Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000424
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS:
00:06 EXPERIENCE THE POWER, WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:10 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED 00:13 "LIKE A MIGHTY ARMY." 00:15 (theme music) WP: . . .BUT I HAD TO 00:25 TELL YOU BEFORE I DID THAT THAT JESUS CARES ABOUT 00:28 ANYBODY WHO DIES IN HIM, SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK 00:31 THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED SOME TERRIBLE CURSE. 00:33 WHEN JESUS WAS IN THE TOMB, THE HUMAN FORM WAS DEAD. 00:40 IT WAS NOT A CINEMATOGRAPHER'S MOMENT. 00:44 IT WASN'T FAKE. 00:46 HE DIDN'T FAKE HIS DEATH. 00:47 NOTHING ABOUT JESUS IS FAKE. 00:52 SO, WHEN HE WAS IN THAT TOMB, I'VE BEEN TO THE PLACES THAT 00:54 THEY SAY WERE HIS TOMBS. 00:56 I'VE EVEN ASKED AND BEEN PERMITTED TO LAY DOWN IN ONE OF 00:59 THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE PRETTY ONE. 01:01 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE ? 01:02 I WOULDN'T WANT TO LAY DOWN IN THE BAD ONE, SO I CHOSE 01:04 THE BEAUTIFUL ONE, AND THE GUY SAID, YOU CAN'T GO IN. 01:08 AND I WAITED UNTIL EVERYBODY WAS GONE AND THEN I. . .OH 01:10 MAN, NOBODY'S HERE. 01:14 I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS ALL MY LIFE. . .AND HERE I AM. 01:19 I'LL BE REAL QUIET, I'LL GO IN. . .I WON'T BE LONG. 01:23 AND I WENT AND GOT, YOU KNOW. 01:26 PROBABLY WASN'T THE REAL PLACE, BUT. . . 01:30 IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL THING FOR ME TO THINK THAT 01:34 I MIGHT BE RECLINING IN THE PLACE WHERE JESUS' BODY WAS 01:39 FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 01:42 IN FACT, THE POWER OF THAT PLACE IS THAT HE ONLY NEEDED 01:45 IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 01:48 IF HE HAD STILL BEEN THERE, THERE WOULD BE NO POWER IN IT. 01:51 BUT HE ONLY NEEDED IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 01:54 LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE. 01:56 THE FIRST THING YOU MUST UNDERSTAND IS THAT, WELL, FIRST 01:58 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 6 AND VERSE 16 SAYS, ONLY GOD HATH IMMORTALITY. 02:05 THERE ARE WORDS--I HAVE THE LIST--I DIDN'T 02:07 THINK YOU NEEDED IT. 02:09 THERE ARE WORDS THAT ARE USED FOR SOUL IN THE BIBLE. 02:12 AND IT'S USED IN GREEK AND HEBREW AND WHEN IT'S USED, ALL 02:16 OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF TIMES, IT IS NEVER SAID TO BE IMMORTAL. 02:20 BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO THINK THAT THEY WILL TAKE THE STING 02:24 OUT OF DEATH BY SAYING THAT WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE 02:27 DEAD, YOU'RE NOT REALLY DEAD. 02:31 THE FACT IS THAT WHEN YOU DIE, YOU'RE DEAD. 02:35 IT'S SIMPLE, OKAY ? 02:38 SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE. 02:40 LET'S GO TO GENESIS, CHAPTER 2, AND VERSE 7. 02:42 NOW, I'VE ALWAYS GOT TO GO THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME 02:44 PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOME MYSTERIOUS ELEMENT THAT 02:47 GOT PUT IN THE EQUATION. 02:50 GENESIS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 7. 