Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR100020
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00:01 Welcome to The Carter Report at the Sir John Guise Stadium
00:03 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 00:06 More than 100,000 souls are in attendance 00:09 and John Carter is preaching the word of God. 00:12 The great congregation sits motionless. 00:14 They are spellbound, 00:15 not by the oratory of the speaker 00:17 but by the Spirit of God as He bares witness to His word. 00:21 An atmosphere of divine solemnity 00:24 mingled with a holy joy pervades the stadium 00:27 and spills out to the thousands gathered outside. 00:31 Night by night, in weather fair and foul, 00:34 the old warrior preaches on. 00:36 Tens of thousands come to Christ. 00:39 Thousands are baptized in the sea at Ela beach 00:42 and still more press forward to publicly confess Christ. 00:46 Now this is your opportunity 00:48 to be a part of what many have called a new Pentecost. 00:52 Welcome to the Carter Report at the Sir John Guise Stadium 00:56 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 01:02 Okay we're going to have a prayer together. 01:05 I want you to bow your heads. 01:07 I want you to close your eyes 01:09 and we're going to talk to our Father in heaven. 01:12 Our Father in heaven, 01:14 we thank You for all the blessings. 01:17 We thank You for the rain that has come down. 01:20 The earth needs the rain, so it can be refreshed. 01:24 But I want to thank You tonight Lord 01:27 that the rain of the Holy Spirit 01:30 is going to come into this meeting tonight. 01:34 I want to thank You tonight that Jesus is here 01:37 and we as a great congregation of a vast, vast audience. 01:43 We're going to say you right now,'' 01:45 welcome Holy Spirit.'' You are welcome in this place. 01:50 We want you to come Holy Spirit. 01:53 We want you to bless us tonight. 01:55 We want to know that you're here. 01:57 We want you to speak to our hearts 02:00 and we want you to lead us home to the kingdom of God. 02:03 I want to thank You tonight. 02:05 Dear Lord for this amazing audience, 02:09 even though it's been raining so very heavily, 02:13 not a person has got up and run away 02:16 because these people are the soldiers 02:20 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 02:23 And so God tonight bless them, reward them 02:27 and at last save them in the kingdom of God, 02:30 we beseech you for Jesus sake. Amen. 02:37 Paul the evangelist says in the Bible 02:40 that "God will finish His work 02:41 and cut it short in righteousness." 02:44 The Prophet Joel says, 02:45 "God will pour out His spirit in the last days, 02:47 and signs and wonders will follow." 02:49 The Carter Report believes that we are now in the end times 02:54 and His spirit is moving mightily. 02:56 During the Port Moresby campaign, 02:58 we testified that we saw the power of God revealed. 03:02 More than one hundred thousand God hungry souls 03:05 could not get enough of the word of the Lord 03:08 as at creation the Spirit of God 03:10 moved upon the face of the waters 03:13 and God brought cosmos out of chaos. 03:16 Souls were recreated in the image of the creator. 03:20 Instead of hate, there was love. 03:22 Instead of despair, there was hope. 03:24 Instead of sorrow, there was joy. 03:27 And in the place of death, God gave life. 03:30 One night, as John Carter preached 03:32 on the person and work of the Holy Spirit 03:34 the image of a white bird was flashed on the screens. 03:38 That moment a great white bird flew low 03:41 over the astonished congregation. 03:43 Cries of joy filled the air as the audience recognized 03:47 that God had visited His people. 03:49 A mighty surge of Pentecostal power 03:52 swept the audience of 120,000 souls 03:55 and everyone present felt the warm 03:58 comforting presence of God. 04:00 The Carter Report team invites you, my dear viewer, 04:03 to be a partner in this work. 04:06 Soldiers of the cross are wanted. 04:08 Faith partners are needed. 04:11 Write to us now here at the Carter Report, 04:13 PO Box 1900, Thousand Oaks, CA 91358 04:19 or in Australia, at PO Box 861, 04:23 Terrigal, NSW 2260. 04:27 You may also contact us online at cartereport.org 04:31 or email us at info@cartereport.org. 04:38 The topic tonight, there it is on the screen, 04:43 ''The Next 1,000 years in Bible Prophecy.'' 04:49 The devil and his wife on vacation. 04:55 Did you know that devil has a wife? 04:59 You didn't know that, well come on talk to me 05:00 about it a little bit. 05:02 I am telling you tonight 05:03 even though it's sort of trying to rain here 05:06 and even though it has been raining, 05:07 just look here I want you to know tonight, 05:10 that the Bible says, that the devil has a wife 05:14 and she is going on vacation. 05:17 Jesus has a wife 05:20 and that is the Bride of the Lamb, 05:23 that is the true church, but the Bible tells me, 05:27 that Satan is married 05:29 to the great apostate counterfeit church. 