Harvest truly is plenteous,
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but the laborers are few.
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Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest,
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that he will send forth
laborers into his harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said I, "Here
am I. Send me, Send me!"
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Life on the Edge
will enable you to be
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infected
harvest before the Lord.
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We now invite you into our
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classroom to
come, experience life.
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We're so glad that
you could be back here in
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the classroom with us at the
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Lay Institute For Evangelism.
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You have turned on
your television today
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to watch the 10th
study of our Life on
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the Edge series.
The title for the study
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is the Millennium.
Does anybody know what
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Millennium stands
for? Thousand years!
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Thousand years!
That's absolutely right.
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The millennium is a
thousand year period and
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it's a literal
time period, it's not a
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prophetic time
period other than the fact
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that it's in the
future and we know that it's
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going to happen. If
you take a look at your
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screen there, you will
see at the top the title
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of the study is
Millennium. The code for marking
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it in your Bibles is
the letter M that stands
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for millennium.
The purpose of this
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study is to show
that the millennium begins
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at the Second Coming of Jesus.
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It is a period of
judicial review that culminates
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in the eternal
destruction of the wicked.
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So the purpose of
this study today is to show
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that the thousand
year period begins at the
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Second Coming of
Jesus. And it ends a thousand
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years later where
the wicked are destroyed
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for eternity. Now this
Bible study is centered
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on Christ just like
all of our other studies
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have been. This way it says,
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Christ allows His
followers, the opportunity
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to review the
decisions that He and the Father
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have made. He allows
us to see that He is fair
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and just in all of His
ways. You and I serve a God
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that is willing to
allow us to look at
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everything He, all
of the decisions that
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He has ever made concerning man,
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or anything other
thing for that matter.
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God's life is so
open. God want you an eye
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to have all
doubt removed as to the
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decisions that He has made.
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Because you remember
when we started in our
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3rd Bible study
that, Bible study on The
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Great Controversy
that Satan was insinuating
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that God was not
fair, God was not just.
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And God is going to
allow his character to be
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vindicated in that
thousand year period.
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What you see there
on the slide now are the
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references in
this Bible study called
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the Millennium. There
are 17 references there
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and this Bible study
should take, should take
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approximately an hour
to give so that's about
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how long we're
gonna be here today.
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So we won't take up
all of your day, or all
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of your night if
you're watching this at home,
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just a little bit of
time. So we're glad you
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here with us, we will
go ahead and go now to our,
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the next slice tells us
that there are two classes
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or two groups of people
that will be resurrected.
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And thank you Tom.
Tom has just reminded
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me and Shalita. I
see two, two people doing
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like this. That's an
indication that we need
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to pray before we study
the Bible, so let's pray.
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Father what a privilege
it is to be here at Life,
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to be studying
your word. We know that
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when your word is
studied that your spirit
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is poured out. And
we thank you Father for
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giving us this opportunity
here in the classroom
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and those of us at home
the opportunity to study
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your word right
now. We ask that you will
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open our minds so
that we can understand it,
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so that we can take it
into our hearts and love it.
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We pray this in
your name Jesus, amen.
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So there are two
classes of people or two groups
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of people that
are resurrected and so
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we're just gonna
look at that right now.
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We're not gonna say
when they're resurrected
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we'll look at
that in just a moment.
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But we're gonna go
to John chapter 5 verses
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28 and 29. John
chapter 5 verses 28 and 29,
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we'll let Mike read this for us.
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Now Mike let suppose
that I'm new to the Bible,
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this is the first
time that I've turned on
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the television and
they're, they're watching
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this program. How do I
get to The New Testament
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book of John? Help me
get that? Well Matthew
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is the first book
of The New Testament,
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that's about three
quarters of the way
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through the Bible.
Alright, well I got
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Matthew here now where
do I go? Go to the right,
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it goes Matthew,
Mark, Luke and then John.
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Okay. And we're
going where in John?
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John chapter 5 and
verse 28 and 29. That's good.
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Now you see how
Mike walked us right to
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John chapter 5 verses 28 and 29.
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You have to do
that when you give Bible
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studies because
you'll study with people that
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don't know
anything about the Bible.
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But you're the one
that God has chosen to share
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this with them, and
maybe God has chosen
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Mike to share this
passage with us today.
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Marvel not at this:
for the hour is coming,
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in the which all that
are in the graves shall
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hear his voice. And
shall come forth; they that
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have done good, unto
the resurrection of life;
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and they that have
done evil, unto the
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resurrection of
damnation. And so how many,
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Mike go on keep that,
how many resurrections
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or how many classes of
people do we resurrected?
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Two! What are the
two groups? The righteous
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and the wicked! The
righteous and the wicked!
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So does everybody see
that? We have two groups
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of people that are
resurrected, one group
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is called the righteous
and one group is called
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the wicked. Let's look
at this another reference.
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The Bible tells us in
the mouth of two or three
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witnesses, the
truth has established.
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So Roberto, we're
gonna go to Acts chapter 24.
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So for those view at
home, those of you here
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you just gonna turn
one book to the right from
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John and you will be
in Acts chapter 24 and
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verse 15. Acts 24
and verse 15, Roberto; 24
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and 15. Yeah Acts 24
verse 15. I have hope,
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I have hope in God,
which they themselves
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also accept, that
there will be a resurrection
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of the dead, both of
the just and the unjust.
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Okay. So Roberto,
how many groups of people
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do you see resurrected
in that verse? Two. Two.
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A group called the
just and a group called
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the what? Unjust. The unjust.
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So there are two
classes or two groups of people
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that are resurrected,
is that clear? My question
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now Tom is, when
are these groups of
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people resurrected?
When are they resurrected?
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And we'll go to our
next reference for that.
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And there is, well you
have a slide it says when
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do these
resurrections take place?
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And then our
next slide takes us to
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First Thessalonians
chapter 4 verses 15,
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16 and 17. Now should
sound very familiar to us
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because in our last
program we studied the
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Second Coming and we
read these references
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right here. So the T section of
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The New Testament,
First Thessalonians chapter 4
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starting in verse 15
and go on through 17.
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For this we say to you
by the word of the Lord,
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that we who are alive
and remain unto the coming
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of the Lord will by
no means precede those
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who are asleep. For
the Lord himself will
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descend from heaven
with a shout, with the
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voice of the
archangel, and with the trumpet
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of God. And the dead
in Christ will rise first:
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Then we who are alive
and remain shall be caught
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up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the
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Lord in the air and thus
we shall always be forever
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with the Lord. So
go back into verse 16,
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it said there and the
dead in, well I should start
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at the beginning. For
the Lord himself shall
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descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice
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of the archangel,
with the trumpet of God:
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and the dead in Christ
shall raise what? First.
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First. Now in the context
if we just said first right
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there considering the
question I just ask you
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would say whether
dead in Christ must raise
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first before anybody else does.
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But in the context
that first word is simply
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talking about the
righteous that were dead
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or resurrected and
meet the Lord in the air
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before the
righteous living meet the Lord
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in the air. It's also
important that we meet
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the Lord where? In
the air. You remember in
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our Second Coming
study we learn that
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Jesus will never
put his feet on the foul
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earth again. Not since
He has gone back to heaven
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and been completely glorified.
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So the Bible tells us
right here in verse 16
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that the dead in
Christ will raise.
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What is the event that
the dead in Christ raise?
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Say louder.
Second Coming of Jesus.
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That's absolutely
right. So our question was,
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when do these resurrections take
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place with the
resurrection of the righteous,
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with the resurrection
of those that died in
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Christ takes place at
the Second Coming of Jesus.
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Is that make
sense Bill? Alright.
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So you'll see here
on the screen I simply
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have a graphic. Just
have a little line there
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with an arrow pointing
at it. It says this at the
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Second Coming the
righteous are raised.
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So if you and I
should away before Jesus
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returns when will
you and I want to be
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resurrected? At
the Second Coming,
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when Jesus
returns. So let's go to our
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next question. What
happens to the wicked
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at the Second Coming
of Jesus? What happens
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to the wicked at the
Second Coming of Jesus?
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And Jessica, we're going
to ask you to read for us.
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Second
Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 7
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through 9 so we
don't have to turn very for
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it all, do we? Second
Thessalonians chapter 1
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verses 7 through 9.