02:53 AND IF I'M IN EXODUS, THAT IS VERY WRONG. 02:58 GENESIS, CHAPTER 2, AND VERSE 7. 03:00 AND IT SAYS, "AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE 03:05 GROUND, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE. 03:10 AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL." 03:15 I WASN'T ALL THAT GREAT WITH MATH, AND THESE EQUATIONS 03:20 WERE NOT MY FAVORITE THING WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL 03:24 OR IN HIGH SCHOOL. 03:26 BUT EVEN I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. 03:29 GOD FORMS MAN OUT OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND, BREATHS INTO HIS 03:31 NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE AND MAN BECOMES A LIVING SOUL. 03:35 SO IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT. 03:39 THERE'S A BODY MADE OUT OF DUST. 03:41 THERE'S THE BREATH OF LIFE FROM JESUS. 03:47 AND WITH THOSE TWO ELEMENTS, MAN BECOMES A LIVING SOUL. 03:50 THERE IS NO OTHER ELEMENT THERE. 03:55 IF THERE WERE, JESUS WOULD HAVE HAD SOMEONE WRITE IT 03:57 FOR US AND IT WOULD HAVE SAID, BODY AND THEN BREATH, AND 04:03 THEN THE MYSTERIOUS THING. 04:08 THE THING THAT WILL NEVTER DIE. 04:11 AND THEN MAN BECAME A SOUL THAT WOULD LIVE FOREVER. 04:18 BUT REMEMBER THAT THE CHALLENGE OF THIS WHOLE THOUGHT IS 04:21 THAT THE DEVIL SAYS YOU CAN SIN AND NOT REALLY DIE. 04:27 AND GOD SAYS, IF YOU SIN, YOU SHALL DIE. 04:34 SO LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR AS WE MOVE. 04:37 THAT THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES MAN A SOUL IS BREATH AND BODY. 04:43 DO YOU SEE IT ? 04:45 WELL, ECCLESIASTES, CHAPTER 9 IS A PLACE WHERE WE MUST GO. 04:48 ECCLESIASTES, CHAPTER 9. 04:50 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO PRACTICALLY KNOW THIS BY HEART. 04:52 I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I CAME IN GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW 04:56 THESE KINDS OF THINGS. 04:57 INCIDENTALLY, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE WHOLE THING ABOUT SOMETHING 05:01 MYSTERIOUS CAME FROM ? 05:04 WHEN YOU LOOK IN TEXT LIKE JOB 27 AND VERSE 3 THERE ARE TIMES 05:10 WHEN THE SPIRIT, MEANING BREATH, THE SPIRIT PNEUMA, THE SAME 05:18 KIND OF WORD THAT DESCRIBES A PNEUMATIC TIRE. 05:23 WHEN YOU PUT AIR IN IT, IT'S PNEUMATIC. 05:26 BUT THAT WORD GETS MIXED UP WITH SPIRIT AND SO MANY SCHOLARS EVEN 05:30 HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN BODY COMBINED WITH SPIRIT THERE 05:36 WAS SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS THERE. 05:38 BUT E FACT IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING MYSTERIOUS. 05:43 THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THIS IS THAT 05:45 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE 05:49 CLOSE TO A CEMETERY. 05:53 IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW. 05:56 YOU MAY BE THE SAFEST YOU HAVE EVER BEEN. 06:03 BECAUSE THERE ARE BIG, BAD THUGS WHO ARE AFRAID 06:09 ALSO OF CEMETERIES. 06:12 SO YOU MAY BE THE SAFEST YOU CAN GET IN A CEMETERY. 06:16 BUT THE REASON WHY PEOPLE GET A LITTLE NERVOUS IF YOU MEET THEM 06:21 IN A FUNERAL HOME, THEY'RE. . . 06:27 BUT WE'VE GOT THE FORMULA. 06:28 LET'S GO TO ECCLESIASTES, CHAPTER 9. 