Hello everyone, and welcome
to another Wednesday night
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Bible study here at
the 3ABN Worship Center.
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Thank you for
tuning into A Sharper Focus
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as we continue our study
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on the topic of
"Heaven and the New Earth."
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And wherever
you're joining us from,
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we have people here that
would like to welcome you
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with a hearty amen.
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Can we do that right now?
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Amen.
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And thank you for tuning in.
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For the next hour or less,
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we're going to walk
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through the Word of God together
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on a very
vitally important topic.
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You know, if you're
planning on going to heaven
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and living in the new earth,
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we need to know
what the Bible teaches
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about heaven and the new earth,
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isn't that right?
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So spend the time with us.
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Get your Bibles, get your pens,
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invite your
family, and your friends,
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that we can walk together
through the Word of God.
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I'll tell you in just a moment
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how you get a copy of the lesson
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for tonight as
well as the new lesson
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that we're going to be covering
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in just a moment
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if we finish
this one for tonight,
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but before we do
anything, let us pray together.
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Heavenly Father,
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we thank You for
the opportunity tonight
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to open your Word.
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We thank You, Lord, that
we could focus on a lesson
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that really
gives us forward vision
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about Your kingdom
that is soon to come.
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Strengthen our hearts, Lord,
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we've talked about heaven,
we've studied about heaven,
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we pray that we
could begin to live lives
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in preparation for heaven.
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So send Your Spirit tonight,
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Lord, to be our teacher
we pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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Now, if you go to
this following website
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asf.3abn.org,
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you can download the
lesson, lesson number 26.
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There are 33
questions on lesson number 26.
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And then also
download lesson number 27.
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On lesson number 27 is the truth
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about God's true church.
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Lesson number 26
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is the truth about
heaven and the new earth.
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And we're going to begin
with question number 26 tonight
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but before we do that,
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we are going to
sing our theme song.
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What is our theme song?
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"Victory in Jesus."
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Let's sing our
theme song tonight.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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Together.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen.
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Wonderful song, He
plunged us to what?
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To victory beneath
the cleansing flood,
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that is His shed blood.
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Bible says,
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"If we confess our
sins, He is faithful
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and just to forgive us our sins
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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Now to lead into
our topic tonight,
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lesson number 26, we
are at question number 26.
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Now I wanna just
lay some foundation.
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Whenever my wife and I
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are getting ready
to go on vacation,
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and I think this is
true about many of us.
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We try to learn about
the place we're going.
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Just recently,
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the Hutchinsons
went to Lithuania.
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And I've never been there
but if I look on the internet,
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I'll find out
some things about it,
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but it's not the same.
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You can find out
information on the internet.
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You can read in brochures,
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but there's nothing
that can replace going there
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and having the experience.
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One day we're going to go
to heaven, amen, somebody?
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But as we
prepare to go to heaven,
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we need to study our Bibles
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to find out what's
special about heaven,
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what's going to be there,
what's not going to be there.
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What are some of the amenities,
how it's going to look,
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and I said this before,
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but I think it
fits right here again,
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you know, the Bible
talks about the New Jerusalem.
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But the Bible says also,
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we'll find out in just a moment
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that the New Jerusalem
descends from God out of heaven,
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so the New
Jerusalem is in heaven.
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The New Jerusalem is
not the totality of heaven,
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the New Jerusalem is in heaven.
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So when the New
Jerusalem descends,
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heaven will still be heaven.
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But the New Jerusalem,
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as we know, will
be now on the earth.
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And so we don't
really know in great detail
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a lot about what
heaven is going to be like.
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But the Bible does reveal to us
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what the New
Jerusalem is going to be like,
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which is located in heaven.
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And I'm looking forward to that
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because there's a
promise that the Lord has made.
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Go with us now
to the Book of John.
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John Chapter 14,
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I'll begin with the
promise that Jesus made.
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John Chapter 14,
look at the verses there.
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And you know the
verse, John 14:1-3.
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John 14:1-3, and the Bible says,
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we could even
quote this together.
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Are you ready?
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"Let not your heart be troubled.
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You believe in
God, believe also in Me,
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in my Father's
house are many mansions,
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if it were not so I
would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and
receive you unto Myself
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that where I am,
there you may be also."
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Now notice this, I
did this intentional.
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Now where I am vertically,
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there you
horizontally may be also,
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we're right here right now.
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We want to be there, amen?
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So because we're here,
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as is the case when
we study about vacations
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and places that we
long to be a part of.
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I think that sometimes
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we get more
excited before we go,
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we get this level of excitement
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that just says to
us four more days,
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two more days.
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I know in some
cases, people say,
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"I cannot wait till July,
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whatever, so I
can go on vacation."
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And people say,
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"Well, have you learned
much about where you're headed?"
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"Oh, man, they have swimming,
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and snorkeling, and
there's warm weather.
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Oh, I tell you,
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they have so
many different things
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that I can do when I get there."
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And I think in
the very same way,
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what brings us excitement
is to know what is going to be
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and what is not
going to be in heaven.
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So tonight, let's begin
with question number 26.
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And we're going to
begin with a question
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that really tells us
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about what's not
going to be in heaven.
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Now, we have
learned about some things
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that are going to be in heaven
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but now I want to transition
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into what's not
going to be in heaven.
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Let's go to question number 26.
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Here it is.
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What are some of the traits
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that will no longer
be in the new earth?
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That is in the new
earth or in heaven?
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What are some of the
traits that will no longer be
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in the new earth?
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Okay.
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Just take it easy.
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Go to the Book of
Revelation Chapter 21.
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Revelation Chapter 21.
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Come on in, we
have some seats here.
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Really we're glad to have you.
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Revelation Chapter 21.
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Let's look at verse 1.
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Here it is, here it is.
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And the Bible says,
"Now, I saw a," what?
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Let's say that
together, "I saw a," what?
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"New heaven and a new
earth, for the first heaven
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and the first
earth had passed away.
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Also there was no more," what?
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"There was no more sea."
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Now there is no sea in heaven.
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So we know it has to
be referring to the earth.
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And let me ask you the question.
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Where did all the
water in the seas come from?
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Do we not remember?
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From the flood,
from the great deluge.
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Now Genesis names four rivers,
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but when the
world was first created,
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there was no massive
oceans, 30,000 feet deep,
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where it just
separated countries
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and continents from one another.
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There were bodies of water.
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But we have now
these massive oceans.
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As a matter of fact,
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many of us have
become more educated
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since this
flight 370 disappeared,
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and they talk
about the Indian Ocean,
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and how uncharted it
is and how deep it is,
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and how many
mountains are below that ocean,
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and how there's
some places on earth
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that we know less about
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than we know about the moon.
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And so the Bible is in essence
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saying one of
the reasons I believe
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there's not going
to be any more sea is,
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there is going
to be a need of room
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for all the
redeemed of all the ages.
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Amen to that?
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So we're not going to have...
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Man, how do I get
to the New Jerusalem?
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How do I get
to, and I don't know
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what the continents
are going to be called.
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I don't know what
it's going to be described
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as in the new earth.
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But I do know this,
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that there is
going to be no more sea.
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My brother is the President
of the Fisherman's Association
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in the Virgin
Islands there in St. Thomas.
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And when fishermen
read this text, they said,
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"You mean, there's
going to be no more sea?
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How are we going to fish?"
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Well, I didn't tell them that
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but there'll be
no more dead fish
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in the new earth, amen.
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So there'll be no
more killing of animals.
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So you won't be
throwing your tackle out there
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to reel the fish in,
because death will be no more.
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So that's why
there will be no need
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of all these fishing
vessels and these massive nets,
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and scooping up squid and shark
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and all the stuff
that's in the sea.
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There'll be no need for that
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because we will not
be killing any longer
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in the new earth.
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Amen?
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So put the
answer on the first one,
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Revelation 21:1,
"There'll be no more," what?
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"No more sea."
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Now let's go to Revelation 21:4.
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Revelation 21:4,
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although there are
just about seven questions,
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there are lots of
verses that we're looking up.
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Here's the next one,
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Revelation 21:4,
and the Bible says,
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"And God will wipe away," what?
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"Every tear from their eyes
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and there will be no more death,
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nor sorrow, nor crying.
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There shall be no more pain,
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for the former
things have," what?
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"Passed away."
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So now when something...
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When someone dies,
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there's another
phrase we often use,
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we say, well, they passed away.
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Now, this is strange to
think about it this way.
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But death
according to this verse,
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death is going to pass away.
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So death will
die, sorrow will die,
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pain will die, crying,
all these will pass away,
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which means when
something passes away,
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it's no more.
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So in the new earth,
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as well as in heaven
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there will be no
more of the things
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that we experience down here.
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And I want to tell
you, I did a study briefly.
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When I say I study,
I mean, very shallow,
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just enough to find out
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about the different
kinds of tears that there are.
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And when a person is excited,
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I discovered that they
shed a different type of tear
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chemically than
they do when they're sad.
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And when they're angry,
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they shed a
different kind of tear
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than when they're happy.
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You know, some people say,
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"I'm so happy,
I could just cry."
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Some people say,
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"I'm so angry,
I could just cry."
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And some people
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just show emotions various ways.
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And I'm amazed by the fact
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that I know that
whatever tears we have,
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they're not going
to be because of death,
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sorrow, and pain.
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Ain't that right?
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So we're not going to be crying
because we lost a loved one.
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There'll be no more death.
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But I believe
this is my own analogy,
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and I have to
find evidence for this
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but because the
human body is created
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with the ability to shed a tear,
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I think we're
going to be so happy
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we're going to shed a tear.
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Amen?
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We're going to shed happy tears,
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but the tears that are connected
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with death, and
pain, and suffering,
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and sorrow, and crime,
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and violence will
not be in the new earth
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and will not be in the kingdom.
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So write them down
question, the second question.
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There'll be no more no death,
no sorrow, no crying, no pain,
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there are four dashes there.
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No death, no
sorrow, no crying, no pain.
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So so far, we
found out two traits
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about the new earth.
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Let's look at the third one.
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Let's look at the next one.
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Isaiah 65:17.
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Isaiah 65:17.
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Wow.
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Here's what the Bible teaches.
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"For behold, the Lord says,
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I create new
heavens and a, "what else?"
