one will be revealed, 48:49 whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth, 48:54 and destroy with the," what? 48:57 "Brightness of His coming." 49:00 So, the answer. 49:02 How else is the Bible describe God's judgment on the wicked?" 49:05 They will be destroyed with the," what? 49:07 "Brightness of His coming." 49:08 And let me give you a bulletin, they know that. 49:11 You know, I know they know that. 49:13 Go to Revelation Chapter 6. 49:15 You know how they know? 49:16 You know how I know 49:17 they know that something good is not about to happen, 49:20 or something bad is about to happen. 49:22 Go to Revelation chapter 6. 49:26 Their reaction tells me they know they're in trouble. 49:30 Revelation Chapter 6, Revelation Chapter 6. 49:34 Here it is. 49:36 Revelation 6:14. 49:43 "Then the sky receded as a scroll 49:47 when it is," what? 49:49 "Rolled up or rolled together, 49:51 and every mountain and island was moved out of its place, 49:58 and the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, 50:02 the commanders, the mighty men, 50:05 every slave and every free man." 50:07 What did they do? 50:09 You don't hide 50:10 when something good is about to happen. 50:13 They hid themselves in the caves 50:16 and in the rocks of the mountains. 50:18 You know why they hide 50:20 because they have Adam's nature before he repented. 50:24 Come on. 50:25 He hid, he heard God's voice and he hid 50:28 because he knew he was naked. 50:30 They hide because they are naked, 50:32 they don't have the garment of righteousness. 50:35 And what did they say? Verse 16. 50:37 And they said, to the mountains and the rocks, 50:40 you know, when you know you're in trouble, 50:41 you start talking to things that can't talk back. 50:46 Fall on us, they say, 50:49 "Hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne 50:52 and from the wrath of the Lamb,' 50:53 for great day of his wrath has come and," what? 50:56 "Who is able to stand.' 50:59 "When you know you're in trouble, 51:00 you start talking to things that can't talk back. 51:03 And that's what happens here. 51:04 They are so out of their mind, so beside themselves 51:06 that they know that they are about to be visited 51:08 with the judgments of God. 51:10 And they're talking to the mountains and the rocks, 51:11 hide us. 51:13 But what they don't know is that the coming of the Lord, 51:16 every valley shall be exalted. 51:18 You can't say you're not able to see it. 51:20 And every mountain shall be laid low. 51:22 God is going to make the plane visible 51:25 for every iris see His soon return. 51:28 There's some beautiful mountains 51:30 in upper Northwest. 51:31 My wife and I were driving up there in Columbia, 51:34 on the west coast of Canada, British Columbia. 51:38 Oh, you got to go up there, the mountains are gorgeous, 51:41 beautiful, so beautiful. 51:43 We were driving down the... 51:44 I don't know what highway it was, but it was just, 51:46 the mountains were so large and so beautiful. 51:48 We had to pull off the road, of course, to take a picture. 51:51 You can't take a picture. You got to feel it. 51:54 We stood out there and just 51:56 looked at these mountains just folding over themselves, 51:59 it seemed like three or four layers, 52:01 just folding over. 52:03 And then in the center in the far distance, 52:05 we saw snow capped peak with clouds, 52:07 just lapping the surface of those mountains. 52:10 And we looked at that and thought, 52:13 "Man, the Lord just said, 52:16 when He comes back, every island and mountain 52:20 shall be moved out of its place." 52:23 What a day it's going to be? 52:24 There'll be no place to hide, 52:25 and they're going to be looking at those big mountains 52:27 in fall on us. 52:28 Lord says, not today. 52:31 Every eye will see Him. 52:34 It's amazing how much you can get out of a lesson. 52:37 It's amazing. Question number seven. 52:39 Is that where we're going? 52:40 Number seven. 52:42 How else does the Bible describe 52:43 God's judgment on the wicked? 52:45 We answered that, didn't we? 52:47 Number seven, here it is. 52:51 What happens to the living wicked 52:53 that are destroyed at the Second Coming? 52:56 What happens to them? 52:57 What happens to them? 53:00 Jeremiah 25:33. 53:04 Jeremiah 25:33. 53:10 Okay. 53:13 Here's what we read in God's Word. 53:17 "And at that day, 53:18 the slain of the Lord shall be," 53:22 just got to picture this, "from one end of the earth 53:26 even to the other end of the earth." 53:29 Can you imagine that? 53:31 We're talking about Holocaust. 