Hello, friends grab
your Bible into front and sit
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back as we explore
God's word together on this
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addition of House Calls.
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Welcome to the best place
to be at this very moment,
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if you won't so I
wouldn't be here. My name
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is John Lomacang, glad
to have you joined us for
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another House Calls
Program and to my right is
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John Stanton. I'm here
again. You know, I turned to
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my right and you're
there and we share something,
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we have both the same
name, John. That's right.
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But as you can see
sitting down and if you knew
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how tall he was you would
pray for me, he is 6' 9½".
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I'm just barely
scraping 6' 3" on a good day,
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but thank you for
tuning into our program that we
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believe a solid based on
the word of God and we have
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committed ourselves to
following in the footsteps
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of Jesus, but before we
even break open the word
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together we always like
to pray. So, John would you
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have pray for us?
Let's do that. Okay.
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To Gracious Father
it's wonderful here again on
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another date to open your
word; we pray that all those
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who have joined us today
on the program that you would
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touch their hearts in
their lives. There are many
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questions in, many
people looking for answers today
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and we maybe use this
program to providing answers
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to those questions to
their burning hearts desire to
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draw closer to Jesus to
know his ways and to know
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your truth Lord, especially
in these days in which we
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live or may we be a vessel
or can't do it to make that
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happen today in
Jesus name, amen. Amen.
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Well, friends as you
know, this part of the program
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is different from the
second part of the program
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and this is where you
come in. And many of you listen
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to the program and if
you are first time viewer or
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listener, this is where
you will get the chance to
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participate with your Bible
questions. And so before we
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go to the questions
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if you have any questions
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And that is the place
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questions and we have
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and but we also try to
find those questions that
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are really to the point,
so try not to make a pages
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in length . Some people
like to preach to us and we
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appreciate your
enthusiasm, but the shorter the
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question, the more
likely it is to get answered.
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So, John what's the
question we have for today?
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Well, it's a good question
from John, he is writing and
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it's about, it's about
fire in hell that will never be
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quenched. And he
quotes from Isaiah 22 to 24.
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Okay, let's go there. And
so I'm gonna read that first
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for us, Isaiah actually
Isaiah 66, chapter 66 verses
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22 to 24. Okay. It says,
"For as the new heavens and the
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new earth which I will
make shall remain before me,"
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says the LORD, "so shall
your descendants and your
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name and remain. And it
shall come to past that from
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one New Moon to
another and from one Sabbath to
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another, all flesh will
come to worship before me,"
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says the LORD. "And they
shall go forth and look upon
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the corpses of the man
who have transgressed against
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me. For their worm does
not die, and their fire is not
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quenched; they shall be in
an abhorrence to all flesh."
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The question here is this
two groups clearly that are
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being described. One is
described as being in heaven
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with God to have them
and their descendents remain
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forever and safety to
dwell with God, to worship him
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from New Moon to another
and from one to another from
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one Sabbath to another
and then there is a other
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group, of corpses that are
laying on the ground and it
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says, their worm does not
die, and also their fire is
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not quenched. And there
is actually two things being
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described here the
corpses and the worms that eat,
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right, and then there is
the fire that catches fire
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and is not quenched.
Now, the companion there is a
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verse in the New
Testament that Jesus uses,
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actually it's quoted by
Mark in Jesus words and he takes
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from the same passage.
Alright, Mark. So, I'm going
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to read from Mark chapter 9
and then let's see verse 43.
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Okay, we are there, 43
to 45 it says, "If your hand
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causes you to sin, cut it
off. It is better for you to
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enter into life
maimed rather than having two
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hands to go to hell into
the fire that shall never be
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quenched, "where their
worm does not die, and the
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fire is not quenched. And
if your foot causes you to sin,
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cut it off. It is better
for you to enter life lame then
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rather than having two
feet to be cast into hell,
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into the fire that
shall never be quenched."
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And then he goes on there
and describes this in terms
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of, the eye. Yeah, the
eye that and plunking that out
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and so forth and look at
49. "For everyone will be
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seasoned with fire,
and every sacrifice will be
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seasoned with salt."
So, let's take a look at now
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because clearly we have
couple of things going on,
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first of all this thing
of the death and the corpses
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lying around me by
worms. And there is this picture
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of hell fire that
catches fire that cannot be
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quenched. So, we
need to add kind of some
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clarification to this is
to word its really describing
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there are other scriptures
in the Bible that describe
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these things. I'm gonna
go first of all to Revelation
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19. Okay, let's to go to
Revelation 19. Revelation 19
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and we will begin 17.
Now, if you read the first part
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of Revelation 19, it talks
about the things leading up
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to the victory that
servants of God and the
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great multitude have
over the beast over its Mark,
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and how they are called
to The Marriage Supper Of The
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Lamb verses 7 to 10, and
the second coming of Christ
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ends all things
verses 11 to 16 and now 17.
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Read what happens
to this other group.
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Because remember words
seen described in Isaiah 66,
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two groups. Okay, let's
go for it, group of heaven,
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and group on the
earth. Now, look at this 17.
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"Then I saw an
angel standing in the sun,
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and cried, and he
cried out with a loud voice,
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saying to all the birds
that fly in midst of heaven,
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"Coming! Gather together
for the supper of the great
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God that you may eat the
flesh of kings, the flesh of
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captain, the flesh of
mighty men, the flesh of horses
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and are those who sit on
them and the flesh of all
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people free and free
and slave, both small and
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great." And it talks about
then the kings of the earth
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and their armies are gather
together there to make war
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and what happens to them,
but, but notice here as you
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go little further, verse
20. "The beast was captured
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with him the false prophet
who worked the signs in his
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presence, by which he
deceived those who had
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received the mark of
the beast and those who
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worshiped his image."
Excuse me. "These two were
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cast alive into the
lake of fire burning with
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brimstone." So, two
things here also described we
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have the corpses, the
flesh of captains mighty men,
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horses, all these things
that are strewing around the
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ground and then we have
it's then this group thrown
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also into the lake of
fire, that's right, so two
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different things
then one on the ground,
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birds having their feast
and then the lake of fire.
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Revelation 20, which will
get into today in our topic,
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talks also about the lake
of fire that is kindle with
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the end of time. So,
that's what's being described in
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Isaiah 66. Now, the
question is from John,
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he says, does this
mean they will burn in hell
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forever. The actually there
is, they doesn't talk about
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them burning in hell
forever, it talks about the
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fire that cannot be
quenched. In other words,
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it can't be put out. So,
when this lake of fire is
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kindled to burn these
corpses and the dead man
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in the second death,
that fire cannot be put out,
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there is nothing, there
is no one, nothing will stop
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it, it will consume those
who perish, who have died,
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he will consume their
bodies. And as Malachi says,
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they will be as ashes
under our feet Obadiah says,
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they will be as though
they had never been, okay,
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it will consume them, but
when the fire does it's work
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then it will go up, to
won't be quenched, but when
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the few was gone it will
go out. Okay, and one other
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ways I would like to
emphasize that in you touch
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on the chapter Malachi,
chapter 4 which I want to
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read because the lot of
times people know that the
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process. There is a
difference between the
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process and the
result. The process is in
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unstoppable process that's
what John is talking about
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and the Bible makes
that clear, it cannot be
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quenched. In the very
same way that you come to an
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alarm fire that's out of
control or they called it
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out of control,
whether its 10 alarm, 12 alarm,
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they try all they can.
So, what they do is they just
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let the fire burn itself
out by putting break lines as
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in a forest fire. In the
same way the fire that God
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candles in not quenchable.
You cannot put it out and
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the reason why you will
find phrases like whether worm
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does not die, is because
the garbage heaps like today in
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some of the rural
communities, they went and
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dumb their garbage
there and a couple of things
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happened. One there was a
fire continuing to burn that
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refuse that could be
burned, but in the refuse that
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couldn't be burned,
worms will be making mulch out
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of that. And the worms
continue to eat whatever
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was there, whether
it was, in theirs sense,
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they talking about human
flesh. Whatever is there,
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the worms will be continuing
to eat it. That's why today
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John, this is something
that has been done to help the
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land fields, they have
put all the consumable trash
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that could be eaten by
worms that could be turn it
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to natural mulch, they
allow that to be dumb into
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the land fields, the things
like bottles, and plastics
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that cannot be naturally
assimilated back into the
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earth. Somebody
finally figured it out that,
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but that's not what
should be turned into a garbage
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heap. In the very same
way all human flesh will be
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consumed that's why the
Bible makes it even clear
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and this is something
that most people never even
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ask the question about.
Well, if you look back to
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the, if you look back
to the one that causes the
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sin, you must ask the
question will Satan be
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around forever and
every question on the planet
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will say, no and we are
glad, right. Absolutely not,
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saying will be around
forever, he will not exist
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forever, God is gonna
destroy him, but then they
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flip over the coin and
say, while God is going to
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destroy the reason for
the sin, God is gonna punish
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the victims of sin
forever and ever and ever.
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So, Satan who has been
around for thousands of
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years is gonna be
destroyed, but a man who live
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30, 40, 50 even 90
years is gonna be torment
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forever and ever and
ever and ever and ever without
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end. Yeah, and. That
is the make any sense.
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What you are talking
about? It is link about Ezekiel.
