Hello, friends,
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welcome to another
Wednesday night Bible study
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here at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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It's summer here.
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Maybe if you're down under,
it's a little cooler there.
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But we thank you for
taking the time to tune in.
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And when I mean down under,
that is down in Australia.
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Those of you who are
there know exactly what I mean.
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But we have a
wonderful group here tonight,
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they'd like to welcome
you with a hearty amen.
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Can we all say amen? Amen.
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And get your
Bibles, and your pens,
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invite your
family, and your friends
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to sit down with us for
a little less than an hour,
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we're gonna talk
about the topic of heaven.
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We have about 11
more questions to cover.
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So far, we've
talked about heaven.
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Now we're gonna add today
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is the new
component about the new earth.
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We talked about heaven,
what about the new earth?
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And so join us for the next hour
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as we do that.
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And before we go
any further though,
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I'm gonna give you
some more information.
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But I'll do that
on the other side
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of the prayer.
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Let's bow our heads together.
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Gracious Father in heaven,
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thank You for the opportunity
of studying Your Word.
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We know that Your Word
is a lamp unto our feet
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and a light unto our paths.
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We pray that You'll guide us,
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that You will teach
us, that You will draw us
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into a
relationship with You, Lord,
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that You'll bless us
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as we not only
study about heaven,
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but prepare our
lives to live there.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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Now, if you'd like to get
a copy of the lesson tonight,
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I know I've told
you lesson number 26.
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But there is one last page,
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this is one of the
first four page lessons,
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go to this website asf.3abn.org
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and download lesson number 26,
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The Truth about
Heaven and the New Earth.
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And you'll have
questions 1 all the way to 33.
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Tonight we're gonna be
covering questions number 22
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down to question number 33.
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And so we thank
you for tuning in
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to enjoy that time with us.
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If you've missed any
of the prior lessons,
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the same place you
download that lesson,
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to the right is
another tab which has videos,
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you can go and select any video
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and at the very
beginning, it'll tell you
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what lesson is
associated with that study.
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Then you click
that and download that.
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And there you are, you
have a wonderful series
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of studies you
can follow through.
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But tonight we wanna sing.
Are you ready to sing y'all?
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We're gonna sing our theme song.
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It is entitled
"Victory in Jesus."
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You can join us if
you know the words.
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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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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen.
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The Truth about
Heaven and the New Earth
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is our topic for tonight.
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Say that with me, what is it?
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The Truth about
Heaven and the New Earth.
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I would have
loved to have been there
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when the earth
was first created.
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I can imagine what Adam
and Eve must have thought
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when they saw
this perfect creation,
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all the things that are
part of our world today.
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The majority of them
are not a part of the earth
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when it was freshly out
of the hand of the Creator.
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Can you imagine?
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You know, like when you
buy something brand new.
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Nowadays,
anything we buy brand new,
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we get excited
about it right away.
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You know, we
peel off the wrapper,
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we take the cellophane
off, we take it out of the box,
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we look at the
instruction manual
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before it gets
any food stains on it.
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And all those
things that just excite us.
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And that's kind
of how the earth was,
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just imagine when
Adam and Eve were created.
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They had this huge planet.
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And they hadn't
seen the majority of it.
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So if they traveled for
the rest of their lives,
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they had a lot to see.
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But they didn't even get
the chance to see all of it,
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before they had
a chance to see it
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the way that God had created it,
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perfect and in
an untouched beauty
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without any stain of sin
without any reminder of death.
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We know the tragic story.
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But one day,
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we're gonna be
able to see the earth
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the way that God
had freshly made it,
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this time it's
gonna be brand new.
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Can you say amen to that?
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It's not gonna be like
the world we have today.
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So what I wanna
begin to do tonight,
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I wanna dive into
the lesson really soon.
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So that maybe we can
cover the 11 questions we have,
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maybe 11 questions, but
there are a lot of texts.
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So we have
quite a bit of verses.
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So it may be 11 questions,
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but quite a bit
more Bible verses
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than the 11 questions.
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So let's go ahead and dive into
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and look at some of the things
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that will not be
a part of heaven,
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that will not be a
part of the old earth.
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Anything that's in the old earth
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won't be in heaven that is,
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and let's go ahead and see
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how and what reason
we have to look forward
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to being in
heaven with the Lord.
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So let's begin
with question number 22.
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Question number 22.
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What evidence do we have
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that the city is
secure from crime?
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Revelation 21:25.
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Revelation 21:25,
you think about that.
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It could be a
small city or large city.
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Here in Thompsonville,
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we have a sign
that says 600 people.
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I think we have
little less than that.
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We still have police.
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We don't have a lot.
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I mean, maybe two or three.
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I only see one police
car, but there's crime
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in a limited way
in Thompsonville.
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There's crime in every
city, the larger the city,
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chances are
there's more crime there.
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But let's look at
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and you have to understand
the context of this question
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because, you know,
oftentimes one of the reasons
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why there are gated
communities nowadays
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is because people want to
keep criminal activity out.
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Right?
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Notice one of the
evidences that we have.
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Revelation 21:25.
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Here's what the Bible says,
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let's read this
first text together.
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The Bible says,
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"Its gates shall not
be shut at all by day,
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there shall be no," what?
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"Night there."
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You know, if ever there's a time
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that you shut
your gates is when?
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At night.
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Matter of fact, you go to
gated communities nowadays,
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the gates are
shut day and night.
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My brother-in-law lives
down in Miramar, Florida.
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When you drive up, if
you don't know the name,
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if they don't verify,
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if you're not on the
list you're not getting in.
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But one of the
beautiful things here
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is the gates are
not gonna be shut
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in the daytime, and
there'll be no night there,
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which means
they'll never be shut.
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You don't have to
worry about crime.
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They won't be vagrants or
criminals going in and out.
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There'll be no
robbery to the homes.
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But look at this one.
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Verse 27 gives you
even greater evidence
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as to why they won't be any need
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to shut the gates.
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Look at Revelation 21:27.
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Just go two verses down.
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All right, we'll put the answer
to number to the first one,
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Revelation 21:25,
what's the evidence?
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Gates will not be shut.
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Gates won't be shut.
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Matter of fact, every
night, when I go to bed,
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I check the doors,
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even out here in
Thompsonville check the doors.
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Some people still
leave their keys in the car.
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You won't find
that in any major city.
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But out here people
have their guards down.
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They say, "Well, you
don't have to worry about that."
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Huh?
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Yeah, one night we went to
bed and forgot to lock the door.
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Another night, we went to
bed, and the garage door's up.
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And, you know, I mean, wide up
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access right into the
house through the garage.
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Woke up in the morning,
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everything was still in
the garage, nothing wrong.
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Everything was right there.
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And a lot of
people live that way
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because they feel
secure in this community.
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But here's the major reason
why we don't have to worry
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about crime in a new kingdom.
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Revelation 21:27.
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Bible says,
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"But there shall
by no means enter it,"
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that is the new kingdom,
"anything that," does what?
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"That defiles, or
causes an abomination or a lie,
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but only those who are written
in the Lamb's Book of Life."
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I was reading an article
just a couple of days ago,
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I was sharing this with my wife
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about how many times
people lie to you in a day.
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They said, a
person will lie to you
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an average of 200 times day.
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Now all the lies
won't necessarily
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what they call be bad lies
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that will put
your life in jeopardy.
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But they said,
people tend to lie,
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for example, you know,
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somebody that you
choose not to answer the phone,
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you may call them back and say,
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I'm just seeing your message,
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when in fact, you saw
when they call, right?
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And notice it says
here, abomination or a lie.
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You think about that.
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And they said, on
the average in a week,
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people tell thousands of lies.
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It's a terrible thing.
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But they do it, and they said,
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for most
reasons for convenience.
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And sometimes they don't want
to have to explain themselves.
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But the Lord
wants us to be honest.
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Can you say amen to that?
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Can you imagine being in a place
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where nobody tells a lie?
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I mean, that's unheard of.
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People even lie at church,
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sometimes you
might say to somebody,
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"I like your
suit," and they'll say,
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"Hey, I like yours, too,"
when you don't have a suit on.
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Well, I really like it
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'cause they don't
know what to say sometimes.
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Or sometimes
people will say, you know,
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they know we're
going on vacation,
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let's have a wonderful vacation.
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We say, you too,
they're not going anywhere.
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Now, that's not a lie,
but that's out of context.
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Point of the matter is,
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nothing will
enter the New Jerusalem
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that defiles at all,
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that causes an
abomination or a lie,
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but only those written
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
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And you think about it,
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lying is
something that they say,
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people...
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What was the way
that was pointed up?
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People tend to lie more
to people that they know
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than to people
that they don't know.
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That's terrible.
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But then they said,
guys lie more to women
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that they just meet.
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What do you
think they do that for?
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Try to impress them.
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You know, people
lie on the internet.
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But we got to overcome that
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before we make
it into the kingdom.
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Can you say amen to that?
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Nobody's gonna get into there
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that causes an abomination
or even practices a lie.
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Question number 23.
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Question number 23.
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Question number 23.
Here's the question.
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What phenomenal feature
does the New Jerusalem have?
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All right.
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Let's look at this.
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Revelation 22:1-2.
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Okay, here it is. Here it is.
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Now you notice, I
have four sections.
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So I want you to fill
out each of the things
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that you see that
fit into these areas,
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and then we'll
explain them as we go along.
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"And he showed me
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a pure river of water of," what?
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"Of life, clear as crystal,
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proceeding from the
throne of God and of the Lamb.
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In the middle of its streets,
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and on either side of the river,
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was the," what?
00:14:09.01\00:14:10.75
"Tree of life,
which bore twelve fruits,"
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or 12 manner of fruits,
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"each tree yielding
its fruit every month.
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The leaves of the
tree were for the," what?
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"Healing of the nations."
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Let's write them down.
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What's the first
thing that we saw?
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Okay, river of life
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or if you could put it this way,
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the water of life.
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Water of life and clear.
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I mean, there are some waterways
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in like Ocala, Florida.
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I know there
are some warm water,
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they call them not geysers.
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The word is...
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Springs. Springs.
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Exactly, Wekiwa Springs,
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that's the word
I'm coming up with.
