Hello friends grab
your Bible and a friend and
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sit back as we
explore God's word together on
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this addition of House Calls.
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Welcome to another
exciting program of
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House Calls and if
you don't know what that
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means, that means
we're in your house, that's
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why you watching us.
And it's just not just me
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I'm one John but
that's John number two, good
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to have you
here John number two.
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He's here. John Stanton my good
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pastor friend and
I'm John Lomacang and
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we're here together to
share with you what the
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word of God has to
say. So get your Bibles, get
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you pens, sit
back and enjoy a very
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informative and a
very challenging program.
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One thing we chose
not to do is to skirt the
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issues. We meet them
head on in a loving way
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so sit down and
enjoy the program with us,
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but with we also do
before we get into the
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Bible is we have prayer.
So John, have a pray for us.
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Dear Father, in
heaven we thank you for
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another day, a day
of life. Where we can
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spend time in your
presence. But we pray
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that you be with us
here during this program,
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that you would guide
and direct our thoughts
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and our minds, our
hearts and guide us also
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through the
scriptures on these importance
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subjects that you
want us to know. And Lord
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we pray that you'll
be with those who are
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viewing, who are listening
to the program that you
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would guide and direct
them in the way, everlasting,
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in Jesus name we
pray, amen. Amen.
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Now friends some
people don't know it,
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but I'm sure you
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gonna to begin our
program and we have
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an exciting topic
we're gonna to continue on
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the topic of the
millennium, the 1000
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years. What does the
Bible say happened at
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the beginning during
and at the end of the
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1000 years, stay
tuned for that in the second
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half of our program,
but John I think you have
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Bible questions for
us what do you have?
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I do this one is
from Jan and a real good
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question here. She
says, she enjoys House Calls,
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thank you very much.
She is little perplexed
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about something. Why
did God put the tree,
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excuse me, of
knowledge of good and
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evil in the Garden at
all? When he being the
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alpha and omega
knowing the beginning
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from the end of
course knew what would
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happen? Why even put
it there to tempt Adam
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and Eve when he
created them to live
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forever? I know that
some people say it was
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to test, if they were
faithful to God, but then
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that begs the
question why did the humans to
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begin with. You know why create.
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For why create,
excuse me, the humans to
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begin with. When he
knew what was going to
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happen and the heartache
and sorrow resulting from it
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Why did he give the
Devil a chance to get up
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foot hold. I realize at
this could very well be one
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o those things that
we remain a mystery until
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we can ask Jesus
himself, but I like to
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thought it out there
and see what you take is on.
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Okay. So, there are several
things that really she is
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asking here and she
did elude to one answer and
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that is as a test. And
the Lord, the Lord is first
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and foremost one who
is a stanch believer, his
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foundational
principle is for love is choice,
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freedom of choice. That's right.
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And so Adam and
Eve whenever there is a
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freedom to choose
there always is a choice,
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Adam and Eve were
given a choice to follow
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the Lord who created
them or to follow the
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arch enemy Satan, who
sort to bring sin into
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this world. They
were given that choice and
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they chose to
disbelieve God and believe Satan
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and his lies, which
has gotten us to where we
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are today. That's right.
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So the questions
asked why would he put the
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garden in there. In
the first place when He
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knew what would
happen. You know, I
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would add something a
little bit more to that.
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Why did he even create
Satan? If he knew Satan
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was going to
bring sin to the world.
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Or more specifically Lucifer.
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Lucifer, at the time
yes. Before he became
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Satan. So that question
has to be asked as well.
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It's not just with
regard to this world, but it's
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with regard to the
entire sin issue form the very
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beginning. Now, this
goes back to freedom of
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choice again,
because even the angels had a
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freedom to chose
whether or not to serve
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God or to walk away
and rebel against God
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and we found and
we've talked about in other
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programs, how
Lucifer who was perfect when
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he was created still
made a decision, kind
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of his heart lifted
him up because of himself,
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he saw it with pride,
an element of pride came
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in, he saw himself
for more than he was. And
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distrusted God and
rebelled and then took a
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third of the angels
from heaven with him and
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from that point on,
they have been seeking to
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destroy and take
kingdom's down what
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happens to be that
our earth was the one that
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was brought under
his deception through the
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disobedience of Adam
and Eve. So, again the
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question is why do God
put the tree there in the
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Garden of Eden. And
now what was the first
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in foremost because of
he believes in choice, a
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freedom of choice for
all humanity that they
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must chose to love
him of their own free will
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not just become a robot
or one that is forced to
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love them. That's
right in the common
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time and time so to
speak. Here's the other aspect
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though. The Bible is
indicating very clearly
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throughout its
pages that there is a
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controversy going
on between Christ and
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Satan that begin
when Satan rebelled and
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Christ and him
fought against each other in
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heaven before Satan
was cast out and then of
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course that battle
continued on the earth
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as the earth fell
under his deception and
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delusions. This great
controversy is playing
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out not only for this
world, not only for the
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angels in heaven not
only for God himself,
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but it's playing out. I
believe, for the universe
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and here's where
maybe some may, we can call
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it disagree but
maybe there is a different
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understanding that
we have, that's Seventh
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Day Adventist
pastors about the great
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controversy then many
do about our world and
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about heaven. And that
is this, the earth is not
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the only world that was created.
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Right. There were
other worlds that god has
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created and I believe
they went through that
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same test. And if
they passed that test and
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remained sinless,
followers, obedient to
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God. They also have
an interesting what's
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happening here
because we did not. And so,
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God is going more
than what we see happening
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on this earth. God is
creating a safety for the
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entire universe to
allow them to see what the
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true end result is of sin
of what Satan's allegations
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were against God.
Remember, in a way God's
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on trial here.
Right not, not so much us.
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Yeah, God is on trial
here because Satan alleged
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listen you're not fair.
You're forcing us to obey,
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your laws are not good,
they are just self serving
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you and so these
things are playing out and
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we're finding that Satan
was wrong. God is loving,
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he is caring, his way
is the best, but not only
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does this is world need to
find that out but the universe
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needs to know what
Satan's allegations really,
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really are. And also
with the fruit of his course
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and his decision is.
And so let's just give you,
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let's give a couple
of verses. Sure go ahead.
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About the world's
being, there are other worlds
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being created. Let's
turn first of all to Hebrews
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chapter 1 and let's
take a look at verse 1 and 2,
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Hebrews 1, verses 1 and
2, God, who at various times
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and in various ways
spoke in time past to the
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Fathers by the
prophets, has in his last days
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spoken to us by His
Son, whom He has appointed
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heir of all things,
through whom also He made
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the worlds; and this
is a plural form of the,
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of a planet or a
world established,
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inhabited world
established by God or created
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by God. So it's not
just the earth that has been
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created it is several
worlds that have been created.
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We don't know how
many that is. We believe,
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we'll find out one day.
But to see a further example
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of this you've got to
turned to Job and you'll
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see the great controversy
playing out in the first
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chapter of job
because Satan sought to bring
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Job down, Job was a
committed follower of God,
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he was obedient to
him, he trusted him and
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God blessed him as a
result of that and here
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Satan appears and he
asked God, he says to God,
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basically you've
protect Job that's why he serves
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you, you see it's this
forced obedience thing.
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If I were to bring
upon him, these pain and
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suffering and take
these things you blessed him
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with away he will
curse you, he will not follow
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you and so the great
controversy than that
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allegation that was
made from the beginning
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by Satan is played out
in this, in the life of Job
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and we find in Job
chapter 1, look at verse 6,
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it says now there was a
day when the sons of God
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came to present
themselves before the Lord,
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and Satan also came among them.
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And the Lord said to
Satan, from where do you
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come? So Satan
answered the Lord, and said,
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From going to
and fro on the earth,
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and from walking
back and forth on it.
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If most scholars as
they look at the last part
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of that second verse
what Satan was really
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saying here and there is
a lot of dialogue on this,
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but most have come
with conclusion that when
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he is saying his
walking for through forth,
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to and fro, back
and forth on the earth.
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He is claiming
authority over the earth. Right.
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He is saying I own
the earth, this is mine,
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I walk in forth, I
govern, I make sure I oversee
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what's happening,
the earth is mine.
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And of course then
the responses in verse 8,
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the Lord said to Satan,
Well you have considered
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my servant Job, that
there is none like him on the
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earth, a blameless and
upright man who fears God
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and shuns evil? See so
God is saying you don't own
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the earth. There
are people on the earth
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that serve me. Right.
Job was a perfect example
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and then the
controversy plays out there
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in Job's life and we
don't have time of course
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to go through all that,
but I want you to notice
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a few things
from this, number 1,
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the sons of God came to
present themselves before
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the Lord and
Satan came among them.
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Satan included himself
in his authority over the
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earth among the sons
of God, those who were
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the leaders of other
worlds that God has created,
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who presented
themselves before this council
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that was before God,
they were the ones that
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were given the authority.
We read in, in Genesis
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1 that Adam or
Genesis 2, that Adam was given
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authority over the
earth, over the beasts
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of the field, over the
things that happen to govern
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the earth, were these
sons of God which is never
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referred to in the
Bible as anything being,
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as anything
related to anything but,
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but those who serve
the Lord. Never against,
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some would say the
sons of God are angels but
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that's, that's only once in
the scripture is it mentioned
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that. And it mentions
that in regard to the angels
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that serve God, not
the ones that serve Satan.
