Well hello everybody.
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Welcome again to
Anchor Bible school.
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We're glad you're here.
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Have you been
having a good time?
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Praise the Lord.
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It's wonderful to
study the Word, isn't it.
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In fact, it's better
than eating physical food.
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Because it's food
that does not perish.
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Now we are going to
study today the importance of
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literary structure in
the study of the millennium.
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This is just an example of
the importance of seeing the
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sequence of events in
the book of Revelation.
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And I would say Daniel
also needs to be examined
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very carefully in the
light of its structure.
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So let's go to our
material that was given out.
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And the first thing that we want
to do is ask several questions
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about the millennial passage
in Revelation chapter 20.
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We have studied that
it is important when we're
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studying a passage of Scripture,
particularly prophecy,
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to ask the passage questions.
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So let's ask a few questions
about the millennial passage.
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First of all, why does the
lake of fire appear three times
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in Revelation 20
verse 1 through 21 verse 8?
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Are there three lakes of fire?
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Or is it perhaps true
that Revelation 20 verse 1
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through 21 verse 8 runs
in cycles, repetitive cycles?
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We're going to
take a look at that.
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The next question, why does
the city appear to be on earth
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in one passage when
the wicked surround it,
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and in another passage the
wicked seem to be destroyed
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before the city descends?
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Another question, in
Revelation 20 verse 12
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we are told that the
dead stand before God.
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The question is,
how can dead people
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stand in the presence of God?
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And the final
question we want to ask,
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and as we go along we're
going to ask more questions,
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by the way, why do
we get the impression
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from Revelation 20
verse 5 that the wicked will
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resurrect in the
first resurrection?
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You know, when you read that
verse, it gives the impression
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that the wicked
are going to resurrect
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in the first resurrection.
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But there's another previous
verse that says that the
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righteous will resurrect
in the first resurrection.
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So how do we resolve
that particular problem?
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Well first of all, let's
make some introductory remarks.
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And we will do it by asking
another series of questions.
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Will the
millennium be spent in heaven
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or will it be spent on earth?
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What will be the condition of
the earth during the millennium?
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What will God's people be doing
during the millennial period?
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Why is there a white throne
judgment after the millennium?
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What does Revelation
mean when it speaks about
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the second death?
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What is meant by the
binding and unbinding of Satan?
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And finally, is it
even important to know
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what will happen
during this time?
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Those are the main questions
that we are going to try
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and answer as we
study about the millennium.
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Now in the handout that you've
received, there's some blanks
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that you have to fill in.
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And so this is done kind of like
in question and answer form.
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So you're going to help
me this morning in our study.
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Now Revelation
19 verses 11 to 21
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describes the
second coming of Jesus.
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You've read that passage, right?
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Jesus is sitting
on a white horse,
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the armies of heaven
are coming with Jesus.
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He comes to trample
the winepress, you know,
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and to destroy
the dragon, the beast,
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and also the kings of the earth.
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So it's
describing the second coming.
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Now, by this time the
plagues will have decimated
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the population of the planet.
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In other words, the
plagues will destroy most of the
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inhabitants of the earth.
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So the question is, what
happens at the very culmination
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of the second coming of Jesus?
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And we have the answer
in Revelation 19 verse 21.
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It says, "And the rest..."
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That is, those who
survive the plagues.
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The rest were what?
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"...were killed with the
sword which proceeded from
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the mouth of Him
who sat on the throne."
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So the question is,
how many of the wicked
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will be destroyed by
the plagues and by the
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second coming of Christ?
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Every single one.
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When Jesus comes on the
clouds, the rest will be slain.
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Many will be slain by
the seven last plagues.
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Now, let's read the note.
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The millennium is described
in Revelation 20 verse 1
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through
Revelation 21 and verse 8.
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That's the millennial passage.
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And actually, we're
going to notice that chapter 21
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and verses 2 through 8
really should be included
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with the millennial passage
even though it's in chapter 21
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and not in chapter 20.
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Now the events in these
chapters are not in strict
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chronological order,
but they run in cycles.
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In other words, we know this
because the identical climax
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is reached four times.
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Though the events
are repeated four times,
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each repetition has a different
center of focus or emphasis.
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Are you
understanding this point?
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In other words, Revelation
20 verse 1 through 21 verse 8
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repeats the same
material four times.
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You can't read it
in linear fashion.
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You can't say, "Okay, I
want to know what happens
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before, during, and
after the millennium.
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So I'm going to start
in Revelation 20 verse 1,
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and it's going to give me the
strict chronological sequence
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through chapter 21 and verse 8."
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It won't work because
it goes back and forth.
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You have four repetitive cycles.
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Kind of like Daniel 2,
Daniel 7, Daniel 8 and 9,
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and Daniel 10 through 12.
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In other words, you repeat
the same material four times,
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but each time it has
a different emphasis.
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Now the question is, what
are the four repetitive cycles?
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You have them summarized
at the bottom of page 1.
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Revelation 20 verses 1
through 3 describes the events
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before, during, and
after the millennium.
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And the center of focus is Satan
and the condition of the earth.
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That is the central
focus of those verses,
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chapter 20 and verses 1 to 3.
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The emphasis, once
again, is Satan and what
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the condition of
the earth will be.
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The second cycle in
Revelation chapter 20
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is found in verses 4 through 10.
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And the central focus in
Revelation 20 verse 4 through 10
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is upon the
saints, upon God's people.
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What happens with
God's people before, during,
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and after the millennium.
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So you have the first cycle.
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The emphasis is upon Satan
and the condition of the earth.
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The second cycle is upon
what happens with God's people
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before, during, and
after the millennium.
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The third cycle is found
in Revelation 20 verse 11
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through chapter 21 and verse 1.
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And the center of focus
there is upon the wicked.
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In other words, the
central focus is what happens
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with the wicked before, during,
and after the millennium.
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And then finally, the fourth
cycle in the millennium passage
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is found in Revelation
21 and verses 2 through 8
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where the central focus
is what life will be like
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in the holy city and what will
happen to the wicked finally.
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So there are
four centers of focus
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in this millennial passage.
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And unless you
understand the structure,
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you're going to misplace events.
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And so the first cycle, the
emphasis is Satan and the earth.
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The second center is the saints.
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The third center of
focus is the wicked.
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And the last center of
focus is upon the holy city.
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So let's go to our first
cycle on page 2 and notice
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how Revelation 20:1-3 emphasizes
the condition of the earth,
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and what will happen
with Satan specifically.
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We have several blank spaces,
so you're going to help me
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answer this.
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The angel who comes
down from heaven has the key
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to the bottomless pit.
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Now this is not the best
translation, "bottomless pit."
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It actually
translates one Greek word,
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it's the Greek word, "abussos."
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And the word that we get
in English from, "abussos,"
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is, the abyss.
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It's translated in Genesis,
the equivalent Hebrew word
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in Genesis is
translated, the deep.
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So in other words, it says
here that an angel comes down
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from heaven and he has
the key to the bottomless bit.
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Now what is meant by this
expression, "bottomless pit,"
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or by the abyss, or by the deep?
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Well, we have to
go back to Genesis.
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In Genesis 1 and verse 2,
we are told that the earth
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was in what condition
before God began creation week?
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"The earth was
without form, and void;
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and darkness was on
the face of the deep."
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So the earth was
without form and void,
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and there was darkness
over the face of the deep.
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Now let's read the
note, because the note
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is very significant.
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The word, "deep," in
the Greek Old Testament...
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Which is called the Septuagint.
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You've heard of
the Septuagint, right?
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It's a Greek translation
of the Hebrew Old Testament.
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The word, "deep," in
the Greek Old Testament
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is the same as the one that is
found in Revelation 20 verse 1.
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Is that significant?
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So in other words,
in Genesis 1 verse 2,
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it's the word, "abussos."
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So what does the
word, "abussos," describe?
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It describes the earth being
empty and in disorder, right?
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As it says,
"without form and void."
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Now what does,
"without form and void," mean?
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I like the Spanish
translation better.
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It says, "Desordenada y vacía."
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Disorderly and empty.
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Void means empty.
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And so the earth was
empty and it was in disorder.
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So what condition will the
earth be in when this angel
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descends from heaven?
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It will be just like it was
in Genesis before creation week.
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Now let's
continue reading this note.
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This word describes a planet
in a chaotic pre-creative state.
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It is noteworthy that
the plagues of Revelation 16
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actually reverse
creation and return the earth,
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in some degree, to
pre-creation chaos.
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The very things which
God made during creation
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are afflicted by the plagues.
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The earth is broken up,
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the sun, moon, and stars
are moved out of their places,
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all the vegetation is destroyed
by the intense heat of the sun,
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the seas are filled
with blood, all the fish die,
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and the planet
returns to darkness
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and all human beings die.
