Our message tonight is entitled
"Revelation's Final Showdown."
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A thousand years of peace
and a thousand years of prison.
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I want you to
take your Bible with me
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and open to the Book
of Revelation Chapter 20
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where we find a most
powerful dramatic prophecy
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that will put eternal realties
into sharp prospective tonight.
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We are going to the
last book of the Bible
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the Book of Revelation, we
are going to the 20th chapter
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and here we find a
prophecy that reviles God's plan
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to deal with the
greatest criminal of all.
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The instigator of every crime
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and every sin that
has ever been committed
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in this world, Satan himself.
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Notice, Revelation Chapter
20 beginning with verse 1,
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"And I saw an angel
come down from heaven,
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having the key of
the bottomless pit
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and a great chain in his hand.
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And he laid hold on the dragon,
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that old serpent, which
is the Devil, and Satan,
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and bound him" for how long?
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"Thousand years, and cast
him into the bottomless pit,
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and shut him up,
and set a seal upon him,
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that he should
deceive the nations no more,
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till the thousand
years should be fulfilled
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and after that he must
be loosed a little season."
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Here we find in Bible prophecy
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God's plan to deal with
the greatest coming of all
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the instigator of every
crime that is Satan himself.
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The Bible tells us that he
is going to be thrown in jail
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imprisoned in
the bottomless pit.
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He is going to
have some time off
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for his bad behavior
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and he is going to serve
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a thousand year prison sentence.
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He will serve every year in full
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then after the
thousand years are finished
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the Bible tells us
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that he will be released from
his prison for a short season.
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He is going to be
prorogued for a short time
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so that the
universe might be able to see
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that even after
having a thousand years
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to think about all
the crimes and the sin
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that he is committed
he is still unrepeated
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and unchanged he is
still the same old devil.
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And so this is the study
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we are seeking to
understand clearly tonight.
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And so the first
question we want to ask
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is what event begins
the 1,000 year period?
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What event begins the
binding and bounding of Satan
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for 1,000 years in
the bottomless pit?
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Well, friends, we
don't have to guess
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all we have to do
is read the context
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and the context makes it clear
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that what begins the 1,000 years
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is none other
than the second coming
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of Jesus Christ in
the clouds of heaven.
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Jesus himself is going to come
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and He is gonna
through the devil in jail.
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Can you say, amen?
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And I want us to
notice, how the coming of Jesus
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is described in Revelation 1:7.
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The Bible says,
"Behold He comes with clouds,
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and" some eye shall see Him.
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Is that what He says? No.
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How many?
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"Every eye shall see Him."
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Friends, it's gonna
be a visible coming.
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There is no such thing as
a secret rapture, friends.
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It's gonna be a visible rapture,
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it's gonna be powerful
rapture a glorious rapture.
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Bible says, He is
coming with clouds,
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every eye will see Him
and they also which did, what?
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Pierced Him.
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Now, I want you
to keep that in mind
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when Jesus comes not only well
every eye see Him in this world
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but also those that pierced Him
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and we are gonna come
back to that in just a moment.
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And friends, when He comes
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not only where
every eye sees Him
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but every ear is gonna hear it.
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It's gonna be loud
powerful and glorious.
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Notice what is says
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the Bible says, "For
the Son of man will come
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in the glory of His
Father with His angels,
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and then He will reward
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each according to his" what?
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So the Bible says
that when Jesus comes
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He is not coming alone.
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He is coming with
all the angles of heaven.
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He is coming with the
glory and power of the father
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and He is also
coming with rewards
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according to individuals work.
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Now friends, the question is
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what kind of rewards
is Jesus coming with?
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Notice what it
says in John 5:28, 29
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please write it down.
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John 5:58, 29 Jesus
said, "Marvel not at this,
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for the hour is coming,
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in the which all that are
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in the graves
shall hear His voice,
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And shall come forth,
they that have done good,
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unto the resurrection of life,
and they that have done evil,
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unto the resurrection" of what?
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"Damnation."
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So these are the
different rewards
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that Jesus is coming
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with that are
according to individuals work.
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We find that in the Bible,
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there are actually two
different resurrections.
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How many?
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There is the resurrections
of life for the righteous
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and then the resurrections
of damnation for the wicked.
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And we are
gonna discover tonight
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at our study
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that these two resurrections
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happens on either side
of the 1,000 year period.
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We are gonna see it tonight
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that the first resurrections
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that is the
resurrections of life
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takes place at the
beginning of the 1,000 years
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when Jesus comes.
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And then the second resurrection
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that's the
resurrection of damnation
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will take place at the
end of the 1,000 years.
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during the final judgment.
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But let's walk
through this together
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and friends, tonight's
message is more dramatic
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than any movie that
Hollywood could ever make.
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Because what we are about
to see from God's word tonight
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will happen friends,
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and everyone is gonna
witness it with their own eyes.
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Notice what the Bible tells us
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concerning the
first resurrection
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that is the
resurrections of life.
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Revelation 20:6, the Bible says,
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"Blessed and holy
is he that hath part
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in the" what
number resurrection?
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"The first resurrection
on such" the which death?
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"The second death hath no power,
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but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
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and shall reign
with him" how long?
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"A thousand years."
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Now friends, if
there are a second death
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that implies that there also
has to be a first death, right?
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And so what is the difference
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between the first
and the second death.
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Here it is.
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The first death is the
death that everyone would die
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as a result of
living in a sinful world.
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Whether you are
righteous or you are wicked
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we are all gonna die
one day, isn't that right?
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You see the first death
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is simply the results of
living in a sinful world.
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But the second death
is a lot more serious.
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It's a permanent death.
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The second death
only the wicked would die
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because this second
death is the penalty for sin.
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It is the what? Penalty for sin.
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So the first death
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both the righteous and
the wicked would die off
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eventually but the second
death only the wicked will die.
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And the Bible tell us
that those who come up
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in the first resurrection
will not die the second time
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they died the first death
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that's where they are coming
up in the first resurrection.
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But friends, they
are not gonna die again
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they are gonna live throughout
their ceaseless ages of eternity
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because they are gonna--
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they have received
the gift of eternal life,
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immortal life through
Jesus Christ, their Lord.
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Can you say, amen?
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Its all about you friends,
but if I die before Jesus comes
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I want to come up in
this first resurrection.
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Can you say, amen?
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And once again the
only way we can come up
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is if we were blessed and Holy
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and the only way we
can be blessed and Holy
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is if we have accepted
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the righteousness of the blessed
and holy one, Jesus Christ.
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And so those who come up
in this first resurrection
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Bible says, we will
reign with the Lord Jesus
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for 1,000 years.
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This is the first resurrection.
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The which resurrection?
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It's the
resurrection of the righteous.
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In fact, notice the
apostle Paul agrees with this.
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Notice what it says in
1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17.
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The Bible says,
"For the Lord himself
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shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of the archangel,
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and with the trump of God
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and the dead in
Christ shall rise" what?
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"First."
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That's the first resurrection.
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It's the resurrection of
the dead that are in Christ.
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It's the righteous, friends.
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It says that when Jesus
comes He is gonna give a shout,
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the trumpets are gonna sound,
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the angels will call
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and friends,
it's gonna be so loud
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that those who are sleeping
in the grave are gonna wake up.
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The dead in Christ shall rise.
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And then notice Verse 17,
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"Then we which
are alive and remain"
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In other words,
those of us who are living
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in the very last days
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"We which are alive and remain
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shall be caught up
together with them" where?
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"In the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air,
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and so shall we
ever be with the Lord."
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The Bible tells us, that
when the dead in Christ rise
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and resurrect from the grave
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that are sent to
meet the Lord in the air
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that those who are
living in the last days,
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the righteous will ascend
to meet the Lord in the air
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and we are gonna
go to heaven together
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at the very same time.
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Oh, friends on that glorious
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getting up
morning some people say
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is gonna be very well, friends.
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The trumpet is going to sound
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and graves are
gonna split wide open
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and families that have
been separated by death
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are gonna be reunited in life
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never to be separated again
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through the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
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Oh, friend, I can't wait
for this day, amen? Amen.
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You know, we lose our
loved ones and our heart breaks.
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We miss our
loved ones, our parents
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and our grandparents
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and our family
members and friends,
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we can't see them right now
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because they are sleeping
but don't worry Jesus will come
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and when He comes death itself
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is going to die
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at the glorious
resurrection of Christ.
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And then the Bible
says, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 53,
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it says "In a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye,
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at the last trump, for
the trumpet shall sound,
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and the dead shall
be raised incorruptible,
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and we shall be changed.
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For this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
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and this mortal
must put on immortality."
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The Bible says,
that is as we accent
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to meet the Lord in the air
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we are gonna be changed
in a twinkling of an eye.
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Friends, we are gonna receive
a brand new incorruptible
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immortal body free
from aches and pains,
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headaches and
heartaches no more cancer,
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no more diabetes, no
more any type of diseases
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a brand new body of
immortality and eternal youth.
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Oh friends, I can't wait
for my new body how about you?
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As I mentioned before, you know,
sometimes we look in the mirror
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and we don't like what we see
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but in heaven we
are gonna love it, amen.
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We are gonna
receive a brand new body.
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And friends,
according to this passage
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we see very clearly
that immortality is a gift
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given by God to
God's people when?
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At the
resurrection when Jesus comes.
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In other words, there is no
such thing as immortal soul,
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we don't have
immortality in ourselves.
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When we die
it's that what it is,
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its death, friends.
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The soul does not live on
in a state of cautiousness
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because the
soul is not immortal.
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Immortality is only
given to the righteous
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as a gift from God
at the resurrection
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when Jesus comes,
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our brand new immortal body
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the Bible calls this
the first resurrection,
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it is the resurrection of
life that Jesus assured us of.
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And friends, if that's clear
would you please say, amen?
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Now the next question is this,
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what happens to the
wicked when Jesus comes?
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What about those
who don't believe
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and those who have
rejected the gift of God
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when Jesus comes are they
gonna have a second change
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if they are not
ready for that first time?
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Well, friends the
Bible does not teach
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that there will
be a second chance
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Bible makes it clear
that when Jesus comes
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probation is already closed.
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He if is unjust will
remain in that condition still.
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In fact, notice what's
gonna happen to the wicked
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in 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8.
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It says that, "The Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven
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with his mighty angels" in what?
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"Flaming fire taking vengeance
on them that know not God,
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and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus."
