In Revelation 13:11,
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"Then I saw another beast,
coming up out of the earth.
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He had two horns like a lamb,
but he spoke like a dragon."
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The first beast that
came out of the water
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was the medieval church of Rome.
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In 538 till 1798
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when she
received the deadly wound,
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we discovered that another beast
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comes up out of the earth
with two horns like a lamb,
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that would unite
together with her
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in Satan's plan to achieve
the allegiance of the world.
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Protestant
America would rise in time
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to play a part in the
healing of the deadly wound.
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And this Christian nation
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exercise all the authority
of the first beast on his behalf
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and he made the earth
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and its inhabitants
worship the first beast
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whose fatal
wound had been healed.
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The time is coming
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when we see another
worldwide global church...
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enforcing,
particular brand of worship
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that was established
in the medieval church
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at Rome so many years ago.
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And this particular
beast coming out of the earth
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was given power to
perform miracles and signs.
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Verse 14, "Because of the signs
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he was given power to do
on behalf of the first beast,
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he deceived the
inhabitants of the earth.
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And ordered them to set up
an image in honor of the beast
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and to worship the image."
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Deception is one of
the most powerful tools
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that the devil uses to secure
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the allegiance of
unsuspecting people.
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In Revelation 16
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we get another
picture of that deception.
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In Chapter 16:12,
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"The sixth angel
poured out his bowl
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on the great River Euphrates,
its water was dried up
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to prepare the way for
the kings from the East.
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And then I saw
three evil spirits
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that looked like frogs,
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they came out of
the mouth of the dragon,
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out of the mouth of the beast,
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out of the mouth
of the false prophet."
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Look, "They are
the spirits of demons
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performing miraculous signs,
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and they go out to the
kings of the whole world
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to gather them for the battle."
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So in the midst of all the
deceptions and the miracles,
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we see unclean demon spirits
working spiritualistic miracles,
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deceiving the whole world
into following after the beast.
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During the time
of the reformation
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led by Martin Luther,
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Juan Diego 57
years old Mexican man
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reported in apparition
'an encounter with Mary.'
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Who of course, had died
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almost 2000 years earlier.
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And because of his
report of seeing Mary,
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at the same time that millions
of people were protesting Rome
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leaving Rome
becoming Protestants
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to stand on the scripture
and the scripture alone.
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Over 8 million
people follow the apparition
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or the appearance of Mary
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and became a part
of the Church of Rome.
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Not based on scripture
but based on the miracle.
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And I want to suggest to you
that the most powerful deception
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and the most
powerful miracle of all
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is the appearance of someone
who is supposed to have died.
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That's why it's important for us
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to take some
time at Revelation Now
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to understand exactly
what does happen when we die.
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What lies beyond the grave?
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Is it possible to
communicate beyond the grave?
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We're hearing many
stories and reports today
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of people who've died
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and apparently gone to
heaven and have seen loved ones
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and then were revived
on the operating room table
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and brought back to life.
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Is it possible to communicate
from beyond the grave?
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There's only one place
that we can really trust
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to find the
answer to that question
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and that is the word of God,
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more
specifically to Jesus Christ.
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Can you trust Him? Amen.
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Can you trust Jesus to
answer that question for you?
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No matter what answer He gives.
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Can you trust Him?
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Revelation 1:18, the very
first Chapter of Revelation.
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"John saw Jesus and
Jesus said don't be afraid,
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I'm the first and the
last. I'm the living one.
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I was dead and behold
I'm alive forever and ever
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and I hold the keys
of death and Hades."
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If anyone knows
what's beyond the grave
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it has to be Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Been there, done that I
can tell you all about it.
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He has done it. He has survived.
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He has the keys.
He has the answer.
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Turn to Genesis in
the 2nd Chapter of Genesis
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on the sixth day of
creation in verse 7.
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"The Lord God formed the
man from the dust of the ground
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and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life,
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and the man
became a living being."
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So we have seen this already
creation, six day of creation,
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God formed the body
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from the dust of the
ground but it was not alive.
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It was a dead body.
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He knelt down breath
into it the breath of life.
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And that body the Bible
says became a living being.
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The King James says,
"It became a living soul."
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I want you to notice something
that the body became a soul.
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God did not put a
soul into the body,
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He breathed the
breath of life into the body
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that was not living and
it became a living soul.
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The soul will
consist of the body
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and the breath of life.
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The soul is
something that we are,
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it is not
something that we possess.
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I do not have a
soul, I'm a soul.
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Now the
interesting thing about this.
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The Hebrew word that
translated here living being
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and in the King
James Version soul.
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And we need to have a
little Hebrew lesson tonight
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if you really want to
understand this topic.
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The Hebrew word is Nephesh.
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Say with me. How do
you say soul in Hebrew.
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Nephesh, very good.
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Now the reason that's
important for you to know
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is it's used in number of times
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in the first few
chapters of Genesis,
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the first two
chapters of creation story.
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And one of my favorite places
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that I like to use
to illustrate this point
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is in Chapter 1:30. Watch this.
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"On the sixth day when God
made the creatures of the earth.
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Look verse 30, "And to
the beasts of the earth
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and all the birds of the air
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and all of the creatures
that move on the ground,
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everything that has
the breath of life in it,
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I give every
green plant for food."
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Now why is that significant?
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Because the word
that translated creatures
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all of the creatures
that move on the ground
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everything that has
the breath of life in it.
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The word for creatures
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is Nephesh, soul.
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The Bible
writers could just have
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easily have
translated that verse to read
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to all the beast of the
earth, the birds of the air
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and all of the souls
that move on the ground
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everything that has
the breath of life in it.
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Because that's what a soul is.
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It's a living being,
the soul is a person.
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It's not something we
posses. It's what we are.
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In Genesis 12,
Abraham left his country
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and went to the Promised Land.
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And the Bible
says, "He took with him
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all of the souls
in his household."
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He did not go with the
bunch of ghosts following him.
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He went with people.
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And that's what a
soul is, a person.
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I'm a soul. You're a soul.
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A friend of mine who
does the same thing I do.
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He is a lot bolder than I am.
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And he-- he on
the night before this,
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he tells all the people.
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He says "look tomorrow night
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we're going to do
something special.
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In the middle of my presentation
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we're going to
turn out all the lights
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and then we're going to
shine a spotlight on the stage
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and you're going to
see right there a soul.
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I'm going to show you
a soul tomorrow night."
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So the next
night the whole place
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is just packed with people.
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They want to see that soul.
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And so in the
middle of his presentation,
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he stops, turn
all the lights out.
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Spotlight comes down
on the centre of the stage
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and there he is,
smiling big as life.
