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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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FOR CENTRAL STUDY HOUR.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE TUNING
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IN, WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON
THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR
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WEBSITE OR ON THE
VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS.
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LIKE WE SAY EVERY WEEK,
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU'RE
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JOINING US, WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT
YOU ARE. TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION.
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WE'RE GOING TO SING YOUR
FAVORITES AND PASTOR DOUG IS
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GOING TO BRING US THE LESSON
STUDY AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP
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GOD'S WORD AND STUDY TOGETHER.
WE'RE READY, HERE AT CENTRAL,
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TO START SINGING
SO I HOPE YOU ARE TOO.
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PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS, IF YOU'RE
AT HOME AND YOU HAVE THEM, AND
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JOIN WITH US ON OUR FIRST
REQUEST - #154 - 'WHEN I SURVEY
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THE WONDROUS CROSS' - THIS IS
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS SO I'M
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SO GLAD THAT IT WAS THE NEXT
AS WE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THE
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HYMNAL. IT'S NOT A
NEW ONE, BUT IT'S A
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BEAUTIFUL ONE, SO WE
ARE GOING TO SING THAT.
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THIS IS A REQUEST FROM SUSIE IN
AUSTRALIA, WILLIAM IN NIGERIA,
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LEMUEL IN THE
PHILIPPINES, AND AIME IN RWANDA.
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ALL THREE STANZAS - THERE'S FOUR
- WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL FOUR
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STANZAS BECAUSE
IT'S A SHORT ONE. #154.
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>>WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SONG. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR REQUESTING THAT.
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OUR NEXT SONG IS A
PERFECT SONG FOR TODAY. #633 -
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'WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN'
- IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
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WE HAVE SUNG THIS OVER THE YEARS
MANY, MANY TIMES AND I'M SO
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EXCITED WE'RE SINGING THAT
TODAY. IT IS THE PERFECT SONG
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TODAY, AFTER 16 YEARS OF
STANDING UP HERE - PRETTY MUCH
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OVER ONE-THIRD OF MY LIFE
WITH YOU GUYS- IS THE END OF
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CENTRAL STUDY HOUR BEING
HERE AND THE TRANSITION TO
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GRANITE BAY, SO I WANT US
TO SING THIS SONG WITH ALL THE
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HAPPINESS IN OUR HEARTS AND THE
SMILING FACES BECAUSE IF THIS -
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IF WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER
AGAIN, WE WILL MEET ON THE SEA
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OF GLASS ONE DAY WHEN
WE GET TO HEAVEN. #633 -
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I WILL TELL YOU
THAT THIS IS A REQUEST
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FROM RAYMUNDO IN BELIZE,
KERYL IN FRANCE, MARGARET IN
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NEW ZEALAND, AND KENNY, THELMA,
AND MICAH IN THE SEYCHELLES.
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WE'LL SING THE FIRST, SECOND AND
FOURTH STANZAS. I WANT TO HEAR
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YOU SING THIS LOUD THIS MORNING,
OKAY? #633 - HERE WE GO.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT
THIS TIME, LET'S BOW OUR
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HEADS FOR PRAYER.
FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
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MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY
AND FOR ALWAYS BEING WITH US.
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AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR KNOWING THAT YOU WERE ALWAYS
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LEADING AND GUIDING AND YOU WILL
BE WITH US AND THE REST OF THE
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JOURNEY, UNTIL WE ARE
ON THOSE STREETS OF GOLD.
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AND I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE
WITH EACH PERSON HERE AT CENTRAL
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CHURCH AND OUR EXTENDED SABBATH
SCHOOL FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD.
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I DON'T KNOW THEIR FACES -
I KNOW SOME OF THEM - I'VE MET
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THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT
THEY'RE SPECIAL TO ME AND I KNOW
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THEY'RE SPECIAL TO YOU,
SO I PRAY THAT WE'LL ALL MEET
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TOGETHER ON THE SEA OF GLASS
WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE SINGING
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OUR FAVORITE HYMNS AND
SONGS AND PRAISING YOU.
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AND IF WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER
AGAIN BEFORE HEAVEN, HELP US TO
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REMAIN FAITHFUL.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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>>IT'S BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY HERE.
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AMAZING FACTS AND SACRAMENTO
CENTRAL'S PARTNERSHIP OVER THE
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LAST 20 YEARS IN WORKING
TOGETHER TO PRODUCE PROGRAMMING
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LIKE THIS ONE - CENTRAL STUDY
HOUR - AND ALSO THE EVERLASTING
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GOSPEL AND TODAY, ALTHOUGH
THIS IS NOT THE LAST LESSON THAT
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AMAZING FACTS WILL BE HERE -
HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL, BUT
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THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAST TIME
THAT, AS YOU'VE HEARD DEBBIE
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KIPPEL, THIS IS THE LAST TIME
SHE'LL BE HERE AND INTRODUCING
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THE SONGS AND SINGING WITH US.
SHE'LL BE GOING ON TO GRANITE
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BAY TO WORK WITH
AMAZING FACTS THERE.
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AND THIS IS ALSO THE LAST
LESSON, TECHNICALLY - WE DON'T
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WANT TO SAY THE FINAL PASTOR
DOUG, BUT THIS IS THE LAST
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LESSON THAT PASTOR DOUG
WILL BE TEACHING HERE WITH
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CENTRAL STUDY HOUR
HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL.
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WE'D LIKE TO INVITE
PASTOR DOUG TO COME ON UP.
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AND PASTOR MIKE, IF YOU
WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP AS WELL.
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PASTOR MIKE HAS BEEN HERE A
LOT LONGER THAN I HAVE AND I
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CERTAINLY WANTED TO ALLOW PASTOR
MIKE TO SHARE A FEW SHORT WORDS
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OF APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE.
IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS
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PARTNERSHIP. I'VE
ENJOYED IT FOR THE LAST
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YEAR AND A HALF AND IT'S BEEN
AN EXCITING JOURNEY. BUT PASTOR
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MIKE PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS,
SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS WITH US.
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>>WELL, PASTOR DOUG, IT'S BEEN
- FOR MY PART - BEEN 16 YEARS.
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CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? >>AMEN.
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>>AMEN, YES. SO I JUST WANT TO
TELL YOU IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE
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WORKING WITH YOU AND, YOU KNOW,
YOUR FACE IS AROUND THIS WORLD
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ON SO MANY TV SCREENS AND ONCE
IN A WHILE WE FILL IN AND PEOPLE
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WILL SAY TO ME, 'I'VE SEEN YOU
ON CENTRAL STUDY HOUR.' AND I
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SAY, 'WELL, I FILL IN WHEN THE
BOSS IS GONE.' AND THAT'S BEEN
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MY ROLE FOR 16 YEARS SO
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
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THIS SPOT, IT'S A HALLOWED SPOT.
NOT BECAUSE YOU'VE STOOD THERE -
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OR PASTOR CHRIS AND MYSELF, BUT
GOD HAS COME DOWN AND SPOKEN, I
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BELIEVE, THROUGH YOU HERE FOR
OVER THESE MANY, MANY YEARS AND
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WE'RE SURE HE'LL CONTINUE TO DO
SO. SO, AGAIN, IT'S A PRIVILEGE
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AND A JOY TO HAVE HAD A PART
WITH YOUR STAY HERE. IT'S NOT
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THE END - YOU'LL BE - YOUR
CHURCH IS ONLY TWO MILES FROM
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MY HOUSE. YOU KNOW THAT? SO GOD
BLESS YOU, ANYWAY. THANK YOU.
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>>I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JEN,
IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP. WE
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JUST HAVE A LITTLE GIFT
WE'D LIKE TO SHARE ON BEHALF OF
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SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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FOR AMAZING FACTS.
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WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE GET
IT TUNED IN HERE ON THE CAMERA.
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ZOOM IN
AND READ THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO
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TRY TO READ THAT SO FOLK CAN
KNOW WHAT WE'VE WRITTEN ON HERE.
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IT SAYS, "IN APPRECIATION FOR
20 MEMORABLE YEARS OF SERVICE
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TOGETHER" - YOU SEE, I WROTE
THIS - I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER
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WHAT I WROTE - "IN APPRECIATION
FOR 20 MEMORABLE YEARS OF
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SERVICE TOGETHER IN THE
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL
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THROUGH CENTRAL STUDY HOUR
AND THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.
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SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH WILL ALWAYS
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REMAIN GRATEFUL FOR
THE PARTNERSHIP ENJOYED
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WITH AMAZING FACTS." AND
SO WE'D LIKE TO - WE'D LIKE
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TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU BUT
WE KNOW YOU'VE GOT A CLASS RIGHT
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NOW SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON TO
THIS FOR YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU
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GET THIS BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY.
BUT IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL 20
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YEARS - GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
WE KNOW IT'S NOT OVER.
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WE CONTINUE HERE - CENTRAL
STUDY HOUR WILL CONTINUE HERE AT
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SACRAMENTO CENTRAL AND AMAZING
FACTS STUDY HOUR WILL CONTINUE
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AS WELL. AND IT'S
BEEN JUST TREMENDOUS.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING
US TO BE A PART OF WHAT GOD IS
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DOING THROUGH AMAZING FACTS
AS WELL. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M
ALMOST SPEECHLESS BUT THAT
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DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY LONG.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS - THIS IS, SORT
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OF, A TRANSITION TIME BUT I'M
QUITE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING
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TO CONTINUE - AMAZING FACTS TO
BE WORKING WITH AND DOING THINGS
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WITH SACRAMENTO CENTRAL AND WE
WERE TALKING - AND THE GRANITE
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BAY STAFF, JUST THIS WEEK,
ABOUT INVITING PASTOR CHRIS AND
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PASTOR MIKE TO
COME AND PREACH FOR US.
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FOR INSTANCE, PASTOR ROSS AND I
ARE GOING TO BE GONE IN ABOUT A
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MONTH TO ALBUQUERQUE DOING
SOME MEETINGS THERE AND WE SAID,
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'WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
WHOLE MONTH - WHAT WILL WE DO?'
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I SAID, 'LET'S HAVE PASTOR CHRIS
COME OVER AND PREACH.' AND SO,
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WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO
SEE EACH OTHER - WE LIVE IN THE
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SAME VALLEY - BUT IT DOES
KIND OF MARK A TRANSITION POINT.
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KAREN REMINDED ME LAST NIGHT
THAT WE STARTED AT SACRAMENTO
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CENTRAL IN
SEPTEMBER 21 YEARS AGO.
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AND SO THIS ACTUALLY DID - JUST
THE WAY THE STARS LINED UP -
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THOUGH I'VE NOT TECHNICALLY BEEN
THE PASTOR HERE SINCE THE END OF
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JANUARY AND I'M STILL
TEACHING HERE UNTIL NOW.
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AND SO THIS KIND OF MARKS
21 YEARS, WHICH IS THREE TIMES
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SEVEN, WHICH HAS A
SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
IS, BUT IT MEANS SOMETHING.
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AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M -
I'VE GOT MIXED EMOTIONS.
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YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE SAD, BUT
I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I
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THINK, WHERE WE ONCE HAD ONE
CHURCH DOING MEDIA, NOW WE'RE
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GOING TO HAVE TWO AND THAT THE
LORD TOLD US TO BE FRUITFUL AND
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MULTIPLY. AND SO
WE'RE GOING TO MULTIPLY
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THE GOSPEL AND SO
THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
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THE GOSPEL IS GOING FORTH AND
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT
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THE LORD IS GOING TO CONTINUE
TO DO HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
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AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE
TO PRAY FOR AMAZING FACTS AND
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GRANITE BAY AND WHAT THE CHURCH
PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO DO THERE.
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OH, COME ON NOW, SOME OF
YOU ARE CRYING, STOP THAT.
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IF I START CRYING, I TOLD
DEBBIE, IT'S GOING TO GET UGLY
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AND SO. THAT'S HAPPY
TEARS. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.