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New Earth and the former
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shall not be
remembered or come to mind."
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Now when you think about
that, just for a brief moment,
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can you think of
anything in this earth
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that you would like to forget?
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Can I get a yes?
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Can I get an
amen for many things
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you'd like to forget?
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I mean, think about that.
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There are many
things in this earth
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and I listen to
the news every day.
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If it's not another
argument between the Republicans
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and the Democrats,
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I am not going to
miss the Republicans
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and the Democrats, amen?
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There will be no more
politics in the new earth.
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And then there'll be
no more wars in Syria,
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there'll be no more
starvation in this country,
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there'll be no more
earthquakes in that region,
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there'll be no
tsunamis in the Pacific.
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Amen?
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So all these
things, these former things,
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you'll be able to sit
on your sea front porch,
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because I think
there's gonna be some water
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and you won't have to worry
about the mountains rumbling,
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you don't have to worry
about heavy torrential rains.
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Come on, let me
ask you the question.
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We live in the Midwest.
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Are you going to miss
the threat of tornadoes?
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No. Right.
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And those of you
who live in California
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or maybe in Japan,
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you're not going to miss
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the threat of
another earthquake.
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Matter of fact,
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there's no
threat of an earthquake,
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it just happens.
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So we're not going
to miss that either.
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All these things,
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if you really think
about the former things,
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these things will
not be remembered,
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won't even come to mind.
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Bill won't say in the new earth,
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"Man, I wonder
how long it's been
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since an earthquake."
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There won't be any earthquakes.
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So all the bad
things about this life,
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all the things that
draw out of us fear,
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there'll be no
more angry animals.
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Think about that.
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There'll be no more
crime and no more violence.
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So, Isaiah, if you
answer the question,
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what are some of the traits
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that will no longer
be in the new earth?
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Put bad things of the old earth.
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You can modify that
and put your own answer,
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but there'll be
no more bad things
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from the old earth.
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It's an amazing comparison
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between what we
have now and I tell you,
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this world is really in trouble.
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There's some individuals
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that whenever
people move around,
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we were just not too long
ago up in northern New England,
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it's beautiful up there,
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it's gorgeous up
there in the summer.
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But when the winter comes,
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it gets so cold that they said
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they can drive
their cars on the lake.
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They do something
called ice fishing.
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They snow, they snow...
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What's that, snowmobile?
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They could walk
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from one end of
the lake to the other.
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And these are huge lakes,
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which in the
summertime you're drown.
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And they said people
live on the ice in the winter.
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Now, when I met people,
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oh, it's beautiful,
wonderful rolling hills.
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And somebody said,
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"It's a beautiful
place to be in the summer."
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But Florida is the ideal
place for the wintertime,
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where it's nice and warm.
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And so there are
people that live up there,
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they call them snowbirds,
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they all aim south
when the winter comes.
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Even the birds know
that northern New England
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is not the place to be.
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Have you ever
seen the migration?
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It's like when the cold
weather begins to come in,
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the birds begin to
fly, which way they go?
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Fly south.
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They're getting out of there.
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And so in the new earth,
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we won't have to worry
about freezing cold weather.
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Not to worry about ice.
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We had the worst
ice season this year.
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Most of the years,
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I can remember here
in Southern Illinois,
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I mean treacherous, life
threatening sheets of ice,
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in the new earth
there'll be no more ice.
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Amen, Vanita?
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No more ice.
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So there's so many
things in the new earth
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that are not going to be
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brought over from the old earth,
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and praise God for that.
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Let's look at the next one.
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Isaiah 60:18.
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Isaiah 60:18.
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Look at another
one, so wonderful.
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It says,
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"Violence shall no
longer be heard in your land,
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neither," what?
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"Wasting nor
destruction within your borders,
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but you shall
call your walls," what?
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"Salvation."
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When you think of
violence, go to Genesis 6:11,
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so what you want to put there,
00:19:05.77\00:19:07.11
Isaiah 60:18,
00:19:07.14\00:19:08.48
no more violence,
no more destruction.
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I looked up the word,
the word there, wasting.
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And the word wasting
is also translated robbery
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and oppression,
robbery and oppression.
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So wasting a person's resources,
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wasting a person's
life, robbery and oppression.
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But look at Genesis 6:11.
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And you'll discover
one of the very reasons...
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Hold on, I'm getting there.
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Genesis is a hard book to find.
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Not really.
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Genesis 6:11.
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Notice one of the reasons
00:19:42.84\00:19:44.18
why we're excited
about the new earth.
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The Bible says in Genesis
6:11, "The earth also was,"
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what's the next word?
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"Corrupt before God
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and the earth was
filled with violence."
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I mean, think about it.
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Cold cases, court cases,
00:20:01.83\00:20:04.43
kidnapping babies
dying in hot vehicles.
00:20:04.47\00:20:08.34
Just think about the
awful heart wrenching reports
00:20:08.37\00:20:12.61
that we hear on
the news day to day.
00:20:12.64\00:20:15.68
But that's not in this category.
00:20:15.71\00:20:17.75
Violence, in this
earth violence sells.
00:20:17.78\00:20:21.25
People pay to see other people
00:20:21.28\00:20:24.45
beaten to death
in a boxing ring.
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Wrestlers, now
although to some degree,
00:20:28.26\00:20:31.23
a lot of that is,
00:20:31.26\00:20:32.59
you know, acting,
00:20:32.63\00:20:33.96
but you have these cage fighters
00:20:34.00\00:20:35.33
that are not acting
00:20:35.36\00:20:36.70
and they're beating
each other to a pulp,
00:20:36.73\00:20:38.47
attacking the very
temple that belongs to God.
00:20:38.50\00:20:40.60
Bloody eyes and broken nose
00:20:40.64\00:20:42.17
and they do all
that to the accolade
00:20:42.20\00:20:43.97
and the praise of humanity.
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Violence, violence sports,
00:20:46.14\00:20:48.54
there's a lot of
things that are happening.
00:20:48.58\00:20:49.91
I was listening to
the news the other day,
00:20:49.94\00:20:51.91
for the love of game
00:20:51.95\00:20:53.42
many football
players had to play,
00:20:53.45\00:20:55.65
and they're now beginning to see
00:20:55.68\00:20:57.05
all the effects
of playing in the NFL
00:20:57.09\00:20:59.59
because they said
just to win a game,
00:20:59.62\00:21:01.66
the team doctors would give them
00:21:01.69\00:21:04.13
these heavy, heavy painkillers.
00:21:04.16\00:21:07.16
And one guy played for a season
00:21:07.20\00:21:09.66
and a half with a
broken foot and didn't know it.
00:21:09.70\00:21:12.97
And now he's suing the NFL.
00:21:13.00\00:21:14.67
Because the
painkillers were so strong,
00:21:14.70\00:21:17.01
that he was made to
run on a broken foot
00:21:17.04\00:21:19.04
just to win the game.
00:21:19.07\00:21:21.04
The love of money is
the root of all evil.
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Those kinds of things
won't happen in the new earth.
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All these things that
oppress, and rob us of our joy,
00:21:28.12\00:21:32.85
and of our health
won't be in the new earth.
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Okay, let's go to number...
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The last one, Revelation 22:3.
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Revelation 22:3,
of question number 26.
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Here it is.
00:21:43.77\00:21:45.63
Revelation 22:3.
00:21:45.67\00:21:47.60
And for those of you
that have your Bibles,
00:21:47.64\00:21:49.70
great, if not, it's
going to appear on the screen.
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Revelation 22:3, and
here's what the Bible says,
00:21:52.54\00:21:55.38
"And there shall
be no more," what?
00:21:55.41\00:21:58.35
"Curse, but the throne of God
and of the Lamb shall be in it,
00:21:58.38\00:22:03.69
and His
servants shall," do what?
00:22:03.72\00:22:05.82
"Serve Him."
00:22:05.85\00:22:07.19
Now think of what was
00:22:07.22\00:22:08.56
one of the first
effects of the curse?
00:22:08.59\00:22:11.23
Adam and Eve.
00:22:11.26\00:22:12.59
Think about it.
00:22:12.63\00:22:13.96
Adam and Eve being
expelled from the garden.
00:22:14.00\00:22:16.26
And think about it,
00:22:16.30\00:22:17.63
all those things that
seemed normal to us now,
00:22:17.67\00:22:20.04
you know, trees,
plants, fear in animals.
00:22:20.07\00:22:24.57
Trees begin to die, the
climate becomes much colder,
00:22:24.61\00:22:28.34
and even though God had given,
00:22:28.38\00:22:30.25
you know, the
stars, and the moon,
00:22:30.28\00:22:31.95
and the sun for signs,
and seasons, and times,
00:22:31.98\00:22:34.95
God never intended for
there to be sub zero weather
00:22:34.98\00:22:37.75
or blazing hot dried up deserts.
00:22:37.79\00:22:39.99
All these things
are the result of sin,
00:22:40.02\00:22:42.39
the result of the curse,
00:22:42.42\00:22:44.46
as the Bible says the curse
has devoured the whole earth,
00:22:44.49\00:22:47.63
Isaiah the prophet says.
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.40
So in the new earth,
there'll be no more curse.
00:22:49.43\00:22:52.00
Can I get a hallelujah to that?
00:22:52.03\00:22:53.84
No more curse.
00:22:53.87\00:22:55.20
And let me add another
thing, no more cursing.
00:22:55.24\00:22:58.94
The curse is gone,
00:22:58.97\00:23:00.81
the language
connected to it is also gone.
00:23:00.84\00:23:02.61
Praise the Lord to that.
00:23:02.64\00:23:04.15
Okay, let's go to number 27.
00:23:04.18\00:23:06.01
Let's go to question number 27.
00:23:06.05\00:23:08.45
All right.
00:23:08.48\00:23:10.79
What does the Bible
00:23:10.82\00:23:12.15
reveal about the
barren places of the earth?
00:23:12.19\00:23:15.06
What does the Bible
reveal about the barren
00:23:15.09\00:23:16.99
places of the earth?
00:23:17.03\00:23:18.63
I hope my geography is correct.
00:23:18.66\00:23:20.86
But I think I studied
a number of years ago,
00:23:20.90\00:23:23.47
that the Sahara Desert,
00:23:23.50\00:23:25.43
which is probably
00:23:25.47\00:23:26.80
one of the largest
deserts in our world
00:23:26.84\00:23:29.30
used to be
00:23:29.34\00:23:31.47
more of a place of greenery.