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So you're looking at a
soul that's what a soul is.
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You are a soul.
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The person next
to you is a soul.
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He does not have soul,
she does not have a soul.
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We do not posses a
soul, we are a living soul.
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Now that's what
the Bible teaches.
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That may not be what's
being taught out there.
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But we have been
learning at Revelation Now
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that would seems right
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is not always the
same as what is right.
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What is right is
what's in here. Amen.
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We are souls.
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Now that we understand
that, what happens when we die?
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Well, it's just the opposite.
Just the reverse of creation.
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In Ecclesiastes, a little
book of Ecclesiastes 12:7.
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"When we die the dust returns
to the ground that it came from.
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And the spirit
returns to God who gave it."
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So what happens when we die?
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The body goes to dust and
the spirit goes back to God.
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Now the word spirit,
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are you ready for your
second Hebrew word tonight.
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Lesson number two. The
word spirit is 'Ruakh.'
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I want you to say that with me.
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The word for
spirit in Hebrew is what.
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Ruakh, Okay, very good.
Smart group here this evening.
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So the Bible says,
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"The dust returns to
the ground it came from,
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and the Ruakh returns to God."
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Now Ruakh is
sometimes translated
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spirit like it is here,
sometimes translated breath,
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like the breath of life
that God breathed into the body.
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Sometimes it's translated air
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or wind or
breath in the nostril.
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So the word Ruakh the
spirit, the breath of life,
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the same breath of life
that God breathed into the body
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that made it
become a living soul.
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That breath of
life goes back to God
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and the body goes to dust.
Just a reverse of creation.
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It's important to recognize
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that something
does go back to God.
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It's my Ruakh,
it's my breath of life
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or spirit if you
want to call it that.
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I like to look at it
like it's a spark of life
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that contains everything
about me that makes me, me.
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Because when God
put that made that body,
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it wasn't alive, it was dead.
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But he breathed into
it that spark of life
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and it became a man with
character and personality.
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And that's spark of
life goes back to God.
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The body goes to dust.
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Now that spark
of life or breath,
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Ruakh, that goes back
to God is not the person.
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It's the life that
animates that person.
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But it's not the person
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because Jesus
said in John 5:28-29.
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Jesus said, "Marvel not
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but the time is coming when all
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who are in the
grave will come forth."
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Those who have done good
to the resurrection of life,
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those who have done evil
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to the
resurrection of damnation.
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So according to Jesus
all are where? In the grave.
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My life, my breath of
life goes back to God.
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But the person is in the grave.
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That Ruakh is not
the person, it's not me.
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That Jesus said
we're in the grave,
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both the good and bad.
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The good are awaiting
the resurrection of life
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and the bad are awaiting
the resurrection of damnation.
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But they're the person according
to Jesus is in the grave.
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Do you believe Him?
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Folks, we have to believe Him.
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If we can't then
who can we believe?
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So my breath goes back to
God, my body goes to dust.
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We're the dead.
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According to Jesus
all are in the grave.
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Now, I'm going to
stop here for a second.
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Because what you have just heard
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is not the same thing
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as what most of
us have been taught
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and believed
for years and years.
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That when we die if we've
been good we go to heaven.
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We've been bad
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or we don't talk
about where we go.
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Isn't that right. Isn't that
what most people are taught?
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But that's not what Jesus said.
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It is dangerous
to study the Bible
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with preconceived ideas
of the way things have to be.
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It's much better to
pretend you know nothing
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and let God speak to
you and tell it how it is.
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Because when we
have preconceived ideas,
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we tend to overlook things
that contradict what we believe
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and look for
things that support it.
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I know human nature.
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So let's do this.
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Let's get our computers out,
bring up your word processor
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and click new
document. What's on the screen?
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Blank page, blank page, right.
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So let's start
with the blank page
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and let God tell us
what is true and what is not.
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Are we saved or not. Amen. Amen.
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Okay, second rule.
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I can take a
verse from the Bible
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and take it out of context
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and make it say anything
I wanted to say practically
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and a lot of people do
that. It's like fence post.
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You're seeing fence post
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all lined up nice
and prefect inline.
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Let's suppose I have
one fence post right here.
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And I step back and I
can lineup at fence post
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so it's right at the
double doors in the back.
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But if I step over here
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it's pointing
at that single door
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over there in the back.
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If I step over here
that same fence post
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is pointing at the
single door back there.
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If I were to step back there,
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then it will be pointing at that
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flowerpot on the wall behind me.
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You see it depends
on where I'm standing,
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it depends on my point of
view as to where it's pointing.
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And that's way the Bible is.
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You can take one text,
make it say almost anything,
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if you take him out of context.
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The Bible says Judas
went and hung himself.
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And then in other place it
says now you go do likewise.
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You see what happens
when you ignore the context.
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So if we take another fence post
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and put it in
front of our first one
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and then another
one and another one
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and a few more and step back,
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then all of those fence posts
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are all pointing in the
one and the same direction.
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And if I take all the text
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that are talking
about the same topic
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comparing
scripture with scripture
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and I line them up,
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then they're all
pointing in the same direction
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and that's to the truth
as it is in Jesus Christ.
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So let's start
with the blank page
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on our word processors
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and let's
lineup some fence posts
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and see what the
Bible has to say.
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So far, the body goes to dust,
breath of life back to God.
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Jesus said, "All
are in the grave."
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So what are they
doing there in the grave?
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Psalm 146 another fence
post, let's line them up.
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Verse 4, "When
the spirit departs,
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they return to the ground."
Same thing we just read so far.
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"On that very day
their thoughts perish."
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So when a man dies what
happens to his thoughts?
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They perish. So tell me this.
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If a man dies can he think?
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No, why not because
his thoughts perish.
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See it's perfectly
inline with our fence post.
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Body goes to dust,
breath of life back to God.
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The dead are in the
grave they can't think.
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So that's not the
person that goes to God.
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It's not a conscious awareness
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is nothing there
that can communicate
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from beyond the grave.
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There's no possibility
of Mary appearing to you
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or to anyone else trying to
tell them a message from God
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because her thoughts perished.
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Are you beginning to
see why this is important?
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There's another one, Psalm 115.
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Other fence post verse 17.
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"The dead do not praise the Lord
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nor do any who
go down to silence."
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Question... You think about it.
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If a Christian
dies, does he praise God?
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What does the Bible say,
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"The dead do not
praise the Lord."
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Why not?
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Because their thoughts
perish, they can't think.
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So they can't even praise God
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because they're not aware of God
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or anything going on,
they are in the grave.
