And welcome to The
Revelation of Jesus Christ:
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a study of the
book of Revelation.
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And it is the
Revelation of Jesus Christ
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and what He had to
say concerning the time
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in which you and I are living.
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You need to understand that:
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that this book is dealing
with the time we're living in.
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And it's very, very important
that we understand what the book
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says because it's
speaking specifically to us.
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And so we hope that as
we've been going through
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this book of Revelation that
it has been a blessing to you
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and helped you understand
what we're looking at.
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This particular
series we've entitled
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Final Events because we're
looking at verses... or chapters
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17 through 22.
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And today we're taking
a look at the 20th chapter
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of Revelation... 20th
chapter of Revelation:
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a very, very vital
chapter. As we go through it
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we hope it will bless you
in the study of God's Word.
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Our subject that we're
looking at is The Millennium.
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The thousand years...
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1,000 years of peace.
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I can remember talking to a
lady about this subject once.
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And as we were talking about
it she said to me... she said:
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"Oh, we're already
into that millennium.
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We're already there. "
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I said: "We are? "
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And she said: "Yeah, "
said "we're already there. "
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I said: "Well my Bible tells
me that the devil is chained up
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during that thousand years. "
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And she said: "He is. "
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And I said: "The
devil's chained up? "
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She said: "Yes. "
And I said: "It has to be
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on a rubber chain 'cause he
gets around to me quite often. "
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See, well... What we're
going to try to find out today
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is: When does that
thousand years start?
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When does it end?
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What goes on during
that thousand years?
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Where is the devil?
Where are the righteous?
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Where are the wicked? All
that has to be fit together.
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And so we hope that
you will follow carefully
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in your Bible. If you have
your Bible, follow with us.
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Get a piece of
paper and write down
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questions you have or points
that we're trying to make.
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And all of you who
are watching by television
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we welcome you. If
you're listening on the radio,
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we welcome you.
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dialed in or however
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we're glad that you're
tuning in to what is being said.
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We hope it will
bless you in a special way.
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Our next presentation
is chapter 21 of Revelation
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which is the New Jerusalem.
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And God gives you a
picture - a word picture -
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of the New Jerusalem.
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Marvelous the things that are
involved in this New Jerusalem
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that we'll be looking at. So you
don't particularly want to miss
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that presentation
on the New Jerusalem
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which is our next presentation.
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But today we're
going to take a look at
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the question of The Millennium.
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We're very pleased to have
with us the His Voice quartet.
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We have been so blessed
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by having them here and
enjoy their music so much.
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And I know you'll be
blessed this morning also.
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Before they sing, though,
Chuck Allgaier is going to come
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and read with
you the 20th chapter
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of the book of Revelation.
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Good morning. If you have your
Bibles with you this morning,
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we're going to go to
Revelation chapter 20.
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Revelation chapter 20.
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I'd like for you
to read along with me.
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So if you have your Bibles, turn
them to Revelation chapter 20
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and we'll read
together. Let us read:
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May God add His
blessing to His Word.
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Still, still with Thee
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when purple morning
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breaketh,
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When the bird waketh,
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and the shadows
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flee
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Fairer than morning,
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lovelier than the
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daylight
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Dawns the sweet consciousness,
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I am with
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Thee.
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Alone with Thee
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amid the mystic
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shadows,
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The solemn hush
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of nature newly born;
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Alone with Thee
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in breathless
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adoration
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In the calm dew
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and freshness of
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the morn.
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So shall it be at last,
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in that bright morning,
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When the soul waketh,
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and life's shadows
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flee;
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Oh! In that hour,
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fairer than daylight
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dawning,
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Shall rise the glorious
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thought,
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I am
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with
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Thee.
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Amen!
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Father in heaven,
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we thank you...
thank you for the assurance
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that Your Word gives us
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that we can each be
with You in Your kingdom.
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We ask, Lord, that as
we study Your Word today
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that the Holy Spirit
may come into our lives.
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That it may fill us, and that
we will be given understanding
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to see and to know Your
greatness and Your goodness
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towards each one of us.
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Bless us as we study together.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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This is what I call settling in
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for eternity.
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Say that again...
This is what I call
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settling in for eternity.
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There's certain
things that has to be done
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and we have
here a thousand years
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that is set
aside for that purpose.
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The righteous have to know
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in their own hearts that God is
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totally and completely just.
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The wicked... the
wicked have to also understand
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that He is just
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in carrying out the punishment
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for their rebellion.
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And the entire universe
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has to know that God is just.
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Thus, for righteousness to reign
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throughout eternity, these
things have to be taken care of.
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So we'll take a look
at this thousand years
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and what takes
place during that time
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that God has given for
that purpose: for you and I
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to settle in for eternity.
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"Bound him for a
thousand years. "
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So the devil is
bound for a thousand years.
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Not able to deceive
the nations or anything
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for one thousand years.
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Says:
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So the
scripture tells us clearly
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that this thousand years begins
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with the resurrection.
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It begins with the
resurrection of the righteous
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because it says: "Blessed
and holy is he that has part
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in the first resurrection. "
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So all the righteous... all
those that have accepted Christ,
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all those that have
given their lives to Him,
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all those who
have walked with Him...
