What do the mysterious images of
Daniel and Revelation mean? When
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will the antichrist appear and
make his final move? How can I
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be ready for the final events
of earth's history? You'll be
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amazed and encouraged by what
the Bible reveals. Join us as
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Pastor Brian McMahon
leads out in Prophecy Unsealed.
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Our title is Revelation's 1000
Years. And I want to start with
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a prayer tonight. Dear Father in
heaven, we're so grateful again
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to come together and to be able
to study your word. Whether we
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have joined at home or whether
we have driven afar or maybe
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just around the block, we're so
grateful again to be in a place
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where we can peacefully and
studiously look at the future
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through your word. And we know
we're studying solemn topics
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tonight, serious information and
we cannot understand it unless
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your Holy Spirit is with us. And
so may you be our teacher. May
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we be your students.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Well friends tonight again we're
discussing a fascinating time
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period called the millennium.
We humbly ask the question what
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does the Bible really have to
say? The word millennium itself
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can be interesting. Where does
it actually come from? Well it
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comes from a Latin word
or two Latin words actually.
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Milli means 1000, annum means
year. The church that ruled
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during the time of the dark
ages for over a 1000 years spoke
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Latin in their services and when
they came to this subject they
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gave it a Latin term. Now that
term is carried over into the
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English but it simply means 1000
years. And what exactly is going
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to take place during that time.
The 20th chapter of Revelation
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basically can be divided into
three different parts. As it
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opens up it speaks about what
is going to happen to Satan, the
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devil, at the beginning of the
1000 years. In the middle of the
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chapter it speaks about the
saints and where they are during
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the 1000 years and at the end
of the chapter, it concludes by
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telling things that happen at
the end of the 1000 years. And
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so the questions that come up
are these: The Christians will
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ask well what happens
after Jesus returns. What is the
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condition of the earth during
the 1000 years? What happens to
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the devil, where is he during
that period of time? Is there
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anyone on earth during the 1000
years? And when does God make
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the earth new? All of that is
important information and we're
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going to answer it in our
study tonight. So let's go
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to Revelation chapter 20 verse
1 and see what the Bible says.
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It starts out by saying: And
I saw an angel come down from
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heaven, having the key of the
bottomless pit and a great chain
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in his hand. And he laid hold
on the dragon, that old serpent,
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which is the Devil, and Satan,
and bound him, how long friends?
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A 1000 years. There it is.
There's the 1000 years first
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mentioned for us. Verse 3 says:
And cast him into the bottomless
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pit, and shut him up, and set
a seal upon him, that he should
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deceive the nations no more,
till the 1000 years should be
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fulfilled: and after that he
must be loosed a little season.
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Now this is very intriguing to
me because it says the devil is
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going to be shut up, remember
that term, shut up, because
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we'll see it elsewhere in the
scriptures tonight. But it says
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here he's going to be shut up at
the beginning of the 1000 years
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and he shall deceive the nations
no more. Now that means that
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tonight he is out there
deceiving the nations, right?
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And it says that at the end of
the 1000 years he'll be loosed
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a little season. Now how
long is that little season. We
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actually don't know because the
word for season there is kronos,
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it's where we get our English
word chronology from. It simply
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means time or delay. So there'll
be a short time or a short delay
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at the end of the 1000 years
where the Devil will have some
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more freedom and we're going
to talk tonight what's going to
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happen at the end of that or
during that 1000 years and at
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the end of that time what is
that freedom all about. We'll be
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talking about that before our
study is over. So let's go to
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verse 4 now. And I saw thrones,
and they sat upon them, and
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judgment was given unto them:
and I saw the souls of them that
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were beheaded for the witness of
Jesus, and for the word of God,
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and which had not worshipped
the beast, neither his image,
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neither had received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in
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their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand
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years. So notice that if Satan
is bound for that 1000 years, it
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says the saints or the redeemed,
the saved, they're going to be
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living with Jesus for the
same period of time, 1000 years.
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And it says in verse 5: But the
rest of the dead lived not again
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until the 1000 years were
finished. This is the first
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resurrection. Now remember
from our last study there was no
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punctuation when the Bible was
originally written. Punctuation
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was added centuries and
centuries later. And it would
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have been nice if they'd
put parentheses around the words
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but the rest of the dead lived
not again until the 1000 years
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were finished. Why would that
have been helpful. Because when
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you put parentheses around
something, what, in effect are
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you doing? You're breaking from
the flow of thought just for a
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moment, you're adding a little
bit of extra information and
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then you're coming back to
the original thought. And that's
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what John is doing here.
He's breaking from his flow of
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thought and he's adding the
phrase, but the rest of the dead
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lived not again until the 1000
years were finished, and then he
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comes back to the point he was
making at the beginning of the
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chapter, this is the first
resurrection. Now we know that's
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the case because without
understanding it that way we
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would have the first
resurrection at the end
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of the 1000 years. And we've
already studied more than once
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in our seminar that the first
resurrection happens when Jesus
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comes. So we'll see this a
little bit more clearly as we go
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through the rest of our study
tonight. So yes, verse 5 says
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the rest of the dead will live
at the end of the 1000 years.
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Now when it says the rest of the
dead now that's very important
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because that means there must
be another kind of dead, right?
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So the Bible speaks about two
kinds of dead. And we're going
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get also into that in our study.
Now let's go on if we can to
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verse 6. It says: Blessed and
holy is he that has part in the
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first resurrection: on such the
second death has no power, for
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they shall be priests of God and
of Christ, and shall reign with
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him a 1000 years. Now Bible
students let me ask you a very
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logical question. If there is
a first resurrection then that
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would strongly imply that there
must at least be what? A second
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resurrection, sure, or God would
not be numbering them here.
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So, we have two resurrections
and the Bible speaks about two
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different deaths. You have a
first death and what the Bible
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calls a second death. And
understanding that there are two
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resurrections and understanding
that there are two different
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types of death give us some
great insight to what is going
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on during the 1000 years. It
really lays the foundation for
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what we're talking about here.
So let's go to John 5, which is
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a repeating of our last study.
It helps to repeat some verses
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so we anchor them in our minds
where they are in the Bible. So,
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it says in John 5:28: Marvel not
at this: for the hour is coming,
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in which all that are in the
graves, so where are the dead?
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They're in the graves. Shall
hear his voice and shall come
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forth; they that have done good
unto the resurrection of life;
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and they that have done
evil, unto the resurrection of
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damnation. Now the resurrection
of life, that's the first
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resurrection. The resurrection
of damnation, that's the second
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resurrection. So here
Jesus speaks about two different
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resurrections. Now he doesn't
tell us how much time is between
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the two. We have to go
to Revelation 20 to get that
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information. But he does tell us
that there are two. And I think
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the key point here before we
move on folks is to know that we
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are given a probationary
period in this life and that
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probationary period is to
make sure that we absolutely
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positively do not come up in
the second resurrection because
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those that come up in the second
resurrection they'll be lost for
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eternity. There's no hope for
them whatsoever. We want to be
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sure absolutely that if we were
to die before Jesus comes back
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we would be in that first
resurrection. Now we're going to
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put it up on the screen here and
use some graphs tonight to make
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it more clear at what we're
illustrating from the millennium
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We have a 1000-year period
of time and when you have a time
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period you have to know when
does it begin? Because if you
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don't know when it begins you
won't know when it ends. So, the
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Lord has made it very easy for
us by framing that 1000 years
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with two events. I like to
call them bookends, right? By
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bookending it by the first
resurrection and the second
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resurrection. What that means
is the millennium falls between
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those two great events.
And when you know that that the
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resurrection at the beginning
is for the righteous and the
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resurrection at the end is for
the wicked. The one the Bible
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says the beginning is blessed
and holy so the one at the other
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side would be for the unblessed
and the unholy. We want to make
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sure again that we want to be in
the first resurrection. Now if
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you could take all the human
beings folks that have ever
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lived, are living now and ever
will live they'll fall into four
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categories. You see them.
Righteous living, righteous dead
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wicked living and wicked dead.
Every human being will fall into
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one of those four categories.