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Breath of life goes back to
God, it's in the hand of Jesus.
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He is hanging on to it for me.
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And one of these days
He is going to put it back
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into a new body not yet.
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But until then no
thinking in fact watch this one.
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I say the best one here in this
particular sequence till last,
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this is in Ecclesiastes 9:5.
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"For the living
know that they will die
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but the dead know nothing."
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When a person dies,
does he know anything?
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Why not because
his thoughts perish.
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Can he praise God?
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Nope. Why not?
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Because he can't
thinks, his thoughts perish.
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There are no
thoughts in the grave.
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Watch this verse 6,
"Their love, their hate,
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their jealousy have
long since vanished."
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Can he love you? No.
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Because he can't
think, his thoughts perish.
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Verse 10, "Whatever
your hand finds to do,
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do it with all of your
might, for in the grave,
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where you are going."
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So where does the
person go? To the grave.
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In the grave where you are going
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there is neither
working nor planning
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nor knowledge nor wisdom."
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All of our texts are
lined up like a fence post
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pointing in the
exact same direction.
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There is no conscious awareness
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of anything
happening in the grave.
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I was reading this verse,
"Living know that they will die,
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but the dead know nothing."
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First time I read the
Bible through after I got saved,
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there happened to
be a living Bible.
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I didn't know if that
was just a paraphrase,
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not a real translation.
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That's all right, I was reading
anything God was blessing me.
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When I came to that
verse and it said verse 5,
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"The living know
that they will die,
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but the dead know nothing."
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And I noticed there
is a footnote there.
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And I said to myself, hmm.
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I wonder what
that footnote says.
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So I looked down at the
bottom of the page and I read it
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and I just dropped my jaw
open, couldn't believe it.
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Do you want to
know what it said? No.
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Well, I will tell you anyway.
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It said these words
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are Solomon's own
discouraged opinion
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and does not reflect
God's truth on this subject.
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I read that
again and I said what.
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That's just
Solomon's discouraged opinion.
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What's it doing in the Bible?
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I thought that
Bible was a word of God.
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Now listen to me.
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Some of you may be
struggling with the verses
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I'm reading right now.
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May be going wow man,
00:23:08.09\00:23:09.79
this is not what I
have always believed.
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So when we read
a verse like this,
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"The dead know
nothing, their thoughts perish."
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We have to just make a decision
00:23:18.25\00:23:19.51
just like whoever
wrote the living Bible
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had to make a decision.
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We can say, well, that's
not the way I understand it,
00:23:23.66\00:23:26.73
I better change the
way I understand things
00:23:26.76\00:23:29.02
to lineup with the
scripture or we're going to say.
00:23:29.05\00:23:32.27
Well, that must not have come
from God, it disagrees with me.
00:23:32.30\00:23:34.98
So I'm going to
tear that page out.
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That didn't come from God.
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But before you start
tearing pages out of your Bible,
00:23:39.73\00:23:44.61
you have to be prepared
to answer another question.
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How do you know
which ones to leave in?
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Can a human being decide is
this the word of God or not.
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Folks, this is the
same Bible Jesus had
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when he was here,
the same Old Testament.
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And it didn't bother Him.
00:24:02.76\00:24:05.50
So we should
embrace it too. Amen.
00:24:05.53\00:24:07.95
This is the Bible from Genesis
to Revelation or its not.
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Living know they would
die, the dead know nothing.
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Let me show you
how Jesus looked at it.
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We can trust Him.
00:24:19.33\00:24:20.39
Remember that we
agreed at the beginning.
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Jesus tell us,
what's it like when we die.
00:24:23.33\00:24:26.19
Jesus had being
working with His disciples
00:24:26.22\00:24:28.23
and some people came up to Him.
00:24:28.26\00:24:31.15
They said your friend Lazarus
in Bethany is about to die.
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He is sick.
00:24:34.52\00:24:36.36
And so on the way to Bethany,
00:24:36.39\00:24:38.77
Jesus said in John 11:11
00:24:38.80\00:24:40.78
"Our friend
Lazarus has fallen asleep,
00:24:40.81\00:24:43.70
but I am going
there to wake him up.
00:24:43.73\00:24:46.74
And the
disciples said, "Well Jesus
00:24:46.77\00:24:49.61
if he is sleeping then
he is going to get better."
00:24:49.64\00:24:55.33
Verse 13, "Jesus had
been speaking of his death,
00:24:55.36\00:25:00.36
but the disciples
thought he meant natural sleep.
00:25:00.39\00:25:06.23
And so Jesus told
them plainly in verse 14,
00:25:06.26\00:25:09.57
"No, Lazarus is dead."
00:25:09.60\00:25:16.74
Why did Jesus say
that Lazarus was asleep?
00:25:16.77\00:25:22.67
Because that's the
best word to describe
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what happens when we die.
00:25:31.08\00:25:34.73
The body goes to dust,
00:25:34.76\00:25:36.67
the breath of
life goes back to God,
00:25:36.70\00:25:39.92
thoughts perish.
00:25:39.95\00:25:41.87
It's like a deep comfortable,
00:25:41.90\00:25:45.81
warm, cozy sleep.
00:25:45.84\00:25:51.12
That's the best description
that Jesus could come up with.
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He liked it, why shouldn't we.
00:25:55.84\00:26:00.32
Lazarus is asleep.
00:26:00.35\00:26:04.02
I like that picture
00:26:04.05\00:26:06.49
of what it's like when we die.
00:26:06.52\00:26:08.46
Some people tell me, well,
I don't like that preacher.
00:26:12.04\00:26:15.53
It sounds cold to me.
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Well, I don't know about
them but I sleep in a warm bed.
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And it's warm and
comfortable and cozy
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and it feels good
and I like to sleep.
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And when I'm asleep, I'm
not aware of anything going on.
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My-- our oldest son
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when we would--
when they were little
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and they traveled with us
00:26:45.64\00:26:46.72
Dina would always have
him sit in the front row.
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And when she finished singing
she would take him to the back
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and had a couple
of cots back there
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and they would go to sleep.
00:26:53.99\00:26:55.71
After the meeting
we go pick him up.
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Put him in the car drive
home, put him in the bed.
00:26:57.15\00:27:02.13
One morning our
oldest boy woke up
00:27:02.16\00:27:05.13
and he said momma.
00:27:05.16\00:27:07.00
Why am I always
waking up somewhere else?
00:27:07.03\00:27:09.00
And that's
exactly what it's like.
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Body goes to dust,
breath of life back to God,
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we're asleep.
00:27:22.78\00:27:25.04
And we wake up somewhere else.
