Hello again, I'm Karen Byrd.
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A major psychological study
was done to find out why some
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factory workers left with
a bounce in their step and
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a smile on their face
while others dragged themselves
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home after a boring
day of repetitious work.
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"What caused the difference?",
the investigators wondered.
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They did the same monotonous
mind-numbing work and yet
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the investigators noticed
that for some of the employees
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the work shifts ended
with a positive, upbeat,
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bounce-in-the-step attitude.
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After careful study they finally
found the common denominator,
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the one factor that was
always present in those who left
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work with a top-of-the-world
mindset - versus those who
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drug themselves home.
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The researchers discovered
that this positive outlook
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was almost exclusively exhibited
in those who had something
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to look forward to after work.
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Dining out with friends,
shopping with a daughter,
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game night at the gym, a
date with that special someone.
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All those who left work
with something special planned
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for that evening were
living beyond their present
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reality of work.
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Today Charles is looking for the
truth beyond our present reality
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He'll be showing you a
picture I'm pretty sure you've
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never seen before.
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For many this is the blessed
hope that keeps them pressing
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forward no matter their
frustration or present pain.
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Let's join Charles as he
goes in search of the truth
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about our final home.
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In our previous
program we looked at the reason
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that we can believe this book.
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That reason is prophecy.
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Prophecy gives us testable
evidence that a person with
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foreknowledge
inspired these writings.
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Together we considered
one of the prophecy stories.
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Nebuchadnezzar had had
a dream but he couldn't
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remember what it was.
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Daniel, a Hebrew captive
from Babylon, after fasting
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and praying for the
answer was shown by God
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what the king had dreamed
and what the dream meant.
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The king had dreamed of
a great image of different
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kinds of metal.
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Each metal
represented a world kingdom.
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Babylon was
represented by the head of gold.
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But Babylon was
not to stand forever.
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In fact it only
lasted about 70 years.
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Babylon was then
overthrown by the Medes and the
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Persians represented
by the chest and arms
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of silver in 538 B.C.
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The belly and thighs of
bronze represented the kingdom
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of Greece that began in 331
B.C. when Alexander the Great
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conquered the Medes and the
Persians in the battle of Arbela
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The kingdom that followed
Greece was the iron monarchy
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of the Roman Empire,
which ruled the world
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from 168 B.C. to A.D. 476.
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Daniel was a believer in
the God who knows the future.
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And Daniel had read from
the prophecies of Isaiah.
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Prophecies are
used by God to bring us
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special messages from Him.
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This is what the
creator God said,
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"Remember the
former things of old:
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for I am God, and
there is none else;
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I am God, and
there is none like me,
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declaring the end
from the beginning,
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and from ancient
times the things that are
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not yet done,
..." Isaiah 46:9-10
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It was this same prophet
Isaiah that named the king
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who would conquer
the Babylon empire
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and then
commission the Jews to go back
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and rebuild Jerusalem.
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More than a century
before this king was even born
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the creator God knew the future.
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He named Cyrus before
his parents were even born!
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Daniel met Cyrus whom
Prophet Isaiah had predicted.
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Daniel, inspired by
the same Holy Spirit,
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foretold world history
with unerring accuracy.
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In Daniel 8 he named
the kingdom of Greece
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as the third kingdom
some two hundred years
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before it even came into being.
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He predicted that after the
four world empires of Babylon,
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Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome
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there would be no
other world kingdom.
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Instead there would be
a divided kingdom, of iron
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and clay, partly
strong, partly weak
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that would never be united.
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And True to Daniel's prophecy
the world kingdom of Rome
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splintered into a fractured
Europe that to this day
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has never been
put back together,
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though much money and
blood has been spent trying.
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This twenty six hundred
years of prophecy has come true
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with startling exactness.
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Today we are going to take a
look at the final act of this
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prophecy that sweeps away earths
past history and starts over.
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This prophecy doesn't take much
faith to believe either because
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83% of this
prophecy is already history.
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Daniel 2:310-35
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"You, O King, were watching;
and behold, a great image!
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This great image,
whose splendor was excellent,
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stood before you;
and its form was awesome.
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"This image's head was of
fine gold, and its chest and
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arms of silver, its belly
and thighs of bronze, its legs
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of iron, its feet partly
of iron and partly of clay.
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"You watched while a
stone was cut out without hands,
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which struck the image on
its feet of iron and clay,
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and broke them in pieces.
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"Then the iron, the
clay, the bronze, the silver
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and the gold were crushed
together, and became like chaff
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from the summer
threshing floors;
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and the wind carried
them away so that no trace
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of them was found.
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And the stone that struck the
image became a great mountain
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and filled the whole earth.
