Hello friends, grab your Bible
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and a friend and sit back
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as we explore
God's word together
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on this edition of House Calls.
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Welcome to another
House Calls program
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as you see we are in the saddle
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ready for a wonderful excursion
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through the word of God.
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And I'm so glad I don't
take this journey by myself.
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To my right is my
good friend John Stanton.
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Good to have you here John.
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Good to be here again John.
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I tell you, if there is anybody
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that I loved to be in the saddle
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and ride on this
Christian journey
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with through the word
of God, amen, it's you.
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We share a number of
things not only the name,
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but we share
passion for the word of God.
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And we thank that you
also share that passion.
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Thank you for
tuning into House Call.
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Let your friends
know about this program.
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We want to share
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and God has it for them
for this audience for this day
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and thank you for joining us.
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Before we do anything
that we always like to pray
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and John would you have our
opening prayer for us today?
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Let's do that.
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Father in heaven, we
come before you once again,
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seeking your
wisdom, your knowledge,
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your understanding, it
comes from your hand Lord
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and so we open our
hearts to you right now.
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We just pray that you would
guide us through your word,
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that you would bless us today
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with your presence
in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen, thank you John.
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Friends you know
that your Bible questions
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are so important to us,
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I have a lot of questions here,
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and I thank you
for sending them in.
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I have been
designated as not designated,
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but I've kind of
taken this for myself
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to sort it through
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some of this very
creative handwriting.
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Some of you need to print,
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because I'm having to go
back to Egyptian hieroglyphics
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in order to be able to
understand what you say.
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So try to make it legible,
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I mean really and I
appreciate what you send,
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but try to write slowly
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with a thought in mind that
I'm gonna have to read this.
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When you send us
with the internet
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it's so easy,
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so we have internet
as well as regular mail.
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If you have any regular mail
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send them to housecalls@3abn.org
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once again, housecalls@3abn.org.
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And we will download
those and get your questions.
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And hopefully by
God's grace answer them
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according to what will
really lead you to Christ.
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But you have a question for
us today John, what is that?
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I do, I'll
start this off with...
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it's kind of in dept question,
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so I have to
read it through here,
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but it's from
Patrick and he says,
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that he was very
pleased when on our program
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we highlighted
the non spiritualizing
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literal aspects of the
Bible such as the tree of life
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being a natural
tree. That's right.
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This I'm always
perplexed when in past programs
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you continually choose to
spiritualize the scripture.
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So, he says we do some of
one and some of the other.
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In Revelation 20
versus 1 through 3,
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this describes an
angel descending from heaven,
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having the key
to a literal place
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called the bottomless pit
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and having a great
literal chain in his hands.
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The angel is hold
of Satan and binds him
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with a chain casting
him into the bottomless pit
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for a period of 1000 years.
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Your doctrinal
teaching on this subject
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is that the earth
is a barren wilderness,
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devoid of all
human and animal life
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for 1000 years
which is a millennium.
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Consequently Satan has
no human beings to tempt
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and so this so called
barren and empty earth
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becomes his prison
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and fits the
description of a bottomless pit.
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And I think, you know,
he provides that enough,
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so it's fairly well, right.
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Although he
doesn't agree with it,
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because here we go,
here is the last part.
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The book of Isaiah
Chapter 2 verses 1 through 4
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speaks of the
millennium reign of Christ
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on the earth with his church.
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After the flood,
the Lord's word to Noah
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in Genesis 8:22 that,
While the earth remains,
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Seedtime and harvest,
and watering and heat,
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summer and winter,
and the day and night
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shall never
cease please explain?
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So, lets first
looked at Isaiah Chapter 2
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verses 1 through 4, okay.
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To see what it says,
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it's also repeated in Micah
almost word for word, okay.
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So we find this prophecy twice.
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I'm in Isaiah 2, okay,
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you want to go to Micah?
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Oh you are in Isaiah, alright.
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Well, Micah says
exact same thing, okay.
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So, let's just read here from
Isaiah Chapter 2. All right.
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It says, "The word
that Isaiah the son of Amoz
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saw concerning
Judah and Jerusalem.
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Now it shall come to
pass in the latter days,
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That the mountain
of the Lord's house
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shall be established on
the top of the mountains,
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And shall be
exalted above the hills
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And all nations
shall flow to it.
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Many people shall come and say,
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"Come, and let us go up
to the mountain of the Lord,
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To the house of the
God of the God of Jacob
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He will teach us His ways,
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And we shall walk in His paths."
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For out of Zion
shall go forth the law,
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And the word of the
Lord from Jerusalem.
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He shall judge
between the nations,
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And rebuke many people
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They shall beat their
swords into plowshares,
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And their spears
into pruning hooks
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Nation shall not lift
up sword against nation,
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Neither shall they
learn war anymore."
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Well, a brief
synopsis of this passage
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what it strikes me as
pertaining to John is that,
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they will come to pass
it's says in the latter days.
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Latter days is a
references it's pretty clear
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over and over again in scripter.
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The latter days is a time
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just preceding the
second coming of Jesus.
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It's not after His appearance,
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it is preceding
the second coming,
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so contextually
already in this passage
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we are not in the millennium.
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No, we are not.
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Because Jesus is not here,
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and it says that many will come
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to the mountain of the Lord
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and shall learn how
to walk in His ways.
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And it also says that
the law will be upheld
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and the things
that we are going,
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that are going on in fact today
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with the
preaching of the gospels
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specially the
Three Angels messages
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as Seventh-day Adventist
have been preaching here
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speaking of how
the law of the Lord,
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the commandments of God are
important in these last days.
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How people will come
and understand that better,
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and preparation
for Christ return.
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I see this as a
fulfillment John,
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more of what the day is
that we are living today, right,
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not the time to come.
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And when it says
that the end here
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that nation will not
lift up sword against nation.
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Neither will
they learn war anymore
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speaking to the peace
that happens after that.
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That's right.
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So, here the contextually
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this cannot
pertain to the millennium
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because it
happens in the latter days
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prior to the coming of Christ,
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His second coming.
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So, that's our
first indication there,
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but I think really the
heart of the issue here,
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the statement that He is making
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is in Revelation 20 1 through 3,
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how that pertains to
a little time of Satan
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being bound while Christ
is reigning on the earth.
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So way in John
here on this teaching,
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because it's prevalent today,
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the Christ 1000 years
is reigned on the earth,
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not in heaven.
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Well, the problem with that is
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there are only
going to be four groups,
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two categories,
four groups, right.
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Those four
categories are going to be dead,
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and still in the grave,
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dead and not buried,
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that's the
category of the wicked.
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The other
category is going to be
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was dead now resurrected,
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we are gonna talk
about that in the program
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and never died
and ascended together
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with those who were dead.
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That's the
category of the righteous.
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Now let's look at that again,
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dead and not resurrected yet.
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They are still in the grave,
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the rest of the
dead do not live again
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until the 1000 years of finish,
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Revelation 20 of verse 6.
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So, where are they,
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are they actively
involve on the earth, no.
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So, were they will
be need to change Satan
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from tempting
them, no they are dead.
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The next category
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destroyed by the brightness
of the coming of the Lord,
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those who are
alive when He came.
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So, they are not dead
and, in Jeremiah 4 says,
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they will not be lamented,
nor mourned, nor buried,
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but they shall be
like refuse on the ground.
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So, this two
categories, nobody is alive,
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so what you have more than
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anything else is like
putting, is like putting.
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Well, let me just put
it, Satan who loves to tempt,
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who loves to bring distraction,
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his entire existence
is from murder and mayhem
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and but he has no one to tempt.
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That's the chain
of circumstances,
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that is what's binding him.
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And so when you say to somebody
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like I've heard this said before
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and this is not
the perfect comparison,
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but sometimes when
it comes to choosing
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the death
sentence or life in prison,
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some people say
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it's better to give people life
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without the
possibility of parole,
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and in some
tremendously extreme cases
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some of them get life without
the possibility of parole
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and they only get one hour a day
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out of their cell,
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that they inhabit by themselves
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no contact with
any other inmates.
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So this is literally a sentence,
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so to speak in hell.
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They have nothing
to do, 23 hours a day.
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They come out one hour
they get confine in this cage
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like yard to get their exercise.
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Then they put back and
this solitary existence
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for 23 hours again to
repeat this day in and day out,
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day in and day out.
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And John it always amazes me
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when they get
like 20 life sentences,
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but we know that
they can never happen.
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But, that's what gonna
happen in during the 1000 years,
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there is no one to tempt.
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So Satan
doesn't have to be bound
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to keep him from being evil.
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The situation calls
for him to be in a confined
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totally barren environment,
nobody to be tempted.
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And set aside where Satan is
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for just a minute here, right.
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Revelation 20 indicates that
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when Jesus
returns which is in 19.
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Revelation 19 is about
the second coming of Jesus.
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We also read in the
second coming of Jesus,
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1 Thessalonians Chapter 4
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tell us that He came
down to meet us in the air,
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so that we can go live with Him,
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not that He can live with us.
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There is a place that
he has prepared for us,
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John 14, 1 through 3
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that He is
preparing even now in heaven,
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so that we can go
there to live with Him
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for the 1000 years.
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You know, John
don't finish that thought,
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but I wanna add to that,
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I love the way you said that
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He is not
coming to live with us,
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we are going to live with Him.
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And that's what He says,
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because that's what the
Bible clearly says in John 14.
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Exactly. Yeah,
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and so He comes,
He takes us to heaven
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to live with Him in the place
that He has prepared for us.
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So Chapter 20 is
just working out of that,
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and so sitting
aside where Satan is,
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because I don't
think that's the crux
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really the issue here, right.
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What we find is
that when He is bound
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it says clearly in verse 5,
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that those who are
dead do not live again
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until the 1000
years are finished.
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So the wicked are not alive
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during the 1000 year
millennium. That's right.
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Regardless of where it is,
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so, because textually
here we don't read into it
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where they are per say in
just this text only, right.