53:34 And it says, the next verse, continuing in verse 33, 53:38 "They shall not be lamented," 53:41 that means nobody's going to be mourning, 53:43 or gathered, or buried, buried, "they shall become," what? 53:48 "Refuse on the ground." 53:50 You know why? 53:51 Because the funeral parlor, the funeral director himself 53:54 will either be in one of the other categories. 53:57 There're not gonna be funeral parlors around, 53:59 saying, oh, we got business. 54:02 Look at all these corpses. 54:04 No, that funeral director would either be righteous 54:06 or he'll be one of the corpses himself. 54:09 There'll be no funeral homes, everything will be broken down. 54:12 The Bible makes it clear in Jeremiah 4, 54:14 we will see that next week. 54:16 The city is going to be broken down 54:19 at the presence of the Lord and by His fierce anger. 54:22 This earth is going to be one mess. 54:26 God is coming to gather His saints out of this. 54:29 And the reason why He's doing that, 54:31 He's going to reconstruct the earth. 54:34 He's gonna, that's a demolition job. 54:37 He's is in trouble. 54:39 People are gonna say, man, he's really upset. 54:40 No, God's getting the earth ready for His saints. 54:43 He's got to get rid of all the stuff men build. 54:46 So on the clay and the ashes of the former. 54:51 Well, God built a new heaven and the new earth 54:54 where only righteousness can be found. 54:56 So the answer to number seven is 54:58 what happens to the living wicked 55:00 that are destroyed at the Second Coming." 55:02 They are, just they lay on the ground 55:05 wherever they fall. 55:06 Just like in the flood, did you know that? 55:09 When people died in the flood, 55:11 there were no funerals during the flood. 55:15 That's why, that's why Luke asked the question. 55:17 When the Lord talks about, 55:19 one shall be taken, one shall be left, 55:21 one shall be in the field, one shall be taken, 55:23 one shall be left, 55:24 the one taken is taken away in destruction 55:26 because the Bible says, in Noah's day the flood came 55:28 and took them all away. 55:31 So also and then Luke ask 55:33 in Luke Chapter 17, I think it's verse 23. 55:35 He says, he said, "Where Lord?" 55:39 And the Lord said, 55:40 "Wherever the eagles are together, 55:42 that's where you're going to find them." 55:48 Let's just determined by God's grace 55:49 to not have eagles eat on us. 55:52 We're going to go to the marriage supper 55:53 of the Lamb. 55:55 We are not going to be 55:56 the marriage supper of the Lamb. 55:58 Wow, wow. 55:59 What a humbling subject. 56:01 Let's see if we get one more. 56:02 Number eight, number eight. 56:04 And next week we'll start on a new page. 56:06 So we'll probably wind up, we just have enough I think. 56:10 Can the unsafe still be saved at the Second Coming? 56:15 Can the unsaved still be saved at the Second Coming? 56:18 So much for this idea about the second chance theology, 56:21 there is no secret rapture, there is no next plane. 56:24 After that one takes off, that's it. 56:28 Revelation 22:11, let's go there 56:30 because we don't have a ton of time. 56:32 Here it is. 56:34 This is the declaration. 56:35 "He who is unjust," what? 56:37 "Let him be unjust still, he is," what? 56:39 "Filthy, let him be filthy still, 56:41 he who is righteous, let him be," what? 56:43 "Righteous still, he who is holy, 56:45 let him be," what? 56:46 "Holy still." 56:48 And the next verse, "And behold, I am coming," how? 56:51 "Quickly, 56:53 and My reward is with Me, to give to," how many? 56:58 "Every one," where as the King James, 57:00 "every man, according to his works." 57:04 So, my brothers and sisters, tonight, 57:06 we're laying the foundation. 57:07 We're going to outline 57:09 question number nine and number ten. 57:10 Starting on next Wednesday, God willing, 57:13 but keep this in mind, 57:14 the opportunities to accept the Lord 57:16 and to be in the first resurrection 57:18 should you die or to meet the Lord in peace, 57:21 should you have the blessing of living until Jesus comes. 57:24 It is in giving your heart and your life to Jesus Christ. 57:27 Can the church say amen? 57:29 There's no better, there's no better invitation 57:31 than to come to the marriage supper of the Lamb. 57:34 There is no better joy than to meet the Lord in peace. 57:38 And so until we see you again, continue studying God's Word. 57:42 If it doesn't make sense, one day, 57:44 it will come into A Sharper Focus. 57:46 God bless you. Let us pray. |
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