BREATH OF LIFE
MINISTRIES PRESENTS:
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SERMON #553 THE MILLENNIUM
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[BREATH OF LIFE THEME MUSIC]
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PB: Let's pray. God, we thank
You tonight for bringing us
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here. Lord, as we go into Your
Word we pray for the power of
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Your Holy Spirit in
this place. We pray that God,
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You would speak through me so
Thy people not see or hear me,
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but that they would hear
Thee and see Thee. So Lord God,
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open our hearts, open our
minds, make us receptive to
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Your Spirit's leadings.
And Lord, when we leave here,
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we'll be able to say you
know what? It was good to have
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been in Your house tonight,
through Your Word. We love You,
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we thank You, and we
praise You in Jesus' name.
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Let everyone say
amen.  Aud.: Amen.
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PB: And amen.
Amen. Now, let's review.
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Remember on Sunday
night, we talked about the
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fact that the first time
Jesus came to this earth,
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He came as a baby. He
came as a what, everybody?
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Aud.: Baby.   PB:
Come on, talk to me.
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He came as a what,
everybody? Aud.: Baby.
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PB: He came as a baby, but
He had a purpose in His coming.
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He came as a baby,
but He came to save us.
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He came to do what,
everybody? Aud.: Save us.
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PB: He came to
save us from our sins.
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Remember, we talked
about the origin and
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the beginning of sin.
The fact that the Bible
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says in the beginning God
created the heavens and the
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what? Aud.: Earth.   PB: But
we discovered that God created
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the heavens and the
earth, but the earth was without
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form and void, darkness
was upon the face of the deep,
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which means there was
no life on planet earth.
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We recognize that
all life was in heaven.
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But there was a problem
in heaven, because Isaiah 14
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teaches that Lucifer, or
Satan, wanted to be as God.
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And so because, as we
told you on Sunday night,
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there cannot be two
cooks in the kitchen,
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we recognize that somebody
had to go. Revelation 12
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lets us know who had to go.
We told you on Sunday night,
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the devil can try
all he wants, all he can,
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but he cannot defeat my
Jesus. The Bible is very clear.
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Greater is the God that is
in us than the devil that's
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in the world. Revelation
12, specifically verse 7,
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says "There was war in
heaven." War where, everybody?
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Aud.: In heaven.  PB: Michael,
representing Jesus Christ
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and His angels,
fought against the dragon,
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which is Satan and his
angels, and the dragon,
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the Bible says
"prevailed not." Which means,
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Jesus won. So you know,
I don't worry about what
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happens in this
life 'cause I understand.
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The battle is not yours,
the battle is the Lord's.
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I understand, in this
life we incur some battles
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along the way, but the good
news is, the fight is fixed.
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Jesus already won at Calvary,
and I praise God for that.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: But this
thing, we have to live it out.
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Because everyone has to
make a conscious decision of
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where they will spend eternity.
But we discovered there's
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war in heaven. Lucifer, Satan,
the devil, he and his angels
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are cast to the earth, and
he begins his deceptive activity
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in the Garden of Eden. And we
discover in Genesis, chapter 3,
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that Adam and Eve got in trouble
because they were hanging
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around the tree. Remember,
we talked about that. And so,
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sin came, and we recognize
that God, even though sin
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had come into this earth--the
good news about God is,
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because He's alpha and
because He's omega, because He's
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the first and because
He's the last, because He's
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the beginning and because
He's the end, God already
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had a plan in place. Before
the foundation of the world,
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God had a plan in place that
God would have to send His best.
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His best would be His
Son, Jesus Christ. And through
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Jesus' shed blood, you
and I can have eternal life.
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That should make somebody
excited.  [Aud. reaction]
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PB: Understanding that
it doesn't matter what you
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did last night, that's covered
by the blood of the Lamb.
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It doesn't matter what
you did last month, last year,
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if you confess your sins
God is faithful and just to
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forgive us of our sins
and cleanse us from all
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unrighteousness. So the good
news is, the first time Jesus
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came, He came as a baby,
but He had to save us from sin.