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they will come forth
from the grave first.
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OK. Then the scripture says:
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Now if all the righteous
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have been resurrected
in the first resurrection
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and come out of the grave,
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then who is left?
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The wicked. That's
the only ones left.
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So when it says: "The rest
of the dead lived not again
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until the thousand
years were finished, "
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that can only
refer to the wicked.
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OK? So it tells us
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that there is a thousand years
between a first resurrection
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and a second resurrection.
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That's what the
scripture tells us clearly:
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that's a thousand years.
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And in John it even clarifies
it more 'cause it says here:
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OK?
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Watch:
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So you have two resurrections.
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You have the
resurrection of life.
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This is the one in which
the righteous are resurrected
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from the grave. And you have
the resurrection of condemnation
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in which the wicked are
resurrected and come forth
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from the grave.
Two resurrections
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separated by one thousand years.
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Now the scripture
makes it very clear
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that there are five events
that happen and take place
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at the beginning of
this thousand years.
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Those five
events are as follows:
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one is the
second coming of Jesus.
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Nothing is going to happen
concerning this thousand years
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until Jesus shows up.
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But with the coming of Jesus
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then that
thousand years will begin.
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And we find that
Jesus is going to come back
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as King of Kings
and Lord of Lords.
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So Christ is coming back...
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coming back to claim His people.
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Coming back to
gather all the righteous.
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Coming back to
set up His kingdom
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that will last how long?
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For eternity. OK.
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So with the coming of
Jesus the thousand years begins.
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And with the coming Christ,
certain events begin to happen
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and one is the
righteous are all resurrected.
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Jesus comes, and as He
comes it says He will shout.
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His voice will roll
through this earth like peals
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of the loudest thunder.
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And all those
that are in the grave
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are going to hear
His voice and come forth.
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They're going to come out of
the grave at the call of Christ.
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Do you know why? Hmmm?
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You see, when you accept Christ
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as your personal Savior
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He gives you... He
gives you a new nature.
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He gives you a spiritual
nature that is in tune with Him.
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And so when He comes and
calls, that nature responds
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to that call and we will
come forth from the grave.
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You and I will come forth.
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Oh I could spend
time but I won't...
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But you come forth from
that grave, dear friends,
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with nothing wrong with you.
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I mean everything is right.
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Nothing wrong. No
sickness; no sorrow.
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No death; no pain.
All that is forever gone
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throughout eternity!
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OK. They come
forth from that grave.
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Then it says:
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That means perfect...
that means nothing wrong.
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That will be given
to all the righteous.
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Glorious! Marvelous hope.
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Can you take hold of it?
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Can you... can
you take hold of it
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and say: "Yes,
we'll receive that? "
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Comprehend if you can eternity.
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Eternity... where
there will be no sickness;
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no sorrow; no death.
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Then it says all
those who are living.
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Now we've just been talking
about all those who were dead.
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All those that
have died in Christ:
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they've been resurrected.
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But now the living that
are on the earth at the time
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Jesus comes back, it
says all those people
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are going to be translated.
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What it means is
they're going to be changed
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and caught up
with those. Listen:
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So it says that they're
going to be resurrected.
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They're going to
come up out of the grave.
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And those people that have
been resurrected and come up
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out of the grave are
going to be caught up
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to meet the Lord in the air.
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And all those that are on the
earth alive when Jesus comes,
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the righteous, all
those people will be changed
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and they will be
caught up with them
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to meet the Lord in the air.
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So God has
gathered all of His children
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to meet Him. OK.
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What about?
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What about the
wicked that are living?
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What about all those
people that are on the earth
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when Christ comes?
And by the way, folks,
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the Bible doesn't teach anything
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about the righteous
being whisked out of here
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and nobody knowing it.
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It doesn't teach
anything about that.
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That's strictly a fairy tale.
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That's not scripture.
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OK. The wicked... the wicked
that are living on the earth...
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the scripture says this
is what happens to them.
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I'm going to ask you something:
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if the sky rolls
back like a scroll
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and islands start disappearing
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and mountains are moving around,
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do you think people will
realize something's going on?
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Yeah, not very secret. OK?
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You'd better believe
that the wicked know it.
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They're aware of
it very, very clear.
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They're saying: "Who
can stand before this? "
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And it tells exactly
what's going to happen to them.
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So it makes it clear that
the wicked will be destroyed
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if you please by the
brightness of His coming...
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by the very fire.
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So the wicked that are
living when Jesus comes
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they are slain, if you please,
by the brightness of His coming
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as if a fire
covered the whole earth.
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Well, that's what happens
to the wicked that are living.
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What about all the
wicked who were dead?
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What happens to them?
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Well, they're not disturbed.
00:24:04.40\00:24:09.18
Let me tell you something:
00:24:09.48\00:24:10.85
when Jesus comes and He shouts
00:24:10.88\00:24:14.11
and His voice
rolls through this earth
00:24:14.31\00:24:16.23
and the righteous
that are dead in the grave
00:24:16.43\00:24:18.91
they hear that voice and
they come out of the grave,
00:24:19.11\00:24:21.28
they respond...
