Participants: John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000087
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00:20 Hello, friends,
00:22 welcome to another Wednesday night Bible study 00:24 here at the 3ABN Worship Center. 00:26 It's summer here. 00:28 Maybe if you're down under, it's a little cooler there. 00:31 But we thank you for taking the time to tune in. 00:33 And when I mean down under, that is down in Australia. 00:36 Those of you who are there know exactly what I mean. 00:39 But we have a wonderful group here tonight, 00:41 they'd like to welcome you with a hearty amen. 00:42 Can we all say amen? Amen. 00:44 And get your Bibles, and your pens, 00:46 invite your family, and your friends 00:48 to sit down with us for a little less than an hour, 00:51 we're gonna talk about the topic of heaven. 00:53 We have about 11 more questions to cover. 00:56 So far, we've talked about heaven. 00:58 Now we're gonna add today 01:00 is the new component about the new earth. 01:03 We talked about heaven, what about the new earth? 01:04 And so join us for the next hour 01:07 as we do that. 01:09 And before we go any further though, 01:11 I'm gonna give you some more information. 01:12 But I'll do that on the other side 01:14 of the prayer. 01:15 Let's bow our heads together. 01:17 Gracious Father in heaven, 01:18 thank You for the opportunity of studying Your Word. 01:22 We know that Your Word is a lamp unto our feet 01:24 and a light unto our paths. 01:25 We pray that You'll guide us, 01:28 that You will teach us, that You will draw us 01:30 into a relationship with You, Lord, 01:33 that You'll bless us 01:35 as we not only study about heaven, 01:37 but prepare our lives to live there. 01:40 In Jesus' name we pray. 01:42 Amen. 01:44 Now, if you'd like to get a copy of the lesson tonight, 01:46 I know I've told you lesson number 26. 01:49 But there is one last page, 01:51 this is one of the first four page lessons, 01:55 go to this website asf.3abn.org 02:00 and download lesson number 26, 02:03 The Truth about Heaven and the New Earth. 02:06 And you'll have questions 1 all the way to 33. 02:10 Tonight we're gonna be covering questions number 22 02:13 down to question number 33. 02:16 And so we thank you for tuning in 02:19 to enjoy that time with us. 02:21 If you've missed any of the prior lessons, 02:24 the same place you download that lesson, 02:26 to the right is another tab which has videos, 02:29 you can go and select any video 02:31 and at the very beginning, it'll tell you 02:32 what lesson is associated with that study. 02:35 Then you click that and download that. 02:37 And there you are, you have a wonderful series 02:39 of studies you can follow through. 02:41 But tonight we wanna sing. Are you ready to sing y'all? 02:44 We're gonna sing our theme song. 02:46 It is entitled "Victory in Jesus." 02:48 You can join us if you know the words. 02:59 I heard an old, old story 03:02 How the Savior came from glory 03:06 How He gave His life on Calvary 03:10 To save a wretch like me 03:14 I heard about His groaning 03:17 Of His precious blood's atoning 03:21 Then I repented of my sin 03:25 And won the victory 03:29 O victory in Jesus 03:33 My Savior forever 03:36 He sought me and bought me 03:40 With His redeeming blood 03:44 He loved me ere I knew Him 03:48 And all my love is due Him 03:51 He plunged me to victory 03:55 Beneath the cleansing flood 03:59 I heard about a mansion 04:03 He has built for me in glory 04:07 And I heard about the streets of gold 04:10 Beyond the crystal sea 04:14 About the angels singing 04:18 And the old redemption story 04:22 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 04:26 The song of victory 04:28 Key change. 04:29 O victory in Jesus 04:33 My Savior forever 04:37 He sought me and bought me 04:41 With His redeeming blood 04:44 He loved me ere I knew Him 04:48 And all my love is due Him 04:52 He plunged me to victory 04:56 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:00 He plunged me to victory 05:03 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:10 Amen. 05:13 The Truth about Heaven and the New Earth 05:17 is our topic for tonight. 05:20 Say that with me, what is it? 05:21 The Truth about Heaven and the New Earth. 05:27 I would have loved to have been there 05:28 when the earth was first created. 05:31 I can imagine what Adam and Eve must have thought 05:34 when they saw this perfect creation, 05:37 all the things that are part of our world today. 05:42 The majority of them are not a part of the earth 05:45 when it was freshly out of the hand of the Creator. 05:47 Can you imagine? 05:49 You know, like when you buy something brand new. 05:51 Nowadays, anything we buy brand new, 05:53 we get excited about it right away. 05:55 You know, we peel off the wrapper, 05:57 we take the cellophane off, we take it out of the box, 06:01 we look at the instruction manual 06:02 before it gets any food stains on it. 06:05 And all those things that just excite us. 06:07 And that's kind of how the earth was, 06:09 just imagine when Adam and Eve were created. 06:12 They had this huge planet. 06:15 And they hadn't seen the majority of it. 06:17 So if they traveled for the rest of their lives, 06:22 they had a lot to see. 06:24 But they didn't even get the chance to see all of it, 06:26 before they had a chance to see it 06:28 the way that God had created it, 06:30 perfect and in an untouched beauty 06:33 without any stain of sin without any reminder of death. 06:37 We know the tragic story. 06:39 But one day, 06:41 we're gonna be able to see the earth 06:43 the way that God had freshly made it, 06:46 this time it's gonna be brand new. 06:47 Can you say amen to that? 06:49 It's not gonna be like the world we have today. 06:50 So what I wanna begin to do tonight, 06:52 I wanna dive into the lesson really soon. 06:55 So that maybe we can cover the 11 questions we have, 06:59 maybe 11 questions, but there are a lot of texts. 07:02 So we have quite a bit of verses. 07:05 So it may be 11 questions, 07:07 but quite a bit more Bible verses 07:08 than the 11 questions. 07:09 So let's go ahead and dive into 07:11 and look at some of the things 07:12 that will not be a part of heaven, 07:15 that will not be a part of the old earth. 07:20 Anything that's in the old earth 07:21 won't be in heaven that is, 07:23 and let's go ahead and see 07:24 how and what reason we have to look forward 07:27 to being in heaven with the Lord. 07:29 So let's begin with question number 22. 07:32 Question number 22. 07:34 What evidence do we have 07:37 that the city is secure from crime? 07:45 Revelation 21:25. 07:49 Revelation 21:25, you think about that. 07:52 It could be a small city or large city. 07:54 Here in Thompsonville, 07:57 we have a sign that says 600 people. 07:59 I think we have little less than that. 08:01 We still have police. 08:03 We don't have a lot. 08:04 I mean, maybe two or three. 