Hello, friends.
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Welcome to another
Wednesday night Bible study here
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at the 3ABN Worship
Center, A Sharper Focus.
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And our local audience
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would like to welcome
you with a hearty amen.
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Amen.
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And wherever
you're joining us from,
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whether from around the
world or around the community,
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we'd like to
thank you for tuning in
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to spend this thoughtful
hour studying the Word of God.
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Now you may say,
boy, that shirt is bright.
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But you know it's pretty
cold here in the Midwest.
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It's supposed
to be spring, amen?
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Amen.
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And I'm so, I'm
just reminding you that
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although I may
look gray outside,
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the flowers are
blooming somewhere
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and so I just wanna
brighten up the evening,
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but the one who is
going to brighten up
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our time together
tonight is the Holy Spirit.
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And so, we're gonna pray tonight
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but just in few moments
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I'll tell you how to get a copy
of the lesson to follow along,
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but get your
Bibles, get your pens,
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invite your
family and your friends
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to sit down and study with us.
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But before we do anything,
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let's always began
with the word of prayer.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Our kind Father in heaven,
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the One who searches our
hearts knows our thoughts.
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The One who gives us
power and strength and wisdom
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to overcome the challenges
that we face on a daily basis,
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the One who
delivers us from all evil
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and forgive us of our sins.
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Lord, we pray tonight
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that You'll send
Your Holy Spirit and power
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to open our hearts and minds
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to this wonderful theme
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as we continue
studying Your Word.
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So, Father, we
thank You in advance
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what You will do
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and how our lives will
be drawn closer to you.
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This is our prayer in Jesus name
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we pray, amen.
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Amen.
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Now tonight if you
want a copy of the lesson,
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we are finishing
up lesson number 25,
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we just have an
outline we're gonna go through.
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So if you go to this
website asf.3abn.org,
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you can download
right now, lesson number 25,
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The Truth about the Millennium.
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And then lesson number 26,
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which is The Truth about
Heaven and the New Earth.
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You can download
that lesson tonight
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from that particular website.
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But before we do anything,
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we're gonna go ahead and
begin with our theme song.
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What is our theme
song, together, what is it?
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Victory in Jesus.
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Let's sing that song together
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before we begin
our lesson study.
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Here we are.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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Together.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sign up there
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The song of victory Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen? Amen.
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He plunged me to what? Victory.
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To victory.
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To victory beneath
the cleansing flood.
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And that is baptism
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but all more
importantly than that,
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that's the power
of the blood of Jesus.
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Can you say amen to that?
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Well tonight, we'll
continue in our study
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on "The Truth
about the Millennium."
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And I think I mentioned
the website, didn't I do that?
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But if you just tuned in,
here it is again asf.3abn.org,
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download lesson number 25,
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which we're
finishing and lesson number 26.
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Now, what we learned
last week was very important
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and the week before
that, and the week before that.
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What we did was
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we began by getting
rid of some of the myths
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about the 1,000 years.
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Now there are those who believe
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that the 1,000 years is
gonna be spent on earth.
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That's why there are many today
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that are trying
to reform the earth
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for Jesus to come
back and reign on earth.
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But let me just
ask the questions,
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and I'll make them
easy in yes or no answer.
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Is the earth going to
be inhabited by humans
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during the 1,000 years?
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Yes or no?
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Well, I wouldn't
call that inhabitant.
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Well, there's gonna be
some dead folk down here.
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And they're not
gonna be mourned, gathered,
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lamented or buried.
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But they're gonna be, like
the Bible says in Jeremiah,
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like refuse on the ground.
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And how many
categories are they going to be
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when Jesus comes back, how many?
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Two.
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Those who are just
and those who are unjust.
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Those who are filthy
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and those who are
righteous and clean.
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Only two categories.
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I don't wanna be
the party pooper,
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but there's no
yellow line in this thing
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called eternal life.
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You're either
going towards Christ
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or you're going away from Him.
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There's no yellow line
where people, years ago.
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The reason why that
stuck in my mind years ago
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when I was growing
up in New York City,
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my dad used to like to
watch the honeymooners.
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That's when comedy was
clean with Jackie Gleason,
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you remember that?
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And they were
doing Ralph Kramden
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had to update
his driver's license.
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And there was a
question and they ask
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what's the yellow line for?
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And Noran said everyone knows
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what the yellow line is for
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and Ralph says what
he says for motorcycles.
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And the point of the matter is,
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the yellow line is
just to keep you divided
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from left or
right, ain't that right?
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There's no purpose
for that yellow line
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as far as traveling,
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it's dividing
the two categories,
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is not to travel on.
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It's a warning.
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Either you're going
in the right direction,
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or you're going in
the wrong direction.
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Either you're going towards home
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or you're going away from home.
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And in the New Earth,
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we're gonna be talking
about that starting tonight
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but what I'm going
to do as we wind up
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the thought
about the millennium.
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No one will be on the earth
except all those who are dead.
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How many
resurrections will there be?
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Two.
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Which one is the good one?
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The first resurrection.
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If you die, and I
wanna clear this up.
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Somebody sent me a mail.
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And I wanna clear
this up, I get mails,
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I mean, what's
good about getting mails
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and emails is that
people are watching the program.
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I wanna clear something up
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because this person
added something to it
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that I didn't say.
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And I said, "The first
death happens to us all,
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but the second death
only happens to the wicked."
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Now, what I meant by that
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is the first death
affects all of humanity.
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But not everybody's
going to die the first death.
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They're gonna be
those who will be alive
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when Jesus comes, am I right?
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Correct.
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We who are alive and
remain, they will be alive
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but the first
death applies to all,
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for all have sinned
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and the wages of sin is death.
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So everyone alive,
who has ever been alive,
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will be affected in
one way or the other,
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or might be affected
in one way or the other
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by the first death.
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But there are
those who will be alive
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when Jesus comes.
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But the second death
only affects the wicked.
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So, here's the
point, here's the equation.
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You can die once and live twice
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or you can die
twice and live once.
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You get it?
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Die once.
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If you die,
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you have had life
before that you die
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and you're waiting for Jesus
to come back, you live again.
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Die once, the first
death and live twice.
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Or live once
and die twice, okay.
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We don't want that
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'cause really you get
that all clear in your head,
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but the second death
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does not happen
to the righteous.
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Praise the Lord for that.
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We also discovered
that during the millennium,
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the saints will judge the world.
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So what we're gonna do tonight,
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we're gonna put
together a quick outline
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because you know,
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when you go over a
topic for three weeks,
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for those who
don't get the early stage
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or the middle stage
or the ending stage,
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we're actually
in the fourth week
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of the topic of the millennium,
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what I'm going to do tonight
is just put together a summary,
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and if you have your paper,
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if you downloaded the syllabus,
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what I wanna do to
transition into the areas
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that we're gonna break down
and here it is on the screen.
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We're gonna walk
through three particular areas.
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How many areas did I say? Three.
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Three particular areas.
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They're outlined in
A Millennium begins,
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B, Millennium continues
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and C, Millennium ends.
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Begins, continues and ends.
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Now what I want to
rejoice with is the fact that
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when we were studying last week,
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the first text or the last text
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that we ended with was
from the Book of Nahum.
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Nahum 1:9, well
if you remember that,
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it says, affliction
shall not rise up what?
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A second time, amen? Amen.
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So when the issue of
sin is finally resolved,
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there will be no
second possibility.
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I want to make
it very, very clear.
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There was some
confusion about that,
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somebody may say,
well, isn't it possible
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that sin could
rise up a second time?
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Because people are gonna be
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there like they
were on the first time.
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Well the sin problem is
being addressed now, right?
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And so, here is what you say
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if there's a possibility for sin
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to rise up a second time,
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do you know the
ramifications of that?
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There's a possibility of
the need of another savior.
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There's a possibility of
the need of another Calvary.
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There's a possibility of a...
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Now, here's where so
ridiculous about that.
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If the devil's
not gonna be around,
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do I need to go further?
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If the devil's
not gonna be around
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and sin is
going to be destroyed,
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if the very root of the
sin is gonna be destroyed,
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how are you gonna get
fruit, if there's no root?
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And the Bible says in Malachi 4,
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go there very quickly.
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Just to benefit those who are
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maybe tuning it
for the first time.
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Go to Malachi.
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Jesus says, "He is the
wine" in John Chapter 15.
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Jesus says, "I'm the
wine, you are the," what?
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"Branches.
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So any righteousness
that we have comes from who?
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From Jesus.
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So therefore, if
Satan was because, not if,
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but because Satan is a
liar from the beginning,
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he's a murderer
from the beginning.
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Lies and murder are from whom?
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From Satan. Okay, now clearly.
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So if the one who produces
this is no longer around,
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cannot be produced, yes or no?
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Absolutely not.
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Let's look at this and
show you the evidence of this.
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Malachi Chapter 4.
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And this was talking
about the lake of fire
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and brimstone which will
be a part of the second death.
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It's not burning right now.
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Malachi 4:1, the Bible says
"For behold, the day is," what?
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"Is coming,
burning like an oven,
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and all the proud,
yes, all who do," what?
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"Wickedly will be stubble.
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The day which is
coming shall burn them up,
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says the Lord of hosts,
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that will leave
them neither," what?"
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Root nor branch."
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Now here it is.
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If those who do
wickedly gonna be burned up.
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Who's gonna be left?
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Those who don't do wickedly.
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Why won't we do wickedly?
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Come on, give me a
theological answer.
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Why won't we do wickedly?
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Because we will be completely
reproduced in the image,
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and the character of
Jesus, what do you say?
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So if you are now
made like the Bible says,
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we will see Him as he
is for we will be like Him.
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1 John 3:1-2,
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we will see Him as He
is, for we will be like Him.
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So if we're gonna be like Jesus
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and Jesus said to
the price of his world,
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the prince of
this world has come,
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and he has nothing in me.
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Amen?
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So was there sin in Jesus?
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No, absolutely.
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He bore our sins,
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but He didn't
have sin within Him.
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The prince tried to get in.
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He said, "But you
have nothing in me."