06:32 IT'LL GET REALLY, REALLY CLEAR. 06:33 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 06:34 ECCLESIASTES, CHAPTER 9, STARTING WITH VERSE 5. 06:36 "FOR THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE, BUT THE 06:38 DEAD KNOW NOT ANYTHING. 06:42 NEITHER HAVE THEY ANY MORE REWARD, FOR THEIR MEMORY 06:46 OF THEM IS FORGOTTEN. 06:47 ALSO THEIR LOVE AND THEIR HATRED AND THEIR ENVY IS NOW PERISHED. 06:51 NEITHER HAVE THEY ANYMORE A PORTION FOREVER IN ANYTHING 06:54 THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN." 06:56 SO, IF YOUR WIFE HAS SAID TO YOU, WHEN SHE DIES, IF 07:00 YOU MARRY AGAIN. . . 07:07 YOU THINK THIS IS STRANGE, DON'T YOU ? 07:10 YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE, HAVE YOU ? 07:13 THERE ARE, WELL, WIVES GENERALLY SAY IT'S THE HUSBANDS, 07:15 BECAUSE THE FACTS SUGGEST THAT WOMEN LIVE LONGER THEN MEN. 07:20 I GUESS THAT OUGHT TO BE INSTRUCTIVE. 07:22 PERHAPS SOME MEN OUGHT TO LEARN TO MARRY. . . 07:27 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 07:28 JUST A PASSING THOUGHT. 07:31 BUT THERE ARE WIVES WHO SAY, YOU LET ME DIE, 07:37 AND YOU BRING SOME STRANGE WOMAN IN HERE WEARING MY 07:41 CLOTHES, SLEEPING IN MY BED. 07:45 AND THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO ARE AFRAID OF THAT. 07:50 THE FACT IS THAT THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE. 07:52 THE DEAD HAVE NO HATRED, NO ENVY. 07:56 WHEN THAT FUNERAL IS FINISHED, YOUR HEART OUGHT TO BE BROKEN 07:59 BECAUSE OF THE LONELINESS THAT NATURALLY ENSUES. 08:03 AND EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE INTELLECTUALLY CONVINCED THAT 08:07 YOUR MATE WILL RISE AGAIN, YOUR EMOTIONS RESPOND, AND 08:11 THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. 08:14 BUT NOBODY'S GOING TO COME BACK TO DO ANYTHING. 08:16 IF ANY NOISES START. . . 08:21 IT WILL NOT BE THAT PERSON. 08:23 ARE WE TOGETHER ? 08:24 WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. 08:26 ECCLESIASTES, CHAPTER 3, AND VERSE 20. 08:30 LET'S END IT ALL GOING TO ONE PLACE. 08:33 "ALL ARE OF THE DUST, AND ALL TURN TO DUST AGAIN." 08:37 SO, THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS NO CONCERN. 08:40 WHEN A PERSON IS DEAD, THERE IS NO X FACTOR THAT SEEPS OUT 08:47 OF THE EQUATION AND MEANDERS THROUGH THE ETHEREAL MIST. 08:58 IT'S NOT A B MOVIE. 09:01 IT'S REALITY. 09:03 GOD SAYS, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS. 09:05 I LET AN ANGEL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE END WITH IT. 09:10 I USHER THEM WITH THOSE ANGELS WHO EXCEL IN STRENGTH. 09:15 I LET THEM GO ALL THE WAY TO THE END WITH THEM. 09:17 AND WHEN THEY DIE, THEY ARE UNCONSCIOUS. 09:19 THEIR THOUGHTS PERISH AND THEN THAT ANGEL IS THERE 09:23 WHEN I CALL THEM BACK AGAIN. 09:25 SO THERE'S NO QUESTION. 09:26 NOW, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO ASK, SO LET ME ANSWER 09:28 BEFORE YOU GET THERE. 09:29 BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LITTLE PREACHING TO DO AT THE 09:31 END OF THIS SERMON. 