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Hello Friends, welcome
to another Wednesday night
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Bible Study, here at
the 3ABN Worship Center.
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This is A Sharper Focus and
thank you so much for tuning in
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and joining us
for a thoughtful hour
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in studying the Word of God.
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Can you all welcome our
audience with a hearty "Amen. "
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Audience: Amen.
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And we'd like to
encourage you to just relax,
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get your Bible, get your pen
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and we'll tell
you in just a moment
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how you can get an access...
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actually get
access to the lesson
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to follow along with us tonight,
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but we want to
thank you for your prayers
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and for all that you do
to advance the cause of God
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and for the ministry of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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but before we
have our opening song,
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we always begin
with a word of prayer
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so, bow your heads with us.
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"Our heavenly Father,
we thank you that tonight
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You are going to come into
our presence as You always do
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when we invite You Lord,
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we know that You'll send Your
Holy Spirit to be our Teacher
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and to be our Guide
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and so, bless us Lord
as our hearts are opened
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and turned toward heaven,
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we pray that our
understanding will be fruitful
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and that our hearts would
be activated by Your presence
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to follow You and to
trust You with our lives
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and this we pray in
Jesus' name, amen. "
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Now, let's begin by starting
with our theme song tonight.
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What is our theme song?
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"Victory in Jesus. "
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If you know the
song, sing along with us
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as we open our
hearts before the Lord,
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Victory in Jesus.
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Music...
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I heard an old, old story,
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How the Savior came from glory,
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me;
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I heard about His groaning,
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of His precious blood's atoning
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And I repented of my sins;
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And won the victory.
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O victory in Jesus,
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My Savior, forever.
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He sought me and bought me
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with His redeeming blood,
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He loved me ere I knew Him,
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And all my love is due Him,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleaning flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory.
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea;
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About the angels singing,
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And the old redemption story,
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory.
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Key change...
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O victory in Jesus,
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My Savior, forever.
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood;
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He loved me ere I knew Him,
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And all my love is due Him,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood.
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Amen...
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Audience: Amen.
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That song has received
recognition all over the world.
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I think I did this in the past
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but someone has sent a
request for the lyrics.
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If you go to this website,
where you can get the lyrics
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as well as the
lesson for tonight
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ASF.3abn. org
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there download lesson number 25
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which is the truth
about the Millennium
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and then, scan through
and you'll see the song lyrics
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for "Victory in Jesus. "
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Well, tonight we're
going to continue in our study
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on the Millennium...
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the Millennium... it comes
from two words, Milli... annum
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meaning 1,000... what?
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1,000 years...
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Now, this is a
very interesting topic
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in that, there are so
many misconceptions about it
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and we've been
covering in great detail
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the beginning of
the millennium...
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what's going to be
happening during the millennium
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but what I'd like
to begin with tonight
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is something very important
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because this is a
very sobering topic,
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we found out about that
last week when we studied
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how knowing about the millennium
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is more than just
understanding how it begins...
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what happens
during the millennium
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and what happens at
the end of the 1,000 years.
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The most important
message of the millennium is,
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"We want to be with
Jesus when He returns... "
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what do you say?
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We want to go back with Him,
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So... so, we are just studying,
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this is for those of us who
have given our lives to Christ,
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this is Millennium 101
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because what's going to happen
during that 1,000-year period,
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if your life is in Christ...
will not affect you negatively.
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Now, I want to begin by just
simply laying out the foundation
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go with me to
Matthew chapter 25 verse 41,
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this is not one
of the questions.
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Matthew chapter 25 verse 41
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and what I want
to make very clear
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is that... at the very
outset of the rebellion,
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God's intention was
not to destroy humanity,
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God's intention was to destroy
the devil and his angels...
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all of those who battled against
Him in the kingdom and lost.
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They were evicted from heaven
and the Lord says in His Word,
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you know...
what's amazing about this
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that when Jesus comes
there are going to be two groups
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how many groups did I say?
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Two groups... one on the right
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and one on the left...
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the sheep will be on the right
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and what's going
to be on the left?
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The goats...
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and there's a
phrase that Jesus uses here
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in Matthew
chapter 25 and verse 41,
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well, let me just go
ahead and give you the context,
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look at verse 31 first,
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just to show you the
context of Matthew chapter 25,
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verse 31, and the Bible says,
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"When the son of
man comes in His glory,
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and all the
holy angels with Him,
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then He will sit on the
throne of His... " what?
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"of His glory... "
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All nations will be
gathered before Him,
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and He will separate
them one from another,
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as a shepherd divides
his sheep from the goats. "
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Now there are going
to be two declarations,
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now we talked about
these declarations last week...
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we said, "Just and Unjust...
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righteous and filthy... "
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so there's only
Just and Unjust...
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Holy... Unholy...
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Righteous... Unrighteous...
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Clean... Filthy...
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there are only two categories.
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All those who were
holy and just and righteous
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will be among the
goat or the sheep?
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Among the goat or the sheep?
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Audience: Sheep.
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All the
righteous will be the sheep
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and so the Lord
further emphasizes
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what these two categories are.
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Look at verse 34...
just to get the first verse,
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"Then the king will say to
those on His... " say with me,
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"right hand, 'Come
you blessed of My Father,
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inherit the
kingdom prepared for you
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from the
foundation of the world... "
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so, those who are on the
right hand will inherit what?
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They will inherit the kingdom.
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They're going back to
the kingdom with Jesus
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as He says in John
chapter 14 verses 1 to 3,
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"I will come again to
receive you unto myself
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that where I am... "
that's the Kingdom...
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"there you may be also. "
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That's the kingdom...
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one day we are going
to be all in the Kingdom.
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Audience: Amen.
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Pause...
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One day, we are all
going to be in the kingdom.
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Audience: Amen.
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Not in New York...
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we're going to
all be in the Kingdom.
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That's what
we've been waiting for.
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That's not a... "Okay... "
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it's a "Hallelujah. "
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But just reserve that for
later, that's the first group.
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He's going to say,
"Come and inherit the Kingdom"
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and in 1st
Corinthians chapter 15,
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Paul says, "He will deliver
the Kingdom to the Father... "
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that means, He's not just
delivering the New Jerusalem
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but specifically,
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He's delivering all
the saints of all the ages,
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"Come, inherit the
Kingdom prepared for you
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from the
foundation of the world. "
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Pause...
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Now, I'm going to
just ask you a question
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and I want you
to think about it,
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I'll give you the
answer later on...
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if the Kingdom
was prepared for them
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from the
foundation of the world,
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what is he getting ready?
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Think about that, okay.
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Let's look at the second group,
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He says, "I go to
prepare a place for you. "
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Let's look at verse 41 now,
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the second group...
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all right...
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"Then He will also say to
those on the... " what hand?
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"left hand...
depart from me ye cursed
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into the everlasting fire
prepared for the devil and... "
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what? "and his angels. "
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Now, verse 46, the Bible says,
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"These will go away
into everlasting... " what?
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"punishment...
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but the righteous
into eternal... " what?
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"life... "
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now, everlasting punishment
not everlasting punishing.
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The results are
eternal for both groups,
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eternal life... we're
not being saved eternally,
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we are saved eternally.
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We're not being
punished eternally,
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but the punishment lasts...
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the results of the
punishment lasts eternally...
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not the process.
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The other day, I burned a
pile of leaves and brushes,
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I confessed last
week that I hadn't done so
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since the leaves
started falling last year,
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but this week...
Sunday... it was a beautiful day
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and I had cut down some bushes
in front of the lake there
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and all that in
front of the pond...
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and put them all together
and since there was no wind
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and I started my first
southern Illinois fire...
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actually Danny
Shelton helped me with it,
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and I had to
stay there with a hose
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to make sure it
didn't go anywhere else,
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because we wanted to make sure
that the fire was contained.
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When the Lord... when the Lord,
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when the Lord allows
His fire to be rained,
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it's going to be contained,
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we're going to see...
it's going to be contained,
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it's not going to
affect the righteous,
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and the fire that we're
talking about tonight...
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we'll get a clear
understanding of that,
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the fire that comes down...
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comes down at the
end of the 1,000 years,
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while the saints are here...
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we'll find out
about that more tonight,
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but, let's go ahead
and look at one more text,
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go with me to
2nd Peter chapter 3,
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2nd Peter chapter 3, all right,
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and we are going to
look at verse 9 and 10.
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Pause...
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Well, actually verse 8
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because very few places in the
Bible do you hear this phrase,
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1,000 years...
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but these are two of the places
in the Bible that you find it,
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in Revelation chapter 20
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and in 2nd Peter
chapter 3 verse 9...
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verse 8 down to verse 10.
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It's the only other place you
find 1,000 years as a phrase.
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Look at what it says in verse 8,
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"But Beloved, do not
forget this one thing,
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that with the Lord
one day is as a... " what?
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"thousand years
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and a thousand
years is as one day. "
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Now, the reason
I brought this up
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is because... do you
think that Jesus needs time?
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No He doesn't... He's eternal.
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so, the 1,000 years
is not for God's sake
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but the 1,000 years is
for the sake of the saints...
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He said He was going to
take them to the kingdom,
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they're going to spend
a 1,000 years in heaven
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before they
return back to the earth.