And to you who are troubled
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rest with us, when
the Lord Jesus shall be
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revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels,
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In flaming fire
taking vengeance on them that
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know not God, and
that obey not the gospel
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of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Who shall be punished
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with everlasting
destruction from the
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presence of the
Lord, and from the glory of
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his power? Okay now
who is it according to
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verse 9, it says,
no verse 8 rather says
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in flaming fire
taking vengeance on them that
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know not God, and
that obey not the gospel
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of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Who is it that doesn't
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obey God and doesn't
obey the gospel of our
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Lord Jesus Christ, who is
that? It's the unrighteous
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or the wicked. Now
notice in verse 9, it says who
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shall be punished,
who is this talking about?
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The wicked. The
wicked will be punished with
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everlasting
destruction from the what?
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From the presence of the
Lord. Now when is it that
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the Lord's presence
is revealed? It's at the
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Second Coming. So
the very event where the
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righteous are raised
and the righteous living
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go to heaven, the
very event that very same
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time is when the
wicked are what? Destroyed,
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that's when the
wicked are slain.
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Now Jeremiah an Old
Testament prophet tells
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us this in a
much more vivid way.
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So let's go to
our next reference.
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We're going to
Jeremiah chapter 25,
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reading verses 30
through 33. Jeremiah 25,
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we'll ask Shalita
to read this for us.
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Jeremiah 25 verses
30 through to 33. Okay.
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Therefore
prophesy thou against them
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all these words,
and say unto them,
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The Lord shall roar
from on high, and utter
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his voice from his
holy habitation; he shall
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mightily roar
upon his habitation;
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he shall give a
shout. He shall give a what?
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A shout. He shall
give a what? A shout.
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Now the Bible told us
in First Thessalonians 4
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verse 16 that the
Lord himself shall descend
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from heaven with a what? Shout.
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So the event that is
talked about here when
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the Lord is shouting is
the Second Coming of Jesus.
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That's how we know
this is the Second Coming
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of Jesus because
the Lord is shouting.
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When is that the Lord shouted in
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First Thessalonians
4? At this Second Coming.
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So here, let's keep
reading now, we know from the
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context that this
talking about the Second Coming
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of Jesus. So let's keep reading.
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He shall give a shout as
they that tread the grapes,
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against all the
inhabitants of the earth.
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A noise shall come even
to the ends of the earth;
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for the Lord hath
a controversy with
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the nations, he will
plead with all flesh;
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he will give them that
are wicked to the sword,
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saith the Lord. Okay
stop right there again.
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He shall give those
that are wicked to the what?
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To the sword. You
remember in our last
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Bible study. Our
Bible study about the
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Second Coming the
very last reference that
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we read was Revelation
19, is anybody remembered
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the verse? It was verse
21. I'll read it for you
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real quick here
Revelation 19 verse 21, it says,
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And the remnant were
slain with the sword of
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him that sat upon
the horse, which sword
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proceeded out of his
mouth: and all the fowls
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were filled with
their flesh. Now who was
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it that the birds
ate? The wicked people.
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So the sword kills what
people the wicked people.
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So over here in
Jeremiah 25 the Lord is shouting
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the wicked people being
slain and what is it say
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in verse 32 and 33?
Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
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Behold, evil shall go
forth from nation to nation,
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and a great whirlwind
shall be raised up from
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the coasts of the earth.
And the slain of the Lord
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shall be at that
day from one end of the
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earth even unto the
other end of the earth.
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Okay stop right there.
Who is the slain of the
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Lord on that day?
Who are they? The wicked.
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That's right. Now keep reading.
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They shall not
be lamented, neither
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gathered, nor buried;
they shall be dung upon
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the ground. Okay so
the wicked will not be
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lamented what is
that mean, to be lamented?
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Cried over or mourn.
They shall not be lamented
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neither gathered nor
buried they shall be dung
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upon the ground.
Why is it that the
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wicked on this, at
the Second Coming are not
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lamented gathered or
buried. There is nobody
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here just notice
on your screen there.
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At the Second Coming
of Jesus the righteous
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are raised the wicked are slain.
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There is nobody on the
face of the earth to cry
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for them there is no
body to gather them together
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and there is
nobody to burry them.
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So it's at the same
event the same event the
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righteous are resurrected
and the wicked are what,
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the wicked are
slain now when you give
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this Bible study,
do exactly what you see
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here on the
screen. What we've started
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is a chart, and this
chart simply it's gonna
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extend from one end of
the screen to the other
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end of the screen.
Now we're just gonna add
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things as we go
through. But we've got to do
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now is we're gonna to
the book of Revelation
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I believe that's our
next reference is that right?
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Now we're going to Revelation,
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well let's ask this question.
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What happens to
Satan at the Second Coming
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of Jesus? What
happens to Satan at the Second
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Coming of Jesus? Let's
go to Revelation chapter 20.
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Revelation chapter 20
verses 1, 2 and 3 and Bill
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if you can read this
for us, now some of you
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may see Bill stand up
during class, he's got
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a hip that sort
to gets tired on him.
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So you may see him
standing in the back
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at some point that's
alright he is still here
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with us. Verses
1, 2, and 3 Bill.
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And I saw an angel
coming down from heaven,
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having the key to the
bottomless pit and a great
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chain in his hand. He
laid hold of the dragon,
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that serpent of old who
is the Devil, and Satan,
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and bound him
for a thousand years.
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Okay stop right
there Bill let me ask you
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a question. What is the
job of the devil right now?
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To tempt us. To
tempt us to deceive us,
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that's right. To
get us to sin right?
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So here the devil that
old serpent Satan is going
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to be bound for how
long according to verse 2.
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Thousand years.
For thousand years.
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So Satan is bound,
his job right now is to
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tempt people, read
verse 3. And He cast him into
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the bottomless
pit, and shut him up,
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and set a seal on him
so that he should deceive
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the nations no more,
till the thousand years
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were finished. But
after these things he must
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be released for a
little while. There's so much
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in that verse 3, isn't
that? That verse 3 says.
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And cast him into
the bottomless pit,
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and shut him up, and
set a seal on him that
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he should deceive
the nations no more.
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So there comes a
point in time where Satan is
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no longer able
to deceive people.
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What point in time is
that? When who is not alive?
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When the people that
will listen to Satan are no
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longer alive, and
when the people that chosen
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not to listen to Satan
are now off of this planet
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they met the Lord in
the air and now they're
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in heaven. It is at
that moment that Satan
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is bound; notice this by
his change of circumstance
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when there is nobody
to tempt. Notice that in
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verse 3 it says that he
should deceive the nations
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no more. The point in
the future when Satan cannot
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deceive the nations
anymore is when Satan
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is bound. But also at
the end of verse 3 notice
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what it says. It
says he should deceive the
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nations no more till
thousand years should
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be fulfilled. And
after that he must be loosed
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a little season. So
that thousand years begins
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when there was no one to tempt.
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So it begins at the
second coming of Jesus.
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It goes for a
thousand years and at the end
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of that thousand years
Satan is going to be loosed
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out of his prison,
what does that mean?
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There will be
people there to tempt.
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That's absolutely
right. But the wicked were
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slain at the
second coming of Jesus.
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We're gonna find out
later on in this study that
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the wicked are going
to be resurrected and
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that's how Satan gets
out of the predicament that
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he is in. So there it
said simply that this angel
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casts Him into a bottomless pit.
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Now this has a connotation.
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Some people will
read this and they say wow
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that must be a deep
hole. But the word that
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is used here by
John the revelator.
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When he writes in
Revelation chapter 20
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bottomless pit and
Revelation chapter,
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that was verse 1
and then in verse 3
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bottomless pit. He is
using the language from the
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Septuagint out
of Genesis chapter 1
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and notice here on
your screen you see
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this graphic. The
bottomless pit in Greek
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is abussos. If you
and I were to look in
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Genesis chapter 1
verse 2 in the Septuagint
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or the Greek
translation of the Old Testament
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we would notice in
verse 2 that darkness was upon
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the face of the
deep. That word for deep in
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the Septuagint or the
Greek translation of the
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Old Testament is
abussos. The very same word that
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is used in Revelation
chapter 20 verse 1 and
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Revelation chapter
20 verse 3. This is a
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description of
the earth after Jesus'
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Second Coming. Now
notice this on your screen.
00:20:48.75\00:20:51.17
Satan is bound by his
change of circumstance
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here on this desolate earth.
00:20:55.81\00:20:59.73
Now we're gonna show
this in our next reference.