09:32 I KIND OF LIKE IT. 09:33 THE FACT IS THAT IF THAT IS SO, IF PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DEAD, 09:38 THEN WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU GO INTO THOSE 09:43 SMALL LITTLE CUBICLES THAT ARE MYSTERIOUSLY DRAPED WITH PURPLE 09:49 AND SCARLET AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WITH ALL KINDS OF STRANGE 09:53 ATTIRE ON, AND YOU GO IN THERE AND SAY, I WANT TO SEE MY AUNT. 09:59 I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT, BUT SOME HAVE. 10:02 BE VERY QUIET AND DON'T MOVE. 10:04 NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW THAT YOU'RE PART OF THAT GROUP. 10:07 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REPORTED. 10:09 IN FACT, THERE WAS A TELEVISION SHOW THAT MIGHT 10:11 BE STILL IN SYNDICATION WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAME ON AND 10:14 SAID, LET ME TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS GONE BEYOND. 10:17 AND THE QUESTION IS, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S 10:19 ANSWERING, WHO IS IT ? 10:25 REVELATION, CHAPTER 12. 10:28 YOU OUGHT TO PUT A BOOKMARK IN THIS ONE, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE 10:32 WHO WILL REALLY GET CONCERNED ABOUT WHO IT IS WHO ANSWERS. 10:36 SOME OF YOU LOOKED AT THE SHOW. 10:38 DON'T CHANGE THE EXPRESSION ON YOUR FACE, BUT BE HONEST ENOUGH 10:41 TO ADMIT IN YOUR MIND THAT FOR A MINUTE YOU WORRIED ABOUT IT. 10:46 WHO IS THAT ? 10:47 MAYBE I OUGHT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY. 10:49 MAYBE I OUGHT TO GET SOME ADVICE FROM SOMEWHERE. 10:51 REVELATIONS, CHAPTER 12, AND LOOK AT VERSE 9. 10:56 REVELATIONS, CHAPTER 12, VERSE 9. 10:59 "AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, THAT OLD SERPENT CALLED 11:03 THE DEVIL AND SATAN, WHICH DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD. 11:08 HE WAS CAST OUT INTO THE EARTH AND HIS ANGELS WERE 11:11 CAST OUT WITH HIM. 11:13 THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS. 11:15 A THIRD OF THE HEAVENLY HOST. 11:16 LET ME PAUSE HERE FOR A MINUTE TO PRAISE THE NAME OF 11:19 GOD AND ADD A BONUS EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT. 11:25 IF THE DEVIL, AND HE DID TAKE WITH HIM A THIRD OF 11:28 THE ANGELIC HOSTS, YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT ONE THIRD 11:30 CAN NEVER GET TWO THIRDS. 11:35 IF THE DEVIL SENDS ONE IMP, ONE ANGEL TO GIVE YOU 11:39 TROUBLE, GOD CAN SEND TWO. 11:47 IF HE SENDS 10, GOD CAN SEND 20. 11:53 IF HE SENDS 100, GOD CAN SEND 200. 11:55 A THOUSAND, GOD CAN SEND TWO THOUSAND. 11:58 AND WHEN THE DEVIL HAS SENT ALL HE HAS, GOD'S 12:02 STILL GOT TWICE AS MANY. 12:04 DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT ? 12:10 LOOK WITH ME IN SECOND CORINTHIANS AND LET'S TALK ABOUT 12:13 A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY DO. 12:14 I CAN'T GET TOO FAR IN IT. 12:15 I DON'T HAVE TIME. 12:17 BUT YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANGELS WHO ARE THE DEVIL'S 12:21 ANGELS WHO CAME WITH HIM. 12:23 AND HERE'S WHAT SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 11 SAYS. 12:26 SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 11, START WITH VERSE 14. 12:31 "AND NO MARVEL, FOR SATAN, HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED 12:37 INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. 