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So if there's nothing,
if there's no sin in Jesus
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and we are made
in His character,
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there'll be no sin where?
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In us.
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So there's no sin in
us, so it can't come out.
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What's not in cannot come out.
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Amen for that.
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But let's finish
it, look at verse 3...
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of Malachi 4.
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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,
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says the Lord of hosts."
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And we also
discovered in Ezekiel Chapter 28
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that Satan himself is
gonna be turned to ashes, right?
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So if the devil himself
is gonna be turned to ashes
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and those who do wickedly
will be turned to ashes,
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there'll be no continued
existence for the devil,
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and there'll be no
continued existence
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for those who do wickedly.
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All sin will be eradicated.
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Is that clear?
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So let's look at the
outline very quickly tonight.
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We're gonna walk through this
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and not gonna
spend time on this.
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You've received
the download copy
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from the website
that you visited,
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and we all have the copy.
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But we're gonna walk
through this very quickly,
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just to give you
ideas of the three segments.
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Start with section A, all right?
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How does the millennium begin?
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Together, Jesus returns.
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Let's look at the next one.
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And what happens
when Jesus returns,
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what takes place?
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The first resurrection.
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Then after the
first resurrection,
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what happens?
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The saints saw what?
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Caught up to meet Jesus,
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the living saints along
with the resurrected saints
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because the
resurrection just took place.
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What happens?
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The living wicked are what?
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Destroyed.
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They are
destroyed by the brightness
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of the Lord's coming.
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These are the references.
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The other one,
who's alive on earth?
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No one left alive on earth.
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The wicked that were living
destroyed by the brightness
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and the wicked that were
dead are still in their graves.
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And then what happens?
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To bind in the devil.
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What's the last part?
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Satan is bound for how long?
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A thousand years.
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Now, very carefully
before we go to second section.
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What binds the devil?
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Okay, a set of circumstances,
nobody here to tempt.
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And if you are a
thief and you like to steal
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but there's no one to rob...
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Really.
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If you like to kill
and everybody's dead...
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Really, right?
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If you wanna
deceive and everybody
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is no longer deceivable
because they're all dead,
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hello,
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don't wanna be cynical,
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but there's nobody
that's going to be alive.
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The only ones that are going
to be buzzing around this earth
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for 1,000 years the
devil and his angels.
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That's it.
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I tried to
envision and I thought,
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boy, I cannot imagine.
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I mean growing up,
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some of us probably were exposed
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to scary movies.
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You don't need to
tell me that you weren't
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'cause I know somebody saw
something scary along the way.
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I don't watch them anymore,
I praise the Lord for that.
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But this earth is
going to be infested
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by demons for 1,000 years.
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The same ones
that are active today,
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tempting,
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working with the devil,
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they try to cause
people to fall and be lost.
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It's gonna be bound to the earth
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for 1,000 years
with no one to tempt,
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with nothing to
do, a 1,000 years.
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Now, I want to
just add something here,
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just to kind of give you.
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We didn't talk about this
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but here's the reason
why I said 1,000 years.
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When you follow
the cycles of seven,
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and I like that
statement Ellen White makes,
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she says, "The great controversy
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that's been going on
for nearly 6,000 years
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will soon come to a close.
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The Bible has time periods
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referred to as
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in cycles of seven.
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And each cycle is talked
about my mind just right now,
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I got a warm rush here that.
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It's called the...
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I'll come back
to it in a moment.
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But at the end of
the cycle of sixes,
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the land returns
to its rightful owner.
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Did you
believe? Praise the Lord.
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Thank you for those of
you who are awake tonight.
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At the beginning of the jubilee,
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the land shall
returns to the rightful owner.
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And during that time,
the land is allowed to rest.
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Thus,
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when the controversy is over,
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for 1,000 years
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the land is returned
to its rightful owner,
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and the land is allowed to rest.
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There's no activity
on the earth at all.
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That even applied
to slaves or servants.
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When the jubilee
came, they had to return,
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the slave was set free,
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the servant was set free
and the land was given back.
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And even in the
agricultural setting,
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the Bible talks about this.
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When they planted
for the seventh time,
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the land rested
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so that it
could replenish itself
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and at the end
of that year rest,
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then it was ready
to be planted again.
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So a lot of the
cycles in the Bible follow
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the phrase termed the "jubilee,"
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the jubilee cycle.
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There's more things
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that we could apply to later on.
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But let's go to
section or the center section
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what happens to
continue the millennium?
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Section B, here we are.
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During the 1,000 years,
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saints reigned with
Christ for how long?
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A 1,000 years.
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Because they're
caught up to be with Christ.
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That's in Revelation 20:4.
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Saints also
participate in the judgment.
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Now in what way
do they participate
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in the judgment, let me
just make the statement.
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They don't
participate in the judgment
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in the sense of a
metering up the punishments,
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but they
participate in the judgment
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seeing that the decisions
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that are made by
the Christ are just.
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Amen? Amen.
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Because Jesus
Himself is the judge,
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the Father judges no one,
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but has given all
judgment to the Son.
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The other one,
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the earth is
completely desolate.
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There's a
reference, Jeremiah 4:23-26,
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"There no man, no birds,
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the cities have broken
down by the fierceness of God
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and by His anger,
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the cities are broken at
the presence of the Lord."
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But the Bible
also says in verse 26,
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"Yet he will not
make a full end."
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Look at the next one.
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"All the wicked are still dead,"
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Revelation 20:5,"
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but the rest of the dead live
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not again till the
1,000 years are finished.
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And then finally, Satan
and His angels bound to earth.
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Jude and 2 Peter calls
it chains, calls it what?
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Chains.
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The earth is gonna be dark.
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The light, the
Bible talks about that.
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It says as though the
lights have been blotted out,
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as though the earth is wrapped
in darkness and desolation.
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And for 1,000 years,
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the chain of
circumstances bound in darkness,
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because you don't
really handcuff the devil.
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You really can't.
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But the circumstances
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under which sin
has led Him to be in,
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will be the reason
why He is imprisoned
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for 1,000 years.
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Let me give you another example.
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You can put somebody on an aisle
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and let me just
use this examples.
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We've gone to
Australia for many, many years.
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But I learned the
history of Australia.
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Australia used to be a place
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where prisoners from England
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were sent all the
way down to this rock,
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way down in Australia.
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And when you go to Australia,
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sometimes some of the
people joke around with you
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and say, "Be careful,
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my relatives are prisoners."
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You know, they say be careful
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my relatives started
out by being imprisoned.
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The fact of the
matter is you can put them
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on that piece of
land with no jail,
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with no chains,
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and just drive
away or float away.
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And do they
have, where do they go?
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So they could roam around
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the entire
continent of Australia
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and where did they go?
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Nowhere. They're
bound by circumstances.
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Like Siberia, don't
ever wanna go there.
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Let's look at the last part
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before we
transition into the new lesson.
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So these are there,
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third section,
section C, here it is.
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The New Jerusalem
descends to the earth.
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At the end of the 1,000 years,
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the New Jerusalem
descends to the earth
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and as we study
further about heaven,
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we'll point out
the New Jerusalem
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doesn't descend to the
earth with the saints in it,
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it descends first,
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and then Jesus comes
back with His saints.
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What a time it's gonna be
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because the
walls gonna be clear,
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I'll tell you about
that in just a moment.
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But I'm not gonna
go too much on that.
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Then the second
resurrection takes place.
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The
resurrection of the righteous
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or the wicked?
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The wicked.
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Then the wicked
attack the New Jerusalem.
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Satan's...
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The Bible doesn't give
a particular time frame
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of how long this is gonna take,
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but somehow he convinces
all these evil men of the ages,
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go far back as you can think.
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All the way back
from the Cain, in fact,
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he's going to be in that number,
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all the way to the
last tyrant that reigned,
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all these evil men
and their evil machines
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are going to somehow think,
00:23:16.32\00:23:17.86
when they see
this glorious city,
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they're gonna think that
they can overtake the city.
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Let's go on.
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The wicked attack
the New Jerusalem,
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and then the White
Throne judgment occurs.
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You'll find that there
in Revelation 20:11-13,
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the White
Throne Judgment occurs.
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Now what is the result of
the White throne judgment?
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That's when the books are open,
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and those who
attack will be judged
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according to their words
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and then what takes place again?
00:23:43.65\00:23:45.05
The second death occurs.
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How does the second death occur?
00:23:46.99\00:23:48.82
Someone tell me.
00:23:48.86\00:23:50.83
Fire came down from
God of the heaven and what?
00:23:50.86\00:23:53.50
Devoured them.
00:23:53.53\00:23:54.86
Not only did fire come down,
00:23:54.90\00:23:56.46
but the earth
became a lake of fire
00:23:56.50\00:24:00.87
in the same way that the
earth was destroyed by water,
00:24:00.90\00:24:04.04
there was no ocean somewhere
00:24:04.07\00:24:05.41
where people were
thrown in to drown,
00:24:05.44\00:24:07.08
the earth became an
entire planet of water,
00:24:07.11\00:24:09.84
this time will be an
entire planet of fire.
00:24:09.88\00:24:12.91
And then finally,
00:24:12.95\00:24:14.28
let's say the last one together.
00:24:14.32\00:24:15.65
Sin eradicated eternally.
00:24:15.68\00:24:18.15
Let's try it one
more time, sin what?
00:24:18.19\00:24:20.16
Eradicated eternally.
00:24:20.19\00:24:22.99
It's hard to think
that way, isn't it?
00:24:23.02\00:24:25.59
Think about it.
00:24:25.63\00:24:26.96
It's hard to
think about anything
00:24:27.00\00:24:29.00
not existing any longer.
00:24:29.03\00:24:31.63
It's hard to think that one day,
00:24:31.67\00:24:33.00
we won't have
any more struggles.
00:24:33.03\00:24:34.50
But I want to tell you tonight,
00:24:34.54\00:24:35.87
one day there'll
be no more temptation.
00:24:35.90\00:24:37.84
Amen.
00:24:37.87\00:24:39.21
Thank you, David.
