Welcome back to
Digging Up The Future,
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we're glad you're here
at this Bible prophecy.
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How many of you have
enjoyed the seminar so far?
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And it's been a
blessing to think about Jesus
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and to, you know,
focus on what He is doing
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and we have the
good news that He--
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we serve a Risen
Savior and not only that we--
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we know what He is doing
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He is ministering in the
heavenly sanctuary. Amen.
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And that's good news
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and we're gonna
continue with the good news,
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more good news this evening
we're gonna talk about heaven.
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How many of you think the world
would not really be bearable
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unless we knew
there was a heaven?
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How many think that's true?
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And tonight we're going
to be talking about that
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our Pastor Torres is in.
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Let's just pray
that the Holy Spirit
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will be with him as
he talks about this.
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Father in heaven
tonight we're thankful
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that you were here,
you lived here on earth
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and you promised
that you would come again
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that you're in heaven
preparing a place for us.
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We want to learn
more about heaven
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about that place
you're preparing.
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Tonight we ask that
you'd prepare our hearts
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as you are also preparing heaven
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and we come in Jesus name, amen.
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We have a theme
song we've been learning
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and let's stand
together as we sing
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Marvelous message we
bring Glorious carol we sing!
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Marvelous message we
bring Glorious carol we sing
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Wonderful word of the
King Jesus is coming again
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Coming again, coming again
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May be morning, may be noon
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May be evening but shall be soon
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Coming again, coming again
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Oh what a
wonderful day that will be
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Jesus is coming again
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Amen, you could be seated.
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Are you thankful
He is coming again?
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Amen
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Tonight we're
going to learn about
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what He is doing
before He comes again
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at least part
of what is He doing
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preparing that--
that earth may do
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and we're gonna
see a picture tonight
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we have a special tree.
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Pastor Torres
doesn't only preach
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he can play the guitar
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you know coming up in the series
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we'll learn more about
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how he learnt how
to play the guitar
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and different things about that.
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But tonight he is
gonna use that instrument
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to play some heavenly music
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and he is going to be
joined by Rafael Scarfullery,
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who's been our,
our resident maestro
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for some of this series
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and two of them are
going to play together
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I know you'll enjoy it.
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Let's prepare our
hearts as they come.
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A young man in Vietnam
had been wounded by shrapnel
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and needed surgery
but there was one problem.
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He had a rare blood type
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and there was none in Vietnam.
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So the military then sent out
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a hasty request at
some place in America,
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somebody has this type
of-- of blood to please donate.
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And fortunately there
was a lady found in Boston,
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who had the same
type of blood that he had.
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And so she donated it
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they flew it over to
where the boy was having surgery
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and it arrived in time
and the boy's life was saved.
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He wrote to his father,
about what had taken place
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and told him that a certain lady
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had donated the
blood that they needed.
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Well, the dad,
being very grateful
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for what the lady had done
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decided that he would
personally call her up
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and thank her for what
he had-- what she had done.
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Well, when he called her up
and they began to talk together
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and compare notes,
what do you suppose?
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It turned out that
she was a lost sister
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that he hadn't seen for years.
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As children they
had been farmed out
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and he had never
seen his sister again.
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But as they
talked and compared notes
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it was his lost sister.
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And dad wrote back to the
boy and said the following.
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"Her blood has
reunited the family."
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And so it is with
the blood of Christ.
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He reunites the
family, what do you say?
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Thank God, for the blood
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that Jesus shared
for you and for me.
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Again let us bow
our heads together
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as we study God's word.
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Father, thank you so much
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for the subject that
we are about to study.
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We're thankful that
you reveal to your children
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the wonderful things
that you are preparing
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and even though
eyes have not seen
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and ears haven't heard
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the things that
you're preparing.
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We are glad that
you gave us a foretaste
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in thy Holy word,
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so bless us with your spirit
we pray in Jesus name, amen.
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the subject of heaven
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has always been
very intriguing to me
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when I was a young little
lad my sister passed away.
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In a very-- it was a very
traumatic experience for us
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because she was the only girl.
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We all loved her,
we use to kind of fight
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as so who is
going to hold her next
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and mother would buy
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her the best
that she could afford.
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Little, little dress that
made to look like a little doll
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and we were just so
proud about our little sister
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and then because of our
impoverished conditions,
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she developed
pneumonia and passed away.
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And I remember at the funeral
I must have been four years old
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but I still
remember as it was today.
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A lady dressed in black
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patting my head
because I was weeping
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and said to me,
oh, it's okay Luiceito
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that's what they
called me, Luiceito.
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It's okay, Luiceito
which just means little Luie.
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Your sister is in heaven.
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Well, she thought
that would comfort me
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but on the contrary it
raised a lot of questions.
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Number one, how can
she see and I can't.
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Do you understand?
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I'm thinking of that,
you know, how does she know?
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Does she have
telescopic vision or something?
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She can see right
up there and see her?
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There is a lot of questions
that were raised in my mind
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and finally unfortunately
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because there
were lot of questions
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that no one
seemed to have answers
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for I left all relationship
with church et cetera
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became atheistic in my
thinking and lost my way.
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It was not until I began
to study the word of God,
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did I began to understand
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that in the word
you find the answers.
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In what?
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In the word you
find the answers.
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Tonight let's study about heaven
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that wonderful subject
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that a lot of people
have all sorts of ideas,
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there are all sorts of
heavens that people think about.
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For example, I was in Norway
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and while there I went
to the Norwegian Museum
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there in Oslo.
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Now my wife's grand--
pardon me, great grand father
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happened to be in
the region sea captain
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and he is in the
Guinness World book of records
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because he was a youngest
sea captain that couldn't swim.
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But he and his
bride who was in Sweden,
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who was a harpist
at the conservatory
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there in Sweden, they left
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and traveled over
to the United States
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and settled up in a place
called Minot, North Dakota.
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Anyway, I was
interested in going to Norway
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because my
wife's roots from there
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and I went to the museum
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and what do you
suppose I saw there?
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Boats.
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Viking boats, I was
excited to see a Viking boat.
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Now, here is what
I discovered however.
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The Vikings had this notion
and when they died the lords
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that they would
kill all of the livestock
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and servants and all that
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so that they could
take their livestock
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and servants with
them to this other place.
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And then they would of
course bury all the boat
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and everything else in clay
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because they believe that
they would take their boat
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in the-- to the Netherlands.
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You understand what I'm saying?
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Can you imagine how shock
those Viking lords would be
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if they would wake up today
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and find
themselves inside a museum.
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But God has a
better place for us.
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I want you to know
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first of all Paul speaks about
this and talking about heaven
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Paul begins the 2 Corinthians 12
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with verse 2 and 4
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and he makes a very
interesting statement
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which sometimes
people misunderstand
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but I think it's clear.
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Notice Paul says,
"I knew a man in Christ
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above fourteen years ago"
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this language sometimes
Prophets who were too noble
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and too-- too or can I say
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not proud but
very shy about the fact
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that they had
special revelations
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usually try to speak
about some other person
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when in reality they were
speaking about themselves.
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John did the same thing
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if you read in the book of John,
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He says sometimes
the one whom Jesus loved.
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You remember that?
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The one who Jesus
loved, laid on his breath
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well, who was the
one that Jesus loved?
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Well, he is
talking about himself.
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But he was too-- too noble
of a person to point to himself.
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So, Paul says, "I knew
a man about 14 years ago,
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(whether in the
body, I cannot tell;
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or whether out of
the body, I cannot tell)"
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In other words Paul is saying
that the experience was so real
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that he could not tell if
he was really there or not.
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Have you ever had a dream
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that was so real
that you could not tell
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if you were really there or not?
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Have you ever had
that kind of a dream?
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Yes, and so it
was so real to Paul
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that he couldn't tell if he
was actually bodily there or not
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and that's the way it
was with the prophets.
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I mean you read in
the Book of Revelation
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John the revelator says,
"I turned around and I saw
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and then he says, I saw"
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and he speaks about things
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as if though
they were right there.
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Isn't that true?
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Well, Paul says, "Such
an one caught up to" Where?
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"The third heaven."
Notice it says which heaven?
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The third heaven,
well, that's interesting.
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Most people think
about only one heaven
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but Paul is speaking about what?
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The third, if there is a
third, there must be a second,
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if there is a second,
there must be a first.
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Okay, now, notice it
says then in the next verse,
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verse 4 "How that he
was caught up" to where?
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"To paradise" now,
notice first he says,
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the third heaven
and now he says, what?
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Paradise.
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So, Paul is saying
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that he was caught up
into paradising the vision
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and he calls that paradise
the third heaven, you see that?
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And says, "Which it
is not and he heard what?
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"Unspeakable words which is
not lawful for a man to" what?