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YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE WE
GET INTO OUR LESSON I DO WANT TO
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MENTION SOMETHING
I JUST ALLUDED TO.
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A PART OF SABBATH SCHOOL IS
TO TALK ABOUT MISSION WORK AND
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY, BEGINNING THE LAST
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DAY OF OCTOBER -
SOMETIMES KNOWN AS HALLOWEEN.
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THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE WHEN -
IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT - SO WE'RE
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STARTING AND SEE WE HAD TO
FINISH THESE MEETINGS BEFORE
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THANKSGIVING SO WE ARE STARTING
OCTOBER 31 IN ALBUQUERQUE.
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WE'LL BE UPLINKING AN
EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM THAT
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EVERYBODY - CENTRAL CHURCH,
GRANITE BAY - ANY CHURCH THAT'S
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WATCHING - IN YOUR HOME - IF YOU
GET THE INTERNET OR IF YOU GET
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THESE PROGRAMS ON SATELLITE, YOU
CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS
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CALLED 'LANDMARKS OF PROPHECY.'
AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH A NEW
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RENDITION OF LESSONS.
THEY ARE SIMILAR TO THE
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'STORACLE OF PROPHECY' LESSONS
BUT THEY'RE CALLED 'LANDMARKS OF
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PROPHECY' AND
THERE'LL BE 21 PRESENTATIONS.
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IF YOU CAN INVITE YOUR FRIENDS,
YOU CAN DO SOME EVANGELISM.
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AND SO WE HOPE, IF YOUR CHURCH
OR YOUR HOME IS INTERESTED IN
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DOING THIS EVENT THIS FALL, JUST
GO TO 'LANDMARKSOFPROPHECY.COM,'
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YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR
SITE THERE, FIND OUT MORE,
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AND GET THE DETAILS THERE.
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WE HOPE YOU'LL PARTICIPATE
AND PRAY FOR THE SERIES.
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UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE
HOUSE THEY LABOR IN VAIN, RIGHT?
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WE NEED TO PRAY
THAT GOD'LL BLESS.
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IN A MINUTE I'LL
BE DOING LESSON #12.
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DURING LESSON 13 IN THIS SERIES,
I'M GOING TO BE IN AUSTRALIA AND
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- ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
I'LL BE IN PASTOR CHRIS'
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COUNTRY AND HE'LL BE
HERE TEACHING THE LAST LESSON.
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SO I'LL BE IN AUSTRALIA
AND - PRAY FOR THAT AS WELL.
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WE'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO BE
SPEAKING IN SYDNEY, DOING A
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SERIES AT THE MAIN CHURCH THERE
IN WAHROONGA, WE'LL BE GOING TO
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ADELAIDE AND DOING A CITY-WIDE
SERIES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
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AUSTRALIA. THEN I
FLY ALL THE WAY TO THE
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WESTERN PART OF AUSTRALIA -
TO PERTH - AND FROM THERE I TAKE
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ANOTHER PLANE AND ANOTHER
THREE-HOUR CAR RIDE AND WE'RE
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GOING OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF
THE OUTBACK AND WE'LL BE DOING A
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SERIES AMONG THE
ABORIGINES THERE.
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AND SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING AND
THEY SAID, 'NO ONE EVER COMES
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OUT HERE.' AND SO I SAID, 'I'LL
COME.' AND I READ ABOUT IT AS A
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KID AND ALWAYS WANTED TO
GO OUT THERE TO THE WAY OUT.
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YOU KNOW ME, I GO TO
CAVES AND OUT IN THE DESERT.
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I LIKE GOING TO THE
FAR CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
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AND SO, PRAY ABOUT
THAT SERIES AS WELL.
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ANYWAY, THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE
NEXT WEEK AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL
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GET THE LAST - WE'RE ENTERING
THE NEW QUARTER SOON ON JAMES.
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YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY THAT.
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THE NEW STUDY ON THE BOOK OF
JAMES - WRITTEN BY A FRIEND OF
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MINE - I'M JUST GOING TO
SAY THIS NOW, THE NEXT QUARTER -
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ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO - 25
YEARS AGO, TWO YOUNG INTERNS GOT
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ORDAINED AT
REDWOOD CAMP MEETING.
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I WAS ONE AND THE
OTHER WAS CLINT WALEEN.
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CLINT IS NOW A DOCTOR OF
THEOLOGY AND HE WROTE THE
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LESSON. SO I
ENJOYED TEACHING THE LESSON
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- THE FIRST COUPLE WE RECORDED -
AND JUST KNOWING THAT MY FRIEND
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WHO WAS ORDAINED WITH ME IS
THE AUTHOR OF THOSE STUDIES.
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ANYWAY - AND SO TODAY WE'RE
ON LESSON #13 - NO, #12 RATHER -
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DEALING WITH 'DEATH AND
RESURRECTION' AND THESE ARE THE
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TEACHINGS OF JESUS, MORE
SPECIFICALLY, ON THAT SUBJECT
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BUT WE'LL BE BOUNCING AROUND
IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE HE'S THE
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AUTHOR OF THE ENTIRE WORD.
OUR FREE STUDY - THIS IS A VERY
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GOOD LESSON - IT'S CALLED
'ARE THE DEAD REALLY DEAD?'
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IF YOU'VE NOT READ THIS BEFORE,
THIS IS THE AMAZING FACTS STUDY
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GUIDE ON THE SUBJECT.
WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE.
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IT'S FILLED WITH GREAT
ILLUSTRATIONS AND AMAZING FACTS
00:18:19.16\00:18:22.86
ON THE SUBJECT OF
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION.
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AND THESE LESSONS ARE GREAT
BECAUSE THE MIXTURE OF THE STUDY
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POINTS, THE SCRIPTURES,
THE PICTURES MAKES IT EASY FOR
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EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND.
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YOU MAY KNOW SOMEONE THAT IS
CONFUSED ON WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
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ABOUT THE SUBJECT.
OKAY, MEMORY VERSE - MEMORY
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VERSE FOR OUR LESSON TODAY IS
FROM JOHN 11:25 - JOHN 11:25 -
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THIS IS THE NEW KING
JAMES VERSION. ARE YOU READY?
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"JESUS SAID TO HER, 'I AM
THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.
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HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, THOUGH HE
MAY DIE, HE SHALL LIVE.'" THAT'S
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A WONDERFUL PROMISE
THAT IF WE BELIEVE IN CHRIST,
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THOUGH WE MAY DIE - YOU
NOTICE HE SAYS, 'MAY DIE.'
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WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE, BEFORE NOW, HAVE DIED?
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EXCEPT ENOCH, ELIJAH
- YEAH, EVEN MOSES DIED.
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HE'S BEEN RESURRECTED BUT
EVERYONE ELSE HAS DIED, RIGHT?
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BUT WILL THERE BE SOME, IN
THE LAST DAYS, THAT MAY NOT DIE?
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'IF YOU ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN
WHEN JESUS COMES' - I LIKE THAT,
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THAT JESUS SAID,
"THOUGH HE MAY DIE."
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BECAUSE THERE WILL
BE SOME EXCEPTIONS.
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I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT
GENERATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO
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FIND OUT WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO DIE, DON'T YOU?
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I JUST WANT TO GET MY NEW
BODY, LIKE THAT - MOMENT - THE
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TWINKLING OF AN EYE.
OKAY, THIS LESSON IS IMPORTANT
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BECAUSE WE'RE IN A WORLD
THAT HAS BEEN CURSED BY DEATH.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES
HEAVEN WONDERFUL IS WHAT IT SAYS
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THERE IN REVELATION 21,
'THERE'LL BE NO MORE DEATH.'
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EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD
DIES. YOUR CLOTHING DIES.
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MOTH CORRUPTS. YOUR
REFRIGERATOR WILL SOMEDAY DIE.
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YOU KNOW, KAREN AND I ARE JUST
SO THANKFUL, WHEN WE BOUGHT THE
00:20:23.80\00:20:25.83
HOUSE - WHEN WE MOVED INTO
SACRAMENTO HERE 21 YEARS AGO,
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AND WE MOVED INTO THE HOUSE - A
LADY AND HER FAMILY, THEY BUILT
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THE HOUSE, THE KIDS HAD ALL
GONE - MOVED AWAY - THE HUSBAND
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PASSED AWAY AND SHE SAID, 'I'M
MOVING INTO A RETIREMENT HOME'
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AND SHE SOLD THE HOUSE WITH A
LOT OF - THE WASHER, THE DRYER,
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THE REFRIGERATOR, THE
FREEZER, THE FURNITURE.
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WE HAD NOTHING IN TOWN. IT WAS
A MIRACLE THE WAY IT WORKED OUT.
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OUR FREEZER THAT WE BOUGHT FROM
MRS. YORTON - AND WE DON'T KNOW
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HOW LONG SHE HAD
IT - IS STILL GOING.
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THE AIR CONDITIONER - WE KEEP
THINKING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
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REPLACE IT ONE OF THESE DAYS.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WELL, BUT
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IT'S STILL WORKING AND SHE HAD
IT FOR YEARS BEFORE WE BOUGHT
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THE HOUSE. THE
LORD HAS DONE, WITH THIS
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HOUSE, WHAT HE DID WITH THE
SHOES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
00:21:04.96\00:21:08.06
YOU KNOW HOW THEY JUST
DIDN'T WEAR OUT? BUT EVENTUALLY,
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WE WILL HAVE A FORMAL CEREMONY
AND OUR REFRIGERATOR AND OUR
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AIR CONDITIONER WILL DIE
BECAUSE EVERYTHING SEEMS TO DIE.
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AND IF YOU'VE LIVED LONG ENOUGH,
YOU REALIZE THAT, IN SPITE OF
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YOUR BEST EFFORTS - I'M DOING
ALL I CAN TO BE AS HEALTHY AS I
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CAN AND FOLLOW ALL THE NATURAL
REMEDIES OF HEALTH AND, IF YOU
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PLAN IT CAREFULLY, YOU
CAN DIE LIKE MOSES DIED.
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THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
120 - HE CLIMBS A MOUNTAIN, HIS
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EYE IS NOT DIM - THEN HE FALLS
OVER. ISN'T THAT THE WAY TO GO?
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YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IF AMERICANS
WOULD FOLLOW THE HEALTH
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PRINCIPLES GOD OUTLINED IN HIS
WORD, THERE WOULD BE NO HEALTH
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CRISIS. THE
REASON THERE IS A HEALTH
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CRISIS IN NORTH AMERICA AND MANY
COUNTRIES RIGHT NOW, IS BECAUSE
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OF THE ATROCIOUS LIVING HABITS
OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CITIZEN.
00:21:59.20\00:22:03.80
INSTEAD OF LIKE MOSES, YOU KNOW,
BEING ACTIVE UNTIL YOUR FINAL
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ILLNESS AND THEN YOU DIE, PEOPLE
SPEND THE LAST 30 YEARS OF THEIR
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LIFE DYING - FROM HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE OR FROM THE EFFECTS OF
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DIABETES OR FROM A
NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.
00:22:20.50\00:22:23.93
THAT WAS NEVER GOD'S PLAN.
00:22:23.93\00:22:25.20
BUT IF WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF
OURSELVES - WHAT'S OVERWHELMING
00:22:25.20\00:22:27.83
OUR MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE SICK FOR SUCH A HIGH
00:22:27.83\00:22:31.93
PERCENTAGE OF THEIR LIVES NOW
AND MOST OF IT - NOT ALL, BUT
00:22:31.93\00:22:36.00
MOST OF IT CAN BE
TRACED TO LIVING HABITS.
00:22:36.00\00:22:40.50
NOW, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STUDY
ON HEALTH. THIS IS ON DEATH.
00:22:40.50\00:22:43.00
BUT IF YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN
DO TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF- DID
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MOSES STILL DIE? AND
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF DEATH.