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Well, yeah Ezekiel 28,
about Satan was gonna having
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in. Speaking him
Satan himself verse 18,
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"You need to follows your
sanctuaries by the multitude
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of your iniquities, by
the iniquity you are trading,
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therefore I have
brought fire form your midst,
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it devoured you and
turned you to ashes upon
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the earth in the
side of all who saw you,
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all who knew you among
the people were astonished
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that you, you will become
a hoar and shall be no more
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forever." Okay, Ezekiel 28
what? Eighteen and nineteen!
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Okay, there you go. So,
the Bible makes a very clear,
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and what's gonna
happen, if Satan, Satan will be
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no more forever. So,
how could Satan be no more
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forever? How could
Satan be consumed from within
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by fire, turned to ashes
in the side of all those who
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see him, he will be
no more even a abhorrence
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and he will not
exist anymore forever,
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how could that happen
to Satan to cause of it.
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Yet, his subjects will be
tormented forever and ever
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and ever that doesn't
match the character of a,
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that doesn't match the
character of a loving God.
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He believes in
destroying them and that's why
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the Bible says, the
end result Malachi 4,
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for behold the day is
coming, Malachi chapter 4
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that's the book
right before Mathew.
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I will read it for you.
"For behold, the day is coming,
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burning like an oven;
Isaiah said that, and all the
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proud all who do
wickedly shall be stubble,
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the day which is
coming shall burn them up."
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Go to Psalm 37, verse
9 and 10 and let's you
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have a different passage.
"The day that coming shall
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burned them up,
says the LORD of host,
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that will leave them
neither root nor branch."
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Notice why not root nor
branch because Jesus says,
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I'm the vine you are the
branch, Satan is the root,
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we are the branch,
Satan is the root of sin,
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those who follow him
or the branch of sin God
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is gonna giver the
root, Satan and the branch,
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a tree does not have
branch as if you burned it
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from the roots up.
Right! Okay, let me finish
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the verse here. And it
says verse 3 of Malachi 4.
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You shall trample the
wicked; for they shall be
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ashes unto the soles of
your feet on the day that
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I do these things,"
says the LORD of host."
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Those denominations had
determined to burned your
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forever and ever and
ever and ever and ever or
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slamming the character
of God making him the worst
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tyrant, worse in
Satan and Hitler himself.
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There is gonna
accommodate when they will be no
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more sin and no more
sinners that's the only
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thing that will make
the new heavens and the new
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earth new. Now,
read Psalm 37 verse 10,
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verse 9 and 10. Verse
37:9, "For evil do or shall
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be cut off, but those
who wait on the LORD they
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shall inherit the
earth. For it a little while,
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and the wicked shall be
no more; indeed you will
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look carefully for his
place, but it shall be no more."
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Okay, so what's
gonna happen to the wicked,
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he will be no more
even his house, no more,
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even his deeds no more.
So, the Bible makes it very
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clear and thank you so
much John. We could go more
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and more onto the
passages that talk about how
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man will eventually be
burned up. The Bible also
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says, I think Psalm 104,
verse 35. "Into smoke shall
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they consume away."
Well, of course there is
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gonna be smoke
ascending up forever and ever
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and ever as long as
there is something to burn.
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And friends when we
talk about the world being on
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fire that's a long,
that's a huge fire is gonna have
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some duration of fire
ascending I mean John saw
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this picture, it look
like just never had an end.
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You know, it's also true
that that fire also purifies
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the earth from sin.
Okay. So, when this fire comes
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upon the world and it
consumes all in the world it
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is not just consuming them,
it's consuming all the works
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that had been done
throughout history in the
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world. So, the world
then becomes a, what do you
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call when you have
a new fresh you know,
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parchment, but canvas,
is a fresh canvas to begin
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pain on, that's what God
will have, so he can recreate
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the earth and make a new
earth for both all of us to
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dwell on and along with
him forever and ever, so.
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And John now you are a
Californian and I don't know
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if you have notice
the Sacramento Valley,
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but sometimes you are
driving least to live in
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California Tomb, we
drive up high we five or 99
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and the back way to the
airport and we would see
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this billowing
smoke, I mean black smoke.
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And that would always
remind us that the harvest
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is passed. Get the, get
the application that the
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harvest has done that
now what's being consumed are
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the, are the tear and
the chaff. After the farmers
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have cleared all the fields
and all this chaff and tares
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are left, what they do
as they set it on fire and
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burns itself and it looks
like. Sometimes if you are
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driving on the highway,
you drive with this black
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smoke and you come out
the other side I mean it is
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not terribly dangerous
for the traffic because it's
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once in a while, but you
drive to this big all cloud
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of smoke and come out
the other side. And you
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think from the distance
as you see this that this
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smoke will never go out.
Well, that's the same way
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that it looks in the Bible,
but just imagine the world
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being on fire, it's gonna
be quite a deluge, quite a
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Billow of Smoke, but
Psalms 104,verse the verse
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35 says as this way.
"May sinners be consumed from
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the earth and let
the wicked be no more."
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That's what the Bible
says, you consider that all
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the New Testament,
sinnners will be consumed
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from the earth and it
will be no more because Satan
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himself is gonna be
destroyed from existence.
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A short quick question,
the person just high I have
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been a Seventh-day
Adventist, since I was a
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child and understand
many of the teachings of
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prophecy. However, there
are something that puzzle
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me first I understand the
2300 day starts in 457 BC,
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but Daniel 9, verse 25
says, "From the time to rebuild
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Jerusalem are these
not two different things
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rebuilding and
governing." In other words,
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what they said, they
believe that the 2300 day start
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in 457 BC, when Ezra
began to govern, but Daniel
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9:25 says, "From the
time to rebuild Jerusalem."
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You missed the
portion of the scripture,
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here is the Daniel 9,
verse 25 says, this is the exact
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time of the beginning
of, of the 1200 or the 2300
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a prophecy. Daniel says
in 9:25, "Know therefore,
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and understand, that,
from the going forth of the
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command." That's the
beginning, not the time that
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as restarts to rain
and govern because Ezra was
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send, if you read
the Ezra, he was sent,
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Nehemiah was sent, they
were all sent to rebuild
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the city and to finish
the job, where Nehemiah was
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sent. It's from the time
the decree starts that's the
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2300 days. Yeah,. is
in its inception stage.
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So, remember that
part, not from the time to
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rebuild, but from the
time to command to goes out.
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Okay, I want to be on
them. Yeah, let me give a
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quick verse to that, Ezra
6:14. Okay, read that verse.
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It says, "So the
elders of the Jews build.
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Now, that here is
the building. And they
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prospered to the
prophesying of Haggai the
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prophet and
Zechariah, son of Iddo.
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And they built and
finished it according to the
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commandment of
the God of Israel."
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There you go and according
to the command of Cyrus,
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Darius and Artaxerxes,
kings of Persia. Okay.
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So, all three, which
means the last one has got to
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include the last one is
provides that last one to
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finish the walls from the
rebuilding of Jerusalem is
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Artaxerxes. Right. And
it has been prove in the
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Artaxerxes
commandments in 457 BC.
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Right and he is the
one, see one Darius was the
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temple, Cyrus was the
walls, and Artaxerxes is the
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entire thing including
the establishment of it's
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government. He sent
the Jews back to actually
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inhabit. Dividing all
their wealth of he needed.
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Yes, we have another
questions that pretty
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interesting today John.
Yeah, I do and it poured
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up here. This one
is from Chamuel. Okay.
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And subject
Revelation 9 help. Revelation 9
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help, could you
please explain Revelation 9
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including your explanation;
who it is in verse 11,
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the angel of the
Abyss, Abaddon, Apollyon.
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Okay. You know, I
think what will do maybe is
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focused on defining
more specifically verse 11.
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We don't have a lot of
time to go into the whole
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passages what I'm
saying; right the verse,
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but we will cover
pieces of it. Okay.
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And end with that.
Okay, okay sure you want to
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go and start that?
Yeah, let me get to Revelation
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9 here. You are not in
Revelation, you are not in
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Revelation. No, I'm
not there yet. Turned your
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Revelation chapter 9,
we are gonna look at some
00:20:12.76\00:20:14.61
pieces of it to help us
he, who that king that angel
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is? Let's talk about in
verse 11. "Then the fifth
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angel sounded, and I saw
a star fallen from heaven
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to the earth."
This is verse 1 now. "
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To him was given the
key of the bottomless pit,
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and he opened the
bottomless pit, and smoke arouse
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out of the pit, like the
smoke of a great furnace;
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so the sun and the
air were darkened because
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of the smoke of the
pit. Then out of the smoke
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locusts came upon the
earth and to them was given
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power, as the scorpions
of the earth have power.
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They were commanded
not to harm that grass of
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the earth, or any
green thing, or any tree,
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but only those men who
do not have the seal of
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God on their
foreheads." That's right.
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And then he goes onto
describe how they were
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given authority, not to
kill them, but a torment
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them for five months."
And it talks, we describes
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them a little bit as
far as these locusts,
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they shouldn't look like
horses in verse 7 and like
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they had hair like
woman's here and they had wings,
00:21:18.87\00:21:21.56
sound of chariots, when
they run, verse 9 and then
00:21:21.68\00:21:24.65
look at verse 11. "And
they had as king over them
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the angel of the bottomless
pit, whose name in Hebrew
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is Abaddon, but in Greek
he has the name Apollyon."
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One woe is past; behold,
two woes are coming after
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these things." So,
this is the first woe,
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the sixth are the
fifth trumpet of Revelation.
