Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Beloved Father,
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What a joy it is to
come into Your presence
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with the specific
intent of opening Your Word
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and hearing Your voice.
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We ask that as we study
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about Genesis and
Revelation's millennium
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that Your Holy
Spirit will be with us
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to teach us the lessons
which will strengthen our faith
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in these last days.
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We thank you for
hearing our prayer.
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For we ask it in
Jesus' name, Amen.
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We would like to begin our study
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today by turning in our Bibles
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to Genesis chapter
1 and verses 1 and 2.
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Genesis chapter 1
and verses 1 and 2.
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We've read these verses before.
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We probably can
recite them from memory.
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But there are four
points that I want to underline
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as we begin our study.
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It says:
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Four ideas. The
earth before creation was
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without form, void, in darkness,
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and it is
described as "the deep. "
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And then of course God
which we've already discovered
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is Jesus Christ...
God proceeded to create
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this world, to put it
in order, and to fill it.
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And I'm not going to read
the verses in Genesis chapter 1
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that describe the
order of creation.
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I'm just going to mention
the verses and also what God did
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on that specific day.
And I'm going to do it
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for a specific purpose.
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Of course the first day
the Bible says that God made
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the light. In other
words, He dispelled the darkness
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and light appeared.
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The second day God
made the firmament.
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And basically it's described
as God separating the waters
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from the waters. He
put waters under the earth
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and he put
waters above the earth.
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Above the earth to make
the world a gigantic greenhouse
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so to speak and under
the earth to water the earth.
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Kind of like with an
automatic sprinkler system.
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So He placed water above
and He placed water below.
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The springs of water if
you please on the second day.
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The third day
God made the dry land
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and He also created the
trees, the plants, the grass,
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the flowers... upon the earth.
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On the fourth day we
find that God made the sun,
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the moon, and the stars.
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On the fifth day God
performed two works of creation.
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He made the fish
that swim in the waters
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and He made the
birds that fly in the air.
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On the sixth day we find that
God created the land animals
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and then finally He
created man and woman.
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And when God finished
His work of creation we find
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that He looked
upon what He had made
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and it was very good.
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Each day was good, but
when He finished the sixth day
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He saw that it was very good.
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He had made the light, the
firmament, the fertile land,
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vegetation,
sun, moon, and stars,
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birds and fish, land
animals, and human beings.
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And so the earth
was in an orderly state
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and the earth had been filled.
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Now the book of Revelation
describes seven devastating
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plagues which are
going to afflict this earth
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shortly before the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
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Actually the seventh plague cul-
minates with the second coming
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of Jesus Christ.
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And what these plagues
are going to do is they are
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going to reverse creation.
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They are going to return
the earth to the condition
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that it was in before God
proceeded to put this world
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in order before He
proceeded to fill it.
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In other words, the
plagues are to be understood
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as a reversal of creation
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and a return to primeval
chaos or to primeval disorder.
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Now I would like
us to go in our Bibles
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to Jeremiah chapter
4 because that's where
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the condition of the earth
is described in consequence
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of these plagues, in consequence
of the second coming of Christ
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as well. Jeremiah
chapter 4 and verse 19.
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Here Jeremiah is seeing
or witnessing an awesome
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catastrophic event.
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It says in verse 19:
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In other words,
his heart is raging.
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His heart is
beating very fast. He says:
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So notice that what's making
Jeremiah's heart beat in his
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chest is the fact that
he's hearing the sound of the
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trumpet; he's
hearing the alarm of war.
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Now the question is: what
event is Jeremiah witnessing
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in this verse that we just read?
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Well, all you have to do
is go to the New Testament.
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And I'll just mention the verses
because you know them very well.
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I Thessalonians chapter 4
and verse 16 says that the Lord
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will descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of an archangel,
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and with the what? And
with the trumpet of God.
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I Corinthians
chapter 15 verses 51 and 52:
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"Behold, I show you a mystery:
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we shall not all sleep
but we shall all be changed
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in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye,
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at the last... " What?
"at the last trumpet. "
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And so what
Jeremiah is witnessing here
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is actually the culmination
of the period of the plagues.
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He's witnessing the
second coming of Jesus
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in power and
glory. And by the way,
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the word war that
is used in Jeremiah 4
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is found in Revelation 19
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which describes the
second coming of Jesus.
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It says that
John saw heaven opened
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and on a white horse
was seated one who wages war
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in righteousness, and He's
coming to punish the inhabitants
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of the earth... specifically
the kings of the earth.
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So what Jeremiah is seeing here
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and what Jeremiah is
hearing is describing
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the second coming of
Jesus in power and glory
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which is actually the
seventh plague, the culmination
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of those catastrophes
which return the earth
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to its original
primeval condition.
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Now notice
Jeremiah 4 and verse 23.
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Here Jeremiah
goes on to describe
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what the condition of the earth
will be when Jesus comes...
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when the trumpet
sounds and when Jesus comes
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seated on the white horse
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to make war with
the powers of the earth.
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It says there in
Jeremiah chapter 4 and verse 23:
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Do you notice three
of the characteristics
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that we found in
Genesis 1 verses 1 and 2?
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Without form, void, and
the heavens had no what?
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No light. In
Genesis 1 and verses 1 and 2
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we find these 3 characteristics
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before the
creation of this world
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which means that
Jeremiah saw that this world
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returned to the condition
that it was in before God
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proceeded to put the
planet in order and before
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He filled this world.
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The world will
return to primeval chaos
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and disorder
according to Jeremiah chapter 4.
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Now I'd like us to notice
and I'm not going to dwell
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a long period of time on
these because you can read these
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verses. You've read them
before. I'm only going to refer
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to some of them. But let's
go to Revelation chapter 16
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and verses 4 and 5.
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Revelation chapter
16 and verses 4 and 5.
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What I want to show you is
that the seven last plagues
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which take place
before Jesus comes -
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actually they
culminate when Jesus comes -
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actually reverse
what God made at creation.
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Now Jesus made the
light on the first day.
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Is that reversed according to
what we just read in Jeremiah 4?
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The heavens now have no what?
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No light.
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And so when Jesus created
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there was light.
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As a result of
this cataclysmic event
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there is no light.
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The first day is reversed.
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Now what about the springs
of water that were created
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on the second day?
Notice Revelation 16:4-5.
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"And I heard the angel of the
water saying: 'You are righteous
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O Lord... the One who is
and who was and who is to come
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because You have
judged these things. ' "
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Notice that the springs of water
no longer can sustain life.
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They are turned into blood.