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HEBREWS 2, VERSE 14, "INASMUCH
THEN AS THE CHILDREN HAVE
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PARTAKEN OF FLESH AND BLOOD, HE
HIMSELF (JESUS) LIKEWISE SHARED
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IN THE SAME, THAT THROUGH DEATH
HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM WHO HAD THE
00:23:05.20\00:23:10.03
POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE
DEVIL," - DEATH WAS NOT GOD'S
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PLAN, IT COMES FROM THE DEVIL
- "AND RELEASE THOSE WHO THROUGH
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FEAR OF DEATH WERE ALL THEIR
LIFETIME SUBJECT TO BONDAGE."
00:23:18.43\00:23:23.73
LIVING A LIFE WHERE YOU
ARE AFRAID OF DEATH BINDS YOU.
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IT'S SLAVERY. PEOPLE
ARE CONTROLLED ALL THE
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TIME BY THIS FEAR OF DEATH.
GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO HAVE
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THAT. WHEN
YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, WHAT
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YOU DO IS - LET ME TELL YOU A
STORY AND THEN I'LL EXPLAIN IT.
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SOME SETTLERS WERE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS, YEARS
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AGO, IN A WAGON TRAIN AND THEY
NOTICED, OFF IN THE DISTANCE,
00:23:45.96\00:23:50.33
SOMETHING THAT STRUCK
TERROR INTO THEIR HEARTS.
00:23:50.33\00:23:52.80
THERE WAS A GREAT PRAIRIE
FIRE RAGING TOWARDS THEM.
00:23:52.80\00:23:55.70
THEY SAW IT WAS MILES AWAY AND
SOME OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
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BEGAN TO SCREAM AND THEY
WERE THINKING ABOUT 'THIS FIRE'S
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APPROACHING.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?'
WELL, THE WAGON MASTER WAS NOT
00:24:04.96\00:24:07.93
AFRAID. HE SAID,
'GATHER ALL THE WAGONS
00:24:07.93\00:24:10.73
OVER HERE.' HE SET A
FIRE DIRECTLY BEHIND THEM.
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THE PREVAILING WINDS THAT WERE
BRINGING THE APPROACHING FIRE
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TOOK THE FIRE BEHIND THEM AND IT
PULLED IT AWAY AND THEY WAITED
00:24:16.90\00:24:20.33
- YOU KNOW, A GRASS FIRE BURNS
REALLY HOT BUT IT ONLY BURNS FOR
00:24:20.33\00:24:23.60
ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND
THEN IT SIMMERED DOWN.
00:24:23.60\00:24:26.23
THEY MOVED THE WAGON TRAIN OVER
TO THE SCORCHED AREA THAT WAS
00:24:26.23\00:24:29.23
BURNED AND THE CHILDREN SAID,
'AREN'T WE GOING TO BE KILLED BY
00:24:29.23\00:24:33.56
THE FIRE? THE FIRE'S COMING!'
AND THE PARENTS SAID, 'NO,
00:24:33.56\00:24:37.16
BECAUSE OF WHAT THE WAGON MASTER
DID WE'RE NOW STANDING WHERE THE
00:24:37.16\00:24:40.83
FIRE'S ALREADY BURNED. IT
CAN'T BURN HERE TWICE.' AND
00:24:40.83\00:24:44.36
SO WHEN THE FIRE CAME TO THE
EDGES IT JUST WENT AROUND THEM.
00:24:44.36\00:24:48.86
THEY WERE STANDING
WHERE THE FIRE BURNED.
00:24:48.86\00:24:51.23
IF YOU DIE NOW, BEFORE JESUS
COMES, OR YOU PHYSICALLY DIE, IF
00:24:51.23\00:24:56.26
YOU ARE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF
00:24:56.26\00:24:58.90
DEATH. SOMEONE
SAID, 'IF YOU'RE ONLY
00:24:58.90\00:25:02.50
BORN ONCE, YOU'LL DIE TWICE.' IF
YOU'RE ONLY BORN ONCE, THEN YOU
00:25:02.50\00:25:06.93
DIE THE SECOND DEATH. YOU
NEED TO BE AFRAID OF DEATH.
00:25:06.93\00:25:10.03
BUT IF YOU'RE BORN
TWICE YOU ONLY DIE ONCE.
00:25:10.03\00:25:13.70
AND IF JESUS COMES YOU DON'T
HAVE TO DIE AT ALL SO YOU DON'T
00:25:13.70\00:25:17.26
HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF DEATH.
BUT IF WE ACCEPT CHRIST AND WE
00:25:17.26\00:25:22.20
ARE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND
WE TAKE UP OUR CROSS, AND WE LAY
00:25:22.20\00:25:25.86
DOWN OUR LIVES FOR JESUS, YOU
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID
00:25:25.86\00:25:28.83
OF. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS VERY
00:25:28.83\00:25:30.70
LIBERATING ABOUT THAT?
YOU'RE NOT EASILY OFFENDED WHEN
00:25:30.70\00:25:33.13
YOU'RE DEAD.
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?
00:25:33.13\00:25:36.50
TRY AND OFFEND A DEAD
PERSON. THEY ALMOST NEVER REACT.
00:25:36.50\00:25:41.30
AND SO YOU FIND THAT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO TAKE INSULT
00:25:41.30\00:25:46.46
AND INJURY AND WHEN PEOPLE -
THE REASON JESUS WAS SO MEEK IS
00:25:46.46\00:25:51.00
BECAUSE HE WAS DEAD TO SELF.
AND WHEN YOU REALLY SURRENDER
00:25:51.00\00:25:55.23
YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST AND YOU'RE
DEAD TO SELF, YOU'RE NOT AFRAID
00:25:55.23\00:25:57.66
OF THOSE OFFENSES. BUT
THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU'RE NOT
00:25:57.66\00:25:59.70
AFRAID OF DEATH BECAUSE WHEN
WE'RE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST THEN
00:25:59.70\00:26:04.76
WE HAVE LIFE AND CHRISTIANS
DON'T DIE, THEY GO TO SLEEP.
00:26:04.76\00:26:09.80
SO UNLESS YOU'RE AFRAID OF
GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT - OR YOU
00:26:09.80\00:26:13.66
ALWAYS THOUGHT - KIND OF
TERRORIZED KIDS - THE FIRST
00:26:13.66\00:26:15.80
PRAYER I LEARNED TO PRAY, AS
SOME OF YOU, 'NOW I LAY ME DOWN
00:26:15.80\00:26:19.26
TO SLEEP, I PRAY THE LORD
MY SOUL TO KEEP, AND IF I DIE
00:26:19.26\00:26:24.30
BEFORE I WAKE.' TONY CAMPOLA, HE
SAID, 'WHY DO WE TEACH KIDS TO
00:26:24.30\00:26:30.46
PRAY THAT WAY?' HE
SAYS, 'WHY DON'T WE TEACH
00:26:30.46\00:26:32.53
THEM, 'LORD, WAKE ME UP BEFORE
I DIE.' INSTEAD OF 'IF I DIE
00:26:32.53\00:26:35.83
BEFORE I WAKE.'' IF YOU'RE GOING
TO PRAY, PRAY HE WAKES YOU UP
00:26:35.83\00:26:38.76
FIRST. BUT WE
SAY, 'IF I DIE BEFORE I
00:26:38.76\00:26:42.73
WAKE, I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO
TAKE.' HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER
00:26:42.73\00:26:45.13
THAT PRAYER THAT
SOMEBODY TAUGHT YOU TO PRAY?
00:26:45.13\00:26:48.50
THAT CAN SCARE A KID
BEFORE THEY GO TO SLEEP.
00:26:48.50\00:26:50.70
DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT? I
NEVER WORRIED ABOUT SLEEP
00:26:50.70\00:26:54.00
UNTIL THEY TAUGHT ME THAT
PRAYER AND I THOUGHT, 'WHAT?
00:26:54.00\00:26:56.50
I CAN DIE IN MY SLEEP?'
AND SO PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR OF
00:26:56.50\00:27:01.03
DEATH, BUT
THAT'S NOT GOD'S PLAN.
00:27:01.03\00:27:04.56
YOU KNOW, IF WE UNDERSTOOD THE
SUBJECT OF THE STATE OF DEATH -
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AND THIS LESSON IS GOING TO
COVER TWO THINGS: IT'S GOING TO
00:27:07.66\00:27:10.16
TALK ABOUT JESUS' TEACHING ON
DEATH AS WELL AS THE TEACHING ON
00:27:10.16\00:27:15.66
HELL. SO LET'S GET
INTO THE STATE OF THE DEAD.
00:27:15.66\00:27:18.20
SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME PSALM 13,
VERSE 3 - AND I DON'T KNOW WHO
00:27:18.20\00:27:22.30
HAS THAT VERSE - BACK HERE?
LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
00:27:22.30\00:27:25.46
HOLD YOUR HAND UP SO
THEY CAN FIND YOU THERE.
00:27:25.46\00:27:27.26
AND YOU'LL BE NEXT ON THE
LIST. I'M GOING TO READ JOB 3,
00:27:27.26\00:27:32.50
VERSE 11 - TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE TEACHINGS.
00:27:32.50\00:27:34.83
NOW THE TEACHING ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE DOES NOT
00:27:34.83\00:27:37.33
BEGIN IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT WITH JESUS.
00:27:37.33\00:27:39.63
JESUS REITERATES WHAT WAS ALWAYS
THE TEACHING, EVEN IN THE OLD
00:27:39.63\00:27:43.00
TESTAMENT. AND, BY
THE WAY, WHAT IS THE
00:27:43.00\00:27:45.80
OLDEST BOOK IN THE BIBLE? IT'S
JOB. MOSES PROBABLY WROTE THE
00:27:45.80\00:27:50.23
BOOK OF JOB IN THE WILDERNESS
JUST BEFORE HE WROTE GENESIS.
00:27:50.23\00:27:53.63
AND YOU READ THE CONTEXT OF JOB
AND THE AGES OF THE PEOPLE IN
00:27:53.63\00:28:00.16
JOB AND THEIR AGES FALL AROUND
THE TIME OF ABRAHAM'S FATHER.
00:28:00.16\00:28:05.16
YOU NOTICE THAT THE AGES - THEY
WENT FROM, YOU KNOW, 900 YEARS -
00:28:05.16\00:28:09.23
AFTER THE FLOOD, LIKE 600 YEARS,
500 YEARS AND 200 YEARS - AND
00:28:09.23\00:28:14.13
THAT WAS ABOUT
THE TIME OF TERAH.
00:28:14.13\00:28:16.03
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AGES OF THE
PEOPLE IN JOB, THAT'S ABOUT HOW
00:28:16.03\00:28:18.13
LONG THEY WERE LIVING. IT
HAPPENED BACK THEN, PREDATING
00:28:18.13\00:28:20.70
THE TIME OF MOSES.
JOB SAYS, IN JOB 3:11,
00:28:20.70\00:28:24.40
"WHY DID I NOT DIE AT BIRTH?"
- THIS IS WHEN HE'S COMPLAINING
00:28:24.40\00:28:27.83
ABOUT HIS SUFFERINGS - "WHY DID
I NOT PERISH WHEN I CAME FROM
00:28:27.83\00:28:30.90
THE WOMB? WHY DID
THE KNEES RECEIVE ME?
00:28:30.90\00:28:33.80
OR WHY THE BREASTS,
THAT I SHOULD NURSE?
00:28:33.80\00:28:35.53
FOR NOW I WOULD HAVE LAIN STILL
AND BEEN QUIET, I WOULD HAVE
00:28:35.53\00:28:38.30
BEEN ASLEEP; THEN I
WOULD HAVE BEEN AT REST."
00:28:38.30\00:28:44.00
IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT
ON THE TOMBSTONES R-I-P - RIP -
00:28:44.00\00:28:47.40
WHAT DOES THAT
STAND FOR? REST IN PEACE.
