Hello, friends,
welcome to another
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Wednesday night Bible
study here at A Sharper Focus.
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Thank you so much for tuning in.
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We thank you for taking the time
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to sit down
with us to go through
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the Word of God together.
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And those of us who have
gathered here in Thompsonville,
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we'll like to welcome
you with a hearty amen.
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Amen!
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Get your friends, your
family, your Bible, your pens.
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If you're
joining us from a church,
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we thank you for
taking the time to join us
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on this Wednesday night.
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And the reason why the program
is called A Sharper Focus
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is because not everything
is clearly understood.
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But the more you
study the Word of God,
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like a camera
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it eventually comes
into A Sharper Focus.
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Now we're gonna be
continuing on the study of
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"The Truth
about the Millennium."
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We'll talk about
that in just a moment,
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but before we do anything,
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let's begin with
a word of prayer.
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Let's all bow our heads.
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Heavenly Father, thank
You for the opportunity
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of opening Your Word.
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We pray that not only that
You open the pages of the book,
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but that You open our hearts.
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Tonight, Lord,
send Your Holy Spirit
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to be our teacher,
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connect us across the
globe and around the world.
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And may we be
united in understanding
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the truth as it is in Jesus.
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In Your precious name we pray.
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Amen.
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Now, we're gonna
sing our theme song.
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But before we do that,
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let me tell you how to get
a copy of the lesson tonight.
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Go to the website asf.3abn.org,
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download on the study
tab, download lesson number 25,
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The Truth about the Millennium.
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The Truth about the Millennium.
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Now we began on
this topic last time,
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and we're gonna continue tonight
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on question number eight.
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But before we do that,
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we're gonna have our theme song.
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Are you ready to sing? Amen.
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Let's sing our theme
song "Victory in Jesus."
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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 sin
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And won the victory.
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Together.
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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. Amen.
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That song has
become a popular song
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everywhere we've gone.
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Matter of fact, earlier,
latter part of last year
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when we were in New
York City, in Brooklyn,
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there to do an
evangelistic series
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like a reaping series
on the hills of NY 13.
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Their theme song
was "Victory in Jesus."
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And it so happened that night
when they began the meeting,
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it was at the Bethel
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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That night when
they began the meeting,
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they said, "Let's sing
the song 'Victory in Jesus.'"
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And somebody said,
"Do you have the words?"
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Somebody said, "Does
anyone have the words?"
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And I had on my laptop,
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I just clicked it and
there was on the screen.
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So thank you for joining us
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and thank you for praying for us
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on this particular program,
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and everything you do
for the cause of Christ
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and for this ministry
is greatly appreciated.
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Now the topic The
Truth about the Millennium.
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The Truth about the Millennium.
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First of all,
the word millennium
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is not in the Bible,
but it means mille annum.
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Mille annum 1000 years,
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annum from which we get the word
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anniversary or annual,
from that Latin word annum.
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Now the Bible talks
about 1000-year period.
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Now when we began this topic,
we talked about the things
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that are going to
begin the 1000-year period.
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What great event...
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Put on your caps tonight.
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What great event
is going to begin
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the 1000-year period,
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something we've
waited for a long time.
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The Second Coming of Jesus.
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The Second Coming of Jesus.
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Now the reason why
it's important to understand
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the topic of the
millennium is this.
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There are many inaccurate views.
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I want to say...
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Sometimes I get enthusiastic
and say there are many lives,
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but sometimes I'd like, I
need to be very diplomatic
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and very orthodox in my words.
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There are many misconceptions
about the 1000 years.
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Amen.
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What all entails
there in most of the views
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are that Jesus is
going to reign on the Earth
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during the 1000 years?
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Well, I've got
good news for you.
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Jesus is not
coming back to be with us.
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He's coming back so
that we could be with Him.
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Go with me to John Chapter 14.
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If you don't have a
Bible, we have some in our,
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our classroom upstairs,
you can get copies of that.
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But John Chapter 14.
Look at the fulfillment.
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Jesus made a powerful promise.
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John Chapter 14,
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and we all know this
practically by heart.
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It's one of those,
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"Let not your heart
be troubled" verses,
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it's like kind of
like the 2 John 3:16.
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You know, John
Chapter 14, John 3:16.
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Notice the words of Jesus.
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So this is vitally important
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'cause there's maybe
somebody watching the program
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that may be of a
persuasion or denomination
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that is getting ready for
Jesus to reign on the Earth.
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Well, He's already
had His Earthly reign.
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He's already spent
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three and a
half years down here.
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And I would guarantee you,
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He doesn't want to
spend any more time down here
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based on the way
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they treated Him the first time.
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What do you say?
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So after what they
did to me the first time,
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I am not coming
back, not to be down here.
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I'm coming back to
take you where I am.
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Here's the verses,
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"Let not your heart be troubled,
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you believe in God,
believe also in Me."
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That is you believe in the Lord,
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My Father, believe
also in Me the Son,
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"In My Father's
house are many mansions,
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if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare
a place for you."
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I do what?
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Go to prepare what?
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Place. A place.
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So if He left to
prepare a place for us,
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we are not
preparing a place for Him.
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He's preparing a place for us.
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But the reason why
there's so much preparation
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in the world to correct
the things in the Middle East
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and to establish a moral society
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and to correct all
the ills of humanity.
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You cannot pass
enough legislation
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to change the human heart.
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He's going to prepare a
place for us and get verse 4.
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Well, verse 3, it continues.
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"And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again
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and receive you to
Myself that where I am,"
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present tense,
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"there you may be also."
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And then He says in verse
4, "And where I go you know,
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and the way you know."
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And Thomas said to the Lord,
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"Well, how can we know the way."
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And Jesus said
him, "I am the way."
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See, so the way of the
Lord is in the sanctuary,
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Exodus Chapter 25,
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"The way of the Lord
is in the sanctuary."
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And you see clearly here
the Lord is not coming back
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for a fixed Earth.
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He's coming back
to get us out of here,
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so He can refurbish it.
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So He can clean it up,
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so He can prepare
it for His holy people
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so that when sin is done,
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there will be no
more sin on the Earth.
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Can you say amen to that? Amen.
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And so the idea that
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the world is in some
kind of preparatory mode,
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and we're trying to legislate
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and fix things
in the Middle East.
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That's one of the reasons why
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they've been
working for millennium.
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It almost seems like
millennia for decades.
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And I would probably
say more than 100 years
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on trying to get
peace in the Middle East.
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There'll be no
peace in the Middle East
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without the Prince of Peace.
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Amen.
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So we talked about that.
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We also talked about the
fact that when Jesus comes back,
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at the Second Coming,
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there's going to
be a resurrection.
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Now if there gonna
be two resurrections,
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which
resurrection is gonna happen
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when Jesus comes back,
the first or the second?
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The first, and the
Bible says in Revelation,
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"Blessed and holy is He
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who has part in
the first resurrection
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over such the
second death has no power."
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I wanna make this very clear.
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There are two resurrections.
How many resurrections?
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Two. And how
many deaths are there?
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Two.
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The first death is
natural, everyone dies.
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As in Adam, all die.
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1 Corinthians 15:22.
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But the second
death is only for those
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who will be
wiped out of existence,
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brought to the
point of extinction.
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Satan and his angels,
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God prepared hell for
the devil and his angels.
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God did not prepare
hell for those He created.
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But
unfortunately, the Bible says
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the lost will be as
the sands of the sea.
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Many will not accept Christ
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and share the fate
of Satan and his angels.
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But hell is not being prepared
for those that God loves.
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Hell has not been prepared
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for anyone but the
devil and his angels.
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So what we're gonna do
tonight is we're gonna go ahead
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and give you the opportunity of
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taking your time to go through
questions number one to seven,
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but tonight we're gonna begin
with question number eight.
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Just to go ahead
and dispel this idea
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that when Jesus comes
back if you are not ready,
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there is a second chance.
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There is no second chance,
the time to get ready is when?
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Now.
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Now, that's why He says,
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"Learn the
parable of the fig tree."
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If you see its
leaves begin to be tender
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and put forth
shoots, little flowers,
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like right now it's spring.
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Actually, we don't
know what it is right now
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because one minute it's spring,
next minute it's snowing,
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it's cold outside today
and what's gonna be tomorrow,
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only God knows
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what's gonna
happen in the Midwest.
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But it was 27 degrees down
in Nashville a few days ago,
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was snowing up in the northeast.
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The season is
supposed to be spring,
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but the flowers kind
of all react together.
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When the spring
begins to come right now,
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3ABNs driveway is lined
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and the trees are all budded
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with little
beautiful white flowers.
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Have you seen that?
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There's only a small space
of time to take those pictures
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because in just a few more days
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it start turning
a different color
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and then you don't see
that until the very next year.
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So the Lord says,
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"When you begin to see
these things begin to bud,
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know that the summer is coming."
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And the very
same way when you see
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wars and rumors of wars
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and all the signs of
the coming of the Lord,
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know that the end is near.
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So he says,
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if you see all
these things happening,
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you know that the end is coming.
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Get ready.
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What word he say?
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Get ready.
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So can people, can the unsaved
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still be saved at the
Second Coming of Christ?
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Let's go, begin with
question number eight.
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And go with me to the
Book of Revelation Chapter 22.
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Revelation Chapter 22.
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I'm still getting over a cold,
00:12:37.85\00:12:40.56
bronchitis I had
really bad last week.
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And I'm gonna pray that
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I won't get into a coughing fit.
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But,
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you know, I'm glad you
brought that up, my wife.
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My wife is tuned in
spiritually because right now...
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I saw a recent
article, was also on the news.
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The Pope Francis said
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that atheists can even,
even atheists can be saved,
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not by accepting Jesus,
but by doing good works.
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And I thought to myself,
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I thought they didn't believe
in salvation by works anymore.
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An atheist and I went
to the Huffington Post
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to see whether
or not this was so.
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And yes, in the Huffington
Post is a video they uploaded
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in this actual interview.
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And one person said,
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"Well,
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even atheists can be saved
if they just do good works."
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And one of the
interviewers said,
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"Are you serious?
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I mean, really,
are you serious?"
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And then the other person said,
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"Well, doesn't that make
the church more appealing?"