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No longer can they help
the inhabitants of the earth
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to survive. In other
words, to a certain extent
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the springs of water are
reversed to a condition like
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they were before creation
when they could not serve
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the purpose of life.
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Notice Revelation
chapter 16 and verse 20.
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You remember that on the
third day God made the dry land.
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Actually this whole earth is
going to be turned upside down.
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Notice chapter 16 and
verse 20 of Revelation.
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It says there:
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In other words, the
surface of the earth is totally
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broken up and turned
upside down so to speak.
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What God created on
the third day for plants
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and for trees and for flowers
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has now been
reversed to primeval chaos.
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Notice Jeremiah
chapter 4 and verse 26.
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Jeremiah chapter 4 and verse 26.
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What about the land
that has trees and flowers
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and all of these
things that beautify the earth
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and sustain life?
Notice Jeremiah 4 once again
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and verse 26. It says there:
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What happens to
the fruitful land?
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All of the
trees that bore fruit?
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Everything is turned
into a vast wilderness.
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And by the way, the
fourth plague explains why.
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In the fourth plague
the sun scorches the earth
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with a devastating heat
and all of the vegetation
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of the earth burns up.
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And so what God did on
the third day is reversed.
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What God did on the
second day is reversed.
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What God did on the first
day of creation is reversed.
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Now let me ask you: what
about the sun, moon, and stars?
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Do you know what's going
to happen to the sun, moon,
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and stars? Go with me
to Matthew chapter 24.
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Matthew chapter 24.
We're dealing now with the
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fourth day of creation.
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Matthew chapter 24, and
we'll read verses 29 and 30.
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This is the great discourse
of Christ that deals with
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the signs of the second coming.
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It says here in
verse 29 of Matthew 24:
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Let me ask you: what are
the powers in the heavens?
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Actually you could translate
this the rulers in the heavens.
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Do you know who the
heavenly rulers are?
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Genesis 1 verse 16
explains that God made the sun
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to rule the day
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and He made the moon
and the stars to what?
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To rule the night.
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So what is going to
happen with the heavenly bodies?
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They are going to be
shaken out of their places
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by the voice of God.
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And by the way, that's
the reason why when Jesus
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makes this earth all over again
He not only makes a new earth
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He makes a new what?
He makes a new heavens...
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because He has to put this
whole planetary system in order
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which has been
turned upside down
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by the plagues and
by the coming of Jesus.
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So what God did the
fourth day is undone.
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Now what about the birds?
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Go with me to
Jeremiah chapter 4 once again.
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Jeremiah chapter 4
and let's read verse 25.
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Jeremiah 4 and verse 25.
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It says, and we'll come
back to this first point:
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That means that all of
the birds of heaven were gone.
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What about the fish
that God created on the
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fifth day of creation?
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Go with me to
Revelation 16 once again.
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Revelation chapter 16
and let's read verse 3.
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Revelation 16
and verse 3. It says:
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How many birds? None.
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How many fish? None.
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Sun, moon, and stars? Moved.
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The fruitful land? A
wilderness; no vegetation.
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The fresh waters which
were to sustain the earth?
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Turned to blood.
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The sun which God
created the first day?
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No longer... By the
way, He did make the sun
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the first day. I'm
not misspeaking because
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I don't have time to explain
it but the sun was there.
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On the fourth day what God did
was synchronize the sun, moon,
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and stars so that they
would serve for the month
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and the season. But I
won't get into that right now.
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But there was
light the first day.
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You say: "How do we know that?
" Because there was the evening
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and the morning
of the first day.
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Now I'm not going to
pursue that any further.
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What I want you to see is
that what was done the first day
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was actually undone because
the planet is in darkness.
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Now what about human beings?
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We just read in
Jeremiah chapter 4 and verse 25
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it says that he beheld
no what? He beheld no man.
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In other words, there are
no human beings on planet earth
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any more. In fact, what
happened with the human beings?
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Go with me to Jeremiah
chapter 25 and there we find
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the description of what
happens when Jesus comes
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with all of the human beings
who are left on planet earth.
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It says there in Jeremiah
chapter 25 and verse 33:
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What's going to happen
with all of those human beings
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who are left on planet
earth? They are going to what?
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They are going to die and
they're going to be spread
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all over the surface of the
earth from one end of the earth
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to the other end of the earth.
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Is it clear in your mind
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that the plagues and the
second coming actually reverse
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everything that God
made during creation week?
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Let me ask you: how many
people are going to be able
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to live on planet
earth during the millennium?
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How are they going to eat?
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How are they going to drink?
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How are they going
to live without light?
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If the world is reduced
to pre-creation disorder
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and chaos, this earth absolutely
cannot sustain what? Life.
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It cannot sustain life any more
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than this world did
before Jesus proceeded to
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put it in order and to fill it.
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And somebody says: "But
Pastor, but God is going to make
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a new heavens and a new earth.
" That's true, but that's after
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the thousand years.
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It is not before
the thousand years.
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It is not during
the thousand years.
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It is after the thousand years.
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And so folks, what we
find when we compare Genesis
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with Revelation is that
in Genesis Jesus created
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this world. He put it
in order; He filled it.
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And as a result of the
plagues and the second coming
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the world will return to
the condition that it was
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originally before creation.
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Now this is the
picture of Revelation 16
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and Jeremiah 4. But there
is another chapter in scripture
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that describes this
period in a very vivid way.
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Isaiah chapter 24.
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Isaiah chapter 24
and I would like to read
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verses 18 through 20.
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Isaiah chapter 24.
Actually, before we get to
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verses 18 to 20 let me
give you a little bit of context
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in the course of the chapter.
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It says here in
Isaiah 24 verse 1:
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We just read in Jeremiah that
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they're spread
out. They're dead.
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From one end of the
earth to the other. Verse 2:
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"The earth is also
defiled under its inhabitants. "
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And now it gives
the reason. Notice:
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"Because they have... "
What? "transgressed the laws. "
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Is that significant?
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You know, I have a whole 1-hour
presentation just on verse 6.
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I just have to give you the
gist of what we're talking about
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here. "They have
transgressed the laws. "
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What else have they done?
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"They have
changed the ordinance. "
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I wish I had time to
talk to you about the changing
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of the ordinance. Does Daniel
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chapter 7 talk about
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someone who tried to change
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something relating to time?
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Some scheduled event
that comes about every week?
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That's relating to this.
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And then it says:
"changed the ordinance,
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broke the... " What?
"the everlasting covenant. "
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And by the way, the covenant
in the books of Exodus and
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Deuteronomy is
the Ten Commandments.