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Now, we have got to
start by defining first of all
00:21:47.77\00:21:50.75
verse 1 and that is this
fifth angel that sounds and
00:21:52.19\00:21:56.92
then what it seen as a
star that, the head fallen from
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heaven to earth, passed
chance it has fallen from
00:22:01.05\00:22:03.94
heaven to earth t o him
was given the key to the
00:22:04.02\00:22:06.34
bottomless pit. Now,
John let's just open this for
00:22:06.41\00:22:10.30
dialogue, I know that. Okay.
And I will both like to wait
00:22:10.49\00:22:12.92
on this, but I want to
say just as, we open this up
00:22:13.03\00:22:16.60
is that there has been a
lot of study and discussion
00:22:16.79\00:22:18.70
on this passage
over the last you know,
00:22:18.78\00:22:21.72
recent years and what we
are finding is that several
00:22:21.93\00:22:24.73
individuals, in fact
leaders in, high places, yeah,
00:22:25.39\00:22:30.25
and the study of
prophecy and other things have
00:22:30.29\00:22:33.05
come now to the
conclusion that this passage has
00:22:33.20\00:22:37.06
a fulfillment yet to be
in the future pertaining to
00:22:37.48\00:22:41.53
Satan and his work,
Satan and his host of
00:22:42.94\00:22:45.43
demons. When they
come to that conclusion
00:22:45.68\00:22:47.17
by some other things
that we are gonna share
00:22:48.51\00:22:49.65
here with you now and
we are talking about those
00:22:49.77\00:22:52.26
within Andrews at the
seminary there, we have got
00:22:52.40\00:22:55.87
BRI also that has
arrived to the same conclusion,
00:22:56.08\00:22:58.96
so this is the, the
think tank if you have heard
00:22:59.11\00:23:02.27
of Adventism has
is now arriving at an
00:23:02.76\00:23:05.28
understanding, a
better understanding of this
00:23:05.44\00:23:06.95
passage then maybe we
have understood it in the
00:23:07.18\00:23:10.44
past. So, I shared that
with you because we will
00:23:10.56\00:23:14.10
begin it to find
now from this passage,
00:23:14.18\00:23:16.17
what this angel or the
stars the angel because
00:23:17.03\00:23:21.21
a star represents an
angel, a star that had
00:23:21.30\00:23:24.21
fallen from heaven to
earth who has given the key
00:23:24.38\00:23:27.06
to the bottomless
pit, who that is? Okay.
00:23:27.23\00:23:29.84
So, anyway I already
looked at the kind of
00:23:31.26\00:23:32.62
background on one thing
that we are talking about
00:23:32.74\00:23:34.49
Satan and his host,
but let see how we arrive
00:23:34.54\00:23:37.42
with that
conclusion because you know,
00:23:37.47\00:23:39.30
when you read about a
star and some of the other
00:23:39.47\00:23:41.66
symbols there is
a clear instruction,
00:23:41.85\00:23:43.51
clear definition in the
Bibles to what those stars
00:23:43.75\00:23:46.32
are referred to, as being
angels. As a matter of fact,
00:23:47.29\00:23:52.06
you can find that
reference, do you have
00:23:52.19\00:23:53.16
that reference?
Sure, not a problem at all.
00:23:53.17\00:23:54.73
Okay, but first what I
want to point out because
00:23:54.94\00:23:57.25
the character here
is Satan that who is,
00:23:57.54\00:23:59.85
let me just show
you how we come to that
00:24:00.04\00:24:01.34
conclusion, the
character talk about here Satan,
00:24:01.51\00:24:03.55
first of all let's go
to Isaiah 14 verse 12,
00:24:03.84\00:24:05.92
I want to show you
the components, how you
00:24:06.02\00:24:07.98
come to that
conclusion and one of the most
00:24:08.06\00:24:10.17
important things that
we have to do is we have to
00:24:10.29\00:24:12.46
make sure that the
Bible is it's own interpreter,
00:24:12.57\00:24:15.26
when you have the
Bible as it's own interpreter
00:24:15.65\00:24:17.89
you don't fallen
under the trap of private
00:24:18.40\00:24:20.25
interpretation. As a
mater of fact Peter says,
00:24:20.28\00:24:22.86
I think it's in First
Peter he says, no prophecy of
00:24:23.23\00:24:27.45
scripture is of any
private interpretation.
00:24:27.59\00:24:30.28
First Peter chapter 1,
I think verse 19 and 20.
00:24:30.53\00:24:33.32
First Peter may,
Peter says no prophecy of
00:24:34.12\00:24:36.85
scripture is any private
interpretation, so now if
00:24:36.88\00:24:39.45
you in Isaiah 14,
are you there John? Yes.
00:24:39.54\00:24:42.13
Read verse 12 for us,
once again you will see,
00:24:42.43\00:24:44.49
you will see
almost the same language,
00:24:44.63\00:24:46.03
let me reader it.
Revelation 9, a star fallen from
00:24:46.14\00:24:49.54
heaven, no Isaiah
14. Isaiah 14, verse 12.
00:24:49.65\00:24:53.91
"How you are fallen
from heaven, O Lucifer,
00:24:54.13\00:24:57.13
son of the
morning." Okay, there you go,
00:24:57.24\00:24:59.75
by the way, so son of
the morning for what was
00:25:00.04\00:25:03.04
his name? Lucifer,
Lucifer, okay Lucifer means
00:25:03.13\00:25:07.24
morning star, a
star fallen from heaven,
00:25:07.43\00:25:13.45
Morning Star. So,
you can come to any other
00:25:14.09\00:25:17.13
conclusion when the
Bible speaks for itself,
00:25:17.16\00:25:19.14
but now let's go to
another passage in scripture.
00:25:19.72\00:25:21.58
Let's go to Luke 10
and verse 18, Morning star,
00:25:21.98\00:25:27.32
how you are fallen from
heaven? And so John says,
00:25:27.53\00:25:30.89
I saw a start fallen
from heaven to the earth and
00:25:31.13\00:25:33.92
then it gives a gender
then it gives a qualification to
00:25:33.95\00:25:37.17
him not to it, not refer to
his an object like the first
00:25:37.73\00:25:42.03
4 trumpets, but to
him was given a key to the
00:25:42.47\00:25:45.99
bottomless pit, okay.
So, when you see that clearly
00:25:46.12\00:25:49.11
there and the when you
go to the other definitions
00:25:49.24\00:25:51.81
we will look at
Luke chapter 10 verse 18,
00:25:52.62\00:25:54.69
you have that one
John? Yeah, I don't have yet,
00:25:54.84\00:25:57.17
I was looking some
down, okay, so, okay,
00:25:57.23\00:25:59.22
have to go there.
Okay, let me go ahead and go
00:25:59.49\00:26:00.46
there very quickly,
turn with us to Luke chapter
00:26:00.47\00:26:02.27
and verse 18. And Jesus
now registers in on this
00:26:02.48\00:26:05.62
very same, very same
description here. Luke 10
00:26:05.71\00:26:10.12
verse 18 and by the way
you see some of the very
00:26:10.33\00:26:12.39
same language talked
about here because under
00:26:12.57\00:26:15.29
this trumpet you see that
in verse 3 of Revelation 9
00:26:15.36\00:26:19.22
it says, "Unto them
was given power, as the
00:26:19.29\00:26:22.80
scorpions of the
earth have power." Look at
00:26:22.98\00:26:25.42
Revelation 10 and we
are gonna begin verse 18
00:26:25.50\00:26:28.68
down to verse, verse 17,
down to verse 20, it says,
00:26:28.86\00:26:33.87
"Then the seventy
returned with joy, saying, Lord,
00:26:34.23\00:26:37.30
even the demons are
subject to us in your name.
00:26:37.74\00:26:40.73
" Notice the introduction,
they said the demons.
00:26:41.27\00:26:43.77
Now, notice how Jesus
connects? In verse 18 and
00:26:44.02\00:26:47.22
he said to them "I saw
Satan fall like lightning from
00:26:47.25\00:26:52.30
heaven, fall from heaven
again." Not even you don't
00:26:52.62\00:26:57.26
even have to stretch
that is just so in your pocket
00:26:57.33\00:27:00.67
just like the pitcher was
pitching there will a pipe,
00:27:00.96\00:27:03.20
down the pipe strike,
right? That's right. That's the
00:27:03.52\00:27:06.02
three point started
the end of the game.
00:27:06.05\00:27:07.53
You don't even have to
come up with the imagination
00:27:07.99\00:27:09.22
Jesus says, Satan fall
from heaven. So, when you see
00:27:09.43\00:27:13.00
a star Lucifer, son of
the morning fell from heaven.
00:27:13.07\00:27:16.88
Well, let's continue to
go on because you will see
00:27:17.01\00:27:18.52
some of the language
here in verse 19 that you find
00:27:18.80\00:27:21.35
in Revelation 9. Here it
is, "Behold, I give you the
00:27:21.42\00:27:26.05
authority to trample
on serpents and scorpions,
00:27:26.09\00:27:28.78
and over all the power
of the enemy, and nothing
00:27:29.43\00:27:32.37
shall by any means
hurt you." Get this now,
00:27:32.49\00:27:35.29
if you go to
Revelation 9 now and verse 5,
00:27:35.64\00:27:37.98
it sees, it talks about
these angels which are Satan's
00:27:38.92\00:27:42.64
angels, and they were
not give an authority,
00:27:42.69\00:27:45.26
but now you to the
disciples in Luke 10 verse 19.