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Does that sound like
a reversal of creation?
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Absolutely.
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The plagues reverse creation.
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So my question is, how can
futurists say that this earth
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is going to be a place where
God's people are going to live
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with Jesus sitting in
Jerusalem for a thousand years.
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Be real.
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There's no way
they could survive.
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Because the plagues return the
earth to the condition it was in
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before creation;
without form and void,
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disorderly and empty.
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That will be the
condition of the earth.
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And so when the angel descends
there to the bottomless pit,
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or to the abyss, or to the
deep, he's returning to an earth
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that is without
form and void, like it
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was before creation week.
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So now we know what
the condition of the earth
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is going to be like just
by reading the word, "abyss,"
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and comparing
with Genesis 1 verse 2.
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Now let's go to
our next section.
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The prophet Jeremiah was
permitted to see the earth
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during the millennium.
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He heard the sound of the what?
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Of the trumpet.
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Is there something
in the New Testament
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about a trumpet
announcing an important event?
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When Jesus returns, He returns
with the sound of the what?
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Of the trumpet.
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And notice, the alarm of what?
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War.
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Is there any passage in
Revelation that speaks about
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the coming of Jesus being a war?
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In righteousness He makes war,
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it says in
Revelation chapter 19.
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So what event is
being described here?
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The second coming of Christ.
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And then we continue.
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He then beheld the earth.
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After the trumpet and
the war, he beheld the earth.
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And indeed, it was what?
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Without form and void.
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Is the earth going to
return to the same condition
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it was in before
creation when the trumpet sounds
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and when this
final war takes place?
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Absolutely.
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And notice; and the
heavens, and they had no what?
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Light. Was there any light at
the beginning before creation?
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No.
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He also saw that
the mountains what?
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Quaked.
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Jeremiah beheld, and
indeed, there were lots of men.
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There was no man. Why?
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Because they're all destroyed
by the brightness of His coming.
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And it says, and all the
birds of the heavens had fled.
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There's no birds.
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The fruitful land
had become a what?
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A wilderness.
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And all of the
cities were broken down
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at the presence of the
Lord by His fierce anger.
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Are you catching a picture
of what this world is going to
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be like as a result of the
plagues and the coming of Jesus?
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It is going to return
to the condition it was in
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before creation week?
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Whether the earth was
here for millions of years
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without any life on
it, or whether Jesus
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made the earth and then
immediately began creation week,
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you know, that's not the point
that we want to cover right now.
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And as far as I'm
concerned, it's irrelevant.
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Because the important
thing is, how long ago
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did creation week take place?
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That's the key.
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How long ago did
creation week take place?
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And we know that it was
about six thousand years ago
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that the week of
creation took place.
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So the earth will return
to the condition it was in
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before creation week.
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Now let's read the note.
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In spite of the incredible
desolation caused by the
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wrath of God, we are
told that at this time
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God would not make a full end.
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Why does it say that God
would not make a full end?
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Is this the end when the
world returns to the condition
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it was in before creation?
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Is this the end of all things?
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Is this the last word?
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No, there are events
that are going to take place
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after the thousand years, right?
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So very interesting
that Jeremiah would say
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there in chapter 4 and verse
27 that even though the earth
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is without form and
void, this is not the full end.
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Now let's go to
our next section.
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In Jeremiah 25:30-38, we
have a powerful description
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of the coming of Jesus.
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We are told that the
Lord will roar from on high
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and utter His voice
from His holy habitation.
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And by the way, He
does utter His voice
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in Revelation 16 verse 17 at the
moment of the seventh plague.
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And in other places
in Revelation as well.
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So we are told that
He will roar from on high
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and utter His voice
from His holy habitation.
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He will give a what?
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A shout.
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Can you think of another passage
that speaks about a shout?
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"For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven
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with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel..."
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And the what?
"...and the trumpet of God."
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See, Jeremiah and
Isaiah saw this day.
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Now let's continue here.
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He will give a shout as
those who tread the what?
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The grapes.
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Do we find anywhere in the
New Testament that speaks about
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Jesus coming to
tread the grapes?
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Revelation 19.
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When He comes on the white horse
and the armies of heaven come.
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It says He comes to
tread the winepress.
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And the winepress is
where the grapes are.
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So this is the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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Now what's going
to happen on that day?
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Notice, on that day, the what?
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The slain of the Lord will
be from one end of the earth
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even to the other.
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They shall be buried...
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Very good, very
good. You're still with me.
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They shall not be
buried or gathered or lamented.
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Why will they not be lamented?
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Because there is
no one to lament them.
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Hello.
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Because they're all dead.
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All of the wicked are
destroyed when Jesus comes,
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in other words.
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Now Isaiah also saw this.
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Notice what we find in Isaiah 24
and some verses of 1 through 6.
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It says, Isaiah adds
that when Jesus comes,
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He will make the earth what?
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Empty, and make it waste.
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Does that sound like
without form and void?
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Absolutely.
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The land will be utterly
emptied and utterly plundered.
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The inhabitants of the earth
are burned and few men are left.
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Now didn't we just read
that all men are destroyed?
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So how can it say
a few men are left?
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Well the fact is, the left ones
are the righteous that survive.
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It's the only way that you
can really interpret this verse,
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because we know
there will be no one alive
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after the second coming
of Christ on planet earth.
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So this must be the remnant.
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And the word,
"left," I repeat once again,
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is a remnant word.
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So when it says
that one will be taken
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and the other one will be
left, if we allow the Bible to
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interpret itself, the
one who is left is the
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one who is left alive.
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It's the remnant that
remains when Jesus comes.
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Now let's continue.
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The powerful angel
from heaven binds Satan
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and casts him into the abyss.
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What is the abyss again?
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The earth without
form and void, folks.
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He casts him into
the abyss for 1000 years.
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The result of His binding is
that he can deceive the nations
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no more until the
thousand years are what?
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Until the
thousand years are ended.
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So at the beginning
of the thousand years,
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what happens with Satan?
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He is bound.
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At the end of the thousand
years, what happens with Satan?
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He is able to deceive again.
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He is unbound.
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Now let's read the note.
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Satan is bound to an
earth which has returned
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to pre-creation chaos.
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How could human
beings live on planet earth
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when the seas and the
fresh waters are all blood,
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the air has the
stench of the dead,
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the planet is in total darkness,
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and there is no
plant or animal life.
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The binding of Satan means that
he cannot deceive the nations,
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because there are no
nations left to deceive.
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That is the binding of Satan.
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He cannot deceive the nations.
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If there are no nations, how is
he going to deceive the nations?
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In other words, his
binding has to do with the fact
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that the wicked are dead.
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So what would his unbinding be?
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That the wicked live again.
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And we're going to see
that Revelation 20 says that.
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Now, but after the
millennium, Satan will be loosed
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for a little while.
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The punishment of Satan reminds
us of the fate of the scapegoat
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on the Day of Atonement.
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He was bound by the high priest
and then taken to the wilderness
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where there were no inhabitants.
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Are you catching the
connection between Revelation 20
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and Leviticus 16?
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Very clear.
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You see, the devil's
punishment has two stages.
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The first stage
of the punishment...
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We studied Isaiah 24, remember?
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The first stage is that
they are bound, imprisoned.
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The second stage is
after the thousand years
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when they are destroyed.
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So what is the
emphasis of verses 1 through 3?
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What is the central focus?
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The earth and Satan.
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Right?
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Now, we are left
with some questions after
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this first outline, this
first cycle, in verses 1 to 3.
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These are the questions that
I found and I wanted to answer
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after reading this first cycle.
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What happened with the
righteous during this period?
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Do we have anything in
this outline about what happened
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to the righteous?
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No.
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Were they on earth or in heaven?
00:22:21.33\00:22:23.60
Anything that
tells us where they were?
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No.
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What did the righteous do
during the thousand years?
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Anything on that?
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No.
00:22:32.61\00:22:33.64
What do, "bind,"
and, "unbind," mean?
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Not directly it doesn't say.
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We need more information.
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What happened to the wicked
persons who were destroyed
00:22:42.32\00:22:45.32
at the second coming?
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What did Satan
deceive the nations to do
00:22:48.75\00:22:51.37
after the thousand years?
00:22:51.40\00:22:53.04
It says he went out
to deceive the nations,
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but deceive them to do what?
00:22:54.98\00:22:56.50
It doesn't say.
00:22:57.28\00:22:58.31
What happened to Satan after he
was released for a little while?
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He was released and
he was released forever?
00:23:02.21\00:23:05.03
How long was he released?
00:23:06.02\00:23:07.53
We don't have that information.