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And I remember going
down Wekiwa Springs years ago,
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when we were living in Orlando,
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and we were in a boat
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and it was actually frightening
00:15:06.74\00:15:08.94
that you could see
all the way to the bottom,
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I mean, not
barely see to the bottom.
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It's like being in
a big glass of water,
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you can see all the way to
the bottom, clear and clean.
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The only other time we
had that kind of experience
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was living up in Weaverville,
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where I always
say I know some places
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to hide in the time of trouble
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up there in the
Trinity Alps up in Weaverville,
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there are some
waterways, we dove into one,
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it was pretty deep,
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but you can see all the way
to the bottom clear as crystal
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'cause there was no one around.
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We park our car
and with our friends
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you walk like a half
an hour into the forest
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get to this wide
opening and there it is.
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If you didn't swim,
that's not the place to go.
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But we jumped in
with lifejackets,
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even if you could swim,
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you don't wanna be
jumping into a river that clear
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with nobody for miles around.
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And we just sit there and float.
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But the water of
life clear as crystal
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and where's it coming from?
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Why is it clear like that?
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Proceeding from
the throne of God.
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Now let's, what else do we see?
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The next thing
we see is what else?
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The Tree of Life, put that down.
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Water of Life.
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Tree of Life.
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Water of Life.
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Tree of Life.
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Okay.
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And then what else do we find?
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Fruit.
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We find fruit.
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Water of Life,
Tree of Life, Fruit.
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And how
frequently are they there?
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Every month.
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Now why is that so different?
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Because if you live
here in North America,
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you don't get fruit every month.
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Not from the same tree.
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You know, you have fruit season.
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Even in some foreign
countries you have fruit season.
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They say, "Well,
this is mango season,
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this is Apple season,
00:16:51.57\00:16:52.91
this is pear
season or peach season,"
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but it says, yielding
its fruit every month.
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And I was
wondering what kind of fruit
00:17:00.35\00:17:01.68
are gonna be there?
00:17:01.72\00:17:03.69
I can almost
guarantee you nothing is...
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If you're in the Philippines,
00:17:06.92\00:17:08.26
I don't think any food
00:17:08.29\00:17:09.62
they're gonna smell like durian,
00:17:09.66\00:17:10.99
I'll be honest with you.
00:17:11.03\00:17:12.99
You got to really
know what durian is
00:17:13.03\00:17:14.66
to understand that one.
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Durian, it just
smells like toes and cheese.
00:17:16.33\00:17:21.07
It's sweet. It tastes very good.
00:17:21.10\00:17:23.44
But it has an awful smell to it.
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Look at the other one.
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Then the next thing we have,
00:17:27.24\00:17:28.58
water of life, tree of
life, fruit, and what else?
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Leaves of the
tree were for the what?
00:17:32.71\00:17:36.58
Healing of the nations.
00:17:36.62\00:17:39.02
Now, when you look up
the word here in the Greek,
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it gives you two suggestions.
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One, because
everyone is gonna be meeting
00:17:43.93\00:17:47.56
at the tree of life,
00:17:47.60\00:17:49.20
it has one suggestion
that is for the mending.
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That means we
are so pushed apart
00:17:53.20\00:17:55.27
in this world.
00:17:55.30\00:17:56.97
You know, we have
Europe over there,
00:17:57.01\00:17:58.61
we have Japan over there,
00:17:58.64\00:17:59.97
we have the
Caribbean over there,
00:18:00.01\00:18:01.84
we have Germany over there,
00:18:01.88\00:18:03.65
we have Canada up
there and Mexico down there.
00:18:03.68\00:18:06.51
We have Cuba over
there and South America...
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We are so far apart, but
when we all come together
00:18:09.08\00:18:11.82
because at the tree of
life, we'll all eat together.
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And one of the Asian customs is
00:18:14.96\00:18:18.36
in the context in
which the Bible is written
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is that fruit.
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When you eat together,
00:18:21.76\00:18:23.10
it's a time where people
bond and have relationships.
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And so when it says, for
the healing of the nations,
00:18:26.27\00:18:28.17
it means the relationships
will be pulled back together,
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which were broken
apart and separated
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on the face of the earth.
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You'll find out why there
won't be any need for healing.
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And I won't tell
you that in a moment.
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I mean, I won't
tell you that right away.
00:18:39.41\00:18:41.08
But I think that we
may have covered that.
00:18:41.12\00:18:44.49
No, I'm not gonna
tell you that right away.
00:18:44.52\00:18:46.49
But you'll find
out why we won't need
00:18:46.52\00:18:48.39
to be healed there.
00:18:48.42\00:18:50.43
All right?
00:18:50.46\00:18:51.79
So it's not because of disease,
00:18:51.83\00:18:53.53
nobody is gonna be
having disease there.
00:18:53.56\00:18:56.73
So there'll be no
need for medication.
00:18:56.77\00:19:00.17
But one of the things you
find is that the tree of life,
00:19:00.20\00:19:06.68
which Adam and
Eve had access to,
00:19:06.71\00:19:09.01
before sin entered the world,
00:19:09.04\00:19:12.11
is the very tree of life
that we're gonna have access to
00:19:12.15\00:19:14.92
because sin will no
longer be a factor in eternity.
00:19:14.95\00:19:20.09
Wherever sin is a factor,
00:19:20.12\00:19:21.79
we don't have
access to the tree of life.
00:19:21.82\00:19:23.93
The moment that
Adam and Eve sinned,
00:19:23.96\00:19:26.33
what did the Lord do?
00:19:26.36\00:19:27.96
What did He do?
00:19:28.00\00:19:30.17
He barred the tree of life
00:19:30.20\00:19:31.70
so they couldn't
have access to it.
00:19:31.73\00:19:33.47
An angel came and
barred the tree of life,
00:19:33.50\00:19:36.30
so they could not
have access to it.
00:19:36.34\00:19:38.07
But when sin is
no longer a factor,
00:19:38.11\00:19:39.74
we have access
to the tree of life.
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Amen to that?
00:19:41.21\00:19:42.54
Let's look at the next one.
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So the four answers are,
water of life, tree of life,
00:19:43.95\00:19:46.48
fruit, and leaves, and
you wanna put there leaves,
00:19:46.51\00:19:50.35
healing leaves,
healing relationships,
00:19:50.39\00:19:53.49
you won't have illnesses.
00:19:53.52\00:19:54.92
Can you imagine?
00:19:54.96\00:19:56.29
Somebody says, "Well,
I'm sneezing this month.
00:19:56.32\00:19:57.66
Well, go to the tree of life
to deal with your allergies.
00:19:57.69\00:20:00.56
There won't be
any of these factors
00:20:00.60\00:20:01.93
down here in the earth.
00:20:01.96\00:20:03.30
We know a lot of
these are anomalies
00:20:03.33\00:20:04.67
that exists down here
00:20:04.70\00:20:06.03
are because of
sin existing here.
00:20:06.07\00:20:09.20
All right.
00:20:09.24\00:20:10.57
Let's go to number 24.
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Moving right along, number 24.
00:20:12.41\00:20:16.21
Okay.
00:20:16.24\00:20:18.35
"Beside the New Jerusalem
or besides the New Jerusalem
00:20:18.38\00:20:22.28
what else will
there be in heaven?"
00:20:22.32\00:20:26.12
What else will
there be in heaven?
00:20:26.15\00:20:27.49
Go to 1 Corinthians 2:9.
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1 Corinthians 2:9.
00:20:30.33\00:20:32.19
You know, oftentimes
when we read the Bible,
00:20:37.80\00:20:39.87
we have very limited scope.
00:20:39.90\00:20:41.90
Isaiah and Revelation
are primarily the two books
00:20:41.94\00:20:44.94
that give us all
the information we need
00:20:44.97\00:20:47.11
about heaven and the new earth.
00:20:47.14\00:20:49.14
But you have to
take into consideration
00:20:49.18\00:20:51.58
what Paul the Apostle says here
00:20:51.61\00:20:53.75
'cause when you get a chance
00:20:53.78\00:20:55.62
to look into the constellations,
00:20:55.65\00:20:57.89
and you realize
that there are many,
00:20:57.92\00:20:59.49
many, many, many,
many, many, many, many.
00:20:59.52\00:21:01.96
And that's an understatement,
galaxies in unfallen worlds,
00:21:01.99\00:21:05.29
there are so much more out there
00:21:05.33\00:21:06.66
than we are even
able to understand.
00:21:06.70\00:21:09.26
And I would haste to say that
where God lives, it's glorious.
00:21:09.30\00:21:15.14
Can you say amen to that?
00:21:15.17\00:21:16.57
Where God lives,
00:21:16.60\00:21:17.94
it must be
tremendously glorious,
00:21:17.97\00:21:21.18
overwhelmingly glorious,
00:21:21.21\00:21:23.38
but we don't know
what it looks like.
00:21:23.41\00:21:26.48
And the Lord hasn't revealed it.
00:21:26.51\00:21:28.18
Here's the
answer. Here's the answer.
00:21:28.22\00:21:30.59
1 Corinthians 2:9.
00:21:30.62\00:21:32.02
"But as it is written,"
let's read this together,
00:21:32.05\00:21:35.12
"'Eye has not
seen, nor ear heard,
00:21:35.16\00:21:39.26
nor have entered
into the heart of man
00:21:39.29\00:21:43.00
the things
which God has prepared
00:21:43.03\00:21:45.00
for those who," what?
00:21:45.03\00:21:46.74
"Who love Him.'"
00:21:46.77\00:21:48.10
So who is God
prepared these things for?
00:21:48.14\00:21:49.50
For those who do what?
00:21:49.54\00:21:51.01
Those who love Him.
00:21:51.04\00:21:52.37
For those who do what?
00:21:52.41\00:21:53.74
For those who love Him?
00:21:53.78\00:21:55.24
But have we seen it?
00:21:55.28\00:21:57.51
Have we even thought about it?
00:21:57.55\00:21:59.25
It hasn't even
entered into our minds.
00:21:59.28\00:22:02.48
You could envision
things but it hasn't even,
00:22:02.52\00:22:04.82
it's beyond our understanding.
00:22:04.85\00:22:06.19
So if we say,
00:22:06.22\00:22:07.56
"Well, I could imagine
what it's gonna be like."
