We certainly
learned in recent nights
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that we are
living in the final days
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of world's history.
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I think that is clear,
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I know that's clear
from the word of God
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that Jesus is soon to
return to this planet of ours
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with all the angelic
host of heaven with Him.
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And as we have
discovered His coming
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some people to
call it the rapture
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His coming will be an open event
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in which the earth will
come to a cataclysmic end.
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But remember for God's
people it's our time of escape.
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And as difficult as those times
may be we again remind ourselves
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of the promise that
Jesus Himself gave us,
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that He will be with
us always even to the end.
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And He is going
to get us through.
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It is a given for
those who love the Lord.
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We're gonna discover tonight
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that the coming of
Jesus marks the beginning
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of the
millennial period of time.
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And because it does
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just because the
subject is such a beautiful one
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let's do a quick review
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of some of the things
we discovered last night
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beginning with Revelation 1:7
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where it says, "Behold,
He is coming with the clouds,
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and every eye will see Him,
even those who pierced Him."
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Evidently there is gonna
be a special resurrection
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for those who
crucified our Lord.
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And it says, "And all
the tribes of the earth
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will mourn over Him."
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Speaking about those
who will be left behind
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when Jesus comes for His people.
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And then you will remember
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we were into 1
Thessalonians 4:16-18,
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I just love this passage of
scripture, it's so powerful.
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It just really
puts it all together
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where it says,
"For the Lord Himself
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will descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of the archangel,
with the trumpet of God,
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and the dead in
Christ shall rise first.
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And then we who are alive
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and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
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to meet the Lord in the air,
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and thus we shall
always be with the Lord."
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I'll just think how
wonderful that day is gonna be
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when those who
have died in faith
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are going to be resurrected.
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The dead are
going to live again.
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And my friend, Jesus
makes it all possible
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because of what
Jesus has done for us.
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And then I remind
you of the promise
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that Jesus Himself gave
about His return in John 14
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and looking at verse 2 and 3,
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where it says,
"In My Father's house
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are many dwelling places,
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if it were not so,
I would have told you
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for I go to
prepare a place for you."
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As I mentioned last
night there is a place
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for every one of us in heaven.
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Jesus is preparing it for us.
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We have something to look
forward to with anticipation.
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And then He said, "If I go
and prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and
receive you to Myself,
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that where I am,
there you may be also."
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So, clearly when
Jesus comes back for us,
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where is it that He takes us to?
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He takes us to heaven,
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because its there that He is
been preparing places for us.
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And so that's
important we will see
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as we go further
into our study tonight
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as it relates to the millennium.
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And then we talked about
some of the powerful things
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that we're taking
a place on the earth
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that the coming
of the Son of God.
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Where it says in Revelation
16 and beginning with Verse 18
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"And there were
flashes of lightning
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and sounds and peals of thunder
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and there was a
great earthquake,
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such as there had not been
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since man came to
be upon the earth,
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so great an earthquake"
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it says, I mean this
is just hard to fathom
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when you think about
this universal earthquake
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that's going to be taking
place at the coming of Jesus.
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It's gonna be massive, its--
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you know, the old
earth as I said last night
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its gonna be shaking to and
fro at the powerful presence
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of the return of the Son of Man.
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And then verse 20 says
"And every island fled away,
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and the
mountains were not found."
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The very crust of the
earth is gonna be broken up
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at the presence of
Jesus when He comes.
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This massive earthquake
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that will take
place at His coming
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and so His coming marks the
end of the world, it's the end.
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And then we also-- you
will remember Matthew 24:37
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where Jesus said, He said,
"But as the days of Noah were,
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so shall also the
coming of the son of man be."
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And we could notice
some of the parallels
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between what
happened in those day,
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wickedness, evil,
violence was increasing
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greatly upon the earth
and God stepped in and He--
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you know, God said, I'm
not gonna let this go on,
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I'm gonna stop
it right here, okay.
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In other words, God sets limits
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to how far evil is
going to go, right.
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He set limits and
praise the Lord He set limits
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because without that if
evil really had free reign,
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we really would have
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even greater
problems than we have.
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And we see the
parallels in our own day.
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And violence and all
of these horrible things
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that are happening
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and we will remember
that Noah preached his message
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for a 120 years
urging people to repent
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and to get in the ark
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and to avert the
coming destruction.
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They by in large
just laughed at him,
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rain, end of the world.
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And we know what happened
to those who were left behind,
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they were destroyed
weren't they, in those floods?
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Again God did
everything He could
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to persuade them
to get in the ark.
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In the same way He is seeking
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to persuade
everyone He possibly can
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that through
faith in Jesus Christ
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they need to be ready
for the coming of Jesus.
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The 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8
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it says, "The Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven
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with His mighty
angels in flaming fire,
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dealing out retribution
to those who do not know God
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and to those who do not obey
the gospel of our Lord Jesus."
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My friend, I just assure you
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God just takes
no pleasure in this,
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but they have left
Him with no alternative.
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But somehow this
idea that, you know,
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after the coming of Jesus
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there is got to
be another chance
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for all of this folks
that are going to be lost.
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But take a look
at 2 Corinthians 6:2
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where it says, behold
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"Behold, now is
the acceptable time,
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behold, now is
'the day of salvation.'"
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Not some future point,
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it's now that we must
make our decision for Jesus.
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My friends, it's
gonna be too late
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if we wait until the end comes.
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And then you
know we have this idea
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when we see
these things happening
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then we're gonna
get serious about,
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it will be too
late, it will be too late.
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And it also robs
the final message
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that God gives to the world,
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they robs it of its urgency.
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Well, you know,
you'll have another chance,
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but, my friend, that again
is not what we find in the Bible
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Jesus predicted,
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He said, "In this gospel
the kingdom shall be preached
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in the whole world for
witness to all the nations,
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and then the end shall come."
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And so when it comes
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right down to the
final days of world's history
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the gospel will
do its work worldwide
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fired by the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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It will go to every nation,
it will go to all peoples
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and its then, its then
that decisions will be made
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for eternity one
way or the other.
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Take your
Bibles and turn with me
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to Revelation 19 the
New Testament page 199,
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Revelation 19 and
beginning with verse 11.
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Remember I said earlier
that the coming of Jesus
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marks the
beginning of the millennium
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and so let me
nail that one down.
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Revelation 19 and
beginning with verse 11.
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We have a description
of the coming of Jesus
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in the typical
prophetic symbolic language
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of the Book of Revelation.
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And we are gonna discover
that in the next chapter
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we're going to be in
it quite a bit tonight
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the next chapter is the
chapter on the millennium.
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So contextually we're looking at
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what happens just
before the millennium.
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So there it is
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John said, "And I
saw heaven opened,
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and behold a white horse,
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and He who sat on it is
called Faithful and True,
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in righteousness He
judges and wages war."
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By the way, again where do
that war that conflict began?
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It begin in heaven, we know
that from Revelation 12:7-9.
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And the conflict of
warfare continues where?
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Here upon this
planet, doesn't it?
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We're in the middle of it.
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It is a warfare and a conflict
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over the control
of every heart of us.
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And the question again
being who will we decide for?
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And so there is this
conflict it is spiritual,
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but it's a very real conflict.
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Notice the
description of him verse 12,
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"His eyes are a flame of fire,
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and on His head
are many diadems,
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and He has a name written on Him
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which no one
knows except Himself.
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And He is clothed with
a robe dipped in blood."
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Again this is a
prophetic language.
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"And His name is
called The Word of God.
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And the armies
which are in heaven,
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clothed in fine
linen, white and clean
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were following
Him on white horses."
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And so, here in
the Book of Revelation
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the coming of Jesus,
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He has described His
coming as a concurring king
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with His vast
angelic holds this army
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that attends Him on his way.
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And if you read
through the following verses
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through the end of the chapter
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again you'll see judgments
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that will be
falling upon the earth.
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And those who are left behind
it's the end, it's the end.
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The word millennium
itself is not in the Bible,
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it really comes
from two Latin terms
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that have been put together
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that is the word Latin term
"Mille" which means a thousand
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and the word
"Annium" which means years.
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Our word annual
comes from this Latin term.
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So, when we talk
about the millennium
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it just a way of describing
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the thousand
year period of time.
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So as we are just
about ready to move
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right into the millennium
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what have we discovered
happens at the beginning
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of the thousand
year period of time.