08:06 I only see one police car, but there's crime 08:09 in a limited way in Thompsonville. 08:11 There's crime in every city, the larger the city, 08:14 chances are there's more crime there. 08:17 But let's look at 08:18 and you have to understand the context of this question 08:21 because, you know, oftentimes one of the reasons 08:24 why there are gated communities nowadays 08:27 is because people want to keep criminal activity out. 08:31 Right? 08:32 Notice one of the evidences that we have. 08:34 Revelation 21:25. 08:36 Here's what the Bible says, 08:37 let's read this first text together. 08:39 The Bible says, 08:40 "Its gates shall not be shut at all by day, 08:45 there shall be no," what? 08:47 "Night there." 08:48 You know, if ever there's a time 08:50 that you shut your gates is when? 08:53 At night. 08:54 Matter of fact, you go to gated communities nowadays, 08:56 the gates are shut day and night. 08:59 My brother-in-law lives down in Miramar, Florida. 09:02 When you drive up, if you don't know the name, 09:04 if they don't verify, 09:06 if you're not on the list you're not getting in. 09:08 But one of the beautiful things here 09:10 is the gates are not gonna be shut 09:11 in the daytime, and there'll be no night there, 09:13 which means they'll never be shut. 09:15 You don't have to worry about crime. 09:17 They won't be vagrants or criminals going in and out. 09:19 There'll be no robbery to the homes. 09:22 But look at this one. 09:23 Verse 27 gives you even greater evidence 09:26 as to why they won't be any need 09:28 to shut the gates. 09:29 Look at Revelation 21:27. 09:32 Just go two verses down. 09:34 All right, we'll put the answer to number to the first one, 09:38 Revelation 21:25, what's the evidence? 09:41 Gates will not be shut. 09:42 Gates won't be shut. 09:44 Matter of fact, every night, when I go to bed, 09:46 I check the doors, 09:47 even out here in Thompsonville check the doors. 09:51 Some people still leave their keys in the car. 09:53 You won't find that in any major city. 09:56 But out here people have their guards down. 09:58 They say, "Well, you don't have to worry about that." 10:00 Huh? 10:03 Yeah, one night we went to bed and forgot to lock the door. 10:06 Another night, we went to bed, and the garage door's up. 10:08 And, you know, I mean, wide up 10:11 access right into the house through the garage. 10:13 Woke up in the morning, 10:14 everything was still in the garage, nothing wrong. 10:17 Everything was right there. 10:18 And a lot of people live that way 10:20 because they feel secure in this community. 10:23 But here's the major reason why we don't have to worry 10:25 about crime in a new kingdom. 10:27 Revelation 21:27. 10:29 Bible says, 10:31 "But there shall by no means enter it," 10:34 that is the new kingdom, "anything that," does what? 10:38 "That defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, 10:44 but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life." 10:50 I was reading an article just a couple of days ago, 10:52 I was sharing this with my wife 10:53 about how many times people lie to you in a day. 10:57 They said, a person will lie to you 10:58 an average of 200 times day. 11:00 Now all the lies won't necessarily 11:02 what they call be bad lies 11:04 that will put your life in jeopardy. 11:06 But they said, people tend to lie, 11:07 for example, you know, 11:09 somebody that you choose not to answer the phone, 11:11 you may call them back and say, 11:12 I'm just seeing your message, 11:14 when in fact, you saw when they call, right? 11:18 And notice it says here, abomination or a lie. 11:22 You think about that. 11:23 And they said, on the average in a week, 11:27 people tell thousands of lies. 11:30 It's a terrible thing. 11:31 But they do it, and they said, 11:32 for most reasons for convenience. 11:35 And sometimes they don't want to have to explain themselves. 11:39 But the Lord wants us to be honest. 11:41 Can you say amen to that? 11:42 Can you imagine being in a place 11:46 where nobody tells a lie? 11:51 I mean, that's unheard of. 11:54 People even lie at church, 11:56 sometimes you might say to somebody, 11:57 "I like your suit," and they'll say, 11:58 "Hey, I like yours, too," when you don't have a suit on. 12:02 Well, I really like it 12:04 'cause they don't know what to say sometimes. 12:06 Or sometimes people will say, you know, 12:09 they know we're going on vacation, 12:10 let's have a wonderful vacation. 12:12 We say, you too, they're not going anywhere. 12:15 Now, that's not a lie, but that's out of context. 12:17 Point of the matter is, 12:19 nothing will enter the New Jerusalem 12:21 that defiles at all, 12:23 that causes an abomination or a lie, 12:25 but only those written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 12:28 And you think about it, 12:29 lying is something that they say, 12:32 people... 12:33 What was the way that was pointed up? 12:35 People tend to lie more to people that they know 12:39 than to people that they don't know. 12:42 That's terrible. 12:44 But then they said, guys lie more to women 12:47 that they just meet. 12:49 What do you think they do that for? 12:51 Try to impress them. 12:53 You know, people lie on the internet. 12:57 But we got to overcome that 12:58 before we make it into the kingdom. 13:00 Can you say amen to that? 13:01 Nobody's gonna get into there 13:03 that causes an abomination or even practices a lie. 13:08 Question number 23. 13:10 Question number 23. 13:14 Question number 23. Here's the question. 13:16 What phenomenal feature does the New Jerusalem have? 13:25 All right. 13:28 Let's look at this. 13:30 Revelation 22:1-2. 13:36 Okay, here it is. Here it is. 13:39 Now you notice, I have four sections. 13:41 So I want you to fill out each of the things 13:43 that you see that fit into these areas, 13:47 and then we'll explain them as we go along. 13:50 "And he showed me 13:52 a pure river of water of," what? 13:55 "Of life, clear as crystal, 13:59 proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 14:04 In the middle of its streets, 14:05 and on either side of the river, 14:09 was the," what? 14:10 "Tree of life, which bore twelve fruits," 14:14 or 12 manner of fruits, 14:16 "each tree yielding its fruit every month. 14:21 The leaves of the tree were for the," what? 14:24 "Healing of the nations." 14:26 Let's write them down. 14:27 What's the first thing that we saw? 14:30 Okay, river of life 14:33 or if you could put it this way, 14:36 the water of life. 14:38 Water of life and clear. 14:41 I mean, there are some waterways 14:43 in like Ocala, Florida. 14:46 I know there are some warm water, 14:49 they call them not geysers. 14:53 The word is... 14:54 Springs. Springs. 14:55 Exactly, Wekiwa Springs, 14:57 that's the word I'm coming up with. 14:59 And I remember going down Wekiwa Springs years ago, 15:02 when we were living in Orlando, 15:04 and we were in a boat 15:06 and it was actually frightening 15:08 that you could see all the way to the bottom, 15:11 I mean, not barely see to the bottom. 