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Right. But anyway
so, around about way
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of saying this here is
there is evidence in scripture
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that there are other
worlds, there is clear evidence,
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there is a great
controversy going on,
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that just doesn't
include this world but includes
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the universe. And
that we are part of that
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and this is why each
world is given a test due
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to freedom of choice
to see whether or not
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they're going to side
with Christ in this great
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controversy or Satan
in the great controversy.
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I want to add some
thing also to the beginning
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at the question.
When the person asked why
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even put it there,
that's why even put the tree
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of the knowledge
good and evil there.
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To tempt Adam and
Eve when he created them
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to live forever. First of
all God didn't create Adam
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and Eve to live forever,
that forever living would
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be based on this test.
That's the one thing that
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people often forget
when God created Adam and Eve
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they were not
created with immortality,
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immortality was the gift
that would follow passing
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the test, that's the
main reason why God put
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the tree there, not to
tempt them. In the same sense,
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a parent would test his
or her child to know whether
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or not they could extend
these privileges to them,
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not to make them
crash the car so to speak
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from using the
cars in illustration.
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The parent would say
okay here is the keys go crash
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the car into the
neighbor's garage,
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that's not why the
parent gives the child the key
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but the parent knows
that is a great possibility
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what the percentage
50/50 and some cases
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if he kid is
reckless the parents says,
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there is a 90 percent
chances he is gonna to hit
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something before
he gets back home.
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But I've got to find
out, so I'm going to give him
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the oldest car, so
if he hits anything
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we haven't lost anything.
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I'm not going to let
him go too far either.
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Right, and so
there's some parents.
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So in the same sense
the Lord wanted to extend
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to Adam and Eve what
they did not yet have,
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but he couldn't do it
unless he put them to the test,
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he could not say okay
you worthy of eternal life.
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Because remember the
text we often think of
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this as something that
happened way down the road,
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but Romans 6:23
give the perfect picture
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of in the garden. The
wages of sin is death the
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Lord said you know
I'll show you that here,
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in Genesis chapter 2,
the Bible says in verse
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15 if you turn there
with us, Then the Lord God
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took the man and put
him in the Garden of Eden
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to tend and keep it,
that is the keep the garden
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and the Lord
commanded the man saying this
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is before the woman came along.
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He commanded Adam,
he gave him a heads up
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about that, And the
Lord commanded the man,
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saying, Of every
tree of the garden you may
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freely eat: But of
the tree of the knowledge
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of good and evil,
you shall not eat:
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for in the day that you
eat of it you shall surely die.
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And then it goes on,
it says and the Lord says
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it is not good that
man should be alone.
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So God told that to
Adam before Eve came along.
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He said to Adam, I'm
telling you that there
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is a tree there. I'm
telling you not to eat it.
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I'm telling you exactly
what's is going to happen
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when you eat it. If
you do, chose to disobey me
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this is the results
of that disobedience.
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But I want you
to see another text,
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because we find in the
Bible, when I said a moment ago,
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they didn't have eternal
life the wages of sin is death,
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but the gift of
God is eternal life.
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It was going to be a
gift, if they had already had
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immortality then
they couldn't die.
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That's why God did not
create them with naturally
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immortality and if you
remember the story well
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in Genesis, the moment
that they sinned he barred
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the tree of life,
because that tree gave vitality
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to both Adam and Eve
so that they can continue
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living and God did not
want to "immortalize sin."
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So he instantly dispatched
an angel to bar the tree
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of life, but here's
the text that you'll see
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that God is fair. As
a matter of fact John,
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if you can do me a
favor and go to Ezekiel 18,
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I want to show a
couple of verses here,
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but I'm gonna read
Deuteronomy chapter 30
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and verse 19, here is
the way that the Lord even
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does it even to his very
day, showing that God is the
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same yesterday,
today and forever.
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He says in Deuteronomy
30:19, I call heaven and earth
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as a witness today against you,
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I have set before
you life and death,
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blessings and cursings;
but get this he doesn't
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say make a choice he
says, chose life, that both you
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and your decedents may
live. He not only puts both
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roads, but he says
here is the one to chose
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and I'm sure he
made it clear to Adam,
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if you eat of
this tree you'll die.
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So which one am I
telling you to chose.
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Chose not to eat of this
tree and so God is not unfair.
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And in Ezekiel
chapter 18, read verse 23,
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and then verse 25
for us. Okay, verse 23.
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Do I have any pleasure at
all that wicked should die?
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Says the Lord God: and
not that he should turn
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from his ways, and live?
And in verse 25, Yet you say,
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The way of the Lord is not fair.
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Hear now, O house of
Israel; Is not my way which
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is fair and your
ways which are not fair?.
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Okay. So you see
right away, the Lord saying,
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hey what's the
deal here. I'm fair,
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I put two roads
before you I said chose life,
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but here is what the Lord;
and I tend to believe there
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is the pole is out on
this one God knew what could
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happen, but before
imparted to them life or before
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they imparted to
themselves, before they brought
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the penalty of
death upon themselves.
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He had to give them the
choice, he has foreknowledge
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but he does not
pre-program us to do one thing
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or the other. That's
right. That's the difference.
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Standing on top of a
building and seeing both cars
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coming from different
angles speeding and somebody
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removes the stops sign you
know what's going to happen,
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you didn't pre-program
it, but you can tell way ahead
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of time that they're
heading toward a collision,
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in the same way God not
only has, he is not only
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all knowing but he has
foreknowledge that we do not
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obtain. So he
didn't set Adam and Eve up,
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he gave them the right
to chose their destiny.
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You know and I think, you
know this is really what faith
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is all about and
we think about it,
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God is going
nothing different with us.
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Right. Because, the same
thing he told Adam and Eve,
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either you don't eat
and live or you eat and then
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you'll die. He says
here that if you obey me,
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I'll bless you if you disobey
me the result is the curse.
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Right, that you
brought on yourself.
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That you brought on
yourself and here's the issue,
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because God knows
there are only choices,
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it's either him who
created you, who loved you,
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who care for you and
provide for you or Satan
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who hates you, wants to
kill you and bring you down.
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That's right. There
is no middle ground.
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There is no independence
here because we were created
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beings, that means we
have a dependence upon our
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creator, that's the
natural results of any creation
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is that it depends upon
it's creator for sustenance.
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That's right. So when
God is saying these things
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you know we make him out
sometimes to be this dictator,
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how you know he's
telling us what to do,
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if you don't obey him
you know and people have this
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problem with
authority, but that's not,
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that's not even the spirit
with which God is saying this.
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God is saying I created
you, I'm the only one that
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can keep you and sustain
you and it gives you life
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won't you obey me
rather than disobey and reap
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the consequences of
Satan and his rebellion.
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That's right. So he's
pleading with us to do that
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and so many of us
don't like this oh well
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they were tested, it's
just the way that God sees
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and knows things and
loves and cares for us
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that this is the way
he is and he does this.
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Well friends, there you
have it, all said and done
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when the Lord was gonna
give the gift of eternal life
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to Adam and Eve, it was
also based on the whether
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are not they would be
obedient, but in the end it
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is a gift we cannot earn
it, we cannot purchase it,
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eternal life is a gift, they
were not naturally immortal,
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but in order for them to
pass on to their posterity,
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whatever they had, they
had to be tested to be proven
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that they were
obedient and loyal to God.
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And the whole good, the good
thing at the end of all this,
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this test, the great
controversy, all that is,
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that as Nahem says, Nahem
says, affliction will not rise
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up a second time, so there
will be a security developed
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in the universe or as a
result there will be security
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in the universe
from sin. That's right.
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That it did not have
before sin entered the world.
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And so that's I would
never call the beauty of sin,
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'cause that's not the
case but that's the beauty
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of how God is doing this.
He is teaching his people,
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he is teaching the
universe and all it's
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inhabitants what sin
really does and how his way
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is so much better.
A thought just came
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to my mind that really
gives the story in Revelation,
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if you are unjust
you will be unjust still,
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if you are righteous
you will be righteous still,
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that's when the
mortality factor is added to it.
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That's what the
end is gonna to be,
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which is different from the
Garden of Eden. Right, good.
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I have a question
here is somebody says sent
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from a Black Berry by
AT&T. Al, thank you for your
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question, I've been
watching 3ABN for a while,
00:21:25.84\00:21:28.68
I've heard preaches on
the 3ABN network say that
00:21:28.71\00:21:31.84
the churches that
observe on Sunday instead
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of Saturday will be
lost. I don't agree with that,
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the scripture reads
you must be born again.
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Now that's the main
issue not what day you go
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to church on. I'm in
church all day on Sunday,
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Tuesday night Bible
study, Friday night service.
