Welcome again to our program,
"Revelation of The Coming King."
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Actually our series
on the Book of Revelation
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that is
covering all 22 chapters,
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it's coming to, it's close.
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So far we dealt with
the battle of Armageddon.
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Now we want to see the outcome
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and the conclusion of
the battle of Armageddon.
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And finally we'd like to
see about that eternal kingdom
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that God is preparing
for all those who love them.
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So welcome again to our program.
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And I'm Ranko Stefanovic,
Professor of the New Testament
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at the Seventh-day
Adventist Theological Seminary,
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Andrews University.
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So my area of
research is the New Testament,
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of course also the Old Testament
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because we cannot understand
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as you can see New Testament
without the Old Testament,
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especially the Book
of Revelation, okay.
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But my topic that
usually I go and preach about
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it's the Book of Revelation.
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Probably, 80% of all calls
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that I have involves study
with the Book of Revelation.
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So I'm so excited
to be with you here.
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I had the best, the best
audience during the series.
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The best crew, not only
that they are taping the series,
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but they are providing such a
great support and their smile,
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their enthusiasm is
great motivation to me.
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And all you
viewers, I hope that one day
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when we meet in
the Kingdom of God,
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maybe if you'll say,
"How some of the insights
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in the Book of Revelation
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prompted you to come in
to a relationship with God
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much, much
closer, closer to Him."
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But we'd like to encourage you
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that once this program
is over that you continuing
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and to study the Book
of Revelation for yourself.
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Don't take anybody's word
for certain, including myself.
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This is just to
stimulate your appetite
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for the word of God.
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Please take the word of God,
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this Bible because this
is the best interpretation
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of the Book of Revelation.
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This is the best commentary
on the Book of Revelation.
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But also we'd
like to encourage you
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that you also refer to the pages
of this book that is titled,
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"Revelation of Jesus Christ,"
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which is
verse-by-verse commentary
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on the Book of Revelation.
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The purpose of this book
is not really to give you
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interpretations of everything,
but to give you the tools,
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to point to those
texts in the Old Testament,
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in the New Testament and
many other background texts
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outside of the
Bible that can help you
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that you get to that insight
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in understanding
of this problematic
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and sometimes confusing passages
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of the-- of the
Book of Revelation.
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So today our presentations,
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if you want to
study for yourself,
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the pages are here
from 551 and on, okay.
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The next two chapters
of the Book of Revelation.
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So from page
551, you can go here
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and you will see how many texts,
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how many
information you can find here.
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But don't forget,
everything that we are doing
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it's nothing if the Holy
Spirit does not instruct us,
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okay, into the word of God.
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So please pray to
God, pray to God earnestly.
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Let me tell you how I do it.
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I kneel down on
my knees and I say,
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"Lord, empty my mind
of all understandings
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about the Book of
Revelation that I had.
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Give me that open mind
that I can really understand
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Your will not
to support my ideas
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and try to justify my ideas
in the Book of Revelation."
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I'd like to
suggest to one of you
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that you do it in that way.
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Once you do it, boy,
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what a golden
mine of information
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you'll get from this
wonderful book, okay.
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Let us ask God--God for
guidance for this presentation.
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Our Heavenly Father,
we are asking You again
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for Your presence
here in our midst.
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Thank You for
being with us so far.
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We're grateful to
You for any insights
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that we are able to get
from this wonderful book.
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And please help us
that our understanding
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of the Book of
Revelation help us
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that we can come
much closer to each other,
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but it is most important
to come much closer to You.
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Father, thank You
for Your guidance.
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Thank You for Your help.
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Thank You for all
Your love given to us.
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And, Father, we
are praying all of this
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in the precious name
ofour Savior Jesus Christ, amen.
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Please, would
you now turn with me?
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We are now in the Revelation
Chapter 20--Chapter 19.
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Boy, I cannot-- I cannot believe
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that we are
already in chapter 19 here.
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Okay, let me remind you about
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what we studied in
Chapter 17 and 18, okay.
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We saw about the
judgment of Babylon
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that is really the outcome
of the battle of Armageddon.
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This is the part of the
battle of Armageddon, okay.
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And we saw as result of
the--of the fall of Babylon,
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that religious and
political leaders of this world
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will unite
together against Christ
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and His chosen
people here on this earth.
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Keep that in mind.
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On one side people
will become dissolution.
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They will see that
they have lost any hope
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what they had about the future.
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Babylon promise
to them too much,
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but nothing what
was promised is realized
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because the Babylon itself
is crushed and comes to its end.
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Praise God.
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That's what
biblical teaching is.
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The kingdoms they
come and they are gone.
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Human beings are born,
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they claim to be great
personalities and they're gone.
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But there are two
things that remain,
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it's our powerful and mighty
God and His word that is true,
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and He's promised that one day
He will establish His kingdom.
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That's actually what the Book of
Daniel Chapter 2 is teaching us.
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Everything will belong
to the past in this world,
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but when God
establishes His kingdom
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see His kingdom will
last forever and ever.
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And please with
these thoughts in mind
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let us now move to Chapter 19.
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And I'd like to ask
you that you be with me
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as we are reading
the following verses.
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It says, "After these
things." Which things?
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"After the fall of Babylon
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as secular and
political powers of this world
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are now united to
destroy God's people."
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What happens?
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After these things John said,
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"I heard
something like a loud voice
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of a great multitude in
heaven, saying, 'Hallelujah!'"
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Which means glory
to God. Praise God.
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"Salvation and glory and
power belong to our God."
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Are you familiar with
this--this expression?
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Where did we find it?
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In the
Revelation Chapters 4 and 5,
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at the enthronement of Christ.
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Now they--the time has come
that finally Jesus Christ comes
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and takes His kingdom.
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There is no rebellion
against Him any longer.
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He says, "Because His judgments
are true and righteous,
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for He has judged
the great harlot."
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What is the name of
that harlot? Babylon.
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"Who was--" In my text says,
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"Corrupting the
earth with her immorality."
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In Greek it says, "Destroying
the earth with her immorality."
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"And he has avenged the
blood of his servants on her."
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Do you remember that we
read in Revelation 11:18
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that the time will come
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that those who are destroying
the earth will be destroyed?
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Who was the one or
what was the entity
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that was destroying the earth?
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Babylon with her immorality.
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And now the time
has come for Babylon
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to be completely destroyed,
including Satan himself.
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"And the second time
they said, 'Hallelujah!
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Her smoke arises
up forever and ever.'"
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This does not talk
about eternal hell,
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it talks about
eternal destruction.
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You remember we
talked about that
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with the
reference to Chapter 14?
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"And the twenty four elders
and the four living creatures
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fell down and they worship God
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who sits on the throne
saying 'Amen. Hallelujah!'
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And a voice came
from the throne, saying,
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'Give praise to our God
and all you His servants,
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you who fear Him,
the small and the great.'
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Then I heard something like
the voice of a great multitude
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and like the
sound of many waters
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and like the sound of
mighty peals of thunder,
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saying, 'Hallelujah!
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For the Lord our God,
the Almighty, reigns.'"
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This verse are the key--
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is the key sentence
in Handel's Hallelujah.
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Do you remember that chorus?