00:23:31.51\00:23:34.64
It used to be a
lush place of greenery,
00:23:34.68\00:23:37.75
but clear cutting and
destroying the greenery
00:23:37.78\00:23:40.95
in such a region,
00:23:40.98\00:23:42.75
the desert began to
grow and grow and grow.
00:23:42.78\00:23:45.55
And what we see now
as the Sahara Desert,
00:23:45.59\00:23:48.06
is the result of
thousands of years of just...
00:23:48.09\00:23:53.09
This is hard to imagine
because the desert is huge,
00:23:53.13\00:23:56.06
the Sahara Desert is huge,
00:23:56.10\00:23:57.63
but it's hard to think
that that used to be a place
00:23:57.67\00:23:59.83
where there were
trees and plants,
00:23:59.87\00:24:02.30
but now it's a barren dry place.
00:24:02.34\00:24:04.21
And I am just speculating,
00:24:04.24\00:24:06.74
but I've also heard
that there are places
00:24:06.78\00:24:11.18
like in Ethiopia
00:24:11.21\00:24:12.91
and some of the
Central African countries
00:24:12.95\00:24:15.62
where it doesn't rain
as much as it used to,
00:24:15.65\00:24:17.99
somehow maybe climate shift
00:24:18.02\00:24:19.92
or whatever the
scientists may say.
00:24:19.95\00:24:21.29
And there's a big
controversy over that.
00:24:21.32\00:24:24.06
But desert land is
increasing day by day by day.
00:24:24.09\00:24:27.53
But look at the news
that the Lord has given to us
00:24:27.56\00:24:29.46
about the new earth.
00:24:29.50\00:24:30.93
Here's what He
says, Isaiah 35:1.
00:24:30.97\00:24:33.94
And look at this wonderful text,
00:24:33.97\00:24:36.00
"The wilderness
and the wasteland
00:24:36.04\00:24:38.94
shall be," what?
00:24:38.97\00:24:40.58
"Glad for them," and
let's read this all together,
00:24:40.61\00:24:42.71
"and the desert shall rejoice
00:24:42.74\00:24:45.81
and blossom as a rose."
00:24:45.85\00:24:49.92
I don't know,
I'm going to imagine
00:24:49.95\00:24:51.42
just a little
bit but think about
00:24:51.45\00:24:52.79
how beautiful a rose smells.
00:24:52.82\00:24:55.99
Now, these are these roses
that are thousands of years
00:24:56.02\00:24:58.73
removed from perfection.
00:24:58.76\00:25:01.46
But just imagine roses
restored to perfection.
00:25:01.50\00:25:04.73
Carnations and
what are the other...
00:25:04.77\00:25:07.40
Come on, ladies
that like plants,
00:25:07.44\00:25:08.94
what are some of the other ones?
00:25:08.97\00:25:10.51
Give me some names,
00:25:10.54\00:25:11.87
got daisies and
gardenias and lilacs,
00:25:11.91\00:25:15.21
am I getting close?
00:25:15.24\00:25:16.58
Huh.
00:25:16.61\00:25:17.95
Gladiolus and orchids?
00:25:17.98\00:25:19.31
Can you imagine?
00:25:19.35\00:25:20.68
When you walk
in a flower shop...
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.78
There was a time that my
nose used to go into conniption,
00:25:22.82\00:25:25.55
because of so much smells.
00:25:25.59\00:25:27.32
But it's beautiful,
00:25:27.36\00:25:28.69
just, you go there and
you close your eyes like,
00:25:28.72\00:25:31.49
"Oh, just smells so good."
00:25:31.53\00:25:33.03
And you come out of
there and it lingers with you.
00:25:33.06\00:25:35.53
But just imagine
in the new earth.
00:25:35.56\00:25:37.97
No more dying orchids,
and lilacs, and daisies,
00:25:38.00\00:25:41.17
and carnations,
and no more of that,
00:25:41.20\00:25:43.87
but the deserts now
will blossom as a rose.
00:25:43.91\00:25:47.64
Amen, somebody?
00:25:47.68\00:25:49.18
And for ladies that like plants,
00:25:49.21\00:25:51.31
you'll be able to pick a plant.
00:25:51.35\00:25:53.15
You'll have some
fresh flowers on your table
00:25:53.18\00:25:55.32
and they won't die.
00:25:55.35\00:25:57.05
Wow, that's hard to think.
00:25:57.09\00:25:58.75
But that's God's plan.
00:25:58.79\00:26:00.32
So God is going to not...
00:26:00.36\00:26:01.69
God is not going to
patch up this earth,
00:26:01.72\00:26:03.96
but He's going to
completely redo it
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.49
and deliver to us a new earth,
00:26:06.53\00:26:08.86
not like the one we have now.
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.77
Let's look at some other
facts about the new earth.
00:26:10.80\00:26:13.10
All right.
00:26:13.13\00:26:14.57
This is a very
interesting category.
00:26:14.60\00:26:16.81
Look at this.
00:26:16.84\00:26:18.31
How different will
the dangerous animals
00:26:18.34\00:26:21.11
of today be?
00:26:21.14\00:26:23.21
Number 28.
00:26:23.24\00:26:24.58
How different will
the dangerous animals
00:26:24.61\00:26:26.51
of today be?
00:26:26.55\00:26:29.28
I'm amazed, I looked at a
video on YouTube about a guy,
00:26:29.32\00:26:32.29
he's called the lion whisperer.
00:26:32.32\00:26:35.52
And this guy has
had the privilege
00:26:35.56\00:26:39.09
of walking into the
wastelands of Africa.
00:26:39.13\00:26:42.43
He just walks out
there with no protection.
00:26:42.46\00:26:44.63
I don't know how he does it.
00:26:44.67\00:26:46.00
And the lions
both male and female,
00:26:46.03\00:26:48.04
run to him and just jump on him
00:26:48.07\00:26:50.11
and their massive
paws on his shoulder,
00:26:50.14\00:26:52.77
and they roll around in the dust
00:26:52.81\00:26:55.38
and he leans back
and rest on their back
00:26:55.41\00:26:57.55
and then another lion
comes and licks his face.
00:26:57.58\00:27:00.08
And I think, either he's insane,
00:27:03.82\00:27:07.02
or the lions are
insane, because it's amazing.
00:27:07.06\00:27:10.43
They said that some
of these he's raised
00:27:10.46\00:27:12.76
from young but in other cases,
00:27:12.79\00:27:14.96
he didn't raise
many of the other ones
00:27:15.00\00:27:16.70
that are there.
00:27:16.73\00:27:18.07
And they also showed
that his photography crew
00:27:18.10\00:27:19.43
or his video crew,
00:27:19.47\00:27:20.80
they're there to videotape this
but they have to be in a cage.
00:27:20.84\00:27:24.57
The lions that
were friendly to him
00:27:24.61\00:27:27.18
even ran after the
vehicle that his video crews
00:27:27.21\00:27:30.61
and they had to take off
00:27:30.65\00:27:32.28
because the lions attacked
the doors of the video crew.
00:27:32.31\00:27:34.78
And as soon as
the video crew left,
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.52
lions came right back at
him and said, good to see you.
00:27:36.55\00:27:40.22
And they just lay down
and walk around together.
00:27:40.26\00:27:42.89
And then the hyenas,
when the lions were gone...
00:27:42.92\00:27:45.59
See hyenas and
lions are enemies.
00:27:45.63\00:27:47.33
When the lions were
gone, the hyenas came to him,
00:27:47.36\00:27:50.00
and I'm thinking
what does this guy have?
00:27:50.03\00:27:52.50
But you know what?
00:27:52.53\00:27:53.97
One day we gonna
all get the privilege
00:27:54.00\00:27:56.57
to know what it's like
00:27:56.60\00:27:57.94
to spend the
night in a lion's den
00:27:57.97\00:28:00.71
and get up in the
morning and pet them
00:28:00.74\00:28:02.74
and say good morning.
00:28:02.78\00:28:04.58
Look what the Bible says,
00:28:04.61\00:28:06.18
Isaiah 11:6.
00:28:06.21\00:28:11.59
Is that what I put there?
00:28:11.62\00:28:13.29
Okay, Isaiah 11:6.
00:28:13.32\00:28:15.69
Now, I think I
put the wrong text.
00:28:15.72\00:28:18.53
Here it is, Isaiah 11.
00:28:18.56\00:28:21.10
Let me turn my Bible there.
00:28:21.13\00:28:22.96
So I think I substituted
one of those same text.
00:28:23.00\00:28:26.70
Okay, I'm almost
in Isaiah Chapter 11.
00:28:26.74\00:28:29.34
Here we are, I'm there with you.
00:28:29.37\00:28:33.38
Isaiah 11:6.
00:28:33.41\00:28:36.98
It says, "The wolf also
shall dwell with the lamb.
00:28:37.01\00:28:41.72
The wolf shall
dwell with the," what?
00:28:41.75\00:28:43.99
"The lamb, the leopard
shall lie down with the," what?
00:28:44.02\00:28:48.32
"Young goat or the kid,
00:28:48.36\00:28:49.86
the calf and the young
lion and the fatling together,"
00:28:49.89\00:28:53.70
and this blows me away,
00:28:53.73\00:28:55.93
"and a little
child shall lead them."
00:28:55.96\00:28:59.23
Amen, Abby?
00:28:59.27\00:29:00.60
One day Abby will say,
00:29:00.64\00:29:01.97
"Come on lion, come on, wolf..."
00:29:02.00\00:29:05.04
A little child shall lead them.
00:29:05.07\00:29:09.04
I think I got the next one.
00:29:09.08\00:29:10.41
So put this one down.
00:29:10.45\00:29:11.78
How different will
the dangerous animals be?
00:29:11.81\00:29:13.52
Just simply summarize, a
little child shall lead them.
00:29:13.55\00:29:18.79
Okay, I got the
next one correct.
00:29:18.82\00:29:20.42
I know it's going to
be right on the screen.
00:29:20.46\00:29:21.79
Here it is.
00:29:21.82\00:29:23.16
Here's the next one.