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Utter."
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He must have heard
some sublime things,
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but he was too
humble to reveal them.
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Well, when
Jesus was on the cross
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you remember the
thief who is next to him
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said, "Lord remember me
when you come into your" what?
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"Your kingdom" and
what was Jesus' response?
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He said, "I will
say on to you today,
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you will be with me" where?
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"In paradise"
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Now by the way some
people misunderstands this text
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and think that Jesus is saying
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that the thief is
going to paradise that day.
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What they're saying
is, I'm telling you today
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you're gonna be
with me in paradise.
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We know that
because Jesus himself
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didn't go to paradise
until after He resurrected
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is that true, yes or no?
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Yes.
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In fact sometimes what
happens is in the Greek
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sometimes there-- by the way,
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in the Greek there
are no punctuations
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but when they
translate into English
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they put commas to
make the English sense
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and sometimes
some of the writers
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did put a comma
in the wrong place.
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Okay, so they put the
comma here in the wrong place.
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Let me, demonstrate to you.
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Listen to this phrase, "A woman
without her man is nothing."
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A What?
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"A woman with out
her man is nothing."
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You ladies are not responding.
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"A woman with
out her man is what?
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"Nothing." Is that true ladies?
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Ah, we have a
divided camp here, all right.
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Now let me use some commas.
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Let me use some commas,
you see the-- what happens.
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How it changes the meaning.
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"A woman, without
her, man is nothing."
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Now, what happens?
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The same sentence
right but what happens?
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The same sentence
the meaning has changed.
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The first one the woman
is nothing without her man.
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The second one, the man
is nothing without the woman.
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Do you understand what
can happen with a comma?
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All right.
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And that's what happened
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but anyway Jesus
is promising the thief
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"Today I'm telling you,
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you are going to
be with me" where?
00:19:26.90\00:19:28.82
In paradise."
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Paul had a vision
and he went to where?
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Paradise and of course look at
what it says in Revelation 2:7,
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Revelation 2:7
"He that hath an ear,
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let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches.
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To him that"
what "that overcometh
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will I give to eat of
the" what "tree of life,
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which is in the midst
of the paradise of" Whom?
00:19:51.98\00:19:55.77
Of God.
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So where is the tree of life?
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In Paradise and what
did Jesus say to him,
00:19:58.52\00:20:00.90
that overcometh I
will give to eat of what
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the tree of life
which is in paradise.
00:20:03.49\00:20:06.19
So when Jesus
resurrected and went to heaven,
00:20:06.22\00:20:08.92
where did he go?
00:20:08.95\00:20:09.98
He went to paradise.
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When He's promised that thief
that he will go to paradise,
00:20:11.65\00:20:14.09
he was actually---
promising him heaven.
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In other words,
Heaven, the third heaven
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and paradise are
synonymous words.
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One it's just an
exchange for the other.
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So the first heaven of course
the Bible calls the sky heavens
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where the fowls
fly, the birds fly.
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"By them shall
the fowls of what?
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Heaven have their habitation?"
00:20:35.09\00:20:37.11
The Bible also refers to
where the stars are as heaven.
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Notice it says "And
God made to great lights,
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the greater
light to rule the day
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and the lesser
light to rule the night.
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He made the stars also
and God set them in the" what?
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Firmament of what?
00:20:52.43\00:20:53.89
Heaven to give
light upon the earth."
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So you see, there is --
00:20:55.44\00:20:57.42
there is a
first heaven, the sky.
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There is a second
heaven the stratosphere space
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and the third heaven
is paradise where God is.
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Now we are talking
tonight not about the first
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not about the
second but about which one?
00:21:09.27\00:21:11.41
The third heaven.
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Okay, that's the one
you want to know about,
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what do you say?
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So let's study them about
the third heaven, paradise.
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What is it all about?
00:21:19.75\00:21:21.45
You remember when
Jesus was going to heaven
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he promised that He would
come back again and take us
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and so that we could
be with him where He is.
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John 14 you remember
that wonderful passage,
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"Let not your heart be" what?
00:21:36.84\00:21:38.70
Troubled, you believe in
God, believe also in whom?
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In Me.
00:21:41.81\00:21:42.84
In my Father's
house are many mansions.
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If it were not so, I
would have told you so.
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I go and prepare place for you.
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And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will what?
00:21:51.44\00:21:54.57
I will come again and
receive you unto myself
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that where I am
there you may be also."
00:21:59.91\00:22:05.22
By the way, how
many of you have heard
00:22:05.25\00:22:06.44
this wonderful hymn
called the Lord's Prayer?
00:22:06.47\00:22:09.71
Any of you? How does it start?
00:22:09.74\00:22:11.93
Our Father which art where?
00:22:11.96\00:22:14.18
In heaven. Okay.
00:22:14.21\00:22:15.24
Jesus then, promised
that He would come from heaven
00:22:18.34\00:22:22.12
and according to Acts 1:10,11
00:22:22.15\00:22:25.25
the angels said the same Jesus
was just taken up into heaven
00:22:25.28\00:22:29.73
shall so come in like manner.
00:22:29.76\00:22:31.76
All right?
00:22:31.79\00:22:32.82
So Jesus is
taken up into heaven,
00:22:32.85\00:22:34.52
the Father is in heaven
00:22:34.55\00:22:35.87
and so the promise is
then that Jesus will come back
00:22:35.90\00:22:39.04
and take His children where?
00:22:39.07\00:22:41.51
To heaven or to
paradise where He is.
00:22:41.54\00:22:45.18
In fact, we are
told about Abraham.
00:22:45.21\00:22:47.22
Notice what it says,
that Abraham looks for what?
00:22:47.25\00:22:50.63
For a city
which have foundations
00:22:50.66\00:22:53.46
builder and makers of who?
00:22:53.49\00:22:55.28
Yes, Abraham recognized
that God had something better
00:22:55.31\00:22:59.15
than what mankind
could do down here on earth
00:22:59.18\00:23:01.99
and so he looks for a
city not that man could build
00:23:02.02\00:23:05.41
but that God would build.
00:23:05.44\00:23:07.59
Hebrews 11:10, so
He looked for a city
00:23:07.62\00:23:12.14
now the question is this,
what is the name of that city?
00:23:12.17\00:23:15.13
Well, the Bible
gives us the name,
00:23:15.16\00:23:17.02
the Bible calls it the what?
00:23:17.05\00:23:19.16
The New Jerusalem,
now please remember this
00:23:19.19\00:23:22.27
and we'll talk about this later,
00:23:22.30\00:23:24.04
but a lot of people
look in two Jerusalem
00:23:24.07\00:23:27.13
but the Bible doesn't
ask us to look two Jerusalem.
00:23:27.16\00:23:30.24
The Bible is asking us
to look to the New Jerusalem
00:23:30.27\00:23:32.86
which one, New
Jerusalem, you see.
00:23:32.89\00:23:36.16
Abraham was not looking
for one who had foundations
00:23:36.19\00:23:39.15
whose builder and maker is man.
00:23:39.18\00:23:41.51
He was looking for a
city that had foundations
00:23:41.54\00:23:43.92
whose builder and maker is who?
00:23:43.95\00:23:45.40
God.
00:23:45.43\00:23:46.46
So those people who put
in their hopes in Jerusalem
00:23:46.49\00:23:49.89
are putting
their hopes in a city
00:23:49.92\00:23:51.45
whose builder and maker is man.
00:23:51.48\00:23:54.38
But the Bible is
not promising man
00:23:54.41\00:23:56.74
a city that's build by
man the Bible is promising man
00:23:56.77\00:24:00.35
a city that's
built by God himself.
00:24:00.38\00:24:02.32
What do you say?
00:24:02.35\00:24:03.57
And no wonder it
says, I go and prepare.
00:24:03.60\00:24:07.51
Well, if He's preparing a place
00:24:07.54\00:24:10.01
well, if He's preparing it means
00:24:10.04\00:24:11.53
you have to do
something to prepare right?
00:24:11.56\00:24:13.93
And then a place
00:24:13.96\00:24:15.53
well, if it says a
place then it's a place.
00:24:15.56\00:24:18.13
What do you say?
00:24:18.16\00:24:19.70
I know that-- that the place
that I'm staying right now,
00:24:19.73\00:24:24.09
is not some fictitious
thing where I just float around.
00:24:24.12\00:24:27.07
Fortunately it's a real bed
at that brother Brain's home.
00:24:27.10\00:24:32.81
And I could lie down on a place
00:24:32.84\00:24:35.68
that was provided for
me or prepared for me.
00:24:35.71\00:24:37.94
You understand what I'm saying?
00:24:37.97\00:24:39.25
Jesus went to prepare the place
00:24:39.28\00:24:41.27
and it's called
the New Jerusalem.