00:28:47.40\00:28:50.03
MOST PEOPLE USED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THE DEAD ARE RESTING,
00:28:50.03\00:28:52.53
WAITING FOR THE RESURRECTION,
BUT A POPULAR MISUNDERSTANDING
00:28:52.53\00:28:55.63
ABOUT DEATH HAS BECOME
VERY PROMINENT IN THE CHRISTIAN
00:28:55.63\00:28:58.06
CHURCH AND WE'RE GOING TO
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO STRAIGHTEN
00:28:58.06\00:29:01.40
THAT OUT A LITTLE TODAY.
ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO DO ANOTHER
00:29:01.40\00:29:04.36
ONE, JOB 14:12, "SO MAN
LIES DOWN AND DOES NOT RISE.
00:29:04.36\00:29:10.06
TILL" - IT SAYS HE'S
GOING TO RISE BUT WHEN? - "TILL
00:29:10.06\00:29:14.50
THE HEAVENS ARE NO MORE,"
- WHEN IS THAT? 2 PETER 3:10,
00:29:14.50\00:29:18.66
"BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL
COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT,
00:29:18.66\00:29:20.86
IN WHICH THE HEAVENS WILL
PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE."
00:29:20.86\00:29:24.23
- AT THE COMING OF
CHRIST THE HEAVENS PASS AWAY.
00:29:24.23\00:29:27.10
THE ELEMENTS MELT WITH FERVENT
HEAT - TALKING ABOUT THE HEAVENS
00:29:27.10\00:29:29.23
IS THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE
EARTH. JOB SAID, 'MAN LIES DOWN
00:29:29.23\00:29:33.43
TILL THE HEAVENS ARE NO
MORE. THEY WILL NOT AWAKE NOR BE
00:29:33.43\00:29:36.53
ROUSED FROM THEIR SLEEP.' SO,
UNTIL JESUS COMES THEY LAY DOWN,
00:29:36.53\00:29:41.33
THEY ARE NOT
ROUSED FROM THEIR SLEEP.
00:29:41.33\00:29:43.80
THE JUDGMENT DAY DOES
NOT HAPPEN UNTIL JESUS COMES.
00:29:43.80\00:29:47.20
THE RESURRECTION DOES NOT HAPPEN
UNTIL JESUS COMES, MEANING THE
00:29:47.20\00:29:50.26
DEAD ARE ASLEEP
TILL JESUS COMES, RIGHT?
00:29:50.26\00:29:54.00
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
READ FOR US PSALM 13:3.
00:29:54.00\00:29:59.63
>>"CONSIDER AND HEAR ME, O LORD
MY GOD; ENLIGHTEN MY EYES, LEST
00:29:59.63\00:30:05.36
I SLEEP THE SLEEP OF DEATH;"
>>SO EVEN KING DAVID, WHO WROTE
00:30:05.36\00:30:09.63
THE PSALMS, HOW DID
HE VIEW DEATH? A SLEEP.
00:30:09.63\00:30:14.23
AND JOHN 11:11, YOU ALL KNOW
THE STORY ABOUT LAZARUS, "THESE
00:30:14.23\00:30:22.10
THINGS HE SAID, AND AFTER THAT
HE SAID TO THEM, 'OUR FRIEND
00:30:22.10\00:30:26.40
LAZARUS SLEEPS, BUT I GO THAT
I MAY WAKE HIM UP.'" EVEN THE
00:30:26.40\00:30:29.83
DISCIPLES WERE CONFUSED.
THEY SAID, 'OH LORD, HE'S BEEN
00:30:29.83\00:30:31.93
SICK FOR DAYS. IF
HE'S SLEEPING THAT'S GOOD.
00:30:31.93\00:30:33.83
IT MEANS MAYBE THE FEVER WILL
BREAK AND HE'LL GET BETTER.' AND
00:30:33.83\00:30:36.13
JESUS SAID, 'NO,
YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT.
00:30:36.13\00:30:38.73
WHEN I SAID OUR FRIEND LAZARUS
SLEEPS, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
00:30:38.73\00:30:41.43
IS DEATH. LAZARUS IS DEAD.
00:30:41.43\00:30:43.26
HE'S SLEEPING IN DEATH.' NOW THE
STORY OF LAZARUS IS, I THINK,
00:30:43.26\00:30:47.36
ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES - WELL,
I TELL YOU WHAT, BEFORE I GET TO
00:30:47.36\00:30:50.03
LAZARUS - I'LL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT - I WANT TO READ
00:30:50.03\00:30:52.16
ECCLESIASTES 9:5 AND 6, WRITTEN
BY SOLOMON, "FOR THE LIVING KNOW
00:30:52.16\00:30:59.03
THAT THEY WILL DIE; BUT THE DEAD
KNOW NOTHING, AND THEY HAVE NO
00:30:59.03\00:31:04.86
MORE REWARD, FOR THE
MEMORY OF THEM IS FORGOTTEN.
00:31:04.86\00:31:07.40
ALSO THEIR LOVE, THEIR
HATRED, AND THEIR ENVY HAVE NOW
00:31:07.40\00:31:09.83
PERISHED; NEVERMORE WILL THEY
HAVE A SHARE IN ANYTHING DONE
00:31:09.83\00:31:13.20
UNDER THE SUN." OR IT
CAN BE TRANSLATED, 'DONE
00:31:13.20\00:31:15.30
UNDER THIS SUN.' MEANING,
'IN THIS LIFE.' WHEN PEOPLE DIE,
00:31:15.30\00:31:18.60
THEY DO NOT COME BACK TO HAUNT.
THEY DO NOT HOVER AROUND AS
00:31:18.60\00:31:22.86
SPIRITS TO TORMENT. THEY
ARE SLEEPING A DREAMLESS,
00:31:22.86\00:31:26.90
UNCONSCIOUS SLEEP. THE
LIVING KNOW THEY'LL DIE; THE
00:31:26.90\00:31:29.83
DEAD KNOW HOW MUCH?
NOTHING. THEIR IQ REACHES ZERO.
00:31:29.83\00:31:34.73
THEY DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING. THEY'RE UNCONSCIOUS.
00:31:34.73\00:31:37.70
THEY'RE ASLEEP AND SO - BUT
BOY, EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN THE
00:31:37.70\00:31:42.00
SPIRITUALISTIC
WORLD OF OUR SOCIETY NOW,
00:31:42.00\00:31:44.36
THEY'RE ALL CHANNELING.
THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT HOW
00:31:44.36\00:31:47.30
THIS PERSON IS THERE - 'I SENSE
THEIR PRESENCE' - AND THEY'RE
00:31:47.30\00:31:49.70
DEAD - THEY'RE ASLEEP.
NOW WE BELIEVE IN EVERLASTING
00:31:49.70\00:31:52.80
LIFE. WE BELIEVE
IN THE RESURRECTION.
00:31:52.80\00:31:54.66
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD
WILL, SOMEDAY, MAKE SOME PEOPLE
00:31:54.66\00:31:58.60
IMMORTAL. WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN?
00:31:58.60\00:32:01.26
WHEN JESUS COMES, THEN THIS
MORTAL WILL PUT ON IMMORTALITY.
00:32:01.26\00:32:06.46
WE DON'T HAVE IMMORTALITY NOW.
'GOD AND GOD ONLY,' THE BIBLE
00:32:06.46\00:32:09.76
SAYS, 'HATH IMMORTALITY.'
SPEAKING OF - IN RELATION TO
00:32:09.76\00:32:13.26
OUR WORLD.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT
00:32:13.26\00:32:15.90
LAZARUS FOR JUST A
MOMENT HERE. YOU KNOW THE STORY.
00:32:15.90\00:32:19.06
MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU WANT
TO TURN TO JOHN CHAPTER 11, IT'S
00:32:19.06\00:32:22.53
THERE. I'M
LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND I
00:32:22.53\00:32:24.73
DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE
TIME TO GO INTO GREAT LENGTHS
00:32:24.73\00:32:27.43
HERE, OF THE STORY. I
COULD PROBABLY TELL YOU IT AND
00:32:27.43\00:32:30.66
YOU CAN
REFERENCE IT IF YOU LIKE.
00:32:30.66\00:32:32.60
JESUS HAD SOME DEAR FRIENDS:
LAZARUS, MARTHA - THEY HAD A
00:32:32.60\00:32:38.60
HOME, THEY WERE
BROTHER AND SISTER.
00:32:38.60\00:32:40.20
SOMETIMES THEIR YOUNGER
SISTER, MARY, WOULD VISIT.
00:32:40.20\00:32:43.33
SHE PRINCIPALLY LIVED IN
MAGDALA - LATER ALSO KNOWN AS
00:32:43.33\00:32:46.86
MARY MAGDALENE
OR MARY OF BETHANY.
00:32:46.86\00:32:49.50
WE BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME MARY
JUST LIKE YOU'VE GOT SIMON - IS
00:32:49.50\00:32:53.26
CALLED SIMON, HE'S CALLED PETER,
AND HE'S CALLED CEPHUS AND
00:32:53.26\00:32:56.43
SOMETIMES PEOPLE
USE DIFFERENT NAMES.
00:32:56.43\00:32:59.23
LAZARUS GOT SICK, HAD A
FEVER FOR SEVERAL DAYS, HE DIED.
00:32:59.23\00:33:03.76
BY THE TIME THE MESSAGE REACHED
JESUS - THEY LIVED IN BETHANY
00:33:03.76\00:33:07.23
RIGHT BY JERUSALEM.
JESUS IS MINISTERING UP IN
00:33:07.23\00:33:09.93
GALILEE, WHICH
IS MANY MILES AWAY.
00:33:09.93\00:33:11.96
HE'S PROBABLY 50 MILES AWAY
- AND THEY SAID, 'COME, THE ONE
00:33:11.96\00:33:14.96
YOU LOVE IS SICK.' BUT HE
LINGERED SEVERAL DAYS AFTER
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GETTING THAT MESSAGE AND THE
DISCIPLES WONDERED WHY HE DIDN'T
00:33:17.33\00:33:19.56
JUST GET UP AND
GO DOWN AND HEAL HIM.
00:33:19.56\00:33:21.70
OF COURSE, JESUS
DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO GO.
00:33:21.70\00:33:24.33
HE COULD HAVE SPOKEN THE
WORD AND HEALED HIM LIKE HE DID
00:33:24.33\00:33:26.73
FOR THE SERVANT
OF CORNELIUS, RIGHT?
00:33:26.73\00:33:29.00
BUT JESUS DELIBERATELY LINGERED
BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO USE THE
00:33:29.00\00:33:31.63
RESURRECTION OF
LAZARUS TO TEACH A LESSON.
00:33:31.63\00:33:34.56
SO AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS HE
HEADS DOWN BUT THE TRIP TAKES A
00:33:34.56\00:33:37.86
FEW DAYS BECAUSE IT'S MANY MILES
- THEY'RE TRAVELING BY FOOT.
00:33:37.86\00:33:41.13
BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE HE
HAD ALREADY DIED AND WAS BURIED
00:33:41.13\00:33:45.00
GOING ON FOUR DAYS NOW. HE COMES
- THE FUNERAL IS ALREADY IN
00:33:45.00\00:33:48.96
PROCESS. THEY'VE GOT
HIRED MOURNERS THAT ARE THERE.
00:33:48.96\00:33:52.20
JESUS DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO THE
HOUSE WHERE EVERYONE'S GATHERED
00:33:52.20\00:33:54.66
BECAUSE IT'LL BE A
SPECTACLE AND THERE'S A CROWD.
00:33:54.66\00:33:56.50
HE SENDS A MESSENGER TO
MARY AND MARTHA AND SAID,
00:33:56.50\00:33:59.86
'THE MASTER'S HERE.
HE'S OUTSIDE THE TOWN.' AND
00:33:59.86\00:34:02.70
THAT'S WHERE THE
CEMETERY WAS TOO.
00:34:02.70\00:34:04.83
USUALLY YOU DON'T PUT THE
CEMETERIES RIGHT IN THE TOWN.
00:34:04.83\00:34:08.40
AND MARY AND
MARTHA COME TO MEET HIM.
