Praise God in his Holy Word, has given us some alarms, 00:00:07.47\00:00:11.77 alarms to help us wake up from spiritual slumber 00:00:11.81\00:00:14.41 because friends we have a celestial flight to catch. 00:00:14.44\00:00:20.95 Why is it taking so long? 00:00:20.98\00:00:22.78 Because God is waiting for more people to accept Him. 00:00:22.82\00:00:28.79 And sin has been so devastating, so demeaning, 00:00:28.82\00:00:33.46 so destructive to this planet, 00:00:33.50\00:00:37.47 it's like a house that has been in a storm, 00:00:37.50\00:00:40.07 you can't go and repaint the walls. 00:00:40.10\00:00:42.40 You have to tear the walls down. 00:00:42.44\00:00:46.57 You have to tear it down. 00:00:46.61\00:00:47.94 The aftermath of these twin bombings are horrific. 00:02:10.96\00:02:14.23 A horrific scene, something no one expected. 00:02:14.26\00:02:17.80 Breaking news, reports are coming in of an attack 00:02:17.83\00:02:21.07 or quite possibly several attacks. 00:02:21.10\00:02:23.44 There will be much grieving. 00:02:23.47\00:02:25.91 I don't think this community has fully experienced 00:02:25.94\00:02:31.31 the impact of this event yet. 00:02:31.35\00:02:33.68 This look like a 4000 Cavalier started to move. 00:03:19.06\00:03:23.00 Usually they move in the back and not in... 00:03:23.03\00:03:24.93 San Francisco is also declaring a state of emergency 00:03:30.97\00:03:34.68 that nine major cities in United States alone 00:03:34.71\00:03:39.15 that are declaring a state of emergency. 00:03:39.18\00:03:41.85 That's nine now. 00:03:41.88\00:03:43.28 London, it's Paris, Tokyo, 00:03:43.32\00:03:45.85 many other major cities are in mess. 00:03:45.89\00:03:48.36 Seattle is a special case folks. 00:03:48.39\00:03:51.06 There's not even enough responders 00:03:51.09\00:03:52.86 to aid the effort there. 00:03:52.89\00:03:54.23 That's a mess... 00:03:54.26\00:03:55.60 Explosions on hillsides, amphibious landings, 00:04:49.72\00:04:53.25 combat troops, storming beaches. 00:04:53.29\00:04:55.59 The latest violence began this afternoon 00:04:55.62\00:04:57.66 in Hackney in East London. 00:04:57.69\00:04:59.16 A mega quake triggered a monster wave 00:04:59.19\00:05:01.96 that killed more than a quarter of a million people. 00:05:02.00\00:05:04.93 Not only our children still going to bed hungry 00:05:17.58\00:05:20.35 or their numbers are even higher than before. 00:05:20.38\00:05:23.18 Share prices across the world 00:05:23.22\00:05:24.69 continue to fall despite efforts... 00:05:24.72\00:05:26.39 It is being called the strongest hurricane 00:05:26.42\00:05:28.39 ever recorded, 00:05:28.42\00:05:29.76 and now this potentially catastrophic storm 00:05:29.79\00:05:31.73 is just hours away from making landfall. 00:05:31.76\00:05:33.93 It is ballooned to over 30,000 acres 00:05:40.04\00:05:42.27 that have been burnt. 00:05:42.30\00:05:43.64 Not only are we breaking temperature records, 00:05:43.67\00:05:45.87 we're doing record breaking, record breaking. 00:05:45.91\00:05:49.31 Canterbury and other senior religious leaders 00:05:49.34\00:05:51.48 have asked people to come together in prayer 00:05:51.51\00:05:53.48 at this time of great peril. 00:05:53.52\00:05:54.85 More breaking news of famine nuclear bombs 00:05:54.88\00:05:57.02 of undetermined strength have exploded 00:05:57.05\00:05:59.15 at NATO regional military headquarters in Brussels. 00:05:59.19\00:06:01.69 Okay, we're getting reports of what appeared to be rock, 00:06:34.62\00:06:39.59 meteors breaking apart. 00:06:39.63\00:06:41.80 What is it, Ted? 00:07:23.91\00:07:25.24 Look, I'm sorry, I know we talked about 00:07:25.27\00:07:26.74 you flying back home this afternoon, but I really... 00:07:26.78\00:07:29.01 Don't say it. 00:07:29.04\00:07:30.38 Really need you to do this at 6 o' clock. 00:07:30.41\00:07:32.11 Six o'clock is Gavin's block, let's just... 00:07:32.15\00:07:35.08 Let him step up. 00:07:35.12\00:07:36.45 The world is going to pieces right now 00:07:36.48\00:07:38.29 and they need us. 00:07:38.32\00:07:39.99 No, no they need you to be in front of this thing. 00:07:40.02\00:07:43.66 Ted, I don't have time to have this conversation, okay? 00:07:43.69\00:07:46.56 I told you my mother lives in Seattle 00:07:46.59\00:07:49.26 and I told you that I would do the afternoon blog. 00:07:49.30\00:07:52.20 And now I'm out of here, okay. 00:07:52.23\00:07:53.67 I'm out of here, I got to go. 00:07:53.70\00:07:55.57 We all have loved ones that probably are in trouble, 00:07:55.60\00:07:58.31 but I don't know if you have noticed or not, Sarah. 00:07:58.34\00:08:00.14 It ain't none of your word, Ted, 00:08:00.18\00:08:02.11 my mother is missing. 00:08:02.14\00:08:03.85 I need to go find my mom. 00:08:03.88\00:08:05.51 Do your job. Six o'clock. 00:08:05.55\00:08:07.65 You know what, Ted, I got a plane to catch. 00:08:08.85\00:08:10.89 What? 00:08:35.44\00:08:36.78 You got a fire over there. 