Knowing what those four
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categories are or what happens
to them at the time of Jesus'
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second coming really helps us
to understand the 1000 years. So
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let's look at the first two
groups, the righteous living and
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the righteous dead. By
going to a familiar passage
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1 Thessalonians chapter 4
starting in verse 16. Here it
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says: The Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout
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with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God: and
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the dead in Christ shall rise
first: So there's the righteous
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dead spoken of. Then we which
are alive and remain shall be
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caught up together with them in
the clouds, to meet the Lord in
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the air: and so shall we ever be
with the Lord. So there is the
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righteous living spoken of. So
we have now and answer to John
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chapter 14 where Jesus says I'm
going away, preparing a place
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If I go away and prepare a place
I will come again and receive
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you. We know that the 1000 years
cannot begin before this event
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Why, that we call the second
coming. Because it says during
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the 1000 years that the saints
reign with Christ. And the only
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way they can reign with Christ
is if they are with Christ and
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Jesus comes and gets them at the
time of the second coming. So,
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the 1000 years does not begin
until they are with Jesus. So,
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we just linked the first
resurrection with the second
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coming of Jesus. So keep in mind
the Bible says in Revelation 1:7
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that every eye is going to see
him, right? Nobody is going to
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wake up because they overslept
and say, Oh I missed the event.
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Everyone is going to know when
Jesus comes back. So yes John 14
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tells us, Jesus is speaking,
he says I'm going to go away and
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prepare a place and the whole
purpose of the resurrection is
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to take us to that place that
the Father has prepared. It's
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the first resurrection that
makes that possible. So, let's
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now go on. What is going to
happen at the resurrection for
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the other groups of people. No,
excuse me, first of all, we're
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going to talk about something
else that's going to happen.
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What's going to happen at the
resurrection for those first two
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groups? Well let's find out here
in I Corinthians 15:51. Behold I
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show you a mystery; We shall not
all sleep. What does Paul call
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death here? A sleep, sure. We
shall all be changed in a moment
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in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trump; for the trumpet
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will sound, and the dead shall
be raised incorruptible, and we
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shall be changed. Now again
why would we have to put on
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something if we already had it?
If we already had immortality
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if we had an immortal
soul already dwelling in us we
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wouldn't be putting it on at the
second coming, would we? So, it
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says in verse 53: For
this corruptible must put on
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incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortality. So when
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this corruptible shall have put
on incorruption, and this mortal
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shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass
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the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in victory
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Think of it friends of all of
the thousands of graveyards all
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over this world, millions upon
millions of believers coming up
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out of those graves from all of
human history. Can you imagine
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what a glorious event that is
to contemplate to think of that
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resurrection during that day.
When that happens friends the
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righteous will meet Jesus in the
air. They will go to heaven to
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be with Jesus. They're going
to go in through those beautiful
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pearl gates that God has
prepared for them and we are
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going to be with Jesus in heaven
So, those are the first two
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groups, the righteous living
and the righteous dead. But what
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about the others, what about the
lost? What happens to them when
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Jesus comes. They must be
destroyed because it says the
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the rest of the dead did not
live until after the 1000 years
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were finished. You'll find that
there are many Christians who
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believe that during the
1000 years there are going to be
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people here on earth, right,
celebrating this wonderful
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paradise and so on. It simply is
not true that they're going to
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have a second chance during the
1000 years. You're going to see
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why. Let's go take a look at
2 Thessalonians chapter 1 and
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verse 7. It says: And to you who
are troubled rest with us, when
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the Lord Jesus shall be revealed
from heaven with his mighty
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angels. We know that's the
second coming. In flaming fire
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taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and that obey not
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the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ: Well that doesn't sound
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like a second chance to me, does
it to you? Of course not. And it
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says in 2 Thessalonians 2
and verse 8: And then shall that
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Wicked be revealed, whom
the Lord shall consume with the
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spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the, what folks?
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Brightness of his coming.
So against, those that are not
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covered with the righteousness
of Jesus, they'll be destroyed
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when Jesus comes back. That's
why the Bible says blessed is
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the pure in heart for they
shall see God. What a beautiful
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privilege it's going to be
to see Jesus when he comes. But
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the Bible clearly states in 1
Thessalonians chapter 5 verses
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1-3 that the wicked will
experience sudden destruction
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when Jesus comes. So that's what
happens to the wicked living.
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They are going to experience
sudden destruction. Let's go to
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Isaiah 13 verse 9, one from
the Old Testament here. It says:
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Behold, the day...cometh, cruel
both with wrath and fierce anger
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to lay the land, say it out loud
what does it say? Desolate. Now
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remember the word desolate
because we're going to see that
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also in another text tonight.
And speaking of the Lord: and he
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shall, do what to the sinners?
Destroy the sinners thereof out
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of it. So it's very clear
when Jesus comes the sinners are
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destroyed and the land is laid
desolate. Let's keep reading
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here from Isaiah 13 verse 10:
For the stars of heaven and the
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constellations thereof shall
not give their light. Now here's
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some special information given
by Isaiah, that's going to help
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us understand Revelation chapter
20. It says: The stars will not
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give their light, it says
the sun shall be darkened in his
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going forth, and the moon shall
not cause her light to shine.
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So it says the light of the
stars will go out. The sun will
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be darkened it will go out
and even the moon which gives of
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course a reflected light even it
will not shine. It's going to be
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a dark day for sure. Verse 11:
And I will punish the world for
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their evil, and the wicked for
their iniquity; and I will cause
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the arrogancy of the proud
to cease, and will lay low the
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haughtiness of the terrible.
Again this verse makes it so
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that at the second coming there
is no second chance. There is
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not another opportunity during
the 1000 years to be saved
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friends. We have every day an
opportunity to serve the Lord.
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Would you say amen? Every day we
get up and we take breath into
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our lungs is the time to say
Lord, I want to serve you. Lord
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I want to be a Christian. I
want to be pure in my heart. God
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gives us that every single day
and those decisions that we make
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every day in this life will
of course settle where we spend
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eternity. So then what do we
find? We find the righteous go
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to heaven. The wicked living
are slain. What about the wicked
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dead. We've already actually
read about them in Revelation 20
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and verse 5. It says: But the
rest of the dead lived not again
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until the thousand years
were finished... So because the
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wicked dead are already dead,
they simply remain dead till the
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1000 years are complete. So
let's just take a little review
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now about the events when Jesus
returns. A little overview is
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always helpful. We know that
the believers are going to be
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resurrected at that time. They
receive immortality their bodies
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are changed. The wicked living
are consumed by the spirit or
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the breath of Jesus, it says.
His very presence consumes them.
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And it says: The wicked dead
are going to remain in their
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Revelation 20 verse 5 and of
course the believers ascend to
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heaven with Christ, 1
Thessalonians 4 and verse 16.
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How could there be anybody alive
on planet Earth when after that
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happens, folks? This sets up the
question: How many people are
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alive on planet Earth after
Jesus comes and takes the church
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away? How many? Zero, absolutely
The idea that the 1000 years are
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a time of prosperity and
peace and it's a paradise is
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absolutely false. What people
have done is they've made the
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mistake, friends, of taking a
few verses that talk about what
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is going to happen at the end of
the 1000 years and they misapply
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it and they put it at the
beginning of the 1000 years. And
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the Bible simply is not telling
us that there's going to be a
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great paradise at the beginning
of the 1000 years. Think of it.
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It says in Revelation that when
Jesus comes every mountain and
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island are going to be moved out
of their places. The seven last
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plagues have fallen. It says the
oceans are turned to blood and
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the fresh water is turned
to blood and we're going to get
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into this on another study.
But it says the sun scorches the
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earth and the hail comes down
and ever hailstone the weight of
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a talent. The earth is going to
be decimated and that's what it
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told us there in Isaiah 13. It
said the earth would be desolate
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So they make that mistake
unfortunately but we're going
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to study it out in its correct
way tonight. It says that the
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devil is going to be chained
when Jesus comes back. What are
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the chains that bind the devil?
Remember now we're looking at a
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book of the Bible of Revelation
that is highly symbolic, right?
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We would expect the chains to
be a symbol. You know the Bible
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says we wrestle not against
flesh and blood which means
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we're not fighting against that
which is physical in nature.
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How many have ever seen the
devil actually walking around
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you know in some kind of
physical form? We don't do we?
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The devil is a spiritual being
right? He's an angel, fallen
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angel but he's still a spiritual
being. So we can't expect then
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friends to tie a spiritual being
with a literal rope or chain
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that you'd buy down you now
some kind of hardware store or
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whatever. So no, can you tie an
angel's hands behind his back?
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Of course not. So when it says
that Satan is bound with a chain
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we have to look at it with
the symbolism in which it was
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intended. Remember that the
books of Daniel and Revelation
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have highly symbolized words in
them. The beast is a symbol. The
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dragon is a symbol and they have
meanings behind them. But look
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at this one from 2 Peter 2 verse
4. Speaking of chains it says:
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For if God spared not the angels
that sinned but cast them down
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hell, and the word there hell
simply means a place of outer
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darkness, and delivered
them into chains of darkness. So
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again chains here is used
symbolically in that they are
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constrained to a certain point
in an area of darkness next to
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what they had been in the glory
of heaven. And it says they're
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reserved unto judgment. So
here we see chains are used
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symbolically. It's the same
in the book of Revelation. We've
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got righteous living, righteous
dead, wicked living and wicked
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dead. Now follow along with
me. The righteous living they're
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caught up to meet the Lord in
the air and they go to heaven to
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be with Jesus when Jesus comes.