00:27:45.97\00:27:49.86
Jesus says, Behold, I
give you authority, right.
00:27:50.30\00:27:53.13
So, who has the
authority those who follow the
00:27:53.30\00:27:55.34
Lord, Satan doesn't
have the authority to kill
00:27:55.52\00:27:57.70
because, God has not
given the angels of Satan
00:27:58.06\00:28:00.09
that authority, but he
is given us the authority to
00:28:00.18\00:28:02.85
do what, to trample on
serpents and scorpions.
00:28:02.88\00:28:05.75
So, is it any coincidence
or is a providential that
00:28:06.01\00:28:10.42
when these locusts these
things that are apparently
00:28:10.48\00:28:14.94
described as locusts
are described here in
00:28:15.32\00:28:19.01
Revelation. It talks
about, they have the power as
00:28:19.20\00:28:22.96
scorpions of the
earth have power and Jesus
00:28:23.08\00:28:25.51
associated demons and
Satan with scorpions in
00:28:25.57\00:28:29.24
Luke chapter 10. Very
clear, but then there is one
00:28:29.27\00:28:32.47
more component that
shows you unequivocally
00:28:32.54\00:28:35.76
that this power is
described as, now we are gonna
00:28:36.21\00:28:40.18
go to verse 11 because
it says, " And they had a
00:28:40.27\00:28:43.97
king over them." So,
obviously the king is the
00:28:44.24\00:28:47.72
him talked about in
Revelation chapter 9
00:28:47.87\00:28:50.90
verses 1, Him and then
Revelation 9 verse 2 He,
00:28:51.00\00:28:54.78
and then Revelation
9 verse 4 They will be
00:28:55.38\00:29:00.08
commanded so
somebody is commanding.
00:29:00.11\00:29:02.02
So, in other words, they
are able to be commanded,
00:29:02.17\00:29:04.12
so there is a king who
is the commander that's
00:29:04.26\00:29:07.18
why it says, they are
the commanded, he is the king
00:29:07.21\00:29:09.95
that command earth,
alright very clear language.
00:29:10.01\00:29:12.93
Verse 11 and they had a
king over them the angel.
00:29:13.33\00:29:16.41
Okay, now let's get
the three components Star,
00:29:16.49\00:29:19.19
King, and Angel. Satan
was an angel which kind
00:29:19.75\00:29:24.20
was he? He was the
covering cherub an angel.
00:29:24.26\00:29:27.53
So, the Bible is
making a very, very clear
00:29:27.90\00:29:29.56
redundantly and
repetitiously that the king
00:29:29.99\00:29:32.32
here described is, is the
angel of the bottomless pit.
00:29:32.35\00:29:35.72
Another component
as I wind this up.
00:29:36.74\00:29:38.69
The bottomless pit is
first introduced in Revelation 9
00:29:38.98\00:29:41.92
in the Book of Revelation;
it's talked about twice
00:29:42.35\00:29:44.67
in verse 2 and in
verse 11 and when you follow
00:29:45.00\00:29:48.61
that pattern all of the
way through Revelation you will
00:29:48.65\00:29:50.62
discover that every
junction at every point was
00:29:50.81\00:29:54.03
talked about there
is satanic activity.
00:29:54.06\00:29:56.07
He comes out of the
bottomless pit; he is
00:29:56.73\00:29:58.27
released for short
season. As a matter of fact
00:29:58.35\00:30:01.22
Revelation 12 says,
Satan knows that he has,
00:30:01.31\00:30:03.50
but a short time and I
would suggest you that this
00:30:03.71\00:30:05.96
is describing his release.
So, all we close it up in
00:30:06.11\00:30:10.22
the last component of
Revelation 9 verse 11 that
00:30:10.25\00:30:13.36
king is Satan himself
and to get the reference to
00:30:13.43\00:30:15.79
that by the way he has
subjects what subjects does
00:30:15.88\00:30:19.61
he have?
Revelation 12 and verse 3,
00:30:19.66\00:30:22.63
And another sign
appeared in heaven: behold,
00:30:23.23\00:30:24.99
a great red dragon having
seven heads and ten horns,
00:30:25.02\00:30:28.47
and seven diadems on
his heads." Now, I want to
00:30:29.17\00:30:31.45
gets out, you are gonna
see this John this is gonna
00:30:31.53\00:30:34.04
pop out like a
Groundhog on Groundhog's Day.
00:30:34.18\00:30:39.87
You are gonna be
standing over the hole and see
00:30:40.45\00:30:41.98
this come together because
I just introduce something
00:30:42.15\00:30:44.16
else into the picture
here that you are gonna see
00:30:44.28\00:30:46.18
the Bible associates
together, I said bottomless
00:30:46.21\00:30:48.87
pit and then I later on
says, a great red dragon
00:30:48.99\00:30:52.34
having seven heads
and ten horns, right?
00:30:52.44\00:30:54.30
Notice and how do
you connected together?
00:30:54.61\00:30:56.54
I will do that in just a
moment, but let's see who
00:30:56.80\00:30:58.61
this dragon is with
seven heads and seven horns.
00:30:58.70\00:31:00.57
Verse 4 or Revelation
12, "His tail drew a third of
00:31:01.16\00:31:04.90
the stars of heaven and
through them to the earth.
00:31:04.93\00:31:07.20
And the dragon stood
before the woman who was
00:31:07.70\00:31:09.43
ready to give birth to
devour her child as soon as
00:31:09.61\00:31:11.60
he was born."
Well, who is this dragon?
00:31:11.70\00:31:13.48
Let's go down to verse
7, "Remember whoever this
00:31:13.70\00:31:16.90
great fiery red dragon,
he causes one-third of the
00:31:17.06\00:31:19.76
stars of heaven." What
are the stars of heaven that
00:31:19.87\00:31:22.78
were thrown onto the
earth? Angels. There is the
00:31:22.81\00:31:25.57
association between
stars and angles, okay.
00:31:25.68\00:31:28.72
Let's go now to verse
7, "Then a war broke out in
00:31:29.14\00:31:31.76
heaven. Michael and his
angels fought against the
00:31:31.83\00:31:34.47
dragon, and the dragon
and his angels association
00:31:34.50\00:31:37.90
again," stars in
verse 4 angels in verse 7,
00:31:38.00\00:31:42.69
but they did not prevail
Noah was a place found for
00:31:43.38\00:31:46.24
them in heaven any longer
way because they were cast
00:31:46.35\00:31:48.91
out of heaven,
alright. Now, verse 9, "So, the
00:31:48.94\00:31:52.38
great dragon was cast
down, that serpent of old,
00:31:52.53\00:31:54.35
called the Devil and
Satan who deceives the whole
00:31:54.44\00:31:56.15
world, he was cast to
the earth and his angels were
00:31:56.24\00:31:58.97
cast out with him,"
but let's end on this note.
00:31:59.07\00:32:01.64
We saw bottomless pit
then we saw beast with
00:32:02.64\00:32:04.78
seven heads and ten
horns or great Red Dragon,
00:32:05.05\00:32:07.55
does the Bible
associate them together at all?
00:32:07.92\00:32:10.86
Go with me to
Revelation chapter 17,
00:32:11.34\00:32:13.15
you'll see them associated
together one verse right
00:32:13.23\00:32:16.59
after the other. Okay,
here is where we are gonna
00:32:16.62\00:32:19.46
wind upon this
particular thought, alright?
00:32:19.56\00:32:21.79
Now, verse 7 or Revelation
17, "But the angel said
00:32:22.65\00:32:29.44
to me, why did you
marvel? I will tell you the
00:32:29.60\00:32:31.96
mystery of the women
and of the beast that
00:32:32.13\00:32:35.60
carries her, which
has what? Seven heads and
00:32:35.84\00:32:38.81
ten horns, if you
peak back in Revelation 12,
00:32:38.91\00:32:41.50
you see the dragon
seven heads and ten horns as
00:32:41.86\00:32:44.15
described as Satan and
verse 9 that dragon was
00:32:44.25\00:32:47.93
cast out that serpent
of old called the devil and
00:32:47.98\00:32:49.79
Satan that great fiery
dragon having seven heads
00:32:49.94\00:32:52.60
and ten horns is Satan.
Look at verse 7 at the end
00:32:52.82\00:32:56.69
of a Revelation 17
verse 7, "And good thing you
00:32:56.75\00:32:59.33
recording this, because
you have to rewind this,
00:32:59.36\00:33:01.18
alright to get it clearly."
And it says, I will tell you
00:33:01.81\00:33:06.91
the mystery the middle
of verse 7 of the women and
00:33:06.94\00:33:09.63
of the beast that
carries her, which has the seven
00:33:09.75\00:33:12.75
heads and the ten
horns. "The beast that you saw
00:33:12.87\00:33:16.36
was, and is not and we
will ascend out of what?"
00:33:16.68\00:33:21.63
The bottom, the
bottom, what beast? The beast
00:33:22.30\00:33:24.28
with seven heads and
the ten horns ascends out
00:33:24.35\00:33:26.29
of the bottomless pit
and what's his and, and we
00:33:26.32\00:33:29.94
will go into predation
and we will go to predation
00:33:29.97\00:33:33.99
and those who dwell
on the earth were marvel
00:33:34.57\00:33:36.43
whose names are not
written in the Book of Life
00:33:36.70\00:33:39.31
from the foundation of
the world when they see
00:33:39.52\00:33:42.53
the beast that was,
and is not and yet is.
