John Carter was scheduled
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to teach this program in Manila,
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but now at his
studio in Los Angeles.
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During the
COVID-19 restrictions,
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John Carter will teach us
how to find hope, inspiration,
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and power in the world to come.
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There are brighter days ahead
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in God's
wonderful world of tomorrow.
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And now here is John Carter.
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Hi, friend.
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I'm John Carter here
in Southern California,
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in the beautiful
little city of Moorpark,
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right on the borders
of the great bustling city
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of Los Angeles,
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where thousands
and thousands of people
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have died
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and continue to die
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from this
accursed virus COVID-19.
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And people are
asking the question,
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"Do we have happy days coming?
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Are things going to get better?"
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And so I prepared this talk.
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It's entitled,
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"The Power of
The World to Come."
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You see, I believe
in the world to come.
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I believe things
are going to get better.
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In fact,
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I believe
things are going to get
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a million times better.
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Vera Lynn, great name,
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great person, great singer.
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When the Nazis were
trying to pulverize Britain
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into the dust every night,
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with their bombs
raining from haven,
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Vera Lynn started singing.
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And her words,
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the words of his song
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made a tremendous impression
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upon the British people
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who were looking for hope.
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She sang the song,
"We'll Meet Again."
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That's what they wanted to hear.
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This is not the end,
but we'll meet again.
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Just recently,
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the Queen gave a
speech to her people
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about COVID-19.
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And she did her
best in her wonderful way
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to encourage the
hearts of the British people.
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And she finished her speech
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with the words
of Vera Lynn's song.
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She said to the British
people, we'll meet again.
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Now Vera Lynn died
just the other day.
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She died 103 years of age.
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But I believe, my friend,
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I believe the words
of the song that was sung
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when the bombs were
falling upon London.
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I believe we shall meet again
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because I wanna
tell you something,
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my friends,
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I believe that God is preparing
a wonderful world of tomorrow.
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And I'm going to take my Bible
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and I want you please
to notice these texts.
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I'm going to turn over
here to the Prophet Isaiah.
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This is just a tremendous
book, Isaiah Chapter 65.
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And here it is, verse 17.
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Are you listening to me today?
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Here it is.
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"For behold,
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I create new
heavens and a new earth, "
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we'll meet again.
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"Behold, I create new
heavens and a new earth,
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and the former
shall not be remembered
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or come to mind."
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Because it'll be swallowed up
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by the glories of the
power of the world to come.
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So this is a great
truth I sent out to you today,
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across America on 3ABN
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and all of the other stations
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which we have the
privilege of broadcasting on.
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The message is,
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God is preparing a
wonderful, wonderful new world.
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And yes, we'll meet again.
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Now I'm going to come over here
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to just a
tremendous, marvelous passage
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in 1 Corinthians 2:9
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that is found over
in the New Testament,
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dear hearts and gentle people.
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1 Corinthians 2:9,
are you listening to me?
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Here it is.
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"But as it is written:
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'Eye has not
seen, nor ear heard,
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nor have entered
into the heart of man
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the things
which God has prepared
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for those who love Him.'"
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Now we've had glimpses
into this wonderful world,
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the Bible gives
us some glimpses,
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but you just
can't understand it,
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my friend,
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because it is going to
be better than anything
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that we can imagine.
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It is greater
than the human mind
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can contemplate and realize
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because the
great message is, yes,
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we will meet again,
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in a wonderful,
wonderful, wonderful,
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marvelous new world.
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So that's why today
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during this time
of national crisis,
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I'm talking to my
friends across America
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and around the world.
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And I'm telling you,
there is a new world coming,
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and we're talking today
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about the power
of the world to come.
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So listen very carefully.
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Now the Bible, which I believe
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is the Word of
God tells me this.
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The Bible says
there are three heavens.
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Yes, there are three heavens,
a summary, the atmospheric,
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number one, then
the stellar heavens,
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and then there is a
place beyond the stars.
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And we're going
to talk about that
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the heaven of heavens.
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I'm going to turn in my
Bible to 2 Corinthians 12:2
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and I hope you're
having a good day today
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because we've got
bright hope in our hearts
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because we'll meet again.
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2 Corinthians
12:2, are you listening?
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Here it is.
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"I know a man in
Christ who fourteen years ago,
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whether in the
body I do not know,
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or whether out of
the body I do not know.
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God knows,
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such a one was caught
up to the third heaven."
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Did you hear this?
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The Bible talks
about the third heaven.