00:24:21.31\00:24:22.77
the wicked don't hear a thing.
00:24:23.09\00:24:25.66
They're not
disturbed in the grave.
00:24:26.94\00:24:29.96
They don't hear a
thing... they just continue.
00:24:30.06\00:24:32.68
In fact, they do
not show up again
00:24:33.08\00:24:35.57
for one thousand years.
00:24:35.77\00:24:39.00
So a thousand years takes place
00:24:45.75\00:24:48.10
before they come
up out of the grave.
00:24:48.30\00:24:50.35
With the
resurrection of the righteous
00:24:50.45\00:24:55.51
and the
translation of the living,
00:24:55.71\00:24:58.49
they are taken to heaven.
00:24:58.69\00:25:00.40
The wicked that
were living are slain,
00:25:00.60\00:25:04.11
the wicked that were
dead are not disturbed,
00:25:04.41\00:25:07.13
and thus... the devil is bound.
00:25:07.43\00:25:11.35
You see, it says
that he was "bound. "
00:25:13.32\00:25:16.04
Listen:
00:25:16.35\00:25:18.53
You see, with all
the righteous in heaven
00:25:51.14\00:25:54.55
and all the wicked dead
00:25:54.95\00:25:57.97
the devil doesn't have
anybody to tempt, does he?
00:25:59.96\00:26:02.59
No, he's bound.
00:26:02.99\00:26:04.88
It doesn't mean when it
says he's bound with a chain...
00:26:05.09\00:26:07.43
Do you think a chain
would hold the devil?
00:26:07.63\00:26:09.23
Huh? No. A chain
wouldn't hold him.
00:26:09.53\00:26:13.15
But it says he's bound or he's
chained for a thousand years.
00:26:15.11\00:26:18.17
Have you ever had
somebody come over to your house
00:26:18.47\00:26:20.67
and say: "Go to town with me. "
00:26:20.87\00:26:23.00
And you said: "I really
would like to go with you
00:26:23.30\00:26:25.44
but I can't...
I'm just tied down. "
00:26:25.64\00:26:27.74
What'd you mean?
00:26:28.04\00:26:30.17
Well you just meant
00:26:30.47\00:26:32.11
circumstances
wouldn't let you go.
00:26:32.31\00:26:34.39
And that's the same
thing here with the devil.
00:26:34.59\00:26:37.18
Circumstances have bound him.
00:26:37.38\00:26:38.95
The righteous are in
heaven; the wicked are dead.
00:26:39.15\00:26:40.76
He's bound for
one thousand years.
00:26:40.96\00:26:46.17
OK?
00:26:46.47\00:26:47.84
The wicked are dead.
00:26:49.77\00:26:51.33
The earth, the
Bible says, is empty.
00:26:51.53\00:26:55.21
It's a desert.
00:26:57.46\00:27:00.64
The devil and his angels
are here for one thousand years.
00:27:01.66\00:27:06.24
It describes it with
these words in Jeremiah:
00:27:06.44\00:27:08.83
The wicked will
fall... there they will be
00:27:24.29\00:27:29.48
till the end of
the thousand years.
00:27:29.78\00:27:33.36
Thus the devil is bound.
00:27:33.66\00:27:36.72
At this point the scripture says
00:27:37.03\00:27:40.39
that judgment is
given to the righteous.
00:27:40.59\00:27:44.25
Interesting idea:
00:27:45.68\00:27:47.79
that judgment is
given to the righteous.
00:27:48.09\00:27:50.57
And by the way, let
me ask you something:
00:27:50.77\00:27:52.38
when is judgment
given to the righteous?
00:27:52.59\00:27:54.69
Huh?
00:27:56.77\00:27:58.33
Yeah, during the thousand years.
00:27:58.63\00:28:01.10
Clear on that?
00:28:01.40\00:28:03.01
You do not have it now!
00:28:03.21\00:28:05.50
Do you understand that?
00:28:05.80\00:28:07.52
You don't have it
now, so don't be judging
00:28:07.82\00:28:10.87
and don't even tell me
you're a fruit inspector.
00:28:11.17\00:28:14.11
You're not even that.
00:28:14.31\00:28:15.68
See... given to them
during the thousand years
00:28:15.99\00:28:20.23
is when it's given to them.
00:28:20.33\00:28:21.96
So the righteous are given
judgment. It goes on and says:
00:28:46.39\00:28:50.60
Yes, the righteous. Judgment
will be given to them. Why?
00:29:08.70\00:29:13.41
I mean, isn't... isn't
what God said good enough?
00:29:14.58\00:29:19.39
Why? Why would judgment
be given to the righteous?
00:29:21.37\00:29:26.13
Well the Bible
says one thing for sure:
00:29:26.43\00:29:29.01
that sin is not going
to rise up a second time.
00:29:29.31\00:29:34.17
That will not
happen a second time.
00:29:45.38\00:29:48.31
Well, God doesn't
intend for that to happen.
00:29:49.29\00:29:52.06
God doesn't intend for someone
00:29:52.56\00:29:57.35
to bring up something
or to have sin rise again.
00:29:58.65\00:30:01.49
So God intends to
answer every question
00:30:01.70\00:30:05.96
the righteous might have.