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I'm born again and have
the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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God bless you, peace and
love. Well thank you so much Al,
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for you commit. The fact
of the matter is right now
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Sunday observance is
not a test to any Christian
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at all in the world. When
it becomes a test and this
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is the key when the
issue of the Sabbath comes
00:22:09.60\00:22:13.74
to the forefront and
God's commandment is exalted
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because now let's just
let's get away from the Sabbath
00:22:18.68\00:22:21.08
for a moment. I
know you're ready to,
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and this just a moment
John, but when you think
00:22:22.09\00:22:23.90
about the other commandments,
00:22:23.93\00:22:25.30
think of which one we can
honestly ignore and still be
00:22:25.33\00:22:29.41
saved, we cannot,
but many have narrowed
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down the Sabbath
command to a day rather than
00:22:33.40\00:22:36.76
the loyalty of choosing
who your God is. And the
00:22:36.79\00:22:40.36
commandment says, the
seventh day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord your God.
So the question is not what
00:22:43.99\00:22:47.20
day you chose, because
you can't chose a day God's
00:22:47.23\00:22:50.19
already done that.
That's another problem.
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A lot of people say,
I chose Sunday well you
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can't chose a day that
because God didn't bless
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the first day of
the week as a holy day.
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He's already chosen the
seventh day of the week.
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He's blessed it and he
said remember the Sabbath day
00:23:06.20\00:23:09.01
to keep it holy further on,
the seventh day is a Sabbath
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of the Lord your God. So
the question is not what day,
00:23:12.71\00:23:16.04
but who is the Lord
your God, who is your God.
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If the Lord who created
the world is your God then
00:23:20.07\00:23:22.63
the Sabbath is the day.
you'll not be in eternity
00:23:22.66\00:23:25.91
by choosing to serve
another God and the real
00:23:27.11\00:23:29.38
issue about Saturday and
Sunday is who your God is?
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That's really it. And the
important thing here's here,
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what you've already
said it, the test it is in a
00:23:35.66\00:23:37.91
test to everyone yet. Right.
To the world's inhabitants
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and many of you who
know who've been watching
00:23:41.80\00:23:45.00
3ABN and other programming,
we clearly to define
00:23:45.03\00:23:49.51
Babylon in Revelation
as a system of a apostate
00:23:49.54\00:23:55.99
worship, it's a
religious system that is a false
00:23:56.02\00:23:59.03
religious system. That's right.
00:23:59.06\00:24:00.34
Not the people, in
fact the people command
00:24:00.37\00:24:02.80
in the second angels
message and then of course
00:24:02.83\00:24:05.37
in Revelation 18 is
that Babylon has fallen that
00:24:05.40\00:24:08.37
religious system is fallen,
come out of her my people.
00:24:08.40\00:24:11.40
That's right. So,
even in with Babylon today,
00:24:11.43\00:24:14.05
God's people reside and
when that last test comes
00:24:14.27\00:24:18.32
that's when it will be
proclaimed come out of her
00:24:18.35\00:24:21.12
my people that's the
test. And so right now,
00:24:21.15\00:24:24.06
we agree and we understand
your, your concern on this,
00:24:24.09\00:24:29.33
in fact I would even
encourage you with this that the
00:24:30.55\00:24:33.87
Seventh-day Adventist
church does not teach that only
00:24:33.90\00:24:36.08
Adventists are saved,
that's not what we teach.
00:24:36.11\00:24:38.81
Right. But we do
teach that in the end when
00:24:39.36\00:24:41.53
the final test comes
during the time of trouble,
00:24:41.56\00:24:43.70
that those who hear the
call, the proclamation call
00:24:44.74\00:24:48.13
that is brought out to
the world as a test of loyalty
00:24:48.16\00:24:52.13
between God the
Creator or the false system
00:24:52.16\00:24:55.23
of worship, the
false day they've set up,
00:24:55.26\00:24:57.50
then it would be determined,
clearly the line will
00:24:57.53\00:25:00.31
be drawn as to who
is sided with whom.
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It's a matter of fact, James
4 verse 17 says it this way,
00:25:03.68\00:25:06.56
"Therefore, to him who
knows to do good and does
00:25:07.08\00:25:11.57
not do it, to him it is
sin. So when you think about
00:25:11.60\00:25:15.75
that when you know what's
right and you don't do it,
00:25:15.78\00:25:19.06
it sin it's not based on
how many times you go to church,
00:25:19.09\00:25:22.51
you can go to church,
you can stay in church from
00:25:22.94\00:25:24.56
Sunday to Sunday or
from Saturday to Saturday,
00:25:24.59\00:25:27.11
you can stay in
church all week long,
00:25:27.14\00:25:28.45
it doesn't merit your
salvation, the Bible makes it
00:25:28.48\00:25:31.37
very, very clear. In
something that's been pushed
00:25:31.40\00:25:33.75
out of lot of
Christendom today is this simple
00:25:33.78\00:25:36.38
word obedience. Obedience,
if we obey Isaiah 1 says,
00:25:36.41\00:25:43.14
if we are willing and
obedient we will eat of the good
00:25:43.71\00:25:47.63
of the land and
there's so much disobedience
00:25:47.66\00:25:49.77
now in Christianity
and we try to patch it by
00:25:49.80\00:25:52.72
saying I go to church all
different days of the week,
00:25:52.75\00:25:55.09
you know I do this, I'm
baptized and those are all
00:25:55.12\00:25:58.38
are very
important and good things,
00:25:58.41\00:26:00.22
but it doesn't negate
the importance of listening
00:26:00.25\00:26:03.78
to the word of
God. You know John, I,
00:26:03.81\00:26:05.50
just yesterday I was
listening to a survey on CBS
00:26:05.53\00:26:08.51
of how America is one
of the most if not the most
00:26:09.60\00:26:13.00
religious country in
the world, but it's the most
00:26:13.03\00:26:17.14
religiously ignorant
country in the world.
00:26:17.17\00:26:19.91
And there are some
people that frankly do not
00:26:20.63\00:26:22.72
believe that it is
important what the Bible says,
00:26:22.75\00:26:25.63
it's about their
faith, it's about emotion,
00:26:25.66\00:26:28.91
it's about worship,
it's about lights, cameras,
00:26:28.94\00:26:31.43
action in some
circles, and the Bible is least
00:26:31.46\00:26:35.68
significant to the exercise
of Christianity nowadays
00:26:35.71\00:26:38.73
then in times past
like the reformers.
00:26:38.76\00:26:41.59
In the days of Martin
Luther and Zwingli and Huss
00:26:42.74\00:26:45.89
and Jerome and Wickliffe,
and the American Bible
00:26:45.92\00:26:47.76
Society. It was not a
movement back to church,
00:26:47.79\00:26:51.31
it was a movement back
to the Bible, but today
00:26:52.29\00:26:55.04
it's about you know
what feels good, lights,
00:26:55.07\00:26:58.66
camera, action,
it's about business,
00:26:58.69\00:27:00.62
it's about enterprise,
it's very little in Bible
00:27:00.65\00:27:06.19
inclusion in the involvement
of Christian exercise today.
00:27:06.22\00:27:09.77
Yeah, and there are
preachers out there that
00:27:09.80\00:27:12.45
are telling their
congregations it'll fine,
00:27:12.48\00:27:13.89
because the
rapture is going to come,
00:27:13.92\00:27:15.84
Christ will take his church out.
00:27:15.87\00:27:17.26
They won't have to
endure the great test at the end
00:27:17.29\00:27:21.70
of time the time of
trouble. And I wanted to point
00:27:21.73\00:27:25.11
this out to you
because this is really a key if
00:27:25.14\00:27:27.54
you don't understand
that this time of trouble
00:27:27.57\00:27:29.98
is coming and that
there is going to be a great
00:27:30.01\00:27:32.04
test that occurs within
that, you are going to miss
00:27:32.07\00:27:35.66
out on the book of
revelation and what it says
00:27:35.69\00:27:37.84
about what is it to
come. Let me share something
00:27:37.87\00:27:40.77
here with you, because
people have a lot of interest
00:27:40.80\00:27:44.27
in the mark of the
beast in fact you look around
00:27:44.30\00:27:47.26
and people here you
know what is the mark
00:27:47.29\00:27:48.62
of the beast, is it
some super computer,
00:27:48.65\00:27:50.25
is it some microchip in
your forehead or your head
00:27:50.28\00:27:53.37
or what is it. And they
miss something that is really
00:27:53.40\00:27:56.80
almost blatantly
obvious and that is that worship
00:27:56.83\00:28:01.21
at the end of Revelation
13, worship that is commanded
00:28:01.24\00:28:05.35
by this false system
that Satan is behind it says
00:28:05.38\00:28:09.93
clearly that this beast
coming up out of the earth
00:28:09.96\00:28:13.13
and the second beast of
Revelation 13 has two horns
00:28:13.16\00:28:15.80
like a lamb and
spoke like a dragon,
00:28:15.83\00:28:17.44
he looks like he
is very religious,
00:28:17.47\00:28:20.05
he is very Christ
like but when he speaks,
00:28:20.08\00:28:22.10
when he commands, when
he brings his authority
00:28:22.13\00:28:24.03
it's like the
dragon, Satan himself.