00:29:23.19\00:29:24.53
And verse 7,
00:29:24.56\00:29:27.46
"The cow and the
bear shall," do what?
00:29:27.50\00:29:32.13
Shall do what?
00:29:32.17\00:29:33.50
"Graze, their young
ones shall lie down together,
00:29:33.54\00:29:38.71
and the lion shall
eat straw like the ox."
00:29:38.74\00:29:42.94
Now that is unusual,
because lions are carnivorous.
00:29:42.98\00:29:48.12
The lions today because of sin,
they're not going to eat straw,
00:29:48.15\00:29:51.65
they'll eat the
animals that eat straw.
00:29:51.69\00:29:54.86
But look how amazing this is,
00:29:54.89\00:29:56.62
and what's amazing Isaiah
00:29:56.66\00:29:58.09
the prophet is
putting in the category,
00:29:58.13\00:29:59.83
side by side
animals that are now
00:29:59.86\00:30:04.10
in opposition to each other,
00:30:04.13\00:30:05.47
is that a right
way of saying it?
00:30:05.50\00:30:06.84
Animals that will
naturally kill each other.
00:30:06.87\00:30:09.00
Cows don't pet,
00:30:09.04\00:30:10.87
I mean, bears don't pet
cows and lions don't eat straw.
00:30:10.91\00:30:16.54
So let's put that one down.
00:30:16.58\00:30:19.01
Isaiah 11:7.
00:30:19.05\00:30:21.22
You could summarize
it however you'd like.
00:30:21.25\00:30:23.05
I'll give you the
freedom to do that.
00:30:23.08\00:30:25.42
Let's look now
the very next one,
00:30:25.45\00:30:26.92
Isaiah 11:8.
00:30:26.96\00:30:28.89
Now this is a
mother's nightmare removed.
00:30:28.92\00:30:32.93
Here it is.
00:30:32.96\00:30:34.30
Isaiah 11:8.
00:30:34.33\00:30:35.66
The Bible says,
00:30:35.70\00:30:37.03
"The nursing child shall
play by the cobra's hole,
00:30:37.07\00:30:41.90
and the weaned child
00:30:41.94\00:30:43.41
shall put his hand
in the viper's den."
00:30:43.44\00:30:46.37
Now come on,
think about that today.
00:30:46.41\00:30:48.48
How many parents...
00:30:48.51\00:30:50.05
Where's your child, Riesa?
00:30:50.08\00:30:52.21
"Oh, he's down
by the viper's hole,
00:30:52.25\00:30:55.28
just playing with the cobras."
00:30:55.32\00:30:58.25
They had a
anaconda snake last week
00:30:58.29\00:31:03.56
in one of the
studios here at 3ABN,
00:31:03.59\00:31:05.89
to do some production.
00:31:05.93\00:31:07.26
An anaconda,
00:31:07.30\00:31:09.93
that is a huge snake.
00:31:09.96\00:31:11.60
They said it was
about 11 to 12 feet long.
00:31:11.63\00:31:14.20
And some of the
people had no fear,
00:31:14.24\00:31:17.01
they put them
over their shoulder.
00:31:17.04\00:31:19.51
I am not putting a 12 foot snake
00:31:19.54\00:31:22.41
that is known for
squeezing the life
00:31:22.44\00:31:24.61
out of people
around my shoulder.
00:31:24.65\00:31:26.31
Can somebody say amen to that?
00:31:26.35\00:31:28.18
I am not giving him the location
00:31:28.22\00:31:30.69
that he prefers
above any other location.
00:31:30.72\00:31:33.32
I mean snakes wanna be,
00:31:33.36\00:31:34.69
they squeeze
the life out of you,
00:31:34.72\00:31:36.06
they want to be
around your neck.
00:31:36.09\00:31:37.99
That's not where
I'm going to put a snake
00:31:38.03\00:31:39.79
and there were some of
them that were smiling.
00:31:39.83\00:31:41.26
One of the young ladies
00:31:41.30\00:31:42.63
that work over in
Latino I think, Maryssa,
00:31:42.66\00:31:44.30
she said, "Oh, I
loved holding the snake,"
00:31:44.33\00:31:46.23
and I'm thinking,
00:31:46.27\00:31:47.60
"Do you realize
that chances were 50/50
00:31:47.64\00:31:51.57
that you wouldn't
be here the next week."
00:31:51.61\00:31:54.54
They put that
anaconda right around
00:31:54.58\00:31:56.14
and they smiled at it.
00:31:56.18\00:31:57.51
Then the guy also
had a little alligator
00:31:57.55\00:31:59.78
and he puts his
nose up to the alligator
00:31:59.81\00:32:02.32
and I'm thinking, "Not me."
00:32:02.35\00:32:04.62
But he, you know, you
saw what happened to this guy
00:32:04.65\00:32:07.19
in Australia many
years ago, remember that?
00:32:07.22\00:32:09.22
I forgot his name now.
00:32:09.26\00:32:11.46
Steve, what a tragedy
00:32:11.49\00:32:14.60
and an odd situation.
00:32:14.63\00:32:17.53
A stingray, just fear,
00:32:17.57\00:32:19.97
and just shoots a barb
right in his heart, a barb,
00:32:20.00\00:32:23.44
they call barb, right
in his heart, kills him.
00:32:23.47\00:32:25.97
And that animal
just was out of fear.
00:32:26.01\00:32:28.54
But normally, if
you approached him
00:32:28.58\00:32:29.91
from the front, it
would not have occurred.
00:32:29.94\00:32:31.51
But the whole
point of the matter is
00:32:31.55\00:32:33.01
in this earth
00:32:33.05\00:32:34.38
animals will do what
their natural instincts
00:32:34.42\00:32:37.12
will tell them to
do anytime they feel
00:32:37.15\00:32:38.89
that they are in danger.
00:32:38.92\00:32:40.26
And I tell you,
cobras and vipers,
00:32:40.29\00:32:44.13
I'm going to take a
little time to warm up
00:32:44.16\00:32:45.49
to them even in the new earth.
00:32:45.53\00:32:46.86
Anybody else?
00:32:46.90\00:32:48.63
"Oh, in the new earth?"
00:32:48.66\00:32:50.00
Yeah, that's a
cobra, go and pet him.
00:32:50.03\00:32:51.50
You sure this is the new earth?
00:32:51.53\00:32:53.40
It's going to take a
little for us psyche,
00:32:53.44\00:32:55.67
that's why I like the
way that Isaiah says it.
00:32:55.70\00:32:57.91
He says the former
things will not be remembered
00:32:57.94\00:33:01.48
nor come to mind,
00:33:01.51\00:33:02.84
which means the fears
that we had of them now,
00:33:02.88\00:33:05.61
the fear that we
have of them now,
00:33:05.65\00:33:07.78
we won't have that fear then.
00:33:07.82\00:33:09.28
That's wonderful.
00:33:09.32\00:33:10.65
We'll see a bear and
run up to him and say,
00:33:10.69\00:33:12.02
"Oh, give me a hug."
00:33:12.05\00:33:14.02
A bear hug.
00:33:14.06\00:33:15.39
Fine, a bear hug.
00:33:15.42\00:33:17.09
Finally we get our bear hug.
00:33:17.13\00:33:18.99
I don't know, it's
wonderful, it's coming.
00:33:19.03\00:33:22.53
And lastly, verse 9.
00:33:22.56\00:33:26.90
This is
beautiful, this is beautiful.
00:33:26.94\00:33:28.30
Verse 9, it says,
"They shall not hurt
00:33:28.34\00:33:31.04
nor destroy in
all My holy mountain,"
00:33:31.07\00:33:35.61
and this is beautiful,
00:33:35.64\00:33:37.05
"for the earth shall
be full of the knowledge
00:33:37.08\00:33:39.78
of the Lord as the
waters cover the sea."
00:33:39.81\00:33:42.45
Ain't that wonderful?
00:33:42.48\00:33:43.82
North, south, east, west.
00:33:43.85\00:33:46.25
Nowadays, it's
hard, when you travel
00:33:46.29\00:33:48.02
there's some places on earth
00:33:48.06\00:33:49.39
that people still
don't know about God.
00:33:49.42\00:33:51.33
But the Bible says the earth
00:33:51.36\00:33:52.69
will be full of the
knowledge of the Lord.
00:33:52.73\00:33:55.06
Wouldn't that finally
be a nice thing to walk up
00:33:55.10\00:33:57.37
to somebody and say,
00:33:57.40\00:33:58.73
"Hey, can I talk
to you about Jesus?"
00:33:58.77\00:34:00.67
"Sure, let's talk."
00:34:00.70\00:34:02.14
And they won't have to rush.
00:34:02.17\00:34:03.61
They won't say, well, you
know, I gotta go back to work,
00:34:03.64\00:34:05.27
I have lunch.
00:34:05.31\00:34:06.64
We could talk
about Jesus forever,
00:34:06.68\00:34:08.08
ain't that right?
00:34:08.11\00:34:09.44
The earth will be
full of the knowledge
00:34:09.48\00:34:11.51
of the Lord and all the hardship
00:34:11.55\00:34:12.91
that we have now
00:34:12.95\00:34:15.15
won't even be a
factor in the new earth.
00:34:15.18\00:34:17.25
All these things
that we just read about,
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.12
how wonderful it is
that the new earth is a place
00:34:19.15\00:34:21.89
that we are
going to enjoy forever,
00:34:21.92\00:34:24.46
and ever, and
ever, and ever, and ever.
00:34:24.49\00:34:28.86
Number 29, number 29.
00:34:28.90\00:34:32.60
Here it is.
00:34:32.63\00:34:33.97
In what way will the new earth
00:34:37.57\00:34:39.31
differ from the cities of today?
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.94
In what way will the new earth
00:34:41.98\00:34:43.85
differ from the cities of today?
00:34:43.88\00:34:45.55
I'm going to give
a little spin to this
00:34:45.58\00:34:46.92
because you may
read the text and say,
00:34:46.95\00:34:48.28
"Well, that happens today."
00:34:48.32\00:34:49.68
In what way will the new earth
00:34:49.72\00:34:51.05
differ from the cities of today?
00:34:51.09\00:34:52.99
Zachariah 8:5, Zachariah 8:5.