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Jesus got to the tomb
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and he saw the two
sisters of Lazarus,
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Mary and Martha.
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They were crying and
shortest verse in the Bible
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John 11:35 "Jesus wept."
00:27:41.30\00:27:44.85
Even though He knew
what He was about to do.
00:27:44.88\00:27:46.53
That's how compassionate He is.
00:27:46.56\00:27:51.77
And so then He told them,
He said roll away the stone.
00:27:51.80\00:27:54.12
Oh, no don't do that.
He has been dead four days.
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The odor will offend people.
00:27:56.75\00:27:58.31
Jesus said,
"Roll away the stone."
00:28:02.18\00:28:08.53
So they rolled it away.
00:28:08.56\00:28:11.74
And then Jesus stepped forward
00:28:11.77\00:28:14.69
and He looked inside the tomb.
00:28:14.72\00:28:20.70
And he said, "Lazarus come out."
00:28:20.73\00:28:27.37
They heard a
rustling sound inside
00:28:27.40\00:28:30.81
and they saw Lazarus coming out.
00:28:30.84\00:28:34.49
There is life after death.
00:28:39.68\00:28:46.49
But only at the
voice of the life giver,
00:28:46.52\00:28:50.70
Jesus Christ, through
the resurrection of life.
00:28:50.73\00:28:58.25
Notice something else.
00:28:58.28\00:29:01.12
Jesus didn't go
looking in that tomb.
00:29:01.15\00:29:04.66
He say, Lazarus
00:29:04.69\00:29:07.05
you've been burning down
there long enough, come on up."
00:29:07.08\00:29:11.54
Is that what He said? No.
00:29:11.57\00:29:15.85
He didn't go looking in
that tomb and say, Lazarus
00:29:15.88\00:29:19.74
you've been up there in heaven
long enough, come on down.
00:29:19.77\00:29:23.02
I don't want to come
down. Too bad, come one down.
00:29:23.05\00:29:27.17
That would have
been a dirty trick, aha.
00:29:27.20\00:29:30.06
I mean who wants
to come back here
00:29:30.09\00:29:31.33
after being up there. No.
00:29:31.36\00:29:36.48
He looked into the tomb
and He spoke to a friend
00:29:36.51\00:29:38.48
that was asleep in the grave
00:29:38.51\00:29:39.72
and he said, Lazarus
come out and Lazarus came out.
00:29:39.75\00:29:42.67
Life after death
at the resurrection
00:29:46.85\00:29:52.15
by the words of
Jesus Christ. Wow.
00:29:52.18\00:29:58.35
What a precious hope we have.
00:29:58.38\00:30:01.70
Now I want you to understand
00:30:01.73\00:30:03.64
for those of you who
that are little uneasy
00:30:03.67\00:30:05.06
with what you're hearing.
00:30:05.09\00:30:07.74
In one sense, one sense
00:30:07.77\00:30:10.68
what I'm saying
is not lot different
00:30:10.71\00:30:11.93
from what we have all
believed for a long time.
00:30:11.96\00:30:16.92
And that is that when we
die we go up if we've been good,
00:30:16.95\00:30:20.78
when we've been bad.
00:30:20.81\00:30:22.83
Not a lot different
from the point of view
00:30:22.86\00:30:27.63
of the person who dies.
00:30:27.66\00:30:32.55
Because when they
die, they're asleep,
00:30:32.58\00:30:35.13
they don't know anything.
00:30:35.16\00:30:36.65
They're not aware
of any passing of time.
00:30:36.68\00:30:39.24
Is like my son.
00:30:39.27\00:30:40.51
They just wake
up somewhere else.
00:30:40.54\00:30:43.42
When the person that
dies from their point of view
00:30:43.45\00:30:46.24
in one sense
it's almost like dying
00:30:46.27\00:30:50.01
and instantly
being raised again to go
00:30:50.04\00:30:53.11
and to be with Jesus.
00:30:53.14\00:30:55.80
So from that sense it's
not a lot of difference.
00:30:55.83\00:30:59.97
But the
difference is for those of us
00:31:00.00\00:31:01.98
who are left behind.
00:31:02.01\00:31:04.82
Because if we believe
that the dead are not dead
00:31:04.85\00:31:08.84
but living
somewhere else up or down,
00:31:08.87\00:31:11.79
then there is
always the possibility
00:31:11.82\00:31:14.49
of being
deceived by the appearance
00:31:14.52\00:31:16.94
of someone
supposedly to have been dead.
00:31:16.97\00:31:20.03
And the devil can
impersonate the dead
00:31:20.06\00:31:23.52
just as much as he can
impersonate an angel of light.
00:31:23.55\00:31:28.85
And that explains the
apparitions that you see.
00:31:28.88\00:31:34.58
What a powerful deception.
00:31:34.61\00:31:38.96
Lady lost her little
girl, three years old.
00:31:38.99\00:31:43.89
After the funeral she was
home just lying on her bed,
00:31:43.92\00:31:47.42
not wanting to
do much of anything
00:31:47.45\00:31:48.60
when she heard a sound.
00:31:48.63\00:31:51.36
A door opened
00:31:51.39\00:31:53.86
and there was her little girl
00:31:53.89\00:31:54.97
standing in the
center of the floor
00:31:55.00\00:31:56.24
arms
outstretched, same yellow dress
00:31:56.27\00:31:58.23
she was buried and
a twinkle in her eyes,
00:31:58.26\00:31:59.95
saying mommy, mommy I'm back.
00:31:59.98\00:32:03.51
She said
everything inside of her,
00:32:03.54\00:32:04.89
wanted to race over there
and embrace that little girl.
00:32:04.92\00:32:08.91
And it took every ounce of faith
that she could muster and say
00:32:08.94\00:32:11.36
"you're not my
daughter, get out of here."
00:32:11.39\00:32:16.47
And instantly she turned
into a hideous looking monster
00:32:16.50\00:32:19.18
and vanishing
away into the darkness.
00:32:19.21\00:32:24.86
Those supposed appearance
of those who have died
00:32:24.89\00:32:27.64
is most powerful deception
the devil can conjure up.
00:32:27.67\00:32:33.06
That's why we need to
stand on a solid word of God.
00:32:33.09\00:32:40.11
How long do they stay
00:32:40.14\00:32:42.66
or we stay should we
sleep before he comes.
00:32:42.69\00:32:46.27
1 Corinthians 15, this
is one of the favorite text,
00:32:46.30\00:32:49.47
favorite funeral text.
00:32:49.50\00:32:51.82
Verse 51, Listen,
"I tell you a mystery,
00:32:51.85\00:32:53.83
we will not all sleep."