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Well, this we
know because we know
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the coming of Jesus marks
the beginning of the millennium.
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First of all we know
just as Jesus had promise
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that His people all are
swept away to heaven, right.
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They go away to heaven.
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They are not here upon the earth
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during the thousand
year period of time.
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And for those who left behind
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the wicked and believe
me when we put together
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the mark of the beast
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and how that place
out in the end time
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a lot of this will
make a lot more sense.
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Why again those who
are left behind are slain
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as it says in Paul's
writings to the Thessalonians,
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are slain by the
brightness of His coming.
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And so with that
massive earthquake
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God's people swept away,
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the earth is in
a desolated state.
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Let's move on to
Revelation Chapter 20.
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You are there aren't you?
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Because we're gonna pick it up.
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In Revelation 20 and
beginning with verse--
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we want to look at verses 1
through 3, verses 1 through 3
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where it says
that "I saw an angel
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coming down from heaven,
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holding the key of the abyss
and a great chain in his hand.
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And he laid hold of the
dragon, the serpent of old,
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who is the devil and Satan,
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and bound him
for a thousand years.
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And he threw him into the abyss,
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and shut it and
sealed it over him,
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so that he would not
deceive the nations any longer,
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until the thousand
years were completed
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and after these things he must
be released for a short time."
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So the first thing we note
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of in regards to
the thousand years
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Satan is thrown into the abyss
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he is bound for 1000 years
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and then remember it says
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he will be
release for a short time.
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We will pick that
up before we are done.
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What is the abyss?
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You know, some how conjecture
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that may be some black
hole out there in the universe,
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but its just conjecture
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because there is
nothing in the Bible
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that would indicate that.
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My friend, the abyss is this
earth in its desolated state
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and Satan is bound here to
this, this-- to the planet.
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It's interesting as
we look at Jeremiah 4
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and begin with
verse 23 on the screen.
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We find that Jeremiah envision
sees looks upon the earth in--
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during the
millennium period of time
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and this desolation that
has taken place upon the earth.
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And He is doing
something quite interesting
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that Jesus
Himself did in Matthew 24.
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That is Jeremiah was
predicting the judgments
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and the desolations that were
gonna take place in Jerusalem
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because of the rebelliousness
centuries of God's people.
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And then prophetically
he uses that imagery
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to describe the
final desolations
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that will take
place upon the earth.
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He makes a universal
application to the end times.
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And so this is what he
records, "I looked on the earth,
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and behold, it
was formless and void,
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and to the heavens,
and they had no light.
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I looked on the
mountains," Jeremiah said.
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He is looking at the earth,
he is looking at the mountains
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and what did he find?
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Well, "He
looked on the mountain,
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and behold, they were quaking,
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and all the hills
moved to and fro."
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Does that connect with anything
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that we've studied in
regards to the coming of Jesus?
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Absolutely.
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Revelation 16 that
massive universal earthquake
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that will engulf the
earth at the coming of Jesus.
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That's what he is seeing
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as he is looking
down in time envision.
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And he goes on to say,
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"And I looked, and
behold, there was no man,
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and all the birds of
the heavens had fled."
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The earth was in
a depopulated state.
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And, my friend, it has to be
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this period of time
that he is looking at
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because it could be no other,
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because we know that
God's people are not here
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again Jesus has taken
them to heaven to those places
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He has prepared for them.
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And we know the
wicked are not here
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because as in the days
of Noah they are destroyed.
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So the earth is in
the depopulated state.
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And he said, "And I looked,
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and behold, the
fruitful land was a wilderness,
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and all its
cities were pulled down
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before the Lord,
before His fierce anger."
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And so the cities
of the nations fall.
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Revelation 16
also speaks of this.
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But how about this matter it
says before His fierce anger.
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How do we deal
with that when we talk--
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when we've been
talking about a loving God?
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How do we deal the God
who is described here--
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all of this
destruction happening
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because of His fierce anger?
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Well, my friend, there really is
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and again we
touched on it before
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but I'm gonna come back to it
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because people have been
so troubled over this matter
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that God is angry.
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But remember I
said the other night
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somebody better be angry about
all that the horrible things
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that are
happening upon this planet.
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And He is as I indicated
God is not just somewhere out
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there in the universe
and just kind of marking time
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and just, you know, God
is just really wrapped up
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really wrapped up
and deeply involved
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with what's
happening on this planet,
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the horrible
things that are happening
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which means He
is wrapped up deeply
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involved with what's happening
in your life and my life
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as we're dealing
with the horrible things
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that sin has
brought to this planet.
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And He is angry
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about what has
happened to His children.
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He has got this plan,
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He is gonna save
us those who will.
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And in the end He
is going to destroy it.
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Sin is a cancer that in
the end must be eradicated
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and it's in love, right.
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It's a loving God that brings
it to an end, a loving God.
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But I wanted you to notice
at the first part of this verse
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it talked about it
was looking on the earth
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and it was
without form and void.
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That reminds us
of another passage
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if we think about
it back in Genesis 1:2
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where it speaks of the earth
being without form and void.
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This is before the
six days of creation.
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You know, some creation
scientist have again up,
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you know, they've theories
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that, you know,
there was something,
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there was something here
when God came to this planet.
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It was in a chaotic state.
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Again the description
is that it was without
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form and it was void.
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And they've conjectured
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that may be God
in some past ages
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came to this solar system
and put the planets into place
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and then in time
came back to this planet
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and created life on it.
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So He put the skeleton,
the solar system in to place
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in the past and came back to it.
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But whatever the case may be
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the earth was
without form and without void
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the same term use
over Genesis Chapter 4.
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It's interesting that
in the Greek translation
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of the Old Testament
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when they translated this term
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that the earth was
without form and void
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in Genesis the word they used
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in the Greek is
the word "Abussos."
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That's where our word,
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our English word
Abyss comes from,
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it's derived from the Greek.
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And speaking of a place
that is chaotic, broken down,
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it's without form and void.
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And they did the same thing
when they came to Jeremiah 4,
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when they came to that term
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without form and
void the word is Abussos.
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And it's the same word
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that we find
here in Revelation 20
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in regards to Satan
being bound to the abyss.
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It is this earth in
its desolated place.
00:20:04.03\00:20:07.00
And Romans 10 bears
this out Romans 10:7
00:20:07.03\00:20:10.57
where the question is asked
00:20:10.60\00:20:12.09
"Who will
descend into the abyss?"
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Descending is
not going out and up,
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up and out, descending.
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"Who will
descent into the abyss?
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That is to bring
Christ up from the dead."
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So what is the abyss?
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It's the grave.
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It's the place
the abode of death.
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And, my friend, that is
what the earth has become.
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We also would ask the
question in what sense,
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in what sense is
Satan bound to this earth?
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And again I'll remind
in the Book of Revelation
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we have prophetic--
we have prophetic terms,
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we have quoted symbolisms
and one of the great dangers
00:20:53.73\00:20:58.63
in trying to
interpret the Book of Revelation
00:20:58.66\00:21:00.90
are those who want to
take a littlest approach
00:21:00.93\00:21:05.62
to the interpretation
of the Book of Revelation.
00:21:05.65\00:21:08.80
For instance they would say
00:21:08.83\00:21:10.26
that those chains
are actually caves.
00:21:10.29\00:21:14.52
But, my friend, really
when you look at the book
00:21:14.55\00:21:16.63
it is coded, it is symbolic,
00:21:16.66\00:21:21.73
it is not to be
understood literally.
00:21:21.76\00:21:24.55
I mean, consider how he is
been carried out his freedom
00:21:24.58\00:21:27.10
upon this planet
with certain parameters
00:21:27.13\00:21:29.05
that God had put into place.
00:21:29.08\00:21:31.02
I mean, he has been
tracking us for the moment
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we are born into life to
the moment that we leave it.
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He is been hounding us
00:21:36.92\00:21:38.27
with the
determination to take us down.
00:21:38.30\00:21:41.00
Again remember he hates us
00:21:41.03\00:21:43.01
because we are the
supreme objects of God's love.
00:21:43.04\00:21:46.53
And he knows that
when he brings misery
00:21:46.56\00:21:48.48
and when he brings suffering
00:21:48.51\00:21:50.16
and if he could take us
down the road of rebellion
00:21:50.19\00:21:54.30
that he can bring pain
to the heart of the God.