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Let's go to our
next reference this is
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Jeremiah chapter
4, Jeremiah chapter 4
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beginning in verse
23. Jeremiah chapter 4
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and verse, Isaiah
Jeremiah chapter 4
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and verse 23
through 27 and Mrs. Gloria
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if you could read
this for us, I'm going to
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interrupt you a little
bit during this alright.
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I beheld the
earth, and indeed it was
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without form, and
void; and the heavens,
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they had no light. Okay
Mrs. Gloria, what does it
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sound like?
Something like very besotted.
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It sounds like it
wasn't prior to creation,
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doesn't it? Yeah.
So right here when we
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start reading this we
think through ourselves
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oh this is just
talking about creation but
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keep reading. Remember
the context is as important
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as the verse you want
to full information out of.
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So keep reading give us
the context Mrs. Gloria.
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I beheld the mountains,
and, indeed they trembled,
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and all the hills
moved back in forth.
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I beheld, and
indeed there was no man,
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and all the birds of
the heavens were fled.
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Okay stop right there.
So evidently there were
00:22:17.54\00:22:19.83
men and there were
what? Birds but now even
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the birds are
gone. Keep reading.
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I beheld, and
indeed the fruitful man
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was a wilderness, and
all the cities were broken
00:22:30.66\00:22:34.11
down and at the
presence of the Lord,
00:22:34.12\00:22:36.67
by his fierce anger.
Okay stop right there.
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All the cities were
broken down by the what?
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Presence of the Lord
and when does the Lord
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appear in all of his
glory? At the Second Coming.
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So even the here
is the Second Coming.
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The birds are gonna be
gone there is no man left;
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it's describing the
condition of the earth
00:22:56.66\00:22:59.54
after the
second coming of Jesus.
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Then it said there
in verse 26 the cities
00:23:02.89\00:23:07.33
there were broken
down at the presence of the
00:23:07.34\00:23:08.88
Lord and by his fierce anger.
00:23:08.89\00:23:10.86
What's another
word for anger? Wrath.
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When is God's wrath
poured out before the
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Second Coming or
after the Second Coming?
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It's before the
Second Coming and he comes
00:23:19.35\00:23:22.17
at the end of the
wrath of God or the anger of
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God being poured out.
So we know that the context
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of this passage is the
second coming of Jesus.
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Now keep reading that
last text there for us,
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the last reference
verse 27. For thus hath the
00:23:35.48\00:23:38.75
Lord, the whole
land shall be desolate;
00:23:38.76\00:23:42.71
yet will I not make a
full end. Okay now I want
00:23:42.72\00:23:46.19
you to take that
phrase yet will I not make a
00:23:46.20\00:23:48.37
full length. Mrs. Gloria
I want you to just put it
00:23:48.38\00:23:50.84
on the desk right
there in front of you, okay.
00:23:50.85\00:23:52.80
Just put that phrase
down and we're gonna pick
00:23:52.81\00:23:54.57
that phrase up and
we're gonna look at it
00:23:54.58\00:23:56.18
just a little bit.
It's at the Second Coming
00:23:56.19\00:23:59.78
of Jesus that this
earth becomes like an abussos.
00:23:59.79\00:24:05.01
Like without form
and void just like
00:24:05.02\00:24:07.69
it was prior to
creation, the cities are
00:24:07.70\00:24:09.57
broken down. It is
a desolate place and
00:24:09.58\00:24:14.40
Satan is here
suffering by thinking about
00:24:14.41\00:24:19.03
what's going to
be his final end.
00:24:19.04\00:24:21.18
Notice what the,
our graphic appear.
00:24:21.19\00:24:23.22
The next line. The
Second Coming the righteous
00:24:23.23\00:24:26.50
are raised, at
the Second Coming the
00:24:26.51\00:24:28.46
wicked are slain.
At the Second Coming,
00:24:28.47\00:24:31.00
the Second Coming
starts the thousand years are
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the millennial period
and Satan is bound to earth.
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Is everybody clear so
far? Is this clear to us?
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Tom you got it.
Okay. When you draw a chart
00:24:43.45\00:24:47.78
it helps people to
see the events when they
00:24:47.79\00:24:50.73
are happening. Now
when I'm giving this Bible
00:24:50.74\00:24:52.64
study in somebody's
home I'll actually take
00:24:52.65\00:24:54.45
the references and
I put the references
00:24:54.46\00:24:56.00
about this. I
turn my paper not, may
00:24:56.01\00:24:58.73
I borrow this? I turn
my paper not like this
00:24:58.74\00:25:01.00
when I'm taking the
notes or while I'm giving
00:25:01.01\00:25:03.46
a study I turn it
like this because I know
00:25:03.47\00:25:05.64
I'm gonna draw my
chart across the center
00:25:05.65\00:25:07.52
part right here and
then I'm gonna have second
00:25:07.53\00:25:10.10
coming appear with
the text that show that
00:25:10.11\00:25:12.18
and then wicked
being slain down here with
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the text that show
that. Then I've got my
00:25:13.66\00:25:15.58
thousand year line
and then a line going down
00:25:15.59\00:25:17.80
that shows Satan being
bound to this earth for
00:25:17.81\00:25:19.89
thousand years and
I've got my text down there.
00:25:19.90\00:25:22.53
Because when you do
that, that's gonna stick
00:25:22.54\00:25:24.94
in somebody's mind in
a much more forceful way
00:25:24.95\00:25:28.88
then if they can't see
it. So that's why you see
00:25:28.89\00:25:31.42
that graphic up there
so you're taking notes
00:25:31.43\00:25:33.30
and then of course
you have those graphics
00:25:33.31\00:25:35.69
on your server here
and you can just get those
00:25:35.70\00:25:37.62
off of that. So it is
at the Second of Coming
00:25:37.63\00:25:41.13
of Jesus that the
earth is returned to the
00:25:41.14\00:25:45.65
condition that it was
in without form and void
00:25:45.66\00:25:48.62
prior to creation. So
Satan just down here in the
00:25:48.63\00:25:52.37
desolate world, it
sounds like pretty miserable
00:25:52.38\00:25:54.19
place to be, right
Bill? I'll tell you what that
00:25:54.20\00:25:56.38
when the Lord comes you
don't hit worry anymore.
00:25:56.39\00:25:58.39
Praise God!
Praise God, that's right.
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Let's go to our next
slide what are the righteous
00:26:00.42\00:26:03.90
doing during the
Millennium? What are the
00:26:03.91\00:26:07.75
wicked doing? You tell me
what are the wicked doing?
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.98
They're dead. The
wicked are dead during the
00:26:09.99\00:26:12.92
Millennium or the
thousand years what are the
00:26:12.93\00:26:14.39
righteous doing. How
do we know that? Ha, ha,
00:26:14.40\00:26:19.82
well let's go to our
next slide. You're absolutely
00:26:19.83\00:26:21.55
right Roberto. Let's go
to Revelation 20 verses 6
00:26:21.56\00:26:26.05
and then verse 4.
Notice the order that it's in,
00:26:26.06\00:26:28.72
we're gonna read
verse 6 then we're going to
00:26:28.73\00:26:30.73
read verse 4 and
you'll want to do that when
00:26:30.74\00:26:32.86
you give the studies as
well. Revelation chapter
00:26:32.87\00:26:38.64
20 verse 6 and then
verse 4 and Danielle
00:26:38.65\00:26:43.55
can you read this for
us? Blessed and holy is he
00:26:43.56\00:26:48.10
that hath part in
the first resurrection.
00:26:48.11\00:26:50.21
Okay hang on. Who
is it that gets raised
00:26:50.22\00:26:52.98
in the first
resurrection? The righteous.
00:26:52.99\00:26:55.50
Blessed in holy
are the righteous.
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Those that take part
in the first resurrection,
00:26:57.34\00:26:59.74
keeping going. On
such the second death hath
00:26:59.75\00:27:03.07
no power, but they
shall be priests of God
00:27:03.08\00:27:06.13
and of Christ, and
shall reign with him a
00:27:06.14\00:27:08.37
thousand years. Oh!
How long would they reign
00:27:08.38\00:27:10.73
with them? Thousand
years! A thousand years.
00:27:10.74\00:27:12.72
How long a Satan
bound? Thousand years.
00:27:12.73\00:27:15.33
The very same time
period that the righteous
00:27:15.34\00:27:18.00
live in reign with
Christ Satan is bound.
00:27:18.01\00:27:22.61
That's very significant,
isn't it? The very same
00:27:22.62\00:27:25.88
time period Satan
is bound the righteous
00:27:25.89\00:27:28.03
live in reign
with Christ in heaven.