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Now, my friend, if
there is a third heaven,
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there's got to be a first heaven
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and there's got to
be a second heaven,
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and then you have
the heaven of heavens,
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and it is called
in the Holy Bible,
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the third heaven,
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and we're going to talk
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especially about these heavens.
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Now the first heaven,
the first heaven, remember,
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there are three heavens,
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but the first heaven
is the atmospheric heaven,
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which is like a
swaddling cloth to a baby,
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and it surrounds the earth.
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And the Bible talks
about it in Revelation 19:17.
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And I want you
please, to notice the text.
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"Then I saw an
angel standing in the sun,
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and he cried with a loud voice,
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saying to all the birds
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that fly in the
midst of heaven."
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This is not
talking about the stars,
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it's talking
about the atmosphere.
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"The birds that fly
in the midst of heaven,
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'Come and gather
yourselves together
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for the great day of God.'"
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Now we're not gonna
talk about the birds
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or anything like that today
because we don't have time,
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but we're
talking about a heaven,
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which is the
habitation of the birds.
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That is the first heaven,
we call it the atmosphere.
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Now the second heaven
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is where God has placed
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a billion,
trillion blazing suns,
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we call it the starry heavens.
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It is mentioned
in Psalm 19:1 and 4.
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Psalm 19:1 and 4,
now listen to me please.
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"The heavens..."
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He's not talking
about where the birds fly.
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"The heavens
declare the glory of God,
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and the firmament
shows His handiwork."
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We're talking now
about the stellar heavens.
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"Their line has gone
out through all the earth,
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and their words to
the end of the world.
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In them He has set a
tabernacle for the sun."
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Number one, atmosphere.
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Number two, the stellar heavens.
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Words are not sufficient
to talk about the glory
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and the power and the majesty
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of the stellar heavens.
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Did you know this?
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And if you've heard
my lectures on astronomy,
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you know a bit about this,
that they counted 2 trillion,
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that's 2,000 billion galaxies.
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Many of those galaxies
are bigger than our galaxy,
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which is called
the Milky Way system.
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And in every one of
those tremendous galaxies,
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you've got at least
100 billion blazing stars,
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suns,
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then you got
comets and black holes
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and you got all
these amazing things.
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Look at this.
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Look at this
amazing picture from NASA.
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Every one of those things are...
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How can I describe it?
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Every one of those galaxies
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is made up of 100,000 million,
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that's 100 billion blazing suns.
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No wonder, the Bible says,
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"The heavens
declare the glory of God."
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Where did this come from?
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This came from the
hand of Almighty God.
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So what is God like, my friend?
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God is a person,
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but God is incomprehensible
to our tiny little minds.
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We know what He's like
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because He sent His
Son in the person of Jesus.
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God loves you.
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God is a loving God,
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but He is a tremendous
God with tremendous power
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and with
tremendous, tremendous majesty
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and tremendous glory.
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And today, we're talking
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about the power
of the world to come
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because the great
God who made the universe
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is preparing a
place for God's people
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and we'll meet again
because death is not the end.
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Now we're going to come
to 2 Corinthians 12:2 and 4.
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And I want you to
listen to the text.
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I want you to take the time.
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I want you to allow
these truths to sink down
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into the molecules of your mind.
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What do you say?
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2 Corinthians 12:2,
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"I know a man in
Christ who fourteen years ago,
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whether in the
body I do not know,
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whether out of the
body I do not know."
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He's saying whether
I got there physically
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or whether I had a
vision and I don't know.
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"God knows such
a one was caught up
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to the third heaven."
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Verse 4.
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"How that he was caught up..."
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Listen to this. It's astounding.
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"How that he was
caught up into Paradise
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and heard inexpressible words,
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which it is not
lawful for a man to utter."
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It was so amazing that
he couldn't describe it.
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He couldn't
bring the words forth.
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Heaven number
one, the atmosphere.
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Heaven number two,
where the stars are.
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Two trillion galaxies,
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each made up of at least
100 billion blazing suns.
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You can't take this
in, it's just too big
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because God is so great,
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but the Bible tells me
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there is a place
that is called paradise.
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And this is where the
throne of Almighty God
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is amazing and
wonderful and true.
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Now listen, I just
want to explain this
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a little bit to you.
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Here is our universe.
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Here is the cosmos.
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To go across,
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it would take
you 150 billion years
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at the speed of light.
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If you were to travel
at 186, can you get this?
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It's too much for me.