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The Bible tells us,
that the coming of Christ
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to the wicked will
be like a flaming fire
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the brightens and the
power of the glory of God
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the light of His
glory is going to consume
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it's gonna destroy the wicked
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that doesn't sound like
a second chance, friends.
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No such thing is a
second chance when Jesus comes.
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In fact, it says
in 2 Thessalonians 2:8
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"And then shall
that Wicked be revealed,
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whom the Lord shall"
what is that word right there?
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"Consume."
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I want you to
remember that word consume.
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In fact, you may
want to write it down.
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When Jesus comes the Bible says,
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the wicked are
gonna be consumed.
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It says, "And then
shall that Wicked be revealed,
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whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth,
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and shall destroy with
the brightness of His coming:"
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You see the coming of
Jesus is gonna be so bright,
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so powerful, so glorious
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that the wicked are
going to be consumed
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by the brightness
of the glory of God.
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They are going to be
slain by the coming of Jesus.
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And then the Bible tells us
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the feast of the
fowls will commence.
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We studied this before
in Luke 17:37 Jesus said,
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that "Where
there is a dead body,
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there the vultures will gather."
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That's the feast of the fowls
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and friends, that
a very graphic scene
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the Bible puts-- puts this --
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God puts this in
His word to show us
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what the faith of the
wicked is going to be like.
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And then notice what
it says in Jeremiah 25:33,
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Jeremiah saw this
event in prophetic vision
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and notice how he
describes it in Jeremiah 25:33.
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It says, "And
the slain of the Lord
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shall be at that day
from one end of the" what?
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"Earth even unto the
other end of the earth,
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they" talking about the wicked
"they shall not be lamented,"
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in other words, no one
is gonna cry over them.
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"Neither gathered,
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nor buried they shall
be dung upon the ground."
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Now friends, when
the Bible tells us
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that the wicked are
slain by coming of Jesus
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and no one is
gonna lament over them
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or gather their
bodies to burry them
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why is that--why is
that no one is gonna lament
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or have a funeral service
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for the slain bodies of
the wicked when Jesus comes?
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Well, friends, remember
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where is
everyone when Jesus comes?
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The reason why there
is no funeral services
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for the wicked is because
all the righteous are in heaven
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and all the wicked are slain.
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In fact, if you are
to break up the word,
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you could break it
up into four main groups
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when Jesus comes.
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How many?
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Four.
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The righteous dead,
the righteous living.
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The wicked dead
and the wicked living.
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And let's review what happens
to these four different groups
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when Jesus comes?
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We saw very clearly
that the righteous dead
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when Jesus comes are
resurrected from the grave.
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They ascend to meet
the Lord in the air.
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The righteous
living when Jesus comes
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also are caught up
together with them in the clouds
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also to meet the Lord in the air
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and so all the righteous
are gonna ascend to meet Jesus
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and they are gonna go
to heaven to reign with Him
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for the first 1,000 years.
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But the wicked who are living
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when Jesus comes are slain
by the brightness of His coming
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and the wicked
dead simply remain dead
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until the second resurrection
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that take place at the
end of the 1,000 years.
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And that's the reason why
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no one is gonna
descended bodies of the wicked,
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no one is gonna have a
funeral service for them
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because everyone that
is righteous in heaven
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and all the wicked
are slain upon the earth.
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And friends, if that's clear
would you please say, amen?
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Now having said
that I have to tell you
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that there is going to be
a small special resurrection
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of the wicked
dead when Jesus comes.
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Remember in Revelation 1:7
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Jesus said, or the Bible says,
"Behold, He cometh with clouds,
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and every eye shall see Him,
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and they also which,
remember pierced Him."
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And so those who pierced Jesus
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those who let out in
the crucifixion of Christ,
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those wicked people are going
to be momentarily resurrected
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to see that the very one
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they hung Him to cross
was indeed the Son of God
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the Savior of the word
and Jesus also said that
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in Matthew 26:64 you can
write that down preferably.
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And so we find that there
is a small special resurrection
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of the wicked who are dead,
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those who pierced the Lord
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those who part took in
the crucifixion of Christ
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they are gonna see
that the one they rejected
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was indeed the anointed
Messiah the Savior of the world.
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And then it's at this point
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that Satan is going to be
cast into the bottomless pit
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for the next 1,000 years.
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Notice what the Bible says,
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Revelation 20:2, 3 we
go back to the prophecy
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we are studying tonight.
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Verse 2 and 3 it says,
"And he laid hold on the dragon,
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that old serpent, which
is the Devil, and Satan,
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and bound him" how long?
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"Thousand years,
and cast him" where?
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"Into the bottomless
pit, and shut him up,
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and set a seal upon
him, that he should" do what?
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"Deceive the nations no more,
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till the thousand
years should be fulfilled,
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but and after that he should
be loosed a little season."
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And so we find that it's
the second coming of Christ
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that begins the bounding
of Satan for 1,000 years
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into the bottomless pit.
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Now what does this mean?
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Friends, when the Bible tells us
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that Satan is gonna be bound
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does that mean that
he is going to be bound
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by a literal physical chain?
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Question, is it
possible for Satan
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who is a supernatural being
to be bound by a literal chain?
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The answer is, no.
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You see, this chain
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that it's talking
about in Revelation 20
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is not a literal chain
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but rather it is a
chain of circumstance.
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A chain of what?
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Let me give you the evidence.
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In the Book of Mark Chapter
5 we read the story about a man
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that was possessed with demons.
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You can write
it down, Mark 5:1-4
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a man that was
possessed by Demons
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and those demons
in him were so strong
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that that man was could
not be bound by literal chain
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the Bible says,
that he broke the chains.
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Now friends, think about it
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if a man that is
possessed by the devil
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can't be bound
by a literal chain
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how much more Satan himself
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cannot be bound
by a literal chain.
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Are you with me?
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You see, Satan is
a supernatural being.
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He can walk through odds,
so this is not a literal chain.
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Well, what is it mean then?
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It's a chain of circumstance.
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In other words,
his circumstances
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are binding him
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from going out to
deceive the nations.
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He can't deceive he can't
do his work of deception why,
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because of his circumstances.
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Why is that he
can't device the nations,
00:19:15.19\00:19:16.87
because we are the nations.
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All the righteous are in heaven
00:19:18.53\00:19:21.36
and all the
wicked are simply dead.
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And so his circumstances are
not permitting him to deceive
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because there is
no one to deceive
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for the next 1,000 years.
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Have you ever
used that expression
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when some one asks you
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or invites you to
go with them some place
00:19:34.85\00:19:36.78
and you are super busy
you have things going on,
00:19:36.81\00:19:39.19
and you say to that
person oh, I can't come,
00:19:39.22\00:19:40.82
I can't do that I'm all tied up.
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Have you said ever
before, I'm all tied up.
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Well, what do you mean
when you say I'm all tied up?
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Are you literally tied up
with a little rope or chain?
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What do you mean by that?
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Your
circumstances are limiting you
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from going and doing
what you are being asked to do
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and that's the expression
that we are seeing here
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in Revelation 20,
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He is bound by a
chain of circumstance
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he has no one to temp,
00:20:01.28\00:20:03.21
no one to bother for
the next 1,000 years.
00:20:03.24\00:20:06.05
All he can do is
think about all the crimes
00:20:06.08\00:20:10.46
and the sins that
he is ever committed,
00:20:10.49\00:20:12.68
no one to temp,
no one to deceive,
00:20:12.71\00:20:14.84
bound by a chain of circumstance
for the next 1,000 years.
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And friends, if that make sense
would you please say, amen?
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Now, where was he bound
though, do you remember?
00:20:22.66\00:20:25.09
It says, he was cast
into the bottomless pit.
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Now, where and what
exactly is the bottomless pit?
00:20:29.23\00:20:33.09
Is that a pit with no bottomless
that Satan just keeps falling?
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No friends, if
you are to look up
00:20:36.10\00:20:37.87
at this expression
the bottomless pit,
00:20:37.90\00:20:40.08
in the original Greek language
it is the Greek word Abussos.
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Can you say that?
00:20:44.13\00:20:45.39
And that's the word by which
we get the English word Abyss
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and the literal Greek definition
of the expression bottomless pit
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it literally
means write it down,
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a place that is
without form and void.
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A place that is what?
00:21:00.92\00:21:03.02
So it's no so much
a pit with no bottom
00:21:03.05\00:21:04.96
but rather Satan is bound
00:21:04.99\00:21:06.37
in a place that is
without form or void.
00:21:06.40\00:21:09.59
And friends,
00:21:09.62\00:21:11.03
this is the same
description of the earth
00:21:11.06\00:21:15.19
before God came and
spoke life into existence.
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I want you notice in Genesis 1:2
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before God created light
before He created the trees
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and the flowers and
the earth and the fishes
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and the birds and
the animals and man,
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this world was a bottomless
pit without form and void.
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Notice what it
says in Genesis 1:2
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"And the earth was
without form, and void
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and darkness was upon
the face of the deep."
00:21:41.15\00:21:44.79
In other words, when
Jesus comes this world,
00:21:44.82\00:21:46.84
planet earth is going to be
turned into a bottom less pits.
00:21:46.87\00:21:50.35
It's going to be completely
destroyed at the coming of Jesus
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and so Satan is
bound upon this world
00:21:53.71\00:21:56.63
in a desolate earth
for the next 1,000 years.
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In fact, notice, Jeremiah
saw this time period in vision
00:22:00.06\00:22:03.29
and he described
it in these words,
00:22:03.32\00:22:04.97
Jeremiah 4:23-26
please write it down,
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the Bible says, "I
beheld the earth" the what?
00:22:09.68\00:22:12.84
"The earth, and, lo, it
was without form, and void."
00:22:12.87\00:22:16.24
In other words, it
was the bottomless pit.
00:22:16.27\00:22:18.71
"And the heavens,
and they had no light.
00:22:18.74\00:22:21.73
I beheld the mountains,
and, lo, they trembled,
00:22:21.76\00:22:24.10
and all the hills moved lightly.
00:22:24.13\00:22:25.87
I beheld, and lo,
there was no" what?
00:22:25.90\00:22:29.01
Why was there no man
during this time period?
00:22:29.04\00:22:30.52
Where is everyone?
00:22:30.55\00:22:31.58
All the righteous are in heaven
00:22:31.61\00:22:33.71
and all the wicked are slain
00:22:33.74\00:22:35.41
so during this time
period during the 1,000 years
00:22:35.44\00:22:37.63
I saw no man.