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But we do know
they are not alive.
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And then it says that
just before that in verse 4
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and it repeats it
as well in verse 6
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that the righteous
live and reigned with Christ
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for 1000 years.
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Verse 6, shall reign
with him for 1000 years,
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clearly connection to
John 14 and 1 Thessalonians 4
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that Christ takes
His saints to heaven
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to the new Jerusalem to
live with Him for the 1000 years
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while the dead on the
earth do not live again
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until those 1000
years are finished.
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Now if you notice in Chapter 21
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that it says that
John saw the holy city,
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New Jerusalem
coming down out of heaven.
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Remember Jesus
prepared a place for us,
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that's right, a new city.
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That's why this city
has to come down from where?
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Out of heaven. Out of heaven.
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This is after the
second coming in Chapter 19.
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That's right, and
after the 1000 years.
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And after the 1000 years,
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so He comes, He
takes His kingdom
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and the saints with him,
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with the city
down out of heaven,
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it lands on the earth
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and that's where you find
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Revelation 20
verses 7 through 10,
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were the wicked are raised,
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see the city now
here and attack it.
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And you have to understand
Revelation is not written
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also in linear
sequential order here.
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There is a little bit of
a jumping around of things
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but the only way
to put it together
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so it harmonizes is what we
just described. That's right.
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Which is why we've concluded
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the 1000 years are not on earth,
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because the wicked are dead
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and is thrown out of the earth,
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or in graves because
they are already dead
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before the
second coming of Christ,
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they've already died.
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And the saints are in
heaven in the New Jerusalem
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which is there
where Christ has prepared
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a place for them.
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And then after the 1000 years
it comes down to the earth.
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And you pointed it
out so wonderfully,
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and the Bible reiterates itself
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and continues to
build on the same platform.
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There's not gonna be
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any earthly
activity going on here,
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people planting and buying,
this whole idea there is.
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There are a
number of categories,
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let me just confuse you
some and I will explain these.
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There are people that believe
the second coming of Christ
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is gonna be in various ways.
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They are post-tribulation
premillennialists,
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that's who we are.
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We believe Jesus is
coming after the tribulation
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before the 1000 years,
that's what that means.
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But, then there are pre-
tribulation premillennialist.
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Those who believe that
Jesus is gonna take His church
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out of the earth
before the tribulation
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and before the
millennium starts.
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But, then those same
people are pre-tribulation,
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a millennialists, which mean
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although He takes the
church out of the earth
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before the tribulation begins,
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He is still
gonna reign on earth.
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And so you don't find
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many post-tribulation,
postmillennialist.
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No body
believes Jesus comes back
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for the first
time after 1000 years.
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But the bottom line is
when you look at the Bible,
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it says very, very
clearly and it reiterates,
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I will read
Jeremiah Chapter 4 verse 23,
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down to verse 27
later you see clearly again,
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that there is not
gonna be anyone here.
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Listen for Bible here,
and this is also a same,
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this is like a
picture that you find
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in Genesis before creation,
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the same kind of context is used
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but is similar to reversing
what it already happened,
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reversing the condition
that was existing prior
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to this void
condition being established.
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Jeremiah 4:23, I
beheld the earth,
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and indeed it was
without form and void
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And the heavens,
they had no light.
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I beheld the mountains,
and indeed they trembled,
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And all the hills
moved back and forth.
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I beheld, and
indeed there was no man,
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And all the birds of
the heavens had fled.
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I beheld, and
indeed the fruitful
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land was a wilderness,
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And all its cities
were broken down, how?
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At the presence of the
Lord by His fierce anger.
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But, lets read verse 27 to
see the end of this picture.
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For thus says the Lord:
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"The whole land
shall be desolate
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Yet, I will not
make a full end, why?
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Because the full
end is gonna come
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at the end of the 1000 years,
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this is the condition
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that prevails after
the coming of Christ.
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That's why when He
comes back Revelation says,
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men will be running to the rocks
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and the mountain saying hide us
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from the face of Him
that's sits on the throne
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and from the wrath of the lamb.
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For the great day
of His wrath is come,
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and who shall be able to stand?
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Unless you are
covered by the blood of God
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or by the seal of God,
you will not be able to stand
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during that terrible time.
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So why does Satan need
to be bound a 1000 years?
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Well, now lets look at that
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if that language
is completely literal,
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then there is a real
big huge massive chain
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he is gonna be handcuff too
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and then there is
pit with no bottom.
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Well, there you go
evidence once again,
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that there is no bottomless pit.
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The word there
is abyss, or abusos,
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meaning this place of voidness,
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this place of emptiness
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which is used here in Jeremiah
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and used there in
the book of Genesis.
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Yeah, just one
verse to add it there,
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Isaiah 24, 21 and 22.
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After speaking
verse first of all
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in verse 19 and 20
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how the earth is
violently broken,
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split open, shaken exceedingly.
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It says in verse 21,
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"It shall come
to pass in that day
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that the Lord will punish
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on high the
host of exalted ones,
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And on the earth
the kings of the earth.
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They will be gathered together,
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As prisoners are
gathered in the pit,
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then we talk about
the bottomless pit.
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That's right.
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And will be
shut up in the prison
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After many days
they will be punished.
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After many days
how many days is that?
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After 1000 years
they will be punished.
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So whether are not you
want to refer to the pit
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as just the desolate
earth or refer to the pit
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as a desolate earth
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but emphasize the
restrictive nature of it,
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I don't have
problem with. That's right.
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Okay, but clearly the
dead, the wicked are not alive,
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the righteous are
not here and Satan is.
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That's right,
Satan and his angels
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bounds down on
this horrible planet.
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Thank you for that question,
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this is the kind
of thing we like,
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because there
are people probably,
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well I shouldn't say probably
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many people have
that same question,
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why bind to somebody?
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If there is not some
kind of his existing reasons.
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Well he is bound, because
there is no one to tempt.
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Here is another question?
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Is it truth that
in the Old Testament
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people were saved
by keeping the law
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while the New
Testament salvation is by grace?
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John, if I hear that
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I think of God saving
them in different ways,
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and that is
called dispensationalism
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or dispense meaning
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particular times sensationalism.
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In this sense sensational,
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I think I like that
word in this context
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because it's sensationalizing
the grace of God.
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We were never
saved by keeping the law.
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We were always saved
by grace through faith,
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never by keeping the law.
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However what people use that
often to do is to break away
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our obedience
from honoring God's law
00:19:38.01\00:19:41.43
saying that it
doesn't need to be honored,
00:19:41.44\00:19:43.45
because we were saved
by grace through faith.
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Let me give you a
couple of examples in the Bible
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and the way let me also
add another component to that.
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Sometimes people
also add to that category
00:19:50.31\00:19:54.09
that in the Old Testament,
00:19:54.10\00:19:56.02
it shows such evil
diabolical nature of God,
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He was cruel, wiped out nations
00:20:01.52\00:20:03.89
and destroyed women
and men and children.
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But in the New Testament
He is such a loving Jesus,
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He loves us all.
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Well, I want you to remember
that in the New Testament
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that's what the
seven last plagues,
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the wrath of God is
listed and in the Old Testament
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you find passages
such as I have loved you
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with an everlasting love,
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therefore with loving kindness
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of I drawn you Jeremiah.
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But let's go and
address this thing about grace.
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Go with me to Genesis Chapter 6,
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the earliest
reference of God's grace,
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Genesis Chapter 6
and verse 8, all right.
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Go there with me,
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Genesis Chapter 6
and verse 8. Okay.
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I can't see you turning.
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You are very literal
with that, please turn it,
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come on go with me.
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Come on turn with
us, pick that Bible up.
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Okay, give the text again.
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Genesis Chapter 6
and verse 8, okay.
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A couple of things you find
here that often people think
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is just New
Testament Lot of people say,
00:21:02.41\00:21:04.27
oh the Holy
Spirit wasn't prevalent
00:21:04.28\00:21:05.51
till the New Testament,
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or you finding this
very narrative, both.
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That people apply
only to the New Testament.
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Look at Genesis Chapter 6.
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First of all of verse
3, then we go to verse 8.
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"And the Lord said,
00:21:16.13\00:21:17.17
"My Spirit shall not
strive with man forever,
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for he is indeed flesh,
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yet his days shall be one
hundred and twenty years."
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And the Bible says speaking
of the condition of the earth
00:21:28.31\00:21:31.67
he was wicked terrible,
00:21:31.68\00:21:33.78
but God said I will
destroy man but look at verse 8.
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But Noah found grace
in the eyes of the Lord.
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So you find the spirit of God,
00:21:43.69\00:21:45.08
striving with man,
00:21:45.09\00:21:46.30
and Noah finding
grace in the side of God.
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And grace is talked
about in the book of Exodus,
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it's in the book of
Esther, Psalms, Proverbs,
00:21:52.97\00:21:58.03
and a number of books
that follow that Isaiah,
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Jeremiah, Zechariah.
00:22:01.46\00:22:03.09
The Old Testament
is the book of grace,
00:22:04.43\00:22:06.13
the New Testament
is a book of grace.
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I would also add to
that because though you are
00:22:08.45\00:22:10.53
on a
progression of thought here,
00:22:10.54\00:22:12.28
but let me add to that.
00:22:12.29\00:22:13.72
That Paul says in
Ephesians 2, 8 and 9,
00:22:13.73\00:22:18.19
that it's by
grace through faith.
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So grace is what
God extents to us,
00:22:20.70\00:22:23.56
faith is by which is the way
00:22:23.57\00:22:25.33
by which we receive
that grace, right. Very good.
00:22:25.34\00:22:28.39
Grace is always
connecting to faith,
00:22:28.40\00:22:29.98
and if you look at
Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:22:29.99\00:22:32.82
you find the
definition of faith,
00:22:32.83\00:22:35.81
but then you see some
names Abel, Enoch, Noah,
00:22:35.82\00:22:40.00
Abraham, and Sarah,
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Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,
Moses, Joshua and Rahab.