00:27:28.04\00:27:30.42
Alright now go to
verse 4. And I saw thrones,
00:27:30.43\00:27:36.55
and they sat upon
them, and judgment was given
00:27:36.56\00:27:39.10
unto them. And I saw
the souls of them that were
00:27:39.11\00:27:41.82
beheaded for the
witness of Jesus, and for the
00:27:41.83\00:27:45.05
word of God, and
which had not worshipped
00:27:45.06\00:27:47.00
the beast, neither
his image, neither had
00:27:47.01\00:27:49.50
received his mark
upon their foreheads,
00:27:49.51\00:27:51.77
or in their hands;
and they lived and reigned
00:27:51.78\00:27:54.27
with Christ a thousand
years. So the righteous
00:27:54.28\00:27:57.84
those that live
in reign with Christ
00:27:57.85\00:28:00.14
for a thousand years
are sitting on thrones.
00:28:00.15\00:28:03.90
Notice the first part
of verse 4 said Revelation
00:28:03.91\00:28:07.57
20 verse 4 And I saw
thrones, and they sat
00:28:07.58\00:28:10.93
upon them, and
judgment was given unto them.
00:28:10.94\00:28:15.67
So what are the
righteous doing on those thrones
00:28:15.68\00:28:19.19
for that thousand year
period. They're judging.
00:28:19.20\00:28:22.80
My question is
who are they judging?
00:28:22.81\00:28:26.24
Who are they
judging? The wicked.
00:28:26.25\00:28:29.60
Let's go to First
Corinthians chapter 6.
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First Corinthians
that's to the left from the
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Book of Revelation,
First Corinthians chapter 6
00:28:37.02\00:28:43.08
verse 2 and Tom can
you read this for us.
00:28:43.09\00:28:46.88
First Corinthians 6
verse 2. Do ye not know that
00:28:46.89\00:28:51.64
the saints will judge the world?
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And if the world
will be judged by you,
00:28:53.45\00:28:55.88
are ye unworthy to
judge the smallest matters?
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Go ahead and read
verse 3 as well Tom.
00:28:58.66\00:29:00.39
Do ye not know that
we shall judge angels?
00:29:00.40\00:29:02.78
How much more things
that pertain to this life?
00:29:02.79\00:29:06.62
Okay so we're gonna
be judging the world and
00:29:06.63\00:29:09.89
we're gonna be
judging what? Angels.
00:29:09.90\00:29:12.96
Are we're gonna be
judging the wicked angels
00:29:12.97\00:29:14.57
or the good
angels? The wicked angels.
00:29:14.58\00:29:17.72
We're gonna be judging
the world, the righteous
00:29:17.73\00:29:19.68
world or the wicked
world? The wicked world.
00:29:19.69\00:29:22.68
You and I are going
to spend a thousand years
00:29:22.69\00:29:25.82
sitting on a throne
with Christ having every
00:29:25.83\00:29:30.89
question answered as
to why our mom isn't here,
00:29:30.90\00:29:35.18
or our grandma, or
our papa, our grandpa.
00:29:35.19\00:29:40.75
Every question we have
is going to be answered
00:29:40.76\00:29:45.03
because God is going
to give us the opportunity
00:29:45.04\00:29:49.11
to look over all of
those record books that have
00:29:49.12\00:29:52.31
been kept through
out all of history past.
00:29:52.32\00:29:55.98
And God is going to let
us look at those and then
00:29:55.99\00:30:00.05
we're going to be
able to come to God
00:30:00.06\00:30:01.34
and we're going to be
able to reason with him.
00:30:01.35\00:30:04.15
Isn't that what he
said in Isaiah 1:18 come now
00:30:04.16\00:30:06.65
let us reason
together, saith the Lord.
00:30:06.66\00:30:10.72
So God is going to
allow us that one thousand
00:30:10.73\00:30:13.89
year period of
reviewing the books.
00:30:13.90\00:30:18.11
Now what's
gonna be in the books?
00:30:18.12\00:30:20.38
What's gonna be in those books.
00:30:20.39\00:30:22.92
Go to First Corinthians
chapter 4 and verse 5.
00:30:22.93\00:30:28.27
First Corinthians
chapter 4 and verse 5.
00:30:28.28\00:30:32.88
So we don't have
to turn very far Mike,
00:30:32.89\00:30:35.00
if you wanna read this
for us First Corinthians
00:30:35.01\00:30:37.17
chapter 4 and verse 5.
Now I will interrupt you
00:30:37.18\00:30:40.89
several times here.
Therefore judge nothing
00:30:40.90\00:30:43.87
before the time,
until the Lord come.
00:30:43.88\00:30:46.69
Okay I'm
interrupting you right there.
00:30:46.70\00:30:48.60
Therefore judge
nothing before the what?
00:30:48.61\00:30:51.49
Before the time and
then it describes the time
00:30:51.50\00:30:54.26
and that time is
what? Until the Lord comes.
00:30:54.27\00:30:56.66
Until the Lord comes.
So you and I are not to be
00:30:56.67\00:30:59.86
judging the world right now.
00:30:59.87\00:31:02.08
We're not to be
judging the angels right now.
00:31:02.09\00:31:05.09
It says therefore
judge nothing before the time
00:31:05.10\00:31:08.04
until the Lord comes.
So what's the event when
00:31:08.05\00:31:13.46
the Lord comes that's
almost redundant to ask
00:31:13.47\00:31:15.29
it that way but the
Second Coming of Jesus
00:31:15.30\00:31:18.60
that's right. Now keep
reading the rest of that
00:31:18.61\00:31:20.86
verse if you don't
mind. Who both will bring to
00:31:20.87\00:31:23.88
light the hidden things
of darkness, and will make
00:31:23.89\00:31:26.00
manifest the counsels
of the hearts, and then
00:31:26.01\00:31:28.76
shall every man
have praise of God.
00:31:28.77\00:31:30.96
Now we can't just skip
over with that verse said.
00:31:30.97\00:31:34.79
That verse just said
that every, it said it
00:31:34.80\00:31:40.48
will bring it will
make manifest the counsels
00:31:40.49\00:31:44.74
of the heart, it will
both, it will, who both
00:31:44.75\00:31:48.43
will bring to light the
hidden things of darkness
00:31:48.44\00:31:51.44
and will make manifest
the counsels of the heart.
00:31:51.45\00:31:54.65
It is during that
thousand year period where the
00:31:54.66\00:31:59.43
saints sit with
Christ an every evil thought,
00:31:59.44\00:32:05.74
every evil deed,
every malicious thought that
00:32:05.75\00:32:12.36
screened through our
mind toward somebody else.
00:32:12.37\00:32:15.24
If we have not ask
forgiving us fault,
00:32:15.25\00:32:17.99
if we are not in
the host of the redeemed
00:32:18.00\00:32:21.16
all of that will be
written down for the
00:32:21.17\00:32:24.56
saints to see. I
don't know about you but I'm
00:32:24.57\00:32:29.51
so grateful that
God has promised me that
00:32:29.52\00:32:34.27
he would take my sins
and throw them into the
00:32:34.28\00:32:36.85
depths of the sea.
Jesus has promised that
00:32:36.86\00:32:39.88
he would take his
blood and blood out
00:32:39.89\00:32:42.38
all of my sins. I
want to be a saint of the
00:32:42.39\00:32:45.87
living God,
because I don't want any of
00:32:45.88\00:32:48.04
you to know
what I've done. Amen.
00:32:48.05\00:32:52.08
My friend you and
I, you and I can make
00:32:52.09\00:32:55.98
our decision for Christ today.
00:32:55.99\00:32:58.88
Now notice even in
this study we're not even
00:32:58.89\00:33:02.08
anywhere near the
end of the study but
00:33:02.09\00:33:03.93
I'm already
starting to make that appeal.
00:33:03.94\00:33:06.27
So when you give this
study you want to make sure
00:33:06.28\00:33:08.64
that you begin to
appeal early in the study so
00:33:08.65\00:33:11.80
if people will take
small decisions all along the
00:33:11.81\00:33:14.61
way when it gets to
end of your study and
00:33:14.62\00:33:16.84
they make, they will
make, it will make the big
00:33:16.85\00:33:19.51
decision a lot
easier. So Jesus is telling us
00:33:19.52\00:33:23.96
right here in this word
that at his Second Coming
00:33:23.97\00:33:27.17
all of the wicked
deeds of all of the wicked
00:33:27.18\00:33:30.73
people will be laid out
for the righteous to say.