00:28:24.06\00:28:26.66
And he forces, he compels
worship to the point where,
00:28:27.54\00:28:30.18
if you look at verse
15, he was granted power
00:28:31.43\00:28:35.99
to give birth to
the image of the beast,
00:28:36.02\00:28:37.70
that the image of the
beast should both speak
00:28:37.73\00:28:39.49
and cause as many as
would not worship the image
00:28:39.52\00:28:42.05
of the beast to be
killed. And that they might
00:28:42.08\00:28:45.34
receive the mark verse
17 or the name of the beast
00:28:45.37\00:28:49.92
or the number of his
name. So those are the things
00:28:49.95\00:28:52.93
that God is trying to
enlighten us to give us
00:28:52.96\00:28:57.77
understanding of. So
that we can resist that time,
00:28:58.40\00:29:01.02
but notice here,
it says the mark.
00:29:01.05\00:29:02.94
The mark, and throughout
the book of Revelation
00:29:02.97\00:29:06.18
too you find a
connection to the saints,
00:29:06.21\00:29:08.12
keeping the commandments of God.
00:29:08.15\00:29:09.93
Let me read this to you,
it says here in same language
00:29:09.96\00:29:14.65
found in Revelation 13 and
Revelation 14 I would add too,
00:29:14.68\00:29:19.60
but let me read to you
from Deuteronomy chapter 6,
00:29:19.63\00:29:22.13
if you start with
verse 1, it talks about the
00:29:23.56\00:29:24.99
commandments of God,
to fear God, keep his
00:29:25.02\00:29:28.28
commandments verse 2
and then it says in verse 4,
00:29:28.31\00:29:31.74
hear O'Israel, the Lord
our God, the Lord is one,
00:29:32.43\00:29:36.12
you shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart,
00:29:36.87\00:29:38.84
with all your soul and
with all your strength.
00:29:38.87\00:29:40.43
John that's loyalty,
that's a commitment to God
00:29:40.46\00:29:43.80
and to follow him
with all your heart.
00:29:43.83\00:29:45.23
And these words it
says verse 6 which I command
00:29:46.37\00:29:48.26
you today will be in your heart,
00:29:48.29\00:29:49.83
you shall teach them
diligently to your children.
00:29:50.62\00:29:52.77
Something like you said
we are not doing in America.
00:29:52.80\00:29:55.52
We are not teaching our
kids the way of the Lord.
00:29:55.55\00:29:58.51
And shall talk of them
when you sit in your house,
00:29:59.49\00:30:01.77
when you walk by the
way when you lie down
00:30:02.39\00:30:03.80
and when you rise up,
verse 8 listen to this,
00:30:03.83\00:30:06.27
you shall bind them as a
sign on your hand and they
00:30:07.68\00:30:12.50
shall be as front
lids between your eyes.
00:30:12.53\00:30:15.47
This is the seal, the
sign that God for his people,
00:30:16.96\00:30:21.18
those who teach and
preach and keep the commandments
00:30:21.21\00:30:24.96
of God, including
the forth. That's right.
00:30:24.99\00:30:27.69
And the forth is
the only at issue,
00:30:27.72\00:30:29.26
no one in their right
mind is gonna to sit around
00:30:29.29\00:30:31.16
and say you know it's okay
to kill, it's okay to steal,
00:30:31.19\00:30:33.93
it's okay to commit adultery.
00:30:33.96\00:30:35.89
To keep doing all
these things you can do that
00:30:35.92\00:30:38.04
and go to heaven no,
no one will say that but
00:30:38.07\00:30:39.90
they will say it's okay to
not observe the seventh day
00:30:39.93\00:30:43.37
as the Sabbath. Yet
that's the commandment.
00:30:43.40\00:30:45.59
You know, I had
heard one guy said to me,
00:30:46.46\00:30:47.78
are you telling me that
you have to keep Sabbath
00:30:50.20\00:30:52.25
to be saved? And I
said well, whatever answer
00:30:52.28\00:30:57.91
you give about any of
the other commandments
00:30:57.94\00:31:00.64
I give you with
regard to the forth.
00:31:00.67\00:31:02.94
So ask yourself the question,
do I have to stop murdering
00:31:03.45\00:31:07.21
to be saved, do I
have to stop stealing,
00:31:07.24\00:31:09.63
do I have to stop
committing adultery to be saved.
00:31:09.66\00:31:11.50
Can't I bow down
to idols and be saved?
00:31:11.53\00:31:14.02
How about coveting and
treating my parents with
00:31:14.80\00:31:18.44
respect and love? Do I
have into those to be saved?
00:31:18.47\00:31:21.07
Well, every Christian
would tell you yeah that's the
00:31:21.79\00:31:23.91
way of God. That's
right. So what's the problem
00:31:23.94\00:31:25.84
with the fourth commandment, the
00:31:25.87\00:31:26.97
seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God
00:31:27.00\00:31:29.72
and yet people don't
understand in the last days
00:31:29.75\00:31:32.46
that is going to be a test
of loyalty to see if people
00:31:32.49\00:31:37.36
will keep all of the
commandments of God or not.
00:31:37.39\00:31:39.91
That's right. You know,
the reason why we haven't
00:31:39.94\00:31:42.80
cut this one loose yet is
because this is a very vitally
00:31:42.83\00:31:45.15
powerful issue here.
Josiah 4 verse 6 and they
00:31:45.18\00:31:49.14
are lot of
Christians as CBS just said,
00:31:49.17\00:31:52.28
we are ignorant
America, ignorant religiously.
00:31:53.72\00:31:57.45
We are concerned about
religion and religiosity,
00:31:58.35\00:32:02.25
but one professor says in
America they are many people
00:32:02.28\00:32:05.65
that love Jesus they many
people that carry the bible,
00:32:05.68\00:32:08.86
but they just don't
read it, they are spiritually
00:32:08.89\00:32:11.43
and literally ignorant
of what God's word says.
00:32:11.46\00:32:14.24
Now what is the danger
of that? Hosea 4 verse 6,
00:32:14.72\00:32:17.97
notice how the Lord says
just like he says in Revelation
00:32:18.62\00:32:20.65
18 come out from my
people he says in Hosea 4:6,
00:32:20.68\00:32:24.00
my people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge.
00:32:24.71\00:32:27.81
Because you have
rejected knowledge,
00:32:28.67\00:32:31.00
I will reject you
from being priests for me;
00:32:31.71\00:32:34.46
because you have
forgotten the law of your God,
00:32:35.06\00:32:37.69
notice the law of your God
I will forget your children.
00:32:38.22\00:32:42.17
And they don't
have any idea John,
00:32:42.69\00:32:44.25
many of our viewers and
listeners don't have any idea
00:32:44.94\00:32:46.70
that the day is
coming where America and the
00:32:46.73\00:32:48.81
world is gonna go
through a tremendous famine
00:32:48.84\00:32:50.83
not for bread and
water. Here it is in Amos 8
00:32:50.86\00:32:53.81
verse 11 and 12
Behold, the days are coming,
00:32:54.48\00:32:56.80
says the Lord that I will
send a famine on the land,
00:32:56.83\00:32:59.20
not a famine of
bread, or a thirst for water
00:32:59.23\00:33:02.49
but of hearing
the words of the Lord.
00:33:02.52\00:33:05.30
They shall wander from
sea to sea, and from north to
00:33:06.48\00:33:09.86
south and from north to
east; they shall run to and
00:33:09.89\00:33:13.46
fro, seeking the
word of the Lord,
00:33:13.49\00:33:15.71
but shall not find it and
then you'll see that people
00:33:16.21\00:33:19.59
have say hey it's valuable
to me, but right now friends
00:33:19.62\00:33:23.04
is the time to study
God's word, because the day
00:33:23.07\00:33:25.28
is coming when it will be
outlawed, it won't be popular
00:33:25.31\00:33:28.67
and only then will people
realize that they have been
00:33:28.70\00:33:31.95
dubbed into ignorance
and they will be destroyed
00:33:31.98\00:33:35.06
not because God
wants to but they've chosen
00:33:35.09\00:33:39.89
a lack of knowledge.
You know you've brought
00:33:39.92\00:33:42.35
that up lack of
knowledge, I just want to bring
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.36
a reference to this
study that you talked about,
00:33:44.39\00:33:46.42
you know ignorance of
religion ignorance. Yes.
00:33:46.45\00:33:49.36
It's a result of a new US
religious knowledge survey
00:33:49.94\00:33:53.97
that was released on
September 28th, 2010. Okay.
00:33:54.96\00:33:59.03
Just so they
have reference point,
00:33:59.06\00:34:00.13
well why do we say
that, it is a new survey they
00:34:00.16\00:34:02.71
just came out from this
US, it's called US religious
00:34:02.74\00:34:07.32
knowledge survey, and
we find, they found that
00:34:07.35\00:34:12.05
Americans are predominantly
ignorant of religion.
00:34:12.08\00:34:14.49
And that's
reality. Interesting, Yeah.
00:34:15.65\00:34:17.52
And the churches
support that in the sense that
00:34:17.55\00:34:19.87
they say to people when
a pastor stands up and says
00:34:20.08\00:34:22.08
it doesn't matter, he
is saying stay ignorant
00:34:22.11\00:34:24.56
you'll make it to
heaven anyway. When he says
00:34:24.59\00:34:26.56
God Sabbath doesn't
matter stay ignorant just enjoy
00:34:26.59\00:34:29.48
the service anyway, I
think we have to transition
00:34:29.51\00:34:34.41
to our topic. Friends ignorant
is not the way of the Lord.