00:21:54.33\00:21:58.14
I mean he is
just down right mean.
00:21:58.17\00:22:02.00
And so that's how he is been,
00:22:02.03\00:22:03.59
you know, what he is
being doing upon this earth.
00:22:03.62\00:22:05.76
But you see at
the coming of Jesus
00:22:05.79\00:22:07.26
suddenly things
change fundamentally.
00:22:07.29\00:22:10.25
Suddenly the people
of God are swept away.
00:22:10.28\00:22:12.95
He can't bother them, he
cannot trouble them any longer,
00:22:12.98\00:22:16.28
he can tempt them and
the wicked they are died.
00:22:16.31\00:22:23.09
And so as it's been said
he is bound by circumstances
00:22:23.12\00:22:28.79
and he is bound to this
earth in his tessellated state.
00:22:28.82\00:22:33.57
Do you see something
of the justice of God
00:22:33.60\00:22:35.83
that Satan and his wicked angels
00:22:35.86\00:22:37.33
are bound to this
earth for thousand years
00:22:37.36\00:22:40.05
with all of this destruction?
00:22:40.08\00:22:41.96
And, my friend, it's all
because of their rebellion.
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.89
This once was a paradise.
00:22:44.92\00:22:46.83
This is what sin
had brought it to.
00:22:46.86\00:22:51.84
It led to destruction.
00:22:51.87\00:22:53.88
And yes for a thousand years
00:22:53.91\00:22:55.91
he will be
wandering over the surface
00:22:55.94\00:22:57.78
of this planet this abyss.
00:22:57.81\00:23:00.46
But remember it says "He will
be released for a short season."
00:23:00.49\00:23:06.23
I take you next as
we move on Revelation 20
00:23:06.26\00:23:10.49
and we're gonna look at verse 4.
00:23:10.52\00:23:13.83
In verse 4 we're
going to discover
00:23:13.86\00:23:15.40
what God's people are doing
00:23:15.43\00:23:17.37
during the
millennial period of time,
00:23:17.40\00:23:18.99
during the thousand years.
00:23:19.02\00:23:20.40
And this is what
we find Revelation 20
00:23:20.43\00:23:22.40
and beginning with verse 4,
00:23:22.43\00:23:24.21
John says "Then I saw
thrones, and they sat on them,
00:23:24.24\00:23:28.66
and judgment was given to them."
00:23:28.69\00:23:30.50
Now, we want to
identify who it is
00:23:30.53\00:23:32.83
that they that is
sitting upon these thrones
00:23:32.86\00:23:35.89
to whom judgment
was given to them.
00:23:35.92\00:23:38.49
It goes on to
identify them actually,
00:23:38.52\00:23:40.67
he said, "And I
saw the souls of those
00:23:40.70\00:23:42.45
who had been beheaded
00:23:42.48\00:23:43.51
because of their
testimony of Jesus
00:23:43.54\00:23:46.41
and because of the Word of God.
00:23:46.44\00:23:48.45
And those who are not
worshiped the beast or his image
00:23:48.48\00:23:51.35
and have now receive the mark
00:23:51.38\00:23:52.58
on their
foreheads or on their hand.
00:23:52.61\00:23:55.43
And they came to life."
00:23:55.46\00:23:58.58
Obviously this is talking
about God's people, right?
00:23:58.61\00:24:01.95
They came to life,
00:24:01.98\00:24:03.89
that's speaking
of the resurrection
00:24:03.92\00:24:06.30
and furthermore it says,
00:24:06.33\00:24:07.42
"And they reigned" they reigned
00:24:07.45\00:24:09.95
"with Christ for
a thousand years."
00:24:09.98\00:24:13.31
So, God's people are
resurrected and they reign
00:24:13.34\00:24:17.04
and my friend, it identifies
00:24:17.07\00:24:19.29
who it is that's
sitting on the thrones.
00:24:19.32\00:24:23.79
Judging this is
the millennial judgment
00:24:23.82\00:24:27.02
that we're talking about.
00:24:27.05\00:24:28.61
First Corinthians 6, the
New Testament page 132, 132.
00:24:28.64\00:24:34.71
First Corinthians 6
and we are gonna be looking
00:24:34.74\00:24:37.18
at verses 2 and 3.
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.75
Now Paul is writing to church
00:24:39.78\00:24:42.25
that is having
a lot of problems,
00:24:42.28\00:24:45.23
lot of difficulties.
00:24:45.26\00:24:46.95
Gross immorality was going on
and tolerated in the fellowship.
00:24:46.98\00:24:51.52
They were at
each others throats,
00:24:51.55\00:24:54.04
they were in
conflict with one another,
00:24:54.07\00:24:56.13
they were
actually suing each other
00:24:56.16\00:24:57.97
in the secular
courts of the day.
00:24:58.00\00:25:00.48
And so Paul is
trying to bring peace
00:25:00.51\00:25:03.29
to the church in Corinth.
00:25:03.32\00:25:05.63
And notice what his appeal is
00:25:05.66\00:25:08.13
about those who were
suing their brothers,
00:25:08.16\00:25:10.69
their sisters in
the secular courts.
00:25:10.72\00:25:13.78
First Corinthians 6: 2 he says
00:25:13.81\00:25:16.10
"Do you not know
00:25:16.13\00:25:17.54
that the saints
will judge the world?"
00:25:17.57\00:25:21.34
Did you know that Bible teaches
00:25:21.37\00:25:23.14
that saints
will judge the world?
00:25:23.17\00:25:25.48
Absolutely.
00:25:25.51\00:25:27.14
And he says, further
00:25:27.17\00:25:28.20
"if the world is
to be judged by you,
00:25:28.23\00:25:29.51
are you not competent
00:25:29.54\00:25:30.82
to constitute the
smallest law courts?"
00:25:30.85\00:25:33.05
Can't you settle these issues
among yourselves as Christians?
00:25:33.08\00:25:37.75
If you're gonna
be judging the world,
00:25:37.78\00:25:39.88
why would we be
judging the world?
00:25:39.91\00:25:42.88
Well, my friend, there
is some real good reasons
00:25:42.91\00:25:45.59
why we're involved in
this phases of judgment.
00:25:45.62\00:25:47.34
We're gonna discover
00:25:47.37\00:25:48.40
there are three phases
of judgment in the end time.
00:25:48.43\00:25:50.71
We're gonna be looking
at two of them tonight.
00:25:50.74\00:25:55.55
And so we're taking you
00:25:55.58\00:25:57.42
to the millennial
phase of judgment.
00:25:57.45\00:26:01.15
And it involves God's
people judging the world.
00:26:01.18\00:26:04.63
You see even in
our judicial system
00:26:04.66\00:26:07.05
we have this concept
that an individual ought
00:26:07.08\00:26:11.01
to be judged by
their peers don't we?
00:26:11.04\00:26:15.84
That's why we
have a jury system,
00:26:15.87\00:26:17.10
the idea that we ought
to be judged by our peers.
00:26:17.13\00:26:20.18
And, my friend,
God has this view
00:26:20.21\00:26:22.14
in His Judicial system
00:26:22.17\00:26:24.64
as it plays out in the end time
00:26:24.67\00:26:27.04
that the world ought to
be judged by their peers
00:26:27.07\00:26:31.60
that will be us if we
are there by God's grace.
00:26:31.63\00:26:36.16
And you see there
are some real reasons
00:26:36.19\00:26:39.07
beyond just the
fairness and the justice of God
00:26:39.10\00:26:41.54
that we are
involved in this judgment,
00:26:41.57\00:26:43.87
because, you know, somewhere,
00:26:43.90\00:26:44.93
you know, I tried
to describe last night
00:26:44.96\00:26:46.90
how wonderful its gonna be
00:26:46.93\00:26:47.96
when Jesus comes
to find ourselves,
00:26:47.99\00:26:50.40
you know, being
drawn off the earth,
00:26:50.43\00:26:52.35
being drawn into
the presence of Jesus
00:26:52.38\00:26:55.03
and all of those
angels that are singing
00:26:55.06\00:26:57.48
these wonderful glorious songs
00:26:57.51\00:26:59.88
it's just gonna
be such a thrill,
00:26:59.91\00:27:01.71
but I know
somewhere in the process
00:27:01.74\00:27:04.41
I'm gonna begin to look
around among the redeemed.