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Deuteronomy 4 verse 13
says that God gave His covenant
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even the Ten Commandments.
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In other words, what leads
to this desolation and this
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destruction is the fact
that people have transgressed
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God's laws. People have
changed God's ordinance...
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which by the way has to do
with set times that God has
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established to
celebrate certain events.
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And they have broken the
everlasting covenant of God.
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That's the reason
why destruction comes.
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And then notice what
we continue finding here
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in Isaiah chapter 24
and I want to read verse 6.
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Isaiah 24 and verse 6.
It says here once again:
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Now we need to stop
there just for a moment.
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"Few men are left. "
We just read in Jeremiah
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that how many men are left?
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None.
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Jeremiah says: "I looked at the
earth and there was... " What?
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"there was no man. "
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Isaiah is describing the
same event and he says that
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"few men are left. " How do
we reconcile these two ideas?
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Well perhaps we need to under-
stand what the word left means.
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You know, it's common
among Christians to believe
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that when Jesus comes
in the so-called rapture
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He's going to take
the righteous to heaven
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and the wicked are
going to be left on earth.
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So the left ones are the wicked
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and the taken
ones are the righteous.
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Well I have a surprise for you.
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It's just the opposite.
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The ones who are taken
are the ones who are taken
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by the destruction
whereas those who are left
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are those who are left how?
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Alive after the
destruction comes.
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And you say: "How
do you know that? "
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Well, let's go back
to Genesis chapter 7.
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Genesis chapter 7
and verses 22 and 23.
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You know, we have a tendency
of forming these traditions
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that we repeat them
year after year after year.
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And many times we
don't study for ourselves
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and so we come with
the idea. By the way,
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it's theologically
true that when Jesus comes
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He's going to take
His people to heaven.
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And it's theologically true
that the wicked are going to be
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left behind. But that's
not what this text is saying.
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What this text is saying
is that the wicked are taken
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by destruction and
the righteous are left.
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Now do you remember that
Jesus said: "As it was in the
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days of Noah so also
shall it be at the coming
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of the Son of Man? "
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Do you remember that
also in Matthew chapter 24
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it says that "one will be left
and the other will be... " What?
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"taken. " Matthew
24 verses 40 and 41.
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Immediately after it
describes the second coming.
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Now who is the one who is left
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and who is the
one that is taken?
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We have to go back to
study the story of the flood.
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And you say: "Why? "
Because in the previous verses
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it's talking about the flood.
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So if you want to
know who the taken ones are
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and who the left ones are,
you have to go back to Genesis
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because it's
referring to the flood.
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Now let's notice Genesis
chapter 7 verses 22 and 23.
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It says about the flood:
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"All in whose nostrils was the
breath of the spirit of life,
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all that was on the dry
land... " What? "died. "
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Says the New King James.
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Now if you read
most modern versions,
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they'll tell you that
only Noah and his family
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were left.
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Let me ask you: in the
flood who were the left ones?
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When the
devastating destruction came
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who were the only
ones who were left?
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Not the wicked but the
what? But the righteous.
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And so when Isaiah 24 verse
6 says that "few men are left"
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the few men that are
left are not the wicked
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because they're dead all
over the surface of the earth.
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It must be whom? It
must be the righteous.
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And by the way, Matthew 24 says
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that when the flood came
it "took them all away. "
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So the ones that are taken
away are not the righteous,
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they are what?
They are the wicked.
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So much for the idea
that there's going to be
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a pre-tribulation rapture
and the ones who are taken
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are the righteous
and the ones who are left
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are the unrighteous. You
can't derive it from this text.
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And so the few men that
are left is referring to those
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who survive this
cataclysmic event:
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the seven last plagues and
the second coming of Jesus.
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They are the ones that we spoke
about in our previous lecture.
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When Jesus comes
seated on His throne
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the question is asked:
"The great day of His wrath
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is come and who
shall be able to stand? "
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And what is the answer?
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The answer is: the 144,000
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spiritual Israelites who
are sealed on the forehead
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who reflect the
character of Jesus,
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who mirror the
character of Jesus.
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They will be able to what?
They will be able to stand.
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Those are the ones who
are left in the midst of the
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cataclysmic destruction.
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Now I want to go a
little bit more in detail
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into Isaiah chapter 24.
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If you'll go back
with me to Isaiah 24,
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we'll jump several verses and
we'll go to verse 18. It says:
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Do you see that
people are fleeing here?
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Are you catching
that people are fleeing?
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By the way, in
Revelation chapter 6
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are people fleeing when the Lamb
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is seated upon His throne?
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Do they hide in the caves?
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Do they beg for the
rocks to fall upon them?
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This is the same event. It says:
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This is a global earthquake.
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At least the world as we know
it because God's going to make
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a totally new world.
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This world will not rise again.
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And then I want you to notice
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verse 21. We're going to
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dedicate the rest of our time
00:30:03.80\00:30:04.98
to verses 21 to 23.
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It says there in verse 21:
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"It shall come to pass
in that day... " Which day?
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Which day has
just been described?
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The day of Christ's coming
when the world is going to be
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destroyed; when the earth is
going to be split open. It says:
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Now modern translations
actually have a better rendering
00:30:35.04\00:30:38.99
of this verse than the King
James or the New King James.
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Actually the best translation
I've been able to find
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is the Revised Standard Version
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where it says that God will:
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The host of heaven in heaven
and the kings of the earth
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on earth. Now do you notice
here that we have two groups
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that are going to be
punished when Jesus comes?
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One is the host
of heaven in heaven
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and the other is the
kings of the earth on earth.
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Now I don't think we have
very many problems with the
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kings of the earth on earth.
00:31:20.65\00:31:22.09
Because if you
read Revelation 19
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when Jesus comes seated
00:31:24.28\00:31:25.31
upon the white horse
and the armies of heaven
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follow Him in
Revelation 19 and verse 14,
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we find that later on in the
chapter the kings of the earth
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are standing to fight
against Jesus as He's coming
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on the white horse. And
Jesus, of course, is coming
00:31:37.14\00:31:40.38
to punish the
kings of the earth.
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So obviously the kings
of the earth are the rulers
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of the world who will be
punished when Jesus comes.
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But we ask the question:
who are these hosts of heaven
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that are in heaven?
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There's a heavenly group which
is also going to be punished.
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Go with me to
the book of Ephesians
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chapter 6 and verse 12.
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Ephesians
chapter 6 and verse 12.
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Here we find the identification
of the host of the heavenly ones
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or the "exalted ones"
as the New King James says.