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So, Jesus is coming back
the first time for His saints
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and the next time He's
coming back... with His saints.
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If you get that mixed up,
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you'll think that there's
going to be a rapture of souls
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coming back from heaven.
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Don't ever get that mixed up.
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He's coming the first
time... say it with me...
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"for His saints... "
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the next
time... with His saints.
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The beginning of the
1,000 years... for the saints...
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at the end of the
1,000 years, with the saints.
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But look at the rest of the
verse... verse 9 and verse 10,
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most important...
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so that you can understand
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God is not just
rubbing His hands
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waiting to destroy folk.
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"The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise,
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as some count slackness,
but is... " together...
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"longsuffering toward us,
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not willing that
any should perish
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but that all
should come to repentance.
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But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night,
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in which the heavens will pass
away with a great noise... "
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and it will be sudden
but it won't be silent...
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"and the elements will
melt with fervent heat;
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both the earth and the
works that are therein... "
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shall be what? "Burned up. "
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Loud... affecting the
earth... and a great fire...
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but the fire that will destroy
and annihilate the wicked
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happens at the end
of the 1,000 years.
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So, let's begin tonight
with Question number 14...
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with Question Number 14...
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I'll just go
ahead and speed up here,
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for my own sake... I
kind of outlined here...
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and I've covered
quite a few of these
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but I'm just going to scoot
forward to Question number 14
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and here it is, okay,
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"What are the saints assigned
to do during the Millennium?"
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Let's go to Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 4,
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Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 4,
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see, right now, we don't
know who's going to make it
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and who's not going to make it.
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That's why it always
amazes me that when people say
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at a funeral,
"They're in heaven now... "
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I always... I want to
sometimes stand up and say,
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"Only Jesus decides that... "
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see, we don't decide based
on what we see on the outside,
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we cannot decide
who's going to be there
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and who's not going to be there,
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because God looks at the
heart, man looks at the... what?
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outward appearance.
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So, God is the only One
that makes that decision.
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Revelation 20 and verse 4,
here's what the Bible says,
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"I saw thrones,
and they sat on them,
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and judgment was
committed to them.
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Then I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
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for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God,
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who had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
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and had not received
his mark on their foreheads
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or on their hands.
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And they lived and reigned
with Christ... " how long?
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"a thousand years. "
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So, the only other
place you find a 1,000 years
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is in 2nd Peter
chapter 3 and verse 8.
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God does not need the time...
the time is for the saints.
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they will be living and reigning
with Christ a thousand years
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and I tell you,
we've only been alive
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some of us... 30
years... 40 years...
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20 years... 15 years...
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wouldn't you... wouldn't
you love being in heaven
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for a thousand years?
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Audience: Amen.
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What do you do
for a 1,000 years?
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Oh man! let's not start
putting the list together,
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because our list is going to
fall far short of what we see
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with our own eyes.
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Because eyes have not seen...
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see, usually, when
you're planning to go somewhere,
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you get on the
internet... if it's vacation...
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you kind of find out
what all the amenities are,
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what all the amusements are,
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what you can do
when you get there,
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and you kind of plan...
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"Okay, on Monday,
we're going to go fishing...
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Tuesday, we're going
to go on the rides...
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Wednesday, we're going
to go on a long bike ride
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or walk on the...
or on the pond... "
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but... but in this
case, we haven't been there
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so, whatever you plan on
doing when you get there,
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believe me, your list is
going to change drastically.
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I would suggest that the
moment you get in, you'll say,
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"Forget the list... "
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because you will...
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you will literally be
enraptured in a state of...
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and I think one of the reasons
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why we're going to
need immortality...
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I think one of the reasons
why we need to be immortal
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before we can go there
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is because, some
people will drop dead
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at the sight of
the glories of heaven,
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can you hear that?
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Because people get overwhelmed.
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People faint...
people get overwhelmed
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at things that they
have not experienced before,
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God is going to have
to give us eternal life
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because we will
pass out or pass away
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at the glory and the amazement
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of what God reveals
to those that love Him.
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You got to think
about that sometimes.
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What I like about
Revelation is, it often says,
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"I, John,
saw... " it's personal.
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You get that on Tuesday.
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Audience: Laughter.
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Okay the answer
to Number 14.8 is,
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"What are the saints assigned
to do during the judgment?"
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What do we put down?
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Participate in the judgment.
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They'll
participate in the judgment.
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Question number 4,
Revelation 20 and verse 4,
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now, let's look at another one,
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1st Corinthians
chapter 6 and verse 2,
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"They will
participate in the judgment. "
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In other words,
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they'll see that the
decisions that the Lord has made
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have been just and fair.
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They'll see that
whoever is there,
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deserves to be there,
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but actually, none of us
really deserve to be there...
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we're all there by the...
by the righteousness of Christ,
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am I right?
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we all make it
based on His goodness
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not on our goodness.
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What else will the saints do?
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1st Corinthians 6 and verse 2,
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the Bible reads,
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"Do you not know that the
saints will judge the world?
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And if the world
will be judged by you,
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are you not unworthy to
judge the smallest matters?"
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So, will the
saints judge the world?
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Yeah, the saints are
going to be participating
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in the great
white-throne judgment,
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you see, the great
white-throne judgment
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takes place at the
end of the 1,000 years...
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we'll see that
in just a moment...
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and by the way, that is
the only time in history...
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think about that... that
is the only time in history
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when everyone who
has ever been alive
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will be in one
group or the other.
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From Adam, all the way to
the whoever that last person is,
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everybody who
has ever been alive,
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will be alive at the
end of the 1,000 years.
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Wow! so, put that
again, the judgment,
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what are the
saints assigned to do?
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Involved... judging
the world exactly...
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and one more text,
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and one more text...
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1st Corinthians 6 verse 2,
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and one more text,
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Revelation chapter
20 verse 12 to verse 13,
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all right,
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all right, let me just go
there, Revelation chapter 20
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verse 12 and
verse 13, here it is,
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"I saw the dead, small and... "
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let's read that together,
"I saw the dead... " what?
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"small and great,
standing before God,
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and books were opened.
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And another book was opened,
which is the Book of Life.
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And the dead were... " what?
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"judged
according to their works,
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by the things
which were... " what?
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written in the books.
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The sea gave up the
dead who were in them... "
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keep reading...
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"and Death and Hades delivered
up the dead who were in them.
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And they were judged, each
one according to his works. "
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Now, get that,
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there was not a general
same declaration about...
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each one was judged
according to his works.
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So, depending on the
crime, thus, the punishment.
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This is something that
a lot of people don't get,
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that's why the whole
idea of eternally burning hell
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is completely out of context
with the character of God.
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Eternally burning hell means
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everybody gets
the same judgment.
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Pause...
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anywhere from the...
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I don't want to
assign anybody to hell
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so I won't make
the statement but...
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I heard a story of a
gentleman who was in court...
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yesterday or
today, I think it was...
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and he was there for a
crime he had committed...
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some murders
he'd participated in
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and he took a pencil and
lunged toward the witness
00:21:08.80\00:21:11.77
to try to stab the witness,
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and they yelled, "Stop"
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and he was continuing
trying to get to the witness...
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the defendant...
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and they unleashed three bullets
and killed him there in court,
00:21:18.57\00:21:21.74
right in his...
right at his trial...
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and the News Reporter said,
00:21:24.38\00:21:26.31
"His judgment
has just started... "
00:21:26.35\00:21:30.19
and I'm thinking, "He
doesn't even have a clue
00:21:30.22\00:21:32.89
about what he just said... "
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because the Bible says,
00:21:34.66\00:21:35.99
"It is the point
that when a man...
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it is a point that
if the man wants to die
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and after that the... " what?
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Audience: The judgment.
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That means, your case is closed,
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all the evidence
has been compiled.
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When you close
your eyes in death,
00:21:45.90\00:21:47.94
all the evidence
has been compiled,
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what is not covered
by the blood of the lamb
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will come up
against you in the judgment.
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That's why when you
go to bed at night...
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I'm not saying
that if you forget...
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God is going to say, "Oh
boy! I wish you had prayed,
00:21:59.21\00:22:02.75
if you had prayed last night,
00:22:02.78\00:22:04.12
you wouldn't be in the
judgment on the wrong side.
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see, because God looks
at the trend of your life,
00:22:06.45\00:22:08.89
not by one deed
or by one misdeed,
00:22:08.92\00:22:11.86
so, don't think that you're
saved one day and lost the other
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and saved one...
and lost the other...
00:22:14.56\00:22:15.90
but at the same time,
00:22:15.93\00:22:17.27
don't live like you're
lost today and saved tomorrow
00:22:17.30\00:22:20.27
and you get... some people
get saved on sunset on Friday,
00:22:20.30\00:22:23.27
and go back to "lost"
category on sunset on Saturday
00:22:23.54\00:22:26.91
because they
live for the weekend.
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We've got to live our
lives for Christ how often?
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every day... Paul
says, "I die daily. "
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Live... live for
the eternal aspects,
00:22:35.78\00:22:39.32
live for Christ,
00:22:39.35\00:22:40.72
not once in a
while but every day.
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Very important...
00:22:43.76\00:22:45.49
but, let's look at the last...
I think we just did that.