00:12:32.71\00:12:35.58 Yeah. 00:12:35.62\00:12:36.95 Okay, guys, it's raining where Sam work. 00:12:39.79\00:12:43.49 We'll continue reporting as long as we can. 00:12:43.53\00:12:45.49 There is no hiding place 00:14:23.19\00:14:27.53 Down here 00:14:27.56\00:14:32.23 There is no hiding place 00:14:32.27\00:14:36.34 Down here 00:14:36.37\00:14:40.01 Oh, I ran to the rock to hide my face 00:14:40.04\00:14:46.31 The rock cried out, no hiding place 00:14:46.35\00:14:51.19 There is no hiding place 00:14:51.22\00:14:55.36 Down here 00:14:55.39\00:15:00.63 There is no hiding place 00:15:00.66\00:15:04.77 Down here 00:15:04.80\00:15:09.30 There is no hiding place 00:15:09.34\00:15:13.44 Down here 00:15:13.48\00:15:16.95 Oh, I ran to the rock to hide my face 00:15:16.98\00:15:23.08 The rock cried out, no hiding place 00:15:23.12\00:15:27.86 There is no hiding place 00:15:27.89\00:15:31.69 Down here 00:15:31.73\00:15:36.20 Down here 00:15:36.23\00:15:41.60 Down here 00:15:41.64\00:15:46.57 There is no hiding place 00:15:46.61\00:15:50.55 Down here 00:15:50.58\00:15:54.28 Oh, I ran to the rock to hide my face 00:15:54.32\00:16:00.09 The rock cried out, no hiding place 00:16:00.12\00:16:05.19 There is no hiding place 00:16:05.23\00:16:09.26 Down here 00:16:09.30\00:16:12.97 God's people are fearing 00:19:13.48\00:19:14.85 that their lives are going to be taken. 00:19:14.88\00:19:17.09 They seem to be hemmed in and in my mind's eye, 00:19:17.12\00:19:19.32 I can see the saints of God being surrounded 00:19:19.35\00:19:21.76 by those who are his enemy 00:19:21.79\00:19:24.09 and they are about to annihilate them 00:19:24.13\00:19:25.89 thinking they're doing God's will. 00:19:25.93\00:19:28.00 God's people are sensing 00:19:28.03\00:19:29.86 that this is gonna be the end for them, 00:19:29.90\00:19:31.93 when all of a sudden in the distance 00:19:31.97\00:19:33.60 they see in the horizon a dark black cloud 00:19:33.64\00:19:37.67 about the size of a man's hand. 00:19:37.71\00:19:39.91 And as it gets closer and it draws closer, 00:19:39.94\00:19:42.74 it gets brighter and brighter and brighter, 00:19:42.78\00:19:45.31 and it gets larger and larger, and then it gets to a point 00:19:45.35\00:19:48.75 where the sky has filled with angels 00:19:48.78\00:19:50.65 and it's no other than Jesus Christ 00:19:50.69\00:19:52.95 who has now appeared in the clouds 00:19:52.99\00:19:54.49 who come to redeem His children. 00:19:54.52\00:19:56.56 Would not allow them to be killed 00:19:56.59\00:19:58.09 because He's coming to save them. 00:19:58.13\00:20:00.20 When I was a little boy, I used to watch 00:20:00.23\00:20:02.10 those Calvary come to save those settlers in the west. 00:20:02.13\00:20:06.03 And I don't always get excited 00:20:06.07\00:20:07.44 when the people would blow 00:20:07.47\00:20:08.80 and horseman come across the hill, 00:20:08.84\00:20:11.07 I think that can't compare 00:20:11.11\00:20:12.61 with the coming of Jesus to save His children. 00:20:12.64\00:20:15.21 These are the apple of His eye, 00:20:15.24\00:20:17.18 and now He's gonna end their sorrow for evermore. 00:20:17.21\00:20:20.18 Second coming of Jesus 00:20:20.22\00:20:21.55 turns the pages of all history to make things different 00:20:21.58\00:20:24.82 for those who love and worship God, 00:20:24.85\00:20:27.12 for the righteous they will see now their salvation fulfilled, 00:20:27.16\00:20:31.13 because Christ is now coming to get them. 00:20:31.16\00:20:34.03 Christ does not touch the ground, 00:20:34.06\00:20:36.43 He does not touch the ground at this point 00:20:36.46\00:20:38.80 because He's calling His children up to Him 00:20:38.83\00:20:41.44 and when He comes, there's a sound. 00:20:41.47\00:20:43.24 In fact, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 says, 00:20:43.27\00:20:46.71 "The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, 00:20:46.74\00:20:50.21 with the voice of the archangel, 00:20:50.25\00:20:51.65 and the trump of God, 00:20:51.68\00:20:53.01 and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 00:20:53.05\00:20:54.75 Then we, which are alive and remain 00:20:54.78\00:20:56.92 shall be caught up to meet Him in the air 00:20:56.95\00:20:58.92 and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 00:20:58.95\00:21:00.66 And then we're asked to comfort one another with these words." 00:21:00.69\00:21:03.96 That's my most favorite passage of scripture in the Bible 00:21:03.99\00:21:07.00 because it is the relief, 00:21:07.03\00:21:08.53 it is Jesus Christ who's come to get His children. 00:21:08.56\00:21:11.63 Can you imagine being a part of those people 00:21:11.67\00:21:14.50 who are waiting for Jesus to come and you're alive 00:21:14.54\00:21:16.50 and being faithful and you're part of the remnant? 00:21:16.54\00:21:18.91 Then all of a sudden you switch from the fear of death 00:21:18.94\00:21:22.08 to the glory of being saved and the joy of being redeemed. 00:21:22.11\00:21:26.11 And that the enemy being backed off 00:21:26.15\00:21:28.15 because the enemy falls dead at the presence of Christ 00:21:28.18\00:21:31.25 and they cry for rocks 00:21:31.29\00:21:32.62 to hide them from the face of the Lamb. 00:21:32.65\00:21:34.26 Who runs from the Lamb? 00:21:34.29\00:21:35.62 Who hides from the Lamb? 00:21:35.66\00:21:36.99 Only when it's the judgment of God that's come 00:21:37.03\00:21:39.16 and that's caused people to react this way. 00:21:39.19\00:21:40.93 Every eye must see Him, 00:21:47.17\00:21:48.87 that is a clear indication 00:21:48.90\00:21:50.81 that this is not a secret rapture. 00:21:50.84\00:21:53.04 It is not a silent event. 00:21:53.07\00:21:54.74 It is not something that's sneaky. 00:21:54.78\00:21:56.71 When the Bible talks about Christ coming like a thief, 00:21:56.75\00:21:59.41 it's only mentioned 00:21:59.45\00:22:00.78 because He is going to come as a thief 00:22:00.82\00:22:02.98 and that He will come and bring a surprise. 