00:32:53.86\00:32:55.79
Notice Paul likes to use
exact same words Jesus did.
00:32:55.82\00:32:58.74
Tell me why not.
Jesus picks the best words.
00:32:58.77\00:33:02.95
"We'll not all sleep
but we will all be changed.
00:33:02.98\00:33:08.92
In a flash he says, in
the twinkling of an eye."
00:33:08.95\00:33:12.36
When? "At the last trumpet.
00:33:12.39\00:33:16.50
Because the trumpet will sound
00:33:16.53\00:33:18.83
and the dead will
be raised imperishable,
00:33:18.86\00:33:22.74
and we will be changed.
00:33:22.77\00:33:26.33
For the perishable must clothe
itself with the imperishable,
00:33:26.36\00:33:30.31
and the mortal with immortality.
00:33:30.34\00:33:33.00
And when the perishable has been
clothed with the imperishable,
00:33:33.03\00:33:36.81
and the mortal with immortality,
00:33:36.84\00:33:39.29
then the saying that
is written will come true.
00:33:39.32\00:33:42.22
Death has been
swallowed up in victory.
00:33:42.25\00:33:45.59
Where, O death, is your victory?
00:33:45.62\00:33:47.87
Where, O death, is your sting?"
00:33:47.90\00:33:51.76
When?
00:33:51.79\00:33:52.92
At the last
trumpet, not when we die.
00:33:52.95\00:33:58.80
But when Jesus comes
and the trumpet sounds,
00:33:58.83\00:34:02.56
then the dead will
be raised imperishable
00:34:02.59\00:34:07.00
up until that time
they are perishable.
00:34:07.03\00:34:11.16
And we will be changed
00:34:11.19\00:34:13.59
and this mortal man
will put on immortality.
00:34:13.62\00:34:17.60
Mortal means that
we are subject to die
00:34:17.63\00:34:21.66
not that we go on
living after we die but we die.
00:34:21.69\00:34:25.32
Immortal means we will no
longer be subject to death
00:34:25.35\00:34:28.96
but we will not be immortal
until the last trumpet sounds
00:34:28.99\00:34:34.02
How can God say it
any clearer than He has.
00:34:34.05\00:34:37.43
But in 2 Corinthians 5,
00:34:42.30\00:34:48.06
Paul writes verse 7, "We
live by faith not by sight."
00:34:48.09\00:34:52.83
Verse 8, "We are
confident, I say,
00:34:52.86\00:34:54.80
and would prefer to
be away from the body
00:34:54.83\00:34:56.90
or at home with the Lord."
00:34:56.93\00:34:59.61
Or as King James says,
00:34:59.64\00:35:00.97
"To be absent from the body
to be present with the Lord."
00:35:01.00\00:35:06.13
Now it sounds
like he is saying that
00:35:06.16\00:35:08.36
when we depart the
body, we go to be with Jesus.
00:35:08.39\00:35:13.67
In a sense that's true.
00:35:13.70\00:35:18.18
When we die, Sour
breathe goes back to God.
00:35:18.21\00:35:22.21
And it's in the hand of Christ.
Our life is hid in Christ.
00:35:22.24\00:35:26.84
And when He shall
appear we too shall appear.
00:35:26.87\00:35:31.47
That's clear
00:35:31.50\00:35:33.75
but that's not what Paul
speaking about right here.
00:35:33.78\00:35:37.40
We have a fence post it
looks like it's out of line.
00:35:37.43\00:35:40.09
And when you got a
fence post out of line,
00:35:40.12\00:35:41.66
it's best to go back and
look at it in this context.
00:35:41.69\00:35:45.05
So let's do that.
00:35:45.08\00:35:46.11
Chapter 5:1 "We know
that if the earthly tent
00:35:46.14\00:35:49.63
that we live in is destroyed,
00:35:49.66\00:35:51.52
we have a building from God
00:35:51.55\00:35:52.94
and eternal house in heaven
not built by human hands."
00:35:52.97\00:35:55.28
Now, what is the earthly
tent that he is talking about?
00:35:55.31\00:35:59.58
This body that
you're looking at right now.
00:35:59.61\00:36:02.34
The perishable
body subject to decay,
00:36:02.37\00:36:04.91
subject to disease,
this is my earthly tent.
00:36:04.94\00:36:08.37
If it's destroyed I
have a new heavenly tent.
00:36:08.40\00:36:11.48
Where is that one, what is it?
00:36:11.51\00:36:13.82
My new heavenly
body that Jesus gives me
00:36:13.85\00:36:16.92
after this whole world is done
00:36:16.95\00:36:18.91
and He raises me
up to be in heaven
00:36:18.94\00:36:21.04
or changes me to be
imperishable and immortal.
00:36:21.07\00:36:24.64
My new body that will not
see decay, it will not die.
00:36:24.67\00:36:28.37
It will not perish, it
will not do anything bad.
00:36:28.40\00:36:33.90
So what is Paul
saying we have two bodies?
00:36:33.93\00:36:36.27
One that we're living
in right now, earthly tent.
00:36:36.30\00:36:40.37
Oh, but I don't
want to be in that one.
00:36:40.40\00:36:41.61
I want to be in
my heavenly tent.
00:36:41.64\00:36:44.73
Don't you?
00:36:44.76\00:36:47.37
Watch this,
verse 2. "Meanwhile."
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.30
What is meanwhile between
the earthly and the heavenly?
00:36:50.33\00:36:53.38
"Meanwhile we're
grown longing to be cloth
00:36:53.41\00:36:56.43
with our heavenly dwelling."
00:36:56.46\00:36:58.43
So what does he want? He
wants to have his new body.
00:36:58.46\00:37:02.83
I can
understand that in everyday
00:37:02.86\00:37:04.70
and every year that goes by,
00:37:04.73\00:37:05.92
I understand it
better and better.
00:37:05.95\00:37:09.15
And every morning when
I have to crawl out of bed
00:37:09.18\00:37:11.34
and the old creeks and
the aches and the pains.
00:37:11.37\00:37:13.53
I think man. Hurry up
Jesus I want my new body.
00:37:13.56\00:37:16.83
It won't ever
ache anymore. Amen.
00:37:16.86\00:37:20.32
No more eyeglasses.
No more hearing aids.
00:37:20.35\00:37:22.36
No more feet hurting.
00:37:22.39\00:37:25.39
You want that body. Amen.
00:37:25.42\00:37:27.88
So no wonder Paul is groaning
00:37:27.91\00:37:30.38
longing to be clothed
with his heavenly dwelling.
00:37:30.41\00:37:33.54
Because, when we're
cloth we're not be found naked.