15:13 It's like being in a big glass of water, 15:15 you can see all the way to the bottom, clear and clean. 15:19 The only other time we had that kind of experience 15:21 was living up in Weaverville, 15:23 where I always say I know some places 15:25 to hide in the time of trouble 15:27 up there in the Trinity Alps up in Weaverville, 15:30 there are some waterways, we dove into one, 15:33 it was pretty deep, 15:35 but you can see all the way to the bottom clear as crystal 15:39 'cause there was no one around. 15:40 We park our car and with our friends 15:42 you walk like a half an hour into the forest 15:45 get to this wide opening and there it is. 15:47 If you didn't swim, that's not the place to go. 15:49 But we jumped in with lifejackets, 15:50 even if you could swim, 15:52 you don't wanna be jumping into a river that clear 15:54 with nobody for miles around. 15:56 And we just sit there and float. 15:58 But the water of life clear as crystal 16:01 and where's it coming from? 16:03 Why is it clear like that? 16:04 Proceeding from the throne of God. 16:06 Now let's, what else do we see? 16:09 The next thing we see is what else? 16:12 The Tree of Life, put that down. 16:14 Water of Life. 16:15 Tree of Life. 16:17 Water of Life. 16:18 Tree of Life. 16:21 Okay. 16:22 And then what else do we find? 16:25 Fruit. 16:27 We find fruit. 16:29 Water of Life, Tree of Life, Fruit. 16:32 And how frequently are they there? 16:35 Every month. 16:36 Now why is that so different? 16:39 Because if you live here in North America, 16:41 you don't get fruit every month. 16:44 Not from the same tree. 16:46 You know, you have fruit season. 16:48 Even in some foreign countries you have fruit season. 16:50 They say, "Well, this is mango season, 16:51 this is Apple season, 16:52 this is pear season or peach season," 16:55 but it says, yielding its fruit every month. 17:00 And I was wondering what kind of fruit 17:01 are gonna be there? 17:03 I can almost guarantee you nothing is... 17:06 If you're in the Philippines, 17:08 I don't think any food 17:09 they're gonna smell like durian, 17:11 I'll be honest with you. 17:13 You got to really know what durian is 17:14 to understand that one. 17:16 Durian, it just smells like toes and cheese. 17:21 It's sweet. It tastes very good. 17:23 But it has an awful smell to it. 17:25 Look at the other one. 17:27 Then the next thing we have, 17:28 water of life, tree of life, fruit, and what else? 17:32 Leaves of the tree were for the what? 17:36 Healing of the nations. 17:39 Now, when you look up the word here in the Greek, 17:42 it gives you two suggestions. 17:43 One, because everyone is gonna be meeting 17:47 at the tree of life, 17:49 it has one suggestion that is for the mending. 17:53 That means we are so pushed apart 17:55 in this world. 17:57 You know, we have Europe over there, 17:58 we have Japan over there, 18:00 we have the Caribbean over there, 18:01 we have Germany over there, 18:03 we have Canada up there and Mexico down there. 18:06 We have Cuba over there and South America... 18:09 We are so far apart, but when we all come together 18:11 because at the tree of life, we'll all eat together. 18:14 And one of the Asian customs is 18:18 in the context in which the Bible is written 18:20 is that fruit. 18:21 When you eat together, 18:23 it's a time where people bond and have relationships. 18:26 And so when it says, for the healing of the nations, 18:28 it means the relationships will be pulled back together, 18:31 which were broken apart and separated 18:33 on the face of the earth. 18:35 You'll find out why there won't be any need for healing. 18:37 And I won't tell you that in a moment. 18:39 I mean, I won't tell you that right away. 18:41 But I think that we may have covered that. 18:44 No, I'm not gonna tell you that right away. 18:46 But you'll find out why we won't need 18:48 to be healed there. 18:50 All right? 18:51 So it's not because of disease, 18:53 nobody is gonna be having disease there. 18:56 So there'll be no need for medication. 19:00 But one of the things you find is that the tree of life, 19:06 which Adam and Eve had access to, 19:09 before sin entered the world, 19:12 is the very tree of life that we're gonna have access to 19:14 because sin will no longer be a factor in eternity. 19:20 Wherever sin is a factor, 19:21 we don't have access to the tree of life. 19:23 The moment that Adam and Eve sinned, 19:26 what did the Lord do? 19:28 What did He do? 19:30 He barred the tree of life 19:31 so they couldn't have access to it. 19:33 An angel came and barred the tree of life, 19:36 so they could not have access to it. 19:38 But when sin is no longer a factor, 19:39 we have access to the tree of life. 19:41 Amen to that? 19:42 Let's look at the next one. 19:43 So the four answers are, water of life, tree of life, 19:46 fruit, and leaves, and you wanna put there leaves, 19:50 healing leaves, healing relationships, 19:53 you won't have illnesses. 19:54 Can you imagine? 19:56 Somebody says, "Well, I'm sneezing this month. 19:57 Well, go to the tree of life to deal with your allergies. 20:00 There won't be any of these factors 20:01 down here in the earth. 20:03 We know a lot of these are anomalies 20:04 that exists down here 20:06 are because of sin existing here. 20:09 All right. 20:10 Let's go to number 24. 20:12 Moving right along, number 24. 20:16 Okay. 20:18 "Beside the New Jerusalem or besides the New Jerusalem 20:22 what else will there be in heaven?" 20:26 What else will there be in heaven? 20:27 Go to 1 Corinthians 2:9. 20:30 1 Corinthians 2:9. 20:37 You know, oftentimes when we read the Bible, 20:39 we have very limited scope. 20:41 Isaiah and Revelation are primarily the two books 20:44 that give us all the information we need 20:47 about heaven and the new earth. 20:49 But you have to take into consideration 20:51 what Paul the Apostle says here 20:53 'cause when you get a chance 20:55 to look into the constellations, 20:57 and you realize that there are many, 20:59 many, many, many, many, many, many, many. 21:01 And that's an understatement, galaxies in unfallen worlds, 21:05 there are so much more out there 21:06 than we are even able to understand. 21:09 And I would haste to say that where God lives, it's glorious. 21:15 Can you say amen to that? 21:16 Where God lives, 21:17 it must be tremendously glorious, 21:21 overwhelmingly glorious, 21:23 but we don't know what it looks like. 21:26 And the Lord hasn't revealed it. 21:28 Here's the answer. Here's the answer. 21:30 1 Corinthians 2:9. 21:32 "But as it is written," let's read this together, 21:35 "'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, 21:39 nor have entered into the heart of man 21:43 the things which God has prepared 21:45 for those who," what? 21:46 "Who love Him.'" 21:48 So who is God prepared these things for? 21:49 For those who do what? 21:51 Those who love Him. 21:52 For those who do what? 21:53 For those who love Him? 21:55 But have we seen it? 21:57 Have we even thought about it? 21:59 It hasn't even entered into our minds. 