00:34:34.44\00:34:37.37
Ignorance is not
the way of the Lord,
00:34:37.40\00:34:39.22
there is a way that
seems right to a man but
00:34:40.48\00:34:42.08
in the end there
off is the way of death.
00:34:42.11\00:34:44.51
don't do what seems
right, make sure you are right,
00:34:45.21\00:34:48.56
if Jesus resisted the
devil by saying it is written
00:34:49.25\00:34:52.19
how are you gonna
resist the devil by saying
00:34:52.80\00:34:54.50
I don't know what's written.
00:34:54.53\00:34:55.61
Well, and we're
asking everyone to go back
00:34:57.16\00:34:59.52
to the word to establish
the truth. Back to the word.
00:34:59.55\00:35:01.99
Not to go to their pastor.
00:35:02.56\00:35:03.61
Not even to go to us I
mean we are tying to because
00:35:04.13\00:35:07.44
provoke you to study the word.
00:35:07.47\00:35:09.10
We are not trying
to say believe us.
00:35:09.13\00:35:10.81
We are telling
you what we have found
00:35:10.84\00:35:13.41
and we're asking you go
to the word to confirm it
00:35:14.34\00:35:16.29
or reject it, that's what
the Bible calls you to do.
00:35:17.06\00:35:19.88
The Berean
Church reference there,
00:35:19.91\00:35:22.08
they heard the
words, the messages of Paul
00:35:22.70\00:35:24.22
in the time of the
early church and then daily
00:35:24.85\00:35:27.68
they would search the
scriptures to see whether
00:35:27.71\00:35:29.48
or not those things
that were being told were
00:35:29.51\00:35:31.20
true. And people
aren't doing it anything more.
00:35:31.23\00:35:33.96
You know, so much is
going through my mind
00:35:33.99\00:35:36.36
right now, I'm like a
water fountain that just keeps
00:35:36.39\00:35:38.35
spilling here and I
want to make sure I'm going
00:35:38.38\00:35:40.02
in the right in the
direction, it reminds me of the
00:35:40.05\00:35:44.24
wilderness experience
with Satan and Jesus when
00:35:44.27\00:35:46.81
he came to attempt
Jesus, Jesus resisted him
00:35:46.84\00:35:48.88
by the word. People
nowadays are not reading
00:35:48.91\00:35:51.22
and they are being told
by the ministers all you got
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.76
to say is I rebuke you
devil. Like you have some
00:35:53.79\00:35:56.30
authority, the devil
didn't respond to Christ like
00:35:56.33\00:35:59.34
I rebuke thee, the
Lord said it is written,
00:35:59.37\00:36:02.03
it is written, it is
written, and we have a
00:36:02.06\00:36:03.87
generation that
don't know what's written,
00:36:03.90\00:36:05.20
don't know what's written,
don't know what's written,
00:36:05.23\00:36:06.88
we're just going to
rebuke the devil and he is going
00:36:07.40\00:36:09.05
to stand there and
laugh at us because
00:36:09.08\00:36:11.01
he has nothing to fear us for.
00:36:11.04\00:36:13.81
As the example of the
person that tried to step up
00:36:14.60\00:36:17.32
to rebuke the devil
in the New Testament
00:36:18.55\00:36:20.89
and the devil
undressed him, he dressed him
00:36:20.92\00:36:23.48
down and left him
naked. That's right, he says.
00:36:23.51\00:36:25.69
Who are you? He said Paul,
00:36:25.72\00:36:27.09
Jesus I know and Paul
I know, well who are you.
00:36:27.12\00:36:30.63
And the demons
whipped him and stripped him
00:36:31.45\00:36:32.96
and send him running
into the streets naked.
00:36:32.99\00:36:34.87
You do not want to be
naked, the word of God
00:36:35.60\00:36:37.59
is the power by
which we can be clothed,
00:36:37.62\00:36:40.71
also in his
righteousness anyway.
00:36:40.74\00:36:43.25
Thank you for that question
you really got our motives
00:36:44.33\00:36:46.24
going but that's the
important thing, get back
00:36:46.27\00:36:48.34
to the word, stop
being an ignorant Christian
00:36:48.37\00:36:50.69
because you could not
perform your day by day
00:36:50.72\00:36:52.93
job in the atmosphere
of ignorance and really
00:36:52.96\00:36:55.95
get paid for it. If
you have any questions
00:36:55.98\00:36:58.78
if we've stimulated
your mind to think about
00:36:58.81\00:37:00.91
anything send those questions to
00:37:00.94\00:37:02.45
housecalls@3ABN.org,
that's housecalls@3ABN.org
00:37:02.48\00:37:09.00
and then we will
continue to answer from the word
00:37:09.03\00:37:12.55
of God those
questions thank you very much.
00:37:12.58\00:37:14.63
Now John, transitions
for us into our topic on the
00:37:15.38\00:37:18.24
millennium what we
are going to do today,
00:37:18.27\00:37:21.73
we are going to
cover three actual,
00:37:21.76\00:37:23.63
yeah we have a
couple more programs
00:37:24.65\00:37:25.72
that we are going to do
on the millennium, okay.
00:37:25.75\00:37:27.44
And we've already
covered aspects of the events
00:37:27.47\00:37:29.99
leading up to the
millennium, but there is a few
00:37:30.02\00:37:32.00
things we haven't covered yet,
00:37:32.03\00:37:33.05
so we're going to kind
of cover the last few events
00:37:33.80\00:37:36.37
leading up to the entrance
or the time of the millennium,
00:37:36.40\00:37:39.48
alright, the thousand
years and then we are going to,
00:37:39.51\00:37:42.24
then talk a little bit
about what happens during
00:37:43.25\00:37:45.61
the 1000 years, alright,
and so let's do this we've
00:37:45.64\00:37:49.53
already learned that Jesus
is going to return visibly,
00:37:49.56\00:37:53.98
audibly, literally at
the end to call the saints,
00:37:54.01\00:37:59.49
who sleep in
Jesus up from the grave,
00:37:59.52\00:38:01.69
those who are alive in
Christ will remain alive
00:38:01.72\00:38:04.75
and could be caught up
with him to meet the Lord
00:38:04.78\00:38:06.89
in the air, they will be
received by the Lord as we
00:38:06.92\00:38:09.67
talked about, they
are met, they meet God but
00:38:09.70\00:38:11.61
Jesus but Jesus
receives them into his kingdom
00:38:12.44\00:38:14.85
that is he takes them
back and gives them they
00:38:14.88\00:38:18.25
have this great supper
of the lamb and they enter
00:38:18.28\00:38:20.33
into the glory of
the Lord and the heavenly
00:38:20.36\00:38:23.03
kingdom. They all
receive immortal bodies,
00:38:23.06\00:38:27.05
we read First Corinthians
15, how immortality is given,
00:38:27.63\00:38:30.97
saints at the resurrection
and also how at that
00:38:31.57\00:38:35.69
time and we didn't really
elaborate on this too much,
00:38:35.72\00:38:38.79
but those who were
not in Christ who had,
00:38:38.82\00:38:42.41
who were dead were not
resurrected, that's right,
00:38:42.44\00:38:45.80
and those who were
not in Christ at the time
00:38:45.83\00:38:47.97
of his return, they
actually died by the brightness
00:38:48.00\00:38:51.65
of Christ return of
his coming, because anybody
00:38:51.68\00:38:55.39
that retains or holds on
to sin, is going to naturally
00:38:55.42\00:38:58.30
perish as in the
presence of the holy God.
00:38:58.33\00:39:00.57
So, when Jesus
appears in his glory they
00:39:01.60\00:39:03.50
won't be able to
stand that in fact,
00:39:03.53\00:39:04.82
if you look at
Revelation 6, it talks about
00:39:05.90\00:39:07.89
what their response is
to the coming of Christ.
00:39:07.92\00:39:11.81
That's right let's go
there, Revelation Chapter 6.
00:39:11.84\00:39:13.93
We are going to look
at how they do not really
00:39:15.39\00:39:18.27
want to see Jesus, they
are not going to greet him,
00:39:18.75\00:39:20.71
they just don't
want to. Revelation 6,
00:39:20.74\00:39:23.33
verse 12 describes
what happens on the earth
00:39:23.36\00:39:28.53
just immediately
preceding the coming of Christ
00:39:29.85\00:39:31.95
and what happens when
they see Jesus in the clouds
00:39:31.98\00:39:35.00
of glory coming back.
Verse 12, this is the sixth
00:39:35.03\00:39:38.05
seal now. I looked when
he opened the sixth seal
00:39:38.08\00:39:41.71
and behold there
was a great earthquake;
00:39:41.74\00:39:44.17
and the sun became
black as sackcloth of hair,
00:39:44.20\00:39:46.39
and the moon became like blood;
00:39:46.42\00:39:48.42
and the stars of
Heaven fell to the Earth,
00:39:48.45\00:39:50.57
as a fig tree drops
it's late figs when it is
00:39:50.60\00:39:53.58
shaken by a mighty
wind. Then the sky receded
00:39:53.61\00:39:57.17
as a scroll,
when it is rolled up,
00:39:57.20\00:39:58.90
and every mountain
and island was moved
00:39:58.93\00:40:01.67
out of its place.