00:34:53.02\00:34:57.93
I was raised in
Brooklyn, New York,
00:34:57.96\00:35:02.13
and we had a lot of
fun growing up then,
00:35:02.16\00:35:05.67
that was before the Nintendo's
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.74
and the Xbox's and the PS3's.
00:35:07.77\00:35:11.77
Children actually went outside,
does anybody remember that?
00:35:11.81\00:35:15.21
When we actually rode bikes.
00:35:15.24\00:35:17.38
We actually did things outdoors.
00:35:17.41\00:35:21.25
Hopscotch and I didn't
do this but jumping rope,
00:35:21.28\00:35:24.55
and stickball, and
baseball, and football,
00:35:24.59\00:35:27.49
children were practically
in much better shape.
00:35:27.52\00:35:29.69
What else? Playing in the pool.
00:35:29.72\00:35:31.23
Playing in the
pool in the summertime.
00:35:31.26\00:35:33.63
All the kids that go
to the community pool
00:35:33.66\00:35:36.06
and swim together.
00:35:36.10\00:35:37.43
Nowadays, we have
the highest obesity
00:35:37.47\00:35:41.07
among the young people of today.
00:35:41.10\00:35:43.20
And when they go to
Walmart, instead of him saying,
00:35:43.24\00:35:45.21
"Mom, get me a baseball bat.
00:35:45.24\00:35:46.74
Mom, get me this video game."
00:35:46.78\00:35:48.81
I heard a mom said,
00:35:48.84\00:35:50.18
"Now your limit
today is only five games."
00:35:50.21\00:35:53.25
"Only five games."
00:35:53.28\00:35:55.42
Mom, remember,
00:35:55.45\00:35:56.79
well, your limit
is only five games
00:35:56.82\00:35:59.15
and I'm thinking say to him,
00:35:59.19\00:36:01.76
get something that
you could do outside,
00:36:01.79\00:36:03.36
buy him a
bicycle, get him outside,
00:36:03.39\00:36:05.23
get him active.
00:36:05.26\00:36:06.59
And that five
games would buy a bike.
00:36:06.63\00:36:08.53
Isn't that amazing, five
games, you get a good bike,
00:36:08.56\00:36:10.60
nowadays game's are
$60 each, that's 300 bucks.
00:36:10.63\00:36:14.57
But anyway, here's the question.
00:36:14.60\00:36:16.50
And here's the answer.
00:36:16.54\00:36:17.87
In what way will the new earth
00:36:17.91\00:36:19.24
differ from the cities of today?
00:36:19.27\00:36:20.61
The Bible says "The streets
of the city shall be," what?
00:36:20.64\00:36:24.58
"Full of boys and
girls playing in his streets,
00:36:24.61\00:36:28.55
which means
there'll be no Xbox, no PS3,
00:36:28.58\00:36:33.25
no Nintendo 64, 68 or whatever,
00:36:33.29\00:36:36.59
there'll be no televisions
keeping us in the house.
00:36:36.62\00:36:39.46
That's why I wanted to
give you an approach here.
00:36:39.49\00:36:42.56
"The streets of the city
shall be full of boys and girls
00:36:42.60\00:36:47.17
playing in the streets."
00:36:47.20\00:36:49.54
Nowadays,
children can't go outside,
00:36:49.57\00:36:53.07
they disappear.
00:36:53.11\00:36:54.78
You know how many kids
get kidnapped during the week?
00:36:54.81\00:36:58.35
One of the most
ridiculous stories
00:36:58.38\00:36:59.75
I heard was a little girl
in the front of her house,
00:36:59.78\00:37:02.38
mother just turned
around to get something,
00:37:02.42\00:37:05.22
just stepped
within her screen door
00:37:05.25\00:37:07.16
and stepped back out
00:37:07.19\00:37:08.52
and the girl was
gone just like that.
00:37:08.56\00:37:12.19
Today, one of the reasons
why parents are so careful,
00:37:12.23\00:37:15.36
you won't go to many cities
00:37:15.40\00:37:17.33
and find the streets full
of boys and girls playing.
00:37:17.37\00:37:22.20
Because there's
so much corruption
00:37:22.24\00:37:24.44
in the hearts of humanity,
00:37:24.47\00:37:25.81
that this is not
something that we experienced
00:37:25.84\00:37:27.54
but in the new earth.
00:37:27.58\00:37:29.44
They'll be...
00:37:29.48\00:37:30.81
Where you going?
00:37:30.85\00:37:32.18
You won't have
to ask your children
00:37:32.21\00:37:33.55
where they're going?
00:37:33.58\00:37:34.92
Where? I'll be back.
00:37:34.95\00:37:36.42
All right,
whenever you get back,
00:37:36.45\00:37:37.79
doors will be unlocked.
00:37:37.82\00:37:39.22
There won't be any locks.
00:37:39.25\00:37:40.59
I went to L.L. Bean,
00:37:40.62\00:37:41.96
there in northern New
England, in the state of Maine,
00:37:41.99\00:37:45.56
and I was shocked that a
store opens 24 hours a day,
00:37:45.59\00:37:49.43
seven days a week.
00:37:49.46\00:37:50.80
In all their lifespan
they only closed three times.
00:37:50.83\00:37:53.94
That's when Kennedy was shot,
00:37:53.97\00:37:56.24
when the store owner died,
00:37:56.27\00:38:00.48
and when there
was a fire locally
00:38:00.51\00:38:02.08
that they asked them to
close for the safety of humans.
00:38:02.11\00:38:04.58
They don't even have locks
on the doors of their stores.
00:38:04.61\00:38:09.95
And that store exemplifies
00:38:09.98\00:38:11.32
what the new earth
is going to be like.
00:38:11.35\00:38:12.69
You go 4:30 in the
morning to buy a jacket.
00:38:12.72\00:38:14.32
Want to buy a bicycle?
00:38:14.36\00:38:15.69
Go at 6 o'clock in the morning.
00:38:15.72\00:38:17.06
Go 1:15, go 4 o'clock.
00:38:17.09\00:38:19.29
I can't sleep, let me go
buy something at L.L. Bean,
00:38:19.33\00:38:22.50
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
00:38:22.53\00:38:24.20
This is not a
commercial by the way.
00:38:24.23\00:38:27.10
But the fact of the matter
is, they don't lock their doors.
00:38:27.14\00:38:30.11
And I'm thinking,
00:38:30.14\00:38:31.47
either this is the
safest town on earth,
00:38:31.51\00:38:34.74
or they just have a
whole lot of security
00:38:34.78\00:38:37.18
that we don't see.
00:38:37.21\00:38:38.75
And maybe a
little bit of the both.
00:38:38.78\00:38:40.35
But I tell you what?
00:38:40.38\00:38:43.18
Don't get upset
with me, New Yorkers,
00:38:43.22\00:38:44.55
but they won't be an
L.L. Bean in Brooklyn,
00:38:44.59\00:38:48.59
maybe the new Brooklyn.
00:38:48.62\00:38:50.73
But I tell you the
Brooklyn that I was raised in
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.59
there will be no L.L.
Bean open 24 hours a day.
00:38:52.63\00:38:55.43
They'll be closed at five,
00:38:55.46\00:38:57.20
because the streets
were much more violent
00:38:57.23\00:38:59.67
than they are now.
00:38:59.70\00:39:01.04
So the city streets will
be full of boys and girls,
00:39:01.07\00:39:03.77
quite a change from
how the world is today.
00:39:03.81\00:39:06.37
Let's go to number
30. Let's go to number 30.
00:39:06.41\00:39:09.61
What will the condition
00:39:09.64\00:39:11.61
of the New
Jerusalem inhabitants be?
00:39:11.65\00:39:14.88
What will the
condition of their...
00:39:14.92\00:39:16.38
What would the condition
00:39:16.42\00:39:17.75
of the New
Jerusalem inhabitants be?
00:39:17.79\00:39:20.69
Now it's amazing,
think of New Jerusalem,
00:39:20.72\00:39:22.92
New Jerusalem
doesn't mean Jerusalem
00:39:22.96\00:39:25.86
in the Middle East,
00:39:25.89\00:39:27.43
that one's going to be removed,
00:39:27.46\00:39:28.86
there's going to
be a New Jerusalem.
00:39:28.90\00:39:31.27
Those are the Bible lands,
00:39:31.30\00:39:32.87
but this
Jerusalem is the Holy Land.
00:39:32.90\00:39:36.60
There's difference all together.
00:39:36.64\00:39:38.01
Those are the Bible lands today.
00:39:38.04\00:39:39.84
But this Jerusalem is
going to be the Holy Land.
00:39:39.87\00:39:42.51
Here it is Isaiah 33:24.
00:39:42.54\00:39:45.15
Look at the answer.
00:39:45.18\00:39:46.51
What's going to be different?
00:39:46.55\00:39:47.88
What's the condition
00:39:47.92\00:39:49.25
of the New
Jerusalem inhabitants?
00:39:49.28\00:39:50.62
The Bible says,
00:39:50.65\00:39:51.99
"And the
inhabitants will not say," what?
00:39:52.02\00:39:53.99
"I am sick,
00:39:54.02\00:39:55.36
the people who dwell in it
00:39:55.39\00:39:56.93
will be forgiven
their iniquities."
00:39:56.96\00:39:59.39
Now, this is an amazing text.
00:39:59.43\00:40:01.10
First of all,
there'll be no need
00:40:01.13\00:40:02.46
for a new health plan.
00:40:02.50\00:40:05.57
Because nobody is
going to get sick,
00:40:05.60\00:40:06.94
ain't that right?
00:40:06.97\00:40:08.70
So there'll be no sickness
00:40:08.74\00:40:10.37
but an amazing
connection is made here.
00:40:10.41\00:40:13.48
Because when Jesus met a man
who had been bound to his bed,
00:40:13.51\00:40:18.31
you know, the paralytic
that had to be let down
00:40:18.35\00:40:20.32
through the roof.
00:40:20.35\00:40:21.68
One of the first
things He said to him
00:40:21.72\00:40:23.05
was your sins are forgiven you.
00:40:23.08\00:40:25.02
This text is suggesting
00:40:25.05\00:40:27.46
that sin is
connected to sickness.
00:40:27.49\00:40:31.93
And some people are
sick because of their sin.
00:40:31.96\00:40:35.43
And iniquity and
sickness are not far removed.