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All these
individuals John are mention
00:22:47.43\00:22:49.63
and in each one do you know
00:22:49.64\00:22:51.01
what the first two words are?
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By faith, okay, by faith,
00:22:53.10\00:22:55.35
by faith, by faith over
and over again. That's right.
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By faith they clasp,
00:22:59.12\00:23:01.06
they extended their arm to
experience the grace of God.
00:23:01.07\00:23:06.66
And that is in
every single situation,
00:23:06.67\00:23:08.80
so these heroes of faith
00:23:08.81\00:23:11.73
which receive the grace of God
00:23:11.74\00:23:14.29
are all
throughout the Old Testament.
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So, you cannot
say that's a error of
00:23:16.24\00:23:18.67
or dispensation of law
00:23:18.68\00:23:19.98
because it clearly was
by grace through faith.
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That's right, so
the grace of God,
00:23:22.67\00:23:25.70
that bring us salvation,
Paul I mean Timothy says,
00:23:25.71\00:23:29.27
let me read this to you.
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Here it is, going
all way down there,
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I'm getting I'm almost
there don't loose heart, okay.
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Okay, here it is.
00:23:38.97\00:23:40.18
Running
commentary on your search.
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That's right, here it is, okay.
00:23:41.17\00:23:43.08
"For the grace of God
00:23:47.27\00:23:48.59
that bringeth salvation
has appeared to all men".
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The grace of God that brings
00:23:54.02\00:23:56.19
salvation has
appeared to all men.
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So, how many of us are
saved by grace through faith?
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John how many of us? All.
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Titus 2, verse 11.
00:24:07.94\00:24:09.27
For the grace of God that brings
00:24:09.28\00:24:11.13
salvation has
appeared to all men.
00:24:11.14\00:24:14.66
Everyone of us has
been saved by grace,
00:24:14.67\00:24:17.14
from Noah all the way to
those who live in the future,
00:24:17.15\00:24:22.26
will be saved by
grace through faith.
00:24:22.27\00:24:24.06
But, Paul says do we make
void the law through faith,
00:24:24.07\00:24:29.48
and then he answers God forbid,
00:24:29.49\00:24:32.21
we establish the law.
00:24:32.22\00:24:34.45
So, now grace is not
a New Testament thing,
00:24:34.46\00:24:37.61
grace is a God thing
and God is always gracious.
00:24:37.62\00:24:42.15
You know, the Old Testament
writers expand that word,
00:24:42.16\00:24:44.66
they didn't just say
grace, but is gracious,
00:24:44.67\00:24:47.15
you know, the
word gracious means?
00:24:47.16\00:24:48.77
Full of grace, right,
00:24:48.78\00:24:50.69
you know, it's
likes that taste good
00:24:50.70\00:24:52.16
all that taste so
good is beyond good.
00:24:52.17\00:24:55.11
There are good
things, but there is things
00:24:55.12\00:24:56.58
that are so much
better than just a word good.
00:24:56.59\00:24:59.14
God, so loved the world,
00:24:59.15\00:25:01.62
His gracious long suffering,
00:25:01.63\00:25:04.87
full of abundance
and mercy and truth.
00:25:04.88\00:25:08.54
He is an overflowing God,
00:25:08.55\00:25:10.97
His grace has
appeared to all men,
00:25:10.98\00:25:13.01
he has so much of it.
00:25:13.02\00:25:14.94
One more question.
00:25:14.95\00:25:15.92
But, yeah, I've got a question
00:25:15.93\00:25:17.29
that may not be too long.
00:25:17.30\00:25:19.11
She, see who is it,
Sockeye, kind of a neat name.
00:25:21.65\00:25:28.09
It says can you
explain this verse,
00:25:28.10\00:25:30.08
in Luke 10, 41
and 42. Okay Luke 10.
00:25:30.09\00:25:34.12
And it talks
about Martha and Mary
00:25:34.13\00:25:37.98
and which choices they made
00:25:37.99\00:25:40.20
when it comes to
their life with Jesus.
00:25:40.21\00:25:43.99
And so let me
read those too you here
00:25:44.00\00:25:45.41
Luke 10, 41 and 42.
00:25:45.42\00:25:48.19
This is a story
about Jesus coming to Mary
00:25:48.20\00:25:51.09
and Martha's house,
okay and Lazarus as well.
00:25:51.10\00:25:54.72
And He is going to
have a dinner with them,
00:25:54.73\00:25:57.91
have a meal with them.
00:25:57.92\00:25:58.93
And anyway so let
me back up a little bit
00:25:58.94\00:26:03.07
it says that, starting verse 38.
00:26:03.08\00:26:08.42
"Now it happened as they went
00:26:08.43\00:26:09.97
that He entered a
certain village that is Jesus,
00:26:09.98\00:26:12.47
and a certain woman named Martha
00:26:12.48\00:26:13.93
welcomed Him into her house.
00:26:13.94\00:26:15.83
And she had a
sister called Mary,
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.63
who also sat at Jesus'
feet and heard His word.
00:26:17.64\00:26:20.62
But Mary was
distracted with much serving,
00:26:20.63\00:26:23.47
and she approached Him and said,
00:26:23.48\00:26:25.05
"Lord, do You not care
00:26:25.06\00:26:26.65
that my sister has
left me to serve alone?
00:26:26.66\00:26:29.20
Therefore tell her to help me."
00:26:29.21\00:26:31.16
And Jesus
answered and said to her,
00:26:31.17\00:26:33.08
"Martha, Martha,
00:26:33.09\00:26:35.13
you are worried and
troubled about many things.
00:26:35.14\00:26:38.26
But one thing is needed,
00:26:38.27\00:26:39.87
and Mary has
chosen that good part,
00:26:39.88\00:26:42.32
which will not be
taken away from her."
00:26:42.33\00:26:45.75
You know, this is a great
00:26:45.76\00:26:47.01
and we can do a
whole sermon on this.
00:26:47.02\00:26:48.49
That's a beautiful sermon.
00:26:48.50\00:26:49.94
A sermon about today in
the day and which we live,
00:26:49.95\00:26:52.98
where we are so busy.
00:26:52.99\00:26:55.87
We are so busy doing things
00:26:55.88\00:26:57.34
and I may be talking to
preaching of the choir here,
00:26:57.35\00:26:59.57
because I told many of
you are so extremely busy,
00:26:59.58\00:27:02.43
how do you find time for family,
00:27:02.44\00:27:06.02
for work and for
spiritual strength.
00:27:06.03\00:27:11.07
And so what essentially
is the principle here
00:27:11.08\00:27:13.48
that Jesus is
trying to teach Martha
00:27:13.49\00:27:15.14
is that the first and foremost
00:27:15.15\00:27:17.17
responsibility of all of us,
00:27:17.18\00:27:18.86
if we want the healthy life
00:27:18.87\00:27:21.15
is to be spiritually healthy
by spending time with Jesus.
00:27:21.16\00:27:26.89
Receiving from Him His words,
00:27:26.90\00:27:29.13
from His word
praying at His feet.
00:27:29.14\00:27:31.93
By the way how
do you ever get down
00:27:31.94\00:27:34.10
to Jesus feet you kneel?
00:27:34.11\00:27:35.77
There is prayer here too.
00:27:35.78\00:27:37.63
There is many things
that Marry is doing that
00:27:37.64\00:27:40.12
she is putting first in her life
00:27:40.13\00:27:41.61
which is to hear
the words of Jesus
00:27:41.62\00:27:43.08
at his feet to be taught by Him
00:27:43.09\00:27:45.22
that Martha was not doing.
00:27:45.23\00:27:46.55
She was busy
00:27:46.56\00:27:48.12
doing the hustle and
bustle preparing the dinner.
00:27:48.13\00:27:50.37
Now it's not saying that
Martha was doing bad things,
00:27:50.38\00:27:53.95
and I don't think any
of us when we get busy,
00:27:53.96\00:27:55.75
we aren't
necessarily doing bad things,
00:27:55.76\00:27:58.23
but Jesus is saying here
00:27:58.24\00:27:59.59
that even if you
are going to be busy
00:27:59.60\00:28:01.26
throughout the day you
need to spend time with me,
00:28:01.27\00:28:04.34
so that I can strengthen you,
00:28:04.35\00:28:05.60
I can give you peace
throughout all the troubles
00:28:05.61\00:28:08.21
and the trials that you
are gonna face everyday.
00:28:08.22\00:28:10.89
Mary had chosen that approach
00:28:10.90\00:28:12.67
Martha didn't and Jesus was
simply clarifying to Martha.
00:28:12.68\00:28:16.16
Martha you need to
spend more time with Me,
00:28:16.17\00:28:19.06
learning from Me
00:28:19.07\00:28:20.21
and then you are gonna
have peace instead of anxiety.
00:28:20.22\00:28:23.79
You know, you
just give me a sermon,
00:28:23.80\00:28:25.60
I won't tell you
when I'm gonna preach it.
00:28:25.61\00:28:28.32
But that's
beautiful, that's beautiful.
00:28:28.33\00:28:30.38
Number of years ago my
good friend Doug Batchelor,
00:28:30.39\00:28:32.68
pastor Doug Batchelor wrote
a book called "At Jesus Feet"
00:28:32.69\00:28:35.88
and it was about
Mary, very, very good book.
00:28:35.89\00:28:38.98
You wanna really be thrilled
by the impact of that text,
00:28:38.99\00:28:42.45
that's a very good book
to get, ''At Jesus Feet''
00:28:42.46\00:28:44.89
and we don't have
that here at 3ABN,
00:28:44.90\00:28:46.92
but anyway I won't
put a commercial out here,
00:28:46.93\00:28:50.35
but I think this
is a very good book.
00:28:50.36\00:28:51.91
The best place to be sometimes
00:28:51.92\00:28:53.21
is at the feet of Jesus.