00:24:39.24\00:24:40.58
One day, there'll
be no more heartache,
00:24:40.61\00:24:42.08
no more
suffering, no more death,
00:24:42.11\00:24:44.61
no more trials, no more anger,
00:24:44.65\00:24:46.48
no more
hostility, no more deception.
00:24:46.51\00:24:48.88
Can I go on?
00:24:48.92\00:24:50.25
I'll be here for weeks
00:24:50.29\00:24:51.62
because there's so
much wrong with this world,
00:24:51.65\00:24:53.22
there's so much
wrong with this planet,
00:24:53.25\00:24:55.12
there's so much
wrong with the human heart
00:24:55.16\00:24:58.29
that the Lord will
eradicate sin eternally.
00:24:58.33\00:25:01.63
And so,
00:25:01.66\00:25:03.53
here's the best way
to be happy about that.
00:25:03.57\00:25:07.10
Here's the best way to be
happy about that last statement.
00:25:07.14\00:25:11.17
If you begin to
live a righteous life
00:25:11.21\00:25:14.74
before Jesus comes,
00:25:14.78\00:25:16.95
you won't be sad
when sin is eradicated
00:25:16.98\00:25:20.48
because your life would
not include the things of sin.
00:25:20.52\00:25:25.22
Amen.
00:25:25.25\00:25:27.19
And I do have big ears.
00:25:27.22\00:25:29.62
If you begin to
include in your life
00:25:29.66\00:25:31.63
those things that
are connected to heaven,
00:25:31.66\00:25:33.70
you will not miss the
things connected to earth
00:25:33.73\00:25:36.46
when Jesus comes back.
00:25:36.50\00:25:38.20
The reason why
Lot's wife lost her life
00:25:38.23\00:25:43.00
is because her
affection was still
00:25:43.04\00:25:44.61
where God was
trying to take her from.
00:25:44.64\00:25:48.41
If your affection,
that's why the Bible says,
00:25:48.44\00:25:50.01
set your
affections on things where?
00:25:50.05\00:25:52.45
Above and not on
things of the earth.
00:25:52.48\00:25:55.28
I feel...
00:25:55.32\00:25:56.65
Now, I'm not gonna condemn,
00:25:56.69\00:25:58.02
but there's some people
that live lavishly and wealthy
00:25:58.05\00:25:59.72
and they got every,
00:25:59.75\00:26:01.16
you know, they got the
whole garage of 16 cars
00:26:01.19\00:26:03.99
and all the models and,
00:26:04.03\00:26:06.13
if they could afford that, fine.
00:26:06.16\00:26:07.86
If their hearts are
not connected to that,
00:26:07.90\00:26:09.60
wonderfully.
00:26:09.63\00:26:10.97
But I've seen some situations
where I'm thinking to myself,
00:26:11.00\00:26:12.93
"Do they really want
the Lord to come back?"
00:26:12.97\00:26:15.10
Saying, didn't had the
chance to ride their new car
00:26:15.14\00:26:16.74
just imported
from Germany, you know.
00:26:16.77\00:26:20.04
Nothing wrong with
having those things.
00:26:20.08\00:26:21.48
There are very wealthy
people spoken of in the Bible.
00:26:21.51\00:26:23.51
So wealth is not a sin.
00:26:23.55\00:26:25.48
Don't wanna give
that impression at all.
00:26:25.51\00:26:27.12
Somebody once said,
00:26:27.15\00:26:28.75
that money doesn't buy happiness
00:26:28.78\00:26:30.12
and somebody else responded,
00:26:30.15\00:26:31.49
give me a chance to
conclude that myself.
00:26:31.52\00:26:34.49
But if your heart is
connected to this money,
00:26:34.52\00:26:36.46
remember the Lord says,
00:26:36.49\00:26:37.83
"You cannot
serve God and money."
00:26:37.86\00:26:39.76
And there's some
individuals in James.
00:26:39.79\00:26:41.70
James brings out a
continual stern rebuke
00:26:41.73\00:26:44.30
to those who gather up
which is for the last days.
00:26:44.33\00:26:47.44
Because what happens
is where your treasure is,
00:26:47.47\00:26:49.84
there will your heart be also.
00:26:49.87\00:26:52.71
So if you love all the
things you're surrounded with,
00:26:52.74\00:26:54.94
it's hard to say, it's
time to leave the city.
00:26:54.98\00:26:57.61
Wait a minute,
00:26:57.65\00:26:59.21
you mean I gotta
leave all this behind?
00:26:59.25\00:27:01.65
Well, the fact of the matter is
00:27:01.68\00:27:03.02
and here's the
bulleting for tonight.
00:27:03.05\00:27:05.32
This is the truth of the ages.
00:27:05.35\00:27:07.92
You can't take it with you.
00:27:07.96\00:27:09.29
Amen. Amen?
00:27:09.32\00:27:11.13
So you might as well leave it
00:27:11.16\00:27:13.29
or the only choice is
leave it or burn with it.
00:27:13.33\00:27:16.97
I'm not burning with
the car. What do you think?
00:27:17.00\00:27:19.97
The rich young
ruler. He had it all.
00:27:20.00\00:27:22.60
I was reading about
that earlier this week.
00:27:22.64\00:27:25.21
And I discovered that
00:27:25.24\00:27:26.91
it was not only his possessions,
00:27:26.94\00:27:28.58
he wanted eternal life
00:27:28.61\00:27:30.08
but he did not want
Jesus to be his leader.
00:27:30.11\00:27:33.98
That was the issue.
00:27:34.02\00:27:35.48
He said, "What
good things shall I do?"
00:27:35.52\00:27:39.02
And Lord says, "Follow me."
00:27:39.05\00:27:40.79
"I want eternal life but
I don't wanna follow You."
00:27:40.82\00:27:43.49
And he walked,
but he walked away.
00:27:43.53\00:27:46.59
He didn't walk with Jesus.
00:27:46.63\00:27:48.36
So anytime you don't
want Jesus to be your leader,
00:27:48.40\00:27:50.57
then you're moving
in the wrong direction.
00:27:50.60\00:27:52.30
The reason I want Jesus
to be my leader everyday
00:27:52.33\00:27:55.40
is because the Bible
says in Revelation Chapter 14,
00:27:55.44\00:27:58.37
they follow the
Lamb, wherever He goes.
00:27:58.41\00:28:02.71
Amen?
00:28:02.74\00:28:04.61
So if you're in the
valley of the shadows,
00:28:04.65\00:28:06.92
you maybe on the hilltop,
00:28:06.95\00:28:08.58
follow the Lamb
wherever He goes.
00:28:08.62\00:28:10.99
And we're gonna find out tonight
00:28:11.02\00:28:12.62
where He went.
00:28:12.65\00:28:14.09
And how wonderful
it is to get ready for
00:28:14.12\00:28:16.12
where the Lord presently is.
00:28:16.16\00:28:17.53
Amen? Amen.
00:28:17.56\00:28:18.89
So let's go to our new lesson,
00:28:18.93\00:28:20.26
we just went through an outline
00:28:20.30\00:28:21.63
and for those of
you who followed along
00:28:21.66\00:28:23.06
in our final outline,
00:28:23.10\00:28:25.27
the specifics are
in lesson number 25.
00:28:25.30\00:28:27.77
But tonight, our
new lesson is entitled,
00:28:27.80\00:28:31.54
"The Truth about
Heaven and the New Earth."
00:28:31.57\00:28:35.91
You know that, as I
listen to this lesson,
00:28:35.94\00:28:38.98
I have just been
amazed how many times,
00:28:39.01\00:28:43.12
and I wanna say this,
00:28:43.15\00:28:44.49
I even heard this
sometimes amongst us.
00:28:44.52\00:28:46.96
How people get things mixed up?
00:28:46.99\00:28:48.52
I might just drop
something, I might drop,
00:28:48.56\00:28:50.39
give you one drop,
00:28:50.43\00:28:52.03
just one drop of
some to think about.
00:28:52.06\00:28:54.23
Because I've
heard people say that,
00:28:54.26\00:28:55.66
I remember when
I was growing up,
00:28:55.70\00:28:57.03
I used to think
the very same thing
00:28:57.07\00:28:58.40
when I lost my
puppy, when I lost my dog,
00:28:58.43\00:29:00.30
when I lost my favorite pet,
00:29:00.34\00:29:01.67
I would ask, is it
gonna be in heaven?
00:29:01.70\00:29:05.37
But we'll discover
where pets are going to be.
00:29:05.41\00:29:09.08
We'll discover
what the Bible says
00:29:09.11\00:29:11.41
about heaven and the New Earth.
00:29:11.45\00:29:14.62
What is going to be
there, who is going to be there,
00:29:14.65\00:29:17.39
what's going to be there
00:29:17.42\00:29:18.75
and what's not
going to be there,
00:29:18.79\00:29:20.12
all right.
00:29:20.16\00:29:21.49
So let's not
'cause... we have the,
00:29:21.52\00:29:22.86
so many people have all these,
00:29:22.89\00:29:24.23
you know, statements
about what's gonna be in heaven.
00:29:24.26\00:29:27.23
And sometimes,
we even mix up text,
00:29:27.26\00:29:30.10
and sometimes even
people perceive it,
00:29:30.13\00:29:32.27
"Oh, when I get to heaven,
00:29:32.30\00:29:33.64
I'm gonna go to
the heavenly zoo."
00:29:33.67\00:29:36.64
Think about it.
00:29:36.67\00:29:38.01
The lion shall be
laid down with the lamb.
00:29:38.04\00:29:40.78
Do we say that?
That's in the Bible.
00:29:40.81\00:29:43.04
But I want just
tell you this now
00:29:43.08\00:29:45.41
so we could break
it down a little later.
00:29:45.45\00:29:46.98
The lion and the lamb are
gonna be in the New Earth,
00:29:47.02\00:29:50.82
not in heaven.
00:29:50.85\00:29:52.19
I wanna follow
this very carefully.
00:29:52.22\00:29:53.56
We'll talk about that later on
00:29:53.59\00:29:55.99
'cause now your
wheels are spinning.