00:22:07.59\00:22:09.32
Paul say, "Well, you
got to really stretch
00:22:09.36\00:22:10.89
because it
hasn't even entered in."
00:22:10.93\00:22:15.46
Right?
00:22:15.50\00:22:16.83
In the things on earth,
many of the things on earth
00:22:16.87\00:22:18.27
that we eventually
see with our own eyes,
00:22:18.30\00:22:20.14
it's unimaginable, hard
to see, hard to even fathom,
00:22:20.17\00:22:23.37
that things like that do exist.
00:22:23.41\00:22:25.14
Nowadays, they're a
lot of new inventions,
00:22:25.17\00:22:27.78
that people say I cannot imagine
00:22:27.81\00:22:29.98
that we can
actually create that.
00:22:30.01\00:22:32.38
Cell phones are how old?
00:22:32.41\00:22:34.85
How old are cell phones?
00:22:34.88\00:22:37.05
Twenty years,
probably more than that.
00:22:37.09\00:22:40.29
Well, from the huge cell
phones to the small ones now.
00:22:40.32\00:22:44.43
But there was a time people
could not even imagine that.
00:22:44.46\00:22:47.00
Now you may not know this,
00:22:47.03\00:22:50.27
but you can
actually get a watch now
00:22:50.30\00:22:52.87
when your phone rings,
you can talk to the watch.
00:22:52.90\00:22:55.97
So when I was
growing up Dick Tracy,
00:22:56.00\00:22:57.84
now it was actually happening.
00:22:57.87\00:22:59.54
You could talk to,
00:22:59.57\00:23:00.91
don't have to pick
your phone up any longer.
00:23:00.94\00:23:02.84
So we see these things,
00:23:02.88\00:23:04.21
if man could do
all these things,
00:23:04.25\00:23:05.98
with the limited
mind that we have,
00:23:06.01\00:23:08.48
with one tenth they
said, a very brilliant person.
00:23:08.52\00:23:12.12
Brilliant may
use 10% of his brain.
00:23:12.15\00:23:17.29
Brilliant.
00:23:17.33\00:23:20.10
You've got to
be beyond brilliant
00:23:20.13\00:23:21.46
to have 10% of the
functioning in this earth.
00:23:21.50\00:23:24.70
Can you imagine what we
will be able to think of
00:23:24.73\00:23:26.37
when we have 100% functioning?
00:23:26.40\00:23:32.61
Now you go back and understand
00:23:32.64\00:23:34.11
why for more
than 12 to 1500 years,
00:23:34.14\00:23:38.38
there was no need
for any written record
00:23:38.41\00:23:39.91
in the Bible.
00:23:39.95\00:23:41.28
They were able to communicate
from generation to generation,
00:23:41.32\00:23:43.65
their mental capacity.
00:23:43.69\00:23:45.02
So when the Bible says
there were giants in the earth.
00:23:45.05\00:23:47.56
It means, Giants,
not only physically
00:23:47.59\00:23:48.99
but intellectually.
00:23:49.02\00:23:52.96
Okay, my wife is...
00:23:52.99\00:23:54.63
We will have A Sharper
Focus is what she said.
00:23:54.66\00:23:57.07
Our minds will be clear.
00:23:57.10\00:23:58.87
So here's the
answer to number 24.
00:23:58.90\00:24:01.00
Besides the New Jerusalem,
00:24:01.04\00:24:02.37
what else will
there be in heaven?
00:24:02.40\00:24:04.77
What answer would you put?
00:24:04.81\00:24:06.88
We don't know. We
really don't know.
00:24:06.91\00:24:08.91
Put that we don't know.
00:24:08.94\00:24:12.28
We don't know.
00:24:12.31\00:24:14.18
But let me also add this.
00:24:14.22\00:24:17.79
We don't know.
00:24:17.82\00:24:19.15
I mean, we could
imagine we've seen.
00:24:19.19\00:24:21.82
Yeah.
00:24:21.86\00:24:25.53
Well, no, no.
00:24:25.56\00:24:26.90
That wouldn't be up there.
00:24:26.93\00:24:28.26
Meat you said?
00:24:28.30\00:24:29.63
Me. Oh, me.
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.00
Oh, yeah. Okay, well, that's me.
00:24:31.03\00:24:33.07
Oh, yeah,
besides the New Jerusalem
00:24:33.10\00:24:34.44
what else there
will be in heaven?
00:24:34.47\00:24:35.80
Let's all say it together.
00:24:35.84\00:24:37.17
Me.
00:24:37.21\00:24:38.54
That's right. I like that.
00:24:38.57\00:24:39.91
That's right, you
got to see yourself.
00:24:39.94\00:24:41.28
That's why
Revelation is my favorite book.
00:24:41.31\00:24:42.64
It says, "I John saw."
00:24:42.68\00:24:46.21
That's right. I John saw.
00:24:46.25\00:24:49.15
I love that
whenever I get discouraged.
00:24:49.18\00:24:51.15
Well, I did see that.
00:24:51.19\00:24:52.92
I didn't personally
but I like that word
00:24:52.95\00:24:55.22
because it always
puts me into the story.
00:24:55.26\00:24:57.56
But what was I gonna say there?
00:24:57.59\00:25:01.60
It'll come to me in a moment.
00:25:01.63\00:25:02.96
See, that's the whole point.
I'm using about 7% of my brain.
00:25:03.00\00:25:06.00
And things slip in
and out real quickly.
00:25:06.03\00:25:07.64
But can you imagine
not forgetting anything,
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.84
details totally unimpaired
from generation to generation?
00:25:09.87\00:25:14.18
There were intellectual
giants in those days.
00:25:14.21\00:25:16.88
And we think that we're
just getting and people.
00:25:16.91\00:25:19.48
Matter of fact,
archaeologists today
00:25:19.51\00:25:22.58
and scientists today
still cannot figure out
00:25:22.62\00:25:26.02
what machinery they used
to build like the pyramids?
00:25:26.05\00:25:29.52
How do you get
stones of such massive size?
00:25:29.56\00:25:32.33
What do they use to chisel
them to such symmetrical shape?
00:25:32.36\00:25:36.93
How did you lift
them to that height?
00:25:36.97\00:25:39.13
Well, some people suggest
00:25:39.17\00:25:40.67
that there's some
strange theories out there.
00:25:40.70\00:25:43.51
What do you think, David?
00:25:43.54\00:25:44.87
Right, didn't have to exactly.
00:25:50.51\00:25:52.85
It was
intellectually communicated
00:25:52.88\00:25:54.32
from generation to generation.
00:25:54.35\00:25:56.45
And the fact of the matter is
00:25:56.48\00:25:57.82
God's commandments
didn't have to be written down
00:25:57.85\00:25:59.29
on tables of stone
00:25:59.32\00:26:00.79
because it was right here.
00:26:00.82\00:26:02.86
Matter of fact, is still here.
00:26:02.89\00:26:05.73
He said, for
those of you who forgot,
00:26:05.76\00:26:08.03
we're supposed to be,
you don't see the stones,
00:26:08.06\00:26:10.87
but I'm gonna
write them on your heart
00:26:10.90\00:26:12.23
and in your minds.
00:26:12.27\00:26:13.60
So it's here right now.
00:26:13.64\00:26:14.97
That's why even though,
00:26:15.00\00:26:16.40
that's why when a
person gets to the point
00:26:16.44\00:26:18.47
where their
conscience is so hardened,
00:26:18.51\00:26:21.58
that they do evil things.
00:26:21.61\00:26:22.94
I was listening to the news.
00:26:22.98\00:26:25.48
And the news is always bad.
00:26:25.51\00:26:26.85
I mean, they
always leave the good news
00:26:26.88\00:26:28.22
for the last 20, 25 seconds
just before they go off air.
00:26:28.25\00:26:31.35
They tell good news,
00:26:31.39\00:26:32.72
but for the most
part news is bad.
00:26:32.75\00:26:35.32
You know, about a guy who threw
00:26:35.36\00:26:36.93
some kind of
chemicals on his girlfriend
00:26:36.96\00:26:38.76
and burn her up.
00:26:38.79\00:26:40.16
I'm thinking, how do you
get to that point in your life?
00:26:40.20\00:26:43.77
Or person ran over an old lady
00:26:43.80\00:26:46.07
and just knocked
her down and kept going.
00:26:46.10\00:26:47.90
How do you do that?
00:26:47.94\00:26:49.47
I mean,
00:26:49.50\00:26:50.84
I can't even shoot
anything, you know.
00:26:50.87\00:26:54.74
Oh, and the sad
things that happened,
00:26:54.78\00:26:56.71
this young lady
got married one day,
00:26:56.75\00:26:59.31
next day, do
you hear about that?
00:26:59.35\00:27:00.85
Got married one
day and the next day,
00:27:00.88\00:27:03.08
driving somewhere
in her pickup truck,
00:27:03.12\00:27:04.92
she drove off the
road, fell into a creek
00:27:04.95\00:27:06.96
and died 18 years
old, married one day.
00:27:06.99\00:27:11.39
Husband was so inconsolable
00:27:11.43\00:27:12.86
they had to fly him
to St. Louis Hospital.
00:27:12.89\00:27:15.56
Surely, terrible thing.
00:27:15.60\00:27:18.17
Young lady said she was her
whole life was ahead of her.
00:27:18.20\00:27:21.00
But that shows
the terrible tragedy
00:27:21.04\00:27:23.30
of the world in which we live.
00:27:23.34\00:27:25.04
Thankfully, this is not gonna be
00:27:25.07\00:27:26.41
in the new kingdom.
00:27:26.44\00:27:27.78
None of this pain
is going to be there,
00:27:27.81\00:27:29.14
none of this loss of
life and tragic tragedies
00:27:29.18\00:27:32.78
that bring such
pain to our hearts.
00:27:32.81\00:27:36.08
Let's go to question number 25.
00:27:36.12\00:27:38.25
Let's go to question number 25.
00:27:38.29\00:27:40.82
And this is an insert
00:27:40.86\00:27:44.06
because we're talking
about all this good stuff,
00:27:44.09\00:27:45.83
but somebody may say,
00:27:45.86\00:27:47.20
okay, it's like a person
selling a product to you.