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So are we left with questions
after the first outline?
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All we know is a lot about
what is going to happen with the
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devil at the beginning, during,
and after the millennium.
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And we know what the condition
of the earth is when Jesus
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comes, and
during the millennium.
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But we're left with
a series of questions.
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And so now we
have a second cycle.
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Revelation chapter 20
and verses 4 through 10.
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The same millennial events
are going to be repeated again.
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We're going to
start at the beginning
00:23:38.31\00:23:39.62
of the millennium again.
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We're going to talk
about the millennium again.
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And we're going to
talk about events at the
00:23:43.95\00:23:45.60
end of the millennium again.
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But the center of focus
now is not primarily on Satan
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and the condition of the earth.
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The focus now is upon
what happens with the saints
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at the beginning, during, and
at the end of the millennium.
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Are you following me?
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Now, let's pursue this.
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When Revelation 20:1-3 ends, we
are left with several questions.
00:24:03.09\00:24:09.15
What happened to the righteous
as the millennium began?
00:24:09.18\00:24:11.82
What do the words,
"bind," and, "unbind," mean?
00:24:12.37\00:24:14.27
What happened to the wicked
persons who were destroyed
00:24:14.30\00:24:16.43
at the second coming?
00:24:16.46\00:24:17.52
Do they remain
destroyed forever?
00:24:17.55\00:24:19.34
What did Satan
deceive the nations to do
00:24:19.64\00:24:21.63
after the thousand years?
00:24:21.66\00:24:22.98
What happened to Satan after he
was released for a little while?
00:24:23.01\00:24:26.10
These questions will be
answered in this second cycle.
00:24:26.84\00:24:31.12
Now let's answer the questions.
00:24:32.09\00:24:35.06
At the beginning
of the thousand years,
00:24:35.38\00:24:37.65
the righteous dead are what?
00:24:38.05\00:24:40.18
Raised to life.
00:24:40.77\00:24:42.36
We know this because
Revelation 20 verse 4
00:24:43.02\00:24:45.86
says that they what?
00:24:45.89\00:24:47.56
That they lived.
00:24:47.86\00:24:49.25
And were they dead?
00:24:49.59\00:24:50.98
Of course.
00:24:51.46\00:24:52.49
Because John says, "I saw
those that had been beheaded
00:24:52.85\00:24:56.84
because they didn't worship
the beast and his image."
00:24:57.42\00:24:59.64
I would assume that if
they were beheaded, they died.
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And so it says that those
who had been beheaded lived.
00:25:05.28\00:25:08.35
So it must be that they what?
00:25:09.14\00:25:11.21
That they resurrect.
00:25:11.48\00:25:13.11
And so Revelation 20
verse 4 says that they lived.
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And what did they do?
00:25:17.48\00:25:18.77
They reigned with
Christ for a thousand years.
00:25:19.70\00:25:22.81
On earth, right?
00:25:23.03\00:25:24.47
Be real.
00:25:26.92\00:25:28.12
How could they enjoy living
on earth for a thousand years
00:25:28.82\00:25:33.19
the way the earth is?
00:25:33.78\00:25:35.17
This resurrection
is called the what?
00:25:36.63\00:25:39.89
The first resurrection.
00:25:40.23\00:25:42.23
And the righteous
and holy are resurrected
00:25:42.26\00:25:45.37
in the first resurrection.
00:25:45.40\00:25:46.85
It says in verse 6 that
righteous and holy people
00:25:47.07\00:25:50.10
will resurrect in
the first resurrection.
00:25:50.13\00:25:52.40
Now, the apostle Paul explained
that the dead in Christ
00:25:53.30\00:25:58.11
would rise what?
00:25:58.37\00:25:59.85
Interesting, the dead
in Christ would rise first.
00:26:00.06\00:26:03.78
That's the first
resurrection, right?
00:26:05.10\00:26:06.90
Then those who are
alive and remain will be what?
00:26:07.48\00:26:11.04
Caught up.
00:26:11.22\00:26:12.86
Does that give us an
inkling of where the righteous
00:26:15.44\00:26:18.46
are going to be?
00:26:18.49\00:26:19.60
See, Jesus doesn't come down.
00:26:20.88\00:26:23.18
The righteous go up.
00:26:23.77\00:26:25.27
And you have other text in
Scripture that indicate this.
00:26:26.44\00:26:29.49
For example, Matthew chapter 24.
00:26:29.52\00:26:31.33
It says, "He shall send
His angels, and they shall
00:26:31.36\00:26:33.81
gather His elect
from the four winds."
00:26:33.84\00:26:36.23
See, Jesus doesn't come
to be here with the elect.
00:26:36.96\00:26:39.35
The elect are gathered by
the angels to be taken to Jesus
00:26:39.38\00:26:42.17
in the clouds.
00:26:42.20\00:26:43.30
And what are the clouds? Angels.
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So Matthew 24:30-31
is connected with this.
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The apostle Paul says in
2 Thessalonians chapter 2,
00:26:51.25\00:26:54.07
he speaks about
our gathering to Jesus.
00:26:54.10\00:26:57.07
Jesus said, "I'm going to
take you to my Father's house."
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Clearly Scripture
teaches that Jesus is not
00:27:01.52\00:27:05.15
coming to set up
His kingdom here.
00:27:05.18\00:27:07.69
God's people are caught
up to meet Jesus in the air.
00:27:07.72\00:27:11.17
So let's finish this here.
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The apostle Paul explained
that the dead in Christ
00:27:13.55\00:27:16.40
would rise first.
00:27:16.43\00:27:17.52
Then those who are alive
and remain shall be caught up
00:27:17.71\00:27:20.33
together with
them in the clouds.
00:27:20.36\00:27:22.93
What are the clouds?
00:27:22.96\00:27:24.25
The clouds are the angels.
00:27:24.61\00:27:26.29
To meet the Lord where?
00:27:26.32\00:27:27.99
In the air.
00:27:28.15\00:27:29.32
Jesus does not come all
the way down to the earth.
00:27:29.35\00:27:31.82
Jesus promised to take His
people to His Father's house.
00:27:33.11\00:27:38.89
The Father's house is where?
00:27:39.73\00:27:41.72
In heaven.
00:27:41.87\00:27:42.92
Because Jesus taught us to pray,
00:27:42.95\00:27:44.66
"Our Father,
which art in heaven."
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.42
And by the way, God the
Father is not going to come
00:27:48.49\00:27:52.08
at the second coming.
00:27:52.11\00:27:53.48
You know, there's this
another one of those myths
00:27:54.50\00:27:58.07
that we develop, you
know, that because it says that
00:27:58.32\00:28:00.80
Jesus is going to come
in the glory of His Father.
00:28:00.83\00:28:03.38
But Jesus was on earth
and His Father was in heaven,
00:28:04.25\00:28:06.52
and Jesus still had
the glory of the Father.
00:28:06.55\00:28:09.05
So the expression, "in
the glory of His Father,"
00:28:10.08\00:28:12.06
doesn't mean that
the Father is coming.
00:28:12.09\00:28:13.93
It means that He has
the glory of His Father.
00:28:13.96\00:28:16.23
The glory of the
Father is in the face of Jesus
00:28:16.48\00:28:19.04
all the time.
00:28:19.50\00:28:20.65
Are you following me or not?
00:28:21.40\00:28:22.70
It says in Acts chapter 3
that He shall send forth Jesus.
00:28:23.36\00:28:27.22
He's going to send Jesus
to get the people of God.
00:28:28.24\00:28:31.36
And then the people will
ascend to heaven with Jesus,
00:28:31.62\00:28:34.22
and the Father and the
cherubim and the seraphim
00:28:34.25\00:28:37.01
and the
representatives of the worlds
00:28:37.19\00:28:39.03
will all be waiting to
receive us, just like they were
00:28:39.06\00:28:41.78
waiting to receive
Jesus at His ascension.
00:28:41.81\00:28:44.24
So Jesus promised to take His
people to His Father's house.
00:28:46.16\00:28:49.38
The Father's house is in
heaven, because Jesus taught us
00:28:49.97\00:28:52.19
to pray, "Our
Father, which art in heaven."
00:28:52.22\00:28:53.97
A strict reading of
Revelation 20 verse 4 through 10
00:28:54.90\00:28:58.50
does not reveal that
the saints will be in heaven
00:28:59.08\00:29:01.76
during the thousand years.
00:29:01.79\00:29:04.96
However, we will see
that Revelation 21 verse 2
00:29:05.28\00:29:09.81
points out this
fact very clearly.
00:29:09.84\00:29:12.22
Because Revelation 21 verse
2 says that the New Jerusalem
00:29:13.21\00:29:16.32
descends from heaven and
it is the camp of the saints.