00:33:42.66\00:33:47.16
That Satan, Satan is
was, is not and yet is,
00:33:47.41\00:33:51.71
Jesus is was and is
and is to come, that's the
00:33:52.08\00:33:55.76
comparison there. And
so that's kind of a huge
00:33:55.91\00:33:58.74
nutshell, but you
clearly see that the angel in
00:33:58.79\00:34:01.69
Revelation that king that
they are talking about and
00:34:01.86\00:34:04.46
the last component
Abaddon and Apollyon
00:34:04.50\00:34:07.20
those are the Hebrew
and Greek names for the
00:34:07.46\00:34:09.70
destroying angel and
the angel of destruction and
00:34:10.13\00:34:13.19
when you follow Hebrew
literature those are the
00:34:13.22\00:34:16.15
names of Satan when
you follow Greek literature
00:34:16.34\00:34:18.64
those are the names
are describing Satan.
00:34:18.84\00:34:20.88
Unequivocally that
angel that's talked about in
00:34:21.30\00:34:23.61
Revelation 9 and 11
that king is Satan himself.
00:34:23.66\00:34:26.51
There we had it. Alright,
alright. Our topic for today
00:34:26.85\00:34:30.30
is the continuation
and by the way, if we have
00:34:30.33\00:34:32.21
open the door and
questions have come to
00:34:32.39\00:34:34.39
the forefront,
send those questions to
00:34:34.44\00:34:36.39
housecalls@3abn.org that's
00:34:36.62\00:34:38.74
housecalls@3abn.org.
And we will try
00:34:38.88\00:34:42.18
our best to continue
answering them by the Bible
00:34:42.21\00:34:44.41
and John did you
notice something very unusual?
00:34:44.75\00:34:46.77
When I say unusual
in this day and age is
00:34:48.42\00:34:51.20
everything, every
answer we just gave us from
00:34:51.57\00:34:53.93
the Bible itself.
Right. We didn't use any
00:34:53.97\00:34:56.98
external literature at
all and the Bible is its own
00:34:57.19\00:35:00.95
interpreter, don't
ever allow somebody to tell
00:35:01.12\00:35:03.49
you that you need
external books to interpret
00:35:03.57\00:35:05.41
the Bible. When you
build the bridge about a
00:35:05.44\00:35:07.78
kingdom or country
or culture and the Bible
00:35:07.95\00:35:10.65
describes who that
culture where that country
00:35:10.78\00:35:12.47
is like Daniel said,
you are Babylon or you are
00:35:12.52\00:35:15.25
the king of Babylon then
you can go to the history
00:35:15.28\00:35:17.74
of Babylon and see
what it says about Babylon,
00:35:17.77\00:35:19.88
but you never read a
passage and go out of the
00:35:20.17\00:35:22.46
history books, you got
to get the bridge to build
00:35:22.49\00:35:24.51
to understand that
it's only when the bridge is
00:35:25.01\00:35:27.15
built, do we go to
the external sources.
00:35:27.18\00:35:29.79
Alright, Got it,. We are
gonna go to the millennium
00:35:30.40\00:35:32.98
now John and I let you
dive in since I have been
00:35:33.16\00:35:35.41
talking about a 150
miles an hour. My new year
00:35:35.50\00:35:38.22
came out. So, stay
with us. Well, we are
00:35:38.42\00:35:40.60
transitioning here now
to our topic, which is on
00:35:40.63\00:35:43.40
the Millennium and I
think last time in the last
00:35:43.64\00:35:45.93
program we made, we
sets some good ground
00:35:46.01\00:35:47.87
work here for what
precedes the Millennium,
00:35:48.01\00:35:51.04
but what begins the
Millennium when we talk
00:35:51.21\00:35:52.86
about the return of
Jesus, we talk about his return
00:35:52.89\00:35:56.94
of resurrection, that's
right, of the saints those
00:35:56.99\00:35:59.75
who sleep in Jesus
occurs. We have also talked
00:35:59.79\00:36:02.96
about the end of the
tribulation is what happens,
00:36:03.09\00:36:05.85
the tribulation before
his returned, that's right,
00:36:06.17\00:36:08.68
and so we have
clearly establishes structure
00:36:09.13\00:36:11.24
for the premillennial,
post tribulation coming
00:36:11.77\00:36:16.63
of Christ, that's
right, okay, the appearance of
00:36:16.66\00:36:19.85
Jesus at that time.
So, now what we want to do
00:36:19.94\00:36:23.56
is talk a little bit
about the two resurrections
00:36:23.61\00:36:27.50
because we can have
just opened up that just a
00:36:27.53\00:36:29.92
little bit we have
crack the nut sort of speak,
00:36:30.05\00:36:32.23
but we haven't opened
it up fully to eat it.
00:36:32.42\00:36:34.81
And so let's dive into
it because we, we did read
00:36:35.41\00:36:37.88
from John chapter 5,
and we can read it again
00:36:38.04\00:36:40.57
as we spring. Verse 28
to 29 and by the way as
00:36:40.83\00:36:42.91
you turn there what we
are gonna do and we are
00:36:42.97\00:36:44.93
gonna try to break this
down, so that it could be
00:36:44.96\00:36:46.50
digestible, what we
are gonna do is concentrate
00:36:46.83\00:36:48.84
on this program
talking about events that
00:36:49.00\00:36:50.55
happened at the
beginning of the thousand years.
00:36:50.60\00:36:53.12
In another program we
are gonna talk about what
00:36:53.71\00:36:55.46
happens during the
thousand years and one
00:36:58.40\00:36:59.37
final program what
happens at the end of the
00:36:59.38\00:37:01.03
thousand years. This
is a very vast subject,
00:37:01.07\00:37:03.79
very easy to
understand, but so many people
00:37:03.94\00:37:06.45
have been confused
by what they have heard
00:37:06.56\00:37:08.37
and all these circles
of mediocrity, so we are
00:37:08.40\00:37:11.88
gonna slipped at the
Bible, lead us to a John.
00:37:11.91\00:37:14.06
Alright, here we go
John chapter 5 verse 28,
00:37:14.23\00:37:17.32
"Do not marvel at this:
for the hour is coming in
00:37:18.14\00:37:21.02
which all who are in the
grace will hear his voice
00:37:21.17\00:37:24.62
and come forth,
those who have done good,
00:37:25.15\00:37:28.04
to the resurrection of
life, and those who have
00:37:28.15\00:37:30.59
done evil, to
the resurrection of
00:37:30.62\00:37:32.39
condemnation." That's
right. So, here we are
00:37:32.52\00:37:34.96
finding that there
are two resurrections,
00:37:35.02\00:37:37.16
the timing as I
mentioned before in the last
00:37:37.67\00:37:39.76
program, the timing
element is not giving here.
00:37:39.93\00:37:42.16
It only as describing
the two resurrections,
00:37:42.76\00:37:45.09
the first is the
resurrection unto life,
00:37:45.12\00:37:47.45
which we had read
from First Thessalonians
00:37:47.58\00:37:49.25
chapter 4 and then also
First Corinthians chapter 15
00:37:49.46\00:37:54.47
and then of course
the resurrection of
00:37:55.25\00:37:56.88
condemnation, which will
occur after the millennium
00:37:57.09\00:37:59.96
and we will get to
that in a future program,
00:38:00.17\00:38:02.04
but we should at
least touch on that I think
00:38:02.73\00:38:04.71
at least it's lay the ground
work for the resurrections
00:38:04.88\00:38:07.46
to show that there
are two. Okay, do that.
00:38:07.65\00:38:09.68
So, let's turn then
to Revelation chapter 20.
00:38:09.78\00:38:13.46
Okay, we are on our
way. It's fascinating
00:38:13.97\00:38:17.27
book, but by the
way when we talk about
00:38:17.30\00:38:18.39
prophecy there are
prophecies then there are
00:38:18.62\00:38:20.63
apocalyptic prophecies.
Revelation is apocalyptic
00:38:21.06\00:38:25.69
in nature and
very mannered respect,
00:38:25.74\00:38:27.86
it takes you to the
past and it takes you to the
00:38:28.07\00:38:30.68
future, about things
that are going to occur and
00:38:30.96\00:38:33.17
things and things
that have occurred.
00:38:33.24\00:38:34.24
Now, what verse are
we in now? I'm gonna read
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.28
from verse 4.
Revelation chapter 20! Yes,
00:38:36.51\00:38:39.45
okay verse 4. Alright
it says that "I saw thrones
00:38:39.55\00:38:46.07
and they sat on them
and judgment was committed
00:38:46.23\00:38:48.83
to them. Then I saw
the souls of those who had
00:38:48.86\00:38:52.53
been beheaded for the
witness to Jesus and for the
00:38:52.75\00:38:56.62
word of God who had
not worshiped the beast or
00:38:56.83\00:38:58.84
his image and had not
received his mark on their
00:38:58.98\00:39:01.65
foreheads or on their
hands. And they lived and
00:39:01.80\00:39:04.93
reigned with
Christ for how long?
00:39:05.12\00:39:08.23
A thousand
years. A thousand years.
00:39:08.46\00:39:10.63
"Now, I'm gonna read
verse 5 because we need
00:39:10.89\00:39:12.75
to bring it in here.
The rest of the dead, but,
00:39:12.78\00:39:17.22
yeah the, but the rest of
the death did not live again
00:39:17.45\00:39:20.96
until the thousands
years were finished.