00:28:53.22\00:28:54.76
In this hustle and bustle world
00:28:54.77\00:28:57.39
some times you got to
get out of the kitchen Martha
00:28:57.40\00:29:01.18
and get to the
feet of Jesus and Mary.
00:29:01.19\00:29:04.23
Well, anyway thank
you for your questions
00:29:04.24\00:29:06.36
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00:29:06.37\00:29:07.51
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00:29:26.63\00:29:28.80
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00:29:28.81\00:29:31.83
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00:29:31.84\00:29:33.94
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00:29:47.01\00:29:49.74
You know what I've learned John,
00:29:49.75\00:29:50.84
I've learned is the word
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00:29:50.85\00:29:54.38
but the word of God always
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Let's take us now to the,
00:29:58.00\00:30:00.46
I think the later part
00:30:00.47\00:30:02.73
of this very
important topic of death,
00:30:02.74\00:30:06.56
resurrection, to
coming of the Lord,
00:30:06.57\00:30:09.79
the last day deceptions
that are forming around us.
00:30:09.80\00:30:12.28
Yeah, we have tight in
the end time deceptions,
00:30:12.29\00:30:15.37
the lies and things
that Satan is bringing
00:30:15.38\00:30:17.70
upon this world
with his speaking
00:30:17.71\00:30:22.01
through the spirit world,
00:30:22.02\00:30:23.93
to help to guide
the movements of men
00:30:23.94\00:30:26.81
and to gather them to the battle
00:30:26.82\00:30:28.80
which is the
battle of Armageddon
00:30:28.81\00:30:29.91
in these last days.
00:30:29.92\00:30:30.89
The battle is not
physical as much as
00:30:30.90\00:30:32.21
it is truth versus error.
00:30:32.22\00:30:35.08
And we've talked about
how the Bible is pretty clear,
00:30:35.09\00:30:39.73
very clear on what
happens when you die that,
00:30:39.74\00:30:44.27
there is no soul
apart from the body.
00:30:44.28\00:30:46.09
We define that very
clearly in our second program
00:30:46.10\00:30:49.02
on this four program topic.
00:30:49.03\00:30:52.06
We talked about
how when we do die,
00:30:52.07\00:30:55.63
that our dust
returns to the earth
00:30:55.64\00:30:58.06
and our thoughts
perish, the memory that we had,
00:30:58.07\00:31:01.60
the things we did do no longer
00:31:01.61\00:31:03.40
have any part of
things that go on,
00:31:03.41\00:31:05.59
on to the sun on this earth.
00:31:05.60\00:31:07.95
And so it brings us
today which is our last program
00:31:07.96\00:31:11.74
and we wanna tight
into the resurrection
00:31:11.75\00:31:13.33
which is a lost subject
00:31:13.34\00:31:15.74
for the most
part in Christianity.
00:31:15.75\00:31:18.23
We've so emphasized
00:31:18.24\00:31:19.79
that we get to heaven through
death, which is not true.
00:31:19.80\00:31:24.44
We've so emphasized the rapture
00:31:24.45\00:31:27.66
that we do it to the
exclusion of this huge
00:31:27.67\00:31:30.60
glorious event
of the resurrection.
00:31:30.61\00:31:32.60
All those things
Satan is trying to do
00:31:32.61\00:31:34.41
to take our minds away from
00:31:34.42\00:31:35.82
this grand event at that time,
00:31:35.83\00:31:38.72
where Jesus will call His
saints forth from the grave.
00:31:38.73\00:31:42.16
And that we will
meet them in the air.
00:31:42.17\00:31:43.42
We get to that
verse in just a minute.
00:31:43.43\00:31:45.36
But let's start with this verse,
00:31:45.37\00:31:46.91
because which is gonna
segue us from what happens
00:31:46.92\00:31:49.15
in the grave to then what
happens at the resurrection.
00:31:49.16\00:31:52.71
That starts or that verse
is found in Job Chapter 14,
00:31:52.72\00:31:57.23
Job 14 beginning with verse 10,
00:31:57.24\00:31:59.11
and I'm gonna read
from 10 through 14.
00:31:59.12\00:32:02.93
And then John, you can
provide some commentary here
00:32:02.94\00:32:05.00
Sure, great.
00:32:05.01\00:32:06.65
Verse 10, But man
dies and is laid away
00:32:06.66\00:32:11.05
Indeed he breathes,
00:32:11.06\00:32:12.56
remember the breath
of God that fills us,
00:32:12.57\00:32:14.81
that what gives us life,
00:32:14.82\00:32:16.87
he breaths his
last and where is he?
00:32:16.88\00:32:20.53
Big question. Good question.
00:32:20.54\00:32:22.66
As water
disappears from the sea,
00:32:22.67\00:32:24.86
And a river becomes
parched and dries up,
00:32:24.87\00:32:27.91
So man lies down
and does not rise.
00:32:27.92\00:32:31.37
He does not what? Does not rise.
00:32:31.38\00:32:33.67
Does not rise,
there is a first allusion
00:32:33.68\00:32:35.57
to the allusion
to the resurrection.
00:32:35.58\00:32:38.47
Till heavens, the
heavens are no more,
00:32:38.48\00:32:40.88
They will not awake Nor
be roused from their sleep.
00:32:40.89\00:32:45.91
"Oh, that You would
hide me in the grave,
00:32:45.92\00:32:48.95
That You would
conceal me until what?
00:32:48.96\00:32:51.70
Your wrath is
past. Your wrath is past.
00:32:51.71\00:32:54.88
That You would
appoint me a set time,
00:32:54.89\00:32:57.98
and remember me.
00:32:57.99\00:32:59.08
Another allusion
to the resurrection,
00:32:59.09\00:33:01.16
a set time to be remembered.
00:33:01.17\00:33:03.50
Verse14, If a man
dies, shall he live again?
00:33:03.51\00:33:08.12
All the days of my
hard service I will do what?
00:33:08.13\00:33:12.61
Wait, wait for what? He
will wait till his change,
00:33:12.62\00:33:16.95
he says till my change comes.
00:33:16.96\00:33:20.19
This passage John
is full of imagery,
00:33:20.20\00:33:24.75
of truth of wonderful things
pointing to the resurrection
00:33:24.76\00:33:29.23
and we can't miss
the various pieces of it,
00:33:29.24\00:33:32.13
takes us through this
because the resurrection
00:33:32.14\00:33:34.48
is throughout this passage,
00:33:34.49\00:33:36.37
this few, you know, five
verses that we just read.
00:33:36.38\00:33:39.92
Job is referring to a set time
00:33:39.93\00:33:42.09
where he will be remembered
00:33:42.10\00:33:43.46
and he will rise
again from his sleep
00:33:43.47\00:33:45.77
and that he will be changed.
00:33:45.78\00:33:47.47
It starts with the funeral scene
00:33:47.48\00:33:48.99
right there in verse 10.
00:33:49.00\00:33:50.15
But man dies and is laid away.
00:33:50.16\00:33:52.96
Laid way is clearly
the terminology used
00:33:52.97\00:33:55.75
throughout the Old Testament
00:33:55.76\00:33:57.94
where David died and
was buried with his father's
00:33:57.95\00:33:59.99
and buried with his
and you put that phrase in
00:34:00.00\00:34:02.11
buried with his father's,
buried with his father's.
00:34:02.12\00:34:04.55
You will see clearly
00:34:04.56\00:34:05.78
that not only
where there many fathers
00:34:05.79\00:34:07.31
in the Old Testament,
but every time a person died
00:34:07.32\00:34:09.74
they had a funeral,
that's exactly what that means,
00:34:09.75\00:34:12.52
they had a funeral,
we still have funerals.
00:34:12.53\00:34:14.84
Man died and he is laid away.
00:34:14.85\00:34:16.55
When does he get laid away?
00:34:16.56\00:34:18.56
Indeed he
breaths his last breath
00:34:18.57\00:34:21.72
and this is so
vitally important.
00:34:21.73\00:34:23.58
And the question is where is He?
00:34:23.59\00:34:25.87
Instead of
saying he is in heaven,
00:34:25.88\00:34:27.17
let the Bible answer
that question where is he?
00:34:27.18\00:34:29.69
As water disappears from the sea
00:34:29.70\00:34:31.47
and the river
becomes parched and dries up,
00:34:31.48\00:34:34.42
So man lies down
and does not rise
00:34:34.43\00:34:36.63
till the heavens are no more,
00:34:36.64\00:34:37.82
They will not awake nor
be roused from their sleep.
00:34:37.83\00:34:41.58
In one of our prior programs
we've talked about Samuel.
00:34:41.59\00:34:44.29
Being conjured
of this evil spirit,
00:34:47.05\00:34:49.77
conjuring up
something that look like Samuel,
00:34:49.78\00:34:52.12
a familiar spirit.
00:34:52.13\00:34:53.43
But the Bible says
they will not awake,
00:34:53.44\00:34:55.51
they will not be roused,
00:34:55.52\00:34:57.81
that means you
have to wake somebody,
00:34:57.82\00:34:59.67
that's what rousing
means getup, getup, getup.
00:34:59.68\00:35:03.05
You can't wake up a dead person.
00:35:03.06\00:35:04.64
Only the Lord
can do that, right.
00:35:04.65\00:35:06.34
That's why the phrase
you find over and over
00:35:06.35\00:35:08.20
and over again.
00:35:08.21\00:35:09.27
And this is another
phrase in the Old Testament,
00:35:09.28\00:35:12.08
not only were they
buried with their father's,
00:35:12.09\00:35:13.94
but they slept
with their father's,
00:35:13.95\00:35:15.19
slept with their father's,
slept with their father's.
00:35:15.20\00:35:17.32
This is not talking about
00:35:17.33\00:35:18.30
any kind of
unusual physical activity.
00:35:18.31\00:35:20.90
This is talking about simply
00:35:20.91\00:35:22.34
the condition of death is sleep.
00:35:22.35\00:35:24.83
Not soul sleep,
but sleep period.