00:33:30.74\00:33:34.88
I'm not trying to scare
anybody or terrify anyone.
00:33:36.11\00:33:39.54
But it is a
dreadful thought to know that
00:33:39.55\00:33:43.22
if we're not in the
Kingdom that we're going
00:33:43.23\00:33:47.09
to everything evil
that we have ever done
00:33:47.10\00:33:49.23
it's going to be sin.
Who knows? By our mother,
00:33:49.24\00:33:53.03
our grandma, our
family, our friends.
00:33:53.04\00:33:59.77
But Jesus why
isn't my husband here?
00:33:59.78\00:34:02.99
And Jesus just opens the books.
00:34:03.00\00:34:04.93
I can imagine that
even at that point Jesus
00:34:04.94\00:34:08.24
will have tears in
his eyes. And that's just
00:34:08.25\00:34:11.86
me imagining. He says
well this, this is why,
00:34:11.87\00:34:16.33
let me show you. And
you'll just want to turn
00:34:16.34\00:34:19.80
away from that and say
I don't want to read it
00:34:19.81\00:34:21.50
and Jesus says
but let me tell you.
00:34:21.51\00:34:23.20
You have to be clear on
this because we're gonna
00:34:23.21\00:34:26.43
get to live
together for eternity.
00:34:26.44\00:34:28.55
I don't want there to be
any question in your mind
00:34:28.56\00:34:31.42
because I'm gonna wipe this out.
00:34:31.43\00:34:33.13
This record is going
to begun and will never
00:34:33.14\00:34:36.56
remember it anymore.
And so you and I will
00:34:36.57\00:34:40.30
sit with Jesus and he
will answer our questions.
00:34:40.31\00:34:43.15
Let's go to our next reference.
00:34:43.16\00:34:45.22
The next reference we
have is in Psalms 149.
00:34:45.23\00:34:48.42
And I'm excited about
this reference because this
00:34:48.43\00:34:51.43
reference right here
tells me that the Bible is
00:34:51.44\00:34:55.74
going to be the
standard of the judgment of God.
00:34:55.75\00:34:59.78
The Bible is going to
be the standard even during
00:34:59.79\00:35:02.56
that thousand year or
that millennial time period.
00:35:02.57\00:35:06.27
So we're going to
Psalm 149 and we'll ask
00:35:06.28\00:35:09.28
Mrs. Gloria to read this for us.
00:35:09.29\00:35:11.36
Psalm 149 and then
verse, we begin in verse 4.
00:35:11.37\00:35:19.19
Psalm 149 verse 4. For
the Lord taketh pleasure
00:35:19.20\00:35:27.18
in his people: he
will beautify the humble
00:35:27.19\00:35:32.16
with salvation.
Beautify. I'm sorry beautify.
00:35:32.17\00:35:35.95
Yeah. Let the
saints be joyful in glory.
00:35:35.96\00:35:39.61
Okay stop right
there. Mrs. Gloria where are
00:35:39.62\00:35:42.15
the saints. In
glory. They're in glory.
00:35:42.16\00:35:45.89
Notice there in verse
4 it said the Lord taketh
00:35:45.90\00:35:49.09
pleasure in his people
he will beautify the meek
00:35:49.10\00:35:51.35
or the humble with salvation.
00:35:51.36\00:35:53.10
When is it that we
are changed in a moment
00:35:53.11\00:35:55.57
in the twinkling of
an eye? When is that?
00:35:55.58\00:35:58.73
Second Coming of Jesus.
So this is, this is after
00:35:58.74\00:36:02.99
the Second Coming of
Jesus because now the Saints
00:36:03.00\00:36:05.26
are in glory. Keep
reading there verse 5.
00:36:05.27\00:36:09.18
Let the saints be
joyful in glory, then continue.
00:36:09.19\00:36:11.95
Let them sing
aloud on their beds.
00:36:11.96\00:36:15.28
Let the high praises
of God be in their mouth,
00:36:15.29\00:36:19.59
and a two-edged
sword in their hand.
00:36:19.60\00:36:23.59
Mrs. Gloria what do
they have in their hand?
00:36:23.60\00:36:25.32
Two edged sword. They
have a two edged sword.
00:36:25.33\00:36:27.24
On the graphic you
will notice on the screen,
00:36:27.25\00:36:29.00
on the graphic.
Hebrews chapter 4 verse 12
00:36:29.01\00:36:31.89
and Ephesians
chapter 6 and verse 17.
00:36:31.90\00:36:35.01
Hebrews 4:12 we
won't take the time to read
00:36:35.02\00:36:37.29
it now. Hebrews 4:12
says that the Lord of God
00:36:37.30\00:36:40.55
is quick or alive and
powerful. Sharper than
00:36:40.56\00:36:44.40
any two edged sword.
Then if we read Ephesians
00:36:44.41\00:36:49.44
chapter 6 verse 17 we
would see the Bible tell us
00:36:49.45\00:36:52.73
it would say the sword
of the spirit which is the
00:36:52.74\00:36:56.66
word of God. So the
saints are joyful in glory,
00:36:56.67\00:37:03.23
they've been
beautified with salvation in
00:37:03.24\00:37:05.43
Psalm 149. They're
in glory, they've been
00:37:05.44\00:37:08.74
beautified with
salvation and they have a two
00:37:08.75\00:37:12.60
edged sword in their
hand. Shalita what is
00:37:12.61\00:37:15.93
that they have in
their hand? The Word of God.
00:37:15.94\00:37:20.56
The Word of God
will be the standard
00:37:20.57\00:37:24.53
for the judgment. You
and I will either be in
00:37:24.54\00:37:29.89
heaven holding the
word of God looking
00:37:29.90\00:37:33.59
at the evil wicked
deeds of men and comparing
00:37:33.60\00:37:36.29
what they did, what the
Bible said they could have
00:37:36.30\00:37:38.76
or should have done?
Will be up there doing
00:37:38.77\00:37:42.11
that or. We'll be
judged by this book.
00:37:42.12\00:37:45.76
We'll be judged by this book.
00:37:45.77\00:37:48.24
We have a choice
right now Shalita that
00:37:48.25\00:37:52.47
we can make our
decision to be on the Lord
00:37:52.48\00:37:56.81
side today. So that
we can make sure that
00:37:56.82\00:38:00.50
we're in heaven with
the saints joyful in glory
00:38:00.51\00:38:05.04
in our beautiful
glorified bodies.
00:38:05.05\00:38:08.07
We can make that
choice today or we'll be
00:38:08.08\00:38:12.58
judged by this book
during that thousand
00:38:12.59\00:38:15.58
year period. It's
powerful isn't it? Can you keep
00:38:15.59\00:38:18.71
reading for us Mrs.
Gloria. To execute vengeance
00:38:18.72\00:38:22.29
on the nations and
punishments on the people;
00:38:22.30\00:38:25.99
to bind their Kings
with chains, and their nobles
00:38:26.00\00:38:30.15
with fetters of iron;
To execute them with the
00:38:30.16\00:38:34.24
written judgment. This
honor have all his saints.
00:38:34.25\00:38:39.18
Praise ye the
Lord. Amen. What is the
00:38:39.19\00:38:42.79
purpose of the
saints having the two edged
00:38:42.80\00:38:47.17
sword or the word
of God in their hand.
00:38:47.18\00:38:49.19
To execute the
written judgment and where is
00:38:50.69\00:38:53.27
that written Tom? It's
written in the word of God.
00:38:53.28\00:38:56.81
My friends we can
either live by the book now
00:38:56.82\00:39:01.43
or be judged by the book later.
00:39:01.44\00:39:03.86
What decision do
you want to make today?
00:39:06.26\00:39:08.52
Oh, you wanna live by the book,
00:39:10.77\00:39:12.57
because you
wanna be in the city.
00:39:12.58\00:39:14.12
And I'll tell you why
he wanna be in the city
00:39:14.13\00:39:16.02
in just a minute.
We're gonna get there.
00:39:16.03\00:39:18.22
Let's turn now to
Revelation chapter 20.
00:39:18.23\00:39:22.31
Revelation chapter
20 after our review.
00:39:22.32\00:39:27.09
I have a review slide
up here so let's go ahead
00:39:27.10\00:39:28.90
and take a look at
that. At the Second Coming
00:39:28.91\00:39:31.35
of Jesus what
happens to the righteous?
00:39:31.36\00:39:33.27
They are raised at
the Second Coming of Jesus
00:39:33.28\00:39:37.03
what happens to the
wicked, they're slain.
