Shall we bow our
heads for prayer.
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Father in heaven,
thank You that in spite
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of the sinfulness of this world
You still care so much about us
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that You send Your
sun and You send Your rain
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upon righteous and unrighteous.
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Father, we take
these things for granted.
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But each one of
these things is a blessing
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that comes
directly from Your hands.
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Father, we ask that the
rain of Your Holy Spirit
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will fall in this place.
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That through the Spirit You'll
make Your message crystal clear.
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We thank You,
Father, for the privilege of
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approaching Your throne.
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Thank You for
hearing our prayer.
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For we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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I'd like to begin by
reading a statement that we find
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in that classic
history book called,
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Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 68.
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Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 68.
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Of course, this book
was written by Ellen White.
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And she's talking here
about the plan of redemption.
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And this is what she says.
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"But the plan of
redemption had a yet broader
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and deeper purpose
than the salvation of man.
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It was not for this alone
that Christ came to the earth.
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It was not merely that the
inhabitants of this little world
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might regard the law of
God as it should be regarded.
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But it was to
vindicate the character of God
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before the universe."
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The purpose of the plan of
salvation, yes, was to save man.
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But a broader purpose was that
through the salvation of man
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the universe could catch a
glimpse of the character of God
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and how God
resolves the problem of sin.
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You see, the problem of sin
is a universal cosmic problem.
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And therefore, in order
to resolve the sin problem
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you need a cosmic
and universal solution.
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The Bible tells us that
the angels are involved in the
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conflict or the controversy
that is taking place.
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In fact, the Bible tells us that
the devil was able to deceive
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one-third of the angels
of heaven with his lies.
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And the other angels,
the two-thirds, even though
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they remained loyal
to God, there's no doubt
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that they had questions
about the statements of Lucifer
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concerning God.
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Therefore, God decided
that because the heavenly beings
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were involved
in the controversy,
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because the
controversy began in heaven,
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that He would make this
little world an object lesson
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that would reveal clearly His
character before the universe.
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Let's read about
the origin of sin.
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In Revelation chapter
12 and verses 7 through 9
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we find the description
of the origin of sin.
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It did not happen on earth.
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It happened in heaven.
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It says there...
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So the controversy
originated in heaven.
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Heaven is involved in
the great controversy.
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This is a cosmic universal mess.
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And heaven is watching, as
we studied in our last lecture.
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The heavenly
counsel is contemplating
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things that happen on earth.
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And they're watching how
God resolves the problem of sin
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in harmony with His character.
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We're going to notice in
our study that the purpose
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of the three stages of
the judgment is to clarify
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before the entire universe how
God solves the problem of sin.
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The Bible makes it
clear that heaven is involved.
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Heaven is watching.
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In fact, allow me to
read you several statements
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from Scripture that
indicate that heaven is involved
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with the events that
are taking place on earth.
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1 Corinthians
chapter 4 and verse 9.
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And I'm reading this from
the New International Version.
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And some people don't like
the New International Version.
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I have issues with
this version of the Bible
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because of certain
things that are left out.
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But I'll tell you
that the translation of
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1 Corinthians 4:9
is good in the NIV.
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Notice what it says.
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"For it seems to me
that God has put us apostles
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on display at the
end of the procession,
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like men condemned
to die in the arena."
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And then notice, "We
have been made a spectacle..."
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That Greek word is, "theatron,"
where we get our word,
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"theater," from.
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In other words,
you could translate it,
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"We have been made a
theater of the whole universe,
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to angels and to man."
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Are the angels involved in
this theatrical presentation
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called sin?
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Absolutely.
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Notice 1 Peter chapter 1
and verses 10 through 12.
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1 Peter chapter 1
verses 10 through 12
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says as much; the angels
are watching the way that
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God solves this
problem of sin to see what
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God's character is like.
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If God solves the problem
in harmony with His character.
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It says there in verse 10,
and we'll read several verses,
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it says, "Concerning
this salvation, the prophets,
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who spoke of the grace
that was to come to you,
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searched intently and
with the greatest care,
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trying to find out the time..."
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I'm reading from
the NIV this text also.
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"...and circumstances to which
the Spirit of Christ in them
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was pointing when he predicted
the sufferings of Christ
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and the glories
that would follow.
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It was revealed to
them," that is, to the prophets,
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"that they were not
serving themselves but you
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when they spoke of the things
that have now been told you
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by those who preached the
gospel to you by the Spirit
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sent from heaven."
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And now notice what the
last part of verse 12 says.
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"Even the angels long
to look into these things."
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It's speaking about salvation.
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It's speaking about redemption
and the prophets who wrote
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about the time of
the coming of Christ,
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and the circumstances
of the coming of Christ.
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And it says here,
"Even the angels long to look
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into these things."
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Do you know that the
death of Jesus on the cross
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actually closed the book on the
doubts that the heavenly beings
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had concerning
the character of God?
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Even those who
had remained loyal.
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Because the death of Jesus
on the cross not only reconciled
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earth with Him, but it
also reconciled heaven.
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Notice Colossians
chapter 1 and verses 19 and 20.
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Colossians chapter
1 verses 19 and 20.
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It says here...
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That is, in Jesus.
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Did heaven also need to
be reconciled through the
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cross of Jesus Christ?
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This passage clearly says yes.
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Notice also Luke
chapter 15 and verse 10.
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When sinners repent on earth,
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the angels are
overjoyed in heaven.
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There's a
connection between the angels
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and the events of planet earth.
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It says there in Luke
chapter 15 and verse 10,
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Jesus is speaking,
"Likewise, I say to you,
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there is joy in the
presence of the angels of God
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over one sinner who repents."
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I want you to
notice also what we find in
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Psalm 51 verses 1 through 4.
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Psalm 51 and verses 1 through 4.
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This is a very
interesting passage.
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This is David's
penitential psalm after he
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committed adultery and
he had his general murdered
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in the battlefield.
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He's praying to God.
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And notice what he says.
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"Have mercy upon me,
O God, according to Your
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loving kindness.
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According to the
multitude of Your tender mercies
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blot out my transgressions.
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Wash me
thoroughly from my iniquity,
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and cleanse me from my sin.
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For I acknowledge
my transgressions,
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and my sin is always before me.
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Against You, You
only, have I sinned
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and done this
evil in Your sight;
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that You may be
found just when You speak,
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and blameless when You judge."
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Interesting
that David would say,
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"You know, I confess my sin.
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I realize I'm a sinner.
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I'm not lying to you.
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Please forgive my sin.