00:35:24.84\00:35:29.75
And peoples either
would, do you mean soul sleep.
00:35:29.76\00:35:31.92
They are trying
to get you to admit
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.16
that the soul does not sleep.
00:35:33.17\00:35:34.69
Oh the soul does
die, Ezekiel 18 verse 4.
00:35:34.70\00:35:37.46
But here is the other
thing, he says in verse 13,
00:35:37.47\00:35:40.58
well I wanna add
something here in verse 13,
00:35:40.59\00:35:43.46
You would appoint me a set time,
00:35:43.47\00:35:46.98
where is that,
okay yeah verse 13.
00:35:46.99\00:35:48.86
Oh, that You would
hide me in the grave.
00:35:48.87\00:35:51.61
Job 16 verse 22 look
at that very quickly.
00:35:51.62\00:35:55.45
Okay, "For when a
few years are finished,
00:35:55.46\00:35:59.64
I shall go the
way of no return."
00:35:59.65\00:36:04.05
Okay, no return, the grave,
00:36:04.06\00:36:06.67
I've never gone to a funeral
00:36:06.68\00:36:08.17
where we bring the
body back home afterwards.
00:36:08.18\00:36:11.27
And if you ever
had an experience
00:36:11.28\00:36:13.21
of that person being
home is not what God.
00:36:13.22\00:36:16.85
Job 17 verse 1,
here is another one.
00:36:16.86\00:36:21.45
"My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
00:36:21.46\00:36:25.82
The grave is ready for me."
00:36:25.83\00:36:28.92
See he is there, I
know where I'm going,
00:36:28.93\00:36:30.66
I'm going to the grave
00:36:30.67\00:36:31.97
and he also talks
about this later on
00:36:31.98\00:36:33.40
in the book of Job he says,
His sons come to honor him,
00:36:33.41\00:36:37.15
and he knows it not
They are brought low,
00:36:37.16\00:36:39.69
and he does not perceive it.
00:36:39.70\00:36:41.51
All these things had
happened after a person dies
00:36:41.52\00:36:45.14
is something
else and it also says
00:36:45.15\00:36:48.29
they will not
return to their house.
00:36:48.30\00:36:50.98
So there is no
activity going on after this,
00:36:50.99\00:36:53.43
but here is the
point I want to remember
00:36:53.44\00:36:54.55
before I throw it
back into your lap, John.
00:36:54.56\00:36:56.55
This is something that,
00:36:56.56\00:36:57.63
there is something
that exists in this verse
00:36:57.64\00:36:59.03
that will help clear up
two misconceptions right away.
00:36:59.04\00:37:04.52
I'm back to verse
13 the latter part.
00:37:04.53\00:37:07.21
You would appoint me a
set time and remember me!
00:37:07.22\00:37:11.30
Now in the story
here the word remember
00:37:11.31\00:37:14.44
clearly takes us
00:37:14.45\00:37:15.83
to the illusion
of the conversation
00:37:15.84\00:37:17.63
it had between Jesus
and the thief on the cross.
00:37:17.64\00:37:20.58
The thief on the cross
00:37:20.59\00:37:22.59
knowing his
life was ebbing away.
00:37:22.60\00:37:25.59
He said to the Lord in
Luke Chapter 23 verse 42.
00:37:25.60\00:37:32.20
Then he said to Jesus, "Lord,
00:37:32.21\00:37:33.57
remember me when You
come into Your kingdom."
00:37:33.58\00:37:36.91
He didn't say remember
me when You go to heaven.
00:37:36.92\00:37:40.14
He said remember
me when You come.
00:37:40.15\00:37:42.51
Jesus comes to
receive His kingdom
00:37:42.52\00:37:44.35
1 Corinthians
Chapter 15 verse 20 to 22.
00:37:44.36\00:37:47.65
He comes to receive His kingdom,
00:37:47.66\00:37:49.80
who is His
kingdom? Not a building,
00:37:49.81\00:37:52.31
we are the kingdom of God.
00:37:52.32\00:37:54.47
He comes to receive His kingdom
00:37:54.48\00:37:56.24
and the thief of the cross says
00:37:56.25\00:37:59.54
when You come remember me
00:37:59.55\00:38:01.40
when You come into Your kingdom.
00:38:01.41\00:38:03.02
When You come to get
Your kingdom remember me.
00:38:03.03\00:38:05.22
In the same way Job
says appoint me a set time,
00:38:05.23\00:38:07.55
and remember me.
00:38:07.56\00:38:08.90
But this is the part that we
are gonna go to 1 Corinthians
00:38:08.91\00:38:11.44
and this is the
part that segue us
00:38:11.45\00:38:13.04
to help us understand.
00:38:13.05\00:38:14.16
Verse 14, All the
days of my hard service
00:38:17.97\00:38:21.87
I will wait,
till my change comes.
00:38:21.88\00:38:24.62
This is a powerful passage here,
00:38:24.63\00:38:26.48
because you can't go to heaven
00:38:26.49\00:38:27.63
in the condition
where we're in now.
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.59
How could mortal man
00:38:29.60\00:38:31.57
exist in the
presence of an immortal God?
00:38:31.58\00:38:34.46
It's kind of like
saying how can leaves
00:38:34.47\00:38:36.23
exist in a furnace,
00:38:36.24\00:38:39.31
now porcelain leaves
can, or clayed leaves can,
00:38:39.32\00:38:44.47
but not the leaves
that in its natural form.
00:38:44.48\00:38:47.63
That point mean when we
are in our natural form now
00:38:47.64\00:38:51.05
mortal flesh, corruptible skin,
00:38:51.06\00:38:53.24
when our hands are dried
up, do you here that dry,
00:38:53.25\00:38:56.68
can you imagine what happens
00:38:56.69\00:38:57.66
when we are in the
presence of flamed,
00:38:57.67\00:39:00.39
that's what
cremation is all about.
00:39:00.40\00:39:02.61
Our God is a consuming fire.
00:39:02.62\00:39:04.33
So when we go down
here at the change,
00:39:04.34\00:39:06.23
let's talk about this
change that's going to come,
00:39:06.24\00:39:09.45
get us there eventually,
where you headed right now.
00:39:09.46\00:39:11.15
Yeah, let's go to 1
Corinthians. Chapter 15.
00:39:11.16\00:39:14.10
See what happens.
Talk about this change.
00:39:14.11\00:39:15.96
And yeah to see
what the apostles
00:39:15.97\00:39:20.64
say about this
subject of our change.
00:39:20.65\00:39:23.24
As a matter of
fact the apostle says,
00:39:23.25\00:39:25.54
flesh and blood
he didn't only mean
00:39:25.55\00:39:27.44
spiritually
speaking the corrupt man
00:39:27.45\00:39:29.64
but he also
meant literally flesh,
00:39:29.65\00:39:31.85
that is human flesh in
the corrupted form and blood,
00:39:31.86\00:39:35.02
in the corrupted form cannot
inherit the kingdom of God.
00:39:35.03\00:39:38.24
But Jesus, when
He was resurrected,
00:39:38.25\00:39:39.79
He was resurrected in the body,
00:39:39.80\00:39:41.90
but He was no longer
00:39:41.91\00:39:43.00
in the physical
corruptible state.
00:39:43.01\00:39:45.96
This whole Chapter
of 1 Corinthians 15
00:39:45.97\00:39:48.73
is about the resurrection
00:39:48.74\00:39:51.12
and the importance
of the resurrection.
00:39:51.13\00:39:52.77
How Christ was
raised as a first fruit
00:39:52.78\00:39:54.93
as an example of
how the saints will be
00:39:54.94\00:39:57.49
resurrected from
the grave. That's right.
00:39:57.50\00:39:59.69
And if you first of
all note verses 22 and 23,
00:39:59.70\00:40:05.85
the statement is
made here by Paul,
00:40:05.86\00:40:07.82
"For as in Adam all die,
00:40:07.83\00:40:09.91
even so in Christ
all shall be made alive."
00:40:09.92\00:40:12.33
There is no in between,
you are either dead you die
00:40:12.34\00:40:15.90
because you are a sinner
00:40:15.91\00:40:17.06
or Christ makes you
alive at some point.
00:40:17.07\00:40:20.06
And verse 23 tells us
that what point that is.
00:40:20.07\00:40:23.37
"Each one in his own order:
00:40:23.38\00:40:25.57
Christ the firstfruits,
that's His resurrection,
00:40:25.58\00:40:28.71
afterward those
who are Christ's when?
00:40:28.72\00:40:31.52
At His coming. At His coming.
00:40:31.53\00:40:33.34
So if He hasn't returned yet,
00:40:33.35\00:40:35.05
you are not made alive, okay.
00:40:35.06\00:40:37.27
And you could argue all you want
00:40:37.28\00:40:38.83
that the soul is made alive,
00:40:38.84\00:40:40.40
but even if you argue
that you are made alive
00:40:40.41\00:40:43.86
and you are just out of
harmony with God's word,
00:40:43.87\00:40:46.90
because the soul
can't even made alive
00:40:46.91\00:40:48.58
if you separate it from the body
00:40:48.59\00:40:49.87
which we don't
agree with, right.
00:40:49.88\00:40:51.87
So, now lets look at verse 50.
00:40:51.88\00:40:55.10
Just add verse 24 in
just for a brief moment,
00:40:55.11\00:40:57.78
because this what I
talked about when the rich man,
00:40:57.79\00:41:01.02
when the thief on
the cross said to Lord
00:41:01.03\00:41:02.83
remember me when You
come into your kingdom
00:41:02.84\00:41:04.69
I made that comment.
00:41:04.70\00:41:06.32
Then comes the end
verse 24, 1 Corinthians 15.
00:41:06.33\00:41:10.28
Then comes the end when He
delivers the kingdom to God,
00:41:10.29\00:41:14.33
the Father when He puts an end
00:41:14.34\00:41:16.88
to all ruled and
all authority and power.