00:39:37.04\00:39:39.58
And then that
begins what time period.
00:39:39.59\00:39:42.08
The millennium now
some people will say well
00:39:42.09\00:39:44.91
how do we know
since the 70 weeks was a
00:39:44.92\00:39:47.87
prophetic time
period. The 2300 days was a
00:39:47.88\00:39:50.47
prophetic time period
how do we know that this
00:39:50.48\00:39:52.38
is not a prophetic
time period. That's a good
00:39:52.39\00:39:55.47
question isn't it?
Isn't that a good question?
00:39:55.48\00:39:58.19
You remember way
back when we did our word
00:39:58.20\00:40:01.65
of God's study we
went over John 14:29,
00:40:01.66\00:40:05.04
Jesus says I tell you
things before they come
00:40:05.05\00:40:08.95
to pass so that
when they do come to pass
00:40:08.96\00:40:12.58
you may what? Believe.
So the person of a time
00:40:12.59\00:40:16.47
prophecy that contains
prophetic time is so that
00:40:16.48\00:40:21.23
people can believe
when it comes to pass right.
00:40:21.24\00:40:25.17
After the second
coming of Jesus is there any
00:40:26.84\00:40:29.55
need for a
prophetic time period.
00:40:29.56\00:40:32.94
There is no need for
prophetic time period.
00:40:32.95\00:40:35.79
So the only, we know
that this is a literal
00:40:35.80\00:40:38.28
thousand years,
because everybody that has
00:40:38.29\00:40:41.15
believed is up in
heaven. And they're there for
00:40:41.16\00:40:45.85
that thousand year period.
00:40:45.86\00:40:47.50
And something
really interesting happens
00:40:47.51\00:40:50.98
at the end of that
thousand year period.
00:40:50.99\00:40:52.92
Now we'll go to
our next reference.
00:40:52.93\00:40:55.63
We're gonna go to
our 12th reference,
00:40:55.64\00:40:59.35
Revelation 20 verse 4b
that means the last half
00:40:59.36\00:41:04.49
of verse 4 to 5a or the
first half of Revelation
00:41:04.50\00:41:10.28
chapter 20 verse 5. So
we're going to Revelation
00:41:10.29\00:41:14.34
20 verse 4b and Mike
can you read this for us
00:41:14.35\00:41:18.19
I'm almost there
maybe somebody else is just
00:41:18.20\00:41:21.02
not turns there while
I was talking like I did.
00:41:21.03\00:41:23.09
Okay. Revelation
20 verse 4b and 5a.
00:41:23.10\00:41:26.86
So just the very
last part of verse 4.
00:41:26.87\00:41:29.10
I don't know where to
start, alright and they
00:41:29.11\00:41:33.15
lived start out
there. Okay. And they lived,
00:41:33.16\00:41:36.60
wait a minute, just
a very last sentence.
00:41:36.61\00:41:39.29
Revelation 20. Yeah
4b. Just the last part of
00:41:39.30\00:41:46.19
verse 4. Now you had
a different translation
00:41:46.20\00:41:50.72
than I do. Which had
not worshipped the beast,
00:41:50.73\00:41:53.00
neither his image,
neither had received his mark
00:41:53.01\00:41:55.33
upon their
foreheads, or in their hands;
00:41:55.34\00:41:57.62
and they lived and
reigned with Christ a
00:41:57.63\00:41:59.58
thousand years. See
we have the same version.
00:41:59.59\00:42:01.91
I have King James
Version. What do you have?
00:42:01.92\00:42:03.71
Yeah, King James.
Alright praise the Lord.
00:42:03.72\00:42:06.07
And they lived and
reigned with Christ a
00:42:06.08\00:42:08.28
thousand years. Who
is this talking about?
00:42:08.29\00:42:10.09
Righteous. It's
talking about the righteous.
00:42:10.10\00:42:12.32
Okay now read the
first part of verse 5.
00:42:12.33\00:42:14.89
But the rest of the dead
lived not again until the
00:42:14.90\00:42:17.79
thousand years were
finished. So the rest of
00:42:17.80\00:42:21.74
the dead, so the
righteous lived and reigned
00:42:22.06\00:42:24.38
with Christ for a
thousand years then
00:42:24.39\00:42:26.25
it says the rest of the
dead lived not again until
00:42:26.26\00:42:31.58
the thousand years are finished.
00:42:31.59\00:42:33.94
What does that mean?
Pick up the microphone
00:42:33.95\00:42:38.30
and tell me in a loud
Shalita. Somebody tell
00:42:38.31\00:42:40.49
me in a loud voice
through the microphone,
00:42:40.50\00:42:42.01
what is that mean?
The wicked that were dead
00:42:42.02\00:42:44.31
before his Second
Coming won't be alive until
00:42:44.32\00:42:46.34
the end of Millennium.
That's right what about
00:42:46.35\00:42:48.60
those that died
at his second coming?
00:42:48.61\00:42:50.35
Them too right. So
all of the wicked are dead
00:42:50.36\00:42:55.41
at the second coming
of Jesus they die and
00:42:55.42\00:42:58.74
or were dead or are
dead and then for a thousand
00:42:58.75\00:43:02.86
year period
they're in the grave.
00:43:02.87\00:43:05.65
The Bible says in
Revelation 20 verse 5
00:43:05.66\00:43:07.95
but the rest of the
dead that would be the wicked
00:43:07.96\00:43:10.45
the rest of the dead
lived not again until the
00:43:10.46\00:43:15.25
thousand years were finished.
00:43:15.26\00:43:18.14
So at the end of
the thousand years what
00:43:19.75\00:43:21.97
will happen to the
wicked that were dead?
00:43:21.98\00:43:25.22
They'll raise again.
That's absolutely right.
00:43:25.23\00:43:28.71
We'll continue I want to
go back to our chart here
00:43:28.72\00:43:31.40
so if you just look
back at the chart the second,
00:43:31.41\00:43:34.61
it's at the Second
Coming that the righteous
00:43:34.62\00:43:36.99
are raised, it's at
the Second Coming that the
00:43:37.00\00:43:39.43
wicked are slain the
thousand year millennial
00:43:39.44\00:43:43.21
period begins at the
Second Coming of Jesus.
00:43:43.22\00:43:46.80
During that time
period Satan is bound by his
00:43:46.81\00:43:50.99
change of circumstance.
Remind me why is that
00:43:51.00\00:43:53.66
Satan was bound? There
is nobody for him to tempt,
00:43:53.67\00:43:59.00
that's absolutely
right. So Satan is bound
00:43:59.01\00:44:01.30
beginning with the
second coming for a
00:44:01.31\00:44:03.22
thousand years now.
Jessica pick up that
00:44:03.23\00:44:05.86
microphone and tell
me what the righteous
00:44:05.87\00:44:07.21
are going to do for
that thousand year period.
00:44:07.22\00:44:09.91
They're gonna be with
Jesus in heaven judging.
00:44:09.92\00:44:13.50
Alright and what will
they have in their hands?
00:44:13.51\00:44:15.85
The Bible. And what
will they be judging?
00:44:15.86\00:44:18.68
The wicked. That's
right. Very, very nice.
00:44:18.69\00:44:23.15
You knew that, you
don't have to ask it like
00:44:23.16\00:44:24.92
a question. So the
righteous lived and
00:44:24.93\00:44:26.99
reigned with Christ in
heaven for the same time
00:44:27.00\00:44:29.13
period that Satan
is bound. Then you go
00:44:29.14\00:44:31.79
to the very last part
of this graphic it says
00:44:31.80\00:44:34.42
Satan is released
by the rest of the dead
00:44:34.43\00:44:37.91
or the wicked being
raised. Now when Satan
00:44:37.92\00:44:43.30
when the rest of the
dead are raised what does
00:44:43.31\00:44:47.00
that give Satan the
opportunity to do? Deceive.
00:44:47.01\00:44:50.19
Deceive. You
remember back in Revelation 20
00:44:50.20\00:44:53.30
verse 1, 2 and 3 we
read that Satan was bound
00:44:53.31\00:44:58.04
from deceiving and he
could deceive the nations
00:44:58.05\00:45:01.81
no more. Until the
thousand years were
00:45:01.82\00:45:06.02
finished that's
right. Now Mrs. Gloria do you
00:45:06.03\00:45:08.13
remember what
phrase you had sit on your
00:45:08.14\00:45:09.57
table there, what
phrase did you have
00:45:09.58\00:45:12.33
sit in there? No
madam. Anybody remember
00:45:12.34\00:45:15.70
what phrase she
had on her table?