22:02 You could envision things but it hasn't even, 22:04 it's beyond our understanding. 22:06 So if we say, 22:07 "Well, I could imagine what it's gonna be like." 22:09 Paul say, "Well, you got to really stretch 22:10 because it hasn't even entered in." 22:15 Right? 22:16 In the things on earth, many of the things on earth 22:18 that we eventually see with our own eyes, 22:20 it's unimaginable, hard to see, hard to even fathom, 22:23 that things like that do exist. 22:25 Nowadays, they're a lot of new inventions, 22:27 that people say I cannot imagine 22:30 that we can actually create that. 22:32 Cell phones are how old? 22:34 How old are cell phones? 22:37 Twenty years, probably more than that. 22:40 Well, from the huge cell phones to the small ones now. 22:44 But there was a time people could not even imagine that. 22:47 Now you may not know this, 22:50 but you can actually get a watch now 22:52 when your phone rings, you can talk to the watch. 22:56 So when I was growing up Dick Tracy, 22:57 now it was actually happening. 22:59 You could talk to, 23:00 don't have to pick your phone up any longer. 23:02 So we see these things, 23:04 if man could do all these things, 23:06 with the limited mind that we have, 23:08 with one tenth they said, a very brilliant person. 23:12 Brilliant may use 10% of his brain. 23:17 Brilliant. 23:20 You've got to be beyond brilliant 23:21 to have 10% of the functioning in this earth. 23:24 Can you imagine what we will be able to think of 23:26 when we have 100% functioning? 23:32 Now you go back and understand 23:34 why for more than 12 to 1500 years, 23:38 there was no need for any written record 23:39 in the Bible. 23:41 They were able to communicate from generation to generation, 23:43 their mental capacity. 23:45 So when the Bible says there were giants in the earth. 23:47 It means, Giants, not only physically 23:49 but intellectually. 23:52 Okay, my wife is... 23:54 We will have A Sharper Focus is what she said. 23:57 Our minds will be clear. 23:58 So here's the answer to number 24. 24:01 Besides the New Jerusalem, 24:02 what else will there be in heaven? 24:04 What answer would you put? 24:06 We don't know. We really don't know. 24:08 Put that we don't know. 24:12 We don't know. 24:14 But let me also add this. 24:17 We don't know. 24:19 I mean, we could imagine we've seen. 24:21 Yeah. 24:25 Well, no, no. 24:26 That wouldn't be up there. 24:28 Meat you said? 24:29 Me. Oh, me. 24:31 Oh, yeah. Okay, well, that's me. 24:33 Oh, yeah, besides the New Jerusalem 24:34 what else there will be in heaven? 24:35 Let's all say it together. 24:37 Me. 24:38 That's right. I like that. 24:39 That's right, you got to see yourself. 24:41 That's why Revelation is my favorite book. 24:42 It says, "I John saw." 24:46 That's right. I John saw. 24:49 I love that whenever I get discouraged. 24:51 Well, I did see that. 24:52 I didn't personally but I like that word 24:55 because it always puts me into the story. 24:57 But what was I gonna say there? 25:01 It'll come to me in a moment. 25:03 See, that's the whole point. I'm using about 7% of my brain. 25:06 And things slip in and out real quickly. 25:07 But can you imagine not forgetting anything, 25:09 details totally unimpaired from generation to generation? 25:14 There were intellectual giants in those days. 25:16 And we think that we're just getting and people. 25:19 Matter of fact, archaeologists today 25:22 and scientists today still cannot figure out 25:26 what machinery they used to build like the pyramids? 25:29 How do you get stones of such massive size? 25:32 What do they use to chisel them to such symmetrical shape? 25:36 How did you lift them to that height? 25:39 Well, some people suggest 25:40 that there's some strange theories out there. 25:43 What do you think, David? 25:50 Right, didn't have to exactly. 25:52 It was intellectually communicated 25:54 from generation to generation. 25:56 And the fact of the matter is 25:57 God's commandments didn't have to be written down 25:59 on tables of stone 26:00 because it was right here. 26:02 Matter of fact, is still here. 26:05 He said, for those of you who forgot, 26:08 we're supposed to be, you don't see the stones, 26:10 but I'm gonna write them on your heart 26:12 and in your minds. 26:13 So it's here right now. 26:15 That's why even though, 26:16 that's why when a person gets to the point 26:18 where their conscience is so hardened, 26:21 that they do evil things. 26:22 I was listening to the news. 26:25 And the news is always bad. 26:26 I mean, they always leave the good news 26:28 for the last 20, 25 seconds just before they go off air. 26:31 They tell good news, 26:32 but for the most part news is bad. 26:35 You know, about a guy who threw 26:36 some kind of chemicals on his girlfriend 26:38 and burn her up. 26:40 I'm thinking, how do you get to that point in your life? 26:43 Or person ran over an old lady 26:46 and just knocked her down and kept going. 26:47 How do you do that? 26:49 I mean, 26:50 I can't even shoot anything, you know. 26:54 Oh, and the sad things that happened, 26:56 this young lady got married one day, 26:59 next day, do you hear about that? 27:00 Got married one day and the next day, 27:03 driving somewhere in her pickup truck, 27:04 she drove off the road, fell into a creek 27:06 and died 18 years old, married one day. 27:11 Husband was so inconsolable 27:12 they had to fly him to St. Louis Hospital. 27:15 Surely, terrible thing. 27:18 Young lady said she was her whole life was ahead of her. 27:21 But that shows the terrible tragedy 27:23 of the world in which we live. 27:25 Thankfully, this is not gonna be 27:26 in the new kingdom. 27:27 None of this pain is going to be there, 27:29 none of this loss of life and tragic tragedies 27:32 that bring such pain to our hearts. 27:36 Let's go to question number 25. 27:38 Let's go to question number 25. 27:40 And this is an insert 27:44 because we're talking about all this good stuff, 27:45 but somebody may say, 27:47 okay, it's like a person selling a product to you. 27:51 And after the point that you're convince you want, 27:53 you say, okay, what do I need to do to get it? 27:55 Okay, I know it works. 27:57 What do I need to do to get it? 27:58 This is the kind of question that I've inserted right here. 28:01 Here it is. 28:03 What are the qualifications 28:04 necessary for entrance into heaven? 28:07 In other words, what do I need to do to get in? 28:09 Here it is. 28:11 Let's first start with John 10:9. 28:13 John 10:9. 28:17 Okay. 28:18 You know, John Chapter 10 is a beautiful passage. 28:21 It's not a parable. 28:23 Jesus is the good shepherd, 28:24 the sheep, the door, the sheepfold, 28:28 this is beautiful because in the kingdom, 28:32 there's only one way to get in. 28:34 It's only one way to get in. 28:36 All right, let's look at this one, 28:37 John 10:9. 