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But then we realize we
have reverted back to times
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of old in that sin is
among us. Romans 5:12 says as
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sin entered one
man in that of Adam,
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sin is passed on to all
men. But we recognize that
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because sin is passed on
to all men, and we live in
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a world of sin, stress,
and mess, Jesus has got to
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come back a second time. The
difference the second time is,
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when Jesus comes back
it won't be like the first
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time to necessarily
save His people, but when
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Jesus comes back the
second time, the good
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news is Jesus is
coming to get His people.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: So
we know Jesus is coming,
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and we also know He's
coming real what, everybody?
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Aud.: Soon.  PB: Soon. We
don't know when He's coming,
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but we know He's
coming real what, everybody?
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Aud.: Soon.  PB: How
do we know He's coming?
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We read about this
the other day, and we read
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about this on Sunday
night. We know He's coming
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soon because the
Bible says, in Matthew 24,
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"As it was in the
days of Noah, so shall it
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also be in the
coming of the Son of man."
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Which means, in
Noah's day they were eating
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and what,
everybody?  Aud.: Drinking.
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PB: Come on, they were
eating and what? Aud.: Drinking.
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PB: They were marrying and
giving in what?  Aud.: Marriage.
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PB: The Bible also
says in Matthew 24,
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some signs before
Jesus Christ comes the second
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time is that there will
be wars and rumors of what?
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Aud.: Wars.  PB: There
will also be earthquakes.
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There will be pestilences.
There will be famines
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in different
places. The Bible says that,
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but the Bible says that
if we endure to the end,
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the same shall be
saved. So friends of mine,
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I know the world is rough,
I know the world is tough,
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but hold on, help is on
the way. Jesus Christ is
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soon to come. The signs tell it.
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Now, we also recognize
that we ask how is Jesus
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going to come back
to this earth? Well,
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the Bible says in Acts,
chapter 1, verses 9, 10,
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and 11, that Jesus
left in a cloud, He's going
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to come back in a what,
everybody?  Aud.: Cloud.
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PB: The Bible also
lets us know in Revelation,
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chapter 1, verse 7,
that when Jesus comes back,
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it won't be a secret
rapture. There will be
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nothing secret about
Jesus' coming. We read in
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Revelation
chapter 1, verse number 7,
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that when Jesus Christ
comes back the second time,
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that every
living what?  Aud.: Eye.
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PB: Come on, every living
what, everybody?  Aud.: Eye.
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PB: Eye is going to see
Him. And the good news is,
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we will see Him at the
same time. So, we'll see Him
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in Huntsville, people
will see Him in New York,
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people will see Him in
L.A., people will see Him
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in Africa, people
will see Him in Asia,
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people will see Him
in Australia, people will
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see Him in the
Caribbean, and we will all
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see Him at the same
time.  [Aud. reaction]
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PB: But then we discovered
also that there are four
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primary groups when
Jesus comes. Group number one,
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we had it on the
quiz. The righteous dead.
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The righteous what,
everybody? Aud.: Dead.
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PB: They rise
what?  Aud.: First.
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PB: Come on, they
rise what, everybody?
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Aud.: First.  PB: They
rise first. Group number two,
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the righteous
living, are caught up to meet
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the Lord in the what,
everybody? Aud.: Cloud.
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PB: Group number
three, the wicked living,
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die at the brightness
of His what?  Aud.: Coming.
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PB: So remember, I
told you Sunday night,
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I practice looking at
light to make sure I can see it,
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because if I can't look
at light now, I sure won't be
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able to look at light
when Jesus comes. The wicked
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living will die at the
brightness of His coming,
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and then group number
four, the wicked dead,
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will remain what,
everybody? Aud.: Dead.
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PB: Now remember,
we told you, if in fact
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Jesus when He comes
back the second time,
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if the righteous dead
rise first, if the righteous
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living are caught up to
meet the Lord in the air,
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if then the righteous
were already in heaven,
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who would Jesus be coming
back for at His second coming?