That also is a description
00:40:01.70\00:40:04.18
elsewhere in
scriptures about what happens
00:40:04.21\00:40:06.22
when Christ
returns. That's right.
00:40:06.25\00:40:07.77
Verse 15, and the Kings
of the Earth, the great men,
00:40:08.56\00:40:11.07
the rich men, the commanders,
00:40:11.10\00:40:12.36
the mighty men, every
slave and every free men
00:40:12.39\00:40:14.86
hid themselves in the
caves and in the rocks
00:40:14.89\00:40:17.51
of the mountains and
said to the mountains
00:40:17.54\00:40:19.64
and rocks, "Fall on
us and hide us from the
00:40:19.67\00:40:23.13
face of him who sits
on the throne and from
00:40:23.16\00:40:26.77
the wrath of the
Lamb! For his, for the great
00:40:26.80\00:40:29.54
day of his wrath has
come, and who is able to stand?
00:40:29.57\00:40:32.99
So there we see John a
description of the response
00:40:34.91\00:40:38.63
of the wicked who
are alive at that time,
00:40:38.66\00:40:40.73
they don't want to see
Christ, they are trying
00:40:40.76\00:40:42.66
hide from Him, but
they cannot hide from
00:40:42.69\00:40:45.00
his wrath, they will
perish right there and then
00:40:45.03\00:40:47.79
as Jeremiah talks
about there will be bodies
00:40:47.82\00:40:50.96
just thrown on the
ground. That's right.
00:40:50.99\00:40:53.30
So let's recap that,
the second coming of Jesus
00:40:53.33\00:40:55.89
is for his saints. The
righteous dead are raised
00:40:55.92\00:40:59.51
to life, the
righteous are given immortality;
00:40:59.54\00:41:03.61
the righteous are
given bodies like Jesus.
00:41:04.46\00:41:06.64
All righteous caught
up into the clouds and the
00:41:07.32\00:41:11.12
living wicked slain by the
breath of the Lord's mouth,
00:41:11.15\00:41:15.12
that is by the power
that comes to him by his word
00:41:15.15\00:41:17.43
actually that's what that means.
00:41:17.46\00:41:18.69
The wicked that
are in the grave remain
00:41:19.69\00:41:21.05
there until the
end of the 1000 years.
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.94
And we talked about
that. Last day revelation 20
00:41:23.97\00:41:26.33
the rest of the dead
did not live again until
00:41:26.36\00:41:29.08
1000 years were
finished. And Jesus takes the
00:41:29.11\00:41:32.26
righteous to Heaven and
then something else Satan
00:41:32.29\00:41:35.46
is bound. Would you
spend sometimes on this?
00:41:36.46\00:41:38.17
We are going to do
that one, Satan is bound
00:41:38.20\00:41:39.84
for 1000 years,
that's a very important topic
00:41:39.87\00:41:42.85
because you know well
let's break it down to the
00:41:42.88\00:41:46.27
first when he was
first kicked out of Heaven,
00:41:46.30\00:41:48.98
then cast to the Earth,
then released, then finally
00:41:50.03\00:41:54.12
bound. Okay, because there
is a whole lot in the Bible
00:41:54.15\00:41:57.23
that is talked about in
order for us to appreciate
00:41:57.26\00:41:59.66
the fact that he is gonna
to be bound for 1000 years.
00:41:59.69\00:42:01.90
We have to look at some of
things that the Bible says,
00:42:02.79\00:42:05.04
how did he get to the
Earth, and what process
00:42:05.07\00:42:08.36
was used to restrict
him or what process is used
00:42:09.52\00:42:13.89
to restrict his
activity on the Earth,
00:42:14.73\00:42:16.03
because we know that if
he had free reign all of us
00:42:16.67\00:42:18.50
will be dead. Yeah. So,
what happened to restrict him,
00:42:18.53\00:42:21.34
how did he get to the
Earth. I think it would be good
00:42:21.93\00:42:23.62
to go ahead and look
at that and I think a good
00:42:23.65\00:42:26.27
place to begin is Revelation 12,
00:42:26.30\00:42:27.64
Do you want to
start there? Sure.
00:42:27.67\00:42:28.76
Let's go to
Revelation chapter 12,
00:42:28.79\00:42:30.04
and look at what happened
for Satan to be kicked out
00:42:30.07\00:42:35.42
and brought down here.
Let's see we could begin
00:42:35.45\00:42:39.51
actually, if you
want to in verse 7,
00:42:39.54\00:42:42.49
go ahead read that for us John.
00:42:42.52\00:42:44.25
And war broke out in Heaven,
00:42:44.93\00:42:46.18
Michael and his Angels
fight with the dragon and the
00:42:46.81\00:42:49.63
dragon and his angels
fought, but they did not
00:42:49.66\00:42:52.37
prevail, nor was a
place found for them in Heaven
00:42:52.40\00:42:54.71
any longer. So the
great dragon was cast out,
00:42:54.74\00:42:58.00
that serpent of old
called the Devil and Satan,
00:42:58.03\00:43:00.40
who deceives the whole
world. He was cast to Earth,
00:43:01.44\00:43:04.41
and his angels
were cast out with him.
00:43:04.44\00:43:06.81
Then I heard a loud
voice saying in Heaven,
00:43:07.52\00:43:09.71
now salvation and strength
and the kingdom of our God
00:43:09.74\00:43:13.24
and the power of
his Christ have come,
00:43:13.27\00:43:14.82
for the accuser of our
brethren who accused them
00:43:14.85\00:43:18.24
before our God day and
night has been cast down.
00:43:18.27\00:43:21.62
And so you see I
would actually gone from
00:43:24.27\00:43:26.34
verse 7 to 9, because
verse 10 gives us a glimpse
00:43:26.37\00:43:30.36
into the casting down
not just the casting out,
00:43:30.39\00:43:34.14
but the casting down. Right,
right, casting out of Heaven
00:43:34.72\00:43:37.21
verse 10 cast down.
Exactly and the difference
00:43:37.24\00:43:40.88
there would be Jesus
made sure that Satan would not
00:43:40.91\00:43:43.22
have continued preeminence
as the court and court
00:43:44.01\00:43:48.30
ruler of this world, as
the prince of this world.
00:43:48.33\00:43:51.05
You know let me read John 12:31.
00:43:51.08\00:43:53.99
Okay let's g to John 12:31.
00:43:54.23\00:43:55.46
It's not to necessary
get off of course here but
00:43:56.03\00:43:58.67
it's got to be, it's
connecting verse here.
00:43:58.70\00:44:02.22
Alright. John 12 verse
31, Now is the judgment
00:44:02.73\00:44:09.45
of this world: now the
ruler of this world will be
00:44:09.48\00:44:12.65
cast out, And if I am
lifted up from the Earth,
00:44:12.68\00:44:16.81
I will draw all peoples
to myself, so connecting
00:44:17.43\00:44:20.13
the event of Christ's
crucifixion and he uses the
00:44:20.16\00:44:25.19
language here that Satan is
cast out and in other words,
00:44:25.22\00:44:30.87
he is put down, his authority
is taken away from him.
00:44:30.90\00:44:34.01
He no longer can even
claim authority on this Earth,
00:44:34.04\00:44:37.73
but Jesus by virtue of
his sacrifice has purchased
00:44:37.76\00:44:42.28
back all who by
faith declare their,
00:44:43.74\00:44:46.32
their belief and
their trust in him.
00:44:46.57\00:44:47.89
And that what
that actually does it,
00:44:47.92\00:44:50.65
it takes away from Satan
the authority that he thought
00:44:51.55\00:44:54.65
he had as John just reiterated.
00:44:54.68\00:44:56.17
What I want to point
out here, is obviously
00:44:56.20\00:44:58.99
he didn't win
the battle on Heaven,
00:44:59.02\00:45:00.47
praise the Lord for that
and the part of that I extremely
00:45:00.50\00:45:03.75
like is where it says nor
was a place found for them
00:45:03.78\00:45:07.37
in Heaven any longer.
Which means if there if Satan
00:45:07.40\00:45:11.07
and his angels are
no longer in Heaven,
00:45:11.10\00:45:13.77
sin won't be there,
temptation won't be there.
00:45:13.80\00:45:17.35
So there will be no
opportunity even no chance
00:45:17.87\00:45:22.09
of temptation existing.
In the lives of perfectly
00:45:22.12\00:45:27.13
Holy and
perfectly righteous beings.
00:45:27.16\00:45:29.76
You know when I add to that too,
00:45:30.30\00:45:31.27
he was cast to the
Earth and some would say,
00:45:31.30\00:45:33.36
why did he, why did he
do that? Why did he send
00:45:33.39\00:45:35.87
them here? That
wasn't the issue so much,
00:45:35.90\00:45:38.53
the issue it's talking
about there is that once sin
00:45:40.44\00:45:43.38
became prevalent in
the world because Satan
00:45:43.41\00:45:46.13
did come to tempt and
try and gain authority
00:45:46.16\00:45:48.75
over this world,
once he gained that,
00:45:48.78\00:45:50.39
he became restricted to
this Earth. That's right.