05:33 The Bible says, ''The woman was dressed 05:36 in purple and scarlet, 05:39 and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. 05:44 She held a golden cup in her hand, 05:48 filled with abominable things 05:50 and the filth of her adulteries.'' 05:54 This is the great harlot church 05:57 and the Bible says the day is coming 06:00 when the harlot church and Satan 06:03 are going to go on a first vacation. 06:08 He's going to be alive, but she's going to be dead. 06:15 Because the Bible says, during the millennium 06:19 there will be no people living on the planet earth. 06:27 The amazing thing is in the Bible 06:30 that we have a chapter that talks about the millennium. 06:35 It is Revelation 20:1-3. 06:42 This is the chapter in the Bible on the millennium. 06:48 You folks, doing okay out there? 06:51 Everybody okay, I know you're wet, 06:52 but are you okay? I want you to be okay. 06:55 Now look at the text. 06:56 ''And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, 07:00 having the key to the Abyss or the bottomless pit 07:04 and holding in his hand a great chain. 07:08 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, 07:11 who is the devil, or Satan, 07:15 and bound him for a thousand years.'' 07:22 The Bible tells me 07:24 that Lucifer is going to be thrown 07:28 into the bottomless pit and he's going to be 07:32 bound with a mighty chain, 07:35 the Bible says, for a thousand years. 07:38 Now I am going to come over here to the blackboard. 07:41 I don't know if all of our cameras are working tonight, 07:45 but if we can get a camera over here to the blackboard. 07:50 I'll be so, so, so happy 07:53 this line 07:55 long, long, long line. 08:02 This great line 08:05 represents the 1,000 years 08:12 when Satan is going to be bound. 08:19 Can you see that on the screen? 08:20 Can you answer please? Is this coming on the screen? 08:23 Yeah. Oh, this is great. 08:25 Satan is bound with a chain of his own devising 08:32 and the Bible says he's thrown 08:35 into the bottomless pit for a 1,000 years 08:39 and this great time period 08:41 is called by scholars and theologians, 08:45 ''The millennium.'' 08:48 Now millennium means 1,000 years. 08:52 And there we've got it up there on the screen 08:55 and Jesus my friend is going to conquer Lucifer 09:00 and He's going to throw him in to the abyss for a 1,000 years. 09:07 Now we have a question. Who is Satan? 09:15 The Bible says, Satan is a mighty angel 09:19 who once stood in the very presence of God. 09:24 He was right there my friend 09:27 at the very centre of the universe. 09:31 But the Bible tells us in a way 09:33 that is incomprehensible to the human mind, 09:38 he indulged in thoughts of pride 09:41 and he said ''I will be like the Most High God.'' 09:46 He wanted to be like God, 09:48 but not to have the character of God. 09:52 And the Bible says that Satan led a tremendous rebellion 09:57 and one-third of the angels of God were deceived by Satan. 10:03 And they joined with him in rebellion against God. 10:08 And these evil angels were cast down to this earth 10:14 and they are the spirits in spiritism. 10:17 But the Bible says that Jesus is Lord over all 10:22 and the Bible says a day is coming 10:25 when Satan is going to be bound 10:28 and thrown into the abyss for a 1,000 years. 10:34 Now we must ask the pertinent question. 10:41 When does the millennium take place? 10:46 The Bible tells me, that the millennium, 10:50 the 1,000 year period starts with a resurrection 10:55 and it closes with a resurrection. 10:58 Look at this text. 11:00 ''I saw thrones on which were seated those 11:03 who had been given authority to judge. 11:07 And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded 11:12 because of their testimony for Jesus 11:15 and because of the word of God. 11:18 They had not worshiped the beast or his image 11:21 and had not received his mark 11:24 on their foreheads or their hands." 11:27 They will be put to death. 11:30 The conflict in the last days is so great 11:33 that some of the saints of God are put to death 11:37 because of their fidelity to Christ and His law. 11:42 The Bible says, they came to life 11:45 and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 11:50 The rest of the dead, the wicked, did not come to life 11:54 until the thousand years were ended. 11:57 This is the first resurrection." 12:00 Notice this as I go to the giant blackboard, 12:03 because I want to make this crystal clear tonight, 12:07 and I want a camera to come with me. 12:10 I feel tonight that the Spirit of the Lord is in this place. 12:16 Even though it is raining 12:17 I want you to know the Spirit of the Lord is in this place. 12:22 The Bible tells me that the millennium starts 12:27 with the first resurrection and after 1,000 years 12:32 the Bible tells me, I want a camera here, 12:36 the Bible tells me 12:37 there is the second resurrection. 12:44 Now when does this resurrection take place? 12:49 Will it starts at the beginning of the millennium 12:53 as we have pointed out. 12:56 But there is another text in Revelation 20 13:00 and I think it may be verses 4 and 5. 