Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021348
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00:46 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 00:49 RIGHT HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA ON THE WEST COAST OF 00:52 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE 00:54 TUNING IN, WHETHER THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME OR YOU JOIN US EVERY 00:58 WEEK, WELCOME. MANY OF YOU LISTEN ON THE 01:01 RADIO. MANY OF YOU WATCH LIVE AT OUR 01:04 WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND, OF COURSE, I THINK THAT MOST OF 01:08 YOU - MOST OF YOU WATCH ON VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS. 01:12 SO HOWEVER YOU ARE JOINING US, WE'RE SO GLAD - AND WELCOME. 01:16 OUR FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE 01:19 BIBLE AND WE STUDY TOGETHER, WE ALWAYS START WITH SINGING AND 01:22 MANY OF YOU HAVE FAVORITES THAT YOU LIKE TO SING WITH US AND 01:27 WE'RE GOING TO SING A COUPLE OF THOSE TODAY. AND NEXT WEEK WE 01:31 START - I THINK IT'S NEXT WEEK - WE START CHRISTMAS CAROLS. 01:33 SO HURRY UP, SEND THEM IN, AND WE WILL START THOSE VERY SOON. 01:38 #294 - 'POWER IN THE BLOOD AND WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL THREE 01:41 STANZAS. AND THIS IS A REQUEST FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE 01:45 PLANET, BUT SHELLEY, LIAM AND CHANTAL IN AUSTRALIA, ROBERT IN 01:48 BELIZE, LEIDY IN COLOMBIA, AND MARION AND DICK IN THE 01:52 NETHERLANDS AND MANY MORE. ALL THREE STANZAS - #294. 01:56 JOIN WITH US. 01:58 (MUSIC) 03:58 >>THERE IS POWER, WONDER WORKING POWER IN THE PRECIOUS 04:02 BLOOD OF THE LAMB. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? 04:07 IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG THAT YOU WANT TO SING WITH US ON AN 04:10 UPCOMING PROGRAM, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 04:13 SEND IN YOUR CHRISTMAS REQUEST TO 'SACCENTRAL.ORG'. 04:17 YOU CAN CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK AND SEND THEM IN AND 04:20 WE'RE GOING TO START SINGING THOSE VERY, VERY SOON. 04:25 DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST 'SILENT NIGHT', OKAY? 04:28 OUR NEXT ONE IS 'O WORLD OF GOD' WHICH IS #80 - BEAUTIFUL SONG 04:36 FROM COMPOSER PARRY FROM THE PIECE 'JERUSALEM'. 04:41 WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL THREE STANZAS AND THIS IS A REQUEST 04:44 FROM HUGO IN SAN MARCOS IN GUATEMALA. #80 - JOIN WITH US. 04:50 (MUSIC) 05:04 >>FATHER IN HEAVEN, YOUR PLAN WAS NEVER FOR THIS WORLD 05:09 TO BE FILLED WITH SORROW AND PAIN. 05:13 YOU ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING BETTER IN MIND FOR US BUT YOU GAVE ADAM 05:21 AND EVE A FREE WILL AND THEY MADE A CHOICE THAT HURT 05:25 THEMSELVES BUT HURT YOU FAR GREATER AND YOU DECIDED TO COME 05:30 DOWN TO THIS WORLD TO GIVE US A SECOND CHANCE SO THAT WE CAN 05:38 CHOOSE FOR OURSELVES TO BE WITH YOU IN HEAVEN AND YOU WENT ON 05:44 THAT CROSS ON THAT CRUEL HILL AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 05:47 DOING IT - FOR LOVING US THAT MUCH. 05:51 AND I PRAY TODAY THAT WE WILL LIVE OUR LIVES FOR YOU. 05:55 AND I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH US AS WE WORSHIP YOU - WE OPEN 05:58 UP YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER. 06:01 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PASTOR WHITE WHO'S GOING TO BRING US 06:03 THE LESSON STUDY AND I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER. 06:06 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS 06:10 GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR HAROLD WHITE. 06:13 HE IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PASTOR - SOMEWHERE - THERE HE IS - 06:17 ADMINISTRATIVE PASTOR HERE AT SACRAMENT CENTRAL CHURCH. 06:24 >>ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SINGERS AND MUSICIANS. 06:27 WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 06:28 EVERY SABBATH MORNING IT'S SUCH A BLESSING. 06:31 GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE JOINED US HERE 06:36 IN SACRAMENTO AND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US WHEREVER YOU ARE 06:39 - LIVE STREAMING, RADIO, THE INTERNET, SATELLITE - JUST - 06:44 WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. 06:46 WE'RE IN SOME EXCITING LESSONS THIS QUARTERLY, AS YOU KNOW. 06:50 WE HAVE A FREE OFFER AND IT'S OFFER #132. 06:55 IT'S ENTITLED 'CASE CLOSED' AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SUBJECT THAT 06:59 WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS MORNING. THIS WILL SUPPORT MANY OF THE 07:04 THINGS WE WILL DISCUSS THIS MORNING - SOME OF 07:06 THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED ABOUT THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT - 07:12 SO YOU'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS OFFER. 07:14 #132 - ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL 1-866-STUDY-MORE OR 07:19 1-866-788-3966. OKAY, THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. 07:29 A BIG SUBJECT, RIGHT? 07:32 A LOT OF PEOPLE GET SCARED OFF WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT A JUDGMENT 07:36 AND MAYBE RIGHTFULLY SO. WE'LL SEE THIS MORNING. 07:41 LET'S BEGIN WITH OUR MEMORY TEXT AND I WOULD INVITE YOU TO READ 07:45 IT ALONG WITH ME IF YOU WILL. IT'S FOUND THERE IN YOUR 07:47 QUARTERLY - DANIEL 7, VERSE 27 07:51 AND IT'S THE NASB TRANSLATION. ARE YOU READY? 07:56 "THEN THE SOVEREIGNTY, THE DOMINION AND THE GREATNESS OF 08:01 ALL THE KINGDOMS UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN WILL BE GIVEN TO THE 08:05 PEOPLE OF THE SAINTS OF THE HIGHEST ONE; HIS KINGDOM WILL BE 08:09 AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND ALL THE DOMINIONS WILL SERVE AND 08:12 OBEY HIM." WOW, PRETTY AMAZING. THE LESSON STARTS OUT BY TALKING 08:19 ABOUT HOW THE BOOK OF HEBREWS CLEARLY SPELLS OUT THAT AFTER 08:25 THE DEATH OF JESUS, HE WOULD GO BACK TO HEAVEN AND HE WOULD 08:29 BEGIN A NEW WORK IN BEHALF OF HIS PEOPLE HERE UPON EARTH. 08:35 AND IT POINTS OUT HOW HE BECAME THE HIGH PRIEST - OUR HIGH 08:39 PRIEST IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. 08:41 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 08:45 THEN IT POINTS OUT FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL CHAPTERS 7 AND 8 - 08:48 REVEALS TO US AT SOME SPECIFIC TIME IN HISTORY, AND THIS - 08:53 WE'LL GET INTO THIS MORE NEXT WEEK, BUT AT SOME SPECIFIC TIME 08:57 IN HISTORY, JESUS WOULD THEN, AS OUR HIGH PRIEST, 09:01 BEGIN THE WORK OF JUDGMENT. NOW WE KNOW, IF YOU'VE STUDIED - 09:06 MOST OF US, I'M SURE, HAVE - THAT THAT BEGAN IN 1844 AND 09:11 THAT'S SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT IN A VERY DYNAMIC AND WONDERFUL 09:15 TIME PROPHECY IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL AND NEXT WEEK WE'LL GET 09:18 INTO THAT MORE CLEARLY, BUT IT'S UNDENIABLY TRUE THAT THAT'S WHAT 09:23 THE YEAR WAS AND WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THAT YEAR. 09:28 NOW SOMEBODY ASKED ME JUST, ACTUALLY NOT TOO LONG AGO, SINCE 09:32 JESUS WASN'T - HE WENT BACK TO HEAVEN AND HE WASN'T INVOLVED IN 09:37 THE JUDGMENT - THE JUDGMENT WASN'T GOING YET, WHAT WAS HE 09:40 DOING BETWEEN THE TIME HE WENT BACK UNTIL 1844? 