00:34:08.40\00:34:12.46
MARTHA COMES AND SAID, 'OH LORD,
IF YOU HAD BEEN HERE MY BROTHER
00:34:12.46\00:34:14.96
WOULDN'T HAVE DIED.' AND JESUS
SAID, 'DON'T BE AFRAID, HE'LL
00:34:14.96\00:34:17.40
RISE AGAIN.' SHE SAID, I
KNOW HE'S GOING TO RISE IN THE
00:34:17.40\00:34:19.70
RESURRECTION ON THE LAST
DAY.' JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE
00:34:19.70\00:34:21.66
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.' AND
PRETTY SOON MARY CATCHES UP AND
00:34:21.66\00:34:26.40
SHE FALLS DOWN AT JESUS' FEET
AND SHE'S WEEPING AND THEY COME
00:34:26.40\00:34:30.26
TO THE HILLSIDE WHERE THEY HAD
DUG A HOLE IN THE HILL, WHICH
00:34:30.26\00:34:35.10
WAS COMMON BACK THEN, AND HAD
COVERED IT WITH A STONE - MUCH
00:34:35.10\00:34:39.16
LIKE THE TOMB OF JESUS - AND
THE MOURNERS SAID, 'OH, THEY'RE
00:34:39.16\00:34:43.83
GOING TO WEEP AT THE TOMB.'
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE A
00:34:43.83\00:34:46.40
MEMORIAL SERVICE HERE AND THEN
WE HAVE THE GRAVESIDE SERVICE -
00:34:46.40\00:34:49.00
YOU GO TO THE ACTUAL GRAVE - AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID BACK THEN.
00:34:49.00\00:34:51.36
THEY WERE MOURNING IN THE HOUSE
AND THEN SUDDENLY THEY'RE GOING
00:34:51.36\00:34:53.80
TO CRY NOW AT THE GRAVE.
00:34:53.80\00:34:55.00
AND SO THEY GO TO THE GRAVE
AND PEOPLE ALL GATHERED THERE.
00:34:55.00\00:34:59.06
JESUS SAYS,
'MARTHA, ROLL AWAY THE STONE.
00:34:59.06\00:35:03.46
HAVE THE SERVANTS ROLL AWAY THE
STONE.' SHE SAYS, 'OH LORD, THAT
00:35:03.46\00:35:06.33
PROBABLY WOULDN'T -
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
00:35:06.33\00:35:08.96
HE'S BEEN DEAD FOUR DAYS AND
AFTER THREE DAYS DECOMPOSITION,
00:35:08.96\00:35:13.43
IN THIS CLIMATE ESPECIALLY, SET
IN AND THERE'LL BE A SMELL.' AND
00:35:13.43\00:35:19.63
JESUS SAID, 'DIDN'T
I TELL YOU TO BELIEVE?'
00:35:19.63\00:35:23.16
SO THEY ROLL AWAY THE STONE AND
I JUST CAN IMAGINE - I MEAN, HE
00:35:23.16\00:35:28.16
REALLY HAD BEEN DEAD FOUR
DAYS AND MARTHA WAS RIGHT, UNTIL
00:35:28.16\00:35:32.26
JESUS SPOKE LIFE INTO THE CORPSE
OF LAZARUS, HE WAS A DECOMPOSING
00:35:32.26\00:35:37.56
CORPSE. HE WAS REALLY DEAD.
00:35:37.56\00:35:40.50
AND I THINK JESUS ALLOWED THEM
TO ACTUALLY SMELL THAT STENCH.
00:35:40.50\00:35:44.20
IF YOU'VE EVER SMELLED A DEAD
BODY, IT'S AWFUL AND - HAD A
00:35:44.20\00:35:54.63
BEAR DIED IN THE WOODS
NOT FAR FROM OUR PLACE.
00:35:54.63\00:35:58.80
YOU COULD TELL BECAUSE THE
VULTURES WERE CIRCLING AND WHEN
00:35:58.80\00:36:03.06
WE GOT WITHIN AN EIGHTH OF
A MILE, YOU COULD SMELL IT.
00:36:03.06\00:36:07.96
AND IT'S - SAME
THING WHEN A HUMAN DIES.
00:36:07.96\00:36:11.16
IT'S ALMOST AN IDENTICAL SMELL.
00:36:11.16\00:36:13.70
BY THE WAY, THEY'RE BOTH
OMNIVORES AND THAT'S WHY.
00:36:13.70\00:36:17.53
AND WHEN THEY ROLLED
AWAY THE STONE, EVERYBODY -
00:36:17.53\00:36:20.76
'WHY'D HE DO THAT?' YOU KNOW?
00:36:20.76\00:36:23.73
I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW LAZARUS WAS DEAD.
00:36:23.73\00:36:26.16
JESUS WANTED THEM TO KNOW
HE'D BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME.
00:36:26.16\00:36:29.53
AND THEN WHEN JESUS SPOKE THOSE
WORDS, 'LAZARUS COME FORTH.'
00:36:29.53\00:36:33.30
SOON THEY HEARD A SHUFFLE AND
EVERYBODY WAS PROBABLY AS STILL
00:36:33.30\00:36:36.16
AS THEY COULD BE AND THEY LOOKED
- THEY PEERED INTO THE DARKNESS
00:36:36.16\00:36:39.33
AND PRETTY SOON THEY THOUGHT
THEY SAW A SHADOW MOVE AND IT
00:36:39.33\00:36:42.40
SHUFFLED OUT INTO THE LIGHT
AND THEY SAW - THERE HE WAS -
00:36:42.40\00:36:45.33
LAZARUS STANDING ALL
WRAPPED UP LIKE A MOVING MUMMY.
00:36:45.33\00:36:49.83
AND THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID,
'LOOSE HIM.' CAN YOU IMAGINE THE
00:36:49.83\00:36:53.83
GASPS IN THE CROWD? I
MEAN, NO ONE, I MEAN, YOU
00:36:53.83\00:36:59.83
KNOW, LAZARUS - I'M SORRY -
ELISHA PRAYED AND RESURRECTED A
00:36:59.83\00:37:04.50
BOY, BUT HE HAD
ONLY BEEN DEAD A DAY.
00:37:04.50\00:37:07.86
ELIJAH PRAYED AND RESURRECTED
A BOY - HADN'T BEEN DEAD QUITE A
00:37:07.86\00:37:11.46
DAY. SOMEBODY
WHO HAD BEEN DEAD WAS
00:37:11.46\00:37:15.40
LAID DOWN ON THE BONES OF
ELISHA - HE CAME BACK TO LIFE.
00:37:15.40\00:37:18.60
THERE'S SEVERAL RESURRECTIONS
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, BUT THEY'D
00:37:18.60\00:37:21.26
ONLY BEEN DEAD ABOUT A DAY.
JESUS RAISES THE DAUGHTER OF
00:37:21.26\00:37:24.10
JARIUS - JUST
BEEN DEAD ABOUT A DAY.
00:37:24.10\00:37:26.73
JESUS TOUCHES THE YOUNG MAN -
THE WIDOW OF NAIN - DOESN'T SAY
00:37:26.73\00:37:30.66
HIS NAME - ON THE WAY TO THE
FUNERAL - MAYBE BEEN DEAD TWO
00:37:30.66\00:37:33.33
DAYS. LAZARUS HAS
BEEN DEAD FOUR DAYS.
00:37:33.33\00:37:38.96
YOU MIGHT ARGUE IN THESE OTHER
CASES, MAYBE THEY WERE JUST IN A
00:37:38.96\00:37:41.03
SEMI-CATATONIC, COMA-LIKE STATE.
WE THOUGHT - WE CHECKED FOR A
00:37:41.03\00:37:46.76
HEARTBEAT AND THERE WASN'T
ANY, BUT I GUESS THERE WAS.
00:37:46.76\00:37:49.50
WE JUST DIDN'T
CHECK CLOSELY ENOUGH.
00:37:49.50\00:37:51.53
SO SOME PEOPLE
SAID THAT ABOUT JESUS.
00:37:51.53\00:37:53.90
THEY SAID JESUS
WASN'T REALLY DEAD.
00:37:53.90\00:37:55.40
HAVE YOU HEARD
THAT ARGUMENT BEFORE?
00:37:55.40\00:37:56.73
'HE SWOONED ON THE CROSS.' THAT
WHEN THEY GAVE HIM THAT GALL IT
00:37:56.73\00:38:00.83
WAS ACTUALLY A DRUG THAT
PUT HIM IN A STUPOR-LIKE STATE.
00:38:00.83\00:38:04.46
AND THESE FOLKS, THEY DON'T READ
THEIR BIBLE, AND SOME FOLKS WILL
00:38:04.46\00:38:06.46
GO, 'OH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
HE WASN'T REALLY DEAD.' WELL,
00:38:06.46\00:38:08.86
DID YOU READ THE PART ABOUT
THE ROMAN SPEAR THAT COMPLETELY
00:38:08.86\00:38:11.70
OPENED UP HIS SIDE AND
ALL HIS BLOOD WAS DRAINED OUT?
00:38:11.70\00:38:14.60
I MEAN, HE WAS DEAD. SO -
PEOPLE SAY THE DUMBEST THINGS.
00:38:14.60\00:38:19.40
SO, ALRIGHT, LAZARUS WAS
DEAD. AND THEY KNEW HE WAS DEAD.
00:38:19.40\00:38:25.70
NOW HE CAME BACK TO LIFE.
00:38:25.70\00:38:26.86
NOW, THIS IS THE REASON I
LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THIS STORY.
00:38:26.86\00:38:29.80
PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT WHEN
YOU DIE YOU EITHER GO RIGHT TO
00:38:29.80\00:38:32.63
HEAVEN - BEFORE THE
RESURRECTION, BEFORE THE
00:38:32.63\00:38:34.36
JUDGMENT - OR YOU GO RIGHT TO
HELL BEFORE THE RESURRECTION AND
00:38:34.36\00:38:36.56
THE JUDGMENT -
BEFORE THE COMING OF JESUS.
00:38:36.56\00:38:38.56
AND THAT PEOPLE ARE THERE
BURNING IN HELL OR THAT PEOPLE
00:38:38.56\00:38:40.53
ARE THERE, THEY GO UP AND
THEY'RE REJOICING IN HEAVEN
00:38:40.53\00:38:42.93
BEFORE THESE
EVENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
00:38:42.93\00:38:47.10
OR FOLKS WOULD SAY, 'YOU KNOW I
DIED ON THE OPERATING TABLE AND
00:38:47.10\00:38:51.03
I WENT OFF INTO HEAVEN' OR 'I
WENT TO HELL.' THERE'S BOOKS AND
00:38:51.03\00:38:53.70
MOVIES ABOUT THEM.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
00:38:53.70\00:38:56.20
BUT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
THEIR NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES.
00:38:56.20\00:38:58.43
AND I DON'T QUESTION THAT GOD
MIGHT GIVE A PERSON A DREAM OR
00:38:58.43\00:39:01.06
SOMETHING AND I'M NOT GOING TO
JUDGE THEM FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S
00:39:01.06\00:39:03.70
NOT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS HAPPENS.
IF ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE SHOULD
00:39:03.70\00:39:08.43
BE OUR CRITERIA, IT'S LAZARUS.
HE'D BEEN DEAD FOUR DAYS.
00:39:08.43\00:39:13.16
IF THAT HAPPENED TODAY EVERY
NEWS CORPORATION IN THE WORLD
00:39:13.16\00:39:17.93
WOULD PAY WHATEVER IT COST TO
SEND THEIR BEST REPORTERS AROUND
00:39:17.93\00:39:22.86
THE WORLD WITH THEIR BEST
RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND YOU
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.86
WOULD JUST SEE A CITY SUDDENLY
APPEAR, OF REPORTERS, AROUND
00:39:25.86\00:39:30.30
THIS GUY NAMED LAZARUS,
WITH THEIR MICROPHONES AND
00:39:30.30\00:39:33.70
THEIR CAMERAS ALL
TRAINED ON LAZARUS.