13:03 But it's in the sequence. 13:06 And we're going to put this up now on the screen. 13:09 Here it is. 13:12 ''They came to life," these are the saints of God, 13:16 "and reigned with Christ a thousand years.'' 13:21 And so the saints of God come to life 13:25 at the beginning of the millennium. 13:27 But the Bible says the rest of the dead 13:31 and they are the wicked are not raised 13:37 until after the 1,000 years. 13:42 So there are two resurrections. 13:46 The first one is the resurrection of the righteous. 13:51 And the second resurrection 13:54 is the resurrection of the damned. 14:00 The Bible tells me every person is going to be raised. 14:07 We have an appointment with God, I tell you tonight. 14:10 Can't you feel the anointing of the Holy Spirit here tonight? 14:15 I can feel that the Holy Spirit is here tonight 14:19 and the Bible tells me 14:20 every person is going to be raised. 14:23 Why are these meetings being run? 14:26 Because my friend I want us to come to Christ 14:30 who died for our sins on the cross, 14:33 so that we can go home with Him to glory. 14:39 Look, when are the righteous raised? 14:47 1 Thessalonians 4:16. 14:54 "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven 14:57 with a loud command, with a voice of the archangel, 15:02 and with the trumpet call of God, 15:04 and the dead in Christ will rise first.'' 15:09 The Bible tells me that the righteous are raised. 15:15 Now I am going to come over here to the blackboard again. 15:18 The Bible tells me that the righteous are raised 15:22 in the first resurrection and the Bible says, 15:26 this happens when Jesus comes back 15:32 in power and great glory 15:36 and we call this 'the second coming of Christ.' 15:43 Oh, I just want to pour out my heart here tonight. 15:48 I want you to know that Jesus is coming soon 15:53 and He's going to come in great power and great glory 15:58 and I am going to put a picture up here on the screen. 16:02 And I want you to think of the coming of Jesus. 16:06 Just look at that. He's going to come in power. 16:11 He's going to come in glory. 16:15 Every person is going to see Him. 16:17 If you're living, you're going to see Him coming in power 16:23 and great glory and when Jesus comes back, 16:28 He's going to raise the dead. 16:36 But the Bible says, look at this 16:40 ''Blessed and holy are those who have part 16:45 in the first resurrection.'' 16:47 Oh my friend I want to come up in the first resurrection, 16:51 don't you? 16:53 That's why you're here tonight. 16:55 ''Blessed and holy are those who have part 16:58 in the first resurrection. 16:59 The second death has no power over them, 17:03 but they will be priests of God and of Christ 17:07 and they will reign with him for a thousand years.'' 17:13 And so I want you to see this tonight. 17:17 The righteous are raised when Jesus comes. 17:20 They're raised with glorious bodies. 17:25 They will never get sick again. 17:29 The white hair is going to be gone. 17:33 They will experience the eternal youth 17:38 and so they come up out of their graves 17:42 when Jesus comes. 17:47 And they reign with Jesus for a 1,000 years, 17:50 they are caught up to meet Jesus the Bible says. 17:55 I say it again, they are caught up 17:58 to meet Jesus in the clouds 18:01 and God's people are taken to paradise to spend a vacation 18:07 with the Lord Jesus Christ for a 1,000 years. 18:14 But the Bible says, the rest of the dead 18:19 and the Bible call these people the wicked, 18:24 the ungodly, the lawless. 18:29 The Bible says they are not conscious 18:33 of the second coming of the Christ. 18:36 The Bible says, 'they sleep on.' 18:43 They're not conscious of the fact that Jesus has come. 18:50 They sleep on for a 1,000, a 1,000 years. 18:57 Now listen, the human race can be divided into two classes, 19:04 the good and the bad, the righteous 19:07 and the wicked, the saved and the lost, 19:10 the penitent and the self righteous, 19:12 the obedient and the disobedient. 19:18 And the Bible tells us, these classes, 19:22 two classes the good and the bad, 19:25 two great classes of humanity in the world, 19:29 the Bible says they can be divided again. 19:33 Group A, you've the righteous dead. 19:40 The righteous who are sleeping in their graves. 19:43 Now and we have the righteous living, 19:46 those who love Jesus 19:48 and those who keep the commandments of God. 19:52 And then you have Group B, 19:54 the wicked living, those people living on the earth today 20:00 who hate God, who will not believe in Jesus Christ 20:06 and who despise the commandments of God. 20:10 And then you have the wicked dead. 20:17 Vast numbers who died without Christ, 20:22 who died hating God or not coming to God 20:28 or not believing in God, not surrendering to Christ. 20:32 The Bible says the wicked dead. 20:36 What happens to each of these classes? 20:38 I wonder when Jesus comes back the righteous dead are raised. 20:44 Oh my friend, I'll shout, 20:46 I just feel like shouting Hallelujah. 