The righteous dead, they're
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resurrected, caught up to meet
the Lord in the air and they go
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to heaven to be with Jesus.
We've got the wicked living
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they're slain by the glory
of the Lord, they're dead. The
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wicked dead are already dead
so they remain dead. So when you
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think about this then let me ask
you a question again. When the
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church is taken away who
does Satan have to work with?
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Basically nobody, right?
How much power does a king have
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without a kingdom? No power
whatsoever. How much power does
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Satan have with no one to tempt,
no one to destroy, no one to
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work with. All he has is
his evil cohorts the other evil
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angels. So the devil can only
be affective to work when he has
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people to do his bidding. And it
is the devil's work to deceive
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people but now there are no good
people there anymore, they're
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taken away. There are no bad
people, they're slain, they're
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dead on the ground and so
Satan would love to continue his
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sinister work but he can't. He's
bound for a 1000 years. So to
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put it plainly friends the
circumstances that God places
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him in bind him in
that he cannot escape those
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circumstances for 1000 years.
The great chain with which Satan
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is bound is the condition that
God places him in that he cannot
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change till the 1000 years is
over. And you know we use that
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figure of speech the same
way today. If you want to do
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something but circumstances do
not allow you to do it you might
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say Oh, I'm all tied up today.
My hands are tied in the matter.
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Are you really tied? No, you're
saying symbolically that I'm
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tied up in that I cannot do what
I would like to do. Or have you
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ever said this? I am bound
and determined. Right? Are you
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really bound. No of course not.
But you're saying circumstances
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have put me in a place that
I cannot change, right? In the
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same way, again the metaphors
that we often use are no
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than the Bible. So God has put
him in this condition. Now what
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is the condition of the earth
during that time? You know that
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the Lord has actually allowed
a couple of his prophets to look
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into the future and see the
condition of the world during
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the 1000 years. That's pretty
exciting when you know that and
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we're going to look into it
right now. Let's start in Isaiah
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chapter 24. Now something you
can do as you follow along is
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notice how closely Isaiah's
language is linked to Revelation
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chapter 20. Remember how opening
night we talked about how
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Revelation's phraseology
its symbols are often borrowed
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from the Old
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Testament. Well here is an
example of that if you go to
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some of these texts in Isaiah.
It says in Isaiah 24 verse 19:
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The earth is utterly broken down
the earth is clean dissolved,
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the earth is moved exceedingly.
The earth shall reel to and fro
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as a drunkard, and shall be
removed like a cottage; and the
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transgression thereof shall be
heavy upon it; and it shall fall
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and not rise again. And it
shall come to pass in that day,
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speaking of the day Jesus comes,
that the Lord shall punish the
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host of the high ones that are
on high, and the kings of the
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earth upon the earth. Now notice
where they're punished. They're
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not punished way down in the
earth. It says they're punished
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upon the earth, and that's going
to be very important for our
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next study when we study about
the fires of hell. So it says
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he'll punish the host of the
high ones that are on high. Who
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are the host of the high
ones that are on high? Ephesians
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chapter 6 says that's Satan and
his evil angels. So notice it
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Satan and his evil angels and
it says the kings of the earth
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that's wicked humanity. They're
both going to be punished in the
00:23:10.45\00:23:13.36
same place. It says they're
going to be upon the earth. So
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it's talking about a time when
God is going to punish the evil
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ones and the evil angels
together. And they shall be
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gathered together, as prisoners
are gathered in the, where now?
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In the pit. Where else do we
read about a pit. We read about
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it in Revelation chapter 20 sure
and it says shall be shut up in
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the prison, and after many days
they shall be visited. Where
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else do we read about someone
that was shut up, right? In
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Revelation 20 verse 3 that says
Satan was shut up. And it says
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they'll be shut up for 1000
years and after that he'll be
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loosed a little season. Here is
says after many days they shall
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be visited. How long do
you think those many days are?
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A 1000 years. And so just as it
says they'll be visited at the
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end of the 1000 years or at the
end of many days, so Satan will
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be released for a little time
at the end of the 1000 years.
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So we're going to notice
how these two groups are linked
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together, wicked humanity and
the wicked angels. Very, very
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interesting. But the trouble is
most churches don't go into the
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Old Testament so they miss out
on this vital, vital information
00:24:20.59\00:24:23.46
There are about a 1000
references in Revelation
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which are coming from the
Old Testament. So we have to go
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there to get that information.
Now let's keep reading here.
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In Jeremiah chapter 4 and verse
23. It says: I beheld the earth
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so Jeremiah's looking at
the earth and what does he see?
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It says, and, lo, it was without
form, and void; and the heavens
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and they had no light. So again
it's repeating something that we
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learned over in Isaiah. Again
it says God is going to put the
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lights out for this world. But
notice it also says that it's
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without form and void. Where
else do we read about something
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being without form and void?
In Genesis, right? But this is
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not talking about what the earth
was in the very beginning before
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God made it something beautiful
but what the earth is going to
00:25:03.40\00:25:06.43
be reverting to after the
plagues have fallen and Jesus
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has come and the earth is
decimated. It goes back to a
00:25:11.74\00:25:13.41
type of without form and void
which basically means dark and
00:25:13.88\00:25:17.68
desolated. Verse 24: I beheld
the mountains, and, lo, they
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trembled, and all the hills
moved lightly, which means in
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the original it means they moved
back and forth. I beheld, and,
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lo, there were how many people?
No man and all the birds of the
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heaven were fled. Why no man?
Because the righteous they've
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been taken away. The wicked are
destroyed. There's no one left.
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And it goes on: And I beheld
and lo, the fruitful place was a
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wilderness. Isaiah said the
earth is desolated. And all the
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cities thereof were broken down
at the presence of the Lord, and
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by his fierce anger...thus hath
the Lord said, The whole land
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shall be, what again, desolate;
so it's repeating it so we
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understand that the earth
is desolated at the time of the
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time of the second coming. No
wonder why God takes the church
00:26:00.39\00:26:03.63
away. Yet, he says, will I not
make a full end. Why does God
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not make a full end at the time
of the second coming? Because
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we have how many years to go?
A thousand years to go through.
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God makes a full end at the end
of the 1000 years. And then in
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verse 28 Jeremiah says: For this
shall the earth mourn, and the
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heavens above be black; because
I have spoken it I have purposed
00:26:23.04\00:26:28.05
it, and will not repent, neither
will I turn back from it. So the
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earth goes through what we might
call a mourning period. It is
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black, it is darkened, it is...
it is mourning for what sin has
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done upon it. God made this
world beautiful in the beginning
00:26:39.93\00:26:43.00
didn't he? After every day of
creation God said it is good, it
00:26:43.03\00:26:46.77
is good, it is good. At the
end he said it is very good.
00:26:46.80\00:26:48.17
God made this
00:26:49.70\00:26:51.04
world beautiful but sin
has wreaked havoc upon it and
00:26:51.07\00:26:54.11
finally, we see that it has been
destroyed because of what sin
00:26:54.14\00:26:58.98
has done. And so now we see that
God is going to take this world
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and during the 1000 years, he's
going to put it into darkness.
00:27:02.55\00:27:08.42
Satan has been spreading
spiritual darkness for thousands
00:27:08.46\00:27:12.36
of years. God is going to put
him and his other evil angels
00:27:12.39\00:27:15.66
in literal darkness for a 1000
years. You can just imagine what
00:27:15.70\00:27:20.54
that might be like for him.
Jeremiah 25 verse 33 says: And
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the slain of the Lord shall be
at that day from one end of the
00:27:24.24\00:27:28.44
earth even unto the other end
of the earth. Now again that's
00:27:28.48\00:27:31.38
exactly a repetition of what we
read in those other verses. And
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they shall not be
lamented, What does that mean?
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mean? Mourned over. Neither
gathered nor buried. Why? There
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is no one to do the work. Right?
The righteous are gone. So you
00:27:40.89\00:27:43.76
can imagine friend; just let
your mind picture of what the
00:27:43.79\00:27:48.53
Bible's describing for us here.
the great and lofty cities,
00:27:48.56\00:27:51.40
broken down lying in utter ruin.