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So what is that stone
kingdom, cut out without
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hands that
fills the whole earth?
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Daniel explains, "And
in the days of these kings
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shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom,
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which shall never be
destroyed: and the kingdom
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shall not be left to
other people, but it shall break
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in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall
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stand for ever.
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Forasmuch as thou sawest
that the stone was cut out
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of the mountain without
hands, and that it brake
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in pieces the iron,
the brass, the clay,
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the silver, and the gold;
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the great God hath
made known to the king
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what shall come to pass
hereafter: and the dream
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is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure. "
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Dan 2:44-45
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Many are convinced that we
are at the tips of the toes
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of this prophetic image
and that the stone kingdom
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is about to be set up.
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But first you
have a choice to make.
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You actually are invited by
the One who made this prophecy
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to live forever in His kingdom.
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He has left us a great
deal of information about heaven
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and its capital
city, the New Jerusalem.
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Would you like to
learn of this colossal city
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in space that
someday will be on earth?
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I hope you stay tuned because
today you will see pictures
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that you have never seen before.
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A painting inspired by
the very words of this book.
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I'm also going
to show you pictures
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of the very place
it will be on earth.
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This book
prophesied that God would live
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on earth and be one of us.
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The one who fulfilled
these prophecies said this
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about the city in space.
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"In my Father's
house are many mansions...
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I go [there to] prepare a place
for you, [and] I will come again
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and receive you unto
myself; that where I am,
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there ye may be
also. " John 14:2-3.
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If you wonder what He is
preparing, just look around.
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It will be much like living
here only a great deal better.
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This is the God
who made planet earth
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with all of its
beauty that we enjoy.
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He knows how to do a job right.
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Some people think of heaven
in childish or even silly terms.
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But you can be sure
heaven is a real place,
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and a wonderful place.
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Let's gather together
some of the pictures of heaven
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that are left here for us.
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John was a follower of
Jesus he was privileged
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to see this city in vision.
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And you can read about what
he saw in Revelation 21 & 22.
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First, he tells us
it is a very large city
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both in width and height.
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"The city is laid out as
a square, and its length is
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as great as its breadth.
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And he measured the city with a
reed: twelve thousand furlongs.
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Its length, breadth, and height
are equal. " Rev 21:16 NKJ
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We don't measure in
furlongs today but a furlong
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is about 1/8th of a mile.
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That means each side of
the city is 375 miles long.
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To walk around the city would be
a little jaunt of 1,500 miles.
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But there is another interestin
point to these measurements
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John gives under inspiration.
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"Its length, breadth,
and height are equal. "
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Rev 21:16.
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That means to go from
the bottom of the city
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al the way to the top
is 375 miles straight up!
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The city appears to be
in the shape of a cube.
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An artist was given
all the details from
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the Bible of this city.
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Based on what he was
told this is what he painted.
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John tells us that this
city is called the New Jerusalem
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and it has remarkable walls.
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Now in Jerusalem today
you can see some of the walls
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that Jesus saw when he
would come to the temple.
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But unlike the imposing walls
in the city of Jerusalem today
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the New Jerusalem's
walls are even more impressive.
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Here is what John said....
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"...its wall [is] one
hundred and forty-four cubits,
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according to the measure of
a man, that is, of an angel. "
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Rev 21:17.
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A cubit is an ancient unit
of linear measure, originally
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equal to the length of
the forearm from the tip
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of the middle
finger to the elbow,
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or about 17 to 22 inches.
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That would make a
wall 204 to 264 feet high.
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But the text said that the
wall though measured in cubits
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the way a man does, was
actually measured by an angel.
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And the angel might well have
been bigger than John perhaps
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even twice his size
which could make the wall
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as much as 528 feet high.
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Needless to say it was
impressive for John to see.
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What was the wall made of?
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John tells us that "the
construction of its wall
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was of jasper..." Rev 21:18.
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Think of it.
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A wall 20 to 40 stories
high with radiance and beauty
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beyond description.
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Because this city is 375
miles high the artist envisioned
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the city with 12 stories each
over 30 miles above the other.
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Today 30 miles up would
put us in space so God is going
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to have to do something a little
different with our atmosphere
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when He brings
His city to earth.
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The Bible tells us that
there are 12 gates for the city.
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"And the twelve
gates were twelve pearls:
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each individual gate was
one pearl. " Rev 21:21 NKJ
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Since the Bible seems to
indicate that we will have wings
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the artist saw one gate for
each story or floor of heaven
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that the inhabitants of
that level can fly into.
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Each gate imagine
large enough to accommodate
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all those people and angels.
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Can you imagine
the size of the pearl!