20:50 When I think I had Jesus is going to come back 20:53 and the righteous dead are going to be raised in glory. 21:00 Now we're going to put up a text about that 21:02 before we go any further. 21:03 We're going put up 1 Thessalonians 4:16. 21:10 The Bible says, ''For the Lord himself 21:13 will come down from heaven, with a loud command, 21:17 with the voice of the archangel 21:20 and with the trumpet call of God, 21:22 and the dead in Christ will rise first.'' 21:25 And so the dead are resurrected from their graves 21:29 and they are caught up 21:32 to be with Jesus in heaven for a 1,000 years. 21:38 What about the righteous living? 21:43 What happens I wonder to the righteous living? 21:47 The Bible says, "After that, we who are still alive 21:51 and are left will be caught up together 21:53 with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 21:57 And so we will be with the Lord forever." 22:01 The righteous dead are resurrected 22:06 and the righteous living are translated, 22:10 their bodies receive the touch of Almighty God 22:17 and in a moment they are made 22:20 eternal, immortal. 22:25 And so the righteous dead resurrected. 22:30 The righteous living translated 22:34 are caught up by the Spirit of God 22:37 and they are taken home to be with Jesus in glory. 22:44 Now, the wicked living. 22:49 What happens to those vast numbers in the world 22:53 who disobeyed God's commandments 22:56 and who have no faith in Christ it says, 23:01 here it is 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 23:04 ''God is just, He will pay back trouble to those 23:08 who trouble you and give relief to you 23:10 who are troubled, and to us as well. 23:13 This will happen when the Lord Jesus 23:16 is revealed from heaven in blazing fire 23:20 with his powerful angels. 23:24 He will punish those who do not know God 23:27 and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 23:33 They will be punished with everlasting destruction 23:38 and shut out from the presence of the Lord 23:40 and from the majesty of His power on the day 23:45 he comes to be glorified in his holy people 23:50 and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. 23:56 This includes you, because you believed 24:00 our testimony to you.'' 24:02 Look at me, listen to me. 24:06 When Jesus comes back, He's confronted by a world 24:11 that has rejected His commandments. 24:13 He's confronted by a world of ungodly sinners. 24:18 And the Bible says when Jesus comes back, 24:22 the fire of God is going to go fast 24:26 and the fire of God 24:28 is going to consume the wicked. 24:35 This is the word of the Lord. 24:41 Then we come to the wicked dead. 24:43 What happens to the wicked dead 24:45 when Jesus comes back? 24:49 The Bible says, 24:52 the rest of the dead sleep on, 24:58 the wicked sleep on during the millennium 25:02 completely oblivious to the fact that Christ has returned 25:08 and the saints have gone home to glory. 25:13 Therefore the Bible tells us that during the millennium, 25:21 on this earth there is not 25:24 a single solitary soul. 25:29 Ah, except Satan and his angels. 25:37 There are no living human beings on the earth 25:44 during the millennium. 25:45 And the question we need to ask ourselves 25:49 with penetrating honesty is this, 25:52 ''Where am I going to spend the millennium?'' 25:56 Am I going to spend it with Jesus in paradise 26:01 or am I going to spend it as a corpse 26:05 with Satan on the earth? 26:09 Look at this. 26:10 During the millennium, Satan is bound. 26:16 The righteous are in heaven. 26:18 And the wicked dead on the earth. 26:21 What does it mean when it says that Satan is bound? 26:29 He's bound by a chain of His own making. 26:36 He's got nobody to tempt. 26:39 The righteous are in glory 26:42 and the wicked are on this earth, dead corpses. 26:50 So I ask you the question tonight. 26:54 If you die tonight, 26:55 will you come up in the first resurrection? 26:58 Or will you come up in the second resurrection? 27:01 During the millennium, will you be with Christ in glory 27:05 or will you be with Satan on this earth? 27:09 Can you not see why I have a message of urgency 27:15 to appeal to every person here, 27:17 to come to Christ and be baptized 27:21 and keep the commandments of God? 27:25 Now what happens during the millennium? 27:32 The Bible tells me that during the millennium 27:37 the earth is completely devastated and broken down. 27:42 The Bible says, ''This is what the Lord Almighty says, 27:46 Look! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation, 27:50 a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.' 27:54 At that time those slain by the Lord will be everywhere-- 27:58 from one end of the earth to the other." 28:01 When Jesus comes back, there is a tremendous earthquake 28:05 and a tremendous storm that destroys everything. 28:10 It says here, "They will not be mourned 28:13 or gathered up or buried, 28:15 but they will be refuse lying on the ground." 28:18 And you say to me why are there no funerals? 28:23 Why doesn't somebody bury them? 28:29 Because there's nobody here on the earth. 