00:39:21.07\00:39:23.14
This is the first
resurrection, that's right.
00:39:23.78\00:39:26.70
But some people are
confused by tying the end
00:39:26.73\00:39:29.89
of the thousands years
and it's finished to a first
00:39:30.01\00:39:31.88
resurrection that's
not what this passage is
00:39:32.35\00:39:33.73
saying? He is saying
what's? If I able to use
00:39:33.94\00:39:36.80
conversational
language with you John,
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.61
I would be the
describing or if I would be
00:39:38.82\00:39:40.32
explaining this, I
would say to you, when Jesus
00:39:40.35\00:39:44.27
comes back to raise
the sleeping saints in the
00:39:44.40\00:39:46.85
resurrection. He will
then take them back and give
00:39:46.95\00:39:52.13
them a seed of
judgment and they will live in
00:39:52.41\00:39:55.16
reigned with him for a
thousand years and the rest
00:39:55.21\00:39:58.63
of dead though because
we are talking about the
00:39:58.66\00:40:00.63
resurrection, the first
one, the rest of the dead didn't
00:40:00.81\00:40:02.51
live again until
the thousands years were
00:40:02.64\00:40:03.93
finished. That's the
key. But this is the first
00:40:04.12\00:40:05.94
resurrection. Right,
the verse, verse 4 describes
00:40:06.11\00:40:08.38
the first resurrection.
So, conversationally I have
00:40:08.51\00:40:10.99
shifted now, the
resurrection of the saints,
00:40:11.06\00:40:13.73
the sleeping saints
living with the thousands years,
00:40:13.78\00:40:15.55
they live in reigned
with him, but the rest of dead
00:40:16.75\00:40:18.51
they don't live, but we
are talking about the first
00:40:18.60\00:40:20.62
resurrection. It's
exactly. That's what he is
00:40:20.70\00:40:22.61
saying is shifting, it's
telling you, it's explaining
00:40:22.81\00:40:25.21
really what the
events were in the First
00:40:25.25\00:40:27.05
Resurrection, but in
there it inserting the fact that
00:40:27.23\00:40:30.33
the rest of the dead
don't live again, they are
00:40:30.44\00:40:32.78
not raised, which is
what is described in First
00:40:32.98\00:40:36.03
Thessalonians 4 and
First Corinthians 15,
00:40:36.11\00:40:38.81
the dead are not
raised, only those who sleep in
00:40:39.20\00:40:41.49
Jesus. That's why we
reading verse 6 pulls it
00:40:41.62\00:40:43.75
back into context. It
says, in verse 6 blessed
00:40:43.87\00:40:48.17
and holy is he, who
has part in the first
00:40:48.40\00:40:51.31
resurrection. Right!
Over such the second death
00:40:51.46\00:40:54.63
has no power, but they
shall be priest of God and
00:40:54.71\00:40:57.62
have Christ then shall
reigned within the thousand
00:40:57.65\00:40:59.38
years. So, it shows you
right there in verse 6 is
00:40:59.41\00:41:02.78
reiterating what was
talked about in verse 4,
00:41:02.89\00:41:04.98
right, and in the
middle of that he says,
00:41:05.05\00:41:06.23
well let's pause for a
moment, the rest of the
00:41:06.38\00:41:08.91
dead not gonna live
again to the thousands of
00:41:08.98\00:41:10.40
done, but we are talking
about the first resurrection
00:41:10.65\00:41:12.56
announce, so let's
continue on that note
00:41:12.66\00:41:14.11
because they are
blessed in holy, right,
00:41:14.38\00:41:16.25
okay so clearly, so if
you set that up go back to
00:41:16.53\00:41:19.37
that putting that into
Rupp in the proper place.
00:41:19.40\00:41:21.58
So, then what we saw
from the Bible is that Jesus
00:41:22.19\00:41:25.48
at his appearing
his visible appearing,
00:41:25.56\00:41:27.77
his visible
appearing, he raises the saints,
00:41:28.19\00:41:29.59
who sleep in Jesus and
those who are his saints
00:41:29.96\00:41:32.42
who are alive are caught
up to meet him in the air
00:41:32.61\00:41:35.88
and from that point
on says, Revelation 20,
00:41:36.53\00:41:39.34
the living reigned with
him for the thousand years,
00:41:39.47\00:41:42.23
that's right, millennium.
The living reigned with him
00:41:42.33\00:41:45.13
where, this is the
key. Okay, in heaven.
00:41:45.35\00:41:48.75
Now, okay we need
you can break this open
00:41:49.84\00:41:51.58
because this is the
most common misconception
00:41:51.94\00:41:54.93
about the millennium
that exist today even with in
00:41:54.98\00:41:58.40
and especially
within Christendom, right.
00:41:58.47\00:42:01.89
Because people are
teaching that the thousand years
00:42:02.74\00:42:04.87
or a thousand years
of peace on this earth,
00:42:05.29\00:42:07.21
but the millennium
the thousand years is the
00:42:07.90\00:42:09.69
thousand years that the
saints are reigning with
00:42:09.93\00:42:11.91
Christ in heaven while
the wicked who perish by
00:42:12.04\00:42:15.68
the brightness of
Christ coming when he returns
00:42:15.80\00:42:17.80
to resurrect the saints,
they are still dead bodies
00:42:17.90\00:42:21.95
laying on the earth,
they are not resurrected until
00:42:22.25\00:42:24.89
after the thousand years.
And you know, what this is
00:42:25.10\00:42:28.27
the portion of the
passage that makes it clear that
00:42:29.39\00:42:31.21
so many people just run
over, they pass it by like
00:42:31.38\00:42:34.52
a hundred mile an hour
car racer, is they live and
00:42:34.55\00:42:38.49
reign with Christ, he
doesn't live and reign with
00:42:38.52\00:42:42.03
us, they live in reign
with him that's all together
00:42:42.42\00:42:47.24
clear when you understand
that, when you understand
00:42:47.41\00:42:50.63
that you remember
what John, when Paul makes
00:42:50.74\00:42:53.40
clear in the Book of
the First Corinthians 15.
00:42:53.94\00:42:55.94
"Jesus is the first
fruits after that those who are
00:42:56.58\00:43:00.03
Christ's at his
coming, then he delivers up the
00:43:00.17\00:43:03.66
kingdom to the father.
The father is not delivering
00:43:03.78\00:43:06.69
the kingdom down
here to us, the kingdom is
00:43:06.91\00:43:09.22
being delivered to the
father and so this kingdom
00:43:09.25\00:43:12.39
that is ascending to
heaven Jesus makes a clear in
00:43:12.50\00:43:15.27
Matthew chapter 26
and 25 that matter of fact
00:43:15.46\00:43:18.12
Matthew 25, he talks
about he will send his angels
00:43:18.24\00:43:21.64
together his elect from
the four corners of the earth
00:43:22.67\00:43:24.78
and what he is gonna do
to them? He made this promise
00:43:25.27\00:43:27.46
very clear in John 14,
verse 23, read it first John
00:43:27.74\00:43:31.30
let me not preempt
that. Yeah, I want to read
00:43:31.56\00:43:32.97
this, it's from John
14 verses 1 through 3,
00:43:33.00\00:43:36.53
"Let not your heart be
troubled: you believe in
00:43:37.08\00:43:39.38
God, believe also in
me. In my Father's house are
00:43:39.52\00:43:42.77
many mansions: if it
were not so, I would have
00:43:43.09\00:43:45.69
told you. I go to
prepare a place for you."
00:43:45.80\00:43:49.23
Notice here, Jesus
in the previous passage,
00:43:49.80\00:43:53.82
which is connected
to this, there is no,
00:43:54.00\00:43:55.82
there is no break
here in Revelation from the
00:43:56.56\00:43:58.78
end, in John from
the end of 13 to 14.
00:43:58.81\00:44:01.45
None at all. And
in 13 and 31 to 35,
00:44:01.79\00:44:04.41
Jesus announces his
departure from earth,
00:44:04.48\00:44:06.57
he is saying, I'm
leaving you, but you can't come
00:44:06.99\00:44:08.66
with me now. Right.
That's it, that's how he opens
00:44:08.78\00:44:11.21
up, so when he saying
here "Don't be troubled"
00:44:11.29\00:44:14.04
he is saying "Don't be
troubled" by the fact that
00:44:14.07\00:44:15.87
I'm leaving, right
because one day after I go to
00:44:16.04\00:44:18.93
prepare a place for
you, verse 3 it says,
00:44:19.11\00:44:21.77
"That I will
prepare a place for you,
00:44:22.45\00:44:24.15
I will come back again
and receive you to myself,
00:44:24.33\00:44:27.60
not I will come to you,
but I will come and receive
00:44:28.11\00:44:31.16
you to myself that where
I am there you maybe also."
00:44:31.27\00:44:36.70
Where I am, where I
departed too there you will
00:44:37.06\00:44:40.17
be with me also. And
I want to reiterate what
00:44:40.22\00:44:43.29
John just said because
we are, we are in the zone
00:44:43.54\00:44:45.44
right now, praise the
Lord for this, but Jesus as
00:44:45.54\00:44:48.33
he is ending John
chapter 13, John just said this
00:44:48.40\00:44:51.58
but I want to shift and
so you can get this that the
00:44:51.64\00:44:53.66
stick he said to his
disciples where I am going,
00:44:53.79\00:44:57.42
you cannot follow me
now. Yep, you can't where
00:44:58.14\00:45:02.71
I am going, you cannot
come; you can't be there,
00:45:02.79\00:45:05.84
where he is going? He
made it, I go to prepare a
00:45:06.36\00:45:09.57
place for you. If I
go where he is going?