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And I'm trying to be vague,
but I got to be very candid.
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Doesn't that make
the Catholic Church
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sound more appealing,
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if even atheists can be
saved by just doing good works?
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And he said, "Really, really?"
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I mean, really,
he said, the problem
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with Christianity today is this.
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They want all the benefits,
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but they don't wanna do
what God says in His Word.
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And that's a
big challenge today.
00:14:06.31\00:14:07.94
But notice what's gonna
happen when the Lord comes back
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there'll be no second
chance, Revelation 22:11-12.
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Here's what the Lord says,
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this is the close
of human probation.
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Here it is.
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"He who is
unjust, let him be," what?
00:14:19.25\00:14:21.89
"Unjust still,
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he who is filthy,
let him be," what?
00:14:23.29\00:14:25.23
"Filthy still,
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he who is
righteous, let him be," what?
00:14:26.63\00:14:28.70
"Righteous still,
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he who is holy,
let him be," what?
00:14:30.10\00:14:31.73
"Holy still."
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And then the next verse,
"And behold, I am coming," how?
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"Quickly, and My
reward is with Me,
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to give to," how many?
00:14:39.14\00:14:41.04
"Everyone
according to his work."
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The reward,
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how many are
gonna receive the reward
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when Jesus comes back?
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Everyone,
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everyone is gonna be in either
the filthy and the unholy,
00:14:51.69\00:14:54.82
or the righteous
and the holy category.
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There is no third category.
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There's no wait for
the next plane to arrive.
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You don't go to any
desk in the airport and say,
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is there another
flight to heaven?
00:15:04.97\00:15:06.63
When is it arriving?
00:15:06.67\00:15:08.00
No, if you wait
for the next time
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Jesus comes back
is not a good flight.
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Believe me, it's
not gonna be good.
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So when should we get
ready for the Lord to come?
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When?
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Now, behold, now is
the acceptable time,
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behold now is
the day of salvation.
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There are people
right now that are...
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Some people are
cutting their lawn.
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Confession is hard on
the reputation, they say.
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Our yard is so large,
00:15:35.90\00:15:37.23
I didn't pick up my
leaves from last fall.
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So I still have
leaves from last fall.
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And I'm driving
around the community,
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Ralph, and I'm looking at
all these nice green lawns.
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Mine is mostly brown,
00:15:45.51\00:15:46.91
from the fall from
the leaves from last year.
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And I'm thinking,
00:15:49.78\00:15:51.11
I need to get
some kids at church
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and give them all rakes.
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Get rid of my leaves.
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I don't know where to put them.
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That's the
problem. You can tell.
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See the evidences
of what we fail to do
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will remain.
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When the season comes,
00:16:03.16\00:16:04.49
if we have
failed to do something
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at the time that we should have,
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it will be evident.
00:16:08.10\00:16:10.13
Don't fail to be ready
for the coming of the Lord,
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it will be evident.
00:16:12.43\00:16:13.97
But now let's go to
question number nine.
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Question number
nine. Here it is.
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And so the answer
to number eight is,
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can the unsafe still be
saved at the Second Coming?
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What's the answer?
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Two letters. N-O.
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N-O.
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Probation closes.
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And another good point...
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My wife is
becoming a theologian.
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I praise the Lord for that.
00:16:33.62\00:16:34.96
But, you know, she lives with me
00:16:34.99\00:16:36.32
and you cannot live with me
00:16:36.36\00:16:37.69
and not have
some of this rub off.
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Thank you, honey,
I love you very much.
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Is that a reverse compliment?
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That's terrible.
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That's terrible.
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I didn't mean to do that.
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My wife, the Lord
brought this to my wife's mind.
00:16:45.93\00:16:47.27
But she said a very good thing.
00:16:47.30\00:16:49.00
People don't get
their reward at death.
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They get their reward
when Jesus comes back.
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Amen? Amen.
00:16:54.91\00:16:56.24
There's this idea
that you get the reward
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that you go to heaven right away
00:16:57.68\00:17:00.08
or you go to hell right away.
00:17:00.12\00:17:01.48
That's not true.
00:17:01.52\00:17:02.85
That's not
supported by Scripture.
00:17:02.88\00:17:04.22
Everyone will get an assignment.
00:17:04.25\00:17:05.99
Now their reservations
are locked in at dead.
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Did you get that?
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The reservation is
locked in, unchangeable.
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You can't get baptized
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for dead people and
change their reservation.
00:17:14.26\00:17:18.33
You got to really be thinking
to know what I'm talking about.
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Because there's
some folk that believe
00:17:20.77\00:17:22.10
you can get
baptized for the dead
00:17:22.14\00:17:25.07
and change their
destination, you can't do that.
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It is appointed in
the man once to die
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and after that, the judgment.
00:17:30.95\00:17:33.45
When you're dead, case closed,
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judgment is set.
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Question number nine.
00:17:38.05\00:17:39.39
Here it is.
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What happens to Satan at
the second coming of Jesus?
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Go to Revelation.
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Revelation 20:1-3.
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Revelation 20:1-3.
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All right?
00:17:54.44\00:17:55.77
Revelation 20:1-3.
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Here it is. Here it is.
00:18:00.94\00:18:04.41
"Then I saw an angel
coming down from heaven,
00:18:04.45\00:18:10.19
having the key to
the bottomless pit
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and a great chain in his hand.
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He laid hold of the dragon,
00:18:17.63\00:18:19.89
that serpent of old,
who is the Devil and Satan,
00:18:19.93\00:18:25.10
and bound him for," how long?
00:18:25.13\00:18:27.67
"A thousand years,
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and he cast them
into the bottomless pit,
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and shut him up,
and set a seal on him,
00:18:33.01\00:18:36.68
so that he should
deceive the nations
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no more till the
thousand years were," what?
00:18:39.88\00:18:43.12
"Finished.
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But after these things
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he must be
released for a," what?
00:18:45.89\00:18:47.86
"A little while."
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Or some
translation says short seasons.
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The King James
Version says short season.
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For a short season.
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So little season,
00:18:56.13\00:18:57.47
he's gonna be
released for a little time,
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which means
00:18:59.27\00:19:00.60
we have to ask
ourselves the question.
00:19:00.64\00:19:01.97
So let's do something.
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Let me just make this
very clear before we go on.
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We often ask ourselves,
00:19:07.08\00:19:09.24
is there a chain big enough...
00:19:09.28\00:19:11.58
to handcuff Satan?
00:19:14.82\00:19:16.82
If there were,
00:19:20.26\00:19:22.06
I think the Lord
would have used it already.
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Amen.
00:19:23.69\00:19:25.03
We're gonna find out
in just a few moments,
00:19:25.06\00:19:27.50
what this chain is.
00:19:27.53\00:19:29.56
Matter of fact, I'll
just give you a hint.
00:19:29.60\00:19:31.07
And we're gonna go ahead
00:19:31.10\00:19:32.43
and see this in a
few questions to come.
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You will understand why
he Bible uses the language,
00:19:34.04\00:19:37.84
this very descriptive language
because if you look at that,
00:19:37.87\00:19:40.58
if you think of the
way that people were bound,
00:19:40.61\00:19:42.88
that language
is very synonymous.
00:19:42.91\00:19:45.08
When Daniel was
thrown in the lions' den,
00:19:45.11\00:19:47.22
there was a
seal placed over him.
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He stayed there
till the morning time.
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When the demoniac
was, he was chained up,
00:19:50.95\00:19:54.09
chains and seals
were the methods used
00:19:54.12\00:19:57.03
to restrain individuals.
00:19:57.06\00:19:59.13
So that's the language
John is using in his day
00:19:59.16\00:20:01.30
because John is a prisoner
on the island of Patmos.
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And God has given...
00:20:03.77\00:20:05.10
See how you about,
00:20:05.13\00:20:06.47
Paul and Silas
were chained in prison.
00:20:06.50\00:20:08.17
Chains are the symbols
by which people are bound.
00:20:08.20\00:20:11.51
So the Lord uses that language.
00:20:11.54\00:20:13.88
So that people could
envision he's gonna be chained.
00:20:13.91\00:20:16.44
Yes, he is.
00:20:16.48\00:20:17.81
How many of you are
afraid of pit bulls?
00:20:17.85\00:20:21.68
How many of you are
afraid of pit bulls on chains?
00:20:21.72\00:20:25.79
As long as you stay outside
of the range of that chain,
00:20:25.82\00:20:28.62
you're okay.
00:20:28.66\00:20:29.99
A good friend of ours years ago
00:20:30.03\00:20:31.36
when I was pastoring up
at Weaverville, California.
00:20:31.39\00:20:35.16
We had a deacon in our church.
00:20:35.20\00:20:36.53
He had a big goat,
one of those tall goats.
00:20:36.56\00:20:39.07
Big goat, I don't
know what they call them.
00:20:39.10\00:20:40.80
I just call them big goat.
00:20:40.84\00:20:42.17
It's not the little ones.
00:20:42.20\00:20:43.54
This is a big
goat. And it was tall.
00:20:43.57\00:20:46.44
The height, the top of the
goat was right around his waist.
00:20:46.47\00:20:49.98
And you could always
tell the goat he chained
00:20:50.01\00:20:52.05
the goat in his yard.
00:20:52.08\00:20:53.88
And you can always tell
00:20:53.92\00:20:55.55
how far to go
because the goat ate grass
00:20:55.58\00:20:58.59
and there was a perfectly
round circle from that chain
00:20:58.62\00:21:02.72
because the goat went to
the edge of the extremities.
00:21:02.76\00:21:04.53
I saw him one day go like this
00:21:04.56\00:21:05.89
trying to get his
head through the further
00:21:05.93\00:21:07.30
because he had
eaten as far as he could.
00:21:07.33\00:21:09.40
And it was a
perfectly round circle
00:21:09.43\00:21:10.97
like a crop circle.
00:21:11.00\00:21:12.70
But one day, David,
00:21:12.73\00:21:14.47
his name was David.
00:21:14.50\00:21:16.40
One day Dave,
we called him Dave.
00:21:16.44\00:21:17.87
One day Dave went out to
the yard to pick up a ball
00:21:17.91\00:21:20.81
and the ball was
unfortunately in the circle.
