? (Theme Song) ?
? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's worthy
? ? worthy of all... ?
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? all the praise... ? (Music)
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Pastor Byrd: Take your Bibles,
and let's shake it and shake
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the devil out of this room.
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Repeating after me say,
every promise in this book
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is mine.
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Come on, say it
like you mean it.
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Every promise in
this book is mine.
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Every chapter,
every verse, every line.
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I am saved by his grace divine.
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Every promise in
this book is mine.
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We pray.
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Father in heaven,
Lord, tonight come by here.
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Somebody needs you.
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Come by here.
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Somebody is looking
and needing a blessing.
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God, come by here, O Lord.
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Come by here.
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And, God, speak to us
tonight through your Word.
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When we leave this place we
will be able to say it was good
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to have been here.
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Hide me behind your cross,
forgive me of my sins, and may
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your anointing flow
and make the difference
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in Jesus' name we pray.
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Let everyone say Amen, and Amen.
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We began talking on Saturday
night about how Jesus Christ,
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it was prophesied when
he would come to this earth.
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We then went on and talked about
how it was prophesied not only
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when he would
come to this earth,
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but when he would be baptized,
and when he would be crucified.
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We then went on Sunday
night and from the Word of God
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we found from Daniel
and the Revelation about
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this image right here
and the different elements
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of this image and the
metals and we talked about
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the countries that
represent this image.
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And we talked about
how that stone would come,
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stone made without
hands, stone representing God.
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When God would knock this image
down and knock down all these
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kingdoms and set
up his own kingdom.
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And so tonight we pick up
and we talk now about how Jesus
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will come and what
Revelation says about what will
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take place on this
earth after he comes.
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So, let's begin.
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Let's go to the book of Acts.
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What book did I say, everyone?
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Now, we've talked
already about the signs
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of Jesus' coming.
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We recognize there'll
be wars and rumors of war.
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There will be earthquakes.
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There will be pestilences.
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All in different places.
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But the Bible
says, be not too troubled
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because recognize the
Lord is coming back and when he
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comes back he's going to
put an end to all of this.
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Come on, say Amen.
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Now the Word of God
says in Acts, Chapter 1.
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We recognize, we need to
know how will Jesus come.
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The Word of God says
in Acts, Chapter 1:9.
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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The Word says: "And when he had
spoken these things, while they
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beheld, he was taken" where?
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Come on, he was taken where?
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(Aud: Up) "And a cloud received
him." What received him?
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A cloud.
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Out of their what, everybody?
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(Aud: Sight) "And while they
looked stedfastly toward heaven
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as he went up,
behold," how many men?
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"Two men stood by
them in white" what?
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(Aud: Apparel) "Which also said,
Ye Men of Galilee, why stand
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ye gazing up into heaven?
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This same Jesus, which is
taken up from you into heaven,
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shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go
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into heaven."
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The first thing we
need to understand about
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Jesus' coming is when
Jesus Christ comes back
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the second time his feet
will not touch this earth.
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Now, there are a lot of people
out there who want to say, oh,
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well, Jesus, when he comes back
he's going to touch this earth.
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We even have imposters out there
who are saying that they are the
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Christ and they're
walking up and down the earth.
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We know that's a
lie, as I like to say,
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from the pits of hell,
because the Bible is clear that
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when Jesus comes back he's
going to come back in the air.
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He's going to come
back in the what, everybody?
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He is going to come back
in the air, because the Bible
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says he left in the air,
which means he will return
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in the air.
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Jesus' feet will
never touch this earth.
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And they will never touch
this earth, because this earth
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is infested with sin.
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And Jesus cannot touch
this earth until this earth
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is cleaned up.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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So, Jesus left in a
cloud, the Bible says that
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this same Jesus
will do what, everybody?
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Return in a cloud.
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But not only that.
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We want to throw out
another myth that's out there.
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Go with me to the
book of Revelation.
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What book, everybody?
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And we're going to Chapter 1:7.