00:27:47.23\00:27:51.23
And after the point that
you're convince you want,
00:27:51.27\00:27:53.03
you say, okay, what do
I need to do to get it?
00:27:53.07\00:27:55.70
Okay, I know it works.
00:27:55.74\00:27:57.07
What do I need to do to get it?
00:27:57.11\00:27:58.77
This is the kind of question
that I've inserted right here.
00:27:58.81\00:28:01.64
Here it is.
00:28:01.68\00:28:03.01
What are the qualifications
00:28:03.04\00:28:04.65
necessary for
entrance into heaven?
00:28:04.68\00:28:07.25
In other words, what
do I need to do to get in?
00:28:07.28\00:28:09.88
Here it is.
00:28:09.92\00:28:11.25
Let's first
start with John 10:9.
00:28:11.29\00:28:13.82
John 10:9.
00:28:13.86\00:28:17.16
Okay.
00:28:17.19\00:28:18.53
You know, John Chapter
10 is a beautiful passage.
00:28:18.56\00:28:21.16
It's not a parable.
00:28:21.20\00:28:22.96
Jesus is the good shepherd,
00:28:23.00\00:28:24.63
the sheep, the
door, the sheepfold,
00:28:24.67\00:28:28.20
this is beautiful
because in the kingdom,
00:28:28.24\00:28:32.41
there's only one way to get in.
00:28:32.44\00:28:34.81
It's only one way to get in.
00:28:34.84\00:28:36.34
All right, let's
look at this one,
00:28:36.38\00:28:37.71
John 10:9.
00:28:37.75\00:28:39.65
Here's what the Bible says.
00:28:39.68\00:28:42.02
Jesus said, "I am
the," what? "Door.
00:28:42.05\00:28:44.95
If anyone enters by
Me, he will be," what?
00:28:44.99\00:28:49.86
"Saved, and will go in
and out and find pasture."
00:28:49.89\00:28:54.63
So what's the qualification?
00:28:54.66\00:28:56.23
How do we have to get
in by? Through Christ.
00:28:56.26\00:28:59.20
You can only get
in through Jesus.
00:28:59.23\00:29:00.57
Now this is very
pertinent nowadays,
00:29:00.60\00:29:02.94
with all these
religions in the world,
00:29:02.97\00:29:06.41
that acknowledge
that Jesus lived,
00:29:06.44\00:29:10.35
but they don't
acknowledge Him as the means
00:29:10.38\00:29:12.35
by which we are saved.
00:29:12.38\00:29:14.72
I don't want to offend
anybody in their beliefs.
00:29:14.75\00:29:17.19
But the Bible makes it
clear that Jesus is the door.
00:29:17.22\00:29:22.09
Matter of fact, if
you go even further,
00:29:22.12\00:29:24.09
John Chapter 10.
00:29:24.13\00:29:26.90
The very next verse,
if you look in your Bible.
00:29:26.93\00:29:29.03
Oh, boy, there's so many.
00:29:33.34\00:29:34.84
Okay, John 10:10.
00:29:34.87\00:29:38.44
Okay, look at verse 13.
00:29:38.47\00:29:40.48
Verse 13.
00:29:44.51\00:29:46.88
Well, that's the hireling
of the sheep I have another.
00:29:46.92\00:29:51.75
Verse 10. John 10:10.
00:29:51.79\00:29:53.96
Here it is.
00:29:53.99\00:29:55.79
Jesus is the door
but who else is there?
00:29:55.82\00:29:58.66
The thief.
00:29:58.69\00:30:00.03
The thief does not come
00:30:00.06\00:30:01.40
except to steal and
to kill and to destroy.
00:30:01.43\00:30:04.33
I have come that
you might have life,
00:30:04.37\00:30:07.74
that they might have
life and have it how?
00:30:07.77\00:30:10.47
More abundantly.
00:30:10.51\00:30:13.34
Are we gonna have
abundant life in heaven?
00:30:13.38\00:30:17.65
Are we gonna miss
our gadgets down here?
00:30:17.68\00:30:20.22
No.
00:30:20.25\00:30:22.02
We wouldn't need them.
00:30:22.05\00:30:24.59
Wouldn't need them.
00:30:24.62\00:30:25.95
Most of the
stuff we have down here
00:30:25.99\00:30:27.32
is to figure out stuff,
00:30:27.36\00:30:28.79
work purposes, communication,
how we need to communicate.
00:30:28.82\00:30:32.76
I'll be going up,
00:30:32.79\00:30:34.16
see you in a couple
of centuries be back?
00:30:34.20\00:30:38.40
Wanna come with me? Sure.
00:30:38.43\00:30:41.47
I'm just sometimes
the mind goes off track.
00:30:41.50\00:30:44.87
But I like to think that
00:30:44.91\00:30:46.27
it's gonna be far
greater than anything
00:30:46.31\00:30:48.18
that anybody could imagine.
00:30:48.21\00:30:50.05
What are the qualification
is there the Bible talks about
00:30:50.08\00:30:52.65
so the first one is,
00:30:52.68\00:30:54.12
we must enter through Jesus.
00:30:54.15\00:30:56.22
Can you enter any other way?
00:30:56.25\00:30:57.59
Look at Acts 4:12.
00:30:57.62\00:31:01.06
Acts 4:12.
00:31:01.09\00:31:04.26
I remember years ago,
00:31:04.29\00:31:05.63
we used to sing this song
00:31:05.66\00:31:08.50
about Buddha and
Muhammad and all the song
00:31:08.53\00:31:12.43
and but forgot
the name of the song.
00:31:12.47\00:31:17.54
Yeah, no, this different song.
00:31:17.57\00:31:19.44
Yeah, here it is.
00:31:19.47\00:31:21.58
"Nor is there
salvation in any other,
00:31:21.61\00:31:24.71
for there is no
other name under," where?
00:31:24.75\00:31:28.58
"Heaven given among men
by which we must be saved."
00:31:28.62\00:31:34.66
So can you be
saved in any other name?
00:31:34.69\00:31:36.86
Yes or no?
00:31:36.89\00:31:38.23
Nobody else? You can't say?
00:31:38.26\00:31:40.26
Well, I'm just friend.
00:31:40.30\00:31:46.57
I know Yana keys on the inside.
00:31:46.60\00:31:50.11
No, and who are you?
00:31:50.14\00:31:53.58
The reality of it is
when the door is shut.
00:31:53.61\00:31:55.91
You won't even make
it to the kingdom's door
00:31:55.94\00:31:58.28
to even notice whether or
not somebody's on the inside.
00:31:58.31\00:32:01.28
As you know, you
won't even leave the earth
00:32:01.32\00:32:03.75
if your name is not on a list.
00:32:03.79\00:32:06.35
And it's unfortunate
00:32:06.39\00:32:07.76
that the conscious
mind is gonna be reawakened
00:32:07.79\00:32:10.13
after 1000 years of sleep.
00:32:10.16\00:32:11.93
And for a brief
moment, some are gonna think,
00:32:11.96\00:32:13.50
"Hey, this must be
the first resurrection."
00:32:13.53\00:32:16.63
Boy, but there's no
other name given among men
00:32:16.67\00:32:19.53
whereby we must be saved.
00:32:19.57\00:32:21.67
But look at the third one.
00:32:21.70\00:32:23.04
So you wanna add
00:32:23.07\00:32:24.41
so far we're
talking about Jesus.
00:32:24.44\00:32:26.31
All right.
00:32:26.34\00:32:27.74
So far, we're
talking about Jesus.
00:32:27.78\00:32:30.15
What are the qualification?
What are the qualification?
00:32:30.18\00:32:33.28
Matthew 25:34.
00:32:33.31\00:32:37.19
Look at this one.
00:32:37.22\00:32:38.89
Matthew 25:34, the Bible says,
00:32:38.92\00:32:41.62
"Then the King will say
to those on His right hand,
00:32:41.66\00:32:47.40
'Come, you blessed of My Father,
00:32:47.43\00:32:50.27
inherit the
kingdom prepared for you
00:32:50.30\00:32:53.00
from the," what?
00:32:53.03\00:32:55.07
"Foundation of the world.'"
00:32:55.10\00:32:58.31
Now here's the
beautiful thing about it.
00:32:58.34\00:33:02.04
What category
does this fit into?
00:33:02.08\00:33:04.05
What category
does this fit into?
00:33:04.08\00:33:07.35
What are the qualification?
00:33:07.38\00:33:09.28
You got to be
invited. You got to be invited.
00:33:09.32\00:33:12.45
You're not getting to
heaven without being invited.
00:33:12.49\00:33:15.02
Right? How'd you get in here?
00:33:15.06\00:33:17.56
You weren't invited.
00:33:17.59\00:33:18.93
One of the reasons why
the man that found himself
00:33:18.96\00:33:21.83
in the wedding feast.
00:33:21.86\00:33:23.20
One of the
reasons why he got put out
00:33:23.23\00:33:25.03
is because he didn't
have the qualifications
00:33:25.07\00:33:26.67
to be in there.
00:33:26.70\00:33:28.57
So he was put out
00:33:28.60\00:33:29.94
and he was cast
into outer darkness
00:33:29.97\00:33:31.77
where there was
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
00:33:31.81\00:33:33.88
You got to be
invited. You got to be invited.
00:33:33.91\00:33:37.08
And just a moment ago,
00:33:37.11\00:33:38.45
we read how you're
gonna get in there.
00:33:38.48\00:33:40.12
What book do you have
to be in to be invited?
00:33:40.15\00:33:43.92
The Book of Life.
00:33:43.95\00:33:45.29
If you're not in
there, he's not gonna say,
00:33:45.32\00:33:47.12
Oh, your name must
be in the other book.
00:33:47.16\00:33:50.33
But don't worry
about it. Come on in.
00:33:50.36\00:33:52.06
In the Book of Life,
00:33:52.09\00:33:53.43
that's the only
book that you will be in
00:33:53.46\00:33:55.70
if you're gonna
be in the kingdom.
00:33:55.73\00:33:57.40
And then here's the other one.
00:33:57.43\00:33:58.77
Here's the other one.
00:33:58.80\00:34:00.14
Matthew 7:21-23.
00:34:00.17\00:34:04.44
This is really important.