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If you were to travel
at 186,000 miles a second,
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it will take you
150 billion years
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to cross our universe.
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It's made up of 2 trillion,
that's 2,000 billion galaxies,
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like the Milky Way system.
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People say I can't believe it.
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You can't believe in God.
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Where did this come from?
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This came from the
hand of Almighty God.
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Now, there you got our universe,
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but the Bible talks
about something else.
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Now listen to this,
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this maybe never
thought about this before.
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The Bible talks
about a third heaven,
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a third heaven,
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and the Bible gives the
name to this third heaven,
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it calls it by
the name paradise.
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It is where the very center
of all God's operations are,
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it is called in other
parts of the scriptures
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the Father's house.
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Now, my friend, I believe
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that there could be
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a trillion
universes like our universe.
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I think it's just
so big for these minds
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to try to understand,
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but the Bible
says there is a place
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that existed before our galaxy.
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You see, our galaxy is finite.
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It came into
being in a certain time,
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in a certain
phase, it is finite.
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It had a beginning
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and one day it is going to have
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the ancient prophets would say,
00:14:48.25\00:14:49.58
it is going to have an ending
00:14:49.62\00:14:52.92
and that's when the new
world is going to start.
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That's when God is going to make
00:14:57.19\00:14:58.53
old things new,
00:14:58.56\00:14:59.89
but the Bible tells
me there is a place,
00:14:59.93\00:15:02.16
which is the very
center of God's operations.
00:15:02.20\00:15:07.74
It is called paradise.
00:15:07.77\00:15:10.51
It is also called
the Father's house.
00:15:10.54\00:15:13.98
Now I'm going to
read you text on this day,
00:15:14.01\00:15:15.64
you're gonna say to
me today, John Carter,
00:15:15.68\00:15:17.75
never heard
stuff like this before.
00:15:17.78\00:15:20.02
Well, that's another reason
00:15:20.05\00:15:21.38
why you need just to
stay awake and listen up
00:15:21.42\00:15:24.55
because this is
the truth of God.
00:15:24.59\00:15:26.92
And it tells you how big God is.
00:15:26.96\00:15:29.62
How amazing God is?
00:15:29.66\00:15:31.69
You and I don't
need to be afraid
00:15:31.73\00:15:33.29
of anything or any person
00:15:33.33\00:15:35.46
because God is
infinite and mighty.
00:15:35.50\00:15:38.37
And this God cares
for you and He loves you.
00:15:38.40\00:15:42.44
And that's why we can
sing, We'll Meet Again.
00:15:42.47\00:15:45.87
Now here we go, John 14:1-3.
00:15:45.91\00:15:50.45
Jesus said,
00:15:50.48\00:15:51.81
"Let not your
hearts be troubled."
00:15:51.85\00:15:53.28
Hey, do I need to
hear that, I showed you.
00:15:53.31\00:15:56.32
"Let not your
hearts be troubled."
00:15:56.35\00:15:57.92
What about the pandemic?
00:15:57.95\00:15:59.29
Let not your hearts be troubled.
00:15:59.32\00:16:01.02
What about our
collapsing economy?
00:16:01.06\00:16:02.79
"Let not your
hearts be troubled.
00:16:02.82\00:16:06.06
You believe in God,
believe also in Me."
00:16:06.09\00:16:09.80
Don't be full of
fear, believe in God,
00:16:09.83\00:16:13.34
and also believe in Christ.
00:16:13.37\00:16:15.50
"In My Father's
house are many mansions."
00:16:15.54\00:16:17.77
That's paradise.
00:16:17.81\00:16:19.57
"In My Father's house."
00:16:19.61\00:16:22.51
Now this is
spoken in human language
00:16:22.54\00:16:24.25
so we people with
little brains can get it.
00:16:24.28\00:16:27.68
The Bible talks about
God and calls Him the Father.
00:16:27.72\00:16:30.15
And it says He's got a house.
00:16:30.19\00:16:31.69
In My Father's
house are many mansions,
00:16:31.72\00:16:34.12
there's one for you too.
00:16:34.16\00:16:36.59
"If it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:16:36.62\00:16:39.16
I go to prepare
a price for you."
00:16:39.19\00:16:41.46
He's going to
prepare a place for us.
00:16:41.50\00:16:43.97
"And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again."
00:16:46.10\00:16:48.70
Jesus said, "I'm
going to come again."
00:16:48.74\00:16:51.14
Let that sink down
00:16:51.17\00:16:52.51
into the molecules
of your mind right now
00:16:52.54\00:16:55.54
and you won't be afraid.