00:22:03.02\00:22:05.35 It is not a silent occasion at all. 00:22:05.39\00:22:07.62 The Bible describes it clearly, 00:22:07.66\00:22:09.42 it's very noisy and very visible. 00:22:09.46\00:22:12.26 In Acts 1:9, 00:22:12.29\00:22:15.73 Jesus walks out to the Mount of Olives 00:22:15.76\00:22:18.50 after being on earth 00:22:18.53\00:22:19.87 with the disciples after His resurrection. 00:22:19.90\00:22:22.14 He's standing there talking to them 00:22:22.17\00:22:24.24 and while He's talking to them, 00:22:24.27\00:22:25.61 He began to lift from earth and ascend to heaven, 00:22:25.64\00:22:29.38 and a cloud receives Him and then angels appear. 00:22:29.41\00:22:32.51 And when he say, men of Galilee, 00:22:32.55\00:22:33.95 "Why stand you gazing up in the heaven?" 00:22:33.98\00:22:36.12 This same Jesus that you've seen going to heaven 00:22:36.15\00:22:38.79 will come in like manner. 00:22:38.82\00:22:40.16 That clearly says that Jesus gonna come visibly, 00:22:40.19\00:22:43.02 it's gonna be audible, 00:22:43.06\00:22:44.69 and there're gonna be angels, and clouds, and attendants. 00:22:44.73\00:22:47.56 The scripture describes a great earthquake 00:22:54.24\00:22:56.50 when Jesus comes like no other. 00:22:56.54\00:22:58.41 There's not been an earthquake like it in history. 00:22:58.44\00:23:01.34 In fact, I got this idea 00:23:01.38\00:23:02.84 and you can check it in scripture 00:23:02.88\00:23:04.28 and you can see if it fits with the way you think. 00:23:04.31\00:23:07.52 But I think, in order for every eye to see Jesus 00:23:07.55\00:23:12.39 and the world is round, 00:23:12.42\00:23:13.76 something has to happen to the world 00:23:13.79\00:23:15.42 so everybody can see. 00:23:15.46\00:23:16.86 Follow me now. 00:23:16.89\00:23:18.23 If that earthquake is so massive 00:23:18.26\00:23:19.86 till it actually splits the earth, 00:23:19.89\00:23:21.70 where mountains will shift out of place 00:23:21.73\00:23:24.10 and hills will disappear. 00:23:24.13\00:23:25.80 In fact, the Bible talks about 00:23:25.83\00:23:27.17 all the major cities being broken down. 00:23:27.20\00:23:29.37 There's no day like it but it's the end of all things. 00:23:38.91\00:23:42.98 There is no one who has a foundation 00:23:43.02\00:23:44.92 that they can be sure of, 00:23:44.95\00:23:46.62 no wonder people cry out 00:23:46.65\00:23:48.02 for the rocks, and the caves, and the hides 00:23:48.06\00:23:50.46 because really the earth is in convulsions, 00:23:50.49\00:23:53.23 the earth is fighting what is going on 00:23:53.26\00:23:55.63 and it's reactant to the coming of its Lord and Master. 00:23:55.66\00:23:58.80 This earthquake 00:23:58.83\00:24:00.17 is one that shatters everything I believe, 00:24:00.20\00:24:03.41 and the earth is waxing all like a garment 00:24:03.44\00:24:05.87 even now the Bible says. 00:24:05.91\00:24:07.41 So it's about ready to convulse. 00:24:07.44\00:24:09.38 When Jesus comes, 00:24:12.51\00:24:13.85 the brightness is going to be astounding. 00:24:13.88\00:24:16.38 We don't have anything to compare it with 00:24:16.42\00:24:19.35 because the kind of light, and force, 00:24:19.39\00:24:21.86 and energy that the Godhead carries is indescribable. 00:24:21.89\00:24:26.93 When one angel showed up at the tomb 00:24:26.96\00:24:29.03 when Jesus came forth from the grave 00:24:29.06\00:24:30.77 and the angel called him, 100 soldiers, 00:24:30.80\00:24:34.34 hardened soldiers fell like dead men 00:24:34.37\00:24:36.34 because of the brightness of one angel. 00:24:36.37\00:24:38.67 When Moses came up from the mountain 00:24:38.71\00:24:41.21 after spending some time with God, 00:24:41.24\00:24:43.65 he had gained so much light from God, 00:24:43.68\00:24:46.72 and when he came down, 00:24:46.75\00:24:48.32 the multitude of the people there 00:24:48.35\00:24:50.62 could not stand to look at him. 00:24:50.65\00:24:52.22 He had to put a veil on his face. 00:24:52.25\00:24:53.82 What must it be like when Jesus comes in the clouds of glory 00:24:53.86\00:24:57.63 and myriads of angels that's innumerable? 00:24:57.66\00:25:00.60 Angels from that filled the whole sky, 00:25:00.63\00:25:02.86 how bright must that be. 00:25:02.90\00:25:05.13 The Shekinah glory of God 00:25:05.17\00:25:06.57 is something that we have no idea 00:25:06.60\00:25:09.27 of how bright it is. 00:25:09.30\00:25:10.64 We live in a dark world 00:25:10.67\00:25:12.34 and because we're in such darkness, 00:25:12.37\00:25:14.31 we don't phantom the light. 00:25:14.34\00:25:15.81 That kind of light that happens 00:25:15.84\00:25:17.21 when Jesus comes gonna be a purifying light. 00:25:17.25\00:25:19.78 It's gonna be a light that blinds the wicked, 00:25:19.81\00:25:22.48 the wicked is gonna search for darkness. 00:25:22.52\00:25:24.52 I don't know what you call that little bug 00:25:24.55\00:25:26.22 that's always hiding under rocks, 00:25:26.25\00:25:28.16 and as soon as you uncover it runs out 00:25:28.19\00:25:30.36 because it can't stand light. 00:25:30.39\00:25:32.33 That's the way the wicked is gonna do 00:25:32.36\00:25:33.70 when they see the light of Christ come in 00:25:33.73\00:25:35.40 as it gets brighter and brighter and brighter. 00:25:35.43\00:25:38.90 Earthquakes happening, everything is happening, 00:25:38.93\00:25:41.20 everything is in a turmoil and the light of God grips them 00:25:41.24\00:25:44.37 and all they want to do is run and hide. 00:25:44.41\00:25:46.78 While others who know Him, 00:25:46.81\00:25:48.78 others who have been carrying His light in their lives 00:25:48.81\00:25:51.58 are drawn to the light 00:25:51.61\00:25:52.95 and they go toward Jesus while others are running away. 00:25:52.98\00:25:56.35 The dead in Christ are sleeping in the dust 00:26:21.74\00:26:24.78 because Jesus said that death is a sleep. 