09:44 HE WASN'T INVOLVED IN JUDGMENT, WE KNOW THAT. 09:48 WELL, THE BIBLE IS A LITTLE BIT SILENT ABOUT THAT. 09:52 WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFICS, BUT ONE THING I DO 09:55 KNOW THAT JESUS WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS CHURCH HERE 09:59 UPON EARTH. HE SPENT THREE AND A HALF YEARS 10:01 ESTABLISHING HIS CHURCH, TRAINING HIS DISCIPLES, SENDING 10:05 THEM OUT INTO THE WORLD, AND SO I DO NOT BELIEVE JESUS WENT OFF 10:08 TO HEAVEN AND JUST FORGOT ABOUT HIS CHURCH ON EARTH. 10:11 I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS KEENLY AWARE OF EVERY SINGLE THING, OF 10:15 COURSE WE KNOW HE IS, EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WAS TAKING 10:18 PLACE UPON THIS EARTH, AND HE WAS - I CAN PICTURE HIM IN 10:22 HEAVEN DISPATCHING AN ANGEL HERE AND ONE THERE AND 10:25 'GO TO PETER. GO TO JOHN, HE NEEDS YOU.' 10:28 GO TO THIS PERSON AND DOWN INTO OUR TIME, 'GO HELP PASTOR WHITE, 10:32 HE NEEDS YOU. GO HELP PASTOR BUTTERY, 10:35 HE NEEDS YOU.' GO HELP THIS PERSON IN THE 10:36 CHURCH AND SO CHRIST HAS BEEN TOTALLY INVOLVED IN HIS CHURCH. 10:42 WOULD YOU AGREE TO THAT? I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT. 10:45 NOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF. 10:48 WE ARE NOT TOLD A HUNDRED PERCENT SOME THINGS AND WE HAVE 10:50 TO BE CAREFUL OF WHAT WE HEAR. 10:52 NOW I WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THIS MORNING. 10:54 I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION ANY NAMES BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SERVE 10:56 ANY PURPOSE, BUT IS IT VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HEAR WHAT 11:02 WE HEAR THAT WE COMPARE IT TO WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS? 11:06 WELL THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY CAME RIGHT HERE TO THIS 11:09 CHURCH - AND LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION NAMES, IT 11:11 DOESN'T MATTER. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. 11:14 WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES, BELIEVE ME, WE DO. 11:17 I'VE MADE MY SHARE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, IN FRONT OF CLASSES LIKE 11:21 THIS. THIS PERSON, ONE DAY - HE'S A 11:24 VERY DYNAMIC PREACHER - HE'S OUT THERE IN THE CIRCUIT. 11:26 YOU ALL KNOW HIM VERY WELL, I'M SURE. 11:29 HE'S PREACHING AWAY AND HE ACTUALLY MADE TWO SIGNIFICANT 11:32 ERRORS IN HIS MESSAGE AND NOBODY SEEMED TO BOTHER OR CARE. 11:37 EVERYBODY WAS SOAKING IT UP LIKE HE WAS THE BEST PREACHER SINCE 11:39 NOAH AND ONE WAS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PARABLE OF JESUS WHEN 11:44 HE SAID THAT THE PARABLE OF THE WISE MAN WHO BUILT HIS HOUSE 11:50 UPON THE ROCK, THAT THE WISE MAN REPRESENTS JESUS AND HE KEPT 11:56 EMPHASIZING THAT POINT. WELL, JESUS IS REPRESENTED IN 11:59 THAT PARABLE BY THE ROCK, NOT THE WISE MAN. 12:02 WE ARE THE WISE MAN, IN A SENSE, IF WE BUILD OUR HOUSE UPON THE 12:06 ROCK. IT'S NOT A VERY SIGNIFICANT 12:08 ERROR BUT IT WASN'T THE TRUTH, REALLY. 12:11 THE SECOND ONE WAS A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT. 12:17 SAID, IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES THERE'S THE MERCY SEAT AND ABOVE 12:21 THE MERCY SEAT THERE'S THESE TWO CHERUBIMS - TWO ANGELS - AND HE 12:25 SAID, THESE TWO ANGELS, ONE IS REPRESENTED BY THE GOOD ANGELS 12:30 AND THE OTHER ANGEL IS SATAN. 12:33 AND SO I SAID, 'WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE' AND HE KEPT 12:37 EMPHASIZING THAT POINT AND - AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ONE OF THE 12:44 ANGELS ABOVE THE MERCY SEAT IS NOT SATAN. 12:48 SATAN IS NOT IN THE HOLY SANCTUARY IN HEAVEN. 12:51 HE'S NOT THERE. HE WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN. 12:56 BUT NOT ONE PERSON EVER COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS 13:01 AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW, WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF PEOPLE 13:04 PREACHING.' DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR WHAT I'M 13:06 SAYING, GO HOME AND STUDY THE WORD OF GOD. 13:10 WE MUST, ESPECIALLY - I'M POINTING THIS OUT ESPECIALLY 13:14 WHEN IT COMES TO THE SANCTUARY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 13:18 GOTTEN OFF TRACK ON THE SANCTUARY MESSAGE AND THE 13:20 PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT AND WE MUST NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO DO THAT 13:26 AND THAT'S WHY I POINT OUT THAT THIS MORNING. 13:29 WELL, WE - SO LET'S STICK WITH THE WORD AND LET'S GET INTO OUR 13:35 LESSON. SUNDAY'S LESSON IS ENTITLED 13:37 'THE VISION AND THE JUDGMENT'. DANIEL 7:10 SAYS "A FIERY STREAM 13:43 ISSUED AND CAME FORTH FROM BEFORE HIM. 13:45 A THOUSAND THOUSANDS MINISTERED TO HIM; TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN 13:51 THOUSAND STOOD BEFORE HIM. THE COURT WAS SEATED, AND THE 13:54 BOOKS WERE OPENED." DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES - YOU 13:56 KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE - HOW MANY THAT IS? 13:59 WELL, I DON'T KNOW EITHER BUT IT'S A LOT. WE CAN KNOW THAT. 14:02 AND THE QUESTION IS ASKED: 'WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN VERSES 1 14:05 THROUGH 14. IT IS A COURTROOM SCENE, IS IT NOT? YES. 14:10 THE SCENE DESCRIBED BY DANIEL IS LIKEWISE DESCRIBED BY JOHN THE 14:14 REVELATOR IN REVELATION CHAPTER 4, VERSE 1, WHERE IT HAS THIS TO 14:18 SAY, "AFTER THESE THINGS I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, A DOOR 14:24 STANDING OPEN IN HEAVEN. AND THE FIRST VOICE WHICH I 14:28 HEARD WAS AS IT WERE OF A TRUMPET TALKING WITH ME; WHICH 14:32 SAID, COME UP HITHER, AND I WILL SHEW THEE THINGS WHICH MUST BE 14:37 HEREAFTER." THIS DOOR WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN. 14:42 IT SAYS THAT IT WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN, NOT 'INTO HEAVEN'. 14:46 THERE WAS A DOOR OPENED INTO HEAVEN THAT - WHEN JESUS WENT 14:51 BACK TO HEAVEN, BUT THIS DOOR IS OPENED IN HEAVEN AND THAT MEANS 14:55 THE DOOR TO THE SECOND COMPARTMENT. 15:00 SO THERE'S A DISTINCTION THERE. YOU HAVE 24 ELDERS SEATED ON 15:04 THRONES. YOU GET A PICTURE IN YOUR MIND, 15:06 OF COURSE, OF A COURTROOM WITH A JUDGE, A DEFENDANT, PROSECUTORS, 15:13 A JURY - THE WHOLE - EVERYTHING THERE. 15:16 AND I REMEMBER SCOFFERS YEARS BACK THAT WERE TRYING TO 15:22 DOWNPLAY OR ACTUALLY TEACH SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE 15:25 UNDERSTAND TO BE THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SANCTUARY. 