00:16:55.58\00:16:57.25
Jesus said, "I will come
again and receive you to Myself,
00:16:57.28\00:17:01.62
that where I am,
there you may be also."
00:17:01.65\00:17:06.55
So let me try
to make this plain.
00:17:06.59\00:17:10.46
It's the first heaven's
where the atmosphere is.
00:17:10.49\00:17:14.23
The second heaven
where the stars are.
00:17:14.26\00:17:18.73
Billions and
trillions of stars, vast,
00:17:18.77\00:17:24.11
made by an Almighty God,
00:17:24.14\00:17:26.11
and then the Bible tells
me there is a third heaven
00:17:26.14\00:17:29.54
and it is called
by the name paradise.
00:17:29.58\00:17:32.51
It is the Father's
house and Jesus Christ.
00:17:32.55\00:17:35.58
Our Lord said,
00:17:35.62\00:17:36.95
"I'm going to leave
you for a little bit."
00:17:36.99\00:17:39.95
And he said,
00:17:39.99\00:17:41.32
"I'm going to come back
and I'm going to take you.
00:17:41.36\00:17:46.49
I'm going to take
you somewhere marvelous."
00:17:46.53\00:17:48.20
And he said,
00:17:48.23\00:17:49.56
"I'm going to
prepare a place for you."
00:17:49.60\00:17:54.27
Are you
listening to me, my friend?
00:17:54.30\00:17:58.34
Jesus said,
00:17:58.37\00:18:00.28
"I'm going to go
beyond the stars.
00:18:00.31\00:18:04.38
I'm going to go
to My Father's house,
00:18:04.41\00:18:07.82
and I'm going to go
there for a special purpose.
00:18:07.85\00:18:10.95
I'm going to
prepare a place for you."
00:18:10.99\00:18:15.76
And I can shout out hallelujah.
00:18:15.79\00:18:18.69
Thank God,
00:18:18.73\00:18:20.06
Jesus is
preparing a place for us,
00:18:20.10\00:18:23.57
and we'll meet again.
00:18:23.60\00:18:28.40
And He said, "I
will come again."
00:18:28.44\00:18:32.97
So okay.
00:18:33.01\00:18:35.04
Let me just try to
make this plain right now.
00:18:35.08\00:18:39.61
Christ is preparing a
place for you and for me.
00:18:39.65\00:18:46.62
God has not forgotten us.
00:18:46.65\00:18:49.29
God has not forsaken this world.
00:18:49.32\00:18:52.83
The Bible tells us
00:18:52.86\00:18:55.06
God the great creator
00:18:55.10\00:18:56.80
in the person of
Christ became a man.
00:18:56.83\00:19:00.24
You say, "This is
incomprehensible."
00:19:00.27\00:19:02.50
No, it's not.
00:19:02.54\00:19:04.14
You and I can understand it
if we open up our minds today
00:19:04.17\00:19:07.18
to the Spirit of God.
00:19:07.21\00:19:08.84
The Bible tells me
00:19:08.88\00:19:10.21
that the great
created God in Christ,
00:19:10.25\00:19:12.95
He became a man.
00:19:12.98\00:19:15.45
And the Bible tells us,
"He came and lived among us."
00:19:15.48\00:19:18.15
And then the Bible says,
00:19:18.19\00:19:20.02
"He died for our
sins on the cross."
00:19:20.06\00:19:23.66
What is God like?
00:19:23.69\00:19:26.39
Absolutely marvelous,
full of love, full of mercy,
00:19:26.43\00:19:30.27
full of compassion.
00:19:30.30\00:19:32.33
And He loved you so much
00:19:32.37\00:19:33.80
that He left the
glories of paradise,
00:19:33.84\00:19:36.30
the Father's house,
00:19:36.34\00:19:37.67
and He came down
to this hellhole.
00:19:37.71\00:19:41.74
It's a hellhole
because of our rebellion
00:19:41.78\00:19:44.85
and because we've
turned away from God,
00:19:44.88\00:19:46.92
and we have
broken His commandments.
00:19:46.95\00:19:50.22
Don't blame God for
the scourges of sin,
00:19:50.25\00:19:55.19
my friend.
00:19:55.22\00:19:57.49
And so God came
down to this planet
00:19:57.53\00:19:59.79
in the person of
Christ and He said,
00:19:59.83\00:20:02.86
"I'm going to
prepare a place for you.
00:20:02.90\00:20:04.63
And I'm going to come again."