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This is actually the text,
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but actually the
same expression occurs
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in the Book of Revelation 5,
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when Jesus was enthroned at
the right hand of the Father.
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But throughout the
history of the Christian church,
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there was a Satan who
still control the planet earth.
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Now the time has come finally
for Jesus Christ to reign.
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But there is something else.
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The time has come
finally for Jesus Christ
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to unite
Himself with His people.
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And please, I
cannot, I'm tempted to preach
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and I have to do it now
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because this is
my favorite text.
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I already announced
it before, because this,
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a long-awaited union
between Christ and His people
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is portrayed here in
the Book of Revelation
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in the terms of
a wedding ceremony.
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Please, allow me to
read this text, okay.
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Our verses-- our
verses 7-10, okay.
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Verses 7-10, we read, it says,
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"Let us rejoice and be
glad and give the glory to Him,
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for the marriage
of the Lamb has come
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and His bride has
made herself ready.
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It was given to her to
clothe herself in fine linen,
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bright and clean,
for the fine linen
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is the righteous
acts of the saints.
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Then he said to me,
'Write, blessed are those
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who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb."'
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And he said to me,
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'These are the
true words of God.'"
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Please, help me now
something to understand.
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You see, we are talking
here about that long-awaited
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union between
Christ and His people.
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Are the God's people the bride
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or the guest at the wedding?
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The answer is yes.
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Actually this is another anomaly
in the Book of Revelation.
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Sometimes two different symbols
refer to one and the same thing.
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Yes, the church.
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God's people,
they are the bride.
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But at the same
time, they are the guests.
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You have two different aspects
to tell us about something,
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why the guest?
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Because evidently John
who was the Apostle of Jesus.
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He remembered all those parables
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that Jesus
talks about the guests
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that are invited there
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to the wedding
of the king's son.
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Do you remember that--
do you remember that person
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who came there
and he was not dressed
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in that wedding
dress that was there?
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So he had all
these things in mind
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to telling us many
things about that wedding.
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Number one, we are
invited to be there,
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but we must at the same
time be ready to be found there.
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You will notice
here-- you will notice here
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that it says, "Let us Rejoice."
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Verse 7, "And be glad
and give glory to Him,
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for the marriage
of the Lamb has come
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and His bride has
made herself ready."
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How did she make herself ready
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because it was given to her
to clothe herself in fine linen?
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Do you see here another anomaly?
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The bride, she has
made herself ready,
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but when you read
the following text
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it was not actually she
that make herself ready,
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it was given to her
to make herself ready.
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Why? Why?
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I can quote many texts
from the Book of Revelation,
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but probably one of
the most significant
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when God's
people find themselves
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before the throne of
God, they will be ready,
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wide ready
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because they washed their
robes in the blood of the Lamb.
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They're there not
because they have done it,
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it's rather because
what God has did for them.
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But keep in mind,
they have to do their part,
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it was given to them.
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Can I ask you something?
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I can--oh, boy, I
don't have my valet here.
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I cannot take my
valet and give to you
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and stretch to you,
does not mean anything.
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It's only 50% of the deal done.
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The second part is to you.
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You have to stretch your
hand and to accept that gift.
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So talking
about-- about God's people
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who are waiting for His coming
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and finally they
prepare themselves
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and they are ready for
that-- for that coming.
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By the way, we can talk
a lot about the wedding.
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I know what I did
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because when they
wanted to bring the bride here,
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she was just 18.
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I was a pastor in a small church
and the building was so awful.
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I had to take those buckets
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because during the
rainy season, etcetera,
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but I wanted when
my wife comes there,
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it's a beautiful
home in ugly building.
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And believe me, I
worked for two months.
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Finally, for the day
of wedding I was so slim
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that you could
count all my ribs there.
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I did not care about that
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because I wanted to
make everything ready.
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Boy, readiness.
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I told you I
cannot, but preach here.
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Of course, so
many times I wonder
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when we read that this text,
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what this text
really means to us?
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But let me tell you
that this text meant a lot
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to the first century readers,
especially the Jewish readers
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because what you have here
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reflects a typical
first century Jewish wedding.
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So please now allow
me to share with you
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how the Jewish
actually wedding look like?
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You know, there is a young
man and he comes to his parents.
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Keep in mind, we're talking
about not wedding like today.
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What do I mean?
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I remember, when my
daughter started dating,
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she fell in love
with that young man.
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I told my wife, I cannot wait
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when my daughter
will come to me and say,
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"Mom and dad, I'd
like to be engaged.
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He asked me. What do
you think, etcetera?"
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And I--we told
we're waiting for the day.
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And one day, my daughter
came with her boyfriend.
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They said, "I'd
like to talk to you."
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I said, "What?"
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And we sat there and
she said, "We are engaged."
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My wife almost
fainted down to the floor.
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It was completely opposite
to what we expected to happen.
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And so many times I wonder
if younger generation understand
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what actually text is all about,
because they don't understand
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what happened in the
typical biblical times
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in order to get to the full
significance of that message.
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You see, in the first century,
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the wedding was a
family arrangement.
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So the young man--by
the way, how I got engaged.
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The two families
gathered together.
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My today's wife,
okay, her parents,
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they prepare a lot of
food, two families met together.
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We talked together, I remember.
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I put that ring
there. We kiss each other.
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The two families
started talking about
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preparation for the wedding.
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It was a
family--family occasion.
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But in the first century
it was little bit different,
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that boy would
say to his father,
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"You know, father, I
really like that girl."
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The first question
the father would ask,
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"Would she be
good for our house?
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It means, can she work?"
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She said, "Oh,
yeah. She's okay."
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I said, "Yeah, we like the
girl. Let us go to their house."
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And they will
announce they're coming
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and they will sit there
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and the father of that
young boy, he will say,
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"Do you know why we are here."
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We don't know.
Yeah, they did not know.
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Said, "We are
here because our son,
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he likes your daughter."
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The first thing that the
father of the girl would ask,
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"How much do you offer?"
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And then negotiation starts.
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Finally, they make a deal, okay.
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This is how much we are
offering for your daughter.
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It's a family affairs.
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Finally they realized,
there was no ring--ring,
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there is nothing and
simply the deal is made.
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The hands are shaken,
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and it means that
betrothal is done.
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It meant that
these two young people
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are now engaged
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and they are pronounced
to be husband and wife.
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I know, it looks
very strange to us.
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But keep in mind, that act
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what happened there in
that house actually was binding.
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They were legally in front
of all people they were married,
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even though they could not
have sexual relationship yet.
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Now if you go to
the Gospel of Matthew 1,
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now you'll understand,
when the angel talked to Joseph
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and he--and the text said,
"And the Joseph her husband."
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Do you remember that?
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He did not want to break
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with marriage
because he was honest man.
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Now you understand why
because in the Jewish mind,
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if you're legally bound, why?
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Because a dowry was paid
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and the wedding
have to be taken place.
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Now, when the ceremony is
done, they will eat and drink.
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At that moment the
young man would stand up
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and to say to everybody,
especially to his bride.
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He says, "Now I'm going
back to my father's house.
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I have to prepare the
place where we will live.
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You have to make
preparation for yourself.
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Once I prepare the
place where we will live,
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I will come back and I will
take you to my father's house."
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Do those words
look familiar to you?