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I acknowledge it. I repent."
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Now when you go to the book
of Romans, this text is quoted.
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And I want you to
notice how in the New Testament
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the translation is
changed by the apostle Paul.
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See, in Psalm 51
verses 1 through 4,
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it speaks about God
being blameless when He judges.
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But notice what we find in
Romans chapter 3 and verse 4
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where this passage is quoted.
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"Indeed, let God be
true but every man a liar.
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As it is written, 'That You
may be justified in Your words,
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and may overcome
when You are judged.'"
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Isn't that interesting.
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God is being what?
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God is being judged.
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The devil says, "How can You
forgive them, they're sinners?
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You said the
wages of sin is death.
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How can You have mercy upon them
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when You said that if
they sinned they would die?"
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And so there's a dilemma.
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"If You punish
man, You don't love him.
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But if You don't punish
him, then You're not just."
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There appears to be a conflict
between the justice of God
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and the love and mercy of God.
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And God decides to forgive.
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And the devil says,
"Oh He forgives some
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and He doesn't forgive others."
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And so the purpose
of the Sanctuary service
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is to show that God
was right in the way
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in which He dealt with sin.
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And in Psalm 51 it
speaks about God judging,
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but when that is quoted in
Romans chapter 3 and verse 4
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it speaks about
God being judged.
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In other words, the judgment
has the purpose of vindicating
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the character of
God before the universe.
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Now there are basically
several parties involved
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in the great controversy.
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First of all, you have
the loyal heavenly beings.
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Among those are
God, the holy angels,
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and the inhabitants of
the worlds that never sinned.
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So the first group
involved is the group of loyal
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heavenly beings;
God, the holy angels,
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and the inhabitants
of the other worlds.
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A second group are the penitent
sinners who will be saved.
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And in the third place,
you have impenitent sinners
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who are going to be lost,
and also Satan and his angels.
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Now before the great controversy
can come to an end, all of
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these groups have to
be absolutely persuaded
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that God resolved the
sin problem in harmony
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with His character.
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You see, God does not
solve the sin problem quickly.
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He does not implement
superficial solutions.
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When God solves the sin
problem, He is not going to
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leave any loose ends.
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We live in a
society where people want
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immediate gratification.
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They want things, and
they want those things now.
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But God does not
operate that way.
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God doesn't cut corners.
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When the sin problem is
resolved as a result of the
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three stages of the judgment,
everyone in the universe;
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the loyal beings in heaven,
the loyal beings on earth,
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the rebellious beings on
earth, Satan and his angels,
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will all confess that
God was right in the way
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in which He dealt with sin.
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The purpose of the
judgment is not to inform God
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who is good and who is evil.
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Because God knows the
end from the beginning.
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The purpose of the
judgment is not to inform God.
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The purpose of the judgment
is to inform the universe.
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Because the universe
does not know everything.
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And they need to see how
God solves the problem of sin.
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Now at each stage of
the judgment, God persuades
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a different group.
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We're going to
notice that as we study the
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three stages of the judgment.
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Now let's talk about stage
number one of the judgment.
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This stage is the pre-advent
investigative judgment
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of the righteous.
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Did you understand what I said?
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"Pre-advent" means,
before the second coming.
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"Investigative" means that
their cases are going to be
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researched or
investigated from the books.
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And of course it means
that the righteous are the ones
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who are going to be
judged before Jesus comes.
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And you say, "Why
would the righteous be judged
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before Jesus comes?"
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Well, the answer is very simple.
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You see, Jesus, when He
comes again, is going to take
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His faithful people to heaven.
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And so He has to
reveal before He comes
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who He has a
right to take to heaven.
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Are you with me or not?
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There's an urgency to judge
the righteous before He comes.
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Because when He comes
He's planning to what?
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He planning to
take them to heaven.
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And so He must
reveal who truly repented,
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confessed, forsook sin, and by
faith claimed the perfect life
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and the death of
Jesus Christ as his or hers.
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It needs to be
revealed to the universe
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so that when Jesus
takes His people home,
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all of the heavenly universe
says, "You brought everyone
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that You had a right to
bring based on Your character."
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Now the question is, when
does this judgment take place?
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This first stage.
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Revelation 14:6-7
makes it very clear.
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Revelation 14 verses 6 and 7.
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We've read this
before, it says...
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Question, is there still
an opportunity to be saved
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when the everlasting
gospel is being preached?
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Absolutely.
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While the gospel is being
preached people can be saved.
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But now notice what takes place
as the gospel is being preached.
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It says in verse 7,
"...saying with a loud voice,
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'Fear God and give
glory to Him, for the hour of
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His judgment will come.'"
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No. "...has come."
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Does the judgment
begin while the gospel
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is being preached, yes or no?
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Yes, so must it begin
before the close of probation
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and before the coming of Jesus?
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Very clearly.
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And so it says...
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So the judgment takes
place while the gospel is
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being preached, before probation
closes, before Jesus comes.
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Now where does this
judgment take place?
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It takes place in heaven.
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Notice Daniel chapter 7:9-10.
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We read this before,
but let's read it again.
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Daniel 7 verses 9 and 10.
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It says...
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Where does the
Ancient of Days live?
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"Our Father,
which art in heaven."
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So it says...
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Who are these?
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The angels. Where
do the angels live?
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In heaven.
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They surround the
throne of God the Father.
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And then notice what the
verse ends saying, verse 10.
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Where does this
judgment take place?
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It takes place in heaven.
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When does it take place?
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Before the close of
probation, before Jesus comes,
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while the gospel
is being preached.
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Do we have a specific date for
the beginning of this judgment?
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We certainly do. We
studied it, remember?
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The prophecy of the
seventy weeks and the prophecy
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of the 2300 days.
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Daniel 8:14 says, "For
2300 days, then the Sanctuary
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shall be cleansed."
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Which is
referring to the judgment.
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And that will be our
lecture for tomorrow night.
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We're going to talk
about the scapegoat,
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in Leviticus chapter
16, and the millennium.
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Now, who must appear at
this stage of the judgment?
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Who must appear?
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Everyone who claimed
Jesus Christ as Savior.
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Notice 2 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 10.
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2 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 10.
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It says...
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Now what part of
"all" don't you understand?
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The apostle Paul says, "we."
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He's speaking to believers.
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Does God keep a record
of our good and bad deeds?
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He must keep a record if
we all must appear before the
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judgment seat of Christ and
we're going to have to render
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an account for what we did
good and for what we did evil.
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But now we have a problem.