00:24:41.30\00:24:42.93
Well, what does this city have?
00:24:42.96\00:24:45.00
The Bible says that this city
00:24:45.03\00:24:49.65
is square is what?
00:24:49.68\00:24:51.61
Four square.
00:24:51.64\00:24:52.67
Notice it says,
"And the city lieth" how
00:24:52.70\00:24:55.40
"foursquare, and the length
is as large as the breadth:
00:24:55.43\00:24:57.80
and he measured
the city with the reed,
00:24:57.83\00:24:59.92
twelve thousand furlongs."
00:24:59.95\00:25:01.19
So length, breath and height
of all-- all of it is equal.
00:25:01.22\00:25:04.86
So here is a city
that is foursquare
00:25:04.89\00:25:08.41
and is 12,000 furlongs.
00:25:08.44\00:25:10.22
Now you may ask the
question how big is that?
00:25:10.25\00:25:12.71
Well, let me explain it to you.
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.32
12,000 furlongs is 250--
I'm sorry 2560 kilometers
00:25:14.35\00:25:21.85
which is basically four
times around 640 kilometers
00:25:21.88\00:25:26.17
for those of you
who are in Europe
00:25:26.20\00:25:28.50
but for those of you who
are here in the United States
00:25:28.53\00:25:30.57
it's basically
about 350 miles one side.
00:25:30.60\00:25:33.95
How much? 350 miles one side.
00:25:33.98\00:25:37.75
All right or 1500 miles around.
00:25:37.78\00:25:41.52
Now let's consider
what this is talking about
00:25:41.55\00:25:44.27
because we're talking
about a large city here.
00:25:44.30\00:25:47.20
I grew up in New York City.
00:25:47.23\00:25:48.46
How many of you
recognize this lady?
00:25:48.49\00:25:50.94
Statue of Liberty and
by the way I never knew
00:25:50.97\00:25:54.60
why people always
wanted to go and see a statue.
00:25:54.63\00:25:56.30
I grew up and I never had any
interest to the see the statue.
00:25:56.33\00:26:01.42
It was just one of those things
00:26:01.45\00:26:02.57
it was there in the
backyard, do you understand?
00:26:02.60\00:26:05.83
And people would come
from all over the world
00:26:05.86\00:26:07.44
to see the statue,
00:26:07.47\00:26:08.50
well, I moved away
and went back to New York
00:26:08.53\00:26:10.88
to work as
minister in the New York
00:26:10.91\00:26:12.38
and had some
friends from other town
00:26:12.41\00:26:13.86
who came to see me
00:26:13.89\00:26:15.67
and what do you
suppose they wanted to see?
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.37
The statue, so
for the first time
00:26:17.40\00:26:19.14
I had to go and see
the statue, all right.
00:26:19.17\00:26:21.24
Well, in New York City
00:26:21.27\00:26:23.72
they have an
approximate population
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.91
about 16 million
people, how many?
00:26:25.94\00:26:28.29
16 million people.
00:26:28.32\00:26:29.93
By the way in Australia,
the whole country of Australia
00:26:29.96\00:26:32.79
they have about
18 million people.
00:26:32.82\00:26:35.32
About how much?
18 million people.
00:26:35.35\00:26:37.92
So in one small
area of the United States
00:26:37.95\00:26:40.55
you have almost
the total population
00:26:40.58\00:26:42.71
of entire country of Australia.
00:26:42.74\00:26:46.92
It's amazing, isn't it?
00:26:46.95\00:26:48.86
Ah, if you ever
go to New York City
00:26:48.89\00:26:50.55
any of you have
been to New York City?
00:26:50.58\00:26:52.19
What do you think
of those skyscrapers?
00:26:52.22\00:26:54.74
You look straight up right
00:26:54.77\00:26:56.61
when the twin towers were there
00:26:56.64\00:26:57.73
I remember you
can look straight up
00:26:57.76\00:26:59.44
and you have to
look-- look up straight up.
00:26:59.47\00:27:01.98
And then when you got up
on top you look straight down.
00:27:02.01\00:27:04.38
Those cars look like
little ants going around.
00:27:04.41\00:27:06.82
You remember that?
00:27:06.85\00:27:08.84
Well, 16 million
people in that little spot.
00:27:08.87\00:27:14.21
So let me show you a
comparison of Untied States
00:27:14.24\00:27:16.76
you would see what
we're talking about.
00:27:16.79\00:27:19.02
Right there where that arrow is,
00:27:19.05\00:27:20.88
that little dot right there
that's New York City, okay?
00:27:20.91\00:27:25.92
And in comparison
to that little dot
00:27:25.95\00:27:28.54
that's how big we are
talking about the Holy City is
00:27:28.57\00:27:33.66
and for those of you are
in the west coast of course,
00:27:33.69\00:27:36.46
I could have take that
square and move it down
00:27:36.49\00:27:38.62
here it's about, about
that size, you see that?
00:27:38.65\00:27:41.46
What state is that
by the way you know?
00:27:41.49\00:27:45.05
So if you move that from
there I live in near Portland
00:27:45.08\00:27:48.55
right now, that
little dot behind there
00:27:48.58\00:27:50.64
and that's how big the city
is in comparison to that area.
00:27:50.67\00:27:54.61
So let me ask you a question,
00:27:54.64\00:27:55.94
if 16 million people can
live in that little spot there
00:27:55.97\00:27:59.44
how much people do you think
can live in that whole city?
00:27:59.47\00:28:03.96
That's why the old
negro spiritual said,
00:28:03.99\00:28:06.01
"Plenty good room--
00:28:06.04\00:28:07.27
Plenty good room in
my father's kingdom"
00:28:07.30\00:28:09.00
how many of you have
over heard that song?
00:28:09.03\00:28:10.81
You never heard
it some of you have,
00:28:10.84\00:28:12.21
yes, that's why
00:28:12.24\00:28:13.47
because God is preparing a place
00:28:13.50\00:28:16.84
that has enough room for
all who want to be there.
00:28:16.87\00:28:20.17
What do you say?
00:28:20.20\00:28:21.23
So here's the question how
many of you want to be there?
00:28:21.26\00:28:23.73
I haven't even told
you what it's all about
00:28:23.76\00:28:25.15
and you want to be there?
00:28:25.18\00:28:26.29
So let's study some more
and see what is in store for us.
00:28:26.32\00:28:31.60
If we were to go
to Europe or Australia
00:28:31.63\00:28:36.09
we could put a square
over it, here's Budapest
00:28:36.12\00:28:39.67
of course that's
Hungary I was there in January.
00:28:39.70\00:28:42.36
And so I was showing them
00:28:42.39\00:28:43.86
the comparison
of the city with--
00:28:43.89\00:28:46.84
with the territory of Hungary.
00:28:46.87\00:28:50.97
And you can say if
you move it I was Basel,
00:28:51.00\00:28:54.08
Zurich not long ago in Bern
00:28:54.11\00:28:56.42
and if you move it over there
00:28:56.45\00:28:57.48
you can see how
much-- how big the city is.
00:28:57.51\00:28:59.61
Well, if you go to Australia
00:28:59.64\00:29:00.82
for those of you
who are down under
00:29:00.85\00:29:03.29
here is how big
that city would be.
00:29:03.32\00:29:05.77
It takes up all
of Sydney et cetera.
00:29:05.80\00:29:08.19
Do you see that?
00:29:08.22\00:29:09.89
So here's Sydney in that dot
00:29:09.92\00:29:12.20
and this is how
big the city would be.
00:29:12.23\00:29:14.27
So you can see friends
that there is how much?
00:29:14.30\00:29:17.92
Plenty of room in the city
00:29:17.95\00:29:19.84
and God is given us
specific description
00:29:19.87\00:29:23.48
to help us understand
00:29:23.51\00:29:24.90
that it is a real
place for real people.
00:29:24.93\00:29:27.38
Plenty of room for
all who want to be there.
00:29:27.41\00:29:30.80
I imagine
friends that artists have
00:29:30.83\00:29:32.98
a hard time
portraying the glories of it.
00:29:33.01\00:29:35.34
And artists do
try to make an attempt
00:29:35.37\00:29:37.28
to give us some kind of idea
00:29:37.31\00:29:39.44
but fortunately the Bible says,
00:29:39.47\00:29:41.87
I have not seen
though you have heard.
00:29:41.90\00:29:44.34
And that's 1
Corinthians 2:9 In other words,
00:29:44.37\00:29:47.57
it's very heard
for us to imagine
00:29:47.60\00:29:49.76
how splendid, how glorious
00:29:49.79\00:29:51.87
that place will be for
those who have loved God.