00:21:20.84\00:21:23.71
And he bent over
to pick up the ball
00:21:23.75\00:21:25.68
and the goat
thought he want to play.
00:21:25.71\00:21:29.75
He rammed Dave's
head, knocked him out.
00:21:29.78\00:21:33.05
When he woke up about
five or six minutes later,
00:21:33.09\00:21:35.32
the goat was
over him licking him.
00:21:35.36\00:21:37.89
The point of the matter is,
00:21:37.93\00:21:39.29
you can only go
as far as the chain
00:21:39.33\00:21:41.06
allows you to go.
00:21:41.10\00:21:42.56
You see, the chain is more
of a chain of circumstances.
00:21:42.60\00:21:46.00
But before we get to
that, so here's the answer
00:21:46.03\00:21:48.20
what happens to Satan at
the Second Coming of Jesus?
00:21:48.24\00:21:50.61
He is bound for 1000 years.
00:21:50.64\00:21:53.38
He is bound for 1000 years.
00:21:53.41\00:21:56.98
I tell you this,
Alcatraz off San Francisco.
00:21:57.01\00:21:59.21
Anybody ever been there before?
00:21:59.25\00:22:00.95
We live in
California, we went to Alcatraz.
00:22:00.98\00:22:02.55
I tell you,
00:22:02.58\00:22:03.92
if you are a prisoner
on Alcatraz, you are bound.
00:22:03.95\00:22:07.22
You could be walking
around the entire block
00:22:07.26\00:22:09.69
but you are bound
00:22:09.72\00:22:11.29
'cause you will not get off.
00:22:11.33\00:22:12.96
You are out there
and nothing is worse
00:22:12.99\00:22:16.53
for a thief
00:22:16.56\00:22:18.57
than to be in a situation
where he can't steal diddly.
00:22:18.60\00:22:22.44
Where he can't steal anything,
00:22:22.47\00:22:24.47
bound, nothing
worse for a murderer
00:22:24.51\00:22:28.78
than to be in
solitary confinement
00:22:28.81\00:22:31.51
where the only person
he can kill is himself.
00:22:31.55\00:22:35.28
You'll see in a moment
why I've emphasized that,
00:22:35.32\00:22:37.29
but let's go ahead
and look at something,
00:22:37.32\00:22:38.65
I wanna just
pause and give you a,
00:22:38.69\00:22:41.42
The Millennium Outline
to this particular point.
00:22:41.46\00:22:44.86
Go to question number 10.
00:22:44.89\00:22:46.23
We have six points
A, B, C, D, E, and F.
00:22:46.26\00:22:48.66
You're gonna fill these out.
00:22:48.70\00:22:50.63
And I gave you a hint earlier
as to what goes in Section A.
00:22:50.67\00:22:53.77
Here it is.
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.14
The Millennium Outline.
00:22:55.17\00:22:56.50
What's the first
thing that happened
00:22:56.54\00:22:57.87
when at the
beginning of millennium?
00:22:57.91\00:22:59.91
Let's say it together, what?
00:22:59.94\00:23:01.71
Jesus returns, write that down.
00:23:01.74\00:23:04.65
The first event that occurs
00:23:04.68\00:23:07.68
to begin the
millennium is Jesus returns.
00:23:07.72\00:23:12.52
Then the second
thing that happens
00:23:12.55\00:23:13.89
at the return of Jesus,
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I made a statement earlier,
00:23:15.42\00:23:17.16
say this
together, it is the what?
00:23:17.19\00:23:19.09
First resurrection.
00:23:19.13\00:23:21.20
The first resurrection,
that means, whoever died,
00:23:21.23\00:23:26.53
and was laid in
the grave, the saints.
00:23:26.57\00:23:30.11
The saints are resurrected.
00:23:30.14\00:23:31.87
All right.
00:23:31.91\00:23:33.38
Third thing that
happens is, say together,
00:23:33.41\00:23:37.08
saints caught up to meet Jesus,
00:23:37.11\00:23:40.55
which means
they did not meet him
00:23:40.58\00:23:41.92
when He died.
00:23:41.95\00:23:43.28
They did not meet
Him when they died.
00:23:43.32\00:23:45.59
They did not meet
Jesus when they die.
00:23:45.62\00:23:47.72
They meet Him
for the first time,
00:23:47.76\00:23:49.12
the living saints.
00:23:49.16\00:23:51.53
And the saints that were
dead are caught up together.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
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They're caught up to meet Jesus.
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They don't meet Him before that.
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Fourth point, they
meet him in the air.
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That's right.
00:24:03.84\00:24:05.17
And then they begin
the journey with Him back.
00:24:05.21\00:24:07.08
Fourth one, the
living wicked are destroyed,
00:24:07.11\00:24:11.38
the living wicked are destroyed.
00:24:11.41\00:24:14.58
2 Thessalonians,
00:24:14.62\00:24:16.55
"The Lord
destroys that wicked one
00:24:16.58\00:24:18.32
with the
brightness of His coming."
00:24:18.35\00:24:20.76
We talked about
this in our last topic.
00:24:20.79\00:24:23.32
They're gonna be running
for the rocks and mountains.
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"Hide from the one
who's sitting on the throne
00:24:25.53\00:24:27.66
and from the wrath of the Lamb."
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Point E and this is important.
00:24:29.83\00:24:33.97
No one left alive on earth.
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No one left alive on earth.
00:24:39.01\00:24:41.44
And I'll break that
down in just a moment.
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Thus point F is so significant.
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Satan bound together, how long?
00:24:48.92\00:24:51.92
A thousand years.
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This is very
important. And here's the point.
00:24:53.89\00:24:56.19
If no one is
left alive on earth,
00:24:56.22\00:24:59.06
and I just kind of gave
you some hints a moment ago
00:24:59.09\00:25:01.66
on Alcatraz.
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If there's somebody on Alcatraz.
00:25:03.43\00:25:05.00
Matter of fact, I read stories.
00:25:05.03\00:25:06.37
I went to Alcatraz as a visitor.
00:25:06.40\00:25:08.80
Amen.
00:25:08.84\00:25:10.17
We did the audio tour,
00:25:10.21\00:25:11.54
put our little
earphones in and walked around
00:25:11.57\00:25:13.17
and they said, you're right now
00:25:13.21\00:25:14.54
in front of a jail
cell of this famous criminal
00:25:14.58\00:25:16.41
and they had
pictures of Al Capone
00:25:16.44\00:25:17.78
and all the other
people that were there.
00:25:17.81\00:25:19.81
And they said,
00:25:19.85\00:25:21.18
"There was
nothing more tormenting
00:25:21.22\00:25:22.95
than on New Year's Eve
00:25:22.98\00:25:26.15
for prisoners in Alcatraz
to hear all the celebration
00:25:26.19\00:25:29.26
going on in San Francisco."
00:25:29.29\00:25:31.66
They can hear it.
00:25:31.69\00:25:33.90
They can hear it,
they could hear the music,
00:25:33.93\00:25:36.06
the festivities
and there they were
00:25:36.10\00:25:38.20
on the bars of their jail cell.
00:25:38.23\00:25:39.90
It was as if the
winds had carried
00:25:39.93\00:25:42.84
the sounds of
jubilee and celebration
00:25:42.87\00:25:45.77
over to Alcatraz to say to them,
00:25:45.81\00:25:48.31
you shouldn't have done it.
00:25:48.34\00:25:49.81
Amen.
00:25:49.84\00:25:52.08
Wouldn't you think that?
00:25:52.11\00:25:53.58
I mean, here it is New
Year's Eve and happy...
00:25:53.62\00:25:55.62
You hear the people
yelling, it's Happy New Year.
00:25:55.65\00:25:58.39
You're thinking yourself,
what am I doing in here?
00:25:58.42\00:26:01.06
I got in here for
stealing a pound of fish.
00:26:01.09\00:26:03.49
What am I doing in here?
00:26:03.53\00:26:04.86
I mean, you got to
be really more hardcore
00:26:04.89\00:26:07.23
than that to get into Alcatraz.
00:26:07.26\00:26:09.10
But the fact of the matter
is, no one left alive on earth,
00:26:09.13\00:26:12.90
which is the reason why
Satan is bound for 1000 years.
00:26:12.93\00:26:16.91
Now quickly, let's
go to the next question.
00:26:16.94\00:26:18.84
You'll see
exactly why he's bound.
00:26:18.87\00:26:22.41
Question number 11.
00:26:22.44\00:26:24.45
We're moving at a
good pace tonight.
00:26:24.48\00:26:26.41
Question number 11.
00:26:26.45\00:26:28.72
What happens that causes
Satan to be bound to the earth?
00:26:28.75\00:26:34.96
What happens that causes
Satan to be bound to the earth?
00:26:34.99\00:26:39.76
Now you keeping all
these points in mind,
00:26:39.79\00:26:41.33
Jesus comes, saints caught up,
00:26:41.36\00:26:44.07
first
resurrection, saints caught up,
00:26:44.10\00:26:46.57
the living wicked destroyed,
00:26:46.60\00:26:48.30
no one on the earth,
Satan bound for 1000 years.
00:26:48.34\00:26:50.97
Now, as we go to the
text in Jeremiah 4:23-26.
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We're going to see
creation in reverse.
00:26:56.98\00:27:00.02
What phrase did I just
use? Creation in reverse.
00:27:00.05\00:27:03.99
We're gonna see a world
00:27:04.02\00:27:06.39
that is like God pulled
the plug on all forms of life.
00:27:06.42\00:27:12.29
And the world
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.26
as it was when the
Lord began to create it
00:27:14.30\00:27:16.77
is in a similar condition.
00:27:16.80\00:27:18.83
Look at Jeremiah 4:23.
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And the same Hebrew word
there void is used in Jeremiah,
00:27:22.14\00:27:25.94
as it is in the Book of Genesis.
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Here's the text.
00:27:28.28\00:27:30.08
The Bible says,
00:27:30.11\00:27:31.58
"I beheld the earth,
00:27:31.61\00:27:35.22
and indeed it was," what?
00:27:35.25\00:27:38.22
"Without form, and void,
00:27:38.25\00:27:41.82
and the heavens,
they had no light.
00:27:41.86\00:27:45.29
I beheld the mountains,
and indeed they," what?