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This judgment takes place before
the second coming of Jesus,
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and it takes place in heaven.
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When are God's people
going to go to heaven?
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When Jesus comes.
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So how can they appear before
the judgment seat of Christ
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in heaven before Jesus comes?
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Especially those
who are in their graves.
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Notice John
chapter 5 verses 28 and 29.
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John chapter 5 verses 28 and 29.
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Where are the righteous who die?
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They're in their graves.
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Where are the
wicked who have died?
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They're in their graves also.
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Notice John 5:28.
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Jesus is speaking and He says...
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Where are the righteous dead?
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In their graves.
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So here's the
question, how can God's people
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appear before the
judgment seat of Christ,
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especially those who have
died and are in their graves
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and they don't
resurrect until Jesus comes,
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and also the living who
are walking on planet earth
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until Jesus comes, how
can they appear before the
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judgment seat of Christ?
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The answer is that they
do not appear in person.
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They appear
through their records.
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They appear through
what is written in the books.
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Are you with me?
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That extra lecture that I was
talking about, don't miss it.
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Because I'm going to talk
about the book and the books,
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and how the judgment transpires.
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It's a fascinating message.
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Now I want you to notice Luke
chapter 12 and verses 8 and 9.
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Luke chapter 12 verses 8 and 9.
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This gives us an idea
about Jesus examining our case
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and confessing us
before the angels.
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See, the angels are
involved. They're watching.
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They're watching
each one of our cases.
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It says there in Luke
chapter 12 verses 8 and 9,
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"Also I say to
you," Jesus is speaking,
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"whoever confesses Me
before men, him the Son of Man
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also will
confess before..." Whom?
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"...before the angels of God.
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But he who denies Me before men
will be denied before..." Whom?
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"...the angels of God."
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Are the angels of
God watching the cases
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of individuals on planet earth?
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Absolutely.
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But now I want you to notice
that in Revelation chapter 3
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and verse 5, when Jesus
said that he will confess us
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before the angels of God,
really what He meant is that
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He's going to confess our
name before the angels of God.
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Because we're
not there in person.
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Our name will be brought up.
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Notice Revelation
chapter 3 and verse 5.
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Here Jesus is
speaking, by the way, also.
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He says, "He who overcomes shall
be clothed in white garments,
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and I will not
blot out His..." What?
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"...his name
from the Book of Life;
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but I will confess his..." What?
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"...his name before My
Father and before His..." What?
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"...and before His angels."
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What is Jesus going to
confess before His Father?
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He's going to confess our name.
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And where is our name written?
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It is written in
the Book of Life.
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So we are not there in person.
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We are there
through our records.
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Because God in
heaven has an exact record
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of who we are on earth.
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In other word, we appear there
through the record of our lives.
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Now listen.
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Most Christians have no
need for the idea of a judgment
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before Jesus comes.
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Do you know why?
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It's very simple.
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Because most Christians
believe that when you die
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you go to heaven.
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So if when you
die you go to heaven,
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why would there have
to be a judgment to decide
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whether you're going
to go to heaven or not?
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Are you with me?
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So the doctrine of the judgment
is related to the doctrine of
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the state of the dead.
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If you believe that the
dead, when they die, their soul
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flies off to heaven
and receives its reward,
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then you can't believe that
there's going to be a judgment
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of everyone before Jesus comes,
because people were judged
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when they died.
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Are you following me tonight?
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In other words, if you are
wrong on the state of the dead
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you will be wrong about
the judgment, and vise versa.
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Now what happens when all of
the righteous have been judged?
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When all of the righteous
cases have come before the
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judgment bar of God?
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Probation will what?
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Probation will close.
00:25:24.20\00:25:27.07
And every case
will have been what?
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Will have been
decided for life or for death.
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And there will be no
opportunity to change.
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Now let me make
something very clear, folks.
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There is a close of
probation for the world.
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But there is also an
individual close of probation
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before the close of
probation for the world.
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Do you know what that individual
close of probation is?
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When you die.
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If you don't live to the moment
when the world's probation ends,
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but you die, when you
die your probation was over.
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Notice what we find in
Hebrews chapter 9 and verse 27.
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Hebrews chapter 9 and
verse 27, the apostle Paul says,
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"And as it is
appointed for men to die once,
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but after this..." What?
00:26:16.73\00:26:18.33
"...after this the judgment."
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So is there going to be
a close of human probation
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where people will no
longer be able to be saved?
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When all cases
will have been decided?
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Absolutely.
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Let me just review a
couple of things that we studied
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a couple of lectures ago.
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Let's refer to what
happened before the flood.
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Genesis chapter 7 and verse 16.
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It says...
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Did it start to rain as
soon as the door closed?
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Absolutely not.
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Seven days passed,
and then it began to rain.
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Did probation close
before destruction came?
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Absolutely.
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Jesus made it clear in
Matthew 24 verses 37 to 39.
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This is review, but we
need to review it because
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it's very, very important.
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Matthew 24:37-39, Jesus said...
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That's the first "until."
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First point of time,
when the door closes.
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He enters the
ark, the door closes.
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And then it says...
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The people did not know that
they were lost, in other words.
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There's the second "until."
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That's when it begins to rain.
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Will probation
close before Jesus comes?
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Absolutely.
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Will all cases of the righteous
have been decided before
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probation closes?
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Absolutely.
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Revelation 22 verse 11
is another verse that we
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looked at in our study
a couple of lectures ago.
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It says there...
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Probation closes
before Jesus comes.
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All cases are decided.
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All the cases of the
righteous have been evaluated,
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and before the universe
it's been shown that Jesus
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has a right to
bring these people home.
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Now, what happens
after the tribulation period?
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Jesus comes.
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And I want you to notice
Revelation 22 and verse 12.
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What happens when Jesus comes?
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It says there, Revelation
chapter 22 and verse 12,
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Jesus is speaking...
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What is Jesus bringing?
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Can He bring the reward
without determining beforehand
00:29:03.39\00:29:05.82
what the reward is?
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Of course not.
00:29:07.19\00:29:08.33
You know, it's a
solemn idea that in the Bible
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people are saved by
grace through faith,
00:29:18.49\00:29:20.30
but they will
be judged by works.
00:29:20.33\00:29:21.98
Because you're works show
if you're faith is real or not.
00:29:22.85\00:29:25.72
It's the proof of
whether your faith was really
00:29:26.46\00:29:29.21
an active dynamic faith
or whether your faith was
00:29:29.24\00:29:32.23
only an
intellectual belief and a sham.