00:27:04.44\00:27:07.98
I'm gonna be looking
for those that I loved
00:27:08.01\00:27:10.76
and knew best upon this earth.
00:27:10.79\00:27:12.39
I'm gonna be
looking for family members,
00:27:12.42\00:27:14.85
I'm gonna be
looking for my wife,
00:27:14.88\00:27:17.19
gonna be
looking for my two sons,
00:27:17.22\00:27:19.48
David and Kevin, gonna
be looking for friends.
00:27:19.51\00:27:23.28
I'm gonna be looking for those
00:27:23.31\00:27:24.55
I've had the privilege
of bringing to Jesus Christ.
00:27:24.58\00:27:27.76
And I tell you when we find
00:27:27.79\00:27:29.39
and I think all of us
will have an interest to know
00:27:29.42\00:27:32.50
are they to make
it, are they're there,
00:27:32.53\00:27:35.38
were they true to
Jesus till the end?
00:27:35.41\00:27:39.14
And I tell you when
we find some of those
00:27:39.17\00:27:40.85
that we have
loved best on this earth
00:27:40.88\00:27:42.51
and we find that they are there,
00:27:42.54\00:27:43.68
you know, we are going
00:27:43.71\00:27:44.74
to wrap our arms
around each other
00:27:44.77\00:27:47.32
and together we are
going to shout, halleluiah.
00:27:47.35\00:27:51.14
I tell you our
joy in being in heaven
00:27:51.17\00:27:54.43
is increased by the fact
00:27:54.46\00:27:56.95
there will be some of
those that we've loved here
00:27:56.98\00:27:58.93
that are there with us.
00:27:58.96\00:28:01.24
But you know we
all have a choice
00:28:01.27\00:28:04.66
and undoubtedly
we're gonna find some
00:28:04.69\00:28:06.90
that we've loved here in
this earth who are not there.
00:28:06.93\00:28:10.91
And there is going
to be some sadness.
00:28:10.94\00:28:12.26
It's interesting it's not until
the end of the thousand years
00:28:12.29\00:28:15.09
that it says that
God wipes away our tears.
00:28:15.12\00:28:18.47
I think there
will yet be some grief
00:28:18.50\00:28:21.33
for those that we
thought would be there
00:28:21.36\00:28:23.53
but we're not there.
00:28:23.56\00:28:24.68
And so there, you
know, God doesn't want us
00:28:24.71\00:28:26.80
to go through
eternity with these questions,
00:28:26.83\00:28:28.82
but mom I thought
she would be there, she--
00:28:28.85\00:28:31.65
I thought she was a
committed Christian.
00:28:31.68\00:28:34.55
What happened to
my daughter or my son
00:28:34.58\00:28:37.34
or what happened to mom,
what happen to mom and dad?
00:28:37.37\00:28:42.27
You know, I thought
they would be there.
00:28:42.30\00:28:45.72
And so the judgment
God allows us to see
00:28:45.75\00:28:50.57
what was happening in a way
00:28:50.60\00:28:52.63
that we could not
see with the natural eye.
00:28:52.66\00:28:55.90
We will be able to
see what was happening
00:28:55.93\00:28:57.77
into the hearts and their minds.
00:28:57.80\00:28:59.49
We will be able to see
were they harden their hearts,
00:28:59.52\00:29:01.63
were they turned away,
00:29:01.66\00:29:04.69
because again God doesn't
want us to go through eternity
00:29:04.72\00:29:07.38
with these nine questions
00:29:07.41\00:29:09.73
what happened and then
when its all said and done,
00:29:09.76\00:29:14.77
when the judgment is finished
in the words of Revelation 16:7
00:29:14.80\00:29:19.27
"All of God's
people will declare,
00:29:19.30\00:29:21.07
'O Lord God, Almighty, true
00:29:21.10\00:29:23.61
and righteous
are Thy judgments.'"
00:29:23.64\00:29:26.38
But do you know
there is somebody else
00:29:29.44\00:29:30.66
that were going to be judging
during this period of time
00:29:30.69\00:29:33.14
if you still
there in 1 Corinthians 6
00:29:33.17\00:29:35.09
it is found in verse 3
00:29:35.12\00:29:37.45
where Paul says "Do you not
know that we will judge angels."
00:29:37.48\00:29:43.88
What angels will we
be involved in judging?
00:29:43.91\00:29:48.76
Oh, my friend,
those evil angels,
00:29:48.79\00:29:50.94
those angels of
darkness, those angels of sin
00:29:50.97\00:29:55.49
and rebellion and evil
00:29:55.52\00:29:58.30
that have brought this
whole tragedy to this planet.
00:29:58.33\00:30:02.62
And, my friend, do
you see any justice in God
00:30:02.65\00:30:04.96
that we ought to be involved
in judging the evil angels?
00:30:04.99\00:30:10.14
Absolutely, don't you think so?
00:30:10.17\00:30:13.24
So we are involved in
the judgment in judging them,
00:30:13.27\00:30:17.39
is what the Bible indicates.
00:30:17.42\00:30:19.68
So let's take another review,
00:30:19.71\00:30:22.27
let's do another
review at this point
00:30:22.30\00:30:24.07
and what we've discovered about
00:30:24.10\00:30:25.13
what happens during the
millennium period of time
00:30:25.16\00:30:28.20
and these
things are been cleared
00:30:28.23\00:30:29.37
from the Word of
God haven't they?
00:30:29.40\00:30:30.77
Number one, we know God's
people have been taken to heaven
00:30:30.80\00:30:34.27
just again as
Jesus has promised.
00:30:34.30\00:30:36.98
We know just as we have studied
00:30:37.01\00:30:38.89
the saints are
involved in judgment
00:30:38.92\00:30:41.48
during the
millennial period of time.
00:30:41.51\00:30:45.51
And what else did we discover?
00:30:45.54\00:30:47.28
The earth, the
earth is desolated
00:30:47.31\00:30:49.80
it's become an abyss.
00:30:49.83\00:30:51.74
The ungodly,
all of them are dead
00:30:51.77\00:30:54.53
except for the wicked angels.
00:30:54.56\00:30:56.37
And Satan is bound to the earth.
00:30:56.40\00:30:59.48
Those are the five
things that we know
00:30:59.51\00:31:02.07
with certainty take place
00:31:02.10\00:31:05.27
during the
millennium period of time.
00:31:05.30\00:31:08.63
Remember what
Jesus said in Matthew 4:4
00:31:08.66\00:31:11.84
"Man shall not
live on bread alone,
00:31:11.87\00:31:13.76
but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God."
00:31:13.79\00:31:18.98
And my friend, that is certainly
00:31:19.01\00:31:20.57
inclusive of the
Book of Revelation.
00:31:20.60\00:31:22.68
It is not exclusive of
the Book of Revelation is it?
00:31:22.71\00:31:26.24
And so that which is reviled
God wants us to understand.
00:31:26.27\00:31:31.79
He wants us to
understand these end time events
00:31:31.82\00:31:34.79
that how things
are going to play out.
00:31:34.82\00:31:37.17
He wants us to
understand that He has a plan
00:31:37.20\00:31:40.62
and He wants us to understand
00:31:40.65\00:31:42.35
that everything is
going to be set right,
00:31:42.38\00:31:45.32
it's going to be
all right at the end.
00:31:45.35\00:31:48.69
It is.
00:31:48.72\00:31:50.69
And so He wants us to
have an understanding of that.
00:31:50.72\00:31:54.01
So let's move on to what happens
at the end of the millennium.
00:31:54.04\00:31:56.60
Now we look at
Revelation 21:2 to begin with
00:31:56.63\00:32:01.43
and where it says, "And I saw
the holy city, new Jerusalem,
00:32:01.46\00:32:05.02
coming down out
of heaven from God,
00:32:05.05\00:32:06.87
made ready as a bride
adorned for her husband."
00:32:06.90\00:32:10.88
And you may
remember that every night
00:32:10.91\00:32:12.17
we talked about this passage
00:32:12.20\00:32:13.33
the New Jerusalem is a
capital city of the universe,
00:32:13.36\00:32:17.66
it is the city of God.
00:32:17.69\00:32:19.81
And so at the end
of the 1,000 years
00:32:19.84\00:32:21.58
here comes the New
Jerusalem coming down from God
00:32:21.61\00:32:25.00
out of heaven to this planet.