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Of course, please, I'd
like to invite all of you
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that we turn to the
Gospel of John 14:1-3.
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Revelation Chapter--Revelation--
Gospel of John 14.
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Gospel of John 14:1-3.
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"Do not let your
heart be troubled,
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believe in God,
believe also in Me.
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'In My Father's house
are many dwelling places,
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if it were not so,
I would have told you,
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for I go to
prepare a place for you.'
00:21:01.14\00:21:04.43
'If I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again,
I'll receive you to Myself,
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that where I am,
there also you may be.'"
00:21:10.94\00:21:17.66
Friends, you have to
understand these words of Jesus
00:21:17.69\00:21:20.03
against that Jewish
concept of the wedding.
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It was 2,000 years ago
that our Savior Jesus Christ
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came down to this world.
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It is on the cross of Calvary
that He paid the dowry for us.
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And after that
He told to all of us
00:21:37.52\00:21:42.60
as He was
talking to the disciples.
00:21:42.63\00:21:45.29
"Don't be afraid, I'm leaving
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because I'm leaving
for one simple reason is."
00:21:47.15\00:21:51.12
There are many rooms
in My Father's house.
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Keep in mind.
00:21:55.12\00:21:56.62
Many Christians are waiting
one day to live there in heaven.
00:21:56.65\00:22:00.63
Jesus said, "In
my father's house
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there are many rooms there."
00:22:03.01\00:22:04.38
But Jesus' intention
is not that the Christians
00:22:04.41\00:22:06.53
live there in heaven.
00:22:06.56\00:22:08.73
The earth is our
future where we're living.
00:22:08.76\00:22:10.81
Amen. Amen.
00:22:10.84\00:22:12.56
Jesus said, "I am going
to prepare the place for you
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and when I prepare the
place, I will come back
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and I will take you and
you will be there, where I am."
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By the way, when you read
Revelation 22, we will see.
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It says, "That this
earth will be the place
00:22:31.50\00:22:34.55
where God Jesus Christ Himself
will dwell with His people."
00:22:34.58\00:22:39.52
And Revelation 19, the
text that we just read,
00:22:39.55\00:22:44.25
portrays the fulfillment of
this promise that Jesus made.
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Now you understand
why this symbol is used,
00:22:49.07\00:22:53.02
symbol of the Jewish wedding.
00:22:53.05\00:22:55.62
Because it is in
the best way describes
00:22:55.65\00:22:59.22
the fulfillment
of Jesus' promises.
00:22:59.25\00:23:02.36
Finally, that long-awaited union
00:23:02.39\00:23:06.23
between Jesus and
His people is realized.
00:23:06.26\00:23:10.05
The time has come and
all people are invited
00:23:10.08\00:23:14.27
to participate in the
wedding supper of the Lamb.
00:23:14.30\00:23:18.89
I just want to tell you,
00:23:18.92\00:23:20.57
I'm waiting for
that event to take place.
00:23:20.60\00:23:23.40
Jesus spoke to His
disciples, He told them,
00:23:23.43\00:23:26.40
"Don't rejoice
about what you see now,
00:23:26.43\00:23:28.67
rejoice about the time
because the time is coming
00:23:28.70\00:23:31.30
when you will see yourself
00:23:31.33\00:23:32.70
sitting there
at that great table
00:23:32.73\00:23:34.43
with Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, you will sit there."
00:23:34.46\00:23:39.20
Oh, boy, I cannot wait for that
day to participate and to eat.
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It's about eating.
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Eating about at that great
supper of the Lamb, eating.
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We are all
invited to participate
00:23:55.21\00:23:59.43
at that wedding
supper of the Lamb and eat.
00:23:59.46\00:24:02.03
If not?
00:24:02.06\00:24:04.09
If we turn down that invitation,
00:24:04.12\00:24:06.61
there is only one other
chance that is left for us
00:24:06.64\00:24:10.07
to be eaten
because the Revelation 19
00:24:10.10\00:24:14.74
portrays two possibilities
to eat or to be eaten,
00:24:14.77\00:24:19.00
to eat at the
wedding supper of the Lamb
00:24:19.03\00:24:22.06
or to be eaten at
the great supper of God.
00:24:22.09\00:24:24.57
Please, the text moves on.
00:24:24.60\00:24:27.19
And this text actually
provides the conclusion
00:24:27.22\00:24:29.89
of the battle of Armageddon.
00:24:29.92\00:24:33.77
You see, prior to that the Book
of Revelation wants to tell us,
00:24:33.80\00:24:38.40
what is the outcome of
our choice for God, okay.
00:24:38.43\00:24:41.76
Now there is a conclusion
its verse 11, Chapter 19.
00:24:41.79\00:24:45.37
"And I saw heaven opened,
and behold, a white horse,
00:24:45.40\00:24:50.83
and He who sat on horse
00:24:50.86\00:24:57.70
is called Faithful and True,
00:24:57.73\00:25:01.10
and in
righteousness He wages the war.
00:25:01.13\00:25:05.58
His eyes are
like a flame of fire,
00:25:05.61\00:25:08.97
and on His head
are many diadems,
00:25:09.00\00:25:11.97
and He has a name written on Him
00:25:12.00\00:25:14.65
which no one
knows except Himself.
00:25:14.68\00:25:17.45
He is clothed with a
robe dipped in blood,
00:25:17.48\00:25:20.54
and His name is
called The Word of God."
00:25:20.57\00:25:23.00
What is His name
here? The Word of God.
00:25:23.03\00:25:25.52
Why the Word of God?
00:25:25.55\00:25:26.92
Friends, the
battle of Armageddon
00:25:26.95\00:25:28.32
is not about the military war.
00:25:28.35\00:25:30.48
The weapons that
Jesus will conclude
00:25:33.62\00:25:35.61
the battle of Armageddon
00:25:35.64\00:25:37.63
is the Word of God
coming out of His mouth,
00:25:37.66\00:25:40.99
is the battle for
the minds of people
00:25:41.02\00:25:42.92
for their souls
and their hearts.
00:25:42.95\00:25:45.08
Are you still with me?
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.90
And then it says in verse 14,
00:25:46.93\00:25:49.28
"And the armies
which are in heaven,
00:25:49.31\00:25:51.13
clothed in fine
linen, white and clean,
00:25:51.16\00:25:54.56
were following
Him on white horses."
00:25:54.59\00:25:58.04
It's a symbol of
ancient conquest.
00:25:58.07\00:26:00.14
"From His mouth
comes a sharp sword."
00:26:00.17\00:26:02.74
Do you see that now?
00:26:02.77\00:26:04.33
So that with it, with what?
00:26:04.36\00:26:06.47
With the sword
coming out of His mouth,
00:26:06.50\00:26:08.54
what is that sword?
00:26:08.57\00:26:09.94
We already got His pleasure,
is the Word of God, okay.
00:26:09.97\00:26:13.51
"He will strike
down the nations,
00:26:13.54\00:26:15.96
and He will rule
them with a rod of iron,
00:26:15.99\00:26:19.30
and He treads
with the wine press
00:26:19.33\00:26:22.40
of the fierce
wrath of God Almighty."
00:26:22.43\00:26:25.68
By the way, what you have here,
00:26:25.71\00:26:27.08
it's almost the
quotation from Isaiah 11:4.