00:34:04.47\00:34:07.94
Is there any
scripture that's not important?
00:34:07.98\00:34:10.41
Matthew Chapter 7.
00:34:10.45\00:34:13.45
Matthew Chapter 7.
00:34:13.48\00:34:15.68
This is the terrible one.
00:34:15.72\00:34:17.99
But it's in there.
00:34:18.02\00:34:19.49
It's not terrible.
00:34:19.52\00:34:21.29
But it has a definite message.
00:34:21.32\00:34:24.23
Matthew 7:21.
00:34:24.26\00:34:25.93
Okay, here it is.
00:34:25.96\00:34:28.56
"'Not everyone
who says to Me," what?
00:34:28.60\00:34:31.27
"'Lord, Lord,' shall
enter the kingdom of heaven,
00:34:31.30\00:34:36.00
but he who," what?
00:34:36.04\00:34:37.44
"Does the will of
My Father in heaven.'"
00:34:37.47\00:34:41.48
Lot of people say,
"What's God's will?"
00:34:41.51\00:34:43.58
Well, number of things.
00:34:43.61\00:34:45.68
One is that you
live by His Word,
00:34:45.71\00:34:47.35
you'll never be lost
00:34:47.38\00:34:48.72
if you live in
harmony with God's Word.
00:34:48.75\00:34:51.29
Right?
00:34:51.32\00:34:52.72
David said in Psalms 89:34,
is I'd like to do that I will,
00:34:52.75\00:34:57.19
oh, my God, thy
law is within my heart.
00:34:57.23\00:35:00.03
See, if the will of God
00:35:00.06\00:35:02.13
lead you to
honor the law of God,
00:35:02.16\00:35:05.10
let me make a
different statement.
00:35:05.13\00:35:06.74
The law of the will of God
00:35:06.77\00:35:08.20
will never lead you
to ignore the law of God.
00:35:08.24\00:35:12.44
So if somebody says
I'm doing the will of God,
00:35:12.47\00:35:14.64
but now living in
harmony with the law of God
00:35:14.68\00:35:18.25
is not correct.
00:35:18.28\00:35:19.98
Only those who do
the will of the Father.
00:35:20.02\00:35:22.05
So here it is.
00:35:22.08\00:35:23.55
Jesus is the door.
00:35:23.59\00:35:25.52
He's the only
means of salvation.
00:35:25.55\00:35:27.66
Thirdly, you have to be invited.
00:35:27.69\00:35:29.99
And fourthly, what?
00:35:30.03\00:35:32.26
Do the will of the Father.
00:35:32.29\00:35:35.26
That's how you get in there.
00:35:35.30\00:35:37.20
Okay, now let's
catapult ourselves
00:35:37.23\00:35:38.67
right to question number 26
00:35:38.70\00:35:40.14
because we have
five scriptures there
00:35:40.17\00:35:43.04
four under number 28.
00:35:43.07\00:35:44.77
So we got a lot
of scriptures to go.
00:35:44.81\00:35:47.08
For those of you
think this is over.
00:35:47.11\00:35:49.18
It ain't over.
00:35:49.21\00:35:52.28
Here it is. Question number 26.
00:35:52.31\00:35:54.95
Question number 26.
00:35:54.98\00:35:57.22
Okay.
00:35:57.25\00:35:59.15
What are some of the traits
00:35:59.19\00:36:02.02
that will no longer
be in the new earth?
00:36:02.06\00:36:04.83
Now we've transition
now to the new earth.
00:36:04.86\00:36:07.46
Since we have told you
all we could about heaven.
00:36:07.50\00:36:10.80
We now are in the new earth.
00:36:10.83\00:36:12.33
All right, here we are.
00:36:12.37\00:36:13.84
Different places. Exactly.
00:36:13.87\00:36:15.50
This is after the New
Jerusalem descends to the earth,
00:36:15.54\00:36:19.57
the beginning of
Revelation Chapter 21.
00:36:19.61\00:36:22.18
What's gonna be
in the new earth?
00:36:22.21\00:36:23.55
What are some of the
traits that will no longer be
00:36:23.58\00:36:26.68
in the new earth?
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.18
Okay, let's start with question.
00:36:28.22\00:36:30.29
Let's go to Revelation 21:1.
00:36:30.32\00:36:33.59
Revelation 21:1.
00:36:33.62\00:36:36.93
Won't need high
definition makeup.
00:36:40.60\00:36:42.90
Can you imagine, no pimples?
00:36:42.93\00:36:44.63
Come on, this
just came to my mind.
00:36:44.67\00:36:46.53
I don't know why that
thought came to my mind.
00:36:46.57\00:36:48.67
No blotches.
00:36:48.70\00:36:50.27
No, you know, no artifacts.
00:36:50.31\00:36:52.37
We'll just look perfect.
00:36:52.41\00:36:54.74
Can you imagine that?
00:36:54.78\00:36:57.98
Perfect skin.
00:36:58.01\00:36:59.35
Perfect skin.
00:36:59.38\00:37:00.72
Taller, you know, exactly.
00:37:04.52\00:37:07.96
Grow up like stall-fed calves.
00:37:07.99\00:37:10.33
You know, we can all be
taller, there'll be no midgets.
00:37:10.36\00:37:14.83
Don't wanna say that.
00:37:14.86\00:37:16.46
There'll be no...
00:37:16.50\00:37:18.77
Can't fix it.
00:37:18.80\00:37:20.14
Everybody's gonna grow
00:37:20.17\00:37:21.54
to be where God wants him to be.
00:37:21.57\00:37:23.10
Amen to that.
00:37:23.14\00:37:24.47
And the reason I said this
because when God created man,
00:37:24.51\00:37:27.68
they were all
taller than I am now.
00:37:27.71\00:37:30.18
Matter of fact,
Shaq, Shaquille O'Neal,
00:37:30.21\00:37:32.98
he's probably more realistically
00:37:33.01\00:37:34.35
close to the height.
00:37:34.38\00:37:35.72
And some of
these seven foot four.
00:37:35.75\00:37:38.15
When a person
is seven foot four,
00:37:38.19\00:37:39.72
that he's an anomaly.
00:37:39.75\00:37:42.12
He's unusual.
00:37:42.16\00:37:44.46
But he's small compared
00:37:44.49\00:37:46.29
to how they were
before sin entered the world.
00:37:46.33\00:37:49.33
All the shrinking of age,
00:37:49.36\00:37:51.33
the shrinking of
size, the intellect of man,
00:37:51.37\00:37:54.70
everything is less in
capacity, and size, and ability,
00:37:54.74\00:37:58.97
than it was when
God first made us.
00:37:59.01\00:38:01.58
But let's look at this.
00:38:01.61\00:38:03.24
Revelation 21:1, Bible says,
00:38:03.28\00:38:06.45
"Now I saw a new
heaven and a new earth,
00:38:06.48\00:38:10.35
for the first
heaven and the first earth
00:38:10.39\00:38:12.42
had passed away.
00:38:12.45\00:38:13.86
Also there was no more sea.
00:38:13.89\00:38:19.09
No large bodies of water.
00:38:19.13\00:38:23.13
There are four
rivers named in Genesis.
00:38:23.16\00:38:26.50
But where do you think
all this water came from?
00:38:26.53\00:38:28.77
Somebody helped me out.
00:38:28.80\00:38:30.57
From the flood.
00:38:30.61\00:38:33.27
And as a result,
the earth was deluged.
00:38:33.31\00:38:36.98
That's the word they
want to use the deluge.
00:38:37.01\00:38:39.15
The Earth was
deluge with a flood.
00:38:39.18\00:38:41.98
All these 30,000...
00:38:42.02\00:38:43.72
I can't imagine
30,000 feet of water.
00:38:43.75\00:38:46.29
Matter of fact, by
the Marianas Trench.
00:38:46.32\00:38:48.89
If you were to put
the Marianas Trench,
00:38:48.92\00:38:50.63
if you were low Mount
Everest into the Marianas Trench
00:38:50.66\00:38:54.80
it'll still be they said
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.16
about a mile below the
surface to top of Mount Everest.
00:38:56.20\00:39:00.27
Will still about a
mile below the surface,
00:39:00.30\00:39:02.30
I can't imagine that.
00:39:02.34\00:39:04.37
So now let's just
get rid of all the water.
00:39:04.41\00:39:07.41
God's gonna make
this whole thing new
00:39:07.44\00:39:08.78
so you're not gonna have
any 60,000 foot mountain peaks.
00:39:08.81\00:39:11.51
That's not what I'm saying.
00:39:11.55\00:39:12.95
It's not gonna be an empty...
00:39:12.98\00:39:15.42
How we gonna climb to
the 60,000 foot mountain?
00:39:15.45\00:39:18.09
God's gonna make all this new.
00:39:18.12\00:39:19.69
Can I get an amen somewhere?
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.42
So we're not gonna
have these jagged rocks
00:39:21.46\00:39:24.49
these
treacherous cavernous places
00:39:24.53\00:39:27.06
in the Grand Canyon
00:39:27.10\00:39:28.43
where people can
fall over and die.
00:39:28.46\00:39:31.63
Not gonna have any that anymore.
00:39:31.67\00:39:33.77
It's gonna be beautiful
00:39:33.80\00:39:35.14
and I imagine I've
often had dreams like this
00:39:35.17\00:39:38.54
where I could just go like this
00:39:38.57\00:39:40.21
and I can float and not
have to worry about dying,
00:39:40.24\00:39:42.48
I imagine that's
how it's gonna be.
00:39:42.51\00:39:44.61
We'll be able to fly,
00:39:44.65\00:39:45.98
we're not gonna
be able to know boys
00:39:46.01\00:39:47.48
and fall and hurt
themselves no bruise knees,
00:39:47.52\00:39:50.49
no bloody noses from tripping
00:39:50.52\00:39:52.15
and I mean, just
think about that.
00:39:52.19\00:39:55.39
But what basic
benefit are we gonna get
00:39:55.42\00:39:58.59
from no more seas?
00:39:58.63\00:40:00.50
What basic benefit
do we get from there?