00:27:45.33\00:27:49.56
"They trembled,
00:27:49.60\00:27:51.27
and all the hills
moved back and forth."
00:27:51.30\00:27:55.67
One Bible writer says
00:27:55.70\00:27:57.04
they're gonna shake
like a reed in the wind.
00:27:57.07\00:27:59.61
"And I beheld,
and indeed," what?
00:27:59.64\00:28:02.51
"There was no man,
00:28:02.54\00:28:06.51
all the birds of
the heavens had," what?
00:28:06.55\00:28:09.78
"Fled.
00:28:09.82\00:28:11.15
I beheld, and indeed the
fruitful land was a," what?
00:28:11.19\00:28:16.42
"Wilderness,
00:28:16.46\00:28:17.93
and all its
cities were broken down
00:28:17.96\00:28:22.36
at the presence of the
Lord, and by His," what?
00:28:22.40\00:28:26.47
"Fierce anger."
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.00
Lord have mercy.
00:28:28.04\00:28:31.64
I wanna be on the first flight.
00:28:31.67\00:28:33.01
Come on, can you
say amen to that?
00:28:33.04\00:28:34.38
I wanna be on the
first flight out of here
00:28:34.41\00:28:37.45
because that is,
I saw a video on,
00:28:37.48\00:28:42.18
I think it was Discovery Channel
00:28:42.22\00:28:43.55
or History Channel.
00:28:43.59\00:28:44.92
And they played out a scenario,
00:28:44.95\00:28:46.72
they call it a
Doomsday scenario, you know,
00:28:46.76\00:28:48.46
a lot of Doomsday
Preppers right now.
00:28:48.49\00:28:50.23
Have you heard about that?
00:28:50.26\00:28:51.59
Matter fact, if
you give me a water,
00:28:51.63\00:28:52.96
I'd appreciate that.
00:28:52.99\00:28:54.33
Somebody get me
water, little dry.
00:28:54.36\00:28:55.70
The Doomsday Preppers
00:28:55.73\00:28:57.40
and they put a scenario together
00:28:57.43\00:28:59.13
to kind of envision
what the world might be like.
00:28:59.17\00:29:02.34
Thank you, mean a lot.
00:29:02.37\00:29:04.14
No advertising,
00:29:04.17\00:29:05.54
and what the
world might be like.
00:29:05.57\00:29:08.88
If in fact, there was no man,
now follow this very carefully.
00:29:08.91\00:29:12.95
They said, if all human
life, if all humanity men,
00:29:12.98\00:29:16.99
but the animals remain alive,
00:29:17.02\00:29:19.55
they said what will happen?
00:29:19.59\00:29:20.92
They said, "If no one
was around to maintain
00:29:20.96\00:29:23.79
all the utilities,
and all the bridges,
00:29:23.83\00:29:25.99
and all the things
that needed to be maintained
00:29:26.03\00:29:28.20
to refill the gas tanks
to deliver oil or propane,
00:29:28.23\00:29:31.67
they said everything
will run as it normally would,
00:29:31.70\00:29:34.10
until all forms of
sustenance runs out."
00:29:34.14\00:29:37.17
In other words, when the propane
00:29:37.21\00:29:38.54
is out of your
tank, just gonna go cold.
00:29:38.57\00:29:40.61
When the oil is
out of your tank,
00:29:40.64\00:29:45.28
it's just gonna go cold,
00:29:45.31\00:29:46.65
and they said, eventually
everything around the world
00:29:46.68\00:29:48.85
in a matter of years,
00:29:48.88\00:29:50.99
the world will be
completely still no electricity,
00:29:51.02\00:29:53.89
no light bulbs,
no natural energy,
00:29:53.92\00:29:57.23
and buildings
will begin to decay.
00:29:57.26\00:29:59.09
And then they said in
the course of 20, 30, 40,
00:29:59.13\00:30:01.50
and they play the
scenario out 100 years,
00:30:01.53\00:30:03.77
buildings will
start falling apart,
00:30:03.80\00:30:05.30
the cities wherever they
cut the lawns and the cities,
00:30:05.33\00:30:08.04
you know, like
here on highway 57,
00:30:08.07\00:30:10.37
they maintain the center divide,
00:30:10.41\00:30:12.31
but if there's no one there
to maintain the center divide,
00:30:12.34\00:30:13.84
what happens?
00:30:13.88\00:30:15.21
It grows up like trees,
00:30:15.24\00:30:16.58
all the cracks in
the highway that they...
00:30:16.61\00:30:18.15
Everything will become
00:30:18.18\00:30:19.51
and the world will
begin to fall apart.
00:30:19.55\00:30:20.98
And they said, and
this is a kind of scenario
00:30:21.02\00:30:22.78
that this is being
painted right here.
00:30:22.82\00:30:24.95
But what's even more
diabolical about this,
00:30:24.99\00:30:27.26
it says there's no man left.
00:30:27.29\00:30:29.36
Even the birds are gone.
00:30:29.39\00:30:31.46
The world is dark.
00:30:31.49\00:30:33.23
And how did it happen?
00:30:33.26\00:30:36.80
The cities were broken down
00:30:36.83\00:30:38.70
at the presence of
the Lord by His what?
00:30:38.73\00:30:42.74
Fierce anger. Wow!
00:30:42.77\00:30:45.01
When you read, the Bible says
00:30:45.04\00:30:46.37
the heavens will
depart as a scroll
00:30:46.41\00:30:47.74
when it is rolled together.
00:30:47.78\00:30:49.74
That's quite an
amazing situation.
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.88
So what happens that
causes Satan to be bound?
00:30:51.91\00:30:54.68
If you go back just a verse,
00:30:54.72\00:30:57.32
it says, "And indeed there was,"
00:30:57.35\00:31:00.82
how many men?
00:31:00.86\00:31:02.82
How many men? "No man."
00:31:02.86\00:31:04.49
So that means,
00:31:04.53\00:31:05.86
are there any
righteous people on earth?
00:31:05.89\00:31:08.06
Are there any
wicked people on earth?
00:31:08.10\00:31:10.17
Yes, but they're dead.
00:31:10.20\00:31:12.30
Just want to see
if you're listening,
00:31:12.33\00:31:13.74
they're here, but
then I walk around saying,
00:31:13.77\00:31:16.30
"Man, I just
wanna kill somebody."
00:31:16.34\00:31:18.81
Because, you know, let me just,
00:31:18.84\00:31:20.68
it sounds kind of
a flippant statement.
00:31:20.71\00:31:23.98
But when the
filthy are filthy still,
00:31:24.01\00:31:26.88
and the unrighteous
are unrighteous still,
00:31:26.92\00:31:29.38
I would suggest to you
00:31:29.42\00:31:30.75
that their hearts are
gonna be more diabolical
00:31:30.79\00:31:32.92
than the people
were in Noah's day.
00:31:32.95\00:31:35.69
Because evil has
been fully grown,
00:31:35.72\00:31:37.89
and the call of God,
00:31:37.93\00:31:40.40
every moisture of righteousness
has been evaporated,
00:31:40.43\00:31:44.63
and they are sealed
in their evil characters.
00:31:44.67\00:31:48.77
Can you imagine the
demons roaming the earth?
00:31:48.80\00:31:51.21
It didn't say that
there wouldn't be any angels.
00:31:51.24\00:31:53.41
It didn't say
there wouldn't be Satan.
00:31:53.44\00:31:55.64
So what's gonna happen
00:31:55.68\00:31:57.01
if you know the
story of Azazel the goat
00:31:57.05\00:31:59.81
that on whose
head the lot falls.
00:31:59.85\00:32:03.08
And a fit man is
to take that goat
00:32:03.12\00:32:05.09
way out into the wilderness,
and leave it out there,
00:32:05.12\00:32:07.39
and the goat
stays out there and die.
00:32:07.42\00:32:09.29
This is a symbology
00:32:09.32\00:32:11.56
that Satan will spend a
1000 years in the wilderness.
00:32:11.59\00:32:15.86
Now quickly,
00:32:15.90\00:32:17.23
what is the wilderness?
00:32:17.27\00:32:20.84
What's the wilderness?
00:32:20.87\00:32:22.74
The desolate earth.
00:32:22.77\00:32:25.27
Now let's just think about this.
00:32:25.31\00:32:26.71
Say you're the only one left.
00:32:26.74\00:32:29.18
You got any gas
station, get any gas you want.
00:32:29.21\00:32:31.31
Go to 7-Eleven, don't
have to pay for anything.
00:32:31.35\00:32:33.75
I'm gonna drive
over to California.
00:32:33.78\00:32:35.62
You can go to the car dealership
00:32:35.65\00:32:36.99
and get any car you want.
00:32:37.02\00:32:39.65
I'll drive from here
to St. Louis in a Hummer.
00:32:39.69\00:32:42.22
When I get to St.
Louis, I get a Ferrari.
00:32:42.26\00:32:44.89
You get any vehicle.
00:32:44.93\00:32:46.26
You could just go from one
end of the earth to the other.
00:32:46.29\00:32:50.10
And when you get off,
there's no one but you.
00:32:50.13\00:32:53.77
What would you feel like?
00:32:53.80\00:32:57.87
You wanna talk to somebody,
00:32:57.91\00:32:59.84
no cell phone signals,
00:32:59.87\00:33:01.44
no news broadcasts.
00:33:01.48\00:33:03.01
You be after a
certain amount of time,
00:33:06.11\00:33:08.12
you don't care about cars,
00:33:08.15\00:33:09.48
you don't care
about televisions,
00:33:09.52\00:33:10.85
you don't care about
modes of transportation,
00:33:10.89\00:33:12.22
you don't care about any food
00:33:12.25\00:33:13.59
and then the 7-Eleven or Kroger,
00:33:13.62\00:33:15.22
you just wanna talk to somebody.
00:33:15.26\00:33:17.59
What if you were,
what if somebody said?
00:33:17.63\00:33:21.50
I don't want to say
anybody's name in here,
00:33:21.53\00:33:24.20
you're gonna be experiencing
this for 1000 years,
00:33:24.23\00:33:27.70
and you can't die.
00:33:27.74\00:33:30.27
You're gonna be stuck
by yourself for 1000 years
00:33:30.31\00:33:34.54
because of your rebellion.