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so, so, Revelation 20
verse 12 and 13 points out
00:22:48.43\00:22:52.93
each one will be
judged according to his works.
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Each one judged
according to his works.
00:22:57.47\00:23:00.68
Not a general judgment.
00:23:00.71\00:23:02.54
It's not just going to be a,
"Okay, everybody in the furnace"
00:23:02.58\00:23:05.71
as morbid as that sounds,
00:23:05.75\00:23:07.95
it just kind of... it's the idea
that many people push on Christ
00:23:07.98\00:23:12.35
that make Him look like
this guy that just can't wait
00:23:12.39\00:23:15.32
to burn people up.
00:23:15.39\00:23:16.89
That's why we saw this movie
00:23:16.93\00:23:22.56
"Edward Fudge and... and... "
00:23:22.60\00:23:28.24
"Hell and Mr. Fudge"
00:23:28.27\00:23:32.54
get that video...
"Hell and Mr. Fudge"
00:23:32.57\00:23:35.58
a wonderful documentary
on how a Christian young man
00:23:35.61\00:23:39.45
discovered the truth about what
the Bible teaches about hell
00:23:39.51\00:23:42.98
he believed differently and
now he's traveling the world
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Edward William Fudge...
00:23:46.49\00:23:48.32
that book called,
"The Fire that Consumes. "
00:23:48.36\00:23:51.16
Powerful story... how it
vindicates the character of God.
00:23:51.19\00:23:54.96
You see, what a lot
of people don't realize
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.60
is, everything the Bible teaches
is about the character of God.
00:23:56.63\00:23:59.63
Right?
00:23:59.67\00:24:01.00
Everything we do is
about our character, isn't it?
00:24:01.04\00:24:04.17
Sometimes you do
something and somebody says,
00:24:04.21\00:24:06.51
"Either that's
out of your character
00:24:06.54\00:24:08.21
or you've been
hiding all this time. "
00:24:08.24\00:24:09.84
Right...
00:24:09.88\00:24:11.41
we should live in harmony
with the character of God.
00:24:11.45\00:24:14.92
Look at question number
15, question number 15...
00:24:14.95\00:24:18.35
here it is...
00:24:18.39\00:24:20.16
"What event
describes or describes
00:24:20.19\00:24:24.19
the end of the Millennium?"
00:24:24.23\00:24:26.53
The end of the Millennium...
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.76
Start by going to
Revelation chapter 20...
00:24:28.83\00:24:34.27
Revelation chapter
20 verse 7 and verse 8.
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There's one passage
I didn't put in here
00:24:38.77\00:24:43.14
but I included
it in the new page
00:24:43.21\00:24:46.08
that was
downloaded from the internet
00:24:46.11\00:24:48.95
and I.. I felt we needed that
00:24:48.98\00:24:51.15
so that people could adequately
outline the beginning...
00:24:51.19\00:24:54.46
during...
00:24:54.52\00:24:55.86
and at the end of the
Millennium... what happens then,
00:24:55.89\00:24:58.13
Revelation chapter 20
beginning with verse 7 and 8,
00:24:58.16\00:25:00.33
"What events describe
the end of the Millennium?"
00:25:00.36\00:25:02.50
Here is the first verse,
00:25:02.56\00:25:03.90
"Now when the thousand years
have expired... " or finished...
00:25:03.93\00:25:09.07
"Satan will be
released from his prison
00:25:09.10\00:25:13.04
and will go out to
deceive the nations
00:25:13.07\00:25:16.31
which are in the
four corners of the earth,
00:25:16.34\00:25:19.85
Gog and Magog, to
gather them together to battle,
00:25:19.88\00:25:25.52
whose number is as
the sand of the sea. "
00:25:25.55\00:25:30.29
And it goes on...
00:25:30.33\00:25:32.23
well, I'm going to go to
the next verse in just a moment,
00:25:32.26\00:25:35.20
we'll hold on to that one,
00:25:35.23\00:25:36.56
I'm going to go to verse
9 and 10 in just a moment
00:25:36.60\00:25:38.27
but let's look at verse 7 and 8,
00:25:38.30\00:25:40.54
so, at the end
of the 1,000 years,
00:25:40.57\00:25:42.70
what's the event
that is going to begin
00:25:42.77\00:25:46.14
the end of the thousand years?
00:25:46.17\00:25:48.08
Pause...
00:25:48.11\00:25:49.44
say it again...
00:25:49.48\00:25:50.81
Satan is
released from his prison.
00:25:50.85\00:25:54.22
Now, we've got to
get this really carefully
00:25:54.25\00:25:56.65
because you have to
understand what actually happens
00:25:56.69\00:25:59.39
to release Him from his prison.
00:25:59.42\00:26:02.99
We talked about this earlier
but I think it fits right here,
00:26:03.02\00:26:06.26
look at Revelation chapter 20,
00:26:06.29\00:26:07.86
since you're already
there, Revelation chapter 20
00:26:07.90\00:26:12.23
and I want you
to look at verse 5,
00:26:12.27\00:26:15.74
Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 5.
00:26:15.77\00:26:19.17
We talked about
that if we had continued,
00:26:19.21\00:26:21.71
we could see the context of it
00:26:21.74\00:26:23.24
but if you
missed the last lesson,
00:26:23.28\00:26:24.61
this is the context of it
00:26:24.65\00:26:25.98
because those who
were dead in Christ
00:26:26.01\00:26:28.18
rose when Jesus came,
00:26:28.22\00:26:29.55
right, remember that?
00:26:29.58\00:26:30.92
But there was another group,
00:26:30.95\00:26:32.29
look at verse 5,
00:26:32.32\00:26:33.66
"But the rest of the
dead did not live again
00:26:33.69\00:26:37.06
until the thousand
years were finished. "
00:26:37.09\00:26:40.60
So the one talked about
in verse 4... the Bible says,
00:26:40.63\00:26:43.77
"This is the first resurrection"
00:26:43.80\00:26:45.13
so the ones that are
in heaven with Christ...
00:26:45.17\00:26:47.00
that's the first resurrection,
00:26:47.04\00:26:48.37
but the rest of the
dead do not live again
00:26:48.40\00:26:50.67
until the 1,000
years are finished.
00:26:50.71\00:26:52.04
Now, I want to make
this very, very clear,
00:26:52.07\00:26:53.74
because we've got
to expunge the idea
00:26:53.78\00:26:56.75
that there are
people alive on the earth.
00:26:56.81\00:26:59.75
Did you get that?
00:26:59.78\00:27:01.68
If the living
saints are in heaven
00:27:01.72\00:27:04.72
which they
ascended when Jesus came,
00:27:04.75\00:27:07.69
the Bible says in 1st
Thessalonians chapter 4
00:27:07.72\00:27:09.92
verses 13 to 18,
00:27:09.96\00:27:11.43
"The dead in Christ rise first
00:27:11.46\00:27:13.43
then we which
are alive and remain
00:27:13.50\00:27:15.13
shall be caught up... " how?
00:27:15.16\00:27:16.50
"Together with them in
the clouds... " to do what?
00:27:16.53\00:27:19.03
"To meet the Lord in the air
00:27:19.07\00:27:21.87
and thus we shall
always be with the Lord. "
00:27:21.90\00:27:24.57
Get that now, if the
righteous are caught up
00:27:24.64\00:27:27.18
which they are...
00:27:27.21\00:27:28.78
to meet the Lord
and to go home with Him,
00:27:28.84\00:27:30.91
there's another group that
didn't even do anything yet
00:27:30.95\00:27:35.32
and that's why this verse says,
00:27:35.35\00:27:36.69
"What about the other group?"
00:27:36.72\00:27:38.75
Oh, they don't live again until
the 1,000 years are finished,
00:27:38.79\00:27:43.43
they don't live again
00:27:43.49\00:27:46.26
so they're not alive
00:27:46.29\00:27:49.00
we got to get
this... because somehow...
00:27:49.03\00:27:51.40
somebody may be
watching the program that says,
00:27:51.43\00:27:54.20
"What about the
Millennial reign on earth?"
00:27:54.24\00:27:56.97
There is no
Millennial reign on earth
00:27:57.01\00:27:59.57
that's Dispensationalism,
00:27:59.61\00:28:01.84
let's just shorten
that, that's "Sationalism. "
00:28:01.88\00:28:04.35
That's Sensationalism...
00:28:04.38\00:28:06.31
that's not true...
00:28:06.38\00:28:07.85
that was a part of the
whole "Rapture" idea...
00:28:07.88\00:28:10.75
that carried on
through from the...
00:28:10.79\00:28:12.92
from the people
getting snatched away
00:28:12.95\00:28:14.92
to the Jews
converting the world...
00:28:14.96\00:28:16.86
to then the other
opportunity to get saved
00:28:16.89\00:28:20.30
and the earthly
Millennial reign...
00:28:20.33\00:28:22.06
and there are many
sincere Christians today
00:28:22.10\00:28:24.07
that for some reason believe
00:28:24.13\00:28:26.17
they got to get the
whole world fixed up
00:28:26.20\00:28:28.24
we got to keep our
alliance and our allegiance
00:28:28.27\00:28:30.81
with the Jews in
the Middle East...
00:28:30.84\00:28:32.41
we got to make sure
that we get that ready
00:28:32.47\00:28:35.01
and reinstitute the
sacrificial system...