00:29:32.26\00:29:34.79
And so when Jesus
comes, He brings His reward.
00:29:36.10\00:29:39.01
Which means He must
have decided beforehand
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what the reward would be.
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Notice Matthew 16
verse 27 has the same idea.
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Matthew 16 and verse 27.
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It says...
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When is Jesus going
to give out the reward?
00:30:00.54\00:30:02.67
When He comes
with all of His angels.
00:30:03.31\00:30:04.98
So did He give the
reward to people when they died?
00:30:05.01\00:30:08.02
Absolutely not.
00:30:08.22\00:30:09.50
It's when Jesus comes that
people receive their reward.
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The apostle Paul expected
His reward when Jesus comes.
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Notice 2 Timothy chapter
4 and verses 6 through 8.
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Here, the apostle Paul is in
the Mamertine Prison in Rome.
00:30:20.03\00:30:23.66
He knows that soon
he's going to be beheaded.
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And I want you to
notice what he says.
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2 Timothy 4 verses 6 through 8.
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Is Paul going to be...
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Is his name going to go
up through the judgment?
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Absolutely.
00:30:56.29\00:30:57.52
Because here it says...
00:30:57.55\00:30:58.85
So Paul is going to receive
a crown on that Day, right?
00:31:03.84\00:31:06.94
Now, when is that date?
00:31:07.46\00:31:09.20
When is it that Paul
is going to be rewarded?
00:31:18.03\00:31:21.47
It's not when he died.
00:31:22.28\00:31:24.14
It's when Jesus, what?
00:31:24.17\00:31:26.22
When Jesus comes.
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So when Jesus comes, He's
going to bring His reward.
00:31:28.15\00:31:31.97
And of course, He is
going to resurrect all of His
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faithful people who died.
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In fact, let's notice
that in Revelation chapter 20
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and verse 6.
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Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 6.
00:31:41.31\00:31:43.58
Here it's speaking about
the resurrection before the
00:31:43.85\00:31:47.11
millennium at the
second coming of Christ.
00:31:47.14\00:31:49.45
And it says,
"Blessed and holy is he..."
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The second resurrection
is after the millennium.
00:31:56.69\00:31:58.43
That's the wicked.
00:31:58.46\00:31:59.65
So what's going to
happen to the dead in Christ?
00:32:14.29\00:32:16.31
They are going to, what?
00:32:16.34\00:32:17.64
They are going to resurrect.
00:32:17.67\00:32:19.05
And what's going to happen
with the righteous living?
00:32:19.08\00:32:21.22
They are going to be
changed, according to
00:32:21.25\00:32:23.05
1 Corinthians chapter 15.
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Now here's the big question.
00:32:26.59\00:32:28.16
Where will the
righteous reign for 1000 years?
00:32:28.99\00:32:33.64
Will it be in heaven
or will it be on earth?
00:32:33.89\00:32:37.35
It depends what
your background is.
00:32:39.99\00:32:42.89
What you believe.
00:32:42.99\00:32:44.38
You see, most Christians today,
00:32:45.16\00:32:48.65
they say Jesus
gave two promises.
00:32:49.41\00:32:51.97
First of all, He promised
to take His people to heaven.
00:32:52.61\00:32:55.93
Right?
00:32:56.23\00:32:57.26
And secondly, He said the
meek will inherit the earth.
00:32:57.66\00:33:00.99
So he promised heaven and
He promised the new earth.
00:33:01.79\00:33:05.61
So how can Jesus
fulfill both promises?
00:33:06.54\00:33:09.14
Well Christians say, "The
only way that He can fulfill
00:33:09.17\00:33:12.71
both promises is if He raptures
them to heaven for seven years.
00:33:12.74\00:33:17.36
And then after the
seven years He comes, and the
00:33:18.15\00:33:20.94
meek inherit the earth."
00:33:20.97\00:33:22.55
That's the only way
they say it can happen.
00:33:23.48\00:33:25.45
But Seventh-day Adventists
believe that there's another
00:33:25.93\00:33:27.90
biblical way that can happen.
00:33:27.93\00:33:29.43
And that is that when Jesus
comes at His second coming,
00:33:30.04\00:33:33.28
He will take His people
to heaven for 1000 years.
00:33:34.07\00:33:37.23
And then after the 1000
years, He will bring them back
00:33:38.03\00:33:41.58
and He will created a
new heavens and a new earth.
00:33:42.26\00:33:44.47
And the meek will
inherit the earth.
00:33:44.50\00:33:46.31
See, it's because Christians
believe that the millennium
00:33:46.93\00:33:51.53
is going to be on earth
that they have to come up with
00:33:51.56\00:33:55.56
the rapture
idea, because they say,
00:33:55.59\00:33:57.93
"Jesus promised to
take His people to heaven.
00:33:57.96\00:34:00.29
Well if Jesus comes
only at His second coming
00:34:00.32\00:34:03.35
and He establishes His
kingdom on earth, then He never
00:34:03.38\00:34:06.20
fulfilled His promise to
take His people to heaven."
00:34:06.23\00:34:08.53
That's why they
say, "We need a rapture
00:34:08.90\00:34:10.73
so they can go to
heaven for seven years.
00:34:10.76\00:34:13.17
And then they can come
down and inherit the earth."
00:34:13.20\00:34:15.85
Are you understanding?
00:34:15.88\00:34:17.05
Scripture makes
it very, very clear
00:34:17.69\00:34:19.82
that God's people will
be in heaven for 1000 years.
00:34:20.58\00:34:24.47
They will not be here on earth
during the 1000 year period.
00:34:24.67\00:34:29.39
You say, "Where does
the Bible teach that?"
00:34:29.42\00:34:31.00
Go with me to John
chapter 13 verses 36 and 37.
00:34:31.41\00:34:34.67
We're going to
notice several verses now.
00:34:34.70\00:34:36.42
John 13 verses 36 and 37.
00:34:36.45\00:34:38.98
And then we'll read
chapter 14 and verses 1 to 3.
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.95
Verse 36 says,
"Simon Peter said to Him,
00:34:42.93\00:34:45.73
'Lord, where are You going?'"
00:34:45.76\00:34:47.13
Because Jesus
said, "I'm leaving."
00:34:47.16\00:34:48.87
"'Where are You going?'
00:34:49.07\00:34:50.25
Jesus answered him,
'Where I am going you cannot
00:34:50.28\00:34:52.96
follow Me now, but you
shall follow Me afterward.'"