28:39 Here's what the Bible says. 28:42 Jesus said, "I am the," what? "Door. 28:44 If anyone enters by Me, he will be," what? 28:49 "Saved, and will go in and out and find pasture." 28:54 So what's the qualification? 28:56 How do we have to get in by? Through Christ. 28:59 You can only get in through Jesus. 29:00 Now this is very pertinent nowadays, 29:02 with all these religions in the world, 29:06 that acknowledge that Jesus lived, 29:10 but they don't acknowledge Him as the means 29:12 by which we are saved. 29:14 I don't want to offend anybody in their beliefs. 29:17 But the Bible makes it clear that Jesus is the door. 29:22 Matter of fact, if you go even further, 29:24 John Chapter 10. 29:26 The very next verse, if you look in your Bible. 29:33 Oh, boy, there's so many. 29:34 Okay, John 10:10. 29:38 Okay, look at verse 13. 29:44 Verse 13. 29:46 Well, that's the hireling of the sheep I have another. 29:51 Verse 10. John 10:10. 29:53 Here it is. 29:55 Jesus is the door but who else is there? 29:58 The thief. 30:00 The thief does not come 30:01 except to steal and to kill and to destroy. 30:04 I have come that you might have life, 30:07 that they might have life and have it how? 30:10 More abundantly. 30:13 Are we gonna have abundant life in heaven? 30:17 Are we gonna miss our gadgets down here? 30:20 No. 30:22 We wouldn't need them. 30:24 Wouldn't need them. 30:25 Most of the stuff we have down here 30:27 is to figure out stuff, 30:28 work purposes, communication, how we need to communicate. 30:32 I'll be going up, 30:34 see you in a couple of centuries be back? 30:38 Wanna come with me? Sure. 30:41 I'm just sometimes the mind goes off track. 30:44 But I like to think that 30:46 it's gonna be far greater than anything 30:48 that anybody could imagine. 30:50 What are the qualification is there the Bible talks about 30:52 so the first one is, 30:54 we must enter through Jesus. 30:56 Can you enter any other way? 30:57 Look at Acts 4:12. 31:01 Acts 4:12. 31:04 I remember years ago, 31:05 we used to sing this song 31:08 about Buddha and Muhammad and all the song 31:12 and but forgot the name of the song. 31:17 Yeah, no, this different song. 31:19 Yeah, here it is. 31:21 "Nor is there salvation in any other, 31:24 for there is no other name under," where? 31:28 "Heaven given among men by which we must be saved." 31:34 So can you be saved in any other name? 31:36 Yes or no? 31:38 Nobody else? You can't say? 31:40 Well, I'm just friend. 31:46 I know Yana keys on the inside. 31:50 No, and who are you? 31:53 The reality of it is when the door is shut. 31:55 You won't even make it to the kingdom's door 31:58 to even notice whether or not somebody's on the inside. 32:01 As you know, you won't even leave the earth 32:03 if your name is not on a list. 32:06 And it's unfortunate 32:07 that the conscious mind is gonna be reawakened 32:10 after 1000 years of sleep. 32:11 And for a brief moment, some are gonna think, 32:13 "Hey, this must be the first resurrection." 32:16 Boy, but there's no other name given among men 32:19 whereby we must be saved. 32:21 But look at the third one. 32:23 So you wanna add 32:24 so far we're talking about Jesus. 32:26 All right. 32:27 So far, we're talking about Jesus. 32:30 What are the qualification? What are the qualification? 32:33 Matthew 25:34. 32:37 Look at this one. 32:38 Matthew 25:34, the Bible says, 32:41 "Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 32:47 'Come, you blessed of My Father, 32:50 inherit the kingdom prepared for you 32:53 from the," what? 32:55 "Foundation of the world.'" 32:58 Now here's the beautiful thing about it. 33:02 What category does this fit into? 33:04 What category does this fit into? 33:07 What are the qualification? 33:09 You got to be invited. You got to be invited. 33:12 You're not getting to heaven without being invited. 33:15 Right? How'd you get in here? 33:17 You weren't invited. 33:18 One of the reasons why the man that found himself 33:21 in the wedding feast. 33:23 One of the reasons why he got put out 33:25 is because he didn't have the qualifications 33:26 to be in there. 33:28 So he was put out 33:29 and he was cast into outer darkness 33:31 where there was weeping and gnashing of teeth. 33:33 You got to be invited. You got to be invited. 33:37 And just a moment ago, 33:38 we read how you're gonna get in there. 33:40 What book do you have to be in to be invited? 33:43 The Book of Life. 33:45 If you're not in there, he's not gonna say, 33:47 Oh, your name must be in the other book. 33:50 But don't worry about it. Come on in. 33:52 In the Book of Life, 33:53 that's the only book that you will be in 33:55 if you're gonna be in the kingdom. 33:57 And then here's the other one. 33:58 Here's the other one. 34:00 Matthew 7:21-23. 34:04 This is really important. 34:07 Is there any scripture that's not important? 34:10 Matthew Chapter 7. 34:13 Matthew Chapter 7. 34:15 This is the terrible one. 34:18 But it's in there. 34:19 It's not terrible. 34:21 But it has a definite message. 34:24 Matthew 7:21. 34:25 Okay, here it is. 34:28 "'Not everyone who says to Me," what? 34:31 "'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, 34:36 but he who," what? 34:37 "Does the will of My Father in heaven.'" 34:41 Lot of people say, "What's God's will?" 34:43 Well, number of things. 34:45 One is that you live by His Word, 34:47 you'll never be lost 34:48 if you live in harmony with God's Word. 34:51 Right? 34:52 David said in Psalms 89:34, is I'd like to do that I will, 34:57 oh, my God, thy law is within my heart. 35:00 See, if the will of God 35:02 lead you to honor the law of God, 35:05 let me make a different statement. 35:06 The law of the will of God 35:08 will never lead you to ignore the law of God. 35:12 So if somebody says I'm doing the will of God, 35:14 but now living in harmony with the law of God 35:18 is not correct. 35:20 Only those who do the will of the Father. 35:22 So here it is. 35:23 Jesus is the door. 35:25 He's the only means of salvation. 35:27 Thirdly, you have to be invited. 35:30 And fourthly, what? 35:32 Do the will of the Father. 35:35 That's how you get in there. 35:37 Okay, now let's catapult ourselves 35:38 right to question number 26 35:40 because we have five scriptures there 35:43 four under number 28. 35:44 So we got a lot of scriptures to go. 35:47 For those of you think this is over. 35:49 It ain't over. 35:52 Here it is. Question number 26. 35:54 Question number 26. 35:57 Okay. 35:59 What are some of the traits 36:02 that will no longer be in the new earth? 36:04 Now we've transition now to the new earth. 36:07 Since we have told you all we could about heaven. 36:10 We now are in the new earth. 36:12 All right, here we are. 36:13 Different places. Exactly. 36:15 This is after the New Jerusalem descends to the earth, 36:19 the beginning of Revelation Chapter 21. 36:22 What's gonna be in the new earth? 