00:29:51.90\00:29:54.86
But apparently from what we read
00:29:54.89\00:29:57.15
God is really putting some--
00:29:57.18\00:29:59.63
some wonderful
material into that building.
00:29:59.66\00:30:01.96
Listen, let's see what--
what God is putting into that?
00:30:01.99\00:30:06.67
"First of all it says,
00:30:06.70\00:30:08.42
she had a great
wall with how many gates?
00:30:08.45\00:30:11.63
12 gates and 12
angels at the gates.
00:30:11.66\00:30:14.85
Then it says that
names were written on them,
00:30:14.88\00:30:19.31
which are the
names of the 12 tribes
00:30:19.34\00:30:21.07
of the children of Israel."
00:30:21.10\00:30:22.56
Chapter 21:12, then it says
00:30:22.59\00:30:25.37
that each three
gates is on one side
00:30:25.40\00:30:28.31
and three gates
on the other side
00:30:28.34\00:30:29.37
and three gates
on the other side
00:30:29.40\00:30:30.45
and three gates
on the other side.
00:30:30.48\00:30:31.51
In other words it says
North, South, East and West gate
00:30:31.54\00:30:34.30
and then it tells us
00:30:34.33\00:30:36.07
that that city has
the gates made of pearl
00:30:36.10\00:30:40.54
and then it tells
us that it has walls
00:30:40.57\00:30:44.06
that have many precious gems
00:30:44.09\00:30:49.10
used to make the foundations.
00:30:49.13\00:30:52.01
The walls are made
of transparent gold
00:30:52.04\00:30:54.18
and tells us in verse 18
00:30:54.21\00:30:55.97
notice it says "The building
of the wall of it was of jasper
00:30:56.00\00:30:58.72
and the city of pure gold,
like unto" what "clear glass."
00:30:58.75\00:31:03.06
You see that?
00:31:03.09\00:31:05.37
Then it says, "The foundations
of the wall of the city
00:31:05.40\00:31:08.38
were garnished with all
manner of precious stones.
00:31:08.41\00:31:10.42
The first foundation was
jasper the second sapphire,
00:31:10.45\00:31:13.27
the third, a chalcedony,
the fourth an emerald
00:31:13.30\00:31:16.22
and so it
continues explaining to us
00:31:16.25\00:31:18.94
giving us a
different-- different stones.
00:31:18.97\00:31:22.48
Look at the-- the potential
00:31:22.51\00:31:24.60
of what that
foundation would look like.
00:31:24.63\00:31:27.22
Today, when people make homes
and they build a foundation
00:31:27.25\00:31:31.86
normally speaking
they burry the foundation,
00:31:31.89\00:31:35.52
they hide the
foundation, is that true?
00:31:35.55\00:31:38.59
But God is using precious
stones for that foundation
00:31:38.62\00:31:42.39
and it speaks about
the sardonyx, sardius,
00:31:42.42\00:31:46.17
chrysolite and the beryl
the topaz the chrysoprasus,
00:31:46.20\00:31:51.14
the jacinth and the amethyst.
00:31:51.17\00:31:54.26
And the 12 gates were 12 pearls
00:31:54.29\00:31:55.93
every gate was of one pearl
00:31:55.96\00:31:57.84
and the street of the city
also was of transparent gold.
00:31:57.87\00:32:01.06
The street is
what? Transparent gold.
00:32:01.09\00:32:04.53
One time I was
visiting a friend,
00:32:04.56\00:32:06.52
his name was Ofamez
00:32:06.55\00:32:08.45
and he happened to
be a rock collector.
00:32:08.48\00:32:11.46
A what? Rock collector.
00:32:11.49\00:32:13.71
Now, I forgot the
official term for it
00:32:13.74\00:32:15.76
so I hope you don't mind
00:32:15.79\00:32:18.16
we just call him rock collector.
00:32:18.19\00:32:20.07
He won't appreciate
that if he ware alive today
00:32:20.10\00:32:22.21
but anyway I forgot the term.
00:32:22.24\00:32:24.50
But anyway, he took--
he took me to his home
00:32:24.53\00:32:28.47
and down stairs in the basement
00:32:28.50\00:32:30.46
he had all his
beautiful collection
00:32:30.49\00:32:32.72
and he loved to make
butterflies out of the rocks
00:32:32.75\00:32:37.06
that he would
polish and all that.
00:32:37.09\00:32:38.38
So he had
butterflies of all colors,
00:32:38.41\00:32:42.61
it was just marvelous.
00:32:42.64\00:32:43.67
Then he took us into
a little special room
00:32:43.70\00:32:44.90
and he had a black
metal box in this small room
00:32:44.93\00:32:49.06
and he turned on the light
and said what do you see inside?
00:32:49.09\00:32:51.45
Well, we looked and
we thought to ourselves
00:32:51.48\00:32:53.84
what's he so excited about?
00:32:53.87\00:32:56.61
All there was, was just a
bunch of rocks inside there
00:32:56.64\00:32:59.60
and so we were thinking
well, he has gone rocky.
00:32:59.63\00:33:01.84
You understand what I'm saying?
What's he so excited about?
00:33:01.87\00:33:05.49
Well, he says okay, stand back
00:33:05.52\00:33:07.21
and we stood back
he turned off the light
00:33:07.24\00:33:08.66
and then he
turned on a black light
00:33:08.69\00:33:11.03
and all of a
sudden we could understand
00:33:11.06\00:33:12.96
why he was so excited.
00:33:12.99\00:33:14.23
Those rocks were phosphorescent
00:33:14.26\00:33:16.65
and they were able to
glow in different colors.
00:33:16.68\00:33:21.07
It was deep blues
and violet, purples
00:33:21.10\00:33:23.80
and greens and
yellows and bright reds.
00:33:23.83\00:33:29.25
It was just amazing.
00:33:29.28\00:33:30.35
I had never seen
anything like that before
00:33:30.38\00:33:32.49
rocks glowing
in gorgeous colors.
00:33:32.52\00:33:35.85
And when I stood back and saw
that I thought to myself aha,
00:33:35.88\00:33:40.55
this gives me an idea
00:33:40.58\00:33:41.93
of what the foundation of
the whole city will look like.
00:33:41.96\00:33:45.15
Listen there is more,
00:33:49.91\00:33:53.53
the scripture in telling us
that there is transparent gold
00:33:53.56\00:33:57.41
scientists have discovered
how to make transparent gold
00:33:57.44\00:33:59.71
I told you that--
that the other night
00:33:59.74\00:34:01.72
and for those of
you who are new tonight
00:34:01.75\00:34:04.26
for centuries
skeptics would scoff and mock
00:34:04.29\00:34:06.97
the Bible and ridicule
00:34:07.00\00:34:08.45
that who can
ever see through gold.
00:34:08.48\00:34:10.12
You know, gold is
normally yellow right,
00:34:10.15\00:34:12.00
white gold and you
can't see through it.
00:34:12.03\00:34:14.02
Right, how many of you
have gold on yourselves?
00:34:14.05\00:34:16.23
Okay, try to look through
it. Yes, you are laughing at me.
00:34:16.26\00:34:20.37
While you are saying
you can't see through gold.
00:34:20.40\00:34:22.34
Right?
00:34:22.37\00:34:23.40
Well, scientists have
discovered how to make gold
00:34:23.43\00:34:25.82
and they use it in the airplanes
00:34:25.85\00:34:28.53
right there in the cockpit
00:34:28.56\00:34:31.39
there are two plates of glass
inch and half thick a piece
00:34:31.42\00:34:35.37
and in between there is
a film of transparent gold
00:34:35.40\00:34:38.20
and so they use
the transparent gold
00:34:38.23\00:34:41.22
to heat up the
windshield to the fogged
00:34:41.25\00:34:43.61
as well as to keep
it flexible in flight.
00:34:43.64\00:34:47.86
And so, the technician
that installs it told me
00:34:47.89\00:34:52.13
that it takes a
120 bolts to install it
00:34:52.16\00:34:54.83
and that each
plate glass cost $20,000.
00:34:54.86\00:34:58.17
So skeptics no
longer are laughing about
00:35:01.20\00:35:04.93
transparent gold, why?
00:35:04.96\00:35:07.68
Because the Bible
is advance to science
00:35:07.71\00:35:10.64
as I told you the other day.
00:35:10.67\00:35:13.32
Well, as we continue
00:35:13.35\00:35:15.71
Jesus says, "I create
new heavens and" what?
00:35:15.74\00:35:19.19
"And the new earth!"
00:35:19.22\00:35:20.25
In other words, my friends
00:35:20.28\00:35:21.87
as we understand it you remember
00:35:21.90\00:35:24.07
if you studied about the--
00:35:24.10\00:35:26.72
the destruction of
the wicked and the enemy.