00:30:06.16\00:30:08.37
In other words... Have
you ever thought about it?
00:30:08.67\00:30:11.57
What's going to happen?
What's going to take place
00:30:12.80\00:30:15.78
when you get to heaven?
00:30:15.98\00:30:17.41
Is God going to turn
some little key back here
00:30:18.54\00:30:21.98
and all of us become stooges?
00:30:22.18\00:30:24.03
Is that what's going to happen?
00:30:24.33\00:30:26.46
Huh?
00:30:27.66\00:30:29.38
No! I think God's going
to let you use your mind.
00:30:29.68\00:30:33.80
In fact, I think we'll
use it more than we do now.
00:30:34.10\00:30:38.70
At least I hope so.
00:30:39.00\00:30:41.21
Well, if He is...
Let's say you get to heaven
00:30:41.51\00:30:47.36
and there's somebody that
you thought ought to be there
00:30:47.76\00:30:51.68
that isn't there.
00:30:51.88\00:30:53.25
I mean, somebody you thought
for sure would be in heaven.
00:30:55.57\00:30:58.78
And here you look
around and they're not there.
00:30:59.09\00:31:01.79
What are you
going to do about that?
00:31:03.23\00:31:05.37
Are you going to say:
"Ah, better not say anything. "
00:31:07.11\00:31:10.26
"Wonder... wonder why
John didn't make it. "
00:31:12.79\00:31:15.44
"Oh, I'd better keep quiet. "
00:31:16.68\00:31:18.85
"Strange that
John didn't make it. "
00:31:20.38\00:31:22.62
"Wonder why he didn't. "
00:31:24.01\00:31:25.38
Let me tell you
something: God doesn't intend
00:31:25.66\00:31:29.37
to get 10,000
years into eternity
00:31:29.57\00:31:33.27
and all of a sudden have
you say: "Hey, where's John? "
00:31:33.47\00:31:37.29
He's going to
answer that question...
00:31:38.64\00:31:41.21
going to answer it for every
person exactly what happened
00:31:41.41\00:31:45.64
to each individual
and why they aren't there.
00:31:45.84\00:31:47.94
That's why the
books are going to be open
00:31:48.25\00:31:50.89
and the righteous are
going to go through them
00:31:51.09\00:31:53.22
and they're going to know
that God was perfectly loving,
00:31:53.42\00:31:56.62
kind, merciful, and
just in all that He did.
00:31:56.82\00:32:00.28
And let me tell you
something, dear friends:
00:32:00.58\00:32:02.87
if you don't make it,
it won't be God's fault
00:32:03.07\00:32:07.65
because He is
doing all that He can
00:32:09.25\00:32:11.99
to see that every one of us make
it into the kingdom of heaven.
00:32:12.19\00:32:15.51
And so the righteous are
going to go through the books
00:32:15.71\00:32:18.76
and they're going to
see that God was just
00:32:19.06\00:32:23.19
in everything that He did.
00:32:23.50\00:32:27.40
Thus, judgment is given to them.
00:32:27.70\00:32:33.42
You see, dear friends,
there has to be some tears
00:32:43.69\00:32:48.35
in order to wipe them away.
00:32:48.55\00:32:51.74
That's what that
thousand years is for:
00:32:54.08\00:32:56.31
to settle it once and for all
00:32:56.61\00:33:00.91
so that there'll
be no more sorrow;
00:33:01.21\00:33:03.27
there'll be no more crying;
there'll be no more pain.
00:33:03.47\00:33:06.21
All that... all the
questions will be answered.
00:33:06.41\00:33:09.22
We will be
settling in for eternity
00:33:09.52\00:33:13.06
for sin never to rise again.
00:33:13.27\00:33:15.70
This is what He's doing for us.
00:33:16.00\00:33:19.00
Well, like at the beginning
of the thousand years -
00:33:26.19\00:33:29.92
there were five events
that marked the beginning -
00:33:30.12\00:33:33.09
there's five events that mark
the close of the thousand years,
00:33:33.30\00:33:36.59
and wonderful things.
00:33:36.79\00:33:39.29
The righteous have spent a
thousand years up in heaven.
00:33:39.59\00:33:44.17
That's beyond my comprehension.
00:33:45.31\00:33:48.97
But think of it: spending
a thousand years in heaven
00:33:49.27\00:33:52.59
where there will be no struggles
00:33:54.22\00:33:57.44
and all the
things that we face now.
00:33:57.54\00:34:00.28
But at the end of the thousand
years, the New Jerusalem
00:34:00.68\00:34:05.83
that Jesus has prepared
00:34:06.03\00:34:09.89
because He went and
made a place for His bride...
00:34:10.09\00:34:14.27
OK? That city
that He has prepared
00:34:14.47\00:34:18.09
is going to come
back to this earth.
00:34:18.29\00:34:22.44
I'm going to say more about
that in the next presentation.
00:34:22.74\00:34:26.37
But you see, this
is going to become
00:34:26.67\00:34:31.48
where... the
place where God dwells.
00:34:31.68\00:34:34.79
It's going to
come to this earth.
00:34:36.33\00:34:38.43
Comes back prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.