00:29:16.35\00:29:19.87
So if it descends from heaven
and it's the camp of the saints,
00:29:20.95\00:29:23.68
the saints must be in it.
00:29:23.71\00:29:25.33
Are you following me or not?
00:29:26.06\00:29:27.44
Now, the saints were given what?
00:29:28.21\00:29:32.10
Thrones.
00:29:32.50\00:29:33.94
And the reigned with
Christ for a thousand years.
00:29:34.70\00:29:39.41
Before this, they
were the scum of the earth.
00:29:39.44\00:29:42.16
The kings of the earth ruled
over them and mistreated them
00:29:43.92\00:29:46.89
and trampled upon them.
00:29:46.92\00:29:48.14
But now they will be royalty.
00:29:48.17\00:29:50.72
They will reign with Jesus,
they will sit on His throne.
00:29:51.41\00:29:53.86
Remember Jesus
promised that whoever overcomes
00:29:53.89\00:29:56.73
will sit with Him on His throne?
00:29:56.76\00:29:58.71
And so this is the fulfillment.
00:29:59.99\00:30:01.84
The saints will sit,
they will reign will Christ
00:30:01.94\00:30:04.56
for a thousand years.
00:30:04.59\00:30:06.13
Something else was
done with the saints.
00:30:06.30\00:30:08.57
Something else they're going
to do during the thousand years.
00:30:08.60\00:30:10.61
What is it?
00:30:10.64\00:30:11.67
Judgment was committed to them.
00:30:11.86\00:30:15.28
In other words, the
saints are going to have
00:30:16.39\00:30:18.95
a working vacation.
00:30:18.98\00:30:20.71
The thousand years will
be a celebration in heaven.
00:30:22.43\00:30:24.92
But it will be a
working vacation because God
00:30:24.95\00:30:27.02
has a task for them to perform.
00:30:27.05\00:30:29.01
The task to perform
is a work of judgment.
00:30:29.04\00:30:33.14
Now let's read the note.
00:30:33.17\00:30:34.43
The question is, who are
the righteous going to judge?
00:30:35.46\00:30:38.75
It is obvious that they
will not judge the righteous,
00:30:39.74\00:30:42.94
because they
will all be in heaven.
00:30:43.47\00:30:45.25
And it cannot be the
holy angels because they don't
00:30:46.44\00:30:48.87
need to be judged.
00:30:48.90\00:30:50.43
This must mean that they
will judge Satan and his angels,
00:30:51.16\00:30:55.37
and the wicked which were
left behind dead on earth.
00:30:55.40\00:30:59.31
That's the only group
that they could judge.
00:30:59.96\00:31:01.67
Let me ask you, have all
of the righteous been judged
00:31:02.75\00:31:04.93
before the second coming?
00:31:04.96\00:31:06.48
Yeah, in the
pre-advent judgment.
00:31:06.84\00:31:08.33
All the
righteous have been judged.
00:31:08.36\00:31:09.95
You don't have to
judge the loyal angels.
00:31:11.00\00:31:12.77
They don't need any judgment.
00:31:12.80\00:31:13.83
They're loyal to God.
00:31:13.86\00:31:15.14
And the righteous,
they're all in heaven.
00:31:16.18\00:31:18.53
They're performing
the work of judgment.
00:31:19.12\00:31:20.80
They're not judging themselves.
00:31:20.83\00:31:22.35
So the only groups that are left
are the devil and his angels,
00:31:23.31\00:31:26.14
and the wicked.
00:31:26.17\00:31:27.20
Now the apostle
Paul had this straight.
00:31:28.34\00:31:31.41
The apostle Paul
told the Corinthians...
00:31:32.50\00:31:34.74
Now listen carefully.
00:31:35.11\00:31:36.14
You know, you read Revelation 20
and it says that those who were
00:31:36.78\00:31:42.11
beheaded because they
worshiped not the beast,
00:31:42.14\00:31:43.79
his image, nor
received the mark, and so on,
00:31:43.82\00:31:46.06
they are going to
be the ones that judge.
00:31:46.32\00:31:48.61
But they are not exclusively
the only ones that will perform
00:31:49.27\00:31:52.26
this work of judgment.
00:31:52.29\00:31:53.48
It's just that Revelation
is emphasizing that those
00:31:54.40\00:31:57.65
who lived in the end time
and they were killed for their
00:31:57.75\00:32:00.77
faithfulness to God,
they're going to judge.
00:32:00.80\00:32:02.97
In other words, they're going
to judge those who judged them.
00:32:03.00\00:32:05.74
But the judgment is
going to be performed
00:32:06.83\00:32:08.55
by all of God's people.
00:32:08.58\00:32:10.18
Not only by those who refuse to
worship the beast and his image
00:32:10.21\00:32:13.79
and receive the mark.
00:32:13.82\00:32:15.11
You say, "How do we know that?"
00:32:15.60\00:32:16.85
Well, let's notice what Paul
said in 1 Corinthians 6:1-3.
00:32:16.88\00:32:20.99
"Do you not know that the
saints will judge the world?"
00:32:22.18\00:32:27.28
Who will judge the world?
00:32:30.04\00:32:31.36
The saints will judge the world.
00:32:32.13\00:32:33.92
What does the
word, "world," mean?
00:32:33.95\00:32:35.53
"Love not the world, nor the
things that are in the world."
00:32:37.51\00:32:41.32
"He that is a friend of
the world is an enemy of God."
00:32:42.15\00:32:45.86
So the word, "world,"
is not referring to the
00:32:45.89\00:32:48.02
geographical territory.
00:32:48.05\00:32:49.45
It is referring to the
wicked inhabitants of the world
00:32:49.55\00:32:52.96
whose focus is this world.
00:32:52.99\00:32:54.90
"Do you not know that the
saints will judge the world?"
00:32:57.57\00:32:59.99
And then he says,
"Do you not know..."
00:33:01.11\00:33:03.41
Now listen carefully.
00:33:03.44\00:33:04.47
"Do you not know that
we shall judge angels?"
00:33:04.50\00:33:07.93
Are the Corinthians
going to judge angels?
00:33:09.85\00:33:12.23
So are only those who
were beheaded by the end time
00:33:13.96\00:33:18.31
enemies of God's
people being the only ones
00:33:18.34\00:33:20.52
that are going to judge?
00:33:20.55\00:33:21.70
No, because the apostle
Paul says we're going to.
00:33:21.94\00:33:24.09
So this judgment
will be performed
00:33:24.98\00:33:26.76
by all of God's saints.
00:33:26.79\00:33:28.29
Not only by those who
were beheaded because they were
00:33:28.39\00:33:31.03
faithful to the
Lord in the end time.
00:33:31.06\00:33:33.19
Now the question
is, who are the angels
00:33:33.22\00:33:35.75
that are going to be judged?
00:33:35.78\00:33:37.08
Just, just, just...
00:33:38.81\00:33:40.51
I mean, all you have
to do is use common sense.
00:33:40.85\00:33:44.23
They can't be loyal angels.
00:33:45.76\00:33:47.71
They can't be faithful angels.
00:33:48.13\00:33:49.86
Because the faithful
angels need no judgment.
00:33:50.59\00:33:53.08
So they must be what?
00:33:53.65\00:33:55.36
They must be
Satan and his angels.
00:33:55.79\00:33:57.96
There's no other explanation.
00:33:58.13\00:33:59.64
So the saints are going to
judge the world, the wicked,
00:34:00.00\00:34:04.56
and they are going to
judge angels, the wicked angels.
00:34:04.59\00:34:09.99
Now, let's notice
what it continues saying.
00:34:10.53\00:34:15.50
The righteous will not be
subject to the second death.
00:34:15.53\00:34:20.63
So the righteous
don't suffer second death.
00:34:22.36\00:34:24.71
Let's read the next line.
00:34:25.67\00:34:27.38
The rest of the dead
will not come to life again
00:34:27.72\00:34:30.75
until the
thousand years are ended.
00:34:30.78\00:34:32.66
Now the question is, who
are the rest of the dead?
00:34:33.61\00:34:36.20
Who resurrects at the
beginning of the millennium,
00:34:38.26\00:34:40.28
according to
what we just noticed?
00:34:40.31\00:34:41.90
The righteous.
00:34:42.43\00:34:43.56
Righteous and holy
is he who resurrects
00:34:43.80\00:34:46.07
at the beginning
of the millennium;
00:34:46.10\00:34:47.54
reigns and judges.
00:34:47.57\00:34:49.04
So just use the grey
matter that God gave you,
00:34:49.80\00:34:54.55
and say, "Who then would
be those who will resurrect
00:34:55.25\00:35:00.98
after the thousand years, when
the thousand years are ended?"