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We'll talk about that more
tomorrow night. But for tonight,
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it's very important for
us to understand that at
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Jesus' second coming the
dead in Christ rise first,
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the righteous living
are caught up to meet the
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Lord in the air, the
wicked living die at the
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brightness of His coming,
and the wicked dead remain what,
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everybody? Dead.  Now, there's
something else we need to
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discover about Jesus'
second coming. The second coming
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of Jesus Christ occurs
simultaneous to the first
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resurrection. This first
resurrection is a resurrection,
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as we say it, of the righteous.
The dead in Christ rise what?
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First. So at Jesus' second
coming, it happens simultaneous
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to the first resurrection.
This first resurrection begins a
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1,000-year period. Are you
with me, everybody? At Jesus'
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second coming,
there's a resurrection.
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This is the first
resurrection, and it begins a
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1,000-year period. Go with
me to the book of Revelation.
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What book,
everybody? Aud.: Revelation.
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PB: Let's go to
Revelation, and we're going to
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Revelation chapter
20. Revelation chapter 20,
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and we're going to verse
number 5. Revelation chapter 20,
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and let's go to verse
number 5. Revelation chapter 20,
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and we're going to verse number
5. The Word of God says to us-
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-if you have it, let me
hear you say amen.  Aud.: Amen.
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PB: Revelation chapter
20, verse 5, the Word of
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God says to us tonight
"But the rest of the dead
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lived not again until
the thousand years were"-
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-what,
everybody?  Aud.: Finished.
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PB: Finished. This is
the what resurrection?
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Aud.: First.  PB: All
right, let's stop there.
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Number one, this
lets me know, yes true,
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the wicked dead will
remain what?  Aud.: Dead.
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PB: And they will
not live again until
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the end of 1,000 what,
everybody?  Aud.: Years.
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PB: Years. The Bible then
says, this is the first what?
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Aud.: Resurrection. 
PB: Resurrection, which then
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lets you and me, lets
us know, that there must
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be more than one resurrection.
Because if it was just-
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-remember I said
Sunday night--if it were just
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one resurrection, the
Bible would say this is
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the resurrection.
But the Bible says this
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is the what resurrection,
everybody?  Aud.: First.
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PB: First. Now look
at verse 6. "Blessed and
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holy is he that hath part
in the"--what resurrection?
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Aud.: First.   PB:
Which lets me know it's a
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good thing to be in the
first resurrection. All right,
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so we have established there
is more than one resurrection.
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But we've also read,
blessed and holy is he that
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hath part in the
first resurrection,
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which means it's good
to be in that resurrection.
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Continuing on. "On
such the second death hath
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no"--what,
everybody?  Aud.: Power.
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PB: Come on, hath no
what, everybody?  Aud.: Power
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PB: That lets me know,
there are at least two deaths.
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Are we clear, everybody?
We're reading the Bible.
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There at least two
deaths. "On such the second
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death hath no power,
but they shall be priests
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of God and of Christ,
and shall reign with him"
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for how many
years?  Aud.: A thousand.
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PB: How many
years?  Aud.: A thousand.
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PB: All right, so let's review.
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At Jesus' second
coming it happens simultaneous
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to the first resurrection.
We know there's another
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resurrection because the
wicked don't live again for
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1,000 years. But at
Jesus' second coming
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there is a resurrection.
It is a resurrection
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of the righteous.
It is a resurrection
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of the what,
everybody?  Aud.: Righteous.
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PB: So the first thousand
years begin with a resurrection.
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The end of the 1,000
years is another resurrection.
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So that means, at
the end of 1,000 years,
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there's another
resurrection. But if it's
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blessed and holy in
the first resurrection
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that means the end
of the 1,000 years,
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that's not a good
resurrection to be a part of.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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All right. Put a
bookmark in Revelation 20 and
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go back now to John
chapter 5. Go to John chapter 5,
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and I want you in verses
28 and 29. John chapter 5,
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verses 28 and 29. We know
that the first resurrection
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is a good resurrection.
At the end of the 1,000 years
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the wicked are a part of
a resurrection. That's not a
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good resurrection. John
5:28 and 29 affirm that.