00:28:35.04\00:28:36.44
it's amazing what
goes on now-a-days
00:28:36.48\00:28:38.35
and what's actually taught.
00:28:38.38\00:28:39.71
We got the world
ready for Jesus to come back
00:28:39.75\00:28:41.58
and you have now-a-days,
00:28:41.62\00:28:43.39
the New-Agers are
looking for their god...
00:28:43.42\00:28:45.65
Jews are looking
for the Messiah...
00:28:45.69\00:28:47.96
let's keep going down the list,
00:28:47.99\00:28:49.89
some group is looking
for somebody to show up...
00:28:49.92\00:28:53.06
Evangelicals are
looking for Jesus to come
00:28:53.09\00:28:55.20
and walk the earth again,
00:28:55.23\00:28:56.60
it's not going to happen,
00:28:56.63\00:28:57.97
He's going to wait
for us in the air...
00:28:58.00\00:29:00.84
can somebody say "Amen" to that?
00:29:00.90\00:29:02.24
Audience: Amen.
00:29:02.27\00:29:03.61
He's not coming to
hang out with us...
00:29:03.64\00:29:04.97
we're going to live with Him.
00:29:05.01\00:29:06.41
He went to get
things ready for us.
00:29:06.44\00:29:09.61
The kingdom was ready... I
was just kind of giving you...
00:29:09.64\00:29:14.95
I was giving you
the... the question...
00:29:14.98\00:29:17.55
I gave you the question earlier
00:29:17.59\00:29:18.92
and why was this
the kingdom prepared
00:29:18.95\00:29:21.09
from the
foundation of the world?
00:29:21.12\00:29:23.36
Because from the
very beginning...
00:29:23.43\00:29:26.36
wrap your head
around this really briefly,
00:29:26.39\00:29:28.13
I want to give you a
little new nugget tonight,
00:29:28.16\00:29:29.63
before Adam and
Eve fell into sin,
00:29:29.66\00:29:32.73
the reason why God allowed the
test to come to Adam and Eve...
00:29:32.77\00:29:36.71
is because what Paul the Apostle
says in Roman 6 verse 23,
00:29:36.74\00:29:40.68
wasn't... wasn't
true when Paul said it,
00:29:40.71\00:29:43.48
but it was always true,
"The wages of sin is... " what?
00:29:43.51\00:29:47.02
"death...
00:29:47.05\00:29:48.38
but the gift of God is...
" what? "eternal life... "
00:29:48.42\00:29:50.29
if they were to pass that test,
00:29:50.32\00:29:54.22
eternal life would have
been theirs from the beginning
00:29:54.26\00:29:57.69
and then, they
would have passed on that
00:29:57.73\00:30:01.53
to all their progenitors
00:30:01.56\00:30:03.53
to all of their... to
all their posterity...
00:30:03.57\00:30:05.97
to all the people
that would come from them.
00:30:06.00\00:30:09.34
They'll receive...
generation to generation...
00:30:09.37\00:30:11.27
they would receive
the very characters
00:30:11.31\00:30:14.01
that Adam and Eve
would have maintained
00:30:14.04\00:30:17.28
and the kingdom
which was heaven...
00:30:17.35\00:30:20.32
heaven was already there,
00:30:20.35\00:30:21.92
the only difference was,
00:30:21.95\00:30:23.28
Satan and his
angels got kicked out...
00:30:23.32\00:30:24.79
the kingdom was already there,
00:30:24.82\00:30:26.55
so, what's the difference now?
00:30:26.59\00:30:28.26
what's the...
what is He preparing?
00:30:28.29\00:30:30.86
What's He preparing?
00:30:30.89\00:30:32.86
You want to see it?
00:30:32.89\00:30:34.53
You want to see it? Okay,
go with me to Revelation..
00:30:34.56\00:30:36.80
since you guys are
sitting there with your eyes...
00:30:36.83\00:30:39.03
your eyes are
falling all over the place,
00:30:39.07\00:30:40.64
okay, ah...
oooh... I tell you...
00:30:40.67\00:30:44.71
okay, let's go to... huh...
00:30:44.74\00:30:49.81
there's so many...
00:30:49.84\00:30:51.41
okay, "Blessed are the
dead... " here it is...
00:30:51.45\00:30:53.42
go to Revelation chapter 16...
00:30:53.45\00:30:56.28
pause...
00:30:56.32\00:31:00.99
actually Revelation
chapter 19, this is the one...
00:31:01.02\00:31:04.53
Revelation chapter 19...
00:31:04.56\00:31:06.09
there are seven
blessings in Revelation
00:31:06.13\00:31:08.66
that most people don't see,
00:31:08.70\00:31:10.03
but there's a blessing that
God... there's a blessing...
00:31:10.07\00:31:13.90
Revelation chapter
19, look at verse 7...
00:31:13.94\00:31:17.24
we're going to go to verse 9,
00:31:17.31\00:31:18.94
all right, "Let us
be glad and rejoice
00:31:18.97\00:31:23.31
and give Him glory, for the...
00:31:23.35\00:31:27.18
for the... " say
the word, "for the...
00:31:27.22\00:31:31.39
marriage of the Lamb has come,
00:31:31.45\00:31:33.89
and His wife has
made herself ready. "
00:31:33.92\00:31:36.29
Okay, why wait for the... if
the kingdom is already there,
00:31:36.32\00:31:41.53
what's getting ready?
00:31:41.56\00:31:42.93
What's... what's being prepared?
00:31:42.96\00:31:44.83
Come on, say it
again, "The Wedding... "
00:31:44.87\00:31:48.57
The Wedding...
00:31:48.60\00:31:50.04
The Wedding,
00:31:50.07\00:31:51.47
this bride that fell away...
00:31:51.51\00:31:53.21
there's going to
be an eternal wedding.
00:31:53.24\00:31:56.04
He's gonna...
00:31:56.08\00:31:57.41
He's going to
declare before the world,
00:31:57.45\00:32:00.55
"This is my
bride... here she is...
00:32:00.58\00:32:03.22
the redeemed host
of all the ages...
00:32:03.25\00:32:05.82
this is my bride...
00:32:05.85\00:32:07.69
this is my bride.
00:32:07.72\00:32:09.49
Now, we know the New Jerusalem
is declared to be the bride
00:32:09.52\00:32:13.06
as Revelation says clearly
00:32:13.09\00:32:14.66
but what good is the city
without people living in it?
00:32:14.70\00:32:17.80
So, when the kingdom
is delivered to the Lord,
00:32:17.83\00:32:20.80
let's look further on...
00:32:20.84\00:32:22.17
look what it says in verse 8:
00:32:22.20\00:32:23.54
And to her was granted
to be arrayed in fine linen,
00:32:23.57\00:32:27.84
clean and bright,
00:32:27.88\00:32:29.34
for the fine linen is the
righteous acts of the saints.
00:32:29.41\00:32:33.85
Then he said to me, "Write... "
00:32:33.92\00:32:35.72
Here's been
what's getting ready...
00:32:35.75\00:32:37.49
"Blessed are those who
are called to the... " what?
00:32:37.52\00:32:40.39
"marriage supper of the Lamb!"
00:32:40.42\00:32:43.26
And he said to me,
00:32:43.29\00:32:44.76
'These are the
true sayings of God. '"
00:32:44.79\00:32:48.10
We are all invited
to not only the wedding
00:32:48.13\00:32:51.17
but the marriage supper.
00:32:51.20\00:32:52.87
Not too long ago,
Mike and Celestine...
00:32:52.90\00:32:56.67
you know... ah...
declared their love of...
00:32:56.71\00:33:00.38
after 15 years they re-dedicated
their hearts to each other
00:33:00.41\00:33:03.95
in marriage and we
had some great food...
00:33:03.98\00:33:06.01
Filipino food to be exact
00:33:06.05\00:33:08.28
it was good... but
there was a ceremony
00:33:08.35\00:33:11.02
and there was a supper...
00:33:11.05\00:33:12.39
so, the Lord is
preparing a great banquet feast
00:33:12.42\00:33:15.32
for all of the saints of
all the ages, amen to that.
00:33:15.36\00:33:18.06
Audience: Amen.
00:33:18.09\00:33:19.53
And what a feast
it's going to be...
00:33:19.59\00:33:20.93
let's not focus on the food...
00:33:20.96\00:33:22.53
because we don't even
know what's it's going to be...
00:33:22.56\00:33:24.37
I doubt we've eaten anything
like what's going to be there
00:33:24.40\00:33:29.00
but this is the...
this is the unification...
00:33:29.04\00:33:34.48
this is what
Jesus had longed for,
00:33:34.51\00:33:37.45
He longed to
bring His people home.
00:33:37.48\00:33:40.42
He longed... He built the city
00:33:40.45\00:33:43.59
but there's no one... the
redeemed are not in there yet
00:33:43.62\00:33:48.19
and that day when He
brings His glorious church back,
00:33:48.22\00:33:52.73
He's coming back for a church
without spot or without wrinkle
00:33:52.76\00:33:57.33
or without any
such thing kind of...
00:33:57.37\00:33:59.93
that's the picture of a bride.
00:33:59.97\00:34:01.47
Can you imagine a
bride on the wedding day
00:34:01.50\00:34:03.24
with spots and
wrinkles all over her dress?