28:33 God's people are safe in heaven. 28:37 The wicked are dead corpses, but during the millennium, 28:43 Satan and his angels are caste down 28:47 up on this earth with no one to tempt, 28:54 bound by the chain. 28:57 Look at the text. 28:58 "I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty, 29:03 the bottomless pit of void, the abysses and at the heavens, 29:08 and their light was gone. 29:10 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking, 29:13 all of the hills were swaying. 29:16 I looked, and there were no people, 29:19 every bird in the sky had flown away. 29:23 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert, 29:27 all its towns lay in ruins before the Lord, 29:30 before his fierce anger. 29:34 This is what the Lord says, 'The whole land will be ruined, 29:37 though I will not destroy it completely.''' 29:40 Because judgment day is still coming. 29:44 I'm going to come over here to the blackboard. 29:45 The Bible tells me that during the 1,000 years 29:50 Satan is bound upon this earth and there are no people here. 29:57 The Bible says, I looked and there were no people, 30:03 because the righteous are in heaven 30:08 and the wicked or corpses on the earth. 30:12 My friend, the devil has done its best here tonight 30:18 to close down this meeting. 30:21 He's done his best, 30:24 because he knows that a large number-- 30:26 thousands of people here are planning to be baptized, 30:30 so he said what I am going to do because he says, 30:33 I am the prince of the power of the air. 30:36 I am going to send a storm 30:39 and I am going to drive them out. 30:44 But the people of God are strong. 30:49 The people of God in Port Moresby are saying, 30:53 as for me and my house, 30:57 we will serve the Lord and be obedient, hallelujah. 31:03 Praise the Lord. 31:06 Look at this text, ''Behold, I come like a thief! 31:09 Blessed is he who stays awake 31:11 and keeps his clothes with him, 31:13 so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.' 31:17 Then they gathered the kings together to the place 31:20 that in Hebrew is called Armageddon." 31:22 That's the last great battle. 31:24 "The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, 31:28 and out of the temple came a loud voice 31:30 from the throne, saying, 'It is done!' 31:35 Then there came flashes of lightning, 31:38 rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. 31:45 No earthquake like it has ever occurred 31:48 since man has been on earth, 31:51 so tremendous was the quake. 31:54 The great city split into three parts, 31:56 and the cities of the nations collapsed." 31:59 New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Los Angeles, Port Moresby, 32:04 everything is going to go down when Jesus comes. 32:10 "God remembered Babylon the Great 32:15 and gave her the cup filled with the wine 32:18 of the fury of his wrath. 32:21 Every island fled away 32:24 and the mountains could not be found. 32:27 From the sky huge hailstones 32:30 of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. 32:35 And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, 32:38 because the plague was so terrible". 32:42 Listen my friend. 32:45 When Jesus comes, the earth is going to be totally, 32:50 absolutely devastated. 32:54 Think of the hailstorm. 32:56 Each stone about 40 kilos a hundred pounds. 33:02 There is a massive earthquake and the Bible says 33:06 the islands are moved out of their place. 33:09 Vast islands are moved. 33:14 And great mountain chains 33:16 go down into the ocean. 33:22 So the earth is totally destroyed when Jesus comes. 33:27 This earth becomes the bottomless pit, 33:34 this earth becomes the abysses. 33:41 This earth broken down, destroyed, 33:47 uninhabited by human beings becomes the home of Lucifer 33:54 and His angels for a 1,000 years, 33:57 with no one to tempt. 34:01 So tonight, Hallelujah 34:06 I can see some stars up there now. 34:09 I can see some stars. I can see some stars. 34:15 Listen to me. 34:18 Listen, little star breaking through the clouds. 34:24 We need to ask ourselves the question. 34:26 Will I come up in the first resurrection 34:28 or the second resurrection? Am I ready to die tonight? 34:34 I should ask the question 34:36 where am I going to spend the millennium in paradise 34:39 with Christ my Lord 34:41 or am I going to spend it with Lucifer. 34:47 It's a corpse. 34:51 I want you to notice the screen. 34:55 We're going to talk about the end of millennium 34:59 what happens after the 1,000 years. 35:01 Point number one, Satan is released out of his prison. 35:06 We got a text for you on that. 35:09 The Bible says, ''He threw him into the Abyss," 35:13 the bottomless pit, the abysses 35:16 "and locked and sealed it over him, 35:19 to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore 35:23 until the thousand years were ended. 35:26 After that, he must be set free for a short time.'' 35:31 Come with me now and notice this, 35:33 When the thousand years are over, 35:35 Satan will be released from his prison. 