The entire world absolutely
00:27:51.43\00:27:55.80
desolate. No one to mourn over
the wicked. The righteous are
00:27:55.84\00:27:59.37
gone. The wicked are destroyed,
and the wicked remain dead
00:27:59.41\00:28:03.21
during the thousand years and do
you know that is a merciful act
00:28:03.24\00:28:07.98
on the part of God? They don't
have to suffer during those 1000
00:28:08.02\00:28:10.62
years like Satan and his evil
angels have to do. They remain
00:28:10.65\00:28:15.02
dead. They'll sleep of death for
a 1000 years. So what goes on
00:28:15.06\00:28:17.93
during the millennium. Let's
recap here. The righteous are in
00:28:17.96\00:28:21.66
heaven, the earth is desolated,
the earth is described in
00:28:21.70\00:28:26.97
Revelation as a pit and
unfortunately, Revelation uses
00:28:27.00\00:28:30.57
the term bottomless pit because
when we think of a bottomless
00:28:30.61\00:28:33.01
pit, we think of what? A hole in
the ground for which there is no
00:28:33.04\00:28:36.38
end, right? But that's not
actually the meaning of the term
00:28:36.41\00:28:39.81
there. It is the word abussos.
It's where we get our English
00:28:39.85\00:28:44.32
word abyss from and it literally
means a place of darkness and
00:28:44.35\00:28:48.19
desolation. It is the same word
in the Old Testament when it was
00:28:48.22\00:28:53.06
translated into Greek, from
Hebrew to Greek, in Genesis when
00:28:53.09\00:28:55.63
it says without form and void it
uses the word abussos, right? So
00:28:55.66\00:28:59.27
it's talking about a place of
darkness and destruction and did
00:28:59.30\00:29:01.94
we not read over and over that
the earth is desolated? Yes. And
00:29:01.97\00:29:05.57
did we not read over and over
that it is going to be dark and
00:29:05.61\00:29:08.58
God's going to put the lights
out? Yes. So it becomes abussos
00:29:08.61\00:29:11.95
it becomes in a pit-like state
for the 1000 years and that
00:29:11.98\00:29:16.99
represents the earth and
it represents a prison because
00:29:17.02\00:29:21.76
Satan is bound there. He cannot
escape from it so it is a prison
00:29:21.79\00:29:26.66
for Satan for a 1000 years. He
cannot escape from it. Okay so
00:29:26.70\00:29:33.10
let us go take a look at this
incredible world, hail stones
00:29:33.13\00:29:39.27
coming down, all of that doing
its work. You can imagine the
00:29:39.31\00:29:41.81
state of it. Satan is going
to suffer during this time. It
00:29:41.84\00:29:45.65
would be an awful period for him
A 1000 years in that condition.
00:29:45.68\00:29:49.65
He can't go anywhere. What does
he have to do for those 1000
00:29:49.68\00:29:53.12
years. Just reflect on the
results of his rebellion doesn't
00:29:53.15\00:29:56.62
he. Can you imagine the
arguments that are going to be
00:29:56.66\00:29:58.13
going back and forth between
him and those other evil angels
00:29:58.16\00:30:00.66
about who caused what and
who is responsible for what. So
00:30:00.70\00:30:03.37
these angels that we know as
demons will contemplate their
00:30:03.40\00:30:06.63
fall for 1000 years and they are
in that cold, dark, desolated
00:30:06.67\00:30:11.41
condition that they cannot
escape from. Bodies strewn all
00:30:11.44\00:30:15.08
over the place. Everyone in the
whole universe friends sees an
00:30:15.11\00:30:19.35
object lesson here of what
Satan's rebellion has brought
00:30:19.38\00:30:23.75
about. Because in the very
beginning when Satan rebelled,
00:30:23.79\00:30:27.36
how is it that he deceived so
many angels to come on his side?
00:30:27.39\00:30:30.43
He did it by saying that he had
better ideas than God did. That
00:30:30.46\00:30:35.40
he had a better way of ruling
then God did. He could set up a
00:30:35.43\00:30:39.03
better government than God had.
Now there are some things that
00:30:39.07\00:30:42.07
can only be proven with time.
Because if God had instantly
00:30:42.10\00:30:45.61
eliminated Satan because of
his rebellion, because the Bible
00:30:45.64\00:30:47.98
says the wages of sin is
what now? Death. If God had said
00:30:48.01\00:30:52.15
Satan you sinned and therefore
you're going to have to die
00:30:52.18\00:30:54.75
the angels had never seen
rebellion before. The angels had
00:30:54.78\00:30:59.65
never seen sin before. And so if
God had immediately slain Satan
00:30:59.69\00:31:04.23
the angels would have said,
Wow! That's what happens? Boy we
00:31:04.26\00:31:07.86
better fall into line too, or
else we're going to get killed
00:31:07.90\00:31:09.76
just like Satan did. And they
would have served God out of
00:31:09.80\00:31:13.64
fear and not from love because
they had to. And God could only
00:31:13.67\00:31:17.71
take the service of love. And so
because he could not demand it
00:31:17.74\00:31:22.08
but he had to reveal it over
time he allowed sin to run its
00:31:22.11\00:31:26.28
course because what's happening
friends is God is allowing the
00:31:26.31\00:31:29.08
great controversy between good
and evil to run its course in
00:31:29.12\00:31:33.56
such a way that he doesn't just
solve things for a period of
00:31:33.59\00:31:37.56
but God is solving it so that
all eternity can go by and we
00:31:37.59\00:31:42.73
will never ever repeat this
awful sin experiment. Right?
00:31:42.76\00:31:46.40
Because as the universe looks
down upon this world which is an
00:31:46.43\00:31:52.87
object lesson because of its
rebellion they see that Satan's
00:31:52.91\00:31:56.81
way did not bring extra
happiness. It did not bring joy
00:31:56.85\00:31:59.28
to its inhabitants. It did not
bring peace, it did not bring a
00:31:59.31\00:32:03.08
higher state of ability. In
fact, the thousand years goes by
00:32:03.12\00:32:06.45
and the universe sees nothing
but death and destruction and
00:32:06.49\00:32:10.16
pain and heartache, it will echo
and it will reecho throughout
00:32:10.19\00:32:13.96
the inhabited universe, the
wages of sin is death. And we'll
00:32:14.00\00:32:19.27
see that we would never ever,
ever want to go through that
00:32:19.30\00:32:23.81
experiment again. What do you
say, Amen? So God's handling the
00:32:23.84\00:32:28.88
controversy between good and
evil that this conflict will not
00:32:28.91\00:32:32.61
arise a second time and we will
see that Satan's way could never
00:32:32.65\00:32:35.82
have brought about happiness and
that God was just in everything
00:32:35.85\00:32:39.72
he did. So now let's refocus to
another group of people, God's
00:32:39.75\00:32:48.73
people. The saved or the
righteous. Where are they?
00:32:48.76\00:32:51.57
They are taken to heaven at the
second coming. Now think of this
00:32:51.60\00:32:55.70
incredible contrast. Satan
and the evil ones are in perfect
00:32:55.74\00:33:00.38
darkness for 1000 years. God has
the saints in absolute glory,
00:33:00.41\00:33:05.71
right? Oh friends, it pays to
serve the Lord, Amen? In every
00:33:05.75\00:33:09.28
way this is just rich in the
contrast of it all. How amazing.
00:33:09.32\00:33:13.15
At the end of time when we
see that the experiment of sin
00:33:13.19\00:33:15.69
is over. We'll
00:33:15.72\00:33:17.16
see that Satan is totally
unmasked and we're going to see
00:33:17.19\00:33:20.96
that the saints are up in heaven
and what are they going to be
00:33:21.00\00:33:23.06
doing during that time?
Let's go take a look. Revelation
00:33:23.10\00:33:26.10
20 and verse 4. What are
the saints doing during the 1000
00:33:26.13\00:33:28.40
years? And I saw thrones, and
they sat upon them, and judgment
00:33:28.44\00:33:32.47
was given unto them, them being
the saints or the saved, And I
00:33:32.51\00:33:35.58
saw the souls of them that
were beheaded for the witness of
00:33:35.61\00:33:37.71
Jesus, and for the word of God,
and which had not worshipped the
00:33:37.75\00:33:40.72
beast, neither his image,
neither had received his mark
00:33:40.75\00:33:43.62
upon their foreheads, or in
their hands; and they lived and
00:33:43.65\00:33:45.62
reigned with Christ a thousand
years. Now there's something
00:33:45.65\00:33:48.86
worth noting here friends, that
this is a group of people that
00:33:48.89\00:33:52.29
made a conscious decision not
to worship the beast or take his
00:33:52.33\00:33:57.10
image or receive his mark. Now
that tells us right there that
00:33:57.13\00:33:59.97
this idea of a secret, silent,
invisible rapture where the
00:34:00.00\00:34:02.74
church is going to be taken away
before any kind of tribulation
00:34:02.77\00:34:05.27
cannot be true. Because here are
a group of people that were here
00:34:05.31\00:34:08.81
and they did go through that
time and they did stand faithful
00:34:08.84\00:34:12.18
to God during that final
tribulation which we'll take up
00:34:12.21\00:34:15.48
on another night. Well you see
here is a group of people and
00:34:15.52\00:34:19.42
they're going to be on thrones.