00:32:25.03\00:32:28.24
God is not done with this earth
00:32:28.27\00:32:31.43
is what we find as
we study the scriptures.
00:32:31.46\00:32:34.17
In fact Jesus in the Beatitudes
00:32:34.20\00:32:36.35
made this statement
00:32:36.38\00:32:38.57
"Blesses are the meek for
they shall inherit," what?
00:32:38.60\00:32:43.08
"They shall inherit the earth."
00:32:43.11\00:32:45.82
And, my friend, it's not
talking about the ungodly,
00:32:45.85\00:32:48.34
they are noted
for their neatness,
00:32:48.37\00:32:50.52
this is taking
about God's people
00:32:50.55\00:32:52.41
and the promise is we
will inherit the earth.
00:32:52.44\00:32:55.88
God created this planet
for the human race to inhabit.
00:32:55.91\00:33:00.45
And, my friend, at the
end of the millennium God
00:33:00.48\00:33:02.59
will return impart
to His original plan.
00:33:02.62\00:33:05.55
We will come back
with Him as we will see
00:33:05.58\00:33:09.07
to this planet and
we will inhabit it.
00:33:09.10\00:33:12.63
It's gonna change a
lot before that happens.
00:33:12.66\00:33:15.83
And we're gonna put that piece
together as we continue on.
00:33:15.86\00:33:19.42
But we will
inhabit and we will spend.
00:33:19.45\00:33:22.71
the years of
eternity on the earth
00:33:22.74\00:33:25.57
Heaven is only for 1,000 years.
00:33:25.60\00:33:32.13
It's only for 1,000 years
is what the Bible indicates.
00:33:32.16\00:33:36.84
And then let me
take you on to John 5.
00:33:36.87\00:33:39.00
There's another piece
we want to add to this
00:33:39.03\00:33:41.32
as we talk about what happens
at the end of the millennium.
00:33:41.35\00:33:44.27
The New Testament page 75 John 5
and looking at verses 28 and 29.
00:33:44.30\00:33:50.70
Jesus makes a
fascinating statement here
00:33:50.73\00:33:53.81
He doesn't give
us a lot of details
00:33:53.84\00:33:56.49
and He doesn't put it all
into any kind of sequence,
00:33:56.52\00:34:00.35
He just makes a statement
about what's gonna happen.
00:34:00.38\00:34:04.08
So find your
place there in John 5
00:34:04.11\00:34:06.28
and we're looking at verses
28 and 29 where Jesus said,
00:34:06.31\00:34:10.08
"Do not marvel at this,
00:34:10.11\00:34:11.83
for an hour is coming
00:34:11.86\00:34:14.80
which all who are in the
tombs will hear his voice."
00:34:14.83\00:34:19.78
Notice the phrase
"all will hear His voice."
00:34:19.81\00:34:24.53
Okay, and verse 29 says,
00:34:24.56\00:34:27.48
"And will come forth."
00:34:27.51\00:34:28.76
All we hear His voice
and all will come forth
00:34:28.79\00:34:31.13
and what do we
call that in a word
00:34:31.16\00:34:33.37
when they come
forth? The resurrection.
00:34:33.40\00:34:37.37
Yes, it's the
resurrection. But all.
00:34:37.40\00:34:42.24
And He goes on to say
00:34:42.27\00:34:43.30
"Those who did the good deeds
to a resurrection of life."
00:34:43.33\00:34:46.44
Who would that be talking about?
00:34:46.47\00:34:48.74
Oh, my friend, that's
not talking about the ungodly
00:34:48.77\00:34:50.86
they are noted for
their good deeds, are they?
00:34:50.89\00:34:54.37
This has to be
talking about God's people
00:34:54.40\00:34:57.26
and resurrection of life.
00:34:57.29\00:34:58.56
And then He goes
on to say Jesus says
00:34:58.59\00:34:59.85
"Those who
committed the evil deeds."
00:34:59.88\00:35:02.88
Now we know that
has to be the ungodly
00:35:02.91\00:35:05.23
to a resurrection of judgment
00:35:05.26\00:35:07.86
or for the purpose of judgment.
00:35:07.89\00:35:10.73
Yes, even the wicked
are going to be resurrected
00:35:10.76\00:35:14.72
is what the Bible indicates.
00:35:14.75\00:35:17.96
Which means which resurrection
00:35:17.99\00:35:23.17
will we come up in?
00:35:23.20\00:35:26.24
That is a relevant
question, isn't it?
00:35:26.27\00:35:28.70
I'll come back to that,
00:35:28.73\00:35:29.84
but I want to tie
this into Revelation 20.
00:35:29.87\00:35:33.24
So we go back to the
New Testament page 199
00:35:33.27\00:35:35.83
and beginning with verse 4.
00:35:35.86\00:35:37.81
Jesus makes a
simple statement here.
00:35:37.84\00:35:40.28
He doesn't get
into a lot of detail,
00:35:40.31\00:35:42.46
He doesn't tells when
the resurrection of life is,
00:35:42.49\00:35:45.20
but comparing
scripture with scripture
00:35:45.23\00:35:47.11
we know the
resurrection of God's people
00:35:47.14\00:35:49.19
takes place at the coming
of Jesus 1 Thessalonians 4:16
00:35:49.22\00:35:53.15
among other texts
that we could quote.
00:35:53.18\00:35:55.49
When He talks about the
resurrection the wicked,
00:35:55.52\00:35:57.54
again He doesn't tell us
00:35:57.57\00:35:58.92
when we have to
look at other scriptures
00:35:58.95\00:36:01.24
that will give us insights
00:36:01.27\00:36:03.09
to when the wicked
will be resurrected.
00:36:03.12\00:36:07.43
And again we find
that Revelation 20:4-6.
00:36:07.46\00:36:11.18
By the way in Acts
24:15 the Bible says
00:36:11.21\00:36:16.41
"There shall certainly be
00:36:16.44\00:36:18.26
a resurrection of both
the righteous and the wicked."
00:36:18.29\00:36:24.91
So, we're seeing a
number of passages of scripture
00:36:24.94\00:36:27.46
that speak of the resurrection
both the of God's people
00:36:27.49\00:36:30.79
and of the wicked.
00:36:30.82\00:36:33.50
And in the
context of the millennium
00:36:33.53\00:36:36.39
we find it here
verses 4 through 6,
00:36:36.42\00:36:38.41
I know we read verse 4,
00:36:38.44\00:36:40.01
but we have to follow the flow
00:36:40.04\00:36:42.48
of what John is describing here
00:36:42.51\00:36:45.83
so let me reread verse 4
00:36:45.86\00:36:47.77
so we can that.
00:36:47.80\00:36:49.23
John said, "Then I saw thrones,
00:36:49.26\00:36:51.06
and they sat upon them,
00:36:51.09\00:36:52.66
and judgment was given unto them
00:36:52.69\00:36:53.95
and I saw the souls of
them that were beheaded
00:36:53.98\00:36:56.56
because of their
testimony of Jesus
00:36:56.59\00:36:58.92
and because of the Word of God,
00:36:58.95\00:37:01.30
and those who had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
00:37:01.33\00:37:03.85
and had not received
the mark on their forehead
00:37:03.88\00:37:06.13
and on their hand
and they came to life
00:37:06.16\00:37:09.04
and reigned with
Christ for a thousand years."
00:37:09.07\00:37:11.49
Currently its God's people,
00:37:11.52\00:37:12.94
it's a resurrection
on the life for life
00:37:12.97\00:37:16.32
and that resurrection begins
00:37:16.35\00:37:18.03
at the beginning
of the 1,000 years.
00:37:18.06\00:37:21.80
That's clear, isn't it?
00:37:21.83\00:37:23.60
That's clear.
00:37:23.63\00:37:25.18
Then he goes on in verse 5
00:37:25.21\00:37:27.23
it's as if he is
answering the unspoken question
00:37:27.26\00:37:31.11
but what happens to
the rest of the dead?
00:37:31.14\00:37:34.11
It's really a
parenthetical thought
00:37:34.14\00:37:35.91
because his focus is really
00:37:35.94\00:37:37.63
on the resurrection of God's
people through this passage.
00:37:37.66\00:37:40.51
But he does answer
that question verse 5
00:37:40.54\00:37:42.88
"The rest of the dead."
00:37:42.91\00:37:44.13
And who would the
rest of the dead be?