12:40 THEREFORE, IT IS NO GREAT THING IF HIS MINISTERS ALSO BE 12:45 TRANSFORMED AS THE MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHOSE END SHALL 12:50 BE ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS." 12:51 I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT ANYTHING YOU SEE LOOKING LIKE YOUR 12:55 RELATIVES, CAN'T BE A RELATIVE, BECAUSE THE LIVING 13:02 KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE. 13:03 THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANYTHING. 13:05 SO, WHILE I WANT TO COMFORT YOU WITH ASSURANCE THAT GOD HOLDS 13:09 PRECIOUS THE DEATH OF THOSE WHO DIE IN HIM, IN FACT, WISHES THAT 13:13 NO ONE WOULD EVER HAVE TO DIE. 13:16 BUT YOU MUST KNOW THAT WHATEVER YOU SEE MOVING OR 13:19 WHATEVER SOUNDS YOU HEAR, GO CHECK YOUR FURNACE. 13:26 SEE IF YOU LET THE CAT IN. 13:29 IT'S NOT SOMETHING STRANGE RETURNING TO LIFE. 13:35 BUT THE DEVIL WILL PLAY ON YOUR FEARS. 13:38 HE DOES THAT. 13:39 NOW, HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO SUGGEST. 13:42 I UNDERSTAND WHY THE DEVIL PLAYS THIS GAME. 13:47 WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS TO TELL YOU IS SIMPLE. 13:51 IF YOU SIN, DON'T WORRY. 13:55 THERE'S NO REAL PROBLEM. 13:58 YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE. 14:01 ALL OF THOSE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, DON'T LET THEM BOTHER YOU. 14:06 TRUST ME. 14:09 THERE'S REALLY NO DEATH FOR SINNERS. 14:14 I CAN KEEP YOU GOING AND GOING AND GOING AND GOING. 14:20 SO THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THEORIES THAT SAY ONE 14:23 SIMPLE THING, YOU CAN SIN AND GET AWAY WITH IT. 14:29 AND WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU TONIGHT IS THAT THE DEVIL 14:32 IS, IN FACT, A LIAR. 14:41 YOU CAN'T SIN WITH IMPUNITY. 14:45 THERE IS A FINAL PRICE TO PAY FOR SIN. 14:50 AND IF YOU PAY IT, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL SO, SO BAD WHILE 14:55 YOU'RE PAYING IT, BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE KNOWN THAT THERE 14:58 WAS NOTHING THAT JESUS COULD HAVE DONE THAT HE DIDN'T DO. 15:03 I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW 15:06 AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS THAT JESUS IS LORD OF LORDS. 15:10 IN FACT, YOU FORGIVE ME IF I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THOSE KNEES 15:13 THAT BOWS WILL BE SATAN HIMSELF. 15:15 FOR AT THE END, HE WILL EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS ALL LOST. 15:21 THAT CHRIST HAS DONE EVERYTHING THAT HE COULD HAVE DONE. 15:23 NOW, I WANT TOHARE THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE THIS IS MY TITLE. 15:26 THIS IS MY TEXT. 15:28 IN JOHN, CHAPTER 11 WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOR 15:33 CHRISTIANS, DEATH IS A SLEEP. 15:36 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SLEEP AND DEATH IS REALLY 15:38 EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 15:39 I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A FUNERAL, NO MATTER HOW SKILLFUL THE 15:42 MORTICIAN, WHEN I THOUGHT THE PERSON WAS SLEEPING. 15:47 HAVE YOU ? 15:49 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE LITTLE THINGS WE SAY AT FUNERALS. 15:53 OH, SHE LOOKS SO NICE. 15:57 SHE LOOKS SO PEACEFUL. 