00:29:56.02\00:29:59.53
Okay, we'll talk about it
a little later, all right?
00:29:59.56\00:30:01.76
The New Earth is going
to be the creation restored,
00:30:01.80\00:30:05.80
remember that.
00:30:05.83\00:30:07.27
When God created the earth,
00:30:07.30\00:30:10.04
during the week
He created animals.
00:30:10.07\00:30:13.58
He didn't send them down
here, He created animals.
00:30:13.61\00:30:16.78
Then He created Adam and
Adam named all the animals.
00:30:16.81\00:30:20.32
Jesus is coming
back for His church,
00:30:20.35\00:30:24.55
and in the New Earth.
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.09
My own personal desire,
00:30:26.12\00:30:27.92
and I said this one day
to a little child who said,
00:30:27.96\00:30:30.99
it's my puppy, get the puppy.
00:30:31.03\00:30:32.73
When we lost out only dog
00:30:32.76\00:30:34.13
that we had as a married couple,
00:30:34.16\00:30:36.63
a long time ago.
00:30:36.67\00:30:38.33
We were so torn by seeing
him hit right in front of us.
00:30:38.37\00:30:42.37
You know, we just
bought him a brand new chain
00:30:42.40\00:30:43.91
and he was just my,
00:30:43.94\00:30:45.27
somebody had given to him to us
00:30:45.31\00:30:46.98
when I was going passing around
00:30:47.01\00:30:48.94
thanksgiving baskets
00:30:48.98\00:30:50.31
in the mountains of
northern California.
00:30:50.35\00:30:51.68
I went to an
house and the lady said,
00:30:51.71\00:30:53.31
I wanna give you something
as she took me to her backyard
00:30:53.35\00:30:55.08
and there was a dog
00:30:55.12\00:30:57.85
that had a litter of puppies
00:30:57.89\00:30:59.22
and I picked the one
that was most strange
00:30:59.25\00:31:01.42
from the whole pile
and I named him Snuggles.
00:31:01.46\00:31:04.66
He was a child Labrador.
00:31:04.69\00:31:06.73
And wherever I went,
00:31:06.76\00:31:09.60
just imagine me
pulling out from the church,
00:31:09.63\00:31:12.63
and there's a whole
long line of traffic
00:31:12.67\00:31:15.04
behind me going
really slow and I'm thinking,
00:31:15.07\00:31:17.87
why they're going so slow
00:31:17.91\00:31:19.24
and then I see
this little brown dog
00:31:19.27\00:31:21.14
in the middle of the traffic,
00:31:21.18\00:31:22.91
and it's my dog running
00:31:22.94\00:31:24.28
in front of all
the cars and trucks,
00:31:24.31\00:31:26.82
because he's trying
to catch up with me.
00:31:26.85\00:31:28.62
That's how close we were.
00:31:28.65\00:31:29.98
I would stop and I said,
00:31:30.02\00:31:31.45
Snuggles, you're
gonna get killed!
00:31:31.49\00:31:33.05
I stopped and he
jumped into our van,
00:31:33.09\00:31:35.42
right into my lap
00:31:35.46\00:31:36.89
and stick its
head outside the window
00:31:36.93\00:31:38.33
while then in the couch
and he'll jump on my chest
00:31:38.36\00:31:40.03
and put his face
right here and then go.
00:31:40.06\00:31:43.16
And we had such a connection.
00:31:43.20\00:31:44.97
Very loyal dog
00:31:45.00\00:31:46.33
and that one
evening, we went to the store
00:31:46.37\00:31:48.90
and he was so
used to just running
00:31:48.94\00:31:50.54
'cause he heard
dogs bark across the road
00:31:50.57\00:31:52.57
where just like
it, just two lanes,
00:31:52.61\00:31:53.94
one in each direction.
00:31:53.98\00:31:55.31
And he ran out, right across,
00:31:55.34\00:31:57.61
he ran across
the road way at night
00:31:57.65\00:32:00.08
and a pickup truck hit him,
knocked him way up in the air
00:32:00.12\00:32:02.28
and he landed and
he died in my arms.
00:32:02.32\00:32:04.42
And from then, we
never got a pup again
00:32:04.45\00:32:06.39
because all the pain of death.
00:32:06.42\00:32:08.92
And we called a deacon
00:32:08.96\00:32:10.29
and he buried him in
the mountains of California.
00:32:10.33\00:32:12.19
You know what I said?
00:32:12.23\00:32:14.33
Man, I tell you, for
weeks we were not even any good.
00:32:14.36\00:32:16.77
We'd see a piece
of here in the house,
00:32:16.80\00:32:18.43
I'm talking about
the New Earth, okay.
00:32:18.47\00:32:20.37
And so I thought
in the New Earth,
00:32:20.40\00:32:22.00
there gonna be some dogs,
they're gonna be some pets,
00:32:22.04\00:32:23.91
they're gonna be some animals
and horses, why not mine?
00:32:23.94\00:32:26.41
Come on, say amen somebody.
00:32:26.44\00:32:28.08
But here's my point.
00:32:28.11\00:32:29.44
If he's not there,
I'm not gonna be upset!
00:32:29.48\00:32:32.68
Can I get an amen? Amen.
00:32:32.71\00:32:34.75
Whatever the Lord
decides will be better than
00:32:34.78\00:32:36.72
what we have
now, isn't it right?
00:32:36.75\00:32:38.75
So let's not get
all bent out of shape
00:32:38.79\00:32:40.12
and give God a list of
all the reasons why we,
00:32:40.16\00:32:42.62
if, Lord, if You have
this in the New Earth, I'll go.
00:32:42.66\00:32:48.56
I've heard some people
say, I've heard some people say,
00:32:48.60\00:32:51.63
"If he's not gonna be in heaven,
00:32:51.67\00:32:53.00
I don't wanna be there."
00:32:53.03\00:32:54.37
And I thought to myself,
00:32:54.40\00:32:55.84
if you don't wanna be in heaven,
00:32:55.87\00:32:57.21
I'm not pointing you,
00:32:57.24\00:32:58.57
but if you don't
wanna be in heaven,
00:32:58.61\00:32:59.94
I'm not losing heaven because
you don't wanna be there.
00:32:59.97\00:33:01.31
Amen somebody? Amen.
00:33:01.34\00:33:02.68
I'm going because Jesus
is gonna be there, right?
00:33:02.71\00:33:04.91
That's the number one
reason why we're going,
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.75
not because, oh,
00:33:06.78\00:33:08.12
if my cousin doesn't
make it, I don't wanna be in.
00:33:08.15\00:33:09.48
I've heard somebody say,
00:33:09.52\00:33:10.85
"My brother's
not gonna be there,
00:33:10.89\00:33:12.22
I don't wanna be there."
00:33:12.25\00:33:13.59
I said, "Well, I guess,
you both won't be there."
00:33:13.62\00:33:14.96
Don't wanna be very harsh
00:33:14.99\00:33:16.32
but the fact of the
matter is the only reason
00:33:16.36\00:33:17.69
why we should go because
Jesus is going to be there.
00:33:17.73\00:33:20.20
Not for mansions,
not for golden streets,
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.03
not for fruit we're going
00:33:22.06\00:33:23.97
because that's the
place of the redeemed.
00:33:24.00\00:33:26.13
So tonight, let's
begin with the promise.
00:33:26.17\00:33:28.17
Question number one, here it is.
00:33:28.20\00:33:30.51
What promise did Jesus make
00:33:30.54\00:33:32.41
concerning His
desire to have us with Him?
00:33:32.44\00:33:34.88
What promise did Jesus make?
00:33:34.91\00:33:36.61
John Chapter 14,
00:33:36.64\00:33:37.98
all you theologians
know this very well.
00:33:38.01\00:33:40.45
John 14:1-3
00:33:40.48\00:33:42.38
as we'll find
our answer tonight.
00:33:42.42\00:33:44.59
In this world where so
many things are going wrong.
00:33:44.62\00:33:46.89
This text is a constant
comfort to know that one day,
00:33:46.92\00:33:50.76
there's gonna be
a permanent change.
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.63
Here it is.
00:33:52.66\00:33:54.00
On the screen, John 14:1-3,
let's read this together,
00:33:54.03\00:33:56.87
we all know
this, I think we should
00:33:56.90\00:33:58.23
all recite this together.
00:33:58.27\00:33:59.60
Together, here we are,
00:33:59.63\00:34:00.97
"Let not your heart be troubled,
00:34:01.00\00:34:03.30
you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
00:34:03.34\00:34:06.44
In My Father's
house are many mansions,
00:34:06.47\00:34:09.84
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:34:09.88\00:34:12.61
I go to prepare a place for you.
00:34:12.65\00:34:15.78
And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
00:34:15.82\00:34:18.85
I will come again
00:34:18.89\00:34:21.16
and receive you to Myself,
00:34:21.19\00:34:23.06
that where I am,
there you may be also."
00:34:23.09\00:34:26.96
I wanna be where Jesus is.
00:34:27.00\00:34:29.26
Jesus already came
down to be where I am,
00:34:29.30\00:34:31.80
but this time I
wanna be where He is, amen?
00:34:31.83\00:34:34.60
You see what
people don't understand,
00:34:34.64\00:34:36.07
we've traveled, right
now I think in our list,
00:34:36.10\00:34:37.81
we've been to 52 countries.
00:34:37.84\00:34:39.67
I want you to turn with me
00:34:39.71\00:34:41.04
to the Book of
Hebrews Chapter 9.
00:34:41.08\00:34:42.41
We've been to 52 countries.
00:34:42.44\00:34:44.45
Matter of fact,
Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:34:44.48\00:34:45.81
not Hebrews chapter 9.
00:34:45.85\00:34:47.32
We've been to 52 countries
00:34:47.35\00:34:48.68
and I haven't seen
a country on earth yet
00:34:48.72\00:34:51.15
that I'm willing
to trade for heaven.
00:34:51.19\00:34:54.59
I haven't seen a
country on earth yet.