00:34:48.31\00:34:54.25
Marvelous! That's
what we're going to look at
00:34:56.70\00:34:58.15
in the next presentation,
so I can't get into this city
00:34:58.35\00:35:01.20
and talk to you about it now.
00:35:01.40\00:35:03.11
But if you miss
it... shame on you.
00:35:03.51\00:35:07.12
Marvelous...
what it should be...
00:35:08.46\00:35:10.38
prepared for you and I.
00:35:11.90\00:35:13.84
But that New Jerusalem comes
and settles here on this earth.
00:35:14.04\00:35:18.17
The scripture
even tells you, folks,
00:35:18.37\00:35:20.39
exactly where it comes to.
00:35:20.59\00:35:22.93
The book of Zechariah tells
you exactly where it comes to:
00:35:24.16\00:35:28.53
to the Mount of
Olives. There how it settles.
00:35:28.84\00:35:31.07
That's where that city will set.
00:35:31.27\00:35:32.88
Marvelous will be that city
00:35:34.51\00:35:36.47
the righteous have lived
in now for a thousand years.
00:35:38.41\00:35:43.70
OK.
00:35:45.60\00:35:47.82
With the New
Jerusalem coming back,
00:35:48.54\00:35:51.10
the wicked... all
the wicked that are dead
00:35:51.30\00:35:55.34
that have been in the grave
now for a thousand years...
00:35:55.54\00:35:59.20
they're resurrected.
00:35:59.40\00:36:01.03
"But the rest of the
dead did not live again
00:36:01.33\00:36:03.92
until the thousand
years were finished. "
00:36:04.12\00:36:06.09
And so we've come to the
end of the thousand years
00:36:06.29\00:36:09.01
and all the wicked
come out of the grave.
00:36:09.11\00:36:11.51
Oh what a difference that is.
00:36:11.71\00:36:14.46
What a difference that is.
00:36:15.89\00:36:18.27
All those who were resurrected
in the first resurrection
00:36:18.77\00:36:24.69
are resurrected incorruptible.
00:36:24.90\00:36:28.16
Are resurrected immortal.
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.74
No sickness; no pain.
00:36:33.05\00:36:37.15
No sorrow; everything
is absolutely perfect.
00:36:37.45\00:36:42.23
Those that are resurrected
in the second resurrection...
00:36:44.96\00:36:49.17
no change.
00:36:50.50\00:36:53.36
No change.
00:36:55.02\00:36:57.13
If they were blind,
00:36:58.71\00:37:02.46
they come out
of the grave blind.
00:37:02.76\00:37:04.47
If they went
into the grave sick,
00:37:05.85\00:37:09.15
they come out still sick.
00:37:09.36\00:37:12.28
No change.
00:37:14.51\00:37:16.80
Please mark it: there is
no change physically for them.
00:37:17.10\00:37:23.07
There is no change
for them character-wise.
00:37:24.59\00:37:30.26
Mark it down, dear
friends. Put it down.
00:37:30.50\00:37:34.07
It's now...
it's during this time
00:37:34.37\00:37:38.93
that you develop character.
00:37:39.13\00:37:42.16
You don't develop character
after the resurrection.
00:37:42.56\00:37:47.51
If you're playing around and
thinking that all of a sudden
00:37:47.71\00:37:50.09
God is going to zap you
and you're going to become
00:37:50.29\00:37:53.96
loving and
merciful and kind and good
00:37:54.16\00:37:56.70
and all that,
you're kidding yourself.
00:37:56.90\00:37:59.42
That's not going to happen.
00:37:59.72\00:38:02.26
If you have trouble
loving the brethren,
00:38:03.93\00:38:08.93
dear friend, be careful
00:38:09.23\00:38:12.58
because you've got
to learn to love them
00:38:14.48\00:38:17.45
before the
resurrection... not after.
00:38:17.75\00:38:21.68
They come out of
that grave - the wicked -
00:38:23.83\00:38:26.41
just exactly like
they went into the grave.
00:38:26.62\00:38:30.43
The devil is
released out of his prison.
00:38:33.39\00:38:38.02
You know why?
00:38:38.32\00:38:39.69
Hmmm?
00:38:39.94\00:38:41.85
Oh, he's got people.
00:38:42.15\00:38:44.25
All of a sudden all of the
wicked have been resurrected.
00:38:44.55\00:38:47.37
They're as thick as
the sands of the sea
00:38:47.57\00:38:50.90
and now he's got
something to work with.
00:38:51.10\00:38:53.80
They're thick as
the sands of the sea
00:39:15.91\00:39:18.34
and now the devil is going
out to deceive them to battle.
00:39:18.64\00:39:22.90
Why? Let me ask you something:
00:39:23.21\00:39:24.69
why don't the wicked and
the devil... why don't they
00:39:24.99\00:39:28.14
just say: "Well, the
New Jerusalem's over there
00:39:28.34\00:39:30.88
and the righteous are in it.
00:39:31.08\00:39:32.91
And we'll just leave them alone.