00:22:37.66\00:22:39.16
"And all the birds of
the heavens were fled.
00:22:39.19\00:22:41.97
I beheld, and, lo, the
fruitful place was a wilderness,
00:22:42.00\00:22:44.77
and all the cities
thereof were broken down
00:22:44.80\00:22:47.85
at the presence of" who?
00:22:47.88\00:22:50.09
"The Lord, and by
His fierce anger."
00:22:50.12\00:22:52.51
So we find very
clearly that when Jesus comes
00:22:52.54\00:22:55.19
when the presence
of the Lord returns
00:22:55.22\00:22:57.29
this world is
going to be destroyed.
00:22:57.32\00:22:59.73
All the cities are
going to be leveled
00:22:59.76\00:23:01.76
and this beautiful
world that we live in
00:23:01.79\00:23:04.16
is going to be
turned into a bottomless pit
00:23:04.19\00:23:06.70
a great Abyss a place
that is with out form and void
00:23:06.73\00:23:09.80
and now Satan has to
spend the next 1,000 years
00:23:09.83\00:23:13.89
on a desolate earth bound
by a chain of circumstance
00:23:13.92\00:23:18.32
with no one to
temp, nothing to do
00:23:18.35\00:23:21.18
but think about all the
crimes that he has committed.
00:23:21.21\00:23:24.07
And friends, here we find that
00:23:24.10\00:23:25.13
this is the beginning of
Satan's reign of darkness.
00:23:25.16\00:23:29.23
You see, the
devil wanted to be ruler
00:23:29.26\00:23:30.83
over the world,
isn't that right?
00:23:30.86\00:23:32.50
He wanted to be god,
00:23:32.53\00:23:34.41
he wanted to be the creator
00:23:34.44\00:23:35.92
he wanted the worship
that belongs only to God alone.
00:23:35.95\00:23:39.20
He wanted absolute control.
00:23:39.23\00:23:41.46
He said this is my territory
00:23:41.49\00:23:43.41
and so now
during the 1,000 years,
00:23:43.44\00:23:45.38
God gives him absolute
control over the world.
00:23:45.41\00:23:48.71
Why?
00:23:48.74\00:23:49.77
So that the
universe might be able to see
00:23:49.80\00:23:51.87
what kind of kingdom
Satan's kingdom would be
00:23:51.90\00:23:54.72
when he has absolute control.
00:23:54.75\00:23:57.01
And when you look
upon the kingdom of Satan
00:23:57.04\00:23:58.82
it is a kingdom of destruction,
darkness, emptiness and death.
00:23:58.85\00:24:05.64
And so we find Satan
reign for 1,000 years
00:24:05.67\00:24:09.96
in this desolate earth.
00:24:09.99\00:24:11.90
If he is god let us see
him create the world again.
00:24:11.93\00:24:16.06
If he is truly god
like he wanted to be
00:24:16.09\00:24:18.47
let's see him create a light
00:24:18.50\00:24:21.42
but Satan can't even create
a flashlight, isn't that right?
00:24:21.45\00:24:24.78
All he could do is
think about his crimes.
00:24:24.81\00:24:27.35
Oh, friends,
the--this is the destiny
00:24:27.38\00:24:32.86
of those who choose to be
subjects of Satan's kingdom.
00:24:32.89\00:24:36.67
I want to be a
subject of his kingdom amen,
00:24:36.70\00:24:39.62
let's choose
Jesus as our king today
00:24:39.65\00:24:43.23
and we don't have to be in there
in that kingdom of darkness
00:24:43.26\00:24:45.64
and destruction during
that 1,000 year period.
00:24:45.67\00:24:48.07
And so we find clearly,
00:24:48.10\00:24:49.39
Satan bound by
circumstance on a desolate earth
00:24:49.42\00:24:53.28
for the next 1,000 years.
00:24:53.31\00:24:55.20
And friends, if
this is making sense
00:24:55.23\00:24:56.53
if that's clear
would you please say, amen?
00:24:56.56\00:24:58.73
Now, the next question is
this, what about the righteous?
00:24:58.76\00:25:01.22
Where are they and
what are they doing
00:25:01.25\00:25:03.67
during the 1,000 years?
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.28
Well, we know that the
righteous are in heaven
00:25:05.31\00:25:07.25
reigning with Christ.
00:25:07.28\00:25:08.49
Notice what it
says in Revelation 20:6
00:25:08.52\00:25:11.05
"They shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
00:25:11.08\00:25:13.51
and shall reign with
him a thousand years."
00:25:13.54\00:25:16.37
What are they gonna be doing
00:25:16.40\00:25:17.67
for the first
1,000 years in heaven.
00:25:17.70\00:25:19.58
Notice in verse
3, it says verse 4,
00:25:19.61\00:25:23.31
"And I saw thrones,
and they sat upon them,
00:25:23.34\00:25:26.34
and judgment was
committed to them."
00:25:26.37\00:25:29.87
What was
committed to the saints?
00:25:29.90\00:25:31.81
Judgment.
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And so for the first
1,000 years in heaven
00:25:33.24\00:25:36.04
the Bible tells us that
saints the judgment is committed
00:25:36.07\00:25:39.01
or given to their hands.
00:25:39.04\00:25:40.87
Now this is exactly
what the apostle Paul
00:25:40.90\00:25:42.70
told us, as well.
00:25:42.73\00:25:43.82
Notice in 1Corinthians 6:2, 3
00:25:43.85\00:25:46.37
the apostle Paul
speaking to the New Testament
00:25:46.40\00:25:48.29
Christian church.
00:25:48.32\00:25:49.45
He said to them, "Do ye not know
that the saints shall" do what,
00:25:49.48\00:25:54.99
"Judge the world?
00:25:55.02\00:25:56.27
Know ye not that
we shall judge" who?
00:25:56.30\00:25:58.99
"Angels?"
00:25:59.02\00:26:00.05
And when will the
saints judge the world
00:26:00.08\00:26:01.86
and judge the fallen angels?
00:26:01.89\00:26:03.64
During the first
thousand years in heaven.
00:26:03.67\00:26:06.05
Judgment is committed to them.
00:26:06.08\00:26:08.45
Now the next logical question
that you are asking is this,
00:26:08.48\00:26:11.11
why is judgment
committed to the saints?
00:26:11.14\00:26:15.67
You see friends,
it's not that the saints
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.10
are judging people in the sense
00:26:17.13\00:26:18.96
that they are
determining who saved and lost.
00:26:18.99\00:26:21.50
That has already been
determined before Jesus came.
00:26:21.53\00:26:25.82
But when it says that judgment
is committed to the saints
00:26:25.85\00:26:28.63
it simply means that God
is going to allow the saints,
00:26:28.66\00:26:31.87
the righteous to
examine the judgment of God.
00:26:31.90\00:26:36.76
In other words,
to audit the books,
00:26:36.79\00:26:39.54
the records in the judgment.
00:26:39.57\00:26:42.57
You see the reason for this is
00:26:42.60\00:26:43.89
because when we get to heaven
00:26:43.92\00:26:45.66
there is gonna be
three main surprises.
00:26:45.69\00:26:48.74
How many surprises?
00:26:48.77\00:26:50.10
The first surprise when we get
to heaven is that you are there.
00:26:50.13\00:26:53.71
Can you say, amen?
00:26:53.74\00:26:55.03
And that's gonna be
a wonderful surprise.
00:26:55.06\00:26:57.32
The second surprise
when we get to heaven,
00:26:57.35\00:27:00.44
is we are gonna
start to look for people
00:27:00.47\00:27:02.72
who we thought
surely would be there
00:27:02.75\00:27:05.19
but lo and behold
they are not there.
00:27:05.22\00:27:08.28
They are missing and we are
gonna be having questions why?
00:27:08.31\00:27:12.30
Where is this person?
00:27:12.33\00:27:13.65
How come they are not saved?
00:27:13.68\00:27:15.45
May be a pastor, may be
an evangelist God forbid.
00:27:15.48\00:27:19.38
May be someone that
knocked on your door
00:27:19.41\00:27:21.35
and gave you Bible studies,
00:27:21.38\00:27:22.71
may be a parent
that prayed for you
00:27:22.74\00:27:24.35
that looked so
godly may be a brother
00:27:24.38\00:27:26.57
or a sister that--that
there was all witness to you
00:27:26.60\00:27:29.91
and you thought
these, these people
00:27:29.94\00:27:31.54
I'm mean, they are so godly
00:27:31.57\00:27:32.63
they had a walk with Jesus
surely there gonna be heaven
00:27:32.66\00:27:35.23
and you begin to
look for those people
00:27:35.26\00:27:36.76
and they are not
there, they are missing
00:27:36.79\00:27:39.17
and you are gonna wonder.
00:27:39.20\00:27:40.23
Why, where is this
person God, what happened?
00:27:40.26\00:27:43.09
And so God for the
first 1,000 years in heaven
00:27:43.12\00:27:45.36
is gonna give an opportunity
to examine the books,
00:27:45.39\00:27:49.43
the judgment the
record of that person's life.
00:27:49.46\00:27:54.34
Because you see friends,
man looks on the outward appears
00:27:54.37\00:27:57.46
and we can deceive one
another outwardly very easily.
00:27:57.49\00:28:00.15
Isn't that right?
00:28:00.18\00:28:01.29
But more than the
outward appearance
00:28:01.32\00:28:02.52
the Bible says that
God looks upon the heart,
00:28:02.55\00:28:04.43
He knows what individuals
are really like in secret
00:28:04.46\00:28:07.95
and in the darkness.
00:28:07.98\00:28:09.71
And so during the 1,000 years
00:28:09.74\00:28:11.87
the questions
are gonna be answered
00:28:11.90\00:28:13.72
as we examine the judgment
00:28:13.75\00:28:15.39
it's we are
auditing the books of God
00:28:15.42\00:28:18.30
and that what's the Bible
tells us in 1 Corinthians 4:5.
00:28:18.33\00:28:23.00
Notice what it says,
00:28:23.03\00:28:24.62
the apostle wrote to
the New Testament church,
00:28:24.65\00:28:27.49
"Therefore judge
nothing before the time."
00:28:27.52\00:28:31.75
You see, right now on this world
00:28:31.78\00:28:32.86
we are not to judge one another
00:28:32.89\00:28:34.30
and judge one another's hearts.