00:41:16.89\00:41:20.60
For He must reign till He puts
00:41:20.61\00:41:22.37
all enemies under His feet,
00:41:22.38\00:41:24.63
and the last enemy that
shall be destroyed is death.
00:41:24.64\00:41:27.16
So that's what the
thief on the cross is asking.
00:41:27.17\00:41:29.72
Remember me when You
come into your kingdom,
00:41:29.73\00:41:31.91
remember me when you
come to get your kingdom
00:41:31.92\00:41:34.31
and that's the
emphasis right there.
00:41:34.32\00:41:36.37
That's right, verse 50,
"Now this I say, brethren,
00:41:36.38\00:41:40.17
that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God
00:41:40.18\00:41:43.60
nor does corruption
inherit incorruption."
00:41:43.61\00:41:46.10
All right, so first of all
00:41:46.11\00:41:47.86
flesh and blood can't
inherit the kingdom of God.
00:41:47.87\00:41:50.02
And someone would say,
00:41:50.03\00:41:51.00
oh but that soul
could go in there.
00:41:51.01\00:41:54.30
But the soul if it was alive
00:41:54.31\00:41:55.82
could not go there
by virtue off verse 23,
00:41:55.83\00:41:59.70
and by virtue off
the rest of scripture
00:41:59.71\00:42:01.12
which says a soul is body
00:42:01.13\00:42:04.22
that is alive by God's breath.
00:42:04.23\00:42:07.08
That's the definition of
soul not a separate spirit.
00:42:07.09\00:42:10.35
Man does not have
a separate spirit.
00:42:10.36\00:42:12.12
You cannot find
the word immortal soul
00:42:12.13\00:42:14.75
anywhere in the scripture.
00:42:14.76\00:42:16.68
So when it talks
about flesh and blood,
00:42:16.69\00:42:19.22
in Paul's mind
he is talking about
00:42:19.23\00:42:21.18
the only elements of mankind,
00:42:21.19\00:42:23.73
that we are flesh and blood
00:42:23.74\00:42:25.02
and we cannot
inherit the kingdom of God
00:42:25.03\00:42:27.13
in our motility, in
our corruptible state.
00:42:27.14\00:42:29.60
Verse 51, Behold,
I tell you a mystery:
00:42:29.61\00:42:33.01
We shall not all sleep,
00:42:33.02\00:42:34.52
but we shall all
be what? Changed.
00:42:34.53\00:42:38.55
Changed, that's right.
00:42:38.56\00:42:40.22
Didn't Job refer to the change.
00:42:40.23\00:42:42.70
He had to wait
till his change comes.
00:42:42.71\00:42:46.71
That's right,
and here we find that
00:42:46.72\00:42:49.29
everyone who was sleeping
00:42:49.30\00:42:51.24
is going to be
changed at the same time.
00:42:51.25\00:42:54.85
From what to what,
00:42:54.86\00:42:57.43
we are something obviously
that we have to be changed
00:42:57.44\00:43:00.63
into something else
before we get to heaven.
00:43:00.64\00:43:02.99
That's right.
00:43:03.00\00:43:03.97
Okay, lets go on, keep going.
00:43:03.98\00:43:06.01
Verse 52, "In a moment,
not over a passage of time,
00:43:06.02\00:43:10.17
but in a moment in
the twinkling of an eye,
00:43:10.18\00:43:13.02
at the last trumpet.
00:43:13.03\00:43:14.91
For the trumpet will sound,
00:43:14.92\00:43:16.06
and the dead will be
raised incorruptible,
00:43:16.07\00:43:18.78
and we shall be changed.
00:43:18.79\00:43:21.89
For this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
00:43:21.90\00:43:24.74
and this mortal
must put on immortality.
00:43:24.75\00:43:27.32
So when this corruptible
has put on incorruption,
00:43:27.33\00:43:30.36
and this mortal
has put on immortality,
00:43:30.37\00:43:32.59
then shall be brought to pass
00:43:32.60\00:43:33.96
the saying that is written:
00:43:33.97\00:43:35.34
Death is swallowed up in what?
00:43:35.35\00:43:38.13
Victory. Victory.
00:43:38.14\00:43:39.80
Victory not at death,
00:43:39.81\00:43:41.83
victory at the
resurrection. That's right.
00:43:41.84\00:43:43.93
Well, and I'm gonna
just finish up, sure.
00:43:46.45\00:43:48.24
"O Death, where is your sting?
00:43:48.25\00:43:49.22
O Hades, where is your victory?"
00:43:49.23\00:43:50.84
The sting of death is sin,
00:43:50.85\00:43:52.25
and the strength
of sin is the law.
00:43:52.26\00:43:54.71
But thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory
00:43:54.72\00:43:57.84
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:43:57.85\00:43:59.96
By his resurrection
we can then gain victory
00:43:59.97\00:44:03.13
because that we
have resurrection power
00:44:03.14\00:44:04.88
running through our lives
spiritually to regenerate us
00:44:04.89\00:44:08.36
into His image again
00:44:08.37\00:44:10.09
and then at the end
our bodies will be merged
00:44:10.10\00:44:12.87
with the new
nature He has given us
00:44:12.88\00:44:14.59
to make us
incorruptible in both senses
00:44:14.60\00:44:17.03
and we will then enter
00:44:17.04\00:44:18.01
the kingdom of
God as incorruptible,
00:44:18.02\00:44:20.11
immortal saints to
live with Him for ever.
00:44:20.12\00:44:22.32
Here is where the Paul
says that in Philippians,
00:44:22.33\00:44:25.07
this is so wonderful.
00:44:25.08\00:44:27.10
He says it this way
00:44:27.11\00:44:28.36
and I'm gonna read the
verse for you right here.
00:44:28.37\00:44:29.81
Go with me to
Philippians Chapter 3,
00:44:29.82\00:44:32.36
Philippians Chapter3,
verse 20 and verse 21,
00:44:32.37\00:44:38.39
look how wonderfully he says it.
00:44:38.40\00:44:40.42
"For our
citizenship is in heaven,
00:44:40.43\00:44:45.23
you know, what we're citizens
00:44:45.24\00:44:46.25
and when you are Christian,
you are citizen of heaven,
00:44:46.26\00:44:48.46
we carry our passport,
00:44:48.47\00:44:49.94
you know, in that passport
00:44:49.95\00:44:51.07
a stamp entrance
the entrance seal,
00:44:51.08\00:44:55.30
seal by God's gracious blood.
00:44:55.31\00:44:58.18
We have to be a born again,
00:44:58.19\00:45:00.06
for our
citizenship is in heaven,
00:45:00.07\00:45:02.30
from which we also
eagerly wait for the Savior,
00:45:02.31\00:45:07.94
I want you to get that.
00:45:07.95\00:45:09.69
We are waiting for Him.
00:45:09.70\00:45:10.67
He is not waiting for
us, we are waiting for Him.
00:45:10.68\00:45:15.21
Wait for the Savior
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:45:15.22\00:45:18.02
Look at why we are waiting?
00:45:18.03\00:45:20.21
Who will
transform our lowly body
00:45:20.22\00:45:25.48
that it may be
conformed to His glorious body,
00:45:25.49\00:45:30.59
that glorious body that
he received at resurrection.
00:45:30.60\00:45:33.71
According to the
working by which He is able
00:45:33.72\00:45:37.23
to subdue all things to Himself.
00:45:37.24\00:45:39.39
Subdue all things like what?
00:45:39.40\00:45:40.87
He will put all
enemies under His feet.
00:45:40.88\00:45:43.02
He will put all enemies
make them his footstool.
00:45:43.03\00:45:46.15
He will subdue all
things unto himself,
00:45:46.16\00:45:48.27
but notice we've
got to be transformed.
00:45:48.28\00:45:50.97
Right now,
we've been transformed
00:45:50.98\00:45:53.09
by the renewing of our minds,
00:45:53.10\00:45:54.99
but we will have
renewing of our bodies later on
00:45:55.00\00:45:57.95
at the coming of the Lord,
00:45:57.96\00:45:59.80
that's when
that's going to happen.
00:45:59.81\00:46:01.04
That's right, and
now as I transition here,
00:46:01.05\00:46:03.47
we mentioned
Hebrews Chapter 11. Oh! Yes.
00:46:03.48\00:46:05.88
But the end of
Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:46:05.89\00:46:07.89
it talks about
those who suffered
00:46:07.90\00:46:09.89
and experience tribulation,
00:46:09.90\00:46:11.82
persecution during the
time of the writer of Hebrews
00:46:11.83\00:46:16.83
and providing this message,
00:46:16.84\00:46:20.27
this letter to the
church to the Hebrews.
00:46:20.28\00:46:22.64
And so we pick it up
here that in verse 35
00:46:22.65\00:46:26.86
speaking of those who
have been persecuted it says,
00:46:26.87\00:46:30.06
Women received their
dead raised to life again.
00:46:30.07\00:46:32.37
Others were tortured,
not accepting deliverance,
00:46:32.38\00:46:34.54
that they might do what?
00:46:34.55\00:46:36.11
They might obtain...
00:46:36.12\00:46:37.99
A better resurrection.
A better resurrection.
00:46:38.00\00:46:40.24
So what are they looking forward
00:46:40.25\00:46:41.50
to those that
are being persecuted
00:46:41.51\00:46:42.98
and even dying for their faith.
00:46:42.99\00:46:44.55
They are not
looking for entrance
00:46:44.56\00:46:45.63
into heaven right now.
00:46:45.64\00:46:46.61
No, they are looking
for a better resurrection.
00:46:46.62\00:46:50.68
And then as you
go down through here,
00:46:50.69\00:46:52.08
they were marked and
stoned, and even sawn in two.
00:46:52.09\00:46:56.05
Oh! My goodness, I
mean this is just stuff
00:46:56.06\00:46:57.84
is horrible that if
you dig down to the bottom,
00:46:57.85\00:47:00.66
verse 39 it gets to the end,
00:47:00.67\00:47:03.28
And all these
things, having obtained
00:47:03.29\00:47:05.53
a good testimony
through faith, did not do what?