00:34:54.62\00:34:56.76
I mean, I haven't been to
Dubai yet I've heard about
00:34:56.79\00:34:59.69
my good friend Pastor
Doug Batchelor went to Dubai,
00:34:59.73\00:35:02.33
and you know he
comes from a lot of wealth.
00:35:02.36\00:35:04.73
His dad was a billionaire
and it's hard to impress him
00:35:04.77\00:35:07.14
and he said to
me, John, you know
00:35:07.17\00:35:08.50
it's hard to impress me.
00:35:08.54\00:35:11.54
I was impressed.
00:35:11.57\00:35:13.27
Dubai, the tallest
building in the world.
00:35:13.31\00:35:15.58
He said, you walk
into hotel lobbies
00:35:15.61\00:35:17.15
and everything is gold.
00:35:17.18\00:35:19.58
I mean the best of the best,
00:35:19.61\00:35:21.18
the best of the
best of the best.
00:35:21.22\00:35:22.82
Gold plated and platinum
plated things all round you,
00:35:22.85\00:35:24.95
just money flowing.
00:35:24.99\00:35:27.06
And I found out that like
00:35:27.09\00:35:28.42
over a hundred
million dollars a day,
00:35:28.46\00:35:31.36
that's some crazy amount.
00:35:31.39\00:35:33.19
Hundred million dollars a
day flowing to these areas
00:35:33.23\00:35:35.56
just because of the oil.
00:35:35.60\00:35:37.17
I mean that's a small amount,
00:35:37.20\00:35:38.53
I'm sure I'm way
out by whole lot.
00:35:38.57\00:35:40.44
But, so if you got
this money flowing in,
00:35:40.47\00:35:43.81
you gotta find
something to do with it.
00:35:43.84\00:35:46.37
But I wanna tell you,
after I read this text,
00:35:46.41\00:35:48.54
not even Dubai is the
place that I wanna be eternally.
00:35:48.58\00:35:51.21
Come on amen somebody? Amen.
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.42
Hebrews 11:9, as Bible says,
00:35:53.45\00:35:56.02
"By faith,
speaking about Abraham,
00:35:56.05\00:35:58.32
he sojourned in
the land of promise
00:35:58.35\00:36:01.06
as in a foreign country,
00:36:01.09\00:36:05.26
dwelling in tents
with Isaac and Jacob,
00:36:05.29\00:36:07.93
the heirs with him
of the same promise,
00:36:07.96\00:36:12.03
for he waited for the city
00:36:12.07\00:36:15.00
which has foundations,
00:36:15.04\00:36:16.60
whose builder and maker is God."
00:36:16.64\00:36:20.38
Verse 16,
00:36:20.41\00:36:24.01
"But now they desire a better,
00:36:24.05\00:36:26.95
that is a," what
kind of country?"
00:36:26.98\00:36:28.82
A heavenly country.
00:36:28.85\00:36:30.19
Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God,
00:36:30.22\00:36:34.09
for He has, together,
prepared a city for them."
00:36:34.12\00:36:38.96
Tonight, there's a
city prepared for us.
00:36:38.99\00:36:42.53
A wonderful city
and a city of peace
00:36:42.56\00:36:45.67
because the prince
of peace reigns there.
00:36:45.70\00:36:47.67
A city of no violence,
00:36:47.70\00:36:49.80
when you compared the city
00:36:49.84\00:36:51.17
that the Bible talks
about in Revelation to the city
00:36:51.21\00:36:53.78
that Isaiah talks about.
00:36:53.81\00:36:55.14
Go to Isaiah Chapter 24.
00:36:55.18\00:36:58.61
Let's look at the city
as Isaiah sees the earth.
00:36:58.65\00:37:01.28
And this is just a
tip of the iceberg.
00:37:01.32\00:37:04.09
Isaiah Chapter 24.
00:37:04.12\00:37:05.55
Here it is, Isaiah Chapter 24.
00:37:11.43\00:37:16.80
Talking about
the Day of Judgment
00:37:16.83\00:37:18.17
and Tribulation to come.
00:37:18.20\00:37:20.14
Everybody's gonna be involved.
00:37:20.17\00:37:21.57
Starting with verse 1,
00:37:21.60\00:37:23.27
"Behold, the Lord
makes the earth empty
00:37:23.30\00:37:26.44
and makes it waste,
00:37:26.47\00:37:29.08
distorts its
surface and scatters abroad
00:37:29.11\00:37:32.55
its inhabitants."
00:37:32.58\00:37:33.92
And notice how
many will be affected?
00:37:33.95\00:37:35.28
Verse 2,
00:37:35.32\00:37:36.65
"And it shall be:
As with the people,
00:37:36.69\00:37:38.02
so with the priest,
00:37:38.05\00:37:39.39
as with the
servant, so with his master,
00:37:39.42\00:37:41.12
as with the maid,
so with her mistress,
00:37:41.16\00:37:43.16
as with the buyer,
so with the seller,
00:37:43.19\00:37:45.03
as with the lender,
so with the borrower,
00:37:45.06\00:37:47.20
as with the
creditor, so with the debtor.
00:37:47.23\00:37:49.30
The land shall be entirely
emptied and utterly plundered,
00:37:49.33\00:37:53.44
for the Lord has
spoken this word."
00:37:53.47\00:37:57.21
Notice what He says, verse 4,
00:37:57.24\00:37:59.24
"The earth
mourns and fades away,
00:37:59.27\00:38:01.04
the world
languishes and fades away,
00:38:01.08\00:38:04.05
the haughty people
of the earth languish.
00:38:04.08\00:38:06.48
The earth is also
defiled under its inhabitants
00:38:06.51\00:38:09.15
because of the
people that live here, us,
00:38:09.18\00:38:11.32
because they have
transgressed the laws,
00:38:11.35\00:38:13.42
changed the ordinance,
00:38:13.46\00:38:14.96
broken the everlasting covenant.
00:38:14.99\00:38:17.59
Therefore the curse
has devoured how much,
00:38:17.63\00:38:20.53
the earth,
00:38:20.56\00:38:21.90
and those who
dwell in it are desolate.
00:38:21.93\00:38:23.87
Therefore the inhabitants
of the earth are burned,
00:38:23.90\00:38:26.97
and few men are left."
00:38:27.00\00:38:28.60
That means so little.
00:38:28.64\00:38:29.97
After this
devastation, so little.
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.87
That's the
condition of that of the world
00:38:31.91\00:38:33.78
that we live in now,
00:38:33.81\00:38:35.14
compared to the world
00:38:35.18\00:38:36.51
that the Lord is
preparing for us.
00:38:36.54\00:38:37.88
Amen?
00:38:37.91\00:38:39.25
So let's put the
answer to question number one.
00:38:39.28\00:38:40.85
What promise did Jesus
make concerning His desire
00:38:40.88\00:38:43.08
to have us with Him?
00:38:43.12\00:38:44.45
I will come again, write that.
00:38:47.59\00:38:51.16
He will come again.
00:38:51.19\00:38:53.93
He will return.
00:38:53.96\00:38:55.30
That's I will come back.
00:38:55.33\00:38:58.30
I will come again.
00:38:58.33\00:39:00.00
Reason why He's coming back
is because while we live here,
00:39:00.04\00:39:04.34
we're not
citizens down here, right?
00:39:04.37\00:39:07.91
When you accepted Jesus Christ,
you change your citizenship.
00:39:07.94\00:39:11.61
You got a different passport.
00:39:11.65\00:39:14.02
See when I
travel, they always ask,
00:39:14.05\00:39:16.42
you know, country of origin,
00:39:16.45\00:39:18.12
country of
nationality, I got USA.
00:39:18.15\00:39:22.46
When I get to the New Jerusalem,
00:39:22.49\00:39:25.29
they can say, passport please.
00:39:25.33\00:39:27.76
Citizen of heaven, amen. Amen.
00:39:27.80\00:39:30.10
I got the proof today.
Go to Philippians Chapter 3.
00:39:30.13\00:39:33.17
Got the proof to
that, Philippians Chapter 3.
00:39:33.20\00:39:36.37
Look at this.
00:39:36.40\00:39:38.24
Philippians Chapter 3.
00:39:38.27\00:39:40.84
Okay, here we are.
00:39:40.88\00:39:46.08
Okay, here it is.
00:39:46.11\00:39:47.95
Philippians Chapter 3,
00:39:47.98\00:39:51.75
look at verse 20 and verse 21.
00:39:51.79\00:39:56.16
Citizens, citizens."
00:39:56.19\00:39:58.13
For our citizenship is," where?
00:39:58.16\00:40:01.03
"In heaven,
00:40:01.06\00:40:02.40
from which we also
eagerly wait for the Savior,
00:40:02.43\00:40:05.70
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.70
who will
transform our lowly body
00:40:07.74\00:40:10.91
that it may be
conformed to His glorious body,
00:40:10.94\00:40:14.74
according to the
working by which He is able even
00:40:14.78\00:40:18.21
to subdue all
things to Himself."
00:40:18.25\00:40:20.32
So where is our citizenship?
00:40:20.35\00:40:22.05
It's in heaven.
00:40:22.08\00:40:23.49
As the evangelist
would sing years ago
00:40:23.52\00:40:25.59
is your name written there.
00:40:25.62\00:40:28.92
Praise the Lord.
00:40:28.96\00:40:30.29
That's why He's
coming back to get us
00:40:30.33\00:40:31.66
because wouldn't it make sense
00:40:31.69\00:40:33.26
when we had that terrible
tragedy of September 11, 2001.
00:40:33.29\00:40:37.13
We arrived from Canada on
a United Airlines airplane
00:40:37.17\00:40:41.60
and because we were
on an American carrier,
00:40:41.64\00:40:45.11
we were allowed
to come into America.
00:40:45.14\00:40:47.58
Here's the key.
00:40:47.61\00:40:48.94
Because we have a
heavenly citizenship,
00:40:48.98\00:40:50.81
we'll be
allowed to go to heaven.
00:40:50.85\00:40:52.28
Amen? Amen.
00:40:52.31\00:40:53.65
That's the key reason.