36:23 What are some of the traits that will no longer be 36:26 in the new earth? 36:28 Okay, let's start with question. 36:30 Let's go to Revelation 21:1. 36:33 Revelation 21:1. 36:40 Won't need high definition makeup. 36:42 Can you imagine, no pimples? 36:44 Come on, this just came to my mind. 36:46 I don't know why that thought came to my mind. 36:48 No blotches. 36:50 No, you know, no artifacts. 36:52 We'll just look perfect. 36:54 Can you imagine that? 36:58 Perfect skin. 36:59 Perfect skin. 37:04 Taller, you know, exactly. 37:07 Grow up like stall-fed calves. 37:10 You know, we can all be taller, there'll be no midgets. 37:14 Don't wanna say that. 37:16 There'll be no... 37:18 Can't fix it. 37:20 Everybody's gonna grow 37:21 to be where God wants him to be. 37:23 Amen to that. 37:24 And the reason I said this because when God created man, 37:27 they were all taller than I am now. 37:30 Matter of fact, Shaq, Shaquille O'Neal, 37:33 he's probably more realistically 37:34 close to the height. 37:35 And some of these seven foot four. 37:38 When a person is seven foot four, 37:39 that he's an anomaly. 37:42 He's unusual. 37:44 But he's small compared 37:46 to how they were before sin entered the world. 37:49 All the shrinking of age, 37:51 the shrinking of size, the intellect of man, 37:54 everything is less in capacity, and size, and ability, 37:59 than it was when God first made us. 38:01 But let's look at this. 38:03 Revelation 21:1, Bible says, 38:06 "Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 38:10 for the first heaven and the first earth 38:12 had passed away. 38:13 Also there was no more sea. 38:19 No large bodies of water. 38:23 There are four rivers named in Genesis. 38:26 But where do you think all this water came from? 38:28 Somebody helped me out. 38:30 From the flood. 38:33 And as a result, the earth was deluged. 38:37 That's the word they want to use the deluge. 38:39 The Earth was deluge with a flood. 38:42 All these 30,000... 38:43 I can't imagine 30,000 feet of water. 38:46 Matter of fact, by the Marianas Trench. 38:48 If you were to put the Marianas Trench, 38:50 if you were low Mount Everest into the Marianas Trench 38:54 it'll still be they said 38:56 about a mile below the surface to top of Mount Everest. 39:00 Will still about a mile below the surface, 39:02 I can't imagine that. 39:04 So now let's just get rid of all the water. 39:07 God's gonna make this whole thing new 39:08 so you're not gonna have any 60,000 foot mountain peaks. 39:11 That's not what I'm saying. 39:12 It's not gonna be an empty... 39:15 How we gonna climb to the 60,000 foot mountain? 39:18 God's gonna make all this new. 39:19 Can I get an amen somewhere? 39:21 So we're not gonna have these jagged rocks 39:24 these treacherous cavernous places 39:27 in the Grand Canyon 39:28 where people can fall over and die. 39:31 Not gonna have any that anymore. 39:33 It's gonna be beautiful 39:35 and I imagine I've often had dreams like this 39:38 where I could just go like this 39:40 and I can float and not have to worry about dying, 39:42 I imagine that's how it's gonna be. 39:44 We'll be able to fly, 39:46 we're not gonna be able to know boys 39:47 and fall and hurt themselves no bruise knees, 39:50 no bloody noses from tripping 39:52 and I mean, just think about that. 39:55 But what basic benefit are we gonna get 39:58 from no more seas? 40:00 What basic benefit do we get from there? 40:03 Right, we're not gonna be separated 40:05 and by the way in the new earth 40:08 if you think of the redeemed of all the ages, 40:10 and the new earth is gonna be their home, 40:14 is there gonna be room enough. 40:17 There's gonna be plenty of room... 40:19 My wife is over here singing and poetic tonight. 40:23 There's gonna be plenty good room 40:24 in the kingdom. 40:26 Plenty good room. 40:27 There's gonna be plenty good room 40:29 in My Father's Kingdom. 40:31 See my wife is waxing eloquent over here tonight. 40:34 Right? 40:35 Plenty good room in the family, room for the young and the old. 40:38 So there'll be enough room 40:40 we will not be separated by land masses. 40:43 No major flights are gonna be needed to get places. 40:46 Oh, how beautiful it's gonna be but there'll be no more sea. 40:50 And some people may say, I like deep sea fishing. 40:54 Oh, you won't be fishing and killing, 40:56 fishing in new earth. 41:01 Just a thought. 41:02 I don't know if you thought about that. 41:04 Then there'll be no Burger King slaughterhouses 41:08 on each corner cities, you know. 41:11 KFC KFC. 41:14 No, it won't be that way, 41:15 you won't have it your way, it would be God's way. 41:17 Amen. Can we get an amen? 41:19 Revelation. So put number... 41:21 There be no more sea. 41:22 Now let's look at this next one. 41:24 I gave you the answer 41:25 because some of you wouldn't get it. 41:27 And God will wipe away, Revelation 21:4, 41:29 "And God will wipe away," how many tears? 41:32 "Every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more," 41:35 write the first one down, "death, nor," second one, 41:39 "sorrow, nor," third one, "crying. 41:43 There shall be no more," fourth one, 41:45 "pain, for the former things have," done what? 41:49 "Passed away." 41:52 Another single word for passed away is what? 41:54 Die. 41:56 When somebody passes away. 41:57 So death is gonna die, sorrow is gonna die, 42:00 crying is gonna die, and pain is gonna die. 42:02 It's gonna pass away. 42:05 We're not gonna be crying because there's death, 42:07 sorrow, and pain. 42:08 We may be crying because we just saw so beautiful. 42:12 You know, I tell you in the crying here 42:15 not that crying is an odd function. 42:18 But the crying will not be associated to death, 42:21 sorrow, crying, death, sorrow, or pain 42:24 is not gonna be associated to sorrow of any kind. 42:28 As I mentioned to you, I think the last broadcast 42:29 there are different kinds of tears we have. 42:33 And the tears are gonna be wiped away 42:35 and not tears of joy but tears of sadness. 42:38 All right, so those are the four things 42:40 death, sorrow, crying, pain, those four things. 42:44 Let's look at the next one. 42:45 All right. What else? 42:47 What are the some of the traits 42:48 that will no longer be in the new earth? 42:50 Isaiah 65:17. 42:54 Isaiah 65:17. Here it is. 42:57 Bible says, "For behold, 42:58 I create new heavens and a," what? 43:01 "New earth, for the former shall not be," what? 43:05 "Remembered or come to mind. 43:10 Amen. 43:12 There'll be no bad minded people in heaven. 43:15 They'll be say, 43:16 aren't you the guy that owe me $2? 43:18 You know, there'll be none of them in heaven. 43:20 Really? 43:22 You made up here and you didn't pay me 43:23 that 20 bucks you owe me for 30 years. 43:25 You won't be remembering that, right? 43:27 All cases will have been decided. 