00:28:34.33\00:28:35.90
Can you say, amen?
00:28:35.93\00:28:37.77
But Paul said, "Judge
nothing before the time."
00:28:37.80\00:28:40.30
Why, because
there will be a time
00:28:40.33\00:28:42.58
in which we
will be able to judge
00:28:42.61\00:28:44.89
and examine people's hearts.
00:28:44.92\00:28:46.79
When is that, notice,
"Judge nothing before the time,
00:28:46.82\00:28:49.83
until the Lord come."
00:28:49.86\00:28:52.03
In other words, when Jesus comes
00:28:52.06\00:28:53.36
for the first
1,000 years in heaven
00:28:53.39\00:28:54.81
we will be able to
look at the judgment.
00:28:54.84\00:28:56.88
And then it says,
"Until the Lord come,
00:28:56.91\00:28:59.40
who both will bring to light
the hidden things of darkness,
00:28:59.43\00:29:04.80
and will make manifest" what?
00:29:04.83\00:29:06.92
"The counsels of the hearts,
00:29:06.95\00:29:09.59
and then shall every
man have praise of God."
00:29:09.62\00:29:13.63
And so we see friends,
during the first 1,000 years
00:29:13.66\00:29:17.54
as we examine the
judgment we are gonna see
00:29:17.57\00:29:19.90
what people were really like.
00:29:19.93\00:29:21.89
We are gonna have
series questions for God
00:29:21.92\00:29:23.56
and they will be answered
as we examine the judgment
00:29:23.59\00:29:25.85
and during this time
will be fulfill the words
00:29:25.88\00:29:28.04
of Ecclesiastes 12:14
00:29:28.07\00:29:30.79
that "God shall bring
every work into judgment,
00:29:30.82\00:29:34.83
with every secret
thing, whether it be good,
00:29:34.86\00:29:38.33
or whether it be evil."
00:29:38.36\00:29:40.04
In other words, we
will look at the life
00:29:40.07\00:29:41.77
the record of
life of individuals
00:29:41.80\00:29:44.06
and the record will show that
00:29:44.09\00:29:45.45
even though that
person had an outward piety,
00:29:45.48\00:29:47.98
to look spiritual outwardly
00:29:48.01\00:29:49.61
there are some secret sin that
they clung to in their heart.
00:29:49.64\00:29:52.52
There are some cherished
ideal that they wouldn't give up
00:29:52.55\00:29:55.50
and the record will show
that those individuals are lost
00:29:55.53\00:29:58.74
not because God
didn't love them,
00:29:58.77\00:30:00.76
not because God was not fair
00:30:00.79\00:30:02.47
because the
record will also reveal
00:30:02.50\00:30:04.56
how many opportunities
that individual had to be saved.
00:30:04.59\00:30:10.29
Every prayer that was
prayed on behalf of that person
00:30:10.32\00:30:12.91
is recording in the judgment.
00:30:12.94\00:30:14.85
Every time, they
were invited to church,
00:30:14.88\00:30:17.23
every time they heard a sermon,
00:30:17.26\00:30:19.10
every opportunity that God
reached out to them in love
00:30:19.13\00:30:21.76
but the record also-- also
show every excuse they made.
00:30:21.79\00:30:26.03
Every time they
rationalize the truth away.
00:30:26.06\00:30:28.41
Every time they
comprise and said to themselves
00:30:28.44\00:30:30.20
oh, this is a little
thing God won't mind this.
00:30:30.23\00:30:32.73
I can hold on to
this and still be saved.
00:30:32.76\00:30:34.73
You see friends, the greatest
deception is self deception.
00:30:34.76\00:30:38.75
And so the record was
shown why people are lost
00:30:38.78\00:30:42.27
but it also show
that God did everything
00:30:42.30\00:30:45.78
He possibly could to
save. Can you say, amen?
00:30:45.81\00:30:50.80
And friends, when
the books are open
00:30:50.83\00:30:54.75
examine by the righteous,
00:30:54.78\00:30:57.33
every secret
thing will be reviled.
00:30:57.36\00:31:00.27
And friends, I
don't know about you
00:31:00.30\00:31:02.58
but I don't want
anyone to read my book.
00:31:02.61\00:31:06.67
I have done some
terrible things in my life.
00:31:06.70\00:31:09.76
Friends, I have sinned much.
00:31:09.79\00:31:12.53
I'm a rotten sinner.
00:31:12.56\00:31:15.09
If you knew some of
the things I did in my past
00:31:15.12\00:31:17.95
I wouldn't be able
to look you in the eye.
00:31:17.98\00:31:20.57
But I'm so grateful friends,
00:31:20.60\00:31:21.71
that tonight Jesus wants to
cover the record of our sins
00:31:21.74\00:31:25.30
with His precious
blood and righteousness.
00:31:25.33\00:31:27.99
Could you say, amen?
00:31:28.02\00:31:29.39
And so I want my
book to be covered
00:31:29.42\00:31:31.56
with the perfect life of Jesus
00:31:31.59\00:31:33.86
and friends, it can be
00:31:33.89\00:31:35.19
as we accept Him
by faith tonight.
00:31:35.22\00:31:38.32
Could you say, amen?
00:31:38.35\00:31:39.97
If you don't accept Him
everything is gonna be exposed
00:31:40.00\00:31:42.67
but when we see God's justice
00:31:42.70\00:31:44.61
and fairness and
love and the judgment
00:31:44.64\00:31:46.29
then we are exclaim to
God a prayer like this,
00:31:46.32\00:31:49.84
"Even so, Lord, God Almighty,
00:31:49.87\00:31:51.99
true and righteous
are your judgments."
00:31:52.02\00:31:54.04
In other words, God
yes, you did everything
00:31:54.07\00:31:55.79
you can save individuals.
00:31:55.82\00:31:57.28
They are lost not because of You
00:31:57.31\00:31:59.24
but, because they
have chosen to be lost.
00:31:59.27\00:32:01.60
I forgot to tell you about
00:32:01.63\00:32:02.66
the third surprise
when we get to heaven.
00:32:02.69\00:32:03.86
You know what the
third surprise is?
00:32:03.89\00:32:05.95
Surprise number
one, you are there.
00:32:05.98\00:32:08.14
Number two, people you thought
would be there are not there.
00:32:08.17\00:32:11.10
Number three, you are
gonna see people in heaven
00:32:11.13\00:32:14.08
who are such a rascals
00:32:14.11\00:32:17.72
that you wrote them
off as hopeless cases.
00:32:17.75\00:32:21.32
There are gonna be some people
that you are gonna see in heaven
00:32:21.35\00:32:24.07
they were such
terrible people in this world
00:32:24.10\00:32:26.46
and Lord behold there they are
00:32:26.49\00:32:29.75
and you are
gonna be wondering why.
00:32:29.78\00:32:32.30
You are gonna say God, God,
are you sure about that one?
00:32:32.33\00:32:37.84
Lord, I remember that person
00:32:37.87\00:32:39.74
oh, that person was Kolohe,
00:32:39.77\00:32:41.35
that person was a
rascal, that person was no good
00:32:41.38\00:32:43.79
are You sure you are gonna
miss something on this one.
00:32:43.82\00:32:47.59
And God will show the record
of life of that individual
00:32:47.62\00:32:50.61
that sometime in
that person's life
00:32:50.64\00:32:51.84
they have accepted the
mercy and the grace of God
00:32:51.87\00:32:54.15
and they were saved
by the grace of Jesus.
00:32:54.18\00:32:56.43
Can you say, amen?
00:32:56.46\00:32:57.90
And even other questions perhaps
00:32:57.93\00:32:59.71
you lost the loved one
00:32:59.74\00:33:01.24
and you are saying God,
why did you allow it to happen?
00:33:01.27\00:33:03.50
You can't understand
00:33:03.53\00:33:04.56
why God allowed that
tragedy take place in your life.
00:33:04.59\00:33:07.19
Well, for the first 1,000 years
in heaven God will show you why.
00:33:07.22\00:33:09.62
He will show you
the circumstances
00:33:09.65\00:33:10.88
what took place
behind the scenes.
00:33:10.91\00:33:13.51
Whatever tragedy
you face friends,
00:33:13.54\00:33:15.54
every doubt, every
question will be settled
00:33:15.57\00:33:18.09
for the first
1,000 years in heaven.
00:33:18.12\00:33:20.03
And friends, I can't wait
00:33:20.06\00:33:21.29
for that time
period how about you?
00:33:21.32\00:33:23.62
And so we see that
during the 1,000 years in heaven
00:33:23.65\00:33:26.74
the righteous are
reigning with Christ in heaven
00:33:26.77\00:33:30.03
going over the records
00:33:30.06\00:33:31.24
while Satan is
bound on a desolate earth
00:33:31.27\00:33:33.77
with no one to tempt.
00:33:33.80\00:33:35.35
Now would this be
the end of the showdown?
00:33:35.38\00:33:38.13
Notice what happens next
00:33:38.16\00:33:39.51
the Bible says that,
00:33:39.54\00:33:42.15
"The whole land
shall be desolate,
00:33:42.18\00:33:44.89
yet will I not make
a" what? "Full end."
00:33:44.92\00:33:48.21
You see friends, this is
not the end of the showdown
00:33:48.24\00:33:50.75
why because at the
end of the 1,000 years
00:33:50.78\00:33:53.99
Satan sentence
still must be executed.
00:33:54.02\00:33:57.19
And so notice what happens
at the end of the 1,000 years
00:33:57.22\00:33:59.67
as we go back now
to Revelation 20:7, 8.
00:33:59.70\00:34:02.66
And friends, do
you see the sequence
00:34:02.69\00:34:04.25
it's more
dramatic than any movie
00:34:04.28\00:34:05.88
that Hollywood can make.
00:34:05.91\00:34:07.48
Picture this in your mind,
00:34:07.51\00:34:08.75
Bible says, "And when the
thousand years are expired
00:34:08.78\00:34:11.62
Satan shall be
loosed out of his prison,
00:34:11.65\00:34:14.04
and shall go out" to do what?
00:34:14.07\00:34:16.93
"To deceive the
nations." What nations?
00:34:16.96\00:34:19.88
I though all the
righteous were in heaven
00:34:19.91\00:34:21.54
and all the wicked were dead.
00:34:21.57\00:34:22.88
What is it mean now that
he can deceive the nations?