00:37:33.57\00:37:36.50
Now watch this.
00:37:36.53\00:37:38.28
He is in his earthly
body groaning to be clothed
00:37:38.31\00:37:41.27
with his heavenly body
so that he won't be naked.
00:37:41.30\00:37:43.65
Does he want to be
without a body? No.
00:37:43.68\00:37:47.46
Does he want to die and
go to heaven without a body?
00:37:47.49\00:37:50.90
That's not what he is
saying. What does he want?
00:37:50.93\00:37:52.93
He wants to have his new body.
00:37:52.96\00:37:55.05
It says while
we're in this tent,
00:37:55.08\00:37:56.15
we groan and we're burden
00:37:56.18\00:37:57.93
because we do not
wished to be unclothed
00:37:57.96\00:38:00.12
but to be clothed
with our heavenly.
00:38:00.15\00:38:01.59
I don't want to
be without a body.
00:38:01.62\00:38:05.29
I want to die and go
heaven without a body.
00:38:05.32\00:38:07.19
That's not what I'm asking for.
00:38:07.22\00:38:08.81
No, I want to be in
my new heavenly body.
00:38:08.84\00:38:12.86
So that what is mortal
will be swallowed up by life.
00:38:12.89\00:38:16.61
Therefore, now as long as
we're at home in this body,
00:38:16.64\00:38:20.44
we're away from the Lord.
00:38:20.47\00:38:21.81
I'm in my earthly
body, I'm not there with God.
00:38:21.84\00:38:25.88
"We live by faith not by sight.
00:38:25.91\00:38:27.92
We're confident and I say
00:38:27.95\00:38:29.04
and we're preferred
to be away from the body
00:38:29.07\00:38:31.36
and at home with the Lord."
00:38:31.39\00:38:32.68
Now what is he is saying.
00:38:32.71\00:38:33.74
Do I want to be out of this body
00:38:33.77\00:38:35.10
and without a body
at home, naked with God.
00:38:35.13\00:38:37.46
No, he wants to
be out of this body
00:38:37.49\00:38:40.66
because when he
gets out of this body,
00:38:40.69\00:38:42.56
the next thing he knows
he will be in his new body
00:38:42.59\00:38:45.36
with Jesus at the last trumpet.
00:38:45.39\00:38:49.66
And all of our
fence posts line up.
00:38:49.69\00:38:52.65
They're all line
up. Here's another one.
00:38:52.68\00:38:55.49
And this is one
of my favorite texts.
00:38:55.52\00:38:57.80
1 Thessalonians 4:13,
00:38:57.83\00:39:02.89
"We do not want
you to be ignorant
00:39:02.92\00:39:05.33
about those who fall asleep
00:39:05.36\00:39:06.66
or to grieve like the
rest of man who have no hope."
00:39:06.69\00:39:10.31
So he is
wanting us to understand
00:39:10.34\00:39:14.20
what happens when
people fall asleep, right.
00:39:14.23\00:39:19.64
What was the
problem at Thessalonica?
00:39:19.67\00:39:23.13
People were teaching
and you see in a second,
00:39:23.16\00:39:26.49
there were false
teachers there teaching
00:39:26.52\00:39:28.99
that when you die it's all over.
00:39:29.02\00:39:32.54
They are done. And
you'll never see them again.
00:39:32.57\00:39:35.70
And there's no hope
for them to go to heaven.
00:39:35.73\00:39:37.86
They're finished. Wow.
00:39:37.89\00:39:40.59
What would that do
to our Christian faith?
00:39:40.62\00:39:44.12
We have a hope, don't we?
00:39:44.15\00:39:48.33
We have hope far
greater than that.
00:39:48.36\00:39:50.25
So Paul says, "I
don't want you to
00:39:50.28\00:39:53.18
grieve like the rest of men
00:39:53.21\00:39:54.86
about those who
have fallen asleep."
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.38
They have no hope.
00:39:56.41\00:39:57.60
I don't want
you to be like that.
00:39:57.63\00:39:59.64
Verse 14, "We believe
that Jesus died and rose again.
00:39:59.67\00:40:03.30
And so we believe that
God will bring with Jesus
00:40:03.33\00:40:05.85
those who have
fallen asleep in him."
00:40:05.88\00:40:07.67
So they're not done,
they're not finished.
00:40:07.70\00:40:10.10
Jesus died, He rose
again and He is going to come
00:40:10.13\00:40:12.59
and bring them
with Him back to heaven.
00:40:12.62\00:40:15.01
That's what he is talking about.
00:40:15.04\00:40:17.25
How do I know
that? Look at verse 15.
00:40:17.28\00:40:20.42
In verse 51, "According
to the Lord's own words."
00:40:20.45\00:40:22.70
Can we trust Him?
00:40:22.73\00:40:24.61
"According to
the Lord's own words,
00:40:24.64\00:40:26.08
we tell you that
we who are still alive
00:40:26.11\00:40:29.13
who are left until
the coming of the Lord
00:40:29.16\00:40:31.85
will certainly not precede
those who have fallen asleep."
00:40:31.88\00:40:36.17
We're not going to
heaven before those who died.
00:40:36.20\00:40:38.90
Don't let anybody tell you that.
00:40:38.93\00:40:41.95
They're going to be there.
00:40:41.98\00:40:43.48
We're not going before
those who have fallen asleep.
00:40:43.51\00:40:46.00
See he uses
that same word again.
00:40:46.03\00:40:48.67
Why not verse 16. Here it comes.
00:40:48.70\00:40:51.00
"For the Lord himself
will come down from heaven
00:40:51.03\00:40:55.27
with a loud command,
00:40:55.30\00:40:57.49
with the voice of the archangel,
with the trumpet call of God."
00:40:57.52\00:41:02.71
It sounds like
a lot of commotion
00:41:02.74\00:41:04.05
going on when Jesus comes.
00:41:04.08\00:41:06.59
"And the dead in Christ."
00:41:06.62\00:41:10.25
Christians who have
died will rise first.
00:41:10.28\00:41:14.83
From where? From the grave.
00:41:14.86\00:41:17.42
Where they've been
sleeping all this time.
00:41:17.45\00:41:20.86
So when Jesus comes for us,
they're going to rise first.
00:41:20.89\00:41:26.14
And then after that verse 17,
00:41:26.17\00:41:28.19
"We who are
still alive and left,
00:41:28.22\00:41:30.35
we will be caught
up together with them
00:41:30.38\00:41:33.89
in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air."
00:41:33.92\00:41:36.34
And so we will be
with the Lord forever.