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The Bible is clear that
when Jesus returns his feet
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will not touch this earth.
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He left this earth in a cloud,
he will return to this earth
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in a cloud.
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But the Bible also says
in Revelation 1:7, "Behold,
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he cometh with" what, everybody?
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Again, no contradiction.
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Acts 1 says he's
coming in clouds.
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Revelation 1 says
he's coming with clouds.
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And every what?
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Come on, every what?
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Every eye shall see him.
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Now let's stop there.
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That means Jesus is
coming, it will not be secret.
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That means there will
not be a secret rapture when
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Jesus comes.
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A lot of people try to say,
well, this group is going to see
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him and this group
is not going to see him.
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Let us be clear.
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The Bible says that
when Jesus Christ comes back
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the second time, that everyone,
which means those in Huntsville
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are going to see him,
as well as those in Atlanta
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are going to see him.
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Those in Atlanta are
going to see him and those
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in New York are
going to see him.
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Those in New York are
going to see him and those
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in Los Angeles
are going to see him.
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Those in Los Angeles are going
to see him and those in Asia
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are going to see him.
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But not only the folk in Asia,
but those in Africa are going
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to see him.
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But not only the ones in Africa,
but those in the Caribbean
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are going to see him.
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The reality is we're
all going to see him and all
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at the same time.
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Every what, everybody?
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(Aud: Eye) Come on, every what?
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(Aud: Eye) So if someone tells
you that when Jesus comes back
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only a select group
will see him, that's a lie.
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The Word of God.
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Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
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and know where it's found.
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The Bible is clear
that Jesus left in a what?
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Cloud.
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And the Bible says that
he will return in a what?
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Cloud.
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The Bible is clear that
when Jesus comes the second time
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every living what?
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Come on, every living what?
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Every living eye
is going to see him.
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Now, let's go a little deeper.
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When Jesus comes the
second time, the Bible is clear
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that there will be
primarily four groups of people.
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Let's read about
group number one.
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Take your Bible and
go to 1 Thessalonians.
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What book did I say?
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Come on.
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First Thessalonians.
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Stay with me.
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First Thessalonians, Chapter
4 and we're going to verse 16.
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Now remember, we
read from the Word of God
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that Jesus left in a cloud
when he left the first time
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and he's coming back
in a cloud when he comes
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the second time.
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We read from the Word of
God that when Jesus Christ comes
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back every eye
is going to see him.
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Now we're reading
where there are four primary
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groups of people that will
be present when Jesus Christ
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comes back the second time.
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The Bible says in 1
Thessalonians, Chapter 4,
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verse 16.
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Your Bible should say:
"For the Lord himself shall
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descend from heaven
with a" what, everybody?
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Come on, from
heaven with a what?
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(Aud: Shout) "And with
the voice of the" what?
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(Aud: Archangel)
And the trump of whom?
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(Aud: God) And the dead
in Christ shall rise what,
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everybody?
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(Aud: First) So the Bible
is clear that when Jesus Christ
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comes back the second
time, group number one would be
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the righteous dead.
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And in the group number
one, the righteous dead,
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the Bible is clear
that the righteous dead
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will rise what?
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(Aud: First) Come
on, the righteous dead
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will rise what, everybody?
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(Aud: First) All right.
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Repetition
deepens the impression.
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I teach it then
I'm going to preach it.
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Let me teach it for you quickly.
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Jesus left in a cloud.
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He's coming back in a cloud.
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The Bible is clear that
when he comes every living what?
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Eye is going to what?
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See him.
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The Bible is also clear
that at Jesus' second coming
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there are how many
primary groups of people?
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(Aud: Four) Group number
one are the righteous what?
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(Aud: Dead) And they rise what?
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(Aud: First) All
right, you're hot tonight.
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Group number two.
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First Thessalonians,
Chapter 4, verse 17.
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The Bible says:
"Then we which are" what?
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(Aud: Alive) And remain
shall be what, everybody?