00:45:51.74\00:45:54.10
This is the only
place that he could tempt,
00:45:54.13\00:45:56.25
that he could sow
the seed of his rebellion
00:45:56.28\00:45:59.43
and try to increase
his kingdom and that's why
00:46:00.03\00:46:04.26
it says he was
cast to the Earth,
00:46:04.29\00:46:06.09
because this is
where he was restricted to.
00:46:06.12\00:46:08.73
And this is the only
place that man had not been
00:46:09.77\00:46:12.52
tempted at that time
and had not fallen yet.
00:46:12.55\00:46:14.65
So the test this
whole controversy happened
00:46:15.40\00:46:17.84
during the time of the
creation, but I want you
00:46:17.87\00:46:20.68
to notice
something because we find
00:46:20.71\00:46:21.86
in Revelation that
Satan is bound with chains,
00:46:21.89\00:46:25.31
but go with me to
Second Peter chapter 2,
00:46:25.34\00:46:28.57
Second Peter chapter
2, I want you to see that
00:46:30.24\00:46:32.93
this is not a new
concept Second Peter chapter 2,
00:46:32.96\00:46:36.55
and it says in verse 4,
for if God did not spare
00:46:36.58\00:46:41.54
the angels who sinned,
but cast them down to hell
00:46:41.57\00:46:45.85
and delivered them into
chains of darkness to be
00:46:47.06\00:46:49.78
reserved for
judgment. Notice what happens,
00:46:49.81\00:46:52.64
they were cast down
to hell and delivered
00:46:54.06\00:46:59.48
into chains of darkness. So
if you would ask the question
00:46:59.51\00:47:03.10
today, are Satan's
angels in hell? Let's not go
00:47:03.13\00:47:09.43
too fast here. We are
not talking about the grave;
00:47:09.46\00:47:12.96
we are not talking
about the lack of fire,
00:47:14.42\00:47:16.59
because the single word
hell in the English language
00:47:16.62\00:47:19.54
is not as diverse as the
words in Greek and Hebrew.
00:47:19.57\00:47:24.46
Shield you find
in the Old Testament,
00:47:24.49\00:47:26.94
the grave but the
New Testament you find
00:47:27.67\00:47:29.71
Gehenna and Hades.
You find Gehenna and Hades
00:47:29.74\00:47:33.62
that are translated
into the English hell,
00:47:34.24\00:47:36.97
but you find one other
word Tartaros and the only
00:47:37.00\00:47:40.71
place in the new
testament where that
00:47:40.74\00:47:42.30
word is used is right
here in First Peter chap,
00:47:42.33\00:47:45.17
Second Peter chapter 2 verse 4,
00:47:45.20\00:47:47.04
when it says to
Tartaros it means Satan
00:47:47.07\00:47:50.25
and his angels are
bound in the abyss,
00:47:50.28\00:47:53.37
translated the bottomless
pit. They are already there.
00:47:55.07\00:47:59.38
Right. They are already
bound in the spirit realm,
00:47:59.41\00:48:02.20
where they cannot
freely exercise all of their
00:48:02.23\00:48:06.10
authority. The word the
Tartaros is the spirit world
00:48:06.13\00:48:10.59
and if you look at Jesus
and his dialogue when he cast
00:48:11.34\00:48:13.93
out demons one of
the demons said to Jesus
00:48:13.96\00:48:16.51
have you come to
torment us before our time?
00:48:16.54\00:48:18.89
Do not cast us into the
Abyss. So in essence the
00:48:20.59\00:48:24.78
limitation had that, that
he placed on them to limit
00:48:24.81\00:48:28.41
their power to let them
know you can only go but
00:48:28.44\00:48:31.14
so far they were terrified
that they would be bound
00:48:31.17\00:48:34.45
even further that they
would be cast into the Abyss.
00:48:34.48\00:48:36.89
So this Tartaros is
lending itself to reference that
00:48:37.51\00:48:41.85
we find later on, Satan
is gonna to be bound for
00:48:41.88\00:48:44.48
1000 years. But he was
bound, he is gonna to be
00:48:44.51\00:48:46.41
bound in chains again,
he was bound in chains,
00:48:46.44\00:48:49.33
and today he is
presently bound in chains.
00:48:49.36\00:48:51.71
Now there are times
that they are permitted
00:48:52.67\00:48:54.63
to be released slightly
from that and there is one
00:48:55.56\00:48:58.30
evidence in that
of that occurring in
00:48:58.33\00:49:00.89
Matthew chapter
8. Let's go there.
00:49:00.92\00:49:02.53
With the demon
possession of this young man,
00:49:02.56\00:49:06.10
he was demon
possessed it says that he lived
00:49:07.50\00:49:09.68
in tombs, he was exceedingly
fierce and I'm reading
00:49:09.71\00:49:13.18
from Matthew 8:28, so
that no one could pass
00:49:13.21\00:49:16.45
that way he was
totally consumed by demonic
00:49:16.48\00:49:20.11
possession. And it
says that as just Jesus came
00:49:20.14\00:49:26.80
their to the
shore to the meet him,
00:49:26.83\00:49:29.70
that they cried out
saying what have we to do
00:49:30.72\00:49:33.42
and these are the
demons now with him.
00:49:33.45\00:49:35.11
What are, have we
to do with you Jesus,
00:49:35.94\00:49:37.67
you son of God have
you come here to torment
00:49:37.70\00:49:40.41
us before the
time, see they knew their
00:49:40.44\00:49:43.09
time was coming too. Now
a good way off from there,
00:49:43.12\00:49:47.83
there was herd of
many swine feedings so the
00:49:47.86\00:49:50.29
demons begged him,
because Jesus now is delivering
00:49:50.32\00:49:53.14
this demon possessed
man, the demons begged
00:49:53.17\00:49:55.41
him saying if you cast
us out permit us to go away
00:49:55.44\00:49:59.55
into the herd of
swine. And he said to them go,
00:49:59.58\00:50:03.43
and so what we find
here is that in the story
00:50:03.46\00:50:09.32
they did not want to
be cast into the Abyss,
00:50:09.35\00:50:14.10
they didn't want to go
back to the restrictive
00:50:14.13\00:50:15.67
elements of the
Abyss. They would rather go
00:50:15.70\00:50:18.18
somewhere else, they
rather posses another
00:50:18.21\00:50:20.25
entity and God
permitted them to posses swine.
00:50:20.28\00:50:23.59
But there is another
scripture that uses and
00:50:24.98\00:50:26.98
I don't remember
which gospel's uses,
00:50:27.01\00:50:28.86
it talks about these
demons pleading not to be
00:50:30.07\00:50:32.72
sent into the Abyss.
Looking here for that
00:50:32.75\00:50:36.46
do you. Yeah here it
is in Luke, Luke chapter.
00:50:36.49\00:50:39.13
Luke chapter 8 verse
31, and they begged him
00:50:39.16\00:50:41.45
that he would not
command them to go out into
00:50:41.48\00:50:44.52
the Abyss. The King
James Version uses the
00:50:44.55\00:50:47.23
word the deep. Right.
Okay, and the deep in fact
00:50:47.26\00:50:51.21
some people will say
well that's the ocean,
00:50:51.24\00:50:53.76
some people will say the
deep also refers to the deep
00:50:53.79\00:50:57.40
bottomless pit, I'm
adding the word deep there
00:50:57.43\00:51:00.58
because that's not the
word that is used in Revelation,
00:51:00.61\00:51:02.37
but simply saying they
knew that the Lord was going
00:51:02.40\00:51:06.34
to bind them. He
said don't do it yet,
00:51:06.37\00:51:09.62
please and so it says
here and he broke the bonds
00:51:09.65\00:51:14.30
and was driven by
demons into the wilderness.
00:51:14.33\00:51:16.91
Well, one day the demon
is gonna to be driven into
00:51:16.94\00:51:19.21
the wilderness themselves,
we're gonna to be talking
00:51:19.24\00:51:21.10
about that as what's
happening during the 1000
00:51:21.13\00:51:24.60
years. You're gonna
to see that word wildness
00:51:24.63\00:51:26.15
very significant to
that. So there is a realm
00:51:26.18\00:51:28.73
and in let's finish
up Second Peter, sure,
00:51:28.76\00:51:31.13
there is a realm
that is a spirit realm.
00:51:31.16\00:51:35.75
Highly restricted a spiritual
whelm, that we restricts
00:51:35.78\00:51:38.71
Satan and his angels
from doing what they want
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to do? And this realm the
restriction there is referred
00:51:42.38\00:51:46.94
to as chains, chains
of darkness and so that
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is something that we're
going to read about here as
00:51:52.25\00:51:54.44
we get to Revelation
20 at the very beginning
00:51:54.47\00:51:58.02
of the 1000 years
and should we go ahead
00:51:58.05\00:51:59.95
and go there at this
time? Yes let's do that.
00:51:59.98\00:52:01.97
It's a matter of fact,
while you going there I just
00:52:02.00\00:52:03.24
want to mention this, Abyss
that they were pleading not
00:52:03.27\00:52:09.40
to be commend and
not to be bound into,
00:52:09.43\00:52:12.44
you find in Revelation 9
that the Abyss was open. Right.