00:33:34.58\00:33:38.81
And in about a few more years,
there won't be any more fuel,
00:33:38.85\00:33:41.85
so the cars won't
even work any longer.
00:33:41.88\00:33:43.72
So here you are
roaming the earth
00:33:43.75\00:33:45.39
and the situation
that binds the devil
00:33:45.42\00:33:48.32
is he and his evil
angels are cut loose.
00:33:48.36\00:33:54.16
The house of all
these demonic forces
00:33:54.20\00:33:59.37
are covering the earth,
00:33:59.40\00:34:00.97
itching like an angry
dog to find somebody to tempt
00:34:01.00\00:34:05.87
and there is no man.
00:34:05.91\00:34:09.11
So Satan is bound by a chain of
00:34:09.14\00:34:11.81
what happens that causes
Satan to be bound to the earth.
00:34:11.85\00:34:15.38
Answer, a chain
of circumstances.
00:34:15.42\00:34:19.52
A chain of circumstances.
00:34:19.55\00:34:23.02
No one here and I guarantee you,
00:34:23.06\00:34:26.43
you wouldn't wanna
be the only one here.
00:34:26.46\00:34:30.33
It just came in, I've been
in two blackouts in New York,
00:34:30.37\00:34:33.34
my wife and I have,
00:34:33.37\00:34:34.77
one in...
00:34:34.80\00:34:36.40
A blackout is when all
the electricity goes off.
00:34:36.44\00:34:39.27
It's bad at night. See
if it goes over the day.
00:34:39.31\00:34:42.44
We were living in
Fairfield, California
00:34:42.48\00:34:44.08
one day when we
came home from church
00:34:44.11\00:34:45.98
and all the
electricity went off.
00:34:46.01\00:34:49.35
And we couldn't get in our house
00:34:49.38\00:34:50.72
because the garage...
00:34:50.75\00:34:52.59
So here we are,
it was summer here,
00:34:52.62\00:34:53.96
we sat on my car.
00:34:53.99\00:34:55.32
Oh man, it's like hot out here.
00:34:55.36\00:34:57.46
We just had to sit
outside on the car.
00:34:57.49\00:34:59.43
We didn't prepare for
those kinds of moments.
00:34:59.46\00:35:01.20
But after that
we found, you know,
00:35:01.23\00:35:03.70
creative ways to keep the house
00:35:03.73\00:35:05.63
give us another
way of getting in.
00:35:05.67\00:35:07.70
And, but the New
York City blackout,
00:35:07.74\00:35:10.27
the one that I
remember the most is 1977.
00:35:10.31\00:35:14.14
I was still in
the world at the time,
00:35:14.18\00:35:15.51
I was playing pool
in a billiard hall.
00:35:15.54\00:35:17.98
And it was about my
turn to make the shot
00:35:18.01\00:35:20.02
and all of a sudden
the lights went off.
00:35:20.05\00:35:21.38
And I thought my
friend had done that,
00:35:21.42\00:35:22.98
just so I could miss the shot.
00:35:23.02\00:35:24.35
And I said, "Jerry,
turn the light back on."
00:35:24.39\00:35:26.15
He said, "I didn't
turn the light off."
00:35:26.19\00:35:27.79
And I went outside, and
I saw the lights going off.
00:35:27.82\00:35:32.39
Straight down the
avenue, left, right.
00:35:32.43\00:35:35.23
And it was in a
matter of minutes.
00:35:35.26\00:35:37.83
And it seemed
like demons took over.
00:35:37.87\00:35:39.77
People were flipping over cars,
00:35:39.80\00:35:41.94
setting fires,
breaking into stores,
00:35:41.97\00:35:44.91
it's like humanity
had lost all restraint.
00:35:44.94\00:35:48.31
And here's the
point I'm trying to make,
00:35:48.34\00:35:50.51
when the light
of the glory of God
00:35:50.55\00:35:53.38
ceases to shine.
00:35:53.42\00:35:55.98
The reason why the Lord
equates darkness with evil
00:35:56.02\00:35:59.79
is because they prefer
darkness rather than light
00:35:59.82\00:36:03.06
because their deeds are evil.
00:36:03.09\00:36:05.96
When all the glory of God
is removed from the earth,
00:36:05.99\00:36:08.76
when every semblance
and representation of good
00:36:08.80\00:36:13.50
is no longer to be found,
00:36:13.54\00:36:15.14
this is gonna be
not just a void earth,
00:36:15.17\00:36:17.97
but an earth
wrapped with evil angels.
00:36:18.01\00:36:20.54
And I'll give you the number
00:36:20.58\00:36:21.91
one third that
used to be in heaven
00:36:21.94\00:36:23.51
will be down here
with Satan for 1000 years.
00:36:23.55\00:36:26.88
Wow!
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.25
Let's go to question number 12
and see how this is explained.
00:36:28.28\00:36:31.15
What a situation?
00:36:31.19\00:36:33.92
That's why the Lord's
coming to get us out of here.
00:36:33.96\00:36:36.62
He's not coming
to hang out with us.
00:36:36.66\00:36:38.09
He's coming to
get us out of here.
00:36:38.13\00:36:40.30
Because this place
has to be cleaned up
00:36:40.33\00:36:42.93
before the saints
inhabit the earth.
00:36:42.96\00:36:46.23
Question number 12.
00:36:46.27\00:36:47.60
How does the Apostle
Peter describe the chains
00:36:47.64\00:36:50.81
that bind Satan?
00:36:50.84\00:36:54.61
How does the Apostle
Peter describe the chains
00:36:54.64\00:36:57.81
that bind Satan?
00:36:57.85\00:37:00.55
2 Peter 2:4.
00:37:00.58\00:37:05.49
2 Peter 2:4.
00:37:05.52\00:37:08.56
All right.
00:37:08.59\00:37:09.92
A synopsis of the condition
00:37:13.76\00:37:17.13
that Satan is subject to.
00:37:17.17\00:37:20.07
Okay, here it is.
00:37:20.10\00:37:23.14
Here it is.
00:37:23.17\00:37:24.97
"For if God did not
spare the angels who sinned..."
00:37:25.01\00:37:29.11
Here it is,
00:37:29.14\00:37:30.48
"For if God did not
spare the angels who sinned,
00:37:30.51\00:37:34.98
but cast them down
to hell," to where?
00:37:35.02\00:37:38.65
"Hell and
delivered them into," what?
00:37:38.69\00:37:42.42
"Chains of darkness,
to be reserved for," what?
00:37:42.46\00:37:47.40
"For judgment."
00:37:47.43\00:37:48.76
Chains of darkness.
00:37:48.80\00:37:50.97
See, I used the illustration
of darkness a moment ago, why?
00:37:51.00\00:37:53.77
Because what's the chain?
00:37:53.80\00:37:56.30
What's the chain?
00:37:56.34\00:37:57.84
Circumstances,
00:37:57.87\00:37:59.21
but what also is included
in the chain of circumstances?
00:37:59.24\00:38:02.18
Darkness, Isaiah 60,
00:38:02.21\00:38:05.31
"Behold, darkness
will cover the inhabitants
00:38:05.35\00:38:08.48
and gross darkness the people.
00:38:08.52\00:38:11.39
Darkness is always
associated with judgment.
00:38:11.42\00:38:15.36
If we look at
Joel, he talks about
00:38:15.39\00:38:17.06
the day of the Lord
is a day of darkness
00:38:17.09\00:38:18.66
and gloominess, a
day of thick clouds.
00:38:18.69\00:38:22.26
Darkness.
00:38:22.30\00:38:23.63
Somebody said, if the volcano
in Yellowstone ever erupted,
00:38:23.67\00:38:30.01
Lord have mercy.
00:38:30.04\00:38:31.37
If it ever erupted, they said
00:38:31.41\00:38:32.74
there's so much
magma in that caldron.
00:38:32.77\00:38:35.24
They cannot even
estimate how much it is.
00:38:35.28\00:38:37.05
But they said it
may block out sunlight
00:38:37.08\00:38:38.91
in the eastern United
States for at least six months.
00:38:38.95\00:38:43.35
Can you imagine
being in darkness
00:38:43.39\00:38:44.72
for six months,
well, people in Alaska can
00:38:44.75\00:38:47.12
because we all go to Alaska,
00:38:47.16\00:38:49.29
but you couldn't take off
00:38:49.32\00:38:51.16
because when
those things blow up,
00:38:51.19\00:38:52.53
they go 60,000-80,000 feet.
00:38:52.56\00:38:54.86
Can you imagine the
earth wrapped in darkness,
00:38:54.90\00:38:57.43
a day of darkness
and day of thick clouds?
00:38:57.47\00:38:59.50
Now the reason I'm being
very descriptive tonight.
00:38:59.53\00:39:03.20
You right?
00:39:03.24\00:39:04.57
There was an
explosion in Europe,
00:39:04.61\00:39:05.94
then Mount
Pinatubo in the Philippines
00:39:05.97\00:39:07.54
and then so many
others that have blown up
00:39:07.58\00:39:09.51
and you see the results of that.
00:39:09.54\00:39:11.35
Mount St. Helens, we
saw that on the news.
00:39:11.38\00:39:13.85
But the point,
the reason I'm being
00:39:13.88\00:39:15.22
very
descriptive tonight is this.
00:39:15.25\00:39:17.52
I don't want to
paint the millennium
00:39:17.55\00:39:19.69
as a vacation.
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.72
I don't wanna
paint it as something
00:39:21.76\00:39:23.39
that's just gonna
be well, we'll wait.
00:39:23.43\00:39:26.09
No, it is not any circumstances
that anybody right now
00:39:26.13\00:39:30.87
has to end up in.
00:39:30.90\00:39:32.33
If you're living and alive,
00:39:32.37\00:39:33.70
you have the
opportunity of saying,
00:39:33.74\00:39:35.07
Lord Jesus, I don't
want to be in that situation.
00:39:35.10\00:39:37.11
Amen, somebody? Amen!
00:39:37.14\00:39:38.84
So the only escape is Christ.
00:39:38.87\00:39:41.51
If you know what's
coming, it makes sense.