00:34:03.27\00:34:04.97
"Are you getting married today?
00:34:05.01\00:34:06.78
Did you eat on the way here?"
00:34:06.81\00:34:08.58
Audience: Laughter.
00:34:08.61\00:34:10.08
No, without spot...
no sin or wrinkle...
00:34:10.11\00:34:12.95
no unrighteousness
nor any such thing.
00:34:12.98\00:34:15.82
What is He getting ready?
00:34:15.85\00:34:17.52
The beautiful
marriage supper of the Lamb.
00:34:17.59\00:34:20.12
That's why... what do you
need to get ready for that?
00:34:20.16\00:34:22.62
You have to have on the
righteousness of Christ.
00:34:22.66\00:34:25.06
You have to
have on that garment,
00:34:25.09\00:34:26.76
"Blessed is he that
keepeth his garment,
00:34:26.80\00:34:28.60
lest he walk naked
and they see his shame. "
00:34:28.63\00:34:31.27
Revelation chapter 16 verse 15,
00:34:31.30\00:34:33.57
"Behold, I come as a thief.
00:34:33.60\00:34:35.40
Blessed is he who
watches, and keeps his garments,
00:34:35.44\00:34:37.91
lest he walks naked
and they see his shame. "
00:34:37.94\00:34:40.21
You won't get
into the marriage feast
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.28
without the
righteousness of Jesus, amen.
00:34:42.31\00:34:44.31
Audience: Amen.
00:34:44.38\00:34:45.71
So, the answer to question
number 15 verses 7 and 8...
00:34:45.75\00:34:48.05
"What event describes
the end of the Millennium?"
00:34:48.08\00:34:51.85
Satan is loosed from his prison
00:34:51.92\00:34:55.82
and how was he loosed?
00:34:55.86\00:34:57.53
You see the earth...
we discovered earlier,
00:34:57.56\00:35:00.10
the earth was empty...
00:35:00.13\00:35:01.46
the saints left...
00:35:01.50\00:35:02.83
all those who were
here were destroyed
00:35:02.86\00:35:04.90
by the brightness
of the coming of Christ
00:35:04.93\00:35:06.27
and the cities were broken down,
00:35:06.30\00:35:08.67
Jeremiah chapter
4 verse 23 to 26,
00:35:08.70\00:35:11.14
the cities were broken
down... there was no one here...
00:35:11.17\00:35:13.61
the birds had
fled... there was no man.
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.34
Yet, the Lord said in
Jeremiah chapter 20...
00:35:15.38\00:35:17.71
chapter 4 verse 26,
00:35:17.75\00:35:19.35
"Yet will I not make a full end"
00:35:19.38\00:35:21.78
you know why?
00:35:21.85\00:35:23.18
Because the full
end is going to come
00:35:23.22\00:35:24.65
at the end of the 1,000 years,
00:35:24.69\00:35:26.02
that's just the condition it's
going to be in for a 1,000 years
00:35:26.05\00:35:29.52
and Satan and his angels will
be bound here for a 1,000 years
00:35:29.56\00:35:32.66
with no one to tempt.
00:35:32.69\00:35:34.93
That's the binding...
00:35:34.96\00:35:37.10
"bound by a chain
of circumstances. "
00:35:37.13\00:35:42.67
Amen for that...
00:35:42.70\00:35:44.04
now, look at verse 9 and 10,
00:35:44.07\00:35:45.44
verses 9 and 10...
00:35:45.47\00:35:47.71
okay, here it is...
00:35:47.74\00:35:49.08
here it is on the
screen, and the Bible says,
00:35:49.11\00:35:52.68
"They went up on
the breadth of the earth
00:35:52.71\00:35:56.38
and surrounded
the camp of the saints
00:35:56.42\00:36:00.06
and the beloved city.
00:36:00.09\00:36:02.29
And fire came down
from God out of heaven
00:36:02.32\00:36:05.73
and did... " what?
00:36:05.76\00:36:07.10
"and devoured them.
00:36:07.13\00:36:08.46
The devil, who deceived them,
00:36:08.50\00:36:10.43
was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone
00:36:10.47\00:36:13.80
where the beast and
the false prophet are.
00:36:13.84\00:36:17.14
And they will be tormented
day and night for... " how long?
00:36:17.17\00:36:20.58
"forever and forever. "
00:36:20.61\00:36:23.81
Now, we're going to explain
that in just a moment here
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.68
so, don't get nervous
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.15
because we just
said a moment ago
00:36:28.18\00:36:30.22
that the gift of
God is eternal life.
00:36:30.29\00:36:32.65
The gift of God is
eternal life to who?
00:36:32.69\00:36:35.02
to the wicked or the righteous?
00:36:35.06\00:36:36.42
To the righteous...
00:36:36.46\00:36:38.39
so, you cannot burn forever,
if you cannot live forever.
00:36:38.43\00:36:42.83
You've got to have
eternal life to burn eternally
00:36:42.86\00:36:47.67
and only God is the One
00:36:47.70\00:36:51.31
who's going to be
granting eternal life
00:36:51.34\00:36:53.17
and by-the-way, just
in case there's any mix up
00:36:53.21\00:36:56.31
about who gets eternal life,
00:36:56.34\00:36:57.68
go to 1st
Corinthians chapter 15,
00:36:57.71\00:36:59.28
very quickly, 1st
Corinthians chapter 15,
00:36:59.31\00:37:02.72
Paul already says in Timothy
00:37:02.75\00:37:05.02
that the only one that possesses
immortality is... is Jesus,
00:37:05.05\00:37:12.13
okay, and I'll give
you that in a moment
00:37:12.16\00:37:15.26
but... first... what did I say?
00:37:15.30\00:37:18.33
1st Corinthians
chapter 15... I did say that...
00:37:18.37\00:37:22.24
and I'm almost
there... hold on...
00:37:22.27\00:37:24.94
for those of you who
are fast, here I am...
00:37:24.97\00:37:28.61
1st Corinthians chapter 15
and we're going to look together
00:37:28.64\00:37:31.85
at verse 51, notice this,
00:37:31.91\00:37:33.65
notice this...
00:37:33.68\00:37:35.58
all right...
00:37:35.62\00:37:37.42
something's going to happen at
the beginning of the 1,000 years
00:37:37.45\00:37:40.86
that only
happens to the righteous,
00:37:40.89\00:37:43.06
now, keep this in mind... this
only happens to the righteous.
00:37:43.09\00:37:47.00
All right.
00:37:47.03\00:37:48.36
"Behold, I tell
you a mystery... "
00:37:48.40\00:37:49.73
or show you a mystery,
00:37:49.76\00:37:51.10
"We shall not all
sleep... " that is... die...
00:37:51.13\00:37:53.00
"but we shall
all be changed... "
00:37:53.03\00:37:55.24
in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye,
00:37:55.27\00:37:58.94
at the last... " what? "trumpet.
00:37:58.97\00:38:00.94
For the trumpet will sound,
and the dead will be raised... "
00:38:00.98\00:38:04.15
how? "incorruptible,
00:38:04.18\00:38:06.45
and we shall be changed. "
00:38:06.48\00:38:09.58
Now, how are we
going to be changed?
00:38:09.62\00:38:11.49
This only
happens to the righteous.
00:38:11.52\00:38:13.09
"For this corruptible
must put on... " what?
00:38:13.12\00:38:16.69
"incorruption,
00:38:16.73\00:38:18.09
and this mortal
must put on... " what?
00:38:18.13\00:38:22.10
"immortality. "
00:38:22.13\00:38:23.57
So, just pause for a moment,
let me ask you the question,
00:38:23.60\00:38:26.23
do we have immortality now?
00:38:26.27\00:38:29.50
Audience: No.
00:38:29.54\00:38:30.97
When do we put it on?
00:38:31.01\00:38:32.47
Give me the Scripture...
give me the words...
00:38:32.54\00:38:36.54
when do we put it on?
00:38:36.61\00:38:38.21
At the last trumpet.
00:38:38.25\00:38:39.81
When that last trumpet
sounds, we put on immortality
00:38:39.85\00:38:44.55
which means, we
don't have it now,
00:38:44.59\00:38:46.32
which means the
wicked don't have it
00:38:46.35\00:38:48.19
and the wicked will never get it
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.03
so the wicked can't live...
they don't have immortality
00:38:50.06\00:38:53.90
which is eternal life
00:38:53.93\00:38:55.26
that's why John 3:16... the
text that we all know so well
00:38:55.30\00:38:58.57
"that whosoever
believeth in Him,
00:38:58.63\00:39:02.10
should not perish but
have everlasting life. "
00:39:02.14\00:39:08.31
One perishes... the
other one has everlasting life,
00:39:08.34\00:39:13.01
but let's finish,
00:39:13.05\00:39:14.65
verse 54,
00:39:14.68\00:39:16.35
"So when this corruptible
has put on incorruption,
00:39:16.38\00:39:19.02
and this mortal
has put on immortality,
00:39:19.05\00:39:22.29
then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written:
00:39:22.32\00:39:26.19
'Death is
swallowed up in victory. '"
00:39:26.23\00:39:29.13
Very quickly now,
1st Timothy chapter 6...