00:34:52.99\00:34:56.92
Did Jesus promise Peter
that he was going to follow Him
00:34:57.80\00:35:00.26
where He was going to go?
00:35:00.29\00:35:01.73
Absolutely.
00:35:01.84\00:35:02.91
Now, notice what we find
in verse 1 of chapter 14.
00:35:03.43\00:35:07.15
Where is the Father's house?
00:35:13.70\00:35:14.94
Jesus taught us to pray, "Our
Father which art in heaven."
00:35:16.30\00:35:19.52
Did Jesus promise to
take His people to heaven?
00:35:40.71\00:35:42.76
Very clearly He did.
00:35:43.54\00:35:44.92
He told Peter, "You're
going to go where I'm going,
00:35:44.95\00:35:48.43
but it's not going to be now.
00:35:48.46\00:35:49.63
It's going to be later."
00:35:49.66\00:35:50.79
He promised to take
us to His Father's house.
00:35:51.38\00:35:54.17
Now let's notice 1
Thessalonians chapter 4
00:35:54.90\00:35:57.53
and verses 15 through 17.
00:35:57.56\00:35:59.50
1 Thessalonians chapter
4 and verses 15 through 17.
00:35:59.60\00:36:03.68
This is a very clear passage.
00:36:04.12\00:36:06.07
It says there...
00:36:06.27\00:36:07.41
What does that
refer to, "with them?"
00:36:38.80\00:36:40.61
With those who died and what?
00:36:41.48\00:36:43.15
With those who died
and resurrected, right?
00:36:44.05\00:36:46.21
So did the righteous
dead go to heaven before
00:36:46.44\00:36:49.39
those who are
alive go to heaven?
00:36:49.42\00:36:50.72
No. They go to heaven how?
00:36:51.20\00:36:52.70
Together,
according to Scripture.
00:36:53.10\00:36:55.61
And so it says in verse 17...
00:36:55.64\00:36:57.02
What are those clouds?
00:37:05.88\00:37:07.11
Angels. Very important.
00:37:07.84\00:37:09.38
Is Jesus coming back to this
earth to establish His kingdom
00:37:15.73\00:37:18.54
at His second coming?
00:37:18.57\00:37:19.63
No, He is not coming down.
00:37:19.94\00:37:21.63
We are going, what?
00:37:21.66\00:37:22.79
We are going up.
00:37:22.82\00:37:24.14
And so it says...
00:37:24.25\00:37:25.28
This is the reason
why Matthew chapter 24,
00:37:29.01\00:37:31.17
the last several
verses, when Jesus comes,
00:37:31.20\00:37:33.93
it says He will send forth
His angels to gather His elect
00:37:33.96\00:37:38.07
from the four winds.
00:37:38.10\00:37:39.59
And where is He
going to gather them?
00:37:41.09\00:37:42.40
We just read in
1 Thessalonians 4.
00:37:42.43\00:37:44.09
He going to gather
them in the clouds.
00:37:44.12\00:37:46.26
To meet Him where?
00:37:46.73\00:37:48.10
To meet Him in the air.
00:37:48.44\00:37:49.96
And then what is
Jesus going to do?
00:37:50.06\00:37:52.28
He's going to establish
His kingdom here on earth
00:37:52.31\00:37:54.03
for 1000 years?
00:37:54.06\00:37:55.35
No, He's going to
take His people where?
00:37:55.55\00:37:57.86
He's going to take His
people to His Father's house.
00:37:58.32\00:38:01.64
Is all heaven going to be
in agreement that God was right
00:38:03.07\00:38:06.11
in taking all
these people to heaven?
00:38:06.14\00:38:07.82
Did they see the judgment, did
the angels watch the judgment?
00:38:08.44\00:38:11.59
Were the names of the righteous
confessed before the holy angels
00:38:11.78\00:38:16.15
and before the Father?
00:38:16.18\00:38:17.25
Absolutely. All
cases were examined.
00:38:17.28\00:38:19.33
And the heavenly courts,
the heavenly counsel says,
00:38:19.50\00:38:22.93
"You're right in
every single case.
00:38:22.96\00:38:24.94
Bring them all home."
00:38:24.97\00:38:26.19
Now there's no special
urgency with the wicked,
00:38:27.18\00:38:29.32
because the
wicked were left behind.
00:38:29.35\00:38:31.33
And they were
left behind all dead.
00:38:32.73\00:38:34.74
Now let's talk about the
second stage of the judgment.
00:38:36.97\00:38:39.62
This is the millennial judgment.
00:38:40.54\00:38:42.18
It's a judgment that takes
place during the 1000 years.
00:38:42.21\00:38:45.48
Do you know who's going to
be judged during the 1000 years?
00:38:46.23\00:38:48.90
It's certainly not
the righteous, because
00:38:48.93\00:38:50.40
they were judged
before Jesus came.
00:38:50.43\00:38:52.11
And they were taken to heaven.
00:38:52.92\00:38:54.47
So the question is,
who is going to be judged
00:38:55.68\00:38:57.61
during the 1000 years?
00:38:57.64\00:38:59.15
The fact is that the Bible
tells us that those who are
00:38:59.82\00:39:03.04
going to be
judged are the wicked.
00:39:03.07\00:39:05.47
And also Satan and his angels.
00:39:05.92\00:39:07.70
I'm going to read you an
interesting text from Scripture.
00:39:07.73\00:39:09.77
Let's go to Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 4.
00:39:09.80\00:39:12.86
Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 4.
00:39:13.06\00:39:15.27
It says here,
"And I saw thrones..."
00:39:15.79\00:39:17.96
And listen carefully.
00:39:20.82\00:39:22.03
Are God's people going to
participate in the judgment?
00:39:26.90\00:39:29.45
Absolutely.
00:39:30.14\00:39:31.17
"Judgment was
committed to them."
00:39:31.36\00:39:33.38
Are those people
going to participate
00:39:52.62\00:39:54.32
in the work of judgment?
00:39:54.35\00:39:55.64
Yes, because it says, "I saw
thrones, and they sat on them,
00:39:56.00\00:40:00.18
and judgment was
committed to them."
00:40:00.21\00:40:02.63
The question is, who
are they going to judge?
00:40:03.28\00:40:07.27
Well let's go to Revelation
chapter 20 and verses 11 and 12,
00:40:07.65\00:40:11.08
and then to an interesting
text in 1 Corinthians.
00:40:11.11\00:40:13.95
Revelation chapter
20 and verses 11 and 12.
00:40:14.15\00:40:17.44
It says here...