00:35:26.75\00:35:29.83
Well, finally the
Lord will make a new heaven
00:35:29.86\00:35:31.86
and a new earth and when He does
00:35:31.89\00:35:34.02
then that Holy city will
be the centre of the universe.
00:35:34.05\00:35:38.08
God will then be
in that city it says
00:35:38.11\00:35:42.36
and there will be no
need of the sun there
00:35:42.39\00:35:44.38
because God will
be the light of it.
00:35:44.41\00:35:47.02
Wouldn't it be a glorious
thing for us to dwell with God
00:35:47.05\00:35:50.43
and to be in a city
where He is there present?
00:35:50.46\00:35:53.77
How many of you would--
00:35:53.80\00:35:55.03
would just love
to be there with God.
00:35:55.06\00:35:58.15
I can't imagine
what it would be like
00:35:58.18\00:36:00.13
to be in the
presence of God forever,
00:36:00.16\00:36:02.15
what do you say?
00:36:02.18\00:36:03.21
An eternal bless and joy
00:36:03.24\00:36:05.03
and God has promised
that He will wipe away
00:36:05.06\00:36:06.99
how many tears?
00:36:07.02\00:36:08.34
All tears from their eyes
there shall be no more what?
00:36:08.37\00:36:12.45
There shall be no more death,
neither sorrow nor what crying
00:36:12.48\00:36:17.37
for the former things
have what, passed away.
00:36:17.40\00:36:20.39
In other words, God
will wipe all evil away
00:36:20.42\00:36:23.16
as we studied in
the previous segment.
00:36:23.19\00:36:25.94
And finally the Lord
will restore everything
00:36:25.97\00:36:29.70
to His epidemic beauty.
00:36:29.73\00:36:32.18
In Revelation
22:1 it also tells us
00:36:32.21\00:36:34.64
that there is the tree of life.
00:36:34.67\00:36:36.77
The what?
00:36:36.80\00:36:37.88
The tree of life
remember in Revelation 2:7
00:36:37.91\00:36:40.82
Jesus said, "To
him that overcometh
00:36:40.85\00:36:42.50
will I give to eat
of the tree of life,
00:36:42.53\00:36:44.03
which is in the midst
of the paradise of God."
00:36:44.06\00:36:46.33
Well, here in
Revelation 22:1 and 2
00:36:46.36\00:36:49.15
it tells us that the
tree of life is there
00:36:49.18\00:36:51.32
but please remember
00:36:51.35\00:36:52.38
where was the tree
of life to begin with?
00:36:52.41\00:36:54.67
In the Garden of Eden.
And so what is God doing?
00:36:54.70\00:36:57.83
God is restoring to us
00:36:57.86\00:36:59.13
the privilege of living forever.
00:36:59.16\00:37:01.42
Living for how long? Forever.
00:37:01.45\00:37:04.09
I was in Romania
talking about the tree of life.
00:37:04.12\00:37:06.46
And it says of the
bares 12 manner of fruits.
00:37:06.49\00:37:08.53
How many?
00:37:08.56\00:37:09.59
12 manner of
fruit which means then
00:37:09.62\00:37:11.37
if it has fruits
somebody is going to eat it.
00:37:11.40\00:37:12.97
What do you say?
00:37:13.00\00:37:14.40
Now, I was in
Romania and I love mangoes.
00:37:14.43\00:37:18.67
Any of you like mangoes?
00:37:18.70\00:37:20.97
Boy, in about three weeks
I'm going to the Philippines
00:37:21.00\00:37:23.93
and it's mango season.
00:37:23.96\00:37:26.60
Sorry, folks but
anyway I love mangoes
00:37:26.63\00:37:31.42
and as I was talking
to the-- to the Romanian's
00:37:31.45\00:37:34.23
I said "Boy I hope one
of the fruit is a mango."
00:37:34.26\00:37:38.01
And I was so
excited about my mango.
00:37:38.04\00:37:40.46
And afterwards some
people came up to me and said
00:37:40.49\00:37:43.54
Pastor, what's a mango?
00:37:43.57\00:37:47.41
I had no idea they
had never seen a mango
00:37:47.44\00:37:49.41
before eating the mango.
00:37:49.44\00:37:51.10
And I said
well, when you get one
00:37:51.13\00:37:52.61
a good one you'll understand
what I'm talking about.
00:37:52.64\00:37:56.51
A tree of life with
all manner of fruits.
00:37:56.54\00:37:59.24
The scripture also says then,
00:37:59.27\00:38:02.20
that we will
build houses and what?
00:38:02.23\00:38:05.38
And inhabit them
notice Isaiah 65:21
00:38:05.41\00:38:09.03
"And they shall build
houses and inhabit them,
00:38:09.06\00:38:11.13
they shall plant vineyards
and eat the fruit of them."
00:38:11.16\00:38:13.58
It even says in the Isaiah 11
00:38:13.61\00:38:16.77
that the animals
will be tamed as well.
00:38:16.80\00:38:19.53
Notice it says, "They shall
build houses and inhabit them,
00:38:19.56\00:38:21.72
they shall plant vineyards
and eat the fruit of them"
00:38:21.75\00:38:25.02
then it says "They shall
not build and another inhabit,
00:38:25.05\00:38:28.37
they shall not
plant and another eat
00:38:28.40\00:38:30.62
for as the days of a tree
will be the days of my people."
00:38:30.65\00:38:35.35
And then it says, "And
my elect shall long enjoy"
00:38:35.38\00:38:39.22
how long?
00:38:39.25\00:38:40.46
"Long enjoy the
work of their hands."
00:38:40.49\00:38:43.04
Would you love to
look forward to that time?
00:38:43.07\00:38:45.29
You know, we
think we own our homes
00:38:45.32\00:38:48.34
and it doesn't matter
how much you pay on your home
00:38:48.37\00:38:50.30
even if you pay it off,
00:38:50.33\00:38:52.04
if you think it's
your, don't pay the taxes.
00:38:52.07\00:38:54.04
Yeah.
00:38:54.07\00:38:55.84
And then you'll
discover how much it re--
00:38:55.87\00:38:59.28
how much really
belongs to you right?
00:38:59.31\00:39:01.35
You know what I'm saying?
00:39:01.38\00:39:03.49
But the scripture says,
here that that won't happen.
00:39:03.52\00:39:07.83
You will build
houses you will inhabit them
00:39:07.86\00:39:10.28
think of it then.
00:39:10.31\00:39:11.68
If Jesus is preparing a
place for you in the city,
00:39:11.71\00:39:15.28
it means that
you'll have a city home.
00:39:15.31\00:39:17.49
If you build houses it means
00:39:17.52\00:39:19.24
that you'll have a country home.
00:39:19.27\00:39:21.47
You'll have both the what?
00:39:21.50\00:39:23.18
A city home and a country home.
00:39:23.21\00:39:26.00
I was talking to my wife
00:39:26.03\00:39:27.33
when we began to
study about this and I--
00:39:27.36\00:39:30.71
I said, look, honey
why don't we talk about
00:39:30.74\00:39:33.20
what kind of living room
we're gonna have over there.
00:39:33.23\00:39:36.26
And we thought about
it would be a great idea
00:39:36.29\00:39:37.88
if we can have a waterfall
00:39:37.91\00:39:38.94
coming right
into the living room
00:39:38.97\00:39:40.34
with all sorts of roses
00:39:40.37\00:39:41.41
without thorns all around
there's couches to sit on.
00:39:41.44\00:39:45.30
Why not? What do you say?
00:39:45.33\00:39:47.79
Why not beginning
to-- why not begin to think
00:39:47.82\00:39:49.95
about what you're
going to do in the kingdom.
00:39:49.98\00:39:52.28
Well, listen, it says "The wolf
also shall dwell with the lamb,
00:39:52.31\00:39:57.03
the leopard shall lie
down with the young goat,
00:39:57.06\00:39:59.20
the calf and the young
lion and the fatling together."
00:39:59.23\00:40:03.37
Now again people
think this is a fairy tale
00:40:03.40\00:40:05.67
but I want to tell
you it's not a fairy tale
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.95
God promises this
and it will happen.
00:40:07.98\00:40:10.92
In Oregon, in
the state of Oregon
00:40:10.95\00:40:12.60
there was a story about a
lioness called Little Tyke.
00:40:12.63\00:40:16.33
Any of you have
heard of Little Tyke?
00:40:16.36\00:40:18.20
All right.
00:40:18.23\00:40:19.75
I happened to
know, I have a friend
00:40:19.78\00:40:21.90
who happened to go
and visit the people
00:40:21.93\00:40:27.48
who own this lioness
and they just said look
00:40:27.51\00:40:30.87
you just have to be a
little careful with it.