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The Word of God, Jesus Himself
speaking in John chapter 5,
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verse number 28. If you have
it, let me hear you say amen.
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Aud.: Amen.   PB:
"Marvel not at this: for the
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hour is coming, in the
which all that are in the
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graves shall hear
his"  Aud.: Voice.
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PB: Shall hear his
what, everybody?  Aud.: Voice.
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PB: Now stop
there. That lets me know,
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as I read that, that
Jesus is the only One who
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has the power to resurrect
the dead. The Bible says,
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all that are in the graves
shall hear his what, everybody?
00:12:12.19\00:12:15.20
Aud.: Voice.   PB: That
lets me know Satan doesn't
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have resurrection
power. Jesus says,
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I am the
resurrection and the life.
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Are you hearing
what I'm saying? It's
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important to understand
that because the devil
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will try to deceive
people into thinking that he
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has resurrection
power. He doesn't. Verse 29,
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"And shall come forth;
they that have done good,
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unto the resurrection of
life." Everybody say "life."
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Aud.: Life.  PB: "And
they that have done evil,
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unto the
resurrection of damnation."
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Everybody say
"damnation." Aud.: Damnation.
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PB: So we are
clear, the Bible is,
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that there are
two resurrections.
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The first resurrection
happens at the second coming,
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at the beginning of the
1,000 years. At the end of
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the 1,000 years
there's another resurrection.
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The wicked are then
resurrected. Blessed and holy
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is he in the first
resurrection. On such the
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second death hath no power.
There are two resurrections,
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a resurrection of life and
a resurrection of damnation.
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If you're like me,
if we die in the Lord,
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we want to be a part
of the first resurrection.
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All right, so the
beginning of 1,000 years begins
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with a good
resurrection. The end of the
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thousand years ends
with a resurrection that's
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not a good resurrection.
The period in between
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is 1,000 years. This period
is known as the millennium.
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Everybody say
"millennium." Aud.: Millennium.
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PB: Say it like you
mean it, say "millennium."
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Aud.: Millennium.   PB:
So the question is then,
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all right, I know what
happens at the beginning.
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I know what happens at
the end. What happens in
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the middle? What
happens during the 1,000 years?
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Take your Bibles and go
to the book of Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah, and we're
going to Jeremiah chapter 4.
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Jeremiah. Isaiah,
Jeremiah, chapter 4. And we're
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going to verse number
23. Jeremiah chapter 4,
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and we're going to verse
number 23. Jeremiah chapter 4,
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verse number 23. The
Word of God says to us tonight
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in Jeremiah chapter 4,
verse 23. If you have it,
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let me hear you
say amen. Aud.: Amen.
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PB: I'm reading.
Behold, "I beheld the earth,
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and, lo, it was without
form, and"--what?  Aud.: Void.
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PB: "And the heavens"--they
had no what?  Aud.: Light.
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PB: Now, this sounds like how
the earth was before God created
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it. Remember we read, in
the beginning God created the
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heavens and the what,
everybody?? Earth. And then we
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read the earth was
without form and what? Void.
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Darkness was upon the
face of the deep. Remember,
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we read that. Ironically
we now go to Jeremiah 4,
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verse 23. "I beheld the
earth, and lo, it was without
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form and void, and the heavens
and they had no what, everybody?
00:14:44.68\00:14:47.98
Aud.: Light.  PB: Which
means then, if this is how
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the earth is during the
1,000 years, it is reminiscent
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of how the earth was before
the earth was created. Verse 24.
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"I beheld the mountains,
and, lo, they trembled,
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and all the hills moved
lightly. I beheld, and, lo,
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there was no man, and all the
birds of the heavens were fled."
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And, "I beheld, and, lo, the
fruitful place was a wilderness,
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and all the cities thereof
were broken down at the presence
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of the LORD, and by his
fierce anger." Verse 28,
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"For this shall the earth
mourn, and the heavens above
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be black; because I have
spoken it, I have purposed it,
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and will not repent, neither
will I turn back from it."