15:28 THEY WERE SAYING THINGS LIKE, 'YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS WENT TO 15:31 HEAVEN, HE SAT AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER. 15:33 THAT MEANS HE WENT RIGHT INTO THE MOST HOLY PLACE WITH THE 15:37 FATHER AT THAT TIME, SO YOU CAN'T SAY HE WENT IN THERE IN 15:40 1844...' AND I'M THINKING, 'YOU KNOW, FIRST, THE FATHER COULD 15:46 HAVE PRECEDED HIM RIGHT BEFORE HE WENT INTO THE HOLY PLACE, 15:49 RIGHT? SECONDLY, THEY COULD HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE 15:53 TWO COMPARTMENTS BUT WE KNOW FOR A FACT, BIBLICALLY SPEAKING AND 15:57 FROM THE PEN OF INSPIRATION, THAT JESUS, AS OUR HIGH PRIEST 16:01 WENT INTO THE MOST HOLY PLACE IN 1844. WE KNOW THAT. 16:06 DON'T GET CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. AND AT THE BOTTOM OF SUNDAY IT 16:09 SAYS THINGS LIKE THIS: 'IMAGINE BEING JUDGED BY GOD. 16:13 YOU WILL BE. IMAGINE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER 16:16 DONE BEING JUDGED. IT WILL BE. 16:18 IF YOU HAVE TO STAND ON YOUR RECORD, YOUR OWN DEEDS, YOUR OWN 16:21 GOOD WORKS, WHAT HOPE DO YOU HAVE? ZERO. 16:24 WHAT THEN IS YOUR ONLY HOPE IN JUDGMENT?' 16:26 THESE QUESTIONS SOUND OMINOUS. 16:28 DO THEY STRIKE FEAR TO YOUR HEART? 16:31 WELL, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE JUDGE, FOR 16:34 ONE THING, RIGHT? PURE AND SIMPLE. 16:37 BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER VERY IMPORTANT FACTORS ALSO. 16:41 WHEN ONE OF MY BOYS WAS STILL A TEENAGER, HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS 16:44 DRIVER'S LICENSE YET, AND HE WAS OUT WITH SOME OF HIS FRIENDS. 16:48 ONE OF HIS FRIENDS HAD HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE - THEY LIVED IN 16:51 THE COUNTRY AND THEY WERE TRAVELING TO THIS BOY'S HOME 16:54 AND, I SUPPOSE, MY SON ASKED, 'CAN I DRIVE YOUR CAR?' 16:59 AND THE OTHER BOY SAID, 'YEAH, SURE.' WELL, YOU CAN ALREADY 17:04 PICTURE IN YOUR MIND A DISASTER IN THE MAKING, RIGHT? 17:10 COUNTRY, FIRST TIME REALLY THAT HE WAS DRIVING A CAR AND HE GETS 17:14 UNCONTROLLED IN THE LOOSE GRAVEL AND OFF INTO THE DITCH HE GOES. 17:19 NOBODY'S HURT - WE'RE THANKFUL ABOUT THAT - BUT HE DID RUN INTO 17:23 A TELEPHONE POLE AND BROKE IT OFF. WELL, AT LEAST ONE THING 17:29 WE CAN SAY ABOUT THOSE BOYS, THEY WERE HONEST. 17:32 THEY DIDN'T BACK UP AND RUN AWAY AND 'NOBODY SAW IT. 17:36 WE'LL JUST FORGET LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED.' NO, THEY DIDN'T DO 17:38 THAT. THEY REPORTED IT. THEY TOLD THEIR PARENTS. 17:40 THEY WENT AND TOLD THE AUTHORITIES. 17:43 AND SO MY SON HAD TO GO TO COURT. 17:46 NOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN TO COURT IN MY LIFE. 17:50 I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS. 17:55 NOW I THOUGHT IN MY MIND, 'NOTHING REALLY TERRIBLE'S GOING 17:58 TO HAPPEN.' BUT SOME OF THE WORSE THINGS 18:01 CONJURED UP IN MY MIND, 'WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE MY BOY AND 18:05 TAKE HIM TO A DELINQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, A JUVENILE DELINQUENT 18:08 CENTER AND HE'S GOING TO BE WHISKED AWAY' AND I WAS JUST 18:12 REALLY NERVOUS. WELL, I'M THANKFUL TO REPORT 18:17 NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED. HE DID HAVE TO PAY FOR THE POLE 18:20 BEING REPLACED. I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT HE HAD 18:25 TO DELAY HIS TIME GETTING HIS LICENSE, SO HE CAME OUT OF THAT 18:29 PRETTY GOOD. THE OUTCOME WASN'T ALL THAT BAD. THIS WAS A VERY 18:34 SMALL COURTROOM SCENE COMPARED TO THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 18:40 THE ONE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAS UNIVERSAL COVERAGE. 18:46 NOW, DO YOU KNOW HOW BIG THAT IS? NO, YOU DON'T. YOU KNOW WHY? 18:51 BECAUSE THEY KEEP DISCOVERING, WITH THAT TELESCOPE OUT THERE, 18:54 NEW GALAXIES FAR, FAR, FAR AWAY SO NONE OF US HAVE ANY 18:58 COMPREHENSION OF HOW BIG THIS UNIVERSE REALLY IS, BUT THAT'S 19:03 HOW BIG THIS JUDGMENT IS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THE UNIVERSE IS 19:09 CONCERNED AND INTERESTED IN THIS JUDGMENT THAT WE ARE NOW IN. 19:16 THINK ABOUT THAT. 19:17 EVERYBODY IS WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COURTS OF HEAVEN 19:20 ABOUT THIS JUDGMENT THAT IS TAKING PLACE WHEN THE JUDGE OF 19:25 THE UNIVERSE IS JUDGING YOU AND ME. 19:29 WHEW, THAT MAKES IT VERY, VERY BIG. 19:35 SO, HERE'S THE THING WITH THIS COURTROOM SCENE. 19:38 THE MORE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT IT, THE MORE FEAR THAT WILL BE 19:42 REMOVED. I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT MY SON'S 19:45 CONDITION BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THE LAWS. 19:47 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 19:49 BUT WE CAN KNOW VERY, VERY, VERY MANY DETAILS ABOUT THIS JUDGMENT 19:54 THAT IS NOW IN PROCESS. FIRST OF ALL, ONE THING WE CAN 19:58 KNOW, WHICH MY SON KNEW IN HIS LITTLE COURTROOM THING, IS THAT 20:04 HE WAS GUILTY AND WE CAN KNOW WE ARE GUILTY. 20:10 MY SON DIDN'T TRY TO AVOID THE FACT THAT HE WAS GUILTY AND I 20:14 CAN TELL YOU IT IS GOING TO DO YOU NO GOOD TO TRY TO PLEAD, 20:19 'NOT GUILTY.' WHY? BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY - THE 20:24 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY - HAS ALL THE LOW-DOWN DIRTY DETAILS 20:29 ON YOUR LIFE. HE KNOWS THEM FROM A TO Z. 20:33 EXHIBITS A TO Z ON EVERY ONE OF US AND THEY WILL BE RIGHT THERE 20:38 FOR THE JUDGE TO SEE - FOR THE WHOLE UNIVERSE TO SEE. 20:42 SO YOU CANNOT GO TO THIS JUDGMENT SCENE AND PLEAD 20:47 'NOT GUILTY'. IT AMAZES ME. 20:50 IT ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDS ME WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY, IN THE PUBLIC, 20:54 GO OUT AND SHOOT MAYBE TEN PEOPLE OR ONE AND THERE'S 20:58 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WITNESSES - MAYBE IT'S EVEN 21:01 CAUGHT ON CAMERA - THEY CAPTURE THE PERSON THAT'S RESPONSIBLE, 21:06 THEY TAKE HIM TO COURT MONTHS LATER AND WHAT DOES HE DO? 21:11 HE PLEADS 'NOT GUILTY'. WHAT? 21:15 WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT GUILTY? 21:17 EVERYBODY SAW YOU DO IT. NOT GUILTY. 21:20 HA, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT GOING TO DO US ANY GOOD TO 21:25 PLEASE - TO PLEAD 'NOT GUILTY'. 21:28 LATELY IN THE NEWS - YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED IT, THOSE OF 21:31 YOU WHO LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES - SAW THIS YOUNG MAN, GOT 21:37 INTOXICATED WITH ALCOHOL, WENT OUT DRIVING, GOT INVOLVED IN AN 21:41 ACCIDENT, AND IN THIS ACCIDENT SOME 50-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD GUY 21:47 IN THE OTHER CAR WAS KILLED. THIS YOUNG MAN WENT ON THE 21:51 SOCIAL MEDIA, VIDEOTAPED HIMSELF AND SAID, 'I AM GUILTY. 21:55 I DID THIS. I'M READY TO TAKE MY PUNISHMENT.' AND IT WAS ALMOST 22:05 AMWAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG. 'WHY IS HE DOING THAT? 22:08 WHAT, DOES HE THINK HE'S GOING TO GET OFF MORE BECAUSE HE'S 22:10 DOING THIS?' NO, HE WAS DOING IT BECAUSE HE 22:13 KNEW HE WAS GUILTY. HE WAS OVERCOME WITH GUILT. 22:17 HE TOOK A PERSON'S LIFE BECAUSE HE WAS INTOXICATED. 22:19 IT WAS HIS FAULT. AND SO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE 22:23 JUDGMENT, WE ARE GUILTY. WE ARE SINNERS. WE ALL DESERVE 22:29 THE DEATH PENALTY. PEOPLE DO SOMETHING TODAY, 22:35 THEY GO TO COURT AND SAY 'NOT GUILTY'. 