16:00 SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S ASLEEP. 16:03 NOT SO. 16:05 I HAVE NEVER CONFUSED ANYBODY AT A FUNERAL WHO WAS DEAD. 16:09 I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THEY WERE NOT ASLEEP. 16:13 BUT, IF YOU DIE IN CHRIST, THE REASON WHY IT CAN BE CALLED 16:16 A SLEEP, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEATH AND SLEEP, ESSENTIALLY, 16:19 IS THAT YOU WAKE UP FROM ONE AND KEEP ON LIVING. 16:23 AND WHAT LAZARUS' EXPERIENCE TAUGHT US--REMEMBER 16:26 THE DISCIPLES SAID, "LAZARUS' SLEEPS ?" 16:29 JESUS HAD EXPLAINED TO THEM. 16:30 HE'S ASLEEP. 16:31 THEY SAID, WELL, IF HE'S SLEEPS, HE DOES WELL. 16:33 AND FINALLY HE WAS CLEAR WITH THEM. 16:34 HE SAID, HE'S DEAD. 16:36 AND THEN THEY UNDERSTOOD. 16:37 BUT THE FACT IS THAT IN CHRIST DEATH IS NOT ETERNAL. 16:42 DEATH IS NOT ENDLESS. 16:44 SO, IN THAT SENSE, IT'S SLEEP. 16:47 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT THE FACT IS THAT THIS AWAKENING 16:54 COMES BY THE POWER OF GOD. 16:56 JOB, CHAPTER 10, VERSES 21 AND 22 SAYS THAT DEATH IS THE PLACE 17:01 OF DARKNESS AND DISORDER. 17:02 BUT THE FACT IS THAT DARKNESS AND DISORDER ARE THE 17:06 ANTITHESIS OF JESUS. 17:08 JESUS IS ORDERLY AND HE IS A GOD OF LIGHT. 17:13 SO DARKNESS AND DISORDER CONFRONT HIM ON A VERY 17:17 PRIMAL LEVEL. 17:19 HE CANNOT WITHSTAND HAVING HIS LOVED ONES BE PUT INTO A 17:25 SITUATION THAT EVEN JOB, IN HIS CONFUSED SITUATION, WILL 17:29 SAY IS DARKNESS AND DISORDER. 17:31 SO JESUS TAKES DEATH PERSONALLY. 17:34 AND HE WILL NOT ALLOW IT TO MAINTAIN ITS POWER. 17:39 THE FACT IS, JOHN, CHAPTER 5, AND VERSE 28. 17:42 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND THAT ONE. 17:43 JOHN, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 28. 17:46 JESUS WILL NOT ALLOW IT TO STAND UNCHALLENGED. 17:50 HE WILL NOT ALLOW IT. 17:53 SO, JOHN, CHAPTER 5, LOOK AT VERSES 28 AND 29. 17:58 YOU MUST KNOW. . .IT SAYS, JOHN. . .THE BIBLE IS NOT 18:04 WORKING WITH ME TONIGHT, BUT IT SHALL BE FOUND. 18:08 AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS, PARDON ME, FORGIVE ME, I'LL FIND IT. 18:14 I'VE GOT TO, BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS WHAT WE BASE THIS UPON. 18:18 CAN I HEAR AN AMEN SOMEWHERE ? 18:20 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 18:22 "MARVEL NOT AT THIS. 18:24 FOR THE HOUR IS COMING INTO WHICH ALL THAT ARE IN 18:29 THE GRAVES SHALL HEAR HIS VOICE AND SHALL COME FORTH." 18:36 VERSE 29. 18:37 "THEY THAT HAVE DONE GOOD ONTO THE RESURRECTION OF LIFE AND 18:40 THEY WHO HAVE DONE EVIL UNTO THE RESURRECTION OF DAMNATION." 18:43 THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN REBELLION WILL BE 18:47 AWAKE FOR JUST A MOMENT. 18:50 BUT THOSE WHO ARE RESURRECTED IN THE NAME 18:54 OF CHRIST, WILL RISE FIRST. 18:57 THEY WILL HEAR HIS VOICE OVER IN INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA THERE'S 19:02 A PLOT--YOU KNOW THEY PUT THEM ALL IN THOSE TINY PLACES 19:06 NOW--YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE BURIAL SPACE IN JUST 19:10 A LITTLE SPACE WHERE 16 SOMETIMES ARE BURIED THERE. 19:15 IN THAT ONE PLACE IS MY MOTHER, WHO DIED BEFORE SHE TURNED 50, 19:20 AND THERE'S MY FATHER WHO JUST DIED IN DECEMBER--BOTH 19:24 OF THEM IN THAT SAME SPACE. 