00:45:09.62\00:45:12.79
In my father's house,
in Revelation 3 verse 21,
00:45:13.24\00:45:16.30
even emphasized
to further remember,
00:45:16.61\00:45:18.21
he said in Revelation 20
they lived in reigned with
00:45:18.68\00:45:22.55
Christ to thousands
years, when you live in reign,
00:45:22.69\00:45:24.82
the work reign there
is a, is a royal term.
00:45:25.22\00:45:27.76
And look what Jesus
says, in Revelation 3 verse 21,
00:45:28.95\00:45:31.63
so that we know
it's not on the earth,
00:45:31.80\00:45:33.41
to him who overcomes I
will grant to sit with me
00:45:34.42\00:45:40.38
on my throne as I also
overcame and sat down with
00:45:40.41\00:45:45.95
my father on his
throne. His throne is in heaven,
00:45:46.03\00:45:51.09
the earth is his foot's
toe, okay his thrown is in
00:45:51.57\00:45:56.35
heaven, the earth is
his foot's toe Satan said,
00:45:56.48\00:46:00.98
I will sit upon the
mount of the congregation.
00:46:01.41\00:46:04.74
He was, he was
determent to sit on God's thrown
00:46:05.37\00:46:08.50
and that's not on the
earth and so when they live
00:46:09.09\00:46:10.92
in reign with Christ
understand that Bible,
00:46:10.99\00:46:14.01
not Bible teach us false
teachers, I go to make it
00:46:14.47\00:46:17.01
clear say to you that
Jesus comes to reign with us,
00:46:17.17\00:46:20.89
that's why these
Millennialists that believe
00:46:21.05\00:46:24.77
that we got a get the
earth together, we got a fix
00:46:24.80\00:46:27.38
up Jerusalem in the
Middle East, you got,
00:46:27.47\00:46:29.83
okay say it again.
Therefore a thousand years
00:46:30.36\00:46:31.87
of peace here on earth,
they are claiming that that
00:46:32.09\00:46:34.34
even in opposition to
First Thessalonians chapter 5,
00:46:35.00\00:46:37.36
when they says, peace in
safety sudden destruction
00:46:37.51\00:46:40.77
comes, so when people
are saying they will be a
00:46:40.87\00:46:42.48
thousand years of peace
and save, there is the Lord
00:46:42.68\00:46:44.79
reigns with us then
First Thessalonians 5 says,
00:46:44.97\00:46:47.85
at that moment sudden
destruction comes upon
00:46:47.91\00:46:50.16
them as labor pains,
come upon a pregnant women.
00:46:50.19\00:46:52.37
And they shall not
escape, but you are children
00:46:53.01\00:46:56.70
of the live, you are not
of darkness, so we have to
00:46:56.73\00:46:59.44
understand this clearly.
The other thing I want to
00:46:59.52\00:47:02.15
say to, and I establish
catch phrases sometimes.
00:47:02.23\00:47:05.34
We meet the Lord in
the air, he is coming,
00:47:07.69\00:47:09.43
but he receives us,
right, meet and receive we meet
00:47:10.40\00:47:15.10
Jesus he receives us,
right, it's a reception by Jesus
00:47:15.41\00:47:19.67
of us, we go to meet
him in the air and notice
00:47:19.78\00:47:24.19
this in the same
theme the wedding reception,
00:47:24.31\00:47:28.81
okay, is in Revelation
19 verse 9 blessed are those
00:47:29.00\00:47:33.15
who are called to the
marriage supper of the lamb.
00:47:33.18\00:47:35.29
The wedding reception
is on heaven, that's right.
00:47:35.70\00:47:38.52
So, we are receive by
Christ assured into the
00:47:38.60\00:47:40.81
kingdom and he sits
down with us at the reception
00:47:40.92\00:47:44.16
to be received officially
into the kingdom with a,
00:47:44.90\00:47:47.84
with a meal. Here is the
invitation, come he blessed
00:47:48.40\00:47:51.92
of my father inherit
the kingdom prepared for you
00:47:51.95\00:47:54.98
from the foundation of the
world. That's the reception
00:47:55.45\00:47:58.40
you know, our mind
is so gelled right now,
00:47:58.91\00:48:00.55
I know the Lord
connected this, I'm ready
00:48:00.71\00:48:02.99
to say and he is already
there and, he is ready to
00:48:03.05\00:48:04.84
say it I'm already
there because this topic is so
00:48:04.96\00:48:07.26
clear and when you
pray for divine guidance who
00:48:07.33\00:48:09.40
begin to see, what
are we doing friends?
00:48:09.55\00:48:11.15
We have given you the
Bible, that's the house
00:48:11.27\00:48:13.01
calls moral, the
Bible and the Bible only.
00:48:13.13\00:48:14.92
And so when people
are walking around saying
00:48:15.33\00:48:16.60
peace, peace don't
forget Jeremiah 6 verse 14,
00:48:16.79\00:48:19.51
Lord says, you have
healed their hurt of my
00:48:19.68\00:48:23.58
people slightly saying
peace, peace when there
00:48:23.76\00:48:27.15
is no peace. The
Middle East is not a place of
00:48:27.25\00:48:31.44
peace, the New
Jerusalem is a place of peace,
00:48:31.60\00:48:34.96
that's right, the New
Jerusalem is not on earth,
00:48:35.08\00:48:37.82
the New Jerusalem
is not in Middle East,
00:48:38.33\00:48:40.73
we are not fighting
over the Palestinians and the
00:48:41.16\00:48:43.67
West Bank and the
Temple Mount and it's
00:48:43.90\00:48:46.34
that's now where the
battle is, the Lord is going
00:48:46.75\00:48:49.55
to consume all of that
and at the end of the thousand
00:48:49.58\00:48:52.58
years we are not
gonna talk about that today,
00:48:52.66\00:48:54.09
years the New
Jerusalem is gonna come down
00:48:56.35\00:48:58.44
from God out of
heaven, right because that's
00:48:58.59\00:49:01.64
where it is, that's
where, that's where it is,
00:49:01.67\00:49:02.99
preparing a place
for us. That's right,
00:49:03.06\00:49:05.14
praise God for that.
Okay, but now, the beginning
00:49:05.25\00:49:07.22
of the thousand
years. You know, I want,
00:49:07.25\00:49:09.09
I want to mention
this because as we should
00:49:09.15\00:49:10.27
discuss this you know,
we talked about the common
00:49:10.35\00:49:12.69
teaching today is this
millennial reign of peace by
00:49:12.73\00:49:15.76
Christ on the earth. And
the Christians had received
00:49:16.26\00:49:18.89
him, the reverse of what
happens? Will they receive
00:49:18.99\00:49:21.69
him to reign on the
earth, but the other added
00:49:21.87\00:49:25.96
component to that and
the reason why they say that
00:49:26.08\00:49:28.05
is because of the
rapture. Oh! Yeah,
00:49:28.19\00:49:30.88
secret rapture theory.
It is the secret rapture
00:49:31.05\00:49:33.83
theory that is thrown
all of the stuff of course,
00:49:33.86\00:49:36.30
a theory that was
introduced just a few
00:49:36.41\00:49:39.24
hundred years ago
has been so taught and so
00:49:39.37\00:49:42.91
propagated that
people are not waiting,
00:49:43.17\00:49:45.44
they are not expecting
Christ visible returned at
00:49:45.65\00:49:48.95
the last trumpet for
him to receive or to,
00:49:48.98\00:49:51.71
to raise his saints and
called up his saints who
00:49:52.24\00:49:54.46
are alive to meet
him and go to heaven.
00:49:54.53\00:49:56.57
They are thinking that
he is coming with heaven
00:49:57.16\00:49:59.82
with his saints that area
already there another false
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.26
teaching to establish
a millennial reign on the
00:50:02.43\00:50:05.49
earth and that reign
occurs after the rapture
00:50:05.74\00:50:11.00
because the rapture has
put us aware. In heaven,
00:50:11.44\00:50:14.51
in heaven see you
know, this is all reverse,
00:50:14.54\00:50:17.50
it's all mixed up by
these, these raptures really,
00:50:17.67\00:50:22.22
this false teachings
that the devil is introduce to
00:50:22.79\00:50:24.92
get our minds alL
confused and unless your
00:50:25.04\00:50:26.93
searching the word of
God you cannot tell truth
00:50:27.12\00:50:29.53
from error. And the
danger of the rapture is
00:50:29.72\00:50:31.61
the second there is
the second chance theology,
00:50:31.71\00:50:34.18
if you miss the first
trip you go to next time up
00:50:34.81\00:50:36.54
after this seven years
have done. You see they teach
00:50:36.63\00:50:38.42
that the saints are
caught before the tribulation,
00:50:38.56\00:50:41.12
this why we are post
tribulation. They are
00:50:41.51\00:50:44.82
pre-tribulation,
pre-millennialists, right.