00:37:44.16\00:37:46.23
Wicked.
00:37:46.26\00:37:47.29
It would be the wicked,
it would be the ungodly,
00:37:47.32\00:37:49.20
"The rest of the
dead did not come to life
00:37:49.23\00:37:51.86
until the thousand
years were completed"
00:37:51.89\00:37:56.32
is what the Bible indicates.
00:37:56.35\00:37:58.95
And so there is a
1,000 year period of time
00:37:58.98\00:38:02.84
that separates
the two resurrections.
00:38:02.87\00:38:05.59
And by the way and I agree
00:38:05.62\00:38:07.67
when it comes to
the translation here
00:38:07.70\00:38:09.99
of Revelation 20:5 they actually
put parenthesis around it
00:38:10.02\00:38:16.71
to show that it's a
parenthetical thought.
00:38:16.74\00:38:19.91
"The rest of the
dead did not come to life
00:38:19.94\00:38:21.67
until the 1,000
years were ended."
00:38:21.70\00:38:23.18
And that parenthetical thought.
00:38:23.21\00:38:25.62
And it's a good translation
of that particular verse.
00:38:25.65\00:38:28.68
And then John continues
00:38:28.71\00:38:30.50
with his discussion of
the first resurrection.
00:38:30.53\00:38:33.30
So let's read that,
got a part of verse 5
00:38:33.33\00:38:36.20
"This is the first resurrection.
00:38:36.23\00:38:37.84
Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in the first resurrection
00:38:37.87\00:38:41.54
over these the
second death has no power,
00:38:41.57\00:38:44.76
but they will be
priests of God and of Christ,
00:38:44.79\00:38:47.30
and will reign with
him for a thousand years."
00:38:47.33\00:38:52.01
Okay, so we have a
1,000 year period of time
00:38:52.04\00:38:57.66
that separates
the two resurrections.
00:38:57.69\00:39:01.05
Again God's
people are resurrected
00:39:01.08\00:39:03.38
at the beginning
of the 1,000 years
00:39:03.41\00:39:04.98
at the coming of Jesus
00:39:05.01\00:39:07.07
and the wicked are resurrected
at the end of the 1,000 years.
00:39:07.10\00:39:12.52
And why are they resurrected?
00:39:12.55\00:39:14.77
Remember what Jesus said,
00:39:14.80\00:39:17.25
for judgment the
resurrection of judgment.
00:39:17.28\00:39:21.23
Again in our judicial system
00:39:21.26\00:39:22.85
we have this idea
00:39:22.88\00:39:26.89
that judgment
should precede sentencing,
00:39:26.92\00:39:32.89
right.
00:39:32.92\00:39:34.53
And so it is with God
00:39:34.56\00:39:35.67
and so they're going
to have their day in court
00:39:35.70\00:39:39.97
is really what we
see indicated here.
00:39:40.00\00:39:42.08
But remember I shared with you
00:39:42.11\00:39:43.58
in the early
part of Revelation 20
00:39:43.61\00:39:45.53
that Satan would be
lose for a short time
00:39:45.56\00:39:48.96
as the wicked are
resurrected in the end.
00:39:48.99\00:39:51.46
It is at that point that
Satan is lose among them.
00:39:51.49\00:39:54.87
We're gonna read that
verse in just a moment.
00:39:54.90\00:39:56.98
But I want to
come back to the idea,
00:39:57.01\00:39:59.17
the question being in
which of the two resurrections
00:39:59.20\00:40:03.33
are we going to come up in?
00:40:03.36\00:40:06.63
Wouldn't it be
horrible to be resurrected?
00:40:06.66\00:40:11.55
And to look around
00:40:11.58\00:40:14.40
and find all of the evil
inhabitants of this earth,
00:40:14.43\00:40:20.03
that they're, I mean
to see Stalin and Hitler
00:40:20.06\00:40:22.70
and some of the--
00:40:22.73\00:40:23.80
I mean, you know,
some of these mass killers
00:40:23.83\00:40:26.74
and to have the authorization
00:40:26.77\00:40:30.18
who came up in the
wrong resurrection.
00:40:30.21\00:40:34.25
That would be pretty
terrible, wouldn't it?
00:40:34.28\00:40:36.64
But again our
decision that we make now
00:40:36.67\00:40:40.05
and determine by
the grace of Jesus now
00:40:40.08\00:40:43.08
will determine where
we will be there then.
00:40:43.11\00:40:46.66
And, my friend,
by faith in Jesus
00:40:46.69\00:40:48.36
we really we need not
worry ourselves about our fate
00:40:48.39\00:40:53.10
because it has been determined
00:40:53.13\00:40:55.22
through the
blood of Jesus Christ.
00:40:55.25\00:40:57.19
Look at Revelation 20:7
00:40:57.22\00:40:58.74
as we talk about the
fact that Satan will be lose,
00:40:58.77\00:41:01.42
he will be lose
for a short time,
00:41:01.45\00:41:03.13
it says, "When the
1,000 years are completed,
00:41:03.16\00:41:05.44
Satan will be
released from his prison."
00:41:05.47\00:41:09.47
The wicked are resurrected
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.39
and you read
the next few verses,
00:41:11.42\00:41:13.06
he goes out and he organizes
them into this vast army.
00:41:13.09\00:41:19.24
Remember the holy city
00:41:19.27\00:41:21.90
God and his people have
come back down to this planet
00:41:21.93\00:41:25.76
and Satan is determined
00:41:25.79\00:41:27.08
they're gonna go
up against the city,
00:41:27.11\00:41:29.29
they're gonna seek to take it.
00:41:29.32\00:41:31.15
It shows that he is a
rebel down to the very end,
00:41:31.18\00:41:34.56
he is unrepentant
and the wicked with him.
00:41:34.59\00:41:39.77
And, my friend, it's hopeless
they cannot possibly prevail.
00:41:39.80\00:41:45.19
That as I've said earlier
that is the insanity of sin
00:41:45.22\00:41:51.03
that they think
that they could go up
00:41:51.06\00:41:52.68
against the all powerful God.
00:41:52.71\00:41:56.84
It's absolute insanity.
00:41:56.87\00:41:59.39
And then the
judgment takes place
00:41:59.42\00:42:01.06
as we look at
verses 11 through 13.
00:42:01.09\00:42:03.69
Let's look at it.
00:42:03.72\00:42:04.75
"Then I saw a great white throne
00:42:04.78\00:42:06.85
and Him who sat upon it,
00:42:06.88\00:42:09.02
from whose presence
earth and heaven fled away,
00:42:09.05\00:42:11.33
and no place was found for them.
00:42:11.36\00:42:13.63
And I saw the dead,
the great and the small,
00:42:13.66\00:42:16.23
standing before the throne."
00:42:16.26\00:42:18.78
That indicates judgment
or resurrection for judgment.
00:42:18.81\00:42:23.43
"And I saw the
dead, great and small,
00:42:23.46\00:42:25.10
stand before
throne." Again resurrection.
00:42:25.13\00:42:28.57
"And the books were opened
and another book was opened,
00:42:28.60\00:42:31.63
which is the book of
life and the dead were judged
00:42:31.66\00:42:34.62
when the things which
were written in the books,
00:42:34.65\00:42:36.14
according to their deeds."
00:42:36.17\00:42:39.11
Now again John is
seeking to communicate to us
00:42:39.14\00:42:42.59
in language that
we can understand.
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.64
Let me tell you
00:42:44.67\00:42:45.70
these are much more
sophisticated records
00:42:45.73\00:42:48.02
that you and I can
begin to comprehend.
00:42:48.05\00:42:50.92
And so they are brought up
00:42:50.95\00:42:52.79
and they are
standing before the throne,
00:42:52.82\00:42:54.75
this is the judgment
that we usually think of,
00:42:54.78\00:42:57.70
it is the final
judgment, the final judgment.
00:42:57.73\00:43:03.06
Verse 13 adds "And the sea gave
up the dead which were in it."
00:43:03.09\00:43:06.54
That's resurrection.
"And death and Hades."
00:43:06.57\00:43:10.12
That word Hades means the grave.
00:43:10.15\00:43:13.37
"Death and Hades gave up
the dead which were in them."
00:43:13.40\00:43:16.34
That is resurrection.
00:43:16.37\00:43:18.11
"And they were
judged every one of them
00:43:18.14\00:43:19.93
according to their deeds."