00:26:24.81\00:26:27.62 So can you imagine somebody has died, and they rest, 00:26:27.65\00:26:31.49 and then they died with their hope in Jesus 00:26:31.52\00:26:33.72 and Him coming, 00:26:33.76\00:26:35.09 now it comes back in the clouds. 00:26:35.12\00:26:37.29 If there is a resurrection of the righteous 00:26:37.33\00:26:40.23 to meet Jesus in the air, 00:26:40.26\00:26:42.36 why is it we keep talking about them 00:26:42.40\00:26:44.73 being in heaven as soon as they die? 00:26:44.77\00:26:47.30 That is a misconception, 00:26:47.34\00:26:48.97 that is not what the Bible teaches. 00:26:49.00\00:26:50.81 Jesus is coming back for them 00:26:50.84\00:26:52.31 and we'll all be caught up to meet Him at the same time, 00:26:52.34\00:26:55.44 and the dead in Christ will rise 00:26:55.48\00:26:57.31 when He calls forth, and the angel's voice is heard, 00:26:57.35\00:27:00.48 and the trumpets sounds, and Jesus summons them, 00:27:00.52\00:27:02.92 then they will come forth. 00:27:02.95\00:27:04.75 There is no point in the resurrection 00:27:04.79\00:27:06.49 if you go to heaven right after death. 00:27:06.52\00:27:09.32 Bible says, "The dead know not anything," 00:27:09.36\00:27:11.16 says the dead even don't praise the Lord. 00:27:11.19\00:27:13.33 Surely, if the dead were in heaven, 00:27:13.36\00:27:14.90 they'd be praising the Lord. 00:27:14.93\00:27:16.53 But they are not there, 00:27:16.56\00:27:17.90 they are waiting for the second coming of Jesus Christ 00:27:17.93\00:27:20.47 and they must sleep until He calls them. 00:27:20.50\00:27:23.51 That's what God says, 00:27:23.54\00:27:24.87 we must wait patiently 00:27:24.91\00:27:26.54 and rest in the grave silently, unconsciously, 00:27:26.57\00:27:30.25 and not living anywhere, not some second existence, 00:27:30.28\00:27:33.52 we're just sleeping with no consciousness 00:27:33.55\00:27:35.45 of what's going on the earth. 00:27:35.48\00:27:39.05 No are the righteous in heaven at all 00:27:39.09\00:27:41.46 because Jesus will come back 00:27:41.49\00:27:42.82 and get us all at the same time. 00:27:42.86\00:27:44.49 There's a few people in heaven like Moses and Elijah, 00:27:44.53\00:27:47.73 they were simply tokens of the first fruit. 00:27:47.76\00:27:50.77 So we'll be assured that we can go, 00:27:50.80\00:27:52.93 that should increase our faith 00:27:52.97\00:27:54.74 that there is gonna be a resurrection, 00:27:54.77\00:27:56.37 there is gonna be a translation 00:27:56.40\00:27:57.97 because there's already demonstrations 00:27:58.01\00:27:59.74 of that in scripture. 00:27:59.77\00:28:01.11 So we know that the day has come 00:28:01.14\00:28:02.48 and when God will literally bring His children 00:28:02.51\00:28:05.05 forth from the grave and give them life anew 00:28:05.08\00:28:07.55 and they will be without corruption, 00:28:07.58\00:28:09.62 they will have no death or dying in their being, 00:28:09.65\00:28:12.35 they will be brand new. 00:28:12.39\00:28:13.79 The person that went to bed, went to sleep in Jesus, 00:28:13.82\00:28:17.53 while in the hospital bed 00:28:17.56\00:28:19.56 will one day come forth from the grave 00:28:19.59\00:28:21.50 think they're still in the bed. 00:28:21.53\00:28:23.30 The righteous will be resurrected, 00:28:23.33\00:28:24.90 and taken to heaven, 00:28:24.93\00:28:26.33 and then those who are alive 00:28:26.37\00:28:27.90 will be caught up to meet Him in the air. 00:28:27.94\00:28:29.70 When I am rising from the ground 00:28:29.74\00:28:31.91 and gravity no longer holds me down, 00:28:31.94\00:28:34.01 I'd like to be able to look over my right shoulder, 00:28:34.04\00:28:35.88 my left shoulder seeing my parents 00:28:35.91\00:28:37.95 coming up out of the grave. 00:28:37.98\00:28:39.35 I'd like to see those who've been resting that I love, 00:28:39.38\00:28:42.18 that I miss even now. 00:28:42.22\00:28:43.79 I'd like to see them come forth from the grave. 00:28:43.82\00:28:45.52 What a day when God's people are with Him in the clouds. 00:28:45.55\00:28:49.42 Just the thought of heavens sends me off on trips 00:32:39.02\00:32:42.86 that I don't want to come back from. 00:32:42.89\00:32:44.89 Of course, we have to come back 00:32:44.93\00:32:46.29 but our heaven is a beautiful site in my mind. 00:32:46.33\00:32:49.03 And almost on a daily basis I take a trip to heaven. 00:32:49.06\00:32:52.27 Sometimes I'm in prayer and just drift off to heaven 00:32:52.30\00:32:55.50 and I can imagine approaching the pearly gates with Jesus 00:32:55.54\00:32:58.87 and all these numberless host behind Him. 00:32:58.91\00:33:01.91 And over that 144,000 00:33:01.94\00:33:03.95 but then there's the number that no man can number 00:33:03.98\00:33:06.72 and they're coming toward the gates, 00:33:06.75\00:33:09.52 toward the city, that city with three gates on each side, 00:33:09.55\00:33:12.85 four sided city with 12 foundations, 00:33:12.89\00:33:16.59 with the names of the apostles 00:33:16.62\00:33:17.99 and each foundation with different jewels, 00:33:18.03\00:33:20.46 transparent that you can see through. 