00:39:33.11\00:39:35.24
And we won't bother them,
00:39:35.54\00:39:37.11
and we'll go over here
on this side of the earth
00:39:37.31\00:39:39.46
and we'll live here and
maybe they won't bother us
00:39:39.66\00:39:42.41
and we won't bother them. "
00:39:42.61\00:39:43.98
Why don't they just do that?
00:39:45.82\00:39:47.96
Well, let's go
back to the beginning.
00:39:51.41\00:39:54.92
It says that those wicked
when they come out of the grave
00:39:55.22\00:40:00.46
they are resurrected
just like they went in.
00:40:00.66\00:40:04.77
That means, dear
friends, they do not have
00:40:05.07\00:40:09.99
immortality.
00:40:10.20\00:40:12.38
God said: "Well, man's going
to take of the Tree of Life
00:40:46.56\00:40:49.88
and eat and live forever. "
00:40:50.08\00:40:51.49
Therefore He put an
angel guarding it so that man
00:40:51.79\00:40:55.62
could not eat of it. Do you know
where the Tree of Life is now?
00:40:55.82\00:40:59.78
So the Tree of Life is
inside the New Jerusalem.
00:41:23.72\00:41:29.67
And the New
Jerusalem is now on earth.
00:41:33.00\00:41:38.90
So the devil tells the wicked:
"If we can just inside the city
00:41:39.11\00:41:45.04
and eat of the Tree of Life,
00:41:45.24\00:41:49.14
we'll live forever. "
00:41:49.44\00:41:51.61
The wicked go up
00:42:05.45\00:42:09.71
to take the city.
00:42:10.01\00:42:11.76
Maybe they can get in and eat
of the Tree of Life and live.
00:42:12.07\00:42:16.91
This is where the
scripture says that the great
00:42:19.28\00:42:21.93
white throne
judgment takes place.
00:42:22.13\00:42:24.64
Because... inside the city
00:42:25.14\00:42:30.05
are all the righteous
00:42:30.35\00:42:31.90
that have ever lived.
They're inside the city.
00:42:32.20\00:42:35.31
Outside the city are all
the wicked that have ever lived.
00:42:35.61\00:42:39.08
So there at this
time all humanity
00:42:39.38\00:42:43.29
stand before God.
00:42:43.49\00:42:45.97
And it says that He is
lifted up above the city.
00:42:46.27\00:42:49.60
There is no change.
00:43:25.06\00:43:28.29
There all mankind is. There
is no change at this point.
00:43:38.94\00:43:43.81
And there God
stands before them all
00:43:45.33\00:43:50.86
and mankind
realizes and understands
00:43:51.27\00:43:55.92
that God has been just
in all of His dealings.
00:43:56.12\00:44:01.73
You see, every one of us
00:44:16.71\00:44:20.90
I don't care whether you're
righteous or you're wicked
00:44:21.10\00:44:25.25
every one of us are going to
come forth in the resurrection.
00:44:26.91\00:44:31.62
You're going to be
resurrected. Doesn't make...
00:44:31.92\00:44:36.08
you know, who you are,
you're going to come forth...
00:44:36.28\00:44:38.81
either in the first
resurrection or in the second
00:44:39.01\00:44:41.08
you're going to come forth.
00:44:41.29\00:44:42.66
But the righteous will
live and the wicked will die
00:44:44.25\00:44:49.83
because it
describes it with these words:
00:44:51.24\00:44:53.22
Earth is going to burn.
00:45:13.92\00:45:16.25
And all the wicked and
all the works of the wicked
00:45:18.45\00:45:23.76
will be burned up.
00:45:23.96\00:45:26.02
The New Jerusalem
00:45:29.16\00:45:31.03
will ride those waves of fire
00:45:31.23\00:45:35.91
just like the ark rode
the waves of the flood.
00:45:36.11\00:45:40.35
The righteous will
all be inside the city.
00:45:41.87\00:45:44.75
They'll be cared for by God.
00:45:44.95\00:45:47.93
And then after the fire
has purified this earth -
00:45:49.70\00:45:55.44
and remember, we're talking
about settling in for eternity -
00:45:55.58\00:45:59.77
after this earth has
been purified with fire
00:46:00.07\00:46:04.65
there will be no
signs left of sin
00:46:04.85\00:46:10.48
and degradation.
It will all be gone.
00:46:10.68\00:46:15.42
All going to burn.
00:46:26.43\00:46:27.80
You see, to you and to me -
00:46:39.23\00:46:45.22
the righteous - we
may die the first death
00:46:45.52\00:46:50.39
but I don't have to
die the second death.
00:46:51.89\00:46:54.65
The wicked die twice.
00:46:54.95\00:46:59.18
They die the first time and
then this is the second death.
00:46:59.48\00:47:04.65
Because this is the
cleansing of the universe.
00:47:14.04\00:47:19.13
It's the cleansing of sin.
00:47:19.43\00:47:21.71
It will be
eradicated from the earth.
00:47:22.01\00:47:25.39
Look for a new
heaven and a new earth
00:47:37.47\00:47:40.65
in which righteousness dwells.
00:47:40.85\00:47:43.83
Oh, dear friends, let
me take just a little time
00:47:57.29\00:48:00.98
and appeal to you.
00:48:01.18\00:48:04.27
Don't pass up the opportunity.