00:40:35.46\00:40:39.10
The Lord first said to him,
"Your sins have forgiven you."
00:40:39.13\00:40:41.67
And then He said, "You know,
take up your bed and walk."
00:40:41.70\00:40:45.34
He forgave him of his illness
00:40:45.37\00:40:47.14
after He forgave him of his sin.
00:40:47.18\00:40:49.18
So here it is.
00:40:49.21\00:40:50.55
There'll be no more illness
in the New Jerusalem, amen?
00:40:50.58\00:40:53.68
No more illness, no more pills.
00:40:53.72\00:40:58.75
That should have been
like a 1000 hallelujahs, right?
00:40:58.79\00:41:01.79
No more pills.
00:41:01.82\00:41:03.16
Now what pill do
I need to take when?
00:41:03.19\00:41:04.93
Well, this one
you take to wake up,
00:41:04.96\00:41:06.49
and this one you
take to go to sleep,
00:41:06.53\00:41:07.86
don't reverse them
00:41:07.90\00:41:09.23
because you'll
never get any rest.
00:41:09.26\00:41:10.73
You know this when
you take the go fast
00:41:10.77\00:41:12.53
and this when you
take the slow down,
00:41:12.57\00:41:14.00
you need this one
for your right eye
00:41:14.04\00:41:15.37
and this one for your left eye.
00:41:15.40\00:41:16.74
I mean, think of
all the pills we take.
00:41:16.77\00:41:18.11
They said that
Elvis when he died,
00:41:18.14\00:41:19.47
he was taking 27 pills a day.
00:41:19.51\00:41:22.04
And how I thought myself,
how do they know where to go?
00:41:22.08\00:41:25.55
I mean, that's just my mind.
00:41:25.58\00:41:27.92
You don't have
to worry about that.
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.28
But sometimes I think
when they swallow the pill,
00:41:29.32\00:41:31.42
doesn't say, "Okay, I need
to make a right right here.
00:41:31.45\00:41:33.89
I'm looking for the shoulder.
00:41:33.92\00:41:35.32
Need to make a left.
00:41:35.36\00:41:36.69
Do you think about that?
00:41:36.73\00:41:38.06
How do they know where
to go, let alone 27 pills,
00:41:38.09\00:41:42.66
in different colors, I mean...
00:41:42.70\00:41:46.07
And the doctors today,
00:41:46.10\00:41:48.64
instead of
leading you to be healthy,
00:41:48.67\00:41:51.57
instead of saying,
00:41:51.61\00:41:52.94
"What you have is
because of the way you eat
00:41:52.97\00:41:54.48
and your lifestyle."
00:41:54.51\00:41:55.84
They say, "Here's a pill.
00:41:55.88\00:41:57.21
Take two and call
me in the morning."
00:41:57.25\00:41:58.81
And that's what's
happening nowadays.
00:41:58.85\00:42:00.22
Really, think about it.
00:42:00.25\00:42:01.85
And anytime somebody
comes up with a natural remedy,
00:42:01.88\00:42:05.02
the FDA says, "Be
careful, because it's natural,
00:42:05.05\00:42:08.52
it may hurt you."
00:42:08.56\00:42:10.79
And then they resolve
and just take in medication.
00:42:10.83\00:42:13.40
Now I want to be balanced here.
00:42:13.43\00:42:15.20
We need
medication for some things.
00:42:15.23\00:42:16.70
Amen to that?
00:42:16.73\00:42:18.17
But I tell you in the new earth,
00:42:18.20\00:42:19.53
we won't need medication at all.
00:42:19.57\00:42:21.64
Because the reason for sickness
is sin and sin will be removed,
00:42:21.67\00:42:26.11
there will be no more
sickness, praise God for that.
00:42:26.14\00:42:29.81
But let's look at the next text.
00:42:29.84\00:42:31.75
Look at the next text.
00:42:31.78\00:42:33.25
All right.
00:42:33.28\00:42:34.62
Isaiah 35:6.
00:42:34.65\00:42:36.69
Isaiah 35:6, also
about the inhabitance,
00:42:36.72\00:42:40.12
and, you know, my
mother in law is 87 now.
00:42:40.16\00:42:43.69
She's not as
fast as she used to be
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.43
when she was young.
00:42:45.46\00:42:46.80
She'd get up in the
morning and cook all day
00:42:46.83\00:42:48.50
and go to work at
night and come back
00:42:48.53\00:42:50.73
and keep the house
together, eight children.
00:42:50.77\00:42:54.14
But today she
walks a little slower
00:42:54.17\00:42:56.00
and some of you with
the aid of a walking stick
00:42:56.04\00:42:58.67
or a cane or some
people need a wheelchair,
00:42:58.71\00:43:01.31
some people need a stroller,
00:43:01.34\00:43:02.81
I mean, all types of
apparatus to keep us mobile.
00:43:02.84\00:43:07.02
That's what our
world is like nowadays.
00:43:07.05\00:43:09.32
But notice what the
Bible says about the new earth.
00:43:09.35\00:43:12.92
Here's what it
says, Isaiah 35:6,
00:43:12.95\00:43:16.26
"Then the lame
shall leap like a," what?
00:43:16.29\00:43:19.53
"A deer, and the tongue
of the dumb shall," do what?
00:43:19.56\00:43:23.53
"Sing.
00:43:23.57\00:43:24.90
For waters shall burst
forth in the wilderness,
00:43:24.93\00:43:29.40
and streams in the desert."
00:43:29.44\00:43:32.77
So now, will there be any people
00:43:32.81\00:43:35.58
walking really
slow in the new earth?
00:43:35.61\00:43:38.01
Only if they want to.
00:43:38.05\00:43:40.02
Only if they...
00:43:40.05\00:43:41.38
They could stroll
00:43:41.42\00:43:42.75
because they're not in
a hurry to go anywhere.
00:43:42.78\00:43:44.72
But I tell you, the
people that are bound
00:43:44.75\00:43:47.96
by some inability to move today,
00:43:47.99\00:43:50.99
there's good
news in the new earth,
00:43:51.03\00:43:53.06
you'll be as mobile as a deer.
00:43:53.09\00:43:55.26
And if you in the city,
come to Southern Illinois,
00:43:55.30\00:43:57.47
you'll understand what
we mean by mobile as a deer.
00:43:57.50\00:43:59.53
They're everywhere,
you gotta be careful,
00:43:59.57\00:44:01.47
the deers are darting out,
and they're all over the place,
00:44:01.50\00:44:04.97
which means simply,
they will be quite agile.
00:44:05.01\00:44:08.04
And those who cannot sing,
those who for whatever reason,
00:44:08.08\00:44:12.05
either born that way,
00:44:12.08\00:44:13.78
or by some
incapacitated experience
00:44:13.82\00:44:16.69
are not able to sing.
00:44:16.72\00:44:18.05
There will be no one
00:44:18.09\00:44:19.42
in the new
earth that can't sing.
00:44:19.45\00:44:20.79
Amen to that?
00:44:20.82\00:44:22.16
Some people I have met,
00:44:22.19\00:44:23.63
like my good
friend Doug Batchelor,
00:44:23.66\00:44:25.16
Pastor Batchelor,
00:44:25.19\00:44:26.53
you know, he plays
guitar, he writes songs.
00:44:26.56\00:44:31.00
He wouldn't...
00:44:31.03\00:44:32.47
Maybe he'll get
exciting to do this.
00:44:32.50\00:44:34.74
But he would not necessarily
00:44:34.77\00:44:36.10
put out a CD of
him singing songs.
00:44:36.14\00:44:40.48
But in heaven, I
remember him telling me one day,
00:44:40.51\00:44:42.14
he said, John,
when I get to heaven,
00:44:42.18\00:44:43.85
you'll know where to find me.
00:44:43.88\00:44:45.21
I'll be the only one in
heaven singing every day.
00:44:45.25\00:44:49.15
He's a great preacher.
00:44:49.18\00:44:50.85
But I think I'll leave it there.
00:44:50.89\00:44:52.75
And we're good friends,
00:44:52.79\00:44:54.12
but he'll be
singing in the kingdom
00:44:54.16\00:44:55.52
and I'll be
preaching in the kingdom.
00:44:55.56\00:44:56.89
Amen?
00:44:56.93\00:44:58.26
How wonderful it is.
00:44:58.29\00:44:59.63
We're going to change places.
00:44:59.66\00:45:01.00
But God is going to
alter the conditions
00:45:01.03\00:45:02.86
of this new earth.
00:45:02.90\00:45:04.23
And all the things that
are debilitating down here
00:45:04.27\00:45:06.53
will not be a part of
our heavenly experience.
00:45:06.57\00:45:08.77
Let's go to the next one.
00:45:08.80\00:45:10.14
Number 31. Number 31.
00:45:10.17\00:45:13.21
Wow. Hmm.
00:45:13.24\00:45:16.78
How do we know that everyone
00:45:16.81\00:45:20.05
in the new earth
will own a new home?
00:45:20.08\00:45:23.15
How do we know that everyone
00:45:23.18\00:45:25.95
in the new earth
will own a new home?
00:45:25.99\00:45:29.82
Go with me to Isaiah Chapter 65.
00:45:29.86\00:45:33.40
And we're going to look together
00:45:33.43\00:45:34.76
at verse 21 and verse 22.
00:45:34.80\00:45:36.46
How do we know that everyone
00:45:36.50\00:45:37.83
in the new earth is
going to own a new home?
00:45:37.87\00:45:40.94
Look at this beautiful text.
00:45:40.97\00:45:43.41
All right, here it is.
00:45:43.44\00:45:45.11
The Bible says,
"They shall build," what?
00:45:45.14\00:45:48.44
"Houses and," what else?
00:45:48.48\00:45:51.61
"Inhabit them,
00:45:51.65\00:45:52.98
they shall plant
vineyards and," what else?
00:45:53.01\00:45:56.18
"Eat their fruit.
00:45:56.22\00:45:57.55
They shall not build
and another in habit,
00:45:57.59\00:46:00.69
they shall not
plant and another eat,
00:46:00.72\00:46:03.99
for as the days of a tree,
00:46:04.03\00:46:06.53
so shall the days of My people,
00:46:06.56\00:46:10.03
and My elect shall
long enjoy the," what?