00:26:27.11\00:26:30.77
Those about--those
about messianic proficiencies,
00:26:30.80\00:26:33.02
what the Messiah will do
in order to save His people
00:26:33.05\00:26:36.81
from the enemy nations.
00:26:36.84\00:26:39.18
It says verse
16, "And on His robe
00:26:39.21\00:26:42.52
and on His thigh,
He has a name written,
00:26:42.55\00:26:46.10
'King of Kings, and
the Lord of Lords.'"
00:26:46.13\00:26:49.98
And now it's coming a
very drastic picture here,
00:26:50.01\00:26:54.07
is the picture
very foreign to us,
00:26:54.10\00:26:56.60
but well-known to the people
lived in the first century
00:26:56.63\00:26:59.69
is the scene that people could
watch after decisive battle.
00:26:59.72\00:27:05.71
What happens after the
battle on the battlefield?
00:27:05.74\00:27:08.23
There are so many dead
bodies, nobody could burry them
00:27:08.26\00:27:12.71
and you have all those
scavengers and vultures
00:27:12.74\00:27:15.54
coming to feed themselves.
00:27:15.57\00:27:17.02
Friends, we have to understand
the purpose of this vision here
00:27:17.05\00:27:20.67
and it says, "And I saw
an angel standing in the sun,
00:27:20.70\00:27:25.80
and he cried out
with a loud voice,
00:27:25.83\00:27:28.54
saying to all the
birds which fly in Midheaven,
00:27:28.57\00:27:32.35
'Come, assemble for
the great supper of God,
00:27:32.38\00:27:35.66
so that you may eat
the flesh of the kings
00:27:35.69\00:27:39.17
and the flesh of the commanders
and the flesh of a mighty men
00:27:39.20\00:27:43.55
and the flesh of the horses
00:27:43.58\00:27:45.66
and of those who sit on
them and the flesh of all men,
00:27:45.69\00:27:49.64
both free men and
slaves, and small and great.'
00:27:49.67\00:27:53.69
And I saw the beast
and the kings of the earth
00:27:53.72\00:27:56.97
and their armies assembled
to make the war against Him
00:27:57.00\00:28:01.61
who sat on the horse
and against His army--army."
00:28:01.64\00:28:04.95
Keep in mind that the language
here is highly symbolic.
00:28:04.98\00:28:09.96
The language is based
on the historical reality
00:28:09.99\00:28:12.80
of ancient
battles, but in symbolic.
00:28:12.83\00:28:15.71
Keep in mind that
John makes very clear
00:28:15.74\00:28:17.74
that this is not a physical war.
00:28:17.77\00:28:20.21
You don't wage with
the Word of God that war.
00:28:20.24\00:28:23.10
You don't fight
with people against it.
00:28:23.13\00:28:24.75
Keep in mind.
00:28:24.78\00:28:26.15
It's a spiritual
battle that brings
00:28:26.18\00:28:28.18
the history of this
war to its conclusion.
00:28:28.21\00:28:31.04
But then why John is mentioning
00:28:31.07\00:28:33.11
those scavengers and the birds
00:28:33.14\00:28:35.10
that are called
to feed themselves
00:28:35.13\00:28:37.15
because he wants to make a point
00:28:37.18\00:28:38.95
based on this symbolic language,
00:28:38.98\00:28:40.79
telling us in verse 20.
00:28:40.82\00:28:42.29
By the way, is
there any other text
00:28:42.32\00:28:46.67
that comes to your
mind as we're reading
00:28:46.70\00:28:49.28
here at the conclusion
of the battle of Armageddon?
00:28:49.31\00:28:51.87
Please, I don't want to create
trouble to you, is Daniel 12:1.
00:28:51.90\00:28:57.12
At that time
Michael the great prince,
00:28:57.15\00:29:01.31
the one who defend his people
he will come to defend them,
00:29:01.34\00:29:04.98
because there will be time
like never before in history,
00:29:05.01\00:29:10.31
at that time
everybody will be delivered
00:29:10.34\00:29:12.94
whose name is
written in the book.
00:29:12.97\00:29:15.02
Why God's people
do not need to worry
00:29:18.08\00:29:19.97
because their names are
written in the Book of Life.
00:29:20.00\00:29:23.72
Their future is the wedding
supper of the Lamb, okay.
00:29:23.75\00:29:29.69
But it says in
verse 20. Praise God.
00:29:29.72\00:29:33.42
"And the beast was seized,
and with him the false prophet
00:29:33.45\00:29:38.97
who performed the
signs in his presence,
00:29:39.00\00:29:42.86
by which he deceived
those who had received
00:29:42.89\00:29:45.79
the Mark of the Beast
00:29:45.82\00:29:47.87
and those who
worshiped his image,
00:29:47.90\00:29:51.20
these two were thrown
alive into the lake of fire
00:29:51.23\00:29:57.31
which burns with a brimstone.
00:29:57.34\00:30:01.79
And the rest were
killed with the sword
00:30:01.82\00:30:04.92
which came from the mouth
of Him who sat on the horse,
00:30:04.95\00:30:09.63
and all the birds were
filled with their flesh."
00:30:09.66\00:30:15.90
This is the conclusion
of the battle of Armageddon.
00:30:19.55\00:30:23.45
Keep in mind one more time
00:30:23.48\00:30:24.85
that the language
is highly symbolic.
00:30:24.88\00:30:27.14
Apostle Paul in
1 Thessalonians 1,
00:30:27.17\00:30:30.41
he describes it in different--
00:30:30.44\00:30:32.52
In also 2 Thessalonians 2,
00:30:32.55\00:30:34.71
he repeats the
same concept, he says,
00:30:34.74\00:30:36.86
"That all those wicked
who are rebellious against God
00:30:36.89\00:30:40.05
will be killed by the glory
of the coming of the Christ."
00:30:40.08\00:30:43.13
There is no sword that Jesus
will fight and kill people,
00:30:43.16\00:30:46.47
as many people are
trying to find it in the Bible.
00:30:46.50\00:30:48.93
Keep in mind the
symbolic language
00:30:48.96\00:30:50.58
is taken from ancient battles.
00:30:50.61\00:30:52.39
We have here the conclusion
of the battle of Armageddon.
00:30:52.42\00:30:55.15
Jesus will come
to defend His people.
00:30:55.18\00:30:57.02
Are you still with me?
00:30:57.05\00:30:58.42
What will happen with
all those who are rebellious,
00:30:58.45\00:31:01.21
who turned their back to God?
00:31:01.24\00:31:02.61
What will happen to them?
00:31:02.64\00:31:04.01
According to Apostle Paul,
00:31:04.04\00:31:05.41
"The glory of Jesus
coming will kill them." Why?
00:31:05.44\00:31:10.86
Because the sinners they cannot
stand in the presence of God.
00:31:10.89\00:31:18.12
Do you remember
what Apostle Paul says?
00:31:18.15\00:31:20.23
"That the glory
of God to the sinners
00:31:20.26\00:31:21.98
is the fire that consumes."
00:31:22.01\00:31:25.11
Why will God's people at
that time be able to stand?
00:31:25.14\00:31:28.89
Boy, we're coming now to
completely different theology
00:31:28.92\00:31:31.94
because
according to Apostle Paul
00:31:31.97\00:31:33.42
at the moment of Jesus coming,
00:31:33.45\00:31:35.82
we will have the
resurrection of the dead.