00:40:30.90\00:40:33.74
Why is that,
because she loves to play
00:40:33.77\00:40:36.81
and she doesn't
realize how big she is.
00:40:36.84\00:40:39.93
She loves to what? Play.
00:40:39.96\00:40:41.93
She doesn't
realize how big she is.
00:40:41.96\00:40:44.73
So Dwayne said he went
people were in the living room
00:40:44.76\00:40:48.18
and he said just go
gently you know, walk up
00:40:48.21\00:40:50.55
because if you walk too fast
00:40:50.58\00:40:52.53
she is gonna think
you are playing with her
00:40:52.56\00:40:53.80
and well, well, Dwayne didn't
have to be told any longer
00:40:53.83\00:40:59.16
what he had to
do, you understand?
00:40:59.19\00:41:00.82
And he began to pet the lioness
00:41:03.84\00:41:06.62
and to him it was a
thrill to find the lioness.
00:41:06.65\00:41:08.87
This lioness by the
way was a vegetarian.
00:41:08.90\00:41:11.64
A what? A vegetarian.
00:41:11.67\00:41:14.22
Can you imagine
that a vegetarian lion.
00:41:14.25\00:41:16.89
What would happen was that
this lioness was a little cub
00:41:16.92\00:41:20.64
and the lion that
had, the lioness that had--
00:41:20.67\00:41:22.95
it actually had
several other cubs
00:41:22.98\00:41:24.46
and killed them all
except for this one.
00:41:24.49\00:41:26.92
This one was rescued
00:41:26.95\00:41:28.51
and was given to of
all people a butcher
00:41:28.54\00:41:33.45
and so the butcher begins
00:41:33.48\00:41:35.71
and his wife begin
to raise this animal
00:41:35.74\00:41:38.29
but to their shock it turned out
00:41:38.32\00:41:39.83
that even
thought he was a butcher
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.14
he thought okay, good, great
00:41:41.17\00:41:43.23
I could draw my scrap
in the mouth of the lioness
00:41:43.26\00:41:45.45
I won't have to worry
about him anymore, you see.
00:41:45.48\00:41:48.02
Well, he had
something else coming
00:41:48.05\00:41:50.27
because the lioness
wouldn't eat the meat.
00:41:50.30\00:41:53.91
Here it is he is
offering a piece of meat
00:41:53.94\00:41:56.03
and what's the lioness doing?
00:41:56.06\00:41:58.23
Turning his face.
00:41:58.26\00:41:59.29
In fact, they told them
00:41:59.32\00:42:00.84
that unless this
lioness could learn to eat meat
00:42:00.87\00:42:03.20
that it would die.
00:42:03.23\00:42:04.30
So, in order to get
the lioness to eat meat
00:42:04.33\00:42:06.95
what they did was
they-- they took the milk
00:42:06.98\00:42:08.80
that lioness use to like
00:42:08.83\00:42:10.32
and they put a drop
of blood in the milk
00:42:10.35\00:42:12.60
with the idea that
once it began to taste blood
00:42:12.63\00:42:15.95
it get use to
blood and eat meat.
00:42:15.98\00:42:17.89
Well, the amazing thing is that
as soon as the lioness smelled
00:42:17.92\00:42:20.77
the one blood, one drop of blood
00:42:20.80\00:42:22.53
it would not touch the milk.
00:42:22.56\00:42:26.43
And you know, it's best pet?
00:42:26.46\00:42:28.54
They-- They
actually had a TV show
00:42:28.57\00:42:31.34
and the-- the lioness
would come into the room
00:42:31.37\00:42:37.11
running into the room
and on the couch was a lamb.
00:42:37.14\00:42:40.92
You know what
the lioness would do?
00:42:40.95\00:42:42.52
It would make a mag
dash and of course the--
00:42:42.55\00:42:44.69
people in the
audience seeing that lioness
00:42:44.72\00:42:47.12
but all it do is just go
look at the people turn around
00:42:47.15\00:42:49.48
jump on the couch and take
the little lamb and cuddle it.
00:42:49.51\00:42:52.77
And so there it is--
00:42:52.80\00:42:57.68
now friends let me
ask you a question,
00:42:57.71\00:42:59.69
if it's possible
in a world of sin,
00:42:59.72\00:43:02.29
will it be possible
in a world with out sin?
00:43:02.32\00:43:05.07
Yes or no? Yes.
00:43:05.10\00:43:06.63
Isn't that wonderful?
00:43:11.20\00:43:13.65
Can you imagine
what it would be like
00:43:13.68\00:43:15.04
to be in the world
00:43:15.07\00:43:16.10
where you don't have to
worry about danger anymore?
00:43:16.13\00:43:22.61
No more concern about locks,
00:43:22.64\00:43:24.20
no more concern about
crooks or thieves or murderers.
00:43:24.23\00:43:27.90
No more concern
about wild animals.
00:43:27.93\00:43:30.30
I remember we use
to live in Georgia,
00:43:30.33\00:43:34.14
in a place
called Hoboken Georgia.
00:43:34.17\00:43:36.49
Now most people have
heard of Hoboken, New Jersey.
00:43:36.52\00:43:39.37
And even people from Georgia
00:43:39.40\00:43:41.83
most people don't
know where Hoboken is,
00:43:41.86\00:43:43.85
when I say I lived in Hoboken.
00:43:43.88\00:43:45.50
They say where is that?
00:43:45.53\00:43:46.56
New Jersey, I said no.
00:43:46.59\00:43:48.18
I'm talking to people
form Georgia see down south
00:43:48.21\00:43:51.15
and I said
Hoboken, say where is that?
00:43:51.18\00:43:52.85
New Jersey?
00:43:52.88\00:43:53.91
No, no it's not New
Jersey it's Georgia.
00:43:53.94\00:43:56.00
There is no Hoboken, Georgia.
00:43:56.03\00:43:57.59
I said yes, there is.
00:43:57.62\00:44:00.04
And then I'd had to start
talking in their language.
00:44:00.07\00:44:01.73
Boy you don't know
where you all live, do you?
00:44:01.76\00:44:04.35
And so-- so anyway
00:44:04.38\00:44:09.68
in that place we
had a little farm
00:44:09.71\00:44:11.81
and one other things
we had was rattle snakes.
00:44:11.84\00:44:13.99
We had what? Rattle snakes.
00:44:14.02\00:44:16.03
We also had water Markesan's
00:44:16.06\00:44:17.60
you know they
are poisonous things.
00:44:17.63\00:44:19.45
And one day I remember
00:44:19.48\00:44:22.06
there was a big big
piece of metal on the ground
00:44:22.09\00:44:25.79
and we were clearing it up.
00:44:25.82\00:44:27.28
And so I was about to
lift it up with my wife and so,
00:44:27.31\00:44:29.86
then I thought no better not,
00:44:29.89\00:44:31.56
we don't know
what's underneath there.
00:44:31.59\00:44:33.03
So I said let me
get the piece of wood,
00:44:33.06\00:44:35.13
you know and I'll lift it up
00:44:35.16\00:44:36.94
and when we saw it
clear then we will move it.
00:44:36.97\00:44:39.82
Well, as soon as I lift it up
00:44:39.85\00:44:40.94
what do you
suppose was in there?
00:44:40.97\00:44:42.64
Huge about a six
foot water Markesan.
00:44:42.67\00:44:45.94
And who do you
think it run after my wife
00:44:45.97\00:44:49.57
and I did not know that my
wife was a marathon runner.
00:44:49.60\00:44:54.97
But I'll tell you she took off
00:44:55.00\00:44:57.41
and I didn't know
she could run so fast.
00:44:57.44\00:45:00.06
Well, anyway in the kingdom
00:45:00.09\00:45:02.25
we won't have to
worry about that.
00:45:02.28\00:45:03.47
What do you say?
00:45:03.50\00:45:04.88
We will not have to be concerned
00:45:04.91\00:45:06.18
about things that destroy.
00:45:06.21\00:45:09.46
The scripture says that
I'll be a place for real people.
00:45:09.49\00:45:13.10
Notice what it
says, in Isaiah 66 it says
00:45:13.13\00:45:16.97
"For as the new
heavens and the new earth
00:45:17.00\00:45:19.69
which I will make shall
remain before me, says the Lord.
00:45:19.72\00:45:22.98
So shall your shed
and your name remain.
00:45:23.01\00:45:26.83
And it shall come to pass"
00:45:26.86\00:45:28.85
wait a minute don't be too fast,
00:45:28.88\00:45:30.49
"And it shall come to pass
00:45:30.52\00:45:32.13
that from one
new moon to another.
00:45:32.16\00:45:35.97
And from one Sabbath to another,
00:45:36.00\00:45:38.24
shall all flesh come
to worship before me."