00:40:00.53\00:40:03.77
Right, we're not
gonna be separated
00:40:03.80\00:40:05.80
and by the way in the new earth
00:40:05.83\00:40:08.10
if you think of the
redeemed of all the ages,
00:40:08.14\00:40:10.67
and the new earth
is gonna be their home,
00:40:10.71\00:40:14.08
is there gonna be room enough.
00:40:14.11\00:40:17.41
There's gonna be
plenty of room...
00:40:17.45\00:40:19.65
My wife is over here
singing and poetic tonight.
00:40:19.68\00:40:23.08
There's gonna
be plenty good room
00:40:23.12\00:40:24.45
in the kingdom.
00:40:24.49\00:40:26.12
Plenty good room.
00:40:26.15\00:40:27.49
There's gonna
be plenty good room
00:40:27.52\00:40:29.09
in My Father's Kingdom.
00:40:29.12\00:40:31.26
See my wife is waxing
eloquent over here tonight.
00:40:31.29\00:40:34.03
Right?
00:40:34.06\00:40:35.40
Plenty good room in the family,
room for the young and the old.
00:40:35.43\00:40:38.57
So there'll be enough room
00:40:38.60\00:40:40.14
we will not be
separated by land masses.
00:40:40.17\00:40:43.41
No major flights are
gonna be needed to get places.
00:40:43.44\00:40:46.44
Oh, how beautiful it's gonna
be but there'll be no more sea.
00:40:46.47\00:40:50.51
And some people may
say, I like deep sea fishing.
00:40:50.55\00:40:54.52
Oh, you won't be
fishing and killing,
00:40:54.55\00:40:56.15
fishing in new earth.
00:40:56.18\00:40:57.52
Just a thought.
00:41:01.12\00:41:02.46
I don't know if
you thought about that.
00:41:02.49\00:41:04.33
Then there'll be no
Burger King slaughterhouses
00:41:04.36\00:41:08.16
on each corner cities, you know.
00:41:08.20\00:41:11.63
KFC KFC.
00:41:11.67\00:41:14.14
No, it won't be that way,
00:41:14.17\00:41:15.57
you won't have it your
way, it would be God's way.
00:41:15.60\00:41:17.54
Amen. Can we get an amen?
00:41:17.57\00:41:19.77
Revelation. So put number...
00:41:19.81\00:41:21.54
There be no more sea.
00:41:21.58\00:41:22.91
Now let's look at this next one.
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.28
I gave you the answer
00:41:24.31\00:41:25.65
because some of
you wouldn't get it.
00:41:25.68\00:41:27.02
And God will wipe
away, Revelation 21:4,
00:41:27.05\00:41:29.58
"And God will wipe
away," how many tears?
00:41:29.62\00:41:32.25
"Every tear from their
eyes, there shall be no more,"
00:41:32.29\00:41:35.42
write the first one
down, "death, nor," second one,
00:41:35.46\00:41:39.59
"sorrow, nor,"
third one, "crying.
00:41:39.63\00:41:43.30
There shall be no
more," fourth one,
00:41:43.33\00:41:45.77
"pain, for the former
things have," done what?
00:41:45.80\00:41:49.47
"Passed away."
00:41:49.50\00:41:52.14
Another single word
for passed away is what?
00:41:52.17\00:41:54.94
Die.
00:41:54.98\00:41:56.31
When somebody passes away.
00:41:56.34\00:41:57.68
So death is gonna
die, sorrow is gonna die,
00:41:57.71\00:42:00.35
crying is gonna die,
and pain is gonna die.
00:42:00.38\00:42:02.88
It's gonna pass away.
00:42:02.92\00:42:05.39
We're not gonna be
crying because there's death,
00:42:05.42\00:42:07.19
sorrow, and pain.
00:42:07.22\00:42:08.59
We may be crying because
we just saw so beautiful.
00:42:08.62\00:42:12.53
You know, I tell
you in the crying here
00:42:12.56\00:42:15.63
not that crying
is an odd function.
00:42:15.66\00:42:18.80
But the crying will
not be associated to death,
00:42:18.83\00:42:21.34
sorrow, crying,
death, sorrow, or pain
00:42:21.37\00:42:24.77
is not gonna be associated
to sorrow of any kind.
00:42:24.81\00:42:27.98
As I mentioned to you,
I think the last broadcast
00:42:28.01\00:42:29.61
there are different
kinds of tears we have.
00:42:29.64\00:42:33.95
And the tears are
gonna be wiped away
00:42:33.98\00:42:35.32
and not tears of joy
but tears of sadness.
00:42:35.35\00:42:38.95
All right, so
those are the four things
00:42:38.99\00:42:40.59
death, sorrow, crying,
pain, those four things.
00:42:40.62\00:42:44.29
Let's look at the next one.
00:42:44.33\00:42:45.79
All right. What else?
00:42:45.83\00:42:47.46
What are the some of the traits
00:42:47.50\00:42:48.83
that will no longer
be in the new earth?
00:42:48.86\00:42:50.57
Isaiah 65:17.
00:42:50.60\00:42:54.00
Isaiah 65:17. Here it is.
00:42:54.04\00:42:57.07
Bible says, "For behold,
00:42:57.11\00:42:58.44
I create new
heavens and a," what?
00:42:58.47\00:43:01.14
"New earth, for the
former shall not be," what?
00:43:01.18\00:43:05.65
"Remembered or come to mind.
00:43:05.68\00:43:10.52
Amen.
00:43:10.55\00:43:12.05
There'll be no bad
minded people in heaven.
00:43:12.09\00:43:15.12
They'll be say,
00:43:15.16\00:43:16.49
aren't you the
guy that owe me $2?
00:43:16.52\00:43:18.96
You know, there'll be
none of them in heaven.
00:43:18.99\00:43:20.80
Really?
00:43:20.83\00:43:22.16
You made up here
and you didn't pay me
00:43:22.20\00:43:23.53
that 20 bucks you
owe me for 30 years.
00:43:23.57\00:43:25.73
You won't be
remembering that, right?
00:43:25.77\00:43:27.44
All cases will
have been decided.
00:43:27.47\00:43:32.97
It's got to be some
humor somewhere along the way.
00:43:33.01\00:43:35.01
But you think about it.
00:43:35.04\00:43:36.38
Some people can
be, a wait a minute,
00:43:36.41\00:43:37.81
how did you make it up here?
00:43:37.85\00:43:39.58
How did you make it up here?
00:43:39.61\00:43:42.32
We won't even
think of the badness
00:43:42.35\00:43:43.79
in the person's life.
00:43:43.82\00:43:45.15
It was good to see you, Bill.
00:43:45.19\00:43:47.12
Good to see you, John.
00:43:47.16\00:43:48.62
Where do I know you from?
00:43:48.66\00:43:50.09
Prayer meeting.
Remember, we met in Walmart.
00:43:50.13\00:43:54.00
That's the only time
it's gonna come to memory.
00:43:54.03\00:43:56.13
Remember, we met at Walmart.
00:43:56.16\00:43:58.00
God, I don't
think God's gonna take
00:43:58.03\00:43:59.37
those little details out.
00:43:59.40\00:44:00.74
What's Walmart?
00:44:00.77\00:44:02.10
I don't
remember. But we met there.
00:44:02.14\00:44:04.31
See, it's gonna be beautiful.
00:44:04.34\00:44:05.71
I think the good things
are gonna be in our head.
00:44:05.74\00:44:08.14
But I think the evil things.
00:44:08.18\00:44:10.88
And let me just add this.
00:44:10.91\00:44:12.41
Let me just, let
me put some of my own.
00:44:12.45\00:44:15.58
I got to borrow
this from Pastor CA,
00:44:15.62\00:44:16.95
my own
ecclesiastical obiter dictum.
00:44:16.99\00:44:18.79
I don't know what that means.
00:44:18.82\00:44:20.46
But it just sounds like it means
00:44:20.49\00:44:21.82
what I don't know what I mean.
00:44:21.86\00:44:23.63
But let me just try
this for a brief moment.
00:44:23.66\00:44:28.06
In order for us
to tell now you got,
00:44:28.10\00:44:29.76
this is gonna be deep,
00:44:29.80\00:44:31.13
in order for us to tell
the story of redemption.
00:44:31.17\00:44:36.94
In order for us to
share how God has redeemed us
00:44:36.97\00:44:39.94
from the curse of sin,
00:44:39.97\00:44:41.44
we got to remember
what God brought us through
00:44:45.18\00:44:48.65
'cause nobody is gonna
be able to tell our story.
00:44:48.68\00:44:52.45
We can't say to the
angels, I don't remember.
00:44:52.49\00:44:55.79
What did God redeem you from?
00:44:55.82\00:44:57.16
I don't remember.
00:44:57.19\00:44:58.53
Well, how could you
tell me through the...
00:44:58.56\00:45:00.23
I thought you're gonna
tell me how you got redeemed.
00:45:00.26\00:45:03.10
I don't remember.
00:45:03.13\00:45:04.70
These things will not
be a factor of lament.
00:45:04.73\00:45:08.74
But I will say,
00:45:08.77\00:45:10.11
let me tell you
what God saved me from
00:45:10.14\00:45:14.01
'cause we will be
telling our story of redemption,
00:45:14.04\00:45:16.18
nobody will be able to
tell that story like us.
00:45:16.21\00:45:19.15
Nobody will be able to
say, this is how God saved me.
00:45:19.18\00:45:22.18
This is what He saved me from.
00:45:22.22\00:45:23.75
Now these unfallen worlds
of which we are a spectacular,
00:45:23.79\00:45:28.62
of which we are a spectacle.
00:45:28.66\00:45:33.19
The big case right now is,
00:45:33.23\00:45:36.36
are they safe to
be allowed in here?
00:45:36.40\00:45:39.50
That's the big question.
00:45:39.53\00:45:41.00
Do you really wanna
bring those guys up there?
00:45:41.04\00:45:43.41
You know, platform of
gamblers, and pool hustlers,
00:45:43.44\00:45:47.04
and thieves, and liars.
00:45:47.08\00:45:48.61
And I mean,
00:45:48.64\00:45:49.98
do you really
wanna bring them in here?
00:45:50.01\00:45:52.05
When I'm done
00:45:52.08\00:45:54.68
none of those former
traits will even be remembered.
00:45:54.72\00:45:57.09
They're gonna be
perfect just like I am.