00:20:04.67\00:20:06.67
I believe that
Christ will come again.
00:20:06.70\00:20:11.61
So what sort of place
is He preparing I wonder?
00:20:11.64\00:20:14.48
I'm gonna come over here
00:20:14.51\00:20:15.84
to the Book of
Hebrews Chapter 11.
00:20:15.88\00:20:19.91
That's in the New Testament.
00:20:19.95\00:20:21.95
Book of Hebrews.
00:20:21.98\00:20:24.22
Give me a second.
00:20:24.25\00:20:25.59
Hebrews 11.
00:20:25.62\00:20:27.92
Getting close, Hebrews 11:16.
00:20:27.96\00:20:32.26
You folks ready to
hear about this place?
00:20:32.29\00:20:34.80
Hebrews 11:16,
00:20:34.83\00:20:37.10
"But now they desire a better,
that is, a heavenly country."
00:20:37.13\00:20:42.30
It's called a country.
00:20:42.34\00:20:44.67
That's amazing.
00:20:44.71\00:20:46.07
I sort of like the country.
00:20:46.11\00:20:47.91
"But now they desire a better,
that is, a heavenly country.
00:20:47.94\00:20:52.18
Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God,
00:20:52.21\00:20:55.28
for He has
prepared a city for them."
00:20:55.32\00:21:00.72
The Bible says that
this wonderful new world
00:21:00.76\00:21:04.53
is going to be a
magnificent country
00:21:04.56\00:21:09.83
and it is going to
have a capital over it.
00:21:09.86\00:21:15.20
And folks, I like cities
a bit, but cities can get,
00:21:15.24\00:21:20.58
you know, sort of blasa
00:21:20.61\00:21:22.24
and they can wear on the census.
00:21:22.28\00:21:25.28
Good to get out of the cities
00:21:25.31\00:21:27.25
and get out
00:21:27.28\00:21:28.62
into the God's
great open air sanctuary.
00:21:28.65\00:21:34.56
When you can look up
at the stars at night
00:21:34.59\00:21:36.86
and look into the face of God.
00:21:36.89\00:21:40.00
The Bible says
this wonderful new world
00:21:40.03\00:21:43.03
that we like to call heaven.
00:21:43.06\00:21:45.17
It is called a country.
00:21:45.20\00:21:50.51
No smog.
00:21:50.54\00:21:53.34
No poverty.
00:21:53.38\00:21:55.58
None of those terrible things.
00:21:55.61\00:21:57.31
No pandemics, no funerals.
00:21:57.35\00:21:59.91
None of those things
I'm telling you today.
00:21:59.95\00:22:04.29
And the Bible says
00:22:04.32\00:22:05.65
that Jesus is preparing
00:22:05.69\00:22:07.22
a magnificent
place for His people.
00:22:07.26\00:22:11.03
And over it, there
is a heavenly city,
00:22:11.06\00:22:15.76
which is incomprehensible
to our little finite minds.
00:22:15.80\00:22:21.00
I meet people who say,
00:22:21.04\00:22:22.37
"I can't believe
any of this stuff.
00:22:22.40\00:22:24.07
I don't believe
anything. I don't understand."
00:22:24.11\00:22:27.31
I mean, what a
silly thing to say.
00:22:27.34\00:22:30.35
Do you understand electricity?
00:22:30.38\00:22:32.58
Just because you can
give a name to something,
00:22:32.61\00:22:34.48
it doesn't mean
you can understand it.
00:22:34.52\00:22:37.09
No, we believe in lots of things
00:22:37.12\00:22:39.62
we don't understand.
00:22:39.65\00:22:41.06
And I...
00:22:41.09\00:22:42.42
There's a lot of
things in the Bible
00:22:42.46\00:22:43.86
I don't understand,
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.83
but I believe them
because it's the truth.
00:22:45.86\00:22:49.76
Now I'm going to
turn over here now
00:22:49.80\00:22:51.37
where we have this description
of the city of the future.
00:22:51.40\00:22:54.50
Revelation 21:10-11.
00:22:54.54\00:22:59.31
Listen to it.
00:22:59.34\00:23:00.78
"And he carried
me away in the Spirit
00:23:00.81\00:23:03.18
to a great and high mountain,
00:23:03.21\00:23:06.88
and showed me the great city, "
00:23:06.92\00:23:09.68
greater than New
York, greater than Moscow,
00:23:09.72\00:23:13.72
greater than Rome,
greater than Los Angeles,
00:23:13.76\00:23:17.06
greater than Sydney,
greater than any earthly city,
00:23:17.09\00:23:20.33
"the holy Jerusalem."