00:39:33.70\00:39:36.60
AND THEY WOULD TURN UP THE MICS
AND THEY WOULD DO A SOUND CHECK
00:39:36.60\00:39:39.10
AND THEY WOULD FOCUS THEIR
CAMERAS AND EVERYBODY WOULD WAIT
00:39:39.10\00:39:42.20
BREATHLESSLY AS SOME REPORTER
FINALLY ASKED THAT QUESTION,
00:39:42.20\00:39:46.73
'WHAT DID YOU
SEE? WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
00:39:46.73\00:39:51.96
YOU HAVE THE ANSWER.
YOU'VE BEEN DEAD FOUR DAYS.
00:39:51.96\00:39:54.73
WHAT IS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF DEATH?'
00:39:54.73\00:39:56.90
LAZARUS IS GOING TO KNOW THE
BIG QUESTION OF THE AGES, RIGHT?
00:39:56.90\00:40:01.66
AND YOU KNOW WHAT
LAZARUS SAID? UH...NOTHING.
00:40:01.66\00:40:08.33
WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT.
AFTER ALL THAT EXPENSE AND THOSE
00:40:08.33\00:40:10.76
CAMERA PEOPLE
HAVE TRAVELED SO FAR.
00:40:10.76\00:40:14.30
NOT ONLY LAZARUS SAID NOTHING
ABOUT DEATH - I MEAN, DON'T YOU
00:40:14.30\00:40:17.86
THINK THERE'D BE SOME COMMENT?
DON'T YOU THINK LAZARUS WOULD
00:40:17.86\00:40:20.76
HAVE SAID - I MEAN, WOULDN'T
EVERYONE HAVE GONE TO LAZARUS
00:40:20.76\00:40:22.93
AND SAID, 'DID YOU SEE
MOSES AND ELIJAH IN HEAVEN?
00:40:22.93\00:40:26.53
WHAT DID YOU DO? WERE
YOU ON THE GOLDEN STREETS?
00:40:26.53\00:40:28.33
WHERE WERE YOU? DID YOU
EAT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE?
00:40:28.33\00:40:30.53
DID YOU SEE EZEKIEL
THERE? WHAT WAS HAPPENING?'
00:40:30.53\00:40:32.70
LAZARUS SAID NOTHING AND NOBODY
ASKED HIM WHAT HE SAW BECAUSE
00:40:32.70\00:40:37.76
THEY ALL UNDERSTOOD THE
TEACHINGS OF JESUS ABOUT DEATH.
00:40:37.76\00:40:40.76
IT WAS A SLEEP. IT
WAS AN UNCONSCIOUS SLEEP.
00:40:40.76\00:40:45.00
DO YOU ASK YOUR SPOUSE EVERY DAY
WHEN THEY WAKE UP, 'SO WHAT'D
00:40:45.00\00:40:47.80
YOU DREAM?' I DON'T,
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CALL
00:40:47.80\00:40:52.76
ME AND WANT TO TELL ME ABOUT
THEIR DREAMS ALL THE TIME ON THE
00:40:52.76\00:40:55.33
RADIO PROGRAM AND I TELL THEM
I DON'T HAVE THE GIFT OF JOSEPH.
00:40:55.33\00:40:58.13
I DON'T WANT TO
TRANSLATE YOUR DREAMS.
00:40:58.13\00:41:01.10
MOST OF THE DREAMS ARE A LITTLE
GOOFY ANYWAY, LET'S ADMIT IT.
00:41:01.10\00:41:03.83
AREN'T OUR DREAMS KIND OF A
LITTLE SCATTERED - DON'T MAKE A
00:41:03.83\00:41:08.20
LOT OF SENSE?
LAZARUS DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
00:41:08.20\00:41:10.86
HE DIDN'T EVEN DREAM BECAUSE
DEATH IS A DREAMLESS SLEEP.
00:41:10.86\00:41:16.93
'NOW PASTOR, WHAT ABOUT WHEN THE
BIBLE SAYS TO BE ABSENT FROM THE
00:41:16.93\00:41:20.46
BODY IS TO BE PRESENT
WITH THE LORD?' THAT'S TRUE.
00:41:20.46\00:41:24.23
FOR A BELIEVER, WHEN THEY DIE,
THEIR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT
00:41:24.23\00:41:28.36
IS THE RESURRECTION - ONE OF TWO
RESURRECTIONS - RESURRECTION OF
00:41:28.36\00:41:30.90
THE JUST AND
RESURRECTION OF JUDGEMENT.
00:41:30.90\00:41:33.50
BUT THEY DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING UNTIL THEN.
00:41:33.50\00:41:36.16
SO FOR THEM IT'S IMMEDIATE.
00:41:36.16\00:41:38.50
AND SO IF YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE
THAT HAS DIED, YOU CAN REJOICE
00:41:38.50\00:41:41.56
FOR THEM BECAUSE YOU CAN BE
ASSURED THEIR NEXT CONSCIOUS
00:41:41.56\00:41:45.46
THOUGHT IS GOING TO BE
COMING OUT OF THE GRAVE WITH A
00:41:45.46\00:41:47.70
GLORIFIED BODY AND BEING
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:41:47.70\00:41:50.50
IT SAYS WE'LL BE CAUGHT UP
TO MEET HIM IN THE AIR, RIGHT?
00:41:50.50\00:41:53.13
BUT HAS IT HAPPENED YET? NO.
JESUS TELLS US WHEN IT'S GOING
00:41:53.13\00:41:57.30
TO HAPPEN. THE LORD
SHALL - MATTER OF FACT,
00:41:57.30\00:42:00.36
I'M KIND OF GETTING OUT OF THE
FORMAT OF THE LESSON, BUT I AM
00:42:00.36\00:42:02.90
COVERING THE
MATERIAL OF THE LESSON.
00:42:02.90\00:42:05.76
1 CORINTHIANS 15 - LET'S GO TO
VERSE 20 - 1 CORINTHIANS 15:20,
00:42:05.76\00:42:13.96
"BUT NOW CHRIST HAS RISEN FROM
THE DEAD, AND HAS BECOME THE
00:42:13.96\00:42:17.96
FIRSTFRUITS OF THOSE
WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP."
00:42:17.96\00:42:21.40
- VERY CLEAR - "FOR SINCE BY
MAN CAME DEATH (ADAM), BY MAN
00:42:21.40\00:42:26.80
(JESUS) ALSO CAME THE
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
00:42:26.80\00:42:29.40
FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE,
EVEN SO IN CHRIST ALL SHALL" -
00:42:29.40\00:42:34.30
IS SHALL PRESENT
TENSE OR FUTURE TENSE?
00:42:34.30\00:42:36.66
THE WORD 'SHALL' IS FUTURE TENSE
- "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE
00:42:36.66\00:42:41.26
ALIVE. BUT EACH
ONE IN HIS OWN ORDER."
00:42:41.26\00:42:43.63
HERE'S THE ORDER: "CHRIST
THE FIRSTFRUITS," - JESUS ROSE
00:42:43.63\00:42:46.26
ALREADY - "AFTERWARD THOSE
WHO ARE CHRIST'S AT HIS COMING."
00:42:46.26\00:42:52.00
NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT
COULD BE MORE CLEAR THAN THAT.
00:42:52.00\00:42:54.13
WHEN DO THEY WAKE
UP? AT HIS COMING.
00:42:54.13\00:42:57.33
AND SO THIS IDEA - WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND
00:42:57.33\00:43:00.13
THE DEAD ARE ASLEEP RIGHT
NOW AND THEY'RE UNCONSCIOUS?
00:43:00.13\00:43:02.93
BECAUSE IN THE LAST DAYS
SATAN IS GOING TO HAVE DECEIVING
00:43:02.93\00:43:05.76
SPIRITS. THEY WILL CLAIM TO BE
RESURRECTED LOVED ONES THAT WILL
00:43:05.76\00:43:10.90
GIVE DECEPTIVE
MESSAGES ABOUT THE BIBLE.
00:43:10.90\00:43:14.23
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE - THEY'LL
00:43:14.23\00:43:15.73
BELIEVE SOME APPARITION OR SOME
MESSAGE FROM GRANDMA WHO'S DEAD
00:43:15.73\00:43:18.63
AND BURIED - BEFORE THEY
BELIEVE THE BIBLE. THEY SAY,
00:43:18.63\00:43:22.26
'I FELT IT, THIS PRESENCE.
IT WAS GRANDMA'S VOICE.
00:43:22.26\00:43:25.76
I COULD EVEN SMELL THE SMELL
OF GRANDMA AND SHE SPOKE THIS
00:43:25.76\00:43:31.03
MESSAGE.' AND OFTEN
IT'LL CONTRADICT THE BIBLE.
00:43:31.03\00:43:33.96
AND SO WE'VE GOT TO KNOW
THAT THE DEAD ARE ASLEEP AND IF
00:43:33.96\00:43:36.16
YOU'RE GETTING THESE
MESSAGES, THEY'RE NOT FROM GOD.
00:43:36.16\00:43:39.00
AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS 'THREE
UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COME
00:43:39.00\00:43:42.16
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE
BEAST, THE DRAGON, AND THE FALSE
00:43:42.16\00:43:44.50
PROPHET. THEY GO
FORTH TO THE KINGS OF
00:43:44.50\00:43:46.23
THE EARTH TO DECEIVE AND THEY'RE
GOING TO - THEY'RE GOING TO
00:43:46.23\00:43:50.36
IMPERSONATE THE SPIRITS OF THE
DEAD.' ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENED?
00:43:50.36\00:43:55.66
KING SAUL WENT AND SAW A WITCH
THAT CLAIMED TO HAVE THE POWER
00:43:55.66\00:44:00.30
TO RESURRECT SAMUEL WHO GAVE A
TOTALLY DISCOURAGING MESSAGE AND
00:44:00.30\00:44:03.63
SAUL WAS DEAD THE NEXT
DAY? NOT A GOOD IDEA TO CONSULT
00:44:03.63\00:44:07.30
MEDIUMS. THE BIBLE
FORBIDS THAT BECAUSE
00:44:07.30\00:44:09.53
THE DEVIL DOES
HAVE SOME LIMITED POWER.
00:44:09.53\00:44:11.70
SATAN HIMSELF CAN BE TRANSFORMED
INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT.
00:44:11.70\00:44:16.66
THAT'S WHY - AN ANGEL OF LIGHT
MEANS A MESSENGER OF LIGHT.
00:44:16.66\00:44:20.76
THEY'LL SAY, 'I AM A MESSENGER
WHO'S COME FROM HEAVEN.'
00:44:20.76\00:44:22.70
THERE'LL BE A
BEAUTIFUL, MELODIOUS VOICE -
00:44:22.70\00:44:24.53
IT'LL BE DECEIVING.
00:44:24.53\00:44:25.86
THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
- 'SORRY, GET BEHIND ME SATAN.
00:44:25.86\00:44:28.96
I KNOW THE DEAD ARE ASLEEP AND
THAT THAT MESSAGE IS NOT FROM
00:44:28.96\00:44:32.83
GOD.' SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT THAT.
00:44:32.83\00:44:36.00
ALRIGHT, BACK TO - BETTER
GET BACK TO THE LESSON A LITTLE
00:44:36.00\00:44:39.86
DEEPER HERE. SOMEONE
LOOK UP FOR ME JOHN 5:21
00:44:39.86\00:44:46.33
- WHO HAS THAT?
YOU'VE GOT THE SLIP OF PAPER.
00:44:46.33\00:44:48.80
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET
YOU THE MICROPHONE.
00:44:48.80\00:44:51.03
AND I'M GOING TO READ ACTS
24:15, PAUL SAID, "I HAVE HOPE
00:44:51.03\00:44:56.93
IN GOD, WHICH THEY THEMSELVES
ALSO ACCEPT, THAT THERE WILL BE
00:44:56.93\00:45:01.56
A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, BOTH
OF THE JUST AND THE UNJUST."