00:39:29.16\00:39:31.80
just so we can
make this very clear
00:39:31.83\00:39:33.74
because there are some
people that still believe...
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.60
I don't know what it is...
00:39:35.64\00:39:36.97
I think the single word I
could use is "Deception. "
00:39:37.01\00:39:39.81
See, some people have been
told the untruth for so long...
00:39:39.87\00:39:44.55
when I was being
raised, my mother used to say,
00:39:44.61\00:39:46.51
"Never use the word 'lie'"
00:39:46.55\00:39:48.28
and I... so when... it's a...
00:39:48.32\00:39:50.02
"Lie" is a strong word...
00:39:50.09\00:39:51.42
"Untruth" sounds
a little kinder...
00:39:51.45\00:39:53.49
some people have been
lied to for so long...
00:39:53.56\00:39:58.16
that... that when
you tell them the truth,
00:39:58.19\00:40:02.76
it sounds hard to receive.
00:40:02.80\00:40:04.47
I don't know why
some Christian pastors
00:40:04.50\00:40:07.34
want people to
burn forever and ever
00:40:07.37\00:40:10.14
and when you try to
say, "No, they won't... "
00:40:10.17\00:40:12.67
"Yes, they will... "
00:40:12.71\00:40:14.04
"No they won't... "
00:40:14.08\00:40:15.41
"Yes, they will... "
00:40:15.44\00:40:16.78
and I always ask this question,
"Where are they going to burn?
00:40:16.81\00:40:18.98
show me where... "
00:40:19.01\00:40:21.52
Ain't going to be in Kansas,
00:40:21.55\00:40:23.75
not going to be in New York,
00:40:23.79\00:40:25.85
it's not going to be down in
Trinidad in the big Pitch Lake
00:40:25.92\00:40:29.02
it's not going to be
in the Yellowstone Park
00:40:29.06\00:40:31.89
that finally erupts...
00:40:31.96\00:40:33.29
because the earth is
going to be the ball of fire
00:40:33.33\00:40:36.87
and when the fire goes out,
00:40:36.90\00:40:38.40
the Lord will re-create a
new heaven and a new earth.
00:40:38.43\00:40:41.97
But look at 1st
Timothy 6 and verse 16,
00:40:42.00\00:40:45.37
just so we can be very clear...
verse 14 starts with this...
00:40:45.41\00:40:49.81
it says... verse 14...
00:40:49.84\00:40:52.45
"that you keep this
commandment without spot,
00:40:52.51\00:40:55.82
blameless until our Lord
Jesus Christ's appearing,
00:40:55.88\00:40:59.52
which He will
manifest in His own time,
00:40:59.55\00:41:03.93
He who is the blessed
and only Potentate... "
00:41:03.96\00:41:07.66
that is Sovereign...
00:41:07.70\00:41:09.03
"the King of
kings and Lord of lords,
00:41:09.06\00:41:13.13
who alone has immortality,
00:41:13.20\00:41:16.67
dwelling in
unapproachable light,
00:41:16.71\00:41:20.88
whom no man has seen or can see,
00:41:20.91\00:41:24.98
to Him be honor and
everlasting power. "
00:41:25.01\00:41:27.35
Just last week a
movie was released...
00:41:27.42\00:41:29.68
"Heaven is for Real"
00:41:29.75\00:41:31.75
is heaven for real?
00:41:31.79\00:41:33.76
Audience: Yes.
00:41:33.79\00:41:35.12
But that little kid
didn't go to heaven.
00:41:35.16\00:41:36.49
No man has seen or can see...
00:41:36.52\00:41:43.16
he dwells in a light...
00:41:43.20\00:41:45.23
and as the King
James Version says,
00:41:45.27\00:41:46.94
"which no man can
approach unto... "
00:41:46.97\00:41:48.50
is that... is
that how it says it?
00:41:48.54\00:41:50.71
"which no man can
approach unto... "
00:41:50.74\00:41:52.81
is that how the King
James Version says it?
00:41:52.84\00:41:54.18
"Which no man
can approach unto...
00:41:54.21\00:41:57.28
who no man has
seen nor can see. "
00:41:57.31\00:42:00.42
Now, the reason why
you can't approach it
00:42:00.45\00:42:01.85
is because
until you're immortal,
00:42:01.88\00:42:03.28
you can't go into
the presence of God.
00:42:03.35\00:42:05.09
Until you are immortal
00:42:05.12\00:42:07.46
and you don't become
immortal at a car accident,
00:42:07.49\00:42:10.06
I'm... I'm not going to laugh...
00:42:10.09\00:42:12.76
you don't become
immortal with a head wound...
00:42:12.79\00:42:14.86
you don't become immortal
on an operating table...
00:42:14.93\00:42:16.97
you become immortal
at the Second Coming
00:42:17.03\00:42:20.40
when Jesus transfers
from Himself to His saints
00:42:20.44\00:42:26.11
who now are
perfected in His character...
00:42:26.14\00:42:28.28
He puts
immortality on His saints.
00:42:28.31\00:42:32.58
"Amen" someone...
00:42:32.61\00:42:34.32
Audience: Amen.
00:42:34.35\00:42:35.68
The devil has been
really busy lately,
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.12
ABC has a new Series
called, "The Resurrection"
00:42:37.15\00:42:40.22
people coming back from life...
00:42:40.26\00:42:42.56
kids have been dead 32 years...
00:42:42.59\00:42:44.83
a man died in an accident...
plane crash... somebody drowned,
00:42:44.86\00:42:47.20
and all of a sudden,
they're ringing doorbells
00:42:47.23\00:42:48.83
and coming back home...
00:42:48.86\00:42:50.60
and the people are
scared out of their wits...
00:42:50.63\00:42:52.27
I... I haven't watched it...
00:42:52.30\00:42:53.64
I've seen the
commercial and that's it
00:42:53.67\00:42:56.17
and then they
all get together...
00:42:56.20\00:42:59.17
"Were we dead?"
00:42:59.24\00:43:01.01
If you were dead,
you're still dead...
00:43:01.04\00:43:03.51
let me make this very clear,
00:43:03.55\00:43:04.88
if anybody rings your doorbell
that you went to their funeral,
00:43:04.91\00:43:08.05
you'd better call
on the name of Jesus
00:43:08.08\00:43:09.85
because that's
an unclean spirit.
00:43:09.88\00:43:11.59
Audience: Amen.
00:43:11.65\00:43:12.99
That's the devil...
00:43:13.02\00:43:14.36
and he will show
great signs and wonders
00:43:14.39\00:43:18.03
as Paul says,
"With all deceivableness
00:43:18.06\00:43:22.00
of unrighteousness... "
00:43:22.06\00:43:24.13
but where is he going to work?
00:43:24.17\00:43:26.03
"Among them that perish... "
00:43:26.07\00:43:27.90
Why?
00:43:27.97\00:43:29.30
"Because they received
not the love of the truth
00:43:29.34\00:43:31.67
that they might be saved. "
00:43:31.71\00:43:33.04
You see, when you
don't accept the truth
00:43:33.07\00:43:34.41
that the dead are dead,
00:43:34.44\00:43:35.78
the devil can
come to your house,
00:43:35.81\00:43:37.25
and you would
think it's mamma or papa
00:43:37.28\00:43:38.75
or your little son that
got killed in the car accident.
00:43:38.78\00:43:40.98
This is... I'm
not going to laugh...
00:43:41.02\00:43:42.48
this is a very somber thought,
00:43:42.52\00:43:44.39
the devil is busy today
and he wants people to think
00:43:44.42\00:43:47.56
that there's some
alternate route to heaven
00:43:47.59\00:43:49.49
so, when Liberace
died... he was in heaven...
00:43:49.52\00:43:51.39
that was a statement...
00:43:51.43\00:43:52.89
Sammy Davis, Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin... the Rat Pak,
00:43:52.96\00:43:57.97
Michael
Jackson's up there now...
00:43:58.03\00:43:59.37
that's what they say...
00:43:59.40\00:44:00.74
but that's not
according to the Bible,
00:44:00.77\00:44:02.10
"amen" somebody,
00:44:02.14\00:44:03.47
Audience: Amen.
00:44:03.51\00:44:04.84
Get that clear, God
has been so maligned
00:44:04.87\00:44:06.21
that the resurrection...
00:44:06.24\00:44:07.58
the teaching of the
resurrection has been deleted
00:44:07.61\00:44:10.31
from the Bible.
00:44:10.35\00:44:11.68
So the devil decided...
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.45
since he got rid of what the
resurrection actually teaches,
00:44:13.52\00:44:16.79
he's now introduced
the resurrection in a lie.
00:44:16.82\00:44:19.32
You see what he's doing?
00:44:19.35\00:44:21.62
He's introduced the
resurrection in ABC...
00:44:21.69\00:44:24.23
and because Christians
don't read their Bibles anymore,
00:44:24.26\00:44:26.39
the moment somebody in Hollywood
00:44:26.46\00:44:28.36
comes out with a movie,
that's their new doctrine.
00:44:28.40\00:44:30.70
"Noah"
00:44:30.77\00:44:33.03
"The Rapture" when it
came out in the '90s...
00:44:33.07\00:44:36.14
"Left Behind"
00:44:36.17\00:44:38.01
what else?