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Caught up together
with them in the what?
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(Aud: Clouds) To
meet the Lord in the what?
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(Aud: Air) And so shall we ever
be with the what, everybody?
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(Aud: Lord) Now this
verse breaks down a lot for me.
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Number one, it says
the righteous living.
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The righteous what, everybody?
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(Aud: Living) Are caught up
to meet the Lord in the what?
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(Aud: Air) Which goes
on to point the fact that
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the Bible never
contradicts itself.
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Acts 1 said Jesus left
in a cloud, he's returning
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in a what, everybody?
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(Aud: Cloud) The Bible also
says in Revelation, Chapter 1:7,
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he cometh with clouds
and every living what?
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Eye shall see him.
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Which makes sense.
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Jesus' feet will never touch
this earth, because the dead
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in Christ, group
number one, they rise what?
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(Aud: First) Group number two,
the righteous living are caught
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up to meet the Lord in the what?
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(Aud: Air) Get some more.
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Group number three.
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Go to 2 Thessalonians.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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And we're going to Chapter
2 and we're going to verse 8
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The Word of God says to
us tonight: "And then shall
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that Wicked" be what, everybody?
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(Aud: Revealed) Whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit
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of his what?
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(Aud: Mouth) And shall destroy
with the brightness of his what?
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(Aud: Coming) "Even him, whose
coming is after the working
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of Satan with all power
and signs and lying wonders,
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and with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness in them
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that perish;
because they received
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not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved.
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And for this cause God
shall send them strong" what,
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everybody?
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(Aud: Delusion) That
they should believe a what?
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(Aud: Lie) That they all
might be damned who believed not
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the truth, but had
pleasure in what, everybody?
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(Aud:
Unrighteousness) All right.
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Let's be clear.
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Group number three
are the unrighteous
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or the wicked living.
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The Bible says in verse 8
that they shall be destroyed
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by the brightness of his what?
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(Aud: Coming) They'll be
destroyed by the brightness
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of his coming.
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So those persons that are
wicked, those persons that are
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unrighteous, those persons
that are alive when Jesus Christ
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comes, the Bible says that
they will die at the brightness
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of Christ coming.
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And so I tell you all the time,
sometimes I have to practice
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and look into the
light to make sure
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I can see it then.
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Because if I can't
look at this light how can
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I look at the light
of God when he comes back
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the second time?
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So, group number one,
the righteous dead rise what?
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Come on, the
righteous dead rise what?
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(Aud: First) Group number two,
the righteous living are caught
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up to meet the Lord in the?
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(Aud: Air) Group number three
are the wicked living and they
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die at the
brightness of his what?
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(Aud: Coming) Now
there's one more group.
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Revelation, Chapter 20, verse 5.
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We're now dealing
with the wicked dead.
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We're dealing with the
wicked what, everybody?
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Come on, we're
dealing with the wicked what,
00:12:02.26\00:12:04.26
everybody?
00:12:04.26\00:12:05.26
We're dealing now
with the wicked dead.
00:12:05.26\00:12:07.26
Now, remember as you're
turning to Revelation 20:5.
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Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
00:12:09.40\00:12:13.16
and know where it's found.
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As you read the Word of God,
you have read already tonight
00:12:15.36\00:12:18.86
that when Jesus comes back
he will come back in the clouds
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because he left in the clouds.
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You have already read from
the Word of God that when Jesus
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comes back every living
eye is going to see him.
00:12:26.16\00:12:29.23
You have already
read from the Word of God
00:12:29.23\00:12:31.63
that the
righteous dead rise what?
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First.
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Then the righteous living
are caught up to meet the Lord
00:12:35.16\00:12:37.16
in the what?
00:12:37.16\00:12:38.16
(Aud: Air) Then we read
where the wicked living die
00:12:38.16\00:12:40.16
at the brightness of his what?
00:12:40.16\00:12:41.16
(Aud: Coming) And then now, what
happens to group number four,
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the wicked dead?