19:27 AND I GET EXCITED, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 19:33 THEY CAN'T HEAR MY VOICE--I DON'T GO OUT THERE AND 19:35 TALK--I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY WHEN I GO THERE. 19:37 I HAVE GONE TIME TO TIME TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN ORDER. 19:41 BUT THE ONLY VOICE THEY WILL HEAR IS THE VOICE OF JESUS 19:45 WHEN HE SAYS COME FORTH. 19:51 I BELIEVE THAT. 19:53 I BELIEVE THAT ISAIAH CHAPTER 25 VERSES 8 AND 9 SAYS THAT DEATH 19:57 WILL BE SWALLOWED UP. 19:59 I BELIEVE THAT JESUS--WHO HAS TAKEN IT PERSONALLY--WILL 20:02 NOT IT ALLOW TO STAND. 20:04 FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 AND VERSE 23 IS WHERE WE STARTED AND 20:08 THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO GO. 20:09 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 AND VERSE 23 AND LET'S UNPACK 20:14 WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 20:16 "FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE." 20:19 VERSE 22. 20:20 "EVEN SO IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE, BUT 20:23 EVERY MAN IN HIS OWN ORDER." 20:26 WHEN I WENT TO DIG UNDERNEATH THIS PHRASE, HERE IS WHAT IT 20:30 MEANS: IT'S A TERM THAT WAS ONLY USED ABOUT THE MILITARY. 20:37 IT'S A MILITARY TERM THAT SAYS YOU MARCH IN THE GROUP, YOU 20:41 MARCH IN THE BRIGADE, YOU MARCH IN THE VERY FORCE YOU HAVE BEEN 20:49 ASSIGNED TOO AND IT'S A SEQUENTIAL ORGANIZATION. 20:54 SO THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FIRST, THE TEXT SEEMS TO SUGGEST, 20:58 WILL COME UP FIRST. 20:59 JESUS, THE FIRST FRUIT, WITHOUT THE RESURRECTION 21:03 OF CHRIST THERE WOULD BE NO HOPE FOR RESURRECTION. 21:06 BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE. 21:08 I BELIEVE THAT SINCE JESUS TAKES THIS THING SO PERSONALLY, 21:11 I BELIEVE THAT FIRST OF ALL, HE WILL MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT IS A 21:15 DRAMATIC WAY THAT WE COME FORTH. 21:17 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE POPPING UP HERE, 21:20 SOME ARE POPPING UP THERE--I DON'T BELIEVE THAT JESUS WANT'S 21:23 IT TO BE THAT WAY--THAT IS NOT ACCORDING TO HIS CHARACTER. 21:26 HE IS ORDERLY IN CHARACTER, BUT HE DISLIKES DEATH, 21:30 HE DESPISES DEATH. 21:32 SO THE TEXT IN ISAIAH SAYS THAT DEATH WILL DIE. 21:39 DEATH, THE KILLER, DEATH THAT HAS ROBBED US, DEATH THAT TOOK 21:44 LOVED ONES, FINALLY GOD WILL SAY "YOU DEATH, MUST DIE." 21:54 HE'LL NOT DO IT OUT OF ORDER, HE'LL NOT DO IT OUT OF ORDER. 21:59 IN FACT VERSE 26--THIS IS 1 CORINTHIANS 15:26. 22:04 IT SAYS: "THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH." 22:11 SO WOULD YOU MIND IF I GO AHEAD AND PREACH A MINUTE. 22:15 I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL NOT ALLOW DEATH TO ESCAPE OUT OF 22:21 SOME SPIDER HOLE. 22:23 DEATH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RUN AWAY AND HIDE IN THE DARKNESS. 22:28 BUT JESUS WILL WAIT UNTIL ALL PRICIPALITIES AND POWERS, UNTIL 22:32 EVERY THING THAT LIFTS ITSELF AGAINST HIS KINGDOM IS PUT DOWN. 22:38 AND THEN THE LAST ENEMY, DEATH, AND THE APOSTLE PAUL PERSONIFIES 22:45 DEATH, AND HE SAYS IT THEN WILL BE THE LAST ENEMY TO BE 22:50 DESTROYED, AND IF THAT IS SO, THEN THE BIBLE SAYS THOSE WHO 22:55 HAVE DIED IN CHRIST WILL COME FORTH LIKE SOLDIERS, IN 23:02 RANKS--FORGIVE ME IF I DO A LITTLE BLACK PREACHING HERE, 23:07 THERE IS IMAGINATION IN BLACK PREACHING. 