35:41 When Jesus comes follow me now, 35:44 I want you to see this, when Jesus comes 35:47 there is the resurrection of the righteous. 35:50 I want to be raised with the righteous. 35:53 The Bible tells me the earth is devastated. 35:59 The wicked are destroyed 36:02 and the righteous are taken home to glory. 36:06 The righteous that are raised in glory. 36:10 And the righteous living are translated, 36:13 they are given new bodies 36:16 and they're going to be with Christ for 1,000 years. 36:21 But the Bible tells me 36:23 that the devil and his wife who is now a corpse. 36:29 The antichrist church is cast here upon the earth. 36:36 The Bible tells me there are no people on the earth. 36:40 The earth is a howling waste land, it is a wilderness. 36:47 But the Bible says at the end of the millennium there- 36:53 can you see this on camera? 36:55 There is the second resurrection 36:58 and that is the resurrection of the wicked 37:02 and the Bible says that Lucifer or Satan 37:07 is released for a short time. 37:15 How was he released? 37:19 His binding was the taking from him 37:23 the capacity to deceive people. 37:28 But now he is locked up 37:31 to think of his evil deeds for a 1,000 years. 37:35 But then the Bible tells me, he's released 37:39 because the wicked are resurrected. 37:46 "The rest of the dead, the wicked, did not come to life 37:50 until the thousand years were ended 37:53 and they come up a mighty army. 38:00 Billions, Hitler is there, Stalin is there, 38:08 Nietzsche is there, the inquisitors 38:12 who tortured the saints of God are there. 38:17 Judas who denied the Lord is there. 38:22 Pilate who washed his hands off the blood of the Lord. 38:27 Pilate is there. 38:31 Will you be there? 38:36 Ordinary people are there. 38:39 People who had no time for God, 38:42 people who had no time to obey God. 38:46 People who said, I will be baptized one day but not now, 38:50 I will do it tomorrow, which never comes. 38:58 Every person who lived and loved a lie 39:01 is going to be there. 39:03 The person who's sinned against his conscience 39:06 is going to be there. 39:07 The person who said not tonight 39:10 I will get saved by and by will be there. 39:15 Satan is free, the wicked are resurrected 39:17 and then something amazing happens. 39:20 The Bible tells me at the end of the millennium, 39:24 the New Jerusalem comes down from paradise. 39:29 And it comes pass the cheering galaxies 39:33 and they say glory, glory, glory, 39:37 the New Jerusalem is coming. 39:40 Look at the screen. 39:44 The Bible says, it's the home of the saints 39:49 and the New Jerusalem is vast, vast city. 39:53 Hope we're gonna talk about 39:55 tomorrow night, we're gonna talk about 39:56 heaven you're gonna be here my friend. 40:00 And so the city descends 40:02 and it comes to rest on the earth. 40:08 And a great army surrounds the city lead by Satan himself. 40:14 There will be a host of generalism, amoralism, 40:20 maybe they will have atomic weapons, 40:23 I don't know, but the Bible says, 40:26 they're going to march up 40:28 and they are going to surround the city. 40:34 You're going to be there, 40:37 either inside the city or outside the city. 40:40 We're all going to be there my friend, 40:42 because the Bible says, 40:44 inside the city you have the people of God 40:48 who love Jesus, who follow His commandments, 40:52 who've dedicated their lives to Christ. 40:55 They are safe inside the city. Look at this. 41:00 "When the thousand years are over, 41:01 Satan will be released from his prison 41:04 and will go out to deceive the nations 41:06 in the four corners of the earth." 41:09 They've just been resurrected and he says to them, 41:12 'we can overthrow the city of God, 41:15 we can kill God's people 41:18 and we will knock out off His throne. 41:25 I want you to know on that occasion in history, 41:32 every person has ever lived will be there. 41:36 The Bible says, calls them Gog and Magog, Gog, 41:40 to gather them for battle. 41:42 In number they are like the sand on the seashore.'' 41:45 You say it doesn't sound then 41:49 that the majority are on the side of God. 41:51 No they are not. 41:53 The majority have never been on the side of God, 41:57 but a remnant. 42:03 So they march up, they march up 42:07 and they surround the city. I want you to pause. 42:10 The devil has tried hard tonight to drive you out. 42:14 He's tried to stop you from coming to this meeting. 42:17 But I want you to know tonight, 42:19 I feel the anointing 42:21 of the Holy Spirit of God in this place. 42:25 I feel tonight that the Lord is here. 42:28 And I feel tonight that the Lord is speaking to our hearts. 42:34 And I want to ask yourself this question. 42:39 Where will I be? 42:41 Inside the city with God's people 42:44 or outside the city with the lost 42:48 and the damned lead by Lucifer. 42:53 Every person is going to be there. 42:56 Can't you see why I appealed as I do? 43:00 Can't you see why I say to people come to Christ now, 43:04 don't put it off? 43:06 Can't you see that sometimes I appear to be frantic? 