00:23:20.36\00:23:22.73
Not the old one
00:23:22.76\00:23:24.60
'cause the old
one's not too holy.
00:23:24.63\00:23:27.67
"The Holy Jerusalem,
00:23:27.70\00:23:29.60
descending out
of heaven from God,
00:23:29.64\00:23:31.87
having the glory of God.
00:23:31.91\00:23:34.24
Her light was like
a most precious stone,
00:23:34.28\00:23:39.45
like a jasper
stone, clear as crystal."
00:23:39.48\00:23:44.95
Incomprehensibly beautiful,
00:23:44.99\00:23:48.92
magnificent, and wonderful.
00:23:48.96\00:23:53.26
And God is
preparing this for His people.
00:23:53.29\00:23:55.86
God has not forgotten us.
00:23:55.90\00:23:59.13
And we'll meet again.
00:23:59.17\00:24:00.54
You know,
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.34
even the size of
this city is described.
00:24:02.37\00:24:06.27
It says it's
more than 1,000 miles.
00:24:06.31\00:24:10.31
You say now is everything
here completely literal?
00:24:10.35\00:24:12.91
Well, I'm gonna
wait and find out,
00:24:12.95\00:24:15.42
but it's so big
00:24:15.45\00:24:16.95
that there's
room for every person
00:24:16.99\00:24:18.95
who's ever lived on the planet.
00:24:18.99\00:24:20.49
And some skeptic
will come along and say,
00:24:20.52\00:24:21.86
"Well, you know,
00:24:21.89\00:24:23.22
if everybody was
brought back from the dead,
00:24:23.26\00:24:25.73
there wouldn't be
room for every person
00:24:25.76\00:24:27.36
to get into heaven."
00:24:27.40\00:24:29.46
"Well, what would
you know about it?"
00:24:29.50\00:24:30.83
I asked the skeptic.
00:24:30.87\00:24:32.20
What would you know about truly?
00:24:32.23\00:24:33.94
Let's come on.
00:24:33.97\00:24:36.67
This is a city
bigger, better than New York.
00:24:36.71\00:24:41.84
Better than any
city, better than Sydney.
00:24:41.88\00:24:45.01
That's my boy.
00:24:45.05\00:24:46.38
That's saying
something, isn't it?
00:24:46.41\00:24:49.58
It is the City of God
00:24:49.62\00:24:51.39
and it is so big
that there's room for you.
00:24:51.42\00:24:57.09
Room for every
person who ever lived.
00:24:57.13\00:24:59.06
And if you and
I don't get there,
00:24:59.09\00:25:00.43
it's not because
there's not room,
00:25:00.46\00:25:01.80
it's because we've
said, we're not interested.
00:25:01.83\00:25:06.74
And God has
given us in His book,
00:25:06.77\00:25:08.80
glimpses of future glory,
00:25:08.84\00:25:11.57
it's greater and
grander than we can imagine.
00:25:11.61\00:25:14.98
It is bigger and better.
00:25:15.01\00:25:16.91
There is room for all.
00:25:16.95\00:25:18.81
It is more
glorious and splendid.
00:25:18.85\00:25:21.02
Look at Revelation 21:18.
00:25:21.05\00:25:23.92
Revelation 21:18.
00:25:23.95\00:25:28.86
"The construction of
its wall was of jasper,
00:25:28.89\00:25:32.39
and the city was pure
gold, like clear glass."
00:25:32.43\00:25:38.77
You know why it
says it's like gold
00:25:38.80\00:25:42.20
because that's the best metal
00:25:42.24\00:25:45.17
they could
imagine in those days.
00:25:45.21\00:25:47.04
It is saying it is bigger.
00:25:47.08\00:25:49.04
It is better.
00:25:49.08\00:25:50.41
It is more glorious.
00:25:50.45\00:25:52.61
So I've got a
message to every person
00:25:52.65\00:25:54.48
watching our telecast today.
00:25:54.52\00:25:56.38
God loves you.
00:25:56.42\00:25:58.02
God cares for you.
00:25:58.05\00:25:59.52
The best is yet to come.
00:25:59.55\00:26:03.36
We'll meet again
because death is not the end.
00:26:03.39\00:26:07.43
Now you please stay tuned
00:26:07.46\00:26:10.13
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more amazing truths
00:26:10.17\00:26:12.57
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