00:33:20.50\00:33:22.30 I think it looks like the city is riding on a rainbow 00:33:28.84\00:33:32.34 but far more beautiful than that 00:33:32.37\00:33:34.14 because a light of God's presence 00:33:34.18\00:33:36.24 shines through the very foundations of the city 00:33:36.28\00:33:39.58 shines through the walls, in fact, transparent gold. 00:33:39.61\00:33:42.52 Those walls are as high as the city is wide. 00:33:42.55\00:33:45.62 The city is 375 miles on each side, 00:33:45.65\00:33:49.52 perfect square, perfect cube up in the air. 00:33:49.56\00:33:52.33 I like the idea of heaven being a box 00:33:52.36\00:33:54.70 because you can't turn over a box. 00:33:54.73\00:33:56.53 It doesn't rule out of place, it's stable and steadfast. 00:33:56.56\00:34:00.10 I just like the surety of the city. 00:34:00.14\00:34:02.60 Put the righteous into that city, 00:34:02.64\00:34:04.31 I can hear the angels sing, 00:34:04.34\00:34:05.67 "Lift up your heads, o ye gates and be lifted up. 00:34:05.71\00:34:08.31 Be everlasting doors, 00:34:08.34\00:34:09.68 for the king of glory is coming in." 00:34:09.71\00:34:11.35 if Jesus comes in with us 00:34:11.38\00:34:12.85 and He's head and shoulders above the rest 00:34:12.88\00:34:15.12 because He is really our savior and our everything. 00:34:15.15\00:34:18.19 We follow Him into the city. 00:34:18.22\00:34:20.09 Can you imagine flowers 00:34:20.12\00:34:21.56 when they're plucked, they don't die. 00:34:21.59\00:34:24.06 They just stay alive 00:34:24.09\00:34:25.59 in a place where there are no flies 00:34:25.63\00:34:27.60 because nothing to cage and maggots don't grow, 00:34:27.63\00:34:30.23 maggots don't grow and produce flies. 00:34:30.27\00:34:32.40 Can you imagine fruit 00:34:32.43\00:34:33.77 that if you pluck it off the tree, 00:34:33.80\00:34:35.17 it does not get brown spots, it just lasts? 00:34:35.20\00:34:38.97 And then there's that tree of life 00:34:39.01\00:34:40.51 the Bible talks about, 00:34:40.54\00:34:42.11 with a trunk on each side of the river, 00:34:42.14\00:34:43.95 the river is running through. 00:34:43.98\00:34:45.91 There's massive tree, 00:34:45.95\00:34:47.52 this tree has leaves that will heal the nations. 00:34:47.55\00:34:50.32 I'm longing for the day to sit under that tree 00:34:56.12\00:34:58.16 and just eat and talk to Jesus. 00:34:58.19\00:34:59.89 Well, I don't think we're gonna go to sleep in heaven 00:34:59.93\00:35:02.33 because we'll have too much light 00:35:02.36\00:35:03.87 and sleep is symbolic of death, 00:35:03.90\00:35:06.03 and I think we'll just be up 00:35:06.07\00:35:07.57 and bright and sunshine all the time. 00:35:07.60\00:35:09.74 All there's gonna be a sun and a moon 00:35:09.77\00:35:11.77 that calculates the day 00:35:11.81\00:35:13.14 so we'll know when the Sabbath comes, 00:35:13.17\00:35:15.14 so we can come before the Lord. 00:35:15.18\00:35:16.64 The Bible says, from every new moon 00:35:16.68\00:35:18.25 and every Sabbath day, 00:35:18.28\00:35:19.61 we're gonna come before the Lord, 00:35:19.65\00:35:21.12 that's Isaiah 66:22. 00:35:21.15\00:35:23.32 So we're gonna come before the Lord 00:35:23.35\00:35:24.69 and there is a time 00:35:24.72\00:35:26.05 and the sun and moon has their place. 00:35:26.09\00:35:28.09 But the reality is the brightness of God 00:35:28.12\00:35:30.39 outshines the sun and the moon 00:35:30.43\00:35:32.26 and He is the source of our light. 00:35:32.29\00:35:33.80 Heaven's gonna be a place that we cannot even understand 00:35:41.20\00:35:45.07 because of where we live now. 00:35:45.11\00:35:46.78 How would you like to live somewhere 00:35:46.81\00:35:48.14 where you never have to ask somebody, 00:35:48.18\00:35:49.51 "How are you today?" 00:35:49.54\00:35:50.88 Everybody will be fine. 00:35:50.91\00:35:52.41 A place where there are no saloons, 00:35:52.45\00:35:54.18 places where there is no banks, 00:35:54.22\00:35:55.82 places where there is no garages to repair cars, 00:35:55.85\00:35:58.95 no pharmacy, 00:35:58.99\00:36:00.32 everything there is of life and flawless, 00:36:00.36\00:36:04.09 no problems at all. 00:36:04.13\00:36:05.63 You know, there's a great controversy is being going on 00:36:50.17\00:36:52.74 since the devil started troubling heaven, 00:36:52.77\00:36:55.71 and when he was kicked out, his probation was closed. 00:36:55.74\00:36:58.75 So he has been a lost person 00:36:58.78\00:37:01.28 ever since he was kicked out of heaven 00:37:01.32\00:37:03.22 because there is no Holy Spirit to draw him, 00:37:03.25\00:37:05.32 there is nothing that changed him, 00:37:05.35\00:37:07.26 so he's got increasingly worse. 00:37:07.29\00:37:09.82 He's fine tuned his skills as a devil 00:37:09.86\00:37:12.36 since the great controversy is been going on, 00:37:12.39\00:37:14.73 since heaven itself I don't know how. 00:37:14.76\00:37:17.27 It's called the Mystery of Iniquity, 00:37:17.30\00:37:19.20 I don't know how you have a fight in heaven. 00:37:19.23\00:37:22.00 A place like heaven, how is that possible? 00:37:22.04\00:37:24.24 But anyway, the devil found a way, 00:37:24.27\00:37:27.24 I think it's because of pride and self glory. 00:37:27.28\00:37:30.15 He wanted to steal that 00:37:30.18\00:37:31.51 which was God according to Isaiah 14. 00:37:31.55\00:37:35.75 So we see him show up on earth, he was cast out of heaven. 00:37:35.78\00:37:39.32 In fact, the Bible says he was thrown out to Tohu wa bohu 00:37:39.35\00:37:42.69 or out of darkness 00:37:42.72\00:37:44.06 and he came to the earth. 