Who are they going to judge?
00:34:19.45\00:34:21.79
Now let's go to 1 Corinthians
6 and verse 2. During the 1000
00:34:21.82\00:34:25.63
years, it's called the
millennium, the righteous are in
00:34:25.66\00:34:28.13
heaven with Christ. They're
setting on thrones. They're
00:34:28.16\00:34:29.53
participating in the work
of judgment and Paul says in
00:34:29.56\00:34:32.00
1 Corinthians 6 and verse 2: Do
Do you not know that the saints
00:34:32.03\00:34:34.34
shall judge the world? and if
the world shall be judged by you
00:34:34.37\00:34:38.21
are you unworthy to judge the
smallest matters? What Paul is
00:34:38.24\00:34:40.61
saying in essence is hey you've
got big things in store for you
00:34:40.64\00:34:43.85
Learn how to judge properly
because God is going to use you
00:34:43.88\00:34:47.42
in a future judgment. He says
here in 1 Corinthians 6:3: Know
00:34:47.45\00:34:51.99
you not that we shall judge what
Angels. Now that's not talking
00:34:52.02\00:34:57.13
about the holy angels. They
have not sinned. They need no
00:34:57.16\00:35:00.20
judgment. It's talking about the
wicked angels that did sin. How
00:35:00.23\00:35:03.10
much more things that pertain
to this life? So here we find
00:35:03.13\00:35:07.04
that Paul said we're going to
judge the world. Now that means
00:35:07.07\00:35:11.57
of course, those who have made
this world the object of their
00:35:11.61\00:35:14.41
affection and their desire. So
we realize that God is going to
00:35:14.44\00:35:19.91
take people that have lived in
this world, they've gone through
00:35:19.95\00:35:22.25
the hardships, they've gone
through the trials, they've gone
00:35:22.28\00:35:24.35
through all of the suffering.
He's going to put them in a
00:35:24.39\00:35:27.46
place of judgment and actually
allow them to have an insight
00:35:27.49\00:35:31.56
into what has gone on during all
of these years. And God is going
00:35:31.59\00:35:36.43
say in essence, was I just?
Was I fair? Did I do everything
00:35:36.46\00:35:41.77
right? Does God have to do that?
No, he doesn't have to do that.
00:35:41.80\00:35:44.01
But does he do it? Yes he does
do it. It's amazing. He says in
00:35:44.04\00:35:49.34
verse 5: Therefore judge nothing
before the time, until the Lord
00:35:49.38\00:35:52.18
come, who both will bring to
light the hidden things of, what
00:35:52.21\00:35:55.12
Darkness. And further on it says
And he will make manifest the
00:35:55.15\00:35:59.95
counsels of the hearts: right?
Things that we could never judge
00:35:59.99\00:36:05.09
correctly but God knew about,
and then shall every man have
00:36:05.13\00:36:08.26
praise of God. Why shall every
man have praise of God? Because
00:36:08.30\00:36:11.43
we are going to see in that day
that God did everything right.
00:36:11.47\00:36:17.87
And he was just and he was fair.
In essence, we're going to have
00:36:17.91\00:36:22.91
an instant replay. Now those of
you who have a sports background
00:36:22.94\00:36:27.32
you know about instant replay.
Does instant replay change the
00:36:27.35\00:36:30.29
play? No instant replay doesn't
change the play, it may change
00:36:30.32\00:36:33.96
minds but it doesn't change
the play. The reason for instant
00:36:33.99\00:36:37.43
replay is to make sure that the
umpire or the referee or whoever
00:36:37.46\00:36:41.80
is judging it got the call right
And God is going to give us the
00:36:41.83\00:36:45.43
most amazing instant replay. The
Bible speaks about books there.
00:36:45.47\00:36:49.40
Books in heaven. And God is
going to allow us to take a look
00:36:49.44\00:36:52.27
at these. And he's going to ask
us, did I do everything correct?
00:36:52.31\00:36:56.18
Did I do everything fair? Was I
loving in how I handled things?
00:36:56.21\00:37:00.58
Have you noticed in the Bible
friends that before God acts He
00:37:00.62\00:37:05.42
always investigates? Let me give
you some examples of that. When
00:37:05.45\00:37:09.49
Adam and Eve fell God walked
into the garden and he said Adam
00:37:09.52\00:37:13.16
Adam, where art thou? Did God
not know? Of course, he knew.
00:37:13.19\00:37:18.03
But he investigated before
he took action. What about when
00:37:18.07\00:37:21.44
Cain killed his brother Abel and
he said to Cain, Cain where is
00:37:21.47\00:37:26.27
thy brother? Did God not
know? Of course, he knew, but he
00:37:26.31\00:37:30.18
investigated before he took
action. What about when it came
00:37:30.21\00:37:32.68
to the time of the Tower of
Babel. It said God came down to
00:37:32.71\00:37:37.82
see the city. What was he
telling us? He's showing us that
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.49
God does not act arbitrarily.
He investigated before he took
00:37:40.52\00:37:44.76
action. Same with Sodom and
Gomorrah. He said to Abraham,
00:37:44.79\00:37:47.63
I'm going to go down and look
for myself. Why? Because he was
00:37:47.66\00:37:52.23
telling Abraham I'm going to
investigate before I act. God is
00:37:52.27\00:37:55.47
showing us that he does things
fairly and not arbitrarily. So,
00:37:55.50\00:38:02.28
yes, God is going to allow us
to look into the books of record
00:38:02.31\00:38:04.65
He could do the judgment in a
millisecond if he wanted to. But
00:38:04.68\00:38:09.68
you see right now folks the holy
angels see behind the scenes.
00:38:09.72\00:38:13.32
They see everything right.
They see what's going on. But we
00:38:13.36\00:38:18.19
don't have that accurate
viewpoint. But during the 1000
00:38:18.23\00:38:21.26
years God is going to say, Do
you have a question? Would you
00:38:21.30\00:38:24.50
like to have an insight into
something that happened? What
00:38:24.53\00:38:26.40
if you were there and someone
that you thought was a better
00:38:26.43\00:38:28.84
Christian than you wasn't there?
Would you have a question about
00:38:28.87\00:38:31.14
that? Would you have a question
about maybe why your life is a
00:38:31.17\00:38:34.91
certain turn? Why God allowed
a certain thing. God is going to
00:38:34.94\00:38:37.51
say, Listen, I didn't cause that
bad thing to happen. You see
00:38:37.55\00:38:40.28
that was caused by the evil one.
But when you gave your heart
00:38:40.32\00:38:42.25
to me, I even took the bad
things that happened and turned
00:38:42.28\00:38:46.86
them around and made them a
blessing in your life. We're
00:38:46.89\00:38:51.43
going to see friends during the
time of the 1000 years that God
00:38:51.46\00:38:53.26
was at work 24 hours a
day, seven days a week with one
00:38:53.29\00:39:00.04
purpose. It was the salvation of
human beings. Amen. God was at
00:39:00.07\00:39:02.84
work. And we're going to...and
when we finish it all, when God
00:39:02.87\00:39:05.41
has allowed us to look into all
the things that we need to look
in to he's going to
00:39:05.44\00:39:08.71
say did I get the call right?
I'm going to say yes Lord. You
00:39:08.74\00:39:13.35
got the call right. It's just
an amazing thing and when we see
00:39:13.38\00:39:17.19
that instant replay, when we see
that if a person was not there
00:39:17.22\00:39:22.36
in heaven, it wasn't God's fault
He's going to say did I send
00:39:22.39\00:39:25.79
them an invitation? Did I make
appeals to them? Did I do it
00:39:25.83\00:39:31.20
through every which way that I
could? I'm going to say yes Lord
00:39:31.23\00:39:34.94
you did. He's going to say is
there anything more I could have
00:39:34.97\00:39:36.84
done for the salvation of that
individual? No, Lord. You pulled
00:39:36.87\00:39:40.84
out all the stops. You were
just and you were fair and that
00:39:40.88\00:39:44.51
person is not here because of a
choice that they made. And when
00:39:44.55\00:39:48.68
we're finished all of that
we're going to have this to say.