00:31:35.85\00:31:37.80
What will happen to
those who resurrect?
00:31:37.83\00:31:39.53
They will resurrect
into transformed body.
00:31:39.56\00:31:42.20
What will happen to
those who are alive?
00:31:42.23\00:31:44.42
According to 1 Corinthians 15,
00:31:44.45\00:31:46.53
"They will be
transformed in the moment."
00:31:46.56\00:31:48.36
According to Apostle Paul,
"In the twinkle of the eye."
00:31:48.39\00:31:50.88
That's why God's
people will not be killed
00:31:50.91\00:31:53.01
by the glory of the
second coming of Christ,
00:31:53.04\00:31:55.30
but the sinners will be
00:31:55.33\00:31:57.01
because they cannot stand
00:31:57.04\00:31:58.41
in the presence
of God and be alive.
00:31:58.44\00:32:01.16
Keep in mind, symbolic language.
00:32:01.19\00:32:02.77
This is very
important to keep in mind, okay.
00:32:02.80\00:32:05.10
But it's taken from
those ancient motives
00:32:05.13\00:32:07.32
and what is the message here is.
00:32:07.35\00:32:10.28
What will happen to all
those who refuse the call
00:32:10.31\00:32:15.96
for the wedding
supper of the Lamb.
00:32:15.99\00:32:18.61
You see, the call is coming
00:32:18.64\00:32:20.55
to the wedding supper of
the Lamb and you will eat.
00:32:20.58\00:32:24.35
If you refuse, turn down
that call, you will be eaten,
00:32:24.38\00:32:30.14
because you read here verse 21,
00:32:30.17\00:32:34.02
"And the rest were
killed with the sword
00:32:34.05\00:32:36.26
which came from the mouth
of Him who sat on the throne,
00:32:36.29\00:32:39.71
and all the birds were
filled with their flesh."
00:32:39.74\00:32:45.69
In a drastic language that
is today very foreign to us,
00:32:45.72\00:32:50.63
because the modern people
00:32:50.66\00:32:52.03
will probably use
different expressions,
00:32:52.06\00:32:54.54
but this is the way
how the Bible was written.
00:32:54.57\00:32:58.34
Spiritual writer Ellen White
is making very clear to us.
00:32:58.37\00:33:02.62
The Bible was
written in human language
00:33:02.65\00:33:05.23
that probably God will never
used to describe any things.
00:33:05.26\00:33:09.89
But people who
are inspired by God,
00:33:09.92\00:33:12.21
they are
portraying human language
00:33:12.24\00:33:13.82
what they saw in the vision.
00:33:13.85\00:33:15.93
They used the concept
that are familiar to them
00:33:15.96\00:33:18.38
and they were
familiar also to their readers.
00:33:18.41\00:33:21.09
God does not like that language,
00:33:21.12\00:33:23.64
but we have to find out
00:33:23.67\00:33:25.22
what comes out of that
language and the languages.
00:33:25.25\00:33:28.10
We really have only two choices
that are available to us,
00:33:28.13\00:33:34.38
either be with God and
to enjoy all those blessings
00:33:34.41\00:33:39.20
that God has
promised to all of those
00:33:39.23\00:33:42.73
who are waiting for His
second coming of Christ.
00:33:42.76\00:33:45.09
This is the
message to participate
00:33:45.12\00:33:47.33
at the wedding
supper of the Lamb and eat.
00:33:47.36\00:33:49.67
You know, the
wedding is about eating.
00:33:49.70\00:33:51.69
Everyone talks about the
food at the wedding, okay.
00:33:51.72\00:33:55.80
But if you turn your back to God
00:33:55.83\00:33:58.15
and you spurn His
call to repentance
00:33:58.18\00:34:00.62
and come closer to Him.
00:34:00.65\00:34:02.51
There's only one
choice that you have,
00:34:02.54\00:34:04.57
you will be consumed.
00:34:04.60\00:34:07.74
This is actually the conclusion
of the battle of Armageddon.
00:34:07.77\00:34:09.92
There's no other choice.
00:34:09.95\00:34:11.32
Friends, the Book of Revelation
00:34:11.35\00:34:12.72
does not teach
about the second chance.
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.85
Because that's why the
Christians do not understand
00:34:17.90\00:34:21.51
what seven last
plagues are all about?
00:34:21.54\00:34:23.40
The seven last plagues,
00:34:23.43\00:34:25.65
their purpose
is to tell us today
00:34:25.68\00:34:29.12
that all those who
reject God's call to repentance
00:34:29.15\00:34:33.51
and they refuse
to side with God.
00:34:33.54\00:34:36.71
Even if God
gives them 1,000 years,
00:34:36.74\00:34:41.44
they will not change their mind,
00:34:41.47\00:34:42.97
it will only
reveal their characters.
00:34:43.00\00:34:45.23
You will notice in
seven last plagues,
00:34:45.26\00:34:49.30
the more people suffer,
more rebellious they become
00:34:49.33\00:34:52.56
and they blasphemy against God.
00:34:52.59\00:34:54.43
By the way, we are now coming--
00:34:54.46\00:34:56.95
going to the to the next section
of the Book of Revelation
00:34:56.98\00:34:59.27
and we'll tell us
that those are same people
00:34:59.30\00:35:03.25
who refused to repent
00:35:03.28\00:35:06.04
and their character is revealed
during the seven last plagues
00:35:06.07\00:35:08.98
even after the millennium
when they resurrect again.
00:35:09.01\00:35:12.48
In them there will be
the same spirit of rebellion.
00:35:12.51\00:35:15.68
Friends, there
is no second chance.
00:35:15.71\00:35:18.75
I just want to tell you.
00:35:18.78\00:35:20.62
Don't misunderstand me.
00:35:20.65\00:35:22.21
If God believes and
God knows in His wisdom
00:35:22.24\00:35:26.14
that people would repent,
00:35:26.17\00:35:27.54
God would give
people not second chance,
00:35:27.57\00:35:30.01
He would give them
more than third chance,
00:35:30.04\00:35:31.64
the fourth and the fifth.
00:35:31.67\00:35:33.04
Amen. Amen.
00:35:33.07\00:35:34.75
When I read the Book of Daniel,
00:35:34.78\00:35:36.67
how many chances did God
give to the King Nebuchadnezzar?
00:35:36.70\00:35:41.76
And after 20 years, finally the
King Nebuchadnezzar repented.
00:35:41.79\00:35:45.58
This is the picture
of God in the Bible.
00:35:45.61\00:35:48.42
It's not that God does not
want to give the second chance
00:35:48.45\00:35:51.72
because the preaching
of the everlasting gospel
00:35:51.75\00:35:54.51
will be so
clear, will be so direct
00:35:54.54\00:35:57.96
and if people decide
not to accept that gospel
00:35:57.99\00:36:00.98
and they knowingly and
willingly rejected gospel
00:36:01.01\00:36:05.94
and side with the beast even
if God gives them 100 chances,
00:36:05.97\00:36:12.36
they will not be changed.
00:36:12.39\00:36:14.68
This is the message.