00:43:19.96\00:43:23.59
By the way that question
came in on a card last night.
00:43:23.62\00:43:26.29
Why is the judgment, why
are we does the Bible say
00:43:26.32\00:43:29.33
we're judged by our deeds?
00:43:29.36\00:43:32.26
And I'd like to answer that
because clearly our deeds reveal
00:43:32.29\00:43:37.09
who possesses the heart.
00:43:37.12\00:43:41.47
And, my friend, if
Jesus possesses our hearts
00:43:41.50\00:43:44.48
the testimony of our lives
will be that Jesus is there.
00:43:44.51\00:43:50.01
Jesus is in control
00:43:50.04\00:43:53.46
but for the wicked their
deeds bare witness to the fact
00:43:53.49\00:43:55.97
that they have given
themselves over to evil.
00:43:56.00\00:44:00.35
That's what it reveals.
00:44:00.38\00:44:02.97
And then we move on
into verses 14 and 15
00:44:03.00\00:44:06.23
where it says, it says
"Then death and Hades."
00:44:06.26\00:44:10.04
That is the grave.
00:44:10.07\00:44:11.10
"Were thrown
into the lake of fire.
00:44:11.13\00:44:14.28
This is the second
death, the lake of fire.
00:44:14.31\00:44:16.89
And if anyone's
name was not found
00:44:16.92\00:44:18.43
written in the book of life,
00:44:18.46\00:44:19.49
he was thrown
into the lake of fire."
00:44:19.52\00:44:24.36
And, my friend, this
second death is eternal.
00:44:24.39\00:44:28.13
There is no resurrection
for the second death.
00:44:28.16\00:44:31.34
It is the final end of it.
00:44:31.37\00:44:35.15
And, my friend, again we
see embedded in God's word
00:44:35.18\00:44:38.89
and particularly in the
Book of Revelation here,
00:44:38.92\00:44:41.06
the plan that God
has put into place
00:44:41.09\00:44:44.18
how He is going
to bring this about,
00:44:44.21\00:44:47.42
how He is gonna
bring it to an end?
00:44:47.45\00:44:50.70
And so sin and
sinners and rebellion
00:44:50.73\00:44:56.72
will be destroyed
in the lake of fire.
00:44:56.75\00:44:59.42
And then the very
next verse Revelation 21:1
00:44:59.45\00:45:02.46
it says, "Then
I saw a new heaven
00:45:02.49\00:45:06.70
and a new earth
for the first heaven
00:45:06.73\00:45:08.85
and the first earth passed away,
and there is no longer any sea."
00:45:08.88\00:45:13.56
Did you pick that up?
00:45:13.59\00:45:15.50
What happened
to the first heaven
00:45:15.53\00:45:16.72
and the first earth?
00:45:16.75\00:45:18.35
And by the way which
heaven is He talking about?
00:45:18.38\00:45:22.13
Remember our opening night
00:45:22.16\00:45:23.24
I mentioned the Bible
speaks of three heavens.
00:45:23.27\00:45:25.94
Let me go back
through that again.
00:45:25.97\00:45:27.88
Usually when we think of heaven
00:45:27.91\00:45:28.98
we are thinking about
the place where God is
00:45:29.01\00:45:31.57
and where God's
people will be taken, right?
00:45:31.60\00:45:33.70
That is heaven.
00:45:33.73\00:45:36.29
But the Bible also
speaks of the heavens
00:45:36.32\00:45:39.67
as in the story of
universe that be in the heavens.
00:45:39.70\00:45:44.83
And the third
heaven is the firmament
00:45:44.86\00:45:49.02
that is the earth
and its atmosphere.
00:45:49.05\00:45:53.90
That's also
spoken of as the heavens.
00:45:53.93\00:45:55.76
Which of the three do you
think this is talking about
00:45:55.79\00:45:58.89
when it says
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.25
there is a new
heaven and a new earth?
00:46:01.28\00:46:06.35
Is this planet with
its atmosphere, right?
00:46:06.38\00:46:11.52
And do we need the
atmosphere to be restored?
00:46:11.55\00:46:15.13
Was one of the big issues
that we are dealing with today?
00:46:15.16\00:46:18.19
We are talking about green house
of facts and all the rest of it,
00:46:18.22\00:46:21.99
you know, we're worried about
00:46:22.02\00:46:23.07
what was
happening to our atmosphere.
00:46:23.10\00:46:25.65
But, my friend,
God is going to make it
00:46:25.68\00:46:28.65
over a new is what
the Bible tells us.
00:46:28.68\00:46:31.78
But also pick up the fact
that it says the first heaven
00:46:31.81\00:46:36.88
and the first
earth, what happened to it?
00:46:36.91\00:46:40.42
This earth? It passed away.
00:46:40.45\00:46:46.27
So God makes a
complete new beginning.
00:46:46.30\00:46:49.91
The old earth
passes away and God creates
00:46:49.94\00:46:53.77
a new heaven and a new earth.
00:46:53.80\00:46:58.91
And by the way
there are no great oceans
00:46:58.94\00:47:01.59
on this new earth as
there is on this planet.
00:47:01.62\00:47:04.49
You know, three
fifths of the land mass
00:47:04.52\00:47:07.85
upon this planet are
under the great oceans.
00:47:07.88\00:47:10.89
That's not gonna be in the earth
00:47:10.92\00:47:14.16
that God is going to create.
00:47:14.19\00:47:18.69
And, my friend, that means
00:47:18.72\00:47:19.75
there is going
to be plenty of room
00:47:19.78\00:47:22.24
for all of God's people.
00:47:22.27\00:47:24.66
You know, historically
00:47:24.69\00:47:26.89
my imagination at
least has been fired
00:47:26.92\00:47:29.00
by the great
explorers of the past,
00:47:29.03\00:47:31.39
you know, Marco Polo as
he made his way over to China
00:47:31.42\00:47:36.08
and Columbus as he
discovered the new world
00:47:36.11\00:47:40.01
and, you know,
we're going to have
00:47:40.04\00:47:42.47
the privilege of exploring
00:47:42.50\00:47:44.90
and discovering the
wonders and the beauty
00:47:44.93\00:47:48.63
that God has
created in the new earth.
00:47:48.66\00:47:53.16
And we are going
to inhabit this place
00:47:53.19\00:47:56.66
and it's gonna be
absolutely beautiful,
00:47:56.69\00:47:58.57
its paradise restored.
00:47:58.60\00:48:00.33
It truly is paradise restored.
00:48:00.36\00:48:02.85
He makes a new heaven
00:48:02.88\00:48:04.51
and a new earth is
what the Bible indicates.
00:48:04.54\00:48:07.01
And then let's read
verses 2 and 3 again.
00:48:07.04\00:48:09.15
"And I saw the holy city,
00:48:09.18\00:48:10.75
New Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God,
00:48:10.78\00:48:13.44
made ready as a bride
adorned for her husband.
00:48:13.47\00:48:17.07
And I heard a loud
voice from the throne, saying,
00:48:17.10\00:48:20.01
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is among men,
00:48:20.04\00:48:23.42
and He will dwell among them,
and they shall be His people,
00:48:23.45\00:48:27.97
and God Himself
will be among them.'"
00:48:28.00\00:48:31.21
So not only does
00:48:31.24\00:48:32.27
the New Jerusalem
come down from heaven
00:48:32.30\00:48:34.93
God Himself
comes down from heaven
00:48:34.96\00:48:39.38
and will spend the ages
of eternity with His people.
00:48:39.41\00:48:44.26
It is heaven on earth.
00:48:44.29\00:48:46.27
Now don't ask me
what happens to heaven,
00:48:46.30\00:48:48.76
I mean, may be there
will be some kind of museum
00:48:48.79\00:48:51.93
there, you know,
this was once the place
00:48:51.96\00:48:54.55
where God ruled the universe.
00:48:54.58\00:48:58.90
This is the way it once was.
00:48:58.93\00:49:02.26
But, my friend,
it is not the way
00:49:02.29\00:49:03.80
that it'll be from
this point forward,
00:49:03.83\00:49:06.96
because this
will become in essence
00:49:06.99\00:49:09.60
the center of the universe,
00:49:09.63\00:49:10.90
because God Himself is here
00:49:10.93\00:49:13.14
and we will know
Him face to face.