00:40:53.68\00:40:55.02
The heavenly citizenship
is stamped on the passport,
00:40:55.05\00:40:58.12
the blood of Jesus Christ.
00:40:58.15\00:40:59.82
Let's go to question
number two, here it is.
00:40:59.85\00:41:02.16
Question number two.
00:41:02.19\00:41:04.06
What reason does the Bible give
00:41:04.09\00:41:05.49
for the
necessity of Jesus' return?
00:41:05.53\00:41:08.23
What reason does the Bible give
00:41:08.26\00:41:09.60
for the
necessity of Jesus' return?
00:41:09.63\00:41:11.73
There's a reason it gives.
00:41:11.77\00:41:13.20
Go to John 3:13, okay.
00:41:13.23\00:41:15.90
John 3:13, okay.
00:41:15.94\00:41:19.77
John 3:13, here it is.
00:41:24.15\00:41:27.92
The Bible says,
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.32
"No one has ascended to heaven
00:41:29.35\00:41:32.45
but He who came
down from heaven,
00:41:32.49\00:41:35.66
that is, the Son of
Man who is in heaven."
00:41:35.69\00:41:40.53
That is the Son of
man who is in heaven.
00:41:40.56\00:41:42.36
Now let me put this together
00:41:42.40\00:41:43.73
because I know
you're thinking of Elijah,
00:41:43.77\00:41:45.10
you're thinking of
Moses, you're thinking of Enoch.
00:41:45.13\00:41:48.50
They did not ascend to heaven.
00:41:48.54\00:41:50.51
They were carried to heaven.
00:41:50.54\00:41:53.34
Did you hear that?
00:41:53.38\00:41:54.71
They didn't ascend
on their own power,
00:41:54.74\00:41:58.01
they were carried.
00:41:58.05\00:41:59.38
Swept away in a
chariot of fire, see?
00:41:59.41\00:42:01.88
Enoch walked with God
and it was for God took him.
00:42:01.92\00:42:05.22
And Moses, the
Lord resurrected him.
00:42:05.25\00:42:06.96
He was a trophy of those
00:42:06.99\00:42:08.79
who'll come forth from the grave
00:42:08.82\00:42:10.59
in the resurrection.
00:42:10.63\00:42:11.96
They did not ascend
on their own power like
00:42:11.99\00:42:14.53
the saints are going to
ascend on the power of Christ.
00:42:14.56\00:42:19.00
So what this is
talking about here
00:42:19.03\00:42:20.64
is no one has ascended to heaven
00:42:20.67\00:42:22.10
but He who came
down from heaven,
00:42:22.14\00:42:24.11
that is the Son
of man who is in,
00:42:24.14\00:42:26.88
was up, came down, went back.
00:42:26.91\00:42:30.35
Is that clear?
00:42:30.38\00:42:31.71
Now the reason
I'm bringing this up
00:42:31.75\00:42:33.08
because I'm gonna go
to the very next question,
00:42:33.11\00:42:34.75
and I'm going to
address this issue
00:42:34.78\00:42:36.12
about this new show,
"Heaven is for Real."
00:42:36.15\00:42:39.02
Or there's a new
movie, Heaven is for Real,"
00:42:39.05\00:42:41.49
where this little kid
says he went to heaven.
00:42:41.52\00:42:44.86
Okay, I'm not gonna
mention anything right now.
00:42:44.89\00:42:46.53
But let's just go on to
the question to number two.
00:42:46.56\00:42:48.43
What reason does the Bible give
00:42:48.46\00:42:49.80
for the
necessity of Jesus' return?
00:42:49.83\00:42:52.03
Is no one has
ascended to heaven.
00:42:52.07\00:42:54.37
How many? No one.
00:42:54.40\00:42:55.90
Tonight, loved
ones are not in heaven,
00:42:55.94\00:42:58.54
the Liberace is not
there, Dean Martin is not there,
00:42:58.57\00:43:01.04
Frank Sinatra is not there,
Michael Jackson is not there.
00:43:01.08\00:43:03.85
No one has ascended to heaven.
00:43:03.88\00:43:06.15
And we know the reason
why no one has ascended.
00:43:06.18\00:43:09.95
It's because we cannot ascend
00:43:09.98\00:43:11.32
until we are
changed to be immortal,
00:43:11.35\00:43:13.82
ain't that right?
00:43:13.86\00:43:15.22
The Bible says
00:43:15.26\00:43:16.59
when this mortal
puts on immortality
00:43:16.62\00:43:20.53
and that happens
at the last trumpet.
00:43:20.56\00:43:23.63
That does not happen at death,
00:43:23.67\00:43:25.00
until this mortal
puts on immortality
00:43:25.03\00:43:27.80
and is corruptible
puts on incorruption,
00:43:27.84\00:43:30.27
mortality cannot exist
00:43:30.31\00:43:31.91
in the presence
of an immortal God.
00:43:31.94\00:43:34.94
David the Psalmist says,
"Our God is a consuming fire."
00:43:34.98\00:43:37.68
What will happen
to perishable things,
00:43:37.71\00:43:40.18
in the presence of a fire?
00:43:40.22\00:43:41.55
Come on, tell me
what will happen?
00:43:41.58\00:43:43.02
Burned up!
00:43:43.05\00:43:44.45
Like dried
leaves on a summer day.
00:43:44.49\00:43:46.82
It'll burn up just like that.
00:43:46.86\00:43:48.49
Our God is a consuming fire.
00:43:48.52\00:43:50.63
But if you're immortal,
00:43:50.66\00:43:53.36
you'll be able to walk
into the presence of God
00:43:53.40\00:43:55.00
without being consumed.
00:43:55.03\00:43:56.40
And only as you are clothed
in the character of Christ,
00:43:56.43\00:44:00.30
can you walk in the
presence of His Father
00:44:00.34\00:44:02.87
and not be consumed.
00:44:02.90\00:44:05.07
That's the qualification,
not your righteousness,
00:44:05.11\00:44:08.01
but His righteousness, right?
00:44:08.04\00:44:10.38
So no one has
ascended but He who came down,
00:44:10.41\00:44:12.95
and that was the
big issue with the Jews.
00:44:12.98\00:44:14.32
They would say, wait
a minute, wait a minute.
00:44:14.35\00:44:17.45
He said, "How did you
get fed in the wilderness?"
00:44:17.49\00:44:20.46
Well,
00:44:20.49\00:44:22.32
our father Moses
fed us with the bread
00:44:22.36\00:44:23.99
that came down from heaven.
00:44:24.03\00:44:25.89
He did, didn't he?
00:44:25.93\00:44:28.06
And Jesus said to
the Jewish leaders,
00:44:28.10\00:44:29.90
young man, young Jesus.
00:44:29.93\00:44:33.47
Well, I am the bread
that came down from heaven.
00:44:33.50\00:44:38.91
You're not even old enough.
00:44:38.94\00:44:42.44
How are you the bread
that came down from heaven?
00:44:42.48\00:44:47.52
But those who understood
00:44:47.55\00:44:49.18
as Jesus said to
the women at the well,
00:44:49.22\00:44:51.55
she didn't argue
like the Pharisees did.
00:44:51.59\00:44:53.12
They were
determined to tell Jesus
00:44:53.15\00:44:55.42
He's not the bread.
00:44:55.46\00:44:56.99
When she met Jesus and
found that He is the Christ,
00:44:57.03\00:44:59.73
she said, "Give me of that water
00:44:59.76\00:45:01.43
that I may never thirst again."
00:45:01.46\00:45:02.80
Amen?
00:45:02.83\00:45:04.17
That's the right response.
00:45:04.20\00:45:05.53
They said you're not
the bread and she said,
00:45:05.57\00:45:07.70
"You are the
water, give me that water
00:45:07.74\00:45:09.67
that I might not thirst again."
00:45:09.70\00:45:11.41
So no one has ascended.
00:45:11.44\00:45:12.77
So put that to the
number two question,
00:45:12.81\00:45:14.54
what reason does the Bible give
00:45:14.58\00:45:15.91
for the
necessity of Jesus' return?
00:45:15.94\00:45:17.35
No one has ascended.
00:45:17.38\00:45:18.71
We cannot ascend to heaven
without the power of Christ.
00:45:18.75\00:45:21.38
We're not going on
our own recognizance,
00:45:21.42\00:45:23.05
we're not flying away.
00:45:23.08\00:45:24.49
So when people sing that song,
00:45:24.52\00:45:25.99
"I'll fly away."
00:45:26.02\00:45:28.06
No, you'll be on
the wings of Christ.
00:45:28.09\00:45:31.29
You'll be going on His wings.
00:45:31.33\00:45:32.66
We'll be flying but not
on our own recognizance.
00:45:32.69\00:45:35.83
When I die, I'll fly away,
00:45:35.86\00:45:38.90
bulletin not, won't happen.
00:45:38.93\00:45:42.60
Number three.
00:45:42.64\00:45:44.71
How did Jesus confirm
00:45:44.74\00:45:47.04
that man cannot go to
heaven until He returns?
00:45:47.08\00:45:51.15
Cannot go to
heaven until He returns,
00:45:51.18\00:45:55.02
question number three.
00:45:55.05\00:45:57.02
All right?
00:45:57.05\00:45:58.39
How did Jesus confirm that?
00:45:58.42\00:45:59.99
Oh, man,
00:46:00.02\00:46:01.39
there's so many
of these responses,
00:46:01.42\00:46:02.76
I had to pick one of them.
00:46:02.79\00:46:05.19
Because Jesus was clear.
00:46:05.23\00:46:07.40
Jesus was so clear.
00:46:07.43\00:46:11.00
I thank the Lord for
the clarity of His Word.
00:46:11.03\00:46:12.53
Can you say amen to that?
00:46:12.57\00:46:14.10
John 13:33,
00:46:14.14\00:46:15.94
here is what the
word of the Lord says
00:46:15.97\00:46:17.61
from the lips of Jesus.
00:46:17.64\00:46:20.78
He says, "Little children,
00:46:20.81\00:46:23.35
I shall be with you
a little while longer.