00:36:14.71\00:36:16.09
That's why such a drastic
conclusion of this vision
00:36:16.12\00:36:19.28
and the conclusion of
the battle of Armageddon.
00:36:19.31\00:36:23.00
Finally, the first beast
00:36:23.03\00:36:27.11
and the second
beast find its end.
00:36:27.14\00:36:31.01
All the
rebellious people are killed
00:36:31.04\00:36:33.07
by the glory of the
second coming of Christ,
00:36:33.10\00:36:34.76
I'm showing smile
not rejoicing over that,
00:36:34.79\00:36:36.93
but rejoicing that
the end finally will come.
00:36:36.96\00:36:42.38
But there is one question.
00:36:42.41\00:36:44.30
And what is that question?
00:36:44.33\00:36:45.81
Keep in mind.
00:36:45.84\00:36:47.21
The first beast, the
second beast they're destroyed,
00:36:47.24\00:36:51.35
but what about Satan?
00:36:51.38\00:36:54.22
Because
everything is about him here.
00:36:54.25\00:36:56.43
That's why we have
to go to Revelation 20.
00:36:56.46\00:36:58.84
So please, I
would like to invite you
00:36:58.87\00:37:01.11
to go with me to Revelation 20.
00:37:01.14\00:37:04.11
I'd like to see
what we have here.
00:37:04.14\00:37:07.21
Read Chapter 20, John said,
00:37:07.24\00:37:12.15
"Then I saw an angel
coming down from heaven."
00:37:12.18\00:37:16.25
Keep in mind.
00:37:16.28\00:37:17.65
This is after the conclusion
of the battle of Armageddon.
00:37:17.68\00:37:21.16
Okay, okay.
00:37:21.19\00:37:23.66
"I saw an angel
coming down from heaven,
00:37:23.69\00:37:27.03
holding the key of the abyss
00:37:27.06\00:37:30.89
and the great chain in his hand.
00:37:30.92\00:37:34.48
And he laid hold of the dragon,
00:37:34.51\00:37:39.18
the serpent of old,
who is the devil and Satan,
00:37:39.21\00:37:44.51
and bound him
for a thousand years,
00:37:44.54\00:37:48.13
and he threw
him into the abyss."
00:37:48.16\00:37:50.39
What is the keyword here?
00:37:50.42\00:37:51.79
"The abyss.
00:37:51.82\00:37:53.87
And shut it and
sealed it over him,
00:37:53.90\00:37:57.09
so that he would not
deceive the nations any longer,
00:37:57.12\00:38:01.45
until the thousand
years were completed,
00:38:01.48\00:38:05.02
after these things he must
be released for a short time."
00:38:05.05\00:38:09.18
Please, allow me
to take few minutes,
00:38:09.21\00:38:11.77
so that we
understand what we have here is.
00:38:11.80\00:38:14.58
John see an angel.
00:38:14.61\00:38:16.61
What is angel
holding in his hands?
00:38:16.64\00:38:18.92
Chains, okay,
shackles putting there.
00:38:18.95\00:38:24.09
And he said, he comes
and he takes the hold.
00:38:24.12\00:38:28.30
Can we say, he arrest,
00:38:28.33\00:38:31.65
Satan himself with the dragon
and what does he do with him.
00:38:31.68\00:38:36.02
He puts him into the chain
and puts him into the abyss
00:38:36.05\00:38:41.06
and that abyss Satan
has to be, for how long?
00:38:41.09\00:38:44.72
It says, "For 1,000 years."
00:38:44.75\00:38:48.12
And he says, "Once
1,000 years are completed
00:38:48.15\00:38:52.75
then Satan will be release
from the chains, for how long?
00:38:52.78\00:38:57.13
For a short--for a
short--short time."
00:38:57.16\00:39:00.19
The Greek word for short here,
00:39:00.22\00:39:03.27
it means quantitatively
very short, very short time.
00:39:03.30\00:39:06.78
Okay, few things.
00:39:06.81\00:39:08.35
Where is Satan going to
be confined for 1,000 years?
00:39:08.38\00:39:13.76
It's in the abyss.
00:39:13.79\00:39:16.59
This is the problematic things
that what we have is here.
00:39:16.62\00:39:19.23
What is the
meaning of the word abyss?
00:39:19.26\00:39:21.94
Do you know where the word abyss
00:39:21.97\00:39:23.61
for the first time
occurs in the Bible?
00:39:23.64\00:39:25.60
It's in Genesis 1 in
the Greek translation
00:39:25.63\00:39:28.96
of the Old Testament into Greek
for the first time, it's used.
00:39:28.99\00:39:32.83
It says that,
00:39:32.86\00:39:34.23
"In the beginning god created
the heaven and the earth.
00:39:34.26\00:39:37.08
And the Spirit of
God was above the abyss."
00:39:37.11\00:39:42.25
Okay. What is abyss?
00:39:42.28\00:39:45.25
Abyss is the reference to
the chaotic condition of earth.
00:39:45.28\00:39:50.65
When the earth is not arranged,
00:39:50.68\00:39:52.86
is not created, it's not formed.
00:39:52.89\00:39:55.40
What are we talking about?
00:39:55.43\00:39:56.80
Why the earth is
here referred to as abyss?
00:39:56.83\00:40:00.61
Friends, after the
seven last plagues,
00:40:00.64\00:40:05.07
by the way, we did not
really deal with every detail.
00:40:05.10\00:40:07.66
We'll see the seven last plagues
00:40:07.69\00:40:09.06
that talks about
hell that will come
00:40:09.09\00:40:11.47
from the sky of a huge size.
00:40:11.50\00:40:16.70
The earth will be
completely destroyed
00:40:16.73\00:40:20.94
by the impact of
those seven last plagues.
00:40:20.97\00:40:25.20
You remember the Book
of Revelation also talks
00:40:25.23\00:40:27.57
seven last plagues of
the terrible earthquake
00:40:27.60\00:40:33.03
that will shatter the earth
00:40:33.06\00:40:35.37
and destroy the
building, etcetera?
00:40:35.40\00:40:37.04
So we're talking about the earth
00:40:37.07\00:40:38.44
that will be in
very chaotic condition.
00:40:38.47\00:40:40.54
What will happen with
those who are against God?
00:40:40.57\00:40:43.27
They will be killed with
the glory of Jesus coming there.
00:40:43.30\00:40:46.78
What will happen
with the righteous?
00:40:46.81\00:40:49.22
And we now have to
go to some other places
00:40:49.25\00:40:51.47
with the Bible
like, for instance,
00:40:51.50\00:40:54.27
it's 2 Thessalonians
4:16 were telling us
00:40:54.30\00:40:59.23
that the righteous will be taken
to meet Jesus there in the sky
00:40:59.26\00:41:03.08
and they will spend
sometime with Jesus Christ.
00:41:03.11\00:41:07.00
We will not live through
all eternity there in heaven,
00:41:07.03\00:41:09.76
but evidently
God's people will live
00:41:09.79\00:41:11.77
for certain
period of time in heaven.
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.68
Why, why, why?
00:41:13.71\00:41:15.89
Let's come to
that. Let's come to that.
00:41:15.92\00:41:18.64
It says now verse 4,
00:41:18.67\00:41:22.03
"Then I saw thrones
and they sat on them,
00:41:22.06\00:41:25.71
and judgment was given to them.