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The Bible says
in Revelation 20:5,
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if you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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The Word says: But
the rest of the what?
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(Aud: Dead) Live not
again until the thousand years
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were what?
00:12:55.20\00:12:56.20
(Aud: Finished) This
is the what resurrection?
00:12:56.20\00:12:58.20
(Aud: First) Which suggests
to me that there's going
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to be more than
one resurrection.
00:13:00.26\00:13:02.26
Because if there were
just one resurrection the Bible
00:13:02.26\00:13:04.56
would have just said,
this is the resurrection.
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But the Bible says, this
is the first resurrection,
00:13:07.03\00:13:10.56
which points to the
fact that there must be
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more than one.
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The Bible says, but the
rest of the dead live not until
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the thousand years were what?
00:13:17.13\00:13:18.40
(Aud: Finished) So then
the wicked dead remain what?
00:13:18.40\00:13:21.80
(Aud: Dead) Come on,
the wicked dead remain what?
00:13:21.80\00:13:24.20
(Aud: Dead) Now, at Jesus'
second coming there are how many
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primary groups of people?
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Four?
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How many primary groups
at Jesus' second coming?
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(Aud: Four) That means when
Jesus comes back, we're looking
00:13:31.06\00:13:33.93
forward to his coming.
00:13:33.93\00:13:34.93
Can you say Amen?
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There are four
primary groups of people.
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The righteous dead rise what?
00:13:39.23\00:13:41.10
(Aud: First) The righteous
living are caught up to meet
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the Lord in the?
00:13:43.76\00:13:44.76
(Aud: Air) The wicked living die
at the brightness of his what?
00:13:44.76\00:13:48.13
(Aud: Coming) The
wicked dead remain what?
00:13:48.13\00:13:50.73
(Aud: Dead) Now, you just said
and you just read that at Jesus'
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second coming the
righteous dead rise first.
00:14:00.50\00:14:05.20
You just said that.
00:14:05.20\00:14:07.83
You just said that the righteous
living are caught up to meet
00:14:07.83\00:14:11.93
the Lord in the air.
00:14:11.93\00:14:14.90
Now, we hear all the time
from people that when a person
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dies they go straight to heaven.
00:14:18.60\00:14:23.56
They're in a better place.
00:14:23.56\00:14:26.16
They've gone to
be with the Lord.
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That's what we
hear all the time.
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Momma's looking down on me.
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Daddy's looking down on me.
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They're in a better place.
00:14:34.26\00:14:35.33
But the reality
is, if the righteous
00:14:35.33\00:14:37.33
at their death already
went to heaven at their death,
00:14:37.33\00:14:42.56
who would Jesus be coming
back for at the second coming?
00:14:42.56\00:14:49.40
We just read that the Bible
says that the righteous dead
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rise what?
00:14:53.83\00:14:54.83
(Aud: First) We just read
where the Word of God says
00:14:54.83\00:14:56.83
the righteous living are
caught up to meet the Lord
00:14:56.83\00:15:01.20
in the what?
00:15:01.20\00:15:02.86
(Aud: Air) If the righteous'
were already in heaven now,
00:15:02.86\00:15:06.90
who would Jesus be
coming back to get?
00:15:09.90\00:15:15.03
There would be no need
for him to come back and get
00:15:21.60\00:15:23.60
the righteous because
the righteous would already
00:15:23.60\00:15:25.60
be in where?
00:15:25.60\00:15:26.60
Heaven.
00:15:26.60\00:15:29.70
Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
00:15:29.70\00:15:33.93
and know where it's found.
00:15:33.93\00:15:39.10
So then Pastor Byrd,
if the righteous dead
00:15:39.10\00:15:42.63
aren't already in
heaven, if they must rise first,
00:15:42.63\00:15:48.10
what happens to an
individual when they die?
00:15:48.10\00:15:52.90
Let's get the Word.