22:36 THEY ADD A LIE TO ALL THEIR OTHER PROBLEMS. 22:39 WHEN WE GO TO THIS JUDGMENT AND WE SAY, 'OH, I DIDN'T DO THAT. 22:43 I DIDN'T DO THAT.' YOU'RE ADDING LIES TO ALL THE 22:46 THINGS YOU DID DO. YOU'RE GUILTY. 22:51 PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THIS - WHAT IS GOING ON - MIGHT SAY, 22:53 'ARE YOU GIVING UP THAT EASY JUST TO ADMIT YOUR GUILT?' 22:56 WELL, YES, IT IS THAT EASY BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME OTHER FACTS 23:03 THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO. WE DO NOT PLEAD 'NOT GUILTY'. 23:07 WE PLEAD FOR MERCY AND MERCY CAN BE EXTENDED TO ALL OF US. 23:14 THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. 23:18 I'VE SEEN THROUGH THE YEARS - I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT MANY TIMES 23:21 - PEOPLE GET UPSET WITH THE PASTOR - AND IT'S HAPPENED TO ME 23:23 BUT PEOPLE GET UPSET WITH THE PASTOR. 23:25 THEY ALL GO ON THIS RAMPAGE AGAINST THE PASTOR - EVEN GO 23:28 PUBLIC ABOUT IT - ACCUSING THE PASTOR OF THIS AND THAT AND, IN 23:31 TIME, THE TRUTH COMES OUT AND THEY REALIZE THAT THEY WERE 23:36 TOTALLY WRONG. I'VE TRIED TO THINK BACK AND I 23:40 CAN NEVER THINK BACK TO ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT SAYS, 23:43 'YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SORRY. I WAS WRONG.' WHAT? WHY DON'T YOU? 23:49 YOU CAN'T GO INTO THE JUDGMENT - IF THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT 23:53 DOESN'T TEACH US ANYTHING ELSE, WE'D BETTER SAY, 'I'M WRONG. 23:57 I DID SOMETHING BAD. 23:59 I MUST CONFESS.' IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST SAY, 24:04 'WELL, IT'S BETTER TO TRY TO HIDE IT AND COVER IT UP AND ACT 24:08 LIKE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.' 24:11 OR WE TRY TO CHANGE THE PLAYING FIELD. 24:15 LIKE A LITTLE BOY ANNOUNCED TO HIS MOTHER. 24:17 HE SAID, 'MOTHER, I'M LIKE GOLIATH. I'M NINE FEET TALL.' 24:23 'WELL, WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?' ASKED HIS MOTHER. 24:30 AND I MEASURED MYSELF BY IT AND RULEI'M NINE FEET TALL.'RU 24:35 HE CHANGED THE RULES, DIDN'T HE? HE CHANGED THE RULER. 24:38 AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOME PEOPLE TRY TO DO THAT WHEN IT COMES 24:42 TO SIN. WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULE. 24:44 WE'RE JUDGED BY A SPECIFIC RULE - THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY. 24:49 THE LAW OF GOD IS THE STANDARD OF THE JUDGMENT, RIGHT? 24:53 YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. 24:55 YOU CAN'T ACT LIKE YOU'RE INNOCENT OF IT. 24:57 YOU ARE GUILTY OF IT. I'M GUILTY OF IT. 25:00 THE MEASUREMENT FOR THE JUDGMENT HAS ALWAYS REMAINED THE SAME. 25:04 IT CANNOT BE CHANGED. MY SON DIDN'T HAVE A LAWYER. 25:10 THAT'S ONE THING HE DIDN'T HAVE GOING FOR HIM THAT WE HAVE GOING 25:14 FOR US. HE STOOD THERE BEFORE THE JUDGE 25:19 BY HIMSELF. I COULDN'T EVEN SPEAK FOR HIM. 25:23 NO LAWYER SPOKE FOR HIM. IT WAS JUST HE AND THE JUDGE. 25:29 WELL, IN THIS PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION. 25:36 WE HAVE A LAWYER. NO, WE DON'T HAVE A LAWYER, 25:38 WE HAVE THE LAWYER. THE ADVOCATE, JESUS CHRIST. 25:43 IF YOU'VE TAKEN HIM AS YOUR SAVIOR, IF YOU'VE GIVEN HIM YOUR 25:46 LIFE, YOU HAVE HIM AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE - AS YOUR LAWYER. 25:53 NOW COMPILE THE FACTS TO OUR CASE AND THINGS BEGIN TO START 25:56 LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. IN FACT, THEY LOOK REALLY GOOD. 25:59 WE MAY, IN ESSENCE, LOSE OUR CASE BECAUSE WE'RE GUILTY BUT WE 26:04 WIN ETERNAL FREEDOM BECAUSE OF THE MERCY THAT OUR LAWYER AND 26:09 OUR JUDGE - SAME PERSON - YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WHEN HE'S YOUR 26:13 SAVIOR. HE'S BOTH. 26:15 HE WILL EXTEND YOU MERCY AND YOU WILL HAVE ETERNAL FREEDOM AND 26:19 SALVATION BECAUSE OF ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE BUT 26:24 BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE. 26:27 THE JUDGMENT ISN'T A BAD THING IF YOU KNOW ALL THE FACTS OF THE 26:30 CASE AND IF YOU COMPLY WITH THE PERTINENT INFORMATION OF ALL 26:34 THOSE FACTS. THE JUDGMENT IS NOT A BAD THING, IT'S A GOOD THING. 26:39 IT'S A THING UNTO SALVATION AS THE LESSON POINTS OUT. 26:44 WELL, WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO MONDAY ENTITLED 'THE JUDGMENT 26:47 PATTERN' - WHICH WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO ADDRESS, ACTUALLY. 26:51 THE LESSON STARTS BY MAKING THIS STATEMENT, 'THE CONCEPT OF AN 26:54 INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT IS BIBLICAL.' 26:57 THEN IT BRINGS OUT THE EXAMPLE IN GENESIS 3. 27:00 WELL, WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN GENESIS 3? 27:03 THE DOWNFALL IS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 27:05 ADAM AND EVE SINNED AND THEY FLED THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND GOD 27:10 BEGINS TO INQUIRE - HE BEGINS TO INVESTIGATE AND HE BEGINS TO ASK 27:15 QUESTIONS. DOES HE ASK THOSE QUESTIONS - DOES HE INVESTIGATE 27:18 BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW THE FACTS? NO, HE ASKS THOSE 27:21 QUESTIONS BECAUSE HE WANTS EVERYTHING TO COME OUT 27:25 IN THE OPEN. HE KNOWS THE DETAILS IN THIS 27:28 INVESTIGATION FOR THE JUDGMENT THAT IS NOW IN PLACE MORE SO 27:31 THAN WE DO. HE KNOWS OUR EVERY DETAIL. 27:35 THE INVESTIGATION IS PUBLIC SO THAT ALL CREATION WILL KNOW 27:39 EVERY DETAIL AS GOD KNOWS THEM. 27:43 GOD ALWAYS DOES EVERYTHING IN PERFECTION. 27:47 BUT HE ALWAYS DOES THEM IN PERFECTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF 27:49 OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE HE KNOWS EVERYTHING. 27:52 SO HE DOES THIS WHOLE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT THING FOR THE SAKE OF 27:58 ALL CREATED BEINGS OF ALL THE WORLDS AND OURSELVES. 28:03 GOD DOESN'T NEED BOOKS IN HEAVEN - FOR THEM TO BE OPENED - 28:06 BECAUSE HE HELPED KEEP THOSE BOOKS AND HE KNOWS EVERYTHING IN 28:11 THOSE BOOKS. HE HAS MORE THAN A PHOTOGRAPHIC MIND. 28:14 BOOKS ARE KEPT FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE ELSE. 28:17 IF YOU HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS - EVEN A LITTLE BUSINESS - YOU 28:20 HAVE TO KEEP BOOKS. NOW YOU MAY, BECAUSE YOUR 28:23 BUSINESS IS VERY SMALL, LET'S SAY, YOU MAY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE 28:26 YOU STAND FINANCIALLY AT ALL TIMES BUT YOU STILL NEED TO KEEP 28:30 BOOKS. WHY? FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS. 28:32 PEOPLE LIKE IRS NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE KEEPING BOOKS AND 28:36 YOU NEED TO REPORT SOME OF THESE FACTS TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 28:40 AND THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES. 28:41 HE KEEPS BOOKS SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE INFORMED - EVERYBODY 28:44 WILL UNDERSTAND ALL THE FACTS. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR. 28:48 THE BOTTOM QUOTATION FROM TESTIMONIES VOLUME 5 IS 28:52 APPROPRIATE TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 28:54 IT SAYS, "THE FACT THAT THE ACKNOWLEDGED PEOPLE OF GOD ARE 28:58 REPRESENTED AS STANDING BEFORE THE LORD IN FILTHY GARMENTS 29:03 SHOULD LEAD TO HUMILITY AND DEEP SEARCHING OF HEART ON THE PART 29:07 OF ALL WHO PROFESS HIS NAME. 29:09 THOSE WHO ARE INDEED PURIFYING THEIR SOULS BY OBEYING THE TRUTH 29:13 WILL HAVE A MOST HUMBLE OPINION OF THEMSELVES. BUT WHILE WE 29:17 SHOULD REALIZE OUR SINFUL CONDITION, WE ARE TO RELY UPON 29:21 CHRIST AS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, OUR SANCTIFICATION AND OUR 29:26 REDEMPTION. WE CANNOT ANSWER - WE CANNOT 29:29 ANSWER THE CHARGES OF SATAN AGAINST US. 29:33 CHRIST ALONE CAN MAKE AN EFFECTUAL PLEA IN OUR BEHALF. 29:35 HE IS ABLE TO SILENCE THE ACCUSER WITH ARGUMENTS FOUNDED 29:40 NOT UPON OUR MERITS BUT ON HIS OWN." WOW. 29:44 THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER. 29:47 MOVING ON TO TUESDAY ENTITLED 'TIME OF THE JUDGMENT'. 29:52 WE CONSIDER THE ISSUES OF WHEN WE ARE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 29:57 JUDGMENT. WHEN I WAS BOY, IN ANOTHER 29:59 CHURCH, I DIDN'T KNOW HARDLY ANYTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE. 30:03 THE CONCEPT OF THE END OF THE WORLD AND THE JUDGMENT, THIS IS 30:06 HOW I PICTURED IT - THAT I, AT THE END OF THE WORLD - GOD WOULD 30:11 BE THERE AS THE JUDGE AND I WOULD BE IN THIS LONG, LONG, 30:15 LONG LINE OF PEOPLE AND EVENTUALLY, AFTER SHAKING FOR 30:19 PROBABLY YEARS AND YEARS UNTIL IT GOT TO BE MY TURN, MY TURN 30:24 WOULD BE THERE TO STAND IN FRONT OF GOD. 30:26 THAT'S HOW I PICTURED THE JUDGMENT. 30:28 WHEW, WAS I EVER HAPPY TO READ THE BIBLE ABOUT THE TRUTH. 30:34 IT MADE SUCH A WONDERFUL RELIEF TO MY WHOLE BEING. 30:39 IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL. WHEN JESUS COMES - THE BIBLE 30:44 SAYS, 'HIS REWARD WILL BE WITH HIM WHEN HE COMES.' 30:48 HE GIVES HIS REWARDS OUT AT THAT TIME SO THAT JUDGMENT WILL 30:52 ALREADY HAVE BEEN FINISHED WHEN HE STEPS OUT OF THE COURTS OF 30:56 HEAVEN. AND I BELIEVE THE LESSON WILL 31:00 GET INTO THIS MORE FULLY NEXT WEEK, BUT THE JUDGMENT WE ARE 31:03 NOW IN WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT ONCE A YEAR 31:07 IN THE SANCTUARY SERVICES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 31:11 WHILE THE PRIEST WOULD GO INTO THE MOST HOLY PLACE ONCE A YEAR, 31:16 IT WAS A TIME OF INTENSE - INTENSITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 31:21 WILL GOD ACCEPT THEIR PRAYERS OF, YOU KNOW, REPENTANCE AND 31:28 CONFESSIONS? WILL HE CLEAN THE SANCTUARY OF 31:31 ALL THOSE SINS OF THE WHOLE PAST YEAR? 31:35 THE LONGER THE PRIEST STAYED IN THERE, THE MORE INTENSE THE 31:38 PEOPLE GOT. WOULD THEY BE ACCEPTED? 31:42 A LOT OF PRAYING WENT ON DURING THAT DAY. 31:46 WHEN HE CAME OUT, JUDGMENT WAS DONE. 31:49 THERE WAS A HUGE, CORPORATE SIGH OF RELIEF AND, HERE'S MY POINT, 31:57 DURING THAT DAY OF GREAT INTENSITY, HOW ALSO SHOULD THE 32:02 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BEEN THINKING? 32:06 WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS? 32:08 YES, INTENSITY, 'WILL MY SINS BE FORGIVEN, LORD?' 32:13 PRAYING THAT MY SINS WILL BE BLOTTED OUT AND COMPLETELY 32:15 CLEANSED FROM THE SANCTUARY, YES, BUT IT ALSO SHOULD HAVE 32:19 CONTAINED - THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS A 32:22 GREAT DEAL OF HOPE AND PEACE THAT THIS JUDGMENT IS ALL ABOUT 32:27 SANCTUARY - I MEAN ALL ABOUT SALVATION. 32:30 THIS JUDGMENT IS ALL ABOUT SALVATION AND IF WE CONFESS OUR 32:35 SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND WE CAN 32:39 HAVE PEACE. WE SHOULD LIVE IN A CONTINUAL 32:42 STATE - THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD ACTUALLY - A CONTINUAL 32:46 STATE OF REPENTANCE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME LIVING IN A 32:51 CONTINUAL SPACE OF HOPE AND PEACE BECAUSE OUR JUDGMENT IS 33:00 GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND JESUS IS TAKING OUR CASE. 33:04 IN FACT - IN FACT, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN 33:12 PROVIDED - THE OUTCOME - IF WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. 33:18 WE MUST HAVE THIS DUAL DYNAMIC GOING ON IN OUR LIFE. 33:22 WE MUST LIVE IN A STATE OF HUMILITY AND REPENTANCE BUT ALSO 33:25 WITH PEACE AND HOPE. SO, WHILE THIS TIME SHOULD BE A 33:29 TIME OF INTENSITY ON OUR PART, IT IS ALSO TO BE NOTED - AS THE 33:36 LESSON POINTED OUT - THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT IS GOOD 33:43 NEWS. IT'S GOOD NEWS. IT'S GREAT NEWS. 33:45 IT'S THE BEST NEWS. WHICH ALL THAT BRINGS US TO 33:48 WEDNESDAY'S LESSON ENTITLED 'WHEN THE JUDGMENT ENDS'. 33:52 NOW I REALIZE WE'VE BEEN JUMPING AROUND IN THIS LESSON A LITTLE 33:55 BIT - GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES, BEHIND OURSELVES. 33:58 IT'S A LITTLE HARD NOT TO DO THAT ON THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE IT 34:01 ALL JUST TIES IN SO MUCH, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS ONE, 34:08 WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? 34:10 'WHEN THE JUDGMENT ENDS' AND IN THE LESSON IT BRINGS OUT SOME 34:15 QUESTIONS: 'WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT?' 34:18 AND THEN IT GIVES SEVERAL OF THOSE RESULTS. 34:20 I THINK IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT WE JUST TOUCH ON THOSE VERY 34:23 QUICKLY. THE FIRST ONE - AND IT PROBABLY 34:24 WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST THAT MOST OF US WRITE DOWN. 34:28 IF WE WERE TO SAY, 'WRITE DOWN THE FIRST RESULTS OF THE 34:31 PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT' WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE WRITING THIS DOWN 34:35 BUT WE SHOULD. IT SAYS, 'THAT IS, THE SON OF 34:40 MAN IS CROWNED.' THAT'S THE RESULT OF THIS 34:44 PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT - THE SON OF MAN IS CROWNED. 34:48 DANIEL 7:14 SAYS, "AND THERE WAS GIVEN HIM DOMINION, AND GLORY, 34:51 AND A KINGDOM, THAT ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES SHOULD 34:54 SERVE HIM: HIS DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION, WHICH 34:57 SHALL NOT PASS AWAY, AND HIS KINGDOM THAT WHICH SHALL NOT BE 35:00 DESTROYED." IN ALL THINGS JESUS NEEDS TO BE THE ONE LIFTED UP. 35:05 HE'S THE ONE THAT'S PROVIDED US ALL THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS 35:09 JUDGMENT AND IF WE AREN'T - HAVEN'T TOTALLY GOTTEN USED TO 35:13 THAT CONCEPT, WE BETTER GET USED TO IT BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO 35:15 HEAVEN WE'RE GOING TO BE FILLED WITH SUCH GRATITUDE - AN 35:19 ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE CONTINUALLY, THAT WE'LL BE 35:22 SINGING 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY' AND NEVER GET TIRED OF DOING IT. 35:25 THAT SEEMS AMAZING TO ME BUT IT'S TRUE. 35:30 WHEN THE JUDGMENT ENDS SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN IN THE HEART AND 35:33 MIND OF EVERY REDEEMED PERSON: A CHANGE IN THE TWINKLING OF AN 35:35 EYE WILL TAKE PLACE THAT YOU WILL NOT WANT TO DO HARDLY 35:40 ANYTHING BUT PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW. 35:44 NOW I PERSONALLY KIND OF GET DISGUSTED SOMETIMES WITH THE WAY 35:48 THE WORLD TRIES TO PROMOTE THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON AS SOME 35:52 KIND OF A HERO. WHETHER IT'S IN THE FIELD OF 35:54 SPORTS OR THE FIELD OF ENTERTAINMENT - EVEN FIREMEN AND 35:59 POLICEMEN. WE WANT A HERO AND, YES, THERE 36:02 ARE SOME AMAZING PEOPLE THAT DO SOME AMAZING THINGS TO RESCUE 36:05 PEOPLE AND I'M NOT PUTTING THAT DOWN - THAT'S WONDERFUL. 