00:45:15.71\00:45:17.28
It was in the
Jeremiah chapter 4 verse 27.
00:45:19.25\00:45:22.06
I will not, that's
right, I will not yet make
00:45:22.07\00:45:24.90
a full in. So we
still haven't come back
00:45:24.91\00:45:26.83
to that yet. I just
want to make sure that
00:45:26.84\00:45:28.10
you ready to give it
back to me when we're ready
00:45:28.11\00:45:29.81
to reference it
okay. So you get ready.
00:45:29.82\00:45:31.79
We're gonna get back
over there in just a minute.
00:45:31.80\00:45:33.58
So Satan is released
by the rest of the dead
00:45:33.59\00:45:36.79
or the wicked being raised.
00:45:36.80\00:45:39.86
Our next reference
there you see well it's a
00:45:39.87\00:45:42.81
question actually on the screen.
00:45:42.82\00:45:44.57
When does the
resurrection of the wicked
00:45:44.58\00:45:47.51
take place? Answer
that for me, at the end
00:45:47.52\00:45:51.27
of the millennium or
after the thousand years
00:45:51.28\00:45:54.11
and what is there
in. What is the end
00:45:54.12\00:45:59.82
of the wicked? And we
have lots of references
00:45:59.83\00:46:03.25
here that we're
going to read in Revelation
00:46:03.26\00:46:05.40
chapter 20 and just
you know, if you guys
00:46:05.41\00:46:07.98
don't mind I'll read
that because you know
00:46:07.99\00:46:09.58
it jumps around
like crazy there.
00:46:09.59\00:46:11.34
But you pay close
attention to it we're in
00:46:11.35\00:46:14.78
Revelation 20
verses 7, 8, and then 9a.
00:46:14.79\00:46:19.63
Revelation 20 verse 7,
8 and then the first part
00:46:19.64\00:46:24.06
of verse 9.
Revelation 20 verse 7 says,
00:46:24.07\00:46:27.54
"and when the
thousand years are expire",
00:46:27.55\00:46:30.67
what does that word expire mean?
00:46:30.68\00:46:32.48
Over, the end!
Over, the end! When the
00:46:32.49\00:46:34.99
thousand years are
expired, Satan shall be
00:46:35.00\00:46:38.17
loosed out of his
prison. Now what was it that
00:46:38.18\00:46:42.98
bound Satan in his
prison? There was no one to
00:46:42.99\00:46:46.32
tempt, his
change of circumstance.
00:46:46.33\00:46:48.25
All of a sudden,
his circumstances are
00:46:48.26\00:46:50.32
now changed and
the change fall off.
00:46:50.33\00:46:54.77
Verse 8 and
shall go out to what?
00:46:56.44\00:47:00.66
Deceive! Deceive!
Jump back to verse 3.
00:47:00.67\00:47:03.29
"And cast him into
the bottomless pit,
00:47:03.30\00:47:05.23
and shut him up,
and set a seal on him,
00:47:05.24\00:47:06.57
that he should,
deceive, deceive the nations
00:47:06.58\00:47:09.51
no more". Then over
in verse 8 it says that
00:47:09.52\00:47:12.59
he will go out to
do what? To deceive!
00:47:12.60\00:47:14.68
To deceive! So we see
that indeed the very thing
00:47:14.69\00:47:18.08
that bound Satan at the
beginning of the thousand
00:47:18.09\00:47:20.73
years that being that
there is nobody to tempt,
00:47:20.74\00:47:23.52
at the end of
the thousands years
00:47:23.53\00:47:25.26
or at the end of
the millennium there are
00:47:25.27\00:47:27.13
people to tempt. The
wicked dead have been
00:47:27.14\00:47:29.38
raised and so
Satan is no longer bound.
00:47:29.39\00:47:33.60
Continue reading
here. "And shall go out to
00:47:33.61\00:47:36.67
deceive the nations
which are in the four
00:47:36.68\00:47:39.71
quarters of the
earth, Gog, and Magog,
00:47:39.72\00:47:43.42
to gather them
together to battle, the number
00:47:43.43\00:47:46.47
of whom is as
the sand of the sea".
00:47:46.48\00:47:50.89
And for every Christian
that is hearing this read
00:47:50.90\00:47:54.20
this should bring an
emotion to our hearts,
00:47:54.21\00:47:57.32
because these
people that are wicked are
00:47:57.33\00:48:01.77
numbered like
the sand of the sea.
00:48:01.78\00:48:03.81
Have you been to
the beach lately?
00:48:03.82\00:48:05.87
Have you seen how
much sand is out there?
00:48:05.88\00:48:08.88
We complain about the
amount of sand that ends
00:48:08.89\00:48:11.22
up in our floorboard
of the car, when we are
00:48:11.23\00:48:14.30
going home. But we
knew half of people that
00:48:14.31\00:48:18.12
whose number is as
the sand of the sea
00:48:18.13\00:48:20.30
that are lost.
This should give you and
00:48:20.31\00:48:23.72
I even greater push or
motive to make sure that
00:48:23.73\00:48:30.03
everyone has the
chance to hear about Jesus.
00:48:30.04\00:48:33.26
It says there in verse
8, "And shall go out to
00:48:33.27\00:48:37.73
deceive the nations
which are in the four
00:48:37.74\00:48:39.34
quarters of the
earth, Gog and Magog,
00:48:39.35\00:48:41.68
to gather them together
to battle: the number of
00:48:41.69\00:48:45.02
whom is as the sand of the sea".
00:48:45.03\00:48:48.58
Verse 9, "And they
went up on the breadth
00:48:48.59\00:48:52.44
of the earth". Whose
that they? The wicked!
00:48:52.45\00:48:54.65
The wicked! And they
are on the surface of what?
00:48:54.66\00:48:58.75
The earth! The earth!
So where would Satan bound?
00:48:58.76\00:49:01.11
The earth! On the
earth! That's right.
00:49:01.12\00:49:02.97
"And compassed the
camp of the saints about"!
00:49:02.98\00:49:08.03
So we are through to
9a. Now we're gonna go
00:49:08.04\00:49:11.35
to verse 11. "And I
saw a great white throne,
00:49:11.36\00:49:17.01
and him that sat on it
from whose face the earth
00:49:17.02\00:49:20.06
and the heaven fled
away; and there was found
00:49:20.07\00:49:22.73
no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small
00:49:22.74\00:49:27.06
and great, stand before the God,
00:49:27.07\00:49:29.68
and books were
opened. And another book was
00:49:29.69\00:49:32.80
opened, which is the
book of life and the dead
00:49:32.81\00:49:36.36
were judged out of
those things which were
00:49:36.37\00:49:38.70
written in the books,
according to their works.
00:49:38.71\00:49:41.82
And the sea gave up
the dead which were in it;
00:49:41.83\00:49:44.56
and death and hell
delivered up the dead
00:49:44.57\00:49:47.09
which were in them;
and they were judged,
00:49:47.10\00:49:49.54
every man according
to their; what? Works!
00:49:49.55\00:49:52.11
Works! My friend
don't ever let anybody tell
00:49:52.12\00:49:56.00
you that the works
that you do as a Christian
00:49:56.01\00:49:59.44
are not important.
You and I are certainly
00:49:59.45\00:50:02.43
saved by grace through faith.
00:50:02.44\00:50:05.33
It's not of
ourselves, it is a gift of God
00:50:05.34\00:50:08.44
but we are judged
by our works, judged
00:50:08.45\00:50:12.52
by our works. Don't
let anyone ever tell you
00:50:12.53\00:50:15.37
friend that it
doesn't matter what you as a
00:50:15.38\00:50:17.21
Christian act like
or talk like or do or
00:50:17.22\00:50:20.65
the places you go
because we are judged
00:50:20.66\00:50:22.50
by our works saved
by grace through faith
00:50:22.51\00:50:25.79
but judged by
our works. They are
00:50:25.80\00:50:29.47
continuing on, we
were in verse, where
00:50:29.48\00:50:31.68
were we at? We were
in verse 13 and there
00:50:31.69\00:50:34.55
every man was judged
according to their works.
00:50:34.56\00:50:38.04
Now go back up to
verse 9b or the second half.
00:50:38.05\00:50:42.49
"And fire came down
from God out of heaven
00:50:43.71\00:50:47.07
and devoured them".