00:34:22.91\00:34:25.67
Oh, friends, at this time
00:34:25.70\00:34:27.29
the second
resurrection will take place.
00:34:27.32\00:34:29.55
Notice in Verse 5,
00:34:29.58\00:34:30.86
it says, "But
the rest of the dead
00:34:30.89\00:34:32.63
did not live again
00:34:32.66\00:34:34.43
until the thousand
years were finished."
00:34:34.46\00:34:36.48
In other words, at
the end of the 1,000 years
00:34:36.51\00:34:38.33
the dead the wicked
are gonna live again.
00:34:38.36\00:34:40.47
This is what Jesus called
00:34:40.50\00:34:42.23
the resurrection
of do you remember?
00:34:42.26\00:34:44.55
Damnation.
00:34:44.58\00:34:45.74
It happens at the
end of the 1,000 years
00:34:45.77\00:34:48.39
during the final judgment.
00:34:48.42\00:34:50.09
And so notice this
chart on the screen.
00:34:50.12\00:34:51.98
The first
resurrection of the righteous
00:34:52.01\00:34:53.48
takes place when Jesus comes
00:34:53.51\00:34:55.57
that begins the one thousand
year prison sentence of Satan.
00:34:55.60\00:34:59.28
During that time
the Satan is in heaven
00:34:59.31\00:35:00.84
and during that time
00:35:00.87\00:35:01.90
Satan is bound
on a desolate earth
00:35:01.93\00:35:03.86
then when the 1,000 years
are finished at the end of it
00:35:03.89\00:35:06.20
will be the second resurrection
00:35:06.23\00:35:07.66
the resurrection of
damnation this happens
00:35:07.69\00:35:10.25
and at that time
00:35:10.28\00:35:11.39
the final execution of judgment
upon Satan and the wicked
00:35:11.42\00:35:15.14
will take place.
00:35:15.17\00:35:16.20
So now, Satan is loose
from his chain of circumstance
00:35:16.23\00:35:19.26
and he goes out to
deceive all the wicked people.
00:35:19.29\00:35:22.99
And friends, I believe
that one of his deceptions
00:35:23.02\00:35:24.62
he will say to the
wicked that are resurrected
00:35:24.65\00:35:26.28
he will say to
them I'm your god.
00:35:26.31\00:35:28.94
I'm the one that gave you life.
00:35:28.97\00:35:30.68
I have called you from the grave
00:35:30.71\00:35:32.55
you are my
servants and I'm your master
00:35:32.58\00:35:35.71
he is going out to
deceive the nations.
00:35:35.74\00:35:39.40
And friends, this shows us
00:35:39.43\00:35:41.19
that even after
having 1,000 years
00:35:41.22\00:35:44.11
to think about all
the crimes and sins
00:35:44.14\00:35:45.98
that he has
committed and instigated
00:35:46.01\00:35:47.99
Satan is still
unrepentant, unchanged.
00:35:48.02\00:35:51.10
He is still the same old devil.
00:35:51.13\00:35:55.02
And that will settle
anyone questions what they say,
00:35:55.05\00:35:57.89
may be if God just gave him
some time to think about it,
00:35:57.92\00:36:00.34
may be he would change?
00:36:00.37\00:36:01.49
No, friends, this prophecy shows
that Satan he has gone too far.
00:36:01.52\00:36:06.01
His conscience has been seared.
00:36:06.04\00:36:07.99
His heart is hard like rock
00:36:08.02\00:36:09.86
and his pride
will not permit him
00:36:09.89\00:36:12.49
to admit that he is wrong.
00:36:12.52\00:36:13.73
He is stubborn
even to the very end
00:36:13.76\00:36:16.78
and he goes out to
deceive the nations.
00:36:16.81\00:36:18.58
Now I want to
notice what happens
00:36:18.61\00:36:19.82
as the wicked are resurrected
in the second resurrection.
00:36:19.85\00:36:22.26
Now, the holy city New
Jerusalem comes down from heaven
00:36:22.29\00:36:25.60
Revelation 21:2 says,
00:36:25.63\00:36:27.71
"That I John, saw the
holy city New Jerusalem."
00:36:27.74\00:36:31.00
What is the holy city called?
00:36:31.03\00:36:33.68
"Coming down out of heaven
from God prepared as a bride
00:36:33.71\00:36:37.07
adorned for her husband."
00:36:37.10\00:36:38.95
Here we find the New Jerusalem
descends from heaven to earth.
00:36:38.98\00:36:42.01
God is moving His capital
00:36:42.04\00:36:43.84
New Jerusalem
from heaven to earth.
00:36:43.87\00:36:46.10
Now the drama of the
ages is coming to a close
00:36:46.13\00:36:49.24
the end of the great
controversy is at hand,
00:36:49.27\00:36:51.55
this friends, is
the final showdown
00:36:51.58\00:36:55.07
between good and evil.
00:36:55.10\00:36:57.60
Now as the holy city descends
00:36:57.63\00:36:59.74
filled that all the
righteous saints on the inside
00:36:59.77\00:37:02.39
notice what the wicked would do
00:37:02.42\00:37:03.75
when they are
resurrected with Satan.
00:37:03.78\00:37:05.02
it says,
00:37:05.05\00:37:07.68
"And they went up on
the breath of the earth
00:37:07.71\00:37:10.16
and surrounded
the camp of the saints
00:37:10.19\00:37:12.74
and the beloved city."
00:37:12.77\00:37:14.38
Here we find the
wicked with Satan
00:37:14.41\00:37:15.98
as their master general
00:37:16.01\00:37:17.56
begins to surround
the holy city of God.
00:37:17.59\00:37:20.81
And friends, I can
imagine on this day
00:37:20.84\00:37:22.39
the wicked
military leaders are there
00:37:22.42\00:37:25.06
like Hitler, Napoleon and Stalin
00:37:25.09\00:37:27.07
and now the wicked are
marching into companies
00:37:27.10\00:37:29.94
and they begin to
surround the city of God.
00:37:29.97\00:37:32.00
Satan deceives them
and he points at the city
00:37:32.03\00:37:34.61
and he says to
them that's our city,
00:37:34.64\00:37:37.20
this is our last chance
00:37:37.23\00:37:39.41
we need to take it
right now or its too late.
00:37:39.44\00:37:43.26
And now we find that the wicked
00:37:43.29\00:37:46.26
whose number is
like the sand of the sea.
00:37:46.29\00:37:50.30
Can you imagine that?
00:37:50.33\00:37:51.94
He surrounds the city of God
00:37:51.97\00:37:53.82
and now they
try to take by force
00:37:53.85\00:37:57.84
that which God once
offered to them freely in love.
00:37:57.87\00:38:04.20
And friends, this is
such a dramatic event
00:38:04.23\00:38:05.90
let's think about
it just for a moment.
00:38:05.93\00:38:08.09
I can image as the
wicked surround the city of God.
00:38:08.12\00:38:12.50
The numbers like
the sand of the sea
00:38:12.53\00:38:14.82
I can image as they
get close to the walls,
00:38:14.85\00:38:17.50
close to the New Jerusalem.
00:38:17.53\00:38:20.29
Friends, do you know
those walls are transparent.
00:38:20.32\00:38:24.12
In other words,
the Bible tells us
00:38:24.15\00:38:25.18
you can see right
through the walls.
00:38:25.21\00:38:28.03
And I could imagine a husband
00:38:28.06\00:38:30.47
on the outside of the wall
00:38:30.50\00:38:32.44
and he comes
near and he looks in
00:38:32.47\00:38:33.96
and there inside the
city is his godly wife
00:38:33.99\00:38:38.93
the one that prayed for him,
00:38:38.96\00:38:40.82
one that kept
inviting him to church
00:38:40.85\00:38:43.75
but he was too busy at
home watching television,
00:38:43.78\00:38:46.86
separated by
wall. Can you imagine?
00:38:46.89\00:38:49.79
I can imagine young children,
young people, teenagers
00:38:49.82\00:38:52.43
coming close to the wall
00:38:52.46\00:38:53.86
and they look in the city
of God the heavenly Jerusalem
00:38:53.89\00:38:56.67
and there their parents are,
00:38:56.70\00:38:59.73
the parents that prayed for them
00:38:59.76\00:39:01.25
but these young people
thought that they were too cool
00:39:01.28\00:39:04.32
for the religion
of their parents.
00:39:04.35\00:39:06.47
They thought that the
world had more fun than Jesus
00:39:06.50\00:39:10.01
and now they are on the outside
00:39:10.04\00:39:11.47
looking in and all have
they want to be on the inside
00:39:11.50\00:39:15.80
but there is no
open door, it's too late.
00:39:15.83\00:39:20.55
Brother on the
outside sister on the inside,
00:39:20.58\00:39:23.22
parents on the outside
children on the inside.
00:39:23.25\00:39:25.12
Friends, let me ask you
00:39:25.15\00:39:26.35
which side of the
wall are you gonna be on?
00:39:26.38\00:39:29.16
Are you going to be
on the outside looking in
00:39:29.19\00:39:31.39
or are you going to be
on the inside looking out?
00:39:31.42\00:39:33.61
Friends, which sides of the wall
do you want to be on this day?
00:39:33.64\00:39:37.92
Friends, I don't know about you
00:39:37.95\00:39:38.98
but I want to be on
the inside looking out.
00:39:39.01\00:39:41.60
Can you imagine the regret
00:39:41.63\00:39:44.12
that those on the
outside are going to have
00:39:44.15\00:39:45.82
when they see
what they miss out on?
00:39:45.85\00:39:48.49
They are looking
into the kingdom of God
00:39:48.52\00:39:50.18
they see the beauty
and the glories of heaven
00:39:50.21\00:39:52.57
they see all that
God wanted to give them.
00:39:52.60\00:39:58.02
What does God do
this, people ask?
00:39:58.05\00:40:01.76
Is God just trying
to rub it in their face?
00:40:01.79\00:40:05.32
Friends, God is not cruel?
00:40:05.35\00:40:07.94
The main reason why the
Lord resurrects the wicked
00:40:07.97\00:40:11.09
in the second resurrection
at the end of the 1,000 years
00:40:11.12\00:40:13.94
is for their sake.
00:40:13.97\00:40:15.52
You know, why?
00:40:15.55\00:40:16.98
Because there are some
people that are going to be lost
00:40:17.01\00:40:19.50
who thought deep
down in their heart
00:40:19.53\00:40:21.50
that they are gonna be saved.