00:39:41.54\00:39:44.08
This is not gonna be,
00:39:44.11\00:39:45.45
well, my mommy
ain't around to tell me
00:39:45.48\00:39:46.82
to turn the
television off anymore.
00:39:46.85\00:39:48.18
There's not gonna be
one of those situations.
00:39:48.22\00:39:49.65
There's not gonna be
like a stable place I want.
00:39:49.68\00:39:51.59
Oh, no, this is not gonna
be one of those situations
00:39:51.62\00:39:53.56
because I tell you what?
00:39:53.59\00:39:54.92
Even people that
get involved in evil,
00:39:54.96\00:39:57.13
you can only do evil but so long
00:39:57.16\00:39:59.63
before you get
sick and tired of evil.
00:39:59.66\00:40:02.73
I heard the young man in
Japan that play videogames
00:40:02.76\00:40:04.93
for three days.
00:40:04.97\00:40:06.80
He had to go to the
hospital, suffered vertigo,
00:40:06.84\00:40:09.94
couldn't stand up.
00:40:09.97\00:40:12.57
His mind overloaded on him
from three days of videogames,
00:40:12.61\00:40:15.68
just...
00:40:15.71\00:40:17.15
You can only do
evil but so long.
00:40:17.18\00:40:19.91
Wow!
00:40:19.95\00:40:21.28
So the chains of circumstance
00:40:21.32\00:40:22.78
and they are delivered in
these chains of circumstance
00:40:22.82\00:40:26.02
to be reserved for judgment.
00:40:26.05\00:40:27.69
Now let me just
point out something here.
00:40:27.72\00:40:29.29
This is a very important verse
00:40:29.32\00:40:30.96
because the word here hell
00:40:30.99\00:40:32.49
in 2 Peter 2:4
00:40:32.53\00:40:34.06
is the only place in the
Bible where the Greek word,
00:40:34.10\00:40:36.83
write this Greek word
down it is T-A-T-A-R-U-S,
00:40:36.87\00:40:43.14
Tatarus or Tataros.
00:40:43.17\00:40:45.14
T-A-T-A-R-U-S, very important
to understand that word,
00:40:45.17\00:40:49.78
because if the
Bible says delivered,
00:40:49.81\00:40:52.01
but cast them down to hell,
00:40:52.05\00:40:54.88
delivering them at
the chains of darkness.
00:40:54.92\00:40:57.42
So when the
angels got kicked out,
00:40:57.45\00:40:59.42
where did they
get kicked out to?
00:40:59.45\00:41:03.02
Where did they
get kicked out to?
00:41:03.06\00:41:04.43
Right, Revelation 12:9.
00:41:04.46\00:41:07.60
Go to Revelation
12:9 very quickly.
00:41:07.63\00:41:09.50
They got kicked out to
Earth, but it said to hell,
00:41:09.53\00:41:13.10
so let's find out how
they are both synonymous.
00:41:13.13\00:41:16.60
I tell you, oh, Lord.
00:41:16.64\00:41:19.91
Revelation 12:9.
00:41:19.94\00:41:22.44
They got kicked out.
00:41:22.48\00:41:23.81
It says, "They got delivered
into chains of darkness."
00:41:23.85\00:41:26.51
Bible says, "They got delivered
and kicked out to earth."
00:41:26.55\00:41:28.45
Notice what it
says, Revelation 12:9.
00:41:28.48\00:41:31.12
"So the great
dragon was cast out,"
00:41:31.15\00:41:33.56
says that, right,
see, but cast them down.
00:41:33.59\00:41:36.22
But the great dragon was
cast out Revelation 12:9,
00:41:36.26\00:41:39.76
"that serpent of old,
called the Devil and Satan,
00:41:39.79\00:41:42.16
who deceives the whole
world, he was cast to the Earth,
00:41:42.20\00:41:46.94
and his angels
were cast out with him."
00:41:46.97\00:41:50.11
So if he was cast to the Earth
and the Bible calls that hell.
00:41:50.14\00:41:53.78
The Greek word Tatarus
or Tataros is significant,
00:41:57.41\00:42:01.08
very important.
00:42:01.12\00:42:02.48
And let me tell you
why the Bible uses that.
00:42:02.52\00:42:04.35
There is a spiritual realm
00:42:04.39\00:42:05.89
that prevents us
from seeing good angels,
00:42:05.92\00:42:09.02
that prevents us
from seeing evil angels.
00:42:09.06\00:42:11.79
Ellen White
makes this statement,
00:42:11.83\00:42:14.40
and I'm kind of glad
00:42:14.43\00:42:15.76
that we don't have this ability.
00:42:15.80\00:42:17.13
But she says, if your eyes,
00:42:17.17\00:42:18.63
if your sight can be peeled back
00:42:18.67\00:42:20.27
to see the battle
going on for your soul.
00:42:20.30\00:42:22.90
I'm
paraphrasing, you would tremble
00:42:22.94\00:42:25.17
to know that there's
a battle over your soul.
00:42:25.21\00:42:27.48
There's a battle over your life.
00:42:27.51\00:42:29.24
If you could
see the evil angels,
00:42:29.28\00:42:33.78
you probably
pray a whole lot more
00:42:33.82\00:42:35.15
than you are praying right now.
00:42:35.18\00:42:37.22
If you can see
the demons coming,
00:42:37.25\00:42:40.29
rubbing their hands
getting ready to tempt you.
00:42:40.32\00:42:43.16
She says when
people are depressed,
00:42:43.19\00:42:44.63
that's why she says,
when people are locked in
00:42:44.66\00:42:46.70
and they close
themselves in with darkness,
00:42:46.73\00:42:49.90
she said, sing songs
00:42:49.93\00:42:52.07
because the angels cannot exist
00:42:52.10\00:42:54.34
in the place that
God is being praised.
00:42:54.37\00:42:57.07
Thus, David the
Psalmist says, the Lord inhabits
00:42:57.11\00:43:01.21
the praises of His people.
00:43:01.24\00:43:03.18
So this place, this
Satan is on the Earth,
00:43:03.21\00:43:06.25
but the place the
phrase word, the word hell here
00:43:06.28\00:43:09.55
is they are in a
spirit realm Tatarus.
00:43:09.58\00:43:13.12
And here's the good news.
00:43:13.15\00:43:14.66
God prevents them from doing
00:43:14.69\00:43:17.93
what they ultimately want to do.
00:43:17.96\00:43:20.93
Now what do you think
they ultimately want to do?
00:43:20.96\00:43:23.47
Kill us.
00:43:23.50\00:43:24.83
Amen, somebody? Amen.
00:43:24.87\00:43:26.27
Not amen for killing us,
00:43:26.30\00:43:27.64
but amen that God prevents them.
00:43:27.67\00:43:30.54
What is He holding
them with? Come on talk...
00:43:30.57\00:43:32.87
Chains, He's
limiting their activities.
00:43:32.91\00:43:37.65
So as God limits
their activity now
00:43:37.68\00:43:41.25
by chains of
darkness, we can't see him.
00:43:41.28\00:43:44.99
God is going to completely
cut off Satan's activity
00:43:45.02\00:43:48.32
by chain in the bottomless pit.
00:43:48.36\00:43:52.53
You don't have anything void.
00:43:52.56\00:43:55.30
The word there
00:43:55.33\00:43:56.67
bottomless is also a
derivative of the Greek word,
00:43:56.70\00:43:59.27
of the Hebrew word
00:43:59.30\00:44:00.64
that is used for void in Genesis
00:44:00.67\00:44:02.40
and void in Jeremiah 4:23.
00:44:02.44\00:44:05.51
So that means
there's nothing to do.
00:44:05.54\00:44:08.28
Nothing to do at all.
00:44:08.31\00:44:11.08
Let's look at
another word. Number 30.
00:44:11.11\00:44:13.55
So how does the Apostle Peter
00:44:13.58\00:44:15.22
describe the
chains that bind Satan?
00:44:15.25\00:44:17.19
Chains of darkness
00:44:17.22\00:44:19.72
and you want to add
there, spiritual realm.
00:44:19.75\00:44:22.69
We can't see them,
00:44:22.72\00:44:25.09
but I could
guarantee you some of you sense
00:44:25.13\00:44:26.90
when the devil,
00:44:26.93\00:44:28.30
when the evil angels are around,
00:44:28.33\00:44:29.66
can't you tell?
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.13
You can tell when that
temptation is getting great.
00:44:31.17\00:44:33.13
Oh boy, they're around.
00:44:33.17\00:44:36.30
That's why
sometimes you got to turn that
00:44:36.34\00:44:37.71
Christian music
on nice and loud.
00:44:37.74\00:44:41.34
And they'll be about
ready to knock on the door
00:44:41.38\00:44:43.01
and they just
turn and walk away.
00:44:43.04\00:44:46.08
How does the Apostle
Jude describe Satan's chains?
00:44:46.11\00:44:49.82
Go to Jude verse
6, only one chapter.
00:44:49.85\00:44:53.22
Okay. Jude.
00:44:53.25\00:44:57.26
How does the Apostle
Jude describe Satan's chains?
00:44:57.29\00:45:00.70
Okay, that's right.
00:45:00.73\00:45:02.83
There you go.
00:45:02.86\00:45:04.20
Here it is. Jude verse 6 only.
00:45:04.23\00:45:06.70
You got to say chapter 1
00:45:06.74\00:45:08.07
because there's only
one chapter, but here it is.
00:45:08.10\00:45:10.31
"And the angels
00:45:10.34\00:45:11.84
who did not keep
their proper domain,"
00:45:11.87\00:45:16.61
see where they are now
is what God never intent,
00:45:16.64\00:45:19.01
it's not proper for you.
00:45:19.05\00:45:20.75
You're not supposed to be here.
00:45:20.78\00:45:22.58
But they chose not to
keep their proper domain,
00:45:22.62\00:45:25.15
"but left their own
abode, He has reserved," how?
00:45:25.19\00:45:30.23
"In everlasting
chains under darkness
00:45:30.26\00:45:34.90
for the judgment
of the great day."
00:45:34.93\00:45:38.83
That's what's gonna happen
during the thousand years.
00:45:38.87\00:45:40.84
Chains, what kind of chains?
00:45:40.87\00:45:42.90
Everlasting chains mean,
00:45:42.94\00:45:44.27
they can't change
the circumstances.