43:09 Can't you see that I have a hunger 43:12 that you and I will come to Christ tonight? 43:15 Can't you see why I urge people to come down the front? 43:19 Can't you see? 43:24 can't you see that the devil is playing with some of you? 43:32 Can't you see that he doesn't want you to be baptized? 43:35 Can't you see? 43:40 People outside the city will be able to look inside the city? 43:45 Judas will be there and he will see Jesus inside 43:48 and he will say ''I could have been inside with Jesus, 43:51 but I sold Him for 30 pieces of silver.'' 43:58 Pilate will be there, he will say 44:00 that's the man I crucified, I could have been inside 44:04 but I'm outside with the devil. 44:08 There will be people from Port Moresby 44:12 and Sydney, and Melbourne, and New York, 44:14 and Los Angeles and London, 44:17 who look inside from outside, they will be outside. 44:21 They will look inside the city and they will see husbands 44:24 and wives and children. 44:27 And they will say ''oh, oh, oh, 44:30 I could have been inside with my loved ones, 44:34 but I said no to God.'' 44:39 The Bible says, there's weeping 44:40 and gnashing of teeth, no wonder. 44:45 And then the last great judgment takes place. 44:51 We're going to look at the text, "Then I saw a great white throne 44:55 and him who sat on it. 44:58 Earth and the sky fled from his presence, 45:02 and there was no place for them. 45:04 And I saw the dead, great and small, 45:08 standing before the throne, and books were opened. 45:12 Another book was opened, which is the book of life. 45:15 The dead were judged according to what they had done 45:18 as recorded in the books. 45:22 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, 45:25 and death and Hades 45:27 gave up the dead that were in them, 45:30 and each person was judged according to what he had done.'' 45:37 The great throne 45:38 is set on the wall of the New Jerusalem. 45:41 And Jesus sits on the throne and the books are opened. 45:49 My friend there's a record of every life. 45:52 There's a record of your life, there's a record of my life. 45:56 We can hide our lives from our loved ones, 45:58 but we cannot hide our lives from God. 46:02 He reads your heart tonight, He reads my heart. 46:08 You cannot hide nothing from God. 46:13 And then the swaying multitude things, oh, oh, oh. 46:18 Why did I put it off? Why did I turn away? 46:23 And then the spell is broken 46:25 and the mighty army marches on 46:29 lead by prince Lucifer. 46:34 The Bible says, ''They marched across the breadth of the earth 46:39 and surrounded the camp of God's people, 46:44 the city he loves. 46:46 But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.'' 46:52 They marched up billions of them, 46:55 billions-they march up the big majority 47:00 and they surround the city of God 47:03 and they think, we're the strongest, 47:06 we can knock God off his thrown. 47:08 And all of a sudden my friends there is roar from the skies 47:14 and the fire comes down from heaven 47:18 and it licks up the dust. 47:24 And the New Jerusalem rises up above it 47:28 and rides upon the flames, but because Jesus is there, 47:34 the people are safe inside in the city. 47:39 But the wicked lead by Satan are consumed by the fire. 47:53 Can I ask you this? 47:55 Where are you planning to be 47:59 inside the city or outside the city? 48:06 And then something wonderful happens. 48:11 Our God makes a new world. 48:16 ''Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 48:20 brand, brand new, for the first heaven 48:24 and the first earth had passed away. 48:28 And there was no longer any sea.'' 48:32 The almighty created God, the God of the stars, 48:37 the God of the universe speaks 48:41 and a new world appears 48:48 and the New Jerusalem settles down upon that new world. 48:52 The capital of the new world for the new people of God. 49:05 Let me ask you tonight, there are two resurrections. 49:11 Which resurrection are you coming up in? 49:13 The first resurrection or the second? 49:17 Somebody says, I am not going to come up in any, yes you're. 49:21 You have an appointment with God. I do. 49:24 Either we come up in the first or we come up in the second. 49:27 If we come up in the first, we're saved. 49:29 If we come up in the second, we're lost. 49:33 The next question is this. 49:37 Where am I going to spend the millennium? 49:40 Am I going to spend it in paradise 49:43 with Jesus and God's people 49:48 or am I going to spend it with Satan 49:50 and the evil angels 49:53 on this earth as a corpse? 49:59 And the next great question is this. 50:02 Will I be inside the city or outside the city? 50:12 Tonight, in the name of the God of heaven, 50:18 who sent me to Port Moresby to preach the gospel. 50:23 I beseech every person here tonight to come to Christ. 50:30 I beseech every person here tonight 50:32 that hasn't been baptized 50:33 as Jesus was baptized to get baptized tomorrow. 50:38 Don't put it off my friend. 