00:40:21.53\00:40:24.10
They are gonna be--
they are gonna be some people
00:40:24.13\00:40:26.19
who are gonna be on
the outside of the walls
00:40:26.22\00:40:28.48
believing in their hearts
00:40:28.51\00:40:29.54
that they should
have been on the inside
00:40:29.57\00:40:31.21
they could be people
00:40:31.24\00:40:33.07
who will come up in
the second resurrection
00:40:33.10\00:40:35.81
thinking it's the
first resurrection
00:40:35.84\00:40:37.76
and then they are gonna realize
00:40:37.79\00:40:38.99
that they have been
sleeping of 1,000 years too long
00:40:39.02\00:40:42.70
and they are
gonna have questions
00:40:42.73\00:40:43.76
God why am I lost?
00:40:43.79\00:40:45.10
They are gonna say
in that day Lord, Lord,
00:40:45.13\00:40:47.68
haven't I
prophesied in Your name?
00:40:47.71\00:40:50.50
Haven't I've done many
wonderful works in your name?
00:40:50.53\00:40:52.85
Haven't I cast out devil?
00:40:52.88\00:40:54.41
Lord, I believed in You.
00:40:54.44\00:40:56.42
I professed Your name.
00:40:56.45\00:40:58.49
Why am I lost?
00:40:58.52\00:41:00.72
You see, they don't
even know their own hearts.
00:41:00.75\00:41:03.49
The greatest
deception is self deception.
00:41:03.52\00:41:06.80
And friends, what a tragedy
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.24
to think they were all
right when we were all wrong
00:41:08.27\00:41:10.50
and that's the reason
why the Bible tells us
00:41:10.53\00:41:13.08
that we need to
examine ourselves
00:41:13.11\00:41:16.23
to look a little bit deeper
00:41:16.26\00:41:18.02
and say Lord, search my heart
00:41:18.05\00:41:20.23
because
sometimes we are like Peter
00:41:20.26\00:41:22.07
saying to Jesus Lord
I'm ready to die for You.
00:41:22.10\00:41:24.89
Every one else is gonna
forsake You but not me Lord,
00:41:24.92\00:41:26.84
I'm gonna die with You
00:41:26.87\00:41:27.90
and before the night was over
00:41:27.93\00:41:29.48
that same disciple is
denying Jesus three times.
00:41:29.51\00:41:33.11
He thought himself strong
00:41:33.14\00:41:36.25
but he was weak, friends.
00:41:36.28\00:41:38.49
And that's the reason why
00:41:38.52\00:41:40.23
we must search
deeply into our hearts.
00:41:40.26\00:41:43.73
We must say Lord,
00:41:43.76\00:41:44.90
is there something in my
life that is hurting You?
00:41:44.93\00:41:48.16
Is there some secret
sin that I'm not aware
00:41:48.19\00:41:50.40
of revile it to me and
remove it from my life Lord,
00:41:50.43\00:41:53.52
give me victory and
cleanse me of all my sin.
00:41:53.55\00:41:56.74
Can you say, amen?
00:41:56.77\00:41:58.32
And so God resurrects
them in the second resurrection
00:41:58.35\00:42:00.75
to show them the
record of their own lives.
00:42:00.78\00:42:03.68
The wicked will
see their own hearts
00:42:03.71\00:42:07.31
and the record will show
00:42:07.34\00:42:09.41
that all the
compromises they have made,
00:42:09.44\00:42:12.12
every time they
rationalize the truth away.
00:42:12.15\00:42:14.80
But friends,
the record also show
00:42:14.83\00:42:16.57
just how much
God worked with them
00:42:16.60\00:42:19.18
and how God
didn't give up on them,
00:42:19.21\00:42:21.26
and how God bore long
00:42:21.29\00:42:22.94
and suffered long
with them in that--
00:42:22.97\00:42:24.98
the record of the life
00:42:25.01\00:42:26.15
every prayer those offer
from them will be recorded
00:42:26.18\00:42:28.51
and they will see.
00:42:28.54\00:42:29.57
Every time they were
invited will be there,
00:42:29.60\00:42:31.36
every opportunity to be given
00:42:31.39\00:42:33.17
will be shown very
clearly in the record
00:42:33.20\00:42:35.16
and the wicked will see
00:42:35.19\00:42:36.55
that they are lost not
because God doesn't love them
00:42:36.58\00:42:39.21
the record shows
just how much He does.
00:42:39.24\00:42:41.35
They are gonna
see their lost not
00:42:41.38\00:42:42.44
because God didn't
give them a fair chance
00:42:42.47\00:42:44.21
because He is given
in chance after chance
00:42:44.24\00:42:46.71
but wicked will
see that they are lost
00:42:46.74\00:42:47.99
because they have
chosen to be lost.
00:42:48.02\00:42:51.10
They've rejected the gift of God
00:42:51.13\00:42:53.34
and they rationalize and
compromise the truth away.
00:42:53.37\00:42:57.99
And friends, can
you imagine the regret
00:42:58.02\00:43:00.49
that the wicked will experience.
00:43:00.52\00:43:02.82
They are gonna see everything
00:43:02.85\00:43:03.90
that they have allowed to
stand in the way of salvation.
00:43:03.93\00:43:07.00
And now they are
filled with unbearable regret
00:43:07.03\00:43:10.01
because of the
foolish choices of their lives
00:43:10.04\00:43:12.18
and the wait of their regret
00:43:12.21\00:43:14.66
is gonna be so heavy upon them
00:43:14.69\00:43:18.02
that they are
gonna fall to their knees
00:43:18.05\00:43:21.27
and then will be fulfill
00:43:21.30\00:43:23.63
the words of the
Bible where it says,
00:43:23.66\00:43:25.71
that every knee shall bow
00:43:25.74\00:43:29.42
and every tough will confess
00:43:29.45\00:43:31.55
that Jesus is the
Lord and that God is love.
00:43:31.58\00:43:37.84
The wicked as
well as Satan himself
00:43:37.87\00:43:39.37
they are gonna
bow and acknowledge,
00:43:39.40\00:43:40.43
yes, God you are
right the record shows
00:43:40.46\00:43:42.75
that You are right all
along but you are just God,
00:43:42.78\00:43:45.08
a merciful God, a loving God.
00:43:45.11\00:43:47.00
You did everything You
could to try to save us
00:43:47.03\00:43:49.28
but you are not a God of force
00:43:49.31\00:43:50.64
and You will never
force yourself upon us
00:43:50.67\00:43:52.49
and therefore because we
have the freedom to choose
00:43:52.52\00:43:54.92
the record shows that
we have chosen to be lost.
00:43:54.95\00:43:57.01
Yes, Lord, the
eternal destruction
00:43:57.04\00:43:59.53
is a just
punishment for the sins
00:43:59.56\00:44:02.18
that we have committed
00:44:02.21\00:44:03.24
and thus the
character of God is exonerating.
00:44:03.27\00:44:06.85
Now before the wicked
00:44:06.88\00:44:08.26
his name is cleared now
00:44:08.29\00:44:10.12
before the whole universe
00:44:10.15\00:44:11.60
and when its finally cleared
00:44:11.63\00:44:13.51
its only then the God
can finally irradiate evil
00:44:13.54\00:44:17.50
from the
universe once in for all.
00:44:17.53\00:44:19.77
And so friends, as the wicked
see what they missed that on
00:44:19.80\00:44:22.48
and they see that
they had every opportunity
00:44:22.51\00:44:25.02
and they see
every excuse they made
00:44:25.05\00:44:26.87
as they fill will
unbearable regret.
00:44:26.90\00:44:29.43
They now realize that
the sin that they choose
00:44:29.46\00:44:32.38
made them unfit to
dwell in the presence of God
00:44:32.41\00:44:35.82
and now they are
eternally separated.
00:44:35.85\00:44:38.61
Eternally what?
From the life given.
00:44:38.64\00:44:41.43
Friends, when you are
separated from the life giver.
00:44:41.46\00:44:43.82
If God is the source of life
00:44:43.85\00:44:45.90
and you are cut off from that
00:44:45.93\00:44:47.54
what happens as
a natural result?
00:44:47.57\00:44:50.65
Death, friends.
00:44:50.68\00:44:52.43
Friends, it's not as if
God is angry being addictive
00:44:52.46\00:44:55.34
and He wants to
get back at the wicked
00:44:55.37\00:44:57.99
No, friends, their
sin has destroyed them.
00:44:58.02\00:45:01.34
They have cut themselves
off from the source of life.
00:45:01.37\00:45:04.42
They are filled with
unbearable remorse and regret
00:45:04.45\00:45:07.47
and in the mist of
these dreadful thoughts
00:45:07.50\00:45:09.37
its then that the Bible says
00:45:09.40\00:45:11.29
that, "Fire came down from God
00:45:11.32\00:45:13.39
out of heaven
and devoured them."
00:45:13.42\00:45:16.91
Yes brother and sisters,
00:45:16.94\00:45:18.62
the Bible calls
the second death.
00:45:18.65\00:45:22.16
The which death?
00:45:22.19\00:45:24.51
A death without any
hope of a resurrection.
00:45:24.54\00:45:27.71
The death that
cannot see beyond the two.
00:45:27.74\00:45:31.38
This is the
penalty for sin, friends.
00:45:31.41\00:45:34.04
The Bible say that in the
mist of the dreadful thoughts
00:45:34.07\00:45:36.25
of being separated
eternally from their --
00:45:36.28\00:45:38.12
their Creator that there
will be totally annihilated
00:45:38.15\00:45:42.06
from the universe.
00:45:42.09\00:45:43.25
And friends, this is
what hell begins to burn
00:45:43.28\00:45:45.95
this is when the
experience of hell is realized.
00:45:45.98\00:45:48.62
You see friends, hell
is not burning right now
00:45:48.65\00:45:50.28
some where in the
middle of the earth.
00:45:50.31\00:45:52.90
Thus-- the Bible
doesn't teach that, friends.
00:45:52.93\00:45:55.53
That came from Greek
Hellenistic philosophy
00:45:55.56\00:45:58.99
and we are gonna
study that more in detail
00:45:59.02\00:46:00.48
tomorrow night
friends, don't miss it.
00:46:00.51\00:46:02.40
The Bible says that
this is the second death.
00:46:02.43\00:46:04.64
Oh, friends, if Satan is
gonna be destroyed in this fire?