00:41:25.74\00:41:28.26
And I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded."
00:41:28.29\00:41:31.97
Who are those?
00:41:32.00\00:41:33.37
Do you remember in the
scene of the fifth seal?
00:41:33.40\00:41:37.06
Those martyrs crying to
God for the vindication.
00:41:37.09\00:41:40.49
All of these are now here.
00:41:40.52\00:41:42.78
"And those who had not received
00:41:42.81\00:41:45.38
did not worship
the beast or his image,
00:41:45.41\00:41:47.96
cannot receive the
mark on their foreheads
00:41:47.99\00:41:50.94
and on their
hand, they came to life
00:41:50.97\00:41:53.87
and they reigned with
Christ for a thousand years."
00:41:53.90\00:41:58.58
Here comes the fulfillment
of the promise that Jesus made.
00:41:58.61\00:42:02.19
Everybody whoever come
will sit with me on my throne
00:42:02.22\00:42:06.53
as I overcame and sat
with my father on his throne.
00:42:06.56\00:42:10.08
Finally, we have
here the fulfillment
00:42:10.11\00:42:12.74
of the promise of Jesus here.
00:42:12.77\00:42:15.84
Friends, we are not sure
00:42:15.87\00:42:17.24
according to the
Book of Revelation,
00:42:17.27\00:42:18.94
if 1,000 years it's a
literal number of 1,000 years
00:42:18.97\00:42:23.99
or it is symbolic number.
00:42:24.02\00:42:26.60
The literal number would
hardly fit to the symbolism
00:42:26.63\00:42:31.13
of everything here in
the Book of Revelation.
00:42:31.16\00:42:33.45
But I don't have a problem.
00:42:33.48\00:42:34.96
We're talking
about very long time.
00:42:34.99\00:42:37.68
If you believe that it
is literally 1,000 years,
00:42:37.71\00:42:40.87
that's okay, it's
one--it's long period,
00:42:40.90\00:42:43.70
it's beyond the question,
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.10
but the thing is that
God's people will spend there
00:42:45.13\00:42:48.03
with Jesus on His throne, okay,
00:42:48.06\00:42:51.03
for a long time there
in the heavenly places.
00:42:51.06\00:42:56.07
What will they be doing
there in the heavenly places?
00:42:56.10\00:42:59.40
First, they said they
will reign with Christ.
00:42:59.43\00:43:02.77
Second thing is, they say,
what will they do the rest?
00:43:02.80\00:43:08.06
What will-- what will be they?
00:43:08.09\00:43:10.00
They will reign
with Christ, okay.
00:43:10.03\00:43:13.89
And it says the rest of
the dead will not come to life
00:43:13.92\00:43:17.61
until the 1,000
years were completed.
00:43:17.64\00:43:19.95
It says, if God's people
will now they judge the people.
00:43:19.98\00:43:24.15
What does it mean?
What will be they doing?
00:43:24.18\00:43:26.46
Okay, we have to
use imagination actually
00:43:26.49\00:43:28.84
what will happen
is, what is judgment?
00:43:28.87\00:43:31.85
Actually, if you
open 1 Corinthians 6:2,
00:43:31.88\00:43:38.02
Apostle talk--Apostle Paul
urges the Christians in Corinth,
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not to go to the court,
okay, against each other.
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He says, "Do you know that
one day we will judge the world.
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We will judge even the angels."
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Apostle Paul talks
about the future event,
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event that will take place.
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Now we have the fulfillment
of these words of Apostle Paul.
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What will God's people will
be doing during the millennium?
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Friends, please,
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for me this is very,
very emotionalc moment
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when I'm talking about this,
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because I know whenever we talk
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about the second
coming of Christ,
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we're talking
about the great rejoicing
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that God's
people will experience.
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The truth. God's people
will shout, "Here is our God.
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We have been waiting for Him."
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The wedding supper, at the
wedding everybody rejoices.
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But I don't see
Christians so many times
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they're talking
about what the Bible says
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that the second coming
of Christ will be equally
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the day of
warning and lamentations.
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Why?
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Do you imagine about parents
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as Jesus is coming
they're resurrected,
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their bodies are
transformed and their children
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are killed by the
glory of Jesus coming
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and they're not in that group.
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What about
children and their parents?
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What about friends?
What about relatives?
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Can I whisper
something what you resurrect
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and you don't see
Professor Stefanovic,
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who is lecturing about
the Book of Revelation?
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Have you ever
thought about that?
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When I don't see my father
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because of him I am what I
am today and he's left there.
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What will be my question?
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Lord, why?
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Have you ever
thought of that, friends?
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Friends, I just want to tell you
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the second coming of Christ will
bring the end of all suffering,
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but will not bring the
end of all our questions
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that we have before God.
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Lord, why?
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But there is something more,
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but to another side
when I see in God's kingdom,
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some people that I've
never expected to see there.
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Is it possible that he is there?
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I wonder how many
people in Palestine
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who accepted the preaching
of Peter in their Pentecost,
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will be
surprised in Kingdom of God
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when they see one of
those crucified criminals
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with Jesus on the cross,
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they never heard his
repentance there on the cross.
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When they see him there
and maybe that criminal killed
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some of their
relatives so many from them.
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Are you still with me?
We will have many questions.
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This is what
God's people will judge.
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God allows one long period,
1,000 years for God's people
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to get the answer to all
their questions that they have.
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That's what Apostle Paul meant.
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That finally all the
secrets will be revealed.
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Can I say something, friends?
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It is at that moment that
the sealed Book of Revelation 5
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will be finally opened
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and all secrets
will be revealed.
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We will get the
question to all--
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We will get the
answer to all the questions
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that we have-- that
we had in our lives.
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We will
understand why certain people
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are not there in the kingdom
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because God will
show to us why not.
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We will say to
God, yes, these people
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should be in Your kingdom
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because finally we'll realize
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that maybe that
person repented at that time
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when nobody watched.
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There are many things we
will have to settle before God,
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that's why the millennium.
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Millennium comes after
the second coming of Christ.
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Are you still with me?
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What will happen
with us when suddenly
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we go driving in
car, using computers
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and we know about this life?
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Suddenly God puts
us in his kingdom.
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You see, we need
the time of transition,
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a time for adjustment.
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That's why we have to live
there among the holy angels
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to see that
better glory, better life
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that does not need computers,
does not need cell phone.
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Are you still with me?
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Does not need
gasoline to drive the car.
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We have to live there.
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It's the time of
transition for us.
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We have to live there
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because God has
decided in that wisdom.
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He knows that is good for us.
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We will reign with Christ
probably during that time,
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we will go
travel to other planets
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to share with those
people because they'll ask,
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"Tell us what
does it mean to suffer
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because of the gospel message."
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Boy, we'll tell them stories.
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We'll tell about God how
much patience He had with me,
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how much time I was lying,
I was stealing, I had anger.
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How much I was
unloving person in this life?
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How God had a
great patience with me?
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How God saved me?
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But the stories we
will share with other
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and they'll say, "Wow."
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Because keep in mind, that song
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nobody can sing except 144,000.
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Are you still with me? Amen.
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This is the need
for the millennium.