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All right, let's be
clear, what's going on.
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Jesus, the first
time, came to save us.
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He came to do what,
everybody? Aud.: Save us.
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PB: Jesus, the second
time, is coming to get us.
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He's coming to do what,
everybody?  Aud.: Get us.
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PB: At His second
coming there is a resurrection.
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It is a good resurrection. The
dead in Christ shall rise what?
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Aud.: First.  PB: And the
righteous living are caught
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up to meet the Lord in the
what, everybody?  Aud.: Air.
00:15:46.14\00:15:47.91
PB: The wicked living die at the
brightness of his what?  Aud.:
00:15:47.94\00:15:50.51
Coming. PB: The wicked
dead remain what? Aud.: Dead.
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PB: For how many
years?   Aud.: A thousand.
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PB: At the end of the 1,000
years, is there a resurrection?
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Aud.: Yes. PB: It's a
resurrection of the wicked.
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A resurrection of the
what, everybody?  Aud.: Wicked.
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PB: Is it good to be
a part of the first or
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the second
resurrection?  Aud.: First.
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PB: First. During the
1,000 years there's no life
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on planet earth. It's
without form, it's without void.
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It's void, rather.
It's dark. It's black.
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There is no life. Well,
Pastor, that makes sense,
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why is there no life?
There's no life because
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all the righteous are
in where? Aud.: Heaven.
00:16:26.92\00:16:29.02
PB: And all the
wicked are what? Aud.: Dead.
00:16:29.05\00:16:31.22
PB: Dead. Here on
this what? Aud.: Earth.
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PB: So that means there
is no funeral for the wicked,
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because if the undertaker
were wicked, he's dead too.
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Are we all together,
everybody? So, the righteous
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undertake don't come down
to earth and bury the wicked,
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because if he's
righteous or she's righteous,
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they're already in where?
Heaven. The wicked undertaker
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can't bury any wicked, because
if he or she were wicked,
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guess what? They're dead
too. So if the righteous are
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in heaven and reigning
with Christ for 1,000 years,
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the wicked are dead on
this earth and there is no
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life on earth, what's
Satan doing? What's Satan doing?
00:17:06.82\00:17:11.29
Go back to Revelation
20. Go back to Revelation 20,
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but let's go to verse
number 1. Revelation chapter 20,
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verse number 1. What's the devil
doing? Revelation chapter 20,
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verse number 1, the Word of
God says, "And I saw an angel
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come down from heaven,
having the key of the bottomless
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pit and a great" what
in his hand?  Aud.: Chain.
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PB: A great what in
his hand? Aud.: Chain.
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PB: "And he laid hold on
the dragon, that old serpent,
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which is the Devil, and Satan,
and bound him" for how many
00:17:36.75\00:17:39.32
years? Aud.: A thousand.  PB:
All right, so Satan is bound for
00:17:39.35\00:17:43.56
a thousand years. Look at verse
number 3. "And cast him into the
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bottomless pit, and shut
him up." Oh, I only got one
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hallelujah. [Aud. reaction]  PB:
The Lord, Jesus, God, shut that
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rascal up! [Aud. reaction]  PB:
That's better. "Set a seal upon
00:18:00.98\00:18:06.41
him, that he should
deceive the nations no more,
00:18:06.45\00:18:09.68
till the thousand years
should be"--what, everybody?
00:18:09.72\00:18:12.05
Aud.: Fulfilled.  PB: "And
after that he must be loosed"
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for a little
what?  Aud.: Season.
00:18:14.59\00:18:16.36
PB: All right, so let's
understand what's going on.
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The devil is shut up. God
has put a seal on the devil.
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Why? Because remember, the
devil's number one activity
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is to deceive. Well, the
devil can't deceive anybody,
00:18:25.63\00:18:29.34
because the righteous are
in heaven with Jesus and the
00:18:29.37\00:18:32.61
wicked are dead here on
this earth. So he can't deceive,
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he can't do anything, he's
just there for 1,000 years,
00:18:37.38\00:18:41.35
because if he had the power
to do something, he would do
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it during the 1,000 years.