00:45:57.12\00:45:58.75
Can we all say amen to that?
00:45:58.79\00:46:00.22
We're gonna be like Jesus,
00:46:00.26\00:46:02.22
but for us to tell our
story about redemption.
00:46:02.26\00:46:07.03
If we didn't
remember any of those things,
00:46:07.06\00:46:08.80
that the nail
prints in Jesus hands
00:46:08.83\00:46:10.47
wouldn't mean anything.
00:46:10.50\00:46:11.93
Where did you
get that scar from?
00:46:11.97\00:46:13.57
You remember, He redeemed you.
00:46:13.60\00:46:17.21
So that's the only
point of remembrance
00:46:17.24\00:46:18.97
but these formers say,
00:46:19.01\00:46:20.34
and let me just also
add another component here.
00:46:20.38\00:46:22.61
When you begin to compare
00:46:22.64\00:46:24.58
what you used to go
through to what you now have,
00:46:24.61\00:46:28.58
you can say
00:46:28.62\00:46:29.95
why am I even
talking about that?
00:46:29.98\00:46:32.52
Why am I?
00:46:32.55\00:46:33.89
And I remember one day
when somebody said something
00:46:33.92\00:46:35.82
to me in church
00:46:35.86\00:46:37.19
I don't even know why
I'm talking about that.
00:46:37.23\00:46:39.09
I mean, you can't compare
00:46:39.13\00:46:42.16
is like somebody
walks up to you Yannick,
00:46:42.20\00:46:45.90
you don't have a car, right?
00:46:45.93\00:46:49.17
It's like somebody
says to you Yannick.
00:46:49.20\00:46:52.91
It's like
somebody says to Yannick,
00:46:52.94\00:46:54.38
"Yannick, I wanna give you
00:46:54.41\00:46:58.88
a $65,000 Jaguar."
00:46:58.91\00:47:04.32
But you have to
give me your bike for it.
00:47:04.35\00:47:08.32
Now Yannick gonna be
tripping over his bike.
00:47:08.36\00:47:11.36
He can hear
anything else you need...
00:47:11.39\00:47:15.93
So you get eternity
00:47:15.96\00:47:19.10
and eternity is
just the beginning of it,
00:47:19.13\00:47:21.90
you get eternity
00:47:21.94\00:47:23.27
that's just the
beginning of an eternity is not,
00:47:23.30\00:47:25.37
eternity is the context
00:47:25.41\00:47:26.84
in which all the
blessings come to us.
00:47:26.88\00:47:29.04
But through
eternity it's hard to think.
00:47:29.08\00:47:33.38
It's hard to think
that life will never end.
00:47:33.42\00:47:37.99
It's hard to think
00:47:38.02\00:47:39.35
that you'll
never ever be in want.
00:47:39.39\00:47:41.26
And I also wanna say this,
00:47:41.29\00:47:43.09
one of the texts that
could have been included here
00:47:43.12\00:47:45.66
is affliction, Nahum 1:9,
00:47:45.69\00:47:47.63
"Affliction will not
rise up a second time."
00:47:47.66\00:47:51.17
Amen to that.
00:47:51.20\00:47:52.63
No more sin, not
coming back up again.
00:47:52.67\00:47:55.04
No more great controversy,
00:47:55.07\00:47:56.40
no more need of a second Savior,
00:47:56.44\00:47:58.04
no more need of another Calvary,
00:47:58.07\00:47:59.41
no more needed of
another great controversy.
00:47:59.44\00:48:01.41
It will all have been settled.
00:48:01.44\00:48:03.04
He that is righteous
let him be righteous still.
00:48:03.08\00:48:06.05
He that is unjust,
let him be unjust still.
00:48:06.08\00:48:08.25
The unjust and the
unholy will be locked out
00:48:08.28\00:48:10.89
and they will be
destroyed in the lake of fire.
00:48:10.92\00:48:13.42
There'll be no,
there'll be nothing
00:48:13.46\00:48:15.09
even to cause
00:48:15.12\00:48:17.23
there to be a
second possibility of sin.
00:48:17.26\00:48:20.16
Because we will all be locked
00:48:20.20\00:48:21.70
into the righteousness of Jesus.
00:48:21.73\00:48:24.40
Oh, how I hate that teaching
00:48:24.43\00:48:26.13
that sin could
possibly rise up a second time.
00:48:26.17\00:48:29.44
It just embarrasses the beauty
of the righteousness of Jesus.
00:48:29.47\00:48:34.84
You know, huh?
00:48:34.88\00:48:36.71
Yeah, I tell you, you know,
00:48:36.75\00:48:38.31
the heaven is
forever is a long, long time.
00:48:38.35\00:48:42.05
I tell you, I tell you,
00:48:42.08\00:48:43.52
my wife is now singing
Heritage Singers songs.
00:48:43.55\00:48:48.12
They tell me, "Heaven is forever
00:48:48.16\00:48:49.49
and forever is a
long, long time."
00:48:49.52\00:48:52.96
And, you know,
another thing time,
00:48:52.99\00:48:54.73
would we need watches in heaven?
00:48:54.76\00:48:56.53
For what?
00:48:56.56\00:48:57.90
See you at...
00:48:57.93\00:48:59.83
I'll see you when I get back.
00:48:59.87\00:49:02.34
We won't even need a watch, huh?
00:49:02.37\00:49:05.14
Oh, we all know when
the Sabbath believe me.
00:49:05.17\00:49:07.94
Because all flesh
will come together.
00:49:07.98\00:49:10.41
There'll be nobody
staying home because they tired.
00:49:10.45\00:49:14.62
Right?
00:49:14.65\00:49:15.98
Amen.
00:49:16.02\00:49:17.35
Who's preaching today?
00:49:17.39\00:49:18.72
Elijah, he is...
00:49:18.75\00:49:22.56
The Elijah. The Elijah.
00:49:22.59\00:49:24.89
He's gonna tell us
about Mount Carmel today.
00:49:24.93\00:49:27.53
What? I mean,
can you imagine this?
00:49:27.56\00:49:30.60
We are little spiritual dwarves
00:49:30.63\00:49:35.14
compare to some of these
giants that are before us.
00:49:35.17\00:49:38.57
And our minds are so, so strict,
00:49:38.61\00:49:43.35
so restricted
compared to the intellect
00:49:43.38\00:49:45.11
that some of
these individuals have.
00:49:45.15\00:49:47.65
But when Jesus steps out,
00:49:47.68\00:49:50.99
and begins to reveal to us
00:49:51.02\00:49:52.35
how He actually
created the world, you know,
00:49:52.39\00:49:53.96
we're gonna see Him
recreate the new earth,
00:49:53.99\00:49:56.99
we're gonna see
creation before our own eyes.
00:49:57.03\00:50:00.26
That alone will be
worth the price of the ticket.
00:50:00.30\00:50:04.47
And He will pay
for our admission
00:50:04.50\00:50:06.23
to God be the glory.
00:50:06.27\00:50:07.90
Let's look at
the next two texts.
00:50:07.94\00:50:11.07
Wow, what other
traits will no longer be
00:50:11.11\00:50:13.41
in the new earth?
00:50:13.44\00:50:14.78
Isaiah 60:18.
Let's look at that one.
00:50:14.81\00:50:17.48
Isaiah 60:18.
00:50:17.51\00:50:19.28
I kind of had to think
about some other things.
00:50:19.31\00:50:22.52
But Isaiah
60:18, the Bible says,
00:50:22.55\00:50:24.92
"Violence," what word did I say?
00:50:24.95\00:50:27.12
Violence.
00:50:27.16\00:50:28.52
"Violence shall no
longer be heard in your land,
00:50:28.56\00:50:35.00
neither wasting nor
destruction within your borders,
00:50:35.03\00:50:40.20
but you shall
call your walls," what?
00:50:40.24\00:50:43.30
"Salvation."
00:50:43.34\00:50:45.11
Now when you
read the word wasting,
00:50:45.14\00:50:48.54
people wonder what is
wasting, never heard of wasting.
00:50:48.58\00:50:52.01
Well, it's not Isaiah 60:18.
00:50:52.05\00:50:56.48
Violence shall
no longer be heard.
00:50:56.52\00:50:59.19
It's number 25.
00:50:59.22\00:51:01.39
It's question number 26.
00:51:01.42\00:51:03.36
The fourth, the
fourth one, fourth one down.
00:51:03.39\00:51:07.13
Okay, so right after that
00:51:07.16\00:51:09.00
wasting, what is wasting?
00:51:09.03\00:51:10.57
Now when you think of wasting,
00:51:10.60\00:51:11.97
what are some of the
things that we waste today?
00:51:12.00\00:51:15.04
Everything,
time, money, resources,
00:51:15.07\00:51:19.11
our own mind but in
the actual word here,
00:51:19.14\00:51:23.45
the word wasting means
00:51:23.48\00:51:25.05
there'll be no robbery,
no oppression, violence,
00:51:25.08\00:51:30.32
there'll be no robbery
and there'll be no oppression.
00:51:30.35\00:51:34.42
Praise the Lord.
00:51:34.46\00:51:36.19
There will be none
of that, no robbery,
00:51:36.22\00:51:38.09
violence shall no
longer be heard in your land,
00:51:38.13\00:51:40.63
neither robbery or
oppression nor destruction
00:51:40.66\00:51:43.63
within your borders.
00:51:43.67\00:51:45.00
You shall call
your wall salvation.
00:51:45.03\00:51:47.77
That's the actual application
00:51:47.80\00:51:49.60
to the word
wasting, wasting there.
00:51:49.64\00:51:52.31
And one more.
00:51:52.34\00:51:54.11
Because when you
think of the world
00:51:54.14\00:51:55.48
that was in the days
of the antediluvians,
00:51:55.51\00:51:58.45
Genesis 6:11, the Bible says,
00:51:58.48\00:52:00.25
"The earth was
filled with violence."
00:52:00.28\00:52:02.95
Is it filled
with violence today?
00:52:02.98\00:52:04.85
Violence self,
everything corrupt self.
00:52:04.89\00:52:10.39
But there'll be
no violence there.
00:52:10.43\00:52:12.76
Revelation 22:3.