00:41:36.37\00:41:38.22
Therefore encourage each
other with these words. Amen.
00:41:38.25\00:41:41.93
All our fence posts line up.
00:41:41.96\00:41:44.24
Jesus is going to
bring them with Him to heaven
00:41:44.27\00:41:47.06
those who are
asleep in Christ, how?
00:41:47.09\00:41:48.68
When He comes
with a loud command,
00:41:48.71\00:41:50.49
trumpet call of God, the
dead in Christ will rise up.
00:41:50.52\00:41:53.35
Hey, you know, what
I have often thought.
00:41:53.38\00:41:56.15
Wouldn't it be neat
to be near a cemetery
00:41:56.18\00:42:03.37
when Jesus comes? Amen.
00:42:03.40\00:42:07.54
Watch those graves open
up and the saints come out.
00:42:07.57\00:42:15.47
Wouldn't you love to
see an angel fly down
00:42:15.50\00:42:22.15
to a little hole in the ground.
00:42:22.18\00:42:26.12
Bend over and
take out a little baby
00:42:26.15\00:42:31.23
and fly up to the mother.
00:42:31.26\00:42:34.76
Put that baby in her arms.
00:42:34.79\00:42:40.32
So we have hope or not.
00:42:40.35\00:42:44.64
I don't want you to be
ignorant like the rest of men.
00:42:44.67\00:42:48.35
The Lord is going to
come with a loud command,
00:42:48.38\00:42:50.87
the trumpet call, the dead
in Christ are going to rise.
00:42:50.90\00:42:53.82
And we are going to be caught
up to meet Him in the clouds
00:42:53.85\00:42:58.98
and so we will be
with the Lord forever.
00:42:59.01\00:43:04.31
Doesn't it make more sense?
00:43:04.34\00:43:07.95
I think it
does. The word and so.
00:43:07.98\00:43:11.25
The Greek word Hutos,
00:43:11.28\00:43:13.19
it means in this
way, in this manner.
00:43:13.22\00:43:16.74
This is how we're going
to be with the Lord. How?
00:43:16.77\00:43:19.44
In the loud
command, trumpet call of God.
00:43:19.47\00:43:21.44
The dead are raised up
00:43:21.47\00:43:22.50
and us together with
them are going to go.
00:43:22.53\00:43:24.75
Hey, tell me something.
00:43:24.78\00:43:26.22
When you do something
fun, may be you watch the movie
00:43:26.25\00:43:29.32
or may be you go skiing
00:43:29.35\00:43:32.34
or may be you go hiking
00:43:32.37\00:43:33.42
to your favorite
spot up in the mountains
00:43:33.45\00:43:35.48
or out by the coast.
00:43:35.51\00:43:37.92
Tell me, is it more
fun to go all by yourself
00:43:37.95\00:43:42.32
or to enjoy it with
other people that you love.
00:43:42.35\00:43:47.74
Now the greatest event
00:43:47.77\00:43:49.85
and the most fun
event in the history
00:43:49.88\00:43:53.19
of the whole universe is going
to happen when Jesus comes.
00:43:53.22\00:43:59.01
He is going to take us.
00:43:59.04\00:44:01.67
And all together we're going
to be caught up to meet Him.
00:44:01.70\00:44:05.34
And he is going to
take us to that place
00:44:05.37\00:44:07.04
that he has prepared for us.
00:44:07.07\00:44:08.46
And all together
we're going to walk
00:44:08.49\00:44:10.73
through the gates of that city
00:44:10.76\00:44:12.58
and see the lamb and the throne
00:44:12.61\00:44:14.64
and walk the
streets of gold together.
00:44:14.67\00:44:19.03
Not one at a time
00:44:19.06\00:44:20.29
all by yourself here
there whenever you die.
00:44:20.32\00:44:24.23
But we're asleep
and then the next thing
00:44:24.26\00:44:26.21
we know the voice
of Jesus is calling us.
00:44:26.24\00:44:28.71
And together we
walk through the gates,
00:44:28.74\00:44:31.10
so encourage each
other with these words.
00:44:31.13\00:44:35.68
That's encouraging to me.
00:44:35.71\00:44:37.40
Makes more sense to
me. Jesus said John 6:40.
00:44:41.76\00:44:45.44
"He who believes in
me has everlasting life.
00:44:45.47\00:44:50.03
And I will raise
him up on the last day."
00:44:50.06\00:44:55.05
Now the moment you
accept Jesus Christ
00:44:55.08\00:44:56.65
at that moment you have life.
00:44:56.68\00:44:57.97
But that life is here in Christ
00:44:58.00\00:44:59.91
and when He
appears, we appear with Him.
00:44:59.94\00:45:03.12
We have that everlasting life.
00:45:03.15\00:45:05.02
But how can Jesus
raise him up on the last day
00:45:05.05\00:45:08.75
if he is already
up there with Jesus.
00:45:08.78\00:45:12.78
That never made sense to me?
00:45:12.81\00:45:15.90
And I'll tell you something
else that used to bother me.
00:45:15.93\00:45:19.84
Did you ever go to a funeral?
00:45:19.87\00:45:21.84
And the pastor reads this verse.
00:45:21.87\00:45:24.79
"The Lord himself will
descend with a loud command,
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trumpet call, the
dead in Christ will rise."
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Have you ever
heard that at a funeral,
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they always use it?
So you go to funeral.
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And the pastor
usually says something like.
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"My dear brothers and sisters
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we're here to
pay our last respects
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to our dear brother
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who is now in
heaven with Jesus."
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So why is everybody so sad?
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No more backaches, no more pain,
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no more heartaches.
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Why is everybody so sad?
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Sure we miss him. Sure we do.
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He is now in heaven with Jesus.
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And then he reads this verse.
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According to Lord's own words,
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loud command,
trumpet call of God
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and our brother in
Christ is going to rise up.
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How can he rise up
if he is already there?
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It never made sense to me.
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And there is
something even worse about this.
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How many of you believe
that every church member,
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everyone who has their
names on the church books
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when they die
they all go to heaven.
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Is there anybody
who believe that?
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Of course not.
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We're not saved
because we belong to a church.
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No matter what church it is.
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We're saved because we believe
in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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But if you have
ever been to funeral
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when the pastor says, "Well,
my dear brothers and sisters,
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I'm so sorry to say to
you that our brother is now...
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down there."
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Have you ever heard
that? Of course not.
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Where does every church
member go when they die?
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To heaven.
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But you and I know
that that's not true,
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so who is getting duped.
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And further more how
does the pastor know.
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He is not the
judge. He is not God.
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How does he know?
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I know that I have eternal life
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because I know I'm
trusting in Jesus Christ.