The interesting thing about
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the devil is this: if the
devil claims to have the power
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that he does, the devil
has 1,000 years to resurrect
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the wicked. If he has
power, devil go on and do it.
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You've got 1,000 years
to resurrect the wicked and
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show them how much power
you have. But he's not the
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resurrection and the
life. He has no power.
00:19:04.41\00:19:07.44
The devil can't do anything
without God allowing him to do
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it. [Aud. reaction]  
PB: So a seal is set on him.
00:19:12.48\00:19:18.05
He's shut up. Have a
seat. [Aud. reaction]
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PB: All right, so at
Jesus' second coming the
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dead in Christ
rise what?  Aud.: First.
00:19:34.40\00:19:36.60
PB: Come on, the dead in
Christ rise what? Aud.: First.
00:19:36.64\00:19:39.07
PB: The righteous
living are caught up to
00:19:39.11\00:19:40.64
meet the Lord in
the what? Aud.: Air.
00:19:40.68\00:19:41.94
PB: The wicked
living die at the brightness
00:19:41.98\00:19:43.98
of His what?  Aud.: Coming.
00:19:44.01\00:19:45.31
PB: The wicked dead
remain what? Aud.: Dead.
00:19:45.35\00:19:47.05
PB: For how many
years?  Aud.: One thousand.
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PB: At the end
of the 1,000 years,
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are the wicked
resurrected? Aud.: Yes.
00:19:50.22\00:19:52.19
PB: During the
1,000 years, the righteous
00:19:52.22\00:19:54.36
are in where?  Aud.: Heaven.
00:19:54.39\00:19:55.76
PB: The wicked
are what?  Aud.: Dead.
00:19:55.79\00:19:57.33
PB: Here on this
what?  Aud.: Earth.
00:19:57.36\00:19:59.13
PB: Satan can't deceive, why?
00:19:59.16\00:20:01.06
Because the righteous
are in what?  Aud.: Heaven.
00:20:01.10\00:20:02.86
PB: And the wicked
are what? Aud.: Dead.
00:20:02.90\00:20:04.43
PB: Here on this
what?  Aud.: Earth.
00:20:04.47\00:20:06.03
PB: So what are
the righteous doing?
00:20:06.07\00:20:07.80
If they're in heaven with Jesus,
00:20:07.84\00:20:13.17
what are they doing?
Look at verse number 4.
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Revelation chapter
20, verse number 4.
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Look at verse 4.
The Word of God says,
00:20:20.42\00:20:21.85
"And I saw thrones,
and they sat upon them,
00:20:21.88\00:20:24.22
and judgment was
given unto them: and I saw
00:20:24.25\00:20:25.62
the souls of them
that were beheaded for the
00:20:25.65\00:20:27.62
witness of"--whom,
everybody? Aud.: Jesus.
00:20:27.66\00:20:29.52
PB: "And for the word of"--whom,
everybody?  Aud.: God.
00:20:29.56\00:20:31.43
PB: "And which had
not worshipped the beast,
00:20:31.46\00:20:33.63
neither his image,
neither had received his
00:20:33.66\00:20:35.63
mark upon their
foreheads, or in their hands;
00:20:35.66\00:20:37.37
and they lived and
reigned with Christ"
00:20:37.40\00:20:39.07
for how many
years?  Aud.: A thousand.
00:20:39.10\00:20:40.50
PB: Now look at verse number 12.
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"And I saw the
dead, small and great,
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stand before God;
and the books were"-
00:20:44.71\00:20:47.21
-what, everybody?  Aud.: Opened.
00:20:47.24\00:20:48.68
PB: "And another book
was"--what, everybody?  Aud.:
00:20:48.71\00:20:50.58
Opened. PB: "Which is the
book of life: and the dead
00:20:50.61\00:20:52.38
were judged out of
those things which were
00:20:52.41\00:20:55.38
written in the books, according
to their"--what, everybody?