36:08 BUT WE JUST SEEM TO HAVE THIS ATTITUDE - WE'VE GOT TO HAVE 36:11 OURSELVES A HERO THAT WE ALMOST BOW DOWN TO. 36:15 I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THAT BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE REAL 36:19 HERO AND THAT'S OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. 36:23 SO WHEN JESUS COMES, I'M NOT THE MOST EMOTIONAL PERSON, YOU KNOW, 36:32 MUSIC - I LOVE MUSIC BUT I DON'T GET AS WRAPPED UP IN MUSIC AS A 36:37 LOT OF PEOPLE DO, IT JUST STIRS INTO SOMETHING, I GUESS, 36:39 MORE THAN I CAN IMAGINE, BUT I THINK THAT WHEN JESUS COMES AND 36:43 DOES THAT TWINKLING OF AN EYE CHANGE IN ME, I'M GOING TO BE SO 36:47 BUBBLING OVER WITH EMOTION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED - 36:49 WHAT HIT ME. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING DYNAMIC. 36:53 WELL, THE SECOND RESULT MENTIONED IN PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT 36:56 IS THE SAINTS RECEIVE THE KINGDOM FOREVER AND HOW WE 36:58 SHOULD LOVE - DANIEL 7:22 - "UNTIL THE ANCIENT OF DAYS CAME, 37:03 AND JUDGMENT WAS GIVEN TO THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH; AND THE 37:05 TIME CAME THAT THE SAINTS POSSESSED THE KINGDOM." 37:08 WE NEED TO LET THOSE WORDS SINK IN, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE LESSON 37:12 SAYS, 'THIS JUDGMENT LEADS TO A TIME WHEN THE KING OF THE 37:15 EVERLASTING KINGDOM IS REUNITED WITH HIS PEOPLE. 37:18 THIS IS THE GREATEST REWARD - AND HIS.' WOW, 37:22 WE NEED TO LET THAT SINK IN. IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? 37:26 DO THINK ON THIS AS THE GREATEST REWARD, NOT ONLY FOR YOU BUT FOR 37:29 HIM? IT IS HIS GREATEST REWARD. HE PAID THE PRICE FOR THIS 37:34 REWARD AND WE NEED TO SPEND TIME CONTEMPLATING THAT FACT. 37:40 STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE PURSUING IN LIFE. 37:44 WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS PEOPLE PURSUE - A LOT OF 37:48 WONDERFUL THINGS PEOPLE PURSUE, BUT THEY ALL KIND OF PALE INTO 37:51 INSIGNIFICANCE WHEN IT COMPARES TO PURSUING THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 37:57 WE NEED TO KEEP PURSUING THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE LIVE HERE ON 37:59 THIS EARTH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD BE PURSUING THE 38:03 KINGDOM OF GOD ULTIMATELY NUMBER ONE, RIGHT? 38:07 NOW THE THIRD RESULT MENTIONED IN THE LESSON IS 'THE REBELLION 38:10 IS DEFEATED AND DESTROYED. SIN WILL NOT RISE UP AGAIN.' 38:14 NAHUM 1:9 SAYS, "WHAT DO YE IMAGINE AGAINST THE LORD? 38:18 HE WILL MAKE AN UTTER END: AFFLICTION SHALL NOT RISE UP THE 38:22 SECOND TIME." NO MORE SIN EVER AGAIN. 38:29 NOW WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY IN THE PAST, 'NO MORE TAXES' 38:32 AND THEN WE HAD TAXES. WELL, I CAN ASSURE YOU NO MORE SIN. 38:38 YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE TO DOUBT THAT BECAUSE GOD SAID IT. 38:41 YEAH, WELL, AMAZING. THE UGLY EXPERIMENT WITH SIN 38:45 WILL BE FOREVER BEHIND US. I DON'T THINK WE CAN EVEN BEGIN 38:49 TO IMAGINE THE DEPTH OF THIS CONCEPT. I THINK WE SHOULD TRY. 38:54 THE SENTENCE IS ALSO MADE, IN THE LESSON, THAT AFTER THAT - 38:57 AFTER THE HORN MAKES WAR WITH THE SAINTS IT IS DEFEATED ITSELF 39:01 AND DESTROYED FOREVER - THIS HORN POWER. NOW WE READ THAT AND 39:06 WE SAY, 'OH, YEAH, WELL, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 39:08 YEAH, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.' BUT READ THAT AGAIN. 39:13 'AFTER THE HORN MAKES WAR WITH THE SAINTS IT IS DEFEATED ITSELF 39:16 AND DESTROYED FOREVER.' THAT'S POWERFUL NEWS. 39:20 NO, NONE OF US ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW FROM THIS HORN POWER - 39:23 PROBABLY NOBODY HERE, BUT ONE DAY SOON WE WILL BE AND SO BADLY 39:29 THAT WHEN IT'S OVER YOU'RE GOING TO - YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCH A 39:33 SIGH OF RELIEF YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT IT'S GOING 39:36 TO BE LIKE. THIS LITTLE HORN POWER IS GOING 39:39 TO MAKE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE. THAT'S RIGHT. 39:43 THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE. IT'S GOING TO BE DRASTIC. 39:46 AND I HOPE THAT YOU REMEMBER BACK TO THIS LESSON. 39:51 DURING THOSE TIMES WHEN IT BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD FOR US 39:55 BECAUSE OF THIS LITTLE HORN POWER, THAT THERE IS AN END TO 39:59 IT AND THERE WILL BE RELIEF. THINK BACK TO A TIME IN YOUR 40:04 LIFE WHEN SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLE GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE - YOU 40:07 COULDN'T HARDLY DO ANYTHING BUT THINK ABOUT IT DAY AND NIGHT. 40:12 SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING WAS JUST PRESSING ON YOU AND LIFE WAS 40:15 HORRIBLE AND FINALLY THAT WHOLE PROBLEM - WHATEVER IT WAS - 40:20 WAS RESOLVED. YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK HOW 40:22 RELIEVED YOU WERE, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST A SMALL MINUTE 40:29 COMPARISON TO THE RELIEF THAT'S GOING TO COME TO GOD'S PEOPLE 40:32 AFTER THE HORN POWER IS DESTROYED ONCE AND FOR ALL. 40:36 AMEN. YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS PART OF THE LESSON, I HOPE. 40:40 TUCK IT IN YOUR MIND WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT. 40:43 WE'LL NEED IT, I'M SURE. 40:45 THE FOURTH RESULT LISTED ON WEDNESDAY IS 'THE ABSOLUTE 40:48 JUSTICE OF GOD IS DEMONSTRATED.' WHEN THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT IS 40:52 OVER AND JESUS RETURNS TO THIS EARTH, EVEN THE WICKED WILL BOW 40:56 THEIR KNEES RECOGNIZING GOD AS BEING JUST. IS THAT TRUE? 41:02 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD WILL BRING HIS REWARD WITH HIM. 41:05 HE HANDS OUT SALVATION TO THOSE WHO PUT THEIR FULL TRUST IN THEM 41:08 AND THOSE WHO HAVEN'T WILL RECEIVE THEIR JUST REWARDS, 41:12 WHICH WILL BE JUST THE OPPOSITE. NONE WILL MISS WHAT IS HAPPENING 41:19 WHEN THAT TRANSFORMATION TAKES PLACE - IN THE TWINKLING 41:22 OF AN EYE WHEN YOU ARE CHANGED SO DRAMATICALLY NOBODY WILL MISS 41:25 WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY'LL KNOW. AND YET, FOR THE REDEEMED, THERE 41:29 MUST BE AN INTENSE AMOUNT OF EMOTIONS AT THIS TIME. 41:39 AMAZEMENT THAT WE'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, BUT AT THE SAME 41:43 TIME THERE ARE LOVED ONES - SOME OF OUR LOVED ONES THAT ARE NOT 41:49 OVERJOYED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DESTROYED - THEY'RE GOING TO 41:52 BE DESTROYED AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TIME OF MIXED EMOTIONS. 