00:45:44.31\00:45:46.78
They are unable to
alter their circumstances.
00:45:46.81\00:45:51.41
And surely,
that's right. Locked in.
00:45:51.45\00:45:53.98
Let's call it this,
demonic solitary confinement.
00:45:54.02\00:46:00.12
And I can guarantee you
for a short period of time,
00:46:00.16\00:46:03.63
they're gonna be on evil turbo.
00:46:03.66\00:46:06.80
Looking for someone to tempt,
00:46:06.83\00:46:08.96
returning with there's
no one, there is no one,
00:46:09.00\00:46:11.43
there is no
one, there is no one,
00:46:11.47\00:46:13.23
roaming the Earth
like roaches, mosquitoes.
00:46:13.27\00:46:19.84
I tell you, it's gonna
be an evil side, shrieks.
00:46:19.87\00:46:24.51
That's the phrase
that was used once
00:46:24.55\00:46:25.91
Ellen White
talked about the demons
00:46:25.95\00:46:27.28
when they came out
of a demoniac, shrieks.
00:46:27.32\00:46:31.99
The Earth is gonna be wrapped
in that kind of circumstance.
00:46:32.02\00:46:35.52
How does the Apostle
Jude describe Satan's chains?
00:46:35.56\00:46:38.43
What we call them,
everlasting chains of darkness
00:46:38.46\00:46:43.70
reserved for the
judgment of the great day.
00:46:43.73\00:46:48.24
You know, what the judgment is?
00:46:48.27\00:46:49.80
When the 1000 years are done.
00:46:49.84\00:46:53.41
And let me tell you,
00:46:53.44\00:46:55.28
do you think the
devil doesn't know?
00:46:55.31\00:46:57.41
He knows.
00:46:57.45\00:46:58.78
You read
Revelation, the Bible says,
00:46:58.81\00:47:00.32
he knows that he
has but a short time.
00:47:00.35\00:47:03.18
He knows.
00:47:03.22\00:47:04.55
That's why he's coming
down unto us with great wrath.
00:47:04.59\00:47:07.09
He knows he has a short
time. Now here's the point.
00:47:07.12\00:47:09.96
Why is he come down
unto us with great wrath
00:47:09.99\00:47:12.79
if they were going to
be people on the Earth
00:47:12.83\00:47:15.50
during the 1000 years to tempt,
00:47:15.53\00:47:17.13
he would at least
have 1000 more years.
00:47:17.17\00:47:19.97
But he doesn't, he knows.
00:47:20.00\00:47:21.77
Some churches are teaching stuff
00:47:21.80\00:47:23.14
that the devil know is not true.
00:47:23.17\00:47:27.04
The devil say, "Ah,
excuse me, Pastor so and so,
00:47:27.08\00:47:33.62
there ain't gonna
be anybody down here.
00:47:33.65\00:47:35.12
That's why I'm
really angry right now.
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.52
That's why my wrath is great."
00:47:37.55\00:47:40.06
Because there will
be no one down here.
00:47:40.09\00:47:42.42
Wow. Wow.
00:47:42.46\00:47:44.26
Quite, quite, quite
eye opening, isn't it?
00:47:44.29\00:47:47.33
Okay, question number 14.
00:47:47.36\00:47:49.86
Question number 14.
00:47:49.90\00:47:54.54
What are the saints assigned
to do during the millennium?
00:47:54.57\00:47:59.57
If we don't finish it
tonight, we'll get to next week.
00:47:59.61\00:48:02.04
Okay,
00:48:02.08\00:48:03.41
what are the saints assigned
to do during the millennium?
00:48:03.45\00:48:07.78
They're gonna be in heaven
00:48:07.82\00:48:09.15
where they're gonna be up there.
00:48:09.18\00:48:11.55
Okay, what are they
gonna be doing up there?
00:48:11.59\00:48:14.49
Revelation 20:4.
00:48:14.52\00:48:17.59
Revelation 20:4.
00:48:17.63\00:48:19.53
You notice tonight we have
three quick 14, 15, and 16.
00:48:19.56\00:48:22.73
But there are lots of texts.
00:48:22.76\00:48:24.97
So it's not just
three more questions,
00:48:25.00\00:48:26.43
we may not get to them
00:48:26.47\00:48:27.80
because I don't
like to fly through it.
00:48:27.84\00:48:29.77
Revelation 20:4,
here's what the Bible says.
00:48:29.80\00:48:34.08
"And I saw thrones,
and they sat on them, and,"
00:48:34.11\00:48:38.98
together, "judgment
was committed to them.
00:48:39.01\00:48:43.89
Then I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
00:48:43.92\00:48:47.16
for their witness to
Jesus and for the Word of God,
00:48:47.19\00:48:52.53
who had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
00:48:52.56\00:48:56.46
and had not received
his mark on their foreheads
00:48:56.50\00:48:59.90
or on their hands.
00:48:59.93\00:49:01.60
And they lived and reigned
with Christ for," how long?
00:49:01.64\00:49:06.61
"A thousand years."
00:49:06.64\00:49:08.78
So just very quickly,
00:49:08.81\00:49:12.01
what are the saints assigned
to do during the judgment?
00:49:12.05\00:49:16.99
Okay, judgment
was committed to them.
00:49:17.02\00:49:21.99
Now who do you think
00:49:22.02\00:49:24.06
is the only one
that has the ability
00:49:24.09\00:49:25.89
to commit
judgment to the saints?
00:49:25.93\00:49:27.83
Jesus, for the
Father judges no one,
00:49:27.86\00:49:30.80
but has committed
all judgment to the Son.
00:49:30.83\00:49:33.27
Now, follow this very carefully.
00:49:33.30\00:49:36.37
Those who are in heaven,
00:49:36.40\00:49:38.07
and those who didn't make heaven
00:49:38.11\00:49:39.64
is because the Son has
already made His decision.
00:49:39.67\00:49:42.68
He's handed down his verdict.
00:49:42.71\00:49:44.71
Let's make it clear.
00:49:44.75\00:49:46.08
We're living in the
hour of the investigation,
00:49:46.11\00:49:48.98
the investigative judgment.
00:49:49.02\00:49:51.32
What the declaration, he
who is righteous and holy,
00:49:51.35\00:49:54.12
he who is filthy and unholy,
when that declaration is made.
00:49:54.16\00:49:57.36
That's the verdict.
00:49:57.39\00:49:59.49
So he's already
made his verdict.
00:49:59.53\00:50:01.90
But why, what
are the saints doing?
00:50:01.93\00:50:03.57
Reviewing the records of
those who didn't make it.
00:50:03.60\00:50:08.47
And at the end of
that, they will declare,
00:50:08.50\00:50:10.94
just and
righteous are thy judgments.
00:50:10.97\00:50:16.51
Just and true are thy judgments
00:50:16.54\00:50:19.01
'cause I'd be
very honest with you.
00:50:19.05\00:50:21.82
There is gonna be a period where
00:50:21.85\00:50:26.62
I can't get all the details,
00:50:26.65\00:50:27.99
but let me just
kind of break it down.
00:50:28.02\00:50:29.36
And I know we're not going
to get to all the questions,
00:50:29.39\00:50:30.73
but I think it's important
to break it down tonight.
00:50:30.76\00:50:32.93
When we make it to heaven,
00:50:32.96\00:50:36.16
we're gonna be so happy
00:50:36.20\00:50:37.77
when we see our
loved ones there.
00:50:37.80\00:50:40.20
When they make it with us,
00:50:40.24\00:50:42.77
we're going to be so happy when,
00:50:42.80\00:50:44.17
honey, you made it.
00:50:44.21\00:50:45.54
Yes, Johnny made
it. Praise the Lord.
00:50:45.57\00:50:48.31
But when you get there,
00:50:48.34\00:50:52.28
where's so and so.
00:50:52.31\00:50:58.92
And you look around
for maybe 200 years.
00:50:58.95\00:51:01.99
And you haven't
found him yet, or her yet.
00:51:02.02\00:51:05.36
What happened to so and so?
00:51:05.39\00:51:09.13
Check out the records.
00:51:09.16\00:51:10.93
They were not allowed to come.
00:51:10.97\00:51:14.34
Can I see?
00:51:14.37\00:51:15.70
Can I see their DVD,
00:51:15.74\00:51:18.17
their divine
video disc, can I see?
00:51:18.21\00:51:22.11
And you'll see every attempt
00:51:22.14\00:51:24.78
that was made
for them to be saved.
00:51:24.81\00:51:28.95
You see every appeal.
00:51:28.98\00:51:30.85
You see every sermon appeal,
00:51:30.89\00:51:33.02
you see every track ever
delivered to their house.
00:51:33.05\00:51:35.52
You see every
attempt that the Holy Spirit
00:51:35.56\00:51:37.76
has spoken to
that person's heart.
00:51:37.79\00:51:40.40
And then you'll see the
final and ultimate rejection
00:51:40.43\00:51:43.33
of all of God's
attempts and mercy
00:51:43.37\00:51:45.23
to save that individual.
00:51:45.27\00:51:47.70
And then you say, with tears,
00:51:47.74\00:51:50.57
I believe because God's
gonna wipe away the tears
00:51:50.61\00:51:53.17
at the end of the 1000 years.
00:51:53.21\00:51:54.84
I guarantee you there
gonna be a whole lot of tears
00:51:54.88\00:51:56.58
in the kingdom.
00:51:56.61\00:51:58.41
I have no verification to that,
00:51:58.45\00:52:00.92
but the wiping away of the tears
00:52:00.95\00:52:03.02
is at the end of the 1000 years.
00:52:03.05\00:52:06.52
There gonna be a lot of people
00:52:06.55\00:52:09.12
as they read the record of
somebody who didn't make it.
00:52:09.16\00:52:13.03
Father, mothers, fathers,
cousins, uncles, friends.
00:52:13.06\00:52:17.17
And you'll see the
Bible study that you have.
00:52:17.20\00:52:20.14
Do you want to accept Christ?
00:52:20.17\00:52:21.94
No, I got a party tonight.
00:52:21.97\00:52:24.01
I got lots of things to do,
I appreciate the Bible study,
00:52:24.04\00:52:27.24
but see you later.