00:46:04.67\00:46:07.76
Absolutely, yes.
00:46:07.79\00:46:08.99
Satan is not going to be
00:46:09.02\00:46:10.26
the
superintendent of hell friends,
00:46:10.29\00:46:12.13
he is going to be
fuel for the fire.
00:46:12.16\00:46:13.99
The Bible says in verse 10
00:46:14.02\00:46:15.22
that "The devil that
deceived him was also cast
00:46:15.25\00:46:18.46
into the lake of
fire and brimstone."
00:46:18.49\00:46:21.85
This friends, is
the second death.
00:46:21.88\00:46:24.06
And friends, many people
have a distorted view of hell.
00:46:24.09\00:46:27.25
Many people have a totally
00:46:27.28\00:46:28.46
unbiblical
understanding of what hell
00:46:28.49\00:46:30.61
and the destruction of
the wicked is really like.
00:46:30.64\00:46:32.76
And so friends,
we are gonna study
00:46:32.79\00:46:33.82
in detail tomorrow, but let
me give you the short version
00:46:33.85\00:46:35.79
what really is
hell? Friends, listen,
00:46:35.82\00:46:38.16
hell was not so much defiled.
00:46:38.19\00:46:41.05
Most of the times you
find the word hell in the Bible
00:46:41.08\00:46:44.22
it's the word Hades
which mean the grave
00:46:44.25\00:46:47.34
which simply means death.
00:46:47.37\00:46:50.88
And so hell was
not really the fire
00:46:50.91\00:46:52.68
what hell really is the wicked
00:46:52.71\00:46:54.80
seeing the reward
that they could have had,
00:46:54.83\00:46:58.01
seeing every opportunity
God gave them to receive it
00:46:58.04\00:47:01.11
and then realizing that
the sin that they have chosen
00:47:01.14\00:47:03.81
and allowed they have allowed
to destruct them from Jesus
00:47:03.84\00:47:09.00
it caused them to be loss.
00:47:09.03\00:47:11.44
And friends, in that days
00:47:11.47\00:47:12.50
sin will no
longer look attractive.
00:47:12.53\00:47:14.71
In this day the wicked
are gonna curse the sin
00:47:14.74\00:47:18.42
that separated them from God.
00:47:18.45\00:47:20.11
They are gonna
want to let it go.
00:47:20.14\00:47:21.51
You see friends,
everyone is gonna
00:47:21.54\00:47:22.72
want to give up sin one day
00:47:22.75\00:47:23.99
but for most people
they are gonna want to do
00:47:24.02\00:47:25.50
when it is too late.
00:47:25.53\00:47:29.98
Now, the
experience the mental anguish
00:47:30.01\00:47:33.36
of unbearable regret.
00:47:33.39\00:47:36.89
Friends, what hell is,
00:47:36.92\00:47:38.87
is eternal
separation from our Creator.
00:47:38.90\00:47:41.83
Is the weight of
the regret and guilt
00:47:41.86\00:47:45.56
and friends, the
fire that comes to devour
00:47:45.59\00:47:48.03
and destroy the wicked
that fire friends, is a blessed.
00:47:48.06\00:47:52.03
It's a what? You know, why?
00:47:52.06\00:47:54.38
Because that fire
is a sweet release
00:47:54.41\00:47:57.98
from the mental anguish
00:47:58.01\00:48:01.41
and the
unbearable regret and remorse
00:48:01.44\00:48:05.35
of those who have
chosen to be lost.
00:48:05.38\00:48:06.98
In other words,
the fire is gonna
00:48:07.01\00:48:08.69
put them out of their misery.
00:48:08.72\00:48:11.31
So the fire is
really a blessing.
00:48:11.34\00:48:14.29
And friends, is
God going to rejoice
00:48:14.32\00:48:16.15
when this day takes place?
00:48:16.18\00:48:17.92
Is God gonna say,
yes, there you have it.
00:48:17.95\00:48:20.71
No friends, God is
going to weep bitterly.
00:48:20.74\00:48:26.85
Why? Because now God
has to live for eternity
00:48:26.88\00:48:30.93
without some of His kids,
00:48:30.96\00:48:33.72
some of the people, His
children that He loved so much.
00:48:33.75\00:48:38.32
His heart is
gonna break, friends.
00:48:38.35\00:48:40.69
You see the last blow is
not God given it to the wicked
00:48:40.72\00:48:44.16
no it's the wicked given it God.
00:48:44.19\00:48:46.10
You see His heart is
gonna break, friends.
00:48:46.13\00:48:48.35
The Bible tells us
00:48:48.38\00:48:50.97
"For I have no pleasure in
the death of him that dies,
00:48:51.00\00:48:56.14
says the Lord God wherefore
turn yourselves, and live."
00:48:56.17\00:49:01.45
God, please,
return to me and live.
00:49:01.48\00:49:08.12
But God will never
force us to turn, friends.
00:49:08.15\00:49:10.83
He is too much a gentlemen
to force himself upon us.
00:49:10.86\00:49:13.98
We choose our own destiny.
00:49:14.01\00:49:16.47
The Lord says, I have set
before you life and death,
00:49:16.50\00:49:19.50
blessing and cursing
choose life that both you
00:49:19.53\00:49:22.82
and your seed,
your children may live.
00:49:22.85\00:49:26.61
Friends, if we don't Him,
we don't have to have Him.
00:49:26.64\00:49:30.73
That's exactly what happens.
00:49:30.76\00:49:31.85
So look at friends, I know
that this serious and solemn.
00:49:31.88\00:49:34.45
But the next question is this,
00:49:34.48\00:49:36.62
will the wicked burn forever?
00:49:36.65\00:49:40.71
Well, friends,
00:49:40.74\00:49:42.16
we don't have the time
to talk about that tonight,
00:49:42.19\00:49:44.42
tomorrow evening we
are gonna talk about
00:49:44.45\00:49:46.41
the unquenchable love of God,
00:49:46.44\00:49:48.80
God's love in hell fire
its gonna be crystal clear.
00:49:48.83\00:49:52.43
We are gonna look
at almost every verse
00:49:52.46\00:49:53.49
from Genies to Revelation
that deals with this topic
00:49:53.52\00:49:56.42
so that the Lord
Jesus through His word
00:49:56.45\00:49:58.59
can free us from the
confusing counterfeit of Satan
00:49:58.62\00:50:02.38
when it talks about
what Hell is really like.
00:50:02.41\00:50:05.32
And so friends, don't miss
it that's tomorrow evening.
00:50:05.35\00:50:07.23
But let me just give
you two verses on this.
00:50:07.26\00:50:09.32
The fire comes down and it says
00:50:09.35\00:50:10.81
it devours the
wicked. It does what?
00:50:10.84\00:50:13.84
Now, what is
that word devour mean?
00:50:13.87\00:50:15.69
Friends, if you put
some food in front of me
00:50:15.72\00:50:18.14
if I'm hungry I'm
going to devour it.
00:50:18.17\00:50:21.14
And if I devour it,
what does that mean?
00:50:21.17\00:50:23.63
Is there gonna be anything left?
00:50:23.66\00:50:25.39
Friends, to
devour something means
00:50:25.42\00:50:27.24
it's all gone,
there is nothing left
00:50:27.27\00:50:29.55
and that's what gonna happen
to the wicked after the fire.
00:50:29.58\00:50:31.78
Notice it says in Psalms 37:20
00:50:31.81\00:50:34.28
"But the wicked shall perish,
00:50:34.31\00:50:36.01
and the enemies of the Lord
shall be as the fat of lambs,
00:50:36.04\00:50:38.11
they shall consume? into what?
00:50:38.14\00:50:41.39
"Into smoke shall
they consume away."
00:50:41.42\00:50:44.00
The fire is gonna
burn them up, friends.
00:50:44.03\00:50:45.84
They are gonna be consumed
into smoke completely devoured
00:50:45.87\00:50:48.90
and then Obadiah 1:16 tells
us talking about the wicked,
00:50:48.93\00:50:52.84
"And they shall be as
though they had" what?
00:50:52.87\00:50:57.22
"Never been."
00:50:57.25\00:50:58.28
In other words,
the wicked are gonna be
00:50:58.31\00:50:59.93
completely destroyed
00:50:59.96\00:51:01.33
this is the second death
00:51:01.36\00:51:04.37
a death without any
hope of a resurrection.
00:51:04.40\00:51:07.26
And friends, we see that the--
00:51:07.29\00:51:08.89
the fire that
consumes the wicked like eyes
00:51:08.92\00:51:11.95
that fire is going
to purify the world
00:51:11.98\00:51:14.97
and the universe of
all evil sin and suffering
00:51:15.00\00:51:18.18
and that's what the
Bible says in 2 Peter 3:10
00:51:18.21\00:51:21.52
notice what it says,
we are almost finished.
00:51:21.55\00:51:22.93
It says, "The heaven shall
pass away with the great noise,
00:51:22.96\00:51:27.73
and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat,
00:51:27.76\00:51:30.40
the earth," the what?
00:51:30.43\00:51:32.40
"The earth also and
the works that are therein
00:51:32.43\00:51:34.18
shall be burned up."
00:51:34.21\00:51:35.87
well, when is the earth
gonna be burnt up and purified?
00:51:35.90\00:51:38.15
At the end of the 1,000 years
00:51:38.18\00:51:39.91
the wicked are gonna
be totally annihilated,
00:51:39.94\00:51:42.17
the world is going
to be purified by fire
00:51:42.20\00:51:45.42
and out of the
ashes of the old world
00:51:45.45\00:51:47.70
God is gonna cerate a
new heavens and a new earth.
00:51:47.73\00:51:51.24
Notice what it says in verse 13,
00:51:51.27\00:51:53.07
the Bible tells us
00:51:53.10\00:51:55.24
it says, "Nevertheless
we, according to his promise,
00:51:55.27\00:51:57.29
look for a new
heavens and a new earth,
00:51:57.32\00:52:00.61
wherein dwells righteousness."
00:52:00.64\00:52:02.34
In other words, God is
gonna make all things new
00:52:02.37\00:52:04.67
and then will be
fulfilled the words
00:52:04.70\00:52:06.08
of Jesus in Matthew 5:5,
00:52:06.11\00:52:07.97
"Blessed are the
meek for the meek
00:52:08.00\00:52:09.77
shall inherit the earth."