00:46:10.07\00:46:14.30
"Work of their hands."
00:46:14.34\00:46:16.34
Now, this is an amazing text.
00:46:16.37\00:46:17.97
We lived in Northern California
00:46:18.01\00:46:19.34
where there were
some beautiful vineyards.
00:46:19.37\00:46:21.48
And in Central
California there are places
00:46:21.51\00:46:25.05
where you get orange,
and cabbage, and lettuce,
00:46:25.08\00:46:28.62
and all kinds of agriculture.
00:46:28.65\00:46:30.85
But the people that work there
00:46:30.89\00:46:34.29
can't freely eat
all that stuff up,
00:46:34.32\00:46:38.16
right?
00:46:38.19\00:46:39.53
They are there to work,
00:46:39.56\00:46:41.16
they are there to
make it available to us.
00:46:41.20\00:46:43.06
But they're not going
to go out in the vineyard.
00:46:43.10\00:46:44.67
Imagine, if you imagine,
00:46:44.70\00:46:46.03
you know, 300 migrant
workers out in the field
00:46:46.07\00:46:47.94
and they're eating
up all the profits,
00:46:47.97\00:46:49.57
the owner will get upset,
00:46:49.60\00:46:50.94
but in new earth we will
plant and eat our own crops.
00:46:50.97\00:46:54.98
Amen to that?
00:46:55.01\00:46:56.81
God is going to give
us the freedom to do that.
00:46:56.85\00:46:59.01
We will plant
and I tell you what?
00:46:59.05\00:47:01.18
I have seen some big tomatoes,
00:47:01.22\00:47:02.95
but hold on, I
think in the new earth,
00:47:02.98\00:47:05.05
the tomatoes are going to be
00:47:05.09\00:47:06.42
bigger than the ones
down here, what do you say?
00:47:06.45\00:47:07.86
Every year they had
this watermelon contest.
00:47:07.89\00:47:09.66
Some of you may have seen that.
00:47:09.69\00:47:11.16
The biggest watermelon.
00:47:11.19\00:47:12.59
And you know what?
00:47:12.63\00:47:13.96
Some of these
farmers go to extreme lengths
00:47:14.00\00:47:16.40
and chemicals
and inject these 200,
00:47:16.43\00:47:19.23
300 pound watermelons.
00:47:19.27\00:47:20.80
Now, I'm not looking forward
to a 300 pound watermelon.
00:47:20.84\00:47:23.44
I don't think anybody
is, but I can tell you
00:47:23.47\00:47:25.67
it's going to be
sweeter than any watermelon
00:47:25.71\00:47:27.28
we have down here right now.
00:47:27.31\00:47:29.11
And I must say this, it
fits, it just came into my head.
00:47:29.14\00:47:33.28
It'll all be non GMO, right?
00:47:33.31\00:47:37.25
No genetically
modified organism,
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.15
this is going to be
fresh from the hand of God.
00:47:39.19\00:47:42.22
We'll have beautiful houses.
00:47:42.26\00:47:43.59
I don't need a mansion,
00:47:43.63\00:47:44.96
you know, I'm not
going to build a big house,
00:47:44.99\00:47:46.39
you know, I'm not going
to build a big house anywhere
00:47:46.43\00:47:48.00
because I'm not
going to be home.
00:47:48.03\00:47:49.63
I got places to go.
00:47:49.66\00:47:51.00
Come on
everybody, can you say amen?
00:47:51.03\00:47:52.37
I got worlds to visit.
00:47:52.40\00:47:54.07
I'm not gonna
build a big old house.
00:47:54.10\00:47:56.34
I don't need a big house.
00:47:56.37\00:47:58.04
Matter of fact, if I have a
backpack throughout eternity,
00:47:58.07\00:48:00.48
that'll be just fine
00:48:00.51\00:48:01.84
because I'm not going to waste
all my time on this planet.
00:48:01.88\00:48:04.11
I'm going to be wing
myself to worlds afar.
00:48:04.15\00:48:07.15
Think about it.
00:48:07.18\00:48:08.52
All those galaxies that
00:48:08.55\00:48:11.12
astronomers are
saying are there,
00:48:11.15\00:48:13.72
we'll have access to that
00:48:13.76\00:48:15.99
throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:48:16.02\00:48:18.49
And when we come back home,
00:48:18.53\00:48:20.00
everything in our
house will be intact.
00:48:20.03\00:48:22.63
Ain't that right?
00:48:22.66\00:48:24.00
No need for locks,
no need for security,
00:48:24.03\00:48:26.47
when nobody will
have to come and sleep
00:48:26.50\00:48:28.27
over to keep all
your stuff in place.
00:48:28.30\00:48:30.54
It's going to be beautiful.
00:48:30.57\00:48:32.24
Let's go to the next one.
00:48:32.27\00:48:33.61
So how do we know that
everyone in the new earth
00:48:33.64\00:48:35.64
will own their homes?
00:48:35.68\00:48:37.35
They'll build and
they will inhabit.
00:48:37.38\00:48:39.88
There are a lot
of builders nowadays,
00:48:39.91\00:48:42.38
not a lot, but I'm sure
00:48:42.42\00:48:43.75
that some people that work
at certain construction sites,
00:48:43.79\00:48:46.39
they work on building a house,
but they can't afford a house.
00:48:46.42\00:48:50.03
But that's not going to
be the case in the new earth.
00:48:50.06\00:48:53.60
Number 32, number 32.
00:48:53.63\00:48:56.26
All right, here it is.
00:48:56.30\00:48:57.63
What preparation
must we make to enjoy
00:49:00.34\00:49:03.20
these eternal pleasures?
00:49:03.24\00:49:05.57
What preparation
must we make to enjoy
00:49:05.61\00:49:08.81
these eternal pleasures?
00:49:08.84\00:49:11.25
Beautiful text?
00:49:11.28\00:49:12.61
John 1:12, John 1:12.
00:49:12.65\00:49:17.19
This is beautiful.
00:49:17.22\00:49:19.32
I want us to read this together,
00:49:19.35\00:49:20.72
it's going to be on the screen.
00:49:20.76\00:49:22.46
Are you ready? Here we go.
00:49:22.49\00:49:23.96
"But as many as received Him,
00:49:23.99\00:49:27.16
to them He gave the right
to become children of God,
00:49:27.20\00:49:32.10
to those who
believe in His name."
00:49:32.13\00:49:35.00
You know why that text
is so vitally important?
00:49:35.04\00:49:37.34
If we are His children,
00:49:37.37\00:49:38.71
He's our Father and
then He's going to say,
00:49:38.74\00:49:42.04
"Come you blessed
of My Father, inherit."
00:49:42.08\00:49:45.55
What word?
00:49:45.58\00:49:46.92
Inherit.
00:49:46.95\00:49:48.28
We are inheritors
of the kingdom of God.
00:49:48.32\00:49:51.42
We are
inheritors of the new earth.
00:49:51.45\00:49:54.29
He's getting all that
ready for His children,
00:49:54.32\00:49:56.52
beautiful text.
00:49:56.56\00:49:57.89
He's getting all
that ready for us.
00:49:57.93\00:49:59.39
So we're children.
00:49:59.43\00:50:00.76
And I like the text,
00:50:00.80\00:50:02.13
you know, the King
James Version says,
00:50:02.16\00:50:04.13
"As many as received
Him, to them He gave power."
00:50:04.17\00:50:08.10
But I like the word right.
00:50:08.14\00:50:09.57
Because down here
00:50:09.60\00:50:10.94
we don't have the
right to a lot of things,
00:50:10.97\00:50:12.74
but in heaven
we'll have the right,
00:50:12.77\00:50:14.74
in the new earth
we'll have the right.
00:50:14.78\00:50:16.64
And the Lord says,
"Don't prevent him.
00:50:16.68\00:50:18.58
He's my child,
he has the right."
00:50:18.61\00:50:20.42
There'll be no prevention,
00:50:20.45\00:50:21.78
there'll be no
thought of prevention,
00:50:21.82\00:50:23.15
because we as children
of God will have the right.
00:50:23.18\00:50:28.26
Wow, that's a thought.
00:50:28.29\00:50:30.53
Just hold on to that one.
00:50:30.56\00:50:31.89
That's a thought.
00:50:31.93\00:50:33.26
Let's go to the last one.
00:50:33.29\00:50:35.20
Let's go to the
last one, number 33.
00:50:35.23\00:50:37.47
And we'll be able to
transition into the new lesson.
00:50:37.50\00:50:41.64
Here's the last
question for this lesson.
00:50:41.67\00:50:43.94
How do we know
that the invitation
00:50:43.97\00:50:46.07
for eternity is
available to all?
00:50:46.11\00:50:49.44
How do we know
that the invitation
00:50:49.48\00:50:50.81
for eternity is
available to all?
00:50:50.85\00:50:55.52
Let's go to Revelation 3:21,
00:50:55.55\00:50:59.52
Revelation 3:21.
00:50:59.55\00:51:03.86
Wow!
00:51:03.89\00:51:05.23
I remember growing up,
00:51:05.26\00:51:07.53
before I discovered
that Santa Claus wasn't real.
00:51:07.56\00:51:11.93
I always admired, I remember
going to downtown Brooklyn,
00:51:11.97\00:51:15.14
there was a store
called A&S, downtown Brooklyn.
00:51:15.17\00:51:19.47
And Abraham and Strauss,
00:51:19.51\00:51:21.04
they abbreviated to A&S
00:51:21.08\00:51:22.64
and never forgot that
whenever December came around,
00:51:22.68\00:51:25.81
you know, getting
close to Christmas,
00:51:25.85\00:51:27.62
maybe a long line of children,
00:51:27.65\00:51:30.69
they all wanted to
sit in Santa's lap.
00:51:30.72\00:51:34.16
They want to sit with Santa.
00:51:34.19\00:51:36.16
While you think about that,
00:51:36.19\00:51:37.96
this text is going
to come alive to you.
00:51:37.99\00:51:40.76
Here it is.
00:51:40.80\00:51:42.13
Revelation 3:21.
00:51:42.16\00:51:45.00
The Bible says,
00:51:45.03\00:51:46.43
"To him who overcomes I
will grant to," do what?