23:10 AND I BELIEVE THAT IN THOSE RANKS THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME 23:12 OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME WHEN 23:16 THEY WERE TALLER THAN WE ARE. 23:18 SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF A TALL BRIGADE CAME 23:21 MARCHING, COMING UP FROM DEATH AND MARCHING. 23:27 A LITTLE LATER WHEN SIN BEGAN TO DO IT'S WORK--THEY 23:29 WERE A LITTLE SHORTER. 23:30 SO I SEE THE TALLER PEOPLE AND THEN THE SHORTER PEOPLE 23:32 AND THE SHORTER PEOPLE. 23:33 BUT THEN I REMEMBER THAT TEXT THAT SAYS THAT IN A MOMENT, 23:36 IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED. 23:41 SO MAYBE YOU COME UP SHORTER BUT YOU STRETCH IN THE 23:47 TWINKLING OF AN EYE. 23:49 I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL COME MARCHING--IN FACT WHEN JOB 23:53 PICKED UP A SIMILIAR KIND OF WORD--WHEN YOU READ IN JOB 23:58 14:14, JOB SAYS "ALL THE DAYS OF MY APPOINTED TIME WILL I 24:04 WAIT TILL MY CHANGE COMES." 24:09 I CHECKED IT OUT--IT'S A MILITARY TERM. 24:13 HE SAID "I'VE BEEN PUT IN THE ARMY, I'VE BEEN 24:16 FIGHTING FAITHFULLY. 24:17 AND IF I'VE GOT TO GO TO SLEEP, LET ME SLEEP 24:20 UNTIL YOUR WRATH BE PAST." 24:22 THAT SHOWS HIS MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PROPHECIES MIGHT 24:25 HAVE MEANT. 24:26 BUT THEN HE SAID "LORD APPOINT ME A TIME AND REMEMBER ME 24:32 ALL THE DAYS OF MY APPOINTED TIME WILL I WAIT TILL 24:37 MY CHANGE COMES. 24:40 WHAT JOB IS SAYING IS I BELIEVE I'M COMING FORTH. 24:44 I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GONNA BE IN WHICH BRIGADE, AND I 24:45 DON'T KNOW HOW TALL OR SHORT I WILL BE IN COMPARISON. 24:48 BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE--I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT 24:51 THERE WILL BE SOME STRANGE, LITTLE QUIET RESURRECTION. 25:00 I BELIEVE THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND, 1 THESSALONIANS 4. 25:04 I BELIEVE THAT THE VOICE OF THE ARKANGEL WILL BE HEARD. 25:08 I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WITH ALL OF HIS HOLY ANGELS WILL BE SEEN 25:11 IN THE MIDST OF THE SKY. 25:12 AND HE SAID I MYSELF, I WILL COME PERSONALLY AND I WILL CALL 25:18 THEM AND THEN WE WILL MEET TOGETHER IN THE CLOUDS. 25:22 AND I BELIEVE, MY FREINDS, THAT IT WILL BE THE GREATEST 25:25 SPECTACLE OF GOD'S POWER THAT THE EARTH HAS EVER SEEN. 25:28 IT WILL BE THE GREATEST FAMILY REUNION THAT ANYBODY HAS EVER 25:31 EXPERIENCED BUT IT WON'T BE SOMETHING QUIET IN THE CORNER, 25:34 IT WILL HAVE ALL THE DRAMA THAT YOU CAN EXPECT, IT WILL BE MORE 25:38 THAN YOU COULD HAVE EVER EXPECTED, AND WHEN THAT DAY 25:40 COMES, I HOPE, BY THE GRACE OF GOD TO BE WASHED IN THE BLOOD 25:45 OF JESUS SO WHENEVER JESUS SAYS YOU OUGHT TO BE HERE, I WANT 25:49 TO MARCH IN MY PLACE WHEN DEATH HAS NO MORE VICTORY. 25:54 Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING. 25:55 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH PASTOR 25:59 WALTER L. 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