00:45:01.56\00:45:06.20
WHAT IS THE RESURRECTION
CALLED? IT'S A HOPE.
00:45:06.20\00:45:09.10
PAUL SAID, 'I HAVE A HOPE IN
GOD.' 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13, "BUT
00:45:09.10\00:45:13.26
I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE
IGNORANT, BRETHREN, CONCERNING
00:45:13.26\00:45:16.13
THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP,"
- HOW DOES PAUL DESCRIBE DEATH?
00:45:16.13\00:45:20.20
A SLEEP - "LEST YOU SORROW
AS OTHERS WHO HAVE NO HOPE."
00:45:20.20\00:45:25.83
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE HOPE.
THE RESURRECTION IS OUR HOPE.
00:45:25.83\00:45:29.73
PAUL SAID THAT IF, IN THIS LIFE
ONLY, WE EXPERIENCE LIVING, WE
00:45:29.73\00:45:34.53
ARE, ABOVE ALL
PEOPLE, MOST WRETCHED.
00:45:34.53\00:45:37.46
IF THERE IS NO
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
00:45:37.46\00:45:39.53
- YOU KNOW, I THINK C.S. LEWIS -
00:45:39.53\00:45:42.93
AND I'LL PROBABLY
MISQUOTE, BUT THE ESSENCE OF
00:45:42.93\00:45:45.40
WHAT HE SAID WAS "ONE OF THE
PROOFS FOR GOD IS THAT WE HAVE
00:45:45.40\00:45:50.03
BEEN MADE WITH THIS DESIRE THAT
IT IS UNNATURAL FOR US NOT TO
00:45:50.03\00:45:55.26
HAVE ETERNITY. WE ARE
WIRED BY GOD FOR ETERNITY.
00:45:55.26\00:46:00.70
EVEN OUR BRAINS IN OUR LIFETIMES
- IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IF
00:46:00.70\00:46:04.50
YOU BELIEVE EVOLUTION - THAT OUR
BRAINS ARE ABLE TO CONTAIN MANY
00:46:04.50\00:46:09.73
MORE YEARS OF INFORMATION
THAN WE ACTUALLY LIVE.
00:46:09.73\00:46:14.63
WHEN SOMEONE IS ABOUT 33 -
IT'S INTERESTING THAT AT 33 YOUR
00:46:14.63\00:46:21.03
BRAIN IS AT ITS PRIME - 25 YOUR
BRAIN FINALLY STOPS GROWING -
00:46:21.03\00:46:24.53
33 YOU'RE AT YOUR PRIME. BY
THE WAY, WHICH IS WHEN JESUS
00:46:24.53\00:46:27.10
LAID DOWN HIS LIFE
- IN HIS PRIME, RIGHT?
00:46:27.10\00:46:30.76
THAT YOUR MIND - YOU HAVEN'T
REALLY - YOU'RE NOT LOSING
00:46:30.76\00:46:33.23
MEMORY YET - THAT IF YOU HAVE
TRAINED YOUR MIND WELL, YOU ARE
00:46:33.23\00:46:37.40
ABLE TO CONTAIN
LIBRARIES FULL OF INFORMATION.
00:46:37.40\00:46:43.56
MOST OF OUR BRAINS REMAIN
UNUSED IN OUR BRIEF LIVES.
00:46:43.56\00:46:48.03
DID YOU KNOW THAT? A
BABY, IF HE HAS A CERTAIN KIND
00:46:48.03\00:46:52.36
OF BRAIN SICKNESS - I THINK
IT'S CALLED A HEMISPHERECTOMY -
00:46:52.36\00:46:57.20
WE'VE GOT A FEW DOCTORS
HERE - DR. BAKER, IS THAT RIGHT?
00:46:57.20\00:46:59.96
WHEN THEY TAKE OUT ONE OF THE
HEMISPHERES OF A BABY - A WHOLE
00:46:59.96\00:47:03.83
HALF A BRAIN - THAT BABY THEN,
THE OTHER SIDE CAN COMPENSATE
00:47:03.83\00:47:07.83
AND THEY CAN LIVE A PERFECTLY
NORMAL LIFE WITH A PERFECTLY
00:47:07.83\00:47:10.13
AVERAGE IQ USING HALF THE BRAIN.
IT'S PHENOMENAL. I DON'T KNOW
00:47:10.13\00:47:17.60
WHAT GOT ME ON THAT. OH,
WE'RE WIRED TO LIVE FOREVER.
00:47:17.60\00:47:21.30
WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT NORMAL
TO DIE AND WE WANT TO LIVE.
00:47:21.30\00:47:25.80
WE STRIVE TO LIVE AND GOD,
HE WANTS US TO LIVE FOREVER.
00:47:25.80\00:47:30.83
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND
READ FOR US JOHN 5:21.
00:47:30.83\00:47:35.76
>>JOHN 5:21, "FOR AS THE FATHER
RAISES THE DEAD AND GIVES LIFE
00:47:35.76\00:47:41.56
TO THEM, EVEN SO THE SON
GIVE LIFE TO WHOM HE WILL."
00:47:41.56\00:47:47.33
>>THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
JESUS CAN GIVE ETERNAL LIFE.
00:47:47.33\00:47:51.63
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LIFE
IN THIS WORLD, HE'S OBVIOUSLY
00:47:51.63\00:47:53.63
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING BEYOND
THIS WORLD. JOB 19:25 - I LIKE
00:47:53.63\00:47:58.53
THAT WE - JOB, YOU'RE REALLY
GOING BACK TO THE FOUNDATION.
00:47:58.53\00:48:02.00
"FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER
LIVES, AND HE SHALL STAND AT
00:48:02.00\00:48:06.33
LAST ON THE EARTH; AND AFTER MY
SKIN IS DESTROYED, THIS I KNOW,
00:48:06.33\00:48:12.76
THAT IN MY FLESH" - MEANING
IN NEW FLESH - "I SHALL SEE GOD,
00:48:12.76\00:48:16.23
WHOM I SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF, AND
MY EYES SHALL BEHOLD, AND NOT
00:48:16.23\00:48:19.40
ANOTHER. HOW MY
HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME!"
00:48:19.40\00:48:21.86
THIS IS THE
MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE.
00:48:21.86\00:48:23.60
WE WILL SEE HIM FACE TO
FACE. THOUGH THESE BODIES ARE
00:48:23.60\00:48:26.03
DESTROYED, GOD WILL RESURRECT
US WITH A GLORIFIED BODY,
00:48:26.03\00:48:28.66
BUT A REAL BODY.
WHAT KIND OF BODY DID
00:48:28.66\00:48:31.10
JESUS HAVE WHEN HE ROSE?
THE DISCIPLES WERE SCARED.
00:48:31.10\00:48:35.20
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A GHOST WHEN
THEY MET HIM IN THE UPPER ROOM
00:48:35.20\00:48:37.23
AND HE SAID, 'A SPIRIT DOES NOT
HAVE FLESH AND BONE AS YOU SEE
00:48:37.23\00:48:41.30
THAT I HAVE.' AND HE SAID,
'I'M HUNGRY. YOU HAVE ANYTHING
00:48:41.30\00:48:44.10
TO EAT?' AND EVEN
PETER SAYS, 'WE ATE WITH HIM.
00:48:44.10\00:48:48.56
WE KNOW THAT HE WAS REAL
WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
00:48:48.56\00:48:51.86
AND SO JOB SAID, "IN
MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD."
00:48:51.86\00:48:55.33
THE KIND OF GLORIFIED BODY THAT
WAS MEANT TO LIVE FOREVER, LIKE
00:48:55.33\00:48:57.80
ADAM AND EVE HAD. NOW
WHAT HAPPENS IS WE ALL ARE
00:48:57.80\00:49:04.00
GIVEN THIS BREATH
OF LIFE AT CREATION.
00:49:04.00\00:49:06.96
GENESIS 2:7, "AND THE LORD GOD
FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE
00:49:06.96\00:49:10.43
GROUND," - ELEMENTS OF THE
EARTH - "AND BREATHED INTO HIS
00:49:10.43\00:49:12.76
NOSTRIL THE BREATH OF LIFE;" -
THAT'S CALLED INSPIRATION - "AND
00:49:12.76\00:49:19.06
MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING."
DEATH IS CREATION IN REVERSE.
00:49:19.06\00:49:25.86
IT SAYS IN ECCLESIASTES 12,
VERSE 7, "THEN THE DUST WILL
00:49:25.86\00:49:29.63
RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS,
AND THE SPIRIT WILL RETURN TO
00:49:29.63\00:49:33.26
GOD WHO GAVE IT."
00:49:33.26\00:49:34.56
NOW MANY PEOPLE TAKE THAT VERSE
'THE SPIRIT RETURNS TO GOD WHO
00:49:34.56\00:49:37.03
GAVE IT' AND THEY THINK THE WORD
'SPIRIT' MEANS THE LITTLE GHOST
00:49:37.03\00:49:40.36
OF YOUR SOUL - THE ESSENCE OF
WHO YOU ARE - A CONSCIOUS BEING
00:49:40.36\00:49:42.76
SOMEHOW FLUTTERS OUT OF YOUR
DUST AND GOES OFF TO BE WITH
00:49:42.76\00:49:45.90
GOD. THE WORD THERE IS THE WORD
'BREATH.' IT SAYS, 'THE DUST
00:49:45.90\00:49:50.93
RETURNS TO THE EARTH AND THE
BREATH OF LIFE RETURNS TO GOD
00:49:50.93\00:49:54.56
WHO GAVE IT.' MATTER OF FACT,
EVEN JOB SAYS - SAME EXACT WORD
00:49:54.56\00:49:57.73
- RUACH - IN HEBREW -
'THE BREATH OF GOD IS IN MY
00:49:57.73\00:50:00.83
NOSTRILS.' IF YOU THINK THAT
MEANS A SOUL OR A GHOST - WELL,
00:50:00.83\00:50:04.76
DO YOU HAVE A SOUL
OR SPIRIT IN YOUR NOSE?
00:50:04.76\00:50:07.86
I MEAN THAT DOESN'T - IT'S
TALKING ABOUT THE BREATH OF GOD
00:50:07.86\00:50:09.43
THAT GOES IN YOUR NOSE. SO
PEOPLE HAVE SAID, 'OH, SEE,
00:50:09.43\00:50:11.43
THE SPIRIT RETURNS TO GOD AS
SOON AS A PERSON DIES.' IT'S NOT
00:50:11.43\00:50:14.93
TALKING ABOUT A
CONSCIOUS SPIRIT.
00:50:14.93\00:50:16.03
IT MEANS THE BREATH OF
LIFE GOES BACK TO GOD, RIGHT?
00:50:16.03\00:50:20.23
AND THEN, LET'S LOOK HERE
IN LUKE 8 WHEN JESUS WENT AND
00:50:20.23\00:50:26.43
RAISED THAT LITTLE GIRL,
TABITHA, ALL WEPT AND MOURNED.
00:50:26.43\00:50:30.73
LUKE 8:52 - THIS IS IN YOUR
LESSON - AND HE SAID, "DO NOT
00:50:30.73\00:50:35.80
WEEP; SHE IS NOT
DEAD, BUT SLEEPING."
00:50:35.80\00:50:38.53
HOW DID JESUS
REFER TO DEATH? SLEEP.
00:50:38.53\00:50:43.03
AND THEN HE TOOK HER BY THE
HAND AND SHE AROSE AND "THEN HER
00:50:43.03\00:50:46.86
SPIRIT RETURNED, AND
SHE AROSE IMMEDIATELY.
00:50:46.86\00:50:49.90
AND HE COMMANDED THAT SHE
BE GIVEN SOMETHING TO EAT."
00:50:49.90\00:50:52.50
ALRIGHT, TALK ABOUT THE
RESURRECTION AND THE JUDGMENT.
00:50:52.50\00:50:54.83
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
ALONG. SOMEONE LOOK UP
00:50:54.83\00:50:56.63
ECCLESIASTES
12:13 AND 14. OVER HERE.