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Ephesians
chapter 6 and verse 12.
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What does that mean we don't
wrestle against flesh and blood?
00:32:21.23\00:32:23.48
It represents humanity.
00:32:25.90\00:32:27.92
Hebrews 2 verse 14 says
00:32:28.13\00:32:30.40
"because the children
partook of flesh and blood
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He also partook of the same. "
00:32:34.34\00:32:37.02
In other words, flesh
and blood means humanity.
00:32:37.32\00:32:40.65
Human beings.
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So the apostle Paul is saying:
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So we are not
struggling against human beings.
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We are struggling
against powers of wickedness
00:33:03.45\00:33:06.23
in heavenly
places. Let me ask you:
00:33:06.33\00:33:08.42
who are those
powers of wickedness?
00:33:08.62\00:33:11.00
Ephesians chapter 6 identifies
00:33:11.30\00:33:14.11
this power as the power
of the prince of the air.
00:33:14.31\00:33:17.99
Satan and his
angels are referred to.
00:33:18.30\00:33:22.04
In other words,
Isaiah 24 verse 21
00:33:22.34\00:33:25.28
says that when Jesus
comes to devastate the earth
00:33:25.48\00:33:27.78
He's going to punish the
kings of the earth on earth
00:33:27.98\00:33:30.99
and He's also going to
punish the host of heaven
00:33:31.19\00:33:35.54
who are in heaven.
He's going to punish
00:33:35.74\00:33:37.87
a group of heavenly beings
00:33:38.07\00:33:39.44
and He's going to
punish a group of humans
00:33:39.64\00:33:42.84
that live upon planet earth.
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Now the question is: How
is He going to punish them?
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What is their punishment?
00:33:49.41\00:33:50.72
Go back with me
to Isaiah chapter 24
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and let's read verse 22.
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Isaiah 24 and verse 22.
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It says here in verse 22:
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What is their punishment?
00:34:17.12\00:34:19.02
Their punishment
according to this is
00:34:19.22\00:34:21.93
that they will be
gathered together as prisoners
00:34:22.13\00:34:24.46
are gathered in the pit and
will be shut up in the prison.
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Now allow me to say something
about the word pit here.
00:34:29.07\00:34:32.59
It's a very
interesting Hebrew word.
00:34:33.55\00:34:35.75
And I believe that Isaiah
could have used other words.
00:34:36.89\00:34:39.80
You know, there are words
in the Hebrew that describe
00:34:40.10\00:34:42.00
a place where dead people
go: the tomb, the grave, Sheol.
00:34:42.10\00:34:45.17
There are many different
words that describe the grave.
00:34:45.37\00:34:47.48
But Isaiah purposely
does not use the normal word
00:34:48.24\00:34:52.05
for the place
that dead people go.
00:34:52.25\00:34:54.04
He uses a word which
is broader in its meaning.
00:34:54.44\00:34:57.83
Now what am I talking about?
00:34:58.13\00:34:59.74
Well, let's
notice Genesis 37:24-25.
00:35:00.04\00:35:04.02
This identical word.
00:35:04.22\00:35:05.32
Genesis chapter 37
and verses 24 and 25.
00:35:05.52\00:35:10.54
Here we find the
experience of Joseph.
00:35:11.55\00:35:13.54
His brothers have found him...
00:35:13.75\00:35:15.71
he's found his brothers,
and his brothers actually
00:35:16.01\00:35:18.91
cast him somewhere.
Notice Genesis chapter 37
00:35:19.11\00:35:23.09
and verses... what
did I say? 24 and 25.
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It says here:
00:35:27.54\00:35:29.08
Was he alive or was he dead?
00:35:33.77\00:35:36.04
So they cast him in
the pit in a living state.
00:35:37.56\00:35:39.51
What was it really? It
was a cistern. Verse 25:
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"And they sat
down to eat a meal.
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Then they lifted their eyes
00:35:51.89\00:35:53.89
and looked and there
was a company of Ishmaelites
00:35:53.99\00:35:56.13
coming from
Gilead with their camels
00:35:56.33\00:35:58.82
bearing spices, balm, and myrrh
00:35:59.02\00:36:00.53
on their way to
carry them down to Egypt. "
00:36:00.63\00:36:02.58
And then of course they
take Joseph out of the pit.
00:36:02.78\00:36:05.19
Now did you see that the
pit is a place where he was...
00:36:05.59\00:36:08.75
where he was put
in a living state?
00:36:08.95\00:36:11.12
Very, very important.
00:36:11.32\00:36:12.75
Now notice also in
the book of Jeremiah
00:36:13.05\00:36:15.61
chapter 38 and verse 6.
00:36:15.81\00:36:17.70
Jeremiah chapter 38 and verse 6.
00:36:17.90\00:36:20.61
The same idea. Notice what they
did with the prophet Jeremiah.
00:36:20.81\00:36:23.59
Jeremiah 38 and
verse 6. It says here:
00:36:23.99\00:36:28.61
That is, in the
clay or in the mud.
00:36:53.14\00:36:54.84
Was Jeremiah put in there in
a living state or was he dead?
00:36:55.34\00:36:59.55
He was retained in
the pit in a living state.
00:36:59.88\00:37:03.43
But do you know that this
word can also refer to a place
00:37:03.63\00:37:06.10
where dead people
are retained as well?
00:37:06.30\00:37:08.73
Notice Isaiah 38...
Isaiah 38 and verse 18.
00:37:09.03\00:37:13.48
Isaiah 38 and verse 18.
00:37:13.78\00:37:16.77
It's also used to refer
to people who are retained
00:37:17.07\00:37:20.59
in the pit in a dead state.
00:37:20.79\00:37:23.05
So it's a versatile word.
It can refer to a place of
00:37:23.35\00:37:26.69
retention for the
living or a place of retention
00:37:26.89\00:37:30.18
for the dead. Now
notice chapter 38 and verse 18.
00:37:30.38\00:37:34.20
It says:
00:37:34.50\00:37:35.55
With what is the pit identified?
00:37:52.08\00:37:54.30
It is identified with
those who go to Sheol...
00:37:54.61\00:37:57.39
those who are
made captives of death.
00:37:57.60\00:38:00.66
Is it just possible then that
when Isaiah 24 verse 22 says
00:38:01.26\00:38:07.17
that the kings of the
earth and the host of heaven
00:38:07.37\00:38:10.11
are placed in the pit
that one group is placed
00:38:10.32\00:38:14.06
in the pit of death so
to speak and the other group
00:38:14.26\00:38:17.20
is placed in the
pit in a living state?