00:39:48.72\00:39:51.55
Revelation 15 and verse 3, it
says: And they sing the song of
00:39:51.59\00:39:54.92
Moses the servant of God, and
the song of the Lamb, saying,
00:39:54.96\00:39:57.66
Great and marvelous are thy
works, Lord God Almighty; just
00:39:57.69\00:40:01.96
and true are thy ways, Amen,
thou King of saints. Oh friends
00:40:02.00\00:40:07.90
we're going to know that God
was just in everything he did.
00:40:07.94\00:40:10.17
Well now let's have another
summary about what happens
00:40:10.21\00:40:13.04
during the 1000 years of the
Millennium. The righteous are in
00:40:13.07\00:40:15.81
heaven. The wicked remain dead
during that time. Satan and his
00:40:15.84\00:40:20.28
angels are bound on the earth.
The earth remains desolate. Okay
00:40:20.32\00:40:24.89
so what happens at the end of
the 1000 years? There's only one
00:40:24.92\00:40:29.39
group now that remains to be
convinced of God's justice. The
00:40:29.42\00:40:33.60
angels in heaven they understand
it. The 1000 years are for the
00:40:33.63\00:40:36.46
righteous. They understand it
now. But God is so just friends.
00:40:36.50\00:40:41.14
He is so merciful he's even
going to allow the unsaved to
00:40:41.17\00:40:46.71
understand why they were
not saved. They need to be
00:40:46.74\00:40:50.21
resurrected though so that they
can understand it and so now
00:40:50.25\00:40:52.88
let's look at the things that
happen at the close of the 1000
00:40:52.91\00:40:54.82
years. Revelation 21 and verse
2 A solemn announcement is made
00:40:54.85\00:40:59.59
The capitol of the universe, the
new Jerusalem is going to move
00:40:59.62\00:41:03.93
from its present location
wherever that is down to this
00:41:03.96\00:41:07.96
world. Here it is: And I John
saw the holy city, new Jerusalem
00:41:08.00\00:41:11.80
coming down from God out
of heaven prepared as a bride
00:41:11.83\00:41:14.94
adorned for her husband.
Now you know that's going to be
00:41:14.97\00:41:17.44
beautiful, right? And I heard a
great voice out of heaven saying
00:41:17.47\00:41:19.74
Behold, the tabernacle of
God is with men, which means the
00:41:19.77\00:41:22.71
dwelling place of God is with
people and he will dwell with
00:41:22.74\00:41:26.41
them, and they shall be his
people, and God himself shall be
00:41:26.45\00:41:29.75
with them, and be their God.
So God is saying, I want to be
00:41:29.78\00:41:33.36
right down here in this world
preparing it for when he's going
00:41:33.39\00:41:36.86
make it brand new, but we'll
talk about that in just a moment
00:41:36.89\00:41:38.99
So God is bringing the universe,
excuse me, God is bringing the
00:41:39.03\00:41:42.96
New Jerusalem right down to this
world. It's an immense city.
00:41:43.00\00:41:46.60
And it's an amazing city. There
are dimensions given for that
00:41:46.63\00:41:50.94
city. Some say it's 1500
kilometers on each side. Some
00:41:50.97\00:41:56.88
say that's all the way around.
But even if you take the smaller
00:41:56.91\00:41:58.48
measurement, that would be like
375 miles on one side. It's a
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.08
city roughly the size of the
state of Oregon. That's a big
00:42:00.12\00:42:03.52
city right? And when you think
about it every square inch of it
00:42:03.55\00:42:06.09
is beautiful and habitable.
That's a lot of people to fit in
00:42:06.12\00:42:09.72
that city. That's for another
night to talk about that. God's
00:42:09.76\00:42:13.46
people friends are in that city.
So I want you to picture this
00:42:13.50\00:42:17.13
now in your mind's eye. The 1000
years are over. It's one of the
00:42:17.17\00:42:21.67
the most exciting moments in all
of history when you really take
00:42:21.70\00:42:25.17
it all in. The 1000 years
are over. The wicked will now be
00:42:25.21\00:42:31.15
resurrected. Let's go to
Revelation 20 verse 5. A little
00:42:31.18\00:42:32.91
bit of review here. It says: The
rest of the dead lived not again
00:42:32.95\00:42:35.78
until the thousand years were
finished. So what's another word
00:42:35.82\00:42:38.82
for finished? It's over, right?
This expired. In fact, in Acts
00:42:38.85\00:42:44.13
24 Paul says:...there shall be
a resurrection of the dead, both
00:42:44.16\00:42:48.76
of the just and the, what else,
the unjust, right? So we already
00:42:48.80\00:42:53.70
had the resurrection of the just
That happened at the time of the
00:42:53.74\00:42:55.50
second coming. But now the
one for the unjust, the one that
00:42:55.54\00:42:57.51
Jesus said was the resurrection
of damnation. So we'll put our
00:42:57.54\00:43:02.01
graph up here on the screen
again. We got a 1000-year period
00:43:02.04\00:43:04.11
of time. It's bookended by two
resurrections, the first and the
00:43:04.15\00:43:07.22
second. The saved or the
righteous come up in the first
00:43:07.25\00:43:09.48
resurrection. The unrighteous
or the lost will come up in the
00:43:09.52\00:43:12.62
second resurrection. What event
triggers them. The second coming
00:43:12.65\00:43:17.59
triggers the first resurrection.
The holy city descending out of
00:43:17.63\00:43:19.69
heaven triggers the second
resurrection. So now the city
00:43:19.73\00:43:23.30
comes down and what else takes
place? Verse 7: And when the
00:43:23.33\00:43:29.40
1000 years are expired,
what does expired mean? Finished
00:43:29.44\00:43:33.17
right? Over. Satan shall be
loosed out of his what? Prison.
00:43:33.21\00:43:38.21
So what has the 1000 years been
when it's desolate and dark.
00:43:38.25\00:43:42.78
It's been a prison, the pit has
been a prison for Satan for a
00:43:42.82\00:43:46.52
1000 years. He's been chained
by circumstances. No one to
00:43:46.55\00:43:51.63
tempt. There's been no light.
Only cold darkness. At the end
00:43:51.66\00:43:55.16
of the 1000 years, it'll be
lightened with the presence of
00:43:55.20\00:43:57.73
God. And it says that the wicked
now are loosed. Now we enter
00:43:57.77\00:44:02.90
into that short season or
that little season that's talked
00:44:02.94\00:44:07.34
about in Revelation 20 and verse
3. I'm going to ask you to try
00:44:07.38\00:44:11.61
to just keep him quiet there
if you could please. All right.
00:44:11.65\00:44:15.12
Thank you. Now we enter
into that little season called
00:44:15.15\00:44:19.42
Revelation 20 verse 3 that
Revelation talks about. What is
00:44:19.45\00:44:21.56
Satan going to do when he loosed
out of his prison. You think
00:44:21.59\00:44:24.56
he's learned any lessons
there? Huh? Has he changed his
00:44:24.59\00:44:27.83
character during the 1000 years
do you think? No not at all.
00:44:27.86\00:44:30.33
We're going to take a look here
at what's going to happen. It
00:44:30.37\00:44:33.34
says in verse 8: And shall go
out to deceive the nations which
00:44:33.37\00:44:35.70
are in the four quarters of
the earth, Gog, and Magog,...Now
00:44:35.74\00:44:38.67
don't get thrown off with that
Gog and Magog because Gog was a
00:44:38.71\00:44:42.98
king of wickedness in the
Old Testament. So Revelation is
00:44:43.01\00:44:45.35
picking up on that and making it
a symbol, Gog being the king of
00:44:45.38\00:44:49.32
wickedness, which of course
is Satan. Magog being all his
00:44:49.35\00:44:52.99
followers or the land of Magog,
all of the wicked hosts there,
00:44:53.02\00:44:56.89
that's all that
that's representing there.
00:44:56.93\00:44:58.46
Now there weren't any nations
before the second resurrection,
00:44:58.49\00:45:01.96
but now the second resurrection
has occurred and now Satan can
00:45:02.00\00:45:06.13
go out and deceive them and
he can go out and tempt them.
00:45:06.17\00:45:08.80
Now it tells us in verse 8:
...to gather them together to
00:45:08.84\00:45:13.64
battle. What happens when
they're finally resurrected?