00:35:01.81\00:35:04.73
The wicked.
00:35:05.92\00:35:06.95
Of course.
00:35:07.09\00:35:08.12
It's not conjecture, it's
simple reading of the text.
00:35:08.84\00:35:13.46
It is the wicked.
00:35:13.49\00:35:14.61
Now, let's notice the note.
00:35:15.21\00:35:16.67
This is very important.
00:35:16.70\00:35:17.92
All beings in this
world experience a first birth
00:35:18.42\00:35:21.85
and a first life, correct?
00:35:21.88\00:35:23.79
When the millennium
begins, those who died in Christ
00:35:25.92\00:35:28.77
will resurrect to
their second life,
00:35:28.80\00:35:30.62
or to the second stage of life.
00:35:30.72\00:35:32.26
Right?
00:35:32.29\00:35:33.46
And they will not die anymore.
00:35:34.13\00:35:35.70
Correct?
00:35:37.05\00:35:38.14
The wicked, on the other
hand, will resurrect to their
00:35:38.94\00:35:41.99
second life after the
thousand years, will be judged,
00:35:42.02\00:35:46.39
and then they will suffer what?
00:35:46.42\00:35:48.79
They will suffer second death.
00:35:49.09\00:35:50.76
So you'll notice that
the righteous, you know,
00:35:51.64\00:35:54.27
were born from
their mothers, they lived.
00:35:54.30\00:35:57.01
If they died before Jesus came,
they died their first death.
00:35:57.68\00:36:01.17
Then they
resurrected and they live again,
00:36:01.27\00:36:03.73
and they don't die anymore.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.03
The wicked, on the
other hand, they were born
00:36:05.91\00:36:08.09
from their mothers.
00:36:08.12\00:36:09.16
They lived their life.
00:36:09.44\00:36:10.74
They died.
00:36:10.77\00:36:12.03
They resurrect.
00:36:12.06\00:36:13.48
And then they're going
to die the second death.
00:36:13.81\00:36:15.86
So who is it that
suffers the second death?
00:36:15.89\00:36:17.69
The wicked.
00:36:17.72\00:36:18.75
The righteous suffer
only the first death.
00:36:19.60\00:36:21.73
And they go through
the first resurrection.
00:36:22.30\00:36:24.12
Now, let's notice the next page.
00:36:24.75\00:36:27.22
There is a punctuation problem
in Revelation 20 verse 5.
00:36:28.02\00:36:32.03
The original New
Testament manuscripts did not
00:36:32.72\00:36:35.36
have punctuation marks.
00:36:35.39\00:36:36.96
So the translators placed them
where they felt they belonged.
00:36:37.17\00:36:40.77
The New King James translators
should have placed parentheses
00:36:41.76\00:36:44.89
around the following phrase:
00:36:44.92\00:36:46.64
"But the rest of the
dead did not live again
00:36:47.15\00:36:49.53
until the thousand
years were finished."
00:36:49.56\00:36:51.64
There should be
parentheses there.
00:36:52.95\00:36:54.76
You say, "Well, aren't
you adding to Scripture?"
00:36:55.58\00:36:57.58
No.
00:36:57.78\00:36:58.99
Because punctuation
marks were not in Scripture.
00:36:59.59\00:37:02.12
Now, in effect, the
New International Version
00:37:02.15\00:37:06.75
does this very thing.
00:37:06.95\00:37:08.60
The NIV does put
the parentheses there.
00:37:09.10\00:37:11.53
The parenthetical statement
breaks the flow of thought
00:37:12.36\00:37:16.41
in order to explain what
will happen with the wicked
00:37:16.44\00:37:19.72
which were left behind at the
beginning of the thousand years.
00:37:19.75\00:37:22.69
Now let's go
there to Revelation 20
00:37:22.72\00:37:24.36
because I want you to see this.
00:37:24.39\00:37:26.34
Revelation chapter 20.
00:37:26.37\00:37:28.25
This is a very important point.
00:37:29.70\00:37:31.48
You know, the
much maligned NIV...
00:37:33.25\00:37:35.59
...has the
parentheses; and they belong.
00:37:37.71\00:37:39.40
That's why I say, you
need to be eclectic in your way
00:37:39.43\00:37:42.06
of using Bible versions.
00:37:42.09\00:37:43.77
You can't say exclusively,
"The King James, and no more,"
00:37:44.63\00:37:48.07
and that it's a
blasphemy to read the NIV.
00:37:48.10\00:37:50.63
There are things in
the NIV that are better
00:37:51.63\00:37:53.68
than the King James translation.
00:37:53.71\00:37:55.34
I'm not saying the manuscripts
that were used were better.
00:37:55.82\00:37:58.30
I'm saying that the
translation sometimes is better.
00:37:59.09\00:38:01.39
Are you
understanding the distinction?
00:38:01.42\00:38:03.14
We have to be practical.
00:38:03.66\00:38:04.98
Now, notice
Revelation chapter 20
00:38:05.52\00:38:07.96
and let's go to verse 6.
00:38:08.32\00:38:11.11
Actually, verse 4.
00:38:11.14\00:38:12.27
"And I saw thrones,
and they sat on them,
00:38:12.72\00:38:14.55
and judgment was
committed to them.
00:38:14.58\00:38:16.21
Then I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
00:38:16.41\00:38:18.82
for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God,
00:38:18.85\00:38:21.08
who had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
00:38:21.28\00:38:23.53
and had not received
his mark on their foreheads
00:38:23.56\00:38:25.57
or on their hands.
00:38:25.67\00:38:26.70
And they lived and reigned with
Christ for a thousand years.
00:38:26.73\00:38:30.06
But the rest of the
dead did not live again
00:38:31.29\00:38:33.23
until the thousand
years were finished.
00:38:33.26\00:38:34.79
This is the first resurrection."
00:38:35.03\00:38:36.87
Wow, there you
have... See the problem?
00:38:36.90\00:38:38.93
So those who resurrect
after the thousand years,
00:38:40.18\00:38:42.22
that's the first
resurrection, right?
00:38:42.25\00:38:44.38
No, because we already noticed
that those who resurrected
00:38:44.92\00:38:47.80
in the first
resurrection are the righteous.
00:38:47.83\00:38:49.50
So what do you do?
00:38:49.53\00:38:50.56
If you put parentheses
around the portion of verse 5
00:38:50.72\00:38:55.30
that says, "But the rest
of the dead did not live again
00:38:55.33\00:38:59.07
until the thousand years were
finished," if you put paren...
00:38:59.10\00:39:01.55
What is a parenthesis?
00:39:01.58\00:39:02.61
What is the
purpose of parentheses?
00:39:02.64\00:39:04.35
It is to break the flow of
thought to add an explanation.
00:39:05.06\00:39:07.93
And so if you put parentheses
there, and you read verse 4,
00:39:08.91\00:39:14.17
and you connect it with verse
6 and leave 5 in parentheses,
00:39:14.63\00:39:19.00
this is the way it would read:
00:39:19.10\00:39:20.46
Verse 4 again, "And I saw
thrones, and they sat on them,
00:39:21.09\00:39:24.77
and judgment was
committed to them.
00:39:24.80\00:39:26.28
Then I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
00:39:26.31\00:39:28.44
for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God,
00:39:28.47\00:39:30.76
who had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
00:39:30.79\00:39:32.58
and had not received
his mark on their foreheads
00:39:32.61\00:39:34.78
or on their hands.
00:39:34.81\00:39:35.85
And they lived and reigned with
Christ for a thousand years.
00:39:35.88\00:39:38.69
Blessed and holy...
00:39:38.72\00:39:40.57
This is the first resurrection."
00:39:40.75\00:39:42.48
Are you with me?
00:39:42.51\00:39:43.54
So you skip what
is in parentheses.
00:39:44.26\00:39:46.05
It's an explanatory note
about the rest of the dead.
00:39:46.08\00:39:49.01
Okay, I see you
nodding. So that's good.
00:39:50.16\00:39:53.11
Now at the end of
the thousand years,
00:39:54.79\00:39:56.88
going back to our material,
00:39:56.91\00:39:58.19
at the end of the thousand
years, Satan will be what?
00:39:58.22\00:40:00.95
Released from his prison.
00:40:01.65\00:40:03.32
And he will go out to
deceive the nations once again.
00:40:03.35\00:40:06.28
What does it mean
that he's unbound?
00:40:08.55\00:40:10.48
The rest of the dead live again.
00:40:12.53\00:40:14.22
Notice, if all the wicked are
dead during the thousand years,
00:40:14.96\00:40:19.04
then Satan will
have no one to deceive.