00:20:55.42\00:20:57.95
Aud.: Works.  PB: "And
the sea gave up the dead
00:20:57.99\00:20:59.95
which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up
00:21:00.06\00:21:01.99
the dead which were in
them: and they were judged
00:21:02.02\00:21:04.09
every man according to
their"--what, everybody?  Aud.:
00:21:04.13\00:21:07.13
Works. PB: All right, so
the righteous, in addition to
00:21:07.20\00:21:10.03
reigning with Jesus,
the righteous are in heaven
00:21:10.07\00:21:12.60
and they are
participating in judgment.
00:21:12.63\00:21:15.74
They are able to
look over the books.
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Why are they able
to look over the books?
00:21:19.47\00:21:21.04
Why are they
participating in judgment?
00:21:21.08\00:21:22.68
Because remember,
one of Satan's claims,
00:21:22.71\00:21:25.05
one of his
accusations against God,
00:21:25.08\00:21:27.45
is that God is not
fair. That God is unjust.
00:21:27.48\00:21:31.09
That God does not give
people the power of choice.
00:21:31.12\00:21:34.49
Remember, Satan used
that same lie in heaven
00:21:34.52\00:21:37.69
and he deceived
one-third of the angels.
00:21:37.73\00:21:41.40
So the righteous
will be in heaven during
00:21:41.43\00:21:45.23
the 1,000 years
participating in judgment,
00:21:45.27\00:21:47.07
looking over the
books, and they will be able
00:21:47.10\00:21:49.07
to see that God was
not willing that any should
00:21:49.10\00:21:51.64
perish but that all
should come to repentance.
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They will be able
to look over the books
00:21:53.91\00:21:55.58
and see that God gave all
of us, God gave everybody,
00:21:55.61\00:21:58.95
a chance to be saved.
If an individual is lost,
00:21:58.98\00:22:03.32
it's because of a
choice that I made.
00:22:03.35\00:22:06.02
Nobody made me do it.
I made a choice to do it.
00:22:06.05\00:22:12.36
So we discover at
Jesus' second coming the
00:22:12.39\00:22:17.87
righteous dead
rise what?  Aud.: First.
00:22:17.90\00:22:19.90
PB: The righteous
living are caught up
00:22:19.93\00:22:21.44
to meet the Lord
in the--  Aud.: Air.
00:22:21.47\00:22:22.94
PB: The wicked living die
at the brightness of His--
00:22:22.97\00:22:24.71
Aud.: Coming.   PB: The
wicked dead remain what?
00:22:24.74\00:22:26.68
Aud.: Dead.  PB:
For how many years?
00:22:26.71\00:22:28.34
Aud.: A thousand.  
PB: At the end of the
00:22:28.38\00:22:29.71
thousand years, the
wicked are what? Resurrected.
00:22:29.74\00:22:32.11
During the 1,000 years, the
righteous are in where?  Aud.:
00:22:32.15\00:22:35.15
Heaven. PB: The wicked are what?
Dead here on this what?  Aud.:
00:22:35.18\00:22:38.32
Earth. PB: Can
Satan deceive?  Aud.: No.
00:22:38.35\00:22:39.79
PB: Because the righteous
are in--  Aud.: Heaven.
00:22:39.82\00:22:41.96
PB: The wicked are what? Dead.
Here on this what?  Aud.: Earth.
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.93
PB: The righteous are
participating in what?  Aud.:
00:22:44.96\00:22:47.76
Judgment. PB: Judgment. All
right. Now, at the end of the
00:22:47.83\00:22:57.91
1,000 years there's a
resurrection. There's a
resurrection of the wicked.
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What else happens? Go to
Revelation 21. And go to verse
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number 1. Let's start at
verse number one. Revelation 21,
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let's start at verse
1. The Word of God says-
00:23:16.79\00:23:21.03
-if you have it, let me
hear you say amen.  Aud.: Amen.