00:46:23.38\00:46:27.15
You will seek Me,
00:46:27.18\00:46:28.85
and as I said to the Jews,
00:46:28.88\00:46:31.19
'Where I am going, together,
00:46:31.22\00:46:33.82
you cannot come,'
so now I say to you.'"
00:46:33.86\00:46:37.86
Then he goes on to
the very next verse
00:46:37.89\00:46:39.46
and says love one another.
00:46:39.49\00:46:41.36
And He made this clear,
00:46:41.40\00:46:42.73
there're at
least four statements
00:46:42.76\00:46:44.10
where Jesus
says, "Where I'm going,
00:46:44.13\00:46:45.47
you cannot come."
00:46:45.50\00:46:46.84
You know the way,
but you can't come.
00:46:46.87\00:46:49.37
I'll come back to
get you, you cannot come.
00:46:49.40\00:46:52.11
Where are you going, Father?
00:46:52.14\00:46:53.48
And he said to
them, you know the way,
00:46:53.51\00:46:54.84
but let's just put it
this way, I am the way,
00:46:54.88\00:46:56.48
the truth and the life.
00:46:56.51\00:46:57.85
But you can't
come, I'll be back.
00:46:57.88\00:47:00.65
So people cannot go.
00:47:00.68\00:47:02.82
So when somebody says
that they went to heaven,
00:47:02.85\00:47:05.75
I remember years
ago, there was a book,"
00:47:05.79\00:47:07.26
23 minutes in
Heaven, 40 minutes in Hell".
00:47:07.29\00:47:10.29
And then about,
maybe about 25 years ago
00:47:13.90\00:47:16.26
all of a sudden, for
those of you who are,
00:47:16.30\00:47:18.33
you know, more mature,
00:47:18.37\00:47:19.70
I'm not
referring to the kids here
00:47:19.73\00:47:21.07
but all of a sudden
00:47:21.10\00:47:22.44
we started having
these reports of people
00:47:22.47\00:47:24.41
seeing this
light, remember that?
00:47:24.44\00:47:26.68
They're going toward a light.
00:47:26.71\00:47:30.81
I saw the light.
00:47:30.85\00:47:32.18
And they said the light was warm
00:47:32.21\00:47:33.55
and it embraced me
and then this little kid
00:47:33.58\00:47:36.55
came back with reports like,
00:47:36.58\00:47:37.95
well,
everybody's gonna be there,
00:47:37.99\00:47:39.32
no one's gonna be lost,
00:47:39.35\00:47:41.12
and the devil like
he did years ago on that
00:47:41.16\00:47:43.93
evil movie "Poltergeist",
00:47:43.96\00:47:47.80
saw it before I was converted.
00:47:47.83\00:47:49.16
He communicates lies
00:47:52.57\00:47:55.00
through innocent voices, subtle.
00:47:55.04\00:48:00.28
Daddy, I saw grandpa there.
00:48:00.31\00:48:04.18
What did he look like?
00:48:04.21\00:48:07.15
I saw my baby sister,
00:48:07.18\00:48:08.52
the one that died
before she was born.
00:48:08.55\00:48:09.88
What she looked
like? And he describes it.
00:48:09.92\00:48:12.65
Then you must've been there.
00:48:12.69\00:48:16.12
Don't even know
that devil's been around
00:48:16.16\00:48:17.83
longer than this
baby sitter's been around.
00:48:17.86\00:48:20.50
The devil and his angels.
00:48:20.53\00:48:22.83
People have deleted
Satan and his angels
00:48:22.86\00:48:28.70
from the sin of the world.
00:48:28.74\00:48:30.47
Nowadays,
particularly is preference,
00:48:30.51\00:48:32.84
lifestyle,
00:48:32.87\00:48:34.24
I prefer this way, you
prefer that way, tradition.
00:48:34.28\00:48:37.85
I was saying to
somebody yesterday,
00:48:37.88\00:48:39.51
I don't believe in traditional
marriage, I really don't.
00:48:39.55\00:48:41.98
I believe in biblical marriage.
00:48:42.02\00:48:46.05
Traditions change,
don't they? Oh, yes.
00:48:46.09\00:48:48.69
Whatever the society,
it'll be a new tradition.
00:48:48.72\00:48:50.53
Let's start a new tradition.
00:48:50.56\00:48:51.89
We'll all go to
church left foot first
00:48:51.93\00:48:53.83
right foot next, traditions.
00:48:53.86\00:48:55.83
But the Bible
doesn't change, am I right?
00:48:55.86\00:48:58.07
So if somebody argues with
you about traditional marriage,
00:48:58.10\00:49:01.34
say I don't believe
in traditional marriage.
00:49:01.37\00:49:02.77
Let them sit there and
simmer. Aren't you a Christian?
00:49:02.80\00:49:05.17
Yeah, but I do not
believe in traditional marriage.
00:49:05.21\00:49:08.38
Let them sit there
and sweat a little bit.
00:49:08.41\00:49:10.45
I believe in
scriptural marriage.
00:49:10.48\00:49:11.95
Amen?
00:49:11.98\00:49:13.31
That is constant.
00:49:13.35\00:49:14.68
And you cannot argue with me
based on my religious freedom.
00:49:14.72\00:49:17.45
That's what I'm basing
it on, not my tradition.
00:49:17.49\00:49:19.45
So here's the point.
00:49:19.49\00:49:20.82
Where I'm going you cannot come.
00:49:20.86\00:49:22.19
So when people say
they went to heaven,
00:49:22.22\00:49:23.69
they didn't go.
00:49:23.73\00:49:25.06
But now let me
justify what is clear
00:49:25.09\00:49:28.26
because the Bible
talks about the prophets
00:49:28.30\00:49:30.60
that had glimpses of heaven.
00:49:30.63\00:49:33.23
Some people dream, I had
a dream a few nights ago.
00:49:33.27\00:49:35.90
It wasn't about heaven,
but I'm sure that some of us
00:49:35.94\00:49:38.01
somewhere along
the way in our lifetime
00:49:38.04\00:49:39.44
may have dreamed
of something glorious
00:49:39.47\00:49:40.98
and woke up in the
morning and desired,
00:49:41.01\00:49:42.48
from that day on
to live righteous
00:49:42.51\00:49:43.91
because the dream is
so beautiful about heaven
00:49:43.95\00:49:46.75
and being in the
presence of Jesus.
00:49:46.78\00:49:48.12
I remember one day
I did have a dream,
00:49:48.15\00:49:49.95
and I had told my wife
about it the next morning.
00:49:49.98\00:49:52.25
I dreamed that I was in
a room, just me and Jesus
00:49:52.29\00:49:54.62
and we had such a
one to one conversation.
00:49:54.66\00:49:56.93
No one was there
00:49:56.96\00:49:58.39
and I woke up that
next morning and I said,
00:49:58.43\00:50:00.03
"I've seen Jesus."
00:50:00.06\00:50:02.16
But Bible says, "No one has seen
00:50:02.20\00:50:04.93
the Father any time."
00:50:04.97\00:50:06.30
And I said, "Oh, how wonderful."
00:50:06.33\00:50:08.34
It was a dream.
00:50:08.37\00:50:11.94
And in the Bible, the
Bible also talks about visions
00:50:11.97\00:50:14.14
that prophets had.
00:50:14.18\00:50:15.51
Go to Revelation Chapter
4, let's give you an example.
00:50:15.54\00:50:18.05
So how did Jesus confirm that
00:50:18.08\00:50:19.55
no man cannot go to
heaven until He returns?
00:50:19.58\00:50:24.02
He says, "Where I am
going, you cannot come."
00:50:24.05\00:50:28.22
Reason why,
00:50:28.26\00:50:29.59
you're not
coming until you change.
00:50:29.62\00:50:31.79
We're not going in the
condition that we're in.
00:50:31.83\00:50:34.23
Revelation Chapter 4.
00:50:34.26\00:50:35.66
Let's look at some
examples in the Bible.
00:50:35.70\00:50:37.70
Revelation Chapter 4.
00:50:37.73\00:50:40.30
Okay.
00:50:40.34\00:50:41.67
This is the text
that's often used
00:50:41.70\00:50:43.87
to bolster the
rapture or the secret rapture,
00:50:43.91\00:50:47.44
but there's no secret
rapture in this thing,
00:50:47.48\00:50:50.41
'cause we've to read the verse.
00:50:50.45\00:50:51.88
Revelation 4:1,
00:50:51.91\00:50:53.25
"After these things
I looked, and behold,
00:50:53.28\00:50:56.02
a door standing open," where?
00:50:56.05\00:50:58.99
"In heaven.
00:50:59.02\00:51:00.36
And the first voice
00:51:00.39\00:51:01.72
which I heard
was like a trumpet."
00:51:01.76\00:51:04.86
Often times those who
believe in the rapture
00:51:04.89\00:51:06.80
connects this to
the last trumpet,
00:51:06.83\00:51:09.20
didn't say this last
trumpet, said a trumpet.
00:51:09.23\00:51:12.23
And then they say,
"Speaking with me, saying,
00:51:12.27\00:51:14.60
'Come up
hither," as the King James
00:51:14.64\00:51:16.74
or "come up here,
00:51:16.77\00:51:18.27
and I will show you things
00:51:18.31\00:51:19.64
which must take
place after this."
00:51:19.67\00:51:22.81
And notice how he was caught up.
00:51:22.84\00:51:25.41
"Immediately I
was in the Spirit."
00:51:25.45\00:51:29.52
Spirit began to
impress upon him.
00:51:29.55\00:51:31.35
That was the work
of the Holy Spirit
00:51:31.39\00:51:32.72
to bring to his mind
what God wanted him to see.
00:51:32.75\00:51:35.69
He was still on the earth.
00:51:35.72\00:51:37.56
He says, "And, behold,
a throne set in heaven,
00:51:37.59\00:51:40.70
and one sat on the throne.
00:51:40.73\00:51:42.83
And He who sat
there was like a jasper
00:51:42.86\00:51:46.37
and a sardius
stone in appearance,
00:51:46.40\00:51:48.97
and there was a
rainbow about the throne,
00:51:49.00\00:51:51.34
in appearance like an emerald."