00:44:38.07\00:44:39.81
The whole list goes on and on.
00:44:39.87\00:44:42.21
Let your Bible be the
place where you find the truth
00:44:42.24\00:44:44.98
of God's word, "amen" somebody.
00:44:45.01\00:44:46.35
Audience: Amen.
00:44:46.38\00:44:47.72
Let's go to the
next statement...
00:44:47.75\00:44:50.65
let's go to the next one,
00:44:50.69\00:44:52.15
Question number 16,
00:44:52.19\00:45:00.20
here it is...
00:45:00.23\00:45:01.56
"How do we know that
Satan will not be tormented
00:45:01.60\00:45:06.03
without end?"
00:45:06.07\00:45:07.40
It's very
important... very important...
00:45:07.44\00:45:09.34
"How do we know that
Satan will not be tormented
00:45:09.37\00:45:12.44
without end?"
00:45:12.47\00:45:13.81
In other words,
when the Bible says,
00:45:13.84\00:45:15.18
"Forever and ever
and ever and ever... "
00:45:15.21\00:45:16.54
how do we know it's not going
to be forever and ever and ever?
00:45:16.58\00:45:18.68
Let's start with these
texts, Revelation chapter 20
00:45:18.71\00:45:22.15
verse 14 and
verse 15, here it is,
00:45:22.18\00:45:24.95
Revelation chapter 20
verse 14 and verse 15.
00:45:24.99\00:45:28.62
Here's how the Bible
communicates this truth.
00:45:28.66\00:45:32.19
"Then Death and Hades
were cast into the... " what?
00:45:32.23\00:45:37.30
"lake of fire. This
is the second death. "
00:45:37.33\00:45:41.57
This is the second... what?
00:45:41.60\00:45:43.14
death...
00:45:43.20\00:45:44.54
"And anyone not found
written in the book of Life
00:45:44.57\00:45:49.68
was cast into the... " what?
00:45:49.71\00:45:51.18
"lake of fire. "
00:45:51.21\00:45:53.15
So now, let's pause a second,
00:45:53.18\00:45:54.98
this is called
the "second death. "
00:45:55.02\00:45:59.29
Now, what's the first death?
00:45:59.32\00:46:01.39
First death was the funeral.
00:46:01.42\00:46:03.43
Second death is
the Lake of Fire.
00:46:03.46\00:46:06.03
Why would it be called "death"
00:46:06.06\00:46:08.40
pause...
00:46:08.43\00:46:12.83
if it doesn't
mean the end of life?
00:46:12.90\00:46:14.30
But now, let me...
00:46:14.34\00:46:17.04
let me go ahead and dive into
the mind of the common teaching,
00:46:17.07\00:46:21.01
the devil has taught that the
first death really wasn't death.
00:46:21.04\00:46:24.98
So, now he's got them to believe
00:46:25.01\00:46:27.02
that the second death
is not really death...
00:46:27.08\00:46:28.65
did you get that?
00:46:28.68\00:46:30.02
You don't really die...
00:46:30.05\00:46:31.39
he told Eve, "You
will not surely die... "
00:46:31.42\00:46:32.89
so what happens?
00:46:32.92\00:46:34.62
They die and go right to heaven
00:46:34.66\00:46:35.99
or they die and
go right to hell?
00:46:36.02\00:46:37.46
Now, let's look at the ludicrous
nature of this teaching.
00:46:37.49\00:46:40.66
If the second death is
really eternal burning in hell,
00:46:40.70\00:46:43.83
and the first death for a wicked
person means they went to hell,
00:46:43.87\00:46:47.54
what's the
purpose of the judgment?
00:46:47.57\00:46:49.74
There's no
purpose of the judgment.
00:46:49.77\00:46:52.84
If a wicked evil person...
you can pick anybody's name,
00:46:52.87\00:46:57.11
I'm not going to do
that, that's God's job...
00:46:57.15\00:46:58.48
if a wicked,
evil, tyrant dictator
00:46:58.51\00:47:00.98
kills millions of people,
00:47:01.02\00:47:03.08
people will be glad to
say, "He's in hell now. "
00:47:03.12\00:47:05.15
Right?
00:47:05.19\00:47:06.62
So, what's the
purpose of the judgment?
00:47:06.65\00:47:08.16
A break?
00:47:08.19\00:47:10.59
"I've been
burning for 142 years,
00:47:10.63\00:47:12.33
oh, I'm so glad
for this break...
00:47:12.36\00:47:14.03
let's get some water
00:47:14.06\00:47:16.87
because when we go
back in the next time,
00:47:16.90\00:47:18.37
it's going to be eternally. "
00:47:18.40\00:47:19.97
Now that sounds...
that makes you want to laugh
00:47:20.04\00:47:22.50
but I'm not laughing,
00:47:22.54\00:47:24.01
because the devil has
lied to so many people
00:47:24.04\00:47:25.61
that there are
people that right now
00:47:25.64\00:47:27.31
tonight may be watching this
program believe that somehow,
00:47:27.34\00:47:29.88
the wicked are in hell burning
00:47:29.91\00:47:31.81
and when the judgment
comes, then all of a sudden
00:47:31.88\00:47:34.82
they look at the
records and decide to judge them
00:47:34.85\00:47:37.69
according to their works
00:47:37.72\00:47:39.05
and put them back
in the fire this time
00:47:39.09\00:47:40.99
for an
undetermined period of time.
00:47:41.02\00:47:43.16
Let's take that to the
extreme, Cain killed Abel,
00:47:43.19\00:47:47.30
are you telling me
that Cain has been burning
00:47:47.33\00:47:51.43
ever since the dawn of creation?
00:47:51.47\00:47:53.80
that's what that belief says,
00:47:53.84\00:47:56.17
see what it does...
00:47:56.20\00:47:59.67
that the lie that
death is not really death
00:47:59.71\00:48:02.68
Satan has led
people to believe that
00:48:02.71\00:48:05.01
about the first death as
well as the second death.
00:48:05.05\00:48:07.85
he's lied about
both of the deaths.
00:48:07.88\00:48:09.72
The first one,
you don't really die,
00:48:09.75\00:48:11.49
you go to heaven or hell,
00:48:11.52\00:48:12.85
and the second one, you
don't really stop burning,
00:48:12.89\00:48:14.59
you just burn endlessly,
00:48:14.62\00:48:15.96
it's an attack on
the character of God.
00:48:15.99\00:48:17.93
Isn't that right?
00:48:17.96\00:48:19.56
So, let's go to the...
it's called the 2nd death...
00:48:19.59\00:48:21.66
put the answer down...
00:48:21.70\00:48:23.03
how do we know that Satan will
not be tormented without end?
00:48:23.06\00:48:25.03
Revelation 20 verses 14
and 15, "The second death...
00:48:25.07\00:48:28.84
the second death... "
00:48:28.87\00:48:31.11
let's go to the next one,
Ezekiel 28 verses 18 and 19,
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this is about the devil himself,
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this is what the Lord
says about the devil himself.
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Okay, I'm going
to turn to Ezekiel
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because I may want to add
a few more things to that,
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okay, I'm in
Ezekiel now, okay...
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Ezekiel... here we are...
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all right... okay...
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wow... hmmm...
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it's amazing...
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now, just to give the context
before you bring the text up,
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I'm going to read this
verse, in Ezekiel 28 verse 14,
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so we can be clear about
who this is referring to.
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Ezekiel 28 verse 14,
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if you have your Bible,
look at this verse 13 actually,
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verse 12...
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"Son of man,
take up a lamentation
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for the King of Tyre... "
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the Lord calls
him "the King of Tyre"
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and say to him,
'Thus says the Lord God:
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"You were the
seal of perfection,
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full of wisdom and
perfect in... '" what?
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"beauty. "
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Verse 13, "You were in
Eden, the garden of God;
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every precious stone
was your covering... "
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verse 14...
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you were the
anointed cherub who covers...
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I established you;
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you were on the
holy mountain of God;
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you walked back and forth
in the midst of fiery stones.
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You were perfect in your ways
from the day you were created,
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till iniquity
was found in you. "
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Who is the Lord talking about?
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He's talking about Satan.
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In this context... Lucifer...
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"this is who you were
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but now what's
going to happen to you?"
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Now, go down to the
verses, here we are,
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bring it up on the
screen, here we are,
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Ezekiel 20 verses 18
and 19, the Bible says,
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"You defiled your sanctuaries
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by the multitude of
your iniquities... "
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so sinful...
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"by the iniquity
of your trading... "
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truth for error...
light for darkness...
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that's what that's all about...
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"Therefore I brought
fire from your midst;
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it devoured you... "
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this is the projection...
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this is the prophecy...
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"And it turned you to... "
what? my Brothers and Sisters,
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come on say it, it
turned you into what?
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"Ashes upon the earth
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in the sight of
all who saw you. "
00:50:42.74\00:50:44.71
All those that come forth
in the second resurrection
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will behold his destruction...
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and it says, "All who
knew you among the peoples
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are astonished at you,
you have become a horror,
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and shall be no
more... " for how long?
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Come on, say it, "forever... "
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now, get this... if the devil
is going to be no more forever,
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how are the people
that he led into sin
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going to be around forever?
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Is that clear?