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But you don't know that.
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I could be the
biggest phoney you ever saw.
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But God would know but
no man would ever know,
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no pastor would ever
know. How does he know?
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Who is saved and who is lost.
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Isn't that better to just
leave them in Jesus' hands
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and leave that up to God.
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You're asleep. We have hope.
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Two years ago, we
were doing Revelation Now
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in Anchorage, Alaska
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and it was being
filmed for television.
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And I will never
forget it was the same day
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that I was getting ready
to do the same presentation.
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We were standing
in a little apartment
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just across the street, across
the parking lot from the church.
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And my mom had been
sick. She had lung cancer.
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And I was on the
way over to the church
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and my phone rang.
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And I took out of my
pocket, it's my sister.
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She said, "Jack,
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I don't think she
is going to make it
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through the night."
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What do you want to
do? I couldn't leave.
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You know you had this film crew,
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they flew all the
way up to Anchorage.
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And I knew she
wouldn't want me to leave.
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She loved Jesus
and wanted people
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to hear about
Jesus. But I was torn.
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She said, "You
want to talk to her."
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I said, "Let me talk to her."
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Her voice was really weak,
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could barely make out the words.
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But I knew what she said
because it was the same thing
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she said every time I
talked to her on the phone.
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She had a little dementia
and you know what it's like
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the same thing over and over.
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So I picked up
the phone, I said mom.
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And she said something barely
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able to understand
it but it was Jack.
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When am I gonna see you again?
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She said that every time.
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And I said mom, won't be long.
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She passed away that night.
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One of these days
Jesus is going to come.
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And I believe and its
all right to believe that,
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we don't know
but we can believe.
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I believe she is going to
come up out of that grave.
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And I'm going
to walk over there.
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And I will take her hand.
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And I'm gonna say, "Mom,
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I told you it wouldn't be long.
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Let's go see Jesus."
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What a hope.
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What a hope we
have in Jesus Christ.
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It makes more sense, doesn't it?
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To believe what Jesus said.
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I know what some
of you are thinking.
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But pastor what about
the thief on the cross.
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He died and
Jesus told him that day
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that he would be in heaven.
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Oh, oh, now we have
the fence post out of line.
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So what we are
going to do about that.
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You know the
story in Luke 23:42,
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Jesus said,
"Remember me to the thief."
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And the thief said to Jesus.
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"Jesus, remember me when
you come into your kingdom.
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And Jesus answered
him, "I tell you the truth,
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today you will be with me
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in paradise."
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So that is what it says.
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If Jesus said, "I
tell you the truth,
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today you will be
with Me in paradise."
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Well, if He said,
"I tell you the truth
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today you will be
with me in paradise."
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We have a fence
post out of line.
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If He said, "I tell
you the truth today,
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you will be with Me in paradise,
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then all the fence
post line up again.
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See it depends on
when Jesus took a breathe.
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I tell you the truth,
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today you'll be
with Me in paradise.
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Or I tell you the truth today,
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you'll be with Me in paradise.
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So when did He breathed.
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You see that's the question.
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You say, well the
comma is not there.
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The comma says, I
tell you the truth today.
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Today I'll tell you the truth
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today you'll be
with me in paradise.
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But there were no commas
when the Bible was written.
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It wasn't written in English.
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It wasn't written in King James.
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It was written in Greek
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and they didn't even
separate verses and chapters
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they didn't even
separate sentences,
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they didn't even separate words.
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You had to know
where one word ended
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and the next word
began paper was scarce.
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They jammed it all together.
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And they put
the commas in there,
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just a few hundred years ago,
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not when the Bible was written.
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They put it in the wrong place.
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How can I be so sure?
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Because that's out of line
with the rest of the fence post.
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Number 1 and number 2 even worse
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Jesus himself did not
go to heaven that day.
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Well, how do I know
that? You know the story.
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Mary and Martha, Sunday morning
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went running to the tomb.
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And they found it empty
and they were all discouraged.
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Oh, what happened?
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So they were going
back all discouraged
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and they encountered Jesus.
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And so Mary went
running to Jesus,
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you remember the story
with her arms outstretched,
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embraced Him and Jesus said,
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"Don't touch me." Why not.
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Because I have not yet
ascended to the Father.
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Sunday morning and He had
not yet ascended to the Father.
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So how could He have
told the thief on Friday
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I will tell you the truth today,
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you will be with me in paradise
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because He didn't get
there yet by Sunday morning.
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Nope, they put the
comma in a wrong place
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and the fence
post is out of line.
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But when we put the
comma in the right place,
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the thief is hanging
on the cross and he said,
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Jesus remembers when
you come into your kingdom
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and Jesus answered him.
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"I will tell
you the truth today,
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you will be
with Me in paradise."
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Napoleons armies were
sweeping across Europe.
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It looked like
nothing was going to stop him.
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And the English sent their ships
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with Lord
Wellington down to Waterloo
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to fight against Napoleon.
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This was before the days of CNN
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and embedded reporters.
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So no one in England
knew what was happening.
00:55:17.99\00:55:22.20
If Wellington
lost and Napoleon won,
00:55:22.23\00:55:26.03
then England was history.
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It's their last chance.
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So they're looking
and waiting and watching
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and finally they see the ships
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coming down the English Channel.
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And they're
wondering what happened.
00:55:38.36\00:55:41.02
They turned their
glasses on to the ships
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and there's a man standing
on a bow of the lead ship.
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And he is sending a message
with the flags and semaphore.
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W-E-L-L ah, Wellington.
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D-E defeated.
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And just seen a
there dense clouds bank
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settled in on
the English Channel.
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And the message was over.
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Wellington
defeated, all hopes was gone.
00:56:14.23\00:56:19.01
There was nothing to
look forward to anymore.
00:56:22.76\00:56:26.44
But the cloud bank lifted
and the message came again.
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Wellington defeated Napoleon
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and the gloom
turned into rejoicing.
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And so it was on
that Friday evening
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when they took the body of Jesus
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down from the cross
and buried it in the tombs,
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sealing it so He
couldn't get out.
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The message came loud and clear,
00:56:56.71\00:56:59.90
Jesus Christ defeated
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the disciples had fled,
Peter with his last words
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to Jesus still
ringing in his ear.
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I don't know that cursed man.
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All hope was lost.
00:57:14.80\00:57:18.24
Until Sunday morning
when the cloud and fog lifted.
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And the tomb was empty
00:57:28.11\00:57:30.70
and the message came again,
00:57:30.73\00:57:33.27
"Jesus Christ defeated death."
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And He is alive. He is alive.
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