00:37:44.09\00:37:45.43 And of course, God made the earth, 00:37:45.46\00:37:48.66 I think the devil was able to watch 00:37:48.70\00:37:50.30 the creative power of God. 00:37:50.33\00:37:52.10 You would think that he would have changed 00:37:52.13\00:37:54.84 simply by seeing what God can do. 00:37:54.87\00:37:57.34 So when Jesus comes and the wicked are destroyed, 00:37:57.37\00:38:01.54 then starts for them 00:38:01.58\00:38:03.45 a 1,000 years of non-existence really. 00:38:03.48\00:38:07.42 In fact, you can see the picture in Revelation 20. 00:38:07.45\00:38:10.82 I see this mighty angel coming down from glory, 00:38:10.85\00:38:13.72 the Bible says, "This angel comes down 00:38:13.76\00:38:15.89 with the key of the bottomless pit 00:38:15.92\00:38:18.19 and with a chain in his hand. 00:38:18.23\00:38:19.79 As so he comes and grab the devil." 00:38:19.83\00:38:21.40 The Bible say, "Cast him into the pit." 00:38:21.43\00:38:24.77 The pit is the earth and it is dark. 00:38:24.80\00:38:27.34 I mean the lights are off. 00:38:27.37\00:38:29.20 Yeah, isn't it interesting that there will be 00:38:29.24\00:38:30.87 all kind of light in heaven but total darkness on earth 00:38:30.91\00:38:33.74 and the devil wants to be God, 00:38:33.78\00:38:35.64 so they imagine being on the earth 00:38:35.68\00:38:37.41 and he's got all these dead carcasses 00:38:37.45\00:38:39.65 thrown completely around the world. 00:38:39.68\00:38:42.22 And everywhere you look is death 00:38:42.25\00:38:44.25 and mayhem just the opposite of what's in heaven. 00:38:44.29\00:38:47.52 But I can imagine the demons fussing with each other, 00:38:47.56\00:38:49.99 I think they're fighting 00:38:50.03\00:38:51.53 and I think the devil is there to kind of show. 00:38:51.56\00:38:55.13 If he says he's God, he can do what God does, 00:38:55.16\00:38:58.07 he's got an opportunity to take 00:38:58.10\00:39:00.84 that which is left on the ground and make it live. 00:39:00.87\00:39:04.37 God makes something out of nothing, He's creator. 00:39:04.41\00:39:07.08 He does not need preexisting matter 00:39:07.11\00:39:08.98 but the devil had a head start. 00:39:09.01\00:39:10.35 If he can be God, he can take those carcasses 00:39:10.38\00:39:13.82 and breathe life into but he can't, he has no power. 00:39:13.85\00:39:18.15 You would think he recognized it 00:39:18.19\00:39:19.52 but there is no holy ghost in him to change him. 00:39:19.55\00:39:21.86 Jeremiah 4:23-24 describes 00:39:21.89\00:39:26.29 the destruction that's on the earth. 00:39:26.33\00:39:29.40 What must it be like to be in total darkness of earth 00:39:29.43\00:39:33.47 that's still smoldering because of the trouble and the fires, 00:39:33.50\00:39:37.17 and all that hit the earth, and the earthquake. 00:39:37.21\00:39:40.11 There's nothing beautiful at all left, 00:39:40.14\00:39:42.98 and the devil can't do a thing with it. 00:39:43.01\00:39:45.38 In fact, I don't think he can even make a fire, 00:39:45.41\00:39:47.72 I think he's there just with idle time. 00:39:47.75\00:39:51.85 And as busy as he's been, 00:39:51.89\00:39:53.49 he's gonna have a hard time with idle time 00:39:53.52\00:39:56.02 because he has no one to tempt, or pour, or win and he is lost. 00:39:56.06\00:40:01.70 When the 1000 year ends, guess what happens? 00:45:54.45\00:45:57.19 We've got the third coming of Jesus 00:45:57.22\00:45:58.75 as someone calls it. 00:45:58.79\00:46:00.12 But Jesus Christ is coming back, 00:46:00.16\00:46:02.16 He's coming back with His children 00:46:02.19\00:46:04.53 now because He promised the earth to the humble. 00:46:04.56\00:46:07.56 He didn't promise heaven and outer space. 00:46:07.60\00:46:10.10 God made the earth to be inhabitant 00:46:10.13\00:46:11.87 so at some point we got to get the earth back again 00:46:11.90\00:46:14.97 but not in the state that the devil has made it. 00:46:15.00\00:46:17.77 So Jesus comes back with the Holy City, 00:46:17.81\00:46:20.94 the Holy City comes down, 00:46:20.98\00:46:22.41 the new heaven and the new earth 00:46:22.44\00:46:23.85 where in dwelleth righteousness begins to descend. 00:46:23.88\00:46:26.95 How can you picture a city 00:46:26.98\00:46:29.45 that's floating down from heaven, 00:46:29.48\00:46:31.45 little by little no rush, no motor, 00:46:31.49\00:46:33.56 nothing causing it to happen but the presence of God, 00:46:33.59\00:46:36.32 and God causes the city to come back to the earth 00:46:36.36\00:46:39.13 in a place that's prepared. 00:46:39.16\00:46:40.63 For when the city comes down to earth 00:46:40.66\00:46:42.26 and the earth is purified, 00:46:42.30\00:46:44.27 and the spot where the city is going to be, 00:46:44.30\00:46:46.37 and the city sits down in the valley 00:46:46.40\00:46:48.97 that God has created. 00:46:49.00\00:46:50.34 So therefore, it's kind of like a hill all around 00:46:50.37\00:46:54.31 and the wicked are resurrected. 00:46:54.34\00:46:56.18 Have you ever been disappointed? 00:47:04.22\00:47:06.32 I have been disappointed when I missed my bus 00:47:06.35\00:47:09.22 and its gone by and I can see it 00:47:09.26\00:47:11.19 going off in the distance and I sit there, 00:47:11.23\00:47:13.53 knowing now I'm gonna not make my appointment 00:47:13.56\00:47:16.20 or my day is gonna change because I missed my bus. 00:47:16.23\00:47:19.63 I've been disappointed to look forward to an occasion, 00:47:19.67\00:47:23.94 and once that occasion comes, I'm too late and I missed it. 00:47:23.97\00:47:28.34 How would you like to have a event planned, 00:47:28.38\00:47:31.15 a party you're supposed to go to, 00:47:31.18\00:47:32.65 to celebrate somebody's birthday, 00:47:32.68\00:47:34.88 and then you get the wrong day, and you missed the day, 00:47:34.92\00:47:37.39 and you come back next at the wrong time 00:47:37.42\00:47:40.66 and all of a sudden it's all over 00:47:40.69\00:47:42.02 and you missed it. 00:47:42.06\00:47:43.83 There is some disappointments in life 00:47:43.86\00:47:45.46 that is kind of crushing, but let me tell you something, 00:47:45.49\00:47:49.20 when it comes to being saved, 00:47:49.23\00:47:51.40 you do not wanna be disappointed 00:47:51.43\00:47:54.17 when it comes to being in the right resurrection. 