00:40:18.33\00:40:19.36
How can dead
people stand before God?
00:40:40.49\00:40:42.40
The text tells us how
they stand before God.
00:40:45.61\00:40:47.90
It's not dead
people standing before God.
00:40:47.93\00:40:50.10
They stand up there
through their records.
00:40:50.13\00:40:52.29
Just like before the
second coming, the righteous
00:40:52.83\00:40:55.38
stood before God
through their records.
00:40:55.41\00:40:57.10
You say, "Where
does it say that?"
00:40:57.13\00:40:58.29
Let's continue
reading, verse 12,
00:40:58.32\00:40:59.83
"And I saw the dead small and
great standing before God..."
00:40:59.86\00:41:02.63
And what?
00:41:02.66\00:41:03.69
Listen carefully.
00:41:11.37\00:41:12.40
Were they dead
or were they alive?
00:41:12.43\00:41:14.34
Dead.
00:41:14.75\00:41:15.78
So how do they appear
before the judgment bar of God
00:41:22.64\00:41:25.54
during the 1000 years?
00:41:25.57\00:41:27.05
Through their records.
00:41:27.61\00:41:28.64
Through what is
written in the books.
00:41:28.67\00:41:30.55
Because God has an exact
transcript of them in heaven.
00:41:30.58\00:41:33.67
Now which dead is
this referring to?
00:41:35.01\00:41:37.14
Is this referring
to the righteous dead?
00:41:37.17\00:41:38.93
No, we just read
about the righteous dead.
00:41:39.22\00:41:41.54
This is speaking
about the wicked dead.
00:41:41.57\00:41:43.81
Now go with me to
a captivating passage
00:41:44.50\00:41:46.64
in 1 Corinthians
chapter 6 and verses 1 to 3.
00:41:46.67\00:41:50.11
Chapter 6 of 1
Corinthians verses 1 to 3.
00:41:50.42\00:41:53.40
Here, the apostle Paul
clarifies who God's people
00:41:53.43\00:41:56.78
are going to judge, who the
righteous are going to judge
00:41:56.81\00:41:59.21
during the 1000 years.
00:41:59.24\00:42:00.61
It says here in 1
Corinthians 6 verses 1 to 3...
00:42:00.97\00:42:04.44
In other words, should
you go to a court of law to
00:42:13.06\00:42:14.97
sue your brother in
a secular court of law?
00:42:15.00\00:42:17.57
He continues saying...
00:42:18.36\00:42:19.47
And the word, "world,"
refers to worldly people.
00:42:26.47\00:42:29.06
It's not talking
about, you know, the...
00:42:29.09\00:42:30.81
The mass of the world
doesn't need a judgment.
00:42:31.00\00:42:33.65
It's talking about
the worldly people.
00:42:33.68\00:42:35.77
And so it continues saying...
00:42:36.75\00:42:38.11
And then notice what it says.
00:42:46.04\00:42:47.53
What are the
saints going to judge?
00:42:54.03\00:42:55.85
Angels.
00:42:56.35\00:42:57.40
I suppose those are the good
angels they're going to judge.
00:42:57.61\00:43:00.12
No, the good angels
don't need a judgment.
00:43:00.57\00:43:02.58
The saints are going
to judge which angels?
00:43:03.01\00:43:05.81
Satan and his angels.
00:43:06.10\00:43:07.99
They're going to even
look at the record of Satan's
00:43:08.02\00:43:10.44
existence and life,
as well as his angels.
00:43:10.47\00:43:13.26
And so it says, "Do you not
know that we shall judge angels?
00:43:13.40\00:43:16.40
How much more things
that pertain to this life?"
00:43:16.58\00:43:19.92
I like to compare
this millennial judgment
00:43:20.25\00:43:22.65
with God's great audit.
00:43:22.75\00:43:25.11
Do you think that when the
records are opened in heaven
00:43:26.85\00:43:28.85
the righteous, you know,
we're looking at the records
00:43:28.88\00:43:30.90
and we're seeing why
these people were lost.
00:43:30.93\00:43:33.98
Because there's people
absent in heaven that we thought
00:43:34.01\00:43:37.30
for sure were going to be there.
00:43:37.33\00:43:38.60
And then there's some
other people that are there
00:43:39.13\00:43:40.76
and we say, "We thought
that they would never make it."
00:43:40.79\00:43:42.88
And so God opens
the books and He says,
00:43:43.97\00:43:47.35
"Was the book
keeping done right?
00:43:48.59\00:43:51.26
Was I right in
excluding all of these people?"
00:43:51.77\00:43:54.22
Let me ask you,
what does an auditor do?
00:43:55.04\00:43:56.72
A good auditor
doctors the books.
00:43:57.56\00:44:00.44
No, all he does is he
examines the books to see if the
00:44:01.60\00:44:05.45
accounting was done correctly.
00:44:05.48\00:44:07.15
And so during the 1000 years,
the purpose is to convince
00:44:07.91\00:44:10.99
God's people, as well
as the heavenly beings,
00:44:11.02\00:44:14.12
that God was right in every case
of those who were left behind.
00:44:14.15\00:44:18.89
Are you following me or not?
00:44:19.74\00:44:21.06
I like to compare it
also with an instant replay.
00:44:22.67\00:44:25.07
Don't you think that when we're
examining the books in heaven
00:44:25.97\00:44:28.04
we're going to say,
"Lord, that guy down there
00:44:28.07\00:44:30.95
should be up here."
00:44:30.98\00:44:32.21
That's not going to happen.
00:44:32.63\00:44:33.78
Because all cases will
have been decided correctly
00:44:34.44\00:44:37.73
before Jesus comes.
00:44:38.00\00:44:39.98
It's like an instant replay.
00:44:41.22\00:44:42.56
Does an instant
replay change the play?
00:44:42.93\00:44:45.24
No, all it does is
reveal whether the umpire
00:44:45.54\00:44:49.19
made the right call.
00:44:49.22\00:44:50.72
And that's what's
going to be revealed.
00:44:51.49\00:44:53.16
It's going to be
revealed whether God actually
00:44:53.19\00:44:56.52
made the right call in
every single case of those
00:44:56.55\00:45:01.50
who were left behind.
00:45:01.53\00:45:02.83
And also we will be
able to examine the cases of
00:45:03.52\00:45:07.66
those who are there who we
never thought would be there.
00:45:07.69\00:45:11.88
And as we examine
the books, we'll say,
00:45:12.47\00:45:14.20
"Lord, You did it right.