00:45:38.27\00:45:41.82
Let me read this again.
00:45:41.85\00:45:43.42
"So shall your
descendent and your name remain.
00:45:43.45\00:45:45.54
And it shall come to pass
00:45:45.57\00:45:46.73
that from one
new moon to another."
00:45:46.76\00:45:48.62
And now you can change.
00:45:48.65\00:45:50.51
"And from one Sabbath
to another shall" what?
00:45:50.54\00:45:53.78
Or what? All flesh come to what?
00:45:53.81\00:45:57.44
"Worship before me."
00:45:57.47\00:45:59.08
Now what it's telling us
00:45:59.11\00:46:00.62
is that just as
there it's going to be
00:46:00.65\00:46:02.49
a new heaven and a new earth.
00:46:02.52\00:46:04.64
You remember Revelation
21 John said I saw a what?
00:46:04.67\00:46:08.44
A new heaven and a new earth
00:46:08.47\00:46:11.07
and Isaiah the
prophet in the Old Testament
00:46:11.10\00:46:13.38
supports that he says,
00:46:13.41\00:46:14.85
as the new
heavens and the new earth
00:46:14.88\00:46:16.73
which I'll make shall
remain before me says the Lord,
00:46:16.76\00:46:19.74
so shall your name
also remain before me.
00:46:19.77\00:46:22.77
And it shall come to pass
00:46:22.80\00:46:23.91
that from one
new moon to another
00:46:23.94\00:46:25.39
and from one Sabbath to another
00:46:25.42\00:46:27.00
shall all flesh come
to worship before me.
00:46:27.03\00:46:30.23
Now notice it says
shall all what? Flesh.
00:46:30.26\00:46:35.31
Now please remember this
00:46:35.34\00:46:37.75
we always have to go
back to the beginning
00:46:37.78\00:46:39.42
remember in Genesis 1
and 2 and I'm saying this
00:46:39.45\00:46:42.11
because there are
people who think that--
00:46:42.14\00:46:43.84
that when you die
you go directly to heaven
00:46:43.87\00:46:46.71
or you go to hell,
limbo or someplace,
00:46:46.74\00:46:48.70
you understand what I'm saying?
00:46:48.73\00:46:50.65
And that people are
spirits please remember this,
00:46:50.68\00:46:53.75
when God created Adam and eve.
00:46:53.78\00:46:55.53
He created them as what?
00:46:55.56\00:46:57.53
Spirit or as flesh? Flesh.
00:46:57.56\00:47:00.24
And if Adam and
eve had ever sinned
00:47:00.27\00:47:01.81
how long would
they have lived for?
00:47:01.84\00:47:03.25
Forever.
00:47:03.28\00:47:04.31
Let me show you a
text in the book of Genesis
00:47:04.34\00:47:06.40
so you can see
what I'm talking about
00:47:06.43\00:47:07.79
look at-- look at
the book of Genesis
00:47:07.82\00:47:09.66
and look at Chapter 3, Genesis 3
00:47:09.69\00:47:13.20
and I want you to
notice what it says there?
00:47:13.23\00:47:15.13
Genesis Chapter 3
00:47:18.66\00:47:19.87
notice we're
reading in verse 19 and on
00:47:24.13\00:47:29.32
and it says "In
the sweat of thy face
00:47:29.35\00:47:31.33
shalt thou eat bread, till
thou return unto the ground;
00:47:31.36\00:47:33.76
for out of it wast thou taken:
00:47:33.79\00:47:35.89
for dust thou art, and
unto dust shall I return.
00:47:35.92\00:47:39.25
And Adam called
his wife's name Eve;
00:47:39.28\00:47:42.17
because she was the
mother of all living.
00:47:42.20\00:47:44.14
Unto Adam also and to his wife
00:47:44.17\00:47:45.71
did the Lord God make coats
of skins, and clothed them.
00:47:45.74\00:47:48.54
And the Lord God said, Behold,
the man is become as one of us,
00:47:48.57\00:47:51.46
to know good and evil and
now lest he put forth his hand,
00:47:51.49\00:47:54.23
and take also of
the tree of life,
00:47:54.26\00:47:56.26
and eat, and live for" how long?
00:47:56.29\00:47:58.89
"Forever."
00:47:58.92\00:47:59.95
Now, let me ask you a question,
00:47:59.98\00:48:01.69
is this statement made
before sin or after sin?
00:48:01.72\00:48:07.16
Which one? After sin.
00:48:07.19\00:48:09.85
So, what was God's concern?
00:48:09.88\00:48:12.87
That if we would let man
stay in the Garden of Eden
00:48:12.90\00:48:15.68
that man would become
an eternal sinner, a what?
00:48:15.71\00:48:19.49
A eternal sinner.
And so what did God do?
00:48:19.52\00:48:24.85
God separated him
00:48:24.88\00:48:26.65
so he couldn't part
take of the tree of life.
00:48:26.68\00:48:28.97
And therefore he
couldn't live forever.
00:48:29.00\00:48:32.46
Do you see that?
00:48:32.49\00:48:34.64
So since this is after sin then.
00:48:34.67\00:48:37.41
Then you have to conclude
00:48:37.44\00:48:38.53
then that man could have
lived forever in the flesh.
00:48:38.56\00:48:42.59
If he could have
partaken of the tree of life.
00:48:42.62\00:48:47.98
And you and I are
decedents of whom?
00:48:48.01\00:48:50.98
Of Adam and Eve and what are we?
00:48:51.01\00:48:52.72
Flesh and bones, yes or no?
00:48:52.75\00:48:54.26
Yes.
00:48:54.29\00:48:55.32
Now, why am I saying this?
00:48:55.35\00:48:56.71
Because in Genesis 1 and 2
00:48:56.74\00:48:59.01
God creates man in His own image
00:48:59.04\00:49:00.50
and God says that
He creates in fact
00:49:00.53\00:49:03.50
Adam himself said this
is now bone of my bones
00:49:03.53\00:49:06.72
and flesh of my
flesh, doesn't he?
00:49:06.75\00:49:09.22
Yes or no?
00:49:09.25\00:49:10.28
So we see a consistency
00:49:10.31\00:49:12.34
before sin, they
have bone and flesh
00:49:12.37\00:49:14.23
after sin there
have bone and flesh
00:49:14.26\00:49:15.98
the difference is
that if Adam and Eve
00:49:16.01\00:49:17.93
had never sinned they
would have lived for how long?
00:49:17.96\00:49:20.56
Forever.
00:49:20.59\00:49:21.71
And the reason why
Jesus Christ had to come
00:49:27.09\00:49:30.02
is because sin has robbed us
00:49:30.05\00:49:32.66
of that which God wanted
for us to live with him forever.
00:49:32.69\00:49:38.27
There was an old man
00:49:44.80\00:49:47.40
who married a
young Christian woman,
00:49:47.43\00:49:51.35
he was an
atheist he thought that
00:49:51.38\00:49:56.31
his God was money
and he had a plot, plan
00:49:56.34\00:50:01.41
that he was going
to become a millionaire
00:50:01.44\00:50:02.73
by the time he was 35.
00:50:02.76\00:50:04.51
So he told his wife
I'm going to make you
00:50:04.54\00:50:06.71
the happiest woman in the world.
00:50:06.74\00:50:08.81
I'm going to have the
house for you in Florida,
00:50:08.84\00:50:11.04
I'm going to have
house for your overseas,
00:50:11.07\00:50:13.10
they were Canadians.
00:50:13.13\00:50:15.18
And we will be set for
life and I'll make you happy.
00:50:15.21\00:50:19.81
She said honey that's
not what will make me happy?
00:50:19.84\00:50:22.84
He said what
will make you happy?
00:50:22.87\00:50:24.87
If you could be
with me in the kingdom.
00:50:24.90\00:50:26.37
Oh, he blew up he said,
he said he just blew up.
00:50:26.40\00:50:31.34
He told this to a preacher
00:50:31.37\00:50:32.55
he was attending
a meeting like this
00:50:32.58\00:50:35.32
and after the meeting
00:50:35.35\00:50:37.43
he asked the
preacher to visit him
00:50:37.46\00:50:39.54
and when the
preacher went to visit him
00:50:39.57\00:50:41.57
the preacher was surprised
00:50:41.60\00:50:42.82
because the man didn't
look like he was worth much,
00:50:42.85\00:50:45.11
he had a patch over his
eye, he was kind of limping.
00:50:45.14\00:50:48.34
His clothing looked
like they hadn't been pressed
00:50:48.37\00:50:51.08
and when the man--
00:50:51.11\00:50:52.18
when the Pastor
finally got to the--
00:50:52.21\00:50:53.74
to the address it
was a big mansion.