Who do the fire devoured?
00:50:47.08\00:50:50.75
It devoured the
wicked. And you know I have,
00:50:50.76\00:50:54.26
I have teenage boys
and teenage boys are
00:50:54.27\00:50:57.60
notoriously good at eating.
00:50:57.61\00:50:59.89
You wait when your
boy hits teenager whatever
00:50:59.90\00:51:02.40
he is eating now is
gonna be quadrupled.
00:51:02.41\00:51:04.16
It's gonna be exponential.
00:51:04.17\00:51:06.10
And when my boy
sits down to eat dinner,
00:51:07.08\00:51:09.69
he devours it. I
don't even think he choose,
00:51:09.70\00:51:12.34
he is like a
hound dog sometimes.
00:51:12.35\00:51:13.99
He doesn't even chew
it. He just, ogles in there.
00:51:14.00\00:51:17.68
And when its gone,
the plate is clean.
00:51:17.69\00:51:22.11
Nothing has left, and
the Bible says that at
00:51:22.12\00:51:26.46
the end of the
millennium when those righteous
00:51:26.47\00:51:30.72
people stand before
God, but not the righteous
00:51:30.73\00:51:35.00
the wicked
people stand before God,
00:51:35.01\00:51:36.72
the righteous stand
with God, the wicked people
00:51:36.73\00:51:39.37
are standing
before God they are trying
00:51:39.38\00:51:42.14
to take the city,
sin convinces them they
00:51:42.15\00:51:44.55
can take it but they
can't, and fire comes
00:51:44.56\00:51:47.43
down out of heaven
from God and devours them.
00:51:47.44\00:51:52.78
Verse 13, "And the
sea gave up the dead
00:51:52.79\00:51:56.19
which were in it, and
death and hell delivered
00:51:56.20\00:51:58.23
up the dead which
were in them; and they
00:51:58.24\00:52:00.15
were judged, every man
according to their works
00:52:00.16\00:52:02.23
and death and
hell were cast into the
00:52:02.24\00:52:04.14
lake of fire". This
is the second death.
00:52:04.15\00:52:08.49
You see my friends
everybody dies now.
00:52:08.50\00:52:10.76
The righteous
person dies, the wicked
00:52:10.77\00:52:13.04
person dies, but only
the wicked person dies
00:52:13.05\00:52:16.12
the second death.
And you and I can avoid
00:52:16.13\00:52:19.02
that death by making
a simple choice today,
00:52:19.03\00:52:22.04
by making the choice
to love the truth of God.
00:52:22.05\00:52:27.95
Is that your desire?
Yes! Oh praise Jesus!
00:52:27.96\00:52:31.68
I have here on the,
let's read verse 15.
00:52:31.69\00:52:34.56
"And whosoever was
not found written in the
00:52:34.57\00:52:36.96
book of life was cast
into the lake of fire".
00:52:36.97\00:52:41.52
On your screen there
you will see in our next
00:52:41.53\00:52:43.84
reference this
graphic. At the second coming
00:52:43.85\00:52:48.33
the righteous
raised, at the second coming
00:52:48.34\00:52:50.29
the wicked are
slain, the thousand years
00:52:50.30\00:52:52.46
begins at the
second coming of Jesus,
00:52:52.47\00:52:54.42
Satan is bound to the
earth because there is
00:52:54.43\00:52:56.48
no one tempt, the
righteous live and reign
00:52:56.49\00:52:58.62
with Christ in
Heaven for thousand years,
00:52:58.63\00:53:00.74
at the end of the
millennium Satan is
00:53:00.75\00:53:02.51
released by the
rest of the dead with the
00:53:02.52\00:53:04.32
wicked being raised,
the great white throne
00:53:04.33\00:53:07.48
judgment the
wicked stand before God,
00:53:07.49\00:53:09.78
they are judged
according to their works
00:53:09.79\00:53:12.02
and then fire comes
down from God out of Heaven
00:53:12.03\00:53:15.21
and devours the
wicked. But you remember what
00:53:15.22\00:53:19.93
Jesus said, there
in back in Jeremiah
00:53:19.94\00:53:23.42
chapter 4 verse
27. He says, "yet will
00:53:23.43\00:53:25.59
I not make a full
end". Now my friends God
00:53:25.60\00:53:28.87
is going to make a full
end. He is going to make
00:53:28.88\00:53:32.97
a full end. The Bible
tells us that righteous
00:53:32.98\00:53:36.44
will inherit the
earth. Let's go to our next
00:53:36.45\00:53:40.57
reference there,
Matthew chapter 5 verse 5,
00:53:40.58\00:53:43.35
and now since we are
in the appeal I will be
00:53:43.36\00:53:45.65
the one that reads
this. You know we've talked
00:53:45.66\00:53:47.28
about that in the past
that when you are giving
00:53:47.29\00:53:50.17
the appeal you want
to make sure that you are
00:53:50.18\00:53:52.52
the one that has
the pathos in your voice
00:53:52.53\00:53:56.10
that you have all
the mannerisms that
00:53:56.11\00:53:57.83
you want to go with
those verses because
00:53:57.84\00:53:59.85
remember you are
appealing to people on
00:53:59.86\00:54:02.40
behalf of God. So
the Bible says here,
00:54:02.41\00:54:06.15
Matthew chapter 5
verse 5, blessed are
00:54:06.16\00:54:09.58
the meek: for they
shall inherit the earth.
00:54:09.59\00:54:14.28
What earth? Are they
going to, are the meek
00:54:15.51\00:54:18.69
those that are blessed,
those that are beautified
00:54:18.70\00:54:21.31
with salvation, are
they going to inherit this
00:54:21.32\00:54:23.90
old earth that's been
broken down? No, no, no.
00:54:23.91\00:54:27.71
They are going to
inherit a new heaven
00:54:27.72\00:54:30.45
and a new earth, and
we see this in our next
00:54:30.46\00:54:33.97
reference up there.
Let's go to Revelation 21.
00:54:33.98\00:54:40.03
I think I may have
a mistake right there.
00:54:40.04\00:54:42.50
Let me just
back up a little bit.
00:54:42.51\00:54:44.03
Let's go to second
Peter chapter 3 verses 12
00:54:44.04\00:54:47.23
and 13; I just shot
right pass that didn't I?
00:54:47.24\00:54:50.56
So we are going to
second Peter before
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we go to
Revelation 21. So let's go to
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second Peter.
It's past Corinthians,
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past Hebrews. Second
Peter chapter 3 verses
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12 and 13. "The meek
will not inherit this
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old dirty world.
They are going to inherits
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something much
more grand than that".
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Second Peter
chapter 3 verse 12 and 13,
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"Looking for and
hasting unto the coming of
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the day of God,
wherein the heavens being
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on fire shall be
dissolved, and the
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elements shall
melt with fervent heat?
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Nevertheless,
we according to His
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promise look for new
heavens and a new earth,
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wherein dwelleth righteousness".
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My friend God has
promised the meek,
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the humble that they
would inherit the earth
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but He is not going
to give them a sour gift.
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He is going to give
them a new heaven and
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a new earth. Our
next reference here is
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Revelation 21
verses 1 through 5.
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Revelation 21 verses
1 through 5, he says,
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John says, And
I saw a new heaven
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and a new earth.
For the first heaven
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and the first
earth were passed away;
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and there was no more sea.
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And I John saw the
holy city, new Jerusalem,
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coming down
from heaven from God,
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out of heaven
prepared as a bride adorned
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for her husband. And
I heard a great voice
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out of heaven, saying,
"Behold, the tabernacle
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of God is with men, and
they shall be His people,
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and God Himself
shall be with them,
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and be their God.
And God shall wipe away
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all tears from their
eyes; and there shall
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be no more death;
neither sorrow nor
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crying; neither
shall there be any more
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pain for former
things have passed away.
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And He that sat
upon the throne said,
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"Behold, I make all
things what's the word?
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New! Right for
these words are true
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and faithful. God is
going to make all things, new.
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Turn with me back
to the Old Testament
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book our last reference.
Nahum chapter 1 verse 9.
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God is going to make a full in.
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So Nahum is to the
right of Daniel, Amos,
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Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
Nahum, Chapter 1 verse 9,
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it says "What do you
imagine against the LORD?
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He will make an utter
end: affliction shall not
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rise up the second
time". God would not allow sin
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to ever reign again.
You and I have a decision
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today to choose
to live by the book
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or be judged by the book.
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What decision will you make?
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