43:33 It's got to be some humor somewhere along the way. 43:35 But you think about it. 43:36 Some people can be, a wait a minute, 43:37 how did you make it up here? 43:39 How did you make it up here? 43:42 We won't even think of the badness 43:43 in the person's life. 43:45 It was good to see you, Bill. 43:47 Good to see you, John. 43:48 Where do I know you from? 43:50 Prayer meeting. Remember, we met in Walmart. 43:54 That's the only time it's gonna come to memory. 43:56 Remember, we met at Walmart. 43:58 God, I don't think God's gonna take 43:59 those little details out. 44:00 What's Walmart? 44:02 I don't remember. But we met there. 44:04 See, it's gonna be beautiful. 44:05 I think the good things are gonna be in our head. 44:08 But I think the evil things. 44:10 And let me just add this. 44:12 Let me just, let me put some of my own. 44:15 I got to borrow this from Pastor CA, 44:16 my own ecclesiastical obiter dictum. 44:18 I don't know what that means. 44:20 But it just sounds like it means 44:21 what I don't know what I mean. 44:23 But let me just try this for a brief moment. 44:28 In order for us to tell now you got, 44:29 this is gonna be deep, 44:31 in order for us to tell the story of redemption. 44:36 In order for us to share how God has redeemed us 44:39 from the curse of sin, 44:45 we got to remember what God brought us through 44:48 'cause nobody is gonna be able to tell our story. 44:52 We can't say to the angels, I don't remember. 44:55 What did God redeem you from? 44:57 I don't remember. 44:58 Well, how could you tell me through the... 45:00 I thought you're gonna tell me how you got redeemed. 45:03 I don't remember. 45:04 These things will not be a factor of lament. 45:08 But I will say, 45:10 let me tell you what God saved me from 45:14 'cause we will be telling our story of redemption, 45:16 nobody will be able to tell that story like us. 45:19 Nobody will be able to say, this is how God saved me. 45:22 This is what He saved me from. 45:23 Now these unfallen worlds of which we are a spectacular, 45:28 of which we are a spectacle. 45:33 The big case right now is, 45:36 are they safe to be allowed in here? 45:39 That's the big question. 45:41 Do you really wanna bring those guys up there? 45:43 You know, platform of gamblers, and pool hustlers, 45:47 and thieves, and liars. 45:48 And I mean, 45:50 do you really wanna bring them in here? 45:52 When I'm done 45:54 none of those former traits will even be remembered. 45:57 They're gonna be perfect just like I am. 45:58 Can we all say amen to that? 46:00 We're gonna be like Jesus, 46:02 but for us to tell our story about redemption. 46:07 If we didn't remember any of those things, 46:08 that the nail prints in Jesus hands 46:10 wouldn't mean anything. 46:11 Where did you get that scar from? 46:13 You remember, He redeemed you. 46:17 So that's the only point of remembrance 46:19 but these formers say, 46:20 and let me just also add another component here. 46:22 When you begin to compare 46:24 what you used to go through to what you now have, 46:28 you can say 46:29 why am I even talking about that? 46:32 Why am I? 46:33 And I remember one day when somebody said something 46:35 to me in church 46:37 I don't even know why I'm talking about that. 46:39 I mean, you can't compare 46:42 is like somebody walks up to you Yannick, 46:45 you don't have a car, right? 46:49 It's like somebody says to you Yannick. 46:52 It's like somebody says to Yannick, 46:54 "Yannick, I wanna give you 46:58 a $65,000 Jaguar." 47:04 But you have to give me your bike for it. 47:08 Now Yannick gonna be tripping over his bike. 47:11 He can hear anything else you need... 47:15 So you get eternity 47:19 and eternity is just the beginning of it, 47:21 you get eternity 47:23 that's just the beginning of an eternity is not, 47:25 eternity is the context 47:26 in which all the blessings come to us. 47:29 But through eternity it's hard to think. 47:33 It's hard to think that life will never end. 47:38 It's hard to think 47:39 that you'll never ever be in want. 47:41 And I also wanna say this, 47:43 one of the texts that could have been included here 47:45 is affliction, Nahum 1:9, 47:47 "Affliction will not rise up a second time." 47:51 Amen to that. 47:52 No more sin, not coming back up again. 47:55 No more great controversy, 47:56 no more need of a second Savior, 47:58 no more need of another Calvary, 47:59 no more needed of another great controversy. 48:01 It will all have been settled. 48:03 He that is righteous let him be righteous still. 48:06 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still. 48:08 The unjust and the unholy will be locked out 48:10 and they will be destroyed in the lake of fire. 48:13 There'll be no, there'll be nothing 48:15 even to cause 48:17 there to be a second possibility of sin. 48:20 Because we will all be locked 48:21 into the righteousness of Jesus. 48:24 Oh, how I hate that teaching 48:26 that sin could possibly rise up a second time. 48:29 It just embarrasses the beauty of the righteousness of Jesus. 48:34 You know, huh? 48:36 Yeah, I tell you, you know, 48:38 the heaven is forever is a long, long time. 48:42 I tell you, I tell you, 48:43 my wife is now singing Heritage Singers songs. 48:48 They tell me, "Heaven is forever 48:49 and forever is a long, long time." 48:52 And, you know, another thing time, 48:54 would we need watches in heaven? 48:56 For what? 48:57 See you at... 48:59 I'll see you when I get back. 49:02 We won't even need a watch, huh? 49:05 Oh, we all know when the Sabbath believe me. 49:07 Because all flesh will come together. 49:10 There'll be nobody staying home because they tired. 49:14 Right? 49:16 Amen. 49:17 Who's preaching today? 49:18 Elijah, he is... 49:22 The Elijah. The Elijah. 49:24 He's gonna tell us about Mount Carmel today. 49:27 What? I mean, can you imagine this? 49:30 We are little spiritual dwarves 49:35 compare to some of these giants that are before us. 49:38 And our minds are so, so strict, 49:43 so restricted compared to the intellect 49:45 that some of these individuals have. 49:47 But when Jesus steps out, 49:51 and begins to reveal to us 49:52 how He actually created the world, you know, 49:53 we're gonna see Him recreate the new earth, 49:57 we're gonna see creation before our own eyes. 50:00 That alone will be worth the price of the ticket. 50:04 And He will pay for our admission 50:06 to God be the glory. 50:07 Let's look at the next two texts. 50:11 Wow, what other traits will no longer be 50:13 in the new earth? 50:14 Isaiah 60:18. Let's look at that one. 50:17 Isaiah 60:18. 50:19 I kind of had to think about some other things. 50:22 But Isaiah 60:18, the Bible says, 50:24 "Violence," what word did I say? 50:27 Violence. 50:28 "Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, 50:35 neither wasting nor destruction within your borders, 50:40 but you shall call your walls," what? 50:43 "Salvation." 50:45 Now when you read the word wasting, 50:48 people wonder what is wasting, never heard of wasting. 50:52 Well, it's not Isaiah 60:18. 