00:50:45.28\00:50:48.98
They believe that
Jesus is coming before the
00:50:49.30\00:50:51.40
tribulation secretly and
then before the millennium
00:50:51.51\00:50:55.57
visibly, right. That's
the danger, but we are post
00:50:56.10\00:50:59.43
tribulation,
pre-millennialists, which
00:50:59.61\00:51:01.21
only makes one arriving
event. Right, that's the
00:51:01.24\00:51:05.00
second advent, they
have four the secret rapture,
00:51:05.04\00:51:09.26
only the saints are
taken away then he comes again
00:51:09.80\00:51:12.30
visibly to bring
those saints back with him,
00:51:12.33\00:51:14.72
then he sets upon the
earthly reign and then at
00:51:15.30\00:51:17.37
the very end he comes
back, you are confused,
00:51:17.40\00:51:22.37
so am I. The point of the
matter is, if you follow the
00:51:22.72\00:51:25.46
Bible you don't get
confused, so there is no
00:51:25.50\00:51:28.19
earthly millennial reign,
I will tell you why in one
00:51:28.33\00:51:31.98
of our up coming programs
but we have to kind hint
00:51:32.01\00:51:34.63
on this program. And
the reason why there is no
00:51:34.89\00:51:37.13
upcoming, okay John tells
us why is there no earthly
00:51:37.26\00:51:40.82
activity that's gonna
be happening during the
00:51:41.69\00:51:44.00
thousand years? Well,
let's look at Revelation 19,
00:51:44.03\00:51:46.65
okay, have you got there?
Let's look at the returned
00:51:46.90\00:51:48.88
of Jesus from Revelations
perspective, alright,
00:51:48.91\00:51:51.50
we just read about the
marriage supper of the lamb
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and the reception of
God's kingdom and then of
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course his saints
being received into heaven,
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but look what
happens to bring that about,
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verse 11 in
Revelation 19. Okay, go ahead.
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"Now, I saw heaven
opened, and behold,
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a white horse. And He
who sat on him was called
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Faithful and True, and in
righteousness He judges and
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makes war. His eyes
were like a flame of fire,
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and on His head were
many crowns. He had a name
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written that no one
knew except Himself. He was
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clothed with a robe
dipped in blood, and His name is
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called The Word of God.
And the armies in heaven,
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clothed in fine linen,
white and clean, followed Him
00:52:31.02\00:52:33.22
on white horses. Now out
of His mouth goes a sharp
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sword, that with it He
should strike the nations.
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And He Himself will
rule them with a rod of iron.
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He Himself treads the
winepress of the fierceness
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and wrath of Almighty
God. And He has on His
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robe and on His
thigh a name written:
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KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS."
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That's the return of Christ,
the visible second coming
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of Jesus. Now, I found
interesting here that his
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name is called The
Word. And that he comes with
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the sword because it
is the word of God that he
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judges by. In fact,
scripture says, that when Jesus
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says I didn't come to
judge the world, I came to save
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the world. In John
17. Yeah, and then he goes
00:53:16.35\00:53:19.18
onto say that those
who do not believe my word
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have that already which
judges them, the word will
00:53:23.43\00:53:27.12
judge them in the last
day, it's the word of God,
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it's the fact that they
follow the word or didn't
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follow the word of God
that's ends a judging those
00:53:32.54\00:53:35.56
in the last day. And so I
commission to you the word
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again the word of God,
but let's, but let's go on,
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you ask the question how
do we know that there is no
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activity on the earth at
this point in time. And so let's
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read verse 17. Okay, "
Then I saw an angel standing in
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the sun, and he cry with
the loud voice saying to all
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the birds that fly in
the midst of heaven "Come!
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And Gather together for the
supper of the great God that
00:53:57.80\00:54:00.89
you may eat the flesh
of kings, the flesh of
00:54:01.09\00:54:02.77
captains, the flesh of
might even the flesh of
00:54:02.92\00:54:04.50
horses and of those
who sit upon them and the
00:54:04.67\00:54:07.14
flesh of all people
free and free and slave,
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both small and
great." Here we have those who
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perish by the brightness
of his coming who have
00:54:12.72\00:54:14.97
died or stunned all over
the earth and they are as
00:54:15.09\00:54:18.56
far as the wicked is
concern, a smorgasbord for
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the birds of the earth.
Well said. It's, it's, it's a
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dinner you see, look
at the comparison we are
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having a marriage
supple with the lamb, but the
00:54:29.72\00:54:34.51
birds of heaven will
having a supper with the kings
00:54:34.57\00:54:38.14
of the earth, all those
who have rejected the grace
00:54:38.17\00:54:40.20
and the mercy of God.
John something came out
00:54:40.23\00:54:43.21
when you are reading
that passage, which kind of
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throw is back to one
of the questions we did
00:54:45.43\00:54:46.91
earlier, and I just add
this in as a little side-bar
00:54:47.04\00:54:50.57
or little asterisk right
here, but Jesus is king of
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King And King of
Kings and Lord of Lord's
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and Lucifer is
only king small "k".
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So, when it says,
Revelation 9 they had a
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king over them that's
the little "k", when you look
00:55:02.41\00:55:04.66
at Jesus in Revelation
"K" altogether different.
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You see, one is a
contender, right, he is only an
00:55:09.26\00:55:12.17
alleged king, exactly,
the other one is the true
00:55:12.30\00:55:14.07
king. King of king,
now I want to end because,
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sure go ahead, I want
to read one verse here from
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Jeremiah chapter 4 and
you know where I'm going
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here. Oh! Yeah.
Description of the earth at the
00:55:21.02\00:55:23.49
Lord's returned, so
this is what is happening on
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the earth. So, someone
tells you peace and safety
00:55:25.71\00:55:27.85
or millennial reign on
the earth, this is how the
00:55:28.37\00:55:30.73
Bible describes
that and you can tell me,
00:55:30.85\00:55:32.48
if you like to be there.
Okay, verse 23, verse 23.
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"I beheld the earth, and
indeed it was without form,
00:55:35.84\00:55:38.00
and void; And the
heavens, they had no light.
00:55:38.09\00:55:41.18
I beheld the mountains,
and indeed they trembled,
00:55:41.61\00:55:43.38
And all the hills
moved back and forth.
00:55:43.42\00:55:45.11
I beheld, and
indeed there was no man,
00:55:45.56\00:55:48.25
And all the birds of
the heavens had fled.
00:55:48.58\00:55:50.48
I beheld, and indeed
the fruitful land was a
00:55:51.14\00:55:53.10
wilderness. And all its
cities were broken down,
00:55:53.26\00:55:55.28
at the presence of the
LORD, By His fierce anger.
00:55:55.41\00:55:57.99
For that says, the
LORD, The whole land shall be
00:55:58.67\00:56:00.36
desolate; yet will I not
make a full end, see it's
00:56:00.55\00:56:03.54
not the total angia," right
exactly, and have something
00:56:03.57\00:56:06.09
that come at the end
of the millennial reign,
00:56:06.18\00:56:07.73
so and by the way that's
in heaven again. Verse 28,
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"For this shall the
earth mourn, and the heavens
00:56:11.90\00:56:16.07
above be black
because I have spoken,
00:56:16.13\00:56:17.91
I have purposed,
and will not relent,
00:56:18.06\00:56:19.45
nor will I turn back from
it, if the whole city shall
00:56:19.88\00:56:22.23
flee from the noise of
the horsemen and bowmen;
00:56:22.44\00:56:24.25
they shall. go into
thickets, and climb up upon
00:56:24.69\00:56:26.66
the rocks: every
city shall be forsaken,
00:56:26.69\00:56:28.48
again it says not a man
shall dwell in it." Exactly,
00:56:29.01\00:56:32.37
no one go be here
unless they are dead and just
00:56:32.40\00:56:35.83
scattered. And we are
gonna talk about how they
00:56:36.48\00:56:38.49
will not be gathered, nor
mourned, nor buried because
00:56:38.75\00:56:42.85
when Jesus comes, if
you are not in the ascension
00:56:42.89\00:56:45.43
that is if you are not on
the first resurrection or if
00:56:45.86\00:56:47.66
you not caught up with
those who are living saints
00:56:47.89\00:56:50.10
then you will be destroyed
by the brightness of the
00:56:50.55\00:56:52.56
coming of the Lord and
laying upon the ground of
00:56:52.77\00:56:55.00
the earth. What do you
say? Yeah, absolutely you
00:56:55.03\00:56:58.16
know, it tarred did
not to get into all this,
00:56:58.19\00:56:59.80
and just how. We just
touch, couple programs on it,
00:56:59.85\00:57:02.28
but clearly then at the
beginning at this millennial
00:57:02.51\00:57:04.65
reign what's going on, on
this earth during that time
00:57:04.68\00:57:07.09
is nothing. Right.
Except when we will get to this
00:57:07.59\00:57:10.41
Satan is here with
his angels. For a thousand
00:57:10.85\00:57:12.61
years, for a thousand
years, so we get into that part
00:57:12.64\00:57:14.37
as we continue on
in our next program.
00:57:14.40\00:57:16.41
You know, I was so
exciting about this topic is
00:57:16.45\00:57:17.94
that I'm not looking
forward to being on the
00:57:18.01\00:57:19.29
earth for a thousand years,
dead laying on the ground,
00:57:19.43\00:57:21.67
I'm looking forward to
being in the kingdom made
00:57:22.01\00:57:24.03
new what the Lord
Jesus Christ. That's our
00:57:24.13\00:57:25.70
commitment here at
House Calls, and so if you got
00:57:25.84\00:57:27.97
anything out of this,
commit your life to Jesus
00:57:28.09\00:57:30.31
Christ today to
get ready for that
00:57:30.47\00:57:31.78
glorious event,
God bless you, amen.
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