00:15:54.50\00:15:56.70
Go to Genesis, Chapter 2.
00:15:56.70\00:15:58.43
Now, you ain't going
to get this everywhere.
00:15:58.43\00:16:01.63
Come on, say Amen.
00:16:01.63\00:16:02.80
We got to teach
you, then we preach you.
00:16:02.80\00:16:04.80
God's people are destroyed
for a lack of knowledge.
00:16:04.80\00:16:08.23
We shout and we don't
know what we're shouting about.
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Genesis 2:7.
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If your Bible is like my Bible,
your Bible says in Genesis 2:7:
00:16:16.80\00:16:20.90
"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the what?
00:16:20.90\00:16:25.70
(Aud: Ground) And
breathed into his nostrils
00:16:25.70\00:16:28.50
the breath of what, everybody?
00:16:28.50\00:16:30.50
(Aud: Life) And then
man became a living what?
00:16:30.50\00:16:33.23
(Aud: Soul) So we discover
that there are two primary
00:16:33.23\00:16:36.53
elements in order for
one to be a living soul.
00:16:36.53\00:16:39.46
Dust of the ground,
breath of life, and man became
00:16:39.46\00:16:44.90
a living what, everybody?
00:16:44.90\00:16:46.10
(Aud: Soul) Now, what happens
to a man or woman when they die?
00:16:46.10\00:16:51.90
Go to Ecclesiastes,
Chapter 12, verse 7.
00:16:51.90\00:17:00.16
Let's get some Word tonight.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7,
the Word of God says:
00:17:09.63\00:17:15.86
Then shall the
dust return to the what?
00:17:15.86\00:17:18.83
(Aud: Earth) As it
was: and the spirit
00:17:18.83\00:17:21.33
shall return unto whom?
00:17:21.33\00:17:22.33
(Aud: God) Who gave it.
00:17:22.33\00:17:23.96
So we discover, Genesis
2:7 says dust of the ground,
00:17:23.96\00:17:29.50
breath of life, man
became a living what?
00:17:29.50\00:17:32.60
Come on.
00:17:32.60\00:17:33.60
Dust of the ground,
breath of life, man became
00:17:33.60\00:17:36.53
a living what?
00:17:36.53\00:17:37.53
(Aud: Soul) When a person
dies their body returns to what?
00:17:37.53\00:17:40.53
(Aud: Dust) Their
spirit returns to whom?
00:17:40.53\00:17:44.70
(Aud: God) And the
soul ceases to exist.
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Pastor Byrd, though, how do we
know the spirit and the breath
00:17:48.10\00:17:52.56
of life are the same thing?
00:17:52.56\00:17:56.13
The Bible is clear that
the body shall return to dust.
00:17:56.13\00:17:58.86
The Bible says the spirit shall
return to God, but you read
00:17:58.86\00:18:01.50
in Genesis 2:7
that God breathed into
00:18:01.50\00:18:03.86
man's nostrils the
breath of life and man became
00:18:03.86\00:18:05.96
a living soul.
00:18:05.96\00:18:06.96
How do we know that the spirit
and the breath of life are one
00:18:06.96\00:18:10.30
and the same?
00:18:10.30\00:18:11.30
Take your Bible and
go to the book of Job.
00:18:11.30\00:18:17.56
Job, Chapter 27, verse 3.
00:18:17.56\00:18:20.73
Know what you believe, know
why you believe it, and know
00:18:20.73\00:18:22.93
where it's found.
00:18:22.93\00:18:23.93
Job 27:3, if you have it
let me hear you say Amen.
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The Word of God says: All
the while my breath is in whom,
00:18:33.30\00:18:40.03
everybody?
00:18:40.03\00:18:41.03
(Aud: Me) And the
spirit of God is in my what?
00:18:41.03\00:18:43.70
(Aud: Nostrils) We
read in Genesis 2:7
00:18:43.70\00:18:46.46
that the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
00:18:46.46\00:18:48.76
breathed into his
nostrils the breath of what?