00:38:17.40\00:38:20.29
That's what the Hebrew word
indicates in the Old Testament.
00:38:20.59\00:38:23.93
I believe Isaiah uses this word
because he knew that there were
00:38:24.14\00:38:27.65
going to be two
different groups.
00:38:27.75\00:38:29.24
Both were going
to be imprisoned,
00:38:29.44\00:38:31.14
but one was going to
be imprisoned being dead
00:38:31.98\00:38:35.71
and the other group was going
to be imprisoned being alive.
00:38:35.91\00:38:40.23
Now the question is: who
is the leader of this host
00:38:40.47\00:38:43.55
of heaven who is
going to be punished?
00:38:43.75\00:38:45.91
Go with me to
Revelation chapter 20.
00:38:46.22\00:38:48.42
Revelation chapter 20.
This is immediately after
00:38:48.62\00:38:51.44
the second coming of Jesus.
00:38:51.54\00:38:53.20
And we just read in Isaiah 24
00:38:53.40\00:38:55.52
about the
second coming of Jesus.
00:38:55.72\00:38:57.25
We read in Jeremiah chapter 4
about the second coming of Jesus
00:38:57.45\00:39:00.84
so this is speaking
about the same moment of time.
00:39:01.04\00:39:04.43
Notice Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 1.
00:39:04.83\00:39:08.24
"Then I saw an angel
coming down from heaven
00:39:08.54\00:39:11.35
having the key of
the bottomless pit. "
00:39:11.45\00:39:13.40
Terrible
translation: bottomless pit.
00:39:13.50\00:39:15.27
Incidentally, it's
the Greek word abussos...
00:39:15.37\00:39:18.75
the abyss.
00:39:19.05\00:39:20.90
Actually, in the Old
Testament the equivalent word
00:39:21.76\00:39:25.96
is the same word that is
00:39:25.99\00:39:27.24
translated deep in Genesis 1:2.
00:39:27.34\00:39:29.91
You say: "How do we know
that the word deep in Hebrew
00:39:30.21\00:39:32.61
is the same word abussos that
00:39:32.81\00:39:34.18
we find here? "
It's very simple.
00:39:34.28\00:39:35.66
All you have to do is
go to the Greek translation
00:39:35.96\00:39:38.85
of the Old Testament.
And you want to discover
00:39:38.95\00:39:41.36
how the Hebrew word
tehom in Genesis 1 verse 2-
00:39:41.56\00:39:44.67
which is deep - how that word
is translated into the Greek.
00:39:44.88\00:39:48.00
And in the Greek
version of the Old Testament
00:39:48.20\00:39:50.26
the word is abussos... the
very word that we have here.
00:39:50.46\00:39:52.74
Do you remember the four
words that we found in Genesis?
00:39:52.94\00:39:54.91
Four ideas in
Genesis 1 and verses 1 and 2?
00:39:55.11\00:39:57.76
Without form, void, in darkness,
00:39:58.06\00:40:01.68
and the earth is
described as "the deep. "
00:40:01.89\00:40:03.88
Do we find these same
characteristics with relation to
00:40:04.09\00:40:06.79
the earth when Jesus comes when
the plagues devastate the earth?
00:40:06.89\00:40:09.57
Absolutely. The
earth is without form,
00:40:09.77\00:40:12.43
void, the heavens have no light,
00:40:12.73\00:40:14.94
and the earth is
described here as "the deep. "
00:40:15.24\00:40:18.10
Now notice verse 1:
"Then I saw an angel
00:40:18.40\00:40:22.25
coming down from heaven having
the key to the bottomless pit
00:40:22.46\00:40:25.32
and a great chain in his hand. "
00:40:25.62\00:40:27.19
That means He cast him into
the world in a state that it
00:40:40.87\00:40:43.69
was in before creation, because
that's what the word means
00:40:43.80\00:40:47.21
in the book of Genesis.
00:40:47.24\00:40:48.81
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:40:49.01\00:40:50.28
And by the way, the same thing
is going to happen to the devil
00:40:50.48\00:40:53.37
as happened to him at the flood.
00:40:53.57\00:40:54.95
How many of Satan's followers
remained alive outside the ark
00:40:56.89\00:41:01.53
when the flood came?
00:41:02.88\00:41:04.02
Did the devil
lose his power base?
00:41:04.89\00:41:07.41
Were all of his followers dead?
00:41:07.71\00:41:10.09
Yes. And the saved
were where? In the ark.
00:41:10.79\00:41:14.31
Is it just possible
that during the millennium
00:41:15.12\00:41:17.25
all of the
followers of Satan are dead
00:41:17.55\00:41:19.92
and the only ones who
are alive are the righteous?
00:41:20.98\00:41:23.81
You see, the story of the
flood is going to be repeated.
00:41:24.11\00:41:26.56
"As it was in the days
of Noah so also shall it be
00:41:26.91\00:41:30.81
at the coming of
the Son of Man. "
00:41:31.11\00:41:32.55
And you say: "Well, yes,
it says that he has a chain
00:41:32.75\00:41:34.62
in his hand. And yes it says
that he cast him into the abyss
00:41:34.72\00:41:37.97
or the bottomless pit
or the deep if you please.
00:41:38.17\00:41:41.17
And it says that
he was shut up. Yes.
00:41:41.38\00:41:44.23
But it doesn't say here
that he was cast in prison
00:41:44.43\00:41:46.47
Like Isaiah 24. "
Go with me to verse 7.
00:41:46.77\00:41:49.13
Revelation 20 verse 7. It says:
00:41:49.53\00:41:52.03
So who is the host of the
00:41:59.18\00:42:00.59
high ones? Who is the host
00:42:00.69\00:42:02.23
of heaven? The host of heaven
00:42:02.35\00:42:04.74
is Satan and his angels.
00:42:04.84\00:42:06.37
How will they be
bound to this earth?
00:42:06.56\00:42:08.46
Will they be dead or alive?
00:42:08.66\00:42:10.24
They will be alive.
00:42:10.54\00:42:11.95
What about all of
his wicked followers?
00:42:12.15\00:42:14.17
His wicked followers will
all be what? Will all be dead.
00:42:14.47\00:42:17.62
You know, it's interesting
in Revelation the way that this
00:42:17.82\00:42:19.75
is described. Revelation 20 says
00:42:19.85\00:42:22.68
that at the beginning of the
thousand years Satan is bound.
00:42:22.88\00:42:25.48
At the end of the
thousand years he is unbound.