41:56 YES, THE END OF THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT BRINGS PERFECT JUSTICE, 42:00 BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A THOUSAND YEARS FOR GOD'S PEOPLE 42:04 IN HEAVEN TO LOOK OVER THE BOOKS FOR THIS JUSTICE TO BE 42:08 COMPLETELY CONFIRMED. AS EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO 42:12 SEE WHY GOD HAS TO DESTROY OR HOW THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE 42:16 DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THEY'VE MADE WHEN EVERYTHING WAS 42:20 DONE IN THEIR BEHALF BY A LOVING GOD. 42:24 AND AFTER - ONLY AFTER THE THOUSAND YEARS - ONLY AFTER THE 42:28 THOUSAND YEARS WILL GOD WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM EVERYBODY'S 42:32 EYES. THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 42:36 SO YES, IT'S GOING TO BE A TIME OF INTENSE EMOTIONS, BUT THAT 42:41 RECOGNITION OF JUSTICE WILL BE REINFORCED DURING THIS THOUSAND 42:47 YEARS AS THE SAINTS GET TO REVIEW THE BOOKS. 42:50 NOW THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY: DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE 42:55 FACT THAT GOD IS PERFECTLY JUST AND PERFECTLY MERCIFUL? 43:00 DO YOU KNOW THAT BY FAITH NOW? ALLOW ME TO READ THAT QUOTATION 43:05 FROM THAT GREAT BOOK ENTITLED 'THE GREAT CONTROVERSY' - IT WAS 43:09 THERE IN YOUR LESSON AT THE BOTTOM WEDNESDAY. 43:11 IT SAYS, 'THE GREAT CONTROVERSY IS ENDED. 43:13 SIN AND SINNERS ARE NO MORE. THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IS CLEAN. 43:19 ONE PULSE OF HARMONY AND GLADNESS BEATS THROUGH THE VAST 43:23 CREATION. FROM HIM WHO CREATED ALL FLOWS 43:26 LIFE AND LIGHT AND GLADNESS THROUGHOUT THE REALMS OF THE 43:29 UNLIMITABLE SPACE. FROM THE MINUTEST ATOM TO THE 43:32 GREATEST WORLD, ALL THINGS ANIMATE AND INANIMATE IN THEIR 43:37 UNSHADOWED BEAUTY AND PERFECT JOY DECLARE THAT GOD IS' - 43:42 WHAT? 'LOVE.' ARE THERE TIMES THAT YOU 43:45 QUESTION ABOUT GOD BEING LOVE? SURE, EVERYBODY HAS QUESTIONED - 43:49 EVERYBODY HAS TIMES OF - MOMENTS OF DOUBT, DESPAIR, HARD TIMES. 43:57 BUT IMAGINE A TIME WHEN NOTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL - NOTHING SO 44:01 REMOTE AS THAT WILL EVER TAKE PLACE AGAIN. 44:04 JUST THINK OF IT: WE ARE, RIGHT NOW, IN THE MIDDLE - PROBABLY 44:09 NOT IN THE MIDDLE, PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE END OF THE 44:12 PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU LOOK 44:14 FORWARD TO A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW OR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS FROM 44:17 NOW, AS PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE BOOK - TWO THOUSAND YEARS FROM 44:22 NOW. NO, IT'S HERE NOW. WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF IT. 44:28 OUR NAMES MAY BE COMING UP TODAY. IMAGINE THAT. 44:34 WE'RE ALMOST CONCLUDED WITH THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. 44:38 DO YOU REALIZE HOW HAPPY WE SHOULD BE? 44:40 IT'S NOT JUST A BUNCH OF DRY FACTS, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. 44:44 WE'RE AT THE VERY, VERY END OF THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. 44:50 WOW, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 150 YEARS SO WE KNOW IT WON'T BE 44:58 DELAYED FOREVER. THURSDAY IS ENTITLED 45:02 'RESPONSIBLE ASSURANCE'. PSALMS 96:11-13 IS GIVEN FOR US 45:07 TO READ WHERE IT SAYS THIS: "LET THE HEAVENS REJOICE, AND LET THE 45:11 EARTH BE GLAD; LET THE SEA ROAR, AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF. 45:14 LET THE FIELD BE JOYFUL, AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN: THEN SHALL ALL 45:19 THE TREES OF THE WOOD REJOICE BEFORE THE LORD: FOR HE COMETH, 45:23 FOR HE COMETH TO JUDGE THE EARTH: HE SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD 45:27 WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THE PEOPLE WITH HIS TRUTH." 45:32 THE REASON ALL CREATION CAN REJOICE IS THE FACT THAT GOD 45:36 JUDGES THE EARTH - THE WORLD - AS HE DOES AND HE DOES IT WITH 45:41 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH. IS THAT GOOD NEWS? 45:45 WELL, IT DEPENDS. YOU OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE SAY THINGS 45:49 LIKE THIS: 'I CAN'T WAIT FOR MY DAY IN COURT. 45:54 I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MY DAY IN COURT 46:01 SO ALL THE FACTS CAN COME OUT AND I WILL BE VINDICATED.' 46:04 YOU EVER HEAR PEOPLE LIKE THAT? SURE. 46:06 NOW IN ONE SENSE THAT SHOULD BE OUR ATTITUDE - NOT THAT WE CAN 46:08 GO TO COURT AND SAY WE'RE INNOCENT, BUT THAT WE CAN GO TO 46:12 COURT AND IT WILL BE CLEAR ONCE AND FOR ALL FOR ALL THE 46:15 INHABITANTS OF THE UNIVERSE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN MERCY BY THE 46:18 GREAT SUBSTITUTE FOR OUR SINFULNESS. 46:24 THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGMENT IS ALL ABOUT, IN ONE SENSE. 46:30 TOURSELVES, WE WILL END UP BEING VINDICATED SIMPLY BECAUSE WE 46:35 MADE THE BEST CHOICE IN ALL THE WORLD: JESUS IS MY SAVIOR. 46:39 THIS IS OUR DAY IN COURT. 46:40 ARE WE - ARE YOU WELL REPRESENTED? 46:43 DOES THE SAVIOR OF MANKIND STAND IN YOUR DEFENSE? 46:47 IF SO, THEN BY ALL MEANS YOU CAN SAY, LIKE THE LESSON SAYS, 46:52 'JUDGE ME, O LORD.' JUDGE ME AND YOU'LL FIND ME 46:57 GUILTY BUT YOU'LL ALSO FIND ME HAVING ON THE ROBE OF CHRIST'S 47:01 RIGHTEOUSNESS. AMEN. THE OUTCOME OF THE JUDGMENT HAS 47:06 ALREADY BEEN DECIDED, AS WE SAID. 47:08 JUDGMENT IS IN FAVOR OF THE SAINTS. 47:10 AND WHY CAN WE ASSUME THE ROLE OF BEING A SAINT? 47:15 WELL, IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS 47:17 HAS DONE FOR US. THE JUDGMENT IS GOD FINALIZING 47:22 OUR CHOICE. THINK OF IT THAT WAY. 47:25 THE JUDGMENT IS GOD FINALIZING OUR CHOICE AND SEALING IT - 47:31 SEALING IT ONCE AND FOR ALL FOREVER. 47:34 SO ANOTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION IN ALL THIS IS, IF OUR CHOICE IS 47:38 FOR CHRIST TO STAND FOR US IN THE JUDGMENT, WHAT MUST WE DO? 47:42 IS THERE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR US? WELL, SURE THERE IS. 47:47 AND PROBABLY THERE ISN'T A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN THE OLD 47:51 TRIED AND TRUE EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 47:55 AND PULLED OVER BY THE PATROLMAN FOR SPEEDING AND YOU GO OFF TO 48:01 COURT AND THE JUDGE JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN A GOOD MOOD THAT DAY 48:06 AND YOU JUST HAPPEN TO TAKE A LIKING - HE TAKES A LIKING TO 48:10 YOU AND HE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? I FEEL GOOD TODAY. 48:14 I'M GOING TO GRANT YOU MERCY AND I'M NOT GOING TO CHARGE YOU 48:17 ANYTHING FOR THIS TICKET. YOU'RE FREE - GO.' 48:21 WELL, WHAT DOES THAT FREEDOM BRING TO YOU? 48:27 DOES IT BRING THE FREEDOM TO GO OUT AND DRIVE A HUNDRED MILES AN 48:32 HOUR AGAIN IN A SIXTY MILE AN HOUR ZONE? 48:35 WELL, YOU HAVE THAT FREEDOM BUT HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU GO BACK 48:40 TO COURT AND THE JUDGE IS GOING TO SAY, 'WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU 48:42 MERCY ANOTHER TIME AND ANOTHER TIME AND ANOTHER TIME.' 48:45 NO, BEING PARDONED BY CHRIST - BEING REPRESENTED BY CHRIST IN 48:58 GO OUT AND LIVE AS HE ASKS US TO THAT WE HALIVE. 