00:18:48.76\00:18:51.10
(Aud: Life) And man
became a living what?
00:18:51.10\00:18:53.56
(Aud: Soul) We
read when a person dies
00:18:53.56\00:18:55.63
the body returns to what?
00:18:55.63\00:18:56.80
(Aud: Dust) The
spirit returns to whom?
00:18:56.80\00:18:59.26
(Aud: God) The
soul ceases to exist.
00:18:59.26\00:19:01.50
How do we know the
spirit and the breath
00:19:01.50\00:19:03.50
are one and the same?
00:19:03.50\00:19:04.50
Because the Bible says
all the while my breath
00:19:04.50\00:19:07.23
is in me and the spirit
of God is in my nostrils.
00:19:07.23\00:19:11.10
So that makes sense then.
00:19:12.56\00:19:14.56
It may sound comforting.
00:19:16.83\00:19:20.16
You may have heard
someone say it before.
00:19:20.16\00:19:22.53
But the Bible is clear that when
an individual dies their body
00:19:22.53\00:19:28.50
returns to dust and the
spirit returns to God, because
00:19:28.50\00:19:32.96
at Jesus' second
coming the righteous dead
00:19:32.96\00:19:36.30
will rise first, the
righteous living will be
00:19:36.30\00:19:40.90
caught up to meet
the Lord in the what?
00:19:40.90\00:19:43.20
Air.
00:19:43.20\00:19:44.20
All right.
00:19:44.20\00:19:45.20
So let's review.
00:19:45.20\00:19:48.06
Number one, when Jesus
comes back, he left in a cloud,
00:19:48.06\00:19:50.80
he will return in a what?
00:19:50.80\00:19:52.10
Cloud.
00:19:52.10\00:19:54.56
Number two, when Jesus
comes back, the Bible is clear,
00:19:54.56\00:19:57.50
that every living what?
00:19:57.50\00:19:59.26
Eye is going to what?
00:19:59.26\00:20:00.83
See him.
00:20:00.83\00:20:02.36
The Bible is clear that when
Jesus comes back there are four
00:20:02.36\00:20:04.76
primary groups of people,
the righteous dead rise what?
00:20:04.76\00:20:07.90
First.
00:20:07.90\00:20:08.90
The righteous living are caught
up to meet the Lord in the what?
00:20:08.90\00:20:11.23
Air.
00:20:11.23\00:20:12.23
The wicked living die at
the brightness of his what?
00:20:12.23\00:20:14.30
(Aud: Coming) And the
wicked dead remain what?
00:20:14.30\00:20:16.73
(Aud: Dead) If the righteous
were already in heaven when
00:20:16.73\00:20:19.30
Jesus came back the second time,
who would Jesus be coming back
00:20:19.30\00:20:22.30
to get?
00:20:22.30\00:20:24.30
God formed man of
the dust of the what?
00:20:27.50\00:20:30.10
Ground.
00:20:30.10\00:20:31.10
Breathed into his
nostrils the breath of what?
00:20:31.10\00:20:33.10
Life.
00:20:33.10\00:20:34.10
Man then became a living what?
00:20:34.10\00:20:35.13
Soul.
00:20:35.13\00:20:36.13
When an individual dies
the body returns to what?
00:20:36.13\00:20:38.46
Dust.
00:20:38.46\00:20:39.46
The spirit returns to?
00:20:39.46\00:20:40.80
God.
00:20:40.80\00:20:41.80
And the souls ceases to exist.
00:20:41.80\00:20:44.23
Now, Christ's second coming
also signals the beginning of a
00:20:44.23\00:20:49.36
period know as the millennium.
00:20:49.36\00:20:51.23
Everybody say millennium.
00:20:51.23\00:20:53.63
This is one thousand years.
00:20:53.63\00:20:54.73
Take your Bible and go with me
back to the book of Revelation.
00:20:54.73\00:20:57.63
Go to Revelation, Chapter 20.