00:40:19.78\00:40:22.44
When the wicked resurrect at
the end of the thousand years,
00:40:23.32\00:40:26.31
Satan will have
his power base back
00:40:26.34\00:40:29.00
and will be able
to deceive once again.
00:40:29.03\00:40:31.12
Thus, the binding and unbinding
of Satan is explained by
00:40:31.74\00:40:35.42
the condition of the wicked.
00:40:35.45\00:40:36.79
When they are
dead, Satan is bound.
00:40:37.28\00:40:39.81
When they
resurrect, Satan is unbound.
00:40:39.84\00:40:42.78
Revelation 20 verse 5
contains the key that explains
00:40:43.26\00:40:47.06
the binding and
unbinding of Satan.
00:40:47.09\00:40:49.62
How much power does
Satan have if he doesn't
00:40:49.98\00:40:52.49
have any followers?
00:40:52.52\00:40:54.26
None, he is bound.
00:40:54.46\00:40:56.00
And when his wicked
followers resurrect,
00:40:57.77\00:41:00.45
he has his power base back.
00:41:00.55\00:41:02.59
And so he is unbound.
00:41:02.87\00:41:05.11
Notice that the host of
the wicked will be innumerable,
00:41:05.68\00:41:08.81
like the sand of the sea,
and they will come from the
00:41:09.48\00:41:12.40
four corners of the earth.
00:41:12.43\00:41:13.88
The cards seem to be
stacked in favor of the wicked,
00:41:14.23\00:41:17.59
and the righteous
appear to be in jeopardy.
00:41:17.62\00:41:20.67
Now before we go
to the next point,
00:41:21.17\00:41:23.83
I want to say that the
judgment that takes place
00:41:23.86\00:41:26.32
during the thousand years is
not going to change anything.
00:41:26.35\00:41:30.91
There's not going to be anybody
that when you open the books
00:41:31.99\00:41:35.07
you say, "Oh Lord, this
one should have been up here."
00:41:35.10\00:41:37.12
The judgment
during the thousand years
00:41:38.50\00:41:40.50
is God's great audit.
00:41:40.53\00:41:42.33
What does an auditor do?
00:41:43.56\00:41:44.96
He cooks the books, right?
00:41:45.85\00:41:47.50
No, an auditor checks the
books to see if the accounting
00:41:48.01\00:41:52.06
was done correctly.
00:41:52.43\00:41:53.79
And so during
the thousand years,
00:41:54.88\00:41:56.25
God is going to do an audit.
00:41:56.28\00:41:58.07
And by the way, when you
examine the audit, you will say,
00:41:58.66\00:42:00.83
"Wow, the books
were kept just right."
00:42:00.86\00:42:04.49
So the thousand year
judgment is God's audit.
00:42:05.72\00:42:08.26
I also like to compare
it with an instant replay.
00:42:09.36\00:42:12.15
You know, when a
baseball game is going on
00:42:13.22\00:42:16.40
and there's a
close play at first base,
00:42:16.43\00:42:18.46
and the umpire
calls the individual safe
00:42:19.14\00:42:21.22
and everybody is
booing, what do you want to see?
00:42:21.25\00:42:23.66
You want to see the replay to
see if the umpire got it right.
00:42:24.32\00:42:28.78
And so the purpose of
the millennial judgment
00:42:29.74\00:42:32.26
is, you see, God has
called the wicked out.
00:42:32.29\00:42:37.53
He says, "You're out of here."
00:42:38.69\00:42:40.47
And so the purpose of
the judgment is to examine
00:42:41.11\00:42:44.02
if the umpire got it right.
00:42:44.05\00:42:46.07
And we're going to
discover that He got it right
00:42:46.70\00:42:48.62
in every single case.
00:42:48.65\00:42:50.94
The purpose is not
to reverse any case.
00:42:51.09\00:42:53.95
The purpose is to show
that God did everything right.
00:42:53.98\00:42:58.60
Now let's continue here.
00:42:59.50\00:43:00.83
The wicked surround the what?
00:43:00.86\00:43:03.34
The camp of the
saints and the beloved city.
00:43:03.71\00:43:05.97
Let me ask you, who is
the center of focus here?
00:43:06.00\00:43:08.74
Is it the wicked or
is it the righteous?
00:43:10.44\00:43:12.76
It's still the righteous.
00:43:13.17\00:43:14.70
What is the purpose
of saying that the wicked
00:43:15.98\00:43:18.10
surrounded the city?
00:43:18.13\00:43:19.47
Well, they put the
righteous in jeopardy, right?
00:43:19.77\00:43:21.77
So the center of focus
is still the righteous.
00:43:22.21\00:43:24.84
Because they're in the
city and the wicked surround it,
00:43:25.20\00:43:27.87
and it looks like the righteous
are going to be destroyed.
00:43:27.90\00:43:30.92
The center of focus
is still the righteous.
00:43:30.95\00:43:32.98
Now, let's read the note.
00:43:33.49\00:43:35.14
They surround the
camp of the saints.
00:43:35.17\00:43:37.23
What happened to God's
people all over the earth
00:43:37.26\00:43:39.83
before the millennium
now happens to God's people
00:43:39.86\00:43:42.49
all gathered in one place.
00:43:42.52\00:43:44.18
See, before the
millennium, Jerusalem is what?
00:43:45.11\00:43:48.03
Worldwide. Jerusalem is global.
00:43:49.02\00:43:51.30
So when the wicked
gather around Jerusalem
00:43:51.92\00:43:53.98
before the second
coming, they're gathering around
00:43:54.01\00:43:57.75
Jerusalem worldwide.
00:43:57.78\00:43:59.31
Are you following me?
00:43:59.69\00:44:00.75
After the second
coming and the millennium,
00:44:01.36\00:44:04.51
things become literal.
00:44:04.54\00:44:06.13
God's people are literally
within the literal city,
00:44:06.81\00:44:09.79
and the wicked literally
gather around the city.
00:44:09.82\00:44:12.08
Do you see the principle?
00:44:12.11\00:44:13.37
And so, you know,
futurists have it wrong.
00:44:14.73\00:44:18.14
They say, "Oh, the wicked
are going to gather around
00:44:18.17\00:44:19.98
little Jerusalem in the Middle
East before the second coming."
00:44:20.01\00:44:22.26
No.
00:44:22.29\00:44:23.78
It violates the principle.
00:44:23.81\00:44:25.40
The principle is that
before the second coming
00:44:25.98\00:44:28.22
Jerusalem is global.
00:44:28.25\00:44:30.38
And therefore, the
enemies are global.
00:44:31.12\00:44:32.80
And the gathering of the
enemies is a global gathering
00:44:32.83\00:44:35.35
against global Jerusalem.
00:44:35.38\00:44:37.06
And then when Jesus comes, after
the millennium He comes down.
00:44:37.85\00:44:41.21
Then you will
deal with the literal.
00:44:41.31\00:44:42.80
It'll be a literal city with all
of God's literal saints inside.
00:44:42.83\00:44:45.81
The wicked will literally
gather around the city.
00:44:45.84\00:44:47.90
Are you
understanding the principle?
00:44:47.93\00:44:49.46
Now, forgive me
for getting so excited.
00:44:50.17\00:44:53.96
What happened to God's
people all over the earth
00:44:56.90\00:44:58.92
before the millennium
now happens to God's people
00:44:58.95\00:45:01.25
all gathered in one place.
00:45:01.28\00:45:02.79
Jerusalem, before the
millennium, is worldwide;
00:45:02.82\00:45:04.91
where two or three are
gathered in Christ's name.
00:45:04.94\00:45:07.14
But after the millennium,
all God's people are gathered
00:45:07.17\00:45:09.74
in a literal place in
the literal Jerusalem.
00:45:09.77\00:45:12.13
They are gathered there at
the second coming of Jesus.
00:45:12.16\00:45:14.69
Satan, his angels, and
the wicked will be unable to
00:45:16.28\00:45:19.76
conquer the city.
00:45:19.79\00:45:20.82
They will all be cast into
the lake of fire and brimstone
00:45:20.85\00:45:25.45
where the beast and the
false prophet had been cast
00:45:25.48\00:45:28.73
before the millennium.
00:45:29.00\00:45:31.09
So what happens
with God's people?
00:45:33.36\00:45:35.35
Are the wicked able
to destroy them? No.
00:45:35.75\00:45:38.72
So let me ask
you, what is the focus
00:45:38.86\00:45:40.39
of the second passage here?
00:45:40.42\00:45:42.25
Do you see that it
took you full circle again?
00:45:42.89\00:45:45.07
What happens with the
righteous at the beginning,
00:45:45.54\00:45:47.57
during, what they did
during the millennium,
00:45:47.87\00:45:50.36
and what happened at
the end of the millennium.