00:52:12.47\00:52:17.43
You see, so chained and
hurled into a spirit whelm
00:52:17.46\00:52:22.05
that men could not see
them, but released for a
00:52:22.08\00:52:24.73
short season, Revelation
9 and then bound again
00:52:24.76\00:52:27.74
for the 1000 years in
Revelation chapter 20,
00:52:27.77\00:52:30.47
which allows us to
transition now into what happens
00:52:31.14\00:52:33.03
during them 1000 year period.
00:52:33.06\00:52:34.79
Yeah, because and here
is the reasoning with what
00:52:34.82\00:52:37.58
we are about to read, if
they are chained or they were
00:52:37.61\00:52:40.94
cast down into chains of
darkness and then at some
00:52:40.97\00:52:45.03
point later on Satan
is grabbed and the dragon
00:52:45.06\00:52:49.09
is grabbed as we're
gonna to read here in chained
00:52:49.12\00:52:51.14
again, he is got to be loose.
00:52:51.17\00:52:53.80
Right, if I chain my dog.
00:52:53.83\00:52:55.57
That being that
loose is Revelation 9.
00:52:55.60\00:52:57.43
If I chain my dog last week,
00:52:57.46\00:52:59.16
and I have to chain
my dog again next week my
00:53:00.31\00:53:02.71
neighbors would say, why
are you chaining your dog
00:53:02.74\00:53:05.02
next week again, why are
you chaining your dog this week,
00:53:05.05\00:53:07.45
didn't you chain him last week?
00:53:07.48\00:53:08.61
And you have to say
well he got loose. Right.
00:53:08.64\00:53:12.17
At some point if
you would chained,
00:53:12.20\00:53:14.10
if he was delivered
into chains of darkness that
00:53:15.25\00:53:17.45
was the key delivered
into chains of darkness cannot
00:53:17.48\00:53:21.76
be seen that's why
the word darkness is so
00:53:21.79\00:53:23.84
significant there
because, he is in a spirit realm
00:53:23.87\00:53:26.44
where he cannot be
seen, it's dark to us.
00:53:26.47\00:53:28.77
Paul says we see
dimly, it is dark to us
00:53:28.80\00:53:32.38
we cannot see that
spirit whelm, but that's spirit
00:53:32.41\00:53:35.48
whelm is gonna to be
removed and Satan will appear
00:53:35.51\00:53:38.19
and crock himself
as an angel of light.
00:53:39.59\00:53:41.78
So we will see him and
his demonic angels will do
00:53:41.81\00:53:44.14
the same throughout the
Earth, but then they are
00:53:44.17\00:53:46.91
gonna to be bound
again during the 1000
00:53:46.94\00:53:48.77
years and good
John taken us through
00:53:48.80\00:53:50.82
those very quick
points in Revelation.
00:53:50.85\00:53:52.63
If you read and we've
talked about this before
00:53:53.16\00:53:54.63
Revelation 19 is about
the second coming of Jesus,
00:53:54.66\00:53:57.33
then you move to
Revelation 20 and here
00:53:58.48\00:54:00.35
is what happens at this
just right after the second
00:54:00.38\00:54:02.84
coming, what happens
with Satan, it say in verse 1,
00:54:02.87\00:54:06.18
Then I saw an angel
coming down from Heaven,
00:54:06.21\00:54:08.45
having the key to
the bottomless pit.
00:54:08.48\00:54:10.38
Now that the
word bottomless there
00:54:11.61\00:54:13.45
is the Abyss. Abyss and
a Greek, the abyss and a
00:54:13.48\00:54:19.03
Greek chain in his hand,
he laid hold of the dragon,
00:54:19.06\00:54:22.66
that serpent of old,
who is the Devil, and Satan,
00:54:22.69\00:54:24.72
and bound him
for a thousand years,
00:54:24.75\00:54:27.60
And he cast him
into the bottomless pit,
00:54:28.64\00:54:30.22
and shut him up
and set a seal on him,
00:54:30.25\00:54:32.16
so that he could
deceive the nations no more,
00:54:32.19\00:54:34.23
till the thousand
years were finished and after
00:54:34.26\00:54:36.51
these things he must be
released for a little while,
00:54:36.54\00:54:39.08
he would be released again.
00:54:39.11\00:54:40.08
That's right. Here we
are finding at the beginning
00:54:40.82\00:54:42.19
of the 1000 years, he is bound,
00:54:42.22\00:54:44.06
he is chained to the
abyss the bottomless pit.
00:54:44.09\00:54:47.42
And that Abyss is
the desolate earth.
00:54:47.45\00:54:51.13
Thank you. The reason
he cannot tempt anyone
00:54:52.10\00:54:54.23
is because no one
is alive. That's right.
00:54:54.26\00:54:56.95
And he is left to
contemplate the actions,
00:54:57.70\00:55:01.74
his actions for the past
6,000 plus years for that
00:55:01.77\00:55:07.33
1000 years period.
Yeah, nothing is worst
00:55:07.36\00:55:09.54
than a thief having
no one to steal from,
00:55:09.57\00:55:11.97
a murderer having
a no one to murder,
00:55:12.00\00:55:14.94
a liar having no one
to deceive, and a tempter
00:55:15.91\00:55:19.45
having no one to tempt.
Yeah and this issue here
00:55:19.48\00:55:22.61
is further clarified and
for the saints aren't here.
00:55:22.64\00:55:24.98
No, they are not here.
The millennium remember,
00:55:25.69\00:55:27.29
we talked about this
before the millennium is not a
00:55:27.32\00:55:28.98
millennium of peace
on the Earth where Satan
00:55:29.01\00:55:31.53
or where Jesus rules
and Satan's kingdom is put
00:55:31.56\00:55:35.43
down. It is a time of the
saints to dwell with Christ
00:55:35.46\00:55:40.14
in the Heavenly
kingdom with a city prepared
00:55:40.17\00:55:43.84
by God for them and
that's very clear here.
00:55:44.48\00:55:47.73
And as a matter of
fact you read Jeremiah 4,
00:55:47.76\00:55:50.35
but I just recap two
verses there Jeremiah 4
00:55:50.38\00:55:53.09
verse 23, I beheld the
Earth, and lo and indeed it
00:55:53.12\00:55:56.02
was without form and
void; and the Heavens
00:55:56.05\00:55:58.54
they had no light. I
beheld the mountains,
00:55:58.57\00:56:01.03
and indeed they
trembled, and all the hills
00:56:01.06\00:56:02.36
moved back and
forth. Verse 25, I beheld,
00:56:02.39\00:56:04.72
and indeed there was
no man, and all the birds
00:56:04.75\00:56:07.69
of the Heavens had fled
and if you keep going further
00:56:07.72\00:56:10.52
down to verse 27, For
thus says the Lord said,
00:56:10.55\00:56:13.68
The whole land
shall be desolate;
00:56:13.71\00:56:15.97
yet I will not make a
full end. And so what happens
00:56:16.00\00:56:20.41
is during that 1000
years, the Earth is gonna
00:56:20.44\00:56:22.13
to be desolate but
there is not it, it's not done
00:56:22.16\00:56:24.28
yet, because is one more
step that is to be carried
00:56:24.31\00:56:28.11
out and that happens
at the end of 1000 years.
00:56:28.14\00:56:31.46
Which we'll be
covering in our next program
00:56:31.49\00:56:34.27
That's right. And we'll
share a few things with you
00:56:34.87\00:56:36.73
that occurred
during the 1000 years,
00:56:37.59\00:56:39.15
although we have
already touched on that,
00:56:39.18\00:56:41.14
which is that the
saints are residing with Christ
00:56:41.17\00:56:45.56
in Heaven and we will
see what is happening during
00:56:45.59\00:56:49.34
that time. You know,
John this is a subject that
00:56:49.37\00:56:52.76
I think the enemy
doesn't want people to know
00:56:52.79\00:56:55.31
about. And he is got
everybody so deceived
00:56:55.34\00:56:57.72
about not only the
rapture, but the millennium
00:56:57.75\00:57:00.01
and everything going on there.
00:57:00.04\00:57:01.75
This program is
vitally important for people
00:57:01.78\00:57:06.00
not only to
hear the information,
00:57:06.03\00:57:07.26
but to study the
Bible. That's right.
00:57:07.29\00:57:08.88
About what is to come,
the whole book of Revelation
00:57:08.91\00:57:11.53
is about and end time,
time of trouble that God
00:57:11.56\00:57:15.34
wants his people to know about.
00:57:15.37\00:57:16.77
That's right and people
are thinking that he devil
00:57:16.80\00:57:18.71
is gonna to be that
they're gonna be down
00:57:18.74\00:57:20.41
here during the 1000
years will tend to your
00:57:20.44\00:57:22.14
house calls we lay it
out based on what the Bible
00:57:22.17\00:57:24.82
says so study the word
of God yourself understand,
00:57:24.85\00:57:27.61
what it means for
yourself so that when Jesus
00:57:27.64\00:57:30.15
comes you will
be ready. God bless
00:57:30.18\00:57:33.00
you and make
that decision today.
00:57:33.03\00:57:34.43