50:43 ''Behold, I am coming soon! Jesus said. 50:47 My reward is with me, 50:49 and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. 50:53 I am the Alpha and the Omega, 50:56 the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 51:01 Blessed are those who wash their robes, 51:03 that they may have the right to the tree of life 51:06 and may go through the gates into the city. 51:11 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, 51:16 the sexually immoral, the murderers, 51:19 the idolaters and everyone who loves 51:21 and practices falsehood. 51:25 I, Jesus, have sent my angel 51:27 to give you this testimony for the churches. 51:31 I am the Root and the Offspring of David, 51:33 and the bright and Morning Star.'' 51:37 The Spirit and the bride say, 51:40 'Come!' And let him who hears say, 51:45 'Come!' Whoever is thirsty, let him come, 51:52 and whoever wishes, 51:54 let him take the free gift of the water of life. 52:00 Listen to me. 52:05 This is the last Friday meeting, 52:12 if you're thirsty come, 52:16 if you're hungry tonight, then come. 52:21 I invite you tonight in the name of Him 52:24 who sent me to preach to come to Christ. 52:28 Jesus said, "For God so loved the world 52:32 that He gave His only Son, 52:34 so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, 52:39 but have everlasting life." 52:41 My friend this Christ died for you and for me. 52:48 He says, if you believe 52:54 and if you're baptized you'll be saved. 52:57 He said, if you love Me, keep My commandments. 53:03 And so tonight 53:06 I am asking every person here tonight to come to Christ 53:11 and to make it right with God tonight. 53:15 Listen to this story. Happened in Australia. 53:22 There was a minor 53:24 who went to a series of religious meetings, 53:27 not big meetings in a church there were 53:31 and the minister spoke about coming to Christ 53:34 and not putting it off. 53:36 He spoke about the great issues of life and death 53:39 that I have spoken about tonight. 53:45 When everybody had gone home, this man stayed wouldn't go, 53:50 and the minister said friend 53:51 we're closing up, you got to go now. 53:53 He said, I can't go home until I settle it. 53:59 I have got to settle it he said tonight. 54:05 So the minister read to him John 3:16 54:08 and some other text and they got down on their knees 54:11 and this man gave his life to Christ. 54:14 And he went home with peace and joy in his soul. 54:19 The next day he went down into the mine 54:22 and there was a tremendous explosion. 54:29 When they brought him up his body was broken. 54:34 He was dying and when his wife got to him, 54:39 she saw that his lips were murmuring. 54:43 She got close, she said ''Do you have a message?'' 54:47 And he said ''yes, 54:50 I am glad I settled it last night.'' 54:56 My friend you'll be glad if you settle it tonight. 55:03 And I want to say to the man way over there, 55:07 the man outside the boundaries of this great stadium. 55:12 You'll be glad too, if you settle it tonight 55:17 and if you come to Christ. 55:20 We're now going to have a prayer together. 55:23 And I am going to bring you all to God. 55:26 I want to say tonight, Jesus has been here 55:30 and Jesus has given us the victory. 55:33 In spite of the rain we had the best meeting yet. 55:40 So I want you please to stand up 55:45 and I want us all to be reverent. 55:46 Please no whistling. 55:49 We're standing in the presence of the Lord. 55:53 I am surely the Lord is in this place. 56:01 We're going to bow our heads, 56:06 we're going to close our eyes. 56:09 And tonight I want to appeal to those people here tonight, 56:14 who haven't been baptized to come to Christ tonight 56:19 and be baptized and join God's church, 56:22 God's people who keep the commandments of God 56:26 and have the faith of Jesus. 56:28 We're going to bow our heads. 56:29 Are there any here tonight 56:31 in this vast audience we're all wet. 56:34 But how many tonight will raise their hands 56:35 and say tonight, please pray for me, 56:38 I need prayer tonight. Can you raise your hand? 56:42 Lift up your hand where ever you're 56:44 and say ''Oh, God I am standing in need of prayer tonight.'' 56:50 Keep your hands up and we're going to pray. 56:53 ''Our Father, we thank You tonight 56:56 that Your Spirit has been in this place 56:59 and even though the rain tried to drive us out, 57:03 Jesus has given God's people the victory. 57:07 Nobody has left because these people are genuine 57:12 and true and they have true faith in Christ. 57:16 They are the soldiers of the cross, 57:18 bless them tonight. 57:22 Thank you for joining us today. 57:23 To become a faith partner with Pastor John Carter 57:26 and to receive our monthly newsletter, 57:28 write to us here at the Carter Report, 57:30 PO Box 1900 Thousand Oaks, California, 91358. 57:36 Or in Australia at PO Box 861, 57:40 Terrigal, NSW, 2260. 57:43 You may also contact us online at carterreport.org. 57:47 Remember Jesus said, ''You will know the truth, 57:50 and the truth will set you free.'' |
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