00:45:50.39\00:45:52.19
But now we don't
know much about the wicked
00:45:52.85\00:45:55.40
except that they surrounded
the city to destroy the saints.
00:45:55.43\00:45:57.58
So we need to know, did God
show the wicked their cases?
00:45:57.61\00:46:01.42
I mean, did God do a
judgment so that the wicked
00:46:01.45\00:46:04.22
could see the judgment
that the righteous performed
00:46:04.25\00:46:06.72
during the thousand years?
00:46:06.75\00:46:07.80
Are you understanding me?
00:46:07.83\00:46:09.00
So we go to the third cycle.
00:46:09.77\00:46:11.58
Revelation 20:11 to 21 verse 1.
00:46:11.61\00:46:14.50
Revelation 20:11 through
21:1 goes over the same ground
00:46:15.57\00:46:20.16
as the previous two outlines.
00:46:20.19\00:46:21.84
But the central concern is
with the judgment of the wicked
00:46:22.08\00:46:25.33
after the millennium.
00:46:25.36\00:46:26.75
After the thousand years,
the rest of the dead live again.
00:46:27.52\00:46:32.98
Now, this is important.
00:46:34.54\00:46:35.94
At the second coming
of Jesus, what appears?
00:46:37.00\00:46:41.48
A white throne.
00:46:41.86\00:46:43.33
See, Revelation 20 verse
11, folks, is not describing
00:46:43.96\00:46:48.62
something that
happens after the millennium.
00:46:48.82\00:46:51.08
Revelation 20 verse 11
is speaking about an event
00:46:51.49\00:46:54.23
that takes place
at the second coming.
00:46:54.26\00:46:56.22
Because it's taking
you back to the beginning
00:46:57.35\00:46:58.92
of the millennium again.
00:46:58.95\00:47:00.85
And you're going to
see that in a minute.
00:47:01.98\00:47:03.44
At the second coming of
Jesus, a white throne appears.
00:47:04.02\00:47:06.70
We are told in
Revelation 20 verse 11,
00:47:06.73\00:47:08.89
"Then I saw a great white
throne and Him who sat on it,
00:47:08.92\00:47:11.98
from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away.
00:47:12.19\00:47:15.88
And there was
found no place for them."
00:47:15.91\00:47:18.96
Now let's read the note.
00:47:21.73\00:47:23.71
The events of
Revelation 20 verse 11
00:47:24.36\00:47:26.54
take place at the
second coming at the beginning
00:47:26.57\00:47:29.26
of the millennium.
00:47:29.29\00:47:30.47
Notice this event as
described in Revelation 6:14-17.
00:47:31.14\00:47:34.75
You say, "Now wait a minute.
00:47:34.78\00:47:35.95
Does Jesus at His second
coming come seated on a throne?"
00:47:36.49\00:47:39.35
Yes He does.
00:47:39.38\00:47:40.52
He's depicted as coming
on a horse; He's a conqueror,
00:47:41.62\00:47:44.12
but He also comes on a
throne because He's a King.
00:47:44.22\00:47:46.89
Different emphases.
00:47:47.84\00:47:49.49
Notice this event as
described in Revelation 6:14-17.
00:47:51.53\00:47:55.13
It says, "Then the
sky receded as a scroll
00:47:55.16\00:47:58.06
when it is rolled up..."
00:47:58.75\00:47:59.78
Does the sky disappear then?
00:47:59.81\00:48:01.93
Yes.
00:48:01.96\00:48:03.01
"...and every
mountain and island was moved
00:48:03.04\00:48:05.37
out of its place.
00:48:05.40\00:48:06.79
And the kings of the earth, and
the great men, and the rich men,
00:48:07.65\00:48:10.05
the commanders, the mighty men,
every slave and every free man,
00:48:10.08\00:48:12.77
hid themselves in the caves and
in the rocks of the mountains,
00:48:12.97\00:48:15.57
and said to the
mountains and the rocks,
00:48:15.60\00:48:17.48
'Fall on us and hide
us from the face of Him
00:48:17.51\00:48:19.90
who sits on the throne and
from the wrath of the Lamb.
00:48:19.93\00:48:23.10
For the great day
of His wrath has come,
00:48:23.13\00:48:24.65
and who is able to stand?'"
00:48:24.68\00:48:26.02
Does Jesus sit on a
throne at His second coming?
00:48:26.05\00:48:28.49
He most certainly does.
00:48:29.27\00:48:30.38
So Revelation 20 verse
11 is really depicting Jesus
00:48:30.41\00:48:34.35
coming and
sitting on that throne.
00:48:34.38\00:48:36.17
Because if you
read Revelation 20:11,
00:48:37.45\00:48:39.18
it says the heaven recedes
and the earth disappears.
00:48:39.21\00:48:43.16
Very similar description.
00:48:43.48\00:48:44.91
Now notice, Revelation 20
verse 12 then describes...
00:48:46.05\00:48:50.50
This is important.
00:48:50.53\00:48:51.56
Now we're going to go
to an event that happens
00:48:51.59\00:48:53.06
during the millennium.
00:48:53.09\00:48:54.28
See, the white
throne is at the beginning.
00:48:54.38\00:48:57.34
The second coming.
00:48:57.65\00:48:59.39
Now we're going to
deal with what happens
00:48:59.66\00:49:01.33
during the millennium.
00:49:01.36\00:49:02.59
It says,
Revelation 20 verse 12 says
00:49:02.84\00:49:05.52
the dead were
standing before God.
00:49:05.55\00:49:08.00
Which dead?
00:49:08.77\00:49:09.80
The righteous dead?
00:49:11.40\00:49:12.43
No, the righteous dead
are already in heaven, folks.
00:49:12.46\00:49:14.39
So who is standing before God?
00:49:14.87\00:49:16.62
The wicked dead.
00:49:16.65\00:49:17.68
How can wicked dead
people stand before God
00:49:17.71\00:49:19.66
if they're dead?
00:49:19.69\00:49:20.88
Nope, not in
verse 12 they don't.
00:49:21.83\00:49:23.85
In verse 12
they're not resurrected.
00:49:25.26\00:49:27.70
Yes.
00:49:30.13\00:49:31.49
The dead stand before
God through the books.
00:49:32.05\00:49:34.89
Just like the righteous
stood before God in the books
00:49:35.73\00:49:38.83
during the
investigative judgment.
00:49:38.86\00:49:40.20
Are you with me?
00:49:40.23\00:49:41.31
I'm going to prove it to you.
00:49:42.00\00:49:43.41
So it says, Revelation
20 verse 12 then describes
00:49:44.16\00:49:47.74
the dead standing
before God, books are opened.
00:49:49.17\00:49:53.22
"And another book is opened,
which is the Book of Life."
00:49:53.25\00:49:56.29
And listen carefully.
00:49:56.32\00:49:57.56
And the dead were
judged according to the things
00:49:57.59\00:50:00.31
that were written in the
books, according to their works.
00:50:00.34\00:50:02.78
Who was judged?
00:50:03.72\00:50:04.80
Not those were are alive.
00:50:05.34\00:50:06.61
The dead.
00:50:06.64\00:50:08.01
So the white throne
is the second coming.
00:50:09.49\00:50:11.69
Then the dead are judged.
00:50:12.81\00:50:14.86
And then comes the resurrection
after the millennium.
00:50:15.52\00:50:17.97
Yea, absolutely.
It's another cycle.
00:50:20.94\00:50:24.74
Notice, let's
read the note here.
00:50:25.33\00:50:28.33
This verse is describing
events that take place
00:50:29.11\00:50:31.78
during the millennium.
00:50:31.81\00:50:32.84
It is obvious that
dead people cannot stand
00:50:32.87\00:50:34.99
before God personally.
00:50:35.02\00:50:36.32
The text explicitly states
that the wicked stood before God
00:50:36.35\00:50:39.83
through the
record of their lives.
00:50:39.86\00:50:41.96
Through their works, right?
00:50:42.07\00:50:43.55
In the fourth outline, we will
notice what those works were
00:50:43.85\00:50:46.87
that condemned the wicked.
00:50:46.90\00:50:48.22
See, there's no
list in this cycle.
00:50:48.74\00:50:50.65
But in the last cycle we're
going to see why they were lost.
00:50:50.68\00:50:54.48
In the fourth outline we will
notice that those whose works
00:50:56.04\00:50:59.18
condemn them will be
deleted from the Book of Life.
00:50:59.21\00:51:02.28
Revelation 20 verse 12
is describing the judgment
00:51:02.31\00:51:04.67
of the wicked dead
during the millennium.
00:51:04.70\00:51:07.23
But now notice.