50:56 Violence shall no longer be heard. 50:59 It's number 25. 51:01 It's question number 26. 51:03 The fourth, the fourth one, fourth one down. 51:07 Okay, so right after that 51:09 wasting, what is wasting? 51:10 Now when you think of wasting, 51:12 what are some of the things that we waste today? 51:15 Everything, time, money, resources, 51:19 our own mind but in the actual word here, 51:23 the word wasting means 51:25 there'll be no robbery, no oppression, violence, 51:30 there'll be no robbery and there'll be no oppression. 51:34 Praise the Lord. 51:36 There will be none of that, no robbery, 51:38 violence shall no longer be heard in your land, 51:40 neither robbery or oppression nor destruction 51:43 within your borders. 51:45 You shall call your wall salvation. 51:47 That's the actual application 51:49 to the word wasting, wasting there. 51:52 And one more. 51:54 Because when you think of the world 51:55 that was in the days of the antediluvians, 51:58 Genesis 6:11, the Bible says, 52:00 "The earth was filled with violence." 52:02 Is it filled with violence today? 52:04 Violence self, everything corrupt self. 52:10 But there'll be no violence there. 52:12 Revelation 22:3. 52:14 Revelation 22:3, 52:16 I was quite idealistic thinking we could get this, 52:18 we got to move faster than a New Yorker 52:20 to finish the rest of these, 52:21 but no sense rushing through good food. 52:24 Revelation 22:3, notice this last one. 52:28 And it says, "There shall be no more," what? 52:31 "Curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, 52:36 and His servants shall," do what? 52:38 "Serve Him." 52:39 No more curse. 52:42 Let's expand that. No more cursing. 52:46 Think about that 52:47 'cause you don't think about that. 52:49 But some of these prophets that were redeemed, 52:51 what does Isaiah said, I'm a man of unclean, what? 52:54 Lips. 52:55 What did Peter do when he denied Christ? 53:02 The human element. 53:05 And unfortunately, the name of our Holy Lord 53:08 is often connected towards that are just 53:10 that are satanic today. 53:12 But there'll be no curse, there'll be no cursing, 53:14 there will be no misuse of the glorious name of God. 53:18 Nothing like that, the Lamb will be glorious, 53:22 the throne of God. 53:23 And it's hard to imagine. 53:25 I mean, I've seen some beautiful thrones, 53:27 but the throne of God. 53:30 Wow, what a pleasure. 53:32 Let's go to number 27. 53:34 Let's see how far we can get. 53:36 Number 27. 53:38 All right. 53:39 So did you put the answer there for the next one? 53:42 Okay, good. Number 27, here it is. 53:43 What does the Bible reveal 53:45 about the barren places of the earth? 53:51 Isaiah 35:1. 53:53 Isaiah 35:1, 53:55 about the barren places of the earth. 53:56 When we fly from East Coast to West Coast, 53:59 I get a chance to look out the plane. 54:00 I was like, flying during the day 54:02 because I have tons of pictures on my phone of just the desert. 54:05 I just have this fascination with the desert. 54:07 I just have beautiful pictures of the desert. 54:09 But I don't have any pictures of this stuff. 54:11 Look at Isaiah 35:1. 54:12 Look at what it says here. 54:14 Let's read this together. 54:15 "The wilderness and the wasteland 54:18 shall be glad for them, and the desert shall," what? 54:21 "Rejoice and blossom as the rose." 54:27 Can you imagine get rid of the deserts 54:29 and replace them with roses? 54:32 Of every description flowers of every bloom 54:34 and every hue of every color of every, 54:39 would that be something to behold from the skies? 54:43 The desert will blossom as the rose. 54:44 And I tell you because there'll be no death, 54:47 you can probably pick the rose and are just continuous, 54:51 endless fragrance won't die 54:54 because everything will be inhabited 54:56 in the perfection that God intends for it to enjoy. 55:00 Let's move right along and see what else we can get here. 55:03 Isaiah, I mean, question number 28. 55:07 Question number 28. 55:08 How different 55:09 will the dangerous animals of today be? 55:12 How different will the dangerous animals 55:14 of today be? 55:16 Let's just go right on to Isaiah. 55:18 Go to Isaiah 11:6-9, is where we're gonna be. 55:21 It's four sections, 55:23 but it's only one actual reference. 55:25 Let's look at the first one. Okay, here it is. 55:28 Here it is. 55:30 Okay. 55:32 Okay. 55:37 Isaiah 11:6. 55:40 Here we are. You guys are there. 55:41 Let me turn to my Bible 55:42 because I think I may put the same reference there. 55:46 But that's okay. 55:47 I know where the Bible is found. 55:48 Here it is. 55:50 Isaiah 11:6, 55:53 "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, 55:57 the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, 56:00 the calf and the young lion 56:02 and the fatling together and a child shall lead them." 56:06 Okay. 56:08 So if you put verse 6, I put the reference 56:10 but I didn't change the actual text itself. 56:12 Okay, "The wolf shall dwell in the lamb." 56:15 What you want to put there in verse 6 56:17 is a child shall lead them, a child shall lead them. 56:22 We're gonna look at this one of verse 7 56:23 coming up right here. 56:25 Let's go to the very next verse, verse 7. 56:27 Here it is. 56:29 It says, 56:30 "The cow and the bear shall graze." 56:34 Now not on earth, cows and bears not grazing. 56:39 Right? 56:40 It says, "Their young ones shall lie down together, 56:43 and the lion shall eat straw like the ox." 56:48 That's not happening down here. 56:50 Okay, you can put the animals that are listed there, 56:52 look at the very next one. 56:54 The very next one, verse 8, 56:56 "The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole," 57:00 today, no way, 57:03 "and the weaned child shall put his hand 57:05 in the viper's den." 57:07 And the last one just hit me with verse 9 very quickly. 57:09 "They shall not hurt nor destroyed 57:11 in all My holy mountain, 57:13 for the earth shall be," what? 57:15 "Full of the knowledge of the Lord 57:18 as the waters cover the," what? 57:20 "Sea." 57:21 Let me ask you a question. Do you wanna go? 57:24 Do you wanna go? 57:25 Can you imagine putting your hand 57:27 in the cobra's hole 57:28 and he comes down just crawls up the arm 57:29 and goes without biting you. 57:34 There'll be no death there. 57:36 We won't ever be afraid of snakes in the new earth. 57:39 Matter of fact, we have probably all kinds of snakes. 57:42 Walk around with us on our shoulder, 57:43 friends, you know, it may sound strange, 57:45 but a lot of what we have down here 57:46 that brings abject fear to our hearts 57:49 will not be the case in the new kingdom. 57:51 It would be joy and pleasure forevermore. 57:54 So keep studying God's Word. 57:56 And these things that don't make 57:57 a whole lot of sense now, 57:58 if you keep studying them with 58:00 one day they will come into A Sharper Focus. 58:03 God bless you. |
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