00:45:13.68\00:45:16.08
Have the wicked changed at
all? Has their character been
00:45:16.11\00:45:19.51
converted? Not at all. They were
against God when they perished
00:45:19.55\00:45:23.32
and now they're against God
again. The number of whom is as
00:45:23.35\00:45:26.72
the sand of the sea. John sees
this vast number of people. It's
00:45:26.76\00:45:32.46
so large friends that the only
term he can come up with is like
00:45:32.49\00:45:37.13
the sand of the seashore. That
tells us where the majority are
00:45:37.17\00:45:40.30
going to be, right? That tells
us where the broad road leads
00:45:40.34\00:45:43.61
to. Don't let anybody tell
you dear friends that because of
00:45:43.64\00:45:47.68
numbers that they're right
because numbers have really
00:45:47.71\00:45:51.91
never been in the right through
all of history. So here we've
00:45:51.95\00:45:57.22
got thousands of millions of
people coming up and John says
00:45:57.25\00:46:01.36
it's like the sand of the sea.
They're lost but nevertheless
00:46:01.39\00:46:04.96
they're deceived and they think
that they can overcome the city
00:46:04.99\00:46:09.10
by force. Now we don't know
exactly how Satan deceives them.
00:46:09.13\00:46:12.03
But it can't be difficult. They
listened to his voice when they
00:46:12.07\00:46:15.10
were on the earth before.
They're going to listen to his
00:46:15.14\00:46:16.77
voice the second time. It means
that whatever a person was used
00:46:16.81\00:46:20.48
to doing, they're going to go
right back to doing it as well.
00:46:20.51\00:46:23.58
When my wife and I want
to go on vacation...it's an
00:46:23.61\00:46:29.88
interesting thing when you have
a husband and wife. Sometimes
00:46:29.92\00:46:31.52
you don't always see the same.
And when we go on vacation we
00:46:31.55\00:46:35.29
sometimes, or when we think
we're going to have vacation
00:46:35.32\00:46:37.86
sometimes we have different
ideas about what vacation is.
00:46:37.89\00:46:40.70
Have you ever had that before,
right? My wife likes one kind of
00:46:40.73\00:46:43.93
vacation and it's not bad to
me but sometimes I want to go do
00:46:43.97\00:46:46.70
something different on vacation.
And when my wife thinks vacation
00:46:46.74\00:46:51.84
I'll tell you what three things
she thinks about. She thinks of
00:46:51.87\00:46:53.78
sun, sand, and surf. And here I
am at the beach and I just reach
00:46:53.81\00:46:57.11
over and I grab sand and I look
at that and I say what? Wow! I
00:46:57.15\00:47:01.02
wonder how many grains of sand
are in there. Now I'm honestly
00:47:01.05\00:47:04.99
not this boring, right, but
I mean I'm sitting there...that
00:47:05.02\00:47:08.92
would be a massive number. Only
God could count that but boy
00:47:08.96\00:47:11.56
that would be a lot. And I'm
looking down the shore and wow,
00:47:11.59\00:47:14.43
look at all that, wow, a lot of
sand. Now many grains would that
00:47:14.46\00:47:17.53
be you know. That would be a
lot. When the Holy City comes
00:47:17.57\00:47:20.60
down all the righteous are in
that city. When the wicked come
00:47:20.64\00:47:25.91
up all the wicked are now
gathered around that city.
00:47:25.94\00:47:29.44
At this moment in time every
human being that has ever lived
00:47:29.48\00:47:38.12
is living now or ever will live
meet together for the first and
00:47:38.15\00:47:44.69
the last time. They're all there
All of humanity is there. You
00:47:44.73\00:47:51.17
have got the wicked outside
of the walls. You've got the
00:47:51.20\00:47:55.90
righteous inside of the walls.
We have no choice in that we
00:47:55.94\00:47:59.51
will be there but thank God we
have a choice what side of those
00:47:59.54\00:48:03.48
city walls we are going to
be on Amen? We don't have to be
00:48:03.51\00:48:06.98
outside of those walls
with Satan because they are
00:48:07.02\00:48:08.35
rebellious. And it says they're
going to go up on the breadth
00:48:08.38\00:48:13.09
of the earth and it says
they compass, that means they
00:48:13.12\00:48:14.46
surround the camp of the saints
and the beloved city. So Satan
00:48:14.49\00:48:17.89
gathers them around like they're
actually going to attack the
00:48:17.93\00:48:20.56
city. Amazing. When you think
of that city friends it says the
00:48:20.60\00:48:26.23
walls of that city are
like a translucent gold. They're
00:48:26.27\00:48:29.60
actually going to be like
transparent and the wicked will
00:48:29.64\00:48:32.47
be able to look in as far as
possible and they're going to be
00:48:32.51\00:48:36.44
able to see a lot of the glory
that that city has. Can you
00:48:36.48\00:48:40.32
imagine the regret in that
day in those minds when they see
00:48:40.35\00:48:44.35
what they've missed out on.
When they see that all those
00:48:44.39\00:48:48.49
excuses they made, right? All
of those things that they did to
00:48:48.52\00:48:52.03
show themself to be against God.
Now they find themselves outside
00:48:52.06\00:48:57.03
those walls and there are going
to be people outside of those
00:48:57.07\00:48:59.50
walls that actually think
that they should be inside those
00:48:59.53\00:49:01.00
walls. And on a night to come
we're going to study, they say
00:49:01.04\00:49:06.24
Lord, Lord why am I outside of
these walls. I thought I should
00:49:06.27\00:49:09.11
be inside. This is the real
star- wars conclusion right here
00:49:09.14\00:49:13.45
right Did you see that TV show
or you've heard that TV show
00:49:13.48\00:49:15.88
called Survivor. This is
the real-time of the time of the
00:49:15.92\00:49:20.49
survivors those who are inside
the city. And this is much more
00:49:20.52\00:49:24.73
exciting than any cheap
Hollywood drama or any kind of
00:49:24.76\00:49:29.03
fictitious movie that Hollywood
could make. This is showing the
00:49:29.06\00:49:33.13
real conclusion to the battle
between good and evil that has
00:49:33.17\00:49:36.00
raged for thousands of years and
God is finally bringing it to a
00:49:36.04\00:49:40.61
conclusion. Sometimes people's
minds get so confused over the
00:49:40.64\00:49:43.88
fictitious that the real doesn't
have an impact on them anymore.
00:49:43.91\00:49:48.15
This is the final moment in
history when God is going to do
00:49:48.18\00:49:52.92
away with all of evil and
wickedness forever friends and
00:49:52.95\00:49:55.56
I'm looking forward to that.
What a momentous event. There's
00:49:55.59\00:49:57.76
coming a time when the hands of
the history clock stop and God
00:49:57.79\00:50:05.43
has given this short time of
probation for us. We can choose
00:50:05.47\00:50:08.47
to buy a house or rent a house.
We can choose to live on the
00:50:08.50\00:50:12.77
east coast or the west coast.
You know we can make these
00:50:12.81\00:50:15.78
kinds of choices to last for
what 50, 60, 70 years but the
00:50:15.81\00:50:20.45
choice to serve the Lord,
the choice to accept the gospel
00:50:20.48\00:50:25.75
message and be converted in
our hearts, the choice to desire
00:50:25.79\00:50:28.69
to love Jesus
00:50:28.72\00:50:30.06
enough to keep his commandments
The choice to follow Jesus' word
00:50:30.09\00:50:34.13
and be baptized as a sign
that you want to be on his side.
00:50:34.16\00:50:36.97
These are not choices for 50, 60
or 70 years, friends. These are
00:50:37.00\00:50:40.57
choices that will
00:50:40.60\00:50:41.94
last for eternity. Amen?
Eternity. Let us make those
00:50:41.97\00:50:46.74
choices friends. Let's prepare
for the future. This is the main
00:50:46.78\00:50:50.61
purpose of life. It's amazing
again as I said the people can
00:50:50.65\00:50:53.01
go through so many years of
schooling just for this life.
00:50:53.05\00:50:57.15
When you ask them to come to
a seminar, and I commend you for
00:50:57.19\00:51:00.86
being here and I commend all of
you on television for watching
00:51:00.89\00:51:03.73
at home, but you ask them to
come to something of a spiritual
00:51:03.76\00:51:08.36
nature and they say well I have
no time for that. Oh I'm busy
00:51:08.40\00:51:12.33
now. It's amazing how Satan can
confuse us into not making time
00:51:12.37\00:51:16.60
to get ready for Jesus. The
walls again are transparent and
00:51:16.64\00:51:21.14
they're looking up at that and
they see all of that and there's
00:51:21.18\00:51:23.95
going to be the biggest agony of
regret that this world has ever
00:51:23.98\00:51:28.82
seen when they realize they've
sold out cheap on eternity.