00:51:07.87\00:51:09.10
The first part of
Revelation 20 verse 13
00:51:09.44\00:51:12.33
describes the
resurrection of the wicked dead
00:51:12.36\00:51:15.04
after the millennium.
00:51:15.07\00:51:16.47
Because we are told
that the sea gave up the dead
00:51:17.44\00:51:21.35
who were in it.
00:51:21.38\00:51:22.42
And death and
Hades, which is the grave,
00:51:22.45\00:51:24.98
delivered up the
dead who were in them.
00:51:25.18\00:51:28.08
What does that mean,
that the sea and the grave
00:51:29.38\00:51:32.99
gave up the dead
that were in them?
00:51:33.02\00:51:35.23
That is the resurrection.
00:51:35.92\00:51:38.02
In Isaiah 26, it says that the
earth will cast forth the dead.
00:51:39.71\00:51:43.87
A very similar expression.
00:51:44.58\00:51:46.01
So, you have the white
throne at the second coming.
00:51:46.21\00:51:49.81
You have the judgment of the
dead during the thousand years.
00:51:50.15\00:51:53.40
And now you
have the resurrection
00:51:53.43\00:51:54.82
after the thousand years.
00:51:54.85\00:51:55.88
Are the wicked going to
see the record of their lives
00:51:55.99\00:51:58.30
when they resurrect?
00:51:58.33\00:51:59.50
Notice, it's clear.
00:52:00.44\00:52:02.15
Ellen White was right.
00:52:02.18\00:52:03.75
And she didn't
get it from a vision.
00:52:05.23\00:52:06.90
She's getting it from Scripture.
00:52:06.93\00:52:08.67
Notice, the first part of
Revelation 20:13 describes
00:52:10.21\00:52:14.52
the resurrection of the wicked
dead after the millennium.
00:52:14.55\00:52:16.90
Because we are told
that the sea gave up the dead
00:52:16.93\00:52:19.38
who were in it, and death
and Hades delivered up the dead
00:52:19.41\00:52:21.95
who were in them.
00:52:21.98\00:52:23.02
According to the second
part of Revelation 20 verse 13,
00:52:23.22\00:52:26.24
after the wicked
resurrected, what happened?
00:52:26.27\00:52:29.34
They were judged, each
one according to his works.
00:52:29.44\00:52:32.78
So are the wicked going to
see the record of their lives?
00:52:33.43\00:52:37.10
Yes they are.
00:52:37.13\00:52:38.20
We know that this
judgment, listen carefully,
00:52:38.56\00:52:41.40
takes place on earth.
00:52:41.43\00:52:43.63
Because according
to verses 7 through 9,
00:52:43.83\00:52:45.71
the wicked surrounded
the holy city on earth.
00:52:45.74\00:52:48.25
Now listen, the books, plural,
contain the works of the wicked.
00:52:50.17\00:52:54.60
And they are judged according
to the things which were written
00:52:55.41\00:52:58.35
in the books.
00:52:58.38\00:53:00.43
Though we are saved
by grace through faith,
00:53:01.95\00:53:04.62
our works reveal
whether our faith is genuine.
00:53:05.82\00:53:08.64
In the judgment, it will be seen
that many of the wicked said,
00:53:09.42\00:53:13.85
"Lord, Lord," but their lives
were filled with lawlessness.
00:53:13.88\00:53:18.66
The Book of Life contains what?
00:53:20.65\00:53:22.72
The names of all
those who will be saved.
00:53:23.21\00:53:27.73
Now why is the
book of life brought out
00:53:30.38\00:53:32.49
in this post
millennial judgment?
00:53:32.52\00:53:34.83
Why is the book...
00:53:36.11\00:53:37.95
It says, "books were
opened," and then it says,
00:53:37.98\00:53:39.97
another book, the
Book of Life, was opened.
00:53:40.00\00:53:41.52
Do you know why?
00:53:41.55\00:53:42.58
Because God is
going to show the wicked
00:53:42.61\00:53:44.41
the record of their
lives, and then He's going to
00:53:45.07\00:53:46.93
open up the Book of Life
and say, "Your name isn't here."
00:53:46.96\00:53:50.51
Because the last
verse of Revelation 20 says
00:53:52.90\00:53:55.08
whoever was not
found in the Book of Life
00:53:55.11\00:53:57.65
was cast into the lake of fire.
00:53:57.68\00:53:59.27
The purpose of the
Book of Life is to show them
00:53:59.85\00:54:02.04
that they are not there.
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And the reason they
are not there is because of
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what is in the books.
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Are you with me?
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See, there's so
much more in this passage
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than what we've
seen as Adventists.
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You know, we just study
and read the same old stuff
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that we've read time and again.
00:54:18.71\00:54:21.28
And we preach it
over and over again.
00:54:21.48\00:54:23.29
Because we don't go to the
text and study for ourselves.
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I don't have any
divine enlightenment.
00:54:25.77\00:54:27.31
I'm not more
intelligent than any of you.
00:54:27.34\00:54:29.37
I'm probably less
intelligent than many of you.
00:54:29.57\00:54:32.05
But you can go to
Scripture and you can study
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these things for yourselves.
00:54:34.93\00:54:36.30
But we have to invest
the time and the effort,
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and we have to pray, and we
have to ask the text questions,
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and we have to search
for answers to the questions.
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We have to be
inquisitive readers.
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Our mind has to be engaged
when we're studying Scripture,
00:54:48.99\00:54:52.26
in other words.
00:54:52.29\00:54:53.48
Don't just be reflectors
of what other people have said
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about the millennium.
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Go and study it for yourself
and read the spirit of prophecy.
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It's amazing when you read
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the last chapter
of, Great Controversy.
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It's all there.
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Anyway.
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Preaching to the choir, I know.
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Now listen, the note.
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The names of the lost will
not be found in the Book of Life
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because of the
record of their lives,
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which was written in the books.
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At this point, we do not
know what those works were.
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But in the next outline we will.
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It is a remarkable fact that
God will not destroy the wicked
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until they are convinced
that God dealt justly with them.
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They will even see the record.
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After the judgment of the
wicked, they will be what?
00:55:45.25\00:55:47.70
They will be cast
into the lake of fire,
00:55:48.12\00:55:50.06
and will suffer what?
00:55:50.09\00:55:51.64
Second death.
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Revelation 20 verses 14
and 15 reaches the same climax
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as had previously been reached
in Revelation 20 verses 8 and 9
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where it says that the wicked,
and the devil, and his angels,
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were thrown into
the lake of fire.
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Now you have the
same climax again.
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But it's a climax
of the third outline.
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After all, there are
not two lakes of fire
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where the wicked will be cast.
00:56:14.83\00:56:15.98
There's only one.
00:56:16.01\00:56:17.10
After Satan and his
angels and the wicked...
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After Satan, and his angels,
the wicked, death, and the grave
00:56:21.63\00:56:25.34
have been cast
into the lake of fire,
00:56:25.37\00:56:27.08
God will make what?
00:56:27.11\00:56:28.73
A new heavens and a new
earth, because the first heaven
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and the first
earth had passed away.
00:56:32.27\00:56:33.86
Let me ask you, does
Revelation 21 verse 1
00:56:33.89\00:56:36.05
belong to chapter 20?
00:56:36.08\00:56:37.75
It does.
00:56:38.59\00:56:39.73
After the lake of fire, then
we find that God makes what?
00:56:39.76\00:56:43.68
A new heaven and a new earth.
00:56:44.00\00:56:46.21
In other words, the chapter
division is in the wrong place.
00:56:46.24\00:56:49.57
Now, our time is just about up.
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So we're going to have to take
a little bit of our next session
00:56:54.16\00:56:57.24
to finish outline number four.
00:56:57.27\00:56:59.38
But we're going to notice
in our study of the last page
00:56:59.79\00:57:05.02
of this material
that you have before you
00:57:05.12\00:57:08.11
that the purpose
of the fourth outline
00:57:08.42\00:57:10.63
is to show what was contained
in the records of the wicked.
00:57:11.17\00:57:15.23
And it is also going to
show us what life will be like
00:57:15.87\00:57:21.77
in the holy city
and in the new earth.
00:57:22.29\00:57:24.64
And of course, we have
to take a look at that.
00:57:25.52\00:57:27.73
So in our next session, we
are going to take a look at
00:57:28.12\00:57:32.56
cycle number four.
00:57:32.59\00:57:34.48
Have you been understanding
what we've studied so far?
00:57:34.51\00:57:36.85
We're going to take a
look at cycle number four,
00:57:37.09\00:57:39.06
and then we will
have a complete picture
00:57:39.09\00:57:41.87
of the millennium.
00:57:42.27\00:57:43.50