00:47:05.54\00:47:08.36
Did not receive the promise.
00:47:08.37\00:47:09.77
They didn't receive the promise,
00:47:09.78\00:47:11.22
didn't get what
they are waiting for?
00:47:11.23\00:47:13.60
Why is that?
00:47:13.61\00:47:14.62
Because the verse you
just read, they are waiting.
00:47:14.63\00:47:17.71
That's right. They are waiting.
00:47:17.72\00:47:19.62
Oh, you got to read verse 40.
00:47:19.63\00:47:21.08
I know verse 40,
00:47:21.09\00:47:22.91
God having provided
something better for us,
00:47:22.92\00:47:25.74
that they should not be
made perfect apart from us.
00:47:25.75\00:47:29.47
We will meet the Lord together,
00:47:29.48\00:47:32.88
dead and alive we
will meet Him together.
00:47:32.89\00:47:35.35
This is gonna be a
grand reunion of all saints
00:47:35.36\00:47:39.76
of all those who are alive
00:47:39.77\00:47:41.30
to meet the Lord
in the air together.
00:47:41.31\00:47:42.97
We will get to that verse
next to close out with that.
00:47:42.98\00:47:45.03
To meet Him together,
00:47:45.04\00:47:46.65
so that we may go to
heaven with the Lord together
00:47:46.66\00:47:49.83
to inhabit that place
that He has prepared for us.
00:47:49.84\00:47:52.72
There is not
gonna be someone saying,
00:47:52.73\00:47:56.07
oh I've been there already,
00:47:56.08\00:47:57.31
I've already been there
for several hundred years
00:47:57.32\00:47:59.15
and oh you want
to see this place
00:47:59.16\00:48:00.74
let me tell you about it.
00:48:00.75\00:48:02.15
Everybody is gonna be
talking about it together.
00:48:02.16\00:48:04.15
Oh, I can't wait to see this,
00:48:04.16\00:48:05.58
this is gonna be amazing
what Jesus has prepared for us.
00:48:05.59\00:48:08.59
Oh, I can only imagine,
00:48:08.60\00:48:09.86
oh with anticipation all of us
00:48:09.87\00:48:11.50
ready to get to
heaven at the same time.
00:48:11.51\00:48:14.63
You know, John,
00:48:14.64\00:48:15.61
as Pastor Howell will
stay that will preach,
00:48:15.62\00:48:18.11
I like when he says that.
00:48:18.12\00:48:19.70
But there is another passage
showing you how beautiful,
00:48:19.71\00:48:23.54
how wonderful it is to
wait for the coming of the Lord.
00:48:23.55\00:48:26.18
Excuse me, go with me to
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4,
00:48:27.84\00:48:32.97
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4.
00:48:32.98\00:48:35.81
I had a little bit of
makeup dust in my throat.
00:48:35.82\00:48:39.36
You know, we put on
this anti shines stuff,
00:48:39.37\00:48:41.11
sometimes it gets
further than it should.
00:48:41.12\00:48:43.55
First Thessalonians Chapter 4,
00:48:43.56\00:48:45.17
there is going to be
a tremendous reunion,
00:48:45.18\00:48:48.14
a tremendous meeting
00:48:48.15\00:48:50.16
and I want you to
keep that word in mind,
00:48:50.17\00:48:52.11
meet, meet, meet. That's right.
00:48:52.12\00:48:54.09
Okay, now there are lot
of people I haven't met,
00:48:54.10\00:48:56.48
but I'm looking
forward to meeting Jesus.
00:48:56.49\00:48:58.49
And there are lot of
people that we haven't met
00:48:58.50\00:49:00.84
that we are going to get to
meet when the kingdom comes,
00:49:00.85\00:49:03.41
but here is the context.
00:49:03.42\00:49:06.22
First Thessalonians
Chapter 4 verse 13,
00:49:06.23\00:49:09.72
"For I do not want
you to be ignorant,
00:49:09.73\00:49:11.83
brethren, concerning
those who have fallen asleep,
00:49:11.84\00:49:14.75
lest you sorrow as
others who have no hope.
00:49:14.76\00:49:19.52
For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again,
00:49:19.53\00:49:22.13
that's his resurrection,
00:49:22.14\00:49:23.88
even so God will bring with Him
00:49:23.89\00:49:25.50
those who sleep in Jesus.
00:49:25.51\00:49:27.32
"Right now those who sleep
in Jesus when Jesus comes back,
00:49:27.33\00:49:30.81
God is gonna bring
them also in the same way
00:49:30.82\00:49:33.56
He brought Jesus.
00:49:33.57\00:49:35.31
Now notice this,
00:49:35.32\00:49:37.07
For this we say to you
by the word of the Lord,
00:49:37.08\00:49:41.05
that we who are alive and remain
00:49:41.06\00:49:43.18
until the coming of the Lord
00:49:43.19\00:49:45.03
will by no means
precede those who are asleep.
00:49:45.04\00:49:47.67
That's what you meant
when you read in Hebrews 11.
00:49:47.68\00:49:52.41
They did not
receive the promise,
00:49:52.42\00:49:53.83
they are not
going to precede us.
00:49:53.84\00:49:55.52
They are not going
anywhere before us.
00:49:55.53\00:49:56.62
But this actually
says those who are alive
00:49:56.63\00:49:58.15
will not precede
those who are asleep, right.
00:49:58.16\00:50:00.22
So neither one
will precede the other.
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.83
Nobody is going before
the other. That's right.
00:50:02.84\00:50:05.26
This is the reason why.
00:50:05.27\00:50:06.93
For the Lord Himself, verse 16,
00:50:06.94\00:50:09.27
will descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:50:09.28\00:50:10.75
with the voice of an archangel
00:50:10.76\00:50:11.99
with the trumpet of God.
00:50:12.00\00:50:13.46
And the dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:50:13.47\00:50:16.00
That's the first
thing that's gonna happen.
00:50:16.01\00:50:17.63
In other words, they are
not going up to heaven first,
00:50:17.64\00:50:19.73
but there is going
be a resurrection first.
00:50:19.74\00:50:22.72
Then we who are
alive and remain,
00:50:22.73\00:50:25.93
notice the word
remain verse 15 and verse 17.
00:50:25.94\00:50:28.98
We who are alive
and remain verse 17,
00:50:28.99\00:50:31.73
shall be caught up
how John? In the air.
00:50:31.74\00:50:35.66
How, caught up how? Together.
00:50:35.67\00:50:37.90
Together, that's the key verse.
00:50:37.91\00:50:40.13
See I'm his congregation,
he is my congregation.
00:50:40.14\00:50:42.95
Shall be caught
up together with Him,
00:50:42.96\00:50:45.38
resurrection, now get this,
00:50:45.39\00:50:47.79
this is the grave,
this is those who are alive,
00:50:47.80\00:50:50.66
they are already standing up.
00:50:50.67\00:50:51.89
Resurrection, they
are standing up together,
00:50:51.90\00:50:55.06
caught up together to meet.
00:50:55.07\00:50:58.02
And what they are gonna
be caught up together to do?
00:50:58.03\00:51:00.52
To meet, the Lord, the Lord.
00:51:00.53\00:51:03.02
Let's not go to
the in the air yet,
00:51:03.03\00:51:04.86
they are gonna meet the Lord,
00:51:04.87\00:51:06.27
which means they haven't
met Him at the time of death.
00:51:06.28\00:51:08.72
And they are also being
and you know, where I'm going
00:51:08.73\00:51:10.83
with this being
received by the Lord.
00:51:10.84\00:51:12.73
Okay, all right go there John.
00:51:12.74\00:51:15.66
I will just add this
really quickly, yeah.
00:51:15.67\00:51:18.64
From John Chapter 14.
00:51:18.65\00:51:20.41
He says, and if I go verse 3,
00:51:22.98\00:51:24.94
to prepare a place for you,
00:51:24.95\00:51:26.11
I will come again
and receive you to Myself
00:51:26.12\00:51:28.84
that's right, that where I am,
00:51:28.85\00:51:31.04
that is heaven
there you may be also.
00:51:31.05\00:51:33.31
In other words
you are not there yet,
00:51:33.32\00:51:35.09
but when I come
again down here to get you,
00:51:35.10\00:51:37.27
I'm gonna receive you to myself,
00:51:37.28\00:51:39.29
so that you can go,
then go to be with me.
00:51:39.30\00:51:41.62
These passages
they all fit together
00:51:41.63\00:51:43.60
and those that distort them
00:51:43.61\00:51:45.85
are doing an
incredible disservice
00:51:45.86\00:51:47.38
to the resurrection event.
00:51:47.39\00:51:49.14
The great
reunion, the incredible,
00:51:49.15\00:51:50.85
most prevalent event that
declare our victory the end,
00:51:50.86\00:51:55.32
that's right,
they are taking it way.
00:51:55.33\00:51:56.95
You get so excited about it,
00:51:56.96\00:51:58.92
there is a tongue twister there,
00:51:58.93\00:52:00.40
because just to
battle against the lies
00:52:00.41\00:52:03.01
that are being
told the greatest...
00:52:03.02\00:52:05.87
One preacher said
00:52:05.88\00:52:07.96
if you want to hear lot
of lies go to a funeral.
00:52:07.97\00:52:13.02
There are more lies
told by clergymen at funerals
00:52:13.03\00:52:16.48
than probably any
other time. That's right.
00:52:16.49\00:52:19.42
He is in heaven
now, he is watching down,
00:52:19.43\00:52:21.32
he is so glad, he
is here with us today.
00:52:21.33\00:52:23.36
I'm sure he is looking
down smiling on our guest.
00:52:23.37\00:52:25.79
You know he is with the
Lord, he is in a better place,
00:52:25.80\00:52:28.98
oh at least he is
now in a better place.
00:52:28.99\00:52:30.89
And but they don't ever
say, talk about the murder.