00:50:56.63\00:51:00.66
WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
HOLD YOUR HAND UP SO WHOEVER HAS
00:51:00.66\00:51:03.36
THE MIC CAN PASS IT TO
YOU. OKAY, DANIEL 12, VERSE 2.
00:51:03.36\00:51:07.76
NOW I LIKE THIS VERSE BECAUSE IT
COVERS SEVERAL THINGS - TALKING
00:51:07.76\00:51:11.13
ABOUT, 'AND THEN MICHAEL WILL
STAND UP, THE GREAT PRINCE THAT
00:51:11.13\00:51:13.93
STANDS FOR THE
CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE.
00:51:13.93\00:51:16.30
THERE WILL BE A TIME OF TROUBLE
SUCH AS THERE NEVER HAS BEEN
00:51:16.30\00:51:18.83
SINCE THERE WAS A NATION EVEN
UNTO THE SAME TIME' AND IT SAYS
00:51:18.83\00:51:22.50
IN VERSE 2, "AND MANY OF THOSE
WHO SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE
00:51:22.50\00:51:25.20
EARTH SHALL
AWAKE." WHEN DO THEY AWAKE?
00:51:25.20\00:51:28.53
WHEN MICHAEL STANDS UP - AT
THE CULMINATION OF THIS TIME OF
00:51:28.53\00:51:31.96
TROUBLE, RIGHT? SOME
TO EVERLASTING LIFE AND
00:51:31.96\00:51:35.23
SOME TO SHAME AND
EVERLASTING CONTEMPT.
00:51:35.23\00:51:38.36
THERE ARE TWO RESURRECTIONS AND
THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY A JUDGMENT.
00:51:38.36\00:51:42.93
ACTS 24:15, "I HAVE HOPE IN
GOD, WHICH THEY THEMSELVES ALSO
00:51:42.93\00:51:49.46
ACCEPT," - THIS IS PAUL SPEAKING
IN HIS DEFENSE, TO FELIX - "THAT
00:51:49.46\00:51:52.93
THERE WILL BE A RESURRECTION
OF THE DEAD, BOTH OF THE JUST" -
00:51:52.93\00:51:56.33
FIRST RESURRECTION - "AND THE
UNJUST." - SECOND RESURRECTION.
00:51:56.33\00:51:59.33
YOU NOTICE ALSO IN DANIEL 2 -
'SOME TO EVERLASTING LIFE; SOME
00:51:59.33\00:52:02.50
TO SHAME AND EVERLASTING
CONTEMPT.' AND THEN YOU READ IN
00:52:02.50\00:52:05.43
JOHN 5:28, JESUS SAID, "DO NOT
MARVEL AT THIS; FOR THE HOUR IS
00:52:05.43\00:52:09.86
COMING IN WHICH ALL WHO ARE IN
THE GRAVES WILL HEAR HIS VOICE
00:52:09.86\00:52:12.00
AND COME FORTH - THOSE WHO HAVE
DONE GOOD, TO THE RESURRECTION
00:52:12.00\00:52:14.86
OF LIFE," - FIRST RESURRECTION
- "AND THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL,
00:52:14.86\00:52:17.20
TO THE RESURRECTION OF
CONDEMNATION." I REMEMBER
00:52:17.20\00:52:19.76
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS I
THOUGHT, 'TWO RESURRECTIONS?
00:52:19.76\00:52:21.96
I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONLY ONE.'
BUT THE BIBLE IS PRETTY CLEAR
00:52:21.96\00:52:24.23
THAT THESE BIBLE WRITERS -
I JUST GAVE YOU THREE OUT OF
00:52:24.23\00:52:26.66
SEVERAL EXAMPLES -
THEY SEPARATE THEM, OKAY?
00:52:26.66\00:52:30.86
GO AHEAD AND READ
FOR US THAT VERSE FROM
00:52:30.86\00:52:33.30
ECCLESIASTES
12:13 AND 14, PLEASE.
00:52:33.30\00:52:36.43
>>"LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF
THE WHOLE MATTER: FEAR GOD AND
00:52:36.43\00:52:39.73
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS,
FOR THIS IS MAN'S ALL.
00:52:39.73\00:52:44.06
FOR GOD WILL BRING EVERY WORK
INTO JUDGMENT, INCLUDING EVERY
00:52:44.06\00:52:48.13
SECRET THING,
WHETHER GOOD OR EVIL."
00:52:48.13\00:52:51.56
>>THAT'S THE SUMMARIZATION OF
THE WISEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED -
00:52:51.56\00:52:55.23
THAT WE SHOULD LIVE REVERENT
LIVES - THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.
00:52:55.23\00:52:57.33
FEAR GOD - A
LIFE OF REVERING GOD.
00:52:57.33\00:53:01.20
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE
THERE WILL BE A DAY OF RECKONING
00:53:01.20\00:53:05.00
FOR EVERYTHING. PAUL
SAID WE MUST ALL STAND
00:53:05.00\00:53:07.76
BEFORE THE
JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.
00:53:07.76\00:53:09.90
THERE IS A
JUDGMENT DAY THAT COMES.
00:53:09.90\00:53:12.16
PART OF THE JUDGMENT
HAPPENS BEFORE JESUS COMES.
00:53:12.16\00:53:17.43
JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN
AT THE HOUSE OF GOD.
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THIS IS THE JUDGMENT CALLED
THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT AND THAT
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STANDS TO REASON
- IT MAKES SENSE.
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IF THE LORD IS DISPENSING
REWARDS WHEN HE COMES, DOES IT
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MAKE SENSE TO YOU THAT THERE'S
BEEN SOME KIND OF JUDGMENT
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BEFORE HE COMES,
OTHERWISE HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO'S
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GOING UP AND WHO'S NOT, RIGHT?
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SO THERE'S A PRE-ADVENT
JUDGMENT, THERE'S ALSO A
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JUDGMENT THAT TAKES PLACE DURING
THE 1,000 YEARS AND THEN THERE
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IS THE GREAT WHITE THRONE
JUDGMENT AT THE END OF THE
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MILLENNIUM AND THAT'S WHERE
- THEN CHRIST IS ON HIS THRONE.
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SO - OH, THERE'S SO MUCH
I'M TRYING TO COVER HERE.
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LET ME SEE HERE, WHAT
DID JESUS SAY ABOUT HELL?
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I'VE GOT TO GET INTO THAT.
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JESUS USED TWO
WORDS TALKING ABOUT HELL.
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THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR - TWO ARE
OLD TESTAMENT AND ONE IS USED BY
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PETER - TARTARIS IS ONLY USED
ONCE IN THE BIBLE - IT MEANS A
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PLACE OF DARKNESS.
JESUS USED THE WORD GEHENNA,
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WHICH WAS BASED ON THE VALLEY
OF HINNOM OUTSIDE OF JERUSALEM.
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THEY HAD ONCE HAD PAGAN GODS
THERE AND THEY TURNED IT INTO A
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CITY DUMP AND IT WAS ALWAYS
SMOLDERING AND IT STUNK AND IT
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WAS FULL OF WORMS AND THAT'S
WHY JESUS SAID YOU'RE BETTER OFF
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GOING TO HEAVEN MISSING A
HAND, FOOT OR EYE THAN GOING TO
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GEHENNA, WHERE THE FIRE IS NOT
QUENCHED AND THE WORM DOES NOT
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DIE. HE'S TALKING
ABOUT THE VALLEY - THE DUMP.
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AND THE OTHER WORD
JESUS USED IS HADES.
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IN THE GREEK WORLD, EVERYBODY
KNEW ABOUT PLUTO, THE GOD OF
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HADES, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS PLACE OF TORMENT.
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AND THAT COMES IN PROMINENTLY
IN THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN
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AND LAZARUS. PEOPLE
OFTEN THINK, WHEN THEY'RE
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TRYING TO UNDERSTAND DEATH, THEY
TURN THAT PARABLE THAT YOU FIND
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IN LUKE 16, VERSE 19, ABOUT A
RICH MAN THAT FEASTS SUMPTUOUSLY
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EVERY DAY AND A POOR BEGGAR
NAMED LAZARUS - INTERESTING - IT
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TALKS ABOUT RAISING
A MAN NAMED LAZARUS.
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LAZARUS WAS A VERY
COMMON JEWISH NAME.
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IT COMES FROM THE WORD ELIEZER
- IT'S THE GREEK WAY OF SAYING
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ELIEZER. AND HERE
YOU'VE GOT THIS POOR
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BEGGAR - HE'S A
SYMBOL OF THE GENTILES.
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THE DOGS COME
AND LICK HIS SORES.
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THE RICH MAN SYMBOLIZES THE JEWS
- OR THE CHURCH, IN OUR DAY AND
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AGE. WE'VE GOT
THE TRUTH BUT WE JUST
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FEAST AND WE ARE CLOTHED IN
PURPLE AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW,
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ALL THE RICHES OF
TRUTH AND WE DON'T SHARE IT.
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AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S
THIS GREAT REVERSAL THAT TAKES
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PLACE. WE FIND
OUT THAT THE RICH MAN,
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AFTER HE DIES, HE IS NOW IN THE
GREEK PLACE OF TORMENT CALLED
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HADES AND LAZARUS, THE POOR MAN,
WHO IS BEING COMFORTED BY THE
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DOGS - THAT
REPRESENTED THE GENTILES.
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THE JEWS THOUGHT, 'WE'RE GOING
TO ABRAHAM'S BOSOM, BUT THE DOGS
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- THE GENTILES -
THEY'RE ALL CURSED BY GOD.'
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BUT, INSTEAD, LAZARUS
GOES TO ABRAHAM'S BOSOM.
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HE GOES TO THE
JEWISH PLACE OF REWARD.
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SO JESUS IS USING
GREAT IRONY IN THIS STORY.
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IT IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY
BECAUSE IT TELLS, IN THE
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PARABLE, ABOUT THEM
TALKING BACK AND FORTH.
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DO WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE
IN HEAVEN ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
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TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN HELL
AND THE PEOPLE IN HELL ARE GOING
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TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN?
WOULD A DROP OF WATER COOL THE
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PERSON'S TONGUE WHO
IS BURNING IN HADES?
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THIS GREEK PLACE OF TORMENT?
DO WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT ALL
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THOSE WHO DIE ARE
GOING TO ABRAHAM'S BOSOM?
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THINK ABOUT HOW BIG HIS BOSOM
WOULD HAVE TO BE IF EVERYBODY
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DIES - I MEAN, THE
SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE IS VERY CLEAR.
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THE MESSAGE OF THE PARABLE
OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS HAD
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NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STATE OF
THE DEAD, IT HAD TO DO WITH IF
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WE - THE PUNCH LINE - THE
PUNCH LINE OF THE PARABLE IS
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USUALLY WHAT THE MESSAGE IS.
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HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS - THE MORAL
OF THE STORY - I DON'T LIKE
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USING 'PUNCH LINE.' THE MORAL OF
THE STORY WAS THE LAST VERSE AND
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HE SAYS, 'IF WE DO NOT BELIEVE
MOSES AND THE PROPHETS THEN
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NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED
THOUGH ONE SHOULD RISE FROM THE
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DEAD.' IF THE JEWISH NATION
DID NOT BELIEVE THE WRITINGS OF
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MOSES AND THE PROPHETS - THAT
JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH, THEN THE
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RESURRECTION WOULD NOT CONVINCE
THEM. THE RESURRECTION OF
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LAZARUS DIDN'T CONVINCE THEM.
THEY WANTED TO CONDEMN LAZARUS.
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THE RESURRECTION OF
JESUS WOULD NOT CONVINCE THEM.
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THAT WAS THE MESSAGE
OF THE WHOLE PARABLE.
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IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
STATE OF THE DEAD SO DON'T TAKE
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THAT PART OF IT LITERALLY.
SO ANYWAY, WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME
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AND THERE'S
STILL SOME LESSON LEFT.
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I'LL HAVE MY
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