00:52:09.80\00:52:11.89
You see friends, for the
first 1,000 years in heaven
00:52:11.92\00:52:14.21
that's the honeymoon
00:52:14.24\00:52:15.82
but the new earth is
happily ever after with Jesus.
00:52:15.85\00:52:20.15
Could you say, amen?
00:52:20.18\00:52:21.21
And some people ask for
00:52:21.24\00:52:22.28
if my loved once don't make it
00:52:22.31\00:52:23.97
am I gonna cry
miss them forever?
00:52:24.00\00:52:25.96
Not at all friends,
00:52:25.99\00:52:27.02
because then will fulfilled
the words in Revelation 21:4
00:52:27.05\00:52:30.12
let's read it
together. Shall we?
00:52:30.15\00:52:31.43
"And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes,
00:52:31.46\00:52:35.80
and there shall
be no more death,
00:52:35.83\00:52:38.87
neither sorrow, nor crying,
00:52:38.90\00:52:41.46
neither shall
there be any more pain,
00:52:41.49\00:52:43.70
for the former
things are passed away."
00:52:43.73\00:52:46.68
No more painful
memories are going to bother us.
00:52:46.71\00:52:51.23
All the pain and the sorrow
and the suffering of death
00:52:51.26\00:52:53.82
would dissipate like
dew before the morning sun.
00:52:53.85\00:52:56.62
All we have is
an eternity of bless
00:52:56.65\00:52:59.94
and joy and happiness
and rest and satisfaction.
00:52:59.97\00:53:03.55
Oh, friends, I want
to be ready for this day,
00:53:03.58\00:53:05.41
how about you?
00:53:05.44\00:53:06.68
Tonight, the Lord Jesus is
telling us through His word
00:53:06.71\00:53:09.79
that I'm soon to come.
00:53:09.82\00:53:12.32
Jesus is coming again friends,
00:53:12.35\00:53:14.47
soon this sky is
gonna split wide open
00:53:14.50\00:53:17.35
and we will see
the King of Kings
00:53:17.38\00:53:18.86
and Lord of Lords
returning to take us home.
00:53:18.89\00:53:21.52
And friends, is there anything
more important in your life
00:53:21.55\00:53:25.39
than to be ready
for the coming of Jesus?
00:53:25.42\00:53:28.87
Which side of the
wall are you gonna be on?
00:53:28.90\00:53:31.29
Who you are gonna
spend the 1,000 years with?
00:53:31.32\00:53:33.87
Are you gonna spend
it with Jesus in heaven
00:53:33.90\00:53:37.28
or you are gonna spend it here
on a desolate earth with Satan?
00:53:37.31\00:53:40.16
Tonight we choose our destiny.
00:53:40.19\00:53:42.41
And friends, I want to be
with Jesus, how about you?
00:53:42.44\00:53:45.07
If you want to be
with Jesus for eternity
00:53:45.10\00:53:47.44
let me hear you say, amen.
00:53:47.47\00:53:49.26
But friends, listen it's so
easy to say amen with our words
00:53:49.29\00:53:52.56
the question is
does your life say, amen?
00:53:52.59\00:53:57.04
Does your life say the same?
00:53:57.07\00:53:59.12
The choices we make day by day,
00:53:59.15\00:54:01.37
is it communing
to God? Yes, Lord,
00:54:01.40\00:54:03.32
heaven is more
important to me than this world.
00:54:03.35\00:54:05.95
Being with You is
more important than family
00:54:05.98\00:54:07.80
and friends and
jobs and relationships.
00:54:07.83\00:54:10.73
Does your life say amen friends,
00:54:10.76\00:54:14.02
because talk is cheap.
00:54:14.05\00:54:15.72
Tonight, God is calling for us
00:54:15.75\00:54:17.89
to surrender everything to Jesus
00:54:17.92\00:54:20.62
to put Him
number one in our life,
00:54:20.65\00:54:23.91
to make Him first last and
best in every thing that we do,
00:54:23.94\00:54:29.22
in every choice that we
make Jesus must come first.
00:54:29.25\00:54:34.93
So tonight, I want
my life to say, amen.
00:54:34.96\00:54:40.85
Yes, Lord, I want to be
with You for eternity, amen.
00:54:40.88\00:54:46.72
Our last question is this,
00:54:46.75\00:54:49.18
what enables us to be
ready for the coming of Jesus?
00:54:49.21\00:54:54.25
What enables us to
live forever with Christ?
00:54:54.28\00:54:59.01
What enables us to
enter into the New Jerusalem?
00:54:59.04\00:55:02.23
What enables us to be
spared from the second death?
00:55:02.26\00:55:06.09
What enables us to be saved?
00:55:06.12\00:55:07.32
Friends, here is my
last point of this message
00:55:07.35\00:55:09.41
and perhaps the most important
point of the entire seminar.
00:55:09.44\00:55:12.74
Listen very carefully friends,
00:55:12.77\00:55:14.23
tell me where did Jesus die?
00:55:14.26\00:55:18.46
Where did He die?
00:55:18.49\00:55:20.59
He died on Mount
Calvary on a hill far away
00:55:20.62\00:55:25.23
on an old rugged cross.
00:55:25.26\00:55:28.20
And in relation to
Jerusalem where was the cross?
00:55:28.23\00:55:31.67
Was it on the inside of
Jerusalem or on the outside?
00:55:31.70\00:55:34.67
Friends, Jesus died on
the outside of the city
00:55:34.70\00:55:40.02
on dead man's hill
the place of the cross.
00:55:40.05\00:55:45.24
And friends, the question
we need to ask tonight is
00:55:45.27\00:55:48.11
what kind of
death did Jesus die?
00:55:48.14\00:55:51.92
Did He died the first death,
00:55:51.95\00:55:54.36
did He died the second death?
00:55:54.39\00:55:56.39
Oh, friends, many people
like to argue about it but
00:55:56.42\00:55:58.30
let me just say this
before I share with you
00:55:58.33\00:56:00.78
what I believe the
Bible clearly teaches
00:56:00.81\00:56:04.20
that the death of Jesus
00:56:04.23\00:56:05.71
is more than a human
mind even comprehend.
00:56:05.74\00:56:08.87
How much Jesus
sacrificed and gave for us
00:56:08.90\00:56:12.75
is something that we
are going to be studying
00:56:12.78\00:56:15.23
throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity,
00:56:15.26\00:56:17.70
the signs of salvation
will never sees to amaze us.
00:56:17.73\00:56:23.37
The Bible does give us a glimpse
00:56:23.40\00:56:25.75
of the price that
Jesus paid. Friends,
00:56:25.78\00:56:28.83
which death did Jesus
died the first or the second?
00:56:28.86\00:56:31.07
We are to answer
that or you have to ask
00:56:31.10\00:56:33.68
is did Jesus pay
the full wages of sin?
00:56:33.71\00:56:38.41
Did He pay the
full wages of sin?
00:56:38.44\00:56:40.34
Absolutely, yes.
00:56:40.37\00:56:42.41
He paid it all, friends.
00:56:42.44\00:56:44.29
He paid our debt in full
00:56:44.32\00:56:48.69
and He did it for
the entire human race.
00:56:48.72\00:56:52.05
But what is the wages
of sin, let's find out.
00:56:52.08\00:56:55.55
Romans 6:23 tells us
00:56:55.58\00:56:58.21
"For the wages of sin is death,
00:56:58.24\00:57:02.10
but the gift of God
is" what kind of life?
00:57:02.13\00:57:05.76
"Eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord."
00:57:05.79\00:57:07.85
Now friends, I want to notice
the structure of this verse.
00:57:07.88\00:57:09.91
The Bible says that
the wages of sin is death,
00:57:09.94\00:57:12.19
but the gift of
God is eternal life.
00:57:12.22\00:57:14.20
What type of
death is referring to?
00:57:14.23\00:57:16.61
Friends,
contextually and structurally
00:57:16.64\00:57:19.55
in contrast to eternal
life that is the gift from God,
00:57:19.58\00:57:24.88
in contrast to eternal life
00:57:24.91\00:57:27.13
the wages of sin
is on eternal death.
00:57:27.16\00:57:32.15
It's the second death
it's a permanent death,
00:57:32.18\00:57:36.03
a death with out any
hope of a resurrection.
00:57:36.06\00:57:39.11
Friends, Jesus
died a second death.
00:57:39.14\00:57:43.70
And friends, this
makes sense you know why,
00:57:43.73\00:57:46.19
because it was an
eternal law that was broken.
00:57:46.22\00:57:49.32
God's law is eternal,
00:57:49.35\00:57:51.14
an eternal law was broken
00:57:51.17\00:57:52.61
therefore the wages
of broken and eternal law
00:57:52.64\00:57:55.11
is on eternal death.
00:57:55.14\00:57:56.52
Eternal death, God's
law is the law of love,
00:57:56.55\00:57:59.54
life and liberty
and to break this law
00:57:59.57\00:58:02.22
would result in selfishness,
slavery and eternal death.
00:58:02.25\00:58:05.72
Sin brings about
an eternal punishment
00:58:05.75\00:58:08.10
in eternal separation from God.
00:58:08.13\00:58:11.00
And friends, you can
only pay on eternal death
00:58:11.03\00:58:14.60
if you first
have an eternal life.
00:58:14.63\00:58:19.35
And that's one of the reasons
00:58:19.38\00:58:20.41
why an angel
could not die for us,
00:58:20.44\00:58:23.02
because an angel
doesn't have an eternal life.
00:58:23.05\00:58:24.63
An angle is a created being.
00:58:24.66\00:58:27.06
You see Jesus himself
one that was equal with God
00:58:27.09\00:58:30.91
had to pay for the full
wages of sin came to His own,
00:58:30.94\00:58:37.28
His own received Him not,
00:58:37.31\00:58:39.66
He was smitten over and over
again so that we could be saved.
00:58:39.69\00:58:43.65
He took our curse, so that
we could have His blessing.
00:58:43.68\00:58:47.87
He wore our crown of thorns
00:58:47.90\00:58:49.86
so that we could
wear His crown of life.
00:58:49.89\00:58:51.74
He carried the cross
00:58:51.77\00:58:53.08
so that we could sit
with Him on the throne
00:58:53.11\00:58:56.95
and He died on the
outside of Jerusalem
00:58:56.98\00:59:03.66
so that we could live
00:59:03.69\00:59:05.61
on the inside of
the New Jerusalem.
00:59:05.64\00:59:09.39