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John was able to see
into the city and he noticed
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that the street
was paved with gold!
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"The street of the
city was pure gold,
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like transparent
glass. " Rev 21:21
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Imagine how smooth
that must feel to walk on.
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Imagine how much glory of heaven
that street would reflect.
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Then John's gaze sees
a tree unlike anything
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he has seen before.
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"In the midst of the
street of it, and on either side
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of the river, was there
the tree of life, which bare
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twelve manner of fruits, and
yielded her fruit every month:
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and the leaves of the tree were
for the healing of the nations."
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Rev 22:2.
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Can you put on your divine
imaginations caps and see it?
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There is the tree
of life. It's huge!
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Similar to the great
redwood that we used to drive
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through in our national
park but many times larger.
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This tree straddles the street
of gold and the river of life.
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It grows 12 different
kinds of fruit and every month
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you can pick from
this tree and eat.
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I hope one of the fruits
of the tree will be a peach.
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There is nothing like the
taste of a tree-ripened peach
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full of succulent flavor.
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This is the tree of life,
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from which, if we
eat, we will live forever.
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By the way, this is one of the
reasons I want to go to heaven.
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There we get to eat forever!
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"Is it true, " I
hear some asking, "
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that this New Jerusalem city
will someday be here on earth?"
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Apparently so.
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In the Old Testament is a story
about Abraham who was asked
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by God to leave his home
in Er, or modern-day Iraq,
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and go to what is now Palestine.
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In faith Abraham obeyed.
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God told him all this land
would be given to him someday.
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But it still has not
happened as it was prophesied.
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Paul spoke of this experience
in his letter to the Hebrews.
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You can read about
it in Heb 11 verse 9.
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Heb 11:9-10
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By faith he sojourned in the
land of promise,as in a strange
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country, dwelling in tabernacles
[or tents] with Isaac and Jacob,
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the heirs with him
of the same promise:
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For he looked for a
city which hath foundations,
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whose builder and maker is God.
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Abraham was looking for a
city that God was to build.
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He expected to live there
with all those who love God.
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John was given a most precious
privilege of seeing that city
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in vision coming to earth.
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Not in symbol of stone at
the end of a bad dream but
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as it would be in reality.
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This is what he saw.
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Rev 21:2
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And I John saw the
holy city, new Jerusalem,
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coming down from
God out of heaven,
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prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
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There is nothing in
our experience to match
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the radiance of a bride.
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Jesus leads the way as the
great city comes towards earth.
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And then the prophet
Zechariah sees His foot
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land on the Mt. of
Olives facing Jerusalem.
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Listen to what he saw in
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vision... Zec 14:4
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And his feet shall stand in that
day upon the mount of Olives,
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which is before
Jerusalem on the east,
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and the mount of Olives shall
cleave in the midst thereof
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toward the east
and toward the west,
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and there shall
be a great valley;
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and half the mountain
shall remove toward the north,
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and half toward the south.
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This city will
need a large landing pad
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there in the Middle East.
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It'll take up all of
Lebanon, the West Bank, Jordon,
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Israel along with
parts of Syria, Saudi Arabia
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and most of
Egypt's Sinai peninsula.
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How extraordinary!
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When this glorious city,
1500 miles in circumference
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sets down it will take
up a lot of real estate.
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If you go to Jerusalem
today, as wonderful as it is
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to be where Jesus was,
it still is just a city.
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There are people being
killed in and around Jerusalem.
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It's not a city of peace.
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There are people
here dying of cancer.
00:16:03.08\00:16:05.71
There are water mains
that break making a mess.
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There is dirt and
noise in the streets.
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And in the countryside
people are fighting and shooting
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at each other just like in so
many other places on the earth.
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Why would God bring His
heavenly city to planet earth?
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Because He's going
to do something special
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here on this rebellious planet.
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First He's going to burn up
all the landfills, the plastic
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and aluminum, the toxic
dumps and polluted riverbeds.
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He will be destroying all
the people who have chosen to
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live selfish and hurtful lives.
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You can read about it
in Rev 20 verses 9 and 10.
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"...and fire came
down from God out of
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heaven, and devoured them.
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And the devil
that deceived them was
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cast into the lake
of fire..." Rev 20:9-10
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Peter tells us:
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"...the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise,
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and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, the earth
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also and the
works that are therein
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shall be burned up. " 2 Pet 3:10
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And now the good news.
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"And I saw a new
heaven and a new earth:"
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Said John in
Revelation 21:verse 1,
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"for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away;
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and there was no
more sea. " Rev 21:1
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This promise gave Peter hope!