00:48:05.60\00:48:08.54
I mean this is the
time God has given to you.
00:48:10.07\00:48:14.88
Given this time to you
to have the opportunity
00:48:15.52\00:48:21.46
of spending eternity.
00:48:21.96\00:48:26.05
The Lord Jesus
Christ left heaven,
00:48:26.88\00:48:31.22
came to this earth and died
00:48:31.43\00:48:36.27
that you might
have this opportunity.
00:48:36.57\00:48:39.85
It's strictly up
to you to accept it.
00:48:40.15\00:48:45.97
God is not saying to you
00:48:47.72\00:48:50.38
"you've got to do
certain things to qualify. "
00:48:52.06\00:48:54.78
I was talking to a
group of fifth-graders,
00:48:56.67\00:49:00.69
and I was talking about how
that this gift is a free gift
00:49:02.09\00:49:06.32
given to us by God.
00:49:08.19\00:49:10.42
This little
fifth-grader said: "Do you mean
00:49:12.00\00:49:15.11
all this stuff my
parents tell me I've got to do
00:49:15.14\00:49:17.71
I don't have to do? "
00:49:17.91\00:49:19.28
And I said: "Well, the only
people that will get to heaven
00:49:20.78\00:49:25.75
are those that qualify. "
00:49:27.14\00:49:29.40
He said to me: "Well,
00:49:29.70\00:49:32.18
OK, what do I have
to do to qualify? "
00:49:32.38\00:49:34.87
And I said: "Well the
only people that get to heaven
00:49:35.27\00:49:39.67
are sinners. " And he
said: "Well I qualify. "
00:49:39.87\00:49:43.85
So to you I would just say
00:49:45.10\00:49:48.28
"Each one of us... we qualify. "
00:49:48.58\00:49:52.11
Jesus Christ said He did
not come to call the righteous.
00:49:52.41\00:49:55.41
He came to call the sinners.
00:49:55.71\00:49:58.63
He came to call
you... to give you life.
00:49:58.83\00:50:01.32
To give you hope. To give
you something much, much better
00:50:01.62\00:50:05.15
than this world
could ever give you.
00:50:05.35\00:50:07.17
Made that possible for you
and I to have eternal life.
00:50:07.47\00:50:12.86
To dwell with Him for eternity.
00:50:13.16\00:50:15.96
Earth will be made brand new.
00:50:16.36\00:50:22.31
All this stuff that
we put up with out here
00:50:22.51\00:50:26.95
is gonna be gone.
00:50:27.15\00:50:29.84
There won't be such
things as pollution.
00:50:30.14\00:50:34.39
All that'll be
gone. It's a new earth.
00:50:34.59\00:50:37.32
"Come, all you.
00:50:47.65\00:50:51.26
I've prepared a kingdom; I've
prepared a place just for you. "
00:50:52.42\00:50:56.97
Think about it.
00:50:57.37\00:50:59.79
There'll be no more sin.
00:51:00.09\00:51:05.62
God will have been justified
00:51:05.92\00:51:11.14
in the eyes of the universe.
00:51:11.34\00:51:14.91
It will be settled
00:51:17.25\00:51:20.07
that He is just...
that He is righteous.
00:51:20.37\00:51:25.17
That He is
merciful; that He is kind.
00:51:25.47\00:51:30.15
That He is loving;
that He is all those things.
00:51:30.45\00:51:35.11
God just simply says to you
00:51:36.48\00:51:38.60
"Come, enjoy... enjoy the things
00:51:38.90\00:51:44.81
that I have prepared for you.
00:51:45.11\00:51:48.30
I made it just for you. "
00:51:48.60\00:51:52.84
And then down through the
ceaseless ages of eternity
00:51:52.94\00:51:57.47
all the righteous will
be able to live and rejoice
00:51:58.64\00:52:04.15
and enjoy all the wonderful
things that God has prepared
00:52:04.35\00:52:09.47
for those that love Him.
00:52:09.77\00:52:11.84
It's my prayer
00:52:12.14\00:52:14.23
that you will
definitely plan on being there.
00:52:14.43\00:52:18.61
Let's bow our heads for prayer.
00:52:18.91\00:52:21.59
Father in heaven,
00:52:21.89\00:52:23.76
we're coming to You
today realizing Lord
00:52:24.26\00:52:30.01
without You we
are hopelessly lost.
00:52:31.45\00:52:36.01
That we have nothing...
nothing to recommend ourselves
00:52:38.10\00:52:43.50
to You but our great need.
00:52:43.70\00:52:47.17
And we come today with that need
00:52:47.47\00:52:53.24
asking, Lord,
that You'll cleanse us.
00:52:53.55\00:52:58.08
Take away all the
sin and the selfishness.
00:52:59.46\00:53:04.02
Make our lives clean, pure,
00:53:04.52\00:53:10.42
white in Christ Jesus.
00:53:10.72\00:53:14.01
Lord, make us kind.
00:53:14.31\00:53:17.90
Make us gentle.
00:53:18.20\00:53:20.29
Make us loving.
00:53:20.59\00:53:23.17
Give us... give us,
Lord, in great abundance
00:53:25.27\00:53:29.93
the Holy Spirit.