00:52:27.28\00:52:28.74
And you remember
00:52:28.78\00:52:30.11
that was the last see you later.
00:52:30.15\00:52:31.91
I'm only gonna do one more
time and they don't survive.
00:52:31.95\00:52:35.75
There's a song written
years ago called "Tomorrow,"
00:52:35.78\00:52:38.25
who promised you tomorrow?
00:52:38.29\00:52:40.36
Choose the Lord today.
00:52:40.39\00:52:41.72
We sing that in
Heritage Singers years ago.
00:52:41.76\00:52:43.86
So this is the millennium.
This is a sobering topic.
00:52:43.89\00:52:47.80
It's not just something that...
00:52:47.83\00:52:49.16
I don't wanna just inform people
00:52:49.20\00:52:50.70
about the truth
about the millennium,
00:52:50.73\00:52:53.77
but I wanna awaken
within you the sober reality
00:52:53.80\00:52:56.71
that what's coming
is the day of rejoicing,
00:52:56.74\00:53:00.71
and a day of gnashing,
and wailing, and weeping.
00:53:00.74\00:53:04.95
And you don't wanna be
00:53:04.98\00:53:06.31
on the weeping and
gnashing and wailing,
00:53:06.35\00:53:07.68
you wanna be on the rejoicing.
00:53:07.72\00:53:09.98
You wanna be able
to say as Isaiah 25:9,
00:53:10.02\00:53:12.99
"Lo, this is our God,
we have waited for Him,
00:53:13.02\00:53:15.86
we will rejoice and be
glad in His salvation."
00:53:15.89\00:53:18.79
That's what I wanna
say, amen, anybody else?
00:53:18.83\00:53:21.63
I wanna be looking up,
00:53:21.66\00:53:23.00
I don't want to be looking
to the mountains and rocks.
00:53:23.03\00:53:25.20
I wanna be
looking at the face of Him
00:53:25.23\00:53:27.00
who sits on the throne and say,
00:53:27.04\00:53:28.47
"Praise the Lord, He
has come to save us."
00:53:28.50\00:53:31.34
That's the beauty
of the millennium.
00:53:31.37\00:53:33.11
And it's going to be the
line in the sand for two groups.
00:53:33.14\00:53:37.81
You cannot go, you can go.
00:53:37.85\00:53:40.52
Let's go to the next one.
00:53:40.55\00:53:41.88
So the saints will be
given the job of committing.
00:53:41.92\00:53:48.29
Now here's what
I'm gonna get this
00:53:48.32\00:53:49.66
because the whole
judicial court system
00:53:49.69\00:53:51.39
is set up the way that is.
00:53:51.43\00:53:53.09
When I say judicial in
the Judaic court system,
00:53:53.13\00:53:55.90
very similar to how
it is in America today.
00:53:55.93\00:53:58.90
You have the investigation.
00:53:58.93\00:54:00.90
You have the evidence presented,
00:54:00.94\00:54:02.74
the accuser of our
brethren, that's the devil,
00:54:02.77\00:54:05.01
the prosecuting attorney.
00:54:05.04\00:54:06.91
And then the Lord
covering us by His blood.
00:54:06.94\00:54:09.91
Amen.
00:54:09.94\00:54:11.38
We overcome, the
verdict is handed down,
00:54:11.41\00:54:13.55
you make it, you won't make it,
00:54:13.58\00:54:15.42
then there are
cases are decided.
00:54:15.45\00:54:16.89
And then what happens,
00:54:16.92\00:54:19.12
then there is
the sentencing phase.
00:54:19.15\00:54:22.62
And at the end of the 1000 years
00:54:22.66\00:54:24.23
is the sentencing phase.
00:54:24.26\00:54:26.56
And that's what
Revelation 22:12.
00:54:26.59\00:54:29.83
"Behold, I come quickly
and My reward is with Me
00:54:29.86\00:54:32.03
to give to everyone
according to his work."
00:54:32.07\00:54:35.60
And the saints are reviewing.
00:54:35.64\00:54:38.37
So they go over the
record of a 19-year old,
00:54:38.41\00:54:42.14
who just got
beside himself one day
00:54:42.18\00:54:44.31
and decided to go
ahead and shoot somebody
00:54:44.35\00:54:46.41
and lost his
life in a gun battle
00:54:46.45\00:54:48.28
with the police.
00:54:48.32\00:54:50.49
Record closed.
00:54:50.52\00:54:52.35
They'll review
the life of Hitler,
00:54:52.39\00:54:54.72
and these tyrants,
00:54:54.76\00:54:56.99
these lone rangers
00:54:57.03\00:54:58.36
that have
persecuted and killed people.
00:54:58.39\00:55:00.03
Let me tell you,
00:55:00.06\00:55:01.66
the judgment for
them will be far greater
00:55:01.70\00:55:04.10
than for that 19-year
old according to their works.
00:55:04.13\00:55:09.00
That's why the Lord is
committing to the saints.
00:55:09.04\00:55:10.94
And when God has decided
what that judgment is gonna be,
00:55:10.97\00:55:13.14
the saints gonna
say, Lord, you're right.
00:55:13.17\00:55:15.34
I cannot argue
with your verdict.
00:55:15.38\00:55:17.58
That's why the sentencing phase
everybody that was involved
00:55:17.61\00:55:20.55
in the investigation
00:55:20.58\00:55:22.28
and the
evidentiary phase is there
00:55:22.32\00:55:25.99
for the sentencing phase.
00:55:26.02\00:55:27.39
So they can see that the judge
00:55:27.42\00:55:29.72
according to
Penal Code Section C,
00:55:29.76\00:55:33.26
we now sentence you to...
00:55:33.29\00:55:37.63
That's what is really happening.
00:55:37.67\00:55:39.20
That's the end of the judgment.
00:55:39.23\00:55:41.54
Look at 1 Corinthians Chapter 6.
00:55:41.57\00:55:44.74
1 Corinthians Chapter
6, it's very sobering.
00:55:44.77\00:55:47.14
It's sobering.
00:55:47.18\00:55:48.51
It tells you, "Hey,
00:55:48.54\00:55:49.94
you don't wanna miss out
on the greatest opportunity
00:55:49.98\00:55:51.68
for something frivolous
00:55:51.71\00:55:54.12
and that can't hold water today.
00:55:54.15\00:55:56.08
And the devil make
temptation looks so great."
00:55:56.12\00:55:58.92
But just there's no temptation
00:55:58.95\00:56:01.79
worth losing out on
eternity for, is it?
00:56:01.82\00:56:05.23
Paul says,
00:56:05.26\00:56:06.59
"Do you not know that the saints
00:56:06.63\00:56:07.96
will judge the world?
00:56:08.00\00:56:09.33
And if the world
will be judged by you,
00:56:09.36\00:56:12.63
are you not unworthy to
judge the smallest matters?"
00:56:12.67\00:56:16.64
Always amazed when
people say, "Don't judge me."
00:56:16.67\00:56:19.04
That's what my job
is, not to sentence you,
00:56:19.07\00:56:21.91
but to judge you.
00:56:21.94\00:56:23.28
By their fruits, you will know.
00:56:23.31\00:56:25.85
So there's an entire Book
00:56:25.88\00:56:27.35
on the Old
Testament called Judges.
00:56:27.38\00:56:29.58
Samson was a judge.
00:56:29.62\00:56:31.85
We ought to be able to
look at a person's life and say,
00:56:31.89\00:56:33.56
that's not the...
00:56:33.59\00:56:34.92
Now don't say to
them, you're going to hell.
00:56:34.96\00:56:37.29
But you could look at
a person's life and say,
00:56:37.33\00:56:38.89
"That's not the life of a person
00:56:38.93\00:56:40.30
declaring to be Christ."
00:56:40.33\00:56:41.66
That's why the
Bible says, Jesus said,
00:56:41.70\00:56:44.40
that they may
see your good works
00:56:44.43\00:56:46.30
and glorify your
Father which is in heaven.
00:56:46.33\00:56:48.47
That's why our
light should shine.
00:56:48.50\00:56:50.74
Right? That God
will be glorified.
00:56:50.77\00:56:53.04
So the saints are gonna do what?
00:56:53.07\00:56:54.41
Judge the world.
00:56:54.44\00:56:55.78
And the last
one, I may not get it.
00:56:55.81\00:56:59.98
Let me just not force it.
00:57:00.02\00:57:01.35
Let me just wait
for next week, okay?
00:57:01.38\00:57:03.35
Because we don't
have a minute or so.
00:57:03.39\00:57:04.95
But here's the point
I want to make tonight.
00:57:04.99\00:57:07.56
We are living in the day
of the investigative judgment,
00:57:07.59\00:57:09.89
say that phrase with
me, the investigative what?
00:57:09.92\00:57:12.03
Judgment, when the
investigation is done,
00:57:12.06\00:57:15.36
the verdict will be handed
down by the righteous judge,
00:57:15.40\00:57:19.30
who is who?
00:57:19.33\00:57:20.67
Jesus Christ.
00:57:20.70\00:57:22.87
So get this
picture in your mind,
00:57:22.90\00:57:24.74
the judgment is set,
and the books are open.
00:57:24.77\00:57:29.54
And when every case has been
decided for life or for death,
00:57:29.58\00:57:33.05
the verdict will be handed down.
00:57:33.08\00:57:35.65
Those of you who are watching
and listening to the program,
00:57:35.68\00:57:37.52
let me tell you tonight,
this is the day of salvation.
00:57:37.55\00:57:40.19
This is the time to turn
your life over to Christ.
00:57:40.22\00:57:44.23
The only way to be rescued
00:57:44.26\00:57:46.63
from all of this
is through Christ.
00:57:46.66\00:57:48.50
There's no other name
00:57:48.53\00:57:50.13
given among men
whereby we must be saved
00:57:50.17\00:57:53.17
than the name of Christ.
00:57:53.20\00:57:54.54
So continue studying God's Word,
00:57:54.57\00:57:56.07
give your heart to Christ,
and if it doesn't make sense,
00:57:56.10\00:57:58.44
one day His glory
00:57:58.47\00:58:00.01
will come into A Sharper Focus.
00:58:00.04\00:58:02.14
God bless you.
00:58:02.18\00:58:03.51