00:42:26.47\00:42:29.41
You say: "Now how do you
understand what that means? "
00:42:29.71\00:42:31.67
It's so simple. Where
does the power of Satan reside?
00:42:31.87\00:42:35.35
If he doesn't have
people, does he have power?
00:42:38.31\00:42:40.19
No! And what happens with all
of the wicked when Jesus comes?
00:42:40.49\00:42:44.68
They're dead.
00:42:45.60\00:42:47.09
So how much power
does the devil have?
00:42:47.39\00:42:49.27
None.
00:42:50.03\00:42:51.23
But what's going to
happen after the thousand years?
00:42:51.43\00:42:53.24
The rest of the dead
according to Revelation 20:5
00:42:53.54\00:42:57.03
are going to live again.
00:42:57.23\00:42:58.74
The rest of the dead must
be wicked because the righteous
00:42:58.95\00:43:01.46
dead resurrected at the
beginning of the thousand years
00:43:01.56\00:43:03.75
and were taken
by Jesus to heaven.
00:43:03.96\00:43:06.41
Are you understanding
me? So the rest of the dead
00:43:06.71\00:43:08.60
live after the 1,000 years and
what does the devil have back?
00:43:08.71\00:43:11.52
He has his
power base back again.
00:43:11.72\00:43:14.10
So binding and
unbinding of Satan
00:43:14.40\00:43:17.12
has to do with the
condition of his power base:
00:43:17.32\00:43:19.93
the wicked. When
they're dead he's bound.
00:43:20.13\00:43:22.26
When they are alive,
he is what? He is unbound.
00:43:22.46\00:43:25.70
It is that simple.
00:43:25.90\00:43:26.97
Now, let's go back
to Isaiah chapter 24
00:43:27.88\00:43:33.23
and let's read the
last part of verse 22.
00:43:33.63\00:43:37.96
Isaiah 24:22.
00:43:38.26\00:43:40.00
Let me ask you: is the
millennium clearly taught
00:43:40.20\00:43:42.88
in the Old Testament? Yes or no?
00:43:43.08\00:43:46.44
See, you go to Revelation
20 and if you don't go to the
00:43:46.78\00:43:50.24
Old Testament you have
a very incomplete picture.
00:43:50.34\00:43:52.53
But when you go to
Genesis, you go to Jeremiah,
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.96
you go to Isaiah, and
you compare Revelation 20
00:43:56.16\00:43:59.49
everything makes sense.
00:43:59.69\00:44:01.05
Now notice Isaiah
chapter 24 and verse 22 again.
00:44:01.35\00:44:06.24
"They will be gathered together
as prisoners are gathered
00:44:06.44\00:44:08.89
in the pit and will be
shut up in the prison... "
00:44:08.99\00:44:12.35
And now notice:
00:44:12.55\00:44:13.90
Now whoa... let's stop there.
00:44:19.28\00:44:21.58
After many days
they will be... What?
00:44:21.98\00:44:25.74
Who will be punished?
00:44:26.14\00:44:27.90
The kings of the earth and whom?
00:44:30.21\00:44:32.28
And the host of heaven.
00:44:32.48\00:44:34.29
"After many days... "
How many days is many days?
00:44:34.59\00:44:37.30
You don't have to be a rocket
scientist to figure out that
00:44:37.93\00:44:40.69
the many days are 1,000 years.
00:44:40.89\00:44:42.62
And by the way, we've
always believed in the year/day
00:44:42.72\00:44:45.82
principle in the inter-
pretation of Bible prophecy.
00:44:45.92\00:44:48.53
In prophecy, days
are equal to years.
00:44:48.73\00:44:51.15
Here you have the proof.
00:44:51.35\00:44:52.79
Some people say: "Why don't
you apply the year/day principle
00:44:53.09\00:44:56.36
to the thousand
years of Revelation?
00:44:56.46\00:44:57.83
Why don't you say that
that's 360,000 years? "
00:44:57.93\00:45:00.20
It's very simple.
Because the Bible itself
00:45:01.14\00:45:03.61
gives us the year/day principle.
In Isaiah it says days.
00:45:03.81\00:45:06.53
In Revelation, it
interprets those days as years.
00:45:06.73\00:45:09.01
So when you go to
Isaiah, the days in Revelation
00:45:10.66\00:45:13.99
are explained as years.
00:45:14.19\00:45:15.48
So you don't have to use the
year/day principle in Revelation
00:45:15.68\00:45:18.52
because Isaiah uses
the year/day principle.
00:45:18.73\00:45:21.05
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:45:21.36\00:45:22.73
Now... "After many days
they will be punished. "
00:45:23.23\00:45:26.88
How many stages does the
punishment of the wicked have?
00:45:27.08\00:45:29.60
Now you have to be a
careful reader to catch this.
00:45:33.19\00:45:35.43
Are they
punished when Jesus comes?
00:45:35.83\00:45:38.18
When they're thrown into
prison are they punished?
00:45:38.49\00:45:40.41
Did we read it? Sure!
00:45:40.71\00:45:43.43
Verse 21 and verse 22
says that they are punished.
00:45:43.73\00:45:47.58
They're cast into
prison or into the pit.
00:45:48.34\00:45:52.00
Stage #1. But did you
notice here that it says
00:45:52.20\00:45:55.22
that after many days
they will be punished?
00:45:55.32\00:45:57.06
So is the first punishment
their permanent punishment?
00:45:58.22\00:46:01.44
It can't be, because after
the many days they are what?
00:46:01.85\00:46:05.74
After the many
days they are punished.
00:46:06.04\00:46:07.83
In other words, the punishment
of the wicked has how many
00:46:08.13\00:46:10.42
stages? It has two stages.
00:46:10.52\00:46:12.69
The punishment of
Satan has how many stages?
00:46:12.89\00:46:14.94
Two stages.
00:46:15.24\00:46:16.66
Is the devil
destroyed when Jesus comes?
00:46:17.16\00:46:19.67
Do the wicked receive
their reward when Jesus comes?
00:46:19.97\00:46:22.83
No.
00:46:23.14\00:46:24.35
Now I want you to notice that
the wicked suffer two deaths.
00:46:24.65\00:46:28.43
The two deaths are related
to what we're talking about.
00:46:29.76\00:46:32.93
You see, when Jesus
comes all of the wicked what?
00:46:33.43\00:46:36.84
Are slain. They all die.
00:46:37.14\00:46:39.40
Are you agreed with that?
00:46:40.39\00:46:41.58
There's not one
person alive on planet earth.
00:46:41.88\00:46:44.42
The few that are
left are the saved.