49:01 BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ON OUR OWN 49:05 POWER. IN FACT, WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T DO IT. 49:10 SO YES, KNOWING HOW YOU STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE JUDGMENT 49:14 SHOULD AFFECT OUR LIFESTYLES, BUT I HAVE A SUSPICION - I HAVE 49:19 A SUSPICION THAT MOST OF US WRESTLE WITH DOUBT AS TO WHERE 49:23 WE STAND IN THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT - SOME OF US. 49:27 WE CAN UNDERSTAND ALL THE FACTS THAT THERE ARE ABOUT THIS 49:30 JUDGMENT AND, BOY THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO FOCUS ON - A 49:33 LOT OF EXCITING THINGS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT HAVING THIS 49:37 ASSURANCE SHOULD LEAD TO A HOLIER LIFE AND THAT'S WHERE THE 49:43 RUB COMES. WHILE WE MAY BE DOING SOME 49:47 THINGS BETTER THAN WE DID WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO CHRIST, WE KNOW 49:51 WE'RE NOT DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT YET. 49:55 WE'RE STILL FALLING SHORT AND SO HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO RELATE TO 49:59 THIS PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT? AND I THINK MAYBE IT'S HELPFUL 50:04 FOR US TO STEP BACK FOR JUST A MOMENT AND TAKE A BROADER LOOK 50:08 AT THIS AND MAYBE LOOKING TO BIBLE EXAMPLES WILL BE HELPFUL 50:14 LIKEWISE. ARE THERE EXAMPLES OF ANY 50:17 PERFECT PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE? ONE AND THAT'S JESUS, RIGHT? 50:23 THERE ARE NO EXAMPLES OTHER THAN JESUS. EVERYBODY ELSE SINNED. 50:29 NOW, DO WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE FROM THE BIBLE THAT MANY OF 50:33 THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SINNED ARE GOING TO BE SAVED IN GOD'S 50:37 KINGDOM? YES, WE HAVE THAT ASSURANCE. 50:40 I MEAN, THINK OF IT, EVEN DAVID, A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART - 50:43 DID HE REALLY FOUL UP BIG TIME? HE EVEN FOULED UP BIG TIME IN 50:48 THE VERY LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE BY BECOMING SO PROUD HE NUMBERED 50:53 ISRAEL AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE KILLED BECAUSE OF HIS SIN. 51:02 SO HOW DO YOU - HOW DO YOU BALANCE ALL THIS? 51:09 DAVID WAS A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART. THAT IS, WHEN IT CAME 51:13 TO HIM, HE REPENTED SINCERELY. HE TRULY REPENTED OF HIS SINS 51:20 AND GOD ACCEPTED HIS REPENTANCE. AND SO, HIS OVERALL LIFE WAS ONE 51:26 OF FOLLOWING GOD. FALLING - GETTING UP AND 51:29 FOLLOWING GOD - MAYBE FALLING AGAIN EVEN AT 51:31 THE END OF HIS LIFE, BUT GETTING UP AND REPENTING OF HIS SINS AND 51:36 GOING ON TO FINISH THE WORK THAT GOD HAD GIVEN TO HIM AND THERE 51:41 IS LAID UP FOR HIM A CROWN IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM. 51:46 SO SOMETIMES I THINK EVEN THOUGH DAVID ISN'T OUR - HE ISN'T OUR 51:50 EXAMPLE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED UPON - JESUS IS OUR ONLY 51:55 EXAMPLE - BUT THESE ARE EARTHLY EXAMPLES THAT GIVE US A BROAD 51:59 CONCEPT OF THE WALK OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE - IS IF YOU SIN, 52:04 GET UP AND REPENT OF THOSE SINS AND KEEP GOING AND THERE IS LAID 52:11 UP FOR YOU A CROWN IN THE COURTS OF HEAVEN. 52:17 NOW, WHEREAS ON THIS TOPIC, WE WANT TO GIVE ALL THE 52:20 ENCOURAGEMENT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE 52:24 - HAVE ANYBODY BE AFRAID OF THE JUDGMENT SO WE WANT TO GIVE 52:27 EVERYBODY AS MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT AS WE CAN WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL 52:31 FACTS. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE VERY HONEST WITH OURSELVES. 52:36 THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT IS A VERY SERIOUS THING. 52:42 IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH - NO, IT IS A MATTER OF ETERNAL 52:47 LIFE AND DEATH. THAT WHICH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW 52:51 IS A MATTER OF ETERNAL LIFE AND DEATH AND SO WE BETTER BE AS 52:54 SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS THE CHILDREN OF 52:58 ISRAEL WERE SERIOUS ABOUT IT ON THAT DAY OF ATONEMENT. 53:02 AND YOU SAY, 'WELL THAT'S NOT FAIR, IT WAS ONE DAY. 53:04 OURS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 150 YEARS. 53:08 WELL, IT WASN'T JUST ONE DAY FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THEY HAD 53:12 TO CONFESS THEIR SINS ALL YEAR LONG. 53:15 THE JUDGMENT WAS JUST THE FINAL PHASE OF SEEING WHETHER THEIR 53:19 SINS WOULD BE COMPLETELY BLOTTED OUT AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. 53:22 WE SIN, WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND NOW, IN THESE LAST DAYS, THE 53:27 SANCTUARY IN HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE CLEANSED. 53:31 THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY IS CLEANSED FROM ALL THE SINS OF 53:34 ALL OF GOD'S PEOPLE AND WE STAND AS IF WE HAD NEVER SINNED ONCE 53:40 WE HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR. 53:44 SO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AMAZING TEACHING - BIBLICAL TEACHING - 53:52 IN THE BROAD CONCEPT OF WHAT IS TAKING PLACE AND WE WILL FIND 53:58 THAT - I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WITH A DEATH-BED EXPERIENCE KIND OF 54:04 ATTITUDE BACK IN ISRAEL, 'WELL, I'LL WAIT UNTIL THE DAY OF 54:09 ATONEMENT AND THEN I'LL REALLY GET SERIOUS.' 54:11 I DON'T THINK IT WORKED THAT WAY NOR DO I THINK IT'S GOING TO 54:15 WORK THAT WAY FOR US. 'WELL, I THINK IT'S ALMOST TIME 54:18 FOR MY NAME TO COME UP SO I'M GOING TO GET SERIOUS RIGHT AT 54:20 THE END WHEN I SEE ALL THESE LAWS BEING PASSED' AND SO ON AND 54:22 SO FORTH. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK THAT WAY. 54:25 THERE HAS TO BE A TREND OF ONE PERSON'S LIFE. 54:29 AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T - I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE 54:31 MAKING DECISIONS IN THE LAST HOUR - AND PRAISE GOD FOR THEM, 54:35 BUT THAT SHOULDN'T INCLUDE US. WE KNOW WE BETTER MAKE THE RIGHT 54:39 DECISIONS RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE LIVING IN THIS PRE-ADVENT 54:42 JUDGMENT. WELL, LET'S SEE, WE'RE RUNNING 54:46 OUT OF TIME HERE BUT I NEED TO BRING BACK TO YOU THIS SPECIAL 54:50 OFFER TODAY. IT'S OFFER #132. 54:55 IT'S ENTITLED 'CASE CLOSED!' FREE HANDOUT THAT'S YOURS BY 54:59 CALLING 1-866-STUDY-MORE - 1-866-788-3966. 55:07 ALRIGHT, ARE YOU HAPPY ABOUT THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT? 55:11 IS IT A POSITIVE THING? IT IS A POSITIVE THING. 55:13 LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW INVOLVED IN 55:18 THIS JUDGMENT HOUR FOR AS SOON AS IT'S OVER WE LOOK UP AND WE 55:26 SEE HIM, OUR SAVIOR. GOD BLESS. 55:31 (MUSIC) |
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