00:49:13.17\00:49:15.65
My friend, that
is going to the joy
00:49:15.68\00:49:17.59
and the glory of the new earth.
00:49:17.62\00:49:20.15
It's not just
that's its paradise,
00:49:20.18\00:49:23.02
it's not just
that the curse of sin
00:49:23.05\00:49:25.42
has been eliminated and
praise the Lord for that.
00:49:25.45\00:49:29.14
Did you see the one
that we have come to love
00:49:29.17\00:49:32.25
and adore is the one that
will spend eternity with us
00:49:32.28\00:49:36.97
and we will know Him.
00:49:37.00\00:49:39.58
And, my friend, let me tell you
00:49:39.61\00:49:40.74
it is like we really haven't,
00:49:40.77\00:49:42.50
really discovered
what life is really like
00:49:42.53\00:49:45.16
until we are in the
presence of a living God.
00:49:45.19\00:49:50.29
The life giver,
the sustainer of life,
00:49:50.32\00:49:54.14
the one that is loved us
with an everlasting love.
00:49:54.17\00:49:58.36
And there is gonna be joy
00:49:58.39\00:50:00.09
overwhelming for
all of God's people.
00:50:00.12\00:50:04.03
What a
beautiful, wonderful feature
00:50:04.06\00:50:06.08
that God has
prepared for His people.
00:50:06.11\00:50:08.86
I want to move on into verse 4.
00:50:08.89\00:50:11.32
It says "And He will wipe
away every tear from their eyes
00:50:11.35\00:50:15.63
and there will be
no longer be any death,
00:50:15.66\00:50:18.11
there will no
longer be any mourning,
00:50:18.14\00:50:20.58
or crying, or pain,
00:50:20.61\00:50:23.13
the first things
have passed away."
00:50:23.16\00:50:26.36
God makes a final end of it
00:50:26.39\00:50:29.68
as He starts a
new with His people.
00:50:29.71\00:50:33.29
My friend, can you imagine
that kind of an existence?
00:50:33.32\00:50:36.62
No more grief, no more sorrow,
no more pain, no more dying,
00:50:36.65\00:50:42.89
all of that is
going to be behind us
00:50:42.92\00:50:47.20
and we'll spend eternity
again in this beautiful place
00:50:47.23\00:50:50.35
that God has prepared
for those that love Him.
00:50:50.38\00:50:52.26
Let's take a quick review
00:50:52.29\00:50:53.69
of what happens at
the end of the millennium.
00:50:53.72\00:50:55.39
Number one, we note
00:50:55.42\00:50:56.62
that the New Jerusalem
descends to earth from heaven.
00:50:56.65\00:51:01.16
That's the first
thing we'll take note.
00:51:01.19\00:51:02.40
The ungodly are resurrected.
00:51:02.43\00:51:05.13
They go up
against the New Jerusalem
00:51:05.16\00:51:06.93
they seek to
attack the New Jerusalem
00:51:06.96\00:51:08.66
that's coming down
from God out of heaven.
00:51:08.69\00:51:10.88
They go up against the
encampment of the saints
00:51:10.91\00:51:13.23
is the way its termed there.
00:51:13.26\00:51:15.53
Final judgment takes place
00:51:15.56\00:51:18.03
as we saw in the later
part of Revelation Chapter 20.
00:51:18.06\00:51:21.23
And then what
else, what else happens?
00:51:21.26\00:51:23.46
Well, evil and
rebellion are destroyed.
00:51:23.49\00:51:29.37
Can you say an amen to that?
00:51:29.40\00:51:30.79
Amen. It's done.
00:51:30.82\00:51:32.43
It's over.
00:51:32.46\00:51:34.12
Evil and rebellion are destroyed
and the earth is recreated.
00:51:34.15\00:51:38.75
Really that is not
quiet awkward to use
00:51:38.78\00:51:41.30
that word
recreated for a new heaven
00:51:41.33\00:51:44.34
and new earth has created.
00:51:44.37\00:51:46.51
I got to tell you the story.
00:51:46.54\00:51:48.42
It was the end
of the Korean War.
00:51:48.45\00:51:50.67
End of the Korean War
00:51:50.70\00:51:52.27
and so our forces
were began into disengage
00:51:52.30\00:51:55.77
and they were making
their way back to United States.
00:51:55.80\00:52:01.06
A force of some 3,500 soldiers
00:52:01.09\00:52:03.72
with 50 of their officers
packed all of their gear
00:52:03.75\00:52:07.85
and flew to the West
Coast, they were heading home.
00:52:07.88\00:52:12.27
And the officers
for some on no reason
00:52:12.30\00:52:14.87
were not able to
continue by plane
00:52:14.90\00:52:16.95
to the North East
part of our country
00:52:16.98\00:52:19.57
where they came from
00:52:19.60\00:52:21.49
and but they were put on trains.
00:52:21.52\00:52:24.39
You know, how trains,
00:52:24.42\00:52:25.75
you know, that
was one of the main
00:52:25.78\00:52:28.51
ways of transportation
back then, you know.
00:52:28.54\00:52:31.79
Air travel was not all
that common as it is today.
00:52:31.82\00:52:35.24
So here they are 50 of them
00:52:35.27\00:52:37.28
on this train making their
way back to the North East.
00:52:37.31\00:52:40.34
A pastor by the
name of Pastor Paddick
00:52:40.37\00:52:43.24
happened to be on that train
00:52:43.27\00:52:44.81
and sat down right
next to one those officers.
00:52:44.84\00:52:47.95
He thought this was going
to be a wonderful opportunity
00:52:47.98\00:52:50.67
to get a first hand report
of what happened over in Korea.
00:52:50.70\00:52:54.47
And so he was
playing this officer
00:52:54.50\00:52:57.00
with question after question
00:52:57.03\00:52:59.12
about what happened in Korea,
00:52:59.15\00:53:01.17
but the officer just
didn't wasn't engaged with him
00:53:01.20\00:53:04.36
just his mind
seemed to be somewhere else
00:53:04.39\00:53:07.35
and finally the pastor gave up
00:53:07.38\00:53:09.97
and just begin to ask him,
00:53:10.00\00:53:11.54
you know, where are you headed?
00:53:11.57\00:53:12.84
He said, I'm headed home.
00:53:12.87\00:53:14.62
And he said, tell
me about your home.
00:53:14.65\00:53:16.08
Tell me where you came from.
00:53:16.11\00:53:17.33
And so at that he
became very animated.
00:53:17.36\00:53:21.46
He said, you know,
00:53:21.49\00:53:22.52
one of the
things he said to him,
00:53:22.55\00:53:23.58
I was proud to
serve to my country,
00:53:23.61\00:53:25.69
but now I'm ready to go home.
00:53:25.72\00:53:28.51
And you see he
was looking forward,
00:53:28.54\00:53:31.48
he was looking forward to
that reunion with his family.
00:53:31.51\00:53:35.54
And, my friend, so it is
going to be with God's people
00:53:35.57\00:53:38.00
when it's done and over with.
00:53:38.03\00:53:40.49
We're not going
to be looking back
00:53:40.52\00:53:43.58
we are looking forward
00:53:43.61\00:53:46.07
to that which God has prepared
for those that loved Him.
00:53:46.10\00:53:51.08
And so I end with these words
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as recorded here,
verses 5 through 7,
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"And He who sits on the throne
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said, 'Behold, I am
making all things new.'
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And He said, 'Write, for these
words are faithful and true.'
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And then He said
to me, 'It is done.
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I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the end.
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I will give to
the one who thirsts
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from the spring of the
water of life without cost.
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He who overcomes
will inherit these things,
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and I will be his God
and he will be My son.'"
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My friend, it will be over.
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And again we have the
privilege of being there.
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Let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
how grateful we are
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to be again to be
reminded through Your word
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of what you have planned
out for those that love You.
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And to know that
we have the privilege
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of being a part of
this wonderful future
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that You speak of
here in Your word.
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How grateful we are
that Jesus was willing to pay
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the price at Calvary
to save us from our sins,
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to bring us
forgiveness and cleansing,
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so that we can be
a part of all of that
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which you have planned.
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And, Lord, I just
pray for each one of us,
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that the struggles of
life that we find ourselves in
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I pray that by
faith You will take us
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step by step
until that glorious day
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when You come to take us home,
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hasten that day is my
prayer in Jesus name, amen.
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