00:47:54.20\00:47:57.47 For those who are in the first resurrection, 00:47:57.51\00:47:59.14 the Bible calls, "Blessed and holy 00:47:59.17\00:48:01.04 is he that had part in the first resurrection." 00:48:01.08\00:48:03.65 But those that's in that second resurrection 00:48:03.68\00:48:06.31 with the 1000 years in between according to John 5:28-29, 00:48:06.35\00:48:10.95 that second resurrection is for those who are the wicked. 00:48:10.99\00:48:15.39 You don't wanna be in that situation 00:48:15.42\00:48:18.03 to be disappointed to that degree 00:48:18.06\00:48:20.73 to get up and find out that you're not in the city 00:48:20.76\00:48:25.00 but you remember enough of the Bible to know 00:48:25.03\00:48:26.84 that those in the city are the saved 00:48:26.87\00:48:28.60 and you're outside. 00:48:28.64\00:48:29.97 And when the devil suggest to take the city, 00:48:30.01\00:48:32.14 you can't do anything but follow 00:48:32.17\00:48:34.28 because you've been following him all the time 00:48:34.31\00:48:36.11 because he rules and reigns over you. 00:48:36.14\00:48:37.68 You got on an automatic pilot for making bad decisions, 00:48:37.71\00:48:41.68 but what a horrible disappointment 00:48:41.72\00:48:44.19 to open your eyes and know that you're lost 00:48:44.22\00:48:48.19 and that there's no hope for you 00:48:48.22\00:48:50.53 and there's no more prayer that can be prayed. 00:48:50.56\00:48:52.76 You can't appeal to God anymore 00:48:52.79\00:48:54.93 because you cut yourself off from God 00:48:54.96\00:48:56.87 by one sin too many. 00:48:56.90\00:48:58.93 I there's some who gonna turn to the devil and say, 00:48:58.97\00:49:02.47 "Why did you deceive me?" 00:49:02.50\00:49:04.24 Gonna turn to preachers 00:49:04.27\00:49:05.61 and say, "Why didn't you tell me." 00:49:05.64\00:49:06.98 They gonna turn to loved ones and friends 00:49:07.01\00:49:09.81 that should have known better. 00:49:09.84\00:49:11.28 You're gonna say, "Why didn't you tell me what was coming?" 00:49:11.31\00:49:15.52 The question might be asked, 00:49:15.55\00:49:16.89 "Why didn't you study for yourself? 00:49:16.92\00:49:18.35 Why didn't you search out and know? 00:49:18.39\00:49:20.29 Why didn't you make your own calling and election sure? 00:49:20.32\00:49:23.26 Why don't you take responsibility 00:49:23.29\00:49:25.39 for what resurrection you're gonna be in?" 00:49:25.43\00:49:27.90 We must not follow wherever the devil leads. 00:49:27.93\00:49:30.33 We must not be duped into thinking 00:49:30.37\00:49:32.53 whatever he thinks. 00:49:32.57\00:49:33.90 We got to judge everything by the Word of God. 00:49:33.94\00:49:36.34 That resurrection will be the most disappointing time 00:49:36.37\00:49:39.07 to anybody 00:49:39.11\00:49:40.44 who winds up in that second resurrection. 00:49:40.48\00:49:43.24 It is a horrible thought to think 00:49:43.28\00:49:45.85 that you could have been in glory, 00:49:45.88\00:49:47.62 that you could have been happy, 00:49:47.65\00:49:49.42 that you could have life without end. 00:49:49.45\00:49:52.85 But all of a sudden you wake up in darkness, 00:49:52.89\00:49:55.96 you wake up doomed forevermore. 00:49:55.99\00:49:58.66 You wake up lost and you know you're lost. 00:49:58.69\00:50:02.23 But know they come forth from the grave 00:50:06.30\00:50:08.14 and they see the city. 00:50:08.17\00:50:10.21 I don't know what causes the devil 00:50:10.24\00:50:11.97 in his small mind to think 00:50:12.01\00:50:14.14 that he can take the city at this point 00:50:14.18\00:50:16.48 but he has nothing else he can do. 00:50:16.51\00:50:18.48 He's on a dead end course. 00:50:18.51\00:50:20.32 So when he sees the city, he marches his force 00:50:20.35\00:50:22.92 and he puts his army together to try to take the City of God. 00:50:22.95\00:50:26.79 How can you take the City of God from God? 00:50:26.82\00:50:29.69 I don't think that's possible, I'm glad he can't, 00:50:29.72\00:50:31.19 I feel secured. 00:50:31.23\00:50:32.56 I think I'll be happy inside the city 00:50:32.59\00:50:34.06 while the devil is gaining his ground with his forces. 00:50:34.10\00:50:37.60 I think if I'll look through the transparent walls 00:50:37.63\00:50:39.70 and saw them gathering with their armaments 00:50:39.73\00:50:41.84 to come and try to take the City of God. 00:50:41.87\00:50:43.91 I think that I won't even get nervous. 00:50:43.94\00:50:46.21 I think I'll just move a little closer to Jesus. 00:50:46.24\00:50:48.34 I think I know that God is going to handle this one 00:50:48.38\00:50:50.31 'cause He's already told us 00:50:50.35\00:50:51.68 what the end of the story is gonna be. 00:50:51.71\00:50:53.28 For the Bible says that they go upon 00:50:53.31\00:50:55.18 the height of the earth 00:50:55.22\00:50:57.95 and they look down to the City of God 00:50:57.99\00:50:59.45 and attempt to take it. 00:50:59.49\00:51:00.92 Can you imagine them charging the City of God? 00:51:00.96\00:51:03.56 Fire comes down from God out of heaven and destroys them. 00:51:03.59\00:51:08.23 This is the scene of hell itself. 