00:50:53.77\00:50:56.17
And so Pastor
was kind of confused
00:50:56.20\00:50:59.23
and finally the man
called from the side
00:50:59.26\00:51:00.75
and said hey,
Pastor right this way,
00:51:00.78\00:51:02.56
so they cleaned up
the little stair case
00:51:02.59\00:51:04.60
up to a little small
habitat, where he was living.
00:51:04.63\00:51:09.13
And so he began to
tell the pastor the story
00:51:09.16\00:51:11.84
and so he said
that, there was a time
00:51:11.87\00:51:13.46
when I didn't
believe anything like this
00:51:13.49\00:51:14.96
I didn't believe in God.
00:51:14.99\00:51:16.11
I married this young
lady she was beautiful
00:51:16.14\00:51:18.44
and when she told me
that what will make her happy
00:51:18.47\00:51:22.03
was for me to be
with her in heaven
00:51:22.06\00:51:23.39
it made me so angry.
00:51:23.42\00:51:24.45
I determine I'm going to do
00:51:24.48\00:51:25.54
everything
possible to break her faith
00:51:25.57\00:51:27.25
and so I did
everything I could do,
00:51:30.37\00:51:34.79
to dissuade her
from her faith, if I did.
00:51:34.82\00:51:38.68
And all I do was
to break her heart.
00:51:38.71\00:51:41.95
And he said and she
finally died of a broken heart.
00:51:41.98\00:51:47.54
And when that happened
00:51:47.57\00:51:50.80
I lost interest in
all adventures that I had.
00:51:50.83\00:51:54.69
I loved her.
00:51:54.72\00:51:56.38
I just didn't like the idea
00:51:56.41\00:51:57.89
that she was
mixed up with something
00:51:57.92\00:51:59.90
so in my estimation so idiotic,
00:51:59.93\00:52:04.21
so nonsensical of as a
place that no one has ever seen
00:52:04.24\00:52:11.05
but when she died my
whole life became meaningless.
00:52:11.08\00:52:16.16
I left home, I
went out and traveled,
00:52:16.19\00:52:21.87
lost my health, lost my eye
became limp, lost all my money
00:52:21.90\00:52:26.37
and I returned back
here broken in spirit,
00:52:26.40\00:52:28.37
broken in health
and broken in finances.
00:52:28.40\00:52:33.59
And I asked this man
00:52:33.62\00:52:35.01
I built this house
for my wife and lost it.
00:52:35.04\00:52:38.04
And I asked this man if I
could rent this little room
00:52:38.07\00:52:40.14
and he allowed me to.
00:52:40.17\00:52:42.43
And then he said
took out of his chest
00:52:42.46\00:52:44.45
he had a locket of his wife.
00:52:44.48\00:52:47.73
And he opened it up
and said look at her,
00:52:47.76\00:52:50.86
isn't she beautiful?
00:52:50.89\00:52:51.95
Then he began to cry.
00:52:51.98\00:52:54.25
Then he said I've been a fool.
00:52:54.28\00:52:57.81
The worst of it is
that what troubled me
00:52:57.84\00:53:00.57
is that I would
never see her again.
00:53:00.60\00:53:03.59
And I couldn't reconcile myself
00:53:03.62\00:53:07.13
to the fact that
I broke her heart
00:53:07.16\00:53:08.88
and took her to the grave
00:53:08.91\00:53:10.91
and that I would
never see her again.
00:53:10.94\00:53:13.57
Oh, what a fool I've been.
00:53:13.60\00:53:16.47
And he finally said, Pastor
but now as I've been listening
00:53:16.50\00:53:21.62
I believe--I
believe with all my heart
00:53:21.65\00:53:24.52
and I would like to be baptized.
00:53:24.55\00:53:26.56
I want to give
my heart to Jesus,
00:53:26.59\00:53:29.05
I believe that my wife believed
00:53:29.08\00:53:31.86
and the most wonderful thing is
that now I know of a certainty
00:53:31.89\00:53:36.12
that I'll see her again.
00:53:36.15\00:53:38.85
And what a surprise
that will be to her,
00:53:38.88\00:53:41.29
when she wakes up
and sees me there.
00:53:41.32\00:53:43.96
Pastor can I get
baptized. Yes you can.
00:53:43.99\00:53:46.45
Well, the day came
they went out to the lake
00:53:46.48\00:53:49.10
and there were several people
00:53:49.13\00:53:50.58
who came around to
stood around the shore
00:53:50.61\00:53:53.13
and the time was for
the old man to get baptized
00:53:53.16\00:53:55.72
and he began to kind
of limp over to the water
00:53:55.75\00:53:58.68
and some of the
deacons came over to help him,
00:53:58.71\00:54:00.72
but he said, no
gentlemen, please, please,
00:54:00.75\00:54:03.41
I walked on these legs
for 50 years for the devil.
00:54:03.44\00:54:06.72
I want to walk on
them for the Lord now.
00:54:06.75\00:54:10.25
And so he
walked into the waters.
00:54:10.28\00:54:13.13
And, he stood there.
00:54:13.16\00:54:16.83
Looked up into the heaven
00:54:16.86\00:54:18.66
and again he said,
now I'll see her again.
00:54:18.69\00:54:22.22
And the Pastor
baptized her, baptized him.
00:54:22.25\00:54:25.90
Well, on the
shore, there was a family,
00:54:25.93\00:54:28.78
well dressed family.
00:54:28.81\00:54:29.84
It was a young
girl, 13 years old
00:54:29.87\00:54:32.31
and as she saw the
baptism, her heart was touched
00:54:32.34\00:54:35.00
and she turned to
her dad, and said, dad,
00:54:35.03\00:54:37.52
I've been wanting to
get baptized for a long time
00:54:37.55\00:54:39.67
and you keep on
telling me to wait for you,
00:54:39.70\00:54:41.44
wait for you, I
can't wait any longer.
00:54:41.47\00:54:44.64
Dad, I am going to
get baptized right now.
00:54:44.67\00:54:46.29
So just as she was,
she walked into the waters.
00:54:46.32\00:54:49.54
Well, that
father, standing there,
00:54:49.57\00:54:52.46
who had been
holding back his daughter
00:54:52.49\00:54:54.04
for all this time was
moved, he took off his jacket,
00:54:54.07\00:55:00.16
and likewise,
entered into the waters.
00:55:00.19\00:55:03.57
And was baptized also.
00:55:03.60\00:55:05.60
And there on that day,
00:55:05.63\00:55:06.73
there were three new
souls born into the kingdom.
00:55:06.76\00:55:10.61
Oh, friends, listen, God
has a real place for you.
00:55:10.64\00:55:14.30
What kind of place?
A real place for you.
00:55:14.33\00:55:17.79
God wants you there.
00:55:17.82\00:55:19.54
God has revealed all
these wonderful things
00:55:19.57\00:55:21.44
as an enticement
to you to tell you,
00:55:21.47\00:55:23.52
my son, my daughter, I
want you to be with me.
00:55:23.55\00:55:26.08
But here's the question,
do you want to be with God?
00:55:26.11\00:55:29.55
That's the question. Do
you want to be with God?
00:55:29.58\00:55:34.38
He has done everything he
can so you be-- to be with him.
00:55:34.41\00:55:38.16
But will you do everything
you can to be with him?
00:55:38.19\00:55:41.29
That's the question.
00:55:41.32\00:55:43.04
Oh, friends, God is preparing
a wonderful place for you.
00:55:43.07\00:55:47.23
What more could God do?
00:55:47.26\00:55:48.76
He offered his
Son to die for you
00:55:48.79\00:55:51.60
and then his Son goes
and prepares a place for you.
00:55:51.63\00:55:54.40
And then the Son promises
to come back and take you
00:55:54.43\00:55:57.25
and give you that
wonderful trip up to space.
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You'll see
marvels that you've never
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ever dreamed you
would ever have seen
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and then finally, that door
will open into the Holy City.
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And the day of days will come
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when the whole
group of the saved
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will stand there foursquare
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and the Father will
say, welcome home, children.
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This is the place
I prepared for you.
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How many of you
long to be there?
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That wonderful
place, that real place,
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shall we pray together?
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Our Father in
Heaven, how grateful we are
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that the scripture reveals
a real place for real people.
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You've said that
we'll know each other.
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But then shall we know
even us also we are known.
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Oh, God, help us
to long to be there.
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Put in our hearts
a longing for heaven.
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Lord, this whole
earth is getting darker.
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Things are coming
to an end quickly.
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But we're glad that
we have an escapement
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through thy Son, Jesus Christ.
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Accept us
tonight, is our prayer,
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in His wonderful
and precious name.
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Amen.
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