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And I believe that there
is somebody in this world,
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dear viewers who try
to distort this message
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of the millennium telling you
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that prior to the
second coming of Christ,
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there will be
time and Christians
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will have
prosperity and enjoyed.
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Some people when they see
the nuances of those teachings,
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they simply go and they believe
in so called amillennialism,
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it means that it's
a symbol of something
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that never exist and
never will be realized.
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But I'm thankful to God
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that I belong to
a group of people
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who call
themselves postmillennialist.
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It means that we believe
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what is very justifiable
in the Book of Revelation
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and this book shows clearly
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that actually the
millennium follows
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the second coming of Christ.
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So let us go
back here to the text
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and to see what will happen
at the end of the millennium.
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Keep in mind
that Satan was bound
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by the chains
during the millennium.
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What does it mean?
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Keep in mind, we're
dealing with symbol,
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it does not mean
literal binding of Satan,
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it means that
Satan is on the earth
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which looks like abyss,
chaotic condition of the earth.
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How many people are on the
earth during the millennium?
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Nobody.
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So it means that Satan is
bound by the circumstances.
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He cannot go and to
deceive anybody any longer.
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He is alone.
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By the way, as God's
people are there judging,
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Satan has
opportunity to judge his actions
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and to think about those
thousand, thousand of years
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of his rebellion against God
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and how many people he
pulled into destruction.
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So now let's go here to verse 5,
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"The rest of the
dead did not come to life
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until the thousand
years were completed.
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This is the first resurrection."
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Keep in mind, there
are two resurrections,
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the first and the second.
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"Blessed and holy is the one
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who has a part in
the first resurrection,
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over these the
second death has no power,
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but they will be
priests of God and Christ
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and they will reign with
him for one thousand years."
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So, what happens at the
end of one thousand years?
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There is the
second resurrection.
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Keep in mind. There
are two resurrections.
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Who will resurrect in
the first resurrection?
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We saw, blessed is the one
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who's resurrecting
the first resurrection.
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They will not die
with the second death,
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but those who will participate
in the second resurrection,
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they will die again.
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Did you notice it here? Okay.
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Now verse 7.
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When the thousand
years are completed,
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Satan will be released
from the prison. Praise God.
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The following
verse explained to us
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how Satan is
released from this prison.
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What actually the
meaning of this symbol is about?
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It says, okay.
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"And he will come out
to deceive the nations
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which are in the four
corners of the earth."
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Who are the people that Satan
is now allowed to deceive again?
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Those who are resurrected
in the second resurrection.
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Are you still with me?
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John is talking now that
there is a second resurrection
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who will resurrect in
those second resurrections?
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Who is the first person that you
can begin with evidently Cain.
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Okay, all those people from Adam
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who were rebellious against God,
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all those people finally will
resurrect and be in one place.
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Oh, boy, drastic picture.
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But Satan will come
among them to deceive them.
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It says, "Which are in
the four corners of the earth?
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Gog and Magog, to gather
them together for the war,
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the number of them is
like the sand of the seashore.
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And they came up to the
broad plain of the earth
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and they surrounded
the camp of the saint
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and the beloved
city and fire came down
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from heaven and devour them."
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What will happen in meantime?
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Please, the Book of Revelation
does not provide all details.
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Evidently, as the
wicked are resurrected
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in the second resurrection.
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The New Jerusalem is
coming from heaven there
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with God's people there, okay.
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And now the
wicked prompted by Satan
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are now surrounding the city.
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What is that that
Satan is deceiving them?
00:53:59.25\00:54:01.54
Evidently telling them.
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Now it's our chance,
let's conquer the city.
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This is the city
actually that they wanted
00:54:05.13\00:54:08.36
to promise to
you and they come--
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And the Bible says,
please, I'm not going anything
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what is beyond the text, okay.
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They surround the
city and they said,
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"The fire came down
from heaven devours them.
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And the devil who deceived them
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was thrown into the
lake of fire and brimstone,
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where the beast and
the false prophet are also,
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they will be
tormented day and night
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for ever and ever."
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And with this,
the chapter concludes.
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We know what happens.
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But note John wants to
provide more, more details
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about what indeed happens.
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So keep in mind
that the verses 11-15,
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it's actually
deliberation of the statement,
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giving us more
details about really
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how did final destruction
of Satan will take place.
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Verse 11, it's telling us that
there is now the final judgment.
00:54:57.81\00:55:02.76
This final judgment
must be distinguished
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from the pre-advent judgment.
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In the pre-advent judgment,
God's people are judged.
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Here are those who
are the enemies of God
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and His people and said,
00:55:15.87\00:55:17.73
"Then I saw a great white throne
00:55:17.76\00:55:20.29
and Him who sat upon it,
00:55:20.32\00:55:22.60
from whose presence
earth and heaven fled away,
00:55:22.63\00:55:26.19
and no place
were found for them.
00:55:26.22\00:55:28.89
And I saw the dead,
the great and the small,
00:55:28.92\00:55:33.47
standing before the
throne, and books were opened:
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and another book was opened,
which is the book of life."
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Let me stop here for a while.
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Do you remember that all those
00:55:43.37\00:55:45.97
whose names are not
written in the book of life?
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They are the
worshippers of the beast.
00:55:48.39\00:55:49.88
Do you remember that?
00:55:49.91\00:55:51.28
So to have the name
in the book of life,
00:55:51.31\00:55:52.74
it means to belong to God
00:55:52.77\00:55:55.02
and the dead were
judged from the things
00:55:55.05\00:55:57.60
which are written in the
books according to their deeds.
00:55:57.63\00:56:01.55
"And the sea gave up
the dead which were in it,
00:56:01.58\00:56:06.06
and Death and Hades gave up
the dead which were in them,
00:56:06.09\00:56:11.49
and they were
judged every one of them
00:56:11.52\00:56:14.73
according to their deeds."
00:56:14.76\00:56:18.41
And now conclusion.
00:56:18.44\00:56:20.45
"Then death and Hades were
thrown into the lake of fire.
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This is the second
death, the lake of fire.
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And if anyone's name was
not found in the book of life,
00:56:32.78\00:56:37.58
he was thrown
into the lake of fire."
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Friends, this section
of the Book of Revelation
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is the final judgment
that will actually conclude
00:56:45.09\00:56:50.05
the rebellion against God.
00:56:50.08\00:56:52.59
This section of the
Book of Revelation concludes
00:56:52.62\00:56:54.63
this world history and
brings us into the next section,
00:56:54.66\00:56:59.39
with the establishment of God's
kingdom here on this earth.
00:56:59.42\00:57:03.56
Remember, who will be judged?
00:57:03.59\00:57:05.89
All those whose
names are not written
00:57:05.92\00:57:09.62
in the book of life, okay.
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Actually Jesus
said to His disciples,
00:57:12.62\00:57:15.19
"Don't rejoice that's
even Satan and the demons
00:57:15.22\00:57:19.83
have to be subjected to you,
00:57:19.86\00:57:21.23
but rejoice that your name
is written in the book of life."
00:57:21.26\00:57:26.14
Praise God for
that great opportunity.
00:57:26.17\00:57:28.55
If your name is not there yet,
00:57:28.58\00:57:30.84
now is the chance
respond to God's call
00:57:30.87\00:57:33.51
and He will accept
you and He will save you.
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