00:51:08.26\00:51:11.13 Hell is a place where sin and sinners are annihilated. 00:51:11.17\00:51:14.90 We've been talking about hell for a long period of time 00:51:14.94\00:51:17.44 since the beginning of earth almost 00:51:17.47\00:51:19.41 about hell being eternal torment, 00:51:19.44\00:51:21.71 a time without end. 00:51:21.74\00:51:23.75 If God would burn people in hell 00:51:23.78\00:51:26.92 throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity, 00:51:26.95\00:51:29.85 it would mean that sinners have eternal life. 00:51:29.88\00:51:32.62 But sinners don't get eternal life, they get death. 00:51:32.65\00:51:36.06 It only goes to show that God is not intentional 00:51:36.09\00:51:40.46 about burning people over and over and over. 00:51:40.50\00:51:43.00 It makes God look sadistic. 00:51:43.03\00:51:45.00 But God can't take individuals 00:51:51.41\00:51:53.34 who don't agree with Him to glory 00:51:53.38\00:51:55.38 as they wouldn't enjoy it anyway. 00:51:55.41\00:51:57.58 If you got a heart for this world, 00:51:57.61\00:52:00.42 heaven won't please you anyway. 00:52:00.45\00:52:02.58 You really got to have an appetite for heaven 00:52:02.62\00:52:04.52 in order to enjoy it. 00:52:04.55\00:52:06.25 So we must change our likes and dislikes here and now. 00:52:06.29\00:52:11.43 In order not to wind up in hell's fire, 00:52:11.46\00:52:14.16 we got to despise sin and love righteousness. 00:52:14.20\00:52:17.73 We really have to be and have a mindset like God 00:52:17.77\00:52:21.90 and heaven is so easy to get. 00:52:21.94\00:52:24.67 For the Bible says, if we confess our sins, 00:52:24.71\00:52:26.94 He is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins 00:52:26.98\00:52:28.98 and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 00:52:29.01\00:52:31.35 As 1 John 1:9, so no one should be lost, 00:52:31.38\00:52:35.15 no one should spend time in hell. 00:52:35.18\00:52:38.29 Hell was prepared for the devil and his angels, 00:52:38.32\00:52:41.59 not for any human being at all. 00:52:41.62\00:52:43.43 If anybody goes to hell will be a volunteer project, 00:52:43.46\00:52:47.43 you will go by choice, you will go because 00:52:47.46\00:52:50.77 you refused to accept the love and the mercy of God. 00:52:50.80\00:52:53.90 And God's got a whole lot of love, 00:52:53.94\00:52:55.77 whole lot of forgiveness, and a whole lot of mercy. 00:52:55.80\00:52:57.77 In fact, we get a fresh supply of mercy every day 00:52:57.81\00:53:00.01 we live and breathe, so there is no excuse 00:53:00.04\00:53:03.65 for not giving ourselves to God and being safe forevermore. 00:53:03.68\00:53:08.25 Yes, John 3:16 is right, "For God so loved the world 00:53:08.28\00:53:13.89 that He gave His only begotten Son, 00:53:13.92\00:53:16.06 that whoever, that's anybody, 00:53:16.09\00:53:17.76 who believes in Him should not perish 00:53:17.79\00:53:20.40 but have everlasting life." 00:53:20.43\00:53:22.13 You see perished means to be annihilated, 00:53:22.16\00:53:25.63 that everlasting life is life eternal, 00:53:25.67\00:53:28.24 that's the difference between the saved and the lost. 00:53:28.27\00:53:33.04 To be lost is a horrible thought, 00:53:33.07\00:53:35.84 to be saved is surely exuberating. 00:53:35.88\00:53:41.28 It is exciting. 00:53:41.32\00:53:44.25 It is joy forevermore. 00:53:44.29\00:53:47.36 Oh, I long for that day and it won't be long, 00:53:47.39\00:53:50.26 there are no more prophecies to be fulfilled in scripture 00:53:50.29\00:53:53.26 other than those that surround the very coming of Jesus. 00:53:53.29\00:53:56.53 So we may as well get our houses in order 00:53:56.56\00:53:59.10 because soon there won't be any more chance 00:53:59.13\00:54:04.24 to apologize to God or repent, 00:54:04.27\00:54:07.31 we'll just be locked in to being lost. 00:54:07.34\00:54:10.85 And there is no going back from that. 00:54:10.88\00:54:13.55 May God bless you and help you 00:54:13.58\00:54:15.28 to make your calling and election sure. 00:54:15.32\00:54:18.49 The only thing that makes sense to me 00:54:18.52\00:54:20.96 is to give our hearts to God 00:54:20.99\00:54:23.02 and to make Him our all and all with no regrets. 00:54:23.06\00:54:29.16 Let's throw our all selves on the altar, 00:54:29.20\00:54:31.63 entire being on the altar 00:54:31.67\00:54:34.67 and serve God today and every day, 00:54:34.70\00:54:37.97 one day at a time, constantly repenting, 00:54:38.01\00:54:41.98 constantly worshipping, constantly loving Him, 00:54:42.01\00:54:45.35 and constantly improving ourselves by trusting in Him 00:54:45.38\00:54:49.62 as our God. 00:54:49.65\00:54:51.02 Stay in His Word, let's love Him 00:54:51.05\00:54:53.46 and help others to be saved as well. 00:54:53.49\00:54:56.59 May God give you the grace and understanding. 00:54:56.62\00:54:59.46 As Jesus said, 00:54:59.49\00:55:00.83 don't be deceive, not on this one. 00:55:00.86\00:55:03.16 If you're deceived on this one, 00:55:03.20\00:55:04.67 you don't get a chance to have good sense again, 00:55:04.70\00:55:07.27 for you are lost forevermore. 00:55:07.30\00:55:10.64 Make heaven your choice, make God your all and all, 00:55:10.67\00:55:14.71 die to self, live for Him. 00:55:14.74\00:55:17.21 and heaven will be your home. 00:55:17.25\00:55:18.78