00:45:14.23\00:45:16.00
Everybody that's
here should be here.
00:45:16.38\00:45:18.50
And everybody
that's not here, we now see
00:45:18.53\00:45:22.17
that You gave
them an opportunity.
00:45:22.20\00:45:24.04
But they
rejected the opportunity."
00:45:24.07\00:45:25.88
And so that's the
millennial judgment.
00:45:26.75\00:45:28.53
Every case of every
wicked person, and the devil
00:45:28.93\00:45:31.85
and his angels will be examined.
00:45:31.88\00:45:34.06
And now we must go
to stage number three.
00:45:34.88\00:45:37.01
Stage number three takes
place after the millennium.
00:45:37.90\00:45:40.91
Revelation chapter 20
and verse 5 tells us that
00:45:41.75\00:45:44.79
the rest of the dead
did not live again until the
00:45:44.82\00:45:47.50
1000 years were ended.
00:45:47.53\00:45:48.76
Who are "the rest of the dead?"
00:45:49.89\00:45:51.18
When did the
righteous resurrect?
00:45:51.21\00:45:52.82
At the second coming, at
the beginning of the millennium.
00:45:53.73\00:45:55.94
So who are "the rest of
the dead" that don't rise again
00:45:55.97\00:45:58.70
until the 1000
years are finished?
00:45:58.73\00:46:00.20
It must be the wicked.
00:46:00.97\00:46:02.29
So they resurrect
after the 1000 years.
00:46:02.54\00:46:05.10
Have they already
been judged in heaven?
00:46:05.13\00:46:07.04
They most certainly have.
00:46:07.49\00:46:08.70
Have they seen
their case examined?
00:46:09.00\00:46:11.77
No. Has the devil and his angels
seen their cases examined?
00:46:12.53\00:46:17.81
Absolutely not.
00:46:17.84\00:46:18.87
Are they convinced
about the righteousness of God
00:46:18.90\00:46:21.52
in being outside the holy city?
00:46:21.55\00:46:23.20
Absolutely not.
00:46:23.48\00:46:24.66
And so what's going to happen
is the devil is going to go
00:46:25.74\00:46:27.84
in the midst of all of
the wicked and he's going to
00:46:27.87\00:46:30.73
persuade them to
attack the holy city.
00:46:30.76\00:46:33.35
He's going to say,
"Those people in there,
00:46:33.45\00:46:35.04
they've stolen the city.
00:46:35.07\00:46:36.26
It really belongs to us."
00:46:36.29\00:46:37.66
And for a period of time
all of the wicked are going to
00:46:38.17\00:46:41.69
buy into the devil's
deceptions and they're going to
00:46:41.72\00:46:44.37
prepare for war.
00:46:44.40\00:46:45.78
Notice Revelation
chapter 20 verses 7 through 9.
00:46:46.73\00:46:49.64
Revelation 20:7-9.
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.17
At this point the wicked
don't know all of the issues.
00:46:51.20\00:46:53.85
It says...
00:46:54.05\00:46:55.10
I wish I had time
to talk about that.
00:47:00.09\00:47:01.82
Why is the devil is prison?
00:47:01.85\00:47:03.43
What is the devil's power base?
00:47:04.81\00:47:06.83
His power base is
his people, right?
00:47:07.62\00:47:09.81
He's able to deceive people.
00:47:10.44\00:47:12.46
But what happens during the
millennium with all his people?
00:47:13.08\00:47:15.70
They're all dead.
00:47:16.25\00:47:17.44
So he's all tied up.
00:47:17.71\00:47:19.12
He has no one to deceive.
00:47:19.57\00:47:21.15
His power base is gone.
00:47:21.51\00:47:23.06
That's what it means
when it says that he is bound.
00:47:23.09\00:47:26.24
He's bound while
his people are dead.
00:47:26.44\00:47:28.43
And he's unbound
when his people are alive.
00:47:28.46\00:47:31.54
So his people come to
life after the 1000 years
00:47:31.96\00:47:34.82
and he gets his power back.
00:47:34.85\00:47:36.70
And so it says...
00:47:36.90\00:47:37.93
But there's
something that happened before
00:47:56.28\00:47:58.19
the fire devoured them.
00:47:58.22\00:47:59.44
The books are now opened
before the devil and his angels
00:47:59.98\00:48:03.27
and the wicked for them
to see why they were lost.
00:48:03.30\00:48:05.82
Because God will not destroy
them without them admitting
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that God was right
in leaving them outside.
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Notice Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 13.
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Revelation
chapter 20 and verse 13.
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Here it speaks about the
resurrection of the wicked,
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and the judgment that
is going to take place.
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It says, "The sea gave up
the dead who were in it..."
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What does that mean,
"The sea gave up the dead?"
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It means that the dead are what?
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Resurrecting.
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"...and Death and
Hades," that's the grave,
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"delivered up the
dead who were in them."
00:48:37.39\00:48:39.02
In other words,
the dead are what?
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They're resurrecting.
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And now what happens?
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"And they were..." What?
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"...judged, each one
according to his works."
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Are the wicked going
to resurrect and see the
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record of their lives as well?
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Is God going to show and
persuade them that He was
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right in the way
that He dealt with them?
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Absolutely.
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Now what was written in
the books that condemned them?
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Revelation 21 and verse 8 gives
a list of some of the things
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that they were
guilty of that they did not
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repent of or confess.
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They did not receive Jesus.
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It says...
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Are those the things that
they're going to see in the
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records of their lives?
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Absolutely.
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And that's why they
are outside the holy city.
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I'd like to read you a
passage that we find in,
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Great Controversy, page
666, where this stage of the
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judgment is described.
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Notice what Ellen
White describes in this page.
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You'll never
forget it; page 666.
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"As soon as the
books of record are opened,
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and the eye of Jesus
looks upon the wicked,
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they are conscious of every sin
which they have ever committed.
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They see just where their
feet diverged from the path
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of purity and holiness,
just how far pride and rebellion
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have carried them in the
violation of the law of God.
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The seductive temptations
which they encouraged
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by indulgence in sin,
the blessings perverted,
00:50:27.08\00:50:30.68
the messengers of God
despised, the warnings rejected,
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the waves of mercy
beaten back by the stubborn
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unrepentant heart; all appear as
if written in letters of fire."
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They will see the
record of their lives.
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And then do you know
what's going to happen?
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The Bible tells us in Isaiah
45, and this is quoted also in
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Philippians chapter 2,
that every knee will bow
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and every tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
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to the glory of God the Father.