00:53:30.13\00:53:32.47
May it fill our hearts.
00:53:32.77\00:53:35.42
May the fruits of the
Spirit be manifest in our lives.
00:53:35.72\00:53:41.72
And may all of us
have the privilege
00:53:42.02\00:53:47.14
of being with
You in your kingdom.
00:53:47.34\00:53:49.55
Not because we deserve it, Lord,
00:53:49.85\00:53:52.36
but because we've
accepted Christ as our Savior.
00:53:52.66\00:53:56.84
We put our faith
and our trust in Him
00:53:57.15\00:54:00.21
and we look forward to that day
00:54:00.41\00:54:03.56
in which He's
going to be coming back.
00:54:03.76\00:54:05.75
This we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:06.70\00:54:12.29
Our next presentation
is on The New Jerusalem:
00:54:14.41\00:54:19.35
wonderful place that God
has prepared for you and for me.
00:54:19.85\00:54:25.76
And let me tell you,
He has some certain things
00:54:26.06\00:54:29.72
in mind for you and for me
that you don't want to miss.
00:54:29.92\00:54:34.64
So we hope that all
of you will be with us.
00:54:34.94\00:54:37.23
God bless you.
00:54:37.53\00:54:38.90
In the heart of
southern Illinois
00:54:40.78\00:54:42.80
lies a small town
named after A. J. Mason
00:54:43.00\00:54:47.06
who came in 1923 with
plans for a dream city
00:54:47.09\00:54:51.08
and the largest coal
mine in the United States.
00:54:51.28\00:54:54.87
Surveyors laid out the
streets and the sidewalk
00:54:55.17\00:54:57.97
and workers built the tallest
smokestack in the country
00:54:58.17\00:55:01.83
complete with a Spanish turret
00:55:02.03\00:55:03.99
and decorative
cathedral doors at the top.
00:55:04.19\00:55:07.66
Railroad tracks were laid,
00:55:07.96\00:55:09.82
and as word of
this dream city spread
00:55:10.02\00:55:12.63
people flocked
in by the thousands.
00:55:12.83\00:55:15.72
But as the black coal
came out of those deep tunnels
00:55:16.02\00:55:19.07
miners came closer and
closer to the end of the dream.
00:55:19.27\00:55:24.14
And after just
three years of mining
00:55:24.44\00:55:26.62
an underground
river flooded the shaft.
00:55:26.82\00:55:30.10
Suddenly the
operations became very costly
00:55:30.40\00:55:34.00
and although Mr. Mason
poured millions into his mine
00:55:34.20\00:55:38.21
eventually it was
taken over by the bank.
00:55:38.51\00:55:41.65
People left the city in droves.
00:55:41.95\00:55:44.27
Some didn't even bother
to take their furniture.
00:55:44.57\00:55:46.92
Soon the tracks lay dormant.
00:55:47.22\00:55:49.40
Weeds grew up around
the beautiful train station,
00:55:49.60\00:55:52.29
and abandoned
homes gave way to trees.
00:55:52.49\00:55:56.15
Today locals say that Mason
is the only town in America
00:55:56.45\00:56:01.16
where you can hunt
quail from the sidewalk.
00:56:01.36\00:56:04.60
Although other coal
companies tried to revive it,
00:56:04.90\00:56:07.83
Mason's mine never
again turned a profit
00:56:08.03\00:56:12.02
and today only a few
hundred people are left.
00:56:12.22\00:56:15.63
Mr. Mason's
dream went up in smoke.
00:56:15.93\00:56:19.85
All that remains is
a beautiful smokestack,
00:56:20.15\00:56:23.30
an old train station,
00:56:23.60\00:56:25.93
and miles of deserted tracks.
00:56:26.13\00:56:28.78
The Bible says earthly
treasures are easily stolen
00:56:30.23\00:56:33.90
by thieves and
destroyed by moth and rust.
00:56:34.10\00:56:37.54
But our Heavenly Father
is building a dream city
00:56:37.84\00:56:40.56
with streets of gold and
mansions by a crystal sea.
00:56:40.76\00:56:44.79
He invites us to come
live with Him for eternity
00:56:45.09\00:56:48.03
and never grow old.
00:56:48.23\00:56:50.12
The Bible also says
that where our treasure is
00:56:50.42\00:56:53.21
there our heart will be also.
00:56:53.41\00:56:55.42
And in this day and age
when stocks lose their value
00:56:55.72\00:56:59.45
in minutes and
entire banking systems fail
00:56:59.55\00:57:03.29
God invites us to put
our treasures in things of
00:57:03.49\00:57:07.28
eternal value.
00:57:07.38\00:57:08.81
Friends, nothing is more
valuable than a human soul.
00:57:08.91\00:57:13.41
Won't you help us bring
the good news of salvation
00:57:13.71\00:57:16.63
to those who are lost?
00:57:16.83\00:57:18.95
Please, ask the Holy Spirit
what He would have you do.
00:57:19.25\00:57:23.93
Please consider what
you can do for those who
00:57:25.50\00:57:28.14
still don't know about Jesus.
00:57:28.34\00:57:30.12
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:30.32\00:57:31.83
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