00:51:51.37\00:51:54.18
I'll tell you, the
devil has taken a symbol
00:51:54.21\00:51:56.04
that belongs to Christ
00:51:56.08\00:51:57.68
and has made it a putrid
symbol in society, the rainbow.
00:51:57.71\00:52:02.32
That's what he
does. So you see here.
00:52:02.35\00:52:04.95
I'm not gonna
read the whole thing,
00:52:04.99\00:52:06.32
you get a chance to do that,
and you see in this very verse,
00:52:06.35\00:52:09.09
one of the
activities of the angel
00:52:09.12\00:52:10.56
is to praise God day and night.
00:52:10.59\00:52:12.83
The four and
twenty elders, the angels,
00:52:12.86\00:52:15.16
they praised the
Lord day and night
00:52:15.20\00:52:16.73
and they say in verse 11,
00:52:16.77\00:52:18.10
look at verse 11
of the same chapter.
00:52:18.13\00:52:21.67
You are Holy O Lord,
00:52:21.70\00:52:23.97
to receive glory
and honor and power,
00:52:24.01\00:52:26.68
for you created all
things and by Your will,
00:52:26.71\00:52:29.88
they exists and were created.
00:52:29.91\00:52:33.11
So John is caught up in
vision, but where is John?
00:52:33.15\00:52:36.79
Someone tell me, where is he?
00:52:36.82\00:52:38.82
On the Island of Patmos.
00:52:38.85\00:52:40.46
But he's caught up in vision.
00:52:40.49\00:52:42.16
He's in chains, he's a prisoner.
00:52:42.19\00:52:44.69
But God has given him a glimpse
00:52:44.73\00:52:47.20
of the heavenly abode of God.
00:52:47.23\00:52:50.87
He's given him a glimpse.
00:52:50.90\00:52:52.23
But he's not there, but today,
00:52:52.27\00:52:54.27
one of the
reasons why these things
00:52:54.30\00:52:55.64
have been happening more
so over the last 25-30 years
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.27
is because Satan is
setting the world up
00:52:58.31\00:53:00.34
for the ultimate deception.
00:53:00.38\00:53:03.35
The resurrection is a
new show, don't watch it,
00:53:03.38\00:53:05.35
I don't watch it.
00:53:05.38\00:53:06.72
Don't watch it. Don't even.
00:53:06.75\00:53:08.28
There's a show
called the Resurrection.
00:53:08.32\00:53:11.42
Little boy comes back
after being dead 28 years,
00:53:11.45\00:53:13.49
saw the commercial and
thought, what's your son's name?
00:53:13.52\00:53:16.46
Daddy...
00:53:16.49\00:53:18.66
Only the father
and the son know this.
00:53:18.69\00:53:20.33
And you know, they said,
00:53:20.36\00:53:22.06
it'll challenge
everything you ever believe,
00:53:22.10\00:53:24.17
that's what they said.
00:53:24.20\00:53:25.53
It'll challenge
everything you think.
00:53:25.57\00:53:27.54
That's exactly what
the devil wants you to do.
00:53:27.57\00:53:29.30
You know what he
wants you to challenge?
00:53:29.34\00:53:30.67
The Word of God.
00:53:30.71\00:53:32.04
That's really what he
wants you to challenge.
00:53:32.07\00:53:33.84
But the Bible
says, but he's back
00:53:33.88\00:53:37.08
and they keep it, what,
00:53:37.11\00:53:39.15
I'm coming
home, I'm coming home.
00:53:39.18\00:53:41.75
Tell the world I'm coming home.
00:53:41.78\00:53:44.09
They play that in the background
00:53:44.12\00:53:45.45
so you could hear
that ethereal voice
00:53:45.49\00:53:47.52
in your head all day long.
00:53:47.56\00:53:48.92
No, here's what I
say, Jesus is coming again.
00:53:48.96\00:53:53.46
He's coming and
we're going home.
00:53:53.50\00:53:55.80
There no dead people
coming back to my house!
00:53:55.83\00:54:00.87
Right? Yes.
00:54:00.90\00:54:02.40
In the Book of Job, Bible says,
00:54:02.44\00:54:04.17
"He shall not
awake nor be raised,"
00:54:04.21\00:54:05.94
Job Chapter 14.
00:54:05.97\00:54:07.34
Since you made me go there,
let's go to Job Chapter 14.
00:54:07.38\00:54:11.18
Look at this.
00:54:11.21\00:54:12.55
I'm thanking God for
His Word. You know what?
00:54:12.58\00:54:14.38
The only thing
that will secure you
00:54:14.42\00:54:16.28
from the deception to come,
00:54:16.32\00:54:17.69
is a thus saith the
Lord, isn't that right?
00:54:17.72\00:54:20.32
Don't believe in any experience,
00:54:20.36\00:54:22.16
no matter how warm
it feels, it's a lie.
00:54:22.19\00:54:26.49
It's Job Chapter 14.
00:54:26.53\00:54:29.06
It's a lie.
00:54:29.10\00:54:31.50
People tell you, oh
but I witnessed it myself.
00:54:31.53\00:54:35.64
Well, you just got deceived,
00:54:35.67\00:54:37.61
that's what it's
called, deception, right?
00:54:37.64\00:54:40.38
Job Chapter 14
starting with verse 10.
00:54:40.41\00:54:45.15
Okay, I'm gonna try to read
00:54:45.18\00:54:46.75
because I don't
have a ton of time,
00:54:46.78\00:54:48.12
"But man dies and is laid away,
00:54:48.15\00:54:49.88
indeed he breathes his
last," and where is he?
00:54:49.92\00:54:54.02
"As water
disappears from the sea,
00:54:54.06\00:54:56.19
and a river becomes
parched and dries up,
00:54:56.22\00:54:59.03
so man lies down
and does not rise."
00:54:59.06\00:55:03.50
Come on, say that
together, does not rise.
00:55:03.53\00:55:06.63
"Till the heavens are no more,
00:55:06.67\00:55:10.04
they shall not
awake nor be roused
00:55:10.07\00:55:13.01
or raised from their sleep.
00:55:13.04\00:55:15.01
Oh, that You would
hide me in the grave,
00:55:15.04\00:55:17.25
that You would conceal
me until Your wrath is past,
00:55:17.28\00:55:20.02
That You would
appoint me a set time,
00:55:20.05\00:55:21.62
and remember me!
00:55:21.65\00:55:22.98
If a man dies,
shall he live again?
00:55:23.02\00:55:24.85
Yeah.
00:55:24.89\00:55:26.22
All the days of my
hard service I will wait,
00:55:26.25\00:55:28.22
till my change comes."
00:55:28.26\00:55:30.13
What change?
00:55:30.16\00:55:31.49
From mortal to immortal.
00:55:31.53\00:55:33.40
And let's go to one
more, Job Chapter 17,
00:55:33.43\00:55:37.10
now they had this new phrase
called home going services.
00:55:37.13\00:55:40.44
Well, I got an
answer for that one too.
00:55:40.47\00:55:42.24
Praise the Lord.
00:55:42.27\00:55:43.64
Job Chapter 17, home
going, we're doing home going.
00:55:43.67\00:55:47.28
They ain't going home,
they're going to the cemetery.
00:55:47.31\00:55:49.84
But they wanna call it home,
00:55:49.88\00:55:51.21
the Lord has something
for that too, here it is.
00:55:51.25\00:55:52.91
Job 17:13,
00:55:52.95\00:55:55.18
"If I wait for the
grave as my house..."
00:55:55.22\00:55:59.75
Home going is where?
00:55:59.79\00:56:01.42
The grave.
00:56:01.46\00:56:03.63
"If I make my
bed in the darkness,
00:56:03.66\00:56:06.19
if I say to corruption,
00:56:06.23\00:56:07.56
'You are my
father,' and to the worm,
00:56:07.60\00:56:09.66
'You are my
mother and my sister,
00:56:09.73\00:56:11.90
where is my hope?
00:56:11.93\00:56:13.50
As for my hope, who can see it?
00:56:13.54\00:56:16.07
Will they go down
to the gates of Sheol?
00:56:16.10\00:56:19.04
Shall we rest
together in the dust?"
00:56:19.07\00:56:21.84
That's right, home, the dust.
00:56:21.88\00:56:24.58
From dust thou what?
00:56:24.61\00:56:25.95
The Lord said to Adam
unto dust, thou shall return.
00:56:25.98\00:56:28.82
They're in the dust,
so don't get deceived,
00:56:28.85\00:56:30.92
the Lord says...
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Did we just get to
number three, that's it?
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The Lord says,
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"Where I'm going
you cannot come."
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So tonight my,
brothers and sisters,
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let's make sure that
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we are preparing
for the coming of Lord,
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not for some new
Hollywood production,
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that either the
resurrection's taken place
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or heaven is for real,
heaven is for real, right?
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Don't get that mixed up,
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but we don't go
at different times.
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We all go together.
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We all go at the same
time, the Lord is gonna descend.
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He's coming
back with the trumpet
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to wake up all of our loved ones
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who are resting in Jesus.
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Isn't that wonderful?
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And when that trumpet blows,
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the dusty graves
from all over the earth,
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of all the sleeping
saints will be open.
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They'll come forth immortal,
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perfectly reproduced in
the character of Christ.
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There'll be no
more signs of sin,
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no death, no suffering,
no scars, no wrinkles,
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they're gonna be
perfect for the first time.
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A smooth skin, no
tattoos, David said.
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They're gonna be...
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Everything's gonna be fixed.
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God is gonna get us
ready for a place and a time
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that we have
never had in our lives.
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And as the Apostle Paul
says, "Eyes have not seen,
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ears have not heard it,
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and it hasn't even entered
into our minds, our hearts
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what God has prepared
for those that love Him."
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So here's my encouragement,
heaven is for real.
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We're gonna continue
studying about heaven.
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But if we hear things
that don't make sense,
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consult the Word of
God and sooner or later,
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it'll come into A Sharper Focus.
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May God bless
continue to bless you.
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