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In other words, the
whole universe at this moment,
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even the devil and his angels,
will bow and they will say,
00:51:05.98\00:51:10.13
"God, we're out here.
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We hate You with a passion.
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But we have to admit
that You got it right.
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We're lost because
we chose to be lost."
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Philippians chapter 2
verses 5 through 11 says,
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"Let this mind be in you
which was also in Christ Jesus,
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who being in the form of
God did not consider it robbery
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to be equal with God, but
made Himself of no reputation,
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taking the form of a
bondservant, and coming
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in the likeness of men.
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And being found in appearance
as a man, He humbled Himself
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and became obedient
to the point of death,
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even the death of the cross."
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Ellen White describes
this great panoramic view
00:51:45.40\00:51:47.90
above the city where all of
the events of the life of Christ
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and the sufferings and
the death of Christ are seen
00:51:51.25\00:51:53.69
by the wicked above the city.
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What they could have had if
they had accepted Jesus Christ.
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That's what's
being described here.
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And then when they see
that, what they could have had,
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and how their lives have
been a violation of God's law.
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Notice what happens
according to verse 9.
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"Therefore God also has
highly exalted Him and given Him
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the name which is
above every name, that at the
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name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of those in heaven,
00:52:16.81\00:52:20.48
and of those on earth,
and of those under the earth,
00:52:20.51\00:52:23.76
and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ
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is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father."
00:52:27.86\00:52:30.66
And now the
controversy reaches its climax,
00:52:32.12\00:52:34.31
because the wicked have
seen the record of their lives.
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The devil has deceived them
into thinking that he is right,
00:52:37.14\00:52:40.11
they are right, and those in the
city are wrong, God is wrong.
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But now they've seen the record.
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They've seen what
they could have had
00:52:44.88\00:52:46.65
by accepting Jesus Christ.
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They see that they have been
excluded by their own choice.
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And they are filled with rage.
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Not against God, but
against the deceiver.
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You know, there's this
idea in the Adventist Church
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that the wicked are
destroyed when they're
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attacking the holy city.
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That is not biblical.
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The wicked die attacking Satan.
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Allow me to read you, first
of all, from Great Controversy,
00:53:15.42\00:53:17.67
and then I'm going to
read you a passage from
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the book of Ezekiel.
00:53:19.24\00:53:20.49
Ellen White
describes this, she says,
00:53:21.67\00:53:23.24
"He rushes into the
midst of his subjects
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and endeavors to
inspire them with his own fury
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and arouse them
to instant battle.
00:53:28.96\00:53:31.30
But of all the
countless millions whom he has
00:53:32.06\00:53:36.78
allured into
rebellion, there are none now
00:53:36.81\00:53:41.16
to acknowledge his supremacy.
00:53:41.19\00:53:43.31
His power is at an end.
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The wicked are filled with
the same hatred of God that
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inspires Satan, but they
see that there case is hopeless,
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that they cannot
prevail against Jehovah.
00:53:53.35\00:53:55.63
Their rage is kindled
against Satan and those who have
00:53:55.84\00:53:59.62
been his agents in deception.
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And with the fury of
demons they turn on them."
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And then Ellen White
quotes a passage from Scripture
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to back up what she's saying.
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Ezekiel chapter 28
and verses 6 through 10.
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Notice what it says there.
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"Therefore, thus
says the Lord God..."
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It's speaking about
this glorious being;
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Lucifer, the covering cherub.
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That's the theme of
chapter 28 of Ezekiel.
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"Therefore, thus
says the Lord God,
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'Because you have set your
heart as the heart of God...'"
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Remember he said, "I
will be like the Most High."
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"...behold, therefore, I will
bring strangers against you,
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the most terrible of
the nations; and they shall
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draw their swords against
the beauty of your wisdom,
00:54:40.97\00:54:43.81
and defile your splendor.
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They shall throw you down
into the Pit, and you shall
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die the death of the
slain in the midst of the seas."
00:54:49.25\00:54:52.04
The seas represent multitudes,
nations, tongues, and peoples.
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"Will you still say before
him who slays you, 'I am God?'
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But you shall be a
man, and not a god..."
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Well you say, "Well,
the devil isn't a man."
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Sometimes in the
Bible angels are called men.
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For example, in Daniel
chapter 9, Daniel says,
00:55:08.27\00:55:10.96
"That man, Gabriel,
who I had seen in the
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vision at the beginning."
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So don't get thrown off by that.
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Verse 9, "'Will you still
say before him who slays you,
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"I am a god?"
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But you shall be a
man, and not a god,
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in the hand of
him who slays you.
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You shall die the
death of the uncircumcised,
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by the hand of aliens.
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For I have
spoken,' says the Lord God."
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At this point let me ask
you, is all of the universe
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on the same page?
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All agree.
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The righteous, the heavenly
beings, Satan, the wicked,
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his angels.
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All have seen the
process of judgment.
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Everyone is persuaded
that God has been right
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in the way in which
He has dealt with sin.
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And then the Bible
tells us that the last enemy
00:56:07.05\00:56:09.08
that will be destroyed is death.
00:56:09.11\00:56:10.60
1 Corinthians 15 verse 26.
00:56:10.70\00:56:13.13
"Then Death and Hades..."
00:56:14.22\00:56:16.60
This is Revelation 20:14-15.
00:56:16.63\00:56:18.55
"Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire.
00:56:18.58\00:56:22.46
This is the second death.
00:56:22.56\00:56:24.39
And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
00:56:24.42\00:56:26.79
was cast into the lake of fire."
00:56:26.99\00:56:29.32
And then the Bible tells us that
God will create a new heavens
00:56:29.52\00:56:33.61
and a new earth.
00:56:33.64\00:56:34.67
And the meek
shall inherit the earth.
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And I'd like to end by
reading that beautiful passage
00:56:39.40\00:56:42.32
in Revelation 21 verses 3 and 4.
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"And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:56:44.96\00:56:47.02
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
00:56:47.05\00:56:49.57
and He will dwell with them,
and they shall be His people.
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God Himself will be
with them and be their God.
00:56:53.42\00:56:55.98
And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes..."
00:56:56.79\00:56:59.88
And then God will
have a clean universe
00:57:11.34\00:57:13.71
where sin will never rise again.
00:57:14.08\00:57:16.15
Who in his right
mind would ever want to
00:57:16.18\00:57:18.65
experiment with sin again
after seeing what has happened?
00:57:18.68\00:57:23.01
And God's people will live
forever more with the Lord.
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