00:20:57.63\00:20:59.06
We're going to
spend some time here.
00:20:59.06\00:21:02.93
Put a little bookmark
there in Revelation 20.
00:21:02.93\00:21:06.23
Christ's second coming signals
the beginning of the millennium
00:21:11.00\00:21:13.80
or the one thousand year
period and this period begins
00:21:13.80\00:21:17.00
with the resurrection.
00:21:17.00\00:21:18.50
It is what we
call the resurrection
00:21:18.50\00:21:20.50
of the righteous.
00:21:20.50\00:21:21.50
The Bible says
in Revelation 20:5.
00:21:21.50\00:21:24.40
If you have let
me hear you say Amen.
00:21:24.40\00:21:26.40
"But the rest of the dead live
not again until the thousand
00:21:26.40\00:21:28.76
years were" what, everybody?
00:21:28.76\00:21:29.83
(Aud: Finished) This
is the what resurrection?
00:21:29.83\00:21:32.46
Come on, this is
the what resurrection?
00:21:32.46\00:21:34.46
(Aud: First) Blessed and
holy is he that hath part
00:21:34.46\00:21:36.46
in the first resurrection:
on such the second death
00:21:36.46\00:21:39.13
hath no what?
00:21:39.13\00:21:40.13
(Aud: Power) But they shall
be priests of God and of Christ,
00:21:40.13\00:21:43.03
and shall reign with
him or how long, everybody?
00:21:43.03\00:21:45.03
(Aud: A thousand years) So
then, it's a good thing to be
00:21:45.03\00:21:49.43
resurrected in the
first resurrection.
00:21:49.43\00:21:53.23
Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in the first resurrection
00:21:53.23\00:21:57.80
because on that individual
the second death hath no power.
00:21:57.80\00:22:00.90
Are we clear, everybody?
00:22:00.90\00:22:03.60
All right, so in that first
resurrection after the second
00:22:03.60\00:22:06.80
coming of Christ,
that is a resurrection
00:22:06.80\00:22:09.63
of the righteous.
00:22:09.63\00:22:11.30
Blessed and holy
is the individual
00:22:11.30\00:22:13.93
in that resurrection.
00:22:13.93\00:22:15.80
So, Jesus comes the second time,
there is a first resurrection
00:22:15.80\00:22:22.46
and this is a
resurrection of the righteous.
00:22:22.46\00:22:25.30
A resurrection of
the what, everybody?
00:22:25.30\00:22:27.70
Now, the one thousand years
also ends with a resurrection.
00:22:27.70\00:22:34.33
Keep your Bible
bookmark at Revelation 20.
00:22:34.33\00:22:36.73
Go to John, Chapter 5.
00:22:36.73\00:22:38.43
And we're going to verse 28.
00:22:38.43\00:22:44.10
John 5:28.
00:22:44.10\00:22:45.96
The Word of God says: "Marvel
not at this: for the hour
00:22:45.96\00:22:54.46
is coming, in the which
all that are in the graves
00:22:54.46\00:22:57.20
shall hear his" what, everybody?
00:22:57.20\00:22:59.33
Voice.
00:22:59.33\00:23:00.40
"And shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto
00:23:00.40\00:23:02.40
the resurrection
of" what, everybody?
00:23:02.40\00:23:04.40
Life.
00:23:04.40\00:23:05.40
"And they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of" what?
00:23:05.40\00:23:07.40
Damnation.
00:23:07.40\00:23:08.40
So we know there
are two resurrections.
00:23:08.40\00:23:10.40
One is the resurrection
of life and the other is the
00:23:10.40\00:23:14.30
resurrection of damnation.
00:23:14.30\00:23:16.36
But the Bible is also clear
that all that are in the grave,
00:23:16.36\00:23:20.06
they will hear
the voice of Jesus.
00:23:20.06\00:23:22.16
Which then suggests to
you and to me that Jesus
00:23:22.16\00:23:25.10
is the life giver.