00:51:28.85\00:51:32.89
There'll be the greatest agony
of sorrow and regret and I just
00:51:32.92\00:51:36.86
want you to grasp this in your
mind friends that no matter what
00:51:36.89\00:51:40.80
trials we go through here,
no matter what heartache we go
00:51:40.83\00:51:44.43
through here, no matter if
somebody mocks you for your
00:51:44.47\00:51:47.80
faith, right, no matter if
someone ridicules you for your
00:51:47.84\00:51:51.47
stance for Jesus. In that day,
when you find yourself on the
00:51:51.51\00:51:55.64
inside of those city walls,
whatever we go through now, it
00:51:55.68\00:51:59.35
will be worth it, amen. It'll be
worth it folks. All throughout
00:51:59.38\00:52:03.65
the Bible there are only two
classes: Wheat and the tares,
00:52:03.69\00:52:07.82
sheep and the goats, broad road,
narrow road, good and evil,
00:52:07.86\00:52:11.39
truth and error, the saved and
the lost. All of these ways but
00:52:11.43\00:52:15.76
there's only two sides and in
that day again only two sides.
00:52:15.80\00:52:19.03
Those inside the walls and those
outside the walls and I'm so
00:52:19.07\00:52:23.61
glad to note that we're going
to be inside the walls by God's
00:52:23.64\00:52:27.38
grace. And I just wish I
could paint this picture so
00:52:27.41\00:52:29.84
graphically that every
single one of us would make that
00:52:29.88\00:52:33.38
decision in our heart that we
will do everything to be inside
00:52:33.42\00:52:38.65
the walls on that day. Sometimes
people are held back by
00:52:38.69\00:52:41.52
possessions, sometimes by
jobs, sometimes by friends, even
00:52:41.56\00:52:46.63
ministers friend, can sometimes
hold you back because they don't
00:52:46.66\00:52:52.30
want to do the things that they
know they should do. And in that
00:52:52.33\00:52:55.60
day there'll be a lot of people
outside those walls with excuses
00:52:55.64\00:52:58.67
oh, I did this or...I don't want
to be outside of those walls
00:52:58.71\00:53:02.88
with a good excuse in that
day because the best excuse ever
00:53:02.91\00:53:06.11
will not be good enough when we
know that we could have followed
00:53:06.15\00:53:10.69
what the Bible says. But there's
going to be something momentous
00:53:10.72\00:53:13.89
happen when they gather
around that city. They look like
00:53:13.92\00:53:16.49
they're going to charge it,
they're going attack it but all
00:53:16.52\00:53:20.16
of a sudden at a crucial moment
Revelation 20 verse 11: And I
00:53:20.20\00:53:25.90
saw a great white throne, and
him that sat on it, from whose
00:53:25.93\00:53:28.40
face the earth and the heaven
fled away, and there was found
00:53:28.44\00:53:31.34
no place for them. And I saw the
dead, small, and great, stand
00:53:31.37\00:53:34.28
before God; and the books were
opened: And another book was
00:53:34.31\00:53:36.41
was opened which is the book of
life: and the dead were judged
00:53:36.44\00:53:40.02
out of those things which were
written in the books, according
00:53:40.05\00:53:41.78
to their works. So as Satan
and the wicked advance upon that
00:53:41.82\00:53:45.35
city God stops them in their
tracks. The great white throne
00:53:45.39\00:53:48.56
judgment takes place of
Revelation 20:11-14 because God
00:53:48.59\00:53:52.23
does not just destroy the wicked
without showing them why they're
00:53:52.26\00:53:56.77
lost. Does God have to do that?
No. But does God do that? Yes.
00:53:56.80\00:54:00.30
And he's going to open the books
and if they have any question
00:54:00.34\00:54:05.81
he's going to say is your name
written here in the book of life
00:54:05.84\00:54:08.34
and they will say no. Then he'll
say let me show you why it's
00:54:08.38\00:54:11.98
not in there. And another book
is opened which is the book of
00:54:12.01\00:54:14.65
their life, the book of record.
And after he reveals to them
00:54:14.68\00:54:19.09
an instant replay of things,
it says the dead were judged out
00:54:19.12\00:54:25.73
of those things which were
written in the books according
00:54:25.76\00:54:28.10
to their what? Their works. So
God gives them in a miraculous
00:54:28.13\00:54:33.64
way the instant replay of their
life. The history. They'll see
00:54:33.67\00:54:38.61
see how they rejected the
Holy Spirit's many pleas. They
00:54:38.64\00:54:43.35
rejected the spirit's work
to try to guide them into truth.
00:54:43.38\00:54:44.71
They could have come to a
prophecy seminar, they could
00:54:44.75\00:54:48.38
have read that gospel tract that
someone put in their hand. They
00:54:48.42\00:54:52.02
could have had their heart
softened if they had allowed it
00:54:52.05\00:54:54.79
to be softened. They are going
to see that they are justly
00:54:54.82\00:54:56.36
excluded from heaven and when
they realize they are eternally
00:54:56.39\00:55:00.00
lost. They're going to realize
there's no repentance for them
00:55:00.03\00:55:03.03
at that time but they realize
that God was fair and God was
00:55:03.06\00:55:08.04
just and now at that moment in
time friends, this verse will be
00:55:08.07\00:55:13.01
fulfilled. Philippians 2 it says
in verse 10 that the name of
00:55:13.04\00:55:15.98
Jesus how many knees are
going to bow. Every knee should
00:55:16.01\00:55:18.95
bow, of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things
00:55:18.98\00:55:20.45
under the earth. And that
how many tongues are going to
00:55:20.48\00:55:24.25
confess, friend? Every tongue
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
00:55:24.29\00:55:27.82
the glory of God the father.
That is the moment when all of
00:55:27.86\00:55:32.46
humanity and I believe even all
of the angelic hosts will bow
00:55:32.49\00:55:36.26
the knee and they will say God
is love. Amen. God was fair. And
00:55:36.30\00:55:43.37
then it says in Revelation
20 and verse And fire came down
00:55:43.41\00:55:46.51
from God out of heaven and what
did it do It devoured them. Now
00:55:46.54\00:55:49.94
that is our next study together.
What is that fire all about that
00:55:49.98\00:55:55.12
the Bible speaks about and is
this called the lake of fire all
00:55:55.15\00:55:58.15
about that, the Bible speaks
of? That's our very next session
00:55:58.19\00:56:01.42
So yes fire comes down from God
out of heaven. Revelation 20 and
00:56:01.46\00:56:05.09
verse 14 says: And death and
hell were cast into the lake of
00:56:05.13\00:56:08.83
fire. This is the second death.
So there is a first death called
00:56:08.86\00:56:11.87
a sleep and there is second
death. What is the second death
00:56:11.90\00:56:14.17
all about? Once again our next
study we're going to find out
00:56:14.20\00:56:18.17
exactly what that means. Verse
And whosoever was not found
00:56:18.21\00:56:20.24
written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire. So
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this world now has a lake
of fire to consume the sin and
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sinner. He's destroyed Satan
in that lake of fire. We're
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going to study that in our
next session together but Isaiah
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called it God's strange act.
Why is that? We'll find out. But
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we're not going to end on that
fire. We're not going to end
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end on that but end on a much
more positive note. When the
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fire goes out what does
God going to do for his people?
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let's find out. Isaiah 65 and
verse 17 and here it says: For
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behold I create new heavens and
a, what friends? A new earth.
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Yeah. And I saw a new heaven
and a new earth, says Revelation
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21:1; for the first heaven and
the first earth were passed away
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and there was no more sea. So
twice it speaks about it, once
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the Old Testament, once herein
Revelation and actually a third
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time in Peter, but Peter
adds something to it. He says in
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2 Peter 3:13: Nevertheless we,
according to his promise, look
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for new heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwelleth, what folks?
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Righteousness. On aren't you
looking forward to the time when
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everybody does what is right.
Oh isn't that going to be great?
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God says we're not going to
remember this old earth any more
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He'll wipe it out of our memory.
So what's going to happen at
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the end of the 1000 years?
Christ, the saints, and the city
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descent. The wicked dead will
be raised at that time. Satan is
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loosed out of his dark desolate
prison. The last judgment
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concludes. Satan and sinners
will be destroyed and again
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that's our next subject.
The earth will be cleansed and
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renewed, he'll make a new heaven
and a new earth. And then where
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will God and the righteous
finally, live. Now is fulfilled
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this verse folks: Blessed are
the meek for they shall inherit
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the earth. Many think that they
inherit it at the beginning of
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1000 years and the Bible
actually tells that they inherit
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at the end of the 1000 years.
They will dwell with God for all
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eternity.
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