00:23:21.06\00:23:23.43
PB: "And I saw a new
heaven and a new earth:
00:23:23.47\00:23:29.67
for the first heaven
and the first earth were
00:23:29.70\00:23:34.24
passed away; and there was no
more"--what, everybody?  Aud.:
00:23:34.28\00:23:39.41
Sea. PB: Verse 2. "And I
John saw the holy city, new
00:23:39.45\00:23:45.65
Jerusalem, coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as
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a bride adorned
for her husband." Now,
00:23:51.36\00:23:55.56
almost 20 years ago,
my wife and I got married
00:23:55.60\00:23:59.63
in this church. And I
will never forget when
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she came down that
aisle. I'll tell you,
00:24:02.74\00:24:04.84
if we don't hurry up and
get over with this ceremony,
00:24:04.87\00:24:06.47
'cause I want to take my
wife. Hallelujah somebody.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: If
the Bible says that the new
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Jerusalem is going to
come down out of heaven like
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a bride adorned for her
husband, and I know that's
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a good thing. Do I have
a witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction]  
PB: Verse number 3,
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"And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying,
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Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
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and he will dwell
with them, and they shall
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be his people, and God
himself shall be with them,
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and be their God. And
God shall wipe away all tears
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from their eyes; and
there shall be no more death"
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hallelujah! There
shall be no more sorrow,
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no more crying, "neither
shall there be any more pain:
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for the former things [thank
You, Jesus] are passed away."
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Oh, when we see
Jesus, oh, when we see God,
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the former things are
going to be passed away.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:
Hallelujah, home at last.
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The redeemed are
going to be home at last.
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That's going to happen at
the end of the 1,000 years.
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The Bible is clear that
the new Jerusalem is going
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to come down out of
heaven to this earth as a bride
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adorned for her husband,
and there will be no more death,
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no more crying, no
more sickness, no more pain,
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no more gas prices,
'cause I'm going to fly from my
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mansion to your
mansion. No more house note, '
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cause I've got a mansion with
my name written all over it.
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And the debt is paid by
the blood of the Lamb.  [Aud.
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reaction] PB: What happens
to Satan at this time? Verse 7.
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Revelation 20. Revelation
20, verse 7. "And when the
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thousand years are expired,
Satan shall be loosed out
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of his prison." Now,
that makes sense, because the
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Bible says at the end
of the 1,000 years there's
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a resurrection. There's a
resurrection of the wicked.
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Satan was in the prison,
because during the 1,000 years
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he couldn't deceive
anybody. Because the righteous
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were in where? Heaven.
And the wicked were what?
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Dead here on this
what?  Aud.: Earth.
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PB: So he can't
deceive. But at the end of the
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thousand years, when
the wicked are resurrected,
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the Bible says he's
loosed out of his prison.
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Verse number 8, what
happens next? "And shall go
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out to deceive the
nations which are in the four
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quarters of the earth,
Gog, and Magog, to gather
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them together to
battle: the number of whom is as
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the sand of the sea."
Now, this text lets me know
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it's going to be a
whole bunch of wicked people.
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If the Bible says that
the number of the wicked
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is as the sand of the sea,
that's a whole lot of folk.
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If the Bible says that as
it was in the days of Noah,
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so shall it also be in
the coming of the Son of man,
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and there were only eight
people that got in the ark,
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the Bible lets me know
that the minority of people,
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the minority will be
those that follow Jesus Christ.
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But if the Bible says the
wicked are as the number of
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the sand of the sea, that's the
majority, which lets me know,
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friends of mine, I can't
worry about what everybody
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else is doing. I can't
worry about what everybody else
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is saying. Ain't nobody
down here got a heaven or
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hell for me. I've got to
make sure my soul is right
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with Jesus Christ. Are
you hearing what I'm saying?
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I told you something,
that I've been lied on,
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I've been cheated,
people have talked about me.
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I've been
mistreated, I've been up, down,
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to the ground, but as
long as I've got King Jesus,
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I don't need
anybody else. Me and Jesus,
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it's always a
majority. If I hold my peace,
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and the Lord fights my
battles, victory shall be mine!
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: All
right, so let's be clear.
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At the second coming,
there's a resurrection.
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>: Thank you for
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Until next time,
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