00:46:44.92\00:46:47.28
But of the wicked no one
is left. They're all dead
00:46:48.36\00:46:51.52
from one end of the earth
to the other end of the earth.
00:46:51.65\00:46:53.80
So they died... either before
Jesus came or at the moment
00:46:54.65\00:46:57.72
that Jesus came... all
of the wicked are dead.
00:46:57.82\00:47:00.03
Is that their final death?
00:47:00.33\00:47:01.37
Is that their
final punishment for sin?
00:47:01.77\00:47:03.52
No, because after
the thousand years
00:47:03.82\00:47:05.87
the rest of the dead live again
00:47:05.90\00:47:06.97
and then they are judged
according to Revelation 20
00:47:09.05\00:47:14.13
verses 11 through
15. They're judged.
00:47:14.23\00:47:16.25
And then they suffer what the
book of Revelation calls what?
00:47:16.99\00:47:20.81
Second death.
00:47:21.11\00:47:23.00
You cannot have a second death
unless you have a first death.
00:47:23.30\00:47:26.35
So do you see?
This is so simple.
00:47:26.65\00:47:29.08
That when Jesus comes
all of the wicked die.
00:47:29.38\00:47:31.53
They remain prisoners in the pit
00:47:31.93\00:47:34.56
in a dead state for 1,000 years.
00:47:34.86\00:47:36.89
After the thousand
years they come to life again
00:47:37.19\00:47:39.33
and then they're
punished with second death.
00:47:39.64\00:47:41.43
Satan and his angels are
punished when Jesus comes.
00:47:41.73\00:47:43.98
They are put in
prison in a living state.
00:47:44.28\00:47:46.85
And after the 1,000 years
they receive their final what?
00:47:47.15\00:47:51.72
They receive
their final punishment.
00:47:52.02\00:47:54.81
Is this clear to
you? It's so simple.
00:47:55.11\00:47:57.29
How many people are
going to live on planet earth
00:47:57.42\00:47:59.16
during the thousand years?
00:47:59.36\00:48:00.75
If you can call the
devil and his angels people,
00:48:01.15\00:48:03.47
they would be the only ones
that are going to live here.
00:48:03.68\00:48:05.81
Who else could live here?
00:48:06.05\00:48:07.34
Can this earth
sustain life? It's impossible!
00:48:08.50\00:48:12.47
Everything has returned to
the way it was before creation.
00:48:12.87\00:48:16.46
Without form, void.
Darkness in the heavens.
00:48:16.76\00:48:20.29
A desolate wilderness
00:48:20.60\00:48:22.77
described as the deep,
00:48:23.94\00:48:25.52
as the abyss.
00:48:25.62\00:48:27.27
There's no way that human beings
00:48:27.57\00:48:29.23
could live on planet earth
00:48:29.33\00:48:30.54
if creation has been reversed.
00:48:30.74\00:48:32.64
Now let's go quickly to
00:48:32.84\00:48:33.98
Isaiah chapter 24
00:48:34.08\00:48:35.72
and let's read verse 23.
00:48:35.92\00:48:37.60
Notice what happens
after the many days.
00:48:37.80\00:48:39.93
It says in verse 23:
00:48:40.33\00:48:42.00
"Then... " that is,
after the many days...
00:48:42.30\00:48:45.06
What is this?
00:48:52.91\00:48:54.39
After the many days it says
that the moon will be disgraced
00:48:54.59\00:48:59.96
and the sun ashamed?
00:49:00.16\00:49:01.59
What's seen after the many days?
00:49:07.52\00:49:09.10
Mount Zion and Jerusalem.
00:49:09.30\00:49:12.05
And what happens
with the sun and the moon?
00:49:12.35\00:49:14.21
They are disgraced
and they are ashamed.
00:49:15.13\00:49:18.03
What does that mean?
00:49:18.33\00:49:19.50
Go with me to the book
of Revelation chapter 21.
00:49:19.90\00:49:23.23
What comes down from
heaven after the thousand years?
00:49:23.46\00:49:25.89
Is it Jerusalem that comes
to view after the many days?
00:49:26.86\00:49:29.60
After the
thousand years? Absolutely.
00:49:29.70\00:49:31.38
Revelation chapter 21 and
let's read verse 2. It says:
00:49:31.69\00:49:35.74
And now let's
jump down to verse 23.
00:49:43.32\00:49:45.53
It says in verse 23:
00:49:45.84\00:49:47.47
So what does it mean
that the sun and the moon
00:50:00.09\00:50:02.60
are disgraced and ashamed?
00:50:02.70\00:50:04.27
It's because the Lord
sits in Jerusalem on Mount Zion
00:50:04.47\00:50:08.51
and His light is so
great that the sun and the moon
00:50:09.47\00:50:13.32
have to step aside.
00:50:13.52\00:50:15.25
Now understand me. It
doesn't say that there will
00:50:15.55\00:50:17.58
not be any sun or moon
because we are going to have
00:50:17.68\00:50:19.70
a monthly cycle.
00:50:19.80\00:50:21.60
Because we will go
from month to month
00:50:22.65\00:50:24.76
to eat from the Tree of Life.
00:50:24.96\00:50:26.91
There is a weekly cycle
because we are going to go
00:50:27.11\00:50:29.42
from Sabbath to Sabbath
to worship before the Lord.
00:50:29.62\00:50:32.01
Let's read the text
carefully. The text says
00:50:32.82\00:50:35.64
there in the city -
not all over the earth -
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in the city there is
no need of sun or moon.
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It doesn't say that
there isn't a sun or moon.
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They're simply
ashamed and disgraced
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before the glory of God.
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And then, of course,
the wicked surround the city
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and the devil, his
angels, and the wicked
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are destroyed by the fire
that comes down from heaven.
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And then God will make a
new heavens and a new earth
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where righteousness dwells.
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Now I'd like to ask the
question: where will God's
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people be
during the 1,000 years?
00:51:19.55\00:51:21.37
Fundamental misunderstanding
of Christians today.
00:51:23.86\00:51:27.00
They say Jesus is
going to come in the rapture
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and He's going to take His
people to heaven for 7 years.
00:51:31.98\00:51:34.95
And then He's going to
come back in His glorious coming
00:51:35.74\00:51:38.13
and He's going to set up
His kingdom here on earth
00:51:38.33\00:51:40.02
for a thousand
years. Not possible.
00:51:40.22\00:51:43.93
Because Jesus said
very clearly in John 14
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"I go to
prepare a place for you.