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If he is not going
to be around forever,
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how are the ones he led into sin
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going to be around forever?
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Let's get this
together, answer here...
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"How do we know that the
devil will not be tormented
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without end?
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"He shall be ashes and
shall be no more forever... "
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Ezekiel 28 verses 18 and 19,
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But let's move right
on to Malachi chapter 4,
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Malachi chapter 4,
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praise God for the truth
of His Word, what do you say?
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Audience: Amen.
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I've got to speak like
Mark Finley and David Asscherick
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here we go, the next one...
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Malachi chapter 4,
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this is the day... this
is the day, here it is...
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"For behold, the day is coming,
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Burning like an oven,
00:51:46.40\00:51:49.14
and all the proud,
yes, all who do wickedly
00:51:49.17\00:51:55.51
will be... " what? "Stubble.
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And the day which is
coming shall do... " what?
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say it, "burn them up,
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says the LORD of hosts... "
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here it is... "That will leave
them neither root nor branch.
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You shall trample the wicked,
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for they shall be ashes
under the soles of your feet
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on the day that I do
this," says the LORD of... what?
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"hosts... "
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now, get this...
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Satan is ashes...
the wicked are ashes...
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now, look at the comparison,
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they are the branches...
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he is the root...
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if a fire in the
forest burns the branches,
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there's still a chance for
the tree to bud again, why?
00:52:38.29\00:52:41.36
Come on, quickly,
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because the
roots are still there,
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but if the fire burns
the roots and the branches,
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will it come back?
Come on, tell me...
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No...
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the fire that God will kindle is
going to burn the root, Satan,
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and the branches, the wicked...
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no more budding...
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let's go on...
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Psalm 37... so the answer...
"they shall be ashes...
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they shall be ashes...
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they shall be stubble...
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they will be ashes under the
soles of feet of the saints. "
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That's so clear.
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Psalm 37 verse 9 to
11, here's the other one,
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here it is...
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"For evildoers shall be cut off;
00:53:23.23\00:53:26.20
But those who wait on the LORD,
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they shall... " what?
00:53:29.37\00:53:30.84
"inherit the earth. "
00:53:30.87\00:53:32.27
verse 10, "For
yet a little while
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and the wicked shall
be... " come on tell me...
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"no more; indeed,
00:53:40.55\00:53:42.52
indeed,
00:53:42.55\00:53:43.89
you will look
carefully for his place,
00:53:43.92\00:53:46.96
but it shall be no more. "
00:53:47.02\00:53:49.79
Is that clear?
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and Verse 11,
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"But the meek
shall inherit the earth,
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and shall delight themselves
in the... " together...
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"abundance of peace. "
00:53:59.83\00:54:01.67
You know what that means?
00:54:01.70\00:54:03.51
That means, you can
leave your doors unlocked,
00:54:03.54\00:54:05.64
come on, say "Amen" somebody...
00:54:05.67\00:54:07.01
that means, nobody is
going to break into the house,
00:54:07.04\00:54:08.64
no more murder, no more
crime, no more violence,
00:54:08.68\00:54:10.65
no more envy, no
more hatred, no more...
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I can't even keep going...
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there's so much sin on this
earth with so many descriptions
00:54:15.02\00:54:17.75
but the Lord will say,
"You will look for... "
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the devil won't be there...
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the wicked won't be there...
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and notice what it said,
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he said, "You
will look carefully"
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I think the King
James Version says,
00:54:25.63\00:54:27.20
"You will look diligently. "
00:54:27.23\00:54:29.06
You will look diligently...
00:54:29.10\00:54:30.90
somebody said,
"You mean to tell me
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there are no wicked
people on earth anymore?"
00:54:34.40\00:54:36.77
Hallelujah somebody...
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you mean to tell me the
devil is not here anymore?
00:54:38.51\00:54:42.14
you mean to tell me we
finally have eternal peace?
00:54:42.18\00:54:45.75
And the Bible says,
00:54:45.78\00:54:47.35
"The meek shall
inherit the earth
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and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace.
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You know that word "abundance"
means in this context,
00:54:53.15\00:54:56.83
it means: ever
prevailing... it's everywhere...
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wow! I'm not fired up,
it just looks like that.
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The answer is, "The
wicked shall be no more...
00:55:04.60\00:55:08.67
his place shall be no more. "
00:55:08.70\00:55:10.81
You won't even be
able to find where he is.
00:55:10.84\00:55:13.07
And our last text for tonight,
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our last text for tonight,
00:55:15.04\00:55:17.15
and by-the-way, if
you're watching the program,
00:55:17.18\00:55:18.85
I'm sure you are...
00:55:18.91\00:55:20.25
I put a third page together
with all the Scriptures on it
00:55:20.28\00:55:24.02
of the events of the
Millennium from the beginning...
00:55:24.05\00:55:27.86
during the Millennium...
00:55:27.89\00:55:29.22
and at the end
00:55:29.26\00:55:30.59
and we'll cover
that the next time
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because I want to go through
that very quickly on the screen
00:55:32.06\00:55:34.20
so we could cap it all together
00:55:34.23\00:55:36.16
and I'll cover as
much as I can tonight
00:55:36.20\00:55:37.80
but I may not be able to
get to all of these things.
00:55:37.83\00:55:39.80
Here it is, Nahum 1:9,
there's only one chapter
00:55:39.83\00:55:44.47
Nahum verse 9,
00:55:44.51\00:55:46.07
this is powerful...
00:55:46.11\00:55:48.48
oh, I tell you, huh,
00:55:48.51\00:55:50.85
look at it, look at
what the Bible says,
00:55:50.88\00:55:54.48
God's Word stands
sure forever and ever,
00:55:54.52\00:55:58.09
Nahum 1 verse 9,
00:55:58.12\00:56:00.26
what did I say,
"Nahum" did I say "one"?
00:56:00.29\00:56:03.99
Nahum 1 verse 9, here it is,
00:56:04.03\00:56:06.36
"What do you
conspire against the LORD?
00:56:06.39\00:56:11.13
He will make an
utter end of it. "
00:56:11.17\00:56:17.64
And let's read this together,
00:56:17.67\00:56:19.51
come one, put some
energy into this, together,
00:56:19.54\00:56:23.28
"Affliction will not
rise up a second time. "
00:56:23.31\00:56:27.05
And all God's
people said, "Amen. "
00:56:27.08\00:56:29.45
It will not rise
up a second time.
00:56:29.48\00:56:31.79
It's not coming back,
00:56:31.82\00:56:33.22
it's not coming back.
00:56:33.25\00:56:34.66
It's the final blow.
00:56:34.69\00:56:36.09
It's the 15th round...
00:56:36.12\00:56:37.46
and Jesus is Lord of
all, "amen" somebody.
00:56:37.53\00:56:39.89
There's no need
for a new Savior,
00:56:39.93\00:56:42.46
there'll be no need
for a new sacrifice,
00:56:42.50\00:56:44.60
there's be no
need for a new lamb...
00:56:44.63\00:56:46.74
a new sacrificial system...
00:56:46.77\00:56:48.24
there'll be no
need for a new cross,
00:56:48.27\00:56:49.97
because what Jesus has done...
00:56:50.01\00:56:51.61
as the writer of
Hebrews said, "He was manifested
00:56:51.64\00:56:55.34
that He might destroy not
only sin... but the devil. "
00:56:55.38\00:56:59.31
Not only sin... but the devil
00:56:59.38\00:57:03.45
and I will tell you...
00:57:03.49\00:57:05.05
what Jesus has
been manifest to do,
00:57:05.12\00:57:08.22
He will complete it,
can you say "amen" to that?
00:57:08.26\00:57:10.73
Audience: Amen.
00:57:10.76\00:57:12.09
He's the mighty conqueror,
He's the mighty deliverer,
00:57:12.13\00:57:14.10
He's the King of
kings, the Lord of lords,
00:57:14.13\00:57:16.13
He loses no battle
00:57:16.16\00:57:17.67
and that's why...
and this it says...
00:57:17.70\00:57:19.67
"The devil has come down
unto you having great wrath
00:57:19.70\00:57:23.04
because he knows
that he has but a...
00:57:23.07\00:57:26.94
short time... "
00:57:26.98\00:57:28.34
That's clear...
00:57:28.41\00:57:29.74
so if you believe tonight
that somehow hell is eternal,
00:57:29.78\00:57:33.45
oh, my Brother,
my Sister, my Friend,
00:57:33.48\00:57:35.28
turn your life to Christ...
00:57:35.32\00:57:36.65
God is not that kind of
God, He's the God of love,
00:57:36.69\00:57:39.55
He will destroy sin and
sinners, that's a guarantee,
00:57:39.62\00:57:42.59
the hell that God
speaks of in His Word
00:57:42.62\00:57:45.03
is hotter than the hell
that many people teach...
00:57:45.06\00:57:48.56
it's not just going to burn you
and tickle you and torment...
00:57:48.60\00:57:51.90
but it will bring
sin to an utter end
00:57:51.93\00:57:54.67
so, tonight, trust
God... study His Word
00:57:54.70\00:57:57.41
and whatever doesn't make sense,
00:57:57.44\00:57:59.07
one day will come
into a sharper focus.
00:57:59.11\00:58:02.04
God bless you, let us pray.
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