00:52:12.79\00:52:14.36
Revelation 22:3,
00:52:14.40\00:52:16.06
I was quite idealistic
thinking we could get this,
00:52:16.10\00:52:18.40
we got to move
faster than a New Yorker
00:52:18.43\00:52:20.00
to finish the rest of these,
00:52:20.04\00:52:21.64
but no sense
rushing through good food.
00:52:21.67\00:52:24.37
Revelation 22:3,
notice this last one.
00:52:24.41\00:52:28.14
And it says, "There
shall be no more," what?
00:52:28.18\00:52:31.11
"Curse, but the throne of God
and of the Lamb shall be in it,
00:52:31.15\00:52:36.85
and His
servants shall," do what?
00:52:36.89\00:52:38.59
"Serve Him."
00:52:38.62\00:52:39.95
No more curse.
00:52:39.99\00:52:42.62
Let's expand
that. No more cursing.
00:52:42.66\00:52:46.09
Think about that
00:52:46.13\00:52:47.80
'cause you don't
think about that.
00:52:47.83\00:52:49.16
But some of these
prophets that were redeemed,
00:52:49.20\00:52:51.50
what does Isaiah said,
I'm a man of unclean, what?
00:52:51.53\00:52:54.40
Lips.
00:52:54.44\00:52:55.77
What did Peter do
when he denied Christ?
00:52:55.80\00:52:57.61
The human element.
00:53:02.54\00:53:05.11
And unfortunately,
the name of our Holy Lord
00:53:05.15\00:53:08.05
is often connected
towards that are just
00:53:08.08\00:53:10.19
that are satanic today.
00:53:10.22\00:53:12.69
But there'll be no
curse, there'll be no cursing,
00:53:12.72\00:53:14.96
there will be no misuse
of the glorious name of God.
00:53:14.99\00:53:18.69
Nothing like that,
the Lamb will be glorious,
00:53:18.73\00:53:22.20
the throne of God.
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.60
And it's hard to imagine.
00:53:23.63\00:53:25.53
I mean, I've seen
some beautiful thrones,
00:53:25.57\00:53:27.44
but the throne of God.
00:53:27.47\00:53:30.87
Wow, what a pleasure.
00:53:30.91\00:53:32.47
Let's go to number 27.
00:53:32.51\00:53:34.08
Let's see how far we can get.
00:53:34.11\00:53:36.08
Number 27.
00:53:36.11\00:53:38.21
All right.
00:53:38.25\00:53:39.58
So did you put the
answer there for the next one?
00:53:39.61\00:53:42.08
Okay, good.
Number 27, here it is.
00:53:42.12\00:53:43.89
What does the Bible reveal
00:53:43.92\00:53:45.25
about the barren
places of the earth?
00:53:45.29\00:53:48.02
Isaiah 35:1.
00:53:51.56\00:53:53.66
Isaiah 35:1,
00:53:53.70\00:53:55.20
about the barren
places of the earth.
00:53:55.23\00:53:56.90
When we fly from
East Coast to West Coast,
00:53:56.93\00:53:58.97
I get a chance to
look out the plane.
00:53:59.17\00:54:00.50
I was like,
flying during the day
00:54:00.54\00:54:02.24
because I have tons of pictures
on my phone of just the desert.
00:54:02.27\00:54:05.24
I just have this
fascination with the desert.
00:54:05.27\00:54:07.94
I just have beautiful
pictures of the desert.
00:54:07.98\00:54:09.71
But I don't have any
pictures of this stuff.
00:54:09.74\00:54:11.08
Look at Isaiah 35:1.
00:54:11.11\00:54:12.88
Look at what it says here.
00:54:12.91\00:54:14.25
Let's read this together.
00:54:14.28\00:54:15.62
"The wilderness
and the wasteland
00:54:15.65\00:54:17.99
shall be glad for them,
and the desert shall," what?
00:54:18.02\00:54:21.89
"Rejoice and
blossom as the rose."
00:54:21.92\00:54:27.16
Can you imagine
get rid of the deserts
00:54:27.20\00:54:29.53
and replace them with roses?
00:54:29.56\00:54:32.10
Of every description
flowers of every bloom
00:54:32.13\00:54:34.80
and every hue of
every color of every,
00:54:34.84\00:54:39.11
would that be something
to behold from the skies?
00:54:39.14\00:54:43.21
The desert will
blossom as the rose.
00:54:43.24\00:54:44.91
And I tell you
because there'll be no death,
00:54:44.95\00:54:47.72
you can probably pick the
rose and are just continuous,
00:54:47.75\00:54:51.39
endless fragrance won't die
00:54:51.42\00:54:54.66
because
everything will be inhabited
00:54:54.69\00:54:56.79
in the perfection that
God intends for it to enjoy.
00:54:56.83\00:55:00.63
Let's move right along and
see what else we can get here.
00:55:00.66\00:55:03.87
Isaiah, I mean,
question number 28.
00:55:03.90\00:55:07.00
Question number 28.
00:55:07.04\00:55:08.40
How different
00:55:08.44\00:55:09.90
will the dangerous
animals of today be?
00:55:09.94\00:55:12.24
How different will
the dangerous animals
00:55:12.27\00:55:14.04
of today be?
00:55:14.08\00:55:16.08
Let's just go
right on to Isaiah.
00:55:16.11\00:55:18.11
Go to Isaiah 11:6-9,
is where we're gonna be.
00:55:18.15\00:55:21.92
It's four sections,
00:55:21.95\00:55:23.28
but it's only
one actual reference.
00:55:23.32\00:55:25.95
Let's look at the
first one. Okay, here it is.
00:55:25.99\00:55:28.92
Here it is.
00:55:28.96\00:55:30.36
Okay.
00:55:30.39\00:55:32.39
Okay.
00:55:32.43\00:55:37.27
Isaiah 11:6.
00:55:37.30\00:55:40.17
Here we are. You guys are there.
00:55:40.20\00:55:41.54
Let me turn to my Bible
00:55:41.57\00:55:42.90
because I think I may
put the same reference there.
00:55:42.94\00:55:45.97
But that's okay.
00:55:46.01\00:55:47.48
I know where the Bible is found.
00:55:47.51\00:55:48.84
Here it is.
00:55:48.88\00:55:50.21
Isaiah 11:6,
00:55:50.25\00:55:53.28
"The wolf shall
dwell with the lamb,
00:55:53.31\00:55:57.25
the leopard shall lie
down with the young goat,
00:55:57.29\00:56:00.72
the calf and the young lion
00:56:00.76\00:56:02.26
and the fatling together
and a child shall lead them."
00:56:02.29\00:56:06.70
Okay.
00:56:06.73\00:56:08.06
So if you put verse
6, I put the reference
00:56:08.10\00:56:10.17
but I didn't change
the actual text itself.
00:56:10.20\00:56:12.63
Okay, "The wolf
shall dwell in the lamb."
00:56:12.67\00:56:15.37
What you want to
put there in verse 6
00:56:15.40\00:56:17.51
is a child shall lead
them, a child shall lead them.
00:56:17.54\00:56:22.14
We're gonna look
at this one of verse 7
00:56:22.18\00:56:23.58
coming up right here.
00:56:23.61\00:56:24.98
Let's go to the
very next verse, verse 7.
00:56:25.01\00:56:27.62
Here it is.
00:56:27.65\00:56:28.98
It says,
00:56:29.02\00:56:30.79
"The cow and the
bear shall graze."
00:56:30.82\00:56:34.42
Now not on earth,
cows and bears not grazing.
00:56:34.46\00:56:38.99
Right?
00:56:39.03\00:56:40.36
It says, "Their young
ones shall lie down together,
00:56:40.40\00:56:43.77
and the lion shall
eat straw like the ox."
00:56:43.80\00:56:48.10
That's not happening down here.
00:56:48.14\00:56:50.27
Okay, you can put the
animals that are listed there,
00:56:50.31\00:56:52.87
look at the very next one.
00:56:52.91\00:56:54.71
The very next one, verse 8,
00:56:54.74\00:56:56.95
"The nursing child shall
play by the cobra's hole,"
00:56:56.98\00:57:00.92
today, no way,
00:57:00.95\00:57:03.02
"and the weaned
child shall put his hand
00:57:03.05\00:57:05.15
in the viper's den."
00:57:05.19\00:57:07.12
And the last one just hit
me with verse 9 very quickly.
00:57:07.16\00:57:09.89
"They shall not
hurt nor destroyed
00:57:09.92\00:57:11.63
in all My holy mountain,
00:57:11.66\00:57:13.76
for the earth shall be," what?
00:57:13.80\00:57:15.76
"Full of the
knowledge of the Lord
00:57:15.80\00:57:18.03
as the waters cover the," what?
00:57:18.07\00:57:20.40
"Sea."
00:57:20.44\00:57:21.77
Let me ask you a
question. Do you wanna go?
00:57:21.80\00:57:24.21
Do you wanna go?
00:57:24.24\00:57:25.71
Can you imagine
putting your hand
00:57:25.74\00:57:27.08
in the cobra's hole
00:57:27.11\00:57:28.44
and he comes down
just crawls up the arm
00:57:28.48\00:57:29.81
and goes without biting you.
00:57:29.84\00:57:34.42
There'll be no death there.
00:57:34.45\00:57:36.35
We won't ever be afraid
of snakes in the new earth.
00:57:36.38\00:57:39.75
Matter of fact, we have
probably all kinds of snakes.
00:57:39.79\00:57:42.19
Walk around with
us on our shoulder,
00:57:42.22\00:57:43.56
friends, you know,
it may sound strange,
00:57:43.59\00:57:45.16
but a lot of
what we have down here
00:57:45.19\00:57:46.53
that brings
abject fear to our hearts
00:57:46.56\00:57:49.06
will not be the
case in the new kingdom.
00:57:49.10\00:57:51.87
It would be joy and
pleasure forevermore.
00:57:51.90\00:57:54.17
So keep studying God's Word.
00:57:54.20\00:57:55.97
And these things that don't make
00:57:56.00\00:57:57.34
a whole lot of sense now,
00:57:57.37\00:57:58.74
if you keep studying them with
00:57:58.77\00:58:00.11
one day they will
come into A Sharper Focus.
00:58:00.14\00:58:03.01
God bless you.
00:58:03.04\00:58:04.38