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And if I go to
prepare a place for you
00:51:50.03\00:51:51.90
I will come again and
receive you to Myself... "
00:51:52.10\00:51:54.41
take you to My Father's house -
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"that where I am
there ye may be also. "
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Where is Jesus going to
take His people when He comes?
00:51:58.73\00:52:00.69
He's going to
take them to heaven.
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They're not going to
be in heaven seven years.
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How long are they
going to be in heaven?
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They're going to be in
heaven for a thousand years.
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By the way, I Thessalonians
chapter 4 makes it very clear.
00:52:12.09\00:52:15.13
Jesus doesn't
come all the way down.
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We are caught up
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because He's going to
take us to the Father's house.
00:52:40.11\00:52:42.53
Are you following me?
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By the way, in Matthew
chapter 29 and verses 29-31
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it says that when Jesus
comes He is going to send forth
00:52:50.50\00:52:53.59
His angels to gather His elect
00:52:53.69\00:52:55.74
from the four winds of heaven.
00:52:55.88\00:52:57.40
If He's going to come all
the way down to the earth,
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why bother to send
His angels to gather them?
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The apostle Paul
in I Thessalonians 5
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speaks about our
gathering together to Him.
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Not Him to us but us to Him.
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In other words, the churches
have it wrong when they say
00:53:15.58\00:53:19.03
that Jesus is going
to come in the rapture.
00:53:19.24\00:53:21.24
His people will be taken
to heaven for seven years
00:53:21.54\00:53:23.59
then He's going to come
back to this earth and establish
00:53:23.62\00:53:26.00
His everlasting
kingdom here on earth
00:53:26.10\00:53:28.66
beginning with 1,000
years of peace and prosperity.
00:53:28.96\00:53:32.00
How could anybody live
here during the thousand years
00:53:32.30\00:53:34.86
if the earth has been devastated
00:53:35.26\00:53:37.28
and a new heavens and a new
earth have not been created yet?
00:53:37.48\00:53:41.16
By the way, do you know why
the devil wants people to think
00:53:42.26\00:53:44.46
that Jesus is going to
spend 1,000 years on earth?
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I'll go through this quickly.
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II Thessalonians 2 says
that the devil is going to
00:53:50.68\00:53:53.16
counterfeit the
second coming of Christ.
00:53:53.37\00:53:55.26
He's going to
appear like Christ.
00:53:56.88\00:53:58.64
Like a glorious being
he's going to perform miracles
00:53:58.84\00:54:01.01
and going to speak many
of the words that Jesus spoke
00:54:01.04\00:54:03.27
while He was on earth.
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Let me ask you something:
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if you believe
that when Jesus comes
00:54:08.44\00:54:10.70
He's coming to live on this
earth and to set up His kingdom
00:54:11.10\00:54:14.32
on earth for a thousand years,
00:54:14.52\00:54:15.89
will you probably buy what
the false Christ is teaching
00:54:16.09\00:54:19.44
and what the
false Christ is doing?
00:54:19.64\00:54:21.03
Sure, because you're expecting
Him to come to this earth.
00:54:21.53\00:54:24.55
BUT if you know Jesus is
not coming to this earth,
00:54:25.73\00:54:29.57
at His second coming
He remains in the air,
00:54:30.69\00:54:32.91
then any being who appears
walking upon planet earth
00:54:33.11\00:54:36.46
speaking the way Jesus spoke
00:54:36.66\00:54:38.22
performing the
miracles that Jesus performed
00:54:38.42\00:54:40.55
you know that it is not Jesus!
00:54:40.75\00:54:43.11
Because the millennium
will not be spent here.
00:54:44.04\00:54:47.15
The millennium
will be spent where?
00:54:47.25\00:54:49.42
The millennium will be
spent in heaven with Jesus.
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And do you know what we're going
to do during the millennium?
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Go with me to I
Corinthians chapter 6.
00:54:58.28\00:55:01.71
It's going to be
a working vacation.
00:55:02.02\00:55:03.70
Have you ever
taken a working vacation?
00:55:07.44\00:55:09.09
All my vacations
are working vacations.
00:55:09.19\00:55:11.50
My family can tell you that.
00:55:11.80\00:55:13.24
I get scolded for it.
00:55:14.21\00:55:15.86
Well deserved... well deserved.
00:55:17.18\00:55:19.06
By the way, "the world"
00:55:33.78\00:55:35.00
means worldlings; the lost;
00:55:35.15\00:55:37.34
the unrighteous.
00:55:37.64\00:55:39.53
What are we going to do?
00:55:54.84\00:55:56.28
Judge angels. Which
angels? The good ones, right?
00:55:56.68\00:55:59.62
Why would we have to
judge the good angels?
00:56:00.86\00:56:02.92
It must be that we are going to
00:56:03.82\00:56:05.19
judge the evil angels.
00:56:05.30\00:56:06.92
And Revelation 20 and verse 4
00:56:07.12\00:56:08.67
says that God's people who
00:56:08.87\00:56:10.17
resurrect at the
beginning of the millennium
00:56:10.27\00:56:12.07
reign with Christ 1,000 years
00:56:12.27\00:56:14.21
and judgment is given unto them.
00:56:14.51\00:56:16.70
In other words, they are
given the capacity to judge
00:56:17.38\00:56:20.25
those who are left
here on earth dead.
00:56:20.65\00:56:23.95
Those who have been
overtaken by destruction
00:56:24.25\00:56:26.77
will be judged in heaven,
and the punishment of each
00:56:26.97\00:56:31.46
will be written in the books.
00:56:31.76\00:56:33.98
And after the millennium
when the wicked resurrect
00:56:34.38\00:56:36.45
when the devil and his
angels rally the wicked
00:56:36.76\00:56:39.51
against the city, God will show
the life of each one of those
00:56:39.61\00:56:43.33
people who are
outside the Holy City.
00:56:43.43\00:56:46.19
And He will show the sentence
which was determined for them
00:56:46.49\00:56:49.60
in the heavenly court
during the thousand years.
00:56:49.81\00:56:51.90
And Revelation 15
says that they will say
00:56:52.30\00:56:54.86
"Just and true are
Your ways, O God. "
00:56:55.06\00:56:59.46
And they will be
destroyed by their own request.
00:57:00.45\00:57:03.59
And then God will make a
new heavens and a new earth.
00:57:03.89\00:57:07.59
And the meek
shall inherit the earth
00:57:08.19\00:57:13.03
and we shall live with
Jesus forever and ever.
00:57:13.33\00:57:17.28
And He will wipe away all tears
00:57:17.58\00:57:19.83
and He will
remove death forever.
00:57:20.03\00:57:22.32