00:23:25.10\00:23:26.43
Satan does not
have resurrection power.
00:23:26.43\00:23:31.10
Are we clear, everybody?
00:23:31.10\00:23:32.20
The Bible says that
all that are in the grave
00:23:32.20\00:23:35.30
shall hear his voice.
00:23:35.30\00:23:37.80
They that have done good
unto the resurrection of life.
00:23:37.80\00:23:40.20
Those that have done
evil unto the resurrection
00:23:40.20\00:23:42.40
of damnation.
00:23:42.40\00:23:43.60
So we're very clear
that at the beginning
00:23:43.60\00:23:46.23
of the thousand years
there's a resurrection.
00:23:46.23\00:23:48.80
This resurrection is the first
resurrection and takes place
00:23:48.80\00:23:52.30
at the second coming of Jesus.
00:23:52.30\00:23:54.53
Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in the first resurrection.
00:23:54.53\00:23:57.83
The rest of the dead live not
again until the thousand years
00:23:57.83\00:24:01.06
were finished.
00:24:01.06\00:24:02.06
There is a
resurrection at the end of
00:24:02.06\00:24:04.13
the thousand years,
but this is not a good one.
00:24:04.13\00:24:12.33
The period
between the resurrections
00:24:12.33\00:24:16.13
is the millennium
of one thousand years.
00:24:16.13\00:24:18.13
Now, what
happens during this time?
00:24:18.13\00:24:20.13
Go to the book of Jeremiah.
00:24:20.13\00:24:21.33
We'll get some more Word.
00:24:21.33\00:24:23.76
Jeremiah, Chapter 4.
00:24:26.96\00:24:28.80
The Word of God says in
Jeremiah, Chapter 4, verse 23.
00:24:28.80\00:24:34.80
Stay with me.
00:24:34.80\00:24:37.56
The Word says: "I
beheld the earth, and, lo,
00:24:37.56\00:24:44.96
it was without form, and" what?
00:24:44.96\00:24:47.33
Void.
00:24:47.33\00:24:48.33
"And the heavens,
and they had no light.
00:24:48.33\00:24:50.33
I beheld the mountains, and, lo,
they trembled, and all the hills
00:24:50.33\00:24:52.46
moved lightly.
00:24:52.46\00:24:53.46
I beheld, and, lo, there
was no man, and all the birds
00:24:53.46\00:24:55.70
of the heavens were fled.
00:24:55.70\00:24:57.00
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful
place was a wilderness, and all
00:24:57.00\00:25:03.50
the cities thereof were
broken down at the presence
00:25:03.50\00:25:05.50
of the Lord, and
by his fierce anger."
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Verse 28: "For this,
shall the earth mourn,
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and the heavens above be
black: because I have spoke it,
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I have purposed it, and
will not repent, neither
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will I turn back from it."
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Which means, during
the one thousand year
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period the earth will
be without form and void,
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it will be dark,
it will be blackness,
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there will be no life.
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Why?
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Human life, the
righteous are in where?
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Heaven.
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And the wicked are what?
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Dead.
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Here on this earth.
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All right, let's review.
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Jesus is coming back.
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Amen.
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When Jesus comes
back, he's coming to redeem
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us from this sin sick earth.
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When Jesus comes back to redeem
us from this sin sick earth,
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the Bible says he left
in a cloud, he will return
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in a what?
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Cloud.
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The Bible says that when
he comes back to redeem us
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from this earth
every living what?
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Eye.
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Is going to see him.
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The Bible is clear that
when Jesus Christ comes back
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the righteous dead rise what?
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First.
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The righteous living are caught
up to meet the Lord in the what?
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(Aud: Air) The wicked living die
at the brightness of his what?
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(Aud: Coming) The
wicked dead remain what?
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(Aud: Dead) The Bible goes
on and says this begins the one
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thousand years.
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The righteous are in
heaven, the wicked are dead
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here on this earth.
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So what's Satan doing?
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