00:51:46.47\00:51:51.21
"Sit with Me on My throne,
00:51:51.24\00:51:54.78
as I also overcame
00:51:54.81\00:51:56.81
and sat down with
My Father," where?
00:51:56.85\00:51:59.35
"On His throne."
00:51:59.38\00:52:01.48
Not sitting in Santa's seat,
00:52:01.52\00:52:03.39
we're sitting on
the throne of the Lord.
00:52:03.42\00:52:05.42
Amen to that?
00:52:05.45\00:52:06.79
Now, you know, what that means,
00:52:06.82\00:52:08.16
that doesn't mean he's
going to get out of the seat
00:52:08.19\00:52:09.52
and say it's yours.
00:52:09.56\00:52:10.89
That means we are going to
be a part of the royal family.
00:52:10.93\00:52:13.36
We are going to be
in royalty for eternity.
00:52:13.40\00:52:15.76
God's not
relinquishing His position.
00:52:15.80\00:52:18.00
We're not becoming
Him, and He becoming us.
00:52:18.03\00:52:20.74
But I tell you, when
we see the throne of God,
00:52:20.77\00:52:23.34
and I think of this sometimes,
00:52:23.37\00:52:26.14
because we've never
seen God face to face,
00:52:26.17\00:52:28.48
but when you read
Revelation Chapter 21,
00:52:28.51\00:52:30.95
He says, "And they
shall see His face."
00:52:30.98\00:52:34.55
They will see His face.
00:52:34.58\00:52:35.92
No more Moses'
experiences, no more.
00:52:35.95\00:52:40.02
Turn your back and
you get a glimpse of me
00:52:40.06\00:52:42.36
when you pass by,
we will see God's face,
00:52:42.39\00:52:45.69
ain't that a privilege?
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.13
Because the one
who created all things,
00:52:47.16\00:52:49.16
the one who is the
creator of heaven and earth,
00:52:49.20\00:52:51.07
we'll see His face
00:52:51.10\00:52:53.03
and then we will know as
my favorite text has become.
00:52:53.07\00:52:56.17
Look at this with me.
00:52:56.20\00:52:57.54
Come on, here we go.
00:52:57.57\00:52:59.37
What are we going to
see when we see His face?
00:52:59.41\00:53:01.18
My favorite
verse in the Bible now,
00:53:01.21\00:53:03.81
just over the last few
months has become my favorite.
00:53:03.85\00:53:06.28
1 John 3, you all
know where I'm headed.
00:53:06.31\00:53:09.55
1 John 3.
00:53:09.58\00:53:11.49
This is a beautiful text,
00:53:11.52\00:53:12.85
summarizing all of the amenities
00:53:12.89\00:53:15.82
of the redeemed.
00:53:15.86\00:53:17.19
1 John 3.
00:53:17.23\00:53:20.36
Here it is.
00:53:20.40\00:53:21.73
Look at this.
00:53:21.76\00:53:23.10
1 John 3, "Behold,
00:53:23.13\00:53:25.20
what manner of love the
Father has bestowed upon us,
00:53:25.23\00:53:29.44
that we should
be called together,
00:53:29.47\00:53:31.57
children of God.
00:53:31.61\00:53:34.31
Therefore, the
world does not know us
00:53:34.34\00:53:35.88
because it did not know Him."
00:53:35.91\00:53:37.51
And here is the text.
00:53:37.55\00:53:39.25
"Beloved," what's the next word?
00:53:39.28\00:53:41.28
"Now, we are children of God,
00:53:41.32\00:53:43.69
and it has not yet been
revealed what we shall be.
00:53:43.72\00:53:46.79
But we know," I like this,
00:53:46.82\00:53:48.92
"but we know that
when He is revealed,
00:53:48.96\00:53:53.60
we shall be like Him.
00:53:53.63\00:53:55.56
For we shall," what?
00:53:55.60\00:53:57.63
"See Him as He is."
00:53:57.67\00:54:00.47
Praise the Lord for that.
00:54:00.50\00:54:02.17
Not only are we
going to see His face,
00:54:02.20\00:54:04.54
but we will be like Him.
00:54:04.57\00:54:05.91
We'll say, "Wait a
minute, wait a minute,
00:54:05.94\00:54:08.34
I look like You."
00:54:08.38\00:54:10.01
He'll say "You look like Me."
00:54:10.05\00:54:12.28
And then we'll understand
00:54:12.31\00:54:13.65
what Genesis meant when it says,
00:54:13.68\00:54:15.48
"In the image of God He
created male and female.
00:54:15.52\00:54:20.09
In the image of
God He created them."
00:54:20.12\00:54:23.63
When we were created,
00:54:23.66\00:54:24.99
sin marred that image
that God created a sin,
00:54:25.03\00:54:28.86
but in the new
earth, in the new kingdom,
00:54:28.90\00:54:31.40
we're going to see the Lord
and it always amazes my mind
00:54:31.43\00:54:34.04
that one day, I'm
gonna think about it,
00:54:34.07\00:54:35.77
we're all different,
00:54:35.80\00:54:37.14
but we gonna all look
like our Heavenly Father,
00:54:37.17\00:54:38.81
ain't that wonderful?
00:54:38.84\00:54:40.18
We're going to all
finally be restored to the image
00:54:40.21\00:54:42.61
that has been taken
away by the entrance of sin.
00:54:42.64\00:54:46.35
That's why this next passage is,
00:54:46.38\00:54:47.75
that's why this next
lesson is so vitally important.
00:54:47.78\00:54:49.98
I'm just going to give a
brief introduction to it.
00:54:50.02\00:54:52.29
Let's go to lesson number 27.
00:54:52.32\00:54:55.06
Lesson number 27.
00:54:55.09\00:54:56.42
Just a brief introduction to it.
00:54:56.46\00:54:58.13
The Truth about
God's True Church.
00:54:58.16\00:55:01.23
The Truth about
God's True Church,
00:55:01.26\00:55:03.60
we may just get one done.
00:55:03.63\00:55:05.27
But I want to go ahead
00:55:05.30\00:55:06.63
and just tap on it very quickly,
00:55:06.67\00:55:08.50
because God has a church,
00:55:08.54\00:55:10.31
and God has a message
for His church to proclaim.
00:55:10.34\00:55:13.74
I'm just going to go ahead
and give you the introduction.
00:55:13.78\00:55:15.71
And I may not start it tonight,
but let me lay some foundation,
00:55:15.74\00:55:18.71
because this is a
vitally important topic.
00:55:18.75\00:55:20.92
You know, we're
living in a day and age
00:55:20.95\00:55:22.32
where there are many churches.
00:55:22.35\00:55:24.92
Somebody just recently said,
00:55:24.95\00:55:26.86
and I heard this
statistic that said,
00:55:26.89\00:55:28.69
there are probably 30 to
33,000 different churches,
00:55:28.72\00:55:33.26
things, organizations claiming
to be official churches,
00:55:33.29\00:55:37.23
including the Church of Satan.
00:55:37.27\00:55:40.84
So the word church
does not necessarily mean
00:55:40.87\00:55:44.27
that God is behind it.
00:55:44.31\00:55:46.51
That's very important.
00:55:46.54\00:55:47.88
When you say church,
what church do you go to?
00:55:47.91\00:55:49.91
Like Mark Finley saw a
man praying on the airplane,
00:55:49.94\00:55:52.91
thought he was a preacher,
00:55:52.95\00:55:54.28
came to find out
he was not a preacher,
00:55:54.32\00:55:55.65
but he was a Satanist
praying against preachers.
00:55:55.68\00:55:59.19
So not everything that's
titled church is from God.
00:55:59.22\00:56:03.32
Then you go on the Bible,
and you see the Old Testament,
00:56:03.36\00:56:06.70
people of God, the
children of Israel.
00:56:06.73\00:56:10.17
There were not nine nations
that were the children of God,
00:56:10.20\00:56:13.27
there was just one,
He chose one nation.
00:56:13.30\00:56:15.50
So they were the Jews
and they were the Gentiles.
00:56:15.54\00:56:19.37
They were those
that were called of God.
00:56:19.41\00:56:21.58
And they were
those that God's people
00:56:21.61\00:56:23.08
were called to minister to.
00:56:23.11\00:56:25.25
Matter of fact,
Isaiah Chapter, not Isaiah,
00:56:25.28\00:56:27.05
but Acts Chapter 13
makes it clear that God said,
00:56:27.08\00:56:30.29
"The children of Israel
00:56:30.32\00:56:31.65
were to be a
light to the Gentiles,
00:56:31.69\00:56:34.79
to the uttermost
parts of the earth."
00:56:34.82\00:56:37.09
So God had a church established
in the New Testament,
00:56:37.13\00:56:40.60
God had a people
in the Old Testament,
00:56:40.63\00:56:43.26
and the purpose of
them were to be a light,
00:56:43.30\00:56:46.00
say that word together, light.
00:56:46.03\00:56:48.50
Let your light so shine
00:56:48.54\00:56:50.21
was not a New
Testament injunction,
00:56:50.24\00:56:52.71
but was an Old
Testament injunction.
00:56:52.74\00:56:54.81
God had called the
children of Israel to be a light
00:56:54.84\00:56:59.31
and He even says
in Isaiah Chapter 60,
00:56:59.35\00:57:01.62
"Arise and shine,
for your light has come
00:57:01.65\00:57:05.59
and the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you."
00:57:05.62\00:57:08.72
At a time when gross
darkness covers the earth,
00:57:08.76\00:57:10.99
when darkness covers the earth,
in gross darkness, the people,
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God has a people.
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And no matter
what the conditions
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around them, God's
light will never go out.
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Amen to that?
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So when we studied the
topic about the Church of God,
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what's going to be
most instrumental about it
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is not the doctrine so much,
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we'll get to those
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and we've been
covering some of those already.
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But what we're going
to establish very clearly,
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is what does the Bible
define as God's true church?
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Now many people
watching the program will say,
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"You're going to
talk about your church."
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Well, you know, I'm
going to say unashamedly,
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"Yes, I am."
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But I'll also say this,
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and this is a challenge
that I put out to the world.
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If you can find a place on earth
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where the truth of
God is clearer than here,
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I'll join it."
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But until then,
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let's keep
studying the Word of God
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and, friends,
whatever doesn't make sense,
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one day it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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