00:52:30.90\00:52:34.31
No! Oh! Well, he
is in hell burning
00:52:34.32\00:52:36.18
and frying right now
and we're gathered together
00:52:36.19\00:52:38.39
to honor that event
00:52:38.40\00:52:39.67
and I mean it
just take doesn't work.
00:52:39.68\00:52:43.02
Yeah, it's cynical yeah.
00:52:43.03\00:52:45.34
It's really you hear
that, when I hear that
00:52:45.35\00:52:48.69
I do all that I
possibly can to not bring
00:52:48.70\00:52:51.99
embarrassment to the moment
00:52:52.00\00:52:53.56
and out of continual compassion
00:52:53.57\00:52:55.92
and care for the family members,
00:52:55.93\00:52:57.50
I want to say
I've never stood up
00:52:57.51\00:52:58.99
even when I heard that
00:52:59.00\00:53:00.40
and call the
minister a liar or said
00:53:00.41\00:53:02.50
you are not telling the truth.
00:53:02.51\00:53:04.19
But, the Bible makes
it so much more beautiful,
00:53:04.20\00:53:06.13
can you imagine I
heard this terrible story.
00:53:06.14\00:53:08.84
You know, there are so
many children dying nowadays,
00:53:08.85\00:53:11.45
and there are so many
children being kidnapped.
00:53:11.46\00:53:12.84
And there is so
much sadness and murder
00:53:12.85\00:53:16.67
and woe in the earth.
00:53:16.68\00:53:18.85
I heard this on a
few days ago on the news,
00:53:18.86\00:53:20.79
there was lady,
00:53:20.80\00:53:22.14
who, her three year old daughter
00:53:22.15\00:53:24.48
just contracted this illnesses
00:53:24.49\00:53:26.70
and it end up
claiming her daughter's life.
00:53:26.71\00:53:28.93
To show the most beautiful
pictures of this little girl,
00:53:28.94\00:53:31.35
you want to reach
out and hug the picture
00:53:31.36\00:53:32.91
just to get some
semblance of realizing
00:53:32.92\00:53:35.89
how wonderful
her short life was.
00:53:35.90\00:53:38.55
And the mother had
to go on without that.
00:53:38.56\00:53:40.26
Can you imagine
the mother now saying,
00:53:40.27\00:53:41.73
well my daughter is in
heaven now without her mommy.
00:53:41.74\00:53:45.81
Mommy! Where is my mom?
00:53:48.56\00:53:49.96
You know, she is in
heaven now without her mother.
00:53:49.97\00:53:52.11
They don't go to
heaven to get her mother.
00:53:52.12\00:53:53.53
And she is
looking down on her mother
00:53:53.54\00:53:54.73
and her mother is looking
up with tears in her eyes
00:53:54.74\00:53:56.91
and the daughter
sees her mother crying.
00:53:56.92\00:53:58.52
All these pictures are painted
00:53:58.53\00:54:00.68
that are so untrue.
00:54:00.69\00:54:02.25
But here is what God's plan is,
00:54:02.26\00:54:03.93
that's why we read these verses.
00:54:03.94\00:54:05.69
At the resurrection
that daughter comes forth
00:54:05.70\00:54:08.28
from the grave and I
picture this with her mommy
00:54:08.29\00:54:14.06
they ascend to heaven together.
00:54:14.07\00:54:16.48
So glad to be together.
00:54:16.49\00:54:17.68
Gloriously, want a
hug and want to embrace,
00:54:17.69\00:54:20.48
I can only imagine
when the Lord is coming,
00:54:20.49\00:54:22.95
the mother and this
is just dramatic here,
00:54:22.96\00:54:25.33
but it's not impossible
00:54:25.34\00:54:26.81
if the mother is not
too far from the cemetery.
00:54:26.82\00:54:28.61
I can imagine the
coming of the Lord,
00:54:28.62\00:54:29.97
the mother wants to
be in no better place
00:54:29.98\00:54:32.08
than in the cemetery.
00:54:32.09\00:54:33.68
To witness the last great
miracle of the resurrection
00:54:33.69\00:54:37.21
that's what God has plan
for those of us who love him.
00:54:37.22\00:54:40.18
That's what God has installed
for the dead in Christ.
00:54:40.19\00:54:44.32
That's the reunion
caught up together to meet Him.
00:54:44.33\00:54:46.46
And I will tell you
that's why there is gonna be
00:54:46.47\00:54:47.81
such a victorious shouting
00:54:47.82\00:54:49.39
and singing in
the New Jerusalem.
00:54:49.40\00:54:51.40
That's right.
00:54:51.41\00:54:52.39
Boy I tell you, I know
I got to preach in there,
00:54:52.40\00:54:54.49
but I mean the
courage is not that
00:54:54.50\00:54:56.70
they are gonna be left behind
or what going before them,
00:54:56.71\00:55:01.36
but that we are
gonna go together,
00:55:01.37\00:55:03.21
what a Grand Coronation.
00:55:03.22\00:55:04.82
And John you are
looking for a passage,
00:55:04.83\00:55:07.08
did you find it yet?
00:55:07.09\00:55:08.15
No, no I'll just
close out with something.
00:55:08.16\00:55:10.03
Let me add this to a story.
00:55:10.04\00:55:11.01
Look for the
passage, we are gonna soon
00:55:11.02\00:55:12.01
wind up this program,
00:55:12.02\00:55:13.12
but, you know,
friends one of the things
00:55:13.13\00:55:14.73
that lot of people forget
00:55:14.74\00:55:16.00
is this gonna be
this great glorious,
00:55:16.01\00:55:19.34
great wonderful
marriage feast in heaven.
00:55:19.35\00:55:23.43
There is going to be this great,
00:55:23.44\00:55:25.48
there is going to
be this great banquet
00:55:25.49\00:55:27.15
to which all of us are invited,
00:55:27.16\00:55:30.52
and it's going to be
in the New Jerusalem.
00:55:30.53\00:55:32.63
In Isaiah the prophet
says, open wide the gates
00:55:32.64\00:55:36.36
that the nation of
the saved will enter in.
00:55:36.37\00:55:41.68
And you know
when that time comes
00:55:41.69\00:55:43.60
all of the
resurrected of the ages
00:55:43.61\00:55:45.55
are going to enter in
and we are going to be
00:55:45.56\00:55:47.36
there at that present
wonderful banquet together.
00:55:47.37\00:55:50.16
And that's how weddings are,
00:55:50.17\00:55:51.29
we all go to the
reception together.
00:55:51.30\00:55:53.76
That's right, and
in fact I try to turn
00:55:53.77\00:55:55.88
to that wedding reception, yeah.
00:55:55.89\00:55:58.61
It says let us be glad,
00:55:58.62\00:56:00.36
this is from
Revelation 19 verse 7,
00:56:00.37\00:56:02.12
Let us be glad and
rejoice and give Him glory,
00:56:02.13\00:56:04.51
for the marriage
of the Lamb has come,
00:56:04.52\00:56:06.73
and His wife has
made herself ready."
00:56:06.74\00:56:09.36
And to her it was granted
to be arrayed in fine linen,
00:56:09.37\00:56:11.60
clean and bright,
for the fine linen
00:56:11.61\00:56:13.10
is the righteous
acts of the saints.
00:56:13.11\00:56:15.49
Then he said to me,
00:56:15.50\00:56:16.47
"Write: 'Blessed are those
00:56:16.48\00:56:17.73
who are called to the marriage
00:56:17.74\00:56:18.86
supper of the
Lamb!' "And he said to me,
00:56:18.87\00:56:20.79
"These are the
true sayings of God."
00:56:20.80\00:56:22.97
And you go on
there and you see that
00:56:22.98\00:56:24.58
Jesus comes on this white horse
00:56:24.59\00:56:27.08
with a sword in His hand
00:56:27.09\00:56:29.69
and He is
called the word of God,
00:56:29.70\00:56:32.01
and it says He is King of Kings
00:56:32.02\00:56:33.73
and Lord of Lords
and nothing can stop him,
00:56:33.74\00:56:35.74
he is gonna come and
take His saints back.
00:56:35.75\00:56:38.12
And just picture, it tells
of the finality of the earth
00:56:38.13\00:56:44.79
and sin and death,
00:56:44.80\00:56:47.06
but yet the glorious
event of those being raised
00:56:47.07\00:56:50.46
that they will never
have to experience pain,
00:56:50.47\00:56:52.81
suffering, anything again
00:56:52.82\00:56:55.17
that will cause them to be
tempted away from their God,
00:56:55.18\00:57:00.59
their Savior Jesus.
00:57:00.60\00:57:02.20
And to live with Him,
00:57:02.21\00:57:03.90
that's where we are
gonna for a 1000 years,
00:57:03.91\00:57:05.56
not here on this earth
00:57:05.57\00:57:06.62
to see the wicked
dead all over the place.
00:57:06.63\00:57:09.11
We are going to
heaven to be with Christ.
00:57:09.12\00:57:10.94
I was just
sitting here in my mind
00:57:10.95\00:57:12.32
I got and ruptured in my mind
00:57:12.33\00:57:13.58
I saw the holding
and folding before me
00:57:13.59\00:57:15.39
that grand glorious
red new of angles coming
00:57:15.40\00:57:18.55
with Jesus to
take us, so I just,
00:57:18.56\00:57:20.30
I began to get enveloped
00:57:20.31\00:57:21.55
actually my hair under
my sleeves stared to raise,
00:57:21.56\00:57:24.03
so I apologize if I seem
to be in some place else,
00:57:24.04\00:57:26.48
but, you know,
friends we are looking forward
00:57:26.49\00:57:28.01
one day to be some place else.
00:57:28.02\00:57:29.70
Keep trusting Jesus
00:57:29.71\00:57:31.02
until that great and
glorious event comes.
00:57:31.03\00:57:33.01
May Jesus be in
your heart today.
00:57:33.02\00:57:36.30