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"...we, according to this
promise, look for new heavens
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and a new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness. " 2
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Peter 3:13. Now hold me
back folks cause this is where
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I start getting excited!
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When the New Jerusalem
lands here and God destroys
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the earth as it now is
with fire and recreates
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recreates the earth fresh and
new as it was in the beginning
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everything will be wonderful.
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"And he that sat upon
the throne said, Behold,
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I make all things new.
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And he said unto me,
"Write: for these words are true
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and faithful. " Rev 21:5
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This is the truth of the
holy city that will be here.
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The creator will
live here in person.
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And those who
choose to live here with
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Him will never become bored.
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There will be pleasures
forevermore. Psalm 16;11
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There will be no more death, no
pain, tears, sorrow, sickness,
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no hospitals, operations,
tragedy, or disappointment,
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no trouble, hunger, or thirst
Revelation 21:4; Isaiah 33:24;
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Revelation 22:3;
Isaiah 65:23; Revelation 7:16.
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Those who live in
the New Jerusalem will
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never get tired. Isaiah 40:31.
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Every saved person will be
physically whole in every way.
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The deaf will
hear, the blind will see,
00:18:28.81\00:18:31.10
the dumb will sing, and
the lame will be able to run.
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Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah
35:6; Philippians 3:21.
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Jealousy, fear, hatred,
falsehood, envy, impurity,
00:18:35.83\00:18:38.73
cynicism, filth,
worry, and all evil will be
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forever shut out
of God's kingdom.
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Revelation 21:8;
Rev. 21:27 Rev. 22:15.
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People will no longer be
burdened with the worries
00:18:46.18\00:18:48.30
and cares that
drive them to distraction.
00:18:48.33\00:18:50.71
There will be no
more nervous breakdowns.
00:18:50.75\00:18:53.06
Time will become eternity,
and the pressures and deadlines
00:18:53.10\00:18:56.88
of earth will be gone forever.
00:18:56.91\00:18:59.38
The vast seas that
cover three-fourths of the
00:18:59.42\00:19:01.47
earth's surface today
will be gone. Revelation 21:1.
00:19:01.51\00:19:04.14
The deserts will
become gardens. Isaiah 35:1-2.
00:19:04.17\00:19:06.40
The animals will all
be tame. Isaiah 65:25.
00:19:06.43\00:19:08.59
Little children will lead
the lions around. Isaiah 11:6-9.
00:19:08.63\00:19:10.69
There will be no more
curse. Revelation 22:3.
00:19:10.72\00:19:13.02
There will be no more violence
of any kind. Isaiah 60:18.
00:19:13.06\00:19:15.59
And for you hurting
parents who lost a child to SIDS
00:19:15.62\00:19:18.85
or stillbirth the Bible
tells us that "...the streets
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of the city shall be
full of boys and girls
00:19:22.12\00:19:24.60
playing in the
streets. " Zechariah 8:5.
00:19:24.63\00:19:27.08
And for you guilt
ridden parent who aborted
00:19:27.39\00:19:30.31
the life of your
child, there is hope for you
00:19:30.35\00:19:33.20
because the Bible says
there will be nursing babies
00:19:33.24\00:19:36.45
in heaven. Isaiah 11:8.
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Jerusalem is not holy.
00:19:38.65\00:19:40.71
It is not at
all a city of peace.
00:19:40.75\00:19:43.62
But the New Jerusalem will be.
00:19:43.65\00:19:46.45
The new city will be our
home, if we are among the saved.
00:19:46.49\00:19:51.54
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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Music Video "Grant Them Peace"
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"...it is written, Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard,
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neither have entered into
the heart of man, the things
00:25:07.25\00:25:10.58
which God hath prepared for
them that love him. 1 Cor 2:9.
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Whatever you can imagine
heaven will only be better.
00:25:15.48\00:25:18.63
Jesus tells us, "Let
not your heart be troubled:
00:25:18.67\00:25:21.79
ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
00:25:21.82\00:25:24.49
In my Father's
house are many mansions:
00:25:24.53\00:25:27.17
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
00:25:30.26\00:25:33.08
And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again,
00:25:33.12\00:25:37.31
and receive you unto
myself; that where I am,
00:25:37.34\00:25:41.78
there ye may be
also. " John 14:1-3
00:25:41.81\00:25:44.68
Indeed, heaven will
be a wonderful place,
00:25:46.02\00:25:48.99
and if you see a joy on my
face, a bounce in my step it is
00:25:49.03\00:25:52.50
because I have
embraced this blessed hope.
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00:26:05.92\00:26:09.24